Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 514 Little Glory
While Zhu Yunying was busy planning for the future, Lao Zhu was also cultivating Daming's future.

"This Fengyang mansion gave your father an account before, saying that it was a drought, and wanted to let the court reduce or exempt the grain tax." Old Zhu said to Xiao Zhu, who was sitting next to him and reading the mansion newspaper, while drinking tea, "But this You have read it a few days ago, do you think it’s time to reduce taxes?”

Little Zhu bit the tip of his pen, thought for a while and said, "Great-grandfather, we saw that some lands were hit by disasters, and I'm afraid there is not much food."

Old Zhu nodded slightly, motioning for little Zhu to continue.Old Zhu could also see some things. The arrival of the spring drought did make some grain seedlings look wilted, as if they were about to die.

Little Zhu thought for a while, and said, "Then, let's reduce the grain for those villages and those two counties, that's all right. The whole mansion will definitely fail. We have no shortage of grain in Daming, so we can't reduce it like this. Our father is going to fight outside."

Old Zhu laughed, and said to Little Zhu, "Let's say, don't reduce it. Those seconds seem to be dead, and they can still live. Even if the production is reduced, the whole family will not be unable to survive. Remember, the emperor When you should be ruthless, you must be ruthless. If the tax is reduced in this small drought, then such discounts will be handed over to other places in the future.”

Little Zhu didn't understand, and asked puzzledly, "Great-grandfather, you also reduced taxes in many places before."

Lao Zhu recognized this, but he still said, "The place where we reduced taxes either suffered a catastrophe or there was turmoil before. We are the emperor, and we should take pity on the people. But you have to see clearly, Is this because the people really can't survive, or is this official trying to gain fame? Is this drought really that serious?"

Little Zhu shook his head, then gritted his teeth, "Then let's issue an edict immediately, the magistrate of Luzhou Prefecture is really out of character."

Lao Zhu said again, "What are you talking about? There is indeed a disaster here, and there is indeed some drought. He just wants to rule the people. How do you punish him? If he is punished for this, other local officials will think about collecting taxes. It doesn't matter if the people live or die."

Little Zhu didn't understand at this moment, and seeing little Zhu's ignorant and distressed look, old Zhu also became happy.

"Remember, think about the reasons for these officials. If you really care for the people, we will have to use them in the future. If you want to gain fame, learn from your father and keep it in mind. Then find someone Punishment from the beginning, your father likes this method the most. They are all people who are going to be punished, and your father still needs to use it."

Little Zhu remembered something, and suddenly said with a smile, "My aunt said that her great-grandfather and grandfather found her a Jinshi, but my father rejected him. My father sent that person to the border, and he was dismissed within half a year after he took office. Hooked up with the Tartars, let my father cut off his head and pass on the first nine sides."

Lao Zhu was short of breath and cursed angrily, "Look, your father is worried, and your aunts are also worried! Our father can harm her? We just see that Ouyang Lun has some talents, thinking Find a good match for your sister-in-law. These things, that is, the few of them keep saying, we are afraid of them."

Little Zhu smiled and said, "Then let's remember this magistrate too. If he's up to no good, let's find him a job to make him bigger. If it's done, we'll kill him to scare other officials. .”

Old Zhu nodded with a smile, not feeling that Little Zhu was being cruel at all.Who told Xiao Zhu to be the prince? He should be ruthless when he should be ruthless.

"Also, remember that on our clan's side, we must be ruthless when we should." Lao Zhu was actually very distressed, and said, "Look at the king of Zhaode County, who has such vicious thoughts! If your father is not generous, King Qin and King Jin may not be able to bear it. It is true that we should be more magnanimous towards the clan. But when we encounter vicious villains, we can’t pass them in ambiguity.”

Little Zhu was still very confident, and said, "Great-grandfather, after the Ming Dynasty, it will be ours, and we can tolerate people. Our father can tolerate even the third uncle, and we can tolerate others. As long as the clan does not make troubles, the glory and wealth will be great." Indispensable."

Lao Zhu also laughed, sincerely approving, "You are as generous as your father. It is also because we taught you well, all of you are looking forward to the death of the emperor, and you all feel that this Daming should be yours."

Little Zhu immediately refused, and became anxious, "We don't allow our great-grandfather to die, and we don't allow our father to die either. Even if we don't want to be emperor, Daming is also ours! Our father said that this is our country, and no one can miss it. "

In fact, Zhu Yunying didn't say such things in front of little Zhu, but Lao Zhu often said similar things in front of little Zhu.

"Your second uncle committed a crime and ran away. We can't do anything about him, that is, your father is protecting him, and he will clean up the mess by himself." Lao Zhu was even more helpless, and he was a little annoyed and funny, "Your father, let me clean up the mess." Your second uncle, eldest aunt, and younger sister are very good, and your mother will soon add a younger brother and sister to you, and you should learn from it in the future."

Little Zhu smiled, and said triumphantly, "Our younger brothers and sisters are definitely not like the second uncle. We will teach them well in the future, and we will definitely be able to teach them well."

Old Zhu glanced at little Zhu, and stopped talking.The queen's second heir, if it is a prince, it is better to be richer, don't teach some emperor's skills and so on.

This is the reason why when Zhu Yunxi was a child, although Lu Shi consciously indulged him, even if Lao Zhu and Da Zhu saw it, they didn't say much.Because in their minds, they only need Xiao Zhu to be smart and diligent, and others are willing to learn and learn, just like Zhu Yunqi, who has learned the Four Books and Five Classics.

There is no way to teach the emperor technique.Even if the queen gave birth to an heir for the emperor, Lao Zhu didn't have the heart to teach him.

It's definitely not just because Lao Zhu is really eccentric and spoils little Zhu, but also because he doesn't want his brothers to fight against each other. "Emperor's second son" is often the hardest thing to be, and sometimes it is the easiest to have messy thoughts.

Why is it that they are all descendants, which is doomed not to be able to ascend to the position of great treasure?
If the eldest son of the emperor is not very smart, and the second son of the emperor is a little bit talented, it will be easier to think about it.

Little Zhu remembered something, and said, "Great-grandfather, our father only likes daughters, and he likes Ruyi."

"No matter how much your father dotes on Ruyi, she is just a girl, and your father knows well that he will not raise a Princess Taiping." Old Zhu said, "Think about it for yourself, what your father taught you, but Taught others? Ruyi is favored like that, and your father let her read the memorial and allow her to go to court? Don't think about it, your father still favors you."

When Xiao Zhu thought about it, it seemed that there was indeed such a truth, it seemed to be such a thing.

In fact, Xiao Zhu had some "natural" awareness early on, for example, he felt that the country of the Ming Dynasty should belong to him, for example, he was the most special one in the palace, and he was the third most powerful person in the Ming Dynasty.

When old Zhu continued to teach little Zhu, when they continued to linger and forget to return to Beijing, Zhu Yunying didn't have so much "leisure and leisure". He still has a lot of things to do, and he is really very happy now busy.

Looking at the front-line mansion newspaper, Wu Gao led the army to set off from Weihaiwei and head straight for Gyeonggi-do, Korea, preparing to land in Incheon.As part of the division, the army along the way is fighting across the sea, and they really need to do a good job in logistics support and gain a foothold in Incheon.

The army led by Fu Youde and Xu Huizu crossed the Yalu River and successfully conquered Shuozhou and Longchuan of Ping'an Road.The so-called Eight Routes of Korea, Ping'an Road is now the first major target.

In fact, another army started from Jianzhou Sanwei, crossed the Yalu River and went straight to Hamgyong Road.This was actually the end of the Yuan Dynasty. The Koryo Dynasty took the opportunity to expand its territory northward, especially in the northeast.

After Li Chenggui usurped the throne, he sent people to appease the Jurchens, the aborigines in Northeast North Korea, and at the same time sent people to the Northeast to appease Li Zhilan, and occupied Jiazhou and Kongzhou, which was hitting the Tumen River.

In fact, these were the lands of Liao and Jin in the past, and Koryo can be regarded as seizing the opportunity. They have always taken advantage of the turmoil in the Central Plains to continue to develop.

"It looks like it's going well now." Zhu Yunying smiled and said, "The early stage of the battle should be smooth, but the later the battle, the more difficult the battle will be. After all, we haven't reached the royal city yet. "

Zhu Yunying is naturally very concerned about this matter, but he also knows that he seems to have no way to point fingers at all.He only needs to formulate strategic goals, and the process is still left to the generals who command the army to fight flexibly.

Looking at Wang Chengen, Zhu Yunying asked, "Are there any troubles at the Zhongshan Prince's Mansion these days?"

Wang Chengen immediately said, "Your Majesty, the Zhongshan Prince's Mansion belongs to the empress's family after all, how can anyone who is not open-eyed dare to make trouble?"

Zhu Yunying nodded with a smile, and then said, "Then let Fu Zhong and aunt come over, and let's have a good family dinner with aunt and uncle."

Fu Zhong, after all, is Fu Youde's eldest son and Lao Zhu's son-in-law.It is still necessary to give Fu Youde some dignity. After all, he is also a general who fights for the country. Zhu Yunying needs to take good care of their family members.

This is not to say that Fu Youde enjoys such treatment only when the war goes smoothly. Zhu Yunying used to entertain some family members of generals. Zhu Yunying has always been more enthusiastic about inviting people's hearts, which is also more effective.

Wang Chengen naturally knew what to do, and now he just invited Fu Youde's eldest son.It is estimated that in a few days, the family members of those high-ranking generals will enter the palace to accept the emperor's banquet.

This is a kind of decency and honor, and it is also the grace that countless people hope to obtain in the battlefield, and it can also reflect their value.

It is definitely the dream of many military generals to seal their wives. They not only want to reflect their own value, but also to make their family more honorable, richer and more prominent.

A smooth war naturally means that they can "sing and dance to raise peace", and the rear can also enjoy such glory!

(End of this chapter)