"As long as Chu Zhongwu goes to any place, there will be a lot of excitement."
"He just returned to the capital, and within two days, so many things happened."
"A sixteen-year-old general is truly unique."
"No one dares to raise an opinion in this civil and military court."
"Prime Minister Niu Seng took the lead, and six ministers praised it. The Queen Mother gave permission, and even General Dou took the initiative to say that he would retire and return home."
"Qinghou, are you convinced now?"
Zhu Xingxiu, the Minister of Rites, drank a cup of tea and spoke slowly.
His son, Zhu Qinghou, a saint of Zhishan Academy, lowered his head and said.
"My child dare not be dissatisfied."
"It's just that Father said that any tree that is as beautiful as the forest wind will destroy it."
"He is not a tree, but a sacred tree."
"How can mortal rules be applied to him?"
"Qinghou, this is not how books are read."
Zhu Xingxiu took advantage of his elegance to talk to his son about the art of reading.
"Every rule has an object to adapt to."
"As the saying goes, punishment is not as good as that of an official, and courtesy is not as good as that of a common man."
"Criminal law is used to deal with ordinary people. You don't expect the ordinary people to talk to you."
"Similarly, even Legalists say that a prince who breaks the law is as guilty as the common people."
"Does this mean to you that the prince must also plead guilty?"
"Wrong, I am telling you that in the minds of Legalists, only the emperor can be exempted from all rules."
"The emperor is supreme, even the prince is equal to the common people in front of him."
"Now Chu Zhongwu is the number one person in the Shenwu Dynasty, and even the number one person in the world."
"If the Holy Land of Martial Arts does not take action, he will truly give it to one person."
"He is willing to tell you the rules, that's because he has high moral character."
"Wait a minute and you go tell the storytellers in the teahouse and ask them to be careful. Even when they talk about Lord Zhongwu's love affairs, they have to be careful about the scale."
"Treat Chu Zhongwu as you would the emperor."
Zhu Xingxiu ordered calmly.
"I understand, Father."
Zhu Qinghou quickly agreed and said that he feels much better now.
If he was just suppressed by Chu Qianqiu, he would still feel bad. Now that he finds out that everyone is suppressed, it means everything is fine.
But Zhu Qinghou still has a problem:
"Then Father, what should we do?"
"do nothing."
"The Zhu family is responsible for offering sacrifices and doing weddings and weddings for people. Who would embarrass a master of ceremonies?"
"Look at you, you can still stay in Shangjing without incident, while Xu Shian has to flee all the way to Haizhou to avoid the limelight."
"This is what makes a father smarter than Duke Xu."
Zhu Xingxiu said extremely calmly.
"Then father, do you think Guild Xu will not seek refuge with King Jing?" Zhu Qinghou took a deep breath and expressed his guess.
As a saint of the Supreme Good Academy, he is naturally not stupid, and his political sense is also very sensitive.
"You have indeed made some progress, and your words are very good."
Zhu Xingxiu's eyes sparkled.
"This time, the Queen Mother and Her Majesty the Queen made a blood alliance between the Shence Army and the Shenwei Army."
"The imperial court further stabilized its relationship with Chu Zhongwu through the position of general."
"Just like the alliance between the Queen Mother and Prime Minister Wang in the past."
"Now, everyone with a discerning eye knows that the child in Her Majesty the Queen's belly is Chu Zhongwu's child. As long as Chu Zhongwu does not plan to become the emperor himself, then he is the most reliable helper of the royal family."
"What's more, General Dou has reached his age, and the leader of the Shence Army has been replaced by Chu Zhongwu, the two major field armies."
"It's great to be a father that you can see that."
"Then what measures will Xu Guogong take?" Zhu Qinghou asked nervously.
"have no idea."
"Who would have thought that Gai Ying, a small minister of the Ministry of Industry, would put Duke Xu's mansion into the difficult situation it is in today?"
"We just need to watch the show."
Zhu Xingxiu smiled and said that he liked staying in the Ministry of Rites very much. There were not many benefits, but there were many, and it was very safe.
"Are we just going to watch this situation unfold?"
Zhu Qinghou said with some difficulty.
He is obviously young, but he has to watch his peers show off their talents, but he has no chance to show off.
"If you want to show off, tell Lord Zhongwu as your father and ask you to follow him."
"Should I follow him?"
"Why, aren't you happy?"
"No, it's just father. In this case, the neutral structure of the Zhu family has changed."
Zhu Qinghou now has no objections to Chu Qianqiu, and he no longer dares to have any objections.
But his father actually wanted to send him to Chu Zhongwu.
Does he think so little of King Hao Jing?
"If you can consider this, you have indeed made progress."
"My father asked you to assist Master Zuo Zhongwu, and you can only do two things."
"What two things?"
Zhu Qinghou asked quickly.
"First, I am responsible for the etiquette at the general's residence and serve as the master of ceremonies for him."
"Now that Lord Zhongwu is about to become a general, the general's palace must have laws and dignity, and someone needs to be responsible for etiquette."
"You see, General Chu has many wives and needs someone to hold a wedding for him."
"The other is to do physical work. If there is anything that needs to be done, you should try your best to do it and be his follower."
"Other than that, don't do anything else."
There was no smile on Zhu Xingxiu's face and he said extremely seriously.
When Zhu Qinghou heard this, his blood immediately surged.
What, I will hold a wedding for Chu Qianqiu.
If Xu Zishuang marries Chu Qianqiu, I would welcome them into the bridal chamber. This would be too shameful and humiliating.
"If you don't agree, don't go."
"Sakyamuni had ten disciples, and Confucius had seventy-two sages. These disciples all followed the saint and left their names in history."
"Do you understand it?"
"Father, I understand."
Zhu Qinghou then thought about it, did he have anything to do with Xu Zishuang?
Actually it doesn't matter.
And if you take refuge in Chu Zhongwu, you will have the opportunity to figure out how the other party grew into a giant in the future.
He is not willing to be so ordinary.
If you have the opportunity to follow someone like Chu Qianqiu, even if you just study from the side, you will have the opportunity to make him go further.
"Then go ahead."
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Shangjing, Chungwufu
After it was announced that Chu Qianqiu might serve as the general of the Shence Army, more people came to visit. As for King Jing performing a drama about the death of his old mother in Beijing, no one cared about it.
It would be better to talk about the nobles who went to Beijing. They first went to Prince Jing's Mansion to cry, and they cried more sadly than the death of their own mother. Then they came to Zhongwu Mansion with thick gifts to congratulate Chu Qianqiu on his appointment as the great minister.
The position of general.
Chu Qianqiu received the guests one by one.
Until Zhu Qinghou arrived, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Brother Zhu wants to come and seek refuge with Mr. Chu?"
"I wish I could have wished for it."
Chu Qianqiu's enthusiasm exceeded Zhu Qinghou's imagination, and he suddenly felt too ashamed.
"Lord Zhongwu, no, General."
"Hey, what do you call me General? It's too confusing."
"It just so happens that I have a mythical beast that I want to take to the sea in Yuzhou, so I'll leave it to Brother Zhu."
The Xuanwu mythical beast is very fat and heavy. It cannot fly by itself and has to be carried by someone to fly with it.
When he was worrying about what to do, someone came to his door.
"Eh?"
Zhu Qinghou never expected that his first task would be to take care of the mythical beast.
"As long as Brother Zhu takes over, I will feel relieved."