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Chapter 308 Canonizing Concubine Zhou?

Because Zhu Zhen was the vassal king, he made great achievements this time.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang has also been having a headache recently because he can no longer award Zhu Zhen.

In the beginning, Lan Yu relied on fishing to fight in the sea. After returning, he was named Duke of Liang from the Marquis of Yongchang.

But Zhu Zhen is a prince, and there is no title for him. The next higher up is the throne.

So Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it for a long time. He originally had a plan. If one day it came to a point where nothing could be done, he might have to take action from Concubine Zhou, who was Zhu Chu's biological mother.

Once Concubine Zhou was enfeoffed, as Concubine Zhou's eldest son, Zhu Zhen would naturally become the emperor's legitimate son.

That's why I asked this question at this time.

Concubine Zhou was so excited that her hands were trembling, and she squeezed the blanket on her legs tightly to avoid being too rude.

She gave birth to two sons for Lao Zhu, but even after so many years, she still didn't get the title of a noble concubine.

Originally she thought this life was hopeless.

But I didn't expect that another village would see a bright future. This is great news.

But Zhu Chu seemed to be unhappy and said, "Let's wait first."

wait? What are you waiting for?

Concubine Zhou almost exploded. Do you know how long I have been waiting for this day? How many years?

Dear Zhu, you were very rich when you were a child. You couldn't get close to my mother, so you still held grudges, right?

Concubine Zhou stared at Zhu Chu. If Zhu Yuanzhang hadn't been there, she might have pounced on Zhu Chu, grabbed Zhu Chu's neck and asked him what he meant.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang was also very surprised and asked Zhu Ming: "Don't you know what it means once your mother's concubine becomes a noble concubine?"

"Of course, my identity and status will definitely improve a lot with the tide," Zhu Zhen naturally understood that his background was the biggest trouble.

Why did the Confucian scholars headed by Fang Xiaoru start to attack him inexplicably? Even his bratty brother seemed to have spontaneously gone to the Confucian camp and criticized himself verbally and writingly.

There are also those civil servants who are equally dissatisfied with seven of them and eight of them.

The reason is that because Zhu Zhen is not a direct descendant, his mother's family basically has no external resources to rely on. It can even be said that they are only slightly better than those wild children illegitimate children, but also very limited.

With your status, it is impossible to be recognized by Confucianism.

But if Concubine Zhou becomes a noble concubine, it will be completely different, at least it will be much better than the current situation.

But does Zhu Zhen care? Does he care that he is dismissed by Confucians? Does he care about being in trouble about his identity?

of course not.

At worst, from now on, according to the genealogy of the family, he will rely on force and political skills to gain a foothold, rather than compromise with those people.

From now on, others will only be able to kowtow to him, and he does not bother to compromise with anyone.

At the same time, Zhu Ming expressed his thoughts: "Even if I want to give rewards based on my merits, it is definitely not my fault alone. If all the merits are given to me alone, what will my brothers do? They come from Xi'an and only rely on their merits." With just one word, I whole-heartedly followed me to the aid of Ningxia Town, traveling day and night, and even followed me outside the border. Without them, what achievements could I have made by myself? Not to mention that many of them would stay on the grassland forever. I I once promised to take them home in the future, but I haven’t even had time to start preparing for it. If I use their lives to build my own merits again, what will I become?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up, and when he looked at Zhu Zhen, he felt even more fond of him.

"What's more," Zhu Ming turned to look at Concubine Zhou again, and saw that his young biological mother was silently trying to get her luck. Once Zhu Yuanzhang left, just wait, she would definitely break out with him.

But Zhu Chunhun didn't care, and chuckled and said: "Mom, don't worry, my son will make great achievements again and again in the future. The world is so big, when I double the size of the Ming Dynasty, then you will be counted as When you become a queen, no one in the world can say anything. Why rush? It seems like we are so impatient. Even if you are not the queen, you may not be able to be the queen mother in the future."

Concubine Zhou was so frightened that she said, "My son, we don't have to accept the concubine. You just let me live a few more years."

She was busy peeking at Zhu Yuanzhang's expression.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned dark as expected, and he slapped the table with his hand: "You really expect me to die, don't you?"

Zhu Song on the side was so frightened that he knelt down.

Concubine Zhou also wanted to get up and kneel down to beg for mercy.

Instead, Zhu Ming shrugged indifferently and said, "What are you talking about? I hope you live another five hundred years. By then, you will be in charge of the imperial court in the capital, and I will be your general. I will expand the territory." . Within five hundred years, it is no problem to be powerful in the country and dominate the world. One day I even want to get on a rocket and go to the moon."

"Father, you know how big my ambition is. Didn't you say before that this is not a one-time achievement, but takes hundreds of years, or even thousands of years and several generations to complete?"

"But I only seize the day. I am the one who most hopes that you can live a long life, no, long live long live."

Zhu Yu's true feelings were revealed at this time. It would be a good thing if Zhu Yuanzhang could really live another five hundred years.

The reason why Zhu Ming wants to be the emperor is simply because, no matter Zhu Yunwen or Zhu Di, whoever becomes the new emperor will never tolerate his own existence. The first thing they do is to do something to themselves.

That's why Zhu Chu didn't want to sit back and wait for death, so he took the initiative to attack.

But Zhu Yuanzhang is different. They are father and son. Even if there is no recent relationship, Zhu Yu still believes that Zhu Yuanzhang will never deal with him for no reason. The worst he can do is get a slap on his shoe sole.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his expression softened. He was not really angry, but what Zhu Yu said was outrageous. How could any son curse me to death?

Even if he is really about to reach the end of his destiny, he doesn't want his children to be separated from him. What's more, he has paved the way for this kid. Is this how you treat me?

So as soon as Zhu Chu explained, he didn't care anymore, and with a smile on his lips, he said: "Long live, long live, long live, long live, do you really think that an empty slogan can be taken seriously? What's more, I don't want to be a turtle after a thousand years. You bastard. People, there are times in life that must come to you, but there are no times in life. Don’t force it. When life comes, it will be over.”

This is the first time that Zhu Yuanzhang has expressed his compromise and acceptance of fate, because he has indeed reached this age. Old people no longer rely on their bones and muscles for strength, which is the portrayal of Zhu Yuanzhang now.

His physical health also began to decline.

After all, Zhu Yuanzhang died in the 31st year of Hongwu in history, at the age of seventy-one.

And now it is the twenty-seventh year of Hongwu, and he is also sixty-seven years old.

Even if the emperor takes over the world immediately, he will not be able to withstand the corrosion and baptism of time when he is old.

"But you don't have to be humble. Although it was your second brother's three guards who helped you make great achievements. But to lead them in the north and south, don't you have to be the commander? Don't worry, your whole army All generals and soldiers are rewarded, and rewards based on merit are not a problem. At the same time, you have also made great contributions, and I have no seal for you, so tell me, what do you want?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked Zhu Ming personally, since he has no seal Ke Feng, then what do you want?

Zhu Ming subconsciously looked at Concubine Zhou.

Concubine Zhou also looked at Zhu Chu with nervousness and expectation. She no longer cared about why Zhu Yuanzhang favored Zhu Chu so much. At this time, she just wanted to know whether she could take this opportunity to be promoted to a noble concubine.

She was really afraid that this boy would make shocking remarks, and she was also afraid that he would not help her.

After all, let alone the hatred between mother and son, there is almost no emotional basis.

Zhu Ming smiled, nodded to Concubine Zhou, and said, "In this case, I naturally hope that my mother can get the status she deserves."

requirement?

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled meaningfully.

This brat is so stupid. Just now, in front of him, he bluntly said that he would make his mother the queen mother in the future.

It means that he has locked the throne and thinks that it is his throne, right?

But Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care. He turned to Concubine Zhou and said, "My dear concubine, you have given birth to a good son."

Concubine Zhou also nodded excitedly, even wiped the corners of her eyes, and shed a few tears with joy.

She finally got over it.

She was also self-aware and did not dare to peek at the queen's position.

The imperial concubine is already under the queen and has taken the top position.

"By the way, Song'er, why are you kneeling?" Concubine Zhou finally realized that there was another son kneeling here, and he was her favorite son.

Zhu Xi curled his lips and said quietly: "My brother likes to kneel."

Zhu Song almost vomited blood, my brother, who is a good person who likes to kneel? Why don't you kneel down?

Zhu Song's heart was filled with resentment. It was obviously because of his good brother's shocking words. He was so frightened that he knelt down. But when he looked up, he found that his brother was standing firm without fear. "Song'er, get up," Zhu Yuanzhang loved the house and the bird, so he nicknamed Zhu Song's name.

Zhu Song immediately stood up in flattery.

"By the way, let someone bring the imperial meal to the courtyard. I'm hungry too," Zhu Yuanzhang said to the outside again.

The imperial dining room had been prepared for a long time. It had been delivered according to Zhu Yuanzhang's order. However, Zhu Yuanzhang was talking just now, so no one dared to come in and disturb. At this time, after receiving the order, a group of young eunuchs poured in.

The eunuchs used special food boxes to take out portions of exquisite delicacies. Some of the dishes were still steaming hot, and the heat preservation effect was very good.

Soon, a large table was filled.

Although it is still February, this is the lunar calendar. If it were changed to the Gregorian calendar, it would probably be counted as March or April.

As the saying goes, fireworks descend on Yangzhou in March, so the temperature in the capital has begun to warm up.

The family of four sat down in order of priority and enjoyed the rare family time.

Because of Zhu Chu's performance just now, Concubine Zhou even gave him several dishes, which made Zhu Chu feel flattered.

In the past, this was an honor reserved for Zhu Song, the bratty younger brother. How could he enjoy it?

But Zhu Yuanzhang was old after all, so he soon became full, got up and left first.

But before leaving, Zhu Yuanzhang did not forget to warn Zhu Zhen: "Don't go back later. Today at noon, you should be rewarded for your merits. Although the troops have not yet returned to the court, many things must be prepared in advance." I heard that you brought back a lot of cattle, sheep, and horses? Approximately how many are there?"

It turns out that Zhu Zhen's contribution was not discussed in the morning meeting, and he planned to wait until the afternoon meeting to discuss it. There were things to be discussed in the morning meeting in the early morning meeting, and there were also things to be dealt with in the afternoon meeting, so they were not discussed at the same time.

Zhu Ming said casually: "Not many, only 50,000 cattle, 130,000 sheep, and 30,000 horses and horses."

That's a horse raised on the Mongolian grasslands, and it can be said to be the best in the world.

Although European horses are taller and more burly, the Eurasian cavalry soldiers equipped with tall horses were all defeated by the iron hoofs of the Mongolian cavalry. This is another ironclad fact.

So Mongolian horses may not be as tall as European horses, but in terms of explosive power, durability, etc., Mongolian horses are still very strong.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a breath and rolled his eyes angrily: "How much loot do you think Lan Yu captured back then?"

Still ‘only’? Are you bragging?

Zhu Chu really didn't think so, and said: "Where is this? Before, I sent almost one-third of the quantity from the Arutai tribe to Ningxia Town Pass. And this is only a part of it. In fact, the grassland There are still seven or eight tribes with large quantities of livestock that can be transported back to the Central Plains."

Zhu Chu was right. If he wanted to, he could even transport back more than 200,000 cattle, hundreds of thousands of sheep, and hundreds of thousands of war horses.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked when he heard this and was about to speak.

I heard Zhu Chu continue to say: "But Dad, we are not bandits. Although these livestock are our trophies, since we said we want to conquer the Tatar tribe and make them our Ming subjects, we cannot plunder them. So these Livestock cannot be given to the imperial court for free. Except for war horses, which are important supplies, for other cattle and sheep, I plan to convert them into grain with the imperial court and then send them to the grassland."

Zhu Yuanzhang thought deeply for a moment, nodded and said, "You are right. If you want them to be convinced, you really can't do it casually."

He already knew Zhu Chu's methods on the grassland, and understood that if the imperial court seized these so-called trophies without explanation, although the Tatars would not and dare not say anything now, they would definitely have a grudge in their hearts and even make peace with the imperial court. If there is discord, sooner or later there will be rebellion again.

Just like the original Duoyan Sanwei, the Wuliangha tribe.

To put it bluntly, one is a one-time deal, and the other is a lifelong benefit once and for all.

How could Zhu Yuanzhang not know which one was more important?

Then he asked Zhu Zhen to stay with his biological mother, and then drove off to the side hall to handle official business.

The yard soon became quiet.

Concubine Zhou took two bites of food. Although it was a delicious dish made by the imperial kitchen, she also ate the food from the imperial kitchen every day, so she naturally didn't take it seriously.

Zhu Yuanzhang was here just now, so she ate a lot more. At this time, she also put down her white jade chopsticks and looked at Zhu Yu.

After hesitating for a moment, Concubine Zhou called out: "Mr."

Zhu Zhen was really not used to it, so he hurriedly agreed: "Mom."

Concubine Zhou raised the corner of her mouth slightly. This kid finally learned to be good and knew how to call mother. Not bad.

In fact, during the Hongwu period, Zhu Yuanzhang's harem did not have such strict rules.

Didn't the previous document just mention that after Zhuo Jing became an official, he reminded Zhu Yuanzhang that your sons, regardless of their superiority, would all imitate the carriage and clothes according to the prince's specifications.

Therefore, the royal family at this time is still considered a 'family', and calling her mother and concubine seems to be a formality.

In the past few days, Zhu Ming had changed his way of addressing each other, calling him "father" and "mother", which made Zhu Yuanzhang and Concubine Zhou dizzy.

If he had been like this, why would he have been a little transparent prince for twelve years?

After all, they were her own flesh and blood. When Concubine Zhou looked at Zhu Chu, she really liked him as much as she liked. After all, it was the meat that fell from her belly.

"You and your father are really carved from the same mold," Concubine Zhou looked at Zhu Yu, her eyes began to blur, maybe she was imagining and remembering Zhu Yuanzhang's wiseness and martial prowess when he was young?

In fact, more than one person has said that Zhu Yu looks very much like Zhu Yuanzhang when he was young, even Xu Da said it.

One person said it, two people said it, and now even Concubine Zhou said the same thing.

Zhu Ming couldn't help but touch his face. Was Lao Zhu really so handsome when he was young?

In fact, the historical records of Zhu Yuanzhang are really polarizing. They either accuse him of being a shoehorn, or they say he is amazingly wise and powerful. Otherwise, he was just a soldier under Guo Zixing at first. How could he have confused Queen Ma? of?

Moreover, Zhu Zhen is also very handsome, with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, clear facial features, very masculine and masculine. In addition, he is in a high position, and his whole body reveals a sense of nobility and domineering power that comes from fighting on the battlefield.

Looking at Zhu Song on the side, although they are brothers, they also look somewhat similar.

But Zhu Song has fair skin and is a little chubby. At first glance, he looks like a pampered nobleman. He is completely different from Zhu Chu.

Concubine Zhou sighed and said, "Although you have outstanding abilities, don't be complacent and arrogant. Lan Yu ended up like that because he was arrogant."

In fact, in addition to being the uncle of Prince Zhu Biao, Lan Yu also had his daughter married to Shu King Zhu Chun, and she was related by marriage to Zhu Yuanzhang.

But so what? Even his skin was said to have been stuffed with grass and given to Princess Shu as a souvenir.

Lao Zhu is simply cruel and murderous.

"Look at what you said before. Are they what a minister should say?" Concubine Zhou began to teach her a lesson at this time, acting like a mother and son.

If she didn't care about Zhu Chu's life or death at all and only cared about her own position, then she would be incompetent.

With Zhu Chu's show of goodwill, mother and son are easing their relationship, just like the father-son relationship between Zhu Chu and Zhu Yuanzhang, which was slowly cultivated after he returned to Beijing a year ago.

Hearing Concubine Zhou's words, before Zhu Chu could speak, Zhu Song was already impatient. He picked up a piece of venison, threw it into his mouth, ate it, and said, "That's why I said he was true before."

"Shut up," Zhu Ming glanced over, and his cold eyes made Zhu Song's words stop abruptly.

Zhu Song even felt that a phantom appeared in front of his eyes, slowly overlapping Zhu Ji's figure and his father's shadow.

Zhu Ming lectured him angrily: "You eat but don't talk when you sleep. You eat when you eat, and you talk with food in your mouth. How can you behave like this? You are still a Confucian scholar."

Zhu Song blushed and was unable to refute.

Zhu Ming taught this bratty brother a lesson, then turned to Concubine Zhou and said softly, "Mom, don't worry about me. Father, he knows my ambitions and that I want to be the emperor."

Concubine Zhou was shocked. Is this child no longer covered?

Zhu Ming shrugged and said: "My father is planning to let me patrol the world for him, even Shang Fang's sword is on me. What signal do you think this is conveying? It is no exaggeration to say that one day, maybe you can really become the official Where is the queen?"

Concubine Zhou continued to tremble. She could actually be the queen?

"Son, if you eat more, will you be full? Mom will ask someone to make you more food."

(End of this chapter)