Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 573 Different
After watching Li Zhen's coffin disappear from sight, Zhu Yuanzhang still refused to leave for a long time.

"Father, it's windy up the tower, let's go down." Zhu Biao looked at his old father with distress. It's only been more than a month, and his hair has turned gray a lot.The lingering sorrowful look on his face made the former high-spirited father seem to be several years older.

"Stand for a while longer, Boss." Zhu Yuanzhang murmured: "I really envy you, you have so many brothers, now we don't even have our last brother-in-law, and we don't have any relatives of the same generation left."

"Father, you still have your mother, and us." Zhu Biao hurriedly comforted: "There are also these grandchildren, and there are far more relatives than before."

"It's different." Zhu Yuanzhang's hands tightly grasped the cold and rough city wall bricks, as if struggling to grasp something:

"When you look at the brothers and sisters who were with you at the knees of your parents all leaving you one by one, you will realize more and more clearly that you are not far from that day."

"What did the emperor say, you are still at the peak of your age," Zhu Biao sighed softly, "One by one, you are giving birth to younger brothers for your sons and ministers."

"Hehe, that's true." Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help laughing and said, "But our old Zhu family doesn't have a long life, don't look at our health and bones now, who knows when it will die?"

His expression gradually became firm and he said: "Some things can't wait any longer, and I can only leave them to you after waiting."

"Father..." Zhu Biao choked up, and he clearly felt that since his uncle left, Father's mentality has aged a lot.The temper is also more irritable.

"Let's go, we can't waste any more time." After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking in a deep voice, he turned around and went down the city gate.

Before boarding the holy car, he said to the princes standing beside him: "Second and third, fourth and sixth, come to Qianqing Palace later, we have something to tell you."

"Yes, Royal Father." The four princes hastily responded respectfully.

On the way back to the palace, Zhu Zhen saw that Fifth Brother seemed troubled, thinking that he was sad because he was ignored by his father, so he comforted him softly: "Fifth Brother, scientific research is lonely. But if you succeed, your reputation will last forever."

"You don't need to comfort me, I'm used to it." Lao Wu shook his head and smiled, and said in a low voice, "Go back to my place and discuss something with you."

"Okay, I'll look for you when I come out of the palace." Zhu Zhen nodded.

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After returning to the palace, the four princes walked side by side to Qianqing Palace.

"Looking for, what are you looking for?" King Qin asked in fear.

"What else can I do, let me teach you." Jin Wang also had a big head like a bucket. He was happy to come back for the New Year, but his father scolded him several times.

"Didn't you two ask for it yourself? My uncle is gone, my father is so sad, you still go to the kiln and drink flower wine." Yan Wang said angrily.

"How many times have I said that I was going to inspect the work." Jin Wang said depressedly: "And I changed into casual clothes, why did Yu Shitai find out?"

"Chen Ning Tujie and his gang have been targeting us for a long time." King Yan said solemnly: "We still have to be picky, let alone us making mistakes on our own initiative."

"His grandma." Lao San said angrily: "When we were in Taiyuan, they were trying different ways to impeach us all day long! Even after I returned to Beijing, I didn't stop. This is going to be a massacre!"

"What, what kind of chicken can play the snare drum?" the second child asked in confusion.

"Three people become tigers." The third child explained, seeing that the second brother still half understood, he had to speak more plainly. "It's just scolding us every day, every month, and year after year. Our reputation will be completely ruined. After a long time, even the emperor will not see us."

"This is so serious?" The second child couldn't help clicking his tongue.

"It's that serious." Brothers nodded, and Lao Siyu said earnestly: "Father allowed the officials to gossip about things, and this is destined to be the result."

"No, that's not right." The second child asked strangely: "Go, last year, you impeached your officials, didn't you let your father plant, plant trees?"

"Second brother, what does planting trees mean?" Lao Liu couldn't help but ask.

"You, don't you know?" The second brother was very happy when he saw that the sixth child was asking him for advice, so he knew everything and said:
"Just, just dig a hole, let, bury the person deep in it, let, make him unable to move. Then, cut, cut the prisoner's scalp, cut, cut a ten, cross-shaped opening, pour, pour water into it silver."

"Wait, wait for a while, the mercury will slowly separate the prisoner's skin and flesh. Let, make the prisoner feel unbearable pain. He, he will writhe desperately, and, he can't break free. In the end, the body will be naked from the opening of the scalp. , Climb out naked, only, only leave a piece of skin in the soil, just like a seed sprouting. So, it is called, it is called planting trees.”

The second brother spoke intermittently, but the sixth brother was horrified when he heard it. He finally knew why he had not let himself know before.

Damn, if it had been a few years ago, I would have had to urinate on the kang.

"If we don't kill the chickens to scare the monkeys like this, the New Deal will not be implemented." King Yan sighed and said, "Father judges the crime based on their family property. Only those with more than [-] mu of land in the family will be subjected to such torture."

"What about less than [-] mu?" Zhu Zhen asked.

"Depending on the situation, Tian Duo made fertilizer, and Tian Shao was responsible for digging holes and planting trees." Zhu Di said with a blank expression, "Anyway, I think it's fair."

"No, it's not fair. Why didn't the one who scolded me and the third child also plant a tree?" the second child said angrily.

"Well, there's a reason for this, but it's better that the second brother doesn't know." The third child patted the second child on the shoulder, looked at the Qianqingmen in front of him, and murmured: "It's not the past, understand? ?”

"Yes, second brother, it's rare to be confused." The fourth child also smiled bitterly and said: "The sixth child once said that the source of pain lies in knowing too much and doing too little."

The sixth child was silent.

In fact, there is nothing difficult to understand. Yan Guan is the emperor's minion.When the minions do not fight the enemy, but stand on the opposite side of the imperial power and confront the emperor, they will of course be punished in the most severe way.This was the case when the officials opposed the Qingzhang Huangce.

However, it is obviously not the case that the officials impeached the vassal.If Zhu Yuanzhang also punished them severely, no one would report them even if the vassal kings made troubles in the future.

That would inevitably encourage the vassal king's ambitions and pose a great threat to the imperial power.Therefore, my father will let them scold...

They are father and son, but also monarchs and ministers. The brothers have long understood this.

It's just that the second child is so stubborn, he can't figure it out.

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"Oh." Zhu Xi scratched his head, although he didn't understand what his brothers meant, but he knew what he should do.

Zhu Di patted Zhu Xi's shoulder vigorously and said, "Second Brother, in the future, when the younger brothers invite you to go overseas, you must fully support them."

"Ming, I understand." Zhu Xi nodded heavily and said, "Anyway, whatever you are doing, I, I support it."

"Okay, we won't cheat you." King Jin withdrew his hand, straightened his clothes and said, "Let's go in."

(End of this chapter)