The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 187 We Are Going To See My Grandson Tomorrow
The matter of pirates along the coast is actually not worth mentioning to Zhu Di and Zhu Yan.

The main thing is not to fight, but to find.

But compared to Zhu Di, Zhu Fen is obviously much happier.

He just arrived, and he already has a lot of information gathered in his hands.

In a certain city lord's mansion, Zhu Yan and many soldiers under his command gathered together. Among them, there were several businessmen here.

These businessmen are the heads of the chamber of commerce under Zhu Ying's command.

However, each of these responsible persons, although they are dressed as businessmen, in terms of appearance, they really don't quite match businessmen.

Not to mention the burly and majestic figure, his face is also fierce, and he is not too shy compared to many generals.

Afraid that there will be a conflict, I can roll up my sleeves and start doing it at any time.

But this is more in line with Zhu Yan's appetite. If it is really those philistine businessmen, he still looks down on them a bit.

It's not that all businessmen are like this, it's just because the coastal area is relatively chaotic, so it's definitely impossible to hang around here without something.

"This time, I would like to thank you all for bringing this news to the king. In just a few days, hundreds of Japanese pirates have been arrested."

"Tell me, how do you want this king to reward you?"

Zhu Yan smiled and said to the two businessmen that he was in an extremely smooth mood now, and before he arrived, the two began to send information.

All you need is for the soldiers to bring troops and go straight to Huanglong to eliminate the Japanese pirates. The most troublesome thing is to find someone. With a guide, Zhu Yan seems to have a feeling of coming to travel.

He doesn't even need to go out, he can just send a few teams over there.

These unscrupulous people who pretended to be Japanese pirates were wiped out immediately when they encountered that the officers and soldiers had no ability to resist.

"Your Highness King Jin is being polite. We are just following orders. This is all arranged by the boss, and it is a matter of rewards. Please don't mention it again, Your Highness."

The leading businessman, after bowing, bowed back.

Hearing this, Zhu Yan also sighed a little, his nephew is really amazing, obviously the situation in the entire coastal area has been figured out.

"My lord, let me ask. You guys know the situation of my fourth younger brother." After slightly hesitating, Zhu Yan asked.

Hearing this, the two businessmen looked at each other, and after a moment of hesitation, the businessman who had been silent before nodded slightly.

Apparently, the two businessmen had some reservations even when facing the King of Jin, Zhu Yan. It seemed that the businessman who spoke in front was the main one, but in fact, the real main thing was the relatively silent businessman.

"Reporting to Your Highness, His Highness King Yan has arrived in Jiao'ao at this moment, and the army is stationed there, and there is no more movement, but..."

"Cough cough."

Just when the businessman in front wanted to continue talking, the businessman in charge suddenly coughed twice and interrupted him.

"Why, is there anything you can't say in front of this king? This time, I came to Pingwo. Didn't my boss say that I will do my best to help?"

"Or you want to hide something, or your boss."

The tone of Jin Wang Zhu Yan was a bit unhappy, with a slightly reprimanding tone, and his eyes were also on the principal businessman.

Hearing that the owner's family was involved, the businessman in charge, An, couldn't hold back, and quickly explained: "Your Highness, don't misunderstand, we are absolutely loyal to the owner's family, and there is absolutely no way to hide anything."

"This king thought you were dumb." Jin Wang Zhu Yan said angrily.

The businessman in charge smiled wryly, since he had already exposed himself, there was nothing he couldn't say.

The reason why he interrupted the businessman in front was that he didn't want the Chamber of Commerce to participate in the battle between the two vassal kings.

They didn't know about the current situation of the owner's family, and the order they received was to assist the King of Jin, Zhu Yan, to eliminate the pirates along the coast.

Telling King Jin of King Yan's information also meant that they had exposed the fact that King Yan had arranged personnel to monitor them.

"Reporting to Your Highness, I just had an unformed guess without real evidence, so I will interrupt it. If this kind of conjecture leads to misunderstanding and His Highness misjudges it, it will be a crime."

After the businessman in charge apologized, he explained what happened just now.

"Then tell me, what guesses do you have, which will cause me to make a wrong judgment?" Zhu Yan asked.

When this happened, the businessman in front lowered his head, and the businessman in charge behind him had no choice but to say:

"According to our observation, the army under Zhu Di's command is exploring the villages in the coastal areas of Shandong."

"It seems that they may be looking for traces of Japanese pirates, but when I waited for the intelligence feedback, the other party's detectives didn't even enter the village. Every time they just observed outside the village, they turned around and left."

"Just a single place is fine, but in fact, under our investigation, almost all the scouts sent by Zhu Di are like this."

Speaking of this, the businessman in charge didn't talk anymore, all the generals present, they all talked about it, and there was nothing they couldn't understand.

"Tsk tsk, the fourth brother of this king is really daring to do it. He can think of such a way as killing the good and pretending to be meritorious. They all say that this king is cruel. Isn't this more cruel than this king?"

Jin Wang Zhu Yan said with a smile, but there was no accusation in the words.

On the contrary, I sighed for Zhu Di's method.

In the army these days, it is not that they say that they will never commit crimes in autumn, and that there is not much difference between military bandits and military bandits.

"In this matter, I will give you a credit and keep an eye on it all the time. If you find anything, tell me immediately."

"At that time, my king will directly send a letter to the Chief Secretary of Shandong to see what else Zhu Di can do."

King Jin Zhu Yan felt very happy at the moment, being able to cause trouble to Zhu Di was the happiest thing he could experience so far.

"Follow the order." The businessman in charge replied helplessly.It was beyond his expectation that things would develop to such an extent.

We can only report all the situation here to the owner after we go back.

If something really went wrong because of this, I'm afraid life will not be easy.

But generally speaking, the chamber of commerce is very comfortable now.

Because after these coastal local forces are hit, the share of the overseas market will come out, and the benefits that can be generated by then are estimated to be at least ten times higher.

However, the most eye-catching thing on the side of the chamber of commerce is still the coast of Shandong, where the location is better and the trade is relatively smoother.

The capital, Liang Guogong's mansion.

Lan Yu is drinking with Zhu Shou.

Although Lan Yu is known as the leader of the generals of the young faction, he is actually 46 years old.

The 23-year-old Zhu Shou, who served as Wanhu, and Zhu Shou, who followed Zhu Yuanzhang to participate in the battle of crossing the river south, is also 60 years old this year.

In the 25th year of Hongwu, in fact, few of these early generals are young.

Zhu Shou was granted the title of Marquis of Boat Household, and his official position was the governor of the capital and the commander of Henghaiwei.

Henghaiwei was less than seventy miles away from the capital, and when he got the news that Lanyu was returning to the capital, Zhu Shou tried to come to the capital.

Of course, as the commander of the guard, he could not leave without permission, and he was able to come to the capital in the name of reporting to the Dudu Mansion.

Although Zhu Shou was more than one round older than Lan Yu, he showed great respect to Lan Yu.

"Mr. Liang, the crown prince has passed away, and the grandson is young. I don't know what to do. After receiving the news that Mr. Liang has returned to the capital, I feel more at ease."

After drinking for three rounds, Zhu Shou said frankly that he didn't have too many scruples.

The 60-year-old Zhu Shou already has a keen awareness of many things. In his opinion, the current situation is full of dangers, so he took the risk to have a private meeting with Lan Yu.

Like Zhu Shou and Cao Zhen, they are all Lan Yu's iron party, and their relationship is extremely close.

"In the early days, I was very anxious, but now, there is nothing to worry about." Sapphire's face was relaxed, and she didn't feel nervous like Zhu Shou at all.

After drinking the wine in the bowl in one gulp, he said with a smile.

Seeing this, Zhu Shou was a little anxious, wanted to say something, but stopped immediately, and subconsciously looked around.

"Don't worry, I have confidant soldiers stationed there, and the walls have no ears. If you have anything to say, just say it." Lan Yu said frankly.

Hearing this, Zhu Shou couldn't wait to speak, but his voice was still lowered: "Mr. Liang, to tell you the truth, on the last general Heng Haiwei's side, a few brothers below found traces of Jin Yiwei."

"The general is worried that His Majesty will be afraid of us people, the grandson is still young."

At this point, Zhu Shou's meaning is very obvious.

In fact, Zhu Shou had some vague guesses about Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts.

He is sixty, and his family also has an eldest son and grandson, and he is a Marquis himself.

The title is hereditary, if the eldest son is absent, it will naturally be inherited by the eldest grandson.

His grandson is relatively young, if he dies, how could his eldest grandson be in his teens to stop those uncles.

The thought of empathy made Zhu Shou realize that His Majesty might cut their military power.

Of course, from Zhu Shou's point of view, the cutting of military power was nothing more than that. They had all shed blood and sweat for Daming, so they wouldn't be punished like those civil servants.

"If someone's guess is correct, there must have been no such incidents in the past half a month." Old God Lan Yu said like a fortune teller while holding her hand.

Zhu Shou let out a light snort, and couldn't help saying: "That's true, how did Duke Liang know about it?"

Lan Yu smiled slightly, and instantly recalled in his mind the list given to him by His Royal Highness the eldest grandson a few days ago. At the top, the third place was Zhu Shou's name.

"Someone knows, it's because His Highness is back." Sapphire said slowly.

"Your Highness?" Zhu Shou was a little confused, a series of figures flashed in his mind, they were all princes, but no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't think of which one it was.

"Xiaoling, His Royal Highness King Yu." Lan Yu said bluntly with a smile.

Zhu Shou cried and laughed when he heard the words: "Gong Liang, don't joke with the last general. How long ago did His Highness the eldest grandson happen? If I remember correctly, it must have been ten years ago."

Lan Yu nodded seriously and said, "You remember correctly, this year happens to be the tenth year."

"Don't tease the general, the general, how can these dramas be taken seriously."

Seeing Sapphire's appearance, Zhu Shou felt tired. I'm talking about serious things with you, and you're telling me stories.

The most famous of the cultural deposits left by Mongolian Yuan on the land of Shenzhou is Yuanqu.

Yuanqu includes Zaju and Sanqu, mainly referring to Zaju.

The spread of rumors about Xiaoling, because it involves royal privacy, is very easy to arouse people's interest. Seeing that the government did not come forward to stop it, some bold people soon imagined it and made it into various dramas.

As soon as these dramas related to Xiaoling came out, they immediately set off an upsurge, and the speed of spread was dozens of times higher than before.

Accompanied by the troupe, with the capital as the core, it quickly spread to the entire territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Wait for some more time to ferment, I am afraid that it will be able to pass through the frontier, because of the dialect, the current King Yu of Xiaoling has more than ten dialect versions.

The Ming Empire is so powerful, and it is still the most mysterious imperial tomb. It is conceivable that those small tributary countries would be extremely curious about these dramas.

Perhaps there is no need to wait until next year. This year's Xiaoling Yuwang Zaju may have more than a dozen translated versions.

Lan Yu was speechless. I'm telling you the truth, but you still think I'm joking.

However, Lan Yu not only knows about Xiaoling Yuwang Zaju, but also likes to watch it recently. Every time I have dinner, I will go to watch the drama, and I am quite obsessed with it recently.

"The matter about the Xiaoling Mausoleum was probably released by His Majesty on purpose to build momentum for His Royal Highness the eldest grandson. Somebody else in Xiaoling Mausoleum doesn't know about it, but it's true that the ground was cracked and no bones of King Yu were found."

"After His Royal Highness Changsun was buried ten years ago, it is absolutely true that the stars shifted, the earth dragon rolled and drifted away from the underground river, and he was blessed by the heavens to escape the catastrophe."

"A few days ago, XX had dinner with His Royal Highness, His Majesty. A few days ago, His Majesty asked XX to pick 5000 people to guard His Highness. Now His Highness, His Royal Highness, is training soldiers in the capital camp outside the city."

"Oh, by the way, it is Cao Bing, the eldest son of Marquis Jingchuan, who is currently serving as a thousand households under His Royal Highness."

Lan Yu slowly explained that this matter was so unimaginable that most people just listened to it as a story, and if they really met His Highness the eldest grandson, they would be fooled.

Just like Zhu Shou now, with his mouth wide open, he was dumbfounded.

Sapphire's words had a great impact on him.

Zhu Shou has nothing to do on weekdays, he likes to listen to dramas, and Xiaoling's book is currently the most popular.

Sometimes Zhu Shou even imagined that if His Royal Highness Yu Wang really survived, then as the eldest grandson of Yu Wang, he must be the best heir of the Ming Empire.

Liang Guogong is the uncle of His Royal Highness King Yu, and after this calculation, their lineage can be the same as before, and the future generations will be prosperous.

Now that the dream has come true, Zhu Shou and Ye Gong are like dragons, and they are a little confused.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhu Shou picked up the wine jar next to him, took two gulps, and then looked at Sapphire.

He stared at Lan Yu for a while, then patted himself on the face, and said, "Mr. Liang, this is not a joke."

Lan Yu said angrily: "In a few days, when His Highness returns from the capital camp, someone will recommend you in front of His Highness and invite you to Beijing. When the time comes, you will know the truth of what XX said by meeting in person."

Zhu Shou swallowed subconsciously, still in shock.

In the blink of an eye, several days passed.

In the Daming Palace, it was Zhu Yuanzhang's time to take a leisurely walk in the palace after dinner, and soon after that it was time to review the memorials.

"Jiang Yu, our eldest grandson went to the Beijing camp to train soldiers. What day is it?" Zhu Yuanzhang stopped and asked suddenly.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, today is already No. 12." Jiang Yu immediately replied.

"Twelve days, we haven't seen our grandson for twelve days, and this grandson also sent a batch of memorials in two days, but he kept silent about thinking about us."

"I don't know how our eldest grandson is doing in the capital camp, whether he is eating well and sleeping well. The days in the military camp must not be comfortable in the capital."

"With such hard work, it seems that Dasun really wants to train a soldier who looks like he didn't succeed. He has practiced for twelve days. Could it be that the soldiers that Lan Yu gave our Dasun are not elite?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said to himself, the tone at the beginning was a bit complaining, but soon turned to miss.

At the end, he started to think about it, and even guessed whether it was the soldiers selected by Lan Yu who had cheated his grandson.

"No, we're going to the barracks tomorrow to see our grandson."

(End of this chapter)