My uncle's name is Zhu Di

Chapter 44
Coming out of Xia Yuanji's place, Xu Jingchang took Zhu Zhanji and went to the Ministry of Industry... until the afternoon, when the two of them came out of the Ministry of Officials, it was considered the end of their day's journey.

Zhu Zhanji drooped his head, weak and tired, and felt aggrieved.

"Cousin, I'm tired."

Xu Jingchang looked at the little guy, and said angrily, "Are you still tired of yelling? This is not much more interesting than reading enlightenment. And do you remember everything I taught you today?"

Zhu Zhanji thought about it seriously, and then said: "Isn't it just a way of asking questions? It's just a few sentences, and I've memorized them by heart. It's much easier than memorizing poems."

"Well, when you meet Grandpa Ni and Grandmother, ask questions in front of them, see how they answer, and see how powerful I teach you!"

Zhu Zhanji rolled his small eyes, "Cousin, if Grandpa Huang says you can't teach well, you should lose that sea dongqing to me."

Xu Jingchang sneered, "If you want to win something from me, you little guy will have to work hard for decades!"

As Xu Jingchang said, he mentioned Zhu Zhanji, got into the carriage, and returned to Xu's mansion.

This little guy was really tired, leaning against a corner of the carriage, he actually fell asleep.

But before their carriage entered Xu's house, the eunuch Hou Xian came. His majesty and the queen missed their grandson and took the grandson into the palace.

In this way, Zhu Zhanji was brought into the palace, and when the little guy opened his eyes in a daze, he found that the grandpa was holding him, and the grandma made several dishes he liked.

Zhu Zhanji immediately regained his spirits and started to gobble it up.

He stuffed it into his mouth one bite at a time, his cheeks swelled like a hamster, and he frowned at Empress Xu, "What's the matter? Hungry ghost reincarnated? Marquis Wuyang took you out for a day, why did he still starve you?" gone?"

Zhu Zhanji said vaguely: "He took his grandson to many yamen, and his feet hurt from walking, but he was tired."

Empress Xu said distressedly: "You are still young, let the bachelors enlighten you in the future, so don't follow Xu Jingchang, he is still a child, how can he take care of others."

At this time, Zhu Di laughed, "Xu Jingchang is a lazy person, he won't hang out in those yamen when he has nothing to do... What did he do?"

Hearing this, Zhu Zhanji finally remembered the business. He tried hard to swallow the fish in his mouth, thought for a while, and finally remembered Xu Jingchang's question.

"Grandpa, I'll ask you, and you will either agree or not."

Zhu Di had a rare smile on his face, "Okay, just listen to the eldest grandson."

Zhu Zhanji was serious, like Xu Jingchang possessed, "Do you think young people should not be idle?"

"Yes!" Zhu Di said after pondering slightly.

"Do you think the imperial court should let the people live and work in peace and contentment?"

"Yes! That's right."

"Do you think that Daming urgently needs a lot of troops to make up for the losses of the past four years?"

"Ah."

"Then you must support recruiting?"

Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said, "Why, did Xu Jingchang lead you to convince the courtiers?"

Zhu Zhanji didn't agree immediately, but turned to Empress Xu again.

"Do you think the imperial court should pay lightly and pay lightly, and rest with the people?"

Empress Xu nodded, "That's right."

"Then do you think refugees who have left their hometowns should return to their hometowns and reunite with their relatives?"

"Yes."

"Then are you worried that you will continue to use military force abroad?"

"Yes." Empress Xu nodded.

"Then you must not want to recruit soldiers?"

Empress Xu frowned, she really didn't want it... But what do these two different ways of asking questions mean?

"Xu Jingchang took you for a day and taught you this?"

Zhu Zhanji nodded, "I asked the emperor's grandfather, he told the minister. I asked the emperor's grandmother, who taught me in the carriage. He also said that this thing is amazing, let me learn it hard, and remember it heart."

Empress Xu looked at her husband puzzled, and Zhu Di frowned. After a while, he seemed to understand something.

"You said if your grandson asked the two sets of questions in reverse, how would you answer them?"

Empress Xu pondered for a while before saying, "I probably support recruiting soldiers, right?"

Zhu Di took a deep breath and said slowly, "I will also oppose recruitment."

Thinking of this, Zhu Di stretched out his hand, hugged Zhu Zhanji in his arms, and asked in a low voice: "What else has Xu Jingchang taught you in the past few days? Tell Grandpa Huang about it."

Zhu Zhanji hesitated for a moment. He swears to God that although Xu Jingchang is not so reliable, as the grandson of the emperor, he still has some moral limits.

When Zhu Di asked for the third time, Zhu Zhanji said honestly: "He taught me how to harm people."

"Harmful? Who?"

"Bachelor Xie, he said that they took away his power." Zhu Zhanji whispered.

Zhu Di was startled, and hurriedly asked: "Then how did he do it?"

"Praise, praise in that newspaper, and let me take it into the palace and show it to Grandpa Huang."

It's Di Bao!
Zhu Di suddenly raised his head, glanced at Empress Xu, and the couple looked at each other... What did Xu Jingchang teach the emperor and grandson?Double-faced, three-handed, behind-the-scenes harm?
Or reverse black and white, referring to a deer as a horse?

"Good boy (should hit)!"

The husband and wife blurted out, but they glanced at each other. Empress Xu was furious and wanted to slap Zhu Di a lesson, "You still applaud him for teaching his grandson like this?"

Zhu Di repeatedly sighed, raised his head and laughed.

"You don't understand. This person will forget himself when he is proud. The higher he is held, the harder he falls. Some courtiers want to do this, let them make mistakes, so they can be easily eliminated. Anyway, it’s all reasonable, how to let them say what the emperor needs is a skill, you must be able to control the courtiers, not be controlled by the courtiers.”

Empress Xu was stunned for a long time, and said with a helpless smile: "There is such a great knowledge in it? How old is my grandson, is it appropriate to teach him this?"

Zhu Di thought for a while, then sighed: "It's okay if you don't teach it earlier. Aren't you clamoring to choose a bachelor to enlighten your grandson? If he is surrounded by scholars, it will not be easy to teach him anything. I just remembered The eldest brother of the year."

When Zhu Biao was mentioned, Zhu Di's expression was a little sad.

He is not only Zhu Yuanzhang's favorite son, but also Zhu Di's most respected elder brother... not only Zhu Di, but all the princes and courtiers respect him regardless of academics or martial arts.

Throughout Zhu Biao's life, you will find that he has almost no setbacks and no enemies.

From top to bottom, from the inside out, everyone thinks of him well and is full of expectations for him.

The princes enjoy the protection of their eldest brother, so they don't have to worry even if they get into trouble.If Zhu Biao is here, who would dare to cut down the feudal clan?Who will drive the prince to death?

The civil servants hoped that he would change Zhu Yuanzhang's style of governing the country, and at least give the scholars a little dignity.

General Xungui didn't want to continue to worry about it, they wanted to live for two more days without getting involved.

"We all came here at that time. Tell me, even if the eldest brother succeeds, can he do these things?"

Empress Xu was stunned for a long time, then suddenly sighed: "You said brother prince, but I think of elder brother, his father taught him to be loyal to his ministers, filial to his son, sincere to his relatives, righteous to his friends... You must look up to him." God, I am ashamed."

Zhu Di smiled and said: "It's easy to say, but it's so hard to do! Big brother is like this, sheltering this, keeping that, working hard all day long, fighting against the father. If he can't protect one, he will feel ashamed and blame himself. In the end, he is better than the father." It's been so many years before Zhu Yunqi ascended the throne and Jing Nan!"

Empress Xu sighed, "Isn't it the same for my elder brother? The Xu family has collapsed for a generation, and only my nephew is left... Speaking of it now, I'm not sure how to teach a child well."

The couple looked at each other in blank dismay.

Zhu Di thought for a while and said: "No matter what, I can't be a good old man. I hate the boss, not because he is fat. How can a father despise his own son? I just think he has a soft personality and looks forward and backward. I am afraid that he will repeat the behavior of the big brother It’s a mistake, it’s not good for this family.”

Empress Xu couldn't help laughing, "If a child is honest and obedient, he won't be able to stand on his own feet, and he won't have his own way of doing things. If he is disobedient, he will confront him everywhere, and he will be annoyed when he sees him, and he won't like you... It's really difficult!"

Zhu Di laughed loudly, "Whoever says no, things will be even more difficult when you come to the royal family. Not only our family, but also courtiers and dignitaries, everyone wants to mess up. Right and wrong, it's impossible to talk about it."

Zhu Di was emotional for a while, and suddenly looked down at Zhu Zhanji.

"Good grandson, tell me, what are you going to do?"

Zhu Zhanji thought about it carefully, and then said: "If you are poor, you will hold a grudge, and if you are rich, you will counterattack."

"Ah! Who did you learn from?" Zhu Di asked in surprise.

Zhu Zhanji said: "My cousin said."

Zhu Di pondered for a long time, stroked Zhu Zhanji's forehead, and said with emotion: "He really taught you a lot of good things!"

Zhu Di glanced at Empress Xu, and said directly: "I just exempted Prince Xu Jingchang from the Taibao, so let's give him a prince Zhan thing!"

Empress Xu was startled, and hurriedly said: "The crown prince has not been registered yet, why are you in such a hurry?"

Zhu Di snorted and said, "I don't care who the prince is, anyway, the grandson must be our precious grandson." As he spoke, he lifted Zhu Zhanji up and kissed Heizi hard on the face.

(End of this chapter)