It is a great honor for the country to receive envoys from the Goryeo vassal state.
Zhu Yunxi entered the Forbidden City and returned to Jingren Palace to bathe and change clothes. At the same time, he asked the palace officials to send the Korean envoy Pu Bancheng to see him.
Pu Bucheng, Zhu Yuanzhang's personal eunuch, waited for Zhu Yunxi to return to the palace and then went straight back to Fengtian Palace to resume his duties.
In Fengtian Hall, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had just received his ministers, was holding a cup of strong tea in his hand and drinking it slowly. It was getting cold, and the old emperor was a little depressed and always felt sleepy.
"Your Majesty, the thousand-year-old King Wu has returned to the palace and is bathing and changing clothes!" Pu Bucheng entered the palace and said softly.
"I know!" Zhu Yuanzhang put down his tea cup and asked casually, rubbing his shoulders, "What did these uncles and nephews say in the school grounds today?"
"My servant asked, it's just some martial arts on horseback and archery!" As he said that, Pu Bucheng looked at the old emperor's face and said with a smile, "However, there is something interesting!"
Zhu Yuanzhang turned over the memorial and said, "Tell me and listen!"
"His Royal Highness Prince Ning was beaten by King Wu Qiansui!"
"Huh?" Zhu Yuanzhang paused with his hand holding the memorial and raised his head in confusion, "What did you say?"
Pu Bucheng smiled and said, "His Royal Highness Prince Ning was beaten by King Wu Qiansui!"
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At that moment, Pu Bucheng told the story of the imperial guards reporting on the campus.
When it was said that King Ning Zhu Quan was defeated in a competition with his men and was so angry that he whipped his soldiers, the old emperor's face was obviously unhappy.
And he snorted calmly and said two words, "arrogant!"
When it was said that King Wu and King Ning were going to challenge each other in public, a smile appeared on the old emperor's face and he said, "King Wu is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, but he can't get rid of the sand in his eyes!"
When Pu Bucheng said this, Zhu Yunxi threw Prince Ning upside down, grabbed his wrist and asked, "When Uncle Seventeen was convinced or not, the old emperor's face was full of smiles.
"The servants didn't dare to believe it when they heard it. King Wu Qiansui was weak since he was a child, but His Highness Prince Ning immediately became very good at martial arts. Who would have thought that Wu King Qiansui won in the end!" Pu Bucheng said with a smile.
"He also caught Lao Shiqi by surprise!" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile, "However, our eldest grandson is a newcomer. Since his father left, he has been polishing his body every day, no matter the wind or rain, he has never stopped.
You have a strong heart!"
As he said that, Zhu Yuanzhang laughed again, "Old Seventeen has always had a show-off temperament since he was a child. He has some abilities and wishes the whole world would know about them. As for our eldest grandson, he doesn't show off his abilities, or he doesn't take action.
If you take action, people will not be able to run away. Haha, let’s follow this kid’s temperament!”
Then, he asked, "He beat Lao Qiu, and Lao Qiu was not angry?"
So Pu Bucheng told how Zhu Yunxi showed his favor to Prince Ning and even coaxed and deceived him to turn his anger into joy.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded repeatedly after hearing this, and then said with a smile, "If in an ordinary family, the nephew beats the uncle, it would be a big deal!" As he said this, he also laughed.
At this time, a person from the palace came in, "Your Majesty, Concubine Hui wants to see you!"
"Pass!" Zhu Yuanzhang drank all the water in the teacup and put it aside. "Add water for us!" He said, and added, "Don't throw away the tea leaves inside, they still have flavor!"
Later, Concubine Guo Hui came in with a smile and said, "I am here to see Your Majesty!"
"What happy event do you have?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a smile after the trial, "I see you are walking with wind!"
Concubine Guo Hui stood up, took a few steps forward, and said with a smile, "Of course there is a happy event. Your Majesty, have you forgotten? Two months ago, you said that you would ask your concubine to find a beautiful girl for the King of Wu. Why don't you come to congratulate you!"
"Has anyone chosen?" Zhu Yuanzhang put down the memorial with a smile, sat down on the soft couch next to Guo Huifei, and continued to ask with a smile, "Whose girl is it?"
"There are so many candidates, and it is ultimately up to His Majesty to decide!" One is the daughter of the Ma family, the young minister of Dali Temple. The young minister of Dali Temple was a Jinshi in the twelfth year of Hongwu. She comes from a scholarly family. The daughter of the family has a virtuous character and is a lady.
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"Second, I am the cousin of Prince Consort Mei Yin. I have seen that girl before. She looks like a flower."
"The other one is the daughter of military commander Zhao Sili. She was born in the same year as King Wu, but her birthday is three months older!"
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a moment, "Just these three?"
"There are many people of marriageable age, but I have inquired about many people privately, and these three are the ones with the best temperament." Guo Huifei said with a smile, "Didn't you say that you should marry a virtuous wife? These three girls are both virtuous and good-tempered.
She is kind and can manage a household and live a good life."
As she spoke, Concubine Guo Hui laughed, "The daughter of the Zhao Sili family, who is the military commander, has been the head of the family since she was ten years old. She is a good hand at everything. However, her family background is a bit low."
There is no word "marshal" after the "military and horse commander", which is very different. If it is the "military and horse commander", it is the fourth rank of the five senses. The higher the rank, the higher the rank is the staff general, and the higher rank is the chief military officer.
Without the word "武", this official only has a high rank. The military command belongs to Yingtian Mansion in the capital, and is responsible for arresting thieves and maintaining public order. If placed in later generations, he would be the police chief of the first district and the armed police captain.
"What are you afraid of if you are from a low family?" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile, "Marry a girl from a high family, marry a wife from a low family!" He said, thinking for a moment, "Well, in the next few days, you can find an excuse to call these girls into the palace. Come on.
Then, let’s take our eldest grandson to have a look.”
"Your Majesty, you are worried because you have not seen the real person!" Guo Huifei said with a smile.
Zhu Yuanzhang also grinned, "I'm planning to choose a wife. How can I rest assured if I don't see it with my own eyes?"
Smiling, Zhu Yuanzhang spoke again, "Take more trouble and find more girls of marriageable age! As for housework, it's about the same, don't be too low, it's best to be from a scholarly family!"
"Do you want to designate two concubines to King Wu at once?" Concubine Guo Hui asked.
"King Huai has also reached the age to get married. After all, he is older than King Wu, so it is difficult to leave him behind!" Zhu Yunxi sighed.
"I understand!" Concubine Guo Hui responded.
Afterwards, the two chatted for a while, and Guo Huifei resigned.
Zhu Yuanzhang had been sitting on the soft couch and watched her leave.
In fact, the old man has his own agenda.
When his birthday is over, Zhu Yunxi will be the great grandson of the Ming Dynasty Crown Prince, and in a few years he will be the future emperor. His wife's family background cannot be too high, she cannot be a minister of the court, and she cannot be from a family of distinguished generals who founded the country, otherwise her relatives will become a great influence on the country.
blessing.
But Zhu Yunwen was different. After getting married, he immediately went to the fiefdom to become a vassal. He had been studying since he was a child, so his wife should also find someone who came from a scholarly family, and whose status should not be too low. First, the young couple could talk to each other in the future.
Secondly, the Huai Wang Yue family has a higher family status and has a good reputation.
Even though the old emperor had the Lu family executed, he still had some feelings for this concubine and grandson who had looked down on him since he was a child.
"I'll be worthy of your father by settling you down well!"
Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and returned to the imperial desk again. But this time he did not take the memorial, but pulled out a scroll from the mezzanine of the desk.
The scroll is very large. When it is spread out on the ground, it is almost more than one foot long and half a foot wide. It has four large characters written on it, "Map of the Emperor Ming".
Zhu Yuanzhang took off his cloth shoes, stepped on the map of mountains and rivers with his feet in cotton socks, and squatted down to look at it carefully.
After a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang's old finger fell on a city.
"That's it! The land of the canal is enough to make his descendants rich and prosperous for a lifetime!"
On the Huangming map, that city was marked with two big characters, Huai'an.
Zhu Yuanzhang had two wishes in his life. One was to stabilize the country and make the people peaceful and peaceful. The other was to inherit the Ming Dynasty from generation to generation, so that his descendants would enjoy wealth forever.
These two wishes are contradictory, but it is understandable to separate his identity and see that he is an old man with many children on one side and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty on the other.
But nothing in this world is static. He wants his descendants to enjoy wealth forever. But his chosen successor, Zhu Yunxi, has already made a vow in his heart.
Cut off the vassal!
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There will be more later. I went back to work today and was a little busy.
This chapter has been completed!