First Prince of Ming Dynasty

The beginning of summer is less than half a month, and the rain is now. Outside the Kunning Palace, there is a slanting wind, drizzle, and misty mist. Inside the palace, the father and son are playing chess pieces to chat about government affairs.

It was already two months ago that Yunnan was pacified. Officials appointed by the imperial court had all gone to their posts. Tang He, the commander of the southern army, was already on his way back to the imperial court. What was waiting for him was the king's ceremony.

"King of Bohai Sea, it is also suitable."

Zhu Yuanzhang made a random move, he didn't care about winning or losing, the main reason was that he really couldn't beat his son, and he also knew that he would win in the end, so he was very casual.

"You also know that Tang He invited us to join the army. He was three years older than us, and he was already a thousand householder at that time, but he still offered to serve us as his master and servant. We will never forget this kindness."

After Zhu Biao heard it, he knew that his father had completely let go of the filth between the two of them in the past. He only remembered the kindness and righteousness, and wanted to share the love between the two of them for the rest of their lives and give him the dignity of a prince.

When competing in the world, Tang He served as Lao Zhu's arm, Shen Min was intelligent, brave and decisive, but one thing was wrong, that was, he often made mistakes due to drunkenness. When he was stationed in Changzhou, he asked for advice on something, but he was not satisfied. After getting drunk, he complained, "My town is like sitting on the ridge of a roof. If you look left, you will be left, and if you look right, you will be right."

But the scene at that time was the critical moment of the confrontation with Zhang Shicheng, and these words inevitably meant that he was sitting on the wall and falling in the wind. Therefore, after Lao Zhu learned about it, he summoned him to reprimand him face to face. It's never that easy to give up.

It was just that it was not easy at that time. After all, Tang He had a special status, and all the brothers in Huaixi also pleaded for mercy. Therefore, Tang He was awarded the title of king at the beginning of the founding of the country, but was soon dismissed. Inside.

Fortunately, Tang He has a long memory, and since then he has given up drinking and drinking less, and has done more without lying. Lao Zhu also cares about friendship, and he is the commander-in-chief for conquering Shu and suppressing Gui Dingyun.

We must know that in the present day of Ming Dynasty, there is a lack of capable ministers and officials who are less able to govern the people, but the only thing that is lacking is the talent of generals, let alone a war of grandeur and grandeur, which can be said to be nothing. meritorious service.

"I have also read the memorial sent by Tang Shuai. These years, Xingshi has been appointed, and he will go as soon as there is an order. There are many Gu family, so they should be honored and returned to their hometown."

Since the day when Yunnan was pacified, Tang He played a concert for several days, nothing more than begging for bones. This is undoubtedly very in line with Lao Zhu's wishes. Now that the Ming Dynasty has bright stars and few wars, even Xu Da and Chang Yuchun can't get a battle. Now, I hope that these old coaches will give way.

"Then let the Ministry of Industry build a mansion for him in Fengyang, and we will pay for it from our internal resources whenever needed."

Zhu Biaoluozi smiled and said, "Even if it is in Fengyang without spending tens of thousands of taels, it will be impossible to build a mansion made by the county king. Father, don't feel bad when the time comes."

It is said that it is tens of thousands of taels, but it is actually small, because it is made by imperial edict, and the Ministry of Industry will mobilize local people to work in corvee, and the same is true for craftsmen. The mountains and forests around Fengyang Emperor Township belong to the royal family, and the wood and building materials are all free. Only dare to say tens of thousands of taels.

After a game of chess, Lao Zhu was satisfied. If someone else played with him, he would deliberately lose to him despite his superior chess skills. He would always feel a little uncomfortable. Isn't it justified?

The ancients said that humbleness does not seek respect, and estrangement does not make friends, that's all.

"You want to leave Beijing?"

Zhu Biao packed up the chess pieces and said, "I want to meet the Marquis of Jiangyin. I have been planning for a long time to go to the sea, and now I am generally ready, but there are still some things that I need to go there in person to be at ease."

He raised his eyes and looked at his father as if he didn't want him to go out, so he said: "It's not far from Beijing, and my son Yueyu has just returned, and I still want to take Luohua with me. Silai has always been busy with government affairs since she got married. Accompanying, a rare opportunity..."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who listened to the words were taken aback, and Chang Luohua lowered his head a little shyly, never expecting that his husband would say such things in front of his parents-in-law.

Empress Ma stroked her daughter-in-law's sideburns with a smile and turned her head to Lao Zhu: "Chongba, let them go as a young couple."

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted, "When will we say we won't let go?"

"Have all the ocean-going ships been built?"

Zhu Biaoying said: "There are many sea-going ships left over from the Yuan Dynasty. After the founding of the country, the capital, Suzhou, Songjiang, Zhenjiang and other places have never stopped working. Now there are 157 sea-going ships that can go far to sea. There are about 15,000 soldiers."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly: "Some are missing. Since we want to promote the country's prestige to facilitate the exchange and trade of goods, the advance army must be large to subdue the barbarian countries, otherwise it will cause disaster."

"It's a little less, but after the official ships, there are more than 300 ships from the Jiangnan family and merchant gangs from all over the world, which are strong enough."

The scale of this time is definitely not as good as Zheng He's voyages in history, because the Ming Dynasty is far from reaching its peak. The background of Zheng He's first voyage is the Ming Dynasty left behind by Zhu Yuanzhang's 31-year Hongwu rule, and now the founding of the country It's only been a few years, and the accumulation is not enough.

However, it is no longer possible to postpone the opening of the sea, not to mention that no matter how small it is, it is still compared with itself. At this time, a fleet of this size can be said to be invincible in the world. enough.

The only thing that can go wrong is that God's will is unpredictable, the sea is ruthless, no matter how huge the fleet is, it is irresistible in the face of shipwreck, and man-made disasters are not a concern.

After having dinner together, Zhu Biao returned to the East Palace with the Crown Princess. The two children were naturally placed in the Kunning Palace. They finally fell asleep, and it was a toss when they woke up. Besides, Lao Zhu obviously wanted to keep his grandson Being close, Zhu Biao, a son, would naturally not prevent his grandparents from exchanging feelings.

After the two separated and changed their clothes, they reunited on the couch, hugged his wife and said with a smile: "Is the husband not breaking his promise?"

Chang Luohua readily responded, "Government affairs are heavy, so I thought my master would not be able to spare time."

"Although there are many government affairs, everything is decided, so it is natural to make a promise."

These words seemed to be leaving Beijing just to make her happy, Chang Luohua couldn't help pursing his lips and said angrily: "It's obvious that I have something important to go, so what I say seems to be forced by my concubine."

"Haha, okay, it's my own business, please trouble Aifei to take the pains to accompany me for a walk."

The two rubbed each other's ears and temples for a while, and Chang Luohuayi was stroking his chest with his slender white fingers in his arms, his eyes were as bright as stars, and he was obviously very happy.

"Then His Highness has promised that no one else will be brought along on this trip."

Zhu Biao raised his eyebrows: "Liu Jin still has to take it."

"The concubine is not talking about Liu Jin~"

"Oh, it turns out that the princess of the palace is not so broad-minded."

If these words were said outside, it would be an earth-shattering event that would shake the palace city. Not only the emperor and empress would intervene, but even Chang Yuchun would enter the palace to plead guilty.

It doesn't matter if it's just a joke in the couple's boudoir, and Chang Luohua said in a rare sarcasm: "The concubine is narrow-minded. In short, the master can't take other women."

Zhu Bianben didn't mean to bring other concubines, but just teased his wife. After she gave birth to a child, she became more dignified and grand, making people always want to see her another look.

Zhu Biao whispered a few words in her ear, the words made Chang Luohua cover his face and feel shy, Zhu Biao himself was a little speechless after he finished speaking, but he didn't expect that he could say such nasty words.

The concubine is very beautiful, but just like him, there are many things in and out of the palace that need to be worried about, especially the affairs of women, which consume one's mind and mind, and the opportunity to travel far away from Beijing is rare, let alone a concubine in the palace, even Zhu Biao is also like this.

It is really troublesome to go out for a trip. Although there is no need to build a palace to receive people, and there is no need to build imperial roads to conscript people to pull dragon boats, but no matter how light and simple the car is, the necessary guards must be at least thousands of people.

For the country, the people, and oneself, in fact, it is better to go out less, but there are some things that you can’t do without going. The people below don’t beat you and don’t show that you value them. They can make any trouble for you.

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