First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 48

In October of the first year of Hongwu, Zhu Biao followed Zhang Yuan to practice riding and shooting outside the city for an afternoon.

After Zhu Biao agreed, he still went back to the East Palace to bathe and change clothes. It was so late that the mother and queen could not summon him, thinking that the father was also there.

Thinking of what I just talked to Zhang Yuan, the return of the Northern Expedition army is imminent.

Zhu Biao put on a dragon robe with a small golden crown on his head, and set off for the harem.

Liu Jin had already gone one step ahead. It was about to fall into the night, and the concubines in the harem would never see any man except the emperor and the young prince.

Zhu Biao is not too young, and he is fine during the day, but now he must clear the road at this hour.

When Zhu Biao stepped into the harem, he led a large group of palace maids and eunuchs and went directly to Kunning Palace.

When Zhu Biao arrived at the gate of Kunning Palace, there was a maid who had been waiting for a long time to greet him.

Just as Zhu Biao wanted to greet him in the outer hall, he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's voice: "Biao'er, come in!"

Zhu Biao led Liu Jin up, but saw the palace maid who was guarding the gate bowed to Zhu Biao and stepped forward to block Liu Jin behind him.

Liu Jin immediately said to Zhu Biao's back: "The slave is waiting for you outside."

Zhu Biao walked in directly, and saw only Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma inside: "My son and my son give to my father and mother..."

Lao Zhuyi waved his hand: "Okay, come here, the Northern Expedition army will be back soon, the matter of nobility cannot be delayed, let's discuss it with your mother for a long time!"

With a smile, Zhu Biao stepped forward and picked up the densely packed notes on the table: "Father, did you stress to your son yesterday that you will never allow the harem to do politics in the future?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's face brightened: "Let's just talk to your mother about the exploits of those brothers in the past! It's government affairs there."

Empress Ma nodded with a half-smiling smile and said, "What do you know, a woman like me? Your father has the best idea. Where do you need me?"

Zhu Biao immediately bowed his hands to Zhu Yuanzhang: "It turns out that the son and the minister misunderstood, and I hope the father and emperor will not take offense."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the tacit understanding of his wife and wanted to show the majesty of the emperor, but he couldn't get angry when he looked at the appearance of the two.

Zhu Biao smiled and looked at the note in his hand: "Hu Dahai, captured southern Anhui and Zhejiang, defeated Yang Wanzhe, guarded Zhejiang, once recommended Liu Ji, Song Lian, Ye Chen, Zhang Yi, and died on February 22, [-]. day!"

This one died a little earlier. Zhu Mark had seen him when he was four or five years old. His face was quite ugly, but he was full of heroism.

Zhu Biao picked up another note: "Deng Yu led more than 15 people from Xuyi to defect to us in the [-]th year of Zhizheng. , Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fuliang, Leping, Yugan, Jianchang.

This is Zhu Biao's prince Yude, who is simple and careful, has both wisdom and courage, is strict in governing the army, and is good at comforting and surrendering.

Being able to enter the East Palace means that he is Zhu Yuanzhang's confidant. This person has outstanding achievements and is also Zhu Yuanzhang's old team.

Zhu Biao saw Xu Da, Chang Yuchun and others again, as well as Lan Yu Muying.

Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth and said: "You know the merits of these people, they all made great contributions to my Daming, everyone who survived was not easy, they all climbed out of the sea of ​​corpses and blood, and we don't want to give them titles. !"

"But we don't know them yet? They are not afraid of death. They have the ability to fight, but they don't have the ability to enjoy happiness."

Queen Ma also sighed: "We don't care what they do, they are not ambiguous when they fight, so our family can't treat them badly."

Zhu Yuanzhang asked casually, "Biao'er, what do you think? Have you ever thought about how to accommodate these arrogant soldiers?"

Zhu Biao knew that neither of these two people felt bad for the title. These people who were not afraid of death were not afraid of death in wartime, and they were even less afraid of death in peacetime. They would not respect the law, and they still regarded themselves as demon kings in the world.

Zhu Biao also heard from Liu Jin that General XX married a few women by force, and the servants of so-and-so dared to fight the errands to call Mr. Banxian, and the son of a certain adult killed someone after drinking...

The most important thing is that above the court, these people in Huaixi do not need to cover up to suppress their dissidents, and they are not qualified to enter the court if they do not worship under the door of the Huaixi bigwigs.

This has not been knighted yet, their tails are about to go to the sky.

With a calm expression, Zhu Biao folded his hands and said softly: "Father, they have made a contribution, so give them the honor they deserve, and they can give more or less, let them know that my Zhu family is definitely not a dead dog. cooking people."

Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma looked at each other, Empress Ma said, "Biao'er, do you know how high the title and reward your father decided to give? No matter how much you give, the people in Huaixi will not be easily suppressed. already."

Zhu Biao returned: "I think that even if the two uncles of Xu Chang were alive, they would not be able to be crowned kings. They are nothing more than dukes."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned: "The position of the duke is not small, so we plan to seal a few."

Zhu Biao said sternly: "Noble title is precious, and precious is rare!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard it, he said dissatisfiedly, "How can the title be given lightly."

Empress Ma thought of something, but did not speak, but looked at her son seriously.

Seeing Queen Ma's appearance, Zhu Biao knew that his mother understood: "Father Emperor, let's not talk about those who are alive. What can't be sealed for the generals who have died in battle, those who have made outstanding achievements might as well be named king directly."

Zhu Biao glanced at the thoughtful Zhu Yuanzhang: "Let their sons inherit the title again, it has shown that the father and the emperor will not forget the brothers who died in the battle! If they think about it, they will not dare to inherit the throne, and they will definitely resign."

Zhu Biao's tone paused, and his face calmly said: "If there is a person who is really greedy, what if the throne of the king is given? If the virtue does not match, there will be disasters!

Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, who did not speak, and continued: "The same is true of the living generals. Since the rise of Huaixi generals is unstoppable, why not add a fire, and the princes and princes are bestowed to show the benevolence of the father and the king.

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　The scenery outside is really good, everything is green (▽｀)

　　Why don't you praise me, don't vote for recommendations, and keep saying that I'm a eunuch.

　　Although I haven't signed a contract, I will definitely notify you in advance when I am an eunuch, don't worry!

　　Although I don't have the motivation to write at the moment, I still want to finish it!

　　

(End of this chapter)