Zhu Yuanzhang's heart is also warm, although he is the hardest emperor in ancient and modern times, but also a father, as a father, the sons can say a few words to understand him and care about him, no matter what, he will be very happy, put down the fold and brush, looked at the son kneeling in front of him with a kind face, and smiled in a self-deprecating tone: "I also want to rest, but I was born with this hard life, no way." Get up quickly. Then he instructed the eunuch next to him: "Show King Su a seat." ”

A little eunuch bowed over and moved a stool behind Zhu Ao, gently placed it, and then slowly retreated. Zhu Ao arched his hand at Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Thank you, father." Immediately, he slowly stood up and slowly sat down on the stool.

When his son came back, he must be talking about homely things, whether it is the home of ordinary people or the home of the emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang leaned on the dragon chair, seemed to enjoy this leisurely time, and said slowly: "I have received the five hundred war horses you contributed, and I am very happy that you have this filial piety." ”

Zhu Ao smiled slightly, sat on the stool, and no longer paid attention to any etiquette, and said: "The father and emperor gave the son such a big fief, so that the son can stand on his own between heaven and earth, this is a great kindness to the son, and the son of the minister contributed a few horses, which is nothing." ”

Seeing that his son was so sensible, Zhu Yuanzhang was also very happy, and suddenly remembered the battle report that he had read about the war between King Su and the Uighurs, and said with a little worry: "You must have suffered a lot when you fought with the Uighurs, a powerful country." ”

Lao Zhu is a long-experienced person on the battlefield, only from a few short war reports can be seen that he fought with the main Uighur force, and it was not easy to win, unlike those literati, who always felt that fighting a war was a very easy thing, and if he came up with a clever plan, the enemy would be fooled, and he would be broken by you, and he said with a smile on his face: "Thank you father and emperor for your concern, the Uighur army is indeed very strong, but it still can't resist my Ming soldiers, didn't the sons also win?" Besides, these battles are nothing, and they are much easier than the difficult battles when the father created the foundation, after all, behind the son is the entire Ming Dynasty, and the father supports the son, and the father has nothing back then. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's heart warmed when he said this, and his nose was sour, what was he most afraid of after the success of being a father? It's just that the sons don't know that it was not easy for them to start a business back then, and they thought that the family's money was blown by the wind, and they ate, drank, prostituted, gambled, and enjoyed luxury.

Seeing that the fourteenth prince King Su could understand that it was not easy for him to start a business back then, Zhu Yuanzhang was still very relieved, from this point of view alone, he was much stronger than his second and third brothers.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a closer look at the king of Su who had just turned nineteen years old, and he was a little puzzled in his heart, the previous king of Su's calligraphy and kung fu of riding and archery were excellent, and he was relatively good among the kings, but he never thought that this king of Su was also a man of great talent, and in just three years, he built the already dilapidated Hexi Corridor so richly, and defeated the Western Domain and the Uighurs one after another, and expanded the territory for more than 2,000 miles. Looking at his style of acting, it is really similar to when he was young. It's a pity, he's not a son-in-law, no matter how good he is, he can only be a vassal king in this life, this is a red line, and it must not be crossed.

Zhu Yuanzhang stretched his waist very casually, and said to Zhu Ao casually: "You have done a good job in the frontier, not only repelling the enemy's invasion of our Ming territory, but also expanding the territory for more than 2,000 miles, which is meritorious. Don't go back tonight, just stay here for dinner. I have informed your mother and grandson that they are coming. Also, bring the Hami princess you saved from the Uighurs, and let me see what kind of woman it is, so that you don't even want your life a few times. ”

Zhu Ao smiled very embarrassedly, Lao Zhu spoke too straightforwardly, and it was embarrassing to say this in public, so he stood up, made a gesture, and said, "Yes, Erchen obeys the order." ”

In the evening, Zhu Yuanzhang made an exception to set up a sumptuous banquet to entertain Zhu Ao, not only the Nanjing plate duck that Lao Zhu loved to eat, but also many Jiangnan cuisines that Zhu Ao usually can't eat.

Because it was a family banquet set by Zhu Yuanzhang himself, the people of the old Zhu family attached great importance to it, and Zhu Yunwen, the grandson of the emperor, who has always been known for his benevolence and filial piety, came early, and after meeting Zhu Ao, he accompanied Lao Zhu. After a while, Concubine Guo Ning, who was temporarily taking pictures of the Sixth Palace, also came, although she was also gray-haired, but she was in good spirits, holding a dragon-headed cane, and with the support of two maids, she came with great grace.

Concubine Guo Ning is the thigh that Zhu Ao spent a lot of money to hug, so naturally she will not slack off, and when she saw that she had gone, she immediately went up and helped her: "Mother, slow down, sit here." As he spoke, he helped her to Zhu Yuanzhang's side and sat down.

Because of the well-behaved and sensible Su Wang Zhu and Queen Sun Yunqi, Concubine Guo Ning has long regarded Zhu Ao as her own child, and she did say a lot of good things for Zhu Ao, so she accepted Zhu Ao's hospitality very calmly, and sat next to Zhu Yuanzhang with the support of Zhu Ao.

A wicked smile hung on the corner of Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth, and he turned his head and teased at Concubine Guo Ning: "I received a jade Guanyin as big as someone else's and put up such a big shelf." ”

Concubine Guo Ning knew that in this Forbidden City, no matter what she did, she couldn't hide it from Zhu Ao's eyes, so she had already told Zhu Yuanzhang about Zhu Ao sending her Jade Guanyin, and listened to Zhu Yuanzhang ridiculing her, and also quipped: "I told you a long time ago that King Su, this kid is sensible, and after getting the treasure of Khotan, he sent us a lot of good things, who here hasn't received his benefits?" ”

Zhu Yunwen said this with a sneering face, Zhu Ao sent people to give gifts to the people in the capital, and naturally he would not be left behind, the imperial grandson, to be honest, Zhu Yunwen was actually very opposed to Zhu Ao doing this, which was obviously internal and external collusion. But is this family's business clear? I can't tell! Zhu Ao knows to give them some if he gets the baby, that is respect for them, treat them as a family, if he doesn't give them anything, that's the real fuckup.

However, Zhu Yunwen was deeply influenced by Confucianism and knew that this kind of bribery was absolutely wrong, so he took the initiative to hand over the treasure jade that Zhu Ao gave to him and his mother Lu to Zhu Yuanzhang.

While a few people were talking, Gao Shi came with Di Linazha. Gao Shi is actually reluctant to participate in this kind of entertainment, she has a low status, and she is afraid that she can only serve tea and pour water here, sit here and listen to other people's talk, neither eating, not eating, it is really uncomfortable, very uncomfortable.

However, today she is very happy, because her baby son is back, after so long separation, she can say that she thinks about her baby son all the time, so many years of unfavored life, her feelings for this royal family have long been worn out, if there is still a trace of it, it is all her son.

She also knew that the first thing Zhu Ao did when she came back was definitely to see Zhu Yuanzhang, although Zhu Ao would definitely come to see her in the future, but since she knew the news of Zhu Ao's return to Beijing, she really didn't want to wait for a quarter of an hour, and she couldn't wait to see her son immediately. Now, with this opportunity for her to see his son in advance, Gao's heart couldn't be happier, so let alone this royal banquet that made her feel uncomfortable, even if it was a Hongmen banquet, she was willing to come.

After Zhu Ao saw his long-separated mother, the excitement in his heart surged out, and he immediately stood up, knelt in front of Gao's with a "plop", and said with tears in his eyes: "The child visits his mother." "Different from meeting Concubine Guo Ning just now, in addition to thanking Concubine Guo Ning for her help, the most important thing is a kind of entertainment, but meeting Gao's family is the most sincere miss in Zhu Ao's heart. Zhu Yuanzhang and Concubine Guo Ning both know this and can understand it, after all, she is someone's mother, how can she be the same as others.

After Gao Shi saw his long-lost son, his heart was also very excited, tears flowed out of his eyes, and he didn't even go to see Zhu Yuanzhang first, directly helped his son, and said lovingly: "My son get up quickly, I heard that you have fought a lot with people, let Weiniang see, are you okay?" ”

Zhu Ao slowly stood up with her support, and said with a smile: "Thank you mother for your concern, the child is fine, not a single hair is missing." ”

Gao Shi didn't pay attention to his words, looked left, touched again, and made sure that Zhu Ao was indeed fine, then slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a complaining tone: "Wei Niang told you not to rush to the front when you fight, why didn't you listen?" ”

Zhu Ao smiled, didn't speak, it was useless to say anything at this time, the mother she provoked was worried that she was wrong, so let her complain a few words.

After Gao complained about Zhu Ao, he remembered that he had not given Zhu Yuanzhang a gift, and immediately knelt on the ground in panic, kowtowed, and said, "The concubine sees Your Majesty, and Concubine Ning Niangniang." Where it is rude, I hope that Your Majesty and Concubine Ning will forgive your sins. ”

Seeing this scene, Di Linaza also hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowed like Gao's and said, "Erchen knocks to see Your Majesty, knock to see Concubine Ning." Long live Your Majesty, long live. Concubine Ning is a thousand years old, a thousand years old. ”

Although Zhu Yuanzhang was a little unhappy that the Gao family ignored him, considering that their mother and son had just met, and the mother and son had a deep relationship, it was normal for him to forget other things for a while, and in addition, he arranged this family banquet with other intentions, and he didn't want to make this matter bigger, spoil the atmosphere, and said lightly: "Today is a family banquet, don't stick to these red tape, get up." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." "Thank you, Father." Gao Shi and Di Linaza saluted one after another. Then, Di Linaza helped Gao Shi to stand up and walked to their seats.

Seeing the reunion of his children and grandchildren and the harmony of the family, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled happily, waved his big hand, pointed to the seats around the Eight Immortals Table and said, "Sit down, the family has a meal, don't fix those vain." ”

"The retainers obey." "Grandson obeys." "The concubine obeys." Everyone saluted Zhu Yuanzhang again, and then they all sat down. Now when you go out to eat, you have to arrange a seat, the leader must sit in the main seat, and the rest of the people sit next to the leader according to their status.

Zhu Yuanzhang naturally sat at the top, and his two sides were Guo Ningfei and Zhu Yunwen, followed by Zhu Ao and Gao Shi, and then Di Linazha.

Although Zhu Yunwen is a junior, he is a prince, according to the national system, except for Zhu Yuanzhang, no one in the entire Ming Dynasty is as high as him, so he was able to sit next to Zhu Yuanzhang.

This is also Lao Zhu's consistent arrangement, the purpose is to let Zhu Ao, these vassal kings, know that although you are uncles, you are courtiers, you must be honest and peaceful, after Lao Tzu's death, you must assist the grandson well, and you can't think about it.

Zhu Ao, who has lived for two lifetimes, is naturally well aware of this set of false etiquette, and he knows very well in his heart that Zhu Yunwen's position as the prince will never be shaken, and there is an extremely smart old Zhu staring there, and it is useless how clever you are. Therefore, he calmly sat down under Zhu Yunwen, and was very polite, without a trace of dissatisfaction on his face, and nodded at Zhu Yunwen with a frequent smile.

This made Zhu Yuanzhang very satisfied, his other sons, there are really a few unclear orders, let them sit under Zhu Yunwen, just like letting them eat poop makes them reluctant, they always like to put their uncle's shelf, thinking that since it is a family banquet, the uncle should sit on top of his nephew, for this matter, Zhu Yuanzhang has been angry several times. Now Zhu Ao is so honest and obedient, not to mention whether he is pretending or sincere, having this attitude makes Lao Zhu happy, which at least shows that he is a rule-abiding person.

After everyone sat down, Zhu Yuanzhang, as a parent and the emperor, began to make an opening remarks, Zhu Yuanzhang changed his previous seriousness, and said with a very kind and smooth tone: "There is no other meaning to set up this banquet today, it is to catch the wind for Ao'er, who has made remarkable achievements since she became a feudal lord, and not only solved the food problem within a year." He also successively defeated Shazhou, Hami, Uighur and other forces, and opened up more than 2,000 miles of territory for our Ming Dynasty, which is really indispensable. ”

Zhu Ao immediately stood up, arched his hand and said: "Thank you for your father's praise, my son's ability to achieve this achievement is completely dependent on my father's heavenly might." If it weren't for the father and mother who gave such great support to the son, the son would not have been able to achieve this achievement no matter what. Today, the sons and daughters took advantage of their father's wine to pay tribute to their father and mother, and the filial piety of the cousins. ”

After that, he picked up the wine glass, saluted Zhu Yuanzhang and Concubine Guo Ning successively, and then raised his head and drank all the wine in the cup.

Seeing that his son was so sensible, Zhu Yuanzhang was also happy to laugh, stretched out his hand and pressed down, and said to Zhu Ao: "Sit down and drink, you are not allowed to stand up when you drink and eat today." The wine that stands up and drinks is considered to be for nothing. ”

Zhu Ao smiled, gently wiped the wine stains on his mouth with the corner of his clothes, and said, "Thank you, Father." Then he sat down respectfully.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a sip of wine, which was regarded as a toast to Zhu Yunwen, then put down the wine glass, turned his head and said to Zhu Yunwen with a kind face: "Yunwen, your fourteenth uncle has worked hard to guard the border for you, and also contributed food and horses to the imperial court, in the final analysis, this is all for you to protect the country, shouldn't you give your fourteenth uncle a glass?" ”

When Zhu Yunwen heard this, he immediately picked up the wine glass obediently, respectfully handed it to Zhu Ao, and said, "Uncle Fourteen, Uncle Yunwen respects you a glass, thank you for your contribution to the imperial court." ”

Zhu Ao also picked up the wine glass with both hands very politely, handed it to Zhu Yunwen's wine glass, put it a little lower than him, and said with a smile: "The grandson doesn't have to be polite, this is the duty of the minister." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned when he heard this, although he very much hoped that all the vassal kings would be like Zhu Ao to keep their duties and be willing to live in the position of ministers, but in the end this is a family banquet, let the uncle be so groveling to the nephew, how awkward it is, no matter how big the national law is, it is difficult to completely overshadow the people, he immediately waved his hand, and said impatiently: "Old Fourteen, you don't have to be so polite today." I have already said that this is a family banquet, you are an uncle, and you do this, which makes Yun Wei feel uncomfortable, and I will let it go today. Only do the courtesy of the family, not the courtesy of the monarch and the minister, and wait for today, you will talk about the courtesy of the monarch and the minister. ”

Zhu Ao and Zhu Yunwen glanced at each other, and accepted Lao Zhu's proposition in their hearts, because it was obvious that Lao Zhu was very happy today, whether he was a son or a grandson, it was not good to spoil his old man's interest. Zhu Yunwen lowered his wine glass a little, lower than Zhu Ao's wine glass, and toasted Zhu Ao again: "Fourteenth uncle, Yun Wei respects you, thank you for your care." ”

To be honest, Zhu Ao, who came from later generations, also felt that his uncle was very fucked up with his nephew like his grandson, and in the family business of later generations, even if the old chairman hung up and his son succeeded to the throne, the new chairman would not dare to treat his uncle like this. It's just that since you came to the Ming Dynasty, you should follow the customs, honestly take out some modern concepts to criticize the ancients, and be careful of being immersed in the pig cage according to the crime of a beast.

Now, since Lao Zhu has spoken in person, Zhu Ao doesn't want to be aggrieved by himself, so he accepted Zhu Yunwen's toast very calmly, took the wine glass and drank it all, and said with a smile: "Yunwen, you don't have to be polite, this is what I, an uncle, should do." When my eldest brother was here, he took care of our brother very much, and I never had a chance to repay him, and now that he is gone, I have to answer the information of his kindness to me on you and Yunxi. You just have to rest assured, if you become the emperor in the future, who dares to rebel after eating the heart of a bear and a leopard, you don't need to do it, uncle, I will be the first to clean him up. ”

This is not that he deliberately pretended to say it in front of Lao Zhu, but what he said in his heart, in fact, most of the vassal kings have the same mind as Zhu Ao, some of them may want to be emperors, but most of them just think about it without special circumstances, just like Zhu Ao and Di Linazha, behind closed doors YY.

In all fairness, the eldest brother Zhu Biao is very good to their brothers, some of them have made mistakes, and when they are about to face Zhu Yuanzhang's punishment, Zhu Biao will work hard to protect and protect many vassal kings, so his prestige in the hearts of the kings is very high.

And now, the eldest brother, who was very good to him back then, died young, so his share of the family property should be inherited by his son, which is justified. The son inherits the father's business, and no one can say anything about the iron rule, especially in ancient China. It should be noted that the patriarchal system has a high status in the concept of the ancients, and the eldest son has an unparalleled priority in inheriting the family business.

If at this time, you, the vassal king who had received the favor of Zhu Biao's eldest brother, suddenly jumped out against his son, bullied his nephew with a knife and a gun, and even rebelled and robbed the family property that did not belong to you in the first place, then there is no need for the court to send troops to beat you, and the spittle stars of the world can drown you.

Even if your skin is really thick enough, you don't care if you are pointed at by thousands of people, like Zhu Gaochu who still wants to rebel, then the ending can only be like Zhu Gaoxu, becoming a joke.

In Zhu Ao's heart, Zhu Yuanzhang has been able to give him a lot of fiefdoms in the four counties of this concubine, and he has fulfilled his responsibility as a father, he is unwilling to risk the disapproval of the world to rob the family property that originally belonged to Zhu Biao's family, because Zhu Biao is really good to him, and it is natural for Zhu Biao and his children and grandchildren to inherit the throne as princes, and no one can say anything.

When people live, they can't just care about profits, how much money is more? How much power is great? As a vassal king, he has everything he should have, status, reputation, wealth, vested interests, etc., etc., etc., and he really can't do things that have been stinking for thousands of years and being scolded for the name of that emperor. The most important thing for a person to live is to have a clear conscience, he develops his own fiefdom and goes to war with foreigners, that is all right, robbing the territory of foreigners, and grabbing no matter how much he will not feel guilty in his heart. However, let him turn his gun and grab the territory of his eldest brother's son who was very good to him before, even if he succeeds, even if he can tamper with history like Zhu Laosi, then every time in the dead of night, his heart will not be tortured and condemned?

Li Shimin ascended to the throne by disgraceful means, and in the shadow of the infinitely good Zhenguan prosperous era depicted in the history books, I saw a trembling figure.

He was afraid, he was very afraid, he was afraid that people would disobey him because he was not in the right position, and then rebel like Yang Guang, he was afraid that he would leave an unsightly mark in the history books, because he was extremely dedicated, tried to restrain his desires, and worked hard to create a chaste rule, thinking of using his political achievements to wash away the biggest stain in his life.