Chapter 106 Relief
In the spring of the twenty-second year of Hongwu.
It is not easy for the prince to leave Nanjing.
Especially being away for a long time.
Before leaving, the prince made many arrangements. The government affairs that the prince was responsible for were handed over to others. Then he said goodbye.
Feng Sheng naturally went north with the prince.
When they arrived in Peiping, it was already the season of spring and flowers blooming.
When the prince arrived in Peiping, he met a person who was extremely complicated in his heart. Not someone else. It is King Yan.
King Yan didn't know the despair and struggle his prince brother had been experiencing in his heart in recent years. Just like before, when he saw the prince, he greeted him happily and saluted, saying, "Brother, the prince. Ever since I heard that the eldest brother was coming to Peiping, I was very happy. I had already ordered Miao Jin to prepare everything and wait for the prince to arrive. "
The rules set by Zhu Yuanzhang.
When the emperor and prince travel, they are not allowed to stay in private homes wherever they pass. No palace should be built. They can only live in the official and royal palaces.
As I said before, Prince Yan's Palace is so grand that it is basically Yuanjiu Palace. It would be most suitable for the prince to live there.
The prince's eyes were slightly dark under the sunlight, but most people couldn't tell. The prince said calmly: "Okay."
After a long journey, the group settled down and rested themselves. It won’t be too late to get down to business in the future.
The prince naturally attended the banquet in Prince Yan's Mansion. It's a family dinner.
King Yan happily called his son over and asked him to pay homage to the prince.
The leader, the eldest. Is a fat man. Now he can only be described as a little fat man.
The little fat man saluted respectfully and said, "Zhu Gaochi pays homage to the prince's uncle."
The prince was in a daze for a moment. He vaguely saw that this child's life went from sitting in the rear, to supervising the country in Nanjing, to dying young less than a year after taking the throne, with the temple name of Ren.
Not bad.
It's just that all of this is based on the fact that his descendants are scattered and he doesn't know whether he will live or die.
"Good boy." The prince's inner thoughts were not revealed at this moment.
"Zhu Gaoxu pays homage to the prince's uncle. Uncle, won't you give me a greeting gift?" said the second child.
Although this child is young, he has grown up to be very strong and even looks tougher than his brother, but there is a bit of unruliness in his eyes. Dislikeable.
The prince knew that this was the King of Han who was burned to death by his nephew. He is a brave general. The prince said: "Yes, I forgot about this." The prince thought for a while, touched the things on his body, took a jade pendant and gave it to Zhu Gaochi, and took out a dagger and gave it to Zhu Gaoxu. He didn't have many things with him, so naturally he didn't take them with him. Then he asked his attendants to get a set of pens, ink, paper and inkstones for the third child. Zhu Gaosui didn't mention it.
After seeing the ceremony, King Yan asked his sons to go down. The two brothers drank alone. Naturally, it’s time to get down to business.
King Yan said: "Brother, are you here for the Northern Expedition?"
The prince nodded and said, "Yes. This is exactly the purpose of my coming." The prince knew that this matter could not be hidden from others. He also wanted to test what King Yan thought. Said: "What? Do you have an idea?"
Having said this, King Yan was a little excited and said: "Brother, I'm so happy that you are here. You don't know that those old guys never take me seriously. The last time we fought in Liaodong, I went back and forth, I don’t know how many times I was asked to fight. I was never asked to go to the battlefield once. It seemed like I just went to play on the grassland. It’s so weird.”
The prince coughed.
This is a subconscious cough.
The prince educated his younger brothers and sisters from an early age. This is what they do when they see their younger siblings speaking or acting inappropriately.
It can also be regarded as a reminder.
When King Yan heard this, he immediately laughed. Said: "I was wrong."
For a moment, the prince seemed to see the child who followed him more than ten years ago. He subconsciously asked: "What's wrong?"
King Yan said: "Shouldn't I say they are old people?"
King Yan's words gave the prince room to express himself. The prince said: "You know, you are still talking nonsense. You are not a child. These uncles and uncles are the pillars of the imperial court. They have watched you grow up since childhood. You How could you talk like that? The news has spread. I won’t say that you are like this, I will only say that my father has no tutor."
The King of Yan led troops in the frontier to fight, and he could get along well with the soldiers below. Naturally, he learned some vulgar words very quickly. I had never dared to speak to him before. Now when I see the prince, I can only bow my head and accept the punishment.
Seeing King Yan like this, the prince suddenly sighed and said: "That's all, you have three children. You can decide what to do. I won't talk about you anymore. It's just the fourth child. Do you really want to fight?"
King Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said in his heart: "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet the prince's eldest brother. We must decide on the vassal status." King Yan said loudly: "I have been thinking about it. I have always thought about it. As the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I should open up and expand the territory for the Ming Dynasty. I have already made my choice. I want to be the king outside the Great Wall. As long as I am outside the Great Wall, no barbarians will go south. One day outside the Great Wall, the Ming Dynasty will have peace in the world."
The prince was shocked in his heart.
The image of King Yan in his heart became blurred and then became clear.
The reason for the ambiguity is that the prince overlapped the historical Emperor Yongle with the fourth brother in reality. Now, after meeting King Yan, I realized that King Yan was still the fourth brother, not Emperor Yongle.
The prince said: "It's bitterly cold outside the Great Wall. Otherwise, I'll find another place for you."
King Yan said: "No need. Brother, there is a person under my command named Lian Zining, who is He Xi's disciple. He is very capable and has been studying how to settle in Mobei. I can say this, now I have no idea how to settle in Mobei. No one in the world knows better than him to settle down in the north. I can turn Hu into a Han in Mobei from now on, and my life will be in vain. When the time comes, my eldest brother will be in Nanjing, and I will just wait for my younger brother to send Mobei specialties."
The softer side of the prince's heart suddenly emerged.
He thought to himself: "Perhaps what he thinks about now is just the northern expedition to Mobei. To make great achievements, no, later he became the emperor, which is also his obsession."
Whether it is the current Fourth Prince Zhu Di or the future Emperor Yongle, their lifelong achievements will be in Mobei.
Regardless of whether Zhu Di was really forced to do so during the crisis of history or had a plan, at this time Zhu Di really had no idea about the throne. As a result, Zhu Yuanzhang's regard for the prince was known to the world. Secondly, there is also the reason for He Xi.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that He Xi is your Majesty's prime minister who will train the next generation of the Ming Dynasty. It is used to assist the prince. He is also the prince's brother-in-law. The prince sent his son to He Xi, could the relationship be bad?
Perhaps many people in the south are not familiar with He Xi, but the northern generals are already very familiar with He Xi. Regardless of He Xi's achievements in ordnance, his organizational skills in logistics, or even his ability to lead troops in war. In a year or two, Liaodong, which was originally just scraps, turned into an important town in the north.
This ability greatly enhanced the prince's weight.
When something becomes unimaginably difficult to accomplish, many people give up.
Zhu Di is like this too.
And Zhu Di saw good prospects for the future.
After one or two years of investigation, he found that Mobei was actually acceptable. Of course, the natural conditions in Mobei are just average, not as good as Zhu Di said. But Mobei soldiers and horses are what Zhu Di wants.
The Mongols are the best source of troops. Although Mobei is so large that there are several provinces in the Central Plains, its population is only one county in the Central Plains. But everyone is a soldier. It can pull out at least hundreds of thousands of cavalry.
It is naturally impossible to rebel with hundreds of thousands of cavalry. But it’s not necessarily impossible to do something else.
The so-called eldest son's Western Expedition by the Mongols actually did not have many troops. And if he marches his army westward, he might even get the support of the imperial court. With the support of the imperial court, he was determined to do better than the Mongols.
A man is between heaven and earth, commanding thousands of troops and horses to destroy ten kingdoms and hundreds of cities. What does it matter whether he is an emperor or not?
Furthermore, even if he wanted to be the emperor, he wanted to see if it was possible.
So, in order to achieve this ambitious goal. Today, Zhu Di devoted himself to his eldest brother's work and made his eldest brother agree to him. He even had the idea of having wings, and he couldn't wait any longer.
"Sorry, there are only two updates today.
Perfect attendance is useful. I always want to be lazy when I don't have perfect attendance. Fortunately, tomorrow is a new month. There will be perfect attendance. There will also be four updates. "
