While some families were happy and some were sad, and several civil servants were filled with sorrow, the two brothers Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui looked at each other and smiled.
After getting on the carriage, Zhu Gaoxu laughed even more unbridled: "I didn't expect that my father would actually listen to your bad idea, third brother."
"Hey, my father was seriously ill and sought medical treatment. Even though he knew the snacks were poisonous, he still ate them." Zhu Gaosui poured a glass of wine and handed it to his brother.
"But so is Xia Yuanji. An army of 500,000 has been mobilized and war is inevitable, but he is still complaining and complaining. I think he just wants to take the opportunity to blackmail his father." Zhu Gaoxu took it and laughed:
"You deserve to be the leader of an army."
"He is a civil servant after all. How can any civil servant want his country to go to war?" Zhu Gaosui said lightly.
"Of course, they will lose their shit once there is a war." Zhu Gaoxu said with a happy smile.
"Haha," Zhu Gaosui suddenly smiled happily and said, "The most ridiculous thing is that the boss, in order not to disappoint the civil servants, knew that he was going to get into trouble, so he had to ask his father for help, but he was scolded like crazy..."
"Hahaha..." Zhu Gaoxu laughed wildly when he heard this. The scene at that time was like a revolving lantern in his mind... When his father announced in the court that he would personally conquer Mahamu, the prince was the first to object, saying, "Ping Jiaozhi"
Their financial resources have been exhausted. The last expedition to Mobei can be said to be a last resort. But now that Benya has lost his strength and is dead, Mahamu and Arutai are mortal enemies of each other. At the time when the imperial court should sit back and watch the fight between tigers and tigers, for some reason
Want to raise an army again?
"Why send troops? Everyone in the world is qualified to ask, but you are not qualified to ask." Zhu Di's face turned dark at that time, and he did not give the prince any face.
If it weren't for you in Taiping Jiangshan who can't ride a horse, can't draw a bow, and has to be supported when walking, why would I, at fifty years old, have to go out of the Great Wall and chase death to the north?"
"My son is incompetent..." Zhu Gaochi hurriedly knelt down, but Zhu Di's anger was aroused. How could he calm down so quickly? He became more and more fierce and said sharply: "I heard that you taught a lesson in the palace, so I will send troops this time.
Unlucky?
The ministers who didn't know what was going on immediately worried about the prince. Zhu Gaochi had always served the emperor and his father with sincerity, but fortune-telling was a private act. If not handled properly, it would definitely leave a bad impression on the emperor as being duplicitous or even having ulterior motives.
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However, Zhu Gaochi kowtowed calmly and said: "I am about to tell my father the emperor. I made a lot of predictions that day. It is a bad omen. I know it is not good. How dare I not say anything..." Where does the support come from?
To speak for someone else, Zhu Gaochi had to express the opposition of the civil servants, otherwise he would be in danger of being regarded as no different from the King of Han by the civil servants, which would be a disaster for him. But if he openly sided with the civil servants, it would be a disaster.
There is a danger of being regarded as a new mountain by his father, which is also a disaster.
But Zhu Gaochi and his advisers were somewhat wise. He used fortune telling to solve this dilemma - in this way, the reason why I spoke was because I found that the fortune was not good, and I spoke out of sincerity, rather than accepting it.
If someone accepts someone's instructions, he can express his attitude and distance himself from the civil servants at the same time.
"How dare you not say anything..." Zhu Di sneered after hearing this, but his suspicion of the prince was reduced a lot. He glanced at the ministers and saw that Zhu Gaosui was hesitant to speak, "My youngest, what do you think?"
"My son thought that my eldest brother's Yi Jing has not yet arrived home." Zhu Gaosui came out and said loudly: "Although there are evils in the trial hexagram, the general outline is: 'The father-in-law is auspicious, and there is no blame. My father is wise and powerful, and he is the leader of the army.
, it corresponds to the meaning of 'father-in-law, so there is no blame, it is the hexagram of great luck."
"I don't understand the Book of Changes." Zhu Gaoxu also went out to chime in and said, "I only know how to allow others to snore and sleep on the side of the bed. My father has worked hard for many years and finally waited until Mahamu and Arutai turned against each other. This opportunity should not be missed.
Otherwise, if we let Oala grow bigger, our Hetao will be in danger of being lost. The consequences of losing the Hetao will be that the door to the Central Plains will be opened wide. Then the Tatar cavalry can cross the Yellow River at any time and penetrate deep into the hinterland of our Ming Dynasty, and the people will never have peace."
After listening to the eloquent speeches of his two sons, Zhu Di felt much better and his face became radiant. He raised his voice and said to the ministers: "Yes, as the emperor, I have to fulfill my destiny. This attack on Mahamu is for me."
The people of the Ming Dynasty will never have troubles so that they can have long-lasting peace. This is the principle of the Book of Changes. Even if there is any misfortune or disaster, it will only happen to Mahamu." He said and sneered at the prince: "It seems that you have to do it again.
It took me several years of studying to become a master. From now on, talk less about the Book of Changes, as it will only make people laugh."
"Yes..." Zhu Gaochi blushed after being scolded, but he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing the embarrassment of the prince, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui were also very proud, so much so that they still have endless aftertaste to this day.
"This time because of the personal expedition, the differences between the emperor and the civil servants became more and more serious, and the boss also followed suit." After Zhu Gaoxu finished laughing, Zhu Gaosui said softly: "In addition to the previous incident with Zhou Xin, he and his father have become more and more different."
There is not much trust left that has been restored so easily." He looked at his elder brother and said, "This is my personal expedition. My second brother will naturally accompany me, and my eldest brother will definitely stay behind. What should I do? I don't need my younger brother's instructions, right?"
Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said: "I will definitely give the boss some bad medicine when I get the chance, but is it useful?" After all, the prince is the crown prince of a country, and even Emperor Yongle cannot change him just because he wants, otherwise he would have been killed long ago.
Zhu Gaochi has been replaced, why wait until now?
"A drop of water penetrates a stone, but a rope cuts a tree," Zhu Gaosui said in a low voice: "You have to make my father hate the boss to the extreme, so that I can work with Ji Gang to trick him."
"Haha, okay, let's work on both sides." Zhu Gaoxu laughed, raised his glass and said, "This time I have to make the boss unable to eat and walk around."
"Not bad." Zhu Gaosui smiled and clinked glasses with his second brother and said, "If you do it well this time, the boss will take care of it.
"Wish you success"
"Wish you success"
Zhu Gaoxu drank all the wine in his glass, and the carriage arrived at his Prince Han's Mansion, "Third brother, come in and have a seat?"
"No." Zhu Gaosui shook his head and smiled: "Otherwise, the boss will not be able to sleep well again."
"Hahaha, that's right." Zhu Gaoxu squeezed Zhu Gaosui's hand. Seeing his jade face turn red, he laughed and got out of the car to go home.
The entire palace of the Han Dynasty is like a military camp, with wooden man stakes and arrow targets everywhere, and guards and soldiers armed with weapons and drills everywhere... Zhu Gaoxu is a prince who grew up in the military camp. He followed Zhu Di to fight in the fortress since he was a child, and later he pacified the world for many years.
His military career has made him accustomed to living in a military camp, but he has no interest in the colorful Jiangnan.
In order to make his life comfortable, when his father gave this palace to him, Zhu Gaoxu ordered it to be transformed into a military camp style. For example, there were no bookshelves in his study, but a huge sand table instead, and hanging hangings on both walls.
There is a map of the mountains and rivers of Annan and Mobei. On a huge desk in the middle, in addition to the four treasures of the study and the pen holder and paperweight, there are also the sword and gold seal given by the emperor... That is the big gift given to him by the emperor.
The Dudu Seal, except for the twenty-six personal guards directly under the emperor, the rest of the Ming army was under his control.
All these arrangements explained the power and prestige of the prince. When he sat down behind the commander-in-chief, several close generals knelt down on one knee to pay their respects. After standing up, Zhu Gaoxu asked a few questions about the preparations for the war, and then asked
The generals withdrew, leaving only his confidant Mei Qing, who asked in a low voice: "What's going on with Li Bao'er?"
Mei Qing was in his forties, with three long beards and narrow eyes. He looked like a scheming, shrewd and capable man. He said in a low voice: "Eunuch Li is very grateful to the prince for avenging him, but the enemy who destroyed his entire family was
, there are eight people alive, as long as the prince helps him kill these people, his life will belong to the prince..." He took out a scroll from the boot page, unfolded it and presented it to the King of Han.
Zhu Gaoxu glanced at the list and said rather unhappily: "This eunuch is really pushing his limits. Back then, he said that as long as those few people were eliminated, he would sell his life to an orphan." He said bitterly: "It's fine for others, but Tan
Qing is the Commander-in-Chief, and Mandu Li is the Commander-in-Chief, how can he be easily harmed?"
"At this moment, he is now a powerful horse supervisor," Mei Qing said softly: "Of course he takes his life more seriously." He persuaded softly: "And he is responsible for protecting the great grandson this time, so he can live in a rare place.
, of course the price will be sky-high.”
"Humph, he's sure to defeat me." Zhu Gaoxu snorted. To be fair, those generals were loyal to him, and he never wanted to cut off his wings. But this time Zhu Zhanji also wanted to go on an expedition to the desert, to get rid of him.
This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that he absolutely did not want to miss - even a blind person could see that Zhu Zhanji was the guarantee for Zhu Gaoxu's position as crown prince. Zhu Gaoxu believed that the reason why his father was unwilling to change the crown prince was because of Zhu Zhanji's existence.
So after getting rid of Zhu Zhanji, what else does the father have to miss about the boss? He will definitely abandon him like a worn-out shoe.
Although the third child has a plan to deal with the boss, Zhu Gaoxu believes that it is too troublesome, and there is no telling how effective it will be. He is a military general at heart, and is more accustomed to solving problems directly - letting the person who caused the trouble
If you disappear from the world, your troubles will naturally disappear too.
Pulling down calmly, Zhu Gaoxu naturally thought clearly about the pros and cons... Tan Qing, Mandu Li's life is certainly valuable, but it is not as valuable as Zhu Zhanji's. He is making a lot of money from this deal, so why not do it? What a big deal.
, in the future, they will be generously compensated for their families. They sacrificed for their great cause, and they deserved to die. How can I forget them?
After making up his mind, Zhu Gaoxu said in a muffled voice: "Tell Li Bao'er that there are a few who have agreed, but they can't take action now. When we get to the battlefield, I will find an opportunity to make them die for their country..." After a pause, he said in a dark voice: "Let's do it."
Instead of waiting, he made preparations for Gu. If the boy could come back alive, Gu would chop him into pieces and feed him to the dogs."
"Yes." Mei Qing responded and left.
Zhu Gaoxu was the only one left in the study, holding a candlestick and examining the sand table. Under the candlelight, his heroic face looked eerie and terrifying.