I Am the Grandson of the Second Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Earning 100 Million Taels at the Beginn

Chapter 395 The buried women!

"I'm back, did someone send me off?"

Inside the banquet hall.

Zhu Pangpang, dressed in white filial piety, sat beside the old man's coffin, silently putting paper money into the burning copper stove.

When he heard footsteps coming in from outside, he looked up and saw that it was Zhu Zhangui, and asked softly.

He knew what Zhu Zhangui was doing.

The old man once explained that after his death, he asked his two grandsons to guard the spirit. Zhu Pangpang is the emperor, and the state affairs should not be delayed because of the spirit guard.

Zhu Gaoxu was paralyzed and couldn't come, so the task of guarding the spirit was given to Zhu Zhangui, Zhu Zhanji, two brothers, and Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui.

So since the old man came back, Zhu Pangpang greeted him personally, and spent the rest of the time stabilizing the court situation, and only came to accompany his father for a while after finishing his work every night.

Today Zhu Zhangui asked him to stay a little longer, saying that he was going out to deal with something.

Although Zhu Zhangui didn't say what it was, Zhu Pangpang knew what the old man was thinking, so he naturally understood what it was.

Coming to the other side of the coffin, Zhu Zhangui lifted up his clothes, knelt down on the futon, reached out and poured the wine from the spirit table into the stove, poured a new glass for the old man and put it on it.

"It has been sent away!"

Jie took the paper money from his father, and Zhu Zhangui silently threw them one by one into the stove.

"Well, your grandfather fought with him for most of his life, and he didn't trust him when he left, so he insisted on taking him away."

"He was watched at that place, and he couldn't get out of it for the rest of his life. Why did he have to do this step?"

Zhu Pangpang disagreed with his father's decision.

After all, he was his cousin, and now that his freedom had been restricted, why did he have to die.

Zhu Zhangui stopped throwing paper money, glanced at the sighing father, bowed his head and continued to throw paper money.

"Why, what's your look, you brat?"

Being stared at by his son, Zhu Pangpang, who was a little uncomfortable, snatched the paper money and said something angrily.

Zhu Zhangui was speechless, as if he didn't say anything.

"Actually, he is quite tired from living. He can't see the sun in that place, and he recites the scriptures he has recited countless times every day. I guess he is tired of it."

"When I sent him away, he was very happy and said he was relieved."

Zhu Pangpang raised his head and opened his mouth, finally sighed and shook his head.

It's too late to say anything now, and everyone is dead, so what's the use of talking.

"Alright, everyone who should go is gone. The grievances and grievances of the previous generation are completely over. From now on, Daming will depend on us."

Zhu Pangpang sighed and made a conclusion on these matters.

Zhu Zhangui nodded and said nothing more.

"Zhang Fu sent a telegram today, take a look."

While the little paper money in his son's hand was burned, Zhu Pangpang took out a telegram from his arms and handed it to Zhu Zhangui.

Zhu Zhanguijie took it over and took a look, raised his hand and threw it into the stove.

"The Timurid Empire is completely over, and the army has gathered at the border of the Ottoman Empire."

"Zhang Fu wants to take advantage of the prestige of victory and cooperate with Qi Yuan and the others to completely take down this area on the west side of the Ottoman Empire."

When Zhu Zhangui looked at the burning telegram and frowned in thought, Zhu Pangpang said the above content.

"What do you think?"

Zhu Zhangui didn't express his thoughts, but asked Zhu Pangpang first.

"What else can I think?" Zhu Pangpang spread his hands, "You two won't discuss it with me at all when you fight a war. We have agreed at the beginning that we will only fight the Timurid Empire."

"As a result, fighting and fighting, the two of you two forked, and even let the partial division and navy that were originally defending go to attack the military Fort Tendino."

"It means that the Timur Empire is fighting fast, otherwise our Daming will fight on two fronts, you guys, you can't let me rest for a day."

Zhu Pangpang was very helpless about the father and son's disobedience to the plan.

It was agreed to only hit Timur, but in the end, he didn't listen to you at all, and provoked the other one as well.

Now the court is in an awkward position.

Let's fight, we can't mobilize so many troops for a while, and the logistics and other aspects are also in accordance with the plan to attack Timur.

Food and grass can barely support it, weapons, ammunition and medicines are simply not enough to support a full-scale war with the Ottoman Empire.

"Son, I'm telling you the truth."

"We have made statistics in the past two days. With our current storage, it is only enough for you to fight a war on the scale of Timur for three months. Moreover, with the current scale, if the force is expanded a little bit, it will last for two months. No."

"Tell me now, do you have the confidence to win the Ottoman Empire and end the war within three months."

Looking at the serious father, Zhu Zhangui was silent for a while and shook his head.

Ottomans are different from Timurs.

Before the outbreak of the Timur War, Ming had been preparing for several years.

Daming has almost grasped the mountains, rivers, geography and humanities of the various parts of the Timurid Empire.

On the other side of the Ottoman Empire, except for the approximate topographic map, everything else is fog.

If Daming launches an attack on Ottoman in this state, the result he faces is likely to fall into the quagmire of war, and he will not be able to get out of it in a short time.

If he were Omurad, after the failure of the main ally, he would contact the Angel Alliance in the West as soon as possible, and combine the power of the entire West to fight against Ming Dynasty.

Omurad is a hero, and he has learned how to behave after suffering a few losses against Da Ming.

Omurad must be more aware of the current situation in Ottoman than Zhu Zhangui.

With Ottoman's current strength, it is impossible to fight against Ming Dynasty. Only by seeking the West as a new ally can he continue to fight against Ming Dynasty.

"Since we can't fight, there is only a truce."

Seeing Zhu Zhangui shaking his head, Zhu Pangpang finally expressed his thoughts.

"No."

Zhu Zhangui refused without hesitation.

It was hard to beat the Ottoman Empire into such a bird. If the war is stopped at this time, it will give the other party a chance to breathe.

"Then what do you say, I want to support you in fighting, but we Daming can't support it."

"Tamerlane has just occupied it, and we need to spend a lot of financial resources, manpower, and energy to manage these places."

"If we just blindly invade and do not manage to appease the occupied places, we will only have two endings in the end."

He stretched out two fingers, and Zhu Pangpang withdrew one.

"First, we will be kept alive, or because the area we manage is too large, the enemy will find a loophole and defeat us in one fell swoop."

Withdraw the last finger, "Second, even if we win by chance, but then, we will face endless rebellions, and we need to spend ten times, energy and money more than war, to suppress these judgments. If there is a little negligence in it, all our efforts of more than ten years will be in vain, and we will leave an eternal infamy in the annals of history."

Zhu Pangpang's words made Zhu Zhangui fall into silence.

Dad governs the entire empire, and he knows better than himself what the domestic situation is like.

For so many years, I and my grandfather have only fought in the front, and have never cared about logistics and other issues.

Although the two of them knew that Daming was already exhausted, they didn't expect to have reached this point.

"Son, wait a few years, wait for the new batch of children to grow up, wait for Daming to accumulate strength for a few more years, and then complete the grand blueprint in your mind."

Looking at his begging father, Zhu Zhangui gritted his teeth and nodded.

"The war can be stopped, but we must take down half of the territory of the Ottoman Empire, and then focus on Constantinople, using it as a point of attraction to reduce the war to this area, so as not to let the war affect our control of the Timur region. management."

Seeing that his son finally agreed, Zhu Pangpang heaved a sigh of relief.

He was really worried that his son would be as stubborn as the old man, and would not listen to his advice at all.

"Don't be discouraged. You are still young. You will have plenty of time in the future. Dad can live on for a few more years. Let me take advantage of these few years to tidy up the rear for you so as to lay a solid foundation for your future."

Zhu Zhangui nodded, stood up and helped Zhu Pangpang.

"It's getting late, you should go back and rest early, there are still many things to deal with tomorrow."

Zhu Pangpang hummed, came to the side of the coffin, looked at the old man who was covered in ice and covered with hoarfrost, and turned away after being silent for a while.

Soon, only Zhu Zhangui was left in the entire hall, silently burning paper money for the old man.

"Woooooooo..."

The morning mist slowly blew in, and Zhu Zhangui, who was a little sleepy, was brought back to his senses by a burst of crying.

Because of staying up late for a long time, he pressed his temple with some headaches, Zhu Zhangui frowned and shouted to the outside: "It's not time to cry, who is crying there?"

"Your Highness, it's Concubine Pu!"

Li Da, who was leaning against the door outside and dozing off, heard Zhu Zhangui's inquiry and hurried outside to check.

"Concubine Park?"

Zhu Zhangui frowned, "She's not staying in the bedroom, what is she doing here?"

"This…"

Li Da hesitated and wondered whether he should report or not.

"Say!"

Seeing the other party hesitate, Zhu Zhangui gave a cold shout.

Li Da quickly knelt on the ground, "Return to Your Highness, Concubine Pu said that she is here to beg for your help."

"Help?"

Zhu Zhangui was even more puzzled now.

The other party is the imperial concubine, and the old man's woman, who can hurt her life.

Noticing Zhu Zhangui's doubts, Li Da realized that his prince might have forgotten something, so he whispered the word "sacrifice".

Hearing the word "sacrifice", Zhu Zhangui suddenly came to his senses.

He often stays up late these days and is busy, forgetting about it.

In the Ming Dynasty, to be precise, before Zhu Qizhen, there were no concubines in the harem, and the emperor died to be buried.

When he came to this world, the royal family had never died. Except for Hu Shangyi back then, because Hu Shanxiang had told him about this matter, no one else dared to mention it in front of him.

Over the past decade or so, he has completely forgotten about it.

"Your Highness, she broke her head outside and said that only you can save her in the entire Ming Dynasty, so you must help her."

Zhu Zhangui raised his head sharply and looked at Li Da.

Li Da, who was lying on the ground and raised his head slightly, lowered his head abruptly.

"Let her in."

Zhu Zhangui didn't say anything, he just waved his hand and asked Li Da to bring him in.

After the other party left, Zhu Zhangui looked at Hu Yu who was guarding in the dark.

"Choose a smart one and replace him."

Hu Yu saluted with fists in his hands, then knelt on the ground and kowtowed in the coffin, and left through the side door.

"Meet Your Royal Highness!"

The young and beautiful Concubine Pu walked in with a bruised forehead and tear-stained face.

Looking at her crying eyes like peaches, it is obvious that she has not been crying for a while or two.

"Get up!"

Zhu Zhangui raised his hand slightly, "Who told you to come to me."

Concubine Pu was about to say her request, but a flash of panic flashed in her eyes and she quickly shook her head.

"No, I came to find His Royal Highness by myself."

"No, then you can go."

Seeing that the other party had a disagreement and wanted to drive her away, Concubine Pu knelt down on the ground again.

"His Royal Highness, I beg you, as long as you don't let me be buried, you can ask me to do anything."

Zhu Zhangui twitched the corner of his mouth, and picked up the ashes in the stove with the iron stick in his hand.

"Really?"

Concubine Pu was overjoyed and nodded quickly.

"Yes, I would do anything for you."

Zhu Zhangui raised his head and glanced at Concubine Pu, whose face was slightly red, and said with a smile, "Since you are willing to do anything for me, then you can accompany my grandfather instead of me."

Concubine Pu, who was ready to make a sacrifice, turned pale in an instant.

"Tell me, who sent you here, if it is someone important, maybe I will consider helping you."

"Of course, you don't have to say it." Zhu Zhangui pointed to the outside of the hall, "The gate is over there."

Looking at Zhu Zhangui who had no other look in his eyes, Concubine Pu bit her red lips.

"The Crown Princess asked me to come. I was going to the East Palace to look for you. When I met the Crown Princess, she asked me what was the matter. I was flustered at the time, so I told the Crown Princess about it."

"The crown princess took pity on me, so she told me that you are here."

"This girl's heart is kind."

Knowing that it was his wife, Zhu Zhangui shook his head with a wry smile.

Zhao Ling'er is good at everything, she is well-educated, gentle and virtuous, her only problem is that her heart is too kind.

"Go back!"

Knowing who was behind the scenes, Zhu Zhangui was not interested in asking the other party anymore, and waved the other party away.

"His Royal Highness."

Concubine Pu knelt on the ground and refused to leave. This was her only chance and hope. Once she left, there would be no chance at all.

"No one will let you be buried. Go back with peace of mind. I will open up a separate residence for you next to the imperial garden in the future. No one will disturb you."

"Really...really...really?"

Pu Fei couldn't believe it.

Zhu Zhangui glanced at her helplessly, "If you're worried, go live in the East Palace first. I've been here all this time. It's okay to have the princess protecting your head office."

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness, thank you, Your Royal Highness."

Hearing this, Concubine Pu finally let go of her heart. Although she will die alone in the future, she can do whatever she wants as long as she is not buried.

Seeing the other party leave happily, Zhu Zhangui sighed helplessly.

Get up and go to the coffin, looking at the old man lying peacefully inside.

"Grandpa, I don't think you want them to make grandma angry in the past, so I'll make the decision for you and keep them. This can be considered as a virtue for the children, and it is also a guarantee for your granddaughter-in-law. "

Soon a message spread throughout the palace.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thought that the descendants of later generations would accumulate Yin virtues, and asked the emperor to cancel the burial of the concubine.

When the news spread, all the women in the palace nervously looked in the direction of the Shang study, knelt on the ground and silently prayed for good news.

(End of this chapter)