Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 74

As soon as the younger brothers retreated, Zhu Biao hurriedly said, "Father, why didn't you discuss it with me?"

"Discuss with you? Then there is still a chance for this matter?" Zhu Yuanzhang curled his lips and said, "It took us two catties of saliva just to convince your mother, and to have another encounter with you? We can't bear it."

Hearing that the queen mother agreed, Zhu Biao did not object. "Then let me go too, I have to watch them to feel relieved!"

"No, absolutely not!" Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head without thinking. "Isn't this nonsense? What if there is danger?"

"Then you're not afraid that the five of them will be in danger?" Zhu Biao looked at his father in disbelief. "Lao Liu is still so young..."

"Jade can't be crafted without being cut. When we herded cattle, we were only seven years old..." Zhu Yuanzhang took out his trick again.

"No, father must treat everyone equally, either let me go with them, or don't go at all!" Zhu Biao followed him.

"What are you doing wrong? Can you be like them? It's true that you are our son, but you are the crown prince, the foundation of the country, and we can't let you have the slightest mistake!" Zhu Yuanzhang glared, then slowed down and said:
"They are vassal kings, and they will lead troops to fight in the future. Let's not let them suffer now, or they will die in Saibei in the future!"

Then he lowered his figure and said: "Okay, okay, don't make such a face. They are all my sons, can we let them take risks?"

After finishing speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang told the prince about his arrangement:

"We arranged for Han Yike, the magistrate of Linhuai County, to take care of your five younger brothers together with Ping Baoer. We also asked the two to report separately every day, so that they can supervise each other and prevent them from making troubles. "

"Is that so..." Zhu Biao's expression softened.After thinking about it, he asked worriedly: "These two people, don't they have any special missions?"

"Hehe, the boy is smart." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "We arranged these two trustworthy people to Fengyang, hoping that one of them could check the civilian fields, and the other could look at the military village. There is a situation of encroachment."

"Father gave them a will?" Zhu Biao was slightly startled, this was no joke.If it is not done well, it will not end.

"No. We didn't even say so." Zhu Yuanzhang's back felt itchy, but he knew he was in the wrong, and he was too embarrassed to let his son scratch it.

Sure enough, Zhu Biao was indifferent, and said to himself: "Father, do you want them to experience it for themselves?"

"Yes." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded while scratching his itch, "I won't talk about Ping Baoer. Isn't Han Yi jealous? If he finds something excessive, he shouldn't be indifferent, right? We can intervene when he goes to the book. But it has to be a big case..."

"Then at least you have to hint to Han Zhixian, otherwise, wouldn't you just sit on the sidelines?" Zhu Biao said helplessly.

"We asked Ping Baoer to find him, but it was only a hint... so no matter what happens in the end, there is always room for turning around." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed after finishing speaking.

"Ugh……"

When facing the Huaixi Group, this kind of feeling of being shy is even more unpleasant than being dominated by Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng.

"You have to wait until your younger brothers grow up and be able to go out of the town and lead troops for us. We men don't have to cross the river with eggs in our hands." He looked at the prince pitifully and said, "So, you Can you understand the old father's eagerness to train them to become weapons?"

"Okay..." Zhu Biao nodded.

In fact, he had known for a long time that his father's tolerance for the old brothers Huaixi, apart from nostalgia, was largely due to the fact that the army was in the hands of these people.

It is not to say that taking over the military power will control the army.

Because in addition to senior generals, there are a large number of middle and low-level officers who make up the army. They are the backbone of the army and the direct leaders of ordinary soldiers.

And these middle and low-level officers are almost all adopted sons, old subordinates, and old brothers of honorable nobles.

A single nobleman may not have that strong influence, but if they get into a group, the influence on the Ming army will be great.

How to properly eliminate the threat of the military group is a difficult problem faced by all founding emperors, and the father is no exception.

"Well, I don't have to go." Zhu Biao finally accepted his father's arrangement, and finally insisted: "But at least let me know the situation of my younger brothers as soon as possible."

"Isn't that easy? Let's ask Ping Baoer and Han Yike to report to you directly." Zhu Yuanzhang readily agreed.

"Okay." Zhu Biao nodded.

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Wan'an Palace.

Knowing that her son was going to go to the countryside for training, Concubine Hu Chong justly drank her sorrows with wine.

Just drink while crying, drink for a while, cry for a while, stupefied Zhu Zhen on the side.

"If mother is really reluctant, then I won't go?"

"Go, you have to go, a good man has ambitions everywhere! Mother can't hold you back..." Concubine Hu Chong wiped away her tears and said firmly.

"Okay, then I'll go..."

"Woooo, mother can't bear you..." Hu Chongfei cried and hugged her son.

"Mom, are you a Gemini?" Zhu Zhen was speechless.

"It would be fine if I gave birth to two, at least I would have someone by my side, huh..." Concubine Hu Chong cried, and finally remembered what she wanted to say:

"By the way, your grandfather's family is also in Fengyang. I heard that they live in the manor, which seems to be called Hufuzhuang. If you encounter difficulties, you can inquire about them."

"That's great!" Zhu Zhen was overjoyed when he heard the words, he didn't expect that the mother concubine could give herself a hole card. "But mother, you have to give me a token, otherwise how will you recognize grandpa?"

"No need, they can understand your face just by looking at it." Concubine Hu Chong said confidently.

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Changyang Palace.

"Evil animal, kneel down!" Concubine Dading angrily reprimanded Lao Qi with a thorn in her hand.

"Mother Concubine, where did I go wrong?" Lao Qi was confused.

"Your father told you to go to Wuying Hall, why didn't you follow?" Concubine Dading asked angrily.

"Brother said that the emperor didn't call me!" Lao Qi called out to Tianqu.

"If I don't call you, you won't go? How many times have I told you? I want to get closer to my brothers, why don't you listen?"

"They are going to be punished..." Lao Qi muttered.

"You don't care what they are doing, now your brothers and the sixth child are going to go out together for a year, so I will leave you alone in the hall!"

"Isn't there still Old Eight..." Old Seven muttered in a low voice.

"Shut up." Concubine Dading lashed his buttocks with a whip, and cursed him indisputably:
"After one year, you will be completely separated from them! In the future, they will be with the sixth child!"

"Then I'll tell my father, let's go together!" Lao Qi yelled in pain.

"Did you think I didn't tell you? But your father asked you to wait for the next batch! You can just play with your brother!" Concubine Da Ding slapped the whip again, worthy of the name of 'beating the concubine'.

"So what?" Lao Qi finally couldn't help but exploded: "I'm going to be a vassal anyway, who will see who at that time? Everyone will be born in the end!"

As he said that, he straightened his neck to expose the concubine mother and said: "You are all for yourself! To show that you are good at raising your children, so that you can compete for favor with the emperor!"

"You fart!" Concubine Dading was so angry that her pretty face was livid, and she slapped her buttocks.

"My old lady is all because of you!"

"You are just here to hit me, woo woo..."

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The next day, there was an edict saying: "The second son of the emperor, King Qin, the third son, King Jin, the fourth son, Yan Wangdi, the fifth son, King Wu, and the sixth son, King Zhen of Chu, were stubborn and almost made a big mistake. Hu closed the door and studied for a year, cultivated his body and mind well, and no one was allowed to visit him, so that's it! '

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