Zhu Yunxi, dressed in casual clothes, came to the home of the founding father Chang.
Although he was dressed in casual clothes, there was no large group of guards and no guard of honor. But more than 200 members of the Chang family, headed by brothers Chang Sheng and Chang Sen, all knelt in the courtyard to greet him.
"Didn't Gu say that even when relatives come to visit, they still come out and kneel!" Zhu Yunxi entered the yard with a somewhat annoyed look on his face. He helped Chang Sheng up, and then said again, "I heard that my second aunt has never been healthy. Okay, it’s time to keep them, why do you do these old idiots? Do you not want orphans to come here in the future?"
Chang Sheng still saluted respectfully, bowed his head and said, "The etiquette cannot be abolished!"
Although he was a blood-relative uncle, as Zhu Yunxi became more and more powerful, his ministers no longer dared to show confidence in him, even if they were their own uncles.
Zhu Yunxi shook his head slightly and helped his second aunt Feng up, "Aunt, get up quickly, there are no outsiders, our family doesn't like this!"
Chang Sheng's wife is the legitimate daughter of the late Ying Guogong Feng Guoyong. Speaking of Chang Yuchun, he was as fierce as Zhang Fei, but in fact he was as careful as a hair. His daughter married Prince Zhu Biao, and his eldest son married Song Guogong Feng Sheng. Daughter, the second daughter married Feng Guoyong's daughter, and the third daughter married the daughter of the late Gong Changhou.
Needless to say, the Feng family brothers were the first to follow the old man.
Guo Xing, Marquis of Gongchang, also had a younger brother, Guo Ying, Marquis of Wuding. In their early years, the two brothers were the commanders of the old man's bodyguards. Their sister was the late Concubine Guo Ning in the palace.
These intricate relationships make the Chang family a giant in the army.
"I have a healthy body, but I become weak in winter!" Chang Sheng's wife smiled, "His Royal Highness rarely comes to our house once, so I asked someone to prepare some fruit cakes that you loved to eat when you were a child. I don't know... ..."
"You woman!" Chang Sheng scolded, "What kind of scene are you talking about?"
Chang Sheng's wife suddenly felt aggrieved, "Didn't you tell me not to lose my etiquette?" She said, as if she was about to cry, "When His Highness was a child, he came to the house with the old lady and couldn't put it down holding the cakes made by me. !”
"Then..." Chang Sheng was furious, but he didn't dare to get angry.
"This is the best!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "I'm tired of eating the food of those unscrupulous cooks in the palace. Let's try my aunt's cooking today!"
Hearing this, Mrs. Chang smiled.
After meeting everyone in the Chang family, Zhu Yunxi walked towards the backyard accompanied by the Chang family brothers.
The specifications of the Founding Duke's Mansion were modeled on the scale of a county prince, and it was large and magnificent. However, the Chang family was a home of warriors, and the pavilions, pavilions, rockeries and flowing water in the courtyard were all demolished and turned into martial arts arenas.
To hone your strength, practice swords and guns, practice bows and arrows, etc.
"How is your second child?" Zhu Yunxi asked Chang Sen as he walked towards the backyard.
Chang Sen bowed slightly and said with a smile, "The second brother wrote and said that he had accumulated a lot of military exploits in Yunnan. There were some barbarians in green who made trouble there, and he killed seven of them in one go!" As he said that, he looked at Zhu Yunxi's face. "When he heard about the Liaodong War, he even wrote a letter to beg, asking his ministers to tell His Highness that he would serve in the Northern Xinjiang Army!"
"Oh?" Zhu Yunxi was also happy when he heard that the second child of the Chang family was going to be successful and asked, "What did you say?"
"I wrote back and said, since I didn't even go there, you should just stay here!" Chang Sen said with a smile.
Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi smiled, but he knew the meaning of Chang Sen's words.
His uncle was complaining to him about his grievances. In such a huge war in Liaodong, the Chang family brothers were not able to make a profit.
"Actually, in the First Battle of Liaodong, I wanted to let my two uncles go!" Zhu Yunxi said, "But if you all go, who will be in charge of the capital? Who will be the commander of the troops and horses in the capital?"
This sentence was said with a smile.
However, the Chang family brothers knelt down at the same time, "I am waiting for you to die, you cannot show compassion for the Sacred Heart!"
"Hey, it's like this all the time, and you can't let Gu talk!" Zhu Yunxi patiently supported the two of them, "They are both Gu's biological uncles, why are they so scared!" He continued to laugh, "Second uncle
, since your second son is promising and knows how to make progress, I plan to transfer him back from Yunnan in the near future!"
Chang Sen was overjoyed. His son was thousands of miles away. How could he not think about it, but he didn't dare to show it. He whispered, "That boy has a naughty temper. He should have a few more years of experience in the barbaric frontier!"
"You are not telling the same story!" Zhu Yunxi exposed him with a smile and continued, "In the battle of Liaodong, the firearms soldiers led by Li Jinglong shined brilliantly, and I plan to expand the army!"
"Chang Yuan can be regarded as Gu's cousin, and he has experienced at the border, so he naturally needs to be reused." He said, and smiled again, "Actually, it is not only Chang Yuan, but also those noble disciples who were sent out in the early years. As long as they have experienced
It’s almost done, you can go back to Beijing and join the army!”
"I'm going to name this musketeer, the Royal Guards of the Ming Dynasty!"
"What a weird name!"
"But this name sounds really exciting!"
"Royal Guards!"
The two Chang brothers looked at each other, their eyes intertwined.
Although the military power of the Ming Dynasty is now firmly in the hands of the emperor's grandson, His Highness seems to be unwilling to accept this. First he has a Jing navy, and now he wants to raise a imperial guard.
By this time, the group of people had already reached the backyard.
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As soon as he crossed the Moon Gate, Zhu Yunxi saw a familiar figure.
Under a leafless jujube tree in the yard, squatting was an old man with half a century of hair and a little kid with a runny nose.
The old man is none other than Lan Yu.
Both of them were in the same posture, holding their knees and looking down at the ground.
"Grandfather, what is this?" The little kid sniffed and grabbed a round meat ball on the ground with his fleshy hands.
"Insects!" Lan Yu whispered.
"Where are its legs?" The little kid looked at the east bug in his hand suspiciously, pinched it, and suddenly opened his mouth to throw the bug in his hand.
"You can't eat it!" Lan Yu was shocked. She picked up the little kid upside down and spanked her, "Spit it out!"
"Ahem! Ah!" the little kid howled at the top of his lungs, mucus spurting out from his nose.
"Damn it!" Lan Yu was furious, "You're so stubborn, you'll eat even bugs!"
At this time, a woman rushed out of the house.
She scolded Lan Yu, "You are so old, you just play with the child, why are you making him cry?" He said, grabbing the child in his hand, "Grandson, don't cry if you don't want to!
Did Grandpa hurt you when he hit you?"
"I want to eat bugs!" the little kid howled.
"Why are you eating bugs?" The woman couldn't help but also slapped the child on the butt, "Let's go inside and eat sugar cookies!"
In the courtyard, only the blue jade remains.
He leaned down slightly, picked up the bug that his grandson almost ate, looked at it for a moment, then carefully buried it in the soil, covered it up, and restored it to its original state.
He stood up and clapped his hands, and as soon as he turned around, his body froze.
"Your Highness?" Lan Yu exclaimed.
Zhu Yunxi smiled and stepped across the threshold of the courtyard, laughing loudly, "You're welcome!"
Lan Yu stood there with a smile and rubbed her hands, "It's not like everything is fine. The old man is about to die!"
This chapter has been completed!