Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 52 Brothers and Sisters
Snow fell heavily in early October, and the peasants could only spread the rice stalks collected in autumn on the bed, cover their bodies with rags and bedding, and light a fire to survive.

But in Beijing City of Shuntian Prefecture, there are countless dignitaries, among which the most prominent one is naturally the backbone of the nobles, the Duke of England.

In the capital where every inch of land is expensive, the British government covers an area of ​​more than ten acres, with tailors, carpenters, blacksmiths, carpenters, porcelain craftsmen, bricklayers, servants...

Among them, there are many pavilions, pavilions, waterside gardens, and even a racetrack dedicated to practicing equestrianism and a small school field for practicing archery.

Every courtyard door has servant handles, just like a small town...

"Old Duke, tell me, is it really His Highness the Fifth Highness who wants to take action?"

"Yeah, I think Long Live wants to use His Highness the Fifth Highness's hand to beat us."

In the British Duke's Mansion and the Duke's study, three princes headed by Xu Xigao are talking to an old man in his fifties who is sitting in the main seat, bowing his head and sipping tea.

It's just that compared to their excitement, the old man was not in a hurry, not flustered at all.

After Xue Lian, Marquis of Yangwu, and Li Chengzuo, Marquis of Fengcheng finished speaking, the old man said slowly:
"Long live wants to beat you, does it need to be so troublesome?"

"Eh..." One sentence blocked the words of the two, so they looked at Dingguo Gong Xu Xigao.

However, at this time Xu Xigao was absent-minded, and after a few breaths he opened his mouth and said:

"The old man is right. If Long Live wants to beat us, it really doesn't need to be so troublesome."

"I have been to the prison of the Bingma Division in Beicheng, and Wen Shou told me that His Highness the Fifth Highness did not show any imperial decrees, nor did he have any oral orders, but directly asked them to dismiss the temporarily recruited soldiers and hand over the registration documents of the three guards of Habayashi. "

"The three of them hesitated for a moment, and then His Royal Highness asked Lu Wenzhao to take them down, and asked Jin Yiwei to start investigating."

"Shortly after the investigation started, Yang Lian rushed to Andingmen. After being provoked by His Royal Highness, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and imprison Wen Shou and his twenty-odd people in Beicheng Bingma Division."

"Our Fifth Highness, it's not easy..." The old man sitting in the upper position spoke again, which made everyone feel terrified.

His opening represented this incident, perhaps it was really done by the Fifth Highness who they regarded as a yellow-mouthed child.

"Old Duke, what should we do then?" Marquis of Fengcheng Li Chengzuo frowned and asked, just because Li Sen, commander of the Habayashi Front Guard, was his second son among those arrested, and he must not let his second son suffer.

"How to do?"

The old man put down his teacup and said to Li Chengzuo: "What can we do? Can you still deal with His Highness Fifth? Xigao, tell them what Long Live thinks."

After saying this, the two looked at Xu Xigao, and Xu Xigao also looked ugly and said:

"Although Long Live didn't say it directly, he reminded us not to trouble His Highness the Fifth Highness."

"Long live means that he will not pursue this matter, as long as the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Punishment make sense."

"Huh..." Hearing this, Xue Lian and Li Chengzuo breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as Zhu Youxiao doesn't pursue it, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Punishment will give him some face, at most they will ask for the return of the empty salary, then cut off his official position and beat some military sticks.

With this little face, the two of them are still confident that they can find a way.

But at this time, the old man said:
"Having said that, Habayashi Sanwei probably won't come back. Our Fifth Highness seems to have a lot of ideas..."

As soon as these words came out, Xu Xigao and the others couldn't help but gasped.

If Yubayashi's three guards are really taken away, it means that Zhu Youjian now has seven guards in his hands, a battalion establishment.

If he wants to do something, he can recruit more than [-] troops in compliance.

Changping is only a hundred and twenty miles away from the capital, and it is a flat river.

Once the army goes south, the capital will be surrounded in an instant.

"This...Long live, don't worry about His Highness the Fifth Prince..." Xu Xigao felt that his mouth was extremely dry, and it was difficult to say the following words.

"Worried?" The old man shook his head, as if he was mocking Xu Xigao and the others, and then said with a smile:
"A few days ago, Yang Lian wanted to remind Wansui about Emperor Wen's deeds, but Wansui almost took it out on the spot."

"What's more, if this hadn't happened, based on your original knowledge of the Fifth Highness, do you think the Fifth Highness would rebel?"

"If you want to rebel, on the night when Emperor Daxing died, according to His Majesty's scheming, it would not be difficult to seize the throne."

"I, Zhang Weixian, have served four emperors of the Ming Dynasty, and I have never seen a child with such a scheming yellow mouth at such an age."

"Old Duke, what do you mean..." Xue Lian asked tentatively.

"It's not difficult." Zhang Weixian lowered his eyelids and said slowly:
"Your Highness Fifth, we can't afford to provoke you. According to the old man, this son will cause some troubles in the future."

"Unless he falls out of favor in front of Long Live, judging from Long Live's reaction today, even if His Royal Highness makes trouble, Long Live will continue to protect him."

"This, this is too..." For a while, Xu Xigao didn't know what to say.

Although before Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian brothers, there were too many examples of Daming brothers and friends, such as Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhanyi, and the relationship between Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhanyu and Zhu Zhanyi, and Wanli And Lu Wang...

In these examples of brothers and sisters respecting each other, even the vassal king did a lot of outrageous things, and the emperor, as an elder brother, could forgive him.

Even Zhu Zhanji went out to lead the army by himself, and when Wanli went to Tianshou Mountain several times, they dared to call their younger brother to supervise the country.

But after all, it is the prison country, and King Lu can at most command the soldiers and horses of the five city soldiers and horses to catch the thieves.

But now?Zhu Youxiao assigned the four guards and one battalion, plus the three guards of Yubayashi to Zhu Youjian.

Although this military power is only the right to repair the imperial mausoleum, it will be taken back after the imperial mausoleum is repaired, but who is not worried about the ministers of the court?
Everyone knows that before leaving the capital, Zhu Youjian took from the armor factory of the Bingzhan Bureau enough armors to equip tens of thousands of people.

There are so many history books, and there is nothing more to say than "strive to be the emperor".

In front of the throne, no matter how good the brothers are, they will cause trouble within the Xiaoqiang. There are too many such things in the history books, and they can be found without looking for them.

At this moment, they couldn't tell whether Zhu Youxiao was too young, Zhu Youjian was too cunning, or the brotherhood between Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian surpassed the throne.

It's just that they can realize one thing, Zhu Youjian's scheming is by no means as simple as his appearance.

Four Guards One Battalion and Habayashi Three Guards are just the beginning, not the end...

"Don't worry too much."

When Xu Xigao and others were worried, Zhang Weixian spoke again, and they also looked at him.

Zhang Weixian slowly savored the tea ceremony: "Training soldiers is not that simple. How many military books are collected in your family, even in the imperial city, there are not as many military books as ours, but are you and I proficient in military training?"

"If you just read books and learn from Zhao Kuo, Ma Di and the like on paper, you can train a soldier and horse, then you and I should have eaten the book of war earlier."

"That's...that's..." Speaking of military training, although everyone was a little embarrassed, they also knew how difficult it was.

After a war, the energy, intelligence, and brain power required are beyond ordinary people.

Even some fathers who brought the second generation to the battlefield to guide them for more than ten years, when they personally lead the army on the battlefield, their eyes are still dark.

No one is perfect, they don't believe that Zhu Youjian is so cunning that he can still make a difference in the art of war.

But, who can be sure...

(End of this chapter)