The night was thick, but Zhu Di was still working in the imperial study, lighting the green lantern, and fighting hard against the documents on the dragon case.

The emperor's errand can exhaust people, in the past, there was a prince to share the duties, and later it became the king of Qi to supervise the country, Zhu Di can be much more leisurely, and he can go to Jiming Temple to wander around if he has nothing to do. Now that King Qi has gone to the Northeast, only the old man is left.

"Tang Cheng."

"The slave is here."

Zhu Di corrected the fold and asked casually: "Too ...... Well, King Gan's side, still reluctant to go out? ”

"King Gan has been confined in the palace, and he said that as long as the Lord has a will, he can be a vassal at any time without delay." Tang Chengdao.

"That's ......" Zhu Di paused for holding the pen in his hand and said, "Since he is willing to stay in the palace, then stay in the palace, and when King Qi finishes the battle, he should almost be a vassal." ”

Now that Zhu Gaochi is staying in the capital, the remnants of the princelings in the capital are also looking at it, they always feel that Zhu Gaochi will not fall so easily, as long as King Qi is not crowned prince, as long as Zhu Gaochi does not become a vassal, then everything will still have a chance.

However, if King Qi destroys two kingdoms within ten months and returns to Beijing with his exploits, the pressure will be transferred to Zhu Gaochi's side.

Yes, you Zhu Gaochi have been the crown prince for so many years and have made a lot of contributions, but King Qi has already won three provinces for the Ming Dynasty, how can you compare the credit with King Qi's mansion?

Military merit is the most difficult and the easiest.

For ordinary people, it is really difficult to accumulate military merits, no matter how well you play the means of power and strategy, it will not help on the battlefield, an excellent politician does not mean that he is a qualified military strategist.

However, for people like King Qi, it is difficult to defeat the battle, and with the huge military merits accumulated from repeated victories, it is completely possible to convince the public.

If you wait for King Qi to return to Beijing, the princess will give birth to a son, if the daughter born is fine, if Princess Qi gives birth to a son, then it will undoubtedly be a disaster for Zhu Gaochi.

If King Qi had a son, then his only shortcoming would have disappeared.

"Tired."

Zhu Di closed his eyes lightly and leaned back in the chair, allowing his tired body to take a short rest.

Seeing this, Tang Cheng tiptoed out of the room, trying not to make a sound.

After walking out of the imperial study, he called the eunuch on duty on the side, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty is going to rest in the imperial study, let the little eunuchs and little palace maids who are working here sew their mouths and make a little noise, disturbing the Lord of Long Live Lord, we want to let your little head disappear before the night." ”

Since Empress Xu's death, the emperor's residence every night is not fixed, and he often batches folds in the imperial study until late at night, so he falls asleep casually.

The palace was silent at night, and Zhu Di was lying on the couch in the imperial study, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

In his mind, there is always a familiar woman's back flashing, which seems to be close at hand, but it seems to be separated by the sky, which is a desperate distance, called "life and death".

In the end, the old man gave up the struggle, got up from the bed, and continued to sit in front of the dragon case to prepare for the office, but when he saw the excerpt, he felt upset and didn't want to pick up the pen for correction.

Zhu Di hesitated for a long time, as if he had made up his mind, took out a picture scroll that had been dusty for a long time from the cabinet, slowly opened it, and hung it on the wall. Sitting on the opposite side of the scroll, he looked at the portrait obsessively, with reminiscence, nostalgia, sadness, and more lovesickness for his beloved.

The painting is painted with a beauty, graceful and luxurious, dignified and elegant, with a phoenix crown and a xiaxia veil, delicate lines and danqing, outlining the face of the beauty, and the eyes contain the gentleness of flowing clouds.

- Zhu Di's wife, Empress Xu.

After Empress Xu, the emperor dressed her in white clothes for a whole year, and Yongle never reinstated the queen.

"I miss you so much, sometimes, I can't wait to see you immediately, but when I think of what to do with this Ming after I leave, I can only stay in this world."

Zhu Di held his forehead and muttered to himself, "Our baby has also grown up, do you remember the fourth, he is not the tame and harmless child he was now, he is now the pillar of Daming, after I left, Daming is counting on this kid." ”

"At the beginning, I hated him because his personality really didn't get along with me, he was too gentle, why was such a gentle child born in the royal family. And after you're gone, I hate him even more. ”

"Because...... He looks so similar to you that sometimes I can't even tell whether he is King Qi or you have come to see me. ”

"It's funny, the fourth child I was the least optimistic about back then, but now it has become the hope of the future of the Ming Dynasty."

"He's fighting in the Northeast now, and when he comes back, I'll take him to see you, okay?"

"Why don't you answer me? Queen, I miss you so much, I miss you so much...... I'd love to hear your voice again. ”

Zhu Di felt his cheeks cold and moist, and after sliding to his lips, he tasted the bitterness in his mouth.

"Is it tears, how can I shed tears?"

When you become an emperor, you can't cry anymore.

He is stronger than anyone else, more deceitful than anyone else, more cruel than anyone else.

However, to this day, Zhu Di still can't hold back the moistness in the corners of his eyes.

The huge emptiness and sadness filled his heart, bringing endless loneliness, as if he was holding a small boat alone, floating on the boundless sea, empty at a glance, and there was nothing left in this world except himself.

"Queen, I won't let you wait too long."

Zhu Di said in a low voice, "When I finish doing this side of the world, I will go to you." ”

……

"Come!"

"Ten more!"

"I'm going to hit ten at a time!"

On the school field of the Liaodong Army camp, Zhu Gaoxian was shirtless, revealing his strong tendon meat, which was as hot as a steaming furnace in winter, and the sergeants in the school field hooked their fingers.

On the ground, seven or eight sergeants were already beaten to the ground, and they said to the other sergeants with ill intentions: "Then who, Lao Wu, aren't you usually awesome, come up and try your hand?" ”

"I can't beat it, I can't go, if I go up, I will be beaten, whoever likes to go will go."

"What's the matter, why aren't you awesome, cowardly?"

"Fuck off!"

Liu Rong was stunned as he watched from the sidelines: "This Prince Qi, is he usually so heroic in the military camp?" ”

Lu Chaoyang said with a smile on the side: "When the prince was in the capital, he often went to Songlu Mountain to train soldiers and learn martial arts with the sergeants. ”

Liu Rong said with emotion: "Lord Qi's training method, I can't learn it." ”

How can one person single-handedly beat down twenty soldiers in the army?

When the two were talking, Zhu Gaoxian had already knocked down ten more fierce men and walked to the side of the two.

Taking the white towel handed by Su Wen, he wiped off the sweat stains on his body that were steaming white and asked, "What are you talking about?" ”

Su Wen, who was extremely ruffian in the past, has now become a little secretary by his side, draping his fluffy fox fur on Zhu Gaoxian's shoulders.

"The last general and Lord Lu are sighing, Lord Wang, you are really brave, such a martial art is difficult to meet opponents, and it is not inferior to the overlord of Chu in the past." Liu Rong slapped his ass quietly.

"It's cold, this king came to the school to warm up, and by the way, move your muscles and bones." Zhu Gaoxian said.

When he was sparring with the sergeants, the strength of his hands was merciful, it seemed ferocious, but in fact it would not hurt the muscles and bones at all, and the sergeants who had been knocked over could continue to jump alive after lying down for a while.

In this way, it can not only invigorate the fighting spirit of the sergeants, but also make Zhu Gaoxian's prestige more humane in the army.

"It is said that the King of Han is brave, and he is a man on the battlefield, but compared with the King of Qi, what kind of courage is the King of Han, he is brave and has no strategy......"

The more Liu Rong spoke, the more energetic he became, and Zhu Gaoxian interrupted: "General Liu, don't say these words that are not conducive to unity." ”

"No matter how good the King of Han is, he will also have merit to the Ming Dynasty." Zhu Gaoxian is a posture of an old leader, "Only by being an official can we win the hearts of the people by using power impartially, we have to evaluate others objectively, General Liu is also a veteran, the court and the people have given us trust, and only when we are down-to-earth will we have a future like a cloud, you understand." ”

Liu Rong was in awe: "The lesson of the prince is that the last general will benefit a lot, and the prince's words are better than ten years of study." ”

Look, this is the pattern of Prince Qi!

As soon as he opened his mouth, it was the court and the people, and this pattern went up in a flash, even if he was not in agreement with the king of Han, he would maintain the bearing that the person in power should have, and it was no wonder that this king of Qi could kick the king of Han and the crown prince.

Zhu Gaoxian bowed his head slightly and patted Liu Rong's shoulder: "General Liu still has a lot of room for improvement, if it has been like this, according to this king, General Liu can still improve." ”

Liu Rong's eyelids jumped, and the emotions in his heart churned.

This "progress", how he does not understand what it means.

Liu Rong, the general soldier of Liaodong, is not within the rank, strictly speaking, he is a member of the first grade, because he also has the false title of "the right governor of the Chinese army", and he has gone to the extreme in his official career, but if he wants to "progress" further, it is not without room for improvement.

- Knighted.

Except for the founding era, it is difficult to be knighted, because the best way to be knighted is to have the merit of following the dragon, but Yongle has made many expeditions, which still creates the possibility of some knighthoods.

Liu Rong had such an opportunity: during the Battle of Jingyan, he repeatedly made military exploits, and his accumulated military merits were enough to be knighted, and the southern army was stationed in Suzhou at that time, accumulating food for long-term plans. Zhu Di was very worried, planned to cut off his grain route, and ordered Liu Rong to lead 3,000 people to go, but Liu Rong hesitated. Zhu Di was furious and wanted to behead him, but the generals kowtowed and pleaded for mercy before they were exempted. Later, he was judged to have crossed the river, because of his previous crimes, he was not sealed, but only awarded him the governor, although he was later promoted to the right governor of the Chinese army, but he was never knighted.

This incident has always made Liu Rong angry, he is only a line away from the knighthood, but this line is far enough to make people desperate, so he has been actively expressing himself in Liaodong over the years, wanting to break through this bottleneck by accumulating military merits.

In the Ming Dynasty, as long as it is not posthumously sealed, it is equivalent to earning an iron rice bowl with the same longevity as the country.

However, the emperor was very cautious when distributing this iron rice bowl, and Liu Rong was now starting to be anxious, as he grew older, he felt more and more that his time was getting less and less, and if he couldn't earn the title again, he was afraid that he would not have a chance in the future.

Now, however, he sees hope for "progress" again.

King Qi!

This time, King Qi is rushing to destroy the country, as long as he can get a certain amount of military merit in this battle to destroy the country, not to mention being an earl, it is possible to be a marquis!

However, the premise is that Zhu Gaoxian can acquiesce to Liu Rong's military exploits.

The commander of this battlefield is King Qi, how to divide military merits, in fact, it is a matter of his words, Zhu Gaoxian is a prince, he doesn't need military merits at all, as long as he can win this battle, even if all the military merits are given out, it will not affect him, what he needs is prestige and fame.

But the people below need military merits, and when King Qi divides military merits, he will naturally give priority to his own hands, and the big head must be given to Zheng He and Lu Chaoyang, why should it be given to Liu Rong?

"This king doesn't need you to play a brilliant performance, he only needs you to do one thing."

Zhu Gaoxian said with a little meaning, "The duty of a soldier is to obey military orders, you only need to obey orders quietly, what to do, you don't need me to teach you, when the battle is over, this king can guarantee that you will get what you want." ”

Liu Rong lowered his head, with joy on his face: "The last general understands!" ”

……

[Choose to simulate, Zhu Youzhen's life as an emperor. 】

When Zhu Gaoxian was in the northeast to fully pave the way for the war of annihilation, Zhu Di, who was located in the capital, hesitated for a long time, and finally made up his mind to simulate Zhu Youzhen's life as an emperor.

Every time he simulated the emperor of Zhu Gaochi's later generations, Zhu Di would hesitate for a long time, it was so fucking hurtful!

And this time, it was the last time he was willing to simulate.

He had a hunch that the simulation would be something he didn't want to see.

However, Zhu Di finally chose to accept the reality, life is like this, what you don't want to accept will flock to you, and what you want will gradually fade away.

Instead of blinding yourself, you should walk forward with your head held high, no matter how bumpy and difficult the road is.

Zhu Di comforted himself that he had come out of the original change of Tumubao, what could make him break the defense?

[On December 24, the 38th year of Wanli, you were born in Ciqing Palace in the Forbidden City, and you are the fifth son of the crown prince Zhu Changluo, and your name is Zhu Youzhen. 】

[Your mother, the lady Liu, was not favored, and when you were five years old, Liu died after being scolded by Zhu Changluo. After this, you were raised by two different concubines, and as an ordinary prince who was disliked by his father and grandfather, you were never taught how to be an emperor, and you were not supported by anyone. 】

[You, like your brother Zhu Youxiao, had a miserable childhood, and lived in gloomy darkness for the first half of the year, and this situation lasted until the year when your brother was terminally ill. 】

[On the dragon couch, my brother Emperor Zhu Youxiao's breath was weak, and he clenched your hand, and he said, "My brother...... When it is Yao Shun...... Daming ...... It's yours......"]

[Your brother, entrusting you with this crumbling empire, while your heart is hesitant. 】

[Take the empire handed over by your brother, you are likely to become the king of the fallen country, bear the infamy of the future generations, and there will be no peace after death. 】

[After hesitating for a long time, you still firmly agreed. 】

[I, Zhu Youzhen, want to follow the example of Zhu Gaoxian, the king of Qiwu back then, and try to save the sky! 】