Daming: My grandfather is Emperor Hongwu!

Chapter 57 The Banquet (End)
The song ended but it didn't dissipate. The people in the hall were still intoxicated by the magnificent congratulatory speech just now.

Especially for Zhu Yuanzhang and those noble military generals who founded the country, they still have something to say and are reluctant to part.Because these few poems are the portrayal of their lifelong exploits.

Boom, the disciples of the nobles stood up again, their bodies like javelins.

Standing at the forefront, Zhu Xiongying kowtowed and said, "Grandson wishes the emperor a long life and boundless life. I will be bright and the sun and the moon will prosper forever!"

Li Jinglong and other honorable disciples shouted, "I wish Your Majesty a long life and a prosperous Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and pulled Zhu Xiongying up, "Why did you think of giving us such a congratulatory gift? What kind of speech is this?"

Zhu Xiongying laughed and said, "Without Grandpa Huang, there would be no Ming Dynasty. You are a hero, and my grandson sang Feilong Yin, Dingjiangshan, He Shengchao, three parts in one hero song!"

"Hero?" The old man smiled faintly, "We are good men, but we are not heroes. Even if we are heroes, we are not born heroes!" As he said, he pinched Zhu Xiongying's nose, "It's you, boy, at a young age. , full of heroism!"

"Your Majesty said so!" Song Guogong Feng Sheng said with a smile, "Just now His Royal Highness the Empress Dowager came out with these boys, and the force frightened the ministers!" As he spoke, his eyes fell on the noble children , on his youngest son Feng Zhong, and continued to smile, "Your Majesty, don't look at these boys as immature, but their appearance can bluff people. If in the war back then, I might not have dared to fight against such a well-organized team!"

Wei Guogong Xu Da also laughed and said, "A few days ago, I saw the emperor's grandson using eunuchs to train soldiers in the palace. , I still underestimated His Highness!" Then, he sighed, "Emperor grandson, young hero!"

"Don't praise him!" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed, his eyes narrowed, and then he pulled Zhu Xiongying and said, "We like your congratulatory gift very much. I will copy this word for us later!" Looking at those honorable children, he said, "You are also good, helping the grandson of the emperor give us face!"

"I dare not wait!" Fu Rang, Li Jinglong and others said.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at these immature teenagers again, knowing that these people were the youngest sons of the family and had no chance of titles, so he pondered for a moment, "It is commendable for you to be loyal to your duties. All of you will be rewarded with the honor of warrior, and the captain of the light car!" "

The voice fell, and the surroundings were suddenly full of surprised voices.

After the founding of the Kingdom, warriors were conferred titles for their military exploits, and no matter whether they were princes or dukes, they could be hereditary, but only one son could be inherited.Moreover, in recent years, the emperor's control over military families has become more and more strict, and he easily refused to grant rewards.

But today, he directly rewarded so many noble children, comparable to the honor of a third-rank official.This is simply, a great grace!
"Don't thank you yet?" Zhu Xiongying asked, seeing that these noble children were all happy and foolish.

"Honor, thank you, Your Majesty, Long En!"

"You don't need to thank us, this is a favor for you from the grandson's face." Zhu Yuanzhang said, looking at the other courtiers with a smile, "We are old, and your wealth and honor in the future will all belong to our grandson!"

After saying that, he took Zhu Xiongying's hand again, and walked slowly towards the dragon chair throne.

Among the three imperial steps leading to the dragon chair, only the emperor is qualified to walk the central one.Even if the empress and prince stepped on it, it would be a serious crime of usurpation.

But at this moment, the Zhu family's father, one big and one small, directly stepped on the imperial steps that only the emperor could walk, and slowly went up.

Zhu Yuanzhang also laughed and said, "Slow down, watch out for the steps, grandpa is pulling you!"

Seeing this scene, all the ministers in the audience smiled.

The founding monarchs of all dynasties may not be able to be kind to their fathers and sons, and the battles between the emperor and the crown prince are not uncommon.But only the Ming Dynasty did not have these.

Not far away, on the concubine's side, Lu's eyes were full of jealousy.

Just now, the emperor was about to canonize her son.But Zhu Xiongying interrupted him inadvertently.Moreover, she deliberately planned to make her son's limelight, compared with Zhu Xiongying, not worth mentioning.

On the other side, Cao Guogong Li Wenzhong was talking to Zhu Biao in a low voice.

"The emperor's grandson is talented and intelligent, which is really rare!" Li Wenzhong said with a smile.

Zhu Biao smiled subtly, "It's just a cleverness!"

Li Wenzhong looked at the eldest son Li Jinglong who was standing outside the hall, and said in a low voice, "Compared to His Royal Highness, the little bastard of the minister's family is nothing but trash!"

"You're too harsh, that kid from Jiujiang is good!" Zhu Biao smiled, lowering his voice a little, "Father intends to let you take charge of the five-army governor's mansion, don't you believe me?"

"I vaguely know something!" Li Wenzhong said, "I would like to ask His Highness the Crown Prince to show you how to do the job in the future!"

"Let's talk after the birthday banquet!" Zhu Biao smiled.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang had already taken Zhu Xiongying and sat down on the dragon chair.The officials in the palace laughed and talked, and the three of them whispered.

"Sister!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled at Empress Ma, "You are a hero of our Zhu family!"

Empress Ma was stunned for a moment, not knowing why.

"You gave us a good son and raised a good grandson!" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said in a moderate voice, "In the future, our son and grandson will be able to sit still in this world!"

Empress Ma smiled, "You are the one who is blessed!" She stood up, held a glass of wine, made a rare salute, and bowed slowly.

"My husband's birthday, I respect you for the rest of my life. You also know that I haven't read any books and can't say anything good. I just wish you a strong body, safe and healthy!"

Zhu Yuanzhang also raised his glass and said, "Okay, we are all tough and healthy!" Then, he patted Zhu Xiongying on the head, "Fight, let's live him for another 20 years, and watch this kid marry a wife and have children, get married and start a business!"

The husband and wife looked at each other and smiled, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Sister, get up!" After drinking, Zhu Yuanzhang helped Empress Ma up with his own hands, pressed him beside him, and said with a smile, "It's thanks to having you by my side all these years!"

Empress Ma smiled slightly, "I'm a woman, and I haven't done anything!"

"In a flash, we are all old!" Zhu Yuanzhang said, and couldn't help but stroked the queen's half-white hair with his hands, "It's all starting to live! Ha ha!"

"There is no one who is not old!" Empress Ma's eyes flashed with tenderness, "But we have children all our lives, and our sons are filial, so it is not a waste of life!" As she said, she pinched Zhu Xiongying's face .

"Grand grandson, you did a good job today!" Empress Ma laughed, "Don't talk about your grandpa, even grandma is happy when she reads your song!"

As he said that, he seemed to think of something, and smiled at Zhu Yuanzhang, "Our eldest grandson is not young anymore, should we give him Zhang Luo's engagement?"

"I'm only eight years old, so I'm engaged?"

Zhu Xiongying was taken aback for a moment, and then quickly pricked up his ears.

There is no such thing as freedom in this year, it is all the words of the matchmaker, the order of the parents, and a word from the elders can determine the lifelong affairs of the younger generation.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it, "Why did you suddenly think of this?"

"We're all old. If we don't talk about it now, we won't have the heart and strength in a few years!" Empress Ma smiled, looking at Li Wenzhong, who was whispering to Prince Zhu Biao, and said, "Isn't Wen Zhong's family a talented person?" Is it a six-year-old girl? I look pretty good. How about we kiss and get married to that girl?"

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment, and said, "Don't worry, let's talk!"

Li Wenzhong's status in the hearts of Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma has long surpassed the title of nephew, and he is faintly regarded as a son.

Don't look at the civil servants headed by Li Shanchang after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and the generals headed by Xu Da, but none of them are as prominent as the Li family.

Li Wenzhong's father was Zhu Yuanzhang's brother-in-law. In the early years when Zhu Yuanzhang's family was poor, this brother-in-law helped a lot.Food was life in those years, and Li Zhen, brother-in-law, was closer to Zhu Yuanzhang than his own brother.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the No.1 canonized was not those veteran generals, but Li Zhen.First he was the Marquis of Enqin, and later he was granted the title of Cao Guogong and Youzhu Kingdom. Enmity and Enmity can be called the No. 1 in the country.

Not only that, in order to be able to look at Li Zhen every day, Zhu Yuanzhang also specially granted him a house next to the Forbidden City, and allowed him to enter the palace to sit in a sedan chair and wear a five-claw golden dragon robe.

Before Li Zhen died of illness, Zhu Yuanzhang visited him in person, and saw that Li Zhen was so ill that he didn't know anyone, and the dignified emperor cried loudly.

Later, Li Zhen was posthumously named King of Longxi.Not only was he conferred the title of prince, but even Li Zhen's father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were conferred the title of prince for three generations of the Li family's ancestors.

This shows that Zhu Yuanzhang's preference for the Li family.

Li Wenzhong is the cousin of Prince Zhu Biao, and the little girl of Zhu Xiongying and Li Wenzhong is a cousin of another generation.It stands to reason that it is already close relatives married, but this year does not pay attention to these things, the elders are eager to get closer and closer.

It stands to reason that Zhu Yuanzhang seldom refused Empress Ma's proposal.But what he meant this time was that he didn't want to be married to the Li family again.

In this regard, Zhu Xiongying can guess a thing or two.

At the beginning, Chang Yuchun's daughter was appointed to Prince Zhu Biao since he was a child, and he hoped that his son would have the full support of the martial arts group behind him in the future.There is also appeasement, which means Huaixi Wuren Xungui Group.

But now that the Ming Dynasty is stable, the next ten years will be the time to continuously weaken the influence of these founding heroes.No country will allow such a force to maintain its prosperity for a long time.Otherwise, it is a threat to the imperial power.

(End of this chapter)