Daming: From the end of Hongwu

On the banks of the Qinhuai River, wicker dances.

Zhen Wu's clothes were also blown and fluttered with the wind. He quietly looked at the river and watched the cruise ships passing by in the distance, pulling the previous concept farther and farther.

After a long time.

Cheng Liang stepped forward: "Duke, do you want to sit on the boat?"

Zhen Wu shook his head, raised his hand and pointed at the painted boat on the river in a low mood, and asked knowingly: "You said that the people there come and go, gathering and dispersing impermanently, why don't they feel reluctant?"

However, it was beyond Zhen Wu's expectation.

Cheng Liang didn't answer honestly. Instead, he was taken aback for a moment, scratched his head and said uncomfortably, "Duke, this...you are asking the wrong person. People with humble positions don't go to that kind of place."

hiss.

Zhen Wu looked back at Cheng Liang: "Really?"

The monkey beside him grinned loudly, pointing at Cheng Liang and cursing, "Cheng Liang, you can pull it down."

After finishing speaking, the monkey looked at Zhen Wu and said excitedly: "Master, you don't know that Cheng Liang goes there at least six or seven times a month, and I also know that Cheng Liang has a friend in Zuichun Yuan. It seems to be called bamboo, according to someone, brother Liang, brother Liang is called sweet."

Cheng Liang was very embarrassed, and explained in a courteous manner: "Duke, don't listen to the nonsense of monkeys. Whether you are good or not, it's just a play and a joke."

When Zhen Wu heard this, he didn't continue to tease Cheng Liang, but turned his head to look at the river, and sighed: "Yes, how can you experience the deep love between husband and wife by acting on the spot."

After all, Zhen Wu smiled, suppressed his slightly sad mood, and then patted Cheng Liang on the shoulder and said: "Speaking of which, you are not young anymore, you should start a family when you should, it's no worse than going to that fireworks willow every day." Are you strong in running in the alley? Go back and write to Peiping to ask your mother. If your mother doesn’t have a suitable candidate, I’ll see if I can help you find one.”

"That's a good relationship." Cheng Liang said happily: "Who would love to go to that kind of place after having a daughter-in-law?"

Seeing this, the monkey's eyes lit up and said, "Duke, what about me? I don't have a family either."

"Ok?"

Zhen Wu glared: "You think of me as a matchmaker. How many women do you want on hand? Find it yourself, but if you find someone you like, I can make the decision for you."

"That's it." The monkey laughed.

Zhen Wu smiled: "Okay, it's not too long since I've been out, so I'm going back." After speaking, Zhen Wu strode towards home.

Since he came out of the palace in the morning, he came to the bank of the Qinhuai River. He had been thinking about it for an hour, until now Zhen Wu seemed to have a deeper understanding of the way of husband and wife.

Husband and wife are one, it seems that what they cultivate is to empathize with each other's emotions.

Think more about each other.

It will be difficult to let go.

……

When Zhen Wu and Zhu Gaochi met again the next day when they went to court, they couldn't help but sighed. When they understood the reason why Zhu Di didn't want to be buried, none of them could bear to go. How about persuading Zhu Di?

But they can't bear it, it doesn't mean that other people in the DPRK can bear it.

After the official business was finished, the court again proposed the matter of Xu Miaoyun's burial. Zhen Wu looked at it coldly. At this moment, he couldn't help sighing that the civil servants of Ming Dynasty really had a bit of backbone. Some people dare to mention it again.

Perhaps in their view, this is the strength of character of a scholar-bureaucrat.

And Zhu Di's reaction was somewhat beyond everyone's expectations. Maybe it was because Zhu Di vented his anger towards Zhen Wu and shed tears yesterday, so he didn't become furious as he did yesterday.

After being weak, Zhu Di seems to have become more majestic as an emperor.

Throughout the court meeting, he kept looking at the officials with a blank face. Not only did his speech become short and powerful, but even his eyes became deeper, which made people feel unpredictable and terrifying at the same time.

Wait until the courtiers say it's about the same.

It was only then that Zhu Di said coldly and unquestionably: "You don't need to worry about this matter, I have other plans."

Some courtiers still want to say something.

But Zhu Di waved his hand and didn't intend to entangle the matter any more. Seeing Zhu Di's firm look, the courtiers had no choice but to give up for now.

The repressed Zhu Di made them even more frightened.

Since then, it has been three months in a blink of an eye.

The matter of Empress Xu's death gradually faded away, and the matter of her coffin staying in the palace was gradually no one mentioned it anymore.

But during these three months, Zhu Di became more and more indifferent, and his body also lost a lot of weight during this time.

Zhen Wu was quite worried about this, but he didn't know what to do.

However, at this time, Xie Jin once again caught the attention of the establishment of a new empress that they had discussed before. He thought that it is always a good thing to share the worries of the king, not to mention that if he persuades the establishment of a new empress in advance, the new empress will not miss him in the future a favor.

The more Xie Jin thought about it, the more he felt that he could do it.

After all, he had tasted the sweetness before. When Zhu Di entered the capital, if he hadn't stood in Zhu Di's camp ahead of time and participated in persuading him to advance, how could he be the turn of a little-known little man to be the chief assistant of the majestic Ming Dynasty.

Even if he is talented, God knows how long it will take.

Thinking of this, Xie Jin couldn't sit still any longer, and immediately got up and walked towards Duke Dingguo's mansion.

After the division of Dingwei and Wei, Xu Miaojin has been living in Dingguo's mansion. When Xie Jin saw Xu Jingchang, the two exchanged a few simple greetings, and Xie Jin couldn't help talking about his intentions.

"Don't hide it from Duke Ding, I'm here to invite Duke Ding to join me in a concert to ask His Majesty to establish a new queen. I don't know if Duke Ding thinks it's okay or not."

Create a new queen?

After these four words fell into Xu Jingchang's ears, Xu Jingchang couldn't help feeling sad.

When Empress Xu was alive, although she repeatedly persuaded Zhu Di not to be too tolerant of her natal family, Xu Jingchang was not a fool, and naturally knew that the Xu family was a big tree, and this move was also to protect them.

Now that the tea is cold, someone invited him to persuade the emperor to make a new queen.

How ridiculous.

Xu Jingchang's face turned slightly cold and said, "It has nothing to do with my Xu family whether or not your Majesty establishes a new one, and my Xu family has no objection, but is it too much for Bachelor Xie to invite me to be a joint name?"

Xie Jin was taken aback for a moment, and then immediately understood that Xu Jingchang had misunderstood, and quickly smiled: "Ding Guogong doesn't have to be like this, and this move after establishing a new one is not a bad thing for the Xu family."

"What do you mean?" Xu Jingchang frowned.

Xie Jin said: "I heard that the king of Zhongshan has Xu Sannv, who is now in her twenties, and I also heard that she has a noble character, just like her sister, and she should be the best candidate for the new empress."

"what?"

Xu Jingchang got up in shock, glaring at Xie Jin with his eyes, he gritted his teeth and said, "Is this the good thing you said? But it's a pity that the Xu family doesn't agree with this good thing!"

Xie Jin frowned, and Xu Jingchang's reaction was somewhat beyond his expectations. He said in a deep voice, "Mr. Dingguo may have less history and don't know what it means. You need to know that flowers are not all kinds of red, and there are upstarts every year. Even Zhongshan Wang Gongxun is unparalleled, and he can't guarantee that Duke Ding's lineage will not be treated coldly, but if the new queen is still your Xu family, at the age of the third girl Xu, she will definitely help the Xu family for decades. Don't you understand this? What's more, if the young and the young are successful, it will be an elegant thing in a thousand years, why would Duke Ding not do it?"

Elegant thing?

It's too elegant to use other people's women to accomplish elegant things.

Who in the capital doesn't know that his sister-in-law has a heart for Qingdeng and is full of despair, and now she is going to be allowed to enter the palace to suffer from the harem?

What's more, His Majesty and his eldest aunt are so affectionate, how could my sister be willing to destroy that affection.

As for the queen?

The Xu family really doesn't need another queen.

Xu Jingchang held back his anger, and said in a low voice: "Although I, Xu Jingchang, am young, I am not without strength of character. My Xu family is not someone like you who loves fame and fortune."

"What is this nonsense?"

Xie Jin also got a little angry: "How can this be the love of fame and fortune? May I ask who doesn't know that your majesty is thinking about the queen, how can your body do it in the long run? Your majesty's body is related to the country, and the third girl Xu will be able to help your majesty after she enters the palace. Liao relieves the pain of lovesickness, this is a plan for the country and the country, why do you love fame and fortune?"

Xu Jingchang clenched his fists tightly, and he felt a surge of anger rising in his chest, but before he released it, a clear female voice came from outside the door.

"Come on, call me to get out."

Xu Jingchang and the two looked towards the door, only to see a woman in fine clothes walking in, Xu Jingchang hurried up to meet her, took her hand and asked with concern: "Why did you startle me?"

This person is Xiaoliu who is married to Xu Jingchang.

Xiao Liu raised his eyebrows and said: "Didn't you just come back? Who would want to pass by here and hear a dog barking wildly. It's so noisy that my brain hurts. I really wish I could just beat him to death."

"you."

Xie Jin pointed at Xiao Liu and trembled angrily, "It's rude and rude, it's an insult to gentleness."

Xiao Liu snorted disdainfully: "As a little girl, I can't compare to Xie Xueshi, but I remember that once Xie Xie Xie went to my mother's house for a drink, and after getting drunk, he talked wildly and didn't say anything, and even grabbed the hands of my maids. That's really gentle."

When Xie Jin heard this, his face was suddenly ashamed, surprised and annoyed.

"Your natal family? It's nonsense!"

"Nonsense? I am the head of the Xu family, Zhao Guogong's younger sister, are you worthy of wronging me? If you don't accept it, ask my elder brother for verification?" Xiao Liuheng said.

Zhao Guogong's sister?
Xie Jin suddenly remembered that such a thing did happen, and it was because of this that he hated Zhao Guogong. Since then, he has had little contact with him. After thinking of these, Xie Jin lost his temper for a while.

Just at this time, a group of fierce guards walked in from outside the door.

Xie Jin knew the current affairs as Junjie, pointed at Xiaoliu, and said forcefully, "It's unreasonable, unreasonable." As he spoke, he took the initiative to walk away angrily.

Xiao Liu snorted coldly.

Xu Jingchang looked at Xiao Liu who was showing off his masculinity, all the anger in his stomach just now dissipated, and there was a smile on his brows and eyes, but with a smile, he told Xiao Liu: "By the way, don't worry about this." You have to tell my sister, otherwise she will think too much."

"Oh, I know."

……

On the other hand, after Xie Jin left Dingguo's mansion, he felt aggrieved in his heart. The more Dingguo's mansion was like this, the more he was unwilling to let it go. After thinking about it, he turned his head and walked towards Wei Guogong's mansion.

The Xu family is not just Ding Guogong.

The same is true for those who contacted Duke Wei's mansion to invite him to stand together. Presumably, given the miserable life of Duke Wei's mansion now, they would definitely accept his kindness.

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu, who was riding towards the palace, saw Xie Jin who was hurrying, and he spat in disgust.

"Hmph, it's really bad luck to see such a thing."

The guard next to him flattered and said, "Why don't you find a chance to teach him a lesson."

Zhu Gaoxu was a little moved, but in the end he thought about it and said: "Forget it, Zhao Guogong doesn't want me to argue with the boss, so as not to clean him up, and let Zhao Guogong read me again, it's annoying to death. I look down on him, relying on my talent to keep trying to get a job with the boss, if not for Zhao Guogong, I would have killed him a long time ago."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Gaoxu spat again in disgust.

In the original history, Xie Jin stood in Zhu Gaochi's camp early, and blatantly pulled the banner, and repeatedly made small reports of Zhu Gaoxu beside Zhu Di, and finally angered Zhu Gaoxu and demoted Xie Jin out of the the capital.

Xie Jin did have problems. After he was demoted from the capital, he wanted to come back in various ways, and the tricks were mentally retarded. Zhu Di was completely disgusted by him, and ordered Xie Jin to be directly arrested in Jinyiwei Imperial Prison.

A few years later, when Ji Gang showed Zhu Di the list of prisoners, Zhu Di saw Xie Jin's name and said the famous sentence: "Jin is still here?"

Ji Gang was so flexible in his mind that without Zhu Di's second words, he got Xie Jin drunk that night and smothered him to death with snow.

And Zhu Gaochi has never managed to save him in the past few years. It has to be said that Xie Jin's character has the cause of death, and even the kind Zhu Gaochi is unwilling to talk to him.

In this life, although Xie Jin was not exiled from the capital, but seeing Xie Jin's style of work, he had to end up with a bad death in the end.

It's a pity that a talent is lost.

……

When Zhu Gaoxu came to the palace, Zhen Wu had already arrived.

Some time ago, Zheng Heng, who guarded Datong, sent news that Guilichi finally couldn't hold on this year. After being defeated, he fled to the west, and Alutai supported Ben Yashili as a great sweat, calling himself a grand master, and he was sweeping The power of the grassland unifies the tribes.

Zhu Di called Zhen Wu, Zhu Gaoxu, and Zhu Gaochi this time, just to discuss this matter first.

Zhen Wu is the one who is most familiar with Arutai. As early as 24 years in Hongwu, when Zhen Wu was still a hundred households, he met Arutai who had not yet made a fortune in Baicheng.

Therefore, Zhen Wu sighed and said: "Speaking of which, Arutai is really a character, and he is also smarter than Guilichi. Although the Mongolian Golden Family is now sunset, its name is still not to be underestimated. The name of a descendant is really worth a thousand troops, look, what Alutai has done is much better than Guilichi."

Zhu Gaoxu also nodded and said: "Indeed, the Mongolian ministries are obviously more popular under the leadership of Alutai and Ben Yashili, but Arutai has been on good terms with us these years. Can it be understood that it is not necessarily a bad thing?"

"Don't be fooled by Alutai."

Zhen Wu said: "Alutai has been following Guilichi before, and it's the opposite, but if this guy unifies the Mongolian ministries, he will be even more difficult to deal with. I still think we have to do it sooner. Prepare."

After a brief thought, Zhu Gaoxu nodded in approval of Zhen Wu's words, and then looked at Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Gaochi frowned, pretending not to see it, but when both Zhu Di and Zhen Wu looked at him, he had no choice but to say to Zhu Di with a bitter face: "Father, you know how much rice we have, you It's useless to look at me."

Zhu Di glared, and said angrily: "Come on, come on, tell me what to do. You have heard about the situation in the north, so why don't you just ignore it?"

Zhu Gaochi pulled his face, lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and said, "Father, it's okay if you want to beat me, but there are at most 20 people, and it can last for about a year. If there are more people, there will be problems with the household department."

"Impossible." Zhen Wu said suspiciously: "The past two years have been smooth."

Zhu Gaochi complained: "Brother-in-law, if you don't care about the account, don't stand up and talk, it's just our father..." Zhu Gaochi took a careful look at Zhu Di's expression, and then boldly said: "It's just our father who built the canal again. It’s Zheng He’s Western business again, and after defeating Annan, he went on to engage in Guizhou, and he still has a good family background.”

Zhu Gaoxu was in a hurry: "Then we can't let us use 20 people to fight. Dad wants to paralyze all the Mongolian tribes in World War I. There are more than 20 people in Alutai now, and [-] people have traveled thousands of miles to fight on the grasslands." More than [-] people, you make us spank."

"Yes."

Zhen Wu also found himself in trouble: "Now is not the time of the Han and Tang Dynasties. The grassland tribes have gradually caught up in weapons and equipment over the years. It is not far behind our Han family. The era when a few thousand people can rampage on the grassland has passed."

Zhen Wu is not talking nonsense about this point. During the Han and Tang Dynasties, the weapons of the northern nomads were still quite different from those of the Central Plains. As long as the Central Plains ended the civil strife and relied on developed metallurgy, a batch of weapons could be equipped in a short period of time. The armor and knives are much higher than the army on the grassland, and then use these army to fight the nomads with leather armor and inferior knives. It's really not too much pressure.

But at the same time, developed civilizations will inevitably lead to the rapid development of inferior civilizations. After the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the Northern and Southern Song Dynasty, and Mongolia swept the world, the weapons, equipment and tactics of the northern nomads have equaled the Central Plains.

It's just that after Daming drove Mongolia out of the Central Plains, they were limited by the lack of resources, which made them lag behind Daming.

This is also an important reason why Zhu Di has always regarded the north as his great enemy.

On the contrary, the Nanyang countries, at the current level of Ming Dynasty, have been pushed flatly.

This is like in later generations, China's technological level can catch up with developed countries in a short period of time. At that time, the difference between China and developed countries was not 01:30. How many foreign guns can chase you? Thousands of people run, but learning from each other must be much faster than creating.

Therefore, Zhu Di and Zhen Wu couldn't guarantee that they would be able to win in the grassland with the same number of people, because if there was a little negligence, they might be defeated.

After thinking about it, Zhu Di looked at Zhen Wu and asked, "How much worse do you think the situation will be if we give the grassland another year or two?"

Zhen Wu lowered his head and thought.

After a while.

Zhen Wu said: "The grassland is preparing, but we are actually accumulating strength. Even if the situation will go bad, it won't be too bad. And there is one thing that is good for us."

"what?"

Zhen Wu smiled and said: "Although Alutai used the name of Benya Shili to support Benya Shili as a great khan and make all the tribes in the grassland more loyal, but compared with Guilichi, there is also a difference in his doing so. Great weakness."

Zhu Di's eyes lit up, and he immediately understood: "You mean the monarch and his ministers are jealous?"

Zhen Wu nodded and said: "Yes, Benya Shili is not a child, he is not stupid, he also understands what kind of person Arutai is, and he can't help being on guard against Arutai, so even if they unify all the grasslands, As long as the two of them disagree, they still won’t threaten us, and we just need to send an army into the grassland before the two of them finish off each other, then the odds of winning must still be with us.”

After saying this, the room became silent, and Zhu Di and the others were lost in thought.

After a long time.

"In this case."

Zhu Di said with a certain gaze: "Then wait for our Dongfeng."

The three of Zhen and Wu leaned over to answer.

They understand that this east wind is Zheng He's return date. It is reported that there is already news about Zheng He, and Zheng He and the others will be able to return next winter at the latest. Moreover, according to Zhu Di, this trip has been fruitful.

At that time, Zhu Di can take advantage of the power of all nations coming to court and the huge benefits obtained by Zheng He's trade to organize a huge battle to calm down the grassland.

This battle will be the brightest fireworks in the prosperous Ming Dynasty, and it will definitely be recorded in the history books for thousands of years.

Zhen Wu was quite looking forward to this, and even felt a little fiery in his heart.

And at this moment, a eunuch came in to report that Xie Jin had something to ask for an interview.

Ok?
What can he do when he comes over at this time?

Zhu Di and Zhen Wu had this question at the same time.

……