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

Chapter 324 The so-called way of balance

That night, Duke Xinguo's mansion was brightly lit and crowded.

Originally, many people did not know the news about Tang He's return to Beijing.

But within one afternoon, the news that Tang He had returned to Beijing and suddenly recovered from his condition spread throughout the city.

So much so that starting from the afternoon, the threshold of Xinguo Duke's Mansion was trampled to pieces, and countless guests came to visit, which somewhat restored the original glory of Xinguo Duke's Mansion.

Especially in the evening, when Tang He ate something and then appeared in full energy in front of countless guests, it caused a great sensation.

At the same time, many people also heard that it was His Royal Highness the King of Dian who cured the Duke of Wei and Duke Xin successively. Even countless imperial doctors at the Tai Hospital were unable to cure their illnesses, but he was cured by this Highness. alright?

Immediately, countless people described Zhu Ming as a benevolent doctor.

At this moment, a carriage just passed by the gate of Duke Xinguo's Mansion, and then stopped at a corner of the street.

Zhu Yuanzhang opened the curtains with his hand, took a look outside, and sneered: "Look, look, look, look, he has just recovered, and there are so many people who want to curry favor with him. Basically, all the civil and military officials from the court came. Look, that's not Fu Youde." Really? And Feng Sheng, Guo Ying and the others."

On the other side of the carriage, Zhu Zhen said helplessly: "What do you want to say again?"

He finally had nothing to do with Zhu Yuanzhang.

Tanghe is recovering from a long-term illness, so he must take care of himself.

Moreover, as they are officials in the same palace, they may have had exchanges of courtesy, so naturally they have to go around well.

In the end, Lao Zhu wasn’t happy either?

You wouldn’t think that on such a big occasion, Tang He would form a clique for personal gain, right?

Not to not to not to.

"Does he still remember that there is a bad old man like me in the palace?" Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly.

"My dad," Zhu Ming was shocked: "You asked the Huangmen Minister to keep watch over you. I am not blind, so I naturally know that you already know."

"Then he doesn't know how to pay my respects when he enters the palace?" Zhu Yuanzhang continued to explain his reasoning.

Zhu Ming covered his forehead with his hand and asked, if Emperor Hongwu is unreasonable, how should he solve it? Waiting online, urgent.

Zhu Yu finally figured it out. In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang was just trying to find fault.

Anyway, in his opinion, no matter what Tang He did after recovering from his illness, it was wrong.

Again, if Tang He continues to be paralyzed, or even dies, Zhu Yuanzhang will only be extremely sad and miss him, and he can even stop courting for three days for him.

But once the soup is reconciled, it's different.

"Everyone, listen to me." Suddenly, Tang He appeared at the threshold of the palace gate, and shouted loudly to the surrounding guests and the guests who were still entering: "I am fortunate to recover today, all thanks to His Royal Highness the King of Dian. There is no way to repay such a great favor. In addition, it is of course His Majesty’s holy grace. If it were not for Your Majesty, there would be no His Highness, and naturally I would not be where I am today. Besides, I have been very tired since I fell ill. Your Majesty is concerned about you. Now that I have recovered, I will naturally go to the palace in person as soon as possible to pay my respects to Your Majesty. So let’s leave today, and I will visit you again the next day to say thank you to everyone.”

As he spoke, Tang He would walk down from the door of the mansion like a dragon or a tiger.

The carriage was already prepared outside, and even Xu Da followed and walked out of the house.

Are the two brothers planning to go to the palace together to catch up with Zhu Yuanzhang?

Zhu Zhen looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's expression from the side.

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a moment before nodding: "They are serious."

"Dad, why don't you go down and show your face?" Zhu Zhen asked.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced sideways at Zhu Ming, "Thanks for your words, I am the emperor. How can the emperor pay greetings to his ministers?" It's up to them to say hello to us.

So Zhu Yuanzhang still didn't get off the car.

But he is here, not in the palace. If Tang He and Xu Da really arrive at the palace, how can they explain that no one can be seen?

So Zhu Yuanzhang said to the outside: "Jiang Yu, let's go ahead and wait for them in the palace."

"Yes."

Jiang Wei agreed, and the dignified commander of the Jinyi Guards drove the car himself. Only today has this honor.

"Wait a minute, I want to get off the car, I want to go home," Zhu Zhen suddenly became unhappy. He was too lazy to watch the three brothers' rivalry, so let him go home first, okay?

"Ha," Zhu Yuanzhang chuckled and ignored it.

Jiang Wei paused for a moment and understood, and drove the carriage directly back to the palace without others noticing.

Zhu Ming was helpless. He always felt that he had lost his wife and lost his army. Why bother?

More than 10 million resources were spent, but in the end, instead of making good money, I lost money.

Dig your own pit and bury yourself.

"I really shot myself in the foot," Zhu Ming sighed.

"You just know? You, you, are smart all your life but you are confused for a moment. You always think that you are the only smart person in the world? I just sent you to see Tang He, but you actually cured him? We don't know now Is it too difficult to get off the tiger?" Zhu Yuanzhang was still angry.

"They are fine now. You have cured Tang He and Xu Da. They are a hundred times healthier than us and can run and jump. How will we arrange it for them when they return to the court in the future?"

"You kid, how are you going to end it now?" Zhu Yuanzhang became more and more angry as he spoke.

He finally suppressed Tang He, and finally waited until Xu Da was about to die and go to bed.

It's a good thing for you, I got them all back.

So Zhu Yuanzhang was teaching Zhu Ming all the way. Do you really think he really wanted Tang He and Xu Da to get along well?

Maybe it was a true expression of his true feelings before, but he really couldn't bear and couldn't bear to watch Xu Da and Tang He die.

But the suspicion now is also true.

Look at those guests. Even the two princes, Feng Sheng and Fu Youde, visited them in person.

Why are you so mean? Didn’t I ask you to assist me?

Even after returning to the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang was still angry. When he saw Zhu Zhen wanted to sit down quietly, he shouted directly: "Kneel down for me."

Zhu Chu spread his hands and saw Zhu Yuanzhang turning around to find something. He sighed, secretly pulled a blanket and put it on the ground, and then knelt down comfortably.

At this moment, someone announced outside the door: "Your Majesty, Duke Wei and Duke Xin are asking to see you outside the palace gate. They claim that Duke Xin has recovered from his serious illness today and would like to come to pay your respects to your majesty."

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Chu's father and son were outside Tang He's house at that time, so they were naturally not surprised.

"Let them come in," Zhu Yuanzhang agreed casually.

"Here."

The eunuch outside went down.

After a while, I heard footsteps coming from a distance, and then Xu Da's voice sounded outside the palace door: "Your Majesty, I would like to see Xu Da, and I would like to express my sincere greetings."

"Good morning," Zhu Yuanzhang replied, and then asked in confusion: "Where is Tang He? Isn't he here too?"

"Your Majesty, Duke Xin is outside, but he doesn't dare to face the Holy Spirit and has no face for you, so he is kneeling down and waiting for you," Xu Da replied.

Zhu Yuanzhang's heart moved and his face looked moved.

In fact, when Tang He was talking about meritorious service and rewards after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was only the Marquis of Zhongshan, not a duke.

It wasn't until the eleventh year of Hongwu that Tang and Jin were granted the title of Duke Xin.

So after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Tang He was not reused. He was used as a deputy general many times, either with Xu Da or with other generals.

He also once became Feng Sheng's lieutenant.

It was in the third year of Hongwu that Zhu Yuanzhang appointed Xu Da as the general to conquer the captives, Li Wenzhong as the left deputy general, Feng Sheng as the right deputy general, Deng Yu as the left deputy general, and Tang He as the right deputy general.

Later, starting from the fifth year of Hongwu, Tang He completely left the center of power. For a time, he either stationed in the fields to train troops, opened a garrison to defend the local area, or repaired border equipment.

In the 20th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang also ordered Tang He to build a city along the coast of western Zhejiang and garrison it with soldiers to prevent Japanese pirates.

Speaking of which, there was really some entanglement between Tang He and Zhu Yuanzhang.

But it was all because of Tang He's drunken gaffe.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, finally took a step forward, pushed open the palace door, and looked outside.

Isn't it? Tang He, who had just recovered from a serious illness, was kneeling in front of the courtyard gate in the distance.

"Dingchen (Tang He's cousin), please get up quickly," Zhu Yuanzhang shouted quickly, and even walked over excitedly.

Xu Da quickly stepped forward to hold Zhu Yuanzhang's hand, and the two came to Tang He.

"You are well," Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his hand to pick up Tang He, extremely excited.

Tang He even shouted: "It's a pity that I can greet you again."

"Well, I am well, as long as you are still here, I am well," Zhu Yuanzhang said randomly. In fact, many times, there are some things that are said and contradictory, and when we don’t meet, the more I think about them, the angrier I get.

But once we actually met, it was easy to talk.

"Tang He, are you still resentful that I only made you the first marquis?" Zhu Yuanzhang said suddenly.

Tang He was stunned and was about to kneel down again.

Zhu Yuanzhang held Tang He's hand, shook his head, and said: "When the Ming Dynasty was just established, all civil and military officials in the dynasty were rewarded based on their merits, not to mention that all of us Huaixi disciples had meritorious deeds. I had no choice but to do it. Ah. The reason why I named you the Marquis of Zhongshan is to use you as a marquis to subdue hundreds of marquises. Even our old brother is just a marquis, so we can stop the crowd. Otherwise, how can we share it in this world? "

"Your Majesty, how dare Tang He feel resentful, not to mention that you later made up for the old minister and made me a duke. It's too late for us to be grateful," Tang He quickly expressed his loyalty, not mentioning that he had been depressed for a time. thing.

Tang He was actually very arrogant, otherwise why would he have said those words while drunk.

But after so many years, even the edges and corners should be smoothed out.

At this time, Tang He suddenly felt emotional: "The Ming Dynasty that your Majesty has worked so hard to build is the great achievement of thousands of generations."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Tang He in surprise.

In fact, Tang He and Xu Da, as Zhu Yuanzhang's old brothers, were the only two who dared to have confidence in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

But they are both different.

Xu Da is cautious and abides by his duty.

Tang He, on the other hand, has a bit of a stubborn temper, and it's hard to get him to relent.

But today, Tang He can also speak softly?

Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy. He pulled the two of them and said, "Let's go into the palace to talk."

Zhu Yuanzhang also sent an order to the imperial dining room to prepare for a good drink with his two old brothers.

But when the three brothers came in from outside, they saw Zhu Zhen sitting on a chair nearby, holding a piece of pastry in his hand and eating happily.

They suddenly came in and came face to face with Zhu Zhen.

Both sides were stunned.

Because the chair Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting on was Zhu Yuanzhang's usual chair. Although it was not a dragon chair, it was of great significance.

He even opened a memorial and read it.

This is more than transgression, are you going to rebel?

Zhu Ming swallowed the food in his mouth with difficulty, and the villain first complained: "Dad, I went to perform surgery on Uncle Tang He when I got up in the morning, and then I didn't eat a bite for several hours. I was starving to death."

Are we talking about food now?

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows and shouted: "Go there and kneel down, who told you to get up?"

Zhu Ming had no choice but to go over obediently and continue to kneel.

Tang He glanced at Zhu Xi with deep meaning, and couldn't help but smile and said jokingly: "Why did your Highness suffer this?"

Could it be because he was cured?

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Tang He and thought to himself, is this old boy really submissive outside? Don't you still feel resentful? So he tentatively said: "It's not that I've accepted it, but this kid has been clamoring for me to propose marriage to him since he met your Tang Xin. He came to me to propose marriage."

Zhu Ming's eyes widened immediately. Lao Zhu wouldn't be such a fool. My father-in-law is still here.

Xu Da glanced at Zhu Zhen lightly.

Zhu Ming quickly wanted to explain.

Unexpectedly, Tang He also said: "This is very good. To be honest with you, your Majesty, I owe my life this time to your Highness. I had no intention of repaying him, and I was thinking of betrothing my daughter to Your Highness. But... I'm afraid that I can't reach a higher level. In this case, it can be said that the two of them are in love."

You two are in love, uncle, you and Lao Zhu, you two are in love.

Zhu Zhen was furious.

But Xu Da was right in front of him, and he couldn't help but wink at him.

Zhu Ming was very puzzled, what did this father-in-law mean? Isn't he anxious at all?

Xu Da winked at Zhu Zhen and told him not to worry.

But how could Zhu Chu not be anxious? If the two bad old men continued talking, he and Tang Xin would have three children.

"No, Father, this is different from what we promised," Zhu Ming couldn't hold it in any longer and shouted: "I promised that as long as I save Uncle Tang, I won't mention my marriage. You Why are you going back on your word?"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly: "Do you really think that the emperor is so easy to be? Do you really think that the throne is so easy to sit on?"

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Zhen was shocked and subconsciously looked at Tang He and Xu Da.

In the end, the two old guys were calmer than him.

Something's wrong. Why aren't you surprised when you hear this?

"Your Majesty is indeed making preparations," Tang He said with lowered eyes.

Zhu Yuanzhang glared at Zhu Ming, then looked at Tang He and Xu Da.

"As long as the daughters of the Xu family and the Tang family marry His Highness, even if we are a hundred years from now, no one will dare to bully His Highness. Who in the entire Ming army would dare to disobey? Feng Sheng? Fu Youde? Geng Bingwen? Ping'an? Guo Ying?" Xu Da He sneered and shook his head, as if to say, they didn't deserve it.

"Your Highness, although the veteran has been in the field for many years (the field in the government and the field is not the field in the bottom lane), the veteran still has a good reputation in the military. Even if you have three brothers who are also sons-in-law of the Xu family, as long as you marry My little daughter Xin'er can protect the world from worries," Tang He went straight to the point.

It should be said that Xu Da also has three sons-in-law who are all children of the Zhu family, not to mention that the eldest daughter Xu Miaoyun is also the concubine of the fourth king of Yan, Zhu Di.

If you really want to talk about it, I'm afraid many troops are more willing to follow Zhu Di, right?

After all, Zhu Di is still the legitimate son.

But if Zhu Chu's wife is not only Xu Miaojin, but also Tang Xin, Tang He's reputation is not weaker than Xu Da's, it is conceivable that it will increase Zhu Chu's bargaining chips and status in the army.

One day, if Zhu Xi and Zhu Di get into a fight, Zhu Xi will definitely have the advantage.

"This is the way of balance. For example, if you marry the daughter of the chieftain Mu family of Yunnan, even if you are not allowed to marry all the ethnic groups in Yunnan, what do you want the people in the northern grasslands to think? In the future, when you really want to conquer the countries in the Western Region, for example What should we do with Tubo and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate? Many times, marriage is a necessary means and can stabilize the situation as quickly as possible," Zhu Yuanzhang said matter-of-factly.

It seems that he has many wives. Although there is only one empress so far, Empress Ma, there are more than twenty beauties in the harem.

Among them, there are actually many political marriages.

For example, Concubine Guo Ning, because the Guo family supported Zhu Yuanzhang in his early years, even let the Guo Ying brothers follow Zhu Yuanzhang, so Zhu Yuanzhang married Concubine Guo Ning.

And Concubine Guo Hui is the daughter of Guo Zixing.

It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang also had a princess from the previous dynasty as his concubine, that is, the princess of Beiyuan.

Even the Concubine of Goryeo had one.

That's why Zhu Yuanzhang took great pleasure in arranging many marriages for Zhu Chu.

Only Zhu Zhu was muttering to himself, thinking that if he waited until the future for me to conquer the African continent, would he still have to marry a dark-skinned wife?

Sorry, it's not that he is discriminating, it's mainly because he doesn't appreciate aesthetics.

That thing is a fool's errand. If it falls on the ground, you won't be able to find it.

The main reason is that these three brothers, somehow, seem to have a tacit understanding and understanding, and they are so blatantly discussing about helping them rebel?

Eldest nephew, run away. Not only your grandpa Huang is going to rebel, but Xu Da and Tang He are also going to rebel. They are still on my side.

The eldest nephew is in danger.

In fact, some things don't need to be said clearly. When Tang He woke up and learned about the past two days from Tang Xin's mouth, especially when he heard that Zhu Yuanzhang planned to marry his daughter and Xu Da's daughter to Zhu Zhen, he had already guessed in his heart. To what.

If you think about it carefully, it is not difficult to find that not all Zhu Yuanzhang's sons can marry the daughters of the Duke or the Marquis family.

Not to mention marrying the daughters of two duke families.

Xu Da and Tang He both knew very well that Zhu Yuanzhang was paving the way for Zhu Chu to gain support from the military.

The two of them were very cooperative and even happy to see the results.

As for the issue of Zhu Chu's status as an eighteenth-year-old, will he be criticized by the world's literati?

Will Zhu Yuanzhang care? Aren't you afraid that Emperor Hongwu will attack again?

So who he wants to appoint as the new king now is basically a matter of Zhu Yuanzhang's words.

If Tang He and Xu Da are added to support Zhu Chu, my dear, the rest of the Zhu family can rest easy.

(End of this chapter)