Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 68 Xu Da
Somewhat unexpectedly, the death of Marquis Deqing did not cause much trouble.

But after careful consideration, it also makes sense.

For one thing, at the banquet on the first day of the new year, Liao Yongzhong's rebellious behavior was obvious to all.In the eyes of the nobles, if the superiors don't deal with him, will they be in trouble in the future?

Secondly, the death of Liao Yongzhong, to be honest, was actually something that the nobles liked to hear.

The so-called embankment is higher than the shore, and the waves will destroy it.Marquis Deqing has strong abilities, great achievements, and a big appetite. If he doesn't piss with them, his life will make everyone uncomfortable.His death, on the contrary, caused a heartache for the nobles.

Three times, the superior did not harm his family, and promised to let his son Liao Quan inherit the title, which reassured the nobles a lot.I feel that the superior is still very restrained, so it won't hurt others.

Since the nobles are all emotionally stable, the civil servants are naturally more happy to eat melons aside.

But they soon lost the mood to eat melons. Before the Shangyuan Festival, the Ministry of Education issued an order, ordering the Ministry of Punishment to start a crackdown on illegal salt trafficking across the country. Anyone who participated in it or provided cover would be killed. amnesty!
This shocked the civil officials. How could they beheaded if they were caught without being tried by the judiciary?

No matter how serious the crime is, you have to follow the procedure.Otherwise, what do we need the national law for?
No one can guarantee that this kind of extrajudicial punishment will fall on him one day.So the ministers wrote letters one after another to persuade them, but they were all dismissed by Zhongshu Province on the grounds that the holy will had been decided.

Of course, the bloody storm in the local area will not spread to the capital for a while. The Qinhuai River on the Lantern Festival is still illuminated by lanterns and full of lights.

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After the Shangyuan Festival, the year will be over, and the princes and military generals who came to Beijing for the New Year will leave Beijing one after another.

As usual, Boss Zhu would hold a farewell banquet for all the old brothers.But because of the death of Marquis Deqing, Zhu Yuanzhang canceled the farewell banquet, and asked the envoy to tell the generals that they must take Liao Yongzhong as a precept, abide by the law, be clean and self-respecting, and never repeat the same mistakes.

But there are always exceptions to everything. If Zhu Yuanzhang does not invite others, he still has to invite the general Xu Da who is about to go north to have a good meal.

On the [-]th night of the first lunar month, he called Xu Da to Qianqing Palace for dinner, and Empress Ma personally cooked a table of wine and food.

Xu Da was flattered to see the dishes served. Although there were still four dishes and one soup, there were fish and meat, which was much better than the table on the first night of the new year.

"What's the matter, Tiande, do you think we'll invite you to eat grass?" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

"Thunder, rain and dew are all blessings from heaven. It is a great blessing to be able to eat the royal banquet given by the emperor." Xu Da also laughed: "What's more, the empress made it herself."

"Hahaha, look at how Tiande can talk." Zhu Yuanzhang happily said to Empress Ma who came in with a big plate: "If those old bastards can learn from him, we don't have to scold our mothers all day long."

"It takes only 100 years for one Tiande to come out. Who do you expect to catch up with him? Just dream about it?" Empress Ma smiled and put a large plate of steamed goose on the table.

"My sister-in-law invited you, it's not included in his four dishes and one soup."

"Isn't that appropriate?" Xu Da smiled and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang.

"There is nothing inappropriate. We are in charge of Daming Wanfang, not our mother-in-law." Zhu Yuanzhang was not ashamed of being inwardly afraid, winked at Xu Da and said, "Actually, the empress is in charge of us."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Empress Ma nudged Zhu Yuanzhang, then sat down beside him and said, "Come on, Tiande, I'll toast you too. These years of expedition to Mobei, defending the country and guarding the border, it's really hard work for you. "

"Your Majesty's words are serious. Compared with the hardships suffered in the past, the little crimes suffered now are not worth mentioning." Xu Da quickly raised his wine glass with both hands, leaned over to touch Empress Ma, and raised his head to toast.That way, it is much more respectful than Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Tiande's words are true." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in agreement and said, "We talked badly about that part when we were young. In fact, Tiande is not much better. Sister, you don't know, we were originally colleagues coming."

"We are in Zhongli Dong Township. They are Zhongli Yongfeng Township. There is a river between the two townships. When we go to herd cattle by the river, we often meet him and also graze cattle for the landlords of their village." Zhu Yuanzhang recalled with infinite emotion. :

"At that time, the landlords were black-hearted. They said that our children didn't have to work hard to herd the cattle, so they only gave the long-term workers less than half of the rations, and they couldn't eat enough."

"Yeah," Xu Da recalled, "so every day, as soon as the buffaloes are driven into the river, they start to look for food all over the world. If you can find fried August, goat's milk, and milk, you can eat it." Lisai, in fact, can’t get enough to eat at all. Sometimes I don’t eat right, and I have to vomit, and lose half my life.”

Queen Ma is actually the daughter of a small landlord's family. She doesn't know much about those wild fruits and vegetables, but it doesn't prevent her from listening with gusto.

"It's just that there are more wolves and less meat. You fight for it. When those wild fruits are about to ripen, they won't give up even an inch of land." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and pointed to Xu Da and said:

"Don't look at this guy's honest face. He has been cunning and cunning since he was a child. In the first frost that year, a stinky wolfberry tree on our side began to ripen. In order to prevent this guy from stealing camp, I took turns guarding the tree with Tang He and Zhou Dexing. Bottom. In the end, Zhou Dexing, that idiot, was distracted by him and stole it once."

"Later, Tang He tricked him again and stole the second crop." Zhu Yuanzhang still remembered, "We were so angry that we stayed under the tree every day. I don't believe he could still get the last crop. Steal it too!"

"The results of it?"

"In the end he stole my cow..."

"Hahaha!" After a burst of laughter, Xu Da corrected him: "I'm not a thief who beats a decent guy."

"Yes, you didn't steal the cow. You took the cow to rich man Liu and said that you picked up my cow." Zhu Yuanzhang said depressedly, "I made rich man Liu so angry that he grabbed the whistle stick and found it. How can we return it now?" Can you care about looking at the tree? Hurry up and run away, but this kid climbed on the tree, eating our last crop of stinky wolfberries, and watching us run all over the mountain driven by rich man Liu."

"Hahaha..." Empress Ma couldn't help laughing and said, "I didn't expect Chong Ba to be so badass."

"There are winners and losers, and my ministers are often tricked by the emperor." Xu Da ate the whole steamed goose while laughing, then wiped his mouth full of oil with a cotton napkin and said: "The problem with eating fast is that the emperor forced you to eat it." Come out, or you will be robbed by him."

After finishing speaking, he put the handkerchief into his sleeve and asked with a smile: "Your Majesty, empress, we're done eating now, should we tell you what's going on?"

"Then what else can I do? I'll give you a farewell." Zhu Yuanzhang touched his mustache and smiled with a guilty conscience.

"For so many years, we have eaten the empress's steamed goose three times." Xu Da held up three fingers like a treasure and said: "The first time, when the emperor was detained by Sun Deya's subordinates, we decided to take the emperor's place as a hostage. When changing the emperor back."

"The second time, before the Northern Expedition, the emperor paid a farewell party for his ministers."

"The third time, this time." Xu Da said with a smile: "So when the steamed goose is served on the table, my heart is in a ball..."

"Oh, hahaha. Tiande, you are so delicate." Zhu Yuanzhang patted Xu Da on the shoulder, and said casually: "Okay, there is something, good thing. Remember, your eldest girl seven When you were old, did we tell you anything?"

"Uh..." Xu Da pretended to remember for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Your Majesty forgive me, I can't remember."

"Let me help you recall the memories. At that time, we said to you, 'You girl will be precious when you grow up, and you will be my daughter-in-law. You must take good care of us...'"

Xu Da suddenly felt that the roast goose in his belly was no longer fragrant...

ps.Chapter 5, right? Let's continue.

(End of this chapter)