Jingnan Strategy

Chapter 67 Inside the Main Hall
"Look at me! I will be the general in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty in the future! I will take you out of the border to hunt down the captives and kill the people!"

"Fuck you! The northwest is my home!"

"Hahaha... We are all brothers. I will use your way to get out of seclusion. Don't be stingy!"

On the first day of June, compared with the rainy days in previous days, Nanjing was sunny and sunny on this day.

In a palace in the east city of Nanjing City Palace, it was as noisy as a market entrance.

A young man holding a wooden stick stood on the desk and showed off his power, surrounded by a group of boys.

Hearing his words, another young man in fine clothes in the distance started to slap the case.

The quarrel between the two did not affect others, because the people who studied here were all cousins, and there were more than [-] of them, including Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaosui, Zhu Jiyi and others.

The difference is that Zhu Gaosui is reading a book with a few young children, Zhu Jiyi is talking about the singing girls on the sixteenth floor with a few children about his own age, and Zhu Gaochi is about four or five years old. Older young people read books steadily.

The palace clearly covers an area of ​​more than an acre, but it was made so noisy by more than twenty people.

Even so, they can still play and study independently, which is a wonderful sight.

In the city of Nanjing, the only place where so many princes can gather is the main hall which was reopened last year.

This main hall is located in the east of the Nanjing Imperial Palace, on the side of the East Palace. Originally, the main hall was one of the palace library collections in the early Ming Dynasty.

Eleven years after Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang invited famous Confucian professors here to teach the princes and princes to study. Therefore, the main hall was first used as a place for the princes and princes to study.

After that, Zhu Yuanzhang selected the legitimate son of a talented person and a high official to attend the reading in the hall. The place was very lively at that time.

But when the prince Zhu Biao came of age, Zhu Yuanzhang closed the place and ordered the princes to go back to their homes to study.

In this way, this place has been completely closed for more than ten years, and it was not reopened until last year, but there are no longer so many people, and only princes and princes in their prime years can study here.

"Huh? Zhu Gaosui, your word is quite good. Where did you learn it?"

"Hmph! Of course from my second brother!"

"Your second brother? Hahahaha..."

In a corner of the main hall, when several county princes noticed the change of fonts in Zhu Gaosui's textbook and asked about it, Zhu Gaosui's answer made many princes couldn't help laughing.

"Can your second brother also write this hand?"

A county prince laughed at Zhu Gaosui. When Zhu Gaosui saw others laughing at him, he didn't feel that he was laughing at his second brother, but only felt that he was laughing at himself, so he explained:
"Smile on your head. My second brother is now capable of literature and martial arts. If you are invaded by barbarians and Tatars in the future, please don't come to beg my family."

"Hehe... don't be angry." Hearing Zhu Gaosui say this, several county princes stopped smiling and coaxed Zhu Gaosui.

Zhu Gaoxu was famous for his ability in fighting. When many princes were just practicing equestrian skills, Zhu Gaoxu could already shoot left and right.

You know, such a level of riding skills is difficult for even some battle-hardened cavalry to achieve.

Not to mention other things, Zhu Gaoxu's highest record was to beat up eight princes of Qin, Jin and Zhou vassals except the eldest son, and he did so unilaterally.

In addition, not long after arriving in Nanjing, he was riding and shooting outside Nanjing city and wrestling with farmers in the countryside for fun.

If someone said something bad about him, he would be retaliated by Zhu Gaoxu before dark.

Zhu Yuanzhang said that he was cunning and cruel by nature, but these comments were derived from his behavior, and he was never wronged.

Although he has been away from the main hall for half a year now, many princes in the main hall are afraid of him. Even the eldest sons of the Qin, Jin and Zhou dynasties try their best not to conflict when they see him.

Such a person, only in the past six months, has become a polite and virtuous corporal, a man of literary and military skills. No one will believe it.

If they were not worried about the emergency at the frontier in the future and needed the support of Yanfan soldiers and horses, they might say hello to Zhu Gaoxu. I am afraid that they would never want to have anything to do with Zhu Gaoxu in this life.

Because of this, they coaxed Zhu Gaojiu, fearing that he would tell Zhu Gaojiu about this.

But while they were coaxing Zhu Gaosui, a eunuch carefully walked into the noisy main hall and cautiously came to the oldest prince in the main hall.The prince and Zhu Gaochi were sitting together, and they were all fifteen or older.

Seeing the eunuch coming, the young prince put down the book in his hand and listened to what he had to say.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty summons the second son of Yan, Xu, to the Wuying Hall today to accompany him in governing the country..."

"Hmm... um? What did you say?"

Faced with the news, the young man didn't react. He nodded first, then looked at the eunuch doubtfully, and finally asked a question.

The conversation between the two was not considered private, so all the nearby princes heard the news.

"You said Zhu Gaoxu entered Wuying Hall to manage politics?!"

"what?!"

"What did you say?"

"It is said that Zhu Gaoxu has entered Wuying Hall to manage politics."

"Mom, am I still awake?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible. How can Zhu Gaoxu's hand holding a stick hold a pen?"

"Is the sky falling?"

"Tell me what's going on."

"Yes, yes! Say it quickly!"

"Tell me what happened to my second brother."

A young prince in his fifteenth or sixteenth year was the first to stand up uncontrollably. As soon as he stood up and spoke, everyone in the main hall gradually became quiet. They all looked at them and watched the fun without saying anything. He seemed to be running over.

The eunuch had no choice but to bow to everyone and reply respectfully: "Your Highnesses, Yan's second son, Xu, has been summoned to the Wuying Hall to coordinate with His Majesty and the grandson in governing the country. I'm afraid he has entered the palace through Xihua Gate and is on his way to Wuying Hall. ”

"Are you sure? If you lie to us, we will throw you into the Qinhuai River."

"exactly!"

The princes rushed to agree, and the eunuch also looked sad: "This thing is true. Even if your highnesses threw the slaves into the Yangtze River, the slaves can't say it is false."

"Haha! I just said that my second brother is good at literature and martial arts. Let's see who of you still dares to laugh!"

After receiving the affirmative answer, Zhu Gaosui immediately put his hands on his hips and laughed in a mighty manner. However, the princes in the crowd looked at each other, feeling that God was joking with them.

They wanted to ask the eunuch some more questions, but they didn't want to hear footsteps coming from outside the palace. An old Confucian scholar with dogma walked into the palace.

Seeing this Confucian scholar entering the palace, the princes who were still crowded together suddenly dispersed.

They returned to their positions, and the eunuch quickly exited the hall, bowing to the old Confucian scholar.

In just a dozen breaths, when the old Confucian scholar walked to the podium in front of many princes, many princes became quiet.

Facing their silence, the old Confucian scholar felt a little sad, but he still pretended to be calm and said: "It seems that your highnesses have heard about it."

"That's right, His Highness the Second Highness of the Yan Mansion entered the military camp and became aware of the sufferings of the people. Only in this way can the prodigal son turn back and now enter the Wuying Palace to manage the government together with His Majesty and the Grandson."

"The example of His Highness the Second Highness of the Yan Mansion is worthy of everyone..."

After speaking, everyone could no longer listen to the old Confucian scholar's words. At this moment, they were still stunned by Zhu Gaoxu's entry into Wuying Hall, and invariably, there was only one question left in their minds.

Is it because they haven't woken up or the people inside and outside the palace haven't woken up? It's true that Zhu Gaoxu, the little overlord, can enter the Wuying Palace to manage politics...

(End of this chapter)