Ming Dynasty: The ghost betrays the Confucian sage, my son Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 241 Father and son quarrel! Empress Ma stabbed Zhu Yuanzhang in the back: Listen to dad

At the end of the year, it snowed heavily in the capital.

Of course, Fourth Master Zhu was celebrating the New Year in the palace this time. Queen Ma held a family banquet in Kunning Palace, which was attended by the concubines of the harem, as well as the princes and princesses.

As the Supreme Emperor, Fourth Master Zhu naturally sat on the main seat, with the gentle Wan'er beside him. Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma sat on his left and right respectively, and the other concubines sat in order according to their status. Below, the princes and princesses also found their own places, and the entire palace was filled with laughter and laughter.

Bang bang bang!
As the firecrackers sounded outside the palace, Zhu Di couldn't wait to set off the fireworks. After getting Zhu Yuanzhang's permission, he led the princes to light those colorful fireworks.

Whoosh whoosh!
Fireworks bloom in the night sky, like blooming flowers, adding endless celebration and joy to the New Year's Eve in Beijing. After the fireworks, Zhu Yuanzhang greeted everyone to take their seats and started the lively New Year's Eve dinner. Although the Zhu family is a royal family, the New Year's Eve dinner is just like ordinary people's homes, warm and lively.

Under the leadership of Prince Zhu Biao, the adult princes first toasted to the Supreme Emperor and said auspicious words. The Supreme Emperor waved his hand and gave each of them a big red envelope. When Zhu Yuanzhang saw that there was a lot of money in the red envelope, he immediately toasted to Fourth Master Zhu and said, "I wish you a long life, more wives, and more brothers and sisters."

These words caused everyone to burst into laughter. Master Zhu also blushed and pretended to be angry and threw Zhu Yuanzhang a bigger red envelope.

Zhu Yuanzhang felt happy, wouldn't he have enough private money?
"New Year's Eve, no need to be polite, everyone is open to eating." He waved happily.

Everyone was no longer restrained and toasted each other. Fourth Master Zhu was really happy. He had never seen such a big family having a New Year's Eve dinner. After several rounds of wine, he and Zhu Yuanzhang bent on their chairs and sighed.

As long as he has money, Zhu Yuanzhang will have the confidence to carry out any reform, because there is a principle in his heart that cannot be broken, that is, the people must be given time to recuperate.

"Then where do you get your confidence, dad?" Zhu Yuanzhang retorted.

"Of course I know!" Fourth Master Zhu rolled up his sleeves, "If you don't listen, I will beat you up."

Daming Trading Company has opened textile mills and porcelain factories in Nanyang, using local people and local products to produce locally, and the money earned flows into Daming.

Fourth Master Zhu picked up the wine glass with a smile on his face, his eyes wandered over the three of them, and he raised his eyebrows with a hint of teasing: "Prince, you have been married for so long, why haven't the bellies of the two daughters-in-law seen any movement yet? What about the "Jade Girl's Heart Sutra" that I gave you? I'm still waiting to hold my great-grandson."

"Grandpa, the three of us in the family would like to propose a toast to you." Zhu Biao, accompanied by Mrs. Chang and Mr. Lu, respectfully walked up to Fourth Master Zhu, bowed deeply, and raised his glass with both hands to toast to Fourth Master Zhu.

"Chongba, when King Liang returns this time, the Ming Dynasty will start reforms." Master Zhu patted Zhu Yuanzhang on the shoulder and said, "Listen to dad, and dad will promise to give you an unprecedentedly powerful Ming Dynasty."

"Dad, how many dishes are there? You are so drunk." Zhu Yuanzhang blushed and rolled his eyes, "We are the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. When it comes to running the country, we are better than you."

Queen Ma, who was watching the argument between father and son, stood up and punched Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Listen to dad!"

"Dad, as long as you don't trouble the people, everything will be easy." Zhu Yuanzhang waved.

Fourth Master Zhu nodded slowly and took a sip of wine. This was exactly his plan, a two-pronged approach.

……

"Listen, okay? Anyway, Emperor Zhu made the final decision." Zhu Yuanzhang took a sip of wine.

"When the Ming Dynasty is completely unified, we can let go of our hands and feet." Mr. Zhu's eyes were full of expectation.

Fourth Master Zhu is indeed a little puzzled. Logically speaking, Zhu Biao's two daughters-in-law should have had good news for a long time. Is there something wrong with Zhu Biao? However, he then thought about it. History records that Zhu Xiongying, the eldest grandson of the Ming Emperor, was born in the seventh year of Hongwu. It should not be the time yet.

"Is this your first time as emperor? Why are you so confident?" Fourth Master Zhu glared.

Zhu Biao suddenly turned red with embarrassment, and Chang and Lu also lowered their heads in embarrassment. Wan'er glared at Fourth Master Zhu angrily and pulled Chang and Lu aside, while the women went to chat about their gossip.

"Grandpa, there are letters from the second and third children." Zhu Biao took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Fourth Master Zhu with both hands.

"This time Mu Ying and I will lead an army of 200,000 people to conquer the king of Liang in the south." Zhu Yuanzhang spread his hands and said, "Dad and the fourth child don't have to follow the army and enter the Miao territory first."

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Although he was drunk, he was extremely sober and admired his father who came back from the dead more and more. This year, the Ming Trading Company's fleet returned with another seven to eight million taels of silver. Money is still a small thing, but it brings more crops and enriches the Ming Dynasty's products.

Fourth Master Zhu took the letter, browsed it hastily, and then handed it to Zhu Yuanzhang. When Zhu Yuanzhang read the letter, he blew his beard and glared: "Why don't these two little bastards write to their father to report the situation?"

"That's a good report for you." Fourth Master Zhu rolled his eyes at him.

He actually knew the situation of Jin King Zhu Fan very well, because Zhu Fan joined his navy in the name of Zhu Erlang and was currently fighting bloody battles with Japanese pirates at sea. Zhu Fan showed bravery and fearlessness after joining the army and was promoted to Xiaoqi.

"The third child performed well!" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the contents of the letter and nodded with satisfaction, "The second child is also doing well and has not embarrassed our Zhu family. Our Zhu family is not a coward!" He grinned with pride on his face. Queen Ma on the side frowned slightly. She was worried about her son. On the battlefield, she was helpless. As a mother, she was naturally worried, but who made them the princes of the Zhu family?

...While everyone was immersed in laughter and laughter, Zhu Mengyao, who was in the crib beside him, suddenly burst into tears. When Zhu Yuanzhang heard the sound, he immediately threw down the letter in his hand, quickly stood up and gently hugged Zhu Mengyao into his arms, with endless doting in his eyes: "Mengyao, Mengyao, why are you crying? Is it because everyone is eating good food and I didn't give it to you? Eat?”

On Zhu Mengyao's pink face, a pair of clear big eyes blinked. She looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, suddenly grinned, and waved her little hands as if she wanted to catch something. Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang said excitedly: "Look, every time we hug Mengyao, she stops crying."

"Yes, this little heartless little one wants to kiss my big brother." Weier smiled helplessly, "When she is in my arms, she always cries loudly, but when she is in the arms of your big brother, nothing happens. None."

"Hahaha, she is our biological sister, of course she has to kiss her eldest brother." Zhu Yuanzhang hugged Zhu Mengyao and rocked her gently.

"Okay, give me Mengyao, it's time for her to nurse." Empress Ma stretched out her hand and asked the palace maid to bring over the hot milk.

Fourth Master Zhu held his forehead.

Seeing his own daughter being favored by everyone, I feel happy and helpless at the same time. He had to wait in line if he wanted to hold his daughter, and he had to be careful every time he held his daughter, for fear of being criticized by a large group of people for not holding him well.

At this moment, he thought of his son who was far away in the grassland. He hadn't met him yet and didn't know how he was doing. However, his mother was the eldest princess of Beiyuan, so she should be fine.

……

Miao territory, hundreds of thousands of mountains.

Fourth Master Zhu and Zhu Di emerged from the dense forest and finally saw a path. Zhu Di sighed: "Fortunately, I brought the powder with me, otherwise I would have been eaten by mosquitoes."

"The Twelve Cave is hidden deep in the mountains, what a hair." Fourth Master Zhu was also speechless.

"Master, look! There is a clear stream ahead. We can just wash up." Zhu Di ran to the stream excitedly.

Fourth Master Zhu smiled, shook his head, and followed his apprentice. Since the beginning of spring, they have left the capital as masters and apprentices and gone deep into this mysterious land of Miao territory. Now, in this vast mountain, they have not seen any human beings for several days.

When they came to the stream, the two of them felt refreshed after washing themselves with the cool stream water. Fourth Master Zhu sat on a huge rock and carefully looked at the map in his hand. This was the map of Miao territory that Zhang Xuansu drew specially for them when they left the capital. It also came with some medicinal powder specially designed to deal with poisonous insects.

"Master, it seems someone is coming." Zhu Di said suddenly alertly.

Fourth Master Zhu quickly put away the map and looked around, but found no trace of anyone. After a while, I saw a girl wearing Miao costumes walking along the path. She was carrying a huge backpack and walked lightly.

"Boy, how did you detect someone approaching in advance?" Fourth Master Zhu asked curiously.

"Master, it's strange to say that since entering Miao territory, my hearing and eyesight seem to have become extremely sharp." Zhu Di spread his hands, "Is it because of the Gu worm in my body?"

"This may be a good thing." Fourth Master Zhu comforted with a smile.

But he was even more worried. He must find the Witch King as soon as possible and get the poison out of Zhu Di's body.

……

"Master, I'm going to ask that girl about the situation." Zhu Di said.

Fourth Master Zhu nodded. He had to ask for directions. According to the signs on the map, there should be a Miao village nearby. Zhu Di walked up to the Miao girl and waved: "Girl, are you lonely?"

The girl was so frightened by him that she backed away with a wary look on her face. Fourth Master Zhu staggered and almost fell off the boulder. He cursed in his heart, Fourth Master, is there something wrong with your brain? Is this the time to strike up a conversation?

"Are you...are you from the Central Plains?" the girl asked tentatively, although her Central Plains language was not fluent.

"Yes, yes," Zhu Di quickly replied, "My master and I came to the mountains to collect herbs and accidentally got lost."

"Oh~" The girl looked at Zhu Di with curiosity and appreciation in her eyes. This was the first time she saw such a handsome young man, and her smart eyes couldn't help blinking a few more times, "Then would you like to go to my house to rest?"

"That's great, thank you girl." Zhu Di agreed happily.

Fourth Master Zhu was holding his forehead secretly on the side. It is said that the girls here will bewitch the man they like. Fourth, you have to be careful.

"Girl, my name is Zhu Silang, and you?" Zhu Di asked curiously.

"My name is Xiandie." The girl replied with a bright and moving smile.

(End of this chapter)