King of Han Dynasty of Ming Dynasty

The next day, Jin Mansion.

Jin Zhong is now the Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty.

In the 24th year of Hongwu's reign, he entered the Prince Yan's Mansion in Peiping as a guard, and later transferred to the post of chief historian.

In the 32nd year of Hongwu, he was appointed Ji Shan and accompanied Zhu Di, King of Yan, to "Jingnan". Together with the recommender Yao Guangxiao, he was the main planner of Zhu Di's "Jingnan".

Later, he followed the army on expeditions, managed military affairs, and strategized. He was Zhu Di's effective adviser, and he served as a long-term official in the palace.

After fourteen battles.

After Zhu Di became emperor, he served as a close advisor to Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, and governed the country for Zhu Di.

He was appointed the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, and moved to the Ministry of War as Minister and Prince Zhan Shi. He tried his best to protect the prince and the officials in the East Palace.

When Zhu Di proclaimed himself emperor, he wanted to establish a prince.

Zhu Di's original intention was to make Zhu Gaoxu the crown prince, and a group of military generals jointly recommended Zhu Gaoxu to the throne.

It was also Jin Zhong who overcame all opinions and joined hands with Yao Guangxiao and others to promote Zhu Gaochi to the throne and spoke all the good words for Zhu Gaochi in front of Emperor Yongle.

For various reasons, Zhu Di had to abandon his promise to Zhu Gaochi and forcibly established Zhu Gaochi as the prince.

They are princelings who do not choose to deny anything.

As Zhu Gaoxu's carriage slowly appeared outside the gate of the Jin Mansion, before anyone could get off the carriage, the guards in charge of guarding had already hurried in to report in advance.

When he just got out of the car, he saw a middle-aged man walking out of the house.

The person who came was none other than Jin Zhong's second son Jin Da.

Jinda saw the King of Han coming down from the carriage and now the supervisor of the Ming Dynasty. Although he didn't know why Zhu Gaoxu came suddenly, he didn't hesitate at all. He quickly stepped forward and bowed and said:
"Wei Chen, please pay homage to the King of Han."

Zhu Gaoxu was slightly startled when he saw Jinda walking towards him quickly and saluting respectfully.

Logically speaking, Jin Zhong is a well-known supporter of the crown prince in the court. Although his status is noble enough, as Jin Zhong's son, normally he has not understood his purpose and should not be so enthusiastic about him.

But looking at the respectful middle-aged man in front of him, Zhu Gaoxu was stunned for a brief moment. He seemed to have thought of something and instantly understood Jin Zhong's intention.

This is because he is unwilling to come out to greet himself and let outsiders think how close he is to him.

But he ordered his son to greet him with a warm attitude, so that even if he knew the reason, he could not find out the reason. At the same time, he also used this attitude to inform the 'eyes' hidden in the dark to clarify his attitude.

I have to admit that no one who can reach the position of a minister or become the emperor's confidant is simple. They are all masters of masters who play with people's hearts, figure out people's hearts, and use people's hearts.

After wanting to understand all the reasons, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but smile, waved at him noncommittally, and said jokingly:
"Jinda."

"Aren't you afraid that your father will be angry if you are so enthusiastic towards me?"

After hearing this, Jinda, who bowed and saluted, looked slightly startled, shrugged his shoulders, smiled "haha", and responded calmly:
"Prince Han is joking."

"You are the Prince of the Ming Dynasty, and now you are responsible for supervising the country."

"It's just the etiquette of a monarch and his ministers, so why should my father be angry?"

He is worthy of being Jin Zhong’s son.

It is true that dragons give birth to dragons and phoenixes, and mice’s sons can dig holes.

The answer can be said to be watertight, making it impossible to find any reason.

In response, Zhu Gaoxu smiled noncommittally and waved his hand at him. He did not get too entangled with him on this matter, nor did he forget the purpose of coming here today. He turned to ask:

"Jinda, is your father in the house today?"

Jinda slightly chinned his head and responded:
"My father is at home."

"Please, Your Majesty, come with me," he said.

He stood beside Zhu Gaoxu and walked towards the hall.

Not long after.

After crossing several door rails, Jin Zhong stood in front of the hall to greet him respectfully. The moment he saw Zhu Gaoxu, he bowed his hands to Zhu Gaoxu with an extremely indifferent expression and said:

"We were not informed of the King of Han's visit in advance."

"Old minister, I haven't come far to welcome you. I hope that your lord will forgive me."

His voice was neither humble nor arrogant, and his words and deeds showed a slight hint of alienation, all of which showed and demonstrated his own attitude.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Gaoxu didn't feel any displeasure or discomfort. For him, from Jin Zhong's standpoint, doing this was truly a common sense move, and there was nothing wrong with it at all.

If Jin Zhong is extremely enthusiastic, complimentary, and respectful towards him, he reveals his closeness.

Under such circumstances, he really had to be careful, worry, and think too much.

I'm not sure if this old bastard is digging some kind of hole.

In response, Zhu Gaoxu smiled, waved his hand at Jin Zhong, who was saluting, and said:

"Jin Shangshu is joking."

"How can I, the king, be so stingy? Moreover, this incident happened because I came here in vain and I was not notified in advance."

"As the saying goes, he who doesn't know is not guilty. Although I have an out-of-touch personality and may be seen as unscrupulous in the eyes of many people, I still understand the most basic and easy-to-understand principles."

Such a soft nail, not too big or too small, was pushed over by Jin Zhong without any ceremony.

It can be regarded as a dissatisfaction with the character of these people who like to gossip after goodbye and like to label them as "stinky Qiu Ba" at every turn.

After hearing this, Jin Zhong was slightly startled, and instantly understood the meaning of Zhu Gaoxu's words. Although there was a soft nail hidden, which was not big or small, and was innocuous, he did not feel the slightest anger in Zhu Gaoxu's words. .

In response to this, he couldn't help but smile, and without getting too entangled in this issue, he asked with a hint of vigilance in his words:
"Prince Han is joking."

"I don't know if Prince Han suddenly paid a visit to the old minister's house today. What do you want to say?"

No wonder Jin Zhong is so solemn.

In fact, as long as he is a member of the Ming Dynasty, everyone knows that he may have actually joined forces with Yao Guangxiao in the past to cut off the person in front of him from advancing to the position of prince.

It abruptly changed Zhu Di's original thoughts about you.

Under such circumstances, after that incident, the two never had any interactions with each other.

After all, as the saying goes: Depriving someone of their money is like killing your parents.

But what Jin Zhong did was to cut off Zhu Gaoxu's path to becoming emperor!
This nature is countless times more serious.

Although no overt conflict broke out.

But everyone is not a fool. They all know that each other is holding their breath, but it's just because of the presence of the person on the throne.

But secretly, there have been many confrontations about making things worse for each other and stumbling upon each other.

But now Zhu Di went on an expedition to Mobei yesterday, and the King of Han began to supervise the country yesterday and take over the power of the government. He came directly to his house early this morning to visit him.

This move can be described as really thought-provoking.

I don't know what kind of medicine he is selling in his gourd. Under such circumstances, he cannot help but be vigilant and treat it with caution.

(End of this chapter)