Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 278 You, Unworthy; He, No

After receiving the approval and regulations from the Ministry of Rites, Zhu Gaoxu and his son left Beijing immediately without hesitation.

Not because they were in a hurry, but because they really had to leave as quickly as possible.

It's not that they are cursing the old man. After all, they are members of their own family or elders. Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Zhanhe both sincerely hope that the old man will be well, but the reality is there and they have to admit it.

To put it bluntly, if they really left late, the father and son might not be able to leave.

At the very least, you can't leave quietly.

Zhu Gaochi is also an understanding person. He not only understands the old man's thoughts, but also understands Zhu Zhanhe's eagerness to leave.

Therefore, the certificates from the Ministry of Rites were sent up as quickly as possible and approved as quickly as possible.

Something that seemed like both parties were doing something good for Daming seemed to have been accomplished just like that.

However, in reality...

……

"His Royal Highness."

Just after leaving Shuntian Mansion and before reaching the boundary of Tongzhou, Zhu Ling knocked on the shaft of the carriage Zhu Zhanhe was riding.

"What's wrong?" Zhu Zhanhe said casually, sitting back in the carriage, squinting his eyes.

"someone is coming."

"I know." Zhu Zhanhe slowly opened his eyes and opened the curtains expressionlessly.

"Stop first."

……

The long motorcade slowly stopped, Zhu Zhanhe walked out of the carriage, and Zhu Gaoxu in front also poked his head out of the carriage. When he saw that his sons had come out, he also walked out.

"What's wrong?" Zhu Gaoxu's eyelids drooped slightly.

Although he was asking, he had already more or less guessed something.

"Someone is here to see us off." Zhu Zhanhe grinned and looked around.

The place is not very good, a large plain with no favorable terrain.

Considering that Shuntian Mansion is now the capital of the Ming Dynasty, it seems that a large number of troops can be mobilized in a very short period of time, but in fact this is not the case.

The more important the place and the more people there are, the more cumbersome the procedures will be. Unless it is something extremely special, it is almost impossible to mobilize a large number of soldiers and horses in a short period of time.

Besides, who is qualified to issue orders in Shuntian Mansion now?
"Come out, let me see whose recruit this is." Zhu Zhanhe glanced around and said slowly.

The sound was not loud, but the surroundings were quiet, and the sound was particularly noticeable in the wilderness.

Soon, a person appeared from all around, some in the trees, some hiding in the ground, and some hiding in many inconspicuous shadows.

On the road that had been cleared by the Ministry of Rites in advance, more than [-] people suddenly appeared.

"It's well hidden. It looks like he has received professional training." Zhu Zhanhe nodded with a smile and glanced around.

"Who is leading the team?"

The person on the other side had obviously never experienced such a battle, or perhaps was frightened by Zhu Zhanhe's name. It took a while before someone stood up.

"Not bad, at least I dare to stand up." Zhu Zhanhe nodded slightly, and then asked with a bit of sarcasm.

"Whose family are you from? To be selected to perform this kind of mission, you must have some background. Otherwise, whether you would be able to lead so many people, let's not talk about it, you would not have the spirit of sacrifice for your master. "

"Also, you should know what the crime of ambushing a royal family member is, and don't tell me that you are escorting and not ambush."

"You should know that some things are not yours to say, and even your master may not have the final say."

Zhu Zhanhe's words were quite straightforward. He almost pointed at the man's nose and scolded him. It was really not very harmful but extremely insulting.

No, that’s not right. According to the previous conviction, this is too harmful.

After all, ambush of royal family members would involve confiscating their homes, and the last person who dared to do this dates back to the ninth year of Yongle, when Zhu Gaoxu and his family went to Yunnan to join the feudal clan.

At that time, Chen Zhisheng had his whole family copied, and it was his teacher Hu Guang who personally took Jin Yiwei to copy them.

"My next official, Liu Pu, pays homage to His Royal Highness Prince Wu."

After hesitating for a long time, Liu Pu finally knelt down and saluted Zhu Zhanhe respectfully.

"Liu Pu? Interesting..." Zhu Zhanhe laughed when he heard this, and he smiled very happily.

"If I remember correctly, your father is Liu Sheng, right? Marquis Anyuan?"

"Exactly..." Zhu Zhanhe didn't let him get up, so Liu Pu could only grab the ground with his head and kneel on the ground.

"Interesting..." Zhu Zhanhe stepped forward, as if he was not afraid that Liu Pu would hurt him.

"you……"

"Uh……"

Zhu Zhanhe stepped directly on Liu Pu's head, his tone full of contempt.

"Although I have never asked who made you do this, I can probably make a good guess."

"So I'm not interested in this question, but there is one question I would like to know."

While talking, Zhu Zhanhe squatted down slowly, his left foot still stepped on Liu Pu's head.

"Does your father know that you are doing this?"

"Does he know that you have played with the heads of your whole family and even the nine clans?"

"Why don't you go back and ask your father why, as the Anyuanhou of the Ming Dynasty and the commander-in-chief of the Shenji Battalion, that man didn't dare to look for him, but instead looked for you, a childish recruit?"

"As the son of a general, you should know that any general in the Shuntian Mansion can betray the imperial court and join me, Zhu Zhanhe, but your father alone cannot and does not dare to do so."

"And now, you dare to do something that your father doesn't dare to do? It's true that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers..."

Liu Pu did not dare to say a word. He was pushed to the ground by Zhu Zhanhe, moaning in pain from time to time.

In fact, Zhu Zhanhe was not lying. He really roughly knew who arranged for these people to come, and he also knew why the person who came was Liu Sheng's son Liu Pu.

The old man will not do this, because the old man knows very well what Zhu Zhanhe represents now, and he also knows what great changes will happen to the Ming Dynasty and even the entire world if something happens to Zhu Zhanhe.

Therefore, let alone the old man deliberately letting Zhu Zhanhe leave, even if the old man didn't want Zhu Zhanhe to leave, he would not do it now.

You know, Zhu Zhanhe has conquered so many places over the years, but now it all depends on Zhu Zhanhe's suppression and the governance of Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Zhanqi.

If the power of suppression is gone, there will inevitably be counterattacks.

Regardless of the fact that every time Zhu Zhanhe takes over a place, the first people to clean up are the local powerful and officials and nobles, but no one can complete this kind of thing 100% perfectly, and there will always be fish that slip through the net.

Even if there are no fish that slip through the net, people's desires will slowly increase as the quality of life improves.

Perhaps there would not be rebellions in those places immediately after Zhu Zhanhe was gone, but it would be at least three or two years, and at most five or six years, disasters would surely arise.

When the time comes, the places Zhu Zhanhe conquered will be slowly lost, and Ming Dynasty will also have to face the joint counterattack of these people.

By that time, Daming will face much more serious consequences than now.

The current Daming is like when Emperor Taizu Gao divided the kings. Zhu Zhanhe may not fully understand what Emperor Gao was thinking, but he can probably guess that most of the meat is rotten in his own pot inside.

No matter who becomes the emperor at that time, he will be a member of the Zhu family, and outsiders will not get an advantage.

Forcibly detaining Zhu Zhanhe in Yingtian, the consequences are not something Zhu Di, let alone the person behind Liu Pu who instigated Liu Pu, can afford.

"Let's go." Zhu Zhanhe raised his feet and rubbed them on the ground in disgust.

"Anyway, someone will take care of you, so I won't do it for you."

"My saber only kills foreign enemies and corrupt officials. You...are not worthy of it."

"Remember to tell me when you go back...Brother, if you want to stop me, he...can't do it yet."

After saying that, Zhu Zhanhe turned around and went back to his carriage. Zhu Gaoxu just glanced at Liu Pu, who was still kneeling on the ground, and then turned back to the carriage.

The convoy moved slowly. There were more than ten thousand people around. Although Zhu Zhanhe's Crown Prince's bodyguard still had a slight advantage, they did not dare to move.

Back on the carriage, Zhu Zhanhe leaned on the carriage and let out a long sigh of relief.

Why is he so sure that his good cousin Zhu Zhanji did this?There are two reasons.

The first thing that supports Zhu Zhanhe's point of view is his good cousin's reaction to his coming to Beijing.

On the day he entered the palace, Zhu Zhanhe saw his uncle and his cousin standing at the gate of the East Palace, watching him go towards the old man's Qianqing Palace.

At that time, Zhu Zhanhe felt that there was something wrong with his cousin's eyes, but because of the stereotypes in the past, he didn't take it to heart.

After all, several years ago, his cousin still seemed to understand something, knowing a little bit about everything, but not deeply.

As for the second piece of evidence, it is Liu Pu.

Liu Pu is Liu Sheng's son, and he is also the eldest son. He will inherit Liu Sheng's title of Marquis of Anyuan in the future, but this Liu Pu...

Let's put it this way, tiger father and dog son, it's the father and son who are talking about.

As the commander-in-chief of the Shenji Battalion, Liu Sheng made many military exploits with Emperor Yongle. Liu Sheng single-handedly won the title of Marquis of Anyuan. However, as Liu Sheng’s eldest son, Liu Pu inherited Liu Sheng’s title of Marquis of Anyuan. It's really hard to see in comparison.

Liu Pu had some merits in his life, but not many, and they were all small internal wars such as suppressing bandits and counterinsurgency.

The only time Liu Pu faced a foreign enemy was after the restoration of the God of War, that is, in the first year of Tianshun, the second reign of the God of War in the Ming Dynasty, he faced the attack of the northern nomads.

Liu Sheng followed the old man to conquer grass several times, but his son Liu Pu actually chose to stay behind closed doors when faced with the nomads, allowing the enemies to plunder until he was satisfied and then left. At this time, he sent someone to make a sneak attack. , after only cutting dozens of levels, he reported a great victory to the court.

Zhu Zhanhe even doubted whether his dozens of enemy heads were the heads of the enemy.

However, Liu Pu also has a different experience, that is, he was once a member of the Young Guards, and he was among the first batch.

The so-called young guards were actually the guards of the emperor's eldest grandson Zhu Zhanji. They were selected and organized by Zhu Di in the tenth year of Yongle by Jin Zhong, Minister of War, for Zhu Zhanji. This was also the prototype of the later Tengxiang Four Guards.

Of course, due to the emergence of Zhu Zhanhe, there are no young guards in the Ming Dynasty today, but the relationship between Liu Sheng's family and the prince's lineage is beyond doubt.

After all, Liu Sheng was in charge of the Shenji Camp and the firearms. Everyone knew the special features of the Shenji Camp, and as the generals in charge of the Shenji Camp, neither Zhu Di nor Zhu Gaochi would let him fall to Zhu Zhanhe's side. .

Therefore, Zhu Zhanhe was probably able to confirm that these people were sent by his cousin, but it was unclear whether the purpose was to take his own life or to embarrass himself.

At the very least, Zhu Zhanhe can be sure that his uncle cannot do such a thing.

And my cousin...

All I can say is that it’s not something to worry about now, at least for now.

(End of this chapter)