My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 92

The banquet in the Hall of Spring Harmony was very harmonious. Zhu Gaochi took the lead, and Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhanhe also interrupted from time to time. The three asked Zheng He and Wang Jinghong many questions about overseas, and they both answered them one by one.

For example, in the Lion Kingdom that Zhu Zhanhe was interested in, although Zhu Di released the opposing king, he asked Zheng He to station 2000 people on the island, and they were stationed next to the palace of the Lion Kingdom, which was equivalent to controlling the entire Lion Kingdom.

As for the gems from the Lion Kingdom, Zheng He also brought back more than a dozen boxes this time, but all these belongings went into Zhu Di's internal funds. If Zhu Zhanhe wanted it, he could only ask Zhu Di for it with a cheeky face.

In the end, the banquet lasted until the evening. Both Zheng He and Wang Jinghong returned drunk, and both the host and the guest enjoyed themselves very much.

That night, Zhu Zhanhe had a beautiful dream. In the dream, he commanded the Ming Dynasty's Armada, first slaughtered Japan, then Tianzhu, and finally bypassed Africa, and came to Europe in a mighty way.

However, just as Zhu Zhanhe was setting up the cannon on the boat and was about to bombard the entire European continent, suddenly a member of the generals jumped out, and saw that the other party was wearing the star-spangled banner and holding a vibrating gold shield. It was the [-]-[-] Captain America .

"Wait, this is Europe, did you go to the wrong set? And now there is no America yet, where did you come from?"

In the dream, Zhu Zhanhe saw Captain America, and immediately questioned him angrily.

"Haha~, ignorant child, don't you know the beauty of my Marvel's timeline confusion Dafa, die!"

Captain America said while waving his shield, and flew towards Zhu Zhanhe at the bow of the ship.

But at this moment, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly leaped out with his gun raised, and yelled at Captain America: "Don't be a thieves, let's see my Captain Ming come to meet you!"

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Gaoxu and Captain America fought together, and Zhu Zhanhe, who was behind, watched the two completely unrelated people fighting so lively, his whole body was messed up.

"Damn Marvel!"

The messy Zhu Zhanhe woke up from his dream, and cursed immediately, feeling like his mind was going to be messed up.

Just after breakfast, Zhu Di sent someone to call Zhu Zhanhe into the palace again, which made him very helpless. He has been involved in too many things recently, and he has to enter the palace almost every day. If this continues, he will probably live in the palace .

When Zhu Zhanhe came to the Hall of Martial Arts, he found that not only Zhu Di was there, but Yao Guangxiao was also here.

"Grandfather, young master!"

Zhu Zhanhe stepped forward to salute.

"Come forward, Zhan He, I have prepared a little gift for you!"

Zhu Di seemed very happy, and beckoned to Zhu Zhanhe.

Zhu Zhanhe stepped forward curiously, and saw a box in front of Zhu Di.

"open to take a look!"

Zhu Di pointed to the box as a gesture.

Zhu Zhanhe reached out to lift the lid, and when he saw what was inside, he couldn't help but gasped.

I saw that the box was divided into two compartments, the one on the right was full of opals, and the one on the left was full of transparent sapphires, each about the size of a ping-pong ball.

"I heard from Zheng He that you are very interested in the gems in the Lion Kingdom, so I asked someone to pick some from the warehouse for you!"

Zhu Di said with a smile.

"Thank you, grandpa!"

Zhu Zhanhe was not polite either, and accepted it directly with a smile.

"By the way, you talked with Zheng and them for so long yesterday, did you have any thoughts?"

Zhu Di asked with a smile again.

Now that Zhu Di pays more and more attention to Zhu Zhanhe, he is willing to listen to his thoughts on many things.

"Yesterday, after listening to Zheng Neigong and Wang Shaojian's narration, my grandson also opened his eyes."

Zhu Zhanhe hesitated at this point, then continued.

"South Seas are rich in spices and wood, while the West is rich in gold and precious stones. From this, we can see that there are not a few rich places overseas. If I don't take them today, won't it be cheaper for others in the future?"

As soon as Zhu Zhanhe's words came out of his mouth, Zhu Di also looked stunned. Even Yao Guangxiao who was next to him raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhu Zhanhe in surprise.

"Although overseas is rich, they are all lands with owners. How to get them?"

Zhu Di quickly reacted, and then asked back dumbfoundingly.

"There is a saying in the Book of Songs: Under the whole world, is it the land of the king, and the shore of the land, is it the subject of the king, the emperor's grandfather is the son of heaven, and the land in this world is naturally mine!"

Zhu Zhanhe spoke with great ambition, and even found a basis for his words from the Book of Songs.

"That...that's what I said, but there are people living in both Nanyang and Xiyang, and they are living well. I can't just send someone to snatch it, right? This is too unseemly!"

Zhu Di still felt that Zhu Zhanhe's idea was too childish, and he waved his hands repeatedly when he spoke.

Daming is too powerful, so powerful that it already has the mentality of the heavenly kingdom, and treats the surrounding or overseas small countries with a condescending attitude. Coupled with the Confucian "benevolence and righteousness" mentality, it is unwilling to use force against the weak.

"Grandfather, the grassland people in the north send troops to the south to plunder every autumn. Why? Because the grassland is short of food, if they don't go to rob, the wives and children behind them will freeze to death and starve to death. In the cold winter, will you For this reason, do you sympathize with those prairie people?"

"Ok?"

Zhu Di frowned, vaguely guessing what Zhu Zhanhe was going to say.

Zhu Zhanhe continued to say: "Grandfather, you will definitely not sympathize with those prairie people, because they are enemies. Similarly, those native people in Nanyang and Xiyang are not kind people. Having been attacked by these natives many times, even if someone shows good intentions, they are probably only afraid of the strength of the fleet, not any kindness or morality!"

"My lord, if your words spread, I'm afraid you will be scolded by scholars all over the world for a lifetime!"

Yao Guangxiao suddenly interrupted at this moment.

But Yao Guangxiao said so, but the eyes he looked at Zhu Zhanhe were full of approval. He was not tolerated by Confucianism, and he himself was very repulsed by some Confucian ideas. Now hearing Zhu Zhanhe's words, It simply gave him a sense of bosom friend.

Zhu Di also lowered his head and pondered at this time, and after a while, he raised his head and said, "Even if what you said is reasonable, the overseas countries are far away, and a fleet of ships alone may not occupy much space."

"This matter can be resolved slowly. The reason why my grandson said that just now is that I, Daming, are too kind to some small countries overseas!"

Zhu Zhanhe said with a smile.

In fact, he was also reminding Zhu Di. For example, regarding the Lion Kingdom, it is obvious that the king of the opponent was captured by Zheng He and the country perished. It is much stronger to put it back.

"Okay, you kid actually dare to teach me a lesson!"

Zhu Di suddenly slapped the table at this moment, and he finally came to his senses.

"Grandson dare not, but you told me to say that."

Zhu Zhanhe turned his back on the general, he could tell that Zhu Di was not really angry.

Sure enough, although Zhu Di slapped the table and stared, he was not really angry, and quickly said again: "Forget it, I don't bother to argue with you. I called you here today because I have something important to discuss with you."

"But it's related to Ji Gang?"

Zhu Zhanhe immediately asked seriously, and looked at Yao Guangxiao beside him as he spoke.

Only the three of them know that Ji Gang has a problem.

"Yes, it is related to Ji Gang."

I saw Zhu Di pondering for a moment, and then he opened his mouth to speak.

"Last time I gave Ji Gang three days to catch the real culprit behind poisoning your father, but he only found Hui Hai, the real culprit behind the scenes still has no clue, so I plan to demote him to Jinyiwei" thing."

"Grandpa Huang is wise, Ji Gang is nothing to worry about, keeping him now will make it easier to catch the real culprit behind the scenes!"

Zhu Zhanhe also heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this, he was really afraid that Zhu Di would kill Ji Gang directly in a fit of anger, and it would be even more difficult to find the real culprit behind the scenes.

"Ji Gang was demoted, and the post of Commander of Jinyiwei became vacant."

Unexpectedly, Zhu Di spoke again, and when he spoke, he was still staring at Zhu Zhanhe.

This made Zhu Zhanhe cry inwardly, and immediately said: "Sun'er thinks that we can send an experienced minister to replace Ji Gang as the commander."

"It's easy to find a mature and prudent person, but Ji Gang has been in Jinyiwei for many years, and his arrogance is very arrogant. If ordinary people go to Jinyiwei, they may not be able to suppress him at all."

When Zhu Di spoke, he still kept staring at Zhu Zhanhe, the meaning couldn't be more obvious.

Zhu Zhanhe was about to cry, he was happy and happy, if he took over Jin Yiwei, let alone other things, Ji Gang would definitely hate him to the bone, you must know that Jin Yiwei is all Ji Gang's people, if he really wants to do something then, then Zhu Zhanhe is in danger.

"Your Majesty, stop teasing the prince!"

At this time, Yao Guangxiao beside him couldn't help laughing.

"Tease me?"

Zhu Zhanhe was taken aback for a moment, and then said ecstatically, "I knew Grandpa Huang would not be so cruel, and let me go to Jinyiwei to take risks!"

"Who said that the position of Commander of Jinyiwei is still yours, but you don't need to take the actual position, but take the position of Commander of Jinyiwei from a distance!"

Zhu Di finally expressed his plan.

"It turned out to be the remote leader!"

Zhu Zhanhe finally felt relieved after hearing the words.

The so-called remote collar, that is, to hold a job title without having to go to the job in person, this kind of thing was very common in the Tang and Song Dynasties, but it was rare in the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Di made an exception for Zhu Zhanhe.

"Ji Gang's party members are all over Jinyiwei. If it's just a demotion, I'm afraid he won't care at all, and even thinks that the official will be reinstated after a while. Therefore, I plan to let you lead the Jinyiwei commander from afar, and use this method to beat Ji Gang. When the time comes If he can't see the reality, he will probably show more lies."

Zhu Di explained again.

"I understand, Grandpa Huang, you are trying to startle the snake, and I am the stick that beat the grass!"

Zhu Zhanhe immediately understood.

"The son is right, and if you have time, you can go to the Jinyiwei for a few laps, then Ji Gang will feel more pressured, and maybe you will contact the real murderer behind the scenes."

Yao Guangxiao also said with a smile at this time, this is a solution he finally came up with after discussing with Zhu Di for a few days.

(End of this chapter)