The rain was pouring down, and there was no sign of absence.

The Forbidden City is low-lying, the moat has overflowed, and the pavement in the palace is beginning to show signs of waterlogging.

The palace people wore robes and carried sandbags to build a temporary separation zone on the side of the road. Prevent culverts from backing up onto the road.

The pure army carried the royal chariot and struggled on the road that flooded the calves.

In the slightly swaying sedan chair, the emperor and the crown prince did not care about the danger outside, because there were more dangerous situations waiting for them ahead.

"In fact, if the fourth brother doesn't shoot this shot, there will be big trouble tomorrow morning." Zhu Yuanzhang was so sad that he pouted his teeth.

"Yes, I heard that the hundred officials will jointly sign a table, asking the father to severely punish the fourth child, and issue an order to ban such behavior forever, otherwise they will resign collectively." The prince's good relationship with civil officials allowed him to get the latest news as soon as possible.

"Of course, it is also very likely that they deliberately leaked it to Erchen to put pressure on us in this way."

"Pressuring?" Zhu Yuanzhang sneered, full of murderous intent. "Let's see that they have lost their minds, how many people have we changed to the imperial court? Are they still missing? ”

"But Father, this time it's still quite tricky." The prince said helplessly: "After all, this time we are the first to lose, what if it is really stiff, and no one wants to come out to be an official in the future?" ”

"Impossible, three-legged toads are hard to find, two-legged people are running all over the ground." Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "It's a big deal that the students of the country will graduate early and take office collectively!" ”

"Isn't that messy, they are still students, and they know how to govern the country." The prince smiled bitterly: "The court must be paralyzed. ”

"It's not that serious, Xiucai's rebellion has not been successful for ten years, and we have a way to force those civil officials to submit - it's a big deal to put shackles on them and let them work. If they can't finish their errands, they won't be fed, and if they do something wrong, they will cut off a finger to ensure that they obey properly. ”

"So let's not be too bad about the civil servants making trouble." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said: "Alas, in fact, what we are worried about is that this time, those generals will also follow the coaxing of the seedlings - now it seems that not only Zhongshu Province, but even the Dadu Governor's Mansion has a tendency to be big." ”

"Alas......" the prince sighed as well. In the past, it was either civil officials or military generals, and the two gangs were incompatible, and they would even tear each other down.

The biggest difference between this time and the previous one is that the military generals take the lead, the civil officials beat the side drums, and the civil and military cooperate. That's why my father is worried like this.

"If only Uncle Deng were here." The prince sighed again.

"yes." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, irritably ripped open his collar and said: "It would be nice if Deng Yu was here, he is the purest soldier, and he has never known that orders are forbidden." Then Feng Sheng's mind is much more complicated, even if he becomes our in-laws, he has not completely broken off with that side. ”

"There's no way around it." The prince said softly. The father is too strong.

"Yes, he was born in Huaixi, and he can rely on a group of old brothers to help him today, how can he isolate himself from Huaixi? But even your cousin ......" Zhu Yuanzhang was frustrated.

"There is no doubt about my cousin's loyalty." The prince was shocked. My father's suspicion is too serious, why is even my cousin worried?

"Yes, of course, there is no need to doubt it." Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed with a touch of disappointment and said: "But Bao'er also fiercely opposes the Minister of Surveillance, originally that matter, we wanted him to do it, he is much more experienced than the old four raw melons and eggs, and he will definitely not let the family upset the old bottom."

"But he resolutely refused, so we slapped the table with him and didn't do anything." Zhu Yuanzhang said depressedly: "No way, let's let the fourth child take care of it, and the result is like this......"

"That's right." Only then did the crown prince understand that his father was worried that his cousin would be on the side of the minister, and the blow to his father's prestige would be too great. "Later, my cousin will also come to the banquet, and I will talk to him alone so that he will not be taken advantage of."

"Well, let's talk." Zhu Yuanzhang closed his eyes tiredly and said slowly: "Son, did you see it?" It is difficult to start a business, and it is even more difficult to keep a business. This is true. ”

"Yes, when starting a business, everyone thinks in one place and strives in one place." The prince has experienced it himself, and said with emotion: "When you keep your business, everyone wants different things, and your thoughts are naturally different. ”

"Yes, I have a different idea, so I can only act separately." Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "In the end, either they shared our heads, or we shared their heads......"

"Daddy......" The prince almost choked to death with saliva, and said speechlessly: "This split action turns out to be like this." ”

"So what do you think it means?" Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "However, the southwest has not yet been appeased, and I don't know what difficulties I will encounter when I recover Yunnan, and it is not yet time to start killing......"

"They just saw this moment and knew that we couldn't do anything to them at this time." Zhu Yuanzhang punched the car wall with an angry fist and said:

"I can only kill the chickens and monkeys first, and let them be honest for a while!"

"Then let's not fight Yunnan first, and solve the internal troubles thoroughly. Anyway, the southwest has been dragging on for so many years, and it will not be bad if it is two years late. The prince said softly.

In fact, he also wanted to say that Hu Weiyong's party has today's arrogance and presumptuousness, which is inseparable from his father's connivance with the Hu party, especially Hu Weiyong.

But since his father has made up his mind to change, there is no need to block him anymore.

"Wrong. Yunnan still has to fight, and it is necessary to prepare with great fanfare, and offer the highest reward - the one who recovers Yunnan is the prince of the country! Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head categorically and said in a deep voice:

"You still don't know about those uncles? For them, there is nothing to fight for. It's just that the eggs hurt all day long, so I followed Hu Weiyong's gang to fool around. Once there is a big fight, it is like a dog seeing a bone, smelling the smell and running over, lest it have no share of its own. ”

"Dad's words, it's really ...... The words are not rough. The prince couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Neither father nor son said who the chicken was, but they both knew who the bird was.

But the bird didn't know that he was a chicken......

~~

The imperial chariot fell steadily in front of Kunning Palace.

"Give me a hand." Zhu Yuanzhang got up or didn't get up. "The old problem is happening again."

On a rainy day, he had severe knee arthritis.

The prince hurriedly stepped forward to help his father.

Zhu Yuanzhang got up with his hand on the prince's shoulder, and sighed: "You're right, Dad is old." ”

"Dad, you know what I mean......" The prince said softly.

"Yes." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "But it's true that the years are not forgiving, Dad has to take advantage of the fact that it's okay and do everything we need to do, and we can't leave the trouble to our children and grandchildren." ”

"Yes, if some problems are not solved now, they will have to be solved at a tenfold and hundredfold cost in the future, or even never be solved." The prince nodded.

"It's just that in this way, the burden on your shoulders is too heavy, can you withstand it?" Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at his eldest son with pity.

"Yes." The prince nodded with a serious expression. "Erchen can't support himself alone, but fortunately, he still has good brothers."

"Yes, 'fight tiger brothers, go into battle father and son soldiers', let's talk about our family." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled with relief: "Get out of the car, finish eating early and go back early to see those two resentful seeds." ”

"Hey." The crown prince responded and helped his father to get off the throne.

(End of chapter)