Jingnan Strategy

Chapter 45: Grandson of Zhu family
"Listen to your words. My grandson seems to be a bit arrogant. Fortunately, he still listens to me."

Late at night, in the Qianqing Palace...

When Zhu Yuanzhang's voice sounded in the hall, he was sitting on the Babu bed at the moment, holding a knife and a pear in his hand, and he was peeling it seriously.

Kneeling in front of the Babu bed were Zhu Yuanzhang's familiar personal military attachés. Apart from them, there was no third person in the palace at this moment.

With Zhu Yuanzhang's words in his ears, the military attaché lowered his head and did not dare to speak about royal matters.

In this regard, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say anything, he just peeled the pear by himself, and after peeling, he cut a piece of pear to eat.

As he ate, he sighed: "I thought these grandsons were all insignificant, but I didn't expect that the one I looked down on the most would now become the most capable one."

Zhu Yuanzhang's words made the military attaché nervous, and his legs kneeling on the ground were shaking slightly.

This small movement was caught by Zhu Yuanzhang. He glanced at him and said: "Get up, don't ruin your legs by kneeling."

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty!" The military attache kowtowed in return, then shook himself to his feet.

Looking at his appearance, Zhu Yuanzhang could not help but miss his old subordinates. At least they would not be afraid of being like this because of such a trivial matter of intelligence.

This kind of nostalgia only lasted for a few breaths, and soon Zhu Yuanzhang focused on reality.

He peeled a piece of pear and ate it, while thinking about it in his mind.

"How are Fu Youde and Feng Sheng doing lately?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked the military attache, and the military attache responded obediently: "Ying Guogong is still the same as before, but Song Guogong moved part of the collection of books to the back room in the front yard, and ordered the people in the mansion to let His Highness Xu rest there during his next shift. .”

"Humph..." Zhu Yuanzhang chuckled: "This Fu Youde, luckily he is still the best among the generals, and he can't even compare to Feng Sheng."

As he spoke, he glanced at the military attache: "Or maybe Fu Youde knows it in his heart, but he just doesn't want to do it for me?"

"I don't know..." the military attache replied carefully, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not pay attention to his words, but continued to eat a piece of pear and spoke naturally:

"Over there in the East Palace, please arrange for your people to keep a close watch on me. I'm not afraid that boy Yunwen will make mistakes, I'm just afraid that someone will make him make mistakes."

"Yes!" The military attaché agreed without hesitation.

Obviously, although Zhu Yuanzhang did not express his dissatisfaction, the fact that Zhu Yunwen asked Zhu Gaoxu to revise "The Theory of Cutting Down Fans" did make him a little uncomfortable.

It's just that he has trained Zhu Yunwen for so many years, and Zhu Yunwen is indeed the most capable of Zhu Biao's existing heirs. He is unwilling to criticize Zhu Yunwen harshly for such a trivial matter.

"Gao Xu, send someone to Prince Yan's Mansion to tell Gao Chi that I asked him not to go to Gao Chi. If the emperor's grandson asks, he will answer the same thing."

"In addition, there is no need to give away the Qin horse from Prince Yan's palace. Let someone choose a royal horse from the Bureau of Animal Husbandry sent by Beishi Bali (Eastern Chagatai Khanate) to Gao Xu."

"He is my grandson after all. What does it mean to be on duty every day on foot?"

Although Zhu Yuanzhang chose a royal horse for Zhu Gaoxu for other reasons, the military attache knew very well that Zhu Yuanzhang was compensating Zhu Gaoxu.

"The minister will leave..."

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang had made the final arrangements, the military attaché stood up with understanding and carefully exited the Qianqing Palace after resigning.

At the same time as he exited, the eunuchs and maids who took care of Zhu Yuanzhang's daily life entered the palace one after another, and Zhu Yuanzhang also ordered a eunuch who had just walked in:
"Go to the kitchen to pick out a bean sprout and give it to the emperor's grandson."

"My slave, take your orders..." The eunuch understood the situation and without any need for words, he sent someone to the great cook in the outer court and asked someone to send a bean sprout to the East Palace.

Just a quarter of an hour later, there was a bean sprout on the desk in Chunhe Hall, and Zhu Yunwen was wearing a Chinese coat and a cloak, standing at the door of the palace with an ugly face, looking at the bean sprout from a distance.

"Cook the beans to burn the beans..." Zhu Yunwen was shocked and frightened. He whispered the content of "Seven Steps Poetry", but his eyes never left the beans.

He knew that his grandpa Huang was warning him, and why he was warning him was very clear.

"Your Highness, what do you mean by this?" The eunuch of the East Palace didn't know what was going on and wanted to ask his master.Facing his inquiry, Zhu Yunwen didn't say much, turned around and went back to the palace to lie down.

But maybe only he knows whether it is so easy to fall asleep after lying down...

Compared with him, Zhu Gaochi, who learned the news from the inner court that night, breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhu Yuanzhang has come forward, so he doesn't have to be caught in the middle. Even if he has asked his brother and has the answer in his mind, as long as he and Zhu Gaoxu don't tell others, others will not know the result of their discussion. .

Zhu Gaochi could have opened his eyes and told lies, telling Zhu Yunwen that his younger brother was willing to write, but the emperor stopped him.

It can be said that Zhu Yuanzhang attracted all the attention of this matter to himself. Even if Zhu Yunwen wanted to blame him, he could not blame the two brothers Zhu Gaochi.

After learning the result, Zhu Gaochi felt a lot more calm, but he was still confused as to why his grandfather would give the royal horse of the Simu Bureau to his younger brother.

As his younger brother, his grandfather didn't have to apologize to Zhu Yunwen at all, unless his younger brother showed some extraordinary behavior that made his grandfather think of winning over him.

"wrong……"

Zhu Gaochi, who was lying on the Babu bed, suddenly sat up and shook his head: "Rather than trying to win over him, it is better to say that he is adjusting the relationship for the grandson."

"It seems that Grandpa Huang relies on Gao Xu very much, but when did Gao Xu have such ability?"

Zhu Gaochi had a sad look on his face. He just felt that his brother had changed too much in the past few months, and he was actually involved in Zhu Yuanzhang's plan.

Those who can participate in such a plan are all uncles. How can my younger brother He De...

Zhu Gaochi got up from the bed and walked back and forth in the palace.

He hadn't read Zhu Gaoxu's test papers, otherwise he wouldn't be so distressed.

Anyone who has read Zhu Gaoxu's examination papers, whether it is Li Jinglong or Zhu Yuanzhang, they all think that Zhu Gaoxu is precocious.

If it is allowed to develop, it will not be a problem to become the pillar of the country in the future.

Zhu Gaochi didn't have many sources of intelligence of his own, so he could only guess on his own. When he couldn't guess clearly, he could only sit on his chair and write down what happened during this period one by one.

Faced with this situation, he could only tell the truth to his father Zhu Di.

After two-quarters of an hour of suffering, Zhu Gaochi finally finished writing his handwriting.

After checking it, Zhu Gaochi put the handwritten letter into an envelope, sealed it with fire paint, and stamped it with his seal.

"Come here, hurry up and send this handwritten letter to Peking. You must hand it over to your father or mother in person!"

After Zhu Gaochi finished everything, he asked the guards of Prince Yan's Palace to quickly send the handwritten letter to the north.

Standing at the entrance of the palace, he looked at the guards of Prince Yan's Mansion who were leaving. Although the stone in his heart had fallen to the ground, he still felt vaguely uneasy.

Looking at the thick dark clouds in the sky, Zhu Gaochi frowned slightly: "My brother has changed too much..."

After finishing his words, Zhu Gaochi touched his belly again, turned to the two guards and ordered:

"There are too many things to do today. I will ask you to take a day off tomorrow, and ask someone to bring me a plate of roast goose. I'm so hungry that I can't sleep at all."

The guards in front of the palace looked at each other after hearing this, and couldn't help but persuade: "Your Highness, the princess said that you can't eat more, you have to lose some weight..."

"How can you lose weight if you don't eat enough!" When Zhu Gaochi heard that the guard would not let him eat midnight snacks, he immediately acted like a prince.

Seeing his tough attitude, the two guards could only shake their heads and go ahead.

Watching the two men's actions, Zhu Gaochi happily hummed a ditty and returned to the palace. Half an hour later, he ate the roast goose he had longed for...

(End of this chapter)