On the Fengtian Palace, Lan Yu presented the prepared recital, and then looked at him with blank eyes, looking forward to the will of the Feng Gong, and the generals around him were also in the same mentality.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang only nodded, then put it aside, and said lightly: "This time, you have the greatest credit for leading the army to the north, and your reward will be indispensable." ”

When Lan Yu heard this, he immediately arched his hand and said loudly: "Your Majesty, this time the army was able to achieve such a great victory without spending an inch of troops, thanks to Your Majesty's holy virtue and divine might!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him, a little displeased with his rough sycophant.

"But you are so bold and reckless, not only did you destroy the customs, but also had an affair with Concubine Yuan, yes or no?" Zhu Yuanzhang's tone suddenly changed, and he shouted and reprimanded.

Lan Yu, who had just racked his brains before saying a compliment, stiffened when he heard the words, and he couldn't react a little.

Sun Ke beside him hurriedly pushed him secretly, Lan Yu came back to his senses, quickly fell to the ground, and said in fear: "Minister...... Guilty of sin! ”

"Your Majesty, the general is also confused for a while, and I hope Your Majesty will be forgiving."

"I hope Your Majesty will forgive me!"

The generals followed and pleaded. Among the nobles standing on the side, some people also went out to help and say good things.

But if someone helps, someone will fall into the well.

"Your Majesty, my Huaxia is a state of etiquette, how can I be like a barbarian, the lord and concubine surrendered, and the Marquis of Yongchang, as the main general, not only did not treat him politely, but also indulged in filth, which is really insulting to the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, and will make the former Yuan soldiers who have surrendered resentful, and it is not good for the peace and tranquility of the border pass!"

Wu Shen came out of the class and said.

"What Wu Shangshu said is extremely true, Your Majesty, if this matter is not handled properly, I am afraid that it will damage the prestige of the imperial court." Wang Jie followed.

When the generals of the Northern Expedition heard this, they immediately glared at the two of them, and the remaining bloody aura frightened the two of them and couldn't help but tremble, but thinking that this was the court, and there was Han Guogong behind them, they immediately straightened up again.

Lan Yu lowered her head and didn't dare to look around, but she also gritted her teeth with hatred, and secretly recorded the voices of the two people.

"The two adults are serious, although the general has had it, but the great merit of this battle must not be appreciated." Zhan Hui said.

"Yes, yes, the minister seconded it."

Many people followed and interceded.

Today is different from the past, and the current court is no longer a hall of Li Dang's words.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at everyone, and after a long time, he snorted coldly and said to Lan Yu: "This time, for the sake of your outstanding achievements, we will spare you for the time being, if you commit it again, you will be severely punished!" ”

Lan Yu, who was kneeling on the ground, breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and hurriedly thanked: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "Get up." ”

"Yes!" Lan Yu suppressed the apprehension in her heart and stood up.

Then Zhu Yuanzhang ordered someone to announce the reward for the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Many generals led by him each rewarded thousands of treasure money, dozens of Wenqi, and a number of other jewelry.

Among them, the governor Sun Ke was awarded the title of marquis, and he ate 2,000 stones, which was the most rewarding among these people.

Apart from him, everyone else has also been promoted or galog.

After the decree was read, all the generals were overjoyed, but Lan Yu's heart sank.

Although there is no shortage of his reward in this holy decree, and it is still the most rewarded, but from beginning to end there is no mention of giving him the title of duke, as the commander of the army, this time the credit is better than that of Li Wei, but Li Wei has been given the duke, he has not been sealed!

"Thanksgiving!"

The generals bowed down, and Lan Yu was still looking at Zhu Yuanzhang with an unbelievable face.

"Why, you're not satisfied with the reward we've given?" Zhu Yuanzhang stared at him and asked.

Lan Yu was shocked in her heart, and hurriedly knelt down to thank her: "No, thank you Your Majesty Longen!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted lightly, which made the generals get up.

At the end of the court meeting, Zhu Yuanzhang left first, and the ministers also dispersed.

After Zhu Yuanzhang left, Lan Yu immediately looked at Wu Shen and Wang Jie with fierce eyes, Wu Shen and the others suddenly felt a chill in their hearts, and hurriedly walked out of the hall to avoid his gaze.

Out of the main hall, they hurriedly pulled Sheng Yong, Hu Hai and others away, and their hearts relaxed a lot.

Sun Ke and Wang Bi surrounded Lan Yu and then went out of the hall, but compared to everyone's joy, Lan Yu's face was gloomy as water.

Originally, relying on this great victory, it was a sure thing for him to be crowned the duke, but he didn't expect so many mistakes.

After the big victory, he was a little inflated, and he did a lot of bold things, but compared to the great achievement of destroying the Northern Yuan, what is this little thing? Why reprimand?

Lan Yu stood on the steps outside the hall, looking at Wu Shen and Sheng Yong and others, while hating them, he was also full of complaints about Zhu Yuanzhang in his heart.

Seeing Lan Yu's expression, Sun Ke hurriedly put away the joy of the marquis and scolded in a deep voice: "Hmph, these traitors of the Li Party dare to ruin the good deeds of the general, we must not give up!" ”

"That's it, these bastards are actually against us, and I can't wait to cut them directly!"

"And that Li Wei, just defeated a small Wa country, what qualifications do you have compared with our general, he can be crowned, and the general should be sealed!"

"It's ......"

Other generals followed suit.

"Humph!"

Lan Yu snorted coldly and strode away, and all the generals followed.

As soon as the crowd left, some of the guards on either side turned and left.

In the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang changed into court clothes under the service of Xu Shou and several little eunuchs, while listening to the report of the guards.

Wu Shen and Lan Yu's words and deeds were described in detail by this guard, and even their tone and expression were not wrong.

"Wu Shangshu and the others seem to be a little afraid of the Marquis of Yongchang and other generals, and they pulled Haimen Hou Shengyong and Dongchuan Hou Hu Hai to leave together, Lan Yu and the generals were very angry at their words to impeach the Marquis of Yongchang, and even threatened to kill them......"

The guard said carefully.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but snort softly when he heard this.

These generals are just big bosses, and as soon as they left the main hall, they dared to say that they were not ashamed to cut down the important ministers of the court, and they didn't look at what kind of place this was.

Of course, he also knew that these guys were talking big, and with the courage of the ten of them, they would not dare to commit murder and kill the ministers of the court for no reason in the capital and the important land.

"Okay, we all know, let's go down." Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly after listening.

"Yes!"

The guards bowed and bowed respectfully.

After changing into his regular clothes, Zhu Yuanzhang sat down and rested for a while.

At this time, the little eunuch at the door came in and reported: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asks to see you." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly stunned, put down the tea in his hand, and said, "Let him come in." ”

"Yes."

The little eunuch went out to report, and Zhu Biao immediately walked in and bowed: "Father." ”

"Hmm." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "Do you know everything in the court?" ”

"Yes."

Zhu Biao responded that although he did not participate, the Zhan Mansion was a must in every dynasty, and as his subordinate officials, the officials of the Zhan Mansion would naturally inform him of everything in a timely manner.

"What do you think?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked softly.

Zhu Biao thought for a while and asked, "Is it true that my father doesn't give Lan Yu the title of duke?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "What, can't it?" ”

Zhu Biao's eyebrows frowned, and he persuaded: "Father, although Lan Yu is at fault, but his destruction of the Yuan this time is a great achievement, if he doesn't give a heavy reward, I'm afraid that the generals of the Northern Expedition will inevitably complain, and the sons think that it is better to give him the title of duke." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, you are right, you should be given a seal." ”

"Then why is the father like this?" Zhu Biao was puzzled.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him and said softly: "My father is old, and the affairs of the court will be handed over to you slowly in the future, and you will also go to the palace in the future, if you have any different opinions, just say it." ”

When Zhu Biao heard this, he immediately understood that he was giving him a favor again.

Although Lan Yu is related to him somewhat, if he doesn't have enough kindness, he may not be loyal to him in the future, and now is a good opportunity to buy people's hearts.

"Yes, Erchen understands."

"Hmm."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded lightly, took a sip of tea from the tea bowl, and asked again: "What do you think of this blue jade, how does it compare with Li Wei?" ”

Zhu Biao pondered for a moment before saying: "If you talk about military merits, Lan Yu and Li Wei may be between the best, but in terms of governance, I am afraid that they are far inferior to Li Wei." ”

"Hmph, you're wrong." Zhu Yuanzhang said disdainfully: "Although Lan Yu fought bravely, but you also know the firearms made by Li Wei, if you really want the two armies to fight each other, no matter how brave he is, he will never be able to fight against Li Wei's army that uses firearms, this Lan Yu, no matter how martial arts, is inferior to Li Wei." ”

Zhu Biao was slightly stunned, he didn't expect his father's evaluation of Li Wei to be so high, if he said so, wouldn't Li Wei be the first important minister of the Ming Dynasty?

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him and said meaningfully: "Let's tell you this, just to remind you that even with Lan Yu as a restraint, you may not be able to control this traverser, especially if you really crown him king in the future, then no one can cure him." ”

Lan Yu's ability has almost come to an end, but Li Wei's talent has not yet been fully developed, those fire guns that shoot continuously, and steel cars that can run, have not yet been built.

And the other courtiers, none of them can have this kind of great achievement, after all, the traverser brings a scientific and technological achievement of hundreds of years in the future world, far from being comparable to these Wenchen who can only do it and the generals who only know how to wield swords and guns.

Zhu Biao opened his mouth, wanting to persuade him, he felt that Li Wei did not have a heart of disobedience, but just upheld a heart of equality, and did not want to be subordinate to others or to be superior.

It's just that this kind of concept is obviously not tolerated by the emperor.

"Erchen understands."

Zhu Biao thought about it, but finally didn't say anything more.

Zhu Yuanzhang said leisurely: "On the twelve pro-military guards, we are already gradually replacing firearms, and now it is almost completed, with these pro-military guards equipped with firearms, it is enough to suppress the Quartet, but you still have to be careful of Li Wei, this stinky boy, we always feel that he has a lot of things to hide from us, although we have transferred the Shenji Battalion and the Sailor Master in his charge, but he still has 3,000 guards, we are worried that he secretly created those repeating guns without us, even if he only has 3,000 guards, it is a big threat that cannot be ignored!" ”

He has watched all the movies, so he naturally understands the power of those things, if one day Li Wei suddenly equips his three thousand guards with this kind of magic weapon, it will be troublesome.

"Father means he wants to dismiss his guards?" Zhu Biao asked.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Those guards are not important, the important thing is the Ordnance Bureau and the Minghuang Academy, these two are the real top priorities!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's expression was extremely serious when he mentioned these two places: "The advanced firearms in the army are all from the Ordnance Bureau, the importance of this place naturally needs not be said, and the Minghuang Academy is the future, there may be thousands of talents like Li Wei in it, we will find an opportunity to branch this kid and completely control these two places, and you will have to pay more attention to these two places in the future." ”

"Yes, Erchen understands." Zhu Biao solemnly agreed.

Zhu Yuanzhang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.

Life is seventy years old, he is over sixty years old, whether he can live past seventy he is not sure, maybe one day suddenly a serious illness will not be able to hold on, many things must be explained to the good man clearly.

"Alright, you can go back if it's okay." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and reclined gently on the dragon chair.

In the past, he was energetic and slept two hours a day without getting sleepy, but now he can't.

Seeing this, Zhu Biao arched his hand and turned around lightly to leave.

After the dispersal of the court, Wu Shen and Wang Jie also immediately reported the affairs of the court to Li Wei.

"When the lower officials heard those people pleading for Lan Yu, they felt indignant and unbearable, and immediately went out of class to reprimand angrily, Lan Yu was so bold and reckless, how could he spare ......"

Wu Shen impassionedly told how he was not afraid of the powerful in the court, and spoke out to admonish, of course, the most important thing was to let Li Wei know that he had impeached Lan Yu.

Wang Jie also chimed in.

Among the Li Party, they are the most active, and other people like Jiang Zongqing, Jiang Quan and other people in the Ministry of Industry are all immersed in their work and are not very good at performing, while Han Yike and Wu Bozong are even more upright and selfless, and they don't know these at all.

Li Wei is also used to it now, and he can treat these compliments indifferently.

"It's a good job, thanks to you this time, otherwise Lan Yu would be a very good person."

Li Wei chuckled and appreciated.

Wu Shen suddenly smiled: "This is all learning from Guogong, Guogong is the real high-spirited and bright festival......"

Li Wei interrupted loudly: "It is inconvenient for my father to enter the court, and the affairs of the court and the central government still need to worry about the two of you." ”

"Don't worry, we will do our best, listen to the teachings of the Guogong, and serve Your Majesty and the court!"

Wu Shen said, and Wang Jie also followed to show loyalty.

Li Wei bowed his head in satisfaction.

The two of them performed everything they should have performed, and they were also praised by Li Wei, and finally left satisfied.

After the two left, the smile on Li Wei's face gradually disappeared.

According to what they said about the situation in the court, Lan Yu failed to enter the seal, mainly because of Zhu Yuanzhang's own intentions, otherwise he would not have scolded Lan Yu in public in the court.

But with his understanding of Zhu Yuanzhang, I'm afraid this matter is only temporarily suppressed, with Lan Yu's credit this time, it is really unreasonable not to seal the princess, even if there is a matter of destroying the customs and defiling the concubine, it cannot be suppressed all the time.

After all, in the hearts of military generals, these are trivial things, and if they are not sealed because of this, the generals in the army will complain. (End of chapter)