Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 43 Grandson Swears to God
The second day of May.

The sun had just set and night fell on the earth.

Zhu Gaoxu, who was tired of his travels, finally arrived in the capital successfully in more than 20 days under the escort of Ma He and others.

Although it was already evening, Zhu Gaoxu had no time to rest and reorganize, so he hurriedly changed his clothes and went straight to the palace.

A secret agent from Jin Yiwei had already learned the news and informed Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di about Zhu Gaoxu's safe arrival in Beijing.

Because Zhu Yuanzhang loved Zhu Gaoxu very much, and everyone in the palace knew Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaoxu walked into the palace quickly with his waistband on, and it was smooth sailing.

When he entered the Qianqing Palace and saw the extremely old Zhu Yuanzhang on the bed, Zhu Gaoxu's sad mood was beyond control, and tears burst into tears. Although his soul came from later generations, the connection between blood was so clear.

"grandfather!"

The thousands of words Zhu Gaoxu wanted to express were condensed into two words at this moment.

For the long-term stability of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, with the help of Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu over the past five years, worked tirelessly and without fear of hardships to innovate the court system, offending many officials, but at the same time winning the hearts and minds of countless people.

Seeing that the Ming Dynasty was getting better and better, and its prosperity could be expected, Zhu Yuanzhang's days were numbered.

Thinking of this, not only Zhu Gaoxu burst into tears, but Zhu Di who was guarding the bed also burst into tears.

"Good boy, we're not dead, why are you crying?"

Zhu Yuanzhang leaned against the head of the bed, smiled slightly, and said, "Get up quickly and let us see. You seem to have grown taller in the past six months."

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu was more than six feet tall, which is about 1.9 meters in later generations. It can be said that he was tall and majestic.

Zhu Yuanzhang turned to look at Zhu Di and ordered: "Di'er, you have been busy all day, so go and rest first. We want to talk to Gao Xu alone."

"Retire, child."

Zhu Di knew that Zhu Yuanzhang had good intentions and couldn't bear to see him too tired and sad, so he respectfully withdrew.

"Stop crying, sit over here." Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to the bed and said.

Zhu Gaoxu endured the grief in his heart and walked to the bed and sat down.

"Ahem, we have something serious to discuss with you."

Zhu Yuanzhang coughed heavily, and then quickly covered his mouth with a black handkerchief.

He didn't want Zhu Gaoxu to see the blood in the handkerchief, but the blood stains on his lips still revealed his serious condition.

Seeing that he could not hide his condition, Zhu Yuanzhang simply confessed everything.

"Good grandson, you have also seen our body. I am afraid that we are running out of time. Therefore, before we ascend to heaven, certain things must be settled. Otherwise, when your father and you want to do what you want to do in the future, what will happen to you will happen. Resistance is probably more difficult than flattening a mountain."

"In terms of the military structure, we have made some fine-tuning and tried to combine the guard system and the recruitment system. As for how to adjust it in the future, it depends on you and your son. Remember, you cannot delegate the power to mobilize troops and the power to lead troops to the same yamen. It cannot be left to the same person, the military power must be firmly in your own hands!"

Even though Zhu Yuanzhang's face was wrinkled and old, when he mentioned military power, his words were still full of murderous intent.

"Okay, let's not talk about military matters. We are calling you back urgently because we want to promote the reform of the imperial examination. The imperial examination has been reformed since the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The Song Dynasty has carried out reforms. The reform of the imperial examination in this dynasty will definitely be a big event that will shock the world. There will be people who support it. There must be many people who oppose it.”

Zhu Yuanzhang calmed down his excitement and said slowly.

"Tomorrow morning, we will issue an order to put your father in charge of the reform of the imperial examination. As for the specific details and implementation of the strategy, you will lead the people to do it."

"Grandpa Huang, my grandson has a plan to weaken the voices of these opponents."

When Zhu Gaoxu talked about business, the sadness on his face gradually faded, and he said solemnly.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "Do you want to suggest that the imperial court comprehensively issue new Ming Dynasty banknotes and Tongbao?"

"Grandpa Huang is really a wise man." Zhu Gaoxu complimented.

"Your father mentioned this method to us, and it turns out that heroes have the same idea." At this point, Zhu Yuanzhang laughed "haha" and felt very good.

After a pause, he looked at Zhu Gaoxu and asked: "If the imperial court issues new treasure banknotes and mints new coins to support its implementation, do you know what this means?"

Zhu Gaoxu replied without hesitation: "This is equivalent to an all-round reform of the imperial court's currency system."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Yes. You should know that currency reform, like the imperial examination reform, had a profound impact on the Ming Dynasty. These two matters must be treated with caution."

"Fortunately, in the past few years, your father has recovered more than 3000 million guan of treasure banknotes from the people through exchange and redemption, thus establishing a great reputation in the hearts of the people. If your father is responsible for the implementation of the new currency, It should be easier than the imperial examination reform."

"The imperial grandfather overcame all obstacles and took more than ten years to establish the Ming Dynasty. Now perfecting the currency and imperial examination systems is a feat that will benefit future generations. No one should dare to blatantly oppose it." Zhu Gaoxu said.

"When you were the captain of the school in Zhili, you punished many corrupt officials. You have seen officials who acted in both ways. They are the best at exploiting cracks. However, it is difficult to implement the new policy in an all-round way, which leaves a lot of trouble for those who are jealous. An opportunity to take advantage of.”

Zhu Yuanzhang was not optimistic and said bluntly.

"Even so, we must reform the imperial examination, even if we use reform of the currency system to divert the attention of those who oppose it. If we don't do it, it will be even harder for your father and you to do it in the future."

Hearing Zhu Gaoxu's stomach growling, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately changed the topic, pointed to the table outside the screen, and said: "Knowing that you are coming back today, we specially ordered someone to prepare your favorite osmanthus cake, which is on the table outside. superior."

"Thank you, grandpa!"

Although Zhu Gaoxu is 19 years old this year, in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, he is just like the child who liked to eat snacks back then.

Zhu Gaoxu was indeed hungry. After devouring a few pieces of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, he hurried back to Zhu Yuanzhang.

After more than an hour, the grandfather and grandson ended the conversation, and Zhu Gaoxu was still left in Dongnuang Pavilion for the night.

However, in the second half of the night, Zhu Gaoxu was suddenly awakened by a violent cough.

He stood up quickly, without bothering to put on his clothes, and ran barefoot all the way from Dongnuang Pavilion to Zhu Yuanzhang's bed in the Qianqing Palace.

"grandfather!"

Zhu Gaoxu took a closer look and found that Zhu Yuanzhang was half lying on the bedside, coughing violently.

Outside the door not far away, there were two guards on duty.

"Silly boy, don't cry, we won't die for a while."

Zhu Yuanzhang suppressed his cough, struggled to squeeze out a smile, and said to Zhu Gaoxu, who fell on the side of the couch and cried bitterly.

"Does dad know Grandpa Huang's condition?" Zhu Gaoxu cried.

"He knows it well." Zhu Yuanzhang said weakly: "Gao Xu, our deadline is probably just these few days."

"No, Grandpa Huang will get better!" Zhu Gaoxu said sadly.

Zhu Yuanzhang said feebly: "Gao Xu, if you were the emperor, how would you treat your elder brother?"

Zhu Gaoxu wiped away his tears, raised his hands and said, "My grandson swears to God that he will treat my eldest brother kindly in the future!"

"You must keep your word for the king, and you must keep your word."

After Zhu Yuanzhang said this, he coughed violently again.

After a pause, he said again: "Go to bed, we have nothing to do."

"Grandpa Huang doesn't sleep, and neither does his grandson." Zhu Gaoxu replied.

Zhu Yuanzhang reached out and stroked Zhu Gaoxu's head, and said slowly: "You are 19 years old this year. It's time to marry a wife."

"My grandson will obey Grandpa Huang's arrangements for everything." Zhu Gaoxu nodded obediently.

(End of this chapter)