Daming: My grandfather is Emperor Hongwu!

Chapter 4
"Little ancestor, slow down!"

"Don't run, don't fall!"

Under the bright sunshine, Zhu Yingxiong was wearing a close-fitting hunting suit in the long lane of the Forbidden City, and ran ahead at a fast pace in a rough and vigorous way.

He had recuperated in bed for many days, and today he finally took advantage of Empress Ma's surprise and ran out to breathe fresh air.

Although this world is familiar in his memory, everything is new to his soul.

Behind him, Jia Gui, who followed closely, opened his hands while running, with a nervous expression on his face, as if he was afraid that Zhu Yingxiong would fall.

Jia Gui is the chief eunuch of Kunning. He is over 40 years old, and his appearance is thin and thin, as if he could be blown away by a gust of wind.He obviously has an ugly face, but he always has a cowardly expression.In Zhu Xiongying's view, the box cannon given to him is like a traitor to the detective captain of later generations.

"Jia Gui!" Zhu Xiongying ran, turning around and laughing, "How long have you been running? Look, you are sweating!"

"Huchi! Huchi!" Jia Gui's chest rose and fell like a bellows, and he said, "I can't compare with you, you are so fierce!"

"You ignorant fellow, use idioms indiscriminately!" Zhu Xiongying smiled and continued to run ahead.

"Quick!" Jia Gui commanded the other eunuchs who ran after him, "Follow up, Your Highness will break a piece of skin, and the miscellaneous family will swallow you alive!"

The little Zhu Xiongying was in front, and a string of eunuchs followed, meandering in a row.

Panting, he left the West Sixth Palace of the Forbidden City, passed through the Zuo'an Gate, and came to the outer court like a leisurely stroll.The majestic palace is magnificent and full of the demeanor of a great country.Unlike the harem, there are not so many court ladies and eunuchs here, and there are elite warriors in iron armor everywhere.

These bodyguards are either soldiers selected from the army who have fought a hundred battles, or they are noble children who have made military exploits on the battlefield, and all of them are mighty and extraordinary.In the outer court, there was a murderous atmosphere.

"Why are you stunned, your highness is here, and you still have to salute!"

Jia Gui waved his fly whisk and angrily yelled at the surrounding guards, "Keep your knives and guns away!"

"It's okay!" Zhu Xiongying put his hands behind his back like a little adult, and said seriously, "They are all good sons of Daming, and they can still hurt Gu!"

As he spoke, he walked up to a man with a dark face, and pinched the man's iron armor curiously.

It's really iron armor, shiny and hot to the touch.The whole armor is full of fish scales, and a bright breastplate hangs on the chest.On the head is a pointed gun helmet, and even the neck is wrapped.

"It's a hot day, thank you for your hard work!" Zhu Xiongying laughed.

"I dare not wait!" All the guards saluted, the armor clattered, and the aura of gold and iron horse rushed towards them.

"The duty of ministers and others!"

At this time, the Ming Dynasty was invincible. It conquered Yuanmeng in the north, Yunnan and Burma in the south, Tubo in the west, and Annan in the south.

Since the Song Dynasty, the Hu people in the north went south to herd horses, and the land was lost, and the families of the Han people were destroyed.Flesh and blood can't withstand the horseshoes of the barbarians, even if they die, they will still be laughed at by the barbarians for the weakness of the Han people.

But since the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang led the Han family Erlang to fight in the south and in the north.Unify the world from south to north, and expedition to the desert is frightening.Recovering the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, sweeping away the decadence of the Han family.

At this time, the Ming soldiers were extremely arrogant.

Seeing Zhu Xiongying touching the armor of the guards curiously, Jia Gui nodded and bowed and said, "Your Highness, the sun is shining outside, and this servant will take you to find a place to rest!"

After running for a long time, Zhu Xiongying was also tired. He looked at the main hall in front of him, "Okay, let's go to Fengtian Hall!"

After speaking, without waiting for others to speak, he walked forward on his own.

Fengtian Temple, the meaning of Fengtian Chengyun.

It means that the Ming Dynasty was ordered by the heavens. It is not only the place where the great court meeting is held, but also the bedroom where Zhu Yuanzhang lives on weekdays, and the place where he summons his courtiers to play important military affairs.

Along the way, the palace people hurriedly bowed to salute when they saw the emperor's grandson coming.

He is the grandson of the emperor, there is no place in this palace that he cannot go, and the journey is unimpeded.After entering the main hall through the side door, he went straight to the bedroom where Zhu Yuanzhang lived behind.

But he was stopped immediately.

"Hey, little ancestor!" Zhu Yuanzhang's personal eunuch Pu Guochang blocked the way and whispered, "Your Majesty and His Royal Highness are summoning the Grand Master, so don't dare to go in at this time!"

Master?Li Shanchang?

Zhu Yingxiong pondered for a moment, now is the 15th year of Hongwu, and it is the time when Li Shanchang was the prime minister of Ming Dynasty.

This person, like Xiao He in the Han Dynasty, started his career following Emperor Hongwu, and made great contributions to the southern and northern wars.But in the 23rd year of Hongwu, he was still executed by the emperor.

It's not because of his great achievements, but because he is the leader of Huaixi Group.The Huaixi Group is deeply rooted in the court, and they are either relatives or comrades in arms.These people colluded to hold key positions in the court and exclude dissidents, and non-Huai people were not allowed to hold important positions.

In Zhu Xiongying's memory, he seems to have heard Zhu Biao say a few times in private that Yang Xian, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, and Liu Bowen, who was famous in history, were all suppressed by the Huai people group, and even their deaths were caused by The shadow of the Huai people's group led by Li Shanchang.

"You take Gu, go and have a look quietly!" Zhu Xiongying pondered for a while, then whispered.

"Slaves don't dare!" Pu Guochang turned pale with shock, "The emperor knows, this slave will lose his life!"

"Oh!" Zhu Xiongying smiled, "You are afraid of the emperor's grandfather, but you are not afraid of loneliness?"

Pu Guochang was stunned for a moment, how dare he offend this little ancestor in front of him.If the emperor knew that he had neglected his precious grandson, he would directly skin him.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "Your Highness, you will feel wronged, so don't talk. This servant will take you there!"

The two masters and servants tiptoed outside the palace where Zhu Yuanzhang was discussing matters.Zhu Yingxiong leaned against the crack of the door and looked in, while Pu Guochang hid far away.As for Jia Gui, he didn't dare to come in at all.

Not long after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, simplicity is the beauty, and the military is the first.

Even the place where Zhu Yuanzhang lives is not necessarily magnificent.There are no luxurious furnishings in the hall. Except for a chair carved with dragons, it is full of sand table maps, weapons and other things. There is also a huge map of Mobei hanging on the wall. The hall is full of killing gold and iron horses.

"Since January, Marquis Lanyu of Yongchang and Marquis Muchun of Xiping finally regained Yunnan after great battles. The Yuan Liang King died, Duan's family surrendered, and Xifan was photographed by the military power of the Celestial Dynasty, and they all came forward to proclaim their ministers."

"The two Marquis have accepted the booklet. The next step is to return to the imperial court. It is still up to His Majesty to judge!"

"There is also the setting up of chieftains to appease the descendants, and His Majesty also needs to give a regulation!"

In the hall, under the imperial steps, all the officials stood in silence.

South Korean Duke Li Shanchang was at the top, speaking slowly, reporting the frontier war.

Zhu Xiongying was outside, silently looking at this famous official in history.He is not tall, has an unattractive appearance, and is just in good shape. He has a long beard and a rough but very loud voice.If he took off his official uniform, he would be no different from an ordinary old man.

Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the dragon chair with a cold face and listened attentively.Sitting next to him on a round stool, with a slightly fat body and slightly frowning in thought, was the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty, Prince Zhu Biao of the Eastern Palace.

The faces of the two fathers are somewhat similar, they both have square faces and bushy beards.But the momentum of the two is not the same.

The crown prince looked gentle, like an ancient jade with restrained sharpness.

The emperor, on the other hand, is like a sharp sword.

Emperor Hongwu has passed the age of knowing the destiny, but he doesn't look old.Sitting there motionless as a mountain, occasionally revealing eyes, full of energy.

The most humble emperor in the history of Huaixia, holding his sword up to Huaixi, even with his head down, was only wearing the clothes of ordinary people, even with a few patches.There is not much expression on his face, just sitting there makes people dare not look directly at him.

The power of the emperor is not angry but prestige.

Li Shanchang saw that the emperor and the prince did not express their views, and continued, "In Yunnan and Burma, several chieftains gave papers to the court, and their attitudes were very obedient. They all begged the emperor to confer titles. Look, what titles are given to them to appease them? ?”

"Give me a ball, a bunch of rudderless goods, if the knife is not on their necks, they don't know how to be afraid!" Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly, "In the past, those barbarians wanted to show off their prestige with our Daming, but now they are so honest ? If you don’t listen to good words, we must send troops to kill them, a bunch of low-skinned bastards!”

Emperor Hongwu was born reckless, and he spoke and acted in this style.Even if it is written imperial decree, it is mostly vernacular.The officials just smiled and didn't take it seriously.

Instead, Prince Zhu Biao persuaded with a smile, "Father, those chieftains have surrendered to Daming after all, and they should treat each other with courtesy!"

Zhu Xiongying outside the hall understood that this was about the war in Yunnan

After Beiyuan was driven out of the Central Plains, there were still some evils left in Yunnan, and Yunnan was also in charge of some places in Myanmar at this time.When the Central Plains changed dynasties, the chieftains in these border areas began to act as demons.Yunnan is fine, but Myanmar is in trouble.Relying on the dense mountains and forests, they often caused troubles for Daming.

What's more, the Burmese dynasty was destroyed by the Yuan Dynasty.After those chieftains lost the control of the celestial dynasty, they actually wanted to build a dynasty and establish themselves as kings.

"Just give three melons and two dates, and make an official!" The old man thought about it, "They surrendered, we beat him to the pain, but it's not because of his conscience, he knew he was wrong! Such a wolf kid, I'm not familiar with it! "As he said, he said loudly, "Tell Muying, prepare your troops and horses, if they dare to make trouble in the future, they will be slaughtered!"

"Domineering!"

"He is the founder of the country after all! The emperor who was killed in the sea of ​​corpses!" Zhu Xiongying outside the hall exclaimed.

Throughout the ages, there has been no shortage of heroes in China.But there are not many emperors who are as pragmatic and straightforward as Zhu Yuanzhang.

Li Shanchang, the Duke of South Korea, said, "What does your Majesty mean? The Burmese side still wants to fight?"

Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it, "Hey, the mountains are high and the roads are far away. In this big battle, hundreds of thousands of troops depended on the Central Plains for food and drink, and the people were overwhelmed. In Myanmar, birds don't shit, and it's useless to occupy it. Since They are afraid of being beaten, so let's accept it as soon as we see it!"

"Soldiers and soldiers are very thoughtful, what should they do when they come back!" Zhu Yuanzhang's face became even worse, and he said, "A place with a big butt curtain is still too big. How much food did you pay for!"

Then, he said to Li Shanchang, "Old Li, do the math for us. The money and grain of his mother are like flowing water. How much did you use?"

"I don't have the details yet. Tomorrow I will report to His Majesty with the account books of the household department!" Li Shanchang said with a smile.

"No more fights!" Zhu Yuanzhang sighed again, and said to Zhu Biao, "Son, remember. When the emperor must not raise troops because of anger, wars are fought for money, food and silver. Great military exploits are bullshit, and the common people's sweat is smashed to pieces The grain we planted is turned over to the national treasury, that’s not what we’re supposed to use!”

"Remember, you can't be overjoyed. Emperor Sui Yang is a lesson from the past. The Ming Dynasty is full of waste, so you can't just toss about it!"

"My son, remember the teachings of the emperor!" Zhu Biaosu said with a smile.

However, a crisp voice suddenly sounded outside the hall.

"Grandfather, you have to fight, you have to fight!"

(End of this chapter)