The fragments of the golden cup pierced Zhu Gaoxu's palm, and blood suddenly flowed down.

The attendants who were waiting on the side exclaimed in amazement, and rushed forward to bandage him to stop the bleeding, and he glanced at them with disdain, a bunch of useless stupid minions! I think that I was all over the battlefield back then, and I was used to seeing the mountain of corpses in the sea of blood, and now the stable world of the Ming Dynasty is piled up by these countless corpses.

The faint pain from the wound on the wrapped palm stimulated the raging anger in his heart, Zhu Gaochi! Since he destroyed his only dream, he couldn't blame himself for not thinking about his compatriots.

Speaking of compatriot love, he looked at the wine and food on the table, and remembered another compatriot brother who had just been sent away, Zhu Gaosui, who was named King of Zhao. Among the three brothers, this younger brother is neither like the eldest brother who is loved by Taizu, nor like he has a lot of military exploits, and he has no power in the court, so he is relatively much weaker. is usually respectful to the two elder brothers, and it seems to be humble and polite, and he has no ambition for the position of prince.

This time, he was made the king of Zhao and was crowned Beiping, and he was not the slightest dissatisfied. He had just come to resign, and he was about to leave for Beiping in the near future. For this, Zhu Gaoxu felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, didn't his uncomplaining just show his dissatisfaction in front of his father?

However, it was this humble and polite King Zhao who had no complaints, and in the banquet just now, there was a sense of opposing Zhu Gaochi and supporting his second brother to compete for the crown prince.

For this, Zhu Gaoxu is not surprised, this third brother has always been more favored by his parents because of his young age among the three brothers. Although he is a humble gentleman on the surface, in fact, he has always been pampered and arrogant behind his back, and he has secretly done a lot of illegal things since he was a child.

So since he was a child, Zhu Gaoxu knew that his younger brother was actually not honest at all. Now he took the initiative to express his support for the crown prince, obviously wanting to provoke a fight between the two elder brothers, hoping to profit from it. Zhu Gaoxu saw through this from the beginning. However, he was still tempted.

For the position of the crown prince, the future emperor, if there is any prince who is not moved, it must be a lie. However, Zhu Gaochu wants to seize the position of the crown prince is a little different, he is actually not much interested in the supreme power, and he is not unwilling to let his father promise the prince back then, in the final analysis, this is originally a matter of his father's sacred heart, he can give it to whoever he likes, and others have nothing to say.

However, now this prince has been given to Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Gaochi, the one who took away the woman he loved the most and ruined his biggest dream. Originally, the crown prince could be given to anyone, but it must not be given to this person! He must fight for it, he must grab it, and he must also snatch away the most important thing from this person, so that it can be called fairness. Because he knew that Zhu Gaochi attached great importance to the position of the prince in his heart.

However, how much help can this King Zhao, who has no power in the court and no support from the minister's army, bring him much?

His fiefdom was in Beiping, and not long ago, his father had personally inspected Beiping, and his trusted henchman Yao Guangxiao had gone to Beiping several times before, which was said to be a survey and design, preparing to build a new palace. It is no secret that Beijing has no secret about changing Beiping to Beijing and moving the capital.

If this is true, the sealing of King Zhao to Beiping will never be an unintentional move by his father, but should be a preparation for moving the capital. He couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart, fortunately he had followed Qiu Fu's advice and did not go to Yunnan, which was thousands of miles away, to become a vassal in Yunnan, otherwise he would have no place in Beijing after moving the capital.

From this point of view, this King Zhao may really be able to help in the future, Zhu Gaoxu thought a little proudly.

At this time, an attendant stepped forward to announce: "The commander of Tiance Weisun has come to ask His Highness for peace." ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and motioned for the chamberlain to lead him over.

Tiancewei, Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang defeated Chen Youliang that year, and claimed to be one of the seventeen guards established when he was King Wu. However, after the world was pacified, and after Taizu ascended the throne, twelve guards were set up, and Tiance Wei was excluded. After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he added ten guards again, collectively known as the twenty-six guards of Shangzhi, which were directly under the jurisdiction of the emperor and disobeyed the management of the five military governors' mansions and became the emperor's Praetorian Guard. And this time, Tiancewei was once again excluded.

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu took a fancy to this Praetorian Guard force with outstanding military achievements but an embarrassing situation. A few months ago, he said that he was living in Beijing and asked for Tiancewei to be allocated to him. His original intention was to test whether his father was suspicious of his long-term residence in Beijing, but he didn't expect his father to agree very happily, and allocated this elite army that had been through a hundred battles to him as the protector of the Han Palace, and became his personal guard.

Zhu Gaoxu was really overjoyed, and he could still command the soldiers and horses in Beijing, which showed that his father fully trusted him. This made him have a little more confidence in competing for the crown prince.

In the midst of self-satisfaction, I remembered that after Li Shimin, the king of Qin, defeated Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande's coalition army, he was named the general of Tiance and opened the "Tiance Mansion" in Luoyang. Later, Li Shimin's Xuanwumen changed and ascended the throne as emperor, most of which relied on the help of many talents recruited in this Tiance Mansion. Now that he has this Tiance Guard, he can't help but secretly boast in his heart that Li Shimin, the king of Qin, is self-proclaimed.

Tian Cewei commanded Sun Dianchen to stride over, he was born extremely tall, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and the armor on his body jingled when he walked, with the sound of loud footsteps, it was really a person who arrived before he arrived.

I saw him bow respectfully to Zhu Gaoxu and said, "Your Highness, the defense and humble duties in the palace have been checked, and everything is normal." ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded, he liked this burly and somewhat taciturn general, although he didn't talk much, he could arrange everything in an orderly manner. He has led the army to fight all the year round, and he knows that the generals who can really fight and use well in the army will not be those who are like a lotus flower with a tongue and a biting dog, and he understands this truth.

He slowed down his speech and tried to be as amiable as possible: "General Sun has worked hard, today is your birthday, right?"

Sun Dianchen's body was shocked, and he looked a little unexpected: "His Royal Highness He Lao is worried about his humble birthday, and he is terrified. ”

Zhu Gaoxu smiled: "This king has prepared a little small gift, and he has already sent someone to the mansion." I heard that you have a family banquet at home, and you will have a banquet for your subordinate generals, and this gift should add glory. Now that this is arranged, you should go back as soon as possible. ”

Sun Dianchen's voice trembled a little, revealing gratitude: "Thank you, Your Highness, I will retire from my humble position." He bowed down and walked out of the gazebo, and strode away.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at his back and was very satisfied. Years of experience in the army made him very clear about how to deal with such a simple and straightforward general. Sometimes a little care and favor can make them grateful and loyal.

He likes to deal with such people, and compared to the ministers in the court who are detached and intrigued, such talents make him feel more at ease.