Hongwu Daming: Why hasn't my son rebelled?

Chapter 228 Zhu Yuanzhang's Family
At the end of the 12th year of Hongwu, the bustling Yingtian Mansion was preparing for this year's New Year's Eve dinner in a peaceful atmosphere.

The vassal kings from all over the country have been summoned by Zhu Yuanzhang to come back for the dinner.

Although they are vassal kings from various places, in fact, there are only four people who go out to become vassals now, including Liao King Zhu Qi and Yan King Zhu Di.

Yan Wang Zhu Di, who has been out for more than a year, has become an indomitable man per capita.

Wearing a boa robe, he rode a horse in high spirits, leading a large group of people towards Ying Tianfu.

Those who followed were naturally his guards. According to Zhu Yuanzhang's regulations, he could carry 15 guards with him, but most of the 000 guards had to stay in Beiping.

What he brought back by himself only had 300 people to protect his safety along the way.

When Zhu Di came back this time, he was naturally summoned by Zhu Yuanzhang to attend the New Year's Eve dinner.

But he also has another purpose, that is to meet the third elder brother Liao King Zhu Qi whom he hasn't seen for a long time.

In a section of the palace, Yan Wang Zhu Di originally planned to see Zhu Yuanzhang, but Zhu Yuanzhang was receiving foreign ministers at this time and had important matters to discuss.

The eunuch at the door stopped him, so he didn't bother Zhu Yuanzhang anymore.

Then I heard that Zhu Qi, king of Liao, had returned and was staying with the empress at this moment.

Without saying a word, Zhu Di hurriedly ran towards his mother, Empress Ma, excitedly.

As soon as he walked to the door, he saw Gao Jin, an old acquaintance. Gao Jin was the personal guard of Liao Wang Zhu Qi, and also the leader of Jin Yiwei.

So Zhu Di was very kind after seeing him, and Gao Jin recognized His Highness King Yan immediately, and saluted immediately.

Next to Gao Jin was a tall and strong man, and this man was Zhu Neng.

However, Zhu Di hadn't had any detailed contact with Zhu Neng before. He just heard from his third brother that if he found a man named Zhu Neng in the army, he would be sent to him.

And Zhu Neng was also sent to Zhu Qi by Zhu Di himself. Later, after hearing about Zhu Neng's heroic performance on the battlefield, Zhu Di was also greatly moved, and said to others:

"Look at how clever my third brother is. He has never seen such a talent before, and he can be counted. Others say that my third brother descended from the stars, and some people don't believe it. I think my third brother is a god! "

What do you say that Zhu Di will resent Zhu Qi because of this, it absolutely does not exist.

The relationship between his two brothers is very good. Zhu Di grew up, although he didn't have much contact with Zhu Qi, and he didn't hang out with Zhu Qi until he was 15 years old.

But those three or four years with Zhu Qihun were really wonderful.

And Zhu Di is also impressed by his third brother's ability in every possible way, and he is extremely admirable.

Zhu Di soon entered the inner hall, and heard his mother, Empress Ma, say these words:

"Third brother, you have done a good job in this matter. I heard that you are very good at arranging refugees in Liaoyang, and my mother is very pleased.

And your father also said, in this court, you don't pay any attention to those officials who impeach you.

Naturally, we are blocking it for you. Your elder brother is very busy now, and he will come over when he is done.

I have been talking about it all morning, it would be great if the third child came back, you should help your elder brother more, he is also very tired recently. "

Then I heard the voice of my third brother Zhu Qi:
"Mother, don't worry, I will definitely help the elder brother, am I not the right-hand man of the elder brother?"

The two were talking here, Zhu Di hurried in and received:
"I'm going to see my mother! Third brother, when did you come back?"

After speaking, he rushed to Zhu Qi's side impatiently, and at this time Zhu Qi was also looking at the little brother beside him.

It has been more than a year since I saw him, and to be honest, I still miss Zhu Di a lot.

Although Zhu Di was famous in history, he still bears the title of emperor through the ages, and is deeply loved and welcomed by the public.

But the Zhu Di in front of Zhu Qi is just his younger brother.

Although Zhu Di was a little nervous when he first met Zhu Di.

But now getting along with his third brother, naturally there are not so many rules.

Zhu Qi also patted Zhu Di on the shoulder, and then praised him for eating well recently, and his body is quite strong, and then asked about things in Beiping.

When it came to the government affairs in Beiping, Zhu Di felt a pain in his head, and immediately began to complain.

He is a person who is suitable for fighting immediately, so he is not suitable for sitting down and governing.

There are so many things for the people in Beiping every day, and they are too busy to be busy. It is better to lead the soldiers to fight and leave these governance matters to people who understand.

Hearing him complaining over there, Empress Ma immediately stretched out her hand and slapped Zhu Di on the forehead, and said:
"Where do you only know how to fight and kill when governing fiefdoms? Naturally, general Yu is responsible for fighting and killing. When you have wars on weekdays, you can just go out to fight. When there are no wars, you mainly take care of the people.

Look at how well your third brother has done, arranging refugees to find jobs for them and giving them food and drink to ensure that they will not starve to death or freeze to death. You also have to learn more from your third brother, you know. "

After Queen Ma taught him such a lesson, Zhu Di naturally didn't dare to refute, and immediately bowed down to agree, but he still muttered:

"I also want to learn from third brother, but I can't learn from third brother who is so good.

But with regard to people's livelihood, it's not like I don't care about anything in Primary Four.

Every day, I will follow the example of the third brother and go to the streets to see their people's sufferings, and I will also give them some tax relief and so on. "

Zhu Qi laughed when he heard that, and immediately asked him what he was doing in Beiping, and Zhu Di was also excited, and immediately talked happily after pulling Zhu Qi.

Narrating one by one seemed to be showing off, but Zhu Qi felt that he was not his brother, but his father.

But Zhu Di did have a particularly good relationship with Zhu Qi, after talking like this for a long time, Zhu Di didn't have any intention of stopping.

Empress Ma watched his brothers chatting like this, so she didn't have to see Zhu Yuanzhang anymore.

Immediately, he raised his hand to interrupt Zhu Di's claim of credit for himself, and then led the two of them outside to meet Zhu Yuanzhang.

After the vassal king returned to Beijing, he naturally wanted to meet the emperor as soon as possible.

It's okay if the emperor has something to do, but after such a long time, he should be too busy.

The two soon arrived at Zhu Yuanzhang's study. At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang had already discussed things with the ministers and was waiting for them in the study.

Hearing that both Zhu Di and Zhu Qi had arrived, he also had no sadness or joy on his face, and sat in the study with an airs on his back.

It was still the same as before, but after Zhu Qi saw his father, his first reaction was that Zhu Yuanzhang was still a little older after all.

After all, people are born, aged, sick and died. How could the years not leave any traces on the face?

The prince Zhu Biao also stood beside him, looking at his two younger brothers with a smile on his face.

Prince Zhu Biao was naturally very happy when the two younger brothers came back.

It's just that because his father Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting on the side, with no sadness or joy on his face, he was embarrassed to go directly to chat and laugh with his two younger brothers.

Zhu Qi and Zhu Di were still calm when they saw Empress Ma, but they were really nervous when they saw Zhu Yuanzhang.

The two also immediately knelt down to salute Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Yuanzhang was also sitting on a chair, without panting, he said leisurely:
"You two bastards, you went out to be princes, don't you know that the first thing you need to do when you come back is to meet the emperor."

Empress Ma also knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was putting on airs, but he was too embarrassed to refute Zhu Yuanzhang's face in front of the children.

Of course, in private, it is inevitable to pull Zhu Yuanzhang's ears and ask him why he wants to show off with the children.

But Zhu Qi also knew the reason for Zhu Yuanzhang's show, it was just too long, and he hadn't seen his children for a long time, and he missed them very much at this time.

But as a father, I am too embarrassed to express it directly, and I understand it very well in this way, so I didn't dare to say anything more, so I just said immediately:

"Father, please don't get me wrong, my fourth brother and I came here before, but you are busy with government affairs, Father, so we didn't go in.

Instead, we went to find the queen mother first, as long as the queen mother checked the time, she brought us here. "

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, obviously not too much entangled in this matter, then looked at Zhu Di and said:
"I heard from the people under my command that you have performed well in Beiping during this period of time, but occasionally you will go out for a stroll on horseback.

As a prince, it is better not to do this kind of thing often, and go to the fields to see how the common people's crops are growing.

Just like your third brother, he has built a large field in Liaoyang, and he goes to the fields with the farmers every day. Look how good it is. "

Zhu Qi's face turned red when he said this, he naturally went to the field, but he didn't go to see how the crops were growing, but mainly to see if his corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes were alive or not.

And I didn't go to the field at all, so I just stood on the top and sent people down to take a look, but I couldn't understand it when I went down to look, so what's the point?

The reason why I went there in person was mainly because I was afraid that the people below would fool me.

You must know that corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes are his key projects. This matter must not be fooled by others, and he must personally ask about it.

But he didn't expect that such a small matter would reach Zhu Yuanzhang's ears, and this became his expression of being close to the people and loving the people, which also made Zhu Qi feel a little embarrassed.

Zhu Di was reprimanded by Empress Ma as soon as he came back, and now he is reprimanded by Zhu Yuanzhang, and he lost his temper. Naturally, he nodded in agreement, and then said that he would definitely learn from the third brother in the future.

And Zhu Qi looked at Zhu Di beside him and felt a little flustered, thinking of you, the fourth child, but don't hold grudges against me just because my parents always praise me.

What will you do if you become the emperor and wear small shoes for me?

In fact, Zhu Qi also thought too much. How could Zhu Di dare to wear small shoes for his third brother in his heart, so he just said immediately:
"Father, you are not fair. My third brother is a fairy-like figure. I can only study hard towards my third brother, but you say that I am as good as my third brother. That is really too difficult." .”

It was only Zhu Di who had the guts to talk back to Zhu Yuanzhang now, and after Zhu Di had just finished speaking, Zhu Biao who was next to him immediately shouted at Zhu Di before Zhu Yuanzhang issued the bid:

"Well, you little four, you still dare to talk back to your father, see if I don't beat you."

Then Zhu Di immediately got up, stepped back and said:

"Brother, you want to hit me, I can go back to Peiping now."

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed out loud when he saw this scene, and everyone burst out laughing.

How can there be so much seriousness between father and son? In fact, everyone knows in their hearts that it is true that father and son miss each other now, and everything else is fake.

Now that the atmosphere had calmed down, Zhu Yuanzhang was embarrassed to keep a straight face, and began to ask about the situation of his two sons outside with a smile.

Of course, Zhu Qi didn't have any major problems, that is, he went out to fight two battles, tortured Wang Baobao of Beiyuan, and then built a school in Liaoyang, a medical school, and three very awesome Crops, that's all.

After Zhu Qi finished speaking, the people beside Zhu Di were dumbfounded.

He still hasn't figured out the government affairs in Beiping. Although he also sent troops to help outside the customs, when he arrived outside the customs, the battle was over, that is to say, he didn't do anything, and Zhu Qi did so much. Things, aren't they gods?
Zhu Biao was also very moved, his third younger brother was so powerful, he praised him a lot, and asked Zhu Yuanzhang to give him some more rewards, but Zhu Yuanzhang continued to say:

"What kind of reward do you want? You, the youngest, have already made so many contributions, and there is nothing left to give him, so he will continue to work hard. Don't keep thinking about rewards. If you really want a reward, I will give it to you again." Find some wives.

After your elder brother becomes the emperor, he will rely on you to be his right-hand man. I'm still waiting for you to smooth things out for him in Beiyuan. "

When Zhu Qi heard that he wanted to call Ping Beiyuan by himself, he immediately panicked, good guy, why are you calling me to fight again?

The last time he beat Beiyuan Wang Baobao was because Zhang Yu was by his side to help him, if he let himself go to Ping Beiyuan at this time.

That would really kill him, and only a famous general like Lan Yu could do it. Whether Zhang Yu could do it was another matter, Zhu Qi immediately said:

"Father is absolutely unable to do such a thing as destroying Beiyuan. Let General Lanyu go. General Lanyu has made outstanding achievements and is very brave. If he goes out, he will definitely succeed."

Zhu Biao stood beside him with his hands behind his back, looking at Zhu Qi with a smile on his face, thinking that Lan Yuping was still talking bad things about the third child.

Now the youngest son has spoken good things about Lan Yu, and he should tell Lan Yu later, so that he will not always misunderstand Zhu Qicai.

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard what Zhu Qi said, he snorted and said:
"Sapphire, this kid does have a skill in fighting, but he's a little too arrogant, but he can use it now."

Seeing that the direction of discussing the war was about to develop again, Zhu Qi quickly put aside the topic and asked:
"Father, have you seen the leaders that Wang Chuanqi brought back from overseas, Father?"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he immediately came to the spirit and said:

"I'm about to tell you about this. I've seen it before. Is this America really full of gold as they say?"

(End of this chapter)