People in Hongwu, from heavenly master to emperor master

Chapter 186 You are my son Muying, you are my Xu Fu

Regardless of what everyone thinks, everyone is working hard towards the goal of establishing a new dynasty.

Now that most of them have been breached, everyone can truly appreciate the hope of success and being named a prince and prime minister.

The emperor said some words of encouragement before he decided to announce the matter to the world.

The ministers retreated from the court with enthusiasm, and returned to their jobs.

Li Shanchang, Prime Minister of the Left in Zhongshu, was walking leisurely on the way back. He vaguely saw Yan Shenggong and Liu Ji walking side by side in front of him, chatting happily.

"Kong Kejian has been a coward all his life, but today he can make such a bold decision... It's rare!
By the way, Hu Weiyong, do you think the promotion of simplified characters is reliable? "

An official followed behind him, hehe smiled:
"My lord, whether you can do it or not depends on which angle you look at it from. If you look at it from the perspective of my Confucian student, this is a good thing that will benefit thousands of years!

Old Master Confucius is right, education does have a cost, and the introduction of simplified characters is to reduce the difficulty of learning and let students focus more on learning itself!

However, if we stand from the perspective of those of us...

When there are too many people, people's hearts will be scattered! "

Li Shanchang turned his head and took a deep look at Hu Weiyong:
"No wonder His Majesty mentioned you to me a while ago, you are indeed a smart person, I didn't expect this old man!
Too many people is not easy to lead, it is also a practical problem, but in the case of the Kong family coercing righteousness, this reason cannot be put on the table! "

Hu Weiyong replied:

"That's true, so I don't dare to go against the general trend and oppose Yan Shenggong's decision face to face, but I will remind His Majesty in the memorial afterwards and let him make his own choice!"

"Not bad!"

Li Shanchang nodded and said:
"It seems that you, the Minister of Taichang Temple, have not been long..."

"Li Xiang, where did you say that?"

"Except for Wang Guangyang, next year at the most, you, Hu Weiyong, will be in the Ministry of Education! You shouldn't be so early, hehe... From a certain point of view, you have to thank the right minister who has thought about the past behind closed doors..."

Li Shanchang gave Hu Weiyong a small reminder, and a gleam of joy flashed in the other's eyes.

Entering Zhongshu Province is tantamount to entering the power center of Ming Dynasty, which is naturally a step ahead compared to him, the Minister of Taichang Temple.

Hu Weiyong hurriedly bowed:
"Then my subordinate would like to thank Li Xiangti for his kindness..."

"Good talk!"

Seeing Hu Weiyong expressing his loyalty, Li Shanchang was in a happy mood.

The two were walking when they saw another person coming towards him, entering the palace to face the saint.

"So it's Wenying!"

The person who came was Zhu Wenying, Zhu Yuanzhang's adopted son. He was in his twenties, with a handsome appearance, but he was just dressed in dust. He seemed to have rushed into the palace shortly after returning to Beijing.

Seeing Li Shanchang, Zhu Wenying bowed and saluted:
"Greetings to Uncle Li, I have met Mr. Hu!"

Li Shanchang smiled happily. As the leader of the Huaixi faction, Zhu Yuanzhang, the adopted son, was also considered a fellow with him:

"You kid, I haven't seen you for a while, go to my place to get together when you have time, what, your father wants to ask you for something today?"

Zhu Wenying replied:
"It was the call of the father that Wenying put down the affairs in hand and came back quickly!

Uncle Li, can we wait until next time to talk about the past, Wenying dare not keep His Majesty waiting for a long time! "

"Okay, let's go!"

Li Shanchang nodded, Zhu Wenying said goodbye and left.

imperial study room,
Zhu Yuanzhang was reviewing memorials, and the eunuch reported to Zhu Wenying to see him!

Old Zhu raised his head and asked someone to call Zhu Wenying in.

"Wenying greets His Majesty!"

"Why are you being polite to me?"

Although Lao Zhu spoke politely, his eyes showed admiration for Zhu Wenying.

Among his adoptive sons, Zhu Wenying is different from others.

This child has always known how to advance and retreat, and his EQ is much higher than others.

Old Zhu casually asked:
"How are you today?"

"Thanks to the great love of the father, my son and minister are all well!"

When Zhu Wenying said this, she stood respectfully, with perfect sense of proportion.

Old Zhu sighed,

He has adopted more than 20 adopted sons. Except for Li Wenzhong, who is his own nephew, most of the others are orphans.

Lao Zhu raised them, and they worked hard for Lao Zhu!

However, there are differences in the closeness of people's feelings, and other people are not as close as Zhu Wenying.
It's just that after becoming the emperor, this family relationship is inevitably a little indifferent.

"You have performed well recently, I am very pleased!"

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and patted Zhu Wenying on the shoulder, and Zhu Wenying was terrified immediately.

These foster sons are called righteous sons, but Zhu Wenying has a very clear position on himself, they are the emperor's retainers.

It was okay when Zhu Yuanzhang was the king of Wu, but now that he is the emperor, the relationship between father and son, monarch and ministers is even more difficult to handle, so he has become more careful.

And this caution, although it is unavoidable to be disappointed, is also what Zhu Yuanzhang likes to see.

What he wanted Zhu Wenying to do was related to Daming's national destiny for the next hundred years, and it would definitely not work without someone with absolute trust and ability.

It is best for young people to do this matter, only young people have a greater chance of being able to withstand the ups and downs on the road.

However, Lao Zhu is still hesitating about how to start this matter:

"I heard that you became a father again a while ago?"

Hearing this, Zhu Wenying smiled happily and said:

"Yes, Your Majesty, my second son was just born a while ago, I didn't expect His Majesty to know about it..."

"You were brought up by me, so I naturally remember that the empress only mentioned it a while ago, you brought him into the palace later, to get close to the empress, by the way...

Wenying, do you still remember your biological father and biological mother? "

Zhu Wenying didn't expect the emperor to ask this question, so he quickly replied:

"Your Majesty, I don't remember anymore!"

"That's right, when I saw you for the first time, you were already living on the street. In that world, it's not easy for an adult to live, let alone you as a child!
I still remember that when I saw you for the first time, I remembered my same year, when my parents passed away, I was also a beggar for a while!

It's just that you are more miserable than me. When my parents died, I was already fifteen or sixteen years old. At least I still remember things! "

Upon hearing this, Mu Ying hurriedly said:

"Actually, I think I'm luckier than Your Majesty, because Your Majesty has come all this way by himself!
Minister Mu Huangen, to meet His Majesty, the empress and other heavenly beings, does not think the minister is despicable, but accepts the minister as a foster son!

Although I have no parents, Your Majesty and the Empress are my parents..."

What he said was sincere, and Lao Zhu was very pleased.

It is with this kind of character that Mu Ying won Zhu Yuanzhang's trust.

He sighed:
"Yes, from this point of view, you are indeed luckier than me. This is probably due to fate. You and I have a relationship between father and son. I still remember that when you and I shared the same bed, you screamed cold in the middle of the night and curled up in my bed. The way you look in your arms!"

Mu Ying burst into tears when she heard the words, she just knelt down and kowtowed,
He was adopted by the emperor at the age of eight, and Zhu Yuanzhang really treated him very well.

At the age of 12, he fought with Zhu Yuanzhang until now.

The emperor's status is getting bigger and bigger, but he has no chance to tell the emperor about his old feelings like this.

"The relationship between father and son is one thing, but the so-called parents who receive the body, hair and skin, you can remember the kindness of nurturing me and the queen, I am very pleased, but you should not forget the kindness of giving birth to your biological father and mother, I came to you today because I wanted you to recognize your ancestors and return to your family, to return to your original surname, to recognize your ancestors and return to your clan!

But you can't remember the names of your biological parents, so I will use [Mu] as your surname, and give you a new identity, right? "

Mu Ying was overjoyed when he heard the words. Now that the emperor has become the emperor, the surname Zhu is not only not an honor to him, but also vaguely a burden.

The emperor bestows a surname, which is also a symbol of grace.

Zhu Wenying hurriedly knelt on the ground to thank her:
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for granting me a surname. In the future, my minister will not be Zhu Wenying, but Mu Ying!

Although the name has been changed, the benefactor of His Majesty's upbringing will never forget!I will go through fire and water for your Majesty, and I will die! "

"If I really wanted you to go through fire and water, would you go?"

Mu Ying was stunned when Zhu Yuanzhang said something suddenly.

He understood that the emperor must have something very important to come to him today.

"Mu Ying's life was given by the emperor, you just order, if you take a step back, you will be struck by lightning!"

Lao Zhu nodded and said:
"Very well, this is my son!"

He took Mu Ying's hand, led him to the side of the study, and took out a map.

When Mu Ying saw this map, she was stunned.

He had never seen the place on the map, or in other words, he couldn't find his location from the map in the first place.

"This is a world map, here we are!"

Old Zhu was very satisfied with Muying's attitude, and it was the same when he saw this map for the first time. He couldn't just be a country bumpkin all by himself, right?
He pointed to where Huaxia was, and let Mu Ying see it!

Moreover, Ying Tianfu was pointed out.

"This is a world map, where I am in Huaxia, but here!

This is Japan, this is North Korea, this is..."

Just like Zhang Yi showing off to him, the emperor also pointed out the various things on the map to Mu Ying, and Mu Ying's performance was in line with Lao Zhu's expectations.

When he saw this map, his eyes were red.

As a soldier, such a map is worth ten thousand dollars to the general.

"Where did this map come from, and who can draw such a map?"

Mu Ying was numb, he was busy asking Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and did not answer his question directly.

Old Zhu pointed to America and said:

"What I want you to do is you go there for me!"

Mu Ying looked at the location of Huaxia, and then at the direction indicated by Lao Zhu's fingers, her mouth became parched.

He doesn't need to use a ruler to compare, he also knows how big the ocean in the middle is.

Your Majesty wants him to cross that ocean to a place called America far away?

"You read that right, what I want you to do is to go to sea, and to go to sea secretly... You bring me something back!"

Mu Ying's face was cloudy and uncertain, she knelt down suddenly:

"Your Majesty, if you want your ministers to die, you have to die. If your majesty asks your ministers to do things, you will definitely do them, but there are some things that you can't complain about!"

"you say!"

"Recently, I have vaguely heard a rumor that your Majesty is obsessed with Taoism, and there is an expert behind you!

What is the master's background, the subject does not know!
But this technique of longevity is ethereal after all, you are still young..."

Lao Zhu heard Mu Ying's words getting more and more outrageous, and he felt very depressed!
He scolded angrily:
"Are you treating me as the first emperor and you as Xu Fu?"

When Mu Ying heard this, her face was full of embarrassment. This was what he meant in his heart, but it was hard to admit it directly.

Old Zhu was angry and funny:

"Is the source of your news the big-mouthed Xie family? Xu Da's daughter-in-law is good at everything, but her mouth is broken. I knew that these gossips would definitely reach the ears of those who care!

Tell me, did you hear it from Li Shanchang? "

"Not really, but...almost!" Mu Ying was extremely embarrassed.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath to suppress his dissatisfaction.

He had vaguely heard of this rumor since the school inspector brought back the news about Xu's residence.

Mrs. Xin Guogong's mouth is broken, and she can't hide the matter. Regarding the matter of Lao Zhu having a master behind her, she has hidden it tightly enough this time.

But even so, there will still be some gossip back to the palace.

Because these news didn't touch Lao Zhu's interests, he didn't take it seriously for the time being. He just asked people to go to Xu's mansion to warn him, and Mrs. Xie stopped talking later.

But this kind of thing will still be circulated in a small circle among high-level officials.

So when Mu Ying heard that Lao Zhu was going to let him go to sea, what she immediately thought was that he wanted to learn from the First Emperor and ask for the elixir of life.

Old Zhu laughed loudly:

"If you want to be Xu Fu, I'm up to you, but I'm not the first emperor, I don't believe in longevity, let alone seek it!"

Mu Ying secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this.

Although he was a martial artist, he had also heard that the emperors who sought longevity in the history books probably didn't end well.

"However, it is appropriate to say that you are my Xu Fu. I will ask you first, if I let you seek medicine overseas, would you be willing?"

"Although I don't agree with His Majesty's actions, even if His Majesty makes a mistake, I will accompany His Majesty in making mistakes!
Your majesty gave me your life, not to mention letting me go to sea, even if your majesty asked me to die immediately, I would be willing! "

Mu Ying gritted her teeth and knelt and kowtowed three times to Zhu Yuanzhang!
Old Zhu laughed loudly:

"Okay, it is my blessing to have your son, get up, and I will tell you why I let you go to sea!"

Zhu Yuanzhang helped Mu Ying up and said:
"In this place in America, there are a few things that you must bring back to me when you turn back. What I want is not longevity, but a continuation of my destiny for Ming Dynasty and even China!
There are some things you don't need to ask, I will tell you later, just remember it! "

Mu Ying nodded silently, as long as he is not seeking longevity, he can accept it.

In his mind, Zhu Yuanzhang is the hero who is always full of fighting spirit and will not easily bow to fate even in adversity.

Once a hero seeks longevity, it means that his ideals and ambitions are all ignored, and what is left is only a conservative body.

"Your Majesty, I must complete the task, but...

If I want to go to sea, does my Daming have this condition? "

Although Mu Ying also participated in water battles with Zhu Yuanzhang, strictly speaking, there were not many generals who were good at water battles in Ming Dynasty!
The key battle for Lao Zhu to win the world was the Battle of Poyang Lake. Daming's navy was not as good as Chen Youliang in terms of objective conditions.

The Ming army's water warfare genes are very weak, so it is not easy for Mu Ying to go to sea.

"There are difficulties, but we can overcome them! Chen Youliang left me a lot of treasures. At least I haven't dismantled them. I have already found the boat for you to go to sea. Originally, I was going to wait a few years until I had dozens of boats. !
But because of certain things, I think this matter should be brought forward!

Do you know the news that I established the Xuanwu Army a while ago? "

Mu Ying silently nodded.

Now the war in the north is tense, and the riots on the sea in the east are also constant. Regarding the sea issue, many people in the court are also arguing.

Due to the shortage of military expenditures, the matter of sea bans in later generations has actually been raised by ministers long ago.

It's just that the emperor has never made up his mind to do this.

But not long ago, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was originally inclined to ban the sea, suddenly changed his nature and established the Xuanwu Army.

This incident also caused a lot of commotion in the court.

The Xuanwu army means that the emperor will not only not ban the sea, but will also take the initiative to maintain the majesty of Ming Dynasty. Some people are happy about this matter, while others are worried!

But no one has decided on the leader of the Xuanwu Army.

"Is it Your Majesty?"

"Contrary to what you think, I have no plans to take care of those pirates for the time being, the layout of the Xuanwu Army will be ten years later!
I can tell you the truth in advance. I will definitely implement the matter of the Great Ming sea ban, but the sea ban is only a stopgap measure. My Ming Dynasty should not allow those overseas remnants to bully me!

This Xuanwu Army is prepared for the future, but the original intention of the Xuanwu Army is indeed because of those things overseas!
It's just that the Xuanwu Army needs to train, and it won't be successful in a few years. I can't wait!

I must have a group of people to help me bring back the overseas fetishes! "

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't hold back anymore, and simply told Mu Ying about sweet potatoes and potatoes, and Mu Ying was dumbfounded.

What kind of fairy thing is it that produces thousands of catties of grain per mu?
If Daming got these things, wouldn't it be...

"Now you understand why I want you to go to sea? I only do it for my own benefit?"

"Your Majesty, I will definitely finish this matter for you. Even if I die, I will return to Daming with sweet potatoes!"

"very good!"

Old Zhu said:
"Change your clothes and go meet someone with me!

Aren't you curious about who is behind me?I will take you to meet that expert! "

After Lao Zhu finished speaking, he asked the inspector to come in and took Muying to change clothes!

(End of this chapter)