The emperor drove the expedition in person, and this matter was nothing new to the Ming Dynasty.

Needless to say, Emperor Taizu Gao, the Ming Dynasty was established by others, and they must have been on the battlefield, and they were fought from the grassroots little by little.

The second emperor of the Ming Dynasty (actually the third, but the Jianwen Dynasty was not recognized during the Yongle Dynasty), and the Taizong Emperor Zhu Di also drove the expedition in person, and returned with a great victory.

The reign of Emperor Hongxi, the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was too short to be counted for the time being.

Emperor Xuande, the fourth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, drove a personal expedition in the last year of his reign, and although he was killed, he also repelled Wara.

Now, the fifth emperor of the Ming Dynasty is also going to drive the expedition in person, and it stands to reason that the people should have been used to this matter for a long time, after all, this kind of thing has happened three times in less than forty years.

But in reality, the reaction of the people was far more drastic than expected.

Why did the people of the Central Plains prefer the orthodox emperor to Zhu Zhanyan? Obviously, Zhu Zhanqi's achievements are higher, and his contribution to the Ming Dynasty is also greater.

In the final analysis, it is not that the people of this era do not have the so-called concept of the country and the nation, or this concept is far less profound than that of later generations, so that they have no empathy for the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, what they are against is not Zhu Zhanqi, but all the emperors who will bring them war.

When the news spread that the orthodox emperor was going to drive the imperial expedition, people suddenly found that it seemed that since the departure of King Wu, their life was not as good as day by day.

When King Wu was in Shuntian, the life of the people was not to say that they lived and worked in peace and contentment, but at least they were free of hunger, although they were worried about going to the battlefield, but in fact?

Zhu Zhanyan has been fighting abroad for nearly 20 years, and he has never used a single soldier of the imperial court from beginning to end, and all of them are soldiers from the Wusi Zangdu Division and A San of Nanzhou Mansion.

Twenty years, how many twenty years are there in a person's life? And now?

The emperor has only just taken over power for more than ten years, and they not only have to go to the battlefield, but also face the oppression of those corrupt Confucians in the past, and the number of corrupt officials and profiteers is significantly higher than that of King Wu when he was in Shuntian.

At this time, people realized that what they had always hated was actually their protective umbrella.

……

Xiangzhou Mansion, Wu Palace.

Zhu Gaoxu is sixty-four years old this year, which is already considered an advanced age in this era, and now he rarely interferes in political affairs, and all matters have been handed over to his eldest son, Zhu Zhanyan.

As for how Zhu Zhanyan distributes it, he doesn't care, because he believes that his son is far better than himself and can handle anything better.

Now Zhu Gaoxu, every day is either to enjoy the flowers and tease the birds, or to accompany the eldest grandson, or to urge his sons to hurry up and scatter the leaves, because there are only two third generations in the line of King Wu until now.

One is Zhu Zhanqi's son Zhu Qiming, and the other is Zhu Zhanqi's son Zhu Qifeng.

However, Zhu Gaoxu, who had not met officials and soldiers in the palace of King Wu for more than ten years, met with a person today.

Zhu Lin.

……

"Dad, isn't that Zhu Lin?"

When Zhu Lin left, Zhu Zhan Yan happened to come to find his father, and when he saw Zhu Lin leaving, he couldn't help but ask strangely.

"Hmm." Zhu Gaoxu's heart was sudden, but he still replied casually.

"What did he come to you for? How many years has he not been your bodyguard? It must have been seven or eight years, right? ”

Because he didn't think about it, Zhu Zhanyan didn't notice his father's abnormality, but just habitually chatted with his father in a homely manner.

Zhu Lin, one of Zhu Gaoxu's guards, was selected from the army when Emperor Taizong was martyred in Fengtianjing, but the purpose of the original selection was not to be a guard, but to form a forward for fighting, which can also be said to be a death squad.

Later, Zhu Lin was selected by Zhu Gaoxu as an escort because of his bravery.

Later, Zhu Lin's two sons, Zhu Ling and Zhu Ping, became Zhu Zhan's guards.

"You still have the face to say?" Seeing that his son didn't find anything wrong, Zhu Gaoxu's tone suddenly relaxed a lot.

"How old is your son? Thirteen years old! Have you ever considered Zhu Ling and Zhu Ping? ”

"Zhu Lin has only two sons in the family, and after the Jingjing, they all asked me to come to you as a personal guard, and this guard is more than 30 years."

"You're okay, although it's only one, but you have a son, but do you also have to think about Zhu Ling and Zhu Ping?"

"Do you still lack trustworthy people? There's no shortage of it, right? ”

"Besides, even if it's lacking, it won't be enough to hold on to others, at least let people leave a queen for their families, right? You can't let Zhu Lin have two generations and three people, and even the heirs of our family will be extinct, right? ”

"Uh......"

Zhu Zhanyan was speechless.

This matter is indeed something he owes to consider, for so many years, whether it was with Emperor Taizong in the northern expedition to the grassland, or in the south to Jiaozhi, in the east to conquer the Wa Kingdom, or even to the west to conquer the Timurid Empire and Europe, Zhu Ling and Zhu Ping are his personal guards.

It can be said that Zhu Ling and Zhu Ping have completely witnessed the process of climbing from the trough to the peak, then falling down the trough, and finally getting up again.

is used to employing people, so that Zhu Zhanyan is also accustomed to the existence of Zhu Ling and Zhu Ping, so that he forgets that Zhu Ling and Zhu Ping have no heirs until now, and they have not even started a family.

"This matter is something that the child owes to consider, wait for this time to come back, I will arrange this matter after I come back, and personally advise them on marriage."

Zhu Zhanyan felt that what his father said was reasonable, no matter what, in the context of this era, at least he had to let the family leave a queen.

"Come back?" Zhu Gaoxu became upset when he heard this.

"I know you've started to get the household and military departments to call for food and weapons, what are you going to do this time? Won't you stop halfway through? ”

"I don't know, but most likely not." Zhu Zhanyan shrugged his shoulders when he heard this.

Although he has never relaxed over the years, he is also clear about the every move of the eldest nephew emperor, but for the current eldest nephew, is it still not the castle sect in history? Zhu Zhanyan couldn't be sure.

What he can be sure of is that his eldest nephew is not an excellent emperor, and if he is good enough, then Da Ming will not be in this predicament now.

Frequent civil strife and frequent disasters, and at the same time, it also gave the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and Warat more than ten years of recuperation, which made the vicious dog of the steppe fight again, and has united the seven guards of Kansai and approached Liangzhou.

What is the result of his eldest nephew's royal driving expedition this time? Will it be captured as it was in history?

Zhu Zhanyan didn't know, but according to the news he got and according to the arrangement of his eldest nephew, I am afraid that the result of this battle will not be very good.

The reason is very simple, the pillar of the Ming military generals, the old baby Zhang Fu who has gone through Yongle, Hongxi, Xuande and the orthodox four dynasties, although Zhu Qizhen ordered him to accompany the expedition, but he was not allowed to participate in any military politics.

(End of chapter)