Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 400 Sapphire's uncle is really not in vain...

Qin Wang Zhu Yu had long looked down on Zhu Yunxi, or ever since he learned that the old man would rather make his elder brother's grandson than himself as the prince, his mentality exploded and he looked down on all Zhu Biao's sons.

Seeing his eldest nephew tinkering with such a powerful cannon now, Zhu Xi's mentality collapsed even more. Even if he knew that his sarcastic remarks would not affect his eldest nephew at all, he couldn't help but squeeze him a few words.

Regardless of whether it is useful or not, let's talk about mouth addiction first!
"Father, think about it. In the future, this cannon will definitely be a sharp weapon on the battlefield. I don't know how many people will die under the cannon."

"Zhu Yunxi named it after your year name, so the souls who died under the cannon in the future will come to you and ask for their lives?"

As soon as Zhu Xi said this, everyone looked at Zhu Yunxi teasingly, wanting to see how the grandson would cope.

However, before Zhu Yunxi could open his mouth, Lao Zhu took the first step to rescue the grandson.

"Humph!"

"During the process of our establishment of Ming Dynasty, more than a million people were killed or injured. Let them come to us to claim their lives!"

As soon as Lao Zhu's bachelor's remarks fell to the ground, everyone shut up wisely, even Zhu Xi, who was determined to provoke trouble, dared not speak any more.

He faintly felt that the old man's anger was almost full, and if he dared to talk too much, the old man would really be able to throw himself off the city wall.

After the military exercise, Lao Zhu held a banquet in the palace to entertain the officials, and threw all the envoys of the vassal states to Zhu Yunxi, and asked Zhu Yunxi to entertain them in the Wenhua Palace.

When Lao Zhu and others returned to the palace to eat and drink, the target field outside the city welcomed a new batch of spectators.

Some of these onlookers were ordinary people in the city, some were generals in the army, and some were members of the Imperial College.

Han Qing also mixed in the crowd, observing the destruction scene of the artillery.

After seeing that the entire hill was blown into a big pit, Han Qing was shocked and filled with infinite joy.

If he got the cannon, or the blueprint of the cannon, wouldn't he be able to kill Zhu Butcher easily?

However, how to get big ** paper?

Han Qing came out of the crowd and hurriedly found his niece Han Yunshang to talk to, and asked Han Yunshang to find Zhu Yunqi, and then asked Zhu Yunqi to steal the blueprint for himself.

Han Yunshang found it difficult to deal with it after hearing about it, but he still passed the information to Zhu Yunqi, and let Zhu Yunqi look at it and think of a way.

After Zhu Yunqi received this task, he sighed silently in his heart.He didn't even get a viewing platform near the city gate during the military exercise, so how could he get the blueprint of the cannon?
In fact, not only Han Qing coveted the blueprints of cannons, but also Teng Youshou from Japan, Lu Song from North Korea, Ruan Zongliang from Annan, and chieftains in the Southwest all wanted to get the blueprints of cannons.

It was just that when they found out that there was Jin Yiwei guarding the Hope Academy, they all started thinking about it.

What kind of person is Jin Yiwei? He is the emperor's pro-army. If he wants to steal something under their noses, isn't that courting death?
The banquet in Fengtian Hall is divided into three floors. On the first floor are Lao Zhu's princes and grandchildren. They form the first floor around Lao Zhu.

The second layer is civil and military nobles, as well as relatives of the emperor. They are the most loyal supporters of Daming, and they were twisted into a community of interests by Lao Zhu through blood ties.

The third layer is the civil and military officials, which is also the largest group.

They sat on both sides according to the division of civil and military, and each led three or five friends to join the table together, drinking and chatting.

Sapphire also took a different position, in an inconspicuous position on the second floor.

Although his title of duke of Liang has been taken away, he still has the status of being the grandson of the emperor and the father-in-law of Zhu Chun, the king of Shu. Not too much.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, this guy Sapphire is a little drifting.

Seeing that no one was toasting him, he felt a little suffocated, picked up a wine glass and walked to the center.

"Boss, did you forget something?"

As soon as Lao Zhu saw Lan Yu, the smile on his face disappeared immediately.

"Sapphire, what do you mean by that?"

Sapphire said shakingly.

"The superior personally agreed some time ago, and I want to give an explanation to the soldiers of the Northern Expedition!"

"It's been almost a month now, you haven't forgotten about it, have you?"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he felt awkward, thinking that he specially called all the vassal kings back, wasn't it just for this reason?
"We haven't forgotten!"

"We're about to tell the princes about this!"

When Lao Zhu said this, he immediately stood up and raised his glass.

"Emperors, we have something to ask you."

Lao Zhu's sudden words surprised everyone. When did His Majesty the Emperor become so polite?

All the vassal kings also stared at the father with puzzled faces, wondering what kind of medicine was sold in the father's gourd?

And what does Lan Yu mean by the soldiers of the Northern Expedition?
Only some of the officials present roughly guessed that it might be about the veterans who accompanied Sapphire before.

At that time, His Majesty promised them on the city wall, saying that he would give them a proper placement.

Zhu Yan was the first to stand up and make a statement.

"Father, if you have anything to say, just say it, my son will go through fire and water, and I will not hesitate!"

As soon as Zhu Yan finished speaking, Zhu Chen, Zhu Di, Zhu Yan and others stood up one after another.

"Father and emperor have orders, sons and ministers are omnipotent!"

Seeing that the emperors were giving face so much, Lao Zhu immediately drank it with a smile.

"Good good!"

"You emperors have such a heart, we are very relieved!"

"Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just that some veterans from the Northern Expedition want to be resettled. Don't you each have three guards and horses, just to help the court resettle the veterans."

"Old soldier..."

All the princes fell silent when they heard this, even Zhu Yan, who was the first to stand up, shut up.

Zhu Xing knew how hard it was for the soldiers who followed Lan Yu's Northern Expedition, more than half of Lan Yu's personal barracks were lost, and most of those who survived by chance were wounded, and some even lost arms or legs.

If the father intends to distribute these disabled soldiers to him, then he, a filial son, will have to say "no" to the father.

"There were more than 3 veterans in the imperial court's Northern Expedition, and 1 of them were disabled."

"Let's not go with you one by one. Didn't you each bring 3000 people to Beijing?"

"These 3000 people are all left behind, and you take the [-] veterans back!"

As soon as Lao Zhu said this, the vassal circle on the first floor exploded instantly.

Zhu Xing immediately jumped out to express his objection.

"Father, you are too partial to your eyes!"

"We have a total of three guards and horses, and the full force is less than 2. If you rush in with three thousand disabled veterans, you will make us die!"

Although the others didn't dare to be as presumptuous as Zhu Xi, they all showed anger, and their hearts and faces were full of reluctance.

Old Zhu looked at Zhu Xi with a sullen face, and said to the people beside him.

"King Qin is drunk, help him go to Beizhen Fusi Prison to sober up!"

Old Zhu originally wanted to make an appearance of the King of Qin and force the other princes to admit this account.But he didn't realize that this incident became the last straw that crushed King Qin.

King Qin kicked over the table without waiting for Jin Yiwei to step forward, then took off the clothes of King Qin and the crown on his head, and threw them heavily on the ground.

"Father!"

"If you do this, then I won't be the king of Qin anymore. Give it to whomever you like!"

"In short, there is no way I want to take in those disabled veterans!"

After King Qin finished speaking, he lay down on the ground softly, making up his mind to play this rascal.

Seeing this, Lao Zhu was so angry that his chest heaved violently, but he couldn't do anything about this rebellious son.

There is no way, who made this rebellious son have a good mother!
"Drag out!"

"Drag this traitor out for us!"

After Jin Yiwei dragged Zhu Xing out, Old Zhu looked at Zhu Xing full of expectation.

"Third brother, come and make a statement!"

Hearing the words, Zhu Yan shrugged and said.

"Father, my son's fief is already close to Beiyuan. If you add three thousand burdens, how will you let my son resist Beiyuan's harassment!"

"Why don't you let the other younger brothers share more, and my son will solve 300 people for the court..."

After Zhu Yan finished speaking, before Lao Zhu could react, the other feudal lords were furious.

"Third brother, my Beiping mansion is also very close to the grassland, and there are Liaodong savages to the east!"

Seeing that it was Zhu Di who was speaking, Zhu Yan hurriedly looked at King Zhou.

"Fifth brother, your fief is in the hinterland of the Central Plains, you should bear more for the court!"

King Zhou was not happy when he heard this, thinking that good things can never happen, such bad things can always come to him.

"Third brother, if you say this again, I will turn against you!"

"What is the hinterland of the Central Plains?"

"The hinterland of the Central Plains was completely deserted at the end of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and now there are grass bandits everywhere, and wolf smoke everywhere!"

"You threw so many old, weak, sick and disabled to me, you want me to be the king of Zhou!"

Seeing what King Zhou said, Zhu Yan could only look at his other younger brothers.Seeing this, the others quickly shook their heads in objection.

"Third brother, our territory in Sichuan is not peaceful, so don't try to force people into my place!"

"Third brother, we in Jiangxi live in a mixed population of barbarians. A little carelessness can lead to civil uprisings. You have weakened my guards. How can I suppress the rioting barbarians in the future?"

"Our Shandong is also very chaotic, and we are often harassed by Japanese pirates. If the emperor doesn't want his son to die, he can just leave his guard..."

Lao Zhu knew that there would be resistance to this matter, but he never thought that the resistance would be so great that he didn't even have a son who supported him!
When Lao Zhu was at a loss, a strange voice suddenly came from the crowd.

"Father, aren't there still several princes in the palace who haven't settled down yet? Why don't you distribute these people to them?"

As soon as Zhu Huan said this, he won the support of all the vassal kings.

"Father, fifth brother is right, instead of torturing us, you might as well just distribute the people to the princes!"

"Our guards have followed us for many years. They have already established a family in the fief, and have wives and children. If you leave them in the capital now, won't you separate their flesh and blood?"

Zhu Gui and the others looked at Zhu Xi with fiery eyes.

"Fifth brother, don't do to others what you don't want to do to yourself. If you don't want those wounded soldiers, don't push it to us!"

"We were young and didn't understand military affairs, and we haven't gained a firm foothold in the fief."

"Father, you just have the heart to look at your son and take all the officials, the old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled to the fiefdom to suffer, woo woo woo..."

After Zhu Gui said this, he immediately led a group of princes to kneel in the middle of the hall, crying towards his father.

When Lao Zhu heard the cries of the emperor's children, his distressed heart was about to break.

"Emperors, please rise up!"

"Father will carefully consider this matter, and will never let you put yourself in danger!"

When Zhu Gui and the others saw what their father said, they got up from the ground crying, and went back to their seats to continue crying.

Lao Zhu watched the princes crying and crying, and suddenly fell into a dilemma.For him, it can be said that the palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh, and it is not good for anyone to suffer.

However, these veterans of many battles had to be arranged, otherwise it would not only chill the hearts of Ming soldiers, but also damage the majesty of the emperor himself.

When Lao Zhu was at his wit's end, he suddenly saw Sapphire coming out again.

Lao Zhu got angry when he saw this guy, thinking that if this guy didn't cause trouble for him, he wouldn't have to worry about it.

"Sapphire, what do you want to say!"

Sapphire laughed when she heard the words.

"Your Majesty, Cao Min has an idea. It doesn't need to compromise the strength of the feudal lords, but it can also arrange these poor soldiers for the court!"

"Oh?"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he immediately became interested.

"Tell me quickly, what can you do?"

"Superior, hasn't the King of Wan become a vassal yet? Why don't you distribute all the 3 people to the King of Wan and let them follow the King of Wan to Fengyang Mansion to guard the ancestral mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty?"

The so-called King of Wan was the title of Zhu Yunqi. After Zhu Yuanzhang decided to make Zhu Yunxi the emperor's grandson, he gave Zhu Yunqi the title of King of Wan.

As soon as Lan Yu said this, everyone in the hall couldn't help but look sideways.

Because the crimes of Crown Princess Lu's family involved royal secrets, Lao Zhu never announced the details of Lu's death to the world.

Therefore, in the eyes of the world, Lu's death is very unjust.

Chang Sheng first wiped out the family, and then His Majesty the Emperor directly executed the Lu family in order not to embarrass the eldest grandson.

Now that Sapphire made this suggestion, everyone felt that Sapphire was not kind, even a bit too bullying.

Zhu Yunwen was miserable enough, his parents died in less than a year, and he also lost his identity as the eldest grandson of the emperor.

Now Lan Yu still wants to throw his subordinates who were disabled during the Northern Expedition to Zhu Yunqi, and let Zhu Yunqi take care of those people. Isn't this too much?

When Zhu Yunwen heard Lan Yu's words, he was immediately blown away, thinking that he was already low-key enough, why did Lan Yu still stare at him so hard?

Just when Zhu Yunqi wanted to stand up and object, a group of people with a strong sense of justice stood up first.

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely inappropriate!"

"What an important place is the ancestral mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty. How can some old, weak, sick and disabled be stationed there?"

"This is disrespect to Daming, and it is also disrespect to the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty. Please think twice, Your Majesty!"

Lao Zhu also felt that Lan Yu's proposal was a little too much. Zhu Yunwen was a good child. He had guarded his father's tomb for so long, and he had never heard of him complaining about suffering or being tired. He was a rare and filial boy.

If the child was given [-] disabled soldiers, wouldn't the child's heart be chilled?

When Lao Zhu thought of this, when he looked at Lan Yu again, his eyes were not so kind.

Lan Yu's uncle is really not in vain, she really protects her nephew and grandson everywhere...

(End of this chapter)