Jingnan Strategy

Chapter 60 Conflict between father-in-law and son-in-law
"My lord, please see your majesty and grandson..."

In the Wuying Hall, while Zhu Gaoxu was uneasy, Fu Zhong walked into the hall calmly and bowed to Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Yuanzhang in the hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting in his seat, looked at Fu Zhong with a complicated expression, but he couldn't help but raise his hand to signal to the eunuch in the palace to give him a seat.

This action alone shows that Zhu Yuanzhang still has great feelings for Fu Zhong.

"Although Shouchun is gone, you are still my son-in-law, and you are still the father of my two grandchildren."

Zhu Yuanzhang once again confirmed Fu Zhong's identity, all because he loved Princess Shouchun the most among the sixteen princesses.
She loved her so much that Zhu Yuanzhang broke his own rules for her and gave her more than 120 hectares of fertile land in Wujiang County. As a result, Princess Shouchun's income was many times higher than that of other princesses.

Although Princess Shouchun died after giving birth to two children, Zhu Yuanzhang always regarded Fu Zhong as one of his own for the sake of his two grandsons.

Facing his overture, Fu Zhong just bowed his hands and didn't answer anything.

Zhu Yuanzhang understands better than anyone why he did this.

Since King Zhu Fan of the Jin Dynasty wrote a private letter to Fu Youde, the first thing Zhu Yuanzhang did was to transfer his two grandsons to Wujiang County in order to prevent his two grandsons from seeing him handling the Yingguo Palace.

His two sons were taken away. For a father, it was strange that Fu Zhong could look good on Zhu Yuanzhang.

When facing his own family, Zhu Yuanzhang's character was always not as tough as when facing foreign ministers, so he did not scold Fu Zhong, but changed his tone after he sat down:

"That kid Gao Xu has been staying at your house for a while. What do you and your father think of him?"

"..." Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's question, even though Zhu Yunwen was prepared, he couldn't help but feel disappointed, and he felt somewhat jealous of Zhu Gaoxu in his heart.

But as soon as this mentality arose, it was suppressed by his self-confidence.

For him, he will be the emperor in the future, and Zhu Gaoxu can only be a county prince.

As the future emperor, why should he be angry with a county king?

Thinking of this, Zhu Yunwen turned his attention to Fu Zhong.

In his eyes, Fu Zhong just thought for a moment, then raised his hands and bowed in reply:
"In my opinion, His Highness is very intelligent and very kind to others. He has a good understanding of the mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty and other overseas countries. He can even beat my father in debates."

"Even my father said that if His Highness hadn't been ignorant of the local culture and customs, he would have felt that His Highness had personally visited these places."

"I think that if His Highness becomes a vassal in the future, the people under his rule will definitely be rich."

"As for my father, he thinks that although His Highness has not led troops to the battlefield yet, as long as he has experienced it a few times, the place that His Highness is guarding will definitely be impregnable, preventing the northern captives from going south, and they will have to move to other border towns. "

"If His Highness guards one area, the other will be safe. Therefore, I have already told you that if Your Majesty asks about it in the future, it is best to use Your Highness in a place where there are frequent rebellions."

"I believe that as long as His Highness leaves the town for a few years, the local area will be stable and the people will be prosperous and healthy."

In Fu Zhong's mouth, he always instilled a concept in Zhu Yuanzhang's grandfather and grandson, that is, Zhu Gaoxu was capable of both literary and military skills.

This answer made Zhu Yuanzhang frown. He still didn't believe that his naughty grandson would suddenly become the virtuous man Fu Zhong said.

Not only him, but also Zhu Yunwen didn't believe it.

He originally wanted to question it, but when he thought of Zhu Yuanzhang's actions just now, he immediately changed his tone and said with a smile:

"People say that a prodigal son never returns with gold, and Gao Xu is only fifteen. If you go to the military camp and temper yourself, you can understand the changes." At this point, Zhu Yunwen looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, raised his hands and bowed: "Grandpa Huang, from the north Wu Liangha (the Three Guards of Duoyan) rebelled, and the country lost a Ping vassal in the north. With only Seventeenth Uncle, it was really difficult to support him alone."

"According to the words of Duke Ying and my uncle, how about canonizing Gao Xu as the county king in advance, just like the emperor did when he conferred his fourth uncle, and let him go to the north of Daning to guard the border for the country?"

Zhu Yunwen used Fu Zhong's words to seal Zhu Gaoxu thousands of miles away. Such a move made Fu Zhong couldn't help but look up at him.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang was very calm. He knew Zhu Yunwen's intention to drive Zhu Gaoxu out of Nanjing, but he stroked his beard and said:

"Daning is your seventeenth uncle's place. If you seal Gao Xu there, what will happen to your seventeenth uncle's descendants in the future?"

"Besides, he is still young and the northern part of Daning is bitterly cold. If he goes there too early, he might end up with some problems."

"For the time being, let him continue his studies in Nanjing. In two years, when a suitable place becomes available in the north, we will move him there."

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he immediately ordered the eunuch in charge of the ceremony:

"Since he has done well in his studies, don't let him serve in the Habayashi Zuowei. He can quit his job and study in peace."

"Besides, the tester Baihu next to him is doing well, so let him be promoted to Baihu."

"My slave, take your orders..." The eunuch and the eunuch, the eunuch in charge of rituals, bowed in agreement, and then sent people to the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion to make arrangements.

After watching the eunuch and eunuch doing all this, Zhu Yuanzhang started talking to Fu Zhong about business.

"Your father is already old. I don't want to embarrass him. Just let him stay alone. As for Mr. Rong and Mr. Zeng..."

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a moment, then waved his hand: "I will have someone send them back to you another day, and Fu Rang will also lift the ban."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" After hearing that his two children could come back and that his younger brother had been released from captivity, Fu Zhong finally felt a little moved. He stood up, knelt down, and bowed five times and kowtowed three times to Zhu Yuanzhang. .

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw this, he just told him: "Go back. If you go out later, I'm afraid that kid will get cold."

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the door of Wuying Palace. Even if he couldn't see it, he could know that Zhu Gaoxu was waiting for Fu Zhong at the door.

"I excuse myself..." Fu Zhong stood up and returned the greeting, then slowly exited the hall.

After just a few breaths, Zhu Gaoxu at the door saw him walking out of Wuying Hall like a spring breeze. He stood up and asked curiously:

"Uncle, what did grandpa talk to you about? Why are you so happy?"

"Good thing!" Fu Zhong was usually very elegant, but at this moment he patted Zhu Gaoxu's shoulder very boldly.

Just at this time, the rain began to slowly fall, and the thick dark clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, revealing a ray of sunshine that shone in Nanjing.

This kind of scenery makes people feel happy, not only Fu Zhong, but also Zhu Gaoxu is infected.

The two laughed and talked and prepared to go home, but Zhu Yuanzhang saw them talking and laughing through the window after they walked out of the palace gate, and his face showed a bit of dissatisfaction. Apparently he still "lied" to Zhu Gaoxu on the Yunnan mine map. "Feeling dissatisfied.

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's actions, Zhu Yunwen, who was sitting aside, also felt relieved. While feeling comfortable, he wrote and prepared to continue handling state affairs.

As for the Jiuhua Mountain Mine mentioned by Zhu Gaoxu, he didn't believe it at all...

(End of this chapter)