After coming out of the prince's mansion and meeting Chu Fusheng, Chu Tianxiong did not rush back to his residence in the capital, but went to the mansion of Cheng Yijie, the secretary of Shangshu.

When Chu Tianxiong came to the door and knocked on the door, he used three long and two short as the code, and then an old servant opened the door and led him in, without stopping on the road, until he went to Cheng Yijie's study.

Entering the room, Chu Tianxiong happened to see Cheng Yijie waving a pen on the bookcase, his handwriting looked far from everyone's, but there was also an indescribable beauty.

"What is Mr. Cheng writing about?"

Cheng Yijie replied without looking up.

"Send a congratulatory gift to the second prince, a congratulatory gift that can allow the second prince to gain a firm foothold in the capital. ”

"Oh...!Mr. Cheng has a heart, but at most Mr. Cheng and I can be regarded as cooperation, there is no need for Mr. Cheng to do his best!"

In fact, there is not much friendship between Chu Tianxiong and Cheng Yijie, these two just take what they need.

"Since it's cooperation, then I invest a little more in the early stage, and the dividends in the later stage can be a little more, right?"

Chu Tianxiong shook his head at this.

"I have my bottom line, and within the bottom line, Mr. Cheng can do whatever he wants, but once it exceeds my bottom line, you don't want to take away any benefits. ”

Cheng Yijie smiled.

"To be a person, especially an official, is to be self-aware, the second prince can rest assured, I, Cheng Yijie, am not the kind of person who lacks ability and is greedy. ”

"I still believe Mr. Cheng's words, as the so-called first make a decision, and then don't mess up! Now that it has been made clear, let's talk about Mr. Cheng's congratulatory gift now!"

Cheng Yijie did not reply immediately, but wrote the last few words with a quick shake of his wrist.

It was only when he held up what he had written that he opened his mouth with satisfaction.

"A fold, a fold for the second prince to supervise the academy, as long as the second prince can successfully get the matter of repairing the academy tomorrow, it will be easy for the second prince to gain a firm foothold in the capital. ”

"Actually, the biggest benefit for me of repairing the academy is not that I get the opportunity to gain a firm foothold in the capital, but that I can use my ideas! As for how to gain trust in front of my father, I have something else!"

"I don't know if the second prince has any other thoughts about the academy? ”

Hearing Cheng Yijie's words, an extremely strong sense of pride suddenly appeared on Chu Tianxiong's face.

"Since I want to study in the academy, it must not just be a place for those weak literati to study! My generals on the battlefield also need to study, so I am ready to make a distinction between civil and military in the academy, my eldest brother will run his literary academy, and I will teach my martial arts academy! I want to see who is right between me and him!"

Cheng Yijie applauded Chu Tianxiong's idea, he said before: If Chu Tianxiong can come forward to preside over the construction of the academy, then the sentence that all the scholars in the world will call Chu Tianxiong half a gentleman is a bit lacking in confidence.

He clearly knew what kind of virtue those scholars who were not very knowledgeable but had a lot of sour temperament, even if the second prince built the academy, most of them would not recognize the second prince, and they were more close to the well-mannered prince.

But after the idea of the Wenwu Academy came out, Cheng Yijie's concerns were completely dispelled, according to the second prince, even if in the end, the scholars in the Wenwu Academy were not on the same path as him, how could the team brought out by the second prince in the martial arts academy not be close to him?

After thinking clearly, Cheng Yijie picked up the pen again and added some content to the recital.

"Second prince, your method is really good, it solves the troubles in the hearts of the old minister for many days. I don't know what the second prince said about the object that can gain a firm foothold in the court?"

Chu Tianxiong smiled mysteriously at this.

"Mr. Cheng doesn't have to worry, he can naturally let Mr. see it clearly when he arrives tomorrow morning. When the time comes, Mr. Cheng will have to polish his eyes!"

Cheng Yijie smiled.

"Okay, then the old minister will rest early today, and wait to see your performance tomorrow the second prince. ”

"As it should be!"

Between Chu Tianxiong's eyebrows, his expression was very arrogant.

On November 18, the twenty-sixth year of Fu Rui, today's early dynasty made all the civil and military officials look forward to it a little, in addition to the fact that the three princes of the Great Chu State want to go to court together today, but also to see which of the princes performs better.

Seeing that the battle for the heir was about to break out, none of the hundred officials could be left alone, so they had to think about their own future, so they chose a prince as their camp.

Since the establishment of the Chu State, there has never been a phenomenon of several princes in the same dynasty, in the past, it was because there was only one heir like Chu Zheng, and before the second prince Chu Tianxiong came back, it was the hundred officials who felt that no one was qualified to compete with the crown prince Chu Wushuang!

But now that the second prince is back, they also have to get their principal back from the gambling table and place new bets.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"There is a book, nothing to retreat!"

As the opening remarks that had remained unchanged for 10,000 years sounded, the originally chaotic court also quieted down.

"Your Majesty, the old minister has a book to play!"

Cheng Yijie quickly rushed out of the crowd, and looking at Cheng Yijie who was out of the queue, Chu Zheng also laughed helplessly.

Why do these old courtiers like to cause trouble so much?

"Your Majesty, the second prince has just returned to Beijing, and he is not familiar with the affairs of Beijing, so it is better for the second prince to supervise the construction of the academy. ”

"Ridiculous!"

Chu Zheng, who originally wanted to speak, closed his mouth again, and watched with interest the quarrel of the courtiers below, for him, this was a great enjoyment.

It was Su Wang who spoke, probably because he felt that after he got his son away, the prince lacked a helper, and now that his son is gone, then he will act as this helper.

"Master Cheng, if you want to say that it is a matter on the battlefield, the prince is indeed not as good as the second prince, but since it is a matter for a scholar like Xiu Academy, it is more appropriate to let the prince be the supervisor!"

Ignoring Su Wang, Cheng Yijie looked at Chu Zheng intently.

"Your Majesty, the old minister also felt that the prince was more suitable for this matter, but since the second prince told the old minister his idea last night, the old minister felt that the second prince was the best candidate to come and build the academy!

Cheng Yijie took out the fold from his sleeve, and the sharp-eyed cicada quickly handed the fold to Chu Zheng.

"Martial Academy? Interesting, Tianxiong, you come to tell your father what your martial arts academy is like. ”

"Back to my father, Erchen has found a problem in the past few years at the border, most of the grassroots generals have not received systematic learning, and they are fighting with their own experience, which makes Erchen feel that there is a big gap in the grassroots generals of my Great Chu, so I have the idea of this martial arts academy, Erchen feels that letting those soldiers with excellent performance enter the academy to learn the art of war can greatly improve the combat effectiveness of my Great Chu army!"

Chu Zheng nodded.

"It seems that you have not been treated in vain at the border in recent years, and I am very pleased to have such an understanding. ”

"Thank you for your compliment. ”

Chu Zheng said with a smile.

"Since you want to build that martial arts academy, I'll leave this academy to you..."

"Father, the child thinks that this matter is still to be discussed, it is easy to have conflicts between scholars and military generals, and the literati do not like each other, not to mention that they have to face that group of big bosses all day long, the second brother's idea is very good, and it is not bad to build a martial arts academy, but father, can you let the two academies be built separately? This will not lead to a fight in the end!"

"Father, the eldest brother is not right, since ancient times, there has been no separation between civil and military families, not to mention that there has never been a shortage of Confucian generals in history, scholars read books, but the art of war is also books!"

"This..."

In the face of his two sons, even Chu Zheng has a bad judgment, and they all say that it is difficult for a Qing official to decide family affairs, but it seems that this royal family is no exception!

Faced with such a situation, Chu Tianxiong said.

"Father, in fact, the son has a gift to give to his father when he comes back from the border pass!"

"Tianxiong has any other gifts for me! ”

Chu Zheng temporarily escaped from the question just now. But Chu Tianxiong took out a letter from his arms.

"Father, I have a letter here from Li Houzhen, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, which was exchanged for the son's son who entered the Southern Tang Dynasty alone, the letter said, between the Great Chu and the Southern Tang Dynasty, but there is no soldier for ten years, as long as the father and emperor cover the jade seal of my Great Chu State on it, and then send the letter back, you can keep the border stable for ten years!"

The officials of the court were all taken aback when they saw the letter in Chu Tianxiong's hand, and Cheng Yijie was naturally no exception, he smiled bitterly:

"You really have to keep your eyes peeled to see it!"

All of a sudden, the ministers were excited, and the chattering discussions were endless, Da Chu can now be said to be facing the enemy on three sides, after the founding of the country, there has always been a big gap in the strength of the army, and this ten-year covenant with the Southern Tang Dynasty can finally make Da Chu take a good breath.

Taking advantage of the discussion of the ministers, Chu Zheng hurriedly took the letter from Chu Tianxiong's hand and opened it and read it, and after a while, Chu Zheng's face burst into laughter.

"Yes, the ten-year appointment is really timely, without the constraints of the Southern Tang Dynasty, aren't the Northern Barbarians and the Eastern Turks just two hares who come to deliver vegetables?"

"Will the emperor take those barbarians and Turks too lightly? ”

Chu Tianxiong said softly, but at first glance, the meaning of the words was to give his father the emperor's steps.

"Father, as far as the ministers know, the most prestigious wolf rider on the grassland of the Northern Barbarians has now reached 200,000 in size, and can launch an offensive against my Great Chu at any time, and now it is nothing more than afraid of the power of Xiao Shanyu, the king of Liaodong, when he was young, and he did not dare to act rashly, if in a few years, after Xiao Shanyu's age, my Great Chu will be in danger. And this is also the reason why Erchen is eager to open a martial arts academy. ”

"That's right, Tianxiong, you have analyzed the situation of those Northern Barbarians very thoroughly! According to past experience, every fifty years, the wolf riding on the grassland will be a huge hidden danger, so from this point of view, that martial arts academy must be organized. ”

Chu Zheng hesitated a little and then said.

"The matter of the academy will be presided over by you Tianxiong. ”

"Yes. ”

Chu Wushuang originally wanted to fight for himself, but after he said this, he knew that he had no chance.

This time he lost the battle for the academy, and this victory in the temple also allowed Chu Tianxiong, who had just returned to the capital, to gain a firm foothold.

In the future, every household in Beijing will look down on the second prince, and when betting on the table, they will naturally look at the second prince's handicap twice!