Zhu Biao knocked on the door twice, and Zhu Yuanzhang's voice came from inside the house, "Come in!"
After Zhu Biao came in, he walked to Zhu Yuanzhang's desk and knelt down and said, "Father, my son has returned from worshiping his ancestors!"
Zhu Yuanzhang happily walked to Zhu Biao and pulled him up, "Okay, Biao'er, thank you for your hard work! How was the journey? What did you see?"
Zhu Biao stood up and returned. "My son saw along the way that the country is in ruins and the people are struggling to survive."
Zhu Yuanzhang returned to his desk, "After seeing this, you didn't go out in vain. If you read books and newspapers in the palace, you can't imagine what it is like for the people to live in poverty."
"How do you get along with the elders in your hometown?"
Zhu Biao didn't believe that Lao Zhu didn't know what he was going through all the way, but he still had to answer honestly!
He slowly told about everything he had done when worshiping his ancestors, and conveyed their admiration to Zhu Yuanzhang to the elders in his hometown.
Zhu Yuanzhang was reviewing the documents, and after a while he asked, "What do you think of Lan Yu?"
Zhu Biao did not answer immediately. He was thinking about the best answer in his mind. Zhu Yuanzhang did not urge him while reading the book.
"My son thinks Lan Yu is a little arrogant!"
Zhu Yuanzhang said, "If you're not afraid of his arrogance, I'm afraid that he's incompetent. Biao'er. A capable person will inevitably have a temper. That's nothing!"
Zhu Biao understood it as soon as he heard it and nodded silently in agreement.
After waiting so honestly for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and stretched after finishing the government affairs. "Biao'er, you and dad go for a walk. We have been busy all morning and our waists are sore."
Zhu Biao obediently stepped forward to give him a hand. After the father and son walked out of the study, Zhu Yuanzhang took his son's hand and walked around, followed by some maids from a distance.
Zhu Yuanzhang took Zhu Biao to the high platform and looked down: "Biao'er, all the civil servants and generals are urging us to come in and become emperor as soon as possible! Those who don't know think they are going to be emperor!"
Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, who looked calm but exuded a terrifying aura, and thought to himself, no wonder Zhu Biao died young!
Even before he became emperor, Lao Zhu's majesty became stronger day by day. Even though he knew that Zhu Yuanzhang would never harm his son, he was still frightened.
Zhu Biao took a breath and said, "Your destiny has been fulfilled. Now most of the world is under your control. Uncle Xu has also begun the Northern Expedition. Yuanting's will to resist has long since collapsed. I believe there will be good news soon." Come on!"
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang did not speak, Zhu Biao continued, "The generals have been fighting for many years, and now they are looking forward to your founding of the country. They also enjoy wealth and honor. Human nature is not incomprehensible!"
Zhu Yuanzhang patted his son on the shoulder and said, "Yes, Biao'er has grown up, but have you ever thought about how to confer a knighthood?"
Zhu Biao quickly handed over his hand, "This is not something that a son should consider. His son is young and even the general can't fully recognize him. How can he know the merits and demerits of so many of them!"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "We have records of their merits and demerits, but we will award titles based on merit. Do you think they will be satisfied?"
Zhu Biao thought for a while and said, "I'm sure he won't be satisfied. How can people's hearts be satisfied!"
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Okay, Song Lian will teach us a good son!"
"Biao'er is right, they will not be satisfied! They only remember how much credit they have made but never the mistakes they have made! Now my father is not in a hurry to found the country because he is afraid that they will cause trouble and disrupt the Northern Expedition!"
"But seeing how sad my father is, do you think he can't put it off any longer?"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and sighed, "There are a lot of troublemakers! And they are all from Huaixi! They are all my old brothers who have been with me through life and death. I am embarrassed to kill them all like this!"
Zhu Biao almost laughed, "You are just too embarrassed to kill them."
"In this case, why don't my father just start the Yuan Dynasty and proclaim himself the emperor first, and then announce to the public that he will wait for Uncle Xu and Chang Shuai to come back to unify the canonization?"
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head: "If Yuanting relies on natural dangers to defend Dadu, then I am afraid that it will not be captured in two or three years. This matter can be delayed for a few months, but it cannot be delayed for a year. We cannot be emperor for only a few years." No rewards for soldiers!"
Zhu Biao couldn't say that Yuanting had lost his fighting spirit a long time ago and would abandon Dadu and run away in July next year.
Zhu Biao asked, "What do you think, father?"
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while, "Then let Kaiyuan proclaim himself emperor! I'll give them what they want. If they don't accept it and dare to cause trouble, don't blame me for being cruel!"
Zhu Biao was worried for that group of people, but there was nothing he could do about it. As he said before, these soldiers had been fighting for many years and now they had become proud soldiers. Even Zhu Yuanzhang didn't take them seriously!
"He opened his mouth and kept talking about what they were doing, and when he drank, he even claimed that without them, there would be no Emperor Zhu!
According to their opinion, they should all be given the title of king, not to mention mere princes and princes.
Do these people have merit? Yes, these people are all veterans who have climbed out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood. How could they not have meritorious deeds!
But they are not wrong? Are they all heroes? On the contrary, they are full of flaws, let alone heroes. Each of them has dozens or hundreds of innocent souls in his hands!
Even Zhu Biao has heard about their moral standards. They are all people who forget their loyalty when they see their wealth. It is trivial to rob civilian girls. They often condone their subordinates to kill good people and take credit for their merits!
Either he killed innocent travelers and merchants, took their money, and then cut off their heads to serve as spies of the Yuan Dynasty, or falsely claimed military merit.
Either the troops with poor military discipline slaughtered the people when they marched through the villages, raped the women, burned down the villages, cut off the people's heads and cut their hair to pretend to be Yuanting soldiers!
This is the case in this era. Such things are common in troubled times. Zhu Yuanzhang has killed countless such generals.
But there are always some people whose character is not very good, but they have many brothers. If they stick together, even Zhu Yuanzhang will not kill them all, so they can only be punished and make meritorious service!
Now some are going to the Northern Expedition, and some are staying here waiting for the founding of the country to be awarded honors!
It is they who are urging people to move in every day and can’t wait to hold the founding ceremony tomorrow. After all, civil servants want to lose face. It's unsightly and out of character to eat, and no one has ever been so hasty.
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