Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 336
The warships of the Chaohu Navy undocked, raised their sails and oars one after another, carrying [-] King Chu troops down the river, preparing to go north to the canal at Guazhou.

On the flagship, Zhu Zhen smiled and helped Yu Tongyuan and the three of them who were grateful, and then asked leisurely:
"Over the past year, has the situation of the Chaohu Navy improved?"

"Alas..." The three of them were dejected when they heard the words. If they were in a better situation, they wouldn't be so humble.

"Just tell me the truth." Zhu Zhen said solemnly, "I will send you here if I have something to do. I just treat the Chaohu Navy as my own."

As he said that, he smiled and said, "I don't know if you will also regard this king as one of your own?"

"Yes, yes, the last general... No, the humble rank and others regard His Highness as the savior of our Chaohu navy!" Yu Tongyuan said emotionally.

"Why are you here again?" Zhu Zhen scolded, "I said too much thanks."

"We not only thank His Highness for saving us last year, but also ask His Highness for help!" The three of Yu Tongyuan kowtowed and said sadly, "I beg Your Highness to save people to the end, and take in the Chaohu navy!"

"Where do you start with this?" Zhu Zhen asked with a confused face.

"Alas..." Yu Tongyuan sighed again: "Since you want to ask His Highness to take you in, you can say nothing about your humble rank. Your Highness may not be clear about the original situation of the Chaohu Navy. Simply put, we are just a bunch of people working hard. Raised by the little servant girl who lives in the front and enjoys the blessings in the back!"

Zhu Zhen said in his heart, why are you still swearing?On the face, he said calmly: "I have known about your past, I know that you fought for my father, made great contributions, made great efforts, and many people died."

"Yes." Yu Tongyuan nodded and shook his head again: "I won't mention the past. Let's just talk about after the founding of the country. Our eldest brother Deqing Hou helped Yang Xian open the middle school and solved the problem of transporting grain to the border for the court. , and let the brothers have a way of making money."

"Our Chaohu naval division has not only 3 officers and soldiers, but also more than 1 orphans of brothers who died in battle, and more than [-] disabled brothers to support." not enough."

"To make money, don't you care about it." Zhu Zhen smiled understandingly, signaling that he didn't need to explain further.

"But then Yang Xian capsized, and those envious Fengyang people took away the business that was in progress, and they didn't even leave me any soup." Yu Tongyuan hesitated for a moment when he said this, and finally gritted his teeth and confessed : "Then we smuggle salt, so that they can't get it!"

"Yeah." Zhu Zhen nodded without changing his face. He had heard this from his elder brother.But when he heard the person involved say "salt smuggling", he still felt that the general who founded the country was really lawless.

Not only did he dare to do it, but he even dared to say it in front of the prince... Really Nima is off the charts!

This is still Yu Tongyuan who was labeled as 'cowardly' by his father.I really don't know how daring Liao Yongzhong must have been back then?

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"Seeing that they couldn't fight us, those nobles colluded with Hu Weiyong, fabricated charges, and killed Marquis Deqing," Yu Tongyuan said angrily.

"This king also knows." Zhu Zhen nodded and asked: "After the death of Marquis Deqing, your life is very difficult, right?"

"Yes." Yu Tongyuan said with a look of lovelessness:

"I also blamed us for being in a mess, thinking that the emperor should deal with us in the next step. I was in panic all day long, and I was confused for a while. I didn't know clearly about Mingjiao, and I was suspected of plotting the emperor."

"..." Zhu Zhenxin said, it was not just a simple suspicion.At least at least the two ends of the first mouse, hesitating!

In the era of feudal dynasties and monarchy, what the emperor wanted was absolute loyalty.Loyalty is not absolute, but it is absolutely not loyal... So it is actually 'on the heart regardless of the trace'.

Although Boss Zhu thinks that Fengyang Xungui cannot be the only one family, and puts the overall situation first, he forgave them for the time being.

But they couldn't really feel at ease, because Boss Zhu had nothing to do with magnanimity in any way, but full marks for holding grudges.

So other people also treat them as the living dead, and don't bully them as much as they want?

"Although the emperor is magnanimous, let the past be ignored. However, those Fengyang people can't stand to make use of the problem, the military salary is not paid in arrears, the military supplies are not paid at all, and they have to transfer Tongjiang to Qiongzhou... Our life is really too difficult!" Yu Tongyuan finally couldn't bear it. Live, and shed sad tears.

Although Yu Tongjiang and Liao Dingguo did not shed tears, their eyes were red. It seems that the past year or so has been really sad.

"Your Highness, our Chaohu Marine Division is already in danger! The humble official also knows that this is his own fault, but there are thousands of mistakes, all of which are my fault, and have nothing to do with the brothers. If I can save the brothers, I would like to Apologize to death!" Yu Tongyuan swore pointing to the sky.

"We are willing too!" Yu Tongjiang and Liao Dingguo also said in unison.

"How do you think that this king will take you in?" Zhu Zhen asked pretending to be puzzled.

Robben, who was standing behind him, couldn't help curling his lips when he heard the words.This old sixth is really rouge with chrysanthemums - how can he pretend to be innocent!

I don't know who is on the way, and I vowed that I must take the Chaohu Navy this time!
"I heard that His Royal Highness is going to reopen the Shipbuilding Department. We figured it out, given the current chaos on the sea, how can we do it without a navy?" Yu Tongyuan hurriedly explained:

"His Royal Highness called us again this time, and we felt that this was a god-sent opportunity! So we boldly recommended ourselves to His Highness, and begged His Highness to take us in!"

"Your Highness, please take me in!" Liao Jianguo and Yu Tongjiang also said, "I will follow Your Highness to the death!"

"You don't think I'm young?" Zhu Zhen asked with a wink.

"Your Highness's majestic and heroic appearance when he went to the meeting last year is still in front of us. We have long been convinced and know that His Highness is already an excellent prince!" The three hurriedly said in unison.

"Okay..." Zhu Zhen touched his nose.

In fact, he had thought about it a long time ago, and he wanted to get the Chaohu Navy, who was in a difficult situation, to the Shibo Division.

He had never been so naive as to think that with his status as a prince, reopening the Shibo Department would be smooth sailing, and ghosts and gods would be able to deal with it.

And in the past few years, he has also discovered that Daming seriously lacks respect for His Highness the Prince.There is no trembling towards his father at all, and no respect and love for his elder brother.

However, it is not difficult to understand that the founding of the Ming Dynasty was less than ten years old, and the authority of the royal family had not yet been established.People's thinking of "princes, generals, and relatives" has not completely ebbed.

It is because Zhu Yuanzhang is the emperor that the emperor has the supreme authority.If the emperor is replaced by someone else, the prestige will be lost immediately.

The same is true of the prince.

That's why the father was anxious to let his brothers make contributions, in order to be worthy of their status!
This is especially true for him, the sixth son of Zhu Yuanzhang and His Royal Highness the King of Chu.He has to wipe out the enemies in the center of the court and on the sea and ashore by himself, so that he can regain the former glory of Shibosi.

Therefore, a strong navy is essential.

(End of this chapter)