Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 428 Digging out its roots and destroying its seeds

Guo An was helpless, but he couldn't get rid of Zhu Gaosui.

Because Zhu Di dotes on this young son very much, when he was in Prince Yan's Mansion in Peking, Zhu Gaosui was not a peaceful man. He often acted mischievously, and he was very familiar with Guo An.

However, fortunately, Princess Yan Xu Miaoyun should have warned Zhu Gaosui. Zhu Gaosui also knew Guo An's abilities and identity, and he didn't do much fooling around in front of Guo An, but he loved to get close to Guo An.

Sometimes when Guo An was too annoyed, he would play tricks on Zhu Gaosui in a bad way.

However, what Guo An was helpless about was that Zhu Gaosui seemed to be a cheap kid. The more naughty and disgusting he was, the more this kid liked to get close to him.

As a result, Zhu Gaosui was still sitting expectantly in front of Guo An on the carriage.

"Marquis Guo, are there really no good trading houses or chambers of commerce suitable for me?"

"no!"

Guo An nodded firmly.

Zhu Gaosui sighed helplessly and looked at Guo An resentfully, "Since my father was promoted to crown prince, Marquis Guo has never been close to us anymore.

Now, my father has ascended the throne, my second brother has been named King of Yan, and he has such a wealthy Yan Palace, but I am still just a little prince.

No money, no power, no title! "

Guo An said: "Your Highness, please don't be anxious. Your Highness has not been knighted?"

Zhu Gaosui's eyes lit up, "What does Marquis Guo mean? Can we compete for the position of prince like my elder brother?"

Guo An's face darkened.

You kid is dreaming!

Zhu Gaosui sighed softly, "We know that Marquis Guo prefers the eldest brother! Back then, we should have been like the eldest brother and worship Marquis Guo as our teacher!"

Guo An said speechlessly: "Your Highness, Emperor Taigaozu's ancestral instructions are here, Your Highness should not have such thoughts.

In addition, His Highness has been reluctant to study since he was a child.Even if His Majesty beat His Highness several times, His Highness still went to study!

If ministers from the Hanlin Academy and the Metropolitan Procuratorate want to speak to His Highness in a formal manner, I wonder if His Highness will understand? "

"..."

Zhu Gaosui's face turned dark. He didn't know whether it was because he remembered the scene when Zhu Di beat him, or because he couldn't understand what some officials said.

Guo An added: "In addition, Your Highness gets a headache from reading and will fall asleep within a few breaths.

If Your Highness is asked to review the memorial, how many can His Highness review? "

Zhu Gao raised his chin and said disdainfully: "It's just a memorial, aren't we illiterate?

Moreover, didn’t the emperor dislike reviewing memorials? Marquis Guo suggested that the emperor form a cabinet?

Now, isn’t my father happy and at ease every day? "

Guo Andao: "Those are the reasons why His Majesty is keeping an eye on His Majesty every day. Otherwise, there are so many memorials, each of which is related to the life and death of dozens, even hundreds or thousands of people.

If it were allowed to be reviewed by those cabinet ministers, wouldn't the Ming Dynasty become their world in just a few years? "

Zhu Gaosui: "..."

Half an hour passed.

Zhu Gaosui said again: "Marquis Guo, I can't compare with my eldest brother in literature, and I can't compare with my second brother in martial arts. Am I incompetent?"

"Ok!"

Guo An nodded slightly.

Zhu Gaosui's face fell.

"Marquis Guo, I'm discussing business with you!"

Guo An said helplessly: "Your Highness, if you have any questions, just tell me!
Otherwise, once I enter the palace, I won’t have time to argue with you! "

"hey-hey!"

Zhu Gaosui suddenly had a sneer on his face, "In the entire Ming Dynasty, Marquis Guo understands us best... Marquis Guo, I want to join the vassal state too!"

"Just fan?"

Guo An was startled and glanced at Zhu Gaosui in surprise, "When did His Highness come up with such thoughts?"

Zhu Gaosui sighed softly and said leisurely: "We already have it!"

Guo Andao: "Going to Japan?"

Zhu Gaosui immediately expressed admiration, "It's Marquis Guo who understands me!"

"Your Majesty will never allow the Japanese silver mines to fall into the hands of any feudal lord clan!"

Guo An said slowly, "Besides, Your Majesty is reluctant to let His Highness become a vassal state, and the Queen is not willing to let His Highness go out and become a vassal state at such an age!"

"Why?"

Zhu Gaosui's face turned anxious.

Guo An said with a smile: "His Majesty married the queen and became a vassal when he was 16 years old. They can better understand the pain of becoming a vassal too early. Your Highness is only fifteen now..."

"..."

After a while, Zhu Gaosui couldn't help but said again: "Then please ask Marquis Guo to say a few nice words to my father and let us stay near the capital of the feudal lord!"

Guo An said helplessly: "Why does Your Highness suddenly have such an obsession?"

Zhu Gaosui said: "Because we also want to rule a state like our father."

Guo An asked again: "Why didn't Your Highness tell His Majesty?"

Zhu Gaosui shrank his neck, "If I tell my father directly, my father will definitely beat us!"

Guo An smiled slowly, "In that case, let's mention it to His Majesty!"

"Thank you, Marquis Guo!"

Zhu Gaosui suddenly looked overjoyed.

……

Inside Fengtian Temple.

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaosui who was following Guo An and frowned slightly. "Why are you looking for Guo Qing again?"

Zhu Gaosui quickly explained: "Dad, I haven't looked for Guo Hou for several days!"

Zhu Di said with a dark face, "Humph, you are running around every day. How many days have you gone to pay your respects to your mother..."

Zhu Gaosui said: "Dad, the child is only...three days old. However, the child wants to do some big things these days to share the worries of the father!"

"What business are you doing?"

Zhu Di asked with a straight face.

Zhu Gaosui said with a sarcastic smile, "I heard that my father wants to increase the salaries of Ming officials and issue year-end bonuses, which will cost millions more taels of silver a year.

Therefore, the boy also made a special inspection of the situation in the capital, and wanted to ask Marquis Dinghai to give the boy some advice. The boy could also make some money to help his father take care of his worries..."

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaosui and smiled, "We didn't expect that your boy still has filial piety."

Zhu Gaosui quickly smiled and said: "Thank you dad for the compliment!"

Zhu Di glared at Zhu Gaosui and said directly: "What else do you want to do?"

"Father, child..."

Zhu Gaosui couldn't help but looked at Guo An aside.

Guo An smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, Your Highness has decided to grant you the title of vassal!"

"Just fan?"

Zhu Di's face darkened, "You don't have all your hair, so why do you suffer so much?
Also, do you think the feudal king’s life will be easy? "

Zhu Gaosui hurriedly said: "Dad, my son also wants to learn from his father's example, run the Beiping Mansion and share his worries for his father!"

Zhu Di's expression softened slightly, but he still disagreed, "Do you think it is that easy to rule the Beiping Mansion?
There are so many kings in the world, have you ever heard of them? Who can rule a vassal like us? "

Zhu Gaosui was stunned, "Then why can dad bring great power to Beiping Mansion?"

Zhu Di was scratched directly and said proudly, "That's because Guo Qing is helping us!"

Zhu Gaosui subconsciously said: "Dad, my child can also ask Ding Haihou to be the child's palace chief..."

Zhu Di's eyes suddenly widened, "You want a prince to be your chief historian?"

Zhu Gaosui subconsciously shrank his neck again.

On the side, Guo An didn't want to pay attention to the father and son in front of him. He smiled lightly and asked: "Your Majesty, you urgently summoned the ministers into the palace, but what happened?"

Hearing this, Zhu Di was startled, and then glared at Zhu Gaosui angrily, "Go and read a book if you have nothing to do. You are just causing trouble for us."

Then, he said to Guo An: "Guo Qing, Daning has come to report that there are Tatars disturbing the border again."

Guo An frowned, "Could it be that those Mongolians knew that His Majesty had left Peiping?"

Zhu Di said: "Second brother and third brother passed away early one after another, so we also left Peiping.

Only King Su, King Dai, King Gu, King Ning, and King Liao are left...

The prestige of these Sai kings was not enough, so the Mongols started jumping around again.

As for those two bastards, King Dai and King Gu, who left with Huang Kao Taihang, they have become restless these days. They are seizing people's fields, embezzling taxes, and killing innocent people. We must summon them to the capital. , reprimanded him severely! "

Zhu Gaosui said: "Father, those Mongolian Tatars dare to be so arrogant, I am willing to be the vanguard and send troops to conquer!"

"you?"

Zhu Di glared at Zhu Gaosui with disdain, "How old are you, and you want to go into battle to kill the enemy?
It’s not like our Ming Dynasty doesn’t have any generals?Let you go to war as a little baby? "

Zhu Gaosui pouted, "Dad, don't look down on the kid. Although the kid can't beat his second brother, he can still beat Liang Hu and Xu Yong!"

Guo An praised, "His Highness is good at martial arts. When His Highness reaches adulthood, he will definitely be a martial king in our Ming Dynasty!"

"Wu Wang?"

Zhu Gaosui's eyes lit up, "Dad, I want to be the King of Wu. I want to lead troops to fight, so that when those Mongolian Tatars see our Ming army flag, their legs will become weak and they will kneel down and beg for mercy."

Zhu Di said: "Let's practice martial arts first!"

Zhu Gaosui: "..."

Zhu Di looked at Guo An again, "What does Guo Qing mean?"

Guo An said: "Your Majesty, you can order King Yan and King Ning to jointly prepare the border. King Yan is brave and invincible, King Ning is good at strategy, and King Ning has [-] armor and [-] leather chariots.

Coupled with the firearms of Prince Yan's Mansion, even if all the Tatars were dispatched, Prince Yan and Prince Ning would not be afraid at all! "

Zhu Di said directly: "If so, then we will conquer the Mongolian Tatars!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Guo An nodded slightly, and then said: "Your Majesty, Emperor Taizu Gao has always been gentle towards the Mongols, even though he recruited many Mongols and gave them preferential treatment.

But now, these Mongols are relying on this to become more and more rampant.

Therefore, Wei Chen feels that such barbarians who fear power but not kindness should be conquered with iron blood. "

Zhu Di narrowed his eyes slightly, "What does Guo Qing mean?"

"Since Ming Dynasty wants to waste people and money by sending out a large army to conquer the Mongolian Tatars, then we will simply solve the future troubles at once.

Dig out its roots and destroy its seeds.

With enough firearms, not even a single Mongolian surrender was accepted. When those Mongolians saw our Ming army flag, their legs became weak with fear and they fled in a hurry.

In addition, Wei Chen heard that there are locust eggs in the soil of dry places.

Our Ming army can also dig up a large amount of soil from arid lands and bring it to Mongolia. After annihilating the Mongolian tribes, they will bury all the soil in the Mongolian grasslands until next spring, when the locust plague occurs, those who escaped will be killed by the Tibetan people. The Mongols who have risen up cannot even hope to survive..."

"hiss……"

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaosui's faces were filled with shock and regret, and then they were extremely excited.

"Dig its roots, destroy its seeds, and create a locust plague for the Mongols?"

……

(End of this chapter)