Ming Dynasty: The Crocodile King of Han Prince Zhu Gaoxu's Family

Chapter 30 Dad, I will give you a great sense of justice and status

Looking at the back of his father, Prince Han, who was walking away unwillingly, Zhu Zhanhe couldn't help but guess in his heart: This father is probably really going to rebel!
Sure enough, everything was just as Zhu Zhanhe had imagined.

The next morning, Prince Han got up early and prepared to go out with a proud and excited look on his face.

"Dad, where are you going so early in the morning? You didn't get enough rest yesterday, why don't you take a good rest?" Zhu Zhanhe asked with some confusion as he looked at his father who was about to go out in a proud manner.

"Oh, He'er, your father and I are going to the Ministry of War to submit a memorial about the rotation of the Five Military Commandery in the city. By the way, I'll see your third uncle again. He invited me to drink." Prince Han looked at his precious son, showed him the memorial in his hand, and said casually. However, his words were filled with a solemn atmosphere.

"Dad, the only ones who can be replaced at the moment are the garrison troops in Tangshan. General Gutian is the commander-in-chief of the Tangshan army, and Tangshan only has two large camps in Zijin Mountain. It is enough for replacement of guards." Zhu Zhanhe blocked his father's way, looked at his father seriously, and said something with hidden meaning.

As for General Gutian of Tangshan, he was brought up by his father and was also known to him. His words at this time were almost telling the Prince of Han that the army in Tangshan was only enough for rotation and not enough for other tasks! As for rebellion, there was no hope at all!

But our Prince Han seemed not to hear it and continued talking to his son.

"When I come back from the Ministry of War, I'll go to the Prince's Mansion and find the eldest brother. Together we'll go and apologize to the Emperor. After all, I made your grandfather very angry yesterday. After all, I'm a subject. If a subject dies, the Emperor lives forever. This will be an explanation to your grandfather.

I heard that your grandfather went to Jiming Temple early to seek some peace and quiet because of what happened yesterday.

"I'm going to find your uncle and arrange for your brother Zhanji to go ahead first to test your grandfather's attitude. Then we'll go, so that we don't get scolded by your grandfather when we go." Prince Han said this in a pleasant manner, calling him "your uncle" and "your brother Zhanji". But for some reason, Zhan He felt a chill on the back of his neck when he heard his father's words, and he couldn't help shivering.

"Dad, I have some questions about studying that I would like to ask you for advice. When you come back from my third uncle, remember to go to the study and help me solve them." Zhu Zhanhe knew that his father might have already decided to rebel and wanted to find his third uncle to discuss the matter.

So I prepared to give my dad a big surprise! And after the surprise is over, I will give him a huge and terrifying scare! By then, my dad will be too exhausted to bear it and will have no choice but to follow me back to the fiefdom!

"Okay, no problem. I'll answer your questions when Dad comes back!" Prince Han also knew from his son's expression and words that his beloved son must have something to say to his father, but it was not convenient for him to say it openly, so he came here under the pretext of studying.

After the Prince of Han finished speaking, he walked out with his head held high, not even looking back. Zhu Zhanhe was left with a helpless look on his face, watching his father leave.

"Forget it, I'd better go back and see my mother." Seeing that Prince Han had left, Zhu Zhanhe stopped thinking about it and hurriedly walked towards the inner hall to comfort his mother who was sad because of Prince Han.

Near noon, Prince Han finally came back from outside, his face full of joy.

"Wife! Wife!" As soon as he entered the door, Prince Han shouted loudly and kept calling his mother Wei.

"Did Prince Han have a smooth trip?" Princess Wei went out to greet her husband with a puzzled look on her face. Seeing Prince Han's happy face, she also asked happily.

"Wife, I went to the Prince's Mansion early this morning. What happened yesterday frightened the Prince quite a bit. When I went to see him, his face was as pale as a sheet of paper.

I think the Crown Prince might be in poor health, so I promised to give him some Gastrodia elata. Please give the Crown Princess some of the thousand-year-old Gastrodia elata we got from Yunnan this year. I can't go back on my word." The Han Prince looked very proud.

"Okay," Princess Wei agreed to her husband's words seriously. Then she started nagging her son in a bad mood.

"Today your uncle and I went to Jiming Temple. We knelt under the sun. It was scorching hot, but your uncle refused to even hold an umbrella for me. I was about to get a heatstroke, but he still argued with me and even said that I was unruly. He's really acting like a prince more and more." At this time, Prince Han looked unhappy. He shook his hands in annoyance, pouted, and looked disdainful.

"Wife, please find the chief physician of the Good Medical Clinic for me. I have suffered a lot in the past two days. I was frightened, exposed to the sun, and caught in the cold wind at night. I think I will get sick. Let him come and see me." Prince Han waved his hand and directly asked his wife to help him call the imperial physician of the palace, and accurately predicted that he might get sick.

This action immediately made Zhu Zhanhe a little confused. He looked at his father who was full of energy with a puzzled look. How could he predict that he would get sick in advance?

"Son, didn't you say you wanted to ask us if you had any questions about your studies? Then let's go to the study." Prince Han greeted his son happily and walked towards the study first.

Before leaving, Prince Han took a small embroidered purse from his wife's waist. Princess Han was stunned by the sight, but she sighed and didn't say much.

In the study.

"Dad, what are you thinking? Why do you have to go this far?!" Zhu Zhanhe looked at his father with a puzzled look. He really couldn't understand what was so good about the throne and why his father was so obsessed with it.

"He'er, your father and I have known since we followed your grandfather into Yingtian Prefecture that only one of your uncle and I can walk out alive, and one of us will definitely become emperor.

In the entire Jingnan Campaign, your father made the greatest contribution. Why can't I become the crown prince? I am no worse than the eldest brother. Why is he the crown prince and I am not? Is it just because he is the eldest brother?
Yesterday, your grandfather even asked me to surrender all my military power! He even sent me back to my fiefdom! I just can't understand why!

In order to avoid handing over the errands of the Ministry of War and the military power of Yingtian Prefecture. Your father is going to be ill soon, and someone will definitely come to visit in the next few days. Your brother Zhanji, your third uncle, and even your eldest uncle may come.

If your third uncle comes alone, remember to bring him to me. I want to discuss something important with him.

I'm not afraid to tell you, I'm going to Tangshan with your third uncle to bring back troops to change guard!" Prince Han said with a ferocious face, full of murderous intent.

Looking at his father's appearance which seemed like a completely different person, Zhu Zhanhe sighed secretly and didn't know how to persuade him, so he decided to change his idea and let Prince Han return to his fiefdom!

"Dad, since you insist on doing it, then as your son I can only support you. But I don't think you can do it!
However, son, I will give you a surprise, and I will tell you this surprise after this incident is over.

If you succeed this time, then this surprise for your son will be the icing on the cake.

If you fail this time, then this surprise from your son will be another token of your righteousness and honor." Zhu Zhanhe looked at his father who had no intention of turning back, frowned, and said to Prince Han in a serious face!

"Surprise? What kind of surprise?! Can it give me a sense of justice and status?!" Prince Han looked at his son in confusion. His son's serious face made him a little solemn, but his son's words made him even more confused.

　Zhu Gaoxu was the second son of Emperor Chengzu Zhu Di. In the 1395th year of the Hongwu reign ( AD), Zhu Gaoxu was granted the title of Prince of Gaoyang. Zhu Gaoxu had a fierce temper. When Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang summoned the sons of the various princes to study in Beijing, Zhu Gaoxu refused to learn and acted without decorum, earning Taizu great dislike for him.

　　
　
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