In the twenty-fourth year, Zhu Wenzheng first descended to Xuling and other villages, got more than 5,000 people, and in the twenty-fifth year, he beheaded Deng Zhongqian, but he was suddenly dismissed from prison when he should have been rewarded.

"Look at it, look at it, what does that mean!" In King Wu's palace, Zhu Yuanzhang was holding a letter in his hand and pacing angrily. This is the secret report of Li Yingbing, the envoy of Jiangxi, which records the news that Zhu Wenzheng, the governor of the capital, secretly contacted Zhang Shicheng and wanted to defect.

"Lone is his own uncle!"

Yan Ling stood aside and listened to Zhu Yuanzhang's complaints.

"Rui Xuan, you say, why is this? What did Lone do wrong? ”

Of course, Yan Ling knew what the problem was.

The reason for this is the reward.

After the Battle of Poyang Lake, Zhu Wenzheng was undoubtedly in the forefront in terms of meritorious deeds, after all, without him to defend Hongdu, there would be no great victory in the future, so his merits are not the first, at least he should be the top batch, and the rewards are indispensable.

And maybe because it was because he was from his own family, Zhu Yuanzhang asked so directly:

"What official position do you want?"

Zhu Wenzheng's answer is very level:

"The ruler does not give a reward to the people first, but gives it to himself first, which cannot serve the people. Besides, uncle, you have achieved great things, so why should I worry that my nephew will not get rich? ”

The effect is very significant, Zhu Yuanzhang liked him more after listening to the words, and asked him to guard Jiangxi, but he really didn't give him a promotion, and he was still the governor of the capital.

The problem is that Zhu Wenzheng is just modest and modest! He is actually a very smart person, and what he means by saying this is to make Zhu Yuanzhang feel that he is sensible, and then give him a higher official position.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't hear it at all.

Now it's all right.

Although Zhu Wenzheng is very good at fighting, his own character flaws are also obvious, he actually has some violent factors, and his behavior in the early days of guarding Hongdu is not pretending, he is really good. Because he didn't get an official position, he was dissatisfied, so he expropriated and robbed the people's daughters in Jiangxi, and even slept on the bed with dragons and phoenixes! also told people bad things about Zhu Yuanzhang everywhere. The matter reached Zhu Yuanzhang's ears, and he sent someone to scold him, and now he was scared, so he wanted to surrender Zhang Shicheng.

In the final analysis, the reason is that Zhu Yuanzhang did not understand the sophistication of human feelings.

However, the question is, how did he tell Zhu Yuanzhang about this? said that your nephew was just polite before, who told you to take it seriously, it's all your fault?

I can't talk about it!

So he could only echo with a wry smile: "Xu is the result of being condemned by His Highness for his great achievements and arrogance. ”

"Smack"! Before Yan Ling finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang had already grabbed the porcelain bowl and fell to the ground:

"This brute! In the Battle of Poyang Lake, he has meritorious deeds, don't others have them? Why do others still do their jobs? ”

"Rui Xuan, you go and ask him for Gu, why is this!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed with light, and Yan Ling could see clearly, it was killing intent.

He didn't dare to stay any longer, for fear that if he took a few steps slower, Zhu Yuanzhang would change his mind and cut Zhu Wenzheng directly.

Yan Ling still has a good impression of Zhu Wenzheng, who has left a big name in history, such a generation of famous generals, and Yan Ling is also sorry for him.

"Why? What face did he have to ask me why! ”

In the damp and gloomy prison, Zhu Wen was roaring.

"Why! In the battle of Poyang Lake, everyone was promoted and rich, only me, or the governor of Nalaoshizi! Even Zhu Wenzhong, the person with a foreign surname, has been promoted all the way to get rich, and I, his own nephew, don't dare to ignore it! He really thought that if he changed his surname, he would be his son! ”

How dare Yan Ling take this! I can only keep saying: "The Governor of the Metropolis is cautious." ”

Zhu Wen is Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew. In the entire Western Wu, except for Zhu Yuanzhang's sons, there are only two people who are closest to him. One is nephew Zhu Wenzhong, and the other is him Zhu Wenzheng. And Zhu Wenzhong is a nephew after all, and his sister (that is, the eldest princess of Cao Guo, who was later posthumously crowned) has already married out, so it cannot be regarded as the Zhu family, so the entire Zhu family, in fact, is closest to Zhu Yuanzhang, is Zhu Wenzheng.

However, at this time, even Zhu Wenzhong has been promoted from a mere sheren to the right to be an envoy, although Zhu Wenzhong was said to be in the seventeenth year of Zhizheng, he led the troops for the first time at the age of nineteen, and made many military exploits, but Zhu Wenzheng had already made his debut when he attacked Jiqing that year, and attacked Changzhou, defended Hongdu, and fought Poyang in these years, Zhu Wenzhong was not as good as him in any case.

However, Zhu Wenzhong's official position has soared, although it is not as good as Zhu Wenzheng's "control of Chinese and foreign military", and can be called the first military general to be the governor of the capital (Chang Yuchun, Xu Da, and Yan Ling are all in Zhongshu Province), but the speed of this promotion is not fast, and it is only a matter of time before he catches up with Zhu Wenzheng.

This made Zhu Wenzheng's eyes even hotter.

"Rui Xuan, you go and ask him, without Hongdu's hard work, how could Poyang's big victory come from? How did he repay me for my deed? ”

Even if Zhu Wenzheng is already in prison, he is still arrogant. Thanks to Yan Ling, although the two are just nodding friends, but Yan Ling has been running the place and his military exploits over the years, Zhu Wenzheng still admires him a lot, if he changes to Liu Ji or something, I'm afraid he will be scolded to the core.

Yan Ling did not answer.

"Your Highness is afraid that you are already ......very angry," he shook his head: "It is better for the Metropolitan Governor to confess his guilt as soon as possible and apologize to His Highness." Otherwise...... I am afraid that I will be killed. ”

Zhu Wenzheng was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't believe his ears: "Rui Xuan, I'm afraid you're joking, how could my uncle kill me?" ”

Although Zhu Wenzheng conspired to surrender Zhang Shicheng, after all, he had made a lot of achievements in the war and was still Zhu Yuanzhang's relative, and he always thought that he was under house arrest.

"It's because you're Your Highness's nephew......" Yan Ling said softly, "Your Highness is even more angry...... It's better for the Metropolitan Governor to make a decision quickly, otherwise if His Highness's edict comes, I will be helpless. ”

Zhu Wenzheng was stunned for a moment. Yan Ling's words hit the core of the problem, he was not a stupid person, and he figured it out in an instant.

"No, no......" Zhu Wenzheng seemed to have just woken up at this time. He has a good voice, and now he is prosperous and rich in his hands, of course he doesn't want to die like this: "Rui Xuan, you help me to ask my uncle, no, His Highness to intercede, I know you can, you are His Highness's important minister......"

"Whatever you want, gold, land, I'll give it to you, as long as you can help me." Zhu Wenzheng looked at him with pleading eyes.

Since he was imprisoned, other acquaintances have avoided him, and he only has Yan Ling to turn to. And at this time, he was already in a big upset, even if he was a little clever, he couldn't think of a way to save himself.

Yan Ling was silent for a moment.

To be honest, now this ending is made by Zhu Wenzheng himself, and even if Yan Ling waves his sleeves, there is nothing to be sorry for him.

However, he thought about it and finally decided to give him a hand.

If you want to make your family continue, helpers are indispensable, and saving this Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew is a great favor; Moreover, Zhu Wenzheng is also a generation of famous generals, so it is a pity that he ends up like this, or ends up depressed like in history.