First Prince of Ming Dynasty

After leaving the harem and passing through the east corner gate, along the way, I saw many court ladies and eunuchs, like ants, maintaining this huge palace city with their tiny bodies, and everything was clean.

Those who salute Zhu Biao and say hello to Zhu Biao will nod as long as they see him. This basic respect is enough for them to spend a hard day happily.

"Master, are you going to arrange the prince's ceremonial ceremony?"

"No need, there is no need to make such a big fuss about things in the clan."

"Yes, the servant will arrange for a car escort."

"Um."

Liu Jin bowed and left quickly, while Zhu Biao walked slowly outside with his hands behind his back. Yesterday, the guard of honor was used to let the courtiers see the relationship between the Tian family and the Xu family. Today, to see Tie Zhu, he is not that big decent.

Every move of the crown prince will be speculated by countless people. If he is going to mobilize the crowd today, it is estimated that as soon as he leaves, there will be countless people holding generous gifts to pay homage to the door.

It would be fine if Tie Zhu was capable, but the Zhu family's background is weak, and now is the time when the clan's children are really needed to contribute, but according to Zhu Biao's understanding of Tie Zhu, it's good that the boy is not bad.

As soon as he was about to pass the Meridian Gate, he bumped into Lao Zhu, who was striding forward, followed by a group of officials from the Ministry of Education. In order to keep up with the emperor, many of them trotted along, but it was hard for these little old men.

Zhu Biao tidied up his leaders and bowed to salute: "I pay homage to my father."

Lao Zhu was very happy to see his son, he stopped and asked with a smile, "Wait, where are you going?"

"My son just came out of the mother's harem and is going to see Tie Zhu."

The ministers and workers who caught up behind breathed a sigh of relief, and after arranging their sleeves a little, they bowed to say hello: "I will pay my respects to Your Highness, Your Highness."

"My dear ministers are exempt from courtesy. Since we have state affairs to discuss with my palace, it is not too polite."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said: "Then let's go, we have been paying less attention to Tie Zhu recently, you can reward him with something more for us."

"Children follow orders"

After answering the words, Zhu Biao stepped aside, the emperor walked away, and the rest of the ministers saluted the prince again before they dared to follow, Zhu Biao's body moved in the direction of his father, and did not turn and leave until the figure was far away ………

"The concubine and the prince welcome His Highness the Crown Prince."

The car stopped in front of the Nanchang Prince's Mansion, a woman led a slightly short boy and knelt on the steps of the gate of the mansion, Zhu Biao stretched out his hand and pulled Zhu Wei up and said, "I'm thin, but the cook in the mansion can't cook well?"

Zhu Wei was ten years old, ten years old is not considered a child in this era, not to mention his father died early, he was supposed to be the head of the family, but he seemed a little shy when faced with Zhu Biao's questioning, his eyes kept avoiding him .

The woman on the side hurriedly replied: "When you return to Your Highness, the son eats well every day, but according to the rules set by the Holy Majesty, he studies literature and martial arts diligently every day, so he is a little thinner."

Zhu Biao let go of Zhu Wei's hand, and naturally put his back on his back and said: "Okay, both civil and military have the style of a father, this is the cousin's son, let's go to the mansion to talk to each other."

"Yes, the concubine is rude, please come in, Your Highness."

Zhu Wei also said stiffly: "My nephew welcomes the emperor's uncle into the mansion."

"Um"

The gift arranged by Liu Jin was also moved into the mansion by the concierge of the Wangfu. Although Zhu Wenzheng was not knighted, after the founding of the country, Lao Zhu posthumously named his elder brother Zhu Xinglong the King of Nanchang. Zhu Wenzheng died, but the title was not deposed, so Zhu Wei Even if it is the prince of the royal family.

After entering the main hall to serve tea, Zhu Biao couldn't help but frowned seeing that Wang Shi had no intention of leaving. Although Wang Shi was not Zhu Wenzheng's wife, she was Zhu Wei's biological mother after all. The widowed sister-in-law lived alone with her son. It is proper to sign up to welcome you at the door, but it is beyond the mark to sit with you in the main hall.

Liu Jin bowed and smiled at Wang Shi: "His Royal Highness has business talks with the son of the world. Madam is a female relative, should I retreat for the time being?"

Wang's face turned red when she heard the words, and she got up a little bit at a loss, and didn't say a word until the last time, so she could only bow and leave in a hurry. Zhu Wei was even more restless watching his mother leave.

Although I have heard from the instructions ordered to teach Zhu Wei that the eldest son has a negative personality, thinks less and speaks less, and is a little surly towards servants and servants, but he did not expect to reach such a point, and he does not know how the Wang family taught the children. .

Zhu Biao picked up the tea cup and blew it, then put it down and asked: "You are not young anymore, it is not good to always practice literature and martial arts in the palace alone, why not study in the palace with your other uncles, they are all from the Zhu family His descendants should be close."

"Little nephew obeys the emperor's uncle's arrangement."

"That's good, your uncles and grandparents miss you, and it will be very common to study in the palace in the future."

"Yes, nephews and grandchildren don't miss their uncles and grandparents every day."

These words are still a bit level, Zhu Biao picked up the teacup and took a sip and said: "Your second uncle, third uncle and fourth uncle have already become kings, and in two years you will reach the age of being a prince, but have you thought about what to do after you become a feudal clan?" ?”

"..."

I can still say a few cute words, but when I really ask about it, it shows my shortcomings. You must know that Zhu Yuanzhang arranged to teach Zhu Wei in accordance with the standards for educating princes. From the above few sentences, it can be seen that there is really no learning.

That is, when the second and third sons were tested by the emperor when they were 30 years old, they could tell a lot, let alone the other princes. Lao Zhu attached great importance to education, and the education of the clan was the most important thing.

Zhu Biao has a lot of government affairs inside and out, so he doesn't bother to make things difficult for him when he sees this. He just sighs a little bit about how Zhu Wenzheng is, and there are still things that can be obtained. It can be seen that his son's virtue is probably even natural. You can't enjoy the wealth and honor.

After lunch at noon, Zhu Biao returned to the palace under Wang's attentive and expectant eyes. She probably thought that the prince's presence in person was a sign that her son would be crowned king in a few days, and she would also be able to enjoy a splendid life. Get a imperial order.

Zhu Biao quickly returned to the Jinshen Hall, where only the emperor was immersed in reviewing the memorials. The officials of the Zhongshu Province should have all left. It seems that there is no major event today, otherwise the Xiaochao would not be so short.

"My son is back."

Zhu Yuanzhang put down his pen and looked a little troubled, but he still asked: "How is Tie Zhu?"

Zhu Biao said with a smile: "The son of the royal family, the father, the queen, and the queen often give rewards during the festivals. The heaven's grace is so powerful and the holy will is evident. Naturally, they are living well."

"That's good, that's good..."

Zhu Biao went to his desk and sat down, "Father is still a little angry about what happened to my cousin back then."

"People are dead, we still have no anger, but some regrets, we should listen to your mother at that time, keep him by your side and take care of him, so that he won't leave orphans and widows to die in depression. "

"The crime of treason cannot be forgiven. My cousin made a mistake. According to the situation at that time, it was right for the father to execute him as an example. However, he was exempted from government and placed under house arrest in Tongcheng. This is already a kindness outside the law because of his blood and family."

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a moment and said: "We don't think Tie Zhu's kid is very promising. You should take care of him in the future. His father made mistakes, but after all, Hongdu deserves credit."

"yes."

Zhu Yuanzhang leaned on the back of his chair and unconsciously recalled his high-spirited nephew. He was only sixteen years old when he came to join him. At that time, he had no son. Raise your son as your heir.

Unlike his father who was taciturn and mediocre all his life, his nephew was very similar to himself. He was intelligent, decisive, brave and good at fighting. .

But no matter how good a nephew is, he is still not as close as a son. It would be fine if he has never had a son. It is better to cheapen his own family than to cheapen outsiders.

But it’s different since Biao’er was born. There is no reason why we should not give our son to his nephew the foundation we have saved so hard. Daddy, that's a big difference.

At that time, the nephew's power was already too great, and his ambition had also become bigger, and his family affection was also very weak in the face of power.

He had to be prepared that if one day he suddenly died in battle, his son was still young and his nephew was strong and mighty, if there was a setback, it would be inevitable that his son would die unexpectedly in the end, and he had to make plans for his own sake.

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