Daming, originally wanted to destroy it, but the system came

Chapter 288 is finally back

In the twenty-seventh year of Hongwu, on the third day of February, Zhu Min left Yingtian years ago. After several months, he finally came back.

Although Zhu and the others were working very hard along the way, they returned to the capital from Peking to Yanjing as quickly as possible.

However, due to the initial need to take care of the entire army in January, and the large number of livestock driven along the way, the speed was slowed down.

It was not until February that they finally entered the capital.

Because Yingtian is located in the south, if we wait until March, let alone the beginning of spring, it will probably start to rain, right?

This is the huge difference between North and South.

"I'm going home first," Xu Miaojin was worried all the way. Now that he finally returned to the capital, he naturally didn't want to delay for a moment. He hurriedly said hello to Zhu Zhen and ran away in the direction of home.

Originally, riding horses was not allowed in the capital, but Xu Miaojin could not care about that at this time.

As for the patrol officers in the city, they naturally did not dare to stop Miss Xu Si's horse.

Anyway, this time she followed Zhu Zhen and made great achievements on the grassland. Even if someone really wanted to sue her, I'm afraid Zhu Yuanzhang would condone it, right?

Zhu Chu didn't even have time to say that he would go to Xu Mansion later, before he was urged by Jiang Wei to rush to the palace.

Because he was traveling so fast along the way, Jiang Wei didn't have time to send people to the capital to greet him in advance. Even Zhu Yuanzhang failed to grasp Zhu Chu's progress this time, so he didn't send any more eunuchs or royal guards to 'rob people'.

"Are you in such a hurry?" Zhu Qi said angrily. Jiang Qi was so outrageous that he even wanted to pull Zhu Qi's sleeve just now.

It's a pity that Zhu Chu's python robe was taken care of for him long ago in Xi'an, and now he still has those bloated sleeves.

"My Royal Highness, Your Majesty has been talking about you since years ago, and even had people pass down imperial edicts to summon you back. He said more than once that he wanted to celebrate the New Year with you, but you ended up running away to the depths of Mobei. I'm afraid you haven't seen the imperial edict either, right?" Jiang Wei muttered.

Zhu Ming squinted at this kid, why are you letting go of my weird temperament?

Zhu Zhen would not be so naive as to think that Tang Jie really dared to conceal his disobedience. Otherwise, how could he explain the whereabouts of the imperial edict?

The imperial edict is still in Zhu Xi's backpack space. If he didn't accept the edict at the beginning, he should have returned the edict.

But what about the imperial edict?

This is beating myself up, reminding myself that I have already resisted and disobeyed the decree, and if I dare to neglect His Majesty again, I will be punished with more sins.

"Look, you should have said it earlier. If you had said that earlier, wouldn't I have accelerated already?" Zhu Ming waved his hands, touched the horse's belly with his heel, and called out: "Drive."

The old guy under his crotch immediately started running wildly.

I saw Zhu Ming sitting firmly on the horse. He didn't need to grab the saddle or the reins. Instead, he waved his hands and shouted: "Get out of the way. The Jin Yiwei is handling the case. If you hit him, you won't care."

Jiang Wei from behind was dumbfounded, "Your Highness, I have never been so unscrupulous before leading someone so deceitful."

The streets were in chaos, with pedestrians, vendors, and countless stalls all in a mess.

Zhu Chu rode the horse and ran for a few steps, but he still couldn't bear it. He was angry with Jiang Guhu for pretending to be a tiger, and he was also angry with Lao Zhu for urging him too hastily. But what does it have to do with these people?

With a sigh in his heart, Zhu Zhen finally patted the old man's horse's neck with his hand, and the horse slowly slowed down and finally stopped.

Zhu Chu jumped down, held the reins and stopped, looking back at the group of people chasing after him.

Jiang Wei and the others don't dare to gallop on the street. This is the Hongwu period. Whether you are a civil or military minister or a so-called descendant of aristocratic families, do you dare to try it?

That's not a matter of killing one person, but a matter of killing everyone.

You'll die if you try, right?

"Hey, Your Highness, you can't cause trouble just after you come back," Jiang Yu had already dismounted and ran over quickly and slowly on his own legs, panting and warning.

Zhu Ming rolled his eyes, turned around and told Wang Fu and others: "You go back to the house first to say hello, and to apologize to the people around you, just say that I, King Meng Lang, hope they will forgive me."

After saying that, Zhu Zhen handed the reins to Wang Fu and asked them to go back to the house first.

Now Zhu Chu also has his own real estate in the capital, which was Lan Yu's mansion. After the Lan Yu case broke out, Lao Zhu directly gave Lan Yu's Duke Liang's mansion to Zhu Chu as his place to stay. Now He has already put up his name as King of Dian.

When they came back this time, Wang Fu and Zhu Chu's one hundred guards naturally accompanied them all the way. Only Peng Yue and Na Niu Sheng were left behind, leading the army to slowly drive their cattle, sheep and horses to Yingtian.

But at their speed, it might take more than a month to arrive.

Next, Zhu Zucai followed Jiang Yu and rushed all the way to the gate of the palace.

There was no need for Zhu Chu to step forward. Jiang Yu spontaneously came to the palace gate, greeted the guards in front of the door, and had the palace door opened.

"As expected of the commander of the Jinyi Guards," Zhu Ming joked.

Maybe Jiang Wei often went in and out of the palace, and the guards in front of the gate all knew him.

But Jiang Wei smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness, please don't compromise your humble position. You don't know that His Majesty has given an order. As long as you come back and state your name, you can freely enter and exit this palace gate."

As if to confirm his words, the guards in front of the door also looked at Zhu Zhen, with complex expressions of awe, admiration, speculation and curiosity in their eyes.

Zhu Ming shrugged nonchalantly and walked in from the side door of the palace.

It is neither the midnight time of the morning dynasty meeting nor the midday dynasty, so the main entrance of the palace will not be opened easily, and it is more convenient to take the small door.

Zhu Zhen didn't pay attention to those ostentatious things, and followed Jiang Wei, and the two of them came to the side hall again.

In fact, the emperor's office was generally not in the main hall, which was mostly where court meetings were held.

Some emperors like to work in the inner palace. For example, Wanli did not go to court for decades. He just did not see the court officials, civil and military officials, but he still had to do the office work.

Otherwise, wouldn’t there be no difference between him being an emperor and not being there?

Zhu Yuanzhang, on the other hand, liked to be in the side hall. After he came to court, he usually conducted official business here and was in charge of major and minor affairs in the country.

Because he abolished the prime minister system and the Zhongshu Province, all the documents had to be reviewed personally. Even if it rained in a certain county, he would probably have to see it in person.

Although he was a little tired, the victory was because of the concentration of imperial power. He could clearly understand what was happening in various parts of the country.

Otherwise, once the power of Zhongshu Sheng and the Prime Minister is too great, they can keep whatever information they want.

Who is the emperor?

If he was the emperor, why did the prime minister have to select the excerpts he wanted to read?

Why did you kill Hu Weiyong in the first place? And the Hu Weiyong case was widely implicated?

Even if Hu Weiyong has committed suicide, no matter whether he wants to rebel or not, he has the ability and means to control the emperor. This is very dangerous.

With Zhu Yuanzhang's ability and means, it was not the character of Emperor Hongwu not to kill.

Far away.

"Long live the report, His Highness Zhu Chu, the King of Dian, has returned to Beijing."

Outside the palace gate, the eunuch on duty immediately shouted when he saw Zhu Zhen coming in.

You could even hear that his voice was trembling, and he even knelt down in excitement, saluted Zhu Ming and said: "His Royal Highness is a thousand years old, you are back, and your Majesty misses everything you want." I can’t sleep at night.”

Good guy.

Zhu Zhen called him a good guy. Is it such an exaggeration?

"Let him get out of here," a powerful and majestic shout came from the palace.

Zhu Zhen immediately looked at the eunuch, asking, is this what you said about missing me? I think you want to keep me awake at night, right?

The eunuch just smiled and shook his head. When Zhu Chu came closer, he whispered: "Don't worry, your highness, your majesty has not prepared any shoe soles."

What does it mean? What do you mean if it's not you? You've guessed that I'm going to be whipped, right?

Zhu Zhen snorted and pushed the door open to go in.

But he immediately turned his head and shouted angrily: "Jiang Wei, where are you running?"

So Jiang Wei actually planned to turn around and go out secretly? Zhu Zhen suddenly felt cheated.

But before he could continue calling Jiang Wei, the eunuch pushed Zhu Chu's leg.

Zhu Chu turned around again and saw two rays of light shooting out of the hall.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang still had the aging posture of an old man, and his eyes were not half dim, like a lion that had just woken up from sleep, staring at Zhu Xun. "You son of a bitch, come in here," Zhu Yuanzhang shouted.

No matter how unafraid Zhu Yuanzhang was, no matter how confident he was, Zhu Ming couldn't help but shrink his neck at this moment.

The old Zhu family's fear of their father is inherited in the bloodline genes. From the eldest brother, Prince Zhu Biao, to the second and third eldest brother, even the Yongle Emperor in history, the fourth brother Zhu Di, you can tell who is not afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang. .

Then after Zhu Di became Emperor Yongle, he also began to imitate Zhu Yuanzhang and took pleasure in scaring his eldest sons every day.

The Zhu family is also divided into classes. Fathers and sons can never experience the same fun.

"Didn't you call me 'My Tiger Son' before?" Zhu Ming muttered, but still stepped in.

The eunuch behind him immediately closed the door tightly, and after standing up, he said sternly to the left and right: "Everyone, please exit. Your Highness will not come out. No one can come even close. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed without mercy."

Whether it was the palace maid or the eunuch, they immediately lowered their heads and left in a hurry.

Zhu Zhen in the hall raised his eyebrows, looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, and asked: "What's going on? The sound of the candle shadow's axe? Or is it the Hongmen Banquet? Is there a hidden three hundred swordsman and axe?"

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed angrily at him and cursed angrily: "You have to do the fart, the sound of the candle shadow and the axe, right?"

The sound of candle shadow and ax is an allusion closely related to Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi. According to legend, when Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was seriously ill, he Zhao Guangyi took the opportunity to enter, and then there was a terrible noise, and then Zhao Kuangyin suddenly died suddenly.

Later, Zhao Guangyi chose the method of succession from brother to brother and forcibly ascended the throne as emperor, regardless of Zhao Kuangyin having his own son.

Zhu Yuanzhang's meaning is also very straightforward. Could it be that you, Zhu Ming, took this opportunity to hack me to death and then ascend the throne as emperor?

If it had been any other son, he would have been frightened half to death, and would have had to swear and do everything possible to prove that he didn't dare to think that way.

Zhu Ming curled his lips and said to himself that if he had not been a good person, he would have done that a long time ago.

But there is no way, he is Zhu Yuanzhang's biological son in this life, this is his biological father.

No matter how human he is, he is still cruel to outsiders. He has always been ruthless only to his enemies.

But when it comes to his own people, he has a gentleness that many people can't believe.

There is a saying that if Zhu Ming had some selfish desires, he would never have such a charming personality and have millions of people follow him to death so easily.

If he is lustful, he can play with countless people from Yunnan to the grasslands. The Wuyuntana girls each have their own characteristics and are all top-notch. However, they took the initiative to want to have something with him, but he severely stopped them.

If he was as greedy for money as his second brother, he would not be able to complete his transformation, because whether in Yunnan or on the grasslands, he had done justice and divided the land or the property of each tribe equally.

Even for the animals brought back from the grassland in the two batches before and after, he promised to exchange them for grain of the same value, and then send people to the tribes in the grassland.

This is Zhu Zhen, a person who treats the enemy and us very differently. He is also a person with clear goals, lofty ambitions and grand ideals.

It’s not self-promotion. In ancient times, who could achieve his level, who was not a virtuous king and a virtuous king?

"Okay, you just came back, stop standing, come over and sit down, tell us about what you experienced on the grassland, and how did you become the Holy Khan? You know, even Lan Yu is just We have killed many people, and even in all dynasties, there is no Central Plains person who can make the grassland people loyally surrender. You boy, you are worthy of being our son, and you have not embarrassed us." As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, he finally couldn't stand it anymore. Laughed out loud.

It seems that he was never angry, after learning that Zhu Chu not only fought in all directions in the Mobei grassland, but also wiped out the ghost Lichi, and was also recognized by the tribes in the Tatar grassland and named Holy Khan.

God knows how excited Zhu Yuanzhang was.

Of course Zhu Yuanzhang knew that the title of Khan was equivalent to that of emperor on the grassland.

Think about Tang Taizong Li Shimin being honored as Tian Khan, which was an honor that only the emperor of the Tang Dynasty had.

Logically speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang should scold Zhu Ming severely. What do you want to do? Do you want to usurp the throne in such a hurry?

But Zhu Yuanzhang sighed secretly in his heart. He was getting old, and he already had a premonition that he might not have a few more years to live.

Even old brother Xu Da has fallen. How many old people are there around? When Tang and the old boy asked him to go home, he went home without even saying they came to see him.

Good at growing up? Hundreds of families (Li Shanchang's nickname) have been killed by him, and only a few people escaped.

It seems that except for Feng Sheng and Fu Youde, after Xu Da suddenly fell ill, there was probably no one around him to talk to.

Zhu Yuanzhang watched Zhu Ming walk to the chair next to him and sat down in a swaggering manner, almost crossing his legs.

He was really angry and funny, as for Zhu Chu calling himself Holy Khan on the grassland.

After all, he is his son, not an outsider. If Lan Yu gets this honor, will you try again?

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang could only be proud and proud at this time. Throughout the dynasties, it was his Zhu family who had repeatedly accomplished seemingly impossible and unparalleled achievements.

"Actually, there's nothing much to say. They're just Mongolian Tatars. If they don't accept it, kill them and subjugate them. If they accept it, put them away. That's all," Zhu Chu said with a relaxed tone.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face suddenly turned dark and he asked, "Do I have to whip you before you are willing to be honest and obedient?"

"No, why do you want to whip me?" Zhu Zhen suddenly became unhappy. Why did this old man just fall out with him? How old are you? I thought it was a June day, but the child’s face would be abnormal if the weather changed?

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted and sneered: "You have the nerve to ask, do you know that when I learned that you suddenly dared to go deep alone with an army of more than [-] people, and even disappeared directly in the Mobei grassland? We were almost scared to death by you."

Even if Zhu Yuanzhang was very capable, he placed Jin Yiwei all over the world.

But his eyeliner still couldn't reach the grassland.

Therefore, after Zhu Yu left Ningxia Town for the second time and set off for the Mobei Grassland, there was no news about Zhu Yuanzhang.

Later, it was Wang Fu's memorial that informed Zhu Yuanzhang that Zhu Ming had captured less than half of the Tatar grassland forces.

Zhu Yu's guess was correct at first. Zhu Yuanzhang did send people to convey the imperial edict later, hoping that Zhu Yu would come back before the year.

"Seeing that you are so brave, I originally planned to let you come back before the year to reorganize yourself. After the spring of next year, I will mobilize an army of [-] people. Even if I use the strength of the whole country, I will support you in a big fight. Even I can't even Feng Sheng and Fu Youde were called to prepare for you, but you actually accomplished an almost impossible feat on your own." Zhu Yuanzhang was full of resentment and anger at first.

As a father, Zhu Yuanzhang still cares about Zhu Min's safety.

Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang thought that Zhu Chu was just having a little trouble on the grassland. After all, he only had a few people, so what could he do?

In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang knew how bad the winter in the grassland was, and he joked with Xu Da, saying that this boy would definitely be frozen to death.

Who would have thought that this kid would actually accomplish great feats.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but look proud when he said this.

Zhu Ming didn't know it yet, but with the news and good news sent by Zhu Di and others back to the capital, the entire government and the public were shocked.

Especially for Zhu Yuanzhang, the Lan Jade case just broke out last year, and many people actually said bad things about him behind his back.

And with Lan Yu's merits, many people did complain about killing him.

But now compared with Zhu Chuyi, who still remembers Lan Yu.

No matter from which aspect, Zhu Ming has made great contributions this time, which can be said to be an unparalleled achievement.

"Tell me how you want me to reward you. Except that I can't give you the throne, you can make any conditions you want," Zhu Yuanzhang even made such a promise.

Zhu Chu's eyes lit up and he asked: "Really? That's great. Dad, I don't want anything else. After all, we are your sons and are already vassal kings. It can be said that there is no reward or no title." seal up."

Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned dark again. Although what Zhu Yu said was true, was it your turn to say this?

What do you want? Do you really want our throne?

Just listen to Zhu Chu continue to say: "Why don't you betroth Xu Miaojin to us as your wife."

"Haha?" Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned and said with a playful expression: "Didn't you reject this marriage at the beginning? Didn't you want to make that Mu Qiu your princess? Why have you changed your mind now? That's not okay."

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said deliberately: "I heard that Xu Miaojin chased you before? It's time to come back now, right? It's time to marry that boy Li Jinglong. How can we let our son suffer the slightest injustice? ?”

This time it was Zhu Chu's turn to be anxious and said angrily: "Li Jinglong? Is he worthy? Old man, don't force me, otherwise do you believe that I will take Xu Miaojin to elope back to Yunnan?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him, is this all you have?

"You want to marry Xu Miaojin now?" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "It's not impossible, but I have conditions. After next spring, I want you to tour the world."

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(End of this chapter)