On that day, no one knew what Zhu Gaochi said to his nephew Zhu Zhanyan, not even the accompanying guards.

The only thing the outside world knows is that both sides seemed to be in a good mood when they left.

After returning to the palace, Zhu Gaochi only explained some things to his son, but didn't say anything else, while Zhu Zhanchi was interrogated by his father after returning home, but he didn't say anything.

If you don't answer the question, it's over.

In the eighth year of Yongle, the first day of February.

Adjacent to the Yangtze River, Yingtianhuang City has the most developed and fastest mode of transportation in this era.

But today, the Yangtze River has another responsibility.

"You are the crown prince, and after I leave, you should take on the responsibility of supervising the country." Standing on the Yingtian pier, Zhu Di looked at the eldest son in front of him, and his tone was somewhat emotional.

"It's a long way to go, I don't know when I'll be able to return, but with Huang Huai, Xie Jin and others, I can be considered at ease, in addition to Xia Yuanji is also a good hand, if there is something difficult to decide, you can ask him more."

"The sons and daughters obey the teachings of their father." Zhu Gaochi lowered his head and bowed to the old man.

The Zhu family may be the most humane royal family, on weekdays in private, Zhu Di never calls himself me, and Zhu Gaochi never calls himself Lonely, using the most commonly used titles in ordinary people's homes.

But again, when they use the official name, it proves to be the most serious occasion.

"That's it!" Zhu Di patted his eldest son's shoulder, put away the emotions that belonged to his father, and showed the momentum of the emperor.

"It's not the first time I've left Yingtian, and it's not the first time you've been in charge of the country, so there's no need to nag."

"Zhan Ji and Zhan Yan have taken it away, and I will definitely return it to you when the time comes, so that the crown princess will not blame me."

"Where's my father?" Zhu Gaochi lowered his head, unable to see his expression clearly, but he could feel it somewhat from his tone.

"Alright, almost!" Zhu Di slapped his eldest son on the shoulder, and randomly turned around and walked towards the treasure ship docked at the dock.

"Second and third! Come aboard with me! ”

"Yes!" ×2。

Zhu Zhanyan looked at the uncle who was still bowing his head down, then looked at the relatives of the soldiers who came to see him off in the distance, and then looked at the people who were watching the excitement in the farthest distance, and turned to board the boat.

Nine years...... No, it should be said that it has been ten years now, and he never thought that he would personally go to a place like the battlefield, even if only in the rear.

But this time he had to go, because he couldn't escape.

And not only to go, but also with his cousin, Zhu Zhanji, the historical Ming Xuanzong.

After the Yongle Emperor, who was the protagonist, boarded the ship, the fleet slowly moved and left Yingtian Pier.

Zhu Zhanyan did not go with the old man and them, but found an excuse to come to the bow of the boat, and he was only ten years old, and he could only look at the scenery outside through the lookout.

"What do you think?"

As soon as the front foot stopped, the back foot was disturbed, but Zhu Zhanyan didn't have a temper at all, because the person who came was his third uncle.

"My nephew has seen the third uncle." Zhu Zhanyan bowed honestly.

"This is an expedition, even if it is in the army, and the army does not talk about these false courtesies." Zhu Gaosui waved his hand and leaned on another lookout.

The treasure ship is very big, and the side of the ship is naturally very high, not to mention Zhu Zhanyi, a child who is just ten years old, even Zhu Gaosui, an adult, can't reach it.

"I just got on the boat, I looked preoccupied, I was not very old, but I had a lot of thoughts."

Leaning next to the lookout, Zhu Gaosui said casually with a face full of faces.

"What do you think, can you tell the third uncle?"

"It's nothing, just a word." Zhu Zhanyan shook his head and said what he thought, without any concealment, because there was no need to conceal it.

"If you want to buy osmanthus and carry wine, it will not be the same, and you will travel as a teenager."

"Hahaha......" Zhu Gaosui was stunned for a moment, but then slapped his legs and laughed.

"You kid with no hair, do you know what that means?"

"Of course you know." was not disturbed by the laughter of his third uncle, Zhu Zhanyan still had a calm face.

It's not like a ten-year-old.

"When I stepped on this ship, everything was no longer the way it used to be, and I would no longer have any other identity in the future, and there would be only one, that is, the prince of Han."

……

Zhu Gaosui's laughter stopped abruptly, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at Zhu Zhanqi quietly.

"Hiss......" Zhu Zhanyan didn't seem to feel the gaze of his third uncle at all, and tightened the big flick on his body.

"It's really cold in February, the third uncle is really good Yaxing, but I can't accompany my nephew."

After speaking, Zhu Zhanyan confessed to his third uncle, turned around and entered the cabin, and went to find the old man.

Before entering the cabin, Zhu Zhanyan tilted his head imperceptibly and glanced at his third uncle.

This world, this is complicated......

On the deck, except for the soldiers who came and went and the people who controlled the ships, only Zhu Gaosui stood quietly, his eyes narrowed slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

……

The march of the army was actually very slow, but this had nothing to do with Zhu Zhanyan, because the 500,000 army did not set off in Yingtianfu, in fact, there were more than 50,000 people who set off with the old man in Yingtianfu.

The rest were all transferred from the side of the border army, after all, it was impossible for Ying Tianfu to have a standing army of 500,000.

In addition, this time, the old man claimed to lead an army of 500,000, but in fact, less than half of the soldiers were actually used in the battle, only a little more than 170,000.

Most of the remaining 330,000 were people, responsible for some of the work of carrying and transporting supplies, and some of them were exaggerated and falsely reported.

This is very common, if it is really a real army of 500,000, Da Ming is afraid that he will not be able to hold on.

Going to the West, compiling the Yongle Grand Ceremony and moving the capital to Shuntian, no matter which one is a matter of burning money, and it is not a small money, although natural disasters in the early years of the Ming Dynasty are not as frequent as when the Xiaoice River period arrives later, but there are also a lot.

What's more, since the old man ascended the throne, there have been peasant uprisings almost every year, and Annan is also dragging it, so the Ming really can't afford an army of 500,000.

However, on the ninth day, Zhu Zhanyan stood at the dock of Shuntianfu.

He actually wanted to take a look at the future Forbidden City, but because the old man had already toured the north once last year, and this time he was on an expedition, he didn't stop here.

Hardly stopped, and on the tenth day of the second month, the army set off from Shuntianfu.

On the second day of the third month, the army had already reached Xinghe and fought with the three-way border army.

So far, the team of the Ming Dynasty's northern expedition has been preliminarily assembled, and the overall number has reached more than 300,000 people.

"Woo......"

A low horn sounded, and it seemed that the frequency of the vibration was in agreement with the human body, and Zhu Zhanyan, who was standing on the left side of the Dianjiang platform behind his father, felt his blood boiling.

Is this war?

Is this the invincible Ming army of the same era?

Is this the Ming who will live for decades in the future?