My uncle's name is Zhu Di

Chapter 48 Beautiful Chinese
"What a mere vassal state! Does it take such effort?" Zhu Di said bluntly.

Xu Jingchang was taken aback for a moment, he felt that it was necessary to add some trouble to Mr. Zhu.

"Your Majesty, of course it is necessary. What if we are defeated?"

"Defeat?" Zhu Di suddenly became agitated, "The Shang Kingdom has strong generals and strong soldiers, and is invincible. Could it be that even a small country can't beat it? It's nothing."

But Xu Jingchang said: "Your Majesty, look at Emperor Sui Yang's three conquests of Goguryeo, including the Great Sui Dynasty. Li Shimin continued to attack Goguryeo, and it was only in the hands of Li Zhi that Goguryeo was destroyed. There are also Nanzhao Kingdom, Tubo China, as well as Xixia, the party members established the country for more than 100 years, fought against the Song Dynasty, Khitan, and Jin, and finally perished in the hands of the Mongols... It is not easy to establish a country, and it is also not easy to destroy a country. If you only know how to mobilize troops to attack, I'm afraid it will be counterproductive. You may lose [-] and kill [-] enemies. After all, some small countries may not have great combat power, but relying on the danger of mountains and streams, they can stop millions of soldiers... For example Annan, this is the place."

Zhu Di frowned, because there was indeed news recently that Annan was unstable, and he planned to mobilize troops to conquer North Korea after cleaning up, but Xu Jingchang unexpectedly pointed it out in advance.

"Is your kid against our use of troops? Then let me ask you, what should we do if the feudal kingdom is disobedient?"

Xu Jingchang said: "Then find someone who is obedient."

"Looking for someone who is obedient?" Zhu Di frowned in confusion, "What do you mean by that?"

"That is, if a vassal state has neighboring countries, and they have conflicts, they can win over them as helpers. Even if they can't find other countries, they can also find helpers from within the vassal state. If they can be bought, they can be bought. If they can't be bought, they can find a way Framed... All in all, fighting is the last resort, it's not that you can't fight, but that you can't use troops casually, especially when the Son of Heaven personally conquers, if you don't have the assurance of a quick battle, you must never go out."

Zhu Di frowned, looked at his sons, and said with a cold snort, "What do you say? What do you think of his words?"

Zhu Gaochi said with a smile: "Baby and cousin mean the same thing, what he said is very good."

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaoxu again, "What about you?"

Zhu Gaoxu said lightly: "As long as you don't lose money."

When Zhu Di heard this, he was so angry that these two children are so disobedient!
"I was a vassal in my early years, and I attacked the desert several times, and I was invincible. Four years of Jingnan, the battle must be the first, the weak defeated the strong, and finally entered Yingtian. When it comes to the ability to lead the army to fight, I asked myself, dare not say that the world is invincible. , It is also very sure. How can you be timid and hesitate to move forward!"

Xu Jingchang laughed and said: "Your Majesty is brave, and the world knows it, but future generations may not have this ability. His Royal Highness didn't come to the front line this time, right? By the way, there is also His Royal Highness."

Xu Jingchang pulled Zhu Zhanji over, "Does Your Majesty think he can lead the army himself?"

Zhu Di snorted, "This is my grandson. I taught him myself, and I will definitely make him well-versed in both civil and martial arts. He will be invincible in the world."

"What about the next generation?" Xu Jingchang said calmly, "There will always be people who are not good at fighting. If Yu Jia's personal conquest fails miserably and loses all of Daming's family fortune, it will be in big trouble."

Zhu Di frowned, "Xu Jingchang, what do you mean? When you are happy, you have to add trouble."

Xu Jingchang smiled and said: "I don't have any other intentions. I just suggest that your Majesty be careful and leave rules for future generations. It is also for the long-term stability of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Di couldn't help snorting coldly, "You speak in the same tone as Jian Yi and Xia Yuanji. You have been an official for a long time, and you are not close to me. You are disgusting!"

Facing Zhu Di's scolding, Xu Jingchang calmly said, "Your Majesty, I am young and ignorant, and I can't tell right from wrong. Now that Your Majesty has entered Beijing, Your Majesty should let him take over the government affairs as soon as possible. There is no one more suitable than him to assist Junfu, and can make His Majesty feel more at ease."

Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, appointing his own boss?

There is such a saying.

The crown prince supervises the country and regents, the eldest brother Zhu Biao is like this at the beginning, at least all government affairs must be handed over to him...

"Xu Jingchang, do you really think the boss is suitable?"

"Yes, no one is more suitable than Your Highness."

"Then you are not afraid of losing your job?"

Xu Jingchang chuckled, "Please look, Your Majesty, the minister's house is being remodeled, the mess is so messed up, I really don't want to be a coordinator."

Zhu Di was silent again and again, then looked at Empress Xu again.

"I don't have any opinion, I just listen to His Majesty."

Zhu Di pondered over and over again, "How about this, let the boss first go to the General Secretary to observe politics and practice more." Zhu Di said to Zhu Dapang again: "Boss, although your cousin is young, he has a lot of ideas, and he can't do it in court. ... also did a great job, if you encounter difficulties, you can ask him more."

Zhu Gaochi was still a little embarrassed, his cousin helped him so much, but he took away his power as soon as he came up, which was not kind enough.

"Your Highness, don't hesitate. As long as it is good for the Ming Dynasty, I will fully support it and have no complaints."

Zhu Gaochi was moved by this, "I am really lucky, brother, I will inevitably trouble you in the future."

After a meal, although Zhu Gaochi was not formally canonized as a prince, Zhu Gaochi took another step forward and gained the power to observe politics.

Zhu Zhanji, the emperor's grandson who proposed to hold this welcome banquet, got a big deal. After his mother Zhang heard about it, she took out a full 100 taels of gold from Fatty Zhu's small treasury, and the black boy became a gold boy.

"Second brother, you really just watched like this. The boss is going smoothly now, so you really don't have the intention to win the heir?" Zhu Gaosui was extremely puzzled.

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while, "You can't look at it like this, you should prepare a gift for the boss, congratulate him on his promotion!"

crazy!

The second child is completely insane.

Zhu Gaosui didn't recruit anymore, the eldest brother said that he would be blessed in the future, so he should obediently prepare a gift and give it to him!
The father is kind and the son is filial, and the brothers and sisters are respectful.

Is this still old Zhu's house?

"My dear brother, it's the first time for me to go to the Secretary of the General Administration to observe politics, and I don't understand what's going on. Do you have any instructions?" Zhu Gaochi humbly asked for advice.

Xu Jingchang smiled, "It's okay, I've been in the General Administration Department for a few months, that's about the big things, the court has rules, six ministries and nine ministers, and the cabinet's bachelors, big things are generally handed over according to their opinions, so there will be no surprises. For small things, just be careful and don’t make mistakes. But then again, you are the eldest son of the emperor, so you don’t need to care about small things... In short, with you to support me, I can study recipes at home.”

Fatty Zhu thought for a while, and it seemed the same thing happened.He finally went to the Secretary of General Administration happily.

Seeing Fatty Zhu leave, Xu Jingchang almost laughed out loud.

At this moment, Fatty Zhu jumped into the fire pit, and Xu Jingchang also successfully pulled himself out.

Even though I have my hands in my pockets and don't know what an opponent is...but it's better to have one thing less than one thing more.

After all, in less than a month, it will be the first year of Yongle.

Zhu Di has held back for so long, and there are a lot of things he wants to do. There are not many people in the court who can serve Zhu Di well.Especially in such an unlucky place as the General Secretary, caught between the courtiers and the emperor.

Although the authority is great enough, there are also many troubles.

"Let your father work hard, I am destined to be a rich and idle person in this life." Xu Jingchang smiled and fought with Zhu Zhanji.

The little guy got a full score in the year-end exam, so he made an exception and rewarded him with two crickets. Zhu Zhanji had a great time.

"I also want to be a rich and idle person, fighting crickets every day, eating some delicious food, I am very satisfied."

Xu Jingchang just chuckled, "Treasure the time now, your nightmare is not far away."

While the two of them were playing, Wu Shan came to visit in a hurry.

"My lord, something big is going to happen."

Xu Jingchang saw his face change, got up quickly, pulled him out, and then asked, "What's the matter?"

Wu Shandao: "Your Majesty just learned that someone used grain carts to privately hide top-grade silk and jewels to go to Beijing to evade taxes. Just now, the Ministry of Households received a message and directly invited His Highness to go there, and Zhu Qianhu followed him. gone."

Xu Jingchang was taken aback, "Did you not remind Your Highness?"

Wu Shandao: "Today I went to the Ministry of Officials to calculate the allowance of the Secretary of General Administration, but I was not in the yamen. When I come back, His Highness and Zhu Qianhu have already left."

Xu Jingchang was stunned, and suddenly sneered: "This must be Xia Yuanji's method. He knew that I was in the Department of General Affairs, and he would definitely let the Ministry of Households rush to the front. As a result, he took advantage of His Highness's first day to observe politics, and dragged me away. Became a pawn. This guy is a grinning tiger, he's full of tricks. Let me ask you, who is behind the smuggled goods?"

"It's... the Marquis of Jing'an, Wang Zhong."

Xu Jingchang's eyes immediately flashed a rebellious and unruly warrior. This guy is notoriously difficult to deal with. In the army, only Zhu Neng and Qiu Fu can barely suppress him, but others can't at all.

While Xu Jingchang was talking to Wu Shan, a drunken martial artist rushed directly into the second hall of the Household Department.

"Xia Yuanji! I'm... your mother!"

"You fucking dare to confiscate my things. When I was fighting for His Majesty, you were still holding Zhu Yunqi's egg, and you were a loyal minister of Jianwen!"

(End of this chapter)