Hongwu Daming: Why hasn't my son rebelled?

Chapter 230: All nations come to Korea! (unrepaired)

Zhu Qiming obviously didn't do anything, but the officials in the prince's mansion and the generals who were related to the prince.

They have already begun to conceive the scene of Liao King Zhu Qi plotting rebellion and usurping the throne in their minds.

Lan Yu was even more nervous, and even started to study Zhu Qi overnight. Although he had studied it many times, it would never prevent him from studying Zhu Qi one more time.

After all, such a hero is very powerful in itself, and no matter how many times he studies it, it will never be too much.

After careful study, Lan Yu was surprised to find that if she confronted Zhu Qi head-on, with her current strength, she might not be able to deal with Liao King Zhu Qi.

As far as the current situation is concerned, Liao King Zhu Qi's strength is at least comparable to Xu Da's in these battles he has experienced.

Although Lan Yu is very confident in her own strength, if she fights against a famous general like Xu Da, it is still unknown who will win and who will lose.

What's more, Zhu Qi, the king of Liao, still bears the name of a king of Liao, and Lan Yu is also very worried.

I have told Zhu Biao about this matter more than once, but Zhu Biao trusts Zhu Qina very much.

Not only did he not follow his own advice, but he also told himself about Zhu Qi saying good things about himself in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

That was when Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to send Zhu Qi to destroy Bei Yuan, Zhu Qi humbled himself that he was not that material, nor did he have that ability.

Lan Yu should be allowed to lead his troops to exterminate Bei Yuan. Ordinary people would certainly not give such a great contribution to others. It was Liao King Zhu Qi who really recognized Lan Yu's ability to say this.

Zhu Biao naturally hoped to ease the tense relationship between Lan Yu and Zhu Qi.

However, Sapphire's stubbornness was obviously beyond Zhu Biao's imagination.

Lan Yu still thought that Liao King Zhu Qi was not a small threat, and the prince could only sigh about this, and didn't say anything more.

As for Liao King Zhu Qi, Zhu Biao naturally wouldn't say much, so as to increase the gap between the two.

Anyway, after Zhu Qi returned to the Liaodong fief, he and Lan Yu didn't have many chances to meet each other often.

Thinking about it this way, Zhu Biao didn't take Lan Yu's hostility towards Zhu Qi to heart.

In fact, he really doesn't have much time to take care of these odds and ends, because he still has a lot of things to do.

For example, at the New Year's Eve banquet, the foreign envoys who came to worship and congratulate all needed to be received by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

After all, most of these foreign envoys are the kings of a country, or the prime ministers of a country. Although these countries may be weak or strong in terms of strength, they still need to be treated uniformly in terms of specifications.

After all, Daming is the central kingdom of heaven, a state of etiquette, so naturally we can't neglect the guests from afar, and of course the visitors here refer to these tributary countries.

In terms of diplomatic etiquette, there must be no mistakes.

As the prince, Zhu Biao should pay more attention to these things, and this time the grand court meeting is also a little different.

That is, there are more than 20 tribal leaders from the Americas. Although the scale of these tribes is not very large, there are still quite a lot of people, about [-] people.

This is still very important for the Ming Dynasty, and this time it will also bring the number of tributary states to about fifty.

There is a great momentum for the world to come to court, doesn't it make the ministers in the court extremely excited.

So this time, Zhu Yuanzhang also said that the grand court meeting must be done properly.

There are naturally a lot of things about etiquette, and Zhu Qi doesn't understand, these are just after returning to Yingtian Mansion, playing around with his fourth brother Zhu Di every day, and then discussing with each other.

Talking about the things in the territory, when Zhu Di heard about governing the territory, he would have a headache.

But this is the same as what Zhu Qi thought. Zhu Di in history was not very good at governance.

On the contrary, his son Zhu Gaochi has been governing the country. There is even a saying that during the Yongle period when Zhu Di was emperor, the real power behind the scenes was actually Zhu Gaochi, and Zhu Di was nicknamed the front-line general.

Of course, this is just a joking statement. Zhu Di's ability and contributions, and his achievements in history, can never be obliterated.

However, Zhu Qi didn't care about anything, but he was still Daming's prince. Since he was Daming's prince, he naturally had his own things to do.

Zhu Biao quickly found an errand for him. Since Zhu Qi is the leader of Jinyiwei, he should be responsible for the security of the venue.

The Great Court Meeting will be held in a few days, and the foreign envoys who will come over at that time will have a lot of security issues, so naturally they cannot relax in the slightest.

Zhu Qi didn't expect that he could still have task assignments, and he also had a speechless expression on his face.

He could only bite the bullet and accept the task, and then followed the other Jin Yiwei to arrange security work. In fact, he didn't have too many things to do, and Gao Jin was responsible for most of the work.

Jinyiwei is a very mature system, and they don't need to do much to complete the task by themselves.

However, in the eyes of those courtiers, the important task of guarding the court was entrusted to His Royal Highness Liao Wang, which is obviously because of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang's incomparable trust in His Royal Highness in exile. In addition, His Royal Highness Liao Wang has recently been in the limelight and helped Daming open the door. Jiang Tuotu, I heard that there are more than 20 foreign leaders coming here. The arrogant and arrogant His Royal Highness Liao Wang must be greatly loved by Zhu Yuanzhang recently. In addition to the previous achievements, the status of His Royal Highness Liao Wang may change. , becoming a powerful competitor for the crown prince.

If no one thought that Zhu Biao's status could be shaken before, this kind of thinking is gone now. After all, the performance of the Liao King's rise is too impressive, and it is not impossible if he really wants to change the prince.

After all, His Royal Highness King Liao is really outstanding.

And soon it was the day of the Great Court Meeting, and the whole Yingtian Mansion could be said to be extremely lively.

In the palace, it was even more empty. A large number of foreign envoys gathered at the outer gate of the palace, waiting for the emperor to summon them.

And those civil and military officials have already come to wait outside the door in court clothes.

Only waited until the guards guarding the city wall opened the city gate, and then the eunuch beside Zhu Yuanzhang came over and sang the morning morning.

They lined up neatly and entered one after the other, while Liao King Zhu Qi, who was the chief guard, stood in the distance and walked in with the team of courtiers.

Now that he has been assigned the task of protection, Zhu Qi will naturally complete the task with all his heart and responsibility.

Otherwise, it would be bad for the eldest brother to blame himself for something wrong, and when Zhu Qi was here with the Jinyi guards to arrange protection tasks, those courtiers were sneakily looking at the heroic appearance of His Highness King Liao.

The ministers who had been following Prince Zhu Biao all this time naturally had hatred in their eyes, and regarded Liao King Zhu Qi as the biggest thorn in their side and thorn in their flesh.

Whether or not the position of His Highness the Crown Prince will be stable in the future will depend on His Highness Liao Wang's face.

And the rest of the ministers who didn't clearly stand in line, their hearts are also active at this time, should they get closer to His Royal Highness Liao Wang in the future.

After all, there is an old saying that it is better to give charcoal in the snow than to add icing on the cake.

In this case, if the right treasure is pressed, His Royal Highness King Liao will become the emperor in the future, then they will all be from the dragon.

Of course, I just thought about it in my heart, and there is no sign of seizing the throne now, but the throne has been to make brothers turn against each other since ancient times, and father and son can even kill each other.

Is there anything impossible? In the minds of these courtiers, an epic drama has already been imagined.

Just thinking about these Zhu family killing each other, doing anything for the throne and so on.

Of course, not all the courtiers thought this way, at least Liu Bowen didn't think so in his heart. Liu Bowen knew very well that His Highness King Liao didn't have any ambitions.

If this were not the case, when Zhu Yuanzhang bestowed upon His Highness the Liao King the position of the Great Commander of the Liao Land, His Highness the Liao King would not have flatly rejected it.

Naturally, Liu Bowen returned to Yingtian Mansion with the Liao King Zhu Qi. After all, Liu Bowen was considered to be Liu Guan who was outside. If he didn't come back during the court meeting, the officials outside would definitely have objections.

Moreover, Liu Bowen has been in Liaodong for such a long time. In fact, many ministers in the court have already impeached and talked about this matter. How can Liu Bowen and Liao Wang Zhu Qi have such a good relationship and let them work together.

In case this Liao king Zhu Qi.Wouldn't it be nice to have any ideas?

After all, Liu Bowen's shrewd ability is obvious to all. Zhu Yuanzhang naturally would not believe that Liao King Zhu Qi would collude with Liu Bowen.

Otherwise, Liu Bowen would not have been sent to Liao to handle North Korean affairs.

However, Liu Bowen is too old after all. Zhu Yuanzhang thought that he was old and frail, and he did not intend to keep him in a place as bitter and cold as Liaodong, so he called Liu Bowen back during this great court meeting. up.

And after Zhu Yuanzhang summoned Liu Bowen back, he didn't tell him to go to Liao again next year. Instead, he told him to find a free position in the next year so that he could retire and be idle.

However, Liu Bowen actually wanted to retire from his old age and return to his hometown. After all, he is not too young, and it is true that he will not be able to continue working at this time.

But this is how Zhu Yuanzhang treats talents. Zhu Yuanzhang definitely wants to use Liu Bowen until his death. After all, how can he be willing to give up such a useful minister.

After all these years, Liu Bowen is indeed getting older, and his body is not as good as before.

Zhu Qi brought him back to Tianfu, recalling the first time he met him three years ago, he realized that Liu Bowen seemed much older than before.

And at Liu Bowen's age, naturally he doesn't have any big pursuits, he just wants to tell his old age and return to his hometown, so that he can spend thousands of years in peace.

And Zhu Yuanzhang obviously disagreed with him doing this. Although Zhu Qi wanted Liu Bowen to have a peaceful old age, Zhu Yuanzhang was his father after all, and keeping Liu Bowen was indeed of great use, so it was hard to say anything.

And if he were the emperor, Zhu Qi would definitely let Liu Bowen go back to retire without saying a word. After all, everyone still has a retirement age, so you can't just let him work all the time because he is capable.

Otherwise, go and talk to Zhu Biao yourself, Zhu Qi, thinking of this, decided to talk to his elder brother Zhu Biao about this matter after the morning court, and fight for Liu Bowen's chance to go home for the elderly.

When Zhu Qi was thinking about this matter over there, the father-in-law from the early court in front had already come to greet him to enter the hall.

After all, he is also a prince, so he naturally stood with the Zhu family in the early court.

It was impossible to wait outside, Zhu Qi quickly followed the father-in-law into the hall, but he didn't know if it was his own illusion, when he just walked into the hall, he felt that the atmosphere of the surrounding ministers seemed a little strange.

The way they looked at him was quite weird, some had warm eyes, while others had cold eyes, which made Zhu Qi somewhat uncomfortable, after all, when he was in Liaoyang, he was an otaku at all.

I didn't want to go to Liaoyang when I was in Yingtianfu, but now I don't want to respond to Tianfu when I'm in Liaoyang. I can only say that this person is too weird in everything he does.

Zhu Qi could only bite the bullet and stand in the queue of the Zhu family's descendants, and Zhu Di also stood beside him when he saw him coming, he immediately greeted him, and then whispered:

"Third brother, the court seems to have a bad opinion of you these past few days. Some people say that you want to take the crown prince."

Zhu Qi was taken aback when he heard this, and then his hairs stood on end.

Isn't he most worried about making others think that he is interested in the throne?

If this puts myself and my elder brother Zhu Biao on opposite sides, the big tree that took the shade after so much effort will disappear, and I panic when I go out, God frowned and asked Zhu Di:

"Who is teaching this kind of tongue, if I find out, I must tell my father and let them be punished."

Zhu Di didn't speak immediately, but after Zhu Qi was stunned for a moment, he asked Zhu Qi in a low voice:

"No one should believe this."

Zhu Di rolled his eyes at Zhu Qi, and then said:

"As far as I know, there are quite a lot of people who believe in it."

After Zhu Qi heard this, he felt dizzy. He obviously had no ambitions, but he was misunderstood by everyone. Fortunately, Zhu Di who was next to him quickly said:

"But third brother, don't worry, I have already warned anyone who dares to say that."

When Zhu Qi heard what Zhu Di said, he immediately asked:
"You don't believe that too, do you?"

Zhu Di was taken aback for a moment, and then Yu Youqi replied seriously:
"How could it be? How could I doubt the third brother casually about such a random guess."

Zhu Qi was a little relieved, it seems that not everyone believed in this matter, at least his fourth brother did not believe it very much.

However, Zhu Di hesitated for a second and then asked again:
"Third brother, do you really want to be the emperor?"

(End of this chapter)