Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 320 Who doesn’t have a little thought?
It's three o'clock in the unitary hour.

Qingshou Temple in the suburbs of Beijing.

Zhu Gaoxu stood in front of the shadow hall of the prince's young master Yao Guangxiao, took the three sticks of incense handed by Qingyao, bowed to Yao Guangxiao's portrait, and then placed the incense in the stove on the table.

"Brother, His Majesty is here to see you."

Qingyao looked at Yao Guangxiao in the portrait with excitement and said calmly.

In the early years of Yongle, Zhu Di named Monk Daoyan the title of Zishan Doctor and Prince's Young Master, and gave him the surname Yao and the name Guangxiao.

After that, every time Zhu Di talked with Yao Guangxiao, he called him Young Master instead of calling him by his first name.

Zhu Di once ordered Yao Guangxiao to grow his hair and return to secular life, but he politely refused.

Zhu Di also gave him a mansion and palace maids, but Yao Guangxiao still refused to accept it. He just lived in Qingshou Temple. He wore court clothes when he went to court and changed back to monk's clothes after leaving court. He also participated in the "Records of Taizu" and "Yongle" one after another. The compilation work of the "Grand Canon".

Before Zhu Di moved the capital, he often traveled between Nanjing and Beijing, and made several expeditions to Mongolia. Yao Guangxiao stayed in Nanjing to assist the prince Zhu Gaoxu in supervising the country.

In the 20th year of Yongle's reign, Yao Guangxiao "fell and passed away" at the Qingshou Temple at the age of 84.

Two days after Zhu Di abolished the imperial court, he buried Yao Guangxiao in the rites of a monk. He was posthumously awarded the posthumous title of Minister of Xuanli, Special Administrative Officer of Xuanli, Special Administrative Officer of Ronglu, Shangzhuguo, and Duke of Rongguo. He was given the posthumous title of Gongjing and was buried in Fangshan. In the northeast of the county, he personally wrote a Shinto inscription for him and granted his adopted son Yao Ji the official position of Shangbao Shaoqing.

Considering that Yao Guangxiao had lived in Qingshou Temple for more than [-] years, in order to commemorate Yao Guangxiao, Zhu Di ordered the establishment of the Young Master's Shadow Hall in Qingshou Temple to enshrine his portraits and relics.

Qingshou Temple has luxuriant pine trees and dense shade, and the scenery is very beautiful. There are two stone bridges, "Feidu Bridge" and "Feihong Bridge", with flowing water running from east to west.

Now it has been more than six years since Yao Guangxiao passed away. Before Zhu Di went to sea, he would often come here to offer three sticks of incense to him. Now Zhu Gaoxu came to visit Yao Guangxiao on behalf of Zhu Di.

"Where are the brothers Qi Tai and Meng Xiaowen?"

Zhu Gaoxu asked casually after walking out of the auditorium.

"Back to Your Majesty, Qi Shangshu departed from Tianjin by boat three days ago and should be near Weihai by now."

Qingyao bowed and replied.

Since Zhao Junchen is getting older, Zhu Gaoxu has ordered Qingyao, who also serves as the commander of the Jinyi Guards, to secretly form a new intelligence agency - the Jinyi Secret Guards.

Since the rebellion between the chieftains of Guangxi and the remnants of the White Lotus Sect has subsided, Meng Zhongyi's embezzlement of the registration fee for the concubine selection of King Jingjiang has also been found out, and he was indeed framed.

Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu specially ordered Qi Tai to take the Meng Xiaowen brothers and sisters for a while when he went to Guizhou to serve as governor. After arriving in Guizhou, he sent someone to escort the brothers and sisters back to their hometown in Lingui County, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Province, south of Guizhou.

"Your Majesty, Qitai has adopted Meng Youniang as his adopted daughter."

After Qingyao hesitated for a while, he still told the matter.

Zhu Gaoxu was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "As expected of Qitai."

How could he not see Qitai's little thoughts?
Qi Tai is an important minister of the imperial court, and now he is serving as governor of Guizhou. He recognizes Meng Youniang as his adopted daughter, so that he can protect the Meng family brothers and sisters in disguise.

Just imagine, who dares to bully the adopted daughter of a provincial governor?

into the night.

Chunhe Palace.

Prince's bedroom.

"My father went on a personal expedition and did not let His Highness stay in the capital. Instead, he ordered His Highness to sit in Datong and arrange military supplies and supplies. This shows that this was intentional."

Crown Princess Yuan Ningning and Crown Prince Zhu Zhanyu sat side by side on the bed and talked.

"Of course, my father never does useless things."

Zhu Zhanyu responded.

Yuan Ningning asked: "When the time comes, my father will go to the desert, and His Highness will go to Datong. I wonder who will stay in the capital?"

Zhu Zhanyu remained silent.

Yuan Ningning asked: "Is it possible that my father hasn't thought about it yet?"

"Thirteenth brother."

Zhu Zhanyu said lukewarmly.

The "Thirteenth Brother" he refers to is Zhu Zhankan, Zhu Gaoxu's fourth son.

Zhu Zhankan in the second year of Qianxi was already 11 years old and could no longer be treated as a child.

But he is young after all.In Yuan Ningning's view, Emperor Qianxi Zhu Gaoxu's appointment of the thirteenth prince Zhu Zhankan as a left-behind man was just to give Zhu Zhankan the title of "left-behind" to calm people's hearts. The real power to handle government affairs lies in the hands of the ministers of the cabinet. .

"Aren't you happy that His Highness is appointed as Chief Quartermaster?"

Yuan Ningning said tentatively.

"My father needs a quartermaster who can arrange food and grass, not a useless embroidered pillow."

Zhu Zhanyu said solemnly.

"Isn't it a simple matter to arrange military supplies?"

Yuan Ningning said in confusion.

Zhu Zhanyu shook his head and said: "Sitting in Datong to dispatch military supplies is not as simple as giving orders and asking someone to deliver food and grass to someone. The most important thing is to have two talents."

"What two points?" Yuan Ningning asked.

Zhu Zhanyu said: "The first point is that you need to be able to settle accounts, both big and small."

"For example, how many soldiers and horses the army will send out, how much grain and grass a man will consume if he eats and chews horses for half a month, must be calculated in advance, and the rations of the grain carriers must also be taken into account."

"Other supplies needed by military doctors such as gold sore medicine and disinfectant cotton, as well as supplies needed by sergeants such as military uniforms, armor, guns, ammunition, iron horses (military standard bicycles), etc., must be clearly calculated and registered."

"The second point is that a certain degree of comprehensive coordination and overall planning capabilities are required."

"The so-called dispatching means to transport things from one place to another designated place."

"This requires dealing with generals at all levels who raise and escort food and grass. If we cannot coordinate all parties, we will not be able to manage logistics well."

"As for details such as how to prevent grain and grass from getting damp and moldy, during the Yongle period, my father specially compiled the "Regulations on the Management of the Transportation of Military Supplies and Grain and Grass," and relevant officials can just follow the rules."

"But things need specific people to do them, and it will not go wrong to arrange which people to do them. This requires the ability to know people."

"For another example, we have to consider weather, environment and other factors to ensure that the people sent out can deliver the food and grass on time."

"In other words, dispatching military supplies is not an easy task."

"Moreover, logistics determines the success or failure of an army, and can even be said to be life and death."

Yuan Ningning is not an ignorant woman, but after all, she doesn't know much about the military.

At this time, when she heard what Zhu Zhanyu said, she couldn't help but feel a little frightened.

If the prince Zhu Zhanyu had undue ambitions and staged a drama of food and grass being robbed at a critical moment, he could send Emperor Qianxi of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Gaoxu to be a "foreign student in Wala" or even give him a "Bintian".

Of course, Yuan Ningning has been with Zhu Zhanyu for many years, and naturally knows that with Zhu Zhanyu's nature, he cannot do the thing of "killing his father to seize the throne".

But Zhu Gaoxu knew very well that the most untestable and unguessable thing in the world was the human heart.

Therefore, he specially arranged two deputies for Zhu Zhanyu, one was Wang Gen, the vice president of Daming House Bank, and the other was Guo Ren, the vice president of Daming Royal Bank.

Both of these people were ministers who died for Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen in history.

Wang Gen's deeds of loyalty to the emperor have been mentioned in the previous article. They are a model of loyalty to one emperor and do not become another minister, so they will not be repeated here.

Guo Ren served as the Minister of Household Affairs in the early years of Jianwen in history.

This person is an honest official, cautious in doing things, and has everything he needs to eat and drink at the office.

At that time, the imperial court was discussing the reduction of vassal states, and he believed: "The world will be easy to achieve in advance. Today we should save money and prepare a solid army. It will not be too late to start when the conditions are met. Moreover, soldiers need to be quick. Once it lasts for a long time and the energy is exhausted, you will sit down. Sleepy."

King Zhu Di of Yan was very worried when he learned of Guo Ren's sharp remarks.

After the capital fell, Guo Ren was captured, and his eldest son Guo Jing died unyieldingly.

It can be said that Zhu Gaoxu's arrangement of these two people to be Prince Zhu Zhanyu's right-hand man in dispatching logistics and military supplies was a deliberate decision.

What's more, there are all-pervasive secret guards in brocade clothes lurking around Zhu Zhanyu.

Zhu Zhanyu also understood Zhu Gaoxu's personality, so he did not dare or did not want to do anything to regret Zhu Gaoxu.

His little idea is very simple. Only if he can handle the task of arranging military supplies this time, will Zhu Gaoxu allow him to lead troops to the battlefield next time.

Of course, the premise is that, like Zhu Gaoxu who went on the expedition himself this time, sufficient safety protection measures have been arranged in advance.

Otherwise, if something unexpected happens to the crown prince of a country, it will be a huge event that shakes the foundation of the country.

(End of this chapter)