When he woke up, he opened his eyes and saw a bright yellow tent embroidered with dragon patterns above his head.
Xu Dadeng was sober for the most part. He sat up and looked around, and found that he was lying on the imperial bed where Prince Wu was sleeping, with a yellow silk quilt covering him. He was so frightened that he broke out in cold sweat and rolled over.
Got out of bed.
"Tiande, are you awake?" Xu Da had just recovered from his shock when he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's voice coming from behind.
Xu Da quickly looked back and saw Boss Zhu sitting cross-legged on the imperial concubine's couch beside the bed, holding a book in his hand and looking at him with a smile.
Xu Da was even more frightened now and quickly kowtowed to apologize. "I deserve death for my crime. I was drunk and unbecoming of a man!"
"Hey, Tiande, don't be so careful all the time. I saw you were drunk, so I asked someone to help you to the bed to rest." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled warmly and said: "I also covered you with the quilt, and then we put the quilt on you.
Why are you guilty of reading a book with you?"
Xu Daxin said that I only believe in you. You are a very bad old man. The position where Boss Zhu sat was just to the left of the bed. When he was lying on the dragon bed, he could not see the emperor at all.
But the emperor can have a panoramic view of every move he makes...
Xu Da didn't dare to think about the disaster it would bring to his children if he had done something inappropriate just now.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely satisfied with his performance. He went down to put on his shoes, stepped forward to help his general up personally, squeezed his shoulders tightly with both hands, and said emotionally:
"Tiande, we know your loyalty and will never doubt you."
"Thank you, thank you, Your Majesty." Xu Da was so tortured by this pervert that he almost burst into tears.
"Don't worry, we won't embarrass you. If you insist on not wanting this Prince Wu's Mansion, we won't force you to do so. Just like this, your daughter and son-in-law can live in this Prince's Mansion. We will build another palace for you next to it.
The government allows you to have your daughter take care of you every day while you are in Beijing." Boss Zhu said thoughtfully.
"My lord, I would like to thank your majesty for your kindness. My lord, I would like to thank your majesty for your kindness on behalf of Miaoyun." Although Xu Da felt that it was a bit inappropriate to give King Wu's old palace to King Yan. But he couldn't refuse this time, otherwise
That's so ignorant.
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After leaving King Wu's old residence, Zhu Yuanzhang personally escorted Xu Da back to his residence, and then returned to the Forbidden City with a guard of honor.
On the imperial chariot, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression dropped and he said nothing. During this period, he always had this expression as long as he was not in front of his ministers.
The prince sat quietly aside. He knew that his father was now facing a difficult challenge. The degree of danger could only be compared to the decisive battle with Chen Youliang when he was outnumbered.
The level of pain is even worse.
No matter how strong the foreign enemy is, if everyone is united and shares the same hatred of the enemy, they can win with fewer enemies and more enemies, and win in battle.
But this time, my father had to fight against the powerful system he had built by himself. This highly efficient administrative system helped him become the strongest rebel army, helped him defeat all enemies, unified the world, and achieved his goal.
A great achievement that no one has accomplished in four hundred years!
Now that the world has been settled and the founding of the country has been successful, this invincible and powerful system has become an opponent that the father must defeat...
This kind of suicidal battle is the most painful. Because what you have to face is your former brother of life and death, your most trusted henchman!
It was hard for Zhu Biao to imagine how his father felt in his heart right now. He only knew that his father had not been affected by his emotions at all and had been calmly dealing with this difficult challenge.
Others may be confused by Boss Zhu's actions these days, but Zhu Biao can understand that his father's moves are very purposeful, and everything is to win this decisive battle.
For example, it is clear that he wants to compete with the administrative system represented by Li Shanchang, but his father has been exerting his strength on the army.
He first transformed the capital guards into capital divisions and separated the army from the Xingzhongshu Province.
Then he married Duke Wei and Duke Wei to ensure that the army would not follow him into chaos.
Although Duke Wei's eldest daughter died suddenly, Boss Zhu couldn't help it. He actually asked Princess Qin to recognize Duke Wei as her father and change her name to Deng Min. In this way, Deng Yu was still the father-in-law of King Qin, and the marriage was still valid...
It can be seen that as long as the thinking does not slip, there are always more solutions than difficulties.
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In the royal chariot.
After being silent for a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang slowly said: "Wei Guogong, I can trust you."
"Of course Uncle Xu is absolutely trustworthy." Zhu Biao smiled bitterly and said, "Father, there is no need to test him."
"Are you afraid that we might be self-defeating?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him and asked.
"Yeah." Zhu Biao nodded.
"This is because you are too kind." Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said:
"Tiande is very thoughtful, and sometimes he will inevitably think too much. A person like him will not completely trust a person, even his father.
"People tend to judge others by themselves, and he feels that we cannot completely trust him. If we don't perform this act, he will guess if there is any trouble or not, whether it is our temptation.
"After we performed this play, he felt that after we had finished testing, the stone in his heart would fall to the ground, and he would work hard for us. At the critical moment, he would not be tied up."
"That's it..." Zhu Biao showed a surprised expression, but he couldn't help but secretly curse. Isn't it because Uncle Xu knows you so well. He knows that you seem to be rough and generous, but in fact you are cunning and suspicious, so he is too careful?
"What we say again is, don't think too highly of others." Zhu Yuanzhang calmly lectured the prince: "Isn't your cousin's lesson painful enough? Even your cousin Baoer dare not say that he is absolutely loyal."
"There is no need to doubt my cousin's loyalty, otherwise there will be no one you can trust." The prince was deeply shocked. There must be a reason for his father's words.
"Of course. We are just saying that since you have become the emperor, you cannot trust anyone absolutely, and you must be careful with everyone." Zhu Yuanzhang did not mean to make it clear. He coughed lightly and skipped the topic of Li Wenzhong and said:
"No matter what, Xu Da, Deng Yu and your cousin will all be on our side this time."
"The army should be able to stabilize." Zhu Biao nodded.
"Yes. But to be on the safe side, we have to get married to Feng Sheng." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Otherwise he will feel that he is not valued by us."
"This..." Zhu Biao couldn't help but sigh to himself, his father really made the best use of his resources, and all his younger brothers wanted to get married.
"We suddenly remembered the day before yesterday that you have a fifth brother who is old enough to talk about marriage, right?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked again.
"Lao Wu is still a little young," Zhu Biao said.
"Then get engaged first and then get married in two years." Zhu Yuanzhang asked again: "Oh, by the way, Feng Sheng still has a daughter, right?"
"His second girl is thirteen this year." Zhu Biao replied without thinking.
Because Feng Sheng's eldest daughter was married to his brother-in-law Chang Mao, the prince knew the situation of the Feng family very well.
"In two years and fifteen, we will get married." Zhu Yuanzhang showed a smile and said: "Let's go to Lao Feng to finalize the matter tomorrow, and those people will no longer have any ideas for him."
In this way, there is still a young Chang Mao among the princes, so there is no need to worry. He is the prince's brother-in-law and a die-hard princeling...
