"Ah, okay." Kaiji woke up from his stunned state, he secretly complained in his heart, thinking that although this Zhu Di is young, this method is more old than that of a veteran officialdom, this move takes the initiative, won't it put me, the person handling the case, in a dilemma that is not embarrassing or embarrassing? I collected this Beiping crossbow by myself, wouldn't it be more difficult to wash away this muddy water? Thinking of this, Kaiji couldn't help but have an embarrassed smile on his face.

On the evening of the day when Yao Guangqi and Zhu Di agreed on countermeasures, a very inconspicuous small corner gate in the west of Yanwang's Mansion opened, and four people came out of the corner gate one after another.

There is a famous saying in the investment world, standing on the tuyere, pigs are flying, since the nineties of the twentieth century, countless cases of rich people and bosses have started a business tell us, this famous saying - really fucking accurate.

And in the Hongwu Dynasty, or not only the Hongwu Dynasty, in most dynasties in China, except for the troubled times or the situation of the powerful ministers in the country, as long as in a relatively stable period, the biggest outlet in the court is undoubtedly the prince, standing on the tuyere of the prince, the pig can really go to the sky, so the officials are vying to cling to the prince, nothing more than to be able to add officials to the knighthood after the prince ascends the throne in the future. In the Hongwu Dynasty, under the command of the crown prince Zhu Biao at this time, there were also many people who saw this outlet, and they could be called venture capitalists in that period. For this group of people, in the parlance of the financial markets, they are considered prudent investors. Because Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was a staunch supporter of the succession system, all officials believed that as long as the crown prince Zhu Biao did not make big mistakes, he would definitely inherit the throne in the future.

After gossiping, back to the story. Four people took advantage of the night, quietly came to the back door of the prince's mansion, one of the short and thin people stepped forward, knocked lightly on the door, this back door also has a porter, generally, guarding the back door of the gatehouse is a housekeeper in the back of the house, but today, guarding here is a heavyweight - the prince's subordinate official, the red man in front of the prince, Du Yi, Du Yi opened the door, nodded to the knocker, and looked at the three people behind the knocker, didn't say anything, signaled a few people to come in.

The four of them entered the back door, but Du Yi didn't speak, and walked inside with the four of them.

Du Yi led the way, through the layers of courtyards, turned around, and walked to an inconspicuous courtyard, Du Yi signaled the four people to stop, and he pushed the door into the small courtyard, and then turned around and signaled the four people to follow up.

After entering the courtyard, Du Yi immediately saluted one of the four and said: "His Royal Highness King Yan, the minister has just been rude, please don't blame him, the minister will go to invite the prince, please wait." ”

Zhu Di nodded and said with a smile: "Please tell the prince that it is an old man who is visiting, so there is no need to mention that it is me." ”

Du Yi nodded and pushed the door out.

Zhu Di turned his head to look at Linglong, and asked in a low voice, "Is this person reliable?" Are you sure? ”

Before Linglong could speak, Zhu Neng replied on the side: "Since it came in so smoothly, it should be no problem." In such a sensitive period, it is right to be secretive, and it is safe to be overdone. ”

Zhu Di nodded, but he didn't speak.

After half an hour, the door of the small courtyard opened again, Du Yi was in front, the prince followed behind, as soon as he entered the door, Zhu Biao was stunned when he saw Zhu Di here. Zhu Di stepped forward quickly, knelt in front of Zhu Biao, and bowed down respectfully, "The younger brother came to visit at night, and he didn't say hello in advance, please forgive the prince." ”

Although Zhu Biao was surprised, he still reacted after being pulled by Du Di, he quickly leaned over to help Zhu Di, and at the same time turned his head to look at Du Di. Du Yi nodded to Zhu Biao and explained: "King Yan is here because he has something important to tell the prince face-to-face, but he doesn't want to publicize it, so he came to visit him at night, and the officials were afraid that there would be many people in the house, so he didn't dare to tell the prince the truth, please forgive the prince." ”

Although Zhu Biao's mind was not astute, he also understood that Zhu Di must have something important to see him so secretly, so he said to Zhu Di with a smile: "Fourth brother, let's go in and talk." He kindly took Zhu Di's hand and walked into the house.

The two brothers entered the house, but Du Yi, Linglong, and Zhu Neng did not follow up.

As soon as he entered the house, Zhu Di said straight to the point: "Prince, the younger brother knows that the situation in the court has been complicated recently, and some vassal kings covet the throne. ”

came up to show loyalty, and his tone and demeanor were quite honest, but even so, Zhu Di's actions still made Zhu Biao unbelievable. Zhu Biaoxin said, you are the most beautiful right now, if you work harder, I will fall in the future, your hope is undoubtedly the greatest, but why are you yelling at me to say this? Zhu Biao was puzzled, so he didn't speak immediately, but looked at Zhu Di silently.

Seeing that Zhu Biao didn't react, Zhu Di continued: "Prince, you must be wondering why I suddenly came here and said these things for no reason. If I were to stand in your place, I would definitely doubt the truth of this. You may not believe what I said, but I still have to say that in the past two years, I have been in Beiping, and I have read a few books, read the classics of the sages several times, and read some history books, and I have learned a lot of truths from the books. The younger brother understands that if the country wants to be prosperous and stable, it must rely on benevolence and longevity, such as the eldest brother, you have always been generous and kind, and you have been very good to me since I was a child, and these younger brothers are all in mind. In the future, when you ascend the throne, you will be a model of benevolence, and the court will be able to govern with virtue and benefit all faith, only when you are in power, the country can be stable, the people can be happy, and our brothers can be safe. If other brothers seize the throne, not only will the world not accept it, but there will also be a tragedy of brothers fighting against each other in the future, and the country will be finished. ”

Zhu Di's words, although the truth is in the past, but Zhu Biao listened, he still couldn't help but have false doubts, but people took the initiative to show their loyalty, it is always difficult to turn them away, so although Zhu Biao was suspicious in his heart, he still smiled on his face, and took Zhu Di's hand with a sincere face, "Fourth, you can think like this, it is not only the blessing of the country, but also the blessing of our brothers. ”

Zhu Di saw that the atmosphere was getting more and more harmonious, and Zhu Biao's expression and smile were becoming more and more natural, so he hit the railroad while it was hot: "Prince, the foolish brother wants to resign to his father tomorrow, go back to Beiping, and leave the capital, which is a nest of right and wrong. ”

Compared with the previous truth, Zhu Di's words seemed natural and sincere, without pretentiousness. Regardless of whether the previous words were sincere, but he could take the initiative to return to Beiping, it was enough to show that Zhu Di really had no intention of being an enemy with him, let alone competing for the storage position, after hearing these words, Zhu Biao suddenly put down a big stone in his heart, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he was in a mood, and the smile on his face became more bright and kind: "Why are you in such a hurry to leave, after you return to Beijing, our brothers have not gathered well, let's stay for a few more days." ”

Zhu Di shook his head and said earnestly: "In Beijing, I don't dare to speak, I don't dare to walk around the road, the detainees are uncomfortable, how good it is to go back to Beiping, no one cares, how comfortable." Besides, Beiping is not peaceful, the Mongols were very chaotic after I beat them back, but now their own family is almost fighting, the younger brother is afraid that they will make another move this winter, so go back and prepare to rectify it, in case they come, the younger brother will beat them back. ”

Zhu Biao kept smiling, and nodded frequently after listening to Zhu Di's words: "With the fourth child here, my Ming Beiping is worry-free." If you have any difficulties on your side, just tell your eldest brother, who will fully support you. ”

As soon as he heard Zhu Biao say this, Zhu Di immediately came to his senses, and said with a smile: "Since the prince said it, the younger brother is not polite, now there are two difficulties, one is that the military budget in Beiping is really tight, and there are two major wars in a row, and the treasury of Beiping has already been hollowed out. Second, although my father gave me full power to command the guards under the Beiping Metropolitan Division, but the appointment and dismissal of the commanders of the guards is not in my hands, you know, those commanders have not been on the battlefield for many years, one by one, the corpses are vegetarian, and they are fat and strong, but now they can't get on the horse and don't open the bow, and when they hear about the war, their legs are weak, how can such a general win the war, so I want to dismiss these useless commanders and replace them with people who can fight. ”

Zhu Biao thought for a while, and said slowly: "The matter of military spending is easy to solve, I will discuss with the household department when I go back, and see how to move some for you, the border town, how can the lack of military expenditure resist foreign enemies?" But the power to appoint and dismiss this commander, as you know, like the military talisman, has always been in the hands of His Majesty himself, and this needs to be considered in the long run. ”

Zhu Di and Zhu Biao talked in the house for most of the hour, Du Yi and Zhu Neng and others had been waiting silently outside, with solemn expressions, but when the door was pushed open, Zhu Neng and others saw Zhu Biao and Zhu Di smiling hand in hand, Zhu Neng and Linglong looked at each other and smiled.

On the second day after coming out of the prince's mansion, Zhu Di entered the palace early in the morning, different from the high-spirited state when he entered the palace last time, this time he entered the palace, Zhu Di was somewhat depressed, or rather, he didn't want to enter the palace. But the determination has been made, and the tacit understanding with the prince has been tacitly reached, and it is impossible to say that he will not enter the palace, so he has to be unwilling to enter the palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang summoned Zhu Di in the Wenhua Palace, when Zhu Di was announced into the hall, Zhu Yuanzhang was still looking down at the recital, Zhu Di kowtowed step by step, and was about to shout Long live please be safe, only to hear Zhu Yuanzhang above whisper: "Get up, get rid of those false courtesies." ”

Zhu Di still finished bowing, then stood up and bowed.

Zhu Yuanzhang lifted his eyelids, but did not raise his head, still looked down at the concerto, after a while, put down the concerto, rubbed his eyes, tilted his head back, and said softly: "Please see you so early, for what, what can't you say earlier?" ”

"There are some things that should not be said in public in the early court," Zhu Di replied.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned: "It seems to be a confidential matter?" ”

"Erchen requests to return to Beiping as soon as possible!" Zhu Di said loudly.

"Oh?" Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, he didn't expect Zhu Di to propose to go back to Beiping: "Why do you want to go back?" Explain why. ”