Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 546 The Most Ruthless Imperial Family
For Lao Zhu, his children and grandchildren are promising, so he couldn't be happier.

He is talented and roughly born from a humble background but swept the world.Not only expelled the Tartars, but also recovered the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun that had been lost at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and once again completed the great unification of the Han people. He established the Song Dynasty and never reached its peak.

The great Ming country is naturally difficult for Lao Zhu to give up. This is the country and community he left to future generations.

However, this great Ming country can only be controlled by the lineage of the eldest son, and the other descendants basically have a wealth.

Now there are two promising sons overseas who are about to become the lord of the country, even though many places are wild places that Lao Zhu despises.But in any case, this is also a place with a foundation, which is something to be proud of.

Although the princes of the Ming Dynasty were extremely noble, the lord of a country should not be underestimated.If it was just a small country in a foreign country, Lao Zhu would not like it.But of course, Lao Zhu has to take a high look at the vassal state established by his own children and grandchildren.

The chubby Zhu Gaochi and the heroic Zhu Mengtan have entered the palace, and they will go to the Qianqing Palace first.

"Sun Chen Zhu Gaochi pays homage to His Majesty the Supreme Emperor."

"Sun Chen Zhu Mengtan pays homage to His Majesty the Supreme Emperor."

The smiling old Zhu raised his hand and said, "Get up, all of you, it's been a tiring journey, and it's hard for you too."

He could barely move his eyes, and Lao Zhu said with a smile, "We remember that in the early years, although Gao Chi was a little fat, he was fairer and fairer. I haven't seen it for a few years, and Gao Chi has also lost weight and darkened. If you want us to agree, it's a bit manly!"

Zhu Gaochi immediately replied respectfully, "Sun Chen is unfilial. He has not seen the emperor's grandfather for many years. Sun Chen is guilty."

"There is no crime, and it's not about the court." Lao Zhu waved his hands with a smile, and said, "Don't blame us for being cruel, even though they were all born in the emperor's family, it's just that these countries can't be careless. Just right Your father was thinking about making achievements on the battlefield, so we will get you to Dongying. Now you have a foundation in Dongying, and you can understand our painstaking efforts."

Zhu Gaochi naturally had some feelings about Lao Zhu's words.For example, Zhu Gaochi also knows that "the most ruthless emperor's family", not to mention the great Ming Dynasty, even those foundations in Dongying, his two younger brothers are often worried about them.

Zhu Gaochi has been working conscientiously and busy over the years to manage the established foundation, improve people's livelihood, and regain the hearts of the people.It's just that in the eyes of his father, although the eldest son has some skills, he can govern the country.But after all, he is not as heroic as the second child, and he is not as capable of killing enemies and expanding territory on the battlefield as the second child.

Fortunately, Zhu Gaochi also understands that it seems that the second and third children have slightly threatened his status.But that was just his hometown, because Zhu Gaochi knew their father better, and knew that their father had his own opinions.

It is no problem for the second child to become a general, but it is obviously too much for him to govern the country.

What's more, even if it is the founding of the country, the crown prince and son of the vassal state need to be canonized by the Ming court.It is obvious that some rules of the Ming Dynasty also need to be continued in Dongpu.

For example, the system of heir apparent inheritance must be passed on.The second child and the third child are the so-called 'big names' without accident.

Looking at Zhu Mengtan, Old Zhu said with a smile, "When your father was born, we wanted to send him to the land of Jingchu. Although you also grew up in Yingtian Mansion, you know Jingchu better. It's not us Heartless, that end is really important to Daming. Look at your brothers, Jingxiang, and the land of two lakes, I am afraid that in a few years it will become a rich and rich granary, comparable to Jiangnan!"

Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Mengtan knelt down immediately, with a sincere and sincere look, "Your Majesty declares that I dare not wait!"

"Don't dare to dare!" Old Zhu said with a smile, "Really, we also know that many people in the clan say that the emperor is indifferent and doesn't value family affection. They all say that being a prince in the rich and prosperous place of Ming Dynasty is far better than that. To be a country lord in a wild land. We know that those incompetent things really have no vision."

These words are difficult for Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Mengtan, not just because they are difficult to complain about other clans.The most important thing is that the Emperor Hongwu in front of him, or the Emperor Yingshi who is not here, are not easy-going lamps, so of course you have to be careful when dealing with them.

Even if it is the clan, even if it is a dude like Wu Wang Zhu Yunxi, they dare not have fun all the time. For the two supreme beings in the world, Emperor Hongwu and Emperor Yingshi, the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty are trembling.Although the clan said that they were not worried about being beheaded or anything, they had annoyed these two, not to mention that life would be worse than death, but they would inevitably be scolded and punished.

The civil and military people of the Manchu Dynasty were in awe of the emperor, but in fact, the clan was also afraid of the people on the dragon chair.Because of sensitive status, because if you want to continue to be rich, you basically need to follow the footsteps of the emperors, and you can't make any mistakes.

What's more, the current Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Mengtan are more sensitive than ordinary clan identities, and they will soon become the heirs of the vassal state.

If he hadn't left Daming before, when he was a child of the clan, he could indeed complain sometimes.But the current status is unusual, and if she complains again at this time, it may cause some disputes.

In fact, Zhu Gaochi likes the current situation quite a bit. Even though he went to Dongying, he was restricted by Ming Dynasty.But the sky is high and the emperor is far away. Being in his own territory is much more comfortable than being a vassal king in Daming.

Looking at Zhu Gaochi, Lao Zhu asked again, "We also sent some reports earlier, and you did well there. Your father's mind is all about fighting, and it's not easy to run a family. Our Ming Dynasty At the beginning of the founding of the country, the national strength was weak, even if we had ambitions, we could not succeed, and the treasury was empty. The emperor dared to use the army in the past two years, and it was our Ming Dynasty who had accumulated for 30 years before we had any wealth."

Zhu Gaochi's mood immediately became complicated, because what Lao Zhu said almost touched Zhu Gaochi's heart.

His father was just busy fighting, constantly expanding territories and conquering cities.As for the logistics behind it, or the land that was seized, the people who were subdued, etc., most of them were left to Zhu Gaochi to manage.

The chubby Zhu Gaochi feels that he is much thinner than before, and a large part of the reason is that there are too many things to do now.Fortunately, he studied in Yingtianfu when he was a child, and now Zhu Gaochi can barely support a family business.

It's just that Zhu Gaochi is also very worried, although now he has his own foundation, and there are some taxes and so on.But a lot of supplies, food, grass, etc. also need the support of Daming.What Grandpa Huang said just now, is it to cut off the support? !

This forced Zhu Gaochi to stop thinking about some things, although the battle ahead is going well and the territory is relatively stable.But if he really lost Daming's support, he might just stick to it and govern the country. In a short period of time, he might really not have much spare power to further crusade against the so-called emperor.

After all, the current Ming Dynasty is indeed engaged in a war of destroying the country, and it is estimated that Koryo will spend a lot of effort.What's more, the Tatars fought only two years ago, which also consumed a lot of national strength, so it is really likely that Ming will have to reduce some support.

Just when Zhu Gaochi was thinking about it, Lao Zhu asked, "Did you bring your credentials?"

Zhu Gaochi said hastily, "Go back to Grandpa Huang, I brought the letter of credence, please have a look at Grandpa Huang."

Zhu Mengtan also quickly took out his credentials, ready to hand them to Lao Zhu.

Old Zhu glared, feeling a little unhappy, "You two foolish bastards, we have abdicated now, you should hand over the letter of credence to the emperor."

Zhu Mengtan just lowered his head, while Zhu Gaochi was in an extremely complicated mood.

At any rate, he was also born in Fengyang Mansion, grew up in Yingtian Mansion, and studied in Da Bentang in the early years.However, there is probably an insurmountable gap and gap between these imperial grandchildren and the one who is sitting on the dragon chair right now since they were born.

When they were young, Zhu Gaochi and others still felt uncomfortable. They felt that the emperor's grandfather and emperor's grandmother were eccentric, because the emperor's grandfather and emperor's grandmother only had cousins ​​in their eyes.That one grew up in Kunning Palace, and he had no taboos in front of the emperor's grandfather, and even governed early.

But for the other imperial grandchildren, let alone seeing the imperial grandmother, it is also difficult to see the imperial grandpa.Even for the smooth enthronement of that one, the emperor's grandfather abdicated early, and even cleaned up a lot of nobles early, and even many people in the clan had to make way for this.

But even though they wanted to complain, Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Mengtan still said, "Sun Chen is guilty!"

"Uncle Wang!" Little Zhu's voice came, and the kid ran straight into the Qianqing Palace, "There is a family banquet at the other end of the father, hurry up. The father also said that the family banquet is over, let you follow him Go to Fengxian Hall to offer incense, we will go too."

Old Zhu smiled and said, "It's just your father who is out of place, the two of them are going to offer incense now, what time is it?!"

"You should go at any time!" Little Zhu said eloquently, "It's hard to say when it's not, and you have to follow the etiquette system. But the Fengxian Hall is dedicated to the ancestors of our Zhu family. Children and grandchildren If you are promising outside, you will naturally go to incense. Our father also said that he is going, and great-grandfather is going too!"

Old Zhu blew his beard and stared, and said, "Your father is the only one who can make a fuss, and he took your Uncle Wang there, so why don't we go!"

Little Zhu rushed forward, grabbed Lao Zhu's hand and said, "Of course the great-grandfather will go, these are all great-grandfather's grandsons. It's best for the great-grandfather to go, let the ancestors of our Zhu family see, not just the great-grandfather Great, our Zhu family sons are all promising!"

Old Zhu smiled openly. In fact, Xiao Zhu's words can be regarded as speaking of Lao Zhu's heart.It's just that Xiao Zhu 'doesn't invite', and Lao Zhu is a bit embarrassing.But little Zhu made such a request, so Lao Zhu could only go along with the flow.

For his great achievements, Lao Zhu naturally knows it well.And now that the children and grandchildren have such promises, Lao Zhu is naturally happier and prouder, and naturally he can be even more proud in front of his ancestors!

Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Mengtan were also very touched in their hearts. They both said that their elder brother was the most favored by the emperor's grandfather, so there were always no rules in front of the emperor's grandfather, but the emperor liked the closeness of that one.

But looking at it now, I reckon that some of the rumors in the clan were still light-hearted, and the clue can be seen from the attitude of the emperor's grandfather towards the crown prince.Although the brother Zaohui who is said to be born knowing him sometimes does not observe etiquette, he will not be too out of line.But the current crown prince really doesn't know what it means to be afraid in front of Emperor Hongwu.

"Uncle Wang, hurry up and follow." Holding Lao Zhu's hand, Xiao Zhu urged, "Our father is waiting there, and the fifth prince will come over later, don't let the fifth prince wait there too on."

Old Zhu was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Why did you let your fifth prince go there?"

"The fifth prince is the patriarchal order of our clan's mansion, so he has to go." Little Zhu just passed on a message, saying, "Great-grandfather, if you are not satisfied with the arrangement, you can go and talk to my father. We are the princes who run errands. No Lord."

Zhu Gaochi lowered his head. In fact, he was close to Uncle Wu's family. Who asked Uncle Wu to share a grandmother with them.It's just that when he arrived at Yingtian Mansion yesterday, he didn't dare to go to Zhou Wang's Mansion to say hello, who made him the envoy of the feudal kingdom now, his identity is even more sensitive.

In fact, it was not just Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Mengtan was the same. When he returned to the palace, he closed the door to thank the guests.

They are all relatively cautious temperaments. If they were born in the emperor's family, except for a very few who are too stupid, they are more or less aware of some things.Especially for those who want to inherit the prince and family business, those who are young will also learn something.

Although there are quite a few dudes in the clan, or those who are violent and stupid, but everyone knows where the bottom line is, and also knows that some things are most likely to cause the emperor's dissatisfaction, so they will naturally be more cautious.

Little Zhu supported Lao Zhu, and chattered as he walked, "Great-grandfather, you don't know how bad our father is. We said we would come to see Uncle Wang today, and asked Uncle Wang to tell us about Dongying. Our father still If you don’t agree, you still want us to listen to the attendant’s lecture on history. He wants to go to court, and the great-grandfather doesn’t have time to see the king’s uncles, so he let the second uncle accompany him, and the second uncle almost didn’t call the attendant.”

Listen to Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Mengtan behind them, 'Second Uncle'?
No, this is not Xu Wang Zhu Yunqi, the crown prince's 'second uncle', it seems that it can only be Zhu Yunxie.

Although Lao Zhu was smiling, he was still very concerned, "Oh? Why did your second uncle call the waiter?"

"The waiter talked about Jin usurping Wei, saying it was caused by Wei usurping Han." Little Zhu said naggingly, "He also said that Cao Wei didn't follow the etiquette, so he died naturally. Our second uncle can't listen to it, so let us say What is the dry cleaning of that and etiquette? At the end of the Han Dynasty, the heroes were separated, and the Han Dynasty existed in name only. It is not Cao Wei, but also Liu Shu and Sun Wu. Which one is the Han family?"

Lao Zhu smiled and said nothing, but he had made up his mind.It seems that some people are unwilling to give up and still want to confuse the crown prince.Those scholars have no good intentions.

Seeing that Emperor Yingshi did not respect Confucianism, he wanted to move his mind on the Crown Prince's side.

Even if those people don't deserve to die, they should be severely punished!
(End of this chapter)