Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 230

"Your Majesty, what are you doing?" Xu Da was so frightened that he was so frightened that he knelt and kowtowed on the spot.

"It's absolutely impossible, Your Majesty! This is the Emperor's hidden residence, and no courtier can live here!"

"Go, go, we don't live here anymore, it's just an ordinary house." Zhu Yuanzhang said nonchalantly, "Why, I hate the old one, so let's build you a new one?"

"It's not a question of old and new, it's that the courtiers should abide by their duties and not overstep!" Xu Da was determined and kowtowed.

"You and I, brothers in common clothes, are brothers and sisters, and we are different from others. Whoever dares to slander, we will kill him." Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Besides, with the great merit of Tiande, who rewards you for a mere old palace, who would gossip? "

"Your Majesty is so gracious and virtuous, and I am grateful to you. It's just that I really can't live in this old palace." Xu Da's forehead was bruised, and he begged bitterly: "The Emperor really loves and protects his ministers, so he shouldn't reward them." Things that are not suitable for a subject will only harm the subject, Your Majesty..."

"Hey, you guys are really cautious." Zhu Yuanzhang was really helpless by Xu Da's refusal, so he had to say vaguely: "You get up first, and we can go in and sit with us before we talk."

"Yes." Xu Da then got up and followed Zhu Yuanzhang in.

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After entering Prince Wu's Mansion, he discovered that the inside had been cleaned up, the doors, windows and walls were completely refurbished, and all the furnishings were completely new.

In front of the main hall, there is also a couplet written by the imperial pen:

"Chun Wang Zhengshuo awarded for thousands of years, the first founding father of the country."

It can be seen that Boss Zhu is not simply probing, but sincerely wants to give himself this old mansion.

"Why, do you think we're testing you?" Boss Zhu said angrily, "Tiande, no one will test you if we try. It's good to abdicate and let the virtuous."

"I am naturally loyal to the emperor for life and death." Xu Da said with a wry smile: "But if the king does not keep secrets, he will lose his ministers, and if his ministers do not keep secrets, he will lose his integrity. The emperor cannot show his love for his ministers without restraint, and the ministers cannot accept the emperor's gifts without limit. "

"Hahaha, who did you say that your girl followed? So she followed you closely." Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help laughing.

"What happened to Miaoyun?" Xu Da asked hurriedly.

"Let's have someone tidy up here. We want your son and daughter to move in and wait for you first, but your eldest daughter firmly disagrees. I have to wait for you to come back to make up your mind." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled wryly: "We Father-in-law, you can't get angry with your unmarried daughter-in-law, so you didn't force it. I didn't expect to have a bad nose with you again."

"Miaoyun is law-abiding and cautious in managing the family, so I can rest assured." Xu Da couldn't help but feel very relieved, but thinking of such a good girl, she seemed to belong to someone else, and his heart ached again.

"Haha, that's great. The fourth child's sloppy monkey needs to be taken care of by your eldest daughter." Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied, as if he had picked up a big deal.

"Tiande really knows how to educate children, don't you still have a little girl?" The emperor asked again: "We have agreed that we will also be our daughter-in-law."

"Your Majesty, my Miaoqing is only ten years old..." Xu Da said depressedly, "It's too early to say this."

"Let's make a reservation first. It's not that you don't know, we just have more sons." Zhu Yuanzhang laughed loudly, and walked into the flower hall with his arms around Xu Da's shoulders.

In the flower hall, a table of banquets had already been set up, and there was also Xu Da's favorite steamed goose.

"Your sister-in-law made it herself." Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to the plate of steamed goose and said, "It was originally a housewarming banquet for you, but now it can only be regarded as a welcome banquet."

Xu Da hurriedly thanked the emperor and queen, and after Zhu Yuanzhang sat down, he sat down with a half-pull.

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Zhu Yuanzhang took the cup himself, and the monarch and ministers drank a few glasses of wine, and then opened the conversation.

"Tiande, we know why you came back early." Zhu Yuanzhang held the wine cup and looked at the slightly shaking liquor.

"The soldiers and horses went ahead without using food and grass, but this time the military supplies were not available, which delayed the army's Northern Expedition. It is the imperial court, and we have failed you."

"I know that the emperor and the court must have difficulties," Xu Da nodded, regretfully saying:

"It's just that if the troops are sent out in time this winter, it is very likely that they will take advantage of the unpreparedness and sweep the holes in the Liting of the Northern Yuan Dynasty and kill them all. Not to mention that there will be no future troubles, at least there will be no side troubles for decades.

"Now the soonest is to send troops in the spring of next year. By that time, the Mongols will move again after the water plants and disperse, and if they want to catch them all in one go, it will be a dream." Xu Da sighed painfully:
"Besides, without Wang Baobao, it will be difficult for the ministries to gather together, and it will be difficult for them to have the opportunity to gather and annihilate them in the future..."

This is why Xu Da has been depressed - once the strategic window period is missed, it is likely that it will never appear again...

"We know, we all know." Zhu Yuanzhang's view of the overall situation is not inferior to Xu Da's. He raised his neck and drank the bitter wine in the cup and said:
"No one wants to erase Hu Yuan from this world more than we do. But it's really difficult now - the governments everywhere have reasons to be perfunctory; originally they could count on the Kaizhong merchants to supply the front line, but they also think that the people don't On the grounds of accepting the treasure money, they dropped their picks one after another."

Xu Da nodded. He naturally knew that half of the imperial court's supplies to the front line depended on the government, and half depended on Kaizhong.The so-called Kaizhong means that merchants use money to buy grain in the interior, exchange it for salt after transporting it to the front line, and then return to the interior to make money by selling salt.

This year, the imperial court implemented the banknote law, which only allowed the folks to trade with copper coins and precious banknotes, and prohibited the use of gold and silver.Now the merchants in Kaizhong said that the peasants were unwilling to accept the precious banknotes, so they could not buy military supplies, which made Xu Da feel really ridiculous.

"When did you need gold and silver to do business with the common people?" Xu Da said, "The common people don't accept banknotes, they just use copper coins."

"That's the reason, just like the government, it's just an excuse." Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and said, "This is up and down, inside and out, and we have worked hard to show us some color."

"Are they so arrogant?" Xu Da gasped.

Boss Zhu didn't answer and asked instead: "Brother Huaixi also has a big opinion on the reform of the provincial capitals to the capitals?"

"..." Xu Da hesitated for a moment, then nodded with difficulty. "Yes. After changing to the capital, the power will be greatly reduced, and the old brother will naturally complain."

"That's right, we know." Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "Everyone treats the army as their own private property! Do you think it's still a melee between warlords? Want to support the soldiers?! That's why we have to take back the military power. It's better than being attacked by a crowd!"

Xu Da nodded, not daring to answer.But he knew very well that after the relocation of the capital was cancelled, Boss Zhu acted preemptively, set up a prison in Fengyang, and took over the military power of the capital guards.Only then will it lead to the counterattack of Huaixi's old brother.

"Do you know who is picking the head against us behind the scenes?" Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Xu Da with serious eyes.

Xu Da knew that this was not the time to pretend to be confused.

In the current injured and fragile state of the emperor, if he pretended to be confused, he would be regarded as standing on the enemy's side.

So Xu Da said with difficulty: "Han Han Gong."

(End of this chapter)