Zhu Di has been polishing in Beiping for many years, and his heart has long matured, and he is not a hairy young man in his twenties.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang asking, he knew that this was his father's consideration, so after a little consideration, he said: "I heard what Master Mao said just now, the relationship between Liang Guogong and his righteous son should be close, and there must be no quarrel for no reason, and there must be an unknown reason." ”

"What do you think is the reason for this?"

Zhu Yuanzhang pulled the fishing rod, but still found nothing, he was not annoyed, reloaded the bait, and threw the rod again.

The float floated on the surface of the water for a while, and soon settled down, and the ripples spread everywhere, and finally reached the water surface at Zhu Yuanzhang's feet.

Zhu Di watched the whole process, and then continued: "The things that can make the Duke of Liang Guo so concerned are nothing but the sons of the prince succeeding to the crown prince. ”

He said it very bluntly, without beating around the bush, and he could hear Mao Xiang's neck shrink, he could naturally think of this problem, but as a courtier, such words could not come out of his mouth.

Now from Zhu Di's own mouth, the effect is naturally different, His Majesty has always been dissatisfied with Lan Yu, if he can take the opportunity to bring down the Duke of Liang Guo with this matter, it is also in line with the expectations of His Majesty and the Prince.

It's just that this reason alone is not enough, if you want to pull the Liangguo Gong Lanyu off the horse, you need more bargaining chips, otherwise the Huaixi nobles above the court will inevitably be dissatisfied, and it is likely to cause chaos.

"Fourth, what do you think should be done?"

Zhu Yuanzhang can figure out this, but he is no longer thinking about politics for the time being, so he is too lazy to bother and bother, so he simply throws the problem directly to Zhu Di, anyway, this throne will have to be given up sooner or later, and it is not impossible to let Zhu Di get enough exercise first.

"Erchen thinks that Lan Yu, the Duke of Liangguo, is a noble of the imperial court and has great military achievements, and if he is dealt with rashly, it will definitely cause disgust in the hearts of other nobles, and it will be extremely detrimental to the stability of the Ming Dynasty. The art of war also says that if the enemy is weak, he can directly swallow it and destroy his living force; But if the enemy is strong, you can eat it away, slowly trying to weaken its wings first, and then destroy its core, so that the loss can be minimized. ”

Zhu Di and Lan Yu are both military geniuses, and their grasp of war is absolutely incomparable.

However, the tempers and personalities of the two are quite different, which leads to the two looking at problems from completely different angles, Lan Yu is more than fierce, but there is no roundness at all, just like a sharp long sword without a gauntlet, not only killing the enemy, but also hurting himself.

Zhu Di is different, he has been guarding Beiping for so many years, and the burrs have long been rubbed clean, coupled with the careful polishing of Yao Guangxiao, Xu Miaoyun and others, he has restrained a lot of murder and is a little more mellow.

Therefore, in the face of Zhu Yuanzhang's considerations, Zhu Di was clear-headed, not in a hurry, peeling off the cocoon, and describing what he thought in his heart.

He was not worried that Zhu Yuanzhang would be disgusted by this, even if he was far away in Beiping, he could tell Ying Tian's situation one by one with the Neiying eyeliner he arranged. Lan Yu seems to be respected, but in fact, he has long been disgusted by his father, before the eldest brother was there, and his father left Lan Yu, and now the eldest brother has died of illness, and this sharp long sword without a gauntlet has come to the ground.

Moreover, Lan Yu is the Huaixi nobles of the Kaiping King Chang Yuchun lineage, and Xu Da, the Zhongshan King behind Zhu Di, belong to two factions, no matter what the relationship between the Kaiping King and the Zhongshan King is, they are not the same person after all, and the interests will naturally be different.

Zhu Di said in his heart that he was very clear about the interest groups above the court, and some courtiers were destined to be impossible for him to woo, such as some Huaixi nobles led by Lan Yu, as well as his two cheap brothers, and some of them were difficult to woo, such as the Wenchen represented by Liu Sanwu, such as Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, etc.

Therefore, since being canonized as the crown prince, Zhu Di has often felt worried. He is basically in Beiping, and his foundation in Yingtian is very shallow.

Those Huaixi nobles led by Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, have died and killed over the years, and the remaining part is not too much, or they have no right to speak in the court, counting on the nobles to fight wits with civil officials, Zhu Di's mind is not so confused.

As for the civil servants, Zhu Di can use very little, such as Zhan Hui, Yang Jing and other courtiers, not so much the princeling, but the emperor's party, the highlight is that whoever is the prince will follow whom, now he is fledgling, it is difficult to want these people to be loyal to him.

I have to say that due to Zhu Biao's early death, these courtiers are now starting to stand slowly, lest Zhu Di also die young like Zhu Biao, political investment is not simply a matter of standing, which involves the investment and replacement of resources, in case Zhu Di is also young and burping, the situation of these people will be very difficult, just like Lan Yu, Liu Sanwu and others.

These thoughts flashed in Zhu Di's heart, and he missed Yao Guangxiao a little, this old monk is very capable, and he can worry less about Zhu Di with him.

"Fourth, what do you think of the bait I prepared?"

Zhu Di came back to his senses, looked at the gray-brown bait in the bowl, stretched out his hand and twisted a little bit to smell it, and said: "When Erchen was guarding Beiping, he also often fished. ”

"This is prepared by Guanglu Temple, although those cooks can serve the stomachs of good people, but they have never served fish, so naturally I don't know what fish like to eat."

Zhu Yuanzhang meant something, Zhu Di was a little surprised, and quickly said: "What does Dad mean, set up bait to let Liang Guogong take the bait?" ”

"It's not."

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head, pointed to the fish swimming in the pool, and said: "Look at these fish, there are palace people who are carefully serving them on weekdays, and their appetite has long been raised, and they can't even look down on the things carefully prepared in the imperial dining room." ”

Zhu Di was already smart, and with a little bit of Zhu Yuanzhang, he quickly understood.

"Erchen understood."

"Then tell me what to do."

Zhu Di straightened out his thoughts, and after a little consideration, he said: "The status of the Duke of Liangguo is respected, no matter how valuable the bait we give, he will not open his mouth, even if he opens his mouth, it will only be a small bite of slow food, and the possibility of catching it is very low." From the Liangguo Gong, it is difficult to start.

However, there is no impermeable wall in the world, Liang Guogong is already a very popular minister, what he doesn't value, others may not value, I heard that Liang Guogong has received a lot of righteous sons, they may not have Liang Guogong's determination.

Now these righteous sons of Liang Guogong have their own positions in the army, and they are also considered rich and noble, but human nature does not suffer from widowhood but unevenness, and they are all righteous sons, some follow left and right like Lan Yuan, and some are left and right in the army, and the gap is enough to cause jealousy and resentment.

The encroachment is also divided into external encroachment and internal encroachment, the latter is undoubtedly more efficient, and Erchen wondered if he could buy off those unwilling righteous sons under the Duke of Liangguo, thinking that he should be internal, and gradually break through this strong fortress. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slowly, saw the water floating and sinking, his arm was hard, and he pulled up the fishing rod, and soon, a thumb-sized fish flew out of the water.

"The fish are so small, when will I be able to catch the whole pond?"

Zhu Di's heart moved and asked, "Dad, what do you mean?" ”

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