Seeing his son so confident, Zhu Qizhen became even more curious.
He carried a pot and poured tea for his son, "Tell me carefully."
"I don't dare..." Zhu Jianshen hurriedly held the teacup, apologized, and then said: "Actually, my father is too worried. Whether it is Wang Yue or Wang Zhi, it is just a sword for his son. This one is The knife must be sheathed after all.”
Zhu Qizhen nodded slightly and frowned: "The problem is how to put it into the sheath. This is what my father is worried about."
"It's not difficult to sheath it. All it takes is provoking conflict between the two sides."
Hearing this, Zhu Qizhen couldn't hide his disappointment, "You take it too much for granted. Those people are not fools. How can you be sure that they will become a gangster? Also, do you want to reward people for their meritorious service?"
The civil service group is still very united on major issues, and your plan of alienation may not work. "
Zhu Jian was silent for a moment and sighed: "Why don't you think about it, father? If I take it for granted, how can I do such a thing?"
"Uh..." Zhu Qizhen hesitated and said sarcastically: "Father does not doubt your ability, but... is a little worried. I am afraid that something will happen to the country passed down by our ancestors, so you should take care of it." Be careful."
After a pause, "Of course, if you don't want to say it, then don't say it. My father has no intention of interfering in government affairs."
Zhu Jianshen nodded and said, "Since my father has said so, I will not hide it anymore."
After taking a sip of tea, he explained: "Actually, Wang Yue cannot achieve much success. Most of the power delegated by his ministers is concentrated in Wang Zhi's hands. Even if he wants to be duplicitous, it will be extremely difficult to do so."
"If you have made meritorious service, you will naturally be rewarded." Zhu Jianshen said calmly, "To be honest, I want Wang Yue to serve as the commander-in-chief of Datong..."
"Are you crazy?"
Zhu Qizhen was a little frightened and angry: "How can one person, General Xuanda, be responsible for all the tasks?"
"Listen to what I have to say." Zhu Jianshen said.
"……you say."
"I have said that more than half of the decentralized power is in the hands of Wang Zhi. Wang Yue cannot make much trouble at all. Wang Zhi supports it. He is the most popular general of Xuan Da. If Wang Zhi does not support it, he will not be able to move forward. Of course, I I will give him a title as compensation."
Zhu Qizhen asked: "Do you trust that Wang Zhi so much?"
"I believe him," Zhu Jianshen nodded, "Of course, I don't believe him blindly. Wang Zhi can't change the world either. He is just a eunuch, and he is only a twenty-two-year-old eunuch. His promotion speed is too fast. , He has offended too many people, the tall building is built too fast, and the foundation is destined to be unstable, so he must rely on me."
After a pause, "Wang Zhi has one advantage, and that is ruthlessness. It is his ruthlessness that enables him to do this!"
"My support, coupled with his ruthlessness, are also the key factors for my success!" Zhu Jianshen took a sip of tea, "He took the greatest credit for many major events such as cleaning up redundant staff in the bureaucracy and suppressing smuggling caravans... He has He is capable and loyal. Looking at the overall situation, he can only be loyal!"
At the end, Zhu Jianshen said: "In one sentence, I am not asking Wang Yue and Wang Zhi to concurrently serve as Xuanda's commander-in-chief. I want to concurrently serve as Xuanda's commander-in-chief!"
He said he was thirsty. Zhu Jianshen drank the tepid tea in one gulp and asked calmly: "Father, do you still have any doubts?"
Zhu Qizhen's face turned red, he was both ashamed and self-deprecating, "No, it's just my father who is stupid."
Seeing him like this, Zhu Jianshen also realized that he spoke too harshly, a bit...
It hurt him!
Therefore, Zhu Jianshen changed the topic and chuckled: "Father is also worried about state affairs, but he just doesn't understand why."
Zhu Qizhen smiled bitterly and shook his head, muttering to himself: "I don't care about my level, I still want to guide others..."
He breathed a sigh of relief and said happily: "My father is very relieved to have you in the Ming Dynasty. From now on, my father will not worry about this."
Zhu Jianshen was also a little embarrassed, and smiled reservedly: "My son, I also have many shortcomings, and I need to learn from my father."
"Want me to study? What to study?"
I'm just being polite, are you taking it seriously... Zhu Jianshen was speechless, but he didn't dare to say it, because he was afraid that his old father would be angry.
Zhu Qizhen laughed at himself and sighed: "If you take care of everything every day, my father will not keep you. Go and do your work."
"My dear, please leave." Zhu Jianshen stood up, bowed his head, turned and walked out of the hall.
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"how?"
"It's my husband who is too careless. He is much better than me." Zhu Qizhen sighed, feeling ashamed, but mostly pleased.
Qian smiled and said, "Then my husband can feel at ease from now on."
"Well, you can rest assured." Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "Get some rest quickly, you have been awake for a long time."
"I'm not sleepy," Qian said slowly sitting up, "Husband, let's go see the snow."
"What's so good about snow? It's so cold outside. I won't go if I don't go." Zhu Qizhen said in a muffled voice, "Can you go out in this state?"
"I want to see it."
"...Then wear warmer clothes." Zhu Qizhen did not refuse anymore. He understood his wife's eyes.
If you don’t do some things now, you won’t have the chance in the future.
Mrs. Qian put on two layers of cotton-padded clothes and a large cloak, and then the old couple went out...
"Such heavy snow," Qian exclaimed, "I haven't seen such heavy snow in a long time. It's really... spectacular."
Over the years in Jinling, there has been snow every winter, but it can't be compared to here. The snow is falling so heavily that the servants can't even sweep it away.
Zhu Qizhen stretched out his palm and caught several snowflakes. Before he could appreciate them, they had already melted.
He regretted that this beauty was too short-lived.
"Husband..."
"Well, what's wrong?" Zhu Qizhen calmed down his emotions and said with a warm smile, "Are you tired?"
"No," Qian shook his head gently, "Do you still remember what you promised to be my concubine?"
"What?"
"...After I leave, you take a concubine." Qian was a little unhappy, "How long ago did you forget about it?"
Her thin body looked even thinner under the heavy snow, just like the snowflakes, which looked beautiful but could not last forever.
Zhu Qizhen lowered his head slightly, his eyes were slightly moist, and his voice was low and hoarse, "Don't worry, my husband will never break his promise."
"It's agreed."
"It's agreed." Zhu Qizhen lowered his head, his back was bent, his body was stooped, and his voice was low and inaudible.
He held her wrist, which was so thin that it seemed like it could break with just a little force.
He tried to suppress the sadness in his heart, but in the end his eyes blurred, and he looked up at the snowflakes in the sky.
It was very cold, and his heart was even colder.
It was so cold that it suffocated him...
"Xiaoqian, go back to the house."
"Let's keep walking." Qian said, "Maybe there won't be such a snowy scene in the future."
Of course there will be in the future, but she doesn't have it anymore.
"Then let's walk again." Zhu Qizhen obeyed.
The snow was very heavy, and the old couple in the snow quickly turned gray. Qian said with a smile: "This can be considered a long life together."
"Yes." Zhu Qizhen nodded hoarsely and raised his hand to brush away the snow for her, but Qian refused, "No, it looks so beautiful."
She raised her face and asked, "Husband, do you think I look good?"
"Good-looking, very good-looking." Zhu Qizhen said with a smile, "Just as good-looking as when he married into the palace."
Mrs. Qian said amusedly: "My husband is always good at coaxing others, but I am already old. How can I compare to that time?"
"Comparable, no worse than that time." Zhu Qizhen said hoarsely, "Little money has always been so beautiful."
Qian's smile was sweet. This time, she didn't refute...
The couple wandered around for another half an hour before returning to Changle Palace.
After returning, Qian went to sleep. She was already tired.
She slept for a long time, sleeping from the afternoon until late at night.
Zhu Qizhen stayed by the bedside. Seeing her faintly waking up, he hurriedly said: "It's nothing serious, right?"
Qian shook his head weakly.
"Husband, go warm the medicine and you'll be fine soon."
"Husband..."
Qian stopped him and said, "I don't want to take medicine anymore."
"Why don't you take medicine?" Zhu Qizhen was a little excited. "Don't be angry. My husband will just add some sugar to you. Be obedient, ah~"
After that, regardless of whether Qian agreed or not, he hurriedly walked to the stove to warm the medicine.
He clumsily found the candy. Unexpectedly, his hands trembled and he poured the whole bag of candy into it.
"Oops..." He gritted his teeth and stamped his feet. His mood was unprecedentedly violent. He couldn't help but get angry, but he held it back.
He quickly brought another bowl, took out the unmelted candy, put an appropriate amount of candy on it, and warmed it again.
"Okay, okay, it's okay now..." He murmured, looking back from time to time to see his wife smiling at him.
The smile is very gentle and beautiful.
He smiled back, and his smile was gentle and ugly.
After a while, he came to the bedside with the warm medicine, scooped it up and down with a medicine spoon, blew on it, and said:
"Today's medicine is definitely not bitter. My husband has added five candies for you. If you don't believe me, try it."
"Yeah, okay." Qian smiled and nodded.
Zhu Qizhen helped her up, let her lean in his arms, gently gave her medicine, and said warmly: "The Chinese New Year will be here in a few days. We are the grandparents, and we have to prepare red envelopes for Youtang and Youqi." , giving gifts, you know, my husband is clumsy, he doesn’t know how to do this, and he can’t do it well..."
He said, "Grandma, you need to be more considerate. Children are the hardest to take care of. Don't be dissatisfied when the time comes. This is our first year back. We have to act like elders." OK……"
"Husband..."
Zhu Qizhen trembled, his eloquent words suddenly stopped, and the fake smile froze on his face.
"Why."
"Do not be sad."
"No, no, husband is not sad." He didn't realize it, his tears were thicker than his words.
Qian wanted to help him wipe away his tears, but she was powerless. She just forced a smile and said, "My husband didn't lie to me. It's really sweet."
"Really?" Zhu Qizhen seemed a little proud, "When has my husband ever lied to you?"
"Well..." Qian murmured, "Husband, I am sleepy."
"I'm not sleepy, I'm not sleepy," Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but burst into tears, "I can't sleep, you can't sleep, your husband won't let you sleep, Xiaoqian, don't go in such a hurry, take your time, let your husband take your time. …”
"I, I'll try my best." Qian really managed to hold on to her voice, "Husband, don't cry..."
"Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry..." Zhu Qizhen trembled, shook his head wildly, hugged her tightly, and cried miserably...
Those big tears seemed to be begging her for mercy...
