Xu Da was seriously ill, although he was lucky to save his life because of Li Wei's contributions, but after such a toss when he was old, his health was not as good as before, and he was also older than Zhu Yuanzhang, and he could not bear the pain of the expedition.

In the Horse Mansion, Li Wei was listening to Chen Shaofeng's report.

"Teacher, the water division has been arranged, our people will deliver the news on time, if you have any orders to me, I will send someone to tell Lu Hong them as soon as possible."

Chen Shaofeng said.

Li Wei bowed his head slightly: "That's good." ”

The most troublesome thing for the army to go on an expedition is to deliver news, like Chen Shaofeng, they run in the middle, and it takes ten days and half a month to go back and forth, which is also the fundamental reason why the orders of the ancient generals abroad are not affected.

Thinking of this, Li Wei couldn't help but think of the old telegraph in the spy war drama in the past, I don't know if I can do it now, go back and study it.

While the two were discussing secretly, Chen Shaofeng brought the night guards who were guarding outside and suddenly hurriedly walked in to interrupt them.

"Grandpa, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come down!"

The night walker was dressed as a domestic servant, and he didn't see anything unusual in the slightest, and as soon as he came in, he said to the two of them in a deep voice.

When Li Wei heard this, he immediately frowned: "Why is he here again?" ”

Chen Shaofeng looked at him, waiting for his orders.

"Come with me out to meet the Prince." Li Wei said to Chen Shaofeng.

"Yes!"

Chen Shaofeng got up and gave up his hand, and Li Wei also stood up and walked out with them.

Before a few people walked out of the backyard, they ran into Zhu Biao, who came uninvited, and Zhu Biao immediately greeted him warmly: "Brother Li!" ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Li Wei bowed.

"Meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Chen Shaofeng and others also bowed and greeted.

Zhu Biao glanced at them and asked, "This is a student from Minghuang Academy?" ”

He has the name of the dean of the academy, and he has been to the academy a few times, although he can't call Chen Shaofeng's name, but he also recognizes him as a student in the academy.

"yes, isn't this a graduation, come to me and ask if there are any errands that can be arranged." Li Wei said casually.

"This is simple, you can arrange to enter the Zhan Mansion to make a record first, and if you behave well in the future, you will promote him." Zhu Biao said with a smile.

"Uh......"

Li Wei was stunned for a moment, he was just casually perfunctory, now Chen Shaofeng is a night guard, if he goes to the prince's mansion......

Well, it's not impossible.

When Chen Shaofeng heard this, his eyes lit up, if he entered the prince's mansion, it would be too convenient to inquire about the affairs of the court and state.

"His Royal Highness Prince Xie!"

Chen Shaofeng immediately thanked him.

"Well, you will go to Zhan Shifu to be on duty another day, and I will give them some instructions."

Zhu Biao nodded with a smile, not knowing that he had casually recruited a spy and put it beside him.

Li Wei looked at them, then he also pushed the boat down, and then said to Chen Shaofeng: "You go back first." ”

"Yes!"

Chen Shaofeng saluted him again before turning around and leaving the Horse Mansion.

Li Wei turned his gaze back to Zhu Biao and asked, "What is the matter with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today?" ”

After Chen Shaofeng and the others left, Zhu Biao also put down his body and chuckled: "Didn't you say that you should get closer to me, if you don't come to me, I'll come to you." ”

Li Wei: "......"

He thought it was just politeness, but he didn't expect this Zhu Biao to really take it seriously, would he still come to him every day to talk to him in the future?

"Let's go, let's talk while we drink."

Zhu Biao unceremoniously stepped forward and grabbed Li Wei's shoulders and walked into the house.

Li Wei was a little annoyed, but he couldn't refuse him, the prince of the dynasty, so he could only order someone to prepare wine and food to talk nonsense with him.

……

On the boundless ocean, the sailor master led by Shi Jun and Jiang Long cut through the waves, and crossed a distance of thousands of miles in a few days and arrived at Dagu.

Tianjin Wei was established after Zhu Dijing's success, and it did not exist at this time, and there were only some water posts and county towns along the river near this vicinity.

At this time, Zhu Di had already led people to wait here, and when he saw the ironclad ship coming from afar, his heart was immediately agitated.

He had also heard about Li Wei leading the army to exterminate the Japanese, and he also knew about the existence of this kind of ironclad giant ship, but this was the first time he had seen it with his own eyes.

The construction period of the ironclad ship is very long, and now there are only two, and the third is still under construction, one of which has been sent to guard the Wa Kingdom, and there is only Shi Jun and them in the Ming Dynasty.

"Such a strong teacher, if it can be used by me, who can stop what the sword is pointing at in the future?"

Zhu Di looked at these sailors on the sea, and said in a deep voice with some excitement.

"I heard that these are all the close generals of the Duke of Han, and His Royal Highness wants to ambush them, I'm afraid it will be difficult!"

Zhang Yu, who followed him, said.

mentioned Li Wei, the Duke of Han Guo, Zhu Di's face suddenly felt a little regretful.

He asked Zhu Yuanzhang for this person several times but couldn't come over, and with Li Weijin becoming a prince, he couldn't keep thinking about it, but he thought that such a talent could only be missed, and he was still very sorry.

However, at this time, he is no longer the impulsive young prince he used to be, after several years of training, his face is no longer as immature as before, but a little more resolute.

"It's man-made, but this king wants to give it a try."

Zhu Di showed a smile on his face and said confidently.

This time, Zhu Yuanzhang transferred the sailors and the Shenji battalion to Shanxi and Beiping respectively, and returned to the Jin kings Zhu Li and Zhu Di to control them, this arrangement obviously wanted them to disintegrate Li Wei's soldiers and horses, and at the same time, let them check and balance each other.

Zhu Li has the best relationship with Zhu Biao, he is a hardcore princeling, and with him watching, Zhu Di has no chance to do anything if he wants to.

But Zhu Di didn't think so much at this time, after all, now that the prince is here, there are still two imperial brothers on it, how can it not be his turn, even if Yao Guangxiao, who came to Beiping with him, has repeatedly instigated, he only has some ideas, and he has not yet made up his mind to compete for the throne.

Now he just wants to subdue this army of firearms assigned to him by his father as soon as possible, and then crisscross the grassland and become a mighty general!

On the ironclad ship, Shi Jun and Jiang Long stood at the bow of the ship, and they also saw Zhu Di and others on the shore from a distance.

"The inland river is narrow, and our boats can't get in, so let's hand over to King Yan on the shore."

Shi Jun said, Jiang Long nodded in agreement, and then the two of them looked at Lu Hong beside him.

Lu Hong felt their gaze and immediately bowed his hand and said, "Let the two generals decide." ”

Shi Jun and Jiang Long smiled at this time and ordered the ship to dock.

Although Lu Hong was only a recruit who had just entered the water division and only hung the title of a small flag, they all understood that this was Li Wei's student and represented Li Wei, and his opinion represented Li Wei's order to a certain extent.

The sailor's ship slowly docked, and Shi Jun and Jiang Long ordered people to carry grain and grass down, while taking people to meet Zhu Di.

Zhu Di didn't put on a show, and immediately greeted them warmly after they got off the boat.

"Meet His Royal Highness King Yan!" Shi Jun and the two saluted

"Hehe, no courtesy, the two generals have worked hard all the way!" Zhu Di raised his hand and said.

"Your Highness." The two straightened their waists, and Shi Jun said again: "Your Highness, the inland river is narrow, and the ships of the sailors cannot enter, and the rest of the journey will trouble Your Highness." ”

Zhu Di smiled slightly and said: "That's nature, this king has prepared the river boat, you can unload these grains and grass here, and my people will take over." ”

Shi Jun breathed a sigh of relief and said softly: "Thank you Your Highness for this, I can return to Beijing to resume my life after unloading the grain and grass." ”

However, as soon as his words fell, Zhu Di showed surprise and said, "Don't you know? His Majesty ordered Er and other troops to garrison here, set up a guard, and listen to the king's moderation. ”

Shi Jun and Jiang Long's hearts sank when they heard this.

"Is there a will?" Jiang Long asked tentatively.

Zhu Di smiled: "Of course." ”

As he spoke, he ordered someone to go and get the holy decree, and when Shi Jun and the others saw this, they could only bow down and accept the decree.

Zhu Di ordered someone to read it out, and it was clearly stated to the two of them, and the two had to accept the order.

Shi Jun frowned for a moment, and said respectfully: "Since it is Your Majesty's will, we should obey it, and we will rely on His Royal Highness King Yan more in the future." ”

Seeing this, Zhu Di immediately laughed: "Hehe, you're welcome, this king is very interested in the use of firearms, and I will ask you for advice in the future!" ”

Shi Jun and Jiang Long glanced at each other, they both felt Zhu Di's enthusiasm and understood his reason for this, but they were Li Wei's cronies, so naturally they would not turn to him because of Zhu Di's little favor.

Especially these big and small officers in the army were all selected from Li Wei's personal guards, and Lu Hong was there, even if they wanted to throw themselves into Zhu Di, it was useless.

The two had a polite conversation with Zhu Di, and when the grain and grass were carried off the boat, they led the soldiers to get off the boat and camp nearby.

They were supposed to return to Beijing after transporting grain and grass, but they were left behind by a holy decree, and they had to repair the city and build defenses, so it was basically impossible to return to Beijing.

This news was quickly transmitted to Jingzhong through the night guards and sent to Li Wei.

In the side room in the backyard, Xie Feihu replaced Chen Shaofeng and reported the news to him in detail.

Chen Shaofeng entered the Zhan Mansion, sometimes it was inconvenient to move around, Xie Feihu was also one of his students, and he also entered the night guard with Chen Shaofeng.

Li Wei frowned and said nothing after listening to him.

It was not surprising that the soldiers and horses were left in Beiping, but this Zhu Di really had ideas and wanted to subdue his soldiers and horses.

Zhu Yuanzhang is also big-hearted, and he dared to hand over these soldiers and horses to Zhu Di, although it is only a guard under his jurisdiction, but looking at Zhu Di's performance, he knows that he is already determined to win this army.

Li Wei pondered for a moment, but didn't care too much, as the so-called icing on the cake is not as good as sending carbon in the snow, Zhu Di's purposeful kindness is naturally not as good as his kindness to this craftsman.

"Liaodong, you continue to keep an eye on it, and report any news to you immediately." Li Wei commanded.

"Yes!" Xie Feihu replied respectfully.

Just as the two were discussing secretly, the night guard guarding outside ran in to report: "Grandpa, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here again!" ”

Recently, the prince has been running to him very diligently, and he is used to guarding at night.

"Why is this guy here again!" Li Wei said with some annoyance.

"Teacher, then I'll quit first?" Xie Feihu asked.

"Let's go, let's go, I'm going too!"

Li Wei said, and took the lead in turning around and going out.

However, he didn't go to meet Zhu Biao, but hurriedly ran into the backyard.

If you can't provoke it, you can hide, this Zhu Biao is too annoying.

"Why are you going?"

An Qing, who was walking in the backyard, saw him hurrying over and asked curiously.

"I'll go back to the room, oh yes, when the prince comes in, you will say I'm not there!"

Li Wei didn't look back, and walked back to the house quickly.

Not long after, Zhu Biao walked in, he was the crown prince, and the subordinates in the palace did not dare to stop him.

Zhu Biao walked into the backyard and saw Anqing, so he asked, "Where is Li Wei?" ”

An Qing glanced at him and said impatiently: "He said he wasn't there." ”

"Uh......" Zhu Biao was stunned before he reacted.

Then he smiled and said, "Hehe, that's it, where is he now?" ”

In order to avoid being pestered by him, An Qing nodded in the direction where Li Wei left.

Zhu Biao understood, and immediately went straight to the room where Li Wei was.

Bang bang bang!

"Brother Li, I'm here, open the door quickly." Zhu Biao knocked on the door and shouted.

Li Wei reluctantly opened the door and glared at An Qing angrily, but An Qing turned his head casually.

"His Royal Highness the Prince." Li Wei arched his hand perfunctorily.

"Brother Li, I brought some good wine today, how about we drink together?" Zhu Biao raised the wine jug in his hand and said.

Li Wei pouted: "What's not the case, isn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince busy with government affairs?" ”

"Hehe, don't worry, it's not bad for a while, let's go, drink two drinks with me."

Zhu Biao was not polite at all, and pulled him to the lobby, and Li Wei followed behind with his head drooping.

When the wine and food came up, Zhu Biao enthusiastically poured him wine, and Li Wei didn't bother to be polite to him anymore, so he just served it and drank it.

Zhu Biao didn't mind seeing this, and poured it for himself too.

"Brother Li, now that the Ming Dynasty is peaceful and the people are safe, only the northern border troubles have not been eliminated, does Brother Li have a good plan?"

Zhu Biao also drank a glass of wine and asked.

Li Wei took a deep breath and said lightly: "Iron striking still needs its own hardness, as long as the Ming itself is strong, the side troubles are not enough, on the contrary, if you are in chaos, it will naturally give people the opportunity to take advantage of the situation." ”

In fact, there is no best solution to the matter of foreign enemies, and you can't get rid of everyone other than the Ming Dynasty, right?

Without the Northern Yuan, as well as the Wa Kingdom, the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and even the Western powers, the enemy will not disappear, and there will be the next one after the elimination of this, endlessly, instead of thinking about how to destroy others every day, it is better to think about how to strengthen yourself.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has firearms, as long as it continues to develop in this direction, the Northern Yuan Dynasty can only nest in the desert forever, like in later generations.

After listening to this, Zhu Biao nodded approvingly: "What Brother Li said is extremely true, for Daming, internal worries are far more important than external troubles. ”

Li Wei glanced at him, he wouldn't not understand this simple truth, and it was definitely not for this reason to bother himself every day.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, you don't have to run to me every day, I don't like to go around and around, you might as well say it if you have something!"

Li Wei said directly, he was really annoyed.

Zhu Wei looked at him and muttered for a moment, put down the wine glass and said, "Brother Li, your contribution to the Ming Dynasty is unprecedented, my father and I have seen it in our eyes and remembered it in our hearts, and we will not treat you badly in the future." ”

Li Wei nodded, his eyes urging him to skip the nonsense.

"With your merits, even if you are crowned a king with a different surname in the future, it is okay." Zhu Biao said solemnly.

Li Wei looked at him and said lightly: "So what? ”

"So, I want to ask you if you are willing to create this prosperous world with Gu?"

Zhu Biao asked sincerely.

Li Wei looked at him and sighed softly.

In fact, after observing during this time, he also vaguely understood Zhu Biao's intentions, which was nothing more than to make him sincerely serve Daming and serve him.

Zhu Biao's actions must have been acquiesced by Zhu Yuanzhang, this is the father and son handing over the handover, handing him over from Zhu Yuanzhang to this future successor.

But he knew that Zhu Biao's life would not last long, and he would hang up before he became the emperor, and even if he didn't hang up, he didn't want to continue to stay in this feudal dynasty and play tricks with this generation of emperors.

Li Wei was silent for a long time, and did not answer his question directly, but said: "Then I want to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince a question first, and ask the Prince to tell the truth." ”

"You say." Zhu Biao was not in a hurry, and raised his hand to let him ask first.

"If the prosperous era does not need the emperor, then does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still need this prosperous era?"

Li Wei stared at Zhu Biao and asked in a deep voice.

Zhu Biao was directly stunned when he heard this, he thought that Li Wei would ask all kinds of questions, ask him how to govern the country, and ask him what kind of king he would give him in the future, he could answer these without hesitation, but he never expected that Li Wei would ask such strange questions.

Don't need an emperor in the prosperous world? Is it possible? (End of chapter)