In the golden palace, Zhu Di became more and more excited as he talked.
"I said that the emperor guards the country, but in fact I just borrowed the words of those ministers to block their mouths." Zhu Di looked at his grandson emotionally and said: "Those who say that Beijing is too close to the Ming Dynasty's frontier are either blind or have ulterior motives." As he said this, he walked to
In front of a huge map of the entire territory of the Ming Dynasty, he waved his hands to admire his empire and said: "Now our territory of the Ming Dynasty extends from Nuryudusi in the northeast to the Gobi Desert. In the northwest, Hamiwei is thousands of miles away from Beijing.
It is ridiculous to say that Beijing is a frontier fortress far away. It is the greatest contempt for the two generations of emperors I and Taizu who worked extremely hard to expand the territory."
"Yes..." Zhu Zhanji looked at the huge map in front of Grandpa Huang, and was deeply shocked. This huge territory, this great empire, will one day belong to him completely. When he thought of this, he
His whole body trembled with excitement, and he became more and more determined to defend himself and his father's throne and not let anyone take it away.
"It is true that when the territory was first opened, the old master was dissatisfied. It was normal for the border fortress to be uneasy and wars to continue." Zhu Di changed the subject, from the passionate imperial fantasy to the skinny reality and said: "How can I let this happen?
My grandson lives in the sound of warnings every day? My real purpose is to use Beijing as a base to continue to crusade against rebellion until all rebels are completely eliminated and our Ming Dynasty's borders are impregnable. At that time, Beijing will be the real Ming Dynasty.
In the center of the country, who would say it’s too remote?”
"The emperor's foresight is far-sighted, and his saints have been concerned for thousands of years." Zhu Zhanji sincerely praised: "How can an ordinary minister understand?"
"That's right." Zhu Di nodded slowly and said, "So I only told them what I was going to do, and never told them why." He waved his hands in annoyance and said, "Otherwise, those ministers would chatter and fight over each other.
Even a hundred years can't accomplish anything." He glanced at Zhu Zhanji and taught earnestly: "You must also remember this. One day, when you become the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, you must remember that big ideas must be important.
Get it yourself, don't let those ministers influence you."
"Grandson, please remember this." Hearing Grandpa Huang say this, Zhu Zhanji was overjoyed and said to himself, it seems that Grandpa Huang's mind has not changed, and my father's and I's positions are still secure.
After pouring out the words he had been holding in his heart for a long time, Zhu Di felt relaxed all over. He smiled and took Zhu Zhanji's hand and said, "Let's go have a meal with Grandpa Huang."
"I came to pay my respects to Grandpa Huang as soon as I entered the city. My grandson is really hungry." With his status firmly established, Zhu Zhanji became more and more free and behaved like before, acting coquettishly and cutely.
In fact, Zhu Zhanji has not been like this for more than a year. Ever since Zhu Di's merciless whipping after returning from Jiulongkou, he began to alienate him. Especially after the incident at the East Palace, he refused to even see him.
.Making Zhu Zhanji heartbroken, he gradually no longer regarded his grandfather as his closest relative as before.
But Wang Xian reminded him. Although he was Zhu Di's favorite eldest grandson, Zhu Di had more than a dozen children and grandchildren. If he did not occupy the most important place in the emperor's heart, others would take advantage of it. By then, he would
It’s not just my grandfather who I lost...
Zhu Zhanji was extremely smart and understood what Wang Xian meant right away. He immediately adjusted himself and regarded regaining the imperial family as the most important thing. His performance over the past year finally allowed him to win back his own
s things
Now, the more natural he is, the softer Zhu Di's cold heart becomes. The emperor is also a human being, and he also has seven emotions and six desires. Naturally, he cannot do without family ties, but the people around him are always mixed with fear and even ulterior motives.
, the emperor naturally responded to their increasingly cold and unpredictable reactions. And like Zhu Zhanji, who positioned himself as an ordinary grandson, Zhu Di would naturally regard himself as an ordinary grandfather... Of course, this kind of thing is easy to do.
Difficult, I am afraid that only Zhu Zhanji in the world has the confidence to do this, not even the King of Han or the King of Zhao, let alone their sons...
The grandson and grandson had lunch at the same table. Since the death of Empress Xu, only Zhu Zhanji has been treated like this. Zhu Di smiled as he watched his grandson devouring his food, and even served him food with his own hands. The eunuch who was serving him was secretly speechless.
, I thought to myself, who said that the crown prince's position is in doubt? Looking at the emperor's love for his grandson, you know that there is no problem at all.
After lunch, the palace maid served Miyunlong tea, and Zhu Di smiled and said, "Tell me, what are your plans for coming to Beijing in such a hurry?"
"Hehe..." Zhu Zhanji said with a smile, "I knew I couldn't hide it from Grandpa Huang."
"I raised you with my own hands. As soon as your wings flap, I know where you are going to fly." Zhu Di said with a smile.
"That's what happened." Zhu Zhanji said seriously: "My grandson really misses Grandpa Huang, and he also wants to report to Grandpa Huang the situation in the capital."
"There are reports every day over there in the capital." Zhu Di's smile became weaker and weaker as he said, "Is there any need for you to be here and just eat carrots and not worry about it?"
"I wonder how they reported it?" Zhu Zhanji asked.
"Everything is as usual." Zhu Di said calmly: "Why, is there something hidden?"
"There is indeed a secret." Zhu Zhanji said seriously: "Since the emperor left the capital, the public security in the capital has been greatly deteriorated. The people are miserable and complain..."
"I heard what Xue Juzheng said about this." Zhu Di said without a trace of smile on his face: "Speaking of which, your father is too stupid. How many times has he overseen the country? He can't even manage a capital city. I
How can you trust him to govern the world?"
"My father also has unspeakable difficulties..." Zhu Zhanji said softly.
"What is his reason that he needs to tell through your mouth?" Zhu Di's tone became more and more harsh. The kind grandfather disappeared, and the unpredictable emperor appeared again.
Zhu Zhanji saw sweat on his forehead and said hurriedly: "Grandpa Huang is right, because my second uncle did it so shamelessly, but my father, who is the eldest brother, blindly indulged me, and that's why we are in this situation today."
"What's wrong with your second uncle?" Zhu Di asked with a gloomy expression.
"He formed Tiance's left and right guards and recruited thousands of soldiers and horses." Zhu Zhanji said, peeking at the emperor's reaction, but seeing Zhu Di's expression unchanged, his heart thumped, so he had to bite the bullet and said: "The Ministry of War
Because he did not receive the relevant order and refused to establish a staff for him, his men actually set off to rob the court's supplies, and even injured Xu Yelu's men who came to stop him."
Zhu Di's expression finally changed, and he said coldly: "Did you see all this with your own eyes?"
"My grandson had not returned to Beijing at that time." Zhu Zhanji said: "But these things happened in broad daylight, and no one in the capital knew about it."
"Hmph..." Zhu Di just snorted coldly, not knowing who he was dissatisfied with.
"These soldiers and gangsters are doing random things in the capital, and Yingtian Mansion can't control it, and there is no way to control it. For a time, the law banned Dasong, and the public security in the capital was very bad." Seeing that the emperor did not speak, Zhu Zhanji had to bravely continue: "Those underworld gangs
Local snakes also took notice of this and openly bullied the market, robbed and killed, and committed all kinds of evil..."
"That's enough." Zhu Di finally couldn't help but slap the table hard. The palm was so heavy that the cup of tea on the table bounced up, fell to the ground and shattered.
Zhu Zhanji hurriedly knelt down to apologize.
"What did your father eat, and what did Xue Juzheng eat?" Zhu Di asked angrily: "Didn't I give them permission to take necessary actions? Why do you need to ask for instructions on standing still before you dare to
Do you want to do something?"
"They have already taken action..." Zhu Zhanji said hurriedly: "Five days ago, Yingtian Mansion and Beizhen Fusi carried out a large-scale suppression of gangster groups inside and outside the capital, killing more than 300 people and capturing more than 2,000 people.
, except for the escape of a few bandit leaders, the evil forces in the capital have basically been wiped out."
"That's more like it." Zhu Di's anger subsided a little. The same thing, said from different angles, will have completely different results. If King Zhao takes the lead, don't tell the reason, just talk about how Wang Xian made a big move in the capital.
Yu Ge, it is estimated that when the emperor is angry, he will directly have the emperor kill the beast with the Emperor's Sword. Now it is Zhu Zhanji who starts from the beginning, and all actions seem so logical...
"It's such a big thing," but Zhu Di quickly thought of a question and suddenly frowned: "Why didn't you rush to Beijing eight hundred miles away? Instead, you rushed to the front?"
"This is why my grandson has to come," Zhu Zhanji said: "There was no news from many previous reports. My father is worried that the same situation will happen this time..."
"Call Yang Rong to me," Zhu Di ordered in a deep voice.
Soon, Yang Rong hurried over.
"Is there any report in the capital?" Zhu Di asked immediately.
"Yes." Yang Rong calmly took out a memorial from his sleeve, "Eight hundred miles urgent. It arrived yesterday."
"Since it is urgent, why don't you report it immediately?" Zhu Di frowned and said, "Does your cabinet also learn to deceive superiors and deceive subordinates?"
"Your Majesty, please." Yang Rong said calmly: "The reason why I want to do this is for two reasons. First, the matter has already happened. If we deal with it sooner or later, it will not have any impact.
Secondly, I only received a report from one side, and the report from the other side has not yet arrived. I was worried that reading only one side of the story would affect the emperor's judgment of the whole situation, so I boldly suppressed the memorial temporarily, thinking that
When the report from the prince arrives, we will submit it to the emperor together."
"Yes, Grandpa Huang, Xue Juzheng also issued an eight hundred-mile expedited order. Why did one arrive yesterday and the other not yet?" Zhu Zhanji also helped: "I'm afraid there is a reason for this."
"I don't need you to make the decision for me." Zhu Di ignored Zhu Zhanji and scolded Yang Rong, but he obviously agreed with his statement.
The eunuch then presented the memorial in Yang Rong's hand to the emperor. Zhu Di took it and looked through it. His already gloomy face suddenly became even gloomier.