"Ying Guogong has the will to die, this is a heart disease, and the minister can't cure it......"

In the Yangxin Hall of Qianqing Palace, looking at the goose feathers and heavy snow outside the window, listening to the reply of Imperial Doctor Zhang in his ears, although Zhu Yuanzhang was holding a copper stove to warm his hands at this moment, he still felt cold hands and feet.

Another old brother was forced to death by him, and this old brother was originally innocent, which made Zhu Yuanzhang have mixed feelings.

"I know, you can step down......"

For a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang gave an eviction order to Imperial Doctor Zhang who was kneeling on the gold brick, and Imperial Doctor Zhang withdrew from the Qianqing Palace when he saw this.

After he left, there were only Zhu Yuanzhang and a row of eunuchs and palace maids standing in the corner in the huge Qianqing Palace.

For these people who know how to observe words and feelings, the emperor is in a bad mood, and they can all see it, so everyone is cautious, worried about disturbing the emperor and being punished.

It's just that their caution made him even more sad in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes.

At this moment, it is difficult for him to find someone to talk to, Guo Ying is sick at home, and Li Jinglong is always a nobleman, and his grandchildren are ......

For a while, Zhu Yuanzhang thought of Zhu Gaoxu, but at this moment, Zhu Gaoxu was also grounded by him.

"It's nothing, I also came over like that back then, a lonely person is a lonely person, no one can't live without anyone......"

Zhu Yuanzhang cheered himself up in his heart, but he also knew that this was just self-deception, he was old, he wanted to be understood and loved after all, no matter how tough Rao was in his mouth, he still couldn't hide it.

Silent, Zhu Yuanzhang did not continue to deal with the sparseness, but rarely entered the stepping bed early to rest.

It's just that after he entered the stepping bed, whether he was resting or sad, others had no way of knowing.

"What are you looking at?"

Just as Zhu Yuanzhang was resting, a voice sounded in a magnificent mansion on the West Street of the Imperial City in Nanjing.

Zhu Jixi, the son of the Jin dynasty, walked into a pavilion wearing a regular suit, and a woman dressed in fox fur stood in the pavilion.

This woman is tall, probably five feet three or four inches, taller than some men in this era.

With such a tall figure, coupled with the thick eyebrows and long goose egg face, it gives people a sassy feeling.

Zhu Jixi was attracted by this feeling, so he raised eyebrows with her after marriage.

"I'm thinking about my dad......"

Seeing that Zhu Jixi was coming, the woman slowly spoke.

It's just that as soon as she said this, a little embarrassment appeared on Zhu Jixi's face.

"I can't control your ambitions, but now I can't even see my father, do you think I'm still a human child?"

The woman turned sideways and looked at Zhu Jixi, her eyes revealing a bit of misery.

Her words were a little bold, in this Jin Palace, only the Fu family, who was the princess, dared to open her mouth to Zhu Jixi like this, so her identity was self-evident.

Seeing Fu's appearance, Zhu Jixi was silent for a moment, and then stepped forward and hugged her: "Uncle Yue will be fine, don't worry too much......"

Having said that, Zhu Jixi knew that his father-in-law was afraid that he would not be able to protect himself.

Sure enough, before his thoughts fell, Fu Shi lowered his head: "There is news over there, my father is already sick in bed, and I hurt him this time." ”

"......" Hearing the answer, Zhu Jixi's mind suddenly became confused.

He knew very well that once something happened to Fu Youde, all the layouts of the Jin Mansion would be disrupted.

But in the face of such a situation, he himself did not know what he could do......

Seeing that he didn't speak, Fu Shi sneered: "Sure enough, you are not prepared at all." ”

"I ......" Zhu Jixi wanted to say something, but when the words came to his mouth, he couldn't say anything.

Looking at his appearance, Fu Shi shook his head: "I originally thought that you could save my family, but now it seems that it is not as good as Zhu Gaoxu of Yanfu......"

"It's almost done......" Hearing the words 'Zhu Gaoxu', Zhu Jixi's mind immediately flashed the corresponding face, and a wave of anger arose in his heart for no reason.

This anger is not only unique to him, but all the elders in the Wuying Palace.

In the past few months, they can all feel their grandfather's dissatisfaction with the content of their Zhu criticism, although he didn't say anything, his words and deeds reveal that they are not as good as Zhu Gaoxu.

In private, Zhu Shangbing complained to Zhu Jixi about this, but Zhu Gaochi was always silent because Zhu Gaochu was his younger brother.

Zhu Jixi is very arrogant, he never feels that he will lose to anyone.

Once when he was in the main hall, he only thought that Zhu Gaochu was a vulgar and reckless man, but after Zhu Gaochu left the main hall and entered the main hall, he found that Zhu Gaochu was the one who hid the deepest.

The Zhu Gaoxu he met in the Wuying Hall was completely like two people before, and he pressed everyone everywhere.

It's clear that he has been grounded now, but it's disgusting to be mentioned.

"What? Just mentioning a name can you off? ”

Fu Shi looked at Zhu Jixi, who was angry, frowned and turned around, looked at the courtyard and said lightly: "I don't know when you will stand up and speak for my father like Zhu Gaoxu of the Yan Mansion, but I know that if my father leaves, the generals of the Shanxi Metropolitan Division will complain about you......"

As he spoke, Fu Shi turned his head sideways and glanced at Zhu Jixi: "Perhaps, in the future, if Zhu Gaoxu gains power, they will throw themselves under Zhu Gaoxu, who speaks for my father......"

"Okay" Zhu Jixi frowned, he knew that Fu Shi was angry, but he Zhu Jixi was not a clay sculpture.

Facing Fu's bright words, Zhu Jixi gritted his teeth: "I will let the people in the court intercede for my father-in-law." ”

"What about you?" Fu Shi didn't hear what he wanted to hear, and continued to ask.

"I ......" Zhu Jixi thought about it for a while, but when he thought of his grandfather's face, he couldn't help but be timid.

"My grandfather won't listen to me, maybe he will kick me out of the Wuying Hall and be grounded like Gao Xu......"

"Grounded?" Fu couldn't help but laugh at his husband: "Your family is really comfortable, but just a few months of grounding scared you like this, what about my father?" ”

"They have been grounded for two years, but what have they vented to you?"

Speaking of this, Fu Shi also seemed to be tired, he turned to Zhu Jixi, and left a sentence when he staggered away from him: "Your family is really unkind......

Dropping this sentence, Fu Shi crossed Zhu Jixi and walked to the depths of the corridor.

Listening to the words she dropped, Zhu Jixi clenched his fists, no matter how much he liked Fu, but in the face of such a bright humiliation, he couldn't help but disgust the other party.

"If it weren't for Shanxi ......"

He gritted his teeth and didn't say the rest of the words, but the meaning was already obvious.

For the sake of the forces behind the Fu family, even if the Fu family said something ugly, he had to endure it.

Thinking of this, he turned around and walked to the depths of the corridor, but he didn't do anything, as if what he had said to Fu Shi before had not appeared.

"It's been more than two months......"

The wind and snow were flying, and when Zhu Jixi and his family were quarreling, Donggong Chun and Zhu Yunwen in the hall stood in front of the window and admired the flying snow outside the hall, looking at the gradually dim sky and sighing.

Behind him, Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng stood on the left and right, waiting for Zhu Yunwen to mention business.

"You say, how many months will Grandpa Huang confine Gao Xu?"

Zhu Yunwen turned around and walked towards the desk, followed by Qi Tai and the others.

After he sat down, the two of them stood three steps away from the desk and answered his question: "Judging from His Majesty's previous tone, I am afraid that the grounding will not be lifted easily. ”

Listening to Qi Tai's words, Zhu Yunwen chuckled: "This grounding has become an excuse for him to stay in Nanjing." ”

"Having said that...... Huang Zicheng said carefully: "It's good to be able to keep him." ”

He was testing how strong Zhu Yunwen's idea of driving Zhu Gaoxu was, but the next second Zhu Yunwen's face turned gloomy: "Leave him in Nanjing, I'm afraid that in the future, grandpa will entrust him with important tasks, and it will be even more dangerous at that time." ”

His words are not groundless, after all, Zhu Gaoxu has unknowingly given favors to many people.

The theory of cutting the feudal domain, the theory of leveling the Japanese, the use of banknotes to offset taxes, Yunnan gold, silver and copper mines......

The credit for these three things is not something that Zhu Yuanzhang can cover up if he wants to, but some people still understand the truth of the matter.

This can be seen from the recent rise of Zhu Gaoxu's reputation in the six prefectures of Jiangdong.

"Watching the mountains and mines" and "using money to offset taxes", these two together, are the policy of benefiting the common people and wealthy households.

Now there are many people who don't want Zhu Gaoxu to go, especially in the temple.

Everyone wanted Zhu Gaoxu to have more mines, and then advised the emperor to continue to use money to offset taxes.

Although Zhu Yunwen got the most fame, Zhu Gaoxu was not bad at all, but he was grounded and didn't know his reputation in Jiangdong Liufu.

In addition to the six mansions in Jiangdong, Zhu Gaoxu's reputation in Nanjing City is also getting better and better.

When he was on duty, he had met with many thousands and hundreds of households in Yulin Zuowei, and everyone had an impression of him.

Coupled with Wang Jian's lobbying during this time, many people are upset about Zhu Gaoxu, thinking that a virtuous king like him should not be grounded for several months.

In addition to the Governor's Mansion, Shen Chaofeng, the head of the Jiangning County Nursing Home, also knew the news of Zhu Gaoxu's grounding, so he spread Zhu Gaoxu's reputation with everyone in the nursing home.

I have to say that spreading Zhu Gaoxu's reputation with the disabled people in the nursing home has indeed made Zhu Gaoxu's reputation continue to spread among the low-level people in Nanjing.

It was precisely because of the actions of the Jiangning County Nursing Home that Zhu Yunwen was even more jealous of Zhu Gaoxu.

In his opinion, Zhu Gaoxu's original move to go to the nursing home was to buy people's hearts.

He has only been in Nanjing City for a long time, and he has made so many storms, if he continues to let him stay, will his people also appear in his East Palace guards one day?

In the current situation, who believes that he Zhu Gaoxu confiscated the hearts of the people?

"Gao Xu, it's better to go to the north, preferably Jilin Shipyard."

Zhu Yunwen gave his own answer, which made Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng look at each other.

Facing Huang Zicheng's gaze, Qi Tai shook his head, obviously knowing that he couldn't do anything.

At the same time, he couldn't help but look at Zhu Yunwen, and sighed in his heart: "The amount of the grandson's tolerance is still a little small......"

In Qi Tai's view, not to mention that Zhu Gaoxu is not currently showing a posture of competing for the reserve, it is impossible to participate in the competition for the reserve just by saying his identity.

Whether it is Lichang, Liyan, or Lixian, it will not be his turn.

Standing up, he still has a bunch of uncles and brothers above his head.

Standing up, there are four uncles of the emperor's bloodline above his head, as well as eight brothers-in-law including Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Yunxi.

Lixian, his merit is not as good as his father Zhu Di, King Zhu Li of Jin, and King of Zhou.

No matter how you look at it, it is impossible for him to go beyond his uncle to fight for the throne.

Besides, even if he wants to help King Yan compete for the crown prince, he has to have King Yan's intention.

In the current situation, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, is the most unwilling to compete for the prince, after all, he still has the two brothers of Qin and Jin on his head.

Therefore, in Qi Tai's opinion, in the situation where Qin and Jin still existed, instead of banishing Zhu Gaoxu, it was better to find a way to get Zhu Jixi of the Jin Domain.

Zhu Jixi is the person who Zhu Li did everything possible to stuff in Nanjing City, so that Qi Tai and them couldn't get away.

What's more, Zhu Jixi not only has the forces of the Jin clan to support him in the temple, but he himself is older than Zhu Yunxi, and he is quite virtuous.

It can be said that he occupies all three words of Changxian, but it is a pity that he is in the line of King Jin.

Because of this, Zhu Li will put Zhu Jixi in Nanjing, so that he can walk around in front of the emperor at any time.

In the three months since entering the Wuying Palace, although Zhu Jixi has no outstanding political views, nothing has gone wrong.

In Qi Tai's view, this is the object that should be solved quickly.

It's a pity that no matter how he persuaded him in the past few months, Zhu Yunwen has always aimed at Zhu Gaoxu, the person who should not leave Nanjing City.

"My third uncle's side, something has happened recently......

Zhu Yunwen frowned slightly, as if he didn't want to continue Zhu Gaoxu's topic.

Faced with his words, Huang Zicheng saw that Qi Tai did not speak, so he could only reply: "There is no news from the King of Jin at present, since something happened to the Ying Guo Mansion, and the second son of the Yan Mansion was grounded again, the Jin Palace's Mansion has been very calm, and there has been no Tang riding out of the mansion to the south. ”

"Hmph......" Zhu Yunwen snorted lightly, and there was a little more smug between his eyebrows: "My third uncle treats his in-laws like this, I'm afraid it can't be justified." ”

"There are indeed rumors in Shanxi, but they have all been suppressed." Huang Zicheng talked eloquently, but looked at Qi Tai again.

Qi Tai felt his gaze, and then calmly spoke: "In the Shanxi Dusi, there is already the most in the old department of the Duke of Yingguo, and the King of Jin refuses to speak up for the Duke of Yingguo, and he has lost the heart of many of the old departments of the Duke of Yingguo. ”

"If the Duke of Yingguo dies, then the hearts of the people of the Shanxi Metropolitan Division will be scattered, and His Royal Highness can take the opportunity to replace the generals of the three capitals of Shanxi, Beiping and Shaanxi."

"Without them, King Jin will only have three guards to drive, and it won't be a big disaster."

"Good!" Hearing that the situation was falling towards him, Zhu Yunwen gave a rare shout, and at the same time he also got up and walked in front of Qi Tai, took Qi Tai's hands, and said eagerly:

"If the third uncle goes to the military power, then the fifth uncle should be relieved of the military power, please teach me."

King Zhu Li of Jin and Zhu Lu of Zhou, both of them are people who still have small actions after Zhu Yunwen was made a grandson, Zhu Yunwen's current priority is to remove their military power, after all, he doesn't know how long his grandfather can last.

In the face of his eagerness, Qi Tai pondered for a moment, and then said: "It is not difficult to relieve the military power of the King of Zhou, most of the military power of the King of Zhou is on the Henan Dusi, and the reason why the Henan Dusi obeys the King of Zhou is mainly the Duke of Song. ”

"As long as you wait for the death of Song Guogong, Taisun can concoct it according to the law, and treat Henan as he did to Shanxi."

"In this way, Jin Zhou's problem is lifted......"

Qi Tai's words can be said to be in the ears of Zhu Yunwen at this time.

After getting a solution to Zhou Jin, he also had to continue to ask: "If the Jin and Zhou military power is resolved, will the next step be Qin or Yan?" ”

Qin, Jin, Yan and Zhou, these four feudatories were all born to Queen Ma, so they posed the greatest threat to Zhu Yunwen, he would naturally clarify his goal, and in the face of his words, Qi Tai did not hesitate to say: "Qin first and then Yan." ”

"Why?" Zhu Yunwen frowned slightly, he still wanted to get rid of Zhu Di first, after all, Zhu Di had prestige in Liaodong, Daning, and Beiping, and Zhu Rong couldn't even interfere with the soldiers and horses of the Shaanxi Metropolitan Division, let alone the Shaanxi Xingdu Division.

"After all, King Qin is the longest among the current vassals, and he is a relative, so he should be the first to do it."

"What's more, the King of Qin lives in Xi'an, once there is a change, the northwest will not be guaranteed, and it should be solved as soon as possible."

"Although King Yan is strong, Beiping is a flat river, and there is no danger to defend."

"Looking at the ancient and modern, as long as Shanxi is in hand, Hebei will be difficult to resist, so as long as the military power of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces is recovered, Yan Fan is not afraid."

Qi Tai's words are very reasonable, in ancient and modern dynasties, as long as the imperial court masters the two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi, it can immediately suppress Hebei and the Central Plains.

This is the case in the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties, and the former Yuan is no exception.

These precedents are in the past, and there is no problem with Qitai's analysis.

So after he finished speaking, even Zhu Yunwen was persuaded by him, and Qi Tai brought up the topic again when he saw this:

"Although Shanxi is in hand, Hebei is difficult to resist, but if Yanyan's second son Xu goes to Jilin Shipyard, I am afraid that something will change."

Seeing that Qi Tai brought up this topic again, Zhu Yunwen subconsciously let go of his hand, obviously a little displeased.

Later, after he reacted, in order to hide his displeasure, he smiled heartily:

"Mr. Qi has said it, let's not mention what you said about Shanxi's suppression of Hebei, just the foundation of the Jilin shipyard does not allow Gao Xu to change."

"Indeed, the foundation of the Jilin shipyard is too thin." Huang Zicheng couldn't help but echo it, but he didn't go along for the sake of accommodating, but really felt that Qi Tai was a little worried.

It is true that Zhu Gaoxu's talent is extraordinary, but the Jilin Shipyard only has more than 1,300 military households and craftsmen, and the number of people is less than 7,000.

Qi Tai also knows this truth, but he still feels uneasy, even if he hasn't met Zhu Gaochu a few times, he can feel something from the great changes in Zhu Gaoxu's words and deeds this year.

He believed his instincts, but in the eyes of Zhu Yunwen and Huang Zicheng, he really thought too much of Zhu Gaoxu.

Today's Ming Dynasty is still on the rise, even if Zhu Gaoxu really rebels, with the population of less than 6,000 in his hands, it is simply a fool's dream to survive under the encirclement and suppression of more than 200,000 military households in Liaodong and Daning.

Rao has always admired Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, after hearing his remarks, couldn't help but doubt his former vision, and Zhu Yunwen even felt that Qi Tai deliberately said this in order to keep Zhu Gaoxu in Nanjing.

didn't mention their thoughts, but after Qi Tai saw their expressions, he knew that his words were probably unfounded by them.

Seeing this, Qi Tai didn't dwell too much, but said: "Indeed, the minister is thinking too far, and he still has to solve the Jin Mansion first, and at the same time pay attention to the counterinsurgency in the southwest." ”

"Indeed......" Seeing Qi Tai change his words, Huang Zicheng also echoed: "Recently, in the temple, all parties are paying attention to the matter of counterinsurgency in the southwest. ”

"Today's good news reached the temple, and someone below suggested that the copper mines in Kunming and Qujing should be mined first, presumably for next year's autumn tax."

Huang Zicheng did not mention the use of banknotes to offset taxes, but there are traces of using banknotes to offset taxes everywhere.

In the past, the temple would not be so worried about Yunnan's affairs, but since the discovery of a large number of gold, silver and copper mines in Yunnan, their attitudes have been reversed.

Obviously, since the second government of Susong used banknotes to offset taxes, everyone has focused on the next policy of using banknotes to offset taxes.

Of course, they all knew that if the gold, silver and copper mines in Yunnan could not be mined smoothly, then the emperor would not agree to continue to use money to offset taxes, so they would fully support the counterinsurgency.

"In the spring of next year, will you still send money to the military households?"

Qi Tai looked at Zhu Yunwen, and asked Zhu Yunwen about Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude towards the money law.

In Zhu Gaoxu's "Money Law", using banknotes to deduct taxes to recover treasure banknotes, and then storing them for safekeeping is only the first step, and the second step is to no longer use banknotes to offset and pay.

In previous years, Zhu Yuanzhang would distribute part of the officials' money and rewards in the form of treasure money, but this year, after Zhu Gaoxu said the "Money Law", Zhu Yuanzhang stopped this move.

This is not only the case for the Sixth Ministry, but even the military households of the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army have also been treated like this.

In previous years, the treasure money was turned into copper coins, grain, cloth, and cotton, saving the time of the military families to go to the city to buy, and the goods distributed were twice as many as the treasure money bought.

Zhu Gaoxu's "Money Law" not only benefited the people, but also benefited the high-ranking officials and officials of the six ministries and the five military governors, and the generals led the army.

Zhu Yunwen knows this, but he really doesn't know what his grandfather's attitude towards the "Money Law" is.

After the implementation of the "Money Law", the rich squires and grassroots people, military households, and officials all benefited, but the imperial court suffered real losses.

Despite the success of the copper mines in Jiuhuashan, the state treasury has always spent more than it earned.

If there is no way to break even, Zhu Yunwen can be sure that his grandfather will stop the implementation of the "Money Law".

"Now the attitude of the emperor's grandfather is difficult to fathom, but as long as the gold, silver and copper mines in Yunnan can be successfully mined and handed over to the Beijing treasury, the money law can at least be maintained until next autumn."

"In the autumn of next year, if the rebellion is quelled, dozens of mines across Yunnan will dig gold, silver and copper mines, and there will be no need to worry about it at that time."

Zhu Yunwen didn't say a specific answer, which made Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng feel a little uneasy.

But even so, they didn't continue to ask, but bowed their heads slightly, and kept thinking about how to relay it to the people below them.

When they were conceiving, Li Daiban of the East Palace walked into the hall and said to Zhu Yunwen:

"Your Highness, Your Majesty just left the palace, and you still have ......"

Li took the class slowly, and Zhu Yunwen also had a bad premonition in his heart: "Who to bring?" ”

(End of chapter)