Ming Dynasty: I risked my life to teach the prince, the emperor begged me not to die

Chapter 587 Fu Yuan's Warning

By mid-September, the northern border had begun to get colder, and the arrival of the Little Ice Age made the weather in Ming Dynasty more and more extreme.

The sparse snow gradually turned into heavy snow.

In a house in Liaodong, a young man in white was standing with his hands behind his back, looking at the heavy snow in the sky.

"It's winter now, Chen Chunjian, can you still survive this winter?"

Fu Yuan talked to himself in the sky, then sighed softly. Soon, a plainclothes soldier from the inner factory hurried in from outside, came to Fu Yuan, clasped his fists and said, "Sir, there is a situation!"

Fu Yuan said calmly: "Speak."

"Our people discovered that the little prince was heading south with an army of more than a thousand."

Fu Yuan was slightly stunned. He really didn't expect that in this weather, the little prince would dare to lead people to invade the Ming Dynasty?

Where did they invade from?
Fu Yuan had no time to think about Chen Ce at this time. He quickly entered the study, took out the map, and asked, "Where did they come from and which direction did they go?"

Chen Ce handed over the entire Northern Border plan of the Ming Dynasty to Fu Yuan. Now Fu Yuan is alone in controlling this huge Northern Border plan.

Only now did he understand how great the plan that Chen Ce had secretly set up to control the Japanese island was. Only when he faced it all alone did he realize how difficult it was.

The situation in the Northern Frontier is not easy to break, but Fu Yuan has done it very successfully. He is now forcing the little prince to continue to wage wars against the Ming Dynasty. The little prince is so eager to launch an attack on the Ming Dynasty, which is enough to show the success of Fu Yuan's entire Northern Frontier plan.

The guard in the inner factory said to Fu Yuan: "Well... we just found out that he has the intention to go south, but I don't know where exactly he is going."

Fu Yuan thought for a moment, then walked into the study with his hands behind his back. He looked at the map on the table and thought for a long time.

He quickly retrieved the information of Datong's generals, and now he knew all the information of the generals of the nine borders in the northern border.

The general of Datong is Wu Ze, a conservative general known for his defense, so Fu Yuan is not too worried.

He just nodded and said, "You should hurry to Datong and tell General Wu to be on guard against possible invasion by the Tatars."

"Here!"

In the Datong and Xuanfu areas, this was the key area for the Mongolian invasion of the Ming Dynasty, and the town's business was relatively prosperous. Because of this, a large number of troops were deployed in these two places.

Fu Yuan was not worried about the situation in Datong, but he had to send someone to remind the general of Datong not to open or close the gates casually recently.

"Alas, when will the Nine Borders Army be able to engage in direct warfare with the little prince... I have already arranged all the plans, and now I am just waiting for a major battle. As long as the little prince is killed, the offensive and defensive situation of the Ming Dynasty in the northern border can be transformed."

"Either we completely wipe out the Mongols, or we drive them north of the desert, so that they never dare to invade again."

"Unfortunately, there was such an opportunity before, but those civil servants..."

Thinking of this, Fu Yuan felt powerless. It seemed that this group of civil servants of the Ming Dynasty had been frightened by the Mongols. Perhaps it was because of the Battle of Tumu that the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty no longer had the courage to fight the Mongols. This led to the Ming Dynasty always hiding in defense for so many years, and even when the opportunity arose, it did not have the courage to initiate a war.

This situation made Fu Yuan feel deeply powerless. Sooner or later, there would be a war between the Ming Dynasty and the Mongols. Only war could solve the problems between the Ming Dynasty and the Mongols.

Fu Yuan wanted to bring about such a war as soon as possible while Chen Ce was still alive, so as to fulfill Chen Ce's last wish and let Chen Ce leave the world peacefully.

But... he set up so many schemes, but he was never able to bring about a war between the Ming Dynasty and the Mongols.

This made him feel a little disappointed. It was almost impossible to solve the problem through negotiation. The Ming Dynasty now lacked the courage to go to war!
...Datong.

On the city gate, General Xu Ze was inspecting the soldiers. Snow was falling all over Datong, and coal resources were particularly precious. The merchants of the Ming Dynasty would transport the coal out of the country and sell it to the ethnic minorities outside the country.

Such a large chain of interests allowed the Ming Dynasty to earn most of the taxes every winter.

Perhaps only in winter could the soldiers relax a little during the year, because the Mongols would not risk the wind and snow to invade the Ming Dynasty.

There are too many variables in bad weather, and the Mongols are not fools, so they would not take such a big risk.

A man from the inner factory quickly came to the gate of Datong City. After the soldiers reported the situation, Xu Ze met the man on the city wall.

Xu Ze narrowed his eyes and asked suspiciously, "Are you saying that the Mongols are coming to attack the pass? Or is the little prince leading the troops himself?"

"Is the information reliable?"

The guard in the inner factory said, "Well... our masters speculated that the little prince might invade Datong, but we don't know the specific information."

"My Lord asked you to hold on tight to the defense, so it's best to close the door."

Xu Ze sneered, "You keep calling him a master. What kind of a master is Fu Yuan? Did the court confer an official title on him?"

"How can a fourth-rank military officer, a commander of an inner factory, be qualified to be called a lord?"

Xu Ze was born a Jinshi, and he naturally looked down on military generals. In addition, Fu Yuan entered the inner factory through Chen Ce's relationship, so he didn't take Fu Yuan seriously at all.

"Do you know what the impact of closing the city gates will be? So many merchants are waiting for this moment to make money. There are only a few months of this opportunity each year. If I close the city gates for one day, how much money will they lose?"

"How much tax revenue will Datong lose? Can your internal factories make up for this money?"

"Or can you, sir, explain this to the tens of thousands of merchants in Datong?!"

"You sir have come up with a piece of intelligence that is not certain. Just because the Mongolian cavalry moved a little, you think they are going to enter the pass?"

"How many years have I been guarding the border? Do I need him to teach me how to do things?"

Datong also has spies outside the Great Wall. If the Mongols are heading towards Datong, their spies can send us intelligence in time, so Fu Yuan doesn't need to worry about it at all!

Xu Ze waved his hand and said impatiently: "Okay, you go back to Liaodong. From now on, the defense of Datong does not need your internal factory to intervene. Let Master Fu guard his one acre and three points of land in Liaodong!"

The guard in the inner factory was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "General Xu... please don't make things difficult for me. My master has told you to close the door... I won't be able to explain myself when I go back!"

General Xu said angrily: "If you can't explain it, then don't explain it!"

"He really thinks he's such a big shot. When will my Nine Borders' defense ever need his advice? If he were someone from the Ministry of War, I would consider it!"

"Stop talking nonsense and leave immediately!"

The guard from the inner factory wanted to say more, but Xu Ze said impatiently: "Don't you understand what I am saying? Stop pointing fingers here."

(End of this chapter)