Daming: Refining zombies at the beginning, Lao Zhu was shocked

Chapter 182 Chapter 182: Zhu Biao’s body and Zhu Yue are helpless!

In the past few days, Zhu Yuanzhang has been paying close attention to Zhu Biao's schedule!

Just when Zhu Biao entered the northwest, the news sent by Jinyiwei's horse arrived at Hanzhong Mansion!

"Lao Jiu, your eldest brother will arrive at Xi'an Mansion tomorrow at the latest!"

"How about we, father and son, go to Xi'an Mansion and wait!"

After finishing breakfast, Zhu Yuanzhang directly suggested to Zhu Yue.

"Okay, my son will make arrangements now and we will leave for Xi'an Mansion later!"

Zhu Yue agreed directly.

Anyway, the imperial court also moved its capital to Xi'an, not to Hanzhong!

Zhu Di had no objection to this.

"By the way, bring Feng'er and Qiu'er with you!"

Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Zhu Yue again.

Zhu Yue has no objection to this. The old man is also very considerate of these two boys. He is willing to take the two children with him at all times. It can also be seen that the old man attaches great importance to the two children!

Soon, a group of five people, including the grandfather, grandson, father and son, got into Zhu Yuanzhang's luxurious carriage and headed straight to Xi'an Mansion with five hundred iron guards!

At this moment, Zhu Di felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.

Not only do all of Lao Jiu's guards wear armor, even the horses are covered in soft armor. Even if they don't know what their combat effectiveness is, they are enough to be enviable!

In terms of momentum alone, these brave guards far surpass the most elite cavalry under their command!

Knowing the whole leopard at a glance, Zhu Di felt that if the numbers were equal, the Hanzhong army under Lao Jiu was enough to crush his own Yan army!

How come the gap between people is so big?

Because I followed Zhu Yuanzhang in a luxurious carriage, I set off from Hanzhong Mansion in the morning and when I arrived at Xi'an Mansion, the sun was about to set!

According to the news reported by Jin Yiwei, Zhu Biao should arrive in Xi'an around the same time tomorrow!

They all still have one day to prepare!

After entering Xi'an City, Zhu Di also saw the renovated Prince Qin's Palace, which should now be said to be the new palace of the Ming Dynasty!

Although it is not up to the overall standard of the palace, at least it is usable!

Everyone feels that this is just a temporary palace, and new palaces will be built in the future!

But except for Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yue and Zhu Biao, no one else knew that this temporary palace would take at least ten years!

After all, before the capital is moved to Beiping, the palace will definitely not be built elsewhere!

It’s not necessary!

The last time Zhu Di came here, he traveled incognito and did not reveal his identity. In addition, the new palace was still being renovated at the time, so he was not able to enter it!

Even now, many places in the new palace are still being renovated, but some key areas have been improved in advance to make them usable!

Other relatively unimportant places will be left to continue to be renovated slowly!

Now that they have arrived at Xi'an Mansion, Zhu Yuanzhang and the others simply moved into the new palace.

Looking at the Fengtian Palace in front of him, Zhu Yuanzhang was quite satisfied. Although it was not as grand as the Fengtian Palace in the Yingtian Palace, it was still enough!

Now Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't value these very much!

Anyway, when Lao Jiu becomes emperor and moves the capital to Beiping, he will build a more grand Forbidden City. There is no need for him to continue to build a palace for more than ten years!

In addition, the Imperial Guards who had escorted Zhu Yuanzhang to the northwest had already arrived at the New Imperial Palace to garrison in advance!

It can be said that in terms of function, the current Xi'an Palace is no different from the Yingtian Palace!

After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang can continue to attend the morning court in this Fengtian Palace!

In addition, the offices of the Liubu Yamen are still under construction and will take more than a month to be completed at the earliest.

However, no one is in a hurry, and it is not going to be operational soon. The six departments in Yingtian Mansion are still operating normally!

During this period, all memorials will be expedited through eight hundred miles, and will be sent from Yingtian Mansion to Xi'an Mansion every day.

In addition, the cement road has been opened, so the trip only takes a few days, and basically it will not delay any major national events!

……

The next day, afternoon.

On the concrete avenue more than ten miles east of Xi'an Mansion, a group of people was moving quickly.

In addition to Zhu Biao's luxurious carriage, the six ministers and accompanying officials were all on other carriages!

On the other hand, Lan Yu and other noble generals did not need carriages at all, they basically all rode horses!

Along the way, the accompanying officials also experienced the comfortable experience of driving on the cement road. Compared with the bumpy official roads before, the feeling was simply heaven and earth!

Especially after entering the northwest boundary, you can clearly feel that the business atmosphere here is very strong, and there are an endless stream of caravans traveling from north to south on the road!

This kind of scene is rare even in Yingtian Mansion!

You know, they haven't arrived in Xi'an yet!

It can be said that this trip to the northwest gave everyone a more intuitive understanding of the prosperity of the northwest, and made everyone feel that the trip was worthwhile!

If before coming to the Northwest, most people were still a little skeptical and cautious about moving the capital, then after arriving in the Northwest, everyone's mentality has changed!

In the past, they were mainly worried that the northwest was not as good as the previous rumors, but now it seems that the actual situation in the northwest will only be better than what they heard or imagined!

At this moment, Zhu Biao, who was sitting in the luxurious carriage, was also filled with excitement!

We are finally going to Xi’an!

I haven’t seen him for several months, and I don’t know how the old man is doing now.

There is also the fourth child, Zhu Di, who was also summoned to the northwest by the old man. He will soon see the two brothers, the ninth and the fourth brother, whom he has not seen for many years, which makes Zhu Biao even more excited!

"Dong Guo Liang, how long will it take to get to Xi'an Mansion?"

Zhu Biao couldn't help but ask Lan Yu outside the carriage.

"Your Highness, we can already see the city of Xi'an in front of us!"

Lan Yu's voice rang with excitement!

"Is this coming soon?"

After Zhu Biao heard this, he hurried to the window and looked forward!

I saw a huge city looming ahead, it must be Xi'an Mansion!

Not only Zhu Biao, but also officials from the other six ministries, including Li Xin, looked curiously at the approaching Xi'an City and began to talk about it!

Basically all of them came to the northwest for the first time. As Beijing officials, most of them had rarely served in the northwest, even if they had served in local areas. It can also be said that they had never really seen the situation in the northwest with their own eyes. !

In the past, we only knew that the northwest was poor and very dangerous, but now the northwest is the richest and safest region in the Ming Dynasty!

Such a contrast is simply incomprehensible!

No wonder these civil servants were so excited!

"Look, what is that?"

"There are actually such tall buildings in Xi'an?"

As the city of Xi'an got closer and closer, a huge tall building began to appear in everyone's sight, and some people immediately exclaimed!

"That should be the rumored Xi'an business building, right?"

Zhu Biao, who was sitting in a luxurious carriage, said to Lan Yu, who was riding a horse beside him.

"Yes, that tall building is the most conspicuous. It must be a business building!"

Lan Yu also nodded firmly and said affirmatively.

The matter of the business building is not a secret. For example, after the business building of Hanzhong Mansion was completed, news soon spread to Yingtian Mansion, and those who should know have already known it!

But if you really see it with your own eyes, you will be amazed at the magnificence of this building!

Perhaps the height of more than ten floors is not too high, but the scale is large enough! Standing there, it looks like a Big Mac, quite conspicuous!

Soon, the team appeared outside the east gate of Xi'an City.

Zhu Yue and Zhu Di have already led a group of officials and guards from Xi'an Mansion and have been waiting here for a long time!

"I respectfully welcome His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

As the crowd shouted, Zhu Biao's luxurious carriage also stopped.

Immediately afterwards, the door of the carriage opened, and Zhu Biao was seen walking out quickly, looking directly at Zhu Yue and Zhu Di at the front of the crowd!

"Everyone is free of charge!"

Zhu Biao waved his hand and then got off the carriage directly!

The three brothers are finally reunited after many years!

"Big brother!"

“Old Four, Old Ninth!”

The brothers gave each other a bear hug. It was obvious that Zhu Biao was in a good mood, but the eyes of Zhu Yue and Zhu Di were somewhat complicated!

Because they all know, even Zhu Biao himself knows that he has no more years to live!

Even Zhu Yue felt infinite emotion in his heart when he saw Zhu Biao's current open-minded state!

If it were an ordinary person, knowing that his life was not long, he would probably not be able to laugh, right?

"We haven't seen each other for many years, why do you two look so unhappy?"

Zhu Biao also noticed the gazes of Zhu Yue and Zhu Di, but he asked pretending to be relaxed.

"Brother, are you okay?"

Zhu Di asked softly.

"Don't worry, we are very well now, thanks to Lao Jiu's blessing, we won't die for the time being!"

"We can just talk about some things in private. There are a lot of outsiders here!"

Zhu Biao patted Zhu Di on the shoulder and reminded him softly.

"Brother, why don't you go to the city first? Dad is already waiting in the palace!"

Zhu Yue also changed the subject and said.

"In the palace? Has the new palace been renovated?"

When Zhu Biao heard this, he was a little surprised!

"Not yet, most places are still under construction, but it won't affect our temporary living there!"

"The Fengtian Palace has been completed, and it will be no problem even if we hold the morning dynasty!"

Zhu Li explained with a smile.

"That's good!"

"Hurry into the city, don't keep the old man waiting!"

Zhu Biao nodded suddenly, and then the team set off again and entered the city of Xi'an!

Naturally, everyone knew about such a big event that the imperial court moved its capital to Xi'an. The people in Xi'an also knew that the prince had arrived today, and the streets were already crowded with people who wanted to take a look at the future prince. Style!

However, Zhu Biao had no intention of making a public appearance. He just pulled Zhu Yue and Zhu Di into the luxurious carriage and went directly into the newly renovated palace.

On the contrary, the accompanying group of civil servants and generals were looking at the spacious and clean, yet very bustling and noisy streets of Xi'an Mansion, with faces filled with wonder!

The prosperity of Xi'an Mansion has long surpassed that of Yingtian Mansion!

If we were to choose between Xi'an Prefecture and Yingtian Prefecture to be the capital, most of the civil servants and generals present at the moment would prefer Xi'an Prefecture!

This is why Zhu Yuanzhang asked Zhu Biao to bring all the six ministers and generals to Hanzhong Mansion first!

As long as these people can be dealt with, the matter of moving the capital will be smoother!

Soon, the three Zhu Yue brothers entered the new palace directly and saw Zhu Yuanzhang waiting here.

Although they haven't seen each other for several months, Zhu Biao is still the same as when they were separated, which completely relieved Zhu Yuanzhang's anxious heart!

Of course, Zhu Biao now looks as healthy as a normal person, but in fact he is already exhausted inside!

Zhu Yue had not come into contact with Zhu Biao before and could not be sure of his actual physical condition.

Now that I have seen it with my own eyes, I already know Zhu Biao’s situation very well!

Coincidentally, today happens to be April 25th!

In history, April 25th of the 25th year of Hongwu was the day when Prince Zhu Biao died of illness!

There are many speculations about the reasons for Zhu Biao's untimely death.

Some people think that it is impossible for Zhu Biao to suddenly pass away just because of a cold. There should be problems with his body long ago, such as some cancers and other diseases that will only be diagnosed in later generations!

Some people also analyzed that Zhu Biao was under too much mental stress in his early years. Coupled with the high-intensity work all year round, his body was also exhausted!

And now Zhu Yue can basically confirm that the reason why Zhu Biao died young was indeed because his physical condition had reached the level of full load!

In this state, even an inconspicuous wind chill could kill him!

Even if Zhu Yuanzhang knew in advance that Zhu Biao would die young and responded accordingly, canceling Zhu Biao's plan to travel westward, it was already too late!

Now Zhu Biao is completely relying on the half-finished longevity pill he gave him before!

If Zhu Yue had thought before that if Zhu Biao's original constitution was not hopeless, perhaps with other conditioning methods, Zhu Biao's lifespan could be extended again!

But now it seems that that is impossible!

At present, the only way to extend Zhu Biao's life again is the finished life-extending pill that the old man has!

That is to say, starting from today, Zhu Biao can only extend his life for about seven or eight years at most, no more!

Even if Zhu Yue had the intention to win over Zhu Biao again, he couldn't do it!

Of course, Zhu Yue would not say this. After all, it would only add to the troubles of the old man and Zhu Biao. He might as well leave them a little thought!

(End of this chapter)