My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 25 The Roots of Cochin Chaos

Inside the clay jar, two Jizhi are catching and fighting each other.

One of them was blue-black in color, with a round head and gold teeth, and looked majestic.

The other worm was made of brass, with a head like a jewel, shaking its head and tail with a murderous look.

I saw Jinya jumping up, throwing herself on the head of the gemstone, opening her mouth and biting.

However, Baoshitou swayed, shook off the sharp mouth of Jinya, and then rushed forward, knocking Jinya back again and again.

But Jinya was not reconciled, and fought back several times during the period, but was dodged by Gemstone Head. People look excited.

"Kill! Kill!"

Zhu Zhanji stared, gritted his teeth and cheered for Zhizhi in the jar, as if he had turned into a worm and became a party in the fight.

In the end, Baoshitou turned the top of the gold tooth around the pot with great strength and strength, but finally dared not fight again.

"Grandfather, are you satisfied with these two local weaves?"

Seeing that Zhizhi in the pot had already decided the winner, Liu Ning, the eunuch standing aside, saluted Zhu Zhanji with a flattering face.

"Satisfied, very satisfied, this Hejian Mansion's Cuzhi is really fierce!"

Zhu Zhanji nodded excitedly.

Some time ago, Zhu Di withdrew his troops from the grassland, and then rested in Beijing for a few days before setting off again to respond to Tianfu.

Zhu Zhanji likes Zhizhi, so wherever he goes, he will send people to collect local Zhizhi. When he came to Hejian Mansion today, he found that the Zhizhi here is very fierce, much stronger than what he played before.

"Then, do you want to find some more slaves?"

Liu Ning asked again, he is Zhu Zhanji's confidant, and he usually does many things for Zhu Zhanji.

"Look for more, be sure to find more!"

Zhu Zhanji looked very excited.

"The Qiuxing Competition is coming soon. With these Hejian Suzhi, I will definitely be able to sweep the capital, win the first place, and sweep away the shame of last year!"

Zhu Zhanji, as a great-grandson, is known for his love of fighting and weaving. Before the Qiuxing competition, he was also the one who won the championship, but last year he accidentally lost to Jingzhou and was won by others. Therefore, he also held back this year. share strength.

It's just that Zhu Zhanji didn't know that if he walked not far south from Hejian, he would arrive at a place called Ningjin, where the Cuzhi was unparalleled in the world.

After putting away the Zhizhi, Zhu Zhanji hummed a little song in a comfortable mood, and walked briskly to Zhu Di's handsome tent.

"Going to play again?"

After the book case, Zhu Di heard Zhu Zhanji's footsteps, and asked without raising his head.

"Grandfather Mingjian, I can't hide anything from you. My grandson just felt too bored, so I relaxed a bit."

Zhu Zhanji didn't dare to lie, he told the truth.

"It's okay to relax, but don't play around!"

Zhu Di taught him a lesson, in his opinion, his eldest grandson is good at everything, but sometimes he is too playful, but young people's playfulness doesn't seem to be a big shortcoming.

"Come, come, read these two letters!"

Zhu Di suddenly waved to Zhu Zhanji.

Zhu Zhanji stepped forward immediately, and saw two letters in front of Zhu Di. He picked up the first letter and read it first.

It turned out that it was the eunuch Ma Qi who reported Zhang Fu and privately recruited natives in Jiaozhi to join the army.

Then Zhu Zhanji picked up the second letter and couldn't help showing surprise after reading it.

This turned out to be Zhang Fu's letter reporting Ma Qi, saying that he had a close relationship with Xiping Hou Mucheng, and even had dissatisfaction in private.

"This is really strange. The two of them reported each other. Which one is the real one?"

Zhu Zhanji sighed.

"It's possible that both are true, and it's also possible that both are false. There is no news from Jin Yiwei for the time being, but it should be soon, and you will know if it is true or not!"

Zhu Di sneered, as an emperor, the most intolerable thing for him was that his subjects had two hearts.

"Then do you want to transfer them all back to the capital immediately and let them face to face?"

Zhu Zhanji thought for a while before suggesting.

"No, the Jiaozhi rebellion has just been put down, and someone needs to guard it. Zhang Fu and the others restrain each other to make the situation reach a balance. If they are transferred back rashly, not only will Jiaozhi be chaotic, but even other accidents will happen!"

Zhu Di shook his head.

"It's still Grandpa Huang who is thoughtful, grandson is too reckless!"

Zhu Zhanji immediately admitted his mistake.

"You're just too young, but it doesn't matter. You have time to learn slowly. When you reach my age, you will definitely do better than me!"

Zhu Di said and patted Zhu Zhanji on the shoulder. He placed great hopes on this eldest grandson.

The grandfather and grandson chatted for a while, and finally Zhu Di stood up and said, "Go, accompany me to visit Jin Zhong!"

Zhu Zhanji agreed, and immediately followed Zhu Di out of the handsome tent, and turned a corner to a tent not far away.

Zhu Di opened the tent himself, and saw Jin Zhong lying on a soft couch reading a book. When he saw Zhu Di coming in, he also hurriedly propped himself up and wanted to salute.

"Jin Zhong, lie down and don't move!"

Zhu Di quickly stepped forward and held Jin Zhong down.

"Your wound has just healed, and the imperial doctor said to rest carefully, and you must not touch the wound again."

"Your Majesty, please worry. I thought I was going to die this time, but I didn't expect to be saved by the son of the King of Han. When I go back, I will definitely prepare a generous gift and come to thank you!"

Jin Zhong said with a smile, although his face was still a little pale, but his spirit has recovered, and the wound has begun to heal, basically there will be no problems.

"That is, my grandson not only saved your life, but also saved the lives of countless soldiers in the army. I also want to reward him heavily when I go back!"

Zhu Di said that Zhu Zhanhe was also very happy when he mentioned it.

For the grandson Zhu Zhanhe, Zhu Di didn't like it before. After all, this kid is really good at getting into trouble, but he didn't expect that the other party gave him a big surprise. Until now, Zhu Di couldn't believe it.

Zhu Zhanji listened to the conversation between his grandfather and Jin Zhong, and suddenly felt uncomfortable.

"By the way, I heard that there is something wrong with Jiaozhi, what's the matter now?"

Jin Zhong suddenly asked with concern, he is the Minister of the Ministry of War, and it is his duty to send troops to Jiaozhi, so he is also very concerned about any troubles in Jiaozhi.

"This one……"

Zhu Di hesitated for a moment. He didn't want Jin Zhong to worry about it, but seeing that he was in good spirits, he finally told about Zhang Fu and Ma Qi's mutual reporting.

After hearing this, Jin Zhong pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know about other things, but I can roughly guess Zhang Fu's recruitment of natives as soldiers!"

"Oh? Do you know what's going on?"

Zhu Di showed surprise.

"Your Majesty doesn't know. Ever since Jiaozhi was laid down, Zhang Fu has written letters many times, saying that Cochin cholera is rampant, and most of the soldiers in the army are sick. Sometimes when it is serious, even a battalion of soldiers can no longer use it. Therefore, Zhang Fu entered Jiaozhi and often Facing the dilemma of insufficient troops.”

Jin Zhong explained with a dignified expression.

"So that's the case, no wonder he wants to recruit local natives from Cochin to join the army!"

Zhu Di suddenly said, although he is the emperor, the Ming Dynasty has a vast territory, and the affairs up and down are extremely complicated, and it is impossible for him to know everything.

"I think Zhang Fu's intention is not only that, he probably wants to use barbarism to control barbarism and strengthen the imperial court's control over Jiaozhi!"

Jin Zhong expressed his opinion again.

Since the day Jiaozhi was defeated, there have been constant rebellions. The main reason is that Daming's control over Jiaozhi was not effective. It could only focus on stationing troops in a few big cities, while other places could only be controlled by the local wealthy families in Jiaozhi.

Therefore, Jin Zhong guessed that Zhang Fu recruited the natives to join the army, in fact, he wanted to support these natives, make them a force against the powerful clan of Jiaozhi, and even use them to eliminate the powerful clan of Jiaozhi.

"It makes sense, using barbarism to control barbarism is the most effective way. That's what the Mu family did in Yunnan back then. Now that Zhang Fu has followed suit, it only takes one generation for Jiaozhi to completely surrender!"

Zhu Di slapped his hands excitedly.

How else could Jin Zhong be his right-hand man, Jin Zhong could help him analyze these things that he couldn't think of clearly.

"Mu's family is in Yunnan, and Zhang Fu is in Jiaozhi. The two sides support each other and restrain each other. Only in this way can we keep the border of Daming safe from worries!"

Jin Zhong reminded vaguely again.

Zhu Di immediately understood Jin Zhong's meaning. The Mu family's power in Yunnan was indeed a bit too great, and Zhang Fu was restraining him, which could indeed make him sleep more peacefully.

"Grandfather, I think this is inappropriate!"

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Zhu Zhanji suddenly said.

"Oh? What do you think is wrong?"

Zhu Di turned his head unexpectedly and glanced at Zhu Zhanji and asked.

"The army of the British Duke had to recruit local natives to join the army because of the rampant cholera, but this is a temporary solution, not the root cause. If there are too many natives in the army in the future, maybe they will take the lead in rebelling!"

Zhu Zhanji put forward his own ideas.

"What you said makes sense."

Zhu Di nodded thoughtfully upon hearing the words.

The Mu family was able to control the barbarians in Yunnan mainly because the Mu family had an army capable of suppressing the natives, but Zhang Fu did not have enough troops. If too many natives joined the army, Zhang Fu might not be able to suppress them.

"If you want to completely solve the problem of lack of soldiers in Jiaozhi, the root cause is still cholera, but this disease..."

Having said that, Zhu Di turned his head to look at Jin Zhong again, he should understand the situation better.

I saw Jin Zhong smiled wryly: "Your Majesty, regarding the cochin cholera, I have already asked the Tai Hospital to find a way to prevent it, but unfortunately the effect is very little."

"It's too difficult for the hospital to do anything about it!"

Zhu Di frowned tightly.

"Grandfather, the imperial physicians have nothing to do with cholera, but others may not have anything to do!"

Zhu Zhanji suddenly reminded again, and when he spoke, he looked at the location of Jin Zhong's wound.

"You mean... Zhan He?"

Zhu Di suddenly realized that since Zhu Zhanhe could even cure wounds and ulcers, maybe he really had a cure for cholera.

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