Mu Sheng came back, stayed with Mu Yuanjun for a while, drank some tea, and followed Zhu Xuan into the palace.
"Greetings to Your Majesty, long live my emperor!"
In front of Zhu Yuanzhang, Mu Sheng shouted and saluted.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Get up, no need to be polite, we haven't seen each other for a long time."
Mu Sheng can also be regarded as Lao Zhu's junior, and Mu Ying is the son raised by Lao Zhu and Queen Ma. In the past, Lao Zhu regarded Mu Sheng as a family member.
However, with the relationship between Zhu Xuan and Mu Yuanjun, their seniority is a bit confusing.
Anyway, it's not a bloodline, so if it gets messed up, it'll be messed up.
Lao Zhu didn't care about this, and Mu Sheng certainly didn't care either. He was even happy for Mu Yuanjun to enter the palace, which would at least ensure the wealth of their Mu family for the next two generations.
"I haven't seen your Majesty for a long time, and I miss you in my heart."
Mu Sheng said somewhat naively.
Zhu Yuanzhang's heart softened. He thought of Mu Ying and the deceased Mu Chun, and said with emotion: "You are like a father and brother. The stability of our southwest depends entirely on your Mu family."
Mu Sheng bowed and said: "Even if I am shattered to pieces, there will be no problems in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty. Please rest assured, Your Majesty!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was satisfied with this guarantee.
The Mu family is loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Xuan knows it.
Until the end of the Ming Dynasty, the last Duke of Guizhou, Mu Tianbo, was still willing to risk his life to protect the Ming Emperor. Unfortunately, the difficulty of cursing the water forced the old man to die in a foreign country. Judging from the history that Zhu Xuan knew, he could trust the Mu family enough.
It was for this consideration that Mu Yuanjun was made the grandson's concubine.
"We believe in your Mu family."
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled lightly and said, "Your father is still the child raised by my sister. We are now even more of a family."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Mu Sheng's eyes turned red when he heard Lao Zhu mention his father.
Zhu Yuanzhang got up, walked to Mu Sheng, patted his shoulder, and said: "We are very satisfied with that girl Yuan Jun. She will be our grandson's grandson in the future. As a father, don't embarrass our grandson's daughter-in-law." ”
In addition to telling Mu Sheng about Lao Zhu's decision, this sentence also told Mu Sheng that he must remember his identity and never become that kind of authoritarian relative.
Zhu Yuanzhang actually didn't really hope that Zhu Xuan would marry Xungui's daughter as his grandson.
But from the beginning, Zhu Xuan's status was not high. As the illegitimate son of Zhu Biao, he did not have one or two generals to support him, and he was worried that he would not be able to secure the throne.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang had already arranged two generals for Zhu Xuan.
With Jiang Men backing him up, Zhu Xuan at least has the ability to protect himself.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I know what to do."
Mu Sheng knelt down again and kowtowed: "I will lead my family to guard the southwest forever. Without your majesty's decree, I will never go out of the southwest."
He knew very well the meaning of Lao Zhu's words, which were concerns and concerns. As a minister, Mu Sheng must dispel this concern.
"We believe you."
Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied and said: "We know that your Mu family will not disappoint Daming, let alone our dear grandson. After the New Year, we will first arrange for Yuan Jun and his dear grandson to get married. You, the father-in-law, will not let you down." Stay in the capital for a few more days. By the way, are you coming back alone?"
Mu Sheng lowered his head and said: "My wife is not in good health, the weather is relatively cold, and she has traveled a long distance. It is not appropriate to come back now. In addition, with my current status, I am afraid that those bastards will use the name of the emperor's grandson if they come back. They are making trouble outside. I trained them well in Yunnan, but when they left Yunnan, their hearts wandered, fearing that it would damage His Majesty's reputation."
"Ha ha……"
Zhu Yuanzhang had heard a little bit about how playboys the second and third generations were. Those veteran generals usually went to the battlefield to kill enemies, and they could kill fiercely, but they were too doting on their juniors. He said: "Throw them into your hands." In the army, if you train hard, you won’t be able to become a useful person if you don’t polish it. If you don’t teach me, how will you inherit your position in the future?”
After hearing these words, Mu Sheng understood that his Duke of Guizhou could be hereditary forever, and then he knelt down and said gratefully: "After I go back, I will definitely teach you a lesson so that I won't feel sorry for you anymore."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "When the weather gets better, let Yuanjun's mother come to the capital, and let Guo Hui entertain her well. Our two families have been relatives since the beginning, and now we are more closely related. We feel very good. Our dear grandson and Yuanjun When you get married, you can't even miss your mother-in-law, right?"
Mu Sheng just liked it, and he and Lao Zhu were doing things like this, and said: "I understand, thank you for your concern, Your Majesty."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Okay, you have come a long way, go back and rest first. The same goes for my dear grandson. Mu Sheng just got off the boat and was so tired, so he brought him into the palace."
"This is my voluntary request to enter the palace."
Mu Sheng cupped his hands and said: "It is very inappropriate for me not to meet His Majesty immediately when I enter the palace. Besides, I also want to see Your Majesty. Please don't blame His Majesty."
"You..."
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed loudly and said: "Just like your father, he knows how to please us, but we are really happy, haha..."
Then, Mu Sheng left.
Zhu Xuan continued to stay, sat next to Lao Zhu, and said with a smile: "Grandpa Huang, will the Cen family and Tie Xuan also come to Beijing next?"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Of course. Although my dear grandson will not marry them at the same time, it is also appropriate to come to Beijing to live for a few days, especially the Cen family, at least let us meet."
After a pause, he continued: "We have checked the Cen family, and they have a certain status in the south. If we win over this chieftain, in the future you can use the Cen family to deal with other chieftains who do not obey orders, and Guangxi will be completely pacified. , the breakthrough will be opened from them."
Don't look at the current Ming Dynasty, which has unified China and is stable all around. There seems to be no problem. However, in some remote areas, such as the south and southwest, there will occasionally be rebellions by some chieftains.
This often required the court to quell chaos.
For example, in the southwest region, there was the Dao Qianmeng rebellion many years ago, and the chieftain rebellion some time ago. The court's approach was also very simple, which was to suppress and appease.
Guangxi is no exception.
It has happened before that some chieftains were dissatisfied with their own interests and rebelled.
The Cen family may have had the opportunity to govern the chieftains and completely assimilate the people in the south.
"My grandson understands."
Zhu Xuan nodded and said: "My grandson also knows how to use them, Grandpa Huang, don't worry!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was certainly relieved to see his little sweet grandson being so mature.
"We originally wanted to help you as much as possible, do everything you should do, and leave a good Ming Dynasty, but now we find that we are not able to do what we do now."
Zhu Yuanzhang has a feeling of being a hero in his twilight years.
"Grandpa Huang is not old. My grandson has said many times that he can do things in the future himself."
Zhu Yuanzhang said filially: "Grandpa Huang should enjoy his blessings now and not worry about too many things. I really can't finish the memorials. Let's give them to my grandson to read. As long as Grandpa Huang doesn't feel that his grandson is overstepping his bounds."
"how come?"
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed. This was what he was waiting for. He waved his hand and said, "I will send someone to send part of the memorial to the East Palace. My dear grandson will take a good look at it."
