Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 1345: Practice without saying anything stupid

Zhu Di was in good health and woke up in the middle of the night. In fact, it was because the anesthetic wore off and he woke up from the pain.

When he opened his eyes, he saw several brothers standing by his bed under the dim light, looking at him with concern.

"You, you woke up?" Zhu Chong asked happily, "Does it still hurt?"

"..." Zhu Di thought, isn't this nonsense? Then he forced a smile and said, "I'm much better."

"It's impossible to be much better. Now is the most painful time." Lao Wu exposed him, "It hurts the most within one day. After one day, it will slowly ease. But it will hurt for at least three to five days."

"Okay, it hurts so much." Zhu Di stopped pretending to be a tough guy and asked with a bitter face, "Is my butt still there?"

"It's still there, but not as long as before." The third brother chuckled and said, "It won't affect your flirting."

"That's good, that's good." Zhu Di breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Zhu Zhen who had been silent, and asked cautiously, "Are you still angry?"

"Why should I be angry?" Zhu Zhen smiled bitterly and said, "Public is public, private is private. The one who punished you before was the military supervisor, but now there are no outsiders. I am just a younger brother who feels sorry for my brother."

"Yes, Fourth Brother, you must not bear a grudge against Sixth Brother." Zhu Gang spoke seriously to Zhu Di for the first time, "Don't you know how bad the impact of your incident is? It doesn't matter that we were criticized by our father, but not only did we cause 200,000 Northern Expedition soldiers to not receive any credit, but you also caused so many people to go on another expedition to the desert. How can they not be resentful of you?"

"Yes, that's the case." Zhu Chong also nodded.

"Ah, you think too much." Zhu Di waved his hand and said, "I know the consequences of doing this very well. How can I blame Lao Liu? Besides, if Lao Liu doesn't beat me, my father will let others beat me."

"Fourth brother," Zhu Zhen held his hand and sighed, "Alas..."

"Sixth brother, if you really care about me, just tell me the truth. How else does father intend to punish me?" Zhu Di raised his head with difficulty, staring at Zhu Zhen and said, "I guess it can't be as simple as a beating."

"Don't guess blindly. My father hasn't told me yet, so I don't know." Zhu Zhen shook his head.

"I don't believe it unless you show me the imperial edict." Zhu Di held Lao Liu's hand tightly.

Zhu Zhen gave his third brother a blank look, and the third brother whistled with a vague look in his eyes.

"I won't show you the decree. These are all words that the emperor said when he was angry." Zhu Zhen said with a wry smile, "You know he has a bad temper. When he gets angry, he will say anything he wants. No matter how unpleasant it is, you can't take it seriously."

"Are you going to depose me and let me accompany the eighth and tenth brothers, or should I be like the seventh brother..." Zhu Di's expression darkened.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Zhu Zhen reassured him, "Even if father was very angry at that time, you are now a hero of the Ming Dynasty who captured the Northern Yuan emperor and his son, seized the imperial seal, drank from the vast sea, and sealed the Wolf's Lair. When father receives the victory report, no matter how angry he is, he will definitely calm down a lot."

"I'm afraid that my father will take it too seriously and decide that 'if you disobey orders, you will not be rewarded even if you have done something good.'" Zhu Di said in distress, "That would be troublesome."

"Indeed." The brothers agreed deeply. They could all sense that the older their father got, the more stubborn he became. Once he made up his mind, it would be difficult for him to change his mind.

"So we have to make sure that our father can change his mind." The third brother said in a deep voice, and then explained: "I am not doing this for the fourth brother, I just don't want to suffer the consequences."

"Oh oh oh." The brothers responded perfunctorily. No one else can match the third brother's hypocritical attitude.

In fact, they all knew that although Zhu Gang didn't say it, he had always been upset about not looking favorably upon the fourth child, and felt that he had not fulfilled his responsibility as a brother, so he had to follow him to pick him up. ~~
In the bedroom of the central army tent, the brothers were plotting against their old father.

“Then, how can we make father, the emperor, gay?” asked the second brother.

"Second brother, it's about changing father's mindset. You can't be so simple-minded," Zhu Zhen corrected him.

"Yes, is there any difference?" The second brother opened his eyes wide.

"That's a big difference." Zhu Zhen coughed and got back to the point, "To put it bluntly, we still have to make our father happy. As long as we make him happy enough, he will be merciful enough."

"Then how can we make father happy?" asked the third brother. "The fourth brother captured Emperor Yuan and the imperial seal. Is this a sufficient achievement?"

"It's a little bit insufficient." Zhu Zhen shook his head and said, "Because in the eyes of the court, Toghon Temur is just a fish that slipped through the net. Fourth brother caught him and got the jade seal, which was just a bargain."

"How can they see it that way!" Zhu Di was so angry that he wanted to jump up from the bed, but the severe pain from his hips and legs made him lie down again. You Zi said angrily: "How can they say that?! It's really that simple, how could my father-in-law and cousin let the Yuan Lord escape? We chased for a full three thousand miles, and finally snatched food from the hands of the Oirat people! How can it be considered as picking up an advantage?"

"Who made the Wala people not famous before?" Zhu Gang spread his hands and said, "I have never heard of them before, and I have always wondered why Lao Liu insisted on leading so many troops."

"The Oirat people really have great potential. If we don't wipe them out this time, it won't be long before they replace the Northern Yuan Dynasty, dominate the northern desert, and bring disaster to the Ming Dynasty!" Zhu Di said anxiously.

"Fourth brother is absolutely right." Zhu Zhen nodded in agreement and said, "The Oirat will definitely become a new border threat, so the battle at Langjuxu Mountain is of great significance. Only after we kill the Oirat today can we say that this war has come to a successful conclusion."

"Isn't it?" The fourth brother looked at Zhu Zhen gratefully: "I knew that the sixth brother understood me the best."

"But the question is how to make father believe it?" The third brother also spread his hands and asked.

"Just talking without practicing is fake, just practicing without talking is stupid." Zhu Zhen smiled and said, "That's the importance of publicity."

"You mean, we need to create momentum?" The third brother was very smart and understood immediately, "That makes sense. It is better to brag than to do well. This is an eternal truth."

"That's right." Zhu Zhen nodded and said, "We must make the victory of this war a great event for all ages, and let the heroic names of Fourth Brother and the 200,000 Northern Expeditionary Army live forever! By then, all problems will be solved."

"I understand!" The third brother slapped his thigh and said, "You should follow the example of Huo Qubing and conquer the Wolf's Lair and Zen in Gu Yan!"

"That's exactly what I mean!" Zhu Zhen said with a smile, "We brothers have come to Langjuxu Mountain with great difficulty, how can we go back without doing anything? Besides, our achievements in this Northern Expedition are enough, so it is reasonable to seal the Langjuxu Mountain."

"Good idea!" The brothers were all excited when they heard it. Even the fourth brother got up excitedly.

Every Chinese man dreams of this moment that represents the highest glory.

"But this is not the Han Dynasty anymore. Our status is not enough to qualify for Fengshan, right?" The third brother was still cautious.

"Don't worry, I've asked my eldest brother for instructions, and he told us to handle it." Zhu Zhen said with a faint smile.

"That's good." The brothers were completely relieved now. As long as the eldest brother agreed, it was enough.

(End of this chapter)