The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 314
With the sound of imperial nephew, the complexions of all the feudal princes changed slightly.

Zhu Ying's posture is so low, of course, it is also considering the possible conflicts in her heart.

It would make these feudal lords feel very uncomfortable if they had a high profile as soon as they showed up.

People are like this sometimes, if you are a little more polite, many things can be perfectly avoided.

"Nephew, please come in."

Qin Wang Zhu Xi hurriedly said with a smile, and the many feudal lords behind him also breathed a sigh of relief seeing Zhu Ying's smiling face.

Perhaps, his purpose is not military power.

Zhu Ying was not polite, and walked in with the several vassal kings, and said at the same time: "This is probably the first time that my nephew is with all the uncles. The daily affairs are busy, and the uncles are far away from each other. It is difficult to reunite. Today It's a good day."

"I'm ashamed to say that the dinner prepared at Second Uncle's place today was based on my grandfather's suggestion from yesterday, which is why today's banquet came about. Uncles, don't blame it, don't blame it."

Who can not understand the words of hiding a knife in this smile?

Zhu Ying knew very well in her heart that if she wanted to really suppress such uncles, she could only rely on the old man's name.

Obviously, everyone understood what he said, and his heart skipped a beat.

Doesn't this mean that the emperor has agreed to accept our military power?

The two of them don't matter.

Zhu Wei didn't have the slightest idea. Anyway, he hadn't paid much attention to military power. How could he be happier than studying plants.

To be honest, if it weren't for Zhu Ying, he wouldn't even want to come. The current research is at a critical moment, and the results may be produced at any time.

And since Zhu Huan came to the school, Zao Chao never went there again.

"His Royal Highness, what else did the father say?"

Before reaching the lobby, King Zhu Bo of Xiang couldn't help asking.

As long as there is anything connected with his father, this is his greatest interest.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Ying turned her head to look at Zhu Bo.

King Zhu Bo of Xiang is personable, not as majestic as an ordinary vassal king, but gives people a feeling of being in the breeze. If you look closely, you can see that he is a bit fairy-like.

Of course, Zhu Ying already knew about the situation of King Zhu Bo of Xiang, and the old man had also explained that he was the most obedient prince.

"Uncle Twelfth, Grandpa has always been talking to me these days, and now there are occasional poems, but no one ghostwrites them."

"My nephew is particularly indecent when it comes to calligraphy, and it can't make up for the blankness in Grandpa's heart."

"I still remember two months ago, when my nephew was reviewing the memorial, the old man saw the pen and ink on the memorial and sighed, if Uncle Twelve was there, my nephew's calligraphy would certainly not be so bad."

Zhu Ying said with a smile.

King Zhu Bo of Xiang reacted greatly, and hurriedly asked: "This is true!"

Zhu Ying frowned and said, "Could it be that Uncle Twelfth thought that my nephew was fooling you."

Seeing that Zhu Ying was a little displeased, Xiang Wang Zhu Bo quickly explained: "No, I didn't mean that, but I didn't expect that my father would always miss me. I'm not filial."

"It's been a sin for so many days in the capital, but I haven't paid my respects to my father."

Zhu Bo's words were heavy, without any falsehood, and came from the heart.

But this made the surrounding feudal lords a little ashamed.

What's the matter, you are the filial son of the emperor, but we are not?
Speaking so sincerely, compared with this, doesn't it seem that we are not filial.

However, the vassal kings did not mean to despise this, but rather admired it.

Whether it's Zhu Xi, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, etc., they all respect and worship their father from the bottom of their hearts.

Zhu Ying listened, and couldn't help but look at Zhu Bo a few more times, this is really a pure and kind person.

So he smiled and said: "It's not too late now, Grandpa must be able to feel Uncle Twelfth's affection."

When Zhu Bo heard this, his eyes lit up, and he nodded heavily.

After such a small episode, it is clear that the relationship between Zhu Ying and many vassal kings has become closer, including Zhu Zhen, the king of Chu, Zhu Yu, the king of Qi, and Zhu Chun, the king of Shu, who have not met much before.

Looking at Zhu Ying's eyes is also very friendly.

When Zhu Ying came over here, the dinner party was naturally prepared long ago.

Looking at the rich dishes and the prepared fine wine, Zhu Ying said, "This time my nephew came to eat with all the uncles, and there are not many preparations."

"All the uncles must have heard about the nephew's establishment of a factory. Although the winery has not yet been formally established, there are already new wines."

"This time my nephew also brought a few altars here for all the uncles to taste."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Ying clapped her hands lightly, and the four eunuchs came in one after another, holding a wine jar in each hand.

Zhu Ying took the lead and opened the sealed jar.

Immediately, a strong aroma of wine came to the nostrils.

Except for Zhu Wei, who is not fond of this sip, they are all elites in the wine, and they can feel the taste just by smelling the aroma.

Qi Wang Zhu Mi is especially addicted to alcohol, and his personality is relatively unrestrained. Seeing that there were only four jars of wine, he was a little upset and said: "Nephew, you are not mean, there are eight of us here, and there are nine people including my nephew. How can four jars of wine be enough to drink?"

Zhu Bo frowned slightly, he felt that what Brother Qi said was a little presumptuous.

Although the eldest nephew called himself nephew, it was all polite to everyone.

It is already very good to be able to lower your profile and chat with people like yourself. It shows that His Royal Highness pays attention to the elders and really wants to treat them with the courtesy of a monarch and minister.

No one can say what opinion.

But this is not an excuse for overreaching.

Not only Zhu Bo, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fang and others were also slightly dissatisfied.

The meaning of His Highness Grandson's coming this time has not yet been clarified. If he offended him before it even started, and later involved himself and others, he would be innocent.

Just when Zhu Xi was about to reprimand his reckless seventh brother, Zhu Ying spoke.

"It seems that Uncle Qi pays little attention to my nephew. My nephew is not stingy. The key is the wine. He is unusual."

"Just these four jars of wine, my nephew thinks it's too much. This time, I definitely can't finish it."

These four jars are not the small jars of one or two catties, but the big jars of ten catties.

In other words, the current four jars of wine weigh forty catties.

It was divided equally among eight people, but each person weighed a full five catties.

This kind of high-concentration baijiu can take half a catty to one catty for a normal person, and it will be terrible after drinking two or three catties.

At present, although the distillation technology in the early Ming Dynasty has been reflected, the maximum is no more than [-] degrees, and there are not many people who know it, and the wine is generally more than [-] degrees.

People who have never drank high-strength liquor are rarely able to resist drinking it for the first time.

However, Zhu Ying didn't pay much attention to Qi Wang Zhu's straightforward words.

People with a personality like the King of Qi, Zhu Yu, actually met too many people in the Western Regions. They have a straightforward personality and don't have too many cities, so that's it.

Apparently, although the king of Qi, Zhu Mi, had read a lot, after leaving the school, he returned all of them to the teachers who taught him.

Seeing that Zhu Ying didn't have too much emotion, the many feudal lords were relieved.

"Okay, then I'm not going to be polite, let's have a taste first."

Naturally, the king of Qi, Zhu Yu, didn't have so many twists and turns, and didn't understand the changes in other people's eyes and expressions. He picked up the wine jar and poured a glass into the glass.

Then take a sip.

'cough cough cough'

The next moment, there was a violent coughing sound, Qi Wang Zhu Mi suddenly became blushed and his neck was thick.

A strong stimulus erupted in the throat, this burning impact, after coughing, I only felt that the whole person was surrounded by alcohol.

"Haha, good wine! Good wine! Great! Great!"

Qi Wang Zhu Yu burst into laughter, then praised loudly, and subconsciously licked his lips, feeling the turbulent hotness just now.

What kind of feeling does it feel for a tall and thick man to lick his lips?

The corners of Zhu Ying's mouth were twitching.

This is really, unscrupulous!

However, following the actions of Qi Wang Zhu Yu, everyone began to be interested in the wine in the altar.

Zhu Ying said with a smile: "This wine is relatively strong, maybe it should be the strongest wine at the moment, you can't eat too much in one mouthful, you have to taste it slowly, and it's not advisable to drink too much. If the wine is a little weak, maybe a few glasses Go down and get drunk."

Hearing Zhu Ying's explanation, all the vassal kings also began to drink under the eunuch's pouring of wine.

But at this time, Qi Wang Zhu Yu had already put down two cups, and his complexion became very rosy.

Zhu Ying is obviously still very good at controlling the atmosphere. After drinking for three rounds, everyone's relationship has become warmer. Even Zhu Di, who had always wanted to be a transparent person, seemed to relax a little.

Afterwards, Zhu Ying picked up the wine glass and said to Zhu Di from a distance: "I have to respect the fourth uncle alone for this glass of wine. If there is no fourth uncle, I would not be where I am today. You uncles don't know that when I was in Peiping, my fourth uncle was extremely respectful." You strongly invite me to come to the capital."

"At the very beginning, I didn't want to come. It's because the fourth uncle was too enthusiastic, so I came to the capital."

"When I arrived in the capital, my fourth uncle arranged a shop for me. My second and third uncles know this. The Ping An Tea House has always been my fourth uncle's property."

"What's more, it's my fault that I didn't give any of the rent from the teahouse to fourth uncle. Fourth uncle, this cup of nephew is a special respect to you. Thank fourth uncle for taking care of my nephew."

Seeing that Zhu Ying picked up the wine glass, Zhu Di didn't dare to be negligent, so he quickly picked up the wine glass.

Seeing Zhu Ying was about to feel bored, so she could only follow along, and had to say: "Your nephew, you are being polite, I believe everyone here, no matter who sees it at a glance, they will definitely think that they are inseparable from elder brother. .”

"At that time, I was suspicious, so I tried every means to invite the imperial nephew to the capital. To be honest with the imperial nephew, I thought it was my elder brother's illegitimate son, but I didn't expect it to be the eldest nephew I had hugged since I was a child. "

"Speaking of which, if it wasn't for the emperor's own verification, even the Xiaoling Mausoleum has been excavated, I really can't believe it."

Even Zhu Di, who drank a few glasses of white wine, was obviously a bit over the top, his complexion was rosy, and when he spoke, he was not as shy as before, but rather sighed.

Putting aside the matter about the throne, these words can be regarded as Zhu Di's relatively real inner feelings at present, and it can only be said that the world is impermanent.

Seeing that the feeling was almost in place, Zhu Ying smiled and asked Zhu Yan, "Third Uncle, I'm still used to the days of fighting Japanese pirates along the coast."

Hearing this, Zhu Yan replied with a smile: "It's not comparable to my fourth brother. The Japanese kingdoms along the coast of Zhejiang are considered to be a minority, and the coast of Shandong is the big one. I heard that the fourth brother has killed many Japanese pirates, probably tens of thousands. "

Speaking of this, Zhu Yan's tone was a little bit weird, and he said: "There are really many Japanese pirates, and they all ran to Shandong. I was a generation in the coast of Zhejiang, and the Japanese pirates I caught and killed did not even reach a thousand. , but there are dozens of times more in Shandong.”

"Before, I also arrested a group of Japanese pirates for interrogation, and learned more about the situation of the Japanese country."

"It's just that those Japanese pirates are really very cunning. They dared to deceive me. They even lied to me that there are only more than 1 Japanese pirates who came to Ming Dynasty this time."

"Isn't this nonsense? Brother Guan's fourth brother has already executed 4 to [-] people. I heard that there were still a large number of Japanese pirates who went to Koryo to support Tsushima Island. No matter what, there must be [-] to [-] people."

"These Japanese pirates are really hateful, and they even colluded with each other. I interrogated hundreds of people in a row, and they all made such an excuse. It's fake, it's very fake!"

As soon as these words came out, many vassal kings gave Zhu Di a strange look. In fact, most of the vassal kings were well aware of such a thing.

Especially Qi Wang Zhu Yu didn't care too much.

Although they are all vassal kings, the people under this rule are all the people of Ming Dynasty, so don't expect to love the people so much.

It is already a common practice in the military to kill good men and take meritorious service, and it has been the case almost since ancient times.

Otherwise, how would the military merit come from? Even if the leading general doesn't want to do this, the subordinates below will generally do the same.

For many soldiers in the field, going to the battlefield is not for the righteousness of the family and the country, to protect the family and the country. Some farmers, who face the loess and their backs to the sky, do not know a few big characters, so how could they have such a high level of awareness.

One is that the orders of the court cannot be disobeyed. For such things as military service, if you escape, you will be beheaded.

The second is to go to the battlefield, if there is any gain, they can all receive rewards, and sometimes they can get some money secretly when they win the battle.

Even if he played for two or three years and brought home dozens of li of silver, he would be happy and well-off in the future, living a nourishing life, at least the family could have a full meal.

This is the soldier now.

That being the case, it doesn't mean that anyone can stop them from stealthily killing good men and taking meritorious deeds. Once the superiors forcefully stop them, if they don't get enough military pay to appease them, then wait for the morale to drop and be defeated in every battle.

This is the reality, and it doesn't mean that a few generals can change it.

Zhu Di's words were just ridicule to Zhu Di, not to accuse Zhu Di of committing crimes, but because he said that he had done more meritorious deeds than himself, and in fact he was going in a crooked way.

In fact, Zhu Yan also wanted to do this, but was stopped by the Qunying Chamber of Commerce.

Zhu Ying has already explained this aspect.

To a large extent, Zhu Yan still didn't want to argue with Zhu Ying.

Furthermore, during the period of stay in Zhejiang, the Qunying Chamber of Commerce did not lose money to Zhu Yan, except for military merits, it was much better than killing good men and pretending to be meritorious.

Such things as killing good people and taking meritorious deeds are ultimately out of the question.

"Why, what the third brother meant was that he suspected that I was massacring the people. If that's the case, why didn't the third brother send someone to investigate and report it to the emperor for Jin Yiwei to investigate."

In front of Zhu Di, how could Zhu Di be willing to lose the wind, and directly opened his mouth to retort.

"Heh, don't I know the methods of the fourth brother? Besides, what I said just now was not aimed at the fourth brother, but I was a little confused. Right, why did the fourth brother admit it by himself? What's the matter? The legendary self-inflicted?"

Zhu Yan didn't show weakness, and replied with a sneer.

Zhu Di got angry and said, "Perhaps you are eccentric, but don't allow me to clarify the facts. How much do you know about Japanese pirates?"

"I'm here to say frankly today that nine out of ten people killed by this king can't be wrong. Even the half of them are definitely related to Japanese pirates indirectly."

"What's the situation of Japanese pirates? It's not like they haven't been captured alive when they invaded the coast of Daming. Every time they interrogate, they can get a rough idea."

"Third brother, have you read the dossier about Japanese pirates?"

"You didn't see it, but I found out that in the 16th year of Hongwu, there were only more than 4 people from the Wa Kingdom. As a result, many cities were looted, and according to statistics, there were [-] troops."

"You said how did the extra 3 people come from?"

"This time I strictly investigated the coast of Shandong, and got rid of those fake Japanese pirates one by one. Only then did I gain such a harvest. If you think that I have killed the good, as I said before, you can ask the Jin Yiwei to conduct a thorough investigation, and then you will know."

Zhu Di spoke uprightly, without any worries or scruples.

When Zhu Yan heard this, he just snorted coldly, and didn't dwell on this matter any longer.

According to the news from the Qunying Chamber of Commerce, when Zhu Di killed people, it was a village-by-village massacre.

In the coastal area of ​​Shandong, there are indeed a lot of Japanese masters, and it is impossible to find out.

Many feudal lords watched the dispute between the two, drinking and eating food at the same time, just watching the excitement.

Everyone has already understood the incident between Zhu Yan and Zhu Di.

Zhu Ying said: "The situation of mastering the Japanese is indeed more serious in the coastal areas, but because one person masters the Japanese, one village will be wiped out, which is a bit too strict."

"After all, it's because of the Japanese pirates. I discussed with my grandfather before that you will go to conquer the Japanese country next year. All uncles must know about it."

Several feudal kings nodded, but did not speak.

Obviously, the conversation has come to this point, and the next step is obviously the purpose of this gathering.

Zhu Ying took a look at everyone's expressions, and then continued: "This place of Wa Kingdom is neither small nor big, but among them, there is one place that is quite important."

Speaking of this, Zhu Ying actually took out a simple map of the Japanese country from her arms.

Many vassal kings came to nature at once, and surrounded them one after another.

Zhu Ying continued to introduce: "The people on the side of the Wa Kingdom have communicated with each other since the time of the First Emperor, when Xu Fu went to the east. , there is also a large degree of similarity."

"Uncles, please take a look. This is a map of the Wa Kingdom. Of course, it is not complete. It was drawn by overseas merchants who traveled to the Wa Kingdom."

"The key to this is here."

This map is just a rough shape, and on it, there is a specially marked place: Iwami.

Zhu Ying's finger is pointing here.

Then he explained: "Ishijian Yinshan, there are tens of millions of taels of silver reserves here. This news is very accurate. It is the result of special exploration by overseas workers who are good at exploration."

"And on this basis, my nephew also sent people to explore the Iwami Silver Mountain. It is exactly the same as the previous results, and even said that the amount of silver stored in it is even more."

Hearing this news, everyone finally understood how the old man would agree to go to fight the Japanese country.

Originally, this matter had come to an end with Liu Bowen, but now it was brought up again. It turned out that it was because of this huge silver mountain.

Hearing this news, the other feudal lords suddenly began to envy Zhu Yan and Zhu Di.

Next year's expedition to the Wa country, it is obvious that the two of them will go there, and they will definitely get a lot of money back. Such a big benefit, it's all money.

When Zhu Di heard the news, his eyes lit up a little.

He has been very entangled, where is his future way out.

Hearing this news now, I feel really relieved.

"It's really God helping me. If I lead an army to occupy the Ishijian Yinshan, I will have the final say on how much money will be paid at that time."

"Waguo and Daming are so far apart, even Jin Yiwei can't do anything about it."

A flash of joy flashed in Zhu Di's heart. For now, the candidate for next year has already been decided, and it will definitely pass without any fuss.

Zhu Bing's thoughts are obviously similar.

Zhu Ying kept observing Zhu Di's complexion, and seeing Zhu Di's unconcealable joy, she knew that there was probably no problem.

After a short pause, he said: "There are still quite a few local people in the Wa Kingdom. Among them, their emperor has great authority in the Wa Kingdom and is sought after."

"According to my grandfather and I's estimate, it's easy to break into the Japanese country, but it's a very long process to teach them. This doesn't mean that it can be completed in just a few years, ten years, or even decades. time."

"In this regard, what my nephew means is that I want to invite all uncles who are interested in the Wa country, so my nephew can specifically ask grandpa to seal the country overseas."

The so-called picture poor dagger see, that's it.

As soon as the words of the overseas closure of the country came out, the eyes of almost all the vassal kings began to become a little strange.

Of course, apart from Zhu Xi and Zhu Bo.

One is not interested, and the other just wants to be closer to the father.

"His Royal Highness, but seriously!"

The most belligerent king of Qi, Zhu Yu, asked first.

Zhu Ying said affirmatively: "During the period when the country was sealed off overseas, can my nephew still argue with all the uncles?"

"Let's put it this way, if any uncle can be sure, and if there is no problem with grandpa, my nephew can be granted the right to form an inner court, and from now on, preparations can be made for overseas sealing of the country."

"Not only that, if the war goes well, we can also call on the people of Ming Dynasty to immigrate there. To a certain extent, the Qunying Chamber of Commerce can also borrow a certain amount of precious money without interest for the initial establishment of the country."

Sealed the country overseas, formed the inner court, emigrated from the Ming Dynasty, and borrowed money without interest.

Once these four plans were announced, all the vassal kings were shocked.

This is something that has never happened in history throughout the ages. This is a direct grant of monarchy. Since ancient times, any emperor who dared to do this would not be afraid that the feudal state would take off and threaten Daming instead.

"Is this what the emperor meant?"

Zhu Xi asked.

After all, he is a person who has experienced ups and downs. He was not directly attracted by Zhu Ying's big cake, but asked seriously.

Zhu Ying nodded and said, "Of course, I have discussed with grandpa about such important matters as uncles. In this regard, grandpa is also very supportive."

Zhu Xi asked again: "I don't know how the emperor's nephew thinks about this."

Zhu Ying took a deep look at Zhu Xi, and then replied; "Since the second uncle asked about this, there is no need for my nephew to say that I must hide something."

"As we all know, the issue of the vassal king, whether it is grandpa, me, or all the uncles, is a problem that is often considered."

"Nephew also put it bluntly. This matter has indeed been discussed with grandpa many times."

"Some examples in history must not be ignored. Maybe it's okay now, but it will be a few generations later. Who can tell clearly."

"But grandpa told me that all the uncles are also his own flesh and blood. Grandpa is most worried about the big family of our old Zhu's family, which is killing each other."

"For this reason, grandpa often tossed and turned, and couldn't sleep all night, until something happened in the country of Wa."

"The Iwami Silver Mountain of the Wa Kingdom is enough to show that the entire Wa Kingdom has strong potential, and it is not a barren and cold place in the eyes of the past."

"The previous yuan was not defeated, so it doesn't mean that I can't defeat Ming Dynasty. At this time, my nephew heard the news from Fanshang that the country of Wa has just experienced a big war, and its vitality has been greatly damaged. Those who are now invading my country of Ming , most of them are the losers of this war.”

"At the same time, the national teacher of Koryo, led an army of more than [-], and you have already captured Tsushima Island first. Under the attack of the two sides, I think the mere Japanese country, not to mention completely shattered, but half of the Japanese country should be defeated. It's not difficult."

"After the Wa Kingdom was conquered, there was the issue of governance. It was in this aspect that my nephew proposed the idea of ​​enforcing the country overseas."

"Of course, the overall size of the Wa country is not too small, so it's okay to have a few more uncles to go with, and it happens to be able to take care of me, so I won't be alone."

After listening to Zhu Ying's words.

Everyone immediately understood the meaning of this overseas closure.

Everyone doesn't know how big the Wa Kingdom is, but after the country was sealed off overseas, when it was over there, it was said that it was a vassal king, and what was the difference from the emperor.

Thinking of this, Zhu Xi couldn't help asking: "The emperor's nephew means, how many people can go to the Wa country this time?"

Zhu Ying made some calculations in her mind, and then said: "According to the current plan, about three people are enough, if there are more, I'm afraid it will not be manageable."

The so-called three-legged confrontation, Zhu Ying feels that the three of them are relatively easy to balance.

Hearing this, Zhu Di and Zhu Yan were slightly dissatisfied.

After all, in their view, two people are a bit crowded, and now there are three people, it will be even more uncomfortable.

It's just that Zhu Ying has long thought of this three-point Japanese country.

At this moment, many vassal kings are eager to try, after all, the two places of Zhu Di and Zhu Bian must have been occupied.

There is only one spot left, so we have to grab it.

Seeing that the vassal kings were ready to fight for it, Zhu Ying quickly said: "Don't worry, uncles. In fact, it's not just the Wa country. There are many rich and prosperous lands outside of Ming Dynasty."
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ps: [-] words are a little short, and I will make up tomorrow morning.

I changed the title of the book again today, please support the monthly ticket, don't be polite, just deal with it, the more the better.

The more monthly tickets, the more motivation.

(End of this chapter)