My uncle's name is Zhu Di

Chapter 302
"The plague of water thieves that hasn't been quelled for so many years, His Majesty's action is calm, Haiyan and Heqing... It's really a great achievement for thousands of years, and it should be a special book!" Xu Jingchang praised.

Zhu Di subconsciously nodded, but in an instant the Emperor Yongle's face turned dark.

"Absurd! What great achievement? Who put him in danger? Xu Jingchang, how do you know? Have you conspired with him?"

Xu Jingchang was taken aback by Zhu Di's sudden change of face. He hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, this matter really has nothing to do with me. The reason why I know about it is because of the secret report of Jin Yiwei. I didn't dare to delay for a moment, so I came to tell Your Majesty." If this is known to the minister, the minister will definitely not put His Royal Highness in danger."

Zhu Di snorted coldly, "I don't care about these things, anyway, the boss is absurd, and you, the general manager, are also dereliction of duty... You should go home and think about it behind closed doors for a month."

Think behind closed doors?

Another month?

Are you sure this is a punishment, not a reward?

Without another word, Xu Jingchang turned around and left, for fear that Zhu Laosi would regret it.

Zhu Di was the only one left in the palace, and the Emperor Yongle couldn't hold back anymore, he stood up, paced the ground non-stop, dancing with his hands and feet.

It is said that some eunuchs faintly heard the barbaric singing, which made them feel elated.

It is said that the boss is different from himself. Now it seems that he is worthy of being the seed of the old Zhu family, and he is worthy of being the son of Zhu Di. Very good!

Very good!
It's just that you have to hold back, and you must not let this kid float away.

If His Highness the Crown Prince can do anything, why use the Son of Heaven?
Wouldn't it be that the crown prince will do everything for the royal conquest in the future?
This can't work, I'm not old yet!

Zhu Gaochi'an must be charged with a crime to let him know how serious it is.

What crime is better?
Just say that he was reckless and unfilial, which made his father worry.

Zhu Di made a proper plan, and then immediately ordered Zhu Gaochi to return to Beijing to plead guilty...

The palace is full of chaos, but Xu Jingchang's side is calm and breezy. Let me go home and think about my past, then I will go home. There are so many government affairs, I am too lazy to take care of them!
Your old Zhu's salary is a few dollars a month, why should I risk my life?
Xu Jingchang became more and more righteous. When he returned to the mansion, he started to play wildly with his son... After Xu Jingchang's many years of tossing around, the Xu mansion is almost like an amusement park.

The pond flowing from the backyard to the front yard is not only running water, but also has many big fish... the smallest weighs a few kilograms, wandering in the pond full of aquatic plants, there is a kind of domineering giant kun floating in the air.

Xu Jingchang took his son and fed the fish.

It's really interesting to devour in big mouthfuls.

Xu Xianzhong clapped his hands and shouted, his joy soared.

After feeding the fish, there are more things to play in the mansion. Xu Xianzhong likes to chase those gaudy peacocks the most... Just because of the beauty of the peacocks, this young master will never end with you.

Xu Xianzhong's buttocks were bare and his legs were as thick as lotus roots, chasing peacocks flying everywhere... In Xu Jingchang's eyes, he liked it very much.

Look, this kid is alive.

After tossing about peacocks, the Xu family's traditional arts skills cannot be lost.

Xu Jingchang led his son to catch grasshoppers in the yard again... After a busy morning, the two men were sweating through their clothes, panting, covered in grass leaves and mud.

Huang Yunfang really couldn't stand it anymore, and couldn't help but blame: "Why are you a father? You have more fun than your son?"

Seeing that his father was being blamed, Xu Xianzhong stopped doing it, and even stretched out his chubby little hand to push his mother.

Huang Yunfang was so angry that she poked Xu Xianzhong's forehead with her hand.

"Little heartless, I've only been playing for a long time, and I forgot about your mother!"

Xu Jingchang chuckled, and picked up his son, "Apologize to your mother quickly... Our family is big, and your mother is the biggest."

Huang Yunfang sighed helplessly, this is what Xu Jingchang can say... "Duke, I don't dare to talk nonsense, it's just that our son is so used to it, aren't you afraid of becoming a playboy?"

Xu Jingchang was stunned for a long time, as if encountering this problem for the first time.

He said slowly: "Why do you think I'm not a dude?"

Why!

I'm also a dude, okay?

I'm a big dude with a little dude, what's wrong with that?

The madam was speechless for a moment, she just watched stupidly, and then went to prepare meals for the pair of dudes without saying a word.

After running for a long time, Xu Xianzhong's appetite was very good, the little guy devoured it hungrily, his cheeks were bulging like a hamster.

After eating, Xu Jingchang carried his son to the study.

In front of him, there is a huge book... This book is very distinctive. It is mainly composed of paintings, with explanatory text below.

The book is called "Birds of Ming Dynasty".

Since the paintings on it were required to be about the same size as the real ones, the book was terribly typed, and Xu Xianzhong had to work hard to open a page.

Xu Jingchang pointed to the lifelike paintings and explained them to his son.

Xu Xianzhong stared at Heidou Doudou's eyes, trying to remember.

"What do you remember?"

After working for more than an hour, Xu Jingchang asked with a smile.

"Eat...delicious, all delicious!"

Xu Jingchang laughed loudly, "Not bad, very promising."

He patted his son's bottom before taking him to dinner.

After the meal, Xu Jingchang brought a lot of musical instruments to play with his son, and then there was a sound that could be called a disaster in the mansion... Huang Yunfang really couldn't listen to it anymore.

You can't waste things like this!

She took the initiative to bring her son over, "From now on, let me teach the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and you just play with your son!"

Xu Jingchang didn't care either, anyway, he didn't have much expectations for his son, children don't need to work hard to learn anything, as long as they get in touch more and broaden their horizons.

In this way, Xu Jingchang played with his son in the mansion for half a month, and he almost forgot that he was still the co-administrator, the first rank in the court, and in charge of the court.

Until Zhu Gaochi broke the calm, he came back from Jiangxi.

The two of them were stunned when they met...Zhu Gaochi looked at the tanned Xu Jingchang and said, "What are you doing? Why are you worse than me?"

Xu Jingchang snorted directly: "I don't dare to enter the dragon's pond and tiger's lair alone, Your Royal Highness, you are so majestic!"

Zhu Gaochi froze for a moment, then smiled wryly.

"Cousin, this is not the case, let's sit down and talk slowly."

Xu Jingchang snorted, "Hurry up, I still have to tell my son a story!"

Zhu Gaochi was stunned for a moment, "Will your son be called Dad?"

"I can run after the peacock."

Zhu Gaochi took a deep breath, "I've been out for a long time this time."

After sighing, Zhu Gaochi pulled Xu Jingchang and chatted.

"Brother, let me tell you that there is no banditry at all, do you believe it?"

"Believe it, why don't you believe it! You said that eggs grow on trees, and I won't refute it. You have the ability to tell His Majesty."

Zhu Gaochi was speechless for a while, "If I can't even persuade you, let alone the father... I really didn't lie, they are not bandits, they are just people who have not been brought under the control of the court, and they are also peaceful people at root. .”

Xu Jingchang frowned, this time he got serious, Zhu Dazhuang really enlightened this time.

"Come on, tell me carefully, what's going on?"

Zhu Gaochi was in a good mood, and his cousin, who had always known everything, wanted to ask him for advice.

"Actually, it doesn't matter whether you go up the mountain or down the river. In the final analysis, there are a group of people who don't want to be manipulated by the court... It's not that they are naturally rebellious, but that the court's governance model is really inappropriate."

When Xu Jingchang heard this, he felt a little down-to-earth and adapted to local conditions.

"Your Highness has learned a lot!"

Zhu Gaochi said with a smile: "Agriculture has always been the foundation of the country in all dynasties. In my Ming Dynasty, the emperor's grandfather was especially so. He wished that everyone would be honest, planting in spring and harvesting in autumn, safe and stable, living and multiplying, unchanged."

Xu Jingchang smiled and said: "The land of the Taizu's hometown was annexed, and his father and son were displaced. He also encountered a disaster year, and his relatives died. He hoped for stability and hoped that he would have a piece of land so that he would not be wandering around. This is also the voice of most people, and it is natural. things."

Zhu Gaochi nodded, "But not everyone is suitable for farming, and not everyone can get the land smoothly. In this huge Ming Dynasty, there are always some neglected people, abandoned people...they can only go up Go down the mountain, avoid the court, and live the life you like. Although there are some bandits and grassroots here, more than [-]% of them are ordinary people, and they gather in the mountains and forests, which is just their way of life."

Hearing Zhu Gaochi's analysis to this point, Xu Jingchang was really moved.

His Royal Highness the Prince has truly enlightened.

The banditry in the past dynasties could not be solved. Looking at it from another perspective, it is not necessarily that the banditry is tenacious, but that the imperial court’s governance ability is insufficient... Take the Mongols as an example. Their iron cavalry can sweep the world and be invincible.

But those chieftains in the southwest still exist.

No matter how strong soldiers and horses are, they cannot be wiped out.

The reason is also very simple, you can't find your opponent at all... The mountain people wander around, when the army comes, they hide, and when the army retreats, they come out again.

No matter how powerful the national power is, I am afraid that it will not be able to maintain the state of hundreds of thousands of troops all year round.

Zhu Gaochi sighed: "I walked around Jiangxi, and went to Poyang Lake again. I found that Dongting Lake may be the same reason, and the chieftains in the southwest are also like this... I remember that there was a motion to reform the land. I really want to do this well, but I’m afraid it won’t be easy.”

Xu Jingchang nodded again and again, "His Royal Highness is indeed powerful. Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles."

Xu Jingchang and Zhu Gaochi became more and more happy, and even forgot the time. They didn't raise their heads until their stomachs were growling, and then they heard hurried footsteps, and then a figure rushed over.

Before he could speak, someone grabbed Zhu Gaochi with his hands, and said viciously: "You're back in Beijing, don't come to see Father Emperor, run to his place first, unfilial thing, you want to piss me off!"

(End of this chapter)