Jingshi, in the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty, four guards pressed the long sword at their waists and followed behind a tall young man. The guards standing next to him saw that this young man was about to break into the study where His Majesty the Emperor was, and immediately stood in a straight line to block the other party's way.

"His Royal Highness the Prince! His Majesty the Emperor commanded that no one should be seen today. You better go back, we don't dare to go in and report it......" An officer led by him saluted His Royal Highness the Prince, and then said to Zhu Mu in embarrassment.

"Get out of the way! This palace wants to see my own father, do you dare to stop this palace? Isn't this the place of my Ming Dynasty? Is this no longer under our royal control? The crown prince Zhu Mu stood in front of these guards who were blocking the road with his hands behind his back, and scolded loudly: "Father! Do you really refuse to even see me in person? ”

There was silence in the room for a long time, and finally the people inside still compromised to their son: "Okay, let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in." Come on, bring His Royal Highness the Crown Prince some of his favorite snacks. ”

As the ruler of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Changle, the emperor, was very tolerant of his sons. However, most of his children are unsuccessful, and even several have completely given up the competition for storage places. In this way, Zhu Changle did not have many choices, so it was natural to hand over his position as the prince to Zhu Mu, who was originally the most optimistic.

And this Zhu Mu has always been filial and humble, and he also takes great care of his brothers and sisters, and the ministers are very satisfied with this prince even if they are divided into different factions. Zhu Changle has even handed over some government affairs to Zhu Mu to deal with, in order to show his favor for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

"I came here today, presumably for the sake of the Wang family's Jiliao Governor, right?" Zhu Changle was in a very good mood because he had successfully balanced all the forces in the court, and asked while flipping through the few copies of the notes that were sent to him today.

Zhu Mu sat on his chair and sighed before replying to his father's question: "The child heard today that my father actually sent a fool like Wang Nu to the Jiliao front, isn't he ready to make a move on the Wang family?" I'm afraid it's not a good time, is it? ”

"Haha, hahaha." Zhu Changle dropped the piece in his hand and laughed loudly: "At first, I thought that it was the Wang family who instigated you to come to me, so I was still a little unhappy in my heart. But now that I hear you ask me this, I know that you found me by yourself, and it has nothing to do with the Wang family. ”

He paused, and without waiting for Zhu Mu to continue speaking, he stretched out his hand to stop the other party from interjecting: "If the Wang family instigated you to come, I would have been worried that the Wang family's influence on you was too deep, but now you came by yourself...... It seems that there are still smart people in the Wang family. ”

His Majesty the Emperor Zhu Changle continued to mutter, as if he was talking to himself: "I don't want to attack the Wang family, if I really want to attack, the person who will cut it is not Wang Nu, but your best friend Wang Jue...... The Wang family also knew that I was just balancing the situation, so they were also very cooperative and stretched out their heads to take my knife. ”

"Voluntary? The knife that hit you? Why? Zhu Mu turned his head and asked curiously.

"Silly boy...... If Wang Jianfeng didn't stretch out his head to let me cut this knife, his son Wang Jue and you did those small actions near Jingshi, if they were really remembered by me, it would not be too much to deduct the hat of rebellion, right? Zhu Changle put away his smile and looked at his son.

Then he pressed his palm on the exquisitely carved dragon on the armrest of the dragon chair, and slowly added: "If it weren't for the clear investigation from the Dongchang side, and you didn't have the slightest intention of rebellion, do you think you and Wang Jue can still mess around like now?" ”

"Father...... As you know, Gyeonggi still has an army everywhere, which has long been overwhelmed, and if you want to keep the country left by your ancestors forever, it will be difficult to succeed without training the new army. Wang Jue and I also want to train a new army for your father, but it's not a mess. Zhu Mu also knew that this kind of thing couldn't be hidden from his father, so he had to explain.

Zhu Changle, who was sitting on his dragon chair, said with a smile: "If you didn't have this kindness and didn't do too much of it, Jinyiwei and Dongchang would you think they are all decorations?" I got the recital about you a few months ago, Wang Nu went to Jiliao, didn't he wipe his ass for Wang Jue's little bastard? ”

After that, Zhu Changle pointed to the snacks that had been served to the table by the waiter, and said to his son: "This army, you have to hold it honestly in my hands for me, and you can't hand it over to anyone!" You know, I never thought that this army is so terrible, this Wang Jue is really a general. ”

Not only is it the talent of a general...... Zhu Mu glanced at his father, and secretly thought to himself in his heart: As long as he ascends the throne one day, this Wang Jue will be the blade of his own territory, and the shame of the Ming Dynasty's decades of successive defeats will be completely ended when he Zhu Mu is in power.

Thinking of this, Zhu Mu didn't even bother to eat snacks, stood up, and said to his father Zhu Changle: "Father! Since this army is acceptable, Na Erchen suggested that the army be expanded to a size of 200,000 men in case of emergency. ”

Zhu Changle, who pinched a piece of dim sum, stiffened his movements, as if he was thinking, and then he put the dim sum back and tapped the table twice with his fingers before he opened his mouth and ordered: "100,000 people, first set up a group army headquarters and see the effect in Tangshan...... It's just that this army is too expensive, right? ”

After hearing Zhu Changle's promise, Zhu Mu's happy face seemed to bloom, and he hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you, father!" I knew that my father loved me very much, and he would not refuse my request. You must know that in today's war, more and more consideration is given to the quality of the troops, and the era when you can build a million-strong army by grabbing a few peasants to fill the numbers is gone forever. ”

Zhu Changle waved his hand and asked Zhu Mu to retreat, and then he picked up the fold on the table again, looked at the content of Wang Jianfeng's request to reduce naval expenditures and build a school, frowned and said to himself: "This Wang Jianfeng...... What kind of medicine is sold in the gourd? ”

Dropping the note, he picked up another secret report next to him. The above is from neighboring Japan, and it is written that the Japanese Navy is building the 3rd Nagato-class battleship, and it seems that the superiority of the Daming Navy Division no longer exists.