A group of people stood at the door laughing and joking for a long time before entering the mansion.
The Ming Dynasty people always treat guests in a simple and unpretentious way. No matter what time it is, no matter what guests come, there are only two words - a banquet!
"Master Marquis, I am the only old man left in my mansion now. The old man doesn't follow any rules. Just eat and drink as you please!"
Although Gu Cheng's beard and hair have turned gray, he is still in good spirits, and he greets Chen Kan very kindly with a loud voice.
But Chen Kan still heard loneliness in his words.
The huge Marquis Mansion, the first-class dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty, should have been full of children and grandchildren, and the family should be prosperous.
Unfortunately, Gu Cheng's fate was not good.
His wife and children were all killed, leaving only a grandson and a daughter.
Now the grandson has gone out to become an official and the daughter has gotten married, leaving an eighty-year-old man alone guarding the empty Hou Mansion.
But Chen Kan didn't say much.
He doesn't know how to comfort people, and Gu Cheng doesn't need his comfort.
As the only remaining veteran of the Ming Dynasty, Gu Cheng has a strong heart. Although he is lonely, he still has his pride.
Compared with Sheng Yong, Tie Xuan and others, Gu Cheng can become a famous general, which is already the best result.
A group of people had a lively banquet, and while changing glasses, Chen Kan also knew the reason for the recent martial law in Guishan Guards.
Zhu Zhanji was assassinated.
The fifth heir to the Ming Dynasty was assassinated in Guishan Guard, so it is understandable that Guishan Guard imposed martial law.
After learning the reason, Chen Kan had no intention of delving further.
It was just an assassination, it was too common.
Who among the famous people in the official circles of the Ming Dynasty would not encounter them frequently.
Not to mention the royal family, the corpses thrown into the Zhongshan mass grave were wrapped in a straw curtain and piled up into a hill every day in the backyard of the palace.
The world is like this. When a person reaches a certain status, even if you are kind to others, you will inevitably go through hell several times.
This cannot be avoided by being kind to others. Once you step into a position, you are destined to share the interests of that position. In the face of interests, there is no good for you or me, only life and death.
When Zhu Zhanji was assassinated in Guishanwei, only Gu Cheng took it seriously. No one else, including Zhu Zhanji himself, took it seriously.
After talking about things, everyone continued to eat and drink. The banquet lasted until midnight, and finally ended when Gu Cheng was too old and couldn't bear it any longer.
Following the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion to the guest room, Chen Kan took a comfortable hot bath and changed into thick clothes, and then started talking about business with his two disciples.
Zhu Zhanhe moved a small stool to the side as if nothing happened, while Zhu Zhanji told in detail what happened to them after Chen Kan left.
What happened in Tanzhou was the most talked about. As for the Yongding Guard incident, it was mentioned in one sentence.
After talking about his experiences along the way, Zhu Zhanji's face became solemn, and he asked with some anxiety: "Teacher, what happened in Tanzhou was the work of my third uncle. What should students do?"
Chen Kan smacked his lips and said calmly: "You are the third generation successor of the Ming Dynasty designated by His Majesty. You ask me what to do. The key is what you want to do."
Zhu Zhanji was stunned and said hesitantly: "After all, this matter involves the third uncle."
Seeing the hesitation on Zhu Zhanji's face, Chen Kan frowned and continued: "You are not as good as your father in this regard. I don't need to tell you more about Zheng Bo and Duan Yuyan's allusions. It's time to be cruel. If you are not ruthless, you will only be the unlucky one."
"But Third Uncle is just making money after all. Strictly speaking, it's not a big deal."
"It's not a big deal, but he is a vassal king who is destined to be enfeoffed outside the Central Plains. Why does he need so much money? Tanzhou is a whole state, and this is just what you discovered. These things, Do you still want to wait for your grandpa Huang to help you deal with it?"
"I……"
Zhu Zhanji hesitated and wanted to retort, but in the end he couldn't say anything.
Chen Kan stood aside and didn't intend to say anything more.
The battle for the throne of Ming Dynasty had nothing to do with him.
Zhu Zhanji wants the throne, and Chen Kan has provided him with enough help. If he can win it, Chen Kan will naturally not stay in the Central Plains to hinder his eyes. If he cannot win, he will protect Zhu Zhanji as much as possible. Just one life.
Of course, Chen Kan had absolute confidence in Zhu Zhanji. Historically, Zhu Zhanji won brilliantly in the end without his help, although he used some insidious means and his reputation was a little bit worse.
But the battle for the throne has always been life-and-death, and emperors don't need fame.
The atmosphere fell into a stalemate. Zhu Zhanji hesitated for a long time and gritted his teeth and said: "Teacher, I still think it is better to report this matter to Grandpa Huang. After all, Grandpa Huang is still young and powerful. The disciple's father is a legitimate prince, and the disciple is also a legitimate prince." The emperor’s grandson, after all, this disciple has the right time, place, and people.”
Hearing this, Chen Kan waved his hands in low spirits: "It's up to you. I still say the same thing. You are an adult now, and you can make your own decisions."
Zhu Zhanji nodded, stood up and saluted Chen Kan before leaving.
Zhu Zhanhe stood up and asked: "Teacher, what's the matter without me? I'll leave without me!"
Chen Kan rolled his eyes at him and said calmly: "He can leave, you stay."
Zhu Zhanhe's face fell and he could only sit down.
After Zhu Zhanji exited the room, Chen Kan asked Zhu Zhanhe lazily: "Tell me, what do you think of the throne now?"
"What do you think?"
Zhu Zhanhe's eyes widened and he said with a sad face: "Teacher, please spare me, brother will beat me to death."
Chen Kan said angrily: "Stop farting and say it quickly!"
"Do you have to say it?"
"Nonsense, your father is about to bulldoze the Japanese country and the entire peninsula, and it will only be a few months before Banshi returns to the court. Why don't you tell me now, do you have to wait until your father comes back?"
Zhu Zhanhe licked his lips and asked in a low voice: "Does the disciple have to go out? Can't he stay in the capital and be a salted fish? If not, can't I go to Australia with you to be a salted fish?"
The corner of Chen Kan's mouth twitched, and he suddenly wanted to slap the guy in front of him twice.
Sighing secretly, Chen Kan said earnestly: "Don't you have any ambitions?"
Zhu Zhanhe said with a bitter face: "It is not my disciple's turn to take the throne. Grandpa Huang is upright, young and powerful, and there are uncles below, my father, and now even the third uncle is involved, not to mention that I can't fight against the eldest brother. If I have great ambitions, isn’t that asking for death?”
"Well……"
For a moment, Chen Kan was speechless.
After pondering for a long time, Chen Kan gently patted Zhu Zhanhe's shoulder and said with some pity: "You have a very clear understanding of yourself..."
Zhu Zhanhe: "..."
Zhu Zhanhe rolled his eyes, pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "Teacher, disciple, tell the truth. Anyway, if you want me to open up wasteland, I won't go even if you kill me. Otherwise, you will take me to Australia. Otherwise, you will take me to Australia." Just tell your elder brother that when he comes to the throne in the future, you can move me to a richer place."
Listening to Zhu Zhanhe's rogue tone, Chen Kan twitched his lips and suddenly sighed: "Given the current situation in the Ming Dynasty, your imperial grandfather will definitely separate all the clans. It is unrealistic for you to stay in the capital. As for the Going to Australia as a teacher is not because I am afraid that I will not be able to support you. The root of the matter still lies with your father. I am willing to take you there, but he may not be willing to let you go."
Zhu Zhanhe cried out: "Why won't my father let me go? Is it possible that he really wants to kill Grandpa Huang?"
Chen Kan said calmly: "He certainly wouldn't dare to rebel against your grandpa, but it's hard to tell for your uncle and eldest brother."
"What's this all about!"
Zhu Zhanhe scratched his hair a little irritably and said angrily: "Just for the throne, my family is no longer a home, my relatives are no longer my relatives, and the same blood is obviously flowing in my body. Is it worth fighting for life and death?"
Chen Kan ignored Zhu Zhanhe's nonsense and said calmly: "If you don't choose, then I will help you choose. You go to America to grow potatoes."
Zhu Zhanhe's face turned pale and he said, "Can't we go to Indochina?"
Chen Kan shook his head: "The Indochina Peninsula will definitely be brought under the rule of the Ming Dynasty. You don't need to think about the land within the direct rule of the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Zhanhe refused to give up and said, "What about my father?"
Chen Kan said calmly: "Has Zheng He opened the Ming Dynasty's waterway to the Cape of Good Hope? If nothing else, your father should go there. As for your third uncle, what your Majesty left for him was originally the Nanyang Islands. After all, Nanyang Too loose, it would be very troublesome for Ming Dynasty to intervene directly, but now that your eldest brother has reported the incident in Tanzhou, your third uncle will most likely go to Siberia to dig potatoes."
Zhu Zhanhe sighed and suddenly asked, "But aren't potatoes still in the America you mentioned? My third uncle went to Siberia. Where did the potatoes come from in Siberia?"
"Uh~"
Chen Kan choked and said angrily: "Wouldn't it be better if you went to America?"
At this time, Zhu Zhanhe lost his temper completely and responded resignedly: "Okay, when will the American route be opened?"
"It's coming soon. According to your second brother's letter, the North Sea fleet has sailed through the Bering Strait and is exploring along the continental shelf. It is estimated that the North Sea fleet will be able to bring back potatoes and corn the next time it returns. However, Some indigenous people in America are more difficult to deal with, so you can figure it out on your own when the time comes."
"oh!"
Zhu Zhanji nodded half-heartedly. The next second, he suddenly took a few steps back, put his head in his hands and asked, "Teacher, can you give me the Beihai fleet?"
"Um?"
Chen Kan was stunned for a moment, then became furious, grabbed the kettle on the table and threw it at him.
"Little bastard, I'm not dead yet, and you're already thinking about your legacy as a teacher."
Zhu Zhanhe caught the kettle firmly and shouted to Qu: "That's America, a place no one has ever been to before. You exiled the disciple there and asked him to fend for himself. The eldest brother has a city manager to take care of him." Serving his life, Second Senior Brother also has three thousand battalions of soldiers, as well as people from the north who are at his disposal, and only his disciples have nothing. You are not so biased, right?"
Listening to Zhu Zhanhe's rebellious words, Chen Kan suddenly felt that it would be better to beat this disciple to death directly, so as not to keep him alive and harm others.
Seeing that the anger on Chen Kan's face was getting stronger and stronger, Zhu Zhanhe trembled all over and suddenly changed his words: "It's okay if you don't want the Beihai Fleet. You have to prepare something for the disciples. It's not like you don't know the disciples." How unreliable is your father? Your disciple is nominally the heir to the Han Dynasty, but your father’s future legacy will definitely be left to Zhu Zhanqi. Your disciple will get nothing. If your disciple dies in America, then you will have spent so many years raising your disciple in vain. ”
Chen Kan's eyebrows were beating sharply and he was feeling anxious.
Although it was reasonable, Zhu Zhanhe asked him directly for it, which made him very unhappy.
"Give it to you, give it to you, give it to you, the North Sea fleet, and your father has left you 10,000 Jurchen laborers. They will be sent directly to Liaodong when the time comes. All for you."
"When the North Sea fleet returns, you will take the people and get out. Really, I will get angry when I see you."
Hearing Chen Kan's words, Zhu Zhanhe finally showed a heartfelt smile.
He hurriedly approached Chen Kan and beat his legs with a flattering look, and said in a low voice: "I know that you love me the most. You also know that I am a grandma who doesn't love my uncle. He was killed by his father at the age of four. The king throws it into your house, and the emperor only prefers the eldest brother. There is nothing I can do about it. If I don’t take more while I can get it now, I will be blinded when I get to America."
Chen Kan was still angry, and he just snorted angrily when he heard this.
Zhu Zhanhe was not annoyed and continued to flatter him: "You said that my father also left 10,000 laborers for his disciples?"
Chen Kan said angrily: "Yes, how?"
Zhu Zhanhe chuckled and said, "It's okay. In fact, you don't have to cover up for my father. If I'm not mistaken, you must have left those 10,000 laborers for me."
Although Zhu Zhanhe was asking Chen Kan, he was using affirmative sentences, and there was a somewhat lonely look in his eyes.
After taking in Zhu Zhanhe's expression, Chen Kan sighed and said, "No matter what, His Highness the King of Han is still your father."
"Disciple knows, I didn't say that he is not my father. You and he are good friends. It is right for you to cover up for him. Disciple just thinks whoever belongs to him belongs to him. You prepared the labor, and I accept it as yours." Qing, as for my father, he gave me life, I definitely have to recognize him, but that’s it, I haven’t benefited from him since I was a child anyway.”
As he spoke, Zhu Zhanhe couldn't help but choked up in his tone.
But he quickly adjusted his mood, showed a smile, and asked with a smile: "By the way, teacher, we can't kill all the Japanese and Koreans, can we also leave them to the disciples? There are not too many disciples for things like population." of."
"You don't have to think about the Japanese people. I have already sent a letter to your father, asking him to kill them all. There are some Koreans, but the Koreans are as thin as monkeys and can't do much work. You can take them with you. When you go to America, you have to take care of food..."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if you can't work, as long as you can give birth to children. In a place as big as America, it is impossible for the emperor to let his disciple go there alone. Since you said that there is no shortage of food in America, the disciple can't call other emperor uncle. My brother, the emperor, and my nephew competed."
Chen Kan was interrupted by Zhu Zhanhe before he finished speaking.
It can be seen that he is already imagining the beautiful life after unifying the Americas.
Chen Kan smiled and said: "This sentence still sounds like the blood of the great ancestor. Then let's see if you can build an empire on the other side of the ocean that is more powerful than your elder brother's Ming Dynasty."
