First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up from the dragon chair, waved back the maids and eunuchs who were about to come forward to serve him, and soon he was the only one left in the hall, walking down the imperial steps, looking at the extremely empty hall, as if standing in front of him that group of people.

Standing at the position where Hu Weiyong was standing just now, he looked at the dragon chair, and after a long time of contemplation, he looked around the imperial pillars in the hall, and finally stood still with a smile on the corner of his mouth, with aloofness and disdain.

Then he left the hall with his hands behind his back, countless eunuchs, guards with swords and halberds running back and forth, all bowed down, and there was no one standing in their eyes. The so-called majesty of the emperor is nothing more than that...

At noon, Zhu Biao had lunch with Empress Ma. The two children had a fight all morning and took a few sips of milk before falling asleep. Lao Zhu ate his meal in Jinshen Hall as usual, and the meal was more expensive than usual. a duck.

Empress Ma put down her chopsticks and said sadly: "I also heard some news about Fangcai who came to report it. At this moment, the wives are also rushing to hand over the post asking for a visit to the palace..."

Zhu Biao swallowed the food in his mouth and said: "The queen mother doesn't have to worry, the emperor has his own opinion. It's inconvenient for a woman ordered by a foreigner to enter the palace. The queen mother still doesn't want to see her in the near future."

Empress Ma sighed: "If you say you don't see them, you will disappear? They are all sisters for many years, and some of them are marriages arranged by me alone. At this time, I will stand on the sidelines. How can I deal with myself in the future?"

Zhu Biao was also helpless when he heard that Empress Ma was in a special situation. She took care of the families and children of many generals and courtiers when she was in charge in the past.

"My son is just talking, everything should be done according to the queen mother's own wishes."

The wives met when they saw each other, and Zhu Biao was only worried that his mother would worry too much because of this. After all, it was not the Wu Zhou period. It was not so easy for women to control the government, but they just cried together.

"I really don't understand what kind of medicine you father and son are selling in the gourd. Wei Guan and Gao Qi violated a taboo. Why did you use this to suspend the imperial examination? Didn't you and your wife value this matter the most?"

Zhu Biao waved his hand to make people retreat, and then he said: "The so-called imperial examination Enke, in the final analysis, is to show kindness to scholars in the world, to win the favor of scholars, and to make them fall into the cage of official career."

"The main purpose is neither to select talents and use officials nor to educate the world, but to cage people with lofty ideals, so that all talented people in the world can study the rich and poor scriptures, concentrate on being an official and promote them, and the scholars are safe. Even if there are still people in this world who rebel Grasshoppers and reckless people are hard to make a fortune."

Empress Ma closed her eyes and sighed: "That is not in line with your father and son's thoughts. Why do you have to persecute them like this? They will rebel if they don't want to, and it is the scholars who take the lead in rebelling."

"Is the queen mother worried that someone can rebel successfully?"

Empress Ma wants to say something serious, but she also knows that during the founding of the country, the culture is declining and the military is flourishing. The imperial court is invincible in the world except for worrying about the large-scale invasion of northern Mongolia. .

Don't say that there may be rebels in the south of the Yangtze River, even if there are rebellions in the southeast, northwest, and state capitals, it is not a concern. At worst, let Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Feng Sheng, Deng Yu, Fu Youde and others lead the army to go again.

Zhu Biao calmed down and said: "This matter will pass soon. The queen mother does not need to worry too much. Even if the imperial examination is over, there will still be a Guozijian. The court will not be chaotic. No matter how hard the beating is now, I will give you a few more sweet dates." They will even be more grateful to Dade."

Empress Ma waved her hand in annoyance, Zhu Biao got up and saluted, and then left, but he was thinking in his heart whether he should let his mother go with the North Tour as well, staying in Beijing would inevitably be annoying.

Since the founding of the country, the queen mother has never left the palace for half a step. As the empress of the middle palace, while her mother respects the world, she is also confined to the inner courtyard of the palace, which is rare to be free.

After passing the Qianqing Gate, Zhu Biao remembered that he seemed to have left his two sons in the Kunning Palace. He looked up at the hot and dazzling sunlight, then looked back at the way back, and finally decided to forget about it.

Go back to the East Palace directly from the back right door. I planned to go to find my own princess for a lunch break, but was stopped by the eunuch in charge of the Wenhua Palace. The eldest son Chahan and his younger brother asked to enter the palace to meet His Highness, saying that they had something important to report, so the Crown Princess ordered her servants to lead them to the Wenhua Palace to wait."

Zhu Biao's eyes lit up. He had received the news a few days ago that Naha's youngest son was going to Liaodong to go to Beijing.

You must know that different from the eldest son inheritance system in the Central Plains, the Mongolian tradition has always been that the youngest son guards the stove, that is, when his father is alive, the eldest son will go out to live after he becomes an adult and get a part of the property and livestock. There are also a considerable number of daughters who marry. dowry, and after the death of his father, the youngest son born inherits all the remaining property.

This is a traditional practice in Mongolia, but it has changed since entering the Central Plains. The status of the eldest son has been significantly improved, but the status of the youngest son is still very special. Naha sent both the eldest son and the youngest son to the capital, which shows his sincerity , which can also be seen in its determination.

So Zhu Biao was naturally delighted, and he sped up his pace a little and walked towards the Wenhua Palace. He arrived in a short time, and he could see a dark-skinned boy standing beside Chahan outside the gate of the palace, followed by four others. A servant covered with a black cloth.

Zhu Biao could see them, so they also saw the prince, Chahan led the people and hurriedly bowed down: "Chen Chahan and his younger brother Alatan Ula paid homage to His Royal Highness the Prince."

Chahan's etiquette is very standard, but his younger brother and servants are a little weird, but it's not surprising, after all, the salute postures of Meng and Han are different, and they will get used to it after more practice.

Zhu Biao stretched out his hand to support him and said, "Excuse me, I didn't know that Brother Ling was here too, I should have let me know earlier."

The boy explained a few words in broken mandarin, Zhu Biao didn't quite understand but still nodded his head gently and praised him a few words casually, then his eyes fell on the black cloth.

Then he looked at Jiang Yu, and felt relieved when he saw him nodding. Jiang Yu was doing things safely, and if he dared to nod, he must know what was inside, so he walked into the hall first, and the rest followed.

Jiang Yu said quickly in a low voice recently: "Alatan Ula, which means Jinshan in Mongolian, is indeed Nahachu's most beloved youngest son. Under the black cloth, there are Haidongqing and the best Dongzhu."

Alatan Ula, Jinshan, Naha dispatched 200,000 troops to Jinshan, this is the name of the youngest son, it can be seen that he loves it, no wonder Chahan's expression is a little wrong today.

Although Chahan concealed it well, but Zhu Biao could still sense the trace of resistance and dissatisfaction. He probably thought that he had worked so hard in Daming to survive. Seeing that the big event was about to happen, what did it mean that his father suddenly sent his younger brother? Do you want to pick peaches and eat ready-made ones?

Zhu Biao sat down with a smile on his face, and offered a seat to Brother Chahan by the way. Alatan Ula did not sit down in a hurry, but offered the treasure he brought from Liaodong regardless of his brother's black face.

The black cloth lifted the two pure white falcons, which were incomparable to steeds, and they were exposed first, fluttering and majestic, and the two claws made of white jade are very eye-catching, and the falcon's head is breathtaking.

Liao Jin provoked Hai Dongqing, the jade claw was named Yinggong Jiuding, Zhu Biao was familiar with history books, especially in the Song, Liao and Jin Dynasties, and the name of Hai Dongqing has been heard for a long time.

Alatan Ula introduced with high spirits: "Report to His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty, to carve out Liaodong. The most handsome one is called Haidongqing. Among them, there are autumn yellow, wave yellow, three-year dragon, jade claw, and pure white jade. Claws are the rarest...Its strength is as great as a thousand weights hitting a stone, and its speed is as fast as lightning and thunder..."

Alatan Ula's half-Chinese, half-Mumbering speech is very weird, but fortunately, both Chahan and Jiang Yu can understand it, and Zhu Biao can understand it after helping the translator to explain.

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