The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 221
Suburbs outside the capital.

In a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters, there is an unknown manor. There are several yards with three entrances at the entrance, and a garden at the back.

All the furniture in the house is made of mahogany, and all the decorations are jewellery. The calligraphy and paintings on the walls are all signed by famous masters.

In the middle of the hall, there is a branch of coral tree, more than two feet high. It is covered with a glass enclosure bought from Peiping, facing a large vase from an ancient kiln.

Xu Zengshou was lying on the rocking chair, shaking.

Sitting beside her was a beautiful young woman, wearing a silk skirt with her white collarbone exposed at the front.

Qianqian picked out a large strawberry from the food box of the incense table, and slowly fed it into Xu Zengshou's mouth.

Xu Zengshou didn't even open his eyes, his face was contented, without the slightest precaution, he opened his mouth and bit when he felt the foreign object.

"ah."

The beautiful young woman withdrew her fingers, held them in her heart, frowned slightly, feeling puzzled, and slapped Xu Zengshou's arm angrily.

"Grandpa, you bit the slave."

"You bite me, I bite yours, isn't it fair?"

Xu Zengshou opened his eyes, hugged the beautiful young woman, talking nonsense, the young woman was so ashamed that she pushed Xu Zengshou away.

"Look at you, you still look like a governor."

"The governor is looking at it as an outsider. In front of you, I can't be a gentleman, and I don't care."

Xu Zengshou said disapprovingly.

"In our Xu family, it's enough to have a big brother. I only want to have a name. This is the way to last. You don't understand."

The beautiful young woman really doesn't understand.

And in front of the master, she would advise a few words, but not too much.

After closing the door, the two of them chattered in the courtyard, only the sound came from outside, it was the housekeeper of the third room.

"My lord, someone is here, sent by the lord, let the lord go back."

"Wait."

Hearing the voice from inside, the old butler was used to it.

at last.

Xu Zengshou rolled up his sleeves, walked out from the room, and asked, "What do you want me, brother?"

"did not say."

Without further delay, Xu Zengshou took a carriage and returned to the capital.

Duke of Wei.

After Xu Da's death, he was posthumously named King of Zhongshan and presented to the third prince.

However, during the Battle of Jingnan, Xu Huizu had a firm attitude and did not push Zhu Di to become emperor. Because of his status, Zhu Di lost his salary and title.

It was not until Xu Huizu's death that Zhu Di ordered his eldest son to inherit the title of Duke of Wei on the grounds that King Zhongshan would not be childless.

In addition, in the capital, Xu Zengshou, who informed Zhu Di, was killed by Zhu Yunqi, and Zhu Di posthumously named Ding Guogong, and his descendants inherited it.

That is to say, the famous Yimen Lianggong.

Therefore, in the book "Dream of Red Mansions", Jia's family is one and two countries, which has given rise to many opinions in later generations, thinking that the prototype of Jia's mansion refers to the Xu family.

When Xu Zengshou arrived at the mansion, the two brothers met in Xu Huizu's study.

Among them, there is also Xu Yingxu, the second child, but they are not from the same biological mother, so they are not very close.

Another brother Xu Tianfu died young.

"I'm going to get up and go to Shaanxi."

"deal?"

Xu Zengshou said in surprise.

King Qin wants to come back, and has been working hard for it for many years. There are many lobbyists sent by him in the capital.

Thinking about it, it's really bad luck.

Coincidentally, in the year when King Qin became king, the prince happened to die of illness.

If the big case had been a few months late, or if the prince had died of illness a few months earlier, the situation would have been completely different.

In the minds of many people, if King Qin hadn't had any accidents back then, after the crown prince died of illness, King Qin, as the second son, would very likely become the new crown prince.

Missing a millimeter is a thousand miles away.

There are still many people in the capital who want to speculate and take shortcuts, so there are many people running for King Qin.

Under such circumstances, among the several vassal kings, who was the most scrupled by the courtiers around the emperor's grandson, it must be King Qin.

King Yan's level of threat still lags behind that of King Jin.

"The sage has agreed." Xu Huizu said in a deep voice, without much joy on his face.

Xu Huizu was speechless.

Then he sighed: "They have done this. I'm afraid that in Shaanxi, the King of Qin is going to be furious."

The king of Jin led troops out of the fortress, the king of Yan led his troops out of Liao, and the king of Qin led his troops to quell the chaos. It can be said that throughout the year, the bigwigs of the court did not have a comfortable year.

For, against, neutral, soy sauce...

Arguing and arguing to no avail.

The officials who reacted focused their firepower on the King of Qin. Although they did not deprive King Qin of his military power, the sage agreed to send Xu Huizu to Shaanxi to take charge of the generals of the Shaanxi Metropolitan Command Division, which divided King Qin's military power to the greatest extent.

To a certain extent, it prevented King Qin's comeback.

The king of Qin has come back, but the comeback is not complete, so naturally it can't affect the famous weapon of the emperor grandson.

"It's not enough." Xu Huizu said coldly.

"What else do they want to do? It's not a good thing to win Long and look forward to Shu. The matter of the King of Qin has already been settled. If we continue to argue, I'm afraid it will cause the saint's dissatisfaction."

"The king of Yan wants to marry the Guo family, and the king of Yan has already signed up."

"Hey."

Xu Zengshou frowned, and said dissatisfiedly: "This group of people, taking advantage of the sage's concern about the prestige of the emperor's grandson, are doing more and more unscrupulous."

"First, the king of Yan was impeached. Now that the king of Yan has made it clear that he wants to elect the Guo family, they will come out to oppose it. Where will the face of the king of Yan be?"

"Oh." Xu Huizu sighed.

The country is in chaos.

The prince really shouldn't have died of illness.

The thriving national power, with the prince's death, is still caught in internal strife even after several years have passed.

It was still the case where the sage designated an heir for the first time.

If it weren't for the sage's decisiveness at the beginning, I'm afraid the situation would have become more and more chaotic, because as more people bet, the internal fighting would become more intense, and even to the point of tragedy, I don't know how many people would die.

"After I leave the capital, don't show your inclination." Xu Huizu stated his purpose.

"No, I have to help King Yan, otherwise I won't be able to explain to Eldest Sister."

Xu Zengshou refused.

Xu Huizu stared at his younger brother, Xu Zengshou's face did not change color.

a long time.

Xu Huizu looked back feebly.

Even their Xu family couldn't maintain a consistent attitude, let alone the court, too many people insisted on their own ideas for their own interests.

Peiping.

Zhu Di set off for Liaodong.

The Xu family of the royal family came forward to arrange the preparations for the young lady of the family to marry, and to do it in a beautiful manner, so that the eldest daughter would not suffer any grievances.

Zhu Gaochi said with a smile, "Is the family money enough?"

Mrs. Xu glanced at her eldest son, and joked: "The local rich have a lot of money and have no place to put it, so I have to take it out and sprinkle it."

"Although there is a lot of money, it has a place to go." After explaining, Zhu Gaochi said with a smile: "But I will definitely support the eldest sister's marriage."

"It's good if you have this heart." Xu refused.

There are many things in the family, as parents, they don't care about them with their children.

I don't know if the boss understands or not.

There is no separation in the palace, and the money in the hands of the boss will go into the public account, and then the family will pay for the expenses of the children.

Zhu Di didn't mention this matter, neither did Xu Shi, leaving Zhu Gaochi with a lot of money in his hands.

"Also, you have to be careful when you go out recently. Your father said that this year your grandpa will entrust the crown prince."

Zhu Gaochi nodded.

Not only him, many princes' eldest sons, no matter their age, were enshrined as princes by Zhu Yuanzhang, including feudal princes.

Even if they are still young, they will be packaged and entrusted as feudal kings, and they will stay in the capital first, and then become feudal princes when they are older.

Seeing that there was nothing wrong with his mother, he went to visit his elder sister again, who was also busy there. Seeing Zhu Yuying being taught by the nuns, Zhu Gaochi sat for a while and left.

Yuan Rong also went back to Yingtian Mansion to prepare for the marriage, and before leaving, he asked Zhu Gaochi for leave, resigned from his job at China Heavy Industries, and was busy with marrying the eldest daughter of Yan Wang Mansion.

Zhu Gaochi, who had nothing to do, looked for previous official documents, and one of them attracted him.

Hongwu 25 years.

A total of 600 people were recruited to enrich the guards in the Datong area.

This was when I first came to Daming.

Zhu Gaochi was thoughtful.

(End of this chapter)