My father Yongle, building a five-good family

Chapter 130 Li Jinglong patrols the border of Datong

At the end of the 29th year of Hongwu, the previous emperor passed away.

A month later, at an auspicious time, Crown Prince Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne.

On the same day, the reign title was set as Jianwen, and the month after the previous emperor's death was exactly the first year of Jianwen.

Since then, Emperor Jianwen promoted Huang Zicheng to the position of Hanlin scholar and participated in state affairs.

Qi Taisheng was appointed Minister of War, and Fang Xiaoru was appointed Lecturer in the Hanlin Academy, responsible for the reform.

In recent times, Yingtian Prefecture has been in turmoil due to the restructuring.

Zhu Gaoyu still seems to be heartless.

He was holding his chin, looking at the "Map of the Unified Ming Dynasty" hanging on the wall in the room, as if he was thinking about something.

According to the letter written by someone on Sultan's behalf, he had already arrived in Datong. However, it was unknown what arrangements had been made on Sultan's side when the letter reached him after he had ridden all the way at full speed.

Just as I was thinking about it, the noise in the yard gradually rose.

As the footsteps approached from afar, Zhu Gaoyu glanced towards the window and found that the people coming were Zhu Gaochi and his companions.

During this period, Zhu Gaoyu, apart from strolling around the Imperial College, also traveled around Yingtian Prefecture with Xu Qin as their two generals.

Or he could go out with Li You to eat and drink. However, no matter how mature Zhu Gaoyu was mentally, he was only a six-year-old child. It would be a bit too much to ask him to have a conversation with Li You.

But Xu Qin, the son of the Duke of Wei, who was of the same age, was brought up like a little bully. Zhu Gaoyu and Xu Qin became good friends and were so close that they wanted to become sworn brothers.

But when the two kids start to dislike something, they feel disgusted even at a glance.

The amazing thing is that even with all this fighting and playing around, the relationship between the two of them actually got better and better.

But... this did not prevent Zhu Gaoyu from unilaterally disliking Xu Qin and... Zhu Panyan.

The first thing Zhu Gaochi did when he walked into the house was to shake off the snow flakes on his cloak.

The snowflakes were roasted by the charcoal stove in the house and instantly turned into snow water. Following Zhu Gaochi's movements, they slid into the charcoal basin, making crackling sounds.

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui, who followed later, followed suit.

When Zhu Gaochi saw Zhu Gaoyu, he was surprised: "Xiao Si, aren't you going to hang out with Xu Qin and Li Jinglong? And Zhu Panyu... I heard he talks about you every day!"

Zhu Gaoyu found this so unpleasant to hear.

"Brother, what do you mean by fooling around? Everything I do has a deep meaning! And Zhu Panyan is just a child, how can I play with him?"

Zhu Gaochi and his brothers did not comment on the first half of Zhu Gaoyu's words.

But the last words...

Even Zhu Gaosui couldn't help but say: "In fact, there is no difference between you and Zhu Panyu, aren't you both children?"

"Even children can be divided into geniuses and fools!"

"Then who are you?!"

Zhu Gaosui also took it seriously.

Zhu Gaoyu said without thinking: "As for me, of course I am a genius."

Three brothers: “…”

I have never seen a so-called genius who brazenly boasts that he is a genius in front of others.

After some idle chat, Zhu Gaochi and his brothers sat down and drank a few cups of hot tea, which finally helped to completely dispel the coldness in their bodies.

Zhu Gaochi's fat face showed a deep look:

"Little brother, be careful these two days and don't offend anyone. I think the wind is blowing in the wrong direction." Before Zhu Gaoyu could refute anything, Zhu Gaochi's eyes narrowed slightly on his fat face:
"Now, the ministers have come forward to impeach the King of Dai, saying that our Thirteenth Uncle has imposed heavy taxes and carried out large-scale construction projects, and is the chief evildoer among the vassal kings."

Zhu Gaoyu silently mourned for the King of Dai, but then he thought, apart from the fact that Emperor Jianwen wanted to reduce the power of the princes, the charges that the ministers had put on the King of Dai... seemed to be correct...

He showed an interested look:
"What then?"

"later?"

Zhu Gaosui curled his lips and said, "The mouths of the censors are sometimes like fence-sitters, they move at the slightest sign of trouble. When they see that everyone is trying to step on the King of Dai, they all add insult to injury."

"There is a man named Yang Di from Hubei Province who wrote a letter to the emperor, advising him to build friendships with the princes instead of cutting off the branches himself."

Zhu Gaoyu really didn’t know this.

He listened with great interest.

"and then?"

"It was rejected. And I was scolded."

Zhu Gaoyu was delighted after hearing this.

The three brothers were already very worried, and when they saw Zhu Gaoyu's appearance, they couldn't help but sigh.

This silly boy!

I can actually be happy at this moment!
Now we have to take action against King Dai, but what about the future?

Will this knife hanging over the necks of the kings also fall on the head of Prince of Yan Zhu Di?
While the brothers were staring at each other, there was no gloom on Zhu Gaoyu's face.

Zhu Gaoyu was especially delighted when he heard Li You's voice from the door.

"Li You, why are you here at this time? My family didn't cook your dish!"

Li You's smile froze.

If Zhu Gaoyu didn't have this mouth, he would actually be somewhat childish and adorable.

What a pity, how could such a good child have a mouth?
These days, Li You thought he had become familiar with Zhu Gaoyu, and even gained some face with Zhu Gaochi's brothers, who he did not interact with much on weekdays.

As soon as he entered the room, he poured himself a large cup of hot tea, gulped it down in one breath, and then spoke:

"My father has to go on a tour tomorrow, so it's boring. I came to your place to hang out. Today I finally waited until my father was not at home, but my mother was still here. She is always nagging and always says things I don't like to hear."

"You are lucky. Your parents are not around. You are free."

After these words were spoken, Zhu Gaochi and his two brothers all looked a little strange.

When I first met Li You, he seemed to be a decent person with a lot of ideas, but how come he has turned into such a jerk now?

Zhu Gaoxu seemed to have thought of something, and while Li You was talking to Zhu Gaoyu, he put forward his own guess:

"You say... the reason why Li You became like this is because of the saying that people get redder when they are around red people, and blacker when they are around black people?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaosui beside them took a step back together, dividing Zhu Gaoyu and Zhu Gaoxu into the same camp.

Zhu Gaoyu hadn't noticed their little commotion yet, but Zhu Gaoxu's face had turned green.

His eyes were full of disappointment!
"Boss, Third Brother, what do you mean by this?!"

Zhu Gaosui didn't want to say anything offensive, but the boss looked at him and he spoke unwillingly:

"Second brother, I mean, is it possible that you and the fourth brother are the 'Mo'?"

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