Daming: If I find a great-grandson, I will teach an emperor through the ages

Chapter 253 How big is the gap?
On the third day after Zhu Chu came out of the Zongren Mansion, he began to hand over his military power.

With an imperial edict, Zhu Chu's three guards in Yunnan were directly summoned to destroy the capital camp.

Along with the return of Zhu Chun's escort, there was also a letter from Muchun. In the letter, he asked Zhu Xiongying if there was no war in Yunnan now and whether it was necessary to transfer some of her troops back.

Muchun did this because he felt a little guilty.

After all, Zhu Xiongying and even Zhu Ming, the Zhu family's military power, had all been taken away, let alone an outsider?
By handing over military power at this time, he might still be able to keep his title of Marquis of Xiping.

But the troops controlled by the Mu family were not that large to be honest. There was no need for Zhu Xiongying to look at this little head at this time. The top priority was to make Zhu Fang and other vassal kings submit, as they were the source of everything.

As for whether meritorious positions such as Marquis of Xiping should be retained in the end, it remains to be discussed.

Zhu Chu himself was living in the Cao Mansion, which Cao Wei didn't care about. Anyway, a house as big as the Cao family's house would be more than enough for another hundred Zhu Chu.

A month later, Zhu Chu's family finally came all the way to Yingtian with their property.

With money in hand, Zhu Zhen finally started to take action. On the basis of the original enclosure, he spent money to buy a lot of land and began to build his own mansion.

It's not that Zhu Min is reluctant to take his family to stay in an inn for a small amount of money, but he wants to use this method to cultivate the relationship between Cao Lin and his daughter.

Zhu Min, this precious daughter, is not only a little bit princess-like, but also has a love brain.

After all, Zhu Baowen has a water spirit, which makes it easier for people to accept her princess disease.

The corner of Cao Lin's mouth twitched, "Fortunately, father has not set a specific time for the wedding."

"Brother Cao Lin, marry me as soon as possible..."

In the blink of an eye, another two months passed, and another year of winter came.

Zhu Ming then decided to move his family out of Cao Mansion. However, at this time, Zhu Baowen was not happy.

Zhu Zhen was a little embarrassed and quickly winked at Zhu Baowen, "Our house is at the back of the street. You can see Cao Lin whenever you want. Be obedient."

In the end, Cao Wei couldn't stand it anymore and signaled his son to take action.

Zhu Chu's daughter is called Zhu Baowen, who is one year younger than Cao Lin.

"Didn't I tell you? There are only two streets," Zhu Chu said, stretching out two fingers: "If you want to come, you can't even make a cup of tea."

What Zhu Chu said is indeed true. The little girl Zhu Baowen does look very cute, but she may have been spoiled at home. She has a bit of a princess temper, but her nature is not bad and it is harmless.

Cao Wei stood aside and watched, somewhat speechless.

Cao Lin stepped forward with a sullen face, and Zhu Baowen immediately said pitifully: "Brother Cao Lin, do you want to drive me away too?"

"After moving out, I won't be able to see brother Cao Lin anytime..."

They have been detained in the Zongren Mansion for more than three months! In the past three months, they have been eating rice bran in Zongren Mansion, and their poop has become much lighter.

"Don't move! If you want to move, you move! I want to stay here with brother Cao Lin." Zhu Baowen stood in front of the lobby of Cao Mansion, puffing out her cheeks and staring angrily at her father and the others.

In the past, Cao Lin was always looking forward to taking a day off from the Imperial College and going home, but now she had to go to the Imperial College to feel clean.

"No! I don't want to wait for tea!" Zhu Baowen refused.

As she spoke, Zhu Baowen had tears in her eyes.

Cao Lin's tense face also softened, and she whispered softly:
"Sister Baowen, I have to go to the Imperial College most of the time now. Even if you stay here, you won't be able to see me. Besides, you and Uncle Zhu are the same family. How can we separate the family?"

"Then Brother Cao Lin and I are already engaged, aren't we also a family?"

Cao Lin nodded heavily, and Zhu Baowen was satisfied and finally agreed to move out.

"We have an engagement, but we have to wait until we get married before we become a family. By then you can live in my house."

Moreover, a group of ordinary lords would suffocate to death for more than three months, let alone a group of lords from the Ming dynasty?

As time passed, Zhu Baowen and Cao Lin began to get familiar with each other, and Cao Lin seemed to be used to Zhu Baowen sticking to him whenever she had time.

Zhu Baowen didn't like him, she rolled her eyes and said:

"Really?" Zhu Baowen shouted in surprise.

Zhu Chu spent a lot of money, and the mansion was built very quickly. Most of it was completed in two months. The rest was just the finer details, but the main house was completely ready and ready for people to live in.

Under the instigation of her father, Zhu Baowen clung to Cao Lin whenever she had time. Brother Cao was older than brother Cao, and they were almost inseparable. Except when sleeping, she would always follow Cao Lin, which made Cao Lin very distressed.

"It was you who asked me to develop a relationship with Brother Cao Lin in the beginning. Now that the relationship has developed, I can't live without Brother Cao Lin. You want me to leave again. How can there be such a reason in the world?"

At his age, he was just playful and didn't know the word love. He just felt that this younger sister of the Zhu family was a little too clingy, and he couldn't be rude to others.

After Zhu Baowen finished speaking, Zhu Zhen's family left with the hired convoy.

Zhu Ming wiped the sweat from his head and sighed in his heart, his daughter has begun to listen to outsiders, how sad!

Zhu Chu could not tell on ordinary days that he was actually a slave to his daughter. When Zhu Baowen burst into tears, he was helpless. No wonder Zhu Baowen got used to the temperament of a princess.

This...it seems that I have indeed found a hot potato for my son...

As for Zhu Chu's family, they also moved into the Cao Mansion at Zhu Chu's shameless plea.

While others were having family reunions, in the royal palace, all the vassal kings could no longer hold on.

Snowflakes started to fall in Yingtian Mansion.

No matter what Zhu Chu said, or how Zhu Baowen's biological mother tried to persuade her, Zhu Baowen just refused to live or die, her little head shaking like a rattle.

That night,

Now they saw that the sows were all pretty and beautiful, and sometimes a palace maid came to bring them food, and they had to grit their teeth to keep from making mistakes.

This is the palace, no messing around.

But if they continue to be locked up like this, the psychology and physiology of these feudal kings will be distorted sooner or later.

As the snowflakes fell in Yingtian City, the hearts of the vassal kings became even more desolate.

With their identity and status, they should be warm and gentle on this snowy day, eating hot pot and singing this song, but now they can only stare at the bright moon.

Or forget it... just give me the throne? More and more people are beginning to waver.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and their hearts are getting colder and colder, because there is no fire in the clan house, but each person is given an extra quilt. The vassal kings have never experienced the cold so thoroughly.

Wait until early next morning.

Zhu Ru successfully woke up from the cold in bed.

As the King of Zhou Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, it sounds ridiculous to wake up from the cold in bed, but it happened.

Enduring the intense discomfort, Zhu Rui got dressed, opened the door, and saw that the ground outside was covered with white snow.

"No wonder it's so cold. This snow must be the biggest in recent years..." Zhu Ru said to himself with a white breath in his mouth.

Zhu Ju also didn't expect that his group of brothers could persist for such a long time.

He originally thought that after holding on for a month, someone would be unable to bear it and hand over the king's power. When the time came, he rode a donkey downhill and followed him to hand over the king's power. Unexpectedly, three months passed and no one said a word.

Do you really want to start this thing again?
To be honest, Zhu Xi can persist until now just because he is looking at other vassal kings, because he still has Zhu Di's retreat, so he is not in a hurry at all.

The other vassal kings were torn between handing over their royal power and continuing to endure house arrest every day.

In the past three months, their direct descendants had made trouble in the local area to protest, openly and secretly wanting Zhu Xiongying to let their vassal king go back.

Zhu Xiongying's method was also very simple. He asked Lan Yu to lead a hundred thousand central troops, pull 20 divine thunder cannons around the place, and fire a few cannon drills, and then no one dared to fart.

"Ta Tata..."

The sound of footsteps came from far away, and the door of the courtyard where Zhu Rui was was pushed open. Several young eunuchs came in with cleaning tools and began to clean the snow in the courtyard.

The palace maid who followed behind brought the food.

Zhu Ru touched it and found that there was no residual warmth.

Waiting a little longer will only make the ice teeth worse, and Zhu Rui has no choice but to eat them quickly.

While eating, Zhu Ru suddenly heard yelling and cursing coming from the yard next door.

"Damn it! This rice is cold, how can I eat it? You bunch of dog slaves want to eat me to death?"

Then there was the sound of things breaking, and the sounds of palace maids and eunuchs begging for mercy.

"Now that I'm locked up, you guys look down on me, okay, he's awesome! Don't you just want the royal power in my hands? I'll give it to you! It depends on what price he's willing to pay for it!"

"Get out of the way! Take me to the emperor!"

Zhu Zhu lives next door, and it seems that he finally can't stand it anymore.

Through the wide open doorway, Zhu Xi saw Zhu Su angrily walking out with the palace maid and eunuch.

After swallowing the last two mouthfuls of food, Zhu Zhu passed through the eunuchs who were cleaning the snow in the courtyard, came to the door, and looked at Zhu Zhu's back.

When Zhu Zhu left the Zongren Mansion, the door was closed again. Zhu Zhu withdrew his gaze and turned his head, only to see Zhu Feng and others coming out because they heard the noise and looking eagerly at the gate of the Zongren Mansion.

The tangled look of wanting to hand over the royal power in exchange for freedom, but being reluctant to do so, appeared on almost everyone's face.

One by one, they put their hands on the door frame and stretched their heads to look...

These vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty were now like those timid women who had their thoughts written on their faces.

This scene was so funny that Zhu Rui pinched his thigh to prevent himself from bursting into laughter and quickly stepped back.

"Hahahaha..." When no one could see him, Zhu Ru lowered his voice and laughed.

The two eunuchs in the courtyard were confused. Is King Zhou crazy?

the other side,
Zhu Shu was led to the Nuan Pavilion. There were pipes in the Nuan Pavilion, and a dedicated person burned the fire for heating every day. The warm atmosphere almost brought tears to Zhu Shu's eyes!
It's freezing and snowing inside the clan's mansion, but it's so warm here. When have I ever suffered like this?
Zhu Xiongying went down to court, and when he came to Nuange, Zhu Shu was already asleep against the corner.

It was so cold in the clan's mansion that Zhu Su hadn't had a good night's sleep these days.

Zhu Xiongying did not sympathize with Zhu Shu and pointed at him and asked the eunuch to wake him up.

"Uncle Wang."

After Zhu Shu opened his eyes, Zhu Xiongying was the first to speak with a smile.

Before Zhu Shu could speak, his stomach growled first.

Zhu Xiongying smiled and ordered the head eunuch to prepare meals and winked at him secretly.

"Uncle Wang, if you have anything to say, it's not too late to say it until you have the strength after eating."

Zhu Shu snorted angrily and turned his head.

After a while, the chief eunuch came back, followed by four or five young eunuchs. They all carried steaming hot dishes in their hands, all meaty and fishy, ​​without any green leaves. There was also a small pot of wine on a tray.

Zhu Shu almost popped his eyes out. The temptation of these things is fatal to him now!

Almost pounced on it, Zhu Shu devoured it without any trace of expression, his mouth was full of oil, and he took a sip of wine from time to time. He had never felt so happy in his life!

After a while, Zhu Su couldn't eat anymore, so he put down the big lobster he held to his mouth and burped.

"Uncle Wang, are you full?" Zhu Xiongying asked softly, still with a faint smile.

The short-tongued cannibal, Zhu Shu had a meal of Zhu Xiongying, and his attitude was no longer as tough as before, and he nodded slightly.

"Okay, if Uncle Wang has something to do, let's talk about it now."

When Zhu Shu heard this, he turned into a high-profile person. After wiping his mouth with the lapel of his clothes, he held his head high and said:

"I know that Your Majesty wants our royal power. Lao Shiba has already handed it over before, but he doesn't count! He is engaged to the Cao family and has the Cao family's backing, but we don't. If we hand over the royal power, How can His Majesty ensure our lives?"

Regarding the marriage between Zhu Zhu and the Cao family, Zhu Xiongying deliberately ordered the eunuch on duty at the Zongren Mansion to take a walk in order to disturb the vassal kings such as Zhu Zhu.

People have gone out to live a good life, but you don’t want to go out? Are you going to eat cornbread every day in the clan's mansion?

What Zhu Su said was nothing more than wanting to exchange the throne for benefits, and not letting go of the eagle when the rabbit is gone.

But he didn't understand one thing. From beginning to end, they were in a passive position and had no countermeasures against Zhu Xiongying.

"What Uncle Wang said is that as a member of the clan, I will naturally not ignore your dignity."

"If Uncle Wang is willing to hand over the throne and military power, Uncle Wang can choose an official position below the fourth rank at will. As long as it does not involve the fundamentals, I will agree to it."

Zhu Shu raised his eyelids and asked: "Which rank? From the fourth rank! Is Your Majesty sending beggars?"

From the fourth rank to the fifth rank officials, most of them are sinecures. They generally do not have much power in their hands and their salaries are not too high.

However, before the Ming Dynasty, during the Hongwu period, Cao Wei proposed to increase the salary of officials, and the annual salary of fifth-rank officials was already considerable.

But for a vassal king like Zhu Shu, who has a big family and a big business, it is nothing.

Moreover, the fifth-grade official position was too low, which made him feel very embarrassed. He was a prince before! Does the prince understand the value of gold? Fifth rank official? Pooh!

"Uncle Wang doesn't want it?"

"But my conditions can only drive here. Since Uncle Wang doesn't want to, please come back."

After Zhu Xiongying finished speaking, he called for people to come over and send Zhu Shu back to the clan mansion again.

Zhu Shu's expression suddenly changed!

He finally remembered the two quilts in the clan mansion, the cold food, and the dark despair...

The warm pavilion here, the delicious food and wine here, everything here makes Zhu Shu feel extremely reluctant to leave!
The gap between this is too big!
He was really afraid of returning to the clan mansion again!

"Don't! Don't! I promise, I promise..."

(End of this chapter)