Shangjing, Zhu Mansion

"As long as it is where Chu Zhongwu goes, it must be a chicken flying and a dog jumping."

"He just returned to the capital, and in less than two days, so many things have happened."

"A sixteen-year-old general, truly unique."

"In this Manchu Dynasty, no one dares to give an opinion."

"The prime minister of the cow monk took the lead, the six Shangshu Qi claimed praise, the queen mother agreed, and even General Dou took the initiative to say that he wanted to return to his hometown."

"Qinghou, are you convinced now?"

Zhu Xingxiu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, drank a cup of tea and said slowly.

His son, Zhu Qinghou, a saint of the Supreme Benevolence Academy, bowed his head and said.

"The child doesn't dare to disagree."

"It's just that my father said that Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind."

"He's not Muxiu, he's a sacred tree."

"How can the rules of mortals be applied to him?"

"Qinghou, that's not how books are read."

Zhu Xingxiu took advantage of Yaxing to talk to his son about the way of reading by the way.

"Every rule has an object to adapt."

"As the saying goes, if you can't punish a doctor, you can't give a courtesy."

"The criminal law is used to deal with the ordinary people, and you don't expect the people to talk to you about anything."

"In the same way, even if it is a legalist, it is said that a prince who violates the law is guilty of the same crime as the common people."

"Is this telling you that the prince also has to confess?"

"Wrong, it is to tell you that in the heart of the Legalists, only the Son of Heaven can be exempted from all rules."

"The Son of Heaven is supreme, and even the crown prince is equal to the common people in front of him."

"Now Chu Zhongwu is the first person in the Shenwu Dynasty, and even the first person in the world."

"If the Martial Dao Holy Land doesn't make a move, he will really [give it to one person]."

"He is willing to tell you the rules, that is because he is of high character."

"Wait a minute, you go tell the storyteller in the teahouse, let them pay attention, even if it is about the romance of Lord Zhongwu, you must pay attention to the scale."

"Treat Chu Zhongwu like the Son of Heaven."

Zhu Xingxiu commanded lightly.

"I see, Father."

Zhu Qinghou hurriedly agreed, he felt much better now.

If it was just that he was suppressed by Chu Qianqiu, he would still feel very bad, and now that he found that everyone was suppressed, it would be fine.

However, Zhu Qinghou has another question:

"What are we going to do, Father?"

"Do nothing."

"The Zhu family is in charge of the sacrifice, and they make red and white ceremonies for people, who will embarrass a master of ceremonies?"

"Look at you, you can still stay in Shangjing safe and sound, while Xu Shi'an has to flee all the way to Haizhou to avoid the limelight."

"This is where the father is more clever than Xu Guogong."

Zhu Xingxiu said very indifferently.

"Then father, you said that the Xu Kingdom Guild would not take refuge in King Jing?" Zhu Qinghou took a deep breath and said his guess.

As a saint of the Supreme Virtue Academy, he is naturally not stupid, and his political sense is also very sensitive.

"You've really grown a bit, and that's a good point."

Zhu Xingxiu's eyes showed a fine light.

"This time, the Empress Dowager and Her Majesty the Empress made a blood alliance between the Shence Army and the Shenwei Army."

"Through the position of the great general, the imperial court further stabilized the relationship with Chu Zhongwu."

"Just like the alliance between the Queen Mother and the Prime Minister in the past."

"Now Her Majesty's womb child, anyone with a discerning eye knows that it is Chu Zhongwu's child, as long as Chu Zhongwu has no intention of becoming the emperor himself, then he is the most reliable helper of the royal family."

"What's more, General Dou's age has also arrived, and the leader of the Shence Army has been replaced by Chu Zhongwu, the two major field armies."

"It's glad you can see that, for the Father."

"Then what measures does the Xu Guo Guild take?" Zhu Qinghou asked a little nervously.

"I don't know."

"Who would have thought that a small Ministry of Works, Gai Ying, would put the Duke of Xu in such a difficult situation as it is today?"

"We just have to watch the show."

Zhu Xingxiu smiled and said, he likes to stay in the Ministry of Rites, the benefits are not enough, but there are also a lot, and it is very safe.

"Are we just going to watch the situation unfold?"

Zhu Qinghou still said with some embarrassment.

He will be young next year, but he wants to watch his peers show their talents, but he has no chance to perform.

"If you want to behave a little, say to Lord Chungmu for your father, and let you follow him."

"I'm going to follow him?"

"What, aren't you happy?"

"No, it's just my father, in this case, wouldn't the pattern of the Zhu family's neutrality have changed."

Zhu Qinghou has no opinion on Chu Qianqiu now, and he doesn't dare to have an opinion.

It's just that his father actually wanted to send him to Chu Zhongwu's side.

Is he so unoptimistic about King Jing?

"You can take that into account, it's really grown."

"For my father to let you go to assist Lord Zhongwu, you can only do two things."

"What two things?"

Zhu Qinghou hurriedly asked.

"First, I am responsible for the etiquette of the General's Mansion and serve him as the master of ceremonies."

"Now Lord Zhongwu is going to become a general, and the general's mansion must have laws and prestige, and someone needs to be responsible for etiquette."

"You see, General Chu has a lot of wives, and someone needs to hold a wedding for him."

"The other is to do manual work, if there is anything that needs to be done, you have to do it as much as you can, and be an entourage for him."

"Don't do anything else."

Zhu Xingxiu didn't have a smile on his face, and said extremely seriously.

When Zhu Qinghou heard this, his blood suddenly surged.

What, I'll hold a wedding for Chu Qianqiu.

If Xu Zishuang marries Chu Qianqiu, I will also send them into the cave room, which is too shameful.

"If you don't agree, don't go."

"Sakyamuni has ten disciples, and the Confucian saint has seventy-two sages, and these disciples are all famous in history by following the saints."

"Do you understand?"

"Father, I understand."

Zhu Qinghou thought about it, did he have anything to do with Xu Zishuang?

It doesn't really matter.

And if he takes refuge in Chu Zhongwu, he will have the opportunity to figure out how the other party has grown into a generation of giants in the future.

He is not willing to be so ordinary.

If there is a chance to follow someone like Chu Qianqiu, even if it is just to study on the side, there is a chance for him to go further.

"Then you can go."

……

Shangjing, Chungmu

After the news came out that Chu Qianqiu might be the general of the Shence Army, there were more visitors, and as for King Jing's performance of his old mother's death in Shangjing, no one cared about it anymore.

It's better to talk about the nobles in Beijing, they first went to Jingwang's Mansion to cry, and cried more sadly than their own mother, and then they came to Zhongwu Mansion with generous gifts to congratulate Chu Qianqiu on his appointment as a general.

Chu Qianqiu received the guests one by one.

Until Zhu Qinghou arrived, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Brother Zhu wants to come to Chu?"

"I can't ask for it."

Chu Qianqiu's enthusiasm was beyond Zhu Qinghou's imagination, and he suddenly felt that he was too ashamed.

"Lord Chungmu, no, General."

"Eh, what's the name of the general, it's too raw."

"It just so happens that I have a divine beast that I want to bring to the sea in Yuzhou, so I will ask Brother Zhu."

The Xuanwu Divine Beast was very fat and heavy, and he couldn't fly by himself, so someone had to carry it and fly with him.

He was wondering what to do when someone came to the door.

"Huh?"

Zhu Qinghou never expected that his first task was to take care of the divine beast.

"As long as Brother Zhu takes over, I will be relieved."

"We'll see you in Yuzhou."

General, you wait.

(End of chapter)