Beiping City.

Yiyan Mountain, control the north of the desert.

Since the beginning of Hongwu, the Ming Dynasty drove out the Tartar humiliation and recovered the rivers and mountains of the Central Plains, Zhu Yuanzhang took the meaning of "peace and tranquility in the north" and restored the place name of Beiping.

In the third year of Hongwu, Zhu Di, the fourth son of the Ming Emperor, was canonized as King Yan.

In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, became a vassal of Beiping.

So far, the Saiwang system in the north of the Ming Dynasty has gradually been built.

And Beiping, because it is the grassland of the Yuan people in Mobei because of the mountains out of the pass, has also become the Ming Dynasty's hoarding of military horses, as the center of the north to resist the remnants of the Yuan people.

Right now, autumn has just arrived in the south. In Beiping City, it was already bleak, the air was cold and dry, and the cold wind tore at the officers and soldiers on the city.

Zhu Di, the king of Yan, who was wearing the crown of the Ming clan's black gauze on his head, was wearing only a prince's regular clothes, with his hands behind his back, and his eyes looked at the south.

This year, the war in the north will not be long over, and in the winter, neither the Ming nor the Yuan people are willing to start a war easily.

However, Zhu Di seemed worried.

"Is the prince looking at Yingtian?"

At this time, a rather conflicting remark came into Zhu Di's ears from behind.

A large-faced monk in a black gauze robe, with a meaningful smile on his face, walked up to the city.

But he didn't put on the Buddha's hand like a monk, and he gave it up.

Zhu Di turned his head sideways, and saw that it was Yao Guangxiao, who came to Beiping with him, and smiled silently: "Master is free today?" ”

In later generations, he was known as Yao Guangxiao, the black-robed prime minister, who had been in Beiping City for many years, but he was exceptionally white and clean.

He shook his head with a smile: "The prince has not answered the little monk's question yet." ”

Zhu Di shook his head helplessly, turned around and continued to look south.

Yao Guangxiao stepped forward again and went behind Zhu Di: "The prince is seriously ill, Your Majesty is sick, I'm afraid that our king of Huaiyou County is either the leader of the country, or he has the praise of a good saint." ”

"Oh?" Zhu Di's face showed a hint of curiosity, after returning to Yingtian, he received a lot of letters from his nephew, but the letters mentioned were all about the family of the Heavenly Family, and they were all about the old man's recent situation and his inquiries about the war in the north.

Yao Guangxiao affirmed: "Even, the little monk thinks that if he doesn't make a mistake, I'm afraid that he has already been canonized as the emperor's grandson." ”

After saying the three words of the emperor's grandson, Yao Guangxiao looked up at the back of Zhu Di, the king of Yan.

Similarly, after Zhu Di heard these three words, his face changed slightly.

But he still kept himself quiet, and said: "Yun Xi is outstanding, and it is okay to be ordered to be in danger at this time." ”

Yao Guangxiao went one step further and said: "But has the prince ever thought about it, if the prince is seriously ill this time, he will not ......?"

"Presumptuous!"

On the city wall of Beiping, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, was stunned suddenly, and turned around to stare gloomily at Yao Guangxiao, who was speaking beside him.

He snorted coldly: "The prince is blessed by the ancestors, and he will be blessed with longevity and health......

Although in the end, Zhu Di's voice became smaller and smaller.

The eldest brother toured the west, and he couldn't afford to be sick as soon as he came out of Luoyang, and he was in a coma for more than half a month, so can he still live a long and healthy life?

At this time, Zhu Di's heart was irritable for no reason.

He thought of something else that he should never have thought of.

When Yao Guangxiao saw this, he was not afraid on his face, but smiled vigorously: "Daming is now twenty-four years old, although he is a teenager, but the Yuan people have not been expelled, if he does not prevent it, he will definitely become a problem for my Daming henchmen in the future."

In this way, the prince has been in Beiping for 12 years, and he is very familiar with the Yuan people. ”

His subtext is very clear, the enemy of the Ming Dynasty is the Yuan people, and there will be hidden dangers for a long time.

And Zhu Di is the king of the Ming Dynasty who is most familiar with the Yuan people, and his role is the greatest for the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di irritably drove away the thoughts that should not be in his heart, and said: "The second brother King Qin and the third brother King Jin have been sitting in the frontier for many years, and the soldiers under them are far more than Beiping, and they are more familiar with the Yuan people than this king. ”

Yao Guangxiao turned his head to look around, and then stepped forward again, pulling the distance between himself and Zhu Di to the nearest place.

He said in a low voice: "No matter the king of Qin or the king of Jin, there are many acts of tyranny and oppression of the people in the feudal country. This time, the king of Qin was ordered to return to Beijing because of lawlessness in the Qin State. The king of Jin also had lawlessness from time to time, which was introduced to Yingtian.

If one day, the prince ......

As the king of Daming Yan and the fourth son of Emperor Hongwu, how should he deal with himself? ”

Zhu Di let out a long sigh, his eyes flickered and he came down from the city, and turned around to look at Yao Guangxiao, who was standing in front of him, and it was not the first time that he had persuaded him so much.

He shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Master, there is something you don't know yet, a few days ago, my father asked this king to send Gao Chi to the heavenly generals to raise his body. ”

Onigiri reads a book

Hearing this, Yao Guangxiao frowned.

He thought of something very bad.

But soon, he hurriedly shook his head and dismissed the idea.

His Majesty the current Hongwu Emperor is the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the princes and grandsons of the Ming Dynasty are also the blood and bones of the old man.

Zhu Di said quietly: "My father can remember that Gao Chi's body has been bad since he was a child, and his eldest brother often tells me that it is good to transfer Gao Chi's body and bones." Even my nephew knows his cousin's body. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Di's face was a little emotional.

Even though their Zhu family is now a heavenly family, the clan relatives are so rare in harmony.

Yao Guangxiao also roughly tasted the meaning of King Yan's words, and he had to smile helplessly.

This is not the first time in these years that such a conversation has happened.

He has this patience.

"So, is the prince going to send the prince to Yingtian?"

Zhu Di shook his head: "After the New Year, the king will return to Beijing at the age of tomorrow, and then he will bring Gao Chi to respond to the sky." ”

Personally send Yan Shizi to Yingtian?

Yao Guangxiao became more and more helpless, so he had to say in a low voice: "The little monk only hopes that everything can be as the prince thinks......"

……

"What is the fourth uncle thinking?"

Looking at the reply letter from Beiping, Zhu Yunxi muttered silently.

Looking at thousands of words, Zhu Yunxi didn't see anything unusual between the lines.

Like his letter, it just tells the story of the parents. Of course, it is more of an introduction to the cavalry formation of the Northern Army, and an analysis of various strategies on the road to the north this time.

Although he now has a solid position in Yingtian City, everything is moving forward according to his own vision.

But Zhu Yunxi always has a lingering haze in his heart.

Jing difficult!

Right now, his good second brother has been imprisoned in Zhongdu.

But in the future, he will inevitably restrict the princes of the clan, and it will never be possible to raise tens of millions of wasted people who are not engaged in production for no reason in the Ming Dynasty.

In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was easiest to promote the establishment of various systems.

He was a little worried that if he continued to implement the measures of cutting the feudal domain or restricting the clan at that time, would he, the fourth uncle, set off another battle of appeasement as in the original history.

"Have you ever thought about that chair in Yingtian City?"

"Will you rebel?"

There was a little more gloom between Zhu Yunxi's eyebrows, and he asked silently.

Only when he came to the position of the grandson of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty did he understand that many things were not determined by the facts.

Suspicion and suspicion will change from moment to moment depending on the location.

Just like this time, after the Yingtian crisis, he sat back and watched the old man introduce the Xinguo Mansion into the Yingtian Dynasty Bureau, and share the strength of the army equally with his maternal uncle Chang's family.

The establishment and stability of imperial power will never be distinguished by family affection.

Regardless of whether the fourth uncle has thought about something that he shouldn't think about in his heart, Zhu Yunxi will take the initiative to mix sand around him.

Constantly sending degraded people to Kaipingwei and driving Zhang Zhiyuan to Beiping are the most basic back-up actions that Zhu Yunxi has done under the current overall situation.

Sun Cheng on the side witnessed the third master's face, and with the arrival of King Yan's reply, it was visibly worse to the naked eye.

couldn't help but whisper worriedly: "Third Master, are you going to Your Majesty's side today?" I heard that Zhan Shangshu and others entered the palace today, and they are all on the side of the Zhongji Hall now. ”

Zhu Yunxi raised his eyebrows, hiding his speculation and doubts about King Yan in the depths of his heart: "Sun Cheng, you go to the Governor's Mansion and tell the founding prince that during this period of time, select good water and good soldiers from the army, and the warships on the side of the sailor should not go out in the near future." ”

This was set in the post house last night with the Yoshinoya of the Southern Dynasty of the Wa Kingdom, and there was something about the Ming Dynasty sending troops to the Wa Kingdom.

Sun Cheng bowed down to receive the order.

Zhu Yunxi had already cleaned up the things on the table in front of him at this time, took a deep breath, and walked out of the house.

……

Inside the Middle Temple.

There are quite a few people here at this time.

Recently, more than 300 officials in the DPRK and China have been beheaded, and the vacant vacancies have been filled by officials. But now that the emperor is in good health, the selection list sorted out by the officials will still be handed over to the emperor for a look at the holy judgment according to the rules.

And because the household department recently confiscated the property of more than 300 convicts, it sorted out a catalog, which was also to be submitted to the emperor for review.

Jin Yiwei commanded Jiang Xuan, not long after he came in.

He looked up at the Prince, who was in a wheelchair and reading a book in the sunlight shining through the window.

Then he said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, this time the Jinyi Wei edict did not commit the official property, and the supply was confiscated 730,000 yuan, more than 14,000 taels of broken silver, and 850 taels of gold cakes. There are more than 40,000 acres of fertile land. There are also countless calligraphy, paintings, and treasures. ”

After reporting the confiscated amount, Jiang Zheng bowed his head.

On the other hand, Zhan Hui, the secretary of the ministry, and Zhao Mian, the secretary of the household, showed embarrassment on their faces at the same time.

Zhu Yuanzhang was holding the copy catalogue on Jiang Xuan's performance in his hand at this time, and suddenly snorted coldly and smashed the music on the table next to him.

"It's only been a few years? And they had amassed so much of their possessions! ”

"If we don't investigate, will they continue to be greedy for ink?"

"Do you also know how to restrain yourself and carry the people of fish and meat on your back!"

At the end, Zhu Yuanzhang pointed the finger at the courtiers present.

Zhan Hui and the others trembled, and immediately knelt down and bowed.

"The ministers don't dare."

Zhu Yunxi's eyes were gloomy: "What don't you dare!" If it weren't for my knife on your neck, what else would you not dare to do! ”

The emperor this is the beginning of an indiscriminate blow.

Several people didn't dare to speak out again, which completely annoyed the emperor.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at these people, and his heart was bored.

At this time, Zhu Yunxi's voice came from outside.

"Grandpa Qi, my grandson has something important to see!"

Just hearing the voice and not seeing anyone yet, Zhu Yuanzhang's face suddenly became happy, and he hurriedly shouted with a smile: "Good grandson is here!" Come on in, just tell Grandpa if there's anything to do! ”