First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 265
Hearing the emperor's words, the maids waiting on the side immediately went out to pass on the meal. The meal has been prepared since yesterday. The prince is no longer in the palace. The servants in the palace are also very flustered. They can find that the emperor's mood is getting worse and worse recently up.

After a while, the big table was served with meals. Unlike other places, meals in Kunning Palace are always eaten together, and there are not so many rules. This is also a long-standing tradition.

Empress Ma gave Zhu Biao a few dishes and stopped taking care of him. After all, although Zhu Biao was darker, he looked very energetic and grew a lot.

Zhu Lu, who was between Zhu Biao and Chang Luohua, had a lot of problems. Chang Luohua couldn't stop it after several mouthfuls of feeding. She was about to be scolded. Zhu Biao hurriedly told her to bring the kitten back, and after eating You can go and see.

Lao Zhu frowned and didn't say anything. He didn't like cats and dogs, and there were very few people in the palace who raised them, but he didn't say anything. Lao Zhu ate quickly and left a sentence for Zhu Biao after eating: " Come to the royal study when you're done."

Then she led the people away, Empress Ma shook her head and said, "Your father has been very busy recently, if you hadn't come back, I haven't seen him for almost half a month."

Zhu Biao was taken aback for a moment, but immediately comforted his queen mother and said, "Don't worry, queen mother, I'll ask later, if there are any complicated things, I'll just do it."

Empress Ma looked at her grown-up son and said, "That's good. Your father is getting older and older. In the folks, this is the age of a grandfather, and he is still busy day and night."

Zhu Biao nodded and said a few words of relief, and then led Zhu Lu, who had been fidgeting for a long time, out, and asked Liu Jin to lead her to see the kitten, while he went straight to the imperial study, where there were servants kneeling to greet him everywhere.

After entering the imperial study room, he saw Lao Zhu throwing him a stack of memorial letters. Zhu Biao took it and read it. The top one was the military report sent by Tang He.

It turned out that Tang He led his army across the river into Tongguan, divided his troops and went straight to Jingzhou, sent his generals to recruit Zhang Liangchen, who rebelled and left soon, Tang He joined forces to besiege Qingyang, captured and beheaded Zhang Liangchen.

Later, together with the deputy general Liao Yongzhong, he led the navy to go back to the river to attack Xia. The Xia soldiers seized the dangerous area. Tanghe's attack failed, and when the river surged, they stationed at Daxikou. .

Zhu Biao frowned after reading it. He also led soldiers. After reading it carefully, he knew that there was no problem with Tang He's command. It was just bad luck and the river surged. Resistance is a fact.

However, this matter is nothing, the Great Ming gathered the power of the world to enter Bashu, even if they rely on the right time and place, they are just lingering.

Zhu Biao turned to the next letter, which was a peace petition letter written by Ming Sheng, the ruler of Ming Xia.

Zhu Biao smiled and left it, and other places are fine, but the land of Bashu, the Land of Abundance, has the foundation for achieving hegemony, how could Daming allow it to continue to exist, let alone Tang He being blocked, Tang He's entire army was wiped out, Ming Dynasty will still raise troops and conquer.

Scrolling down is the memorials from various places in Ming Dynasty, which are generally good, but in such a big country, there are many problems. The most important thing is the lack of officials. Daming is still extremely short of local officials, especially at the county level. of.

The county magistrate is just a low-level existence in the bureaucratic system. Those who are unlucky will never have the opportunity to enter the court and see the emperor in their entire lives. The general family and big families also look down on him, but he is just a sesame official.

But among all the officials, the county magistrate is the most grassroots and has the most contacts with the people. It can be said that he has first-hand knowledge of the social situation and is the cornerstone of Ming Dynasty rule.

The people in its jurisdiction have the power of life and death. Such a position should not be sloppy, but the Ming Dynasty established the country by force, and no matter what, the nobles would not be able to become county magistrates. Isn't it a well-known local literati.

These people are used to being wanton in the Yuan Dynasty, and they did things out of the ordinary. Of course, Lao Zhu will not show mercy. Two months ago, he asked Yushitai to go out of Beijing to inspect the place, and found that all the offenders were brought back to the capital. The day before yesterday, more than a hundred people had been beheaded. up.

Scrolling down is the letter from the royal family such as the King of Korea, the Duan of Dali, etc. Zhu Biao frowned and read it again, all of which are useless nonsense, especially the Duan of Dali, who even wanted to continue to support the Yuan Dynasty, they forgot It happened that the ancestors were conquered by Kublai Khan.

After reading all kinds of news for half an hour, Zhu Biao was a little dizzy. It was really a bit messy, and it seemed to be very important. It was related to the country and should not be ignored.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang also finished handling a batch of state affairs that needed to be dealt with urgently. He waved Zhu Biao to sit down and said, "Wang Guangyang is a wimp who can write those sour poems. He can't do anything serious. It's useless for us to help him sit in the position of Prime Minister Zuo." .”

Zhu Biao smiled and said: "He's afraid, even Yang Xian can't fight, let alone the current Hu Weiyong, I'm afraid he just wants the father to demote him, so as not to become a thorn in Hu Weiyong's side and suffer revenge in the future."

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly: "Does he want to do this? He will have to sit in this position for at least a year. Hu Weiyong is too cautious now, and he needs to be stimulated by such a person."

Zhu Biao naturally understood this and didn't say much. Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and moved a few times and asked, "How many days do you want to rest?"

Zhu Biao shook his head and replied, "I'm going to lose my temper after a few days of rest, and it's time for my son to share his worries with his father."

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed a few times, and then said to the outside: "Decree issued to the Ministry of Education, it is said that I intend to let the prince come to the ministers to listen to the announcements of the ministers in order to practice state affairs. From tomorrow onwards, all political affairs will be punished by the prince. Then hear it."

There was a promise of promise outside, Zhu Biao stood up and knelt down on the ground, Zhu Yuanzhang walked up to his son and said: "You are smart since you were young, so father didn't need to say much, but the administration of the court is a major event, and we have worked hard all our lives to lay it down." The country must always be inherited by you, and you must not be negligent."

Zhu Biao said solemnly: "My son respectfully listens to my father's admonition."

Zhu Yuanzhang also said seriously: "We want you to remember a few principles, one is benevolence, and you will not be swayed by violence if you are able to be benevolent; , so that you will not indulge in ease; one is to be decisive, and if you are decisive, you will not be tied to grammar."

Zhu Biao bowed to promise, and Zhu Yuanzhang continued: "These points of Biao'er are the principles we learned after becoming emperor. You will teach your children and grandchildren the same way in the future, and the world of our Zhu family will be stable."

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he pulled his son up with his own hands: "The truth is this, but in fact you know how to do it yourself. We probably can't rely on Ren in this life, but we hope that our children and grandchildren can do it."

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(End of this chapter)