First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 74

Zhu Biao returned to the East Palace on his own. After a while, Li Shanchang came to ask for a meeting. Zhu Biao asked Liu Jin to lead him in.

Li Shanchang walked in with a calm expression, and looking at Zhu Biao above, he knelt directly to the ground: "My minister Li Shanchang has no way to teach his son, please punish your Highness!"

Zhu Biao walked down quickly with a smile on his face, and personally helped Li Shanchang and said, "It's just a youthful spirit, and this palace is just, let you say it before tomorrow."

Li Shanchang cupped his hands and said, "After the wicked son returned home, he has already been practiced by the minister himself. When he can go to the ground, let him go to the East Palace to apologize to His Highness!"

Zhu Biao frowned and said: "Why is this, the King of Changsha has worked hard and made a lot of money, and the matter of Li Qi has already been punished by this palace."

Zhu Biao then instructed Liu Jin, who was beside him, "You personally lead the imperial physician to the Changsha palace."

Zhu Biao and Li Shanchang exchanged a few words of courtesy, and then the two returned to their respective seats and sat down.

Zhu Biao took a sip of tea and said, "Bengong has just returned from Kunning Palace, and the emperor's body is unwell because of the work of the case!"

Li Shanchang quickly got up and asked, "The Sage is in good health, what did the imperial doctor say?"

Zhu Biao waved his hand and said, "It's not a big problem, it's just that I'm a little overworked."

Li Shanchang quickly pleaded guilty: "This is the incompetence of the minister."

Zhu Biao said: "It seems that there are too many government affairs. It will not work like this. I wonder if the Prime Minister intends to add some more staff to the Sixth Department?"

As soon as Li Shanchang's heart moved, he knew that the main drama was coming: "The appointment and removal of the six divisions and the addition of positions are all decided by the sage, so how can the minister intervene."

Zhu Biao smiled and didn't say a word. It is true that the emperor can decide to add positions to the six ministries, but there is only so much power in total. If you don't divide it from your hands, Li Shanchang, what's the use of Zhu Yuanzhang adding a few vacant posts for the elderly!

Seeing Zhu Biao smiling but not speaking, Li Shanchang knew that he could only recognize this matter, his son gave him the handle, and he didn't cut the flesh to apologize. After that, the Li family would have an accident sooner or later.

Li Shanchang thought for a while and said, "The little daughter of the minister just now came back crying."

Zhu Biao was stunned and said: "But this palace scared the daughter of your palace?

After Zhu Biao finished speaking, he instructed: "Come here, pick some jewelry from the library of this palace and send it to the Changsha Palace!"

Li Shanchang stretched out his hand to stop it, and said with a smile: "I originally thought it was frightening, but my old wife pressed Fang Zhi. The little girl has admired His Highness for a long time, and now his brother has angered His Highness, she is very sad!"

Only then did Zhu Biao understand Li Shanchang's plan. Li Qi angered Zhu Biao. Even if Zhu Biao was not angry, he would never reuse the Li family in the future unless the Li family made a complete statement.

Zhu Biao smiled and said to the eunuch beside him, "Curry has a jade Ruyi gifted by the saint, and he will also send it to him."

Li Shanchang nodded with satisfaction, the prince and the concubine had already made a decision, but the side concubine had not yet made a decision.

The two of them didn't talk about the six-department position, the matter has been settled.

Li Shanchang told Zhu Biao that he would do his best to supply the army with supplies, so that Zhu Biao would not have any worries!

The two chatted happily, and in the afternoon, Li Shanchang had to deal with government affairs.

After he left, Zhu Biao only relaxed and leaned back on the chair. Li Shanchang's statement was already obvious, which is a good thing!

In this way, Li Shanchang will not have to worry too much. When he returns this time, Zhu Biao will really start to interfere in the affairs of the court.

Change some bad policies, set up a cabinet, reset the business tax, build ships to go to sea, reopen the Silk Road, and a series of things.

Zhu Biao wanted to do these things for a long time, but because of his young age, he had no prestige in the court, and he had no henchmen, so it was delayed.

Of course, it will take a long time for all these things to be done.

There is also the matter of establishing Jinyiwei, which should also be put on the agenda. Not only the prosecutors, but Zhu Biao also asked them to go to the Nanyang Western Regions, Japan and other places to survey the terrain and make some preparations for the future.

After Zhu Biao dealt with the matter, he did not rush to report to Zhu Yuanzhang. He sent Yu Ruyi to the palace of Changsha, and it was impossible to hide it from Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Biao felt a little tired and went back to the bedroom to sleep.

Zhu Biao woke up in the afternoon, Yun Jin waited for him to wash his face, Zhu Biao was about to go around the yard and saw three brothers sitting on the doorstep, Zhu Biao walked over and asked, "When did you come?"

Zhu Xi replied with a smile: "We just sat down for a while. We came here after we visited our father and mother, and then went to see our respective mothers and concubines."

Zhu Biao nodded, and then the third child said, "Brother, I heard that you are angry?"

Zhu Biaocai remembered that there were no three brothers in the kneeling group, and said, "How far did the three of you run away, and you haven't come back for so long."

Zhu Di said, "It's all my fault, the third brother. You have to chase your deer, otherwise we can see the big brother show his might!"

Zhu Biao said with a smile: "It's just a beating. How about them after I leave?"

Zhu Xu said: "After we go back, they will go down the mountain, and they all look absent-minded."

Zhu Biao nodded and sat on the steps with his three younger brothers: "Fourth, have you seen your daughter-in-law?"

The second and third are also looking at Zhu Di with great interest: "I almost forgot to ask, are you satisfied with the fourth!"

Zhu Di stammered his neck and replied, "Hmph, I don't have time to look at her, and I'm already engaged if I'm not satisfied!"

Zhu Biao didn't ask any further, looked at the trees in the courtyard and said, "I'm about to set off on an expedition soon, all three of you, please be careful, don't always think about charging, the arrows on the battlefield don't recognize you as the prince!"

Seeing the three younger brothers nodding, Zhu Biao said with a heartfelt education: "No matter how strong your martial arts are, how many enemies can you kill alone? Even Xiang Yu knows that the sword is one enemy, not enough to learn, and learning ten thousand enemies. Can you beat the overlord?"

"I beg the royal father to let you out, not for you to have fun. Follow the generals to learn the knowledge of marching and fighting and managing the army. You will all be useful in the future!"

The three brothers looked at each other and said, "Brother, we are princes, it's not good to learn this..."

As soon as Zhu Biao was happy, he knew that these were not so simple. Zhu Biao thought for a while and said bluntly: "When all the enemy forces in the territory are wiped out, the father emperor will definitely take back the military power of the generals, who will guard then. Frontiers? And those counties that are far from the center, how can the world be stable without garrisoning troops?"

Zhu Di said in a low voice, "When I have military power, how can I lead one side of the vassal town alone?"

Zhu Biao patted Zhu Di's head and said, "There is no way out. My Zhu family's foundation is too weak. If the military power of the founding generals is not taken, there will be trouble sooner or later!"

The three brothers looked at each other and said: "Big brother, if the father emperor really divides the kings, we will definitely respect the elder brother when we arrive at the fief! Everything obeys the father and the elder brother!"

Zhu Biao said with a smile: "Of course I believe in you, but the big brother doesn't want to lie to you, and in the end, I still have to cut the fan!"

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