Daming: At the beginning, recognize Zhu Yuanzhang as grandfather!

Chapter 73 What is the king?
Day two.

Jiang Yu came with eleven people.

These eleven people are all masters he has carefully selected in Jinyiwei, and they are the kind who don't talk too much.

After taking off their flying fish clothes, they all changed into servants' clothes.

"Meet the young master!"

Jiang Yu bowed his hands respectfully to Huang Xiongying, and then said to the eleven people behind him: "From now on, the young master will be your master, come and see the master!"

"Meet the master!"

Eleven people hurriedly shouted in unison respectfully.

"louder please!"

Jiang Yu roared.

"Meet the master!"

Eleven people roared in high spirits, resounding throughout the courtyard.

Huang Xiongying looked at these eleven roaring men, and became more and more satisfied the more he looked at them. Apart from being extremely respectful to himself, they were all very strong and strong, and they could faintly tell that they were Lianjiazi.

The old man is really not easy, he found eleven masters for himself in one fell swoop.

Huang Xiongying said with satisfaction: "That's right, let's introduce myself!"

"Shandong native, Lu Jianfei!"

"Subordinate from Taiyuan, Shen Ao!"

"Shandong native, Pei Chuan!"

"..."

Huang Xiongying listened to them yelling and declaring their family names one by one, but she was a little surprised in her heart, good guys, your names are not like the names of house slaves, they are even more protagonists than your own names.

"Very good, very spirited!"

Huang Xiongying nodded, and said solemnly: "Listen to the order, all run around Jubao Mountain three times, and then come back here to gather!"

The eleven people were startled, looked at each other, and ran up scrambling.

It didn't take long.

Eleven people ran back, and all of them looked relaxed.

Huang Xiongying felt slightly in his heart, these eleven people were more powerful than he imagined.

"Very well, it can be seen that you all have some roots."

Huang Xiongying glanced at it, then raised three fingers, and said loudly: "I only have three requirements for you, be obedient, be obedient, and be obedient!"

Because the most important thing in Yuanyang Town is to cooperate as a whole, and to enforce orders and prohibit them.

It's not about how high an individual's military strength is, but that there must be a clear division of labor between various weapons and proper coordination. Everyone only needs to be proficient in the operation of their own weapon.

"Yes! Master!"

The 11-member team shouted in unison.

Huang Xiongying pointed to the person who ran back first, and said, "You, Lu Jianfei, as the team leader!"

"You, Shen Ao, Pei Chuan, you are shield players..."

Huang Xiongying assigned corresponding positions in the formation to each of the eleven people, and then looked at Old Xu: "Old Xu, distribute the weapons to them!"

"Yes, Master!"

After Lao Xu took the order, he distributed the prepared weapons to eleven people.

Training officially begins...

……

In the Fengtian Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had just received Wanchengong, held a cup of strong tea and drank it while blowing. The weather started to turn cold, and he occasionally felt sleepy as he got older.

"Your Majesty, the person has been sent to His Highness!" Jiang Yu returned to the palace.

"understood."

Zhu Yuanzhang put down his teacup, stretched his shoulders, and asked, "Is our eldest grandson satisfied?"

"His Royal Highness is very satisfied!"

Jiang Yu replied respectfully: "His Highness has already started training with them. His Highness said that there are only three requirements for them."

"Oh?"

Zhu Yuanzhang showed a curious look, and said, "What are the three requirements? Let's hear it!"

Jiang Yu replied: "Your Highness's three requirements are, be obedient, be obedient, and...fucking obedient!"

"Hey, this stinky brat looks good when he's trained as a soldier!"

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, and unconsciously smiled, then waved to Jiang Yu and said, "You should step back first."

"Yes."

Jiang Yu bowed his hands to accept the order, and did not forget to take a sneak peek at the face of the superior before stepping back.

As soon as Jiang Yu left, Eunuch An walked in lightly, came to Zhu Yuanzhang's side, and said softly: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Qi has returned to the capital, and he is just outside."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's face sank all of a sudden.

"Um……"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, took one of the memorials piled high on the imperial case, flipped through it, and didn't say anything more.

Eunuch An is like an individual, so he naturally knows what it means to be superior.

Just let King Qi wait outside the palace first...

Outside the hall, King Qi waited for a long time, the more anxious he became.

From the moment he learned that the old emperor called him to Beijing, he began to feel uneasy.

I'm afraid the old man already knows what he did in Qingzhou.

When he was in Qingzhou, he didn't know how to be afraid, but when he entered the capital and came to Fengtian Hall, his heart began to beat wildly.

You know, on the third day of April the year before last, his younger brother Zhu Zi, the king of Tan, was summoned by the old man because his concubine was involved in Hu Weiyong's affairs. He was so frightened that his younger brother Zhu Zi and the concubine set themselves on fire and died together.

Now the eunuch has been in for nearly half an hour, and no one has come out to pass the message, so the old man is probably very angry.

The old man became angry, and there were only two people in this world who could stop him.

One is Empress Ma, and the other is Prince Zhu Biao.

It's a pity that these two people have already left, and now the old man's anger is like a shining knife, and there is nothing to block it.

Last year, the second elder brother, King Qin, was called back to the capital because of his misdeeds in the feudal kingdom. If Prince Zhu Biao hadn't persuaded him, King Qin would have been almost killed on the spot by the old man.

Even if he is not slaughtered, the position of the vassal king will not be guaranteed.

Now his situation is very similar to King Qin's, the only difference is that no one can stand up to persuade him.

At this time, he wished to give himself a few mouthfuls. These profiteers usually pay him tribute with money and goods, but once something happens to his mother, he will push it on his head.

What's more, the old man killed all these people who killed thousands of knives. I'm afraid that before he died, he didn't know how many shit pots he put on his head.

This time, what happened in the disaster area, he was afraid that he would not be able to rely on it.

The more King Qi thought about it, the bigger his head became, and the more he thought about it, the more afraid he became. The iron armor on his body made his waist sore, but he didn't dare to move at all, because he knew that the old man could see as if he had heavenly eyes.

Just when King Qi was sweating and was about to be unable to hold on, a shrill voice finally sounded: "His Royal Highness, Your Majesty let you in!"

"call--"

King Qi finally breathed a long sigh of relief, tidied up his battle armor, and then took a deep breath before stepping into the hall.

"My son, meet the emperor!"

After entering the hall, Zhu Yu walked up to the old man and bowed to meet him.

"Kneel down."

A faint but unquestionable voice came from behind the royal case above.

Without a moment's hesitation, Zhu Mi lifted up his battle armor, knelt down on the ground, and lowered his head.

a long time.

The voice behind the case rang out again.

"We haven't slept well these days, because these days, we have been thinking about one thing. Is it right or wrong for us to crown you kings?"

Zhu Yu didn't dare to speak, but only dared to listen quietly.

Zhu Yuanzhang continued: "Zhu Yu, you have grown up now and are a king, but do you know what a king is?"

Zhu Yu hurriedly said: "Please enlighten me, Father!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's voice turned cold suddenly: "What teaching do you give? In the third year of Hongwu, you were crowned king. You have been king for 22 years. Even a pig should know what a king is!"

Zhu Yu's forehead began to sweat, his mind was muddled, and he bowed deeply instinctively: "My child... I really don't know, please enlighten my father!"

"Ah--"

Zhu Yuanzhang chuckled and said, "Okay, then I'll teach you again! The king is actually very simple, with three horizontal lines and one vertical line. The top horizontal line represents the sky, the bottom horizontal line represents the earth, and the middle horizontal line represents the sky. The common people in the world, and the king is the one in the middle!"

"The vertical one in the middle, it stands upright and rules the people. This is the king, do you understand?!"

Zhu Yu hurriedly said: "Understood, my son understands!"

"You know shit!"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, and his tone began to become serious: "If you really understood, you wouldn't do such dirty things in the feudal kingdom!"

Zhu Yu didn't dare to argue, and quickly kowtowed: "I know I'm wrong, I know I'm wrong..."

Looking at Zhu Yu who burst into tears, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed lightly: "Sometimes, we are thinking, it would be good if you children grew up in ordinary people's homes, so that you don't have to step on the edge of the knife every day. Be careful, you will cut yourself bloody."

"I beg my father to forgive my son this time, I will never dare again! After my son returns, I will definitely be a king who stands upright and commands the common people!"

Zhu Yu was completely flustered. Zhu Yuanzhang already meant to demote him to a commoner.

Zhu Yuanzhang stared straight at Zhu Yu, and asked, "Do you know where you, the king, come from?"

Zhu Yu hurriedly replied: "Yes... it was given by the people, yes... water can carry a boat and capsize it. Without them, there would be no kings like us!"

"wrong!"

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and said, "You kings, we gave it to you! If we give it to you, you are the king. If we don't give it to you, you are nothing!"

"Damn my son!"

Zhu Yu gave himself two mouthfuls: "The concubine mother has only one son, I beg my father to give my concubine another chance because of the fact that my concubine has served you for many years!"

Zhu Yu crawled forward to the imperial case, weeping bitterly.

He was afraid, afraid that the old man would really take back his position as vassal king,

People, once you get used to being in a high position and have tasted the taste of power, if you want to let him fall to the bottom and become a commoner, the pain of falling from a high place is more uncomfortable than killing him.

"Humph!"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly: "If it wasn't for Concubine Dading's sake, we would have handed you over to the Clan Mansion a long time ago!"

Hearing this, Zhu Yu was taken aback, and immediately kowtowed: "Thank you, father!"

"Don't rush to thank us!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's faint voice sounded: "You have committed a heinous crime this time. If our eldest grandson hadn't taken out such a magic mirror and made suggestions to make the disaster pass smoothly, ten of your heads would not be enough to cut off!"

Big grandson?

Zhu Yu was taken aback again, the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunqi?
Just as he was thinking about it, Zhu Yuanzhang continued: "We can keep your position as vassal king, but we want you to do one thing."

"My son will go through fire and water, and I will die!"

When Zhu Yu heard that he could keep the throne, he quickly kowtowed to show his loyalty.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and said solemnly: "We ordered you to be the general who suppressed the bandits, and asked you to take your Qingzhou soldiers to the coast to suppress the bandits. However, you, Zhu Yu, should figure out how to deal with all the food, grass and military supplies. The people are fat and the people are anointed, don't harass the people, otherwise we will never forgive you lightly!"

"This……"

Zhu Yu instinctively hesitated for a moment, before the old man could speak again, he hurriedly said: "Your servant takes orders!"

In order to keep the throne, Zhu Yu went all out. The imperial court did not provide food, grass and military supplies. I was afraid that the wealth he had accumulated over the years would be exhausted.

And he has been in Qingzhou all year round, of course he knows how difficult it is to deal with Japanese pirates.

The imperial court has set up 45 cities in the coastal area of ​​Fujian, added 59 inspection departments, and gained more than [-] soldiers. It also organized coastal defenses in the eastern and western counties of Zhejiang, built [-] cities, and divided them into guards.

The number of troops invested was as high as tens of thousands.

However, the problem of Japanese pirates still cannot be completely eliminated, and sometimes they are even attacked by a small team of nimble and fierce Japanese pirates, which makes the coastal defense army miserable.

Now let yourself send troops and funds to suppress the bandits, this is a huge chore!

However, I made a mistake in the vassal state, and I can't agree to it if I want to. No matter what, it's better than being demoted as a commoner.

Looking at Zhu Yu with a bitter expression on his face, Zhu Yuanzhang snorted softly and said, "If it wasn't for our eldest grandson to help you talk, you wouldn't be able to get this opportunity, so don't be ignorant of it!"

Is it the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunqi again?
Zhu Yu was slightly taken aback. When he became a vassal, the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunqi was still a child, and he had basically had no contact with Zhu Yunqi these years. Why would Zhu Yunqi help him speak this time?

And judging from what the old man meant, it seemed that the old man trusted this grandson quite a bit.

Could it be that……

The emperor's grandson Zhu Yunqi will be the grandson?
Thinking of this, Zhu Yu's heart was shocked, but his face replied calmly: "I understand!"

"No, you don't understand!"

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head, and then said: "If you have time tomorrow, let's take you to meet our grandson!"

(End of this chapter)