At the beginning of October, when the snow fell, the peasants could only use the rice stalks they had collected in the autumn to spread their beds, cover their bodies with rags and bedding, and light a fire to barely survive.

But in the city of Beijing, Shuntianfu, there are countless dignitaries, and the most prominent of them is naturally the backbone of the nobles, the British Mansion.

In the capital, where every inch of land is valuable, the British Mansion covers an area of more than ten acres, with tailors, carpenters, blacksmiths, carving and painting, porcelain craftsmen, bricklayers, and family members......

Among them, there is no shortage of pavilions, water pavilions, gardens, and even a racecourse dedicated to practicing equestrianism and a small school field for practicing archery.

Each courtyard gate has a handle of the house, just like a small town......

"Old Guogong, tell me, is this really the Fifth Highness going to take action?"

"Yes, I think it's Banzai who wants to borrow the hand of the Fifth Highness and knock on us."

In the study of the British Mansion and the National Prince, the three princes led by Xu Xigao were talking to a fifty-year-old man who was sitting on the main seat and drinking tea with his head bowed.

It's just that compared to their excitement, the old man was unhurried and not flustered at all.

After Xue Lian, Marquis of Yangwu, and Li Chengzuo, Marquis of Fengcheng, finished speaking, the old man said slowly:

"Hooray is going to knock you guys, does it take such trouble?"

The sentence "Forehead ......" stopped the words of the two of them, so they looked at Xu Xigao, the Duke of Dingguo.

However, at this time, Xu Xigao was absent-minded, and after a few breaths, he spoke:

"The old man is right, if Banzai wants to beat us, it really doesn't have to be so troublesome."

"I have been to the prison of the Beicheng Terracotta Division, and Wen Shou told me that the Fifth Highness did not show any holy decree and did not have any edicts, but directly asked them to dismiss the temporarily recruited Liujun and hand over the Yulin Sanwei registration book."

The three of them hesitated for a moment, and then His Royal Highness asked Lu Wenzhao to take them down, and asked Jinyiwei to start checking people.

"Soon after the investigation began, Yang Lian rushed to Andingmen, and then after being stimulated by the Fifth Highness, he could only bite the bullet and detain Wen Shou and more than 20 of them to the Beicheng Terracotta Division."

"Our Fifth Highness, it's not simple......" The old man sitting on the top spoke again, which made everyone's hearts tremble.

His opening represents this matter, and it may really be the work of the Fifth Highness who they regard as a yellow-mouthed child.

"Old man, what should we do then?" Fengcheng Marquis Li Chengzuo frowned and asked, just because among the arrested people, Li Sen, the commander of the Yulin avant-garde, was his second son, and he must not let the second son suffer.

"What should I do?"

The old man put down the teacup and said to Li Chengzuo: "What can I do?" Can you still deal with the Five Highnesses? Heegao、You tell them the idea of long live。 ”

When these words were spoken, the two looked at Xu Xigao, and Xu Xigao also said with an ugly face:

"Long live didn't say it directly, but it reminded me not to trouble the Fifth Highness."

"Long live means that his side will not pursue this matter, as long as the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs can talk about it."

"Huh......" Hearing this, Xue Lian and Li Chengzuo breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as Zhu Youxiao does not pursue the case, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs will give some face, at most they will demand the return of the empty salary, and then cut off their official positions and beat some military sticks.

With this face, the two of them are still confident that they can find a way.

But at this time, the old man said:

"Having said that, I'm afraid that Yulin Sanwei won't come back, and we, the Fifth Highness, seem to have a lot of ideas......"

As soon as these words came out, Xu Xigao and the others couldn't help but gasp.

If the three guards of Yulin were really taken away, it would mean that Zhu Youzhen now had seven guards and one battalion in his hands.

If he wanted to do something, he could recruit more than 40,000 troops in accordance with the regulations.

Changping is only one hundred and twenty miles away from the capital, and it is a flat river.

Once the army moves south, the capital will be surrounded in an instant.

"This ...... Long live not worrying about the Fifth Highness......" Xu Xigao only felt that his mouth was extremely dry, and the words behind him were difficult to say.

"Worried?" The old man shook his head, as if mocking Xu Xigao and them, and then smiled:

"A few days ago, Yang Lian wanted to remind Banzai of Emperor Wen's deeds, but Banzai was almost forked out on the spot."

"What's more, if this hadn't happened, according to your original understanding of the Five Highnesses, do you think the Five Highnesses would rebel?"

"If you want to rebel, on the night of Emperor Daxing's death, according to the scheming of the Fifth Highness, it is not difficult to seize the throne."

"I, Zhang Weixian, have served the four generations of the Ming Dynasty, and I have never seen a yellow-mouthed child with such a scheming at such an age."

"Then the old man, what do you mean......" Xue Lian asked tentatively.

"It's not that hard." Zhang Weixian drooped his eyelids and slowly spoke:

"Fifth Highness, we can't afford to provoke it, according to the old man, this son will have to cause some trouble in the future."

"Unless he falls out of favor in front of Banzai, judging from Banzai's reaction today, even if His Royal Highness makes trouble again, Banzai will continue to protect him."

"This, this is too ......" For a while, Xu Xigao didn't know what to say.

Although before Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen's brothers, there were too many examples of Ming brothers, brothers, brothers, and brothers, such as Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhanyan, as well as the relationship between Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhanjun and Zhu Zhandong, as well as Wanli and King Lu......

These examples of brothers, friends, and brothers, even the vassal king made a lot of things out of line, and the emperor as an elder brother can forgive them.

Even Zhu Zhanji himself led the troops to the expedition, and when Wanli went to Tianshou Mountain several times, they dared to call their younger brother to supervise the country.

But after all, it was a prison country, and King Lu could at most command the soldiers and horses of the Five Cities Division to be responsible for arresting the thieves.

But now? Zhu Youxiao sent the four guards and one battalion, plus the three guards of Yulin to Zhu Youjian.

Although this military power is only the right to repair the imperial mausoleum, and it will be withdrawn after the imperial mausoleum is repaired, who is not worried about the ministers of the DPRK and the central government?

Everyone knows that before Zhu Youzhen left the capital, he took away enough ordnance and armor from the armor factory of the War Bureau to equip tens of thousands of people.

The history books are as vast as a sea of smoke, and they can't talk about the words "striving to be the emperor".

In front of the throne, no matter how good a brother is, he will also cause trouble within the Xiao Wall, there are too many such things in the history books, and you don't need to go out of your way to find them.

At this moment, they couldn't tell whether Zhu Youxiao was too young, Zhu Youzhen was too cunning, or the brotherhood between Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen was better than the throne.

It's just that they can recognize one thing, Zhu Youzhen's scheming is by no means as simple as his appearance.

The Four Guards and One Battalion and the Three Guards of the Feather Forest are just the beginning, not the end......

"Don't worry too much."

When Xu Xigao and the others were worried, Zhang Weixian spoke again, and they also looked at him.

Zhang Weixian slowly sipped the tea and said: "Soldier training is not so simple, how many military books are collected in your and my honorable family, even if there are no military books in the imperial city, there are no rich military books in our palace, but are you and I proficient in military training?" ”

"If you just read the book and learn from Zhao Kuo, Ma Tan and the like, you can train a soldier and horse, then you and I will eat the military book earlier."

"That's right...... That's ......" When it comes to military training, although everyone is a little embarrassed, they also know how difficult it is to train soldiers.

After a war, the energy, intelligence, and brain power required are beyond ordinary people.

It is some fathers who have been on the battlefield for more than ten years, and when they personally lead the troops on the battlefield, they are still black-eyed.

No one is perfect, they don't believe that Zhu Youzhen is so cunning in his mind, and he can still stand out in the art of war.

But who knows for sure......