Chapter 22: What a Coward!
At this time, on Chang'an Street, Zhu Rong turned his head and suddenly saw a familiar shadow.
Liu Yun was wearing simple plain clothes today, and she could see that she was an outstanding woman, she lowered her head and walked along the side of Chang'an Avenue, she came to the city gate to see her off.
"Brother, you go back first, I'm going to walk around the palace."
Liu Yun met Zhu Rong, she puffed out her mouth, "Daddy said that he had ordered you to take good care of me, hum, big liar!" ”
Liu Jiu blocked her way, and said with a smile: "Miss Liu, our young master has something to tell you." ”
The gentleman probably knew that I was lying to her, but how did the gentleman send her the letter............ Zhu Yu was not annoyed, and said with a smile: "Miss Liu, what are you doing here?" ”
Liu Yun was stopped, her pretty face was ashamed, and she had to secretly beg Zhu Yu to let her go, "My eldest brother went to Jiangning County to teach at the social school, and I came to see him off." ”
Zhu Yuanzhang was the most executive emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
Words must be believed, deeds must be fruitful, his decree must go down, we must see the results, the imperial court has implemented county studies and social studies, the nearest is the states and counties of Nanjing at the foot of the Son of Heaven.
"Liu Lian went to Jiangyuan County to teach, probably to facilitate the care of Mr."
Zhu Yu thought to himself.
After Liu Yun finished speaking, he turned his head and left, and Zhu Rong didn't chase after him, but said: "Gu just came back from Jiangning County." ”
Liu Yun turned her head and looked at Zhu Rong, "How is my father?" ”
Zhu Yu stretched out his hand, and Liu Jiu next to him handed over a package, and he handed the package to Liu Yun, "This is given to you by Lone." ”
"I... I don't want to. ”
"Do you want to know about Mr.?"
"Want to ......"
"Then you put this garment on, let Lone see it, and Lone will tell you."
Liu Yun's nose was sour, looking at Zhu Yu, the tears in her eyes gradually emerged, Daddy was right, King Qi was really a villain!
Zhu Yu felt that Liu Yun was good everywhere, but he inherited his father's same temperament, but this temperament was unique in a girl.
He just gave her a dress to make up for the court's guilt towards Liu Ji, but she categorically refused.
In this way, on Chang'an Avenue, Liu Yun is in front and Zhu Rong is in the back.
Back at Liu's house, Liu Yun changed into a precious, light cyan silk light dress, and her appearance rose a few grades, and she was clean and refined.
Zhu Yu looked at it for a long time.
"You... Can you tell me now? ”
"Your dad is very good."
Liu Yun was stunned, looked at Zhu Yu's departing back, stomped her feet in anger, and clenched her little fist.
……
In the Temple of Fengtian.
Zhu Yuanzhang listened to Mao Xiang's report, and looked thoughtful, in his opinion, Zhu Rong's behavior was just a young and frivolous son running to the head of a local official and pointing out the country indiscriminately.
The court has been smelting bitter iron tools for a long time, and Zhu Yuanzhang's mood at this time is very contradictory, although he doesn't believe it, he looks forward to auspicious things.
"Father, my son-in-law heard that the northern military preparations are in an emergency?"
Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Yuanzhang.
The royal family of the Yuan Dynasty was driven into the grassland by Zhu Yuanzhang, they were used to idleness, and they made a living by plundering the borderlands.
At the moment, guarding the north is the right Cheng of Zhongshu Province, the most courageous general of the imperial court, Xu Da!
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Biao and handed him a look that was indeed true, "How many soldiers and armor did you bring back when you went to Jiangxi Jinxian this time?" ”
"There are 260,000 catties of iron."
"When will it be shipped to the capital?"
"Each cart can only transport more than 1,300 catties, which consumes a lot of horses and labor, and the burden of tea and food along the way is very heavy, so I dare not enslave too many people, and it is estimated that it will take half a month."
"Spread our will, the price of the car shall not exceed three or five dollars." Zhu Yuanzhang picked up a book of sparse music from the imperial case and handed it to Zhu Biao: "Look at it, Xu Da passed it back." ”
After Zhu Yuanzhang drove the Yuan Dynasty royal family out of the Central Plains, they did not stop invading the border and tried to recapture the country.
The Tartars did not receive a Confucian education, and they would not be like the Tang and Song dynasties, once the country was ruined and the family was destroyed, the courtiers would be loyal to the death and never survive.
Tartars won't!
They will live in humiliation, and when the right moment comes, they will kill all their adult enemies, take possession of their wives and concubines, enslave their sons, enjoy their possessions, and take revenge!
And in the process, no matter what humiliation they encounter, they will grit their teeth and live stoically.
If you go north, you can escape into the grassland, and if you go north, you can escape westward along the territory, which also makes Zhu Yuanzhang see clearly that it is very difficult to purge the Northern Yuan Dynasty on the grassland!
Therefore, he adopted a strategy of focusing on defense, repairing the city, and keeping it on guard, so that the people could rest and recuperate.
"My father has been urging to speed up the transportation of pig iron, is he trying to use troops against the north?"
Zhu Biao finished reading Xu Da's recital and said with a sigh.
"The people of the north are miserable, we have endured it for a long time, it's time to hit them! Summoning Li'er and Di'er, we want to see them! ”
Not long after, two handsome young men walked into the Fengtian Temple, more than six feet long and wearing dark civilian clothes.
"Father!"
Zhu Di and Zhu Li bowed together.
Zhu Yuanzhang had a straight face, he was very strict with the education of these two sons, and when he was a teenager, he went to the school field specially opened for the kings in Fengyang, the central capital, to conduct military drills.
Among these sons, Zhu Yuanzhang could see at a glance who could fight.
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his two sons with a serious face, "We are going to send troops to the Northern Yuan and send the two of you to the north, you must see clearly how Xu Da uses troops!" ”
Xu Da is the most powerful general in the world, good at commanding large-scale team battles, and good at running, he is more versatile than Chang Yuchun, even if he is a famous Hongwu Dynasty, he is worthy of the head of all generals!
"Di'er knows!"
"Li'er knows!"
Zhu Li and Zhu Di hugged their fists and agreed, their faces excited.
This time I went to the north to join the army, which was different from the exercise in Fengyang, the central capital, because the road was far away, and the enemy would not care about the identity of the vassal king, which was quite dangerous.
Zhu Yuanzhang only selected two people, the two people he relied on the most.
When Zhu Yu heard the news, he was not surprised at all, knowing that the imperial court had specially ordered to smelt 400,000 catties of iron in the Jinxian Iron Smelting Field, he knew that the northern border was going to touch it.
Since the beginning of the dynasty, the border friction between the Ming Dynasty and the Northern Yuan Dynasty has always been continuous.
It's just that the scale is too small, dozens of people, or hundreds, it can't be called a battle, and the people don't know about it, but the court has a sparse piece to pass it back.
Zhu Yan felt a little lost in her heart.
Xu Da, Feng Sheng, Deng Yu, Fu Youde, these fierce generals are assisted, and there is basically no possibility of failure in this expedition, as long as they go out on the expedition, they can receive military merits.
At this time, outside the Xuanwu Gate, Zhu Li and Zhu Di put on their battle armor and sat on their war horses, their faces solemn.
Zhu Biao led the young princes to see them off.
Zhu Gui, the king of Xiaotan, walked under Zhu Di's horse and held his little head high, "Fourth brother, I heard that there is mutton to eat outside the Saiwai, can you take me there?" ”
Zhu Di laughed, sometimes he would be as strict as Zhu Yuanzhang with his younger brothers, and sometimes he would treat them as leniently as Zhu Biao.
"Are you afraid of Daddy's spanking?"
When little Zhu Zi heard this, he ran to Zhu Biao, hugged his legs, and looked at his brother in fear.
"What a coward!"
Zhu Di couldn't help but snort.
It is not only Zhu Rong who is lost, but also Zhu Rong, who is Zhu Yuanzhang's second son, but Zhu Yuanzhang sent two younger brothers and did not choose him.
Zhu Fan's face naturally couldn't hold it, he just stood silently.
Zhu Rong handed Zhu Li a package and said with some envy: "Second brother, this is the dim sum I stole in the dining room, you can keep it for eating on the way." ”
Zhu Li is a hobby, eating.
He took out a piece of dim sum and stuffed it into his mouth, and said vaguely: "Seventh brother, you have to listen to the teachings of the masters in the palace, the second brother doesn't know when he will return, and he can't bless you." ”
"Hmm."
Zhu Yu nodded.
His second brother is a bit like Chang Yuchun, he doesn't accept anyone when he meets him, once he decides that he is good for you, he will be dead.
is the complete opposite of Zhu Di.
In the end, Zhu Biao looked at the backs of the two, and finally advised: "Remember your father's advice, don't be reckless." ”