Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 516 Former hero

Yunnan.

Sitting on the second floor balcony beside the Dianchi Lake, which was once his favorite, looking at the Dianchi Lake not far away, Zhu Zhanhe felt very calm.

Few people know that after attending his brother's wedding, Zhu Zhanhe did not return to Shuntian with the fleet. Instead, he returned to Yunnan and the former Prince Wu's Mansion.

Although it has been uninhabited for several years, the Prince Wu's Mansion is still clean and tidy, and it is cleaned every day.

"Don't let him bask in the sun. Yunnan is different from Shuntian. The sun here is poisonous."

Looking at Hu Shanshu who was playing with his son below, Zhu Zhanhe reminded him.

"It's not like you've never lived in Yunnan and have forgotten the sins you suffered before?"

Yunnan is indeed a good place, but the ultraviolet rays are very strong and it is easy to get sunburned. If you are an adult, it will only be uncomfortable for a few days at most. And adults basically will not get sunburned at this time of year.

But children are different.

"Mother..." Zhu Qiming's mouth dropped when he heard his father's words.

Children generally can speak when they are eight months to one year old, and those who speak later may delay it until they are two years old. Zhu Qiming is considered to have started speaking relatively early.

However, it is true that it can speak, but it cannot understand what adults say, and it will only react to what adults say.

Therefore, Zhu Qiming frowned not because Zhu Zhanhe didn't let him play down there, but because he heard Zhu Zhanhe's voice.

Perhaps because he spent too little time with Zhu Zhanhe, Zhu Qiming was not close to Zhu Zhanhe at all, and that's not all.

In Zhu Qiming's eyes, his father seemed to be some kind of savage beast. He was afraid when he saw his father and cried when he heard his father speak.

"It's okay, it's okay..." Hu Shanshu coaxed her son dumbfounded.

She was also very worried about her son. She had heard of children who were not close to their father, but this was the first time she had seen a son who was not close to his father.

While coaxing the child, Hu Shanshu stood up and looked at her husband with a dumbfounded look.

"Your Highness, you are arrogant. You know that he cries easily, so you have to provoke him."

Hu Shanshu now feels that she is not raising one child, but two children.

Zhu Zhanhe usually gave people a bad impression, even scary. Hu Shanshu thought so too before, but after having a child, Hu Shanshu realized that she didn't understand her husband.

She had never known that her husband would put down all pretense and play with the children when he returned home.

She had never known before that her husband also liked to play and make his children cry while he laughed at the sidelines.

She had never known that her husband would take his children to dig small channels and play in the mud in the garden of Sunchon Palace.

Thinking of this, the dumbfounded expression on Hu Shanshu's face was immediately replaced by a gentle smile, and she walked upstairs with the child in her arms.

This child still has to be brought up slowly, and Zhu Qiming is a little too repulsive to Zhu Zhanhe. How can this be done?
However, before Hu Shanshu could walk into the first floor with her child in her arms, the arrival of a person stopped her and turned to the backyard.

"Coming?" Zhu Zhanhe glanced at Zheng He who walked into the yard.

"Come up."

"Yes..." Zheng He lowered his head and responded.

……

The balcony on the second floor of Prince Wu's Mansion is actually a very good place. If it were in later generations, it would probably become a check-in spot for internet celebrities, a viewing spot, and the like.

But now, not just anyone can enter here. Even if they come in, they can't just look around.

Just like Zheng He now.

"You are quite courageous." Zhu Zhanhe said calmly, holding the teacup and looking at the Dianchi Lake not far away.

……

Zheng He said nothing.

Although Zhu Zhanhe's tone was calm, it was actually a question.

Zheng He didn't have any factions, but he was firm in his factions.

Zheng He has always stood behind the emperor's lineage, but he is not loyal to a certain emperor, but to the title of emperor.

In short, no matter who is the emperor, Zheng He will be very loyal. Now he dares to take the risk to prepare a way out for the orthodox emperor. If Zhu Zhanhe comes to power in the future, he will be as loyal to Zhu Zhanhe as he is now.

However, this is obviously not what Zhu Zhanhe wants to see.

He let Zheng He return to Yunnan to retire because of Zheng He's hard work, which not only laid the foundation for the Yongle Dynasty's Ming Dynasty to be powerful overseas, but also laid the foundation for Zhu Zhanhe's overseas expansion.

But he didn't expect that Zheng He would be so arrogant.

To put it nicely, it was because he did not want the Ming Dynasty clan to kill each other, but to put it harshly, it was because he was ignorant of current affairs.

"Ah... you're talking about you." Zheng He didn't reply, and Zhu Zhanhe didn't care, he put down his teacup and looked away, with a bit of regret in his tone.

"Let me ask you, do you really think orthodoxy is that important? Or is it more important to be able to lead Ming Dynasty to a bright future?"

"Or, do you think I'm like that good-natured flower girl who is both responsible and established?"

……

Zheng He still lowered his head and remained silent.

He didn't know what to say.

In fact, Zheng He was a little confused when Zhu Zhanhe asked his first question.

Is orthodoxy more important or the future of Ming Dynasty?
Zheng He had a clear answer in his mind, just like when Emperor Taizong raised his troops to appease the enemy.

If Emperor Taizong did not raise troops to appease the emperor, but allowed Emperor Huiwen to cut down the feudal vassals, what would the final result be like?

Zheng He didn't know anything else, but he knew that with the structure of Emperor Huiwen and his officials such as Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai, they would definitely not be able to reach the heights of Emperor Taizong.

Some people say that Emperor Huiwen was either stupid or ruthless. He secured his position at the expense of shaking the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. If his strategy of reducing vassal vassals really succeeds, the Ming Dynasty will be at least weakened compared to the Hongwu Dynasty. half.

What about Zhu Zhanhe?
In fact, Zheng He had always felt that Zhu Zhanhe would be a qualified emperor, because Zhu Zhanhe's vision was broad enough and ruthless enough. Only such a person could secure the throne and lead the Ming Dynasty to a broader future.

But this did not prevent him from feeling that Zhu Zhanhe was artificial.

Like everyone else, Zheng He also felt that Zhu Zhanhe had planned for a long time, but he showed a passive posture to everyone everywhere, making everyone feel that he was the same as Emperor Taizong back then, and he did it as a last resort.

But now, is that really the case?
Zheng He didn't know.

"Okay, let's go back." Just as Zheng He bowed his head in silence, Zhu Zhanhe spoke.

"Originally, based on what you did, I should punish you, but because of your achievements in the Western voyages, I decided to forget it."

"However, if you make a mistake, you must pay the price."

With that said, Zhu Zhanhe waved, and Zhu Ling quickly walked to the edge of the balcony and waved to the prince's guards below.

Zheng He will spend the rest of his life under surveillance.

Not really good, but not really bad either.

(End of this chapter)