Daming: From the end of Hongwu

Chapter 229 227 - Sending off Hongwu Emperor
Kaiping.

This year Zhu Di led his army north again early this year, and settled in Kaiping and Beibian. It has been half a month since now, but there is no movement in any of the Mongolian ministries. A tribe dares to stand out.

It was at this time that Zhen Wu received a report from Ma Yi who came from Beiping on a fast horse.

Zhen Wu stood up excitedly, looked at Ma Yi with surprise and asked, "Is what you said true? The princess is really happy?"

Speaking of which, when she first got married, Zhen Wu was worried that Zhu Yuying was too young and would be in danger of having a child, so she was reluctant to let Zhu Yuying become pregnant, so she took some pregnancy prevention measures.

At that time, Zhu Yuying was unwilling to live or die, but under Zhen Wu's broken reasoning, she finally nodded and agreed to cooperate with Zhen Wu. As a result, Zhang Yuqing and Xu Miaoyun have often comforted Zhu Yuying, a mother-in-law and a mother-in-law. , trying to persuade Zhu Yuying not to worry, saying that there are many children in this world who have children for many years.

Zhu Yuying couldn't refute every time, she could only listen to the two people's kindness, but every night, she would complain to Zhen Wu, especially after learning that Zhu Gaochi's wife Zhang was pregnant with a child last year. I was envious all day, and at night I was wronged and cried with Zhen Wu.

In fact, it is not Zhen Wu who thinks too much about giving birth, let alone worrying about it. Giving birth these days is a matter of life and death. The body, in Zhen Wu's opinion, is somewhat delicate.

Delicate ones often can't stand nighttime affairs, how dare Zhen Wu let Zhu Yuying go through the barrier at a young age, but judging by the posture now, if Zhen Wu doesn't let go, Zhu Yuying will cry to death, Zhen Wu feels distressed, Also have to agree.

But there is a saying how to say, what to ask for, but nothing to come.

After Zhen Wu and Zhu Yuying began to actively prepare for pregnancy, they couldn't get pregnant all the time. This also made Zhu Yuying blame Zhen Wu all the time, blaming Zhen Wu's constant contraception for not being able to conceive now.

There was even a period of time when Zhu Yuying was on the verge of going crazy, and she often searched for some prescriptions and took medicine. Zhen Wu felt guilty when she saw it, and worked extra hard every night.

Now that she is finally pregnant, how can Zhen Wu not be overjoyed.

Ma Yi was also very happy at the moment, and said to Zhen Wu with a smile: "Master, it's true, you found out half a month after you left, the doctor said it has been a month, the old lady asked me to announce the good news to you, I will hurry up I finally caught up, and fortunately the uncle is still in Kaiping, otherwise I don’t know where to find him when I face the grassland.”

Zhen Wu walked back and forth twice, and finally tapped the back of his hand and said: "Well, you wait for me here, I will go to find His Royal Highness King Yan to ask for leave, and I will follow you back to Beiping."

"what?"

Ma Yi asked suspiciously, "Master, are you not going to fight in the grassland?"

"It's been half a month to fight whatever you want." As he spoke, Zhen Wu whispered, "It's not likely that we will be able to fight this year. The Mongols shrank like turtles."

"The relationship is good. If there is no war next year, if the young master and the young lady fall into this situation, they will be Fulu for the rest of their lives."

Listening to Ma Yi's auspicious words, Zhen Wu narrowed his eyes with a smile, but the next moment, Zhen Wu thought of something, and was startled again. The past two years may not be stable.

Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't know exactly when he died, but at this juncture...

However, Zhen Wu's eyes flashed coldly, who cares, when the time comes, the soldiers will come to block him, the water will come to cover him, and the whole family will be safe and sound.

After thinking about it, Zhen Wu didn't delay any longer, and after explaining to Ma Yi, he walked towards Zhu Di.

When he saw Zhu Di, Zhu Di was holding a memorial with a sad expression on his face. Zhen Wu was curious for a moment, but after Zhu Di came back to his senses, he smiled wryly and explained: "Father is getting old after all."

As he said that, Zhu Di pointed to the memorial and said, "Treat me like a child, and nagged me well, saying that I am not doing well. We should send out scouts first, and focus on finding traces of the various ministries of Mongolia. Don't always move rashly." Dajun, let me be kind to the soldiers, pay attention to the matters of farming everywhere, and don’t let the soldiers have enough to eat. In short, I said a lot with a stick in the east and a hammer in the west. This reminds me of when I was not in the domain, Father always cares about our studies."

As Zhu Di said, he stood up and moved his body for a while, then sighed and said: "Speaking of which, the third brother communicated with me last time, and also mentioned that my father became more and more nagging, do you know how my father gave me three times?" A letter from brother?"

Zhu Di chuckled and continued: "Father taught my third brother, his life experience as a shepherd boy in the early years, and let the third brother teach his guards how to herd horses and sheep outside the mouth; how to distribute horses and sheep with the guards; and how to train them. The habits of the little pony; how to make the guards live with wool and goat's milk like the Tartars; Unfortunately, he passed away two months ago, and now the eldest brother, the second brother, and the third brother have left one by one, and I don’t know when it will be my turn.”

Zhu Di was sad. When he was young, he had studied with those older princes, and they had been intimate and played with each other. However, as each of them got older, disputes gradually appeared, which led to all these years. There was some gap.

"Your Highness, you are in the prime of life, and you should live a long life." Zhen Wu said.

Zhu Di shook his head and didn't respond.

However, Zhen Wu was thinking at this time that now Zhu Di is the leader of Zhu Yuanzhang's sons. This year, while restraining the army, he also restrained the kings. In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang has been sorting out the military for a long time, resulting in no more generals. All in all, there is always a sense of destiny.

Not much to say, at least Zhu Di succeeded in Jing Nan later on, and Zhu Yuanzhang has some credit for not saying much. After all, he pushed Zhu Di to this position step by step, and it was he who pushed the generals in the army who could fight Zhu Di one by one. The one who was sent to the underworld, although Zhu Yuanzhang did this for Zhu Yunqi, but Zhu Yunqi did not live up to it.

Zhu Di turned his head at this time, as if his sad mood just now had been settled, and asked, "What's the matter with you coming here?"

bring this up.

Zhen Wu grinned and said, "I just learned that Yuying is happy."

Zhu Di was taken aback.

"Ok?"

Zhen Wu nodded, and confirmed it to Zhu Di, Zhu Di also laughed all of a sudden: "This is really good news, you also know that the princess has been thinking about your two children, this is all right, I guess the princess will have to I'm so happy."

As he spoke, Zhu Di laughed again: "I just had a grandson, and soon I have a grandson again. This can offset all the bad news. Have everything been arranged at home? This cannot be ignored."

Zhen Wu said at this time: "There must be arrangements at home, and the concubine mother must have been notified, but I am still worried about Yuying, so I want to ask for leave and go back to Beiping to take care of her. Your Highness also knows that there is only one in my family. I am also worried about my mother as an elder."

"That's the truth."

Zhu Di nodded, and then thought about it, as if he had made a decision: "Then I don't want to stay in Kaiping anymore. Look at this, the Mongols don't plan to show up this year. It just so happens that the emperor also said about me. Let's go back to Peiping directly as a teacher."

"In that case, I will go back with the army." Zhen Wu said.

Zhu Di nodded and said, "That's it. If you have nothing else to do, go back. I still need to arrange some things here."

Zhen Wu nodded, then stood up and retreated.

Soon, Zhu Di notified the generals in the army, and the army began to prepare to return to Peiping.

At this time, Zhen Wu accidentally ran into Zhu Gaoxu, who was full of heroic spirit. He is nineteen years old, and he is the best time in his life. Unlike some rich kids in Beiping who like to enjoy themselves, he has been working hard in the army for many years. It is very good at fighting now.

After Zhu Gaoxu saw Zhen Wu, he instinctively wanted to avoid it, but it was inevitable at this time, so he had to bite the bullet and walked over. He looked at Zhen Wu's face that seemed to have not changed, and couldn't help but think of the girl who was holding a bowl. The girl with brown sugar water couldn't help feeling another pain in her heart.

Although he has relieved a lot in the past year, he is still a little unwilling in the bottom of his heart, but he understands the considerations of Zhu Di and Zhen Wu in his heart. After the elder sister marries Zhen Wu, if he marries the daughter of the Zhen family again, it will put the Zhen family on fire. Now, how should the people of the world and the guards treat the Zhen family?

What's more, the Wei family is the old guard of the Central Guard, and has always been loyal. Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun had already negotiated and agreed, and even communicated with the Wei family. How can the Wei family be disappointed just because he doesn't want to? He is a child of the royal family. , he has the responsibility to marry the woman Zhu Di arranged for him.

He is a dignified man, and he can't let Zhu Di down for a woman, but his heart really hurts.

Zhu Gaoxu's eyes wandered, he didn't look at Zhen Wu, and wanted to pass by.

Unexpectedly, Zhen Wu took the initiative to call out to him.

The next moment, I heard Zhen Wu say: "Your elder sister is happy."

"Really?"

A hint of surprise bloomed on Zhu Gaoxu's face in an instant. Zhu Yuying often went back to the palace, and he knew that Zhu Yuying had this heart disease. Now that he heard that Zhu Yuying was happy, he couldn't help but feel happy for Zhu Yuying, but with a smile, Zhu Gaoxu felt so happy. It didn't conform to his indifferent style towards Zhen Wu this year, his face flushed and he suppressed his smile again.

He, Zhu Gaoxu, is not a worthless person, he can be established by others.

Zhen Wu shook helplessly, ignoring Zhu Gaoxu's mental activity, and changed the subject: "I heard that you beat up a general next to you the day before yesterday?"

"What's wrong?" Zhu Gaoxu raised his head arrogantly: "Father punished me, and you still have to teach me a few words?"

Zhen Wu frowned. In the past, when Zhu Gaoxu was at the right guard, he was not so reckless. Zhen Wu couldn't help complaining to the guards: "Qiu Fu and Wei Du won't stop you? I'll talk to them later, and the people around me will do whatever they want." If you fight like this, you still expect others to fight for you in the future."

Zhu Gaoxu originally wanted to slam Zhen Wu a few words, but seeing that Zhen Wu still seemed to be thinking about him exactly as before, he finally held back his words and muttered in a low voice: "Who is like you, don't treat me as the king of the county?" Take it seriously, as if no one dares to stop me."

Zhen Wu didn't hear it, and didn't care what Zhu Gaoxu muttered: "Okay, I won't talk to you for now, I'll go back to the Zhongwei Camp and have a look." Step by step, smiled and said to Zhu Gaoxu: "By the way, you are the second uncle, remember to prepare some good things for your eldest nephew."

Speaking of this, the smile on Zhen Wu's face grew stronger: "When the time comes, remember to come to the house for a drink. Speaking of which, we brothers haven't had a drink for a long time."

Zhu Gaoxu was a little emotional for a while. He and Zhen Wu had a good relationship. At the beginning, it was only because the fifth sister got married. Such estrangement does not mean that the relationship between the two has faded, so naturally they also want to have a good reunion with Zhen Wu and relive the past.

He hesitated for a while, and just decided to agree, but then he thought of someone, and his face turned cold again: "Your fifth brother-in-law will also go when the time comes?"

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Zhen Wu was a little stunned, and he didn't know why Zhu Gaoxu couldn't get through this matter, then he thought for a while and said: "The third brother is trying to get them together, let's get together."

Zhu Gaoxu's face softened a bit, but he still said arrogantly: "Okay, I'll see when the time comes, and if I have time, I'll join in the fun."

Zhen Wu nodded, and then the two walked past each other, busy with their own affairs.

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At the same time, Ying Tianfu.

Ever since Zhu Yuanzhang got the news of the death of his third son, his body began to feel unwell. He was often bedridden, and at most he got up and walked a few steps every day.

King Zhu of Jin was also his valued son. Zhu Yuanzhang did not expect to send a white-haired man to a black-haired man again.

Since Zhu Yuanzhang lost his father when he was young, his kinship seems to have been very weak, but he is still a person who attaches great importance to family and lover.

He made every child a king, gave them enough food and clothing every year, and carefully selected three prince guards for each child to protect them. Worried about future generations, he compiled "Ancestral Precepts", but unexpectedly, the older children would leave him one by one, and the older children were the ones he poured the most effort into. Zhu Yuanzhang didn't even know how he survived the series of blows.

Now, with his physical condition, he clearly knew that his time was numbered.

On this day, he stood up, and with the support of his attendants, he walked slowly outside the hall. He looked at the vibrant world for a long time, and suddenly smiled.

He whispered contentedly, "Use my body, mind, and blood to nourish this world and make it peaceful and peaceful. Even if I work hard to death, scold the sky, or commit serious crimes, it will still satisfy me."

Zhu Yuanzhang proudly asked his attendant: "How is this world compared to the Yuan Dynasty?"

The servant just wanted to answer.

Zhu Yuanzhang stopped him, and asked himself and answered: "We know better than you, we have come here bit by bit, and we have cleaned up this world from scratch."

No one knows better than Zhu Yuanzhang how chaotic the world was and how difficult it was for the Han people at the bottom.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes seem to have returned to decades ago, back to the year of drought, then locust plague, and then plague. Within half a month, his father, mother, and eldest brother died one after another, starving to death, and there was no place to bury him.

However, the officials and wealthy households in the city are still living their lives happily and happily.

No one cares about the troubled people in this world.

At first he didn't even think about it, he just wanted to live.

But this world forces you to do evil, force you to fight, to fight, since this is the case, then he follows the will of this world, he comes, he robs, he fights, he comes to fight for the suffering people in this world This is a bright and bright world, he came to kill the corrupt officials who abused the law and bullied others for the poor people in this world.

He let the people in this world, where there is a place to complain about injustice, where there is hope to endure hardship.

Zhu Yuanzhang did it, he brought the Ming Dynasty.

Drive out the Tartars and restore China.

The eight simple words that can make people cry, represent that the Han people are no longer inferior to others, no longer look up to others, and can stand upright.

The wind blew gently, as if carrying the merits and demerits of Zhu Yuanzhang's life.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed quietly, never regretted, never regretted.

It's just a pity that Zhu Biao died early and did not leave Daming with the best new king.

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(End of this chapter)