Chapter 537 Zhu Di Arrives at Ming Dynasty!

Although Mao Xiang and Shen Zhi knew it earlier.

Once Zhu Yuanzhang passes away, Zhu Di will definitely return to the court to attend the funeral. But when it comes to this, both of them can't help but want to dissuade him.

In fact, the whole world, even farmers with a longer-term perspective, also know this.

At this moment, Zhu Di will take a lot of risks when he returns to the court.

Zhu Di raised his hand to stop the two of them, and said with a smile: "If it were you, your parents are seriously ill, how could you turn a blind eye and not go back even though you know it? This is filial piety."

"Let's not talk about filial piety, but if I don't go back, how will the whole world view me?"

"What do we, the people of Yanhua, think of me?"

"How can I, the leader of a country, set such an example and set an example and lead our people of Yanhua in a positive way?"

"So, whether it is out of filial piety or because I, as the Lord of Yanhua, want to set an example for the world, I must make this trip."

The two of them fell into silence.

Everything the prince said makes sense!

Zhu Di waved his hand and ordered: "Okay, Shen Zhi should go back first, while Mao Xiang goes to inform the cabinet, the fifth military department, and the political palace to discuss matters."

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Mao Xiang and Shen Zhi bowed and left.

Zhu Di fell into deep thought.

After a while, he got up and rushed to the political hall.

Wow!

When Zhu Di arrived, the cabinet and the five military ministers were all present, and everyone stood up and saluted.

Zhu Di pressed his hands.

Everyone sat down and looked at Zhu Di quietly.

Everyone could see that Zhu Di was not in a high mood and was trying to keep his spirits up.

Zhu Di looked around at everyone and set the tone: "My father and my mother are critically ill, and I am preparing to return to the court. I have called you here to discuss what will happen after I leave."

"And who will follow me back?"

Ye Mao and others moved their lips, trying to persuade them, but they swallowed the words as soon as they reached their lips.

For a moment, the Yizheng Hall fell into silence.

"I support Your Majesty to go back." Xia Shimin was the first to break the silence, but then, the conversation changed, "It is right for Your Majesty to go back, but you must be fully prepared. Although we are not willing to admit it, the facts are before us and we must not If you don’t admit it, once the Ming Dynasty is without His Majesty, the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and our country will inevitably be in trouble again.”

"Although the prince has brotherly feelings for the prince, the prince's various actions over the years have also proved that the prince's heart is very complicated, and the balance in his heart may slip to the side that is not conducive to the prince at any time."

"This time, when the prince returns to the court, he must bring the sixteen early armored ships of the navy with him, as well as eight other new warships. In addition, the two marines must also accompany him!"

Everyone nodded.

Yu Jing expressed his position: "The eight new warships that only exist in the cabinet and the fifth military ministry have been trained for many years and can be used in actual combat."

These eight battleships.

It started from the 30th year of Hongwu.

One after another, new warships are built iteratively.

Two are built each year.

And it is extremely secretive.

With the cooperation of the Cabinet and the Fifth Military Department, some engineers were secretly transferred from the Jilongyu Shipyard to Xufu Province. A small shipyard was built on one of the four islands under military control in the north of Xufu Province.

The steel shipped to Xufu Province was also shipped secretly in the name of Xufu Province's industrial and agricultural needs.

Although there are only eight ships.

But these eight warships have been continuously iterated and refitted over the past few years.

The combat power is enough to defeat the sixteen early ironclad ships.

Zhu Di waved his hand, "The eight new warships cannot be exposed so early. This time, sixteen early ironclads and two marines will just follow me back."

"The princess, concubines, and several children will definitely follow me back. After I leave, the cabinet and the fifth military department will set up a joint decision-making group. It will be like the old rules in the past, the joint decision-making group, the minority obeys the majority."

At this time, everyone's brows were furrowed.

Not a single highness was spared.

Once something unexpected happens.

Yanhua has no owner!

"Your Majesty, I firmly disagree!" Jiang Jinzhong suddenly stood up excitedly.

Immediately, everyone spoke out to express their opposition.

Zhu Di couldn't help but laugh.

Perhaps, it is risky to go back this time.

But the second brother is the leader, there are so many brothers.

No matter what, he won't let him Zhu Di, not even a child.

What's more, it's not like he didn't arrange a back-up plan.

It's not like he hasn't made preparations over the years.

The cabinet and the five military ministries were all promoted by him personally over the years.

The reaction at this moment also proved everyone's loyalty.

He believed that as long as there were no problems with the joint decision-making group and with Yanhua's support, there would be no danger for him to go back.

Zhu Di raised his hand to stop everyone, and asked with a smile: "With you here, and with the joint decision-making group formed by you, our Yanhua ship is not only as solid as a rock, but once angry, it can cause huge damage. I think that the imperial court will "Bian, even if someone wants to eat me alive, they still have to weigh it, right? Why, you don't have confidence in yourself, and you think that if I am gone, you will fight for power, regardless of my life and death, and the overall interests of Yanhua?"

In fact, he took his whole family away from Yanjing and returned to the Central Plains for three purposes.

First of all, it was to see his father and mother for the last time.

Secondly, it is to give these old ministers and brothers who have followed him for more than 20 years a chance to give Yanhua's officialdom ecology a final tempering.

In recent years, Yanhua has developed very well, and everyone has become famous.

But with that, there are also many struggles for the future reputation and status in history books.

What they are fighting for is not the power and wealth like the Ming Dynasty.

But the historical status!

Everyone knows that Yanhua has created an epoch-making future.

And as participants and builders, it is inevitable that they will be recorded in history books with heavy ink.

But here comes the question.

Besides him, the lord of Yanhua, who can be the second hero described in heavy ink?

Fatty Jiang believes that he was the first to follow him and should be the second hero.

Ye Mao believes that he is the chief minister of the cabinet and should be the second hero.

…

The army believes that the army has made the greatest contribution in Yanhua's expansion of territory, and the army should be second.

The navy believes that…

In short, everyone has been fighting for the second and third place…

These vanity after death have been fought openly and secretly over the years.

He is not disgusted with this.

In the world, how many people can really be free of desire?

It is rare that they did not fight for money and power.

Although he did not dislike it.

But they must also understand that they can fight, but they must be selfless in the overall situation and major events!

They, the first generation, must set an example for the later generations.

When officials, through layers of selection, elimination, and assessment, enter the cabinet and the five military departments, this small group standing at the top of the Yanhua pyramid.

You can fight, even for fame and fortune before your death.

Even, they have no problem with the layout of local provinces and counties, as long as they maintain a balance.

But when it comes to the overall situation and major events, they must learn to compromise and unite.

This time, he entered the game to make the final tempering for the official ecology of the top core of Yanhua.

If this time, the old ministers and old brothers present, some of them can't do this, when he comes back, they can only bear the pain and drive them out of the core layer of power and order them to retire.

Through this incident, he wanted to set an unwritten rule for the cabinet and the core layer of the five military departments of Yanhua: when it comes to the overall situation and major events, you must put aside your selfishness and put the overall situation first!

Any group.

As long as it is a group formed by people, struggle is indispensable.

Struggle is allowed.

But there must be a bottom line.

Secondly, it is to get involved and see the reaction of the eldest brother.

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Zhu Di is undoubtedly more powerful in Yanhua than Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty.

He has absolute authority.

Once Zhu Di makes a decision.

It is difficult for others to object.

Soon, all matters were agreed upon.

After receiving the order, everyone went to make arrangements.

Not long after Zhu Di returned to the study.

Mao Xiang came with two young men.

When the two young men saw Zhu Di, their eyes suddenly showed fanatical admiration and saluted: "Ruan Dayou! Wu Tingjun! Meet the prince!"

Zhu Di smiled and pointed to the chair beside him.

He looked at the two poor scholars who had smuggled from Champa.

Ruan Dayou and Wu Tingjun came from Champa in the 32nd year of Hongwu.

When they were in Champa.

These two scholars from poor families led the Champa "Shilin petition" incident.

They led a group of poor scholars to request the Champa Dynasty to fully emulate Yanhua.

They were treated bloodily and cruelly by the Champa Dynasty.

The two escaped by luck.

It was said to be lucky, but in fact it was secretly assisted by the Military Intelligence Department.

After arriving in Yanjing, they asked him to send troops to Champa to rescue the people of Champa from the water and fire, and proposed that they were willing to follow Wang Zhongye (Kobayakawa Zhongye) to offer land and people.

Of course, he could not agree.

After all, Champa was a vassal of the court.

So, they arranged for the two to study in the Foreign Academy of the Imperial Academy.

Now, it has been the third year.

There will definitely be some risks in returning to the court this time.

So, these two should be released back to Champa.

He did not want his elder brother to do anything that would damage the brotherhood.

The riots in Champa, just think of it as him reminding his elder brother.

Zhu Di briefly asked a few questions, and after the two of them studied and lived in Yanhua, he changed the subject and said: "You want to offer land and people to Yanhua. To be honest, this is the glory of our Yanhua, but Champa is different from the former Japanese country. Champa is still a vassal of the Ming Dynasty. There is no need to say more about my relationship with the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, as long as the relationship between our dynasty and the Ming Dynasty does not break down, Yanhua cannot directly intervene in Champa's affairs anyway."

Ruan Dayou and the other two suddenly showed a look of loss and despair on their faces.

Zhu Di noticed and comforted: "Of course, the people of Champa are living in dire straits. We also know and sympathize with them. Therefore, in recent years, we have tried our best to resettle the people who smuggled in from Champa, and for the scholars like you who smuggled in, we also arranged for you to be trained in the Imperial Academy."

These years.

The smuggled poor children headed by Ruan Wu and the two, and the scholars appointed by the Champa officials.

There were many conflicts in the Central Imperial College.

It was a bit like the overseas students in the late Qing Dynasty.

"Although we cannot directly intervene in the affairs of Champa, out of sympathy for the people of Champa, I discussed with the cabinet and unanimously decided to send you back and give you five first-generation small steel cannons and two thousand matchlock guns..."

...

"As for whether you will become an independent country or offer land and people to join Yanhua after your success, we will not force you and fully respect your choice."

Ruan and Wu showed joy on their faces, stood up suddenly, and said excitedly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty, once our career is successful, we are willing to join Yanhua!"

Zhu Di smiled and waved his hand.

Ruan and Wu tended to donate land to the people and merged with Yanhua.

But he also knew it very well through the Military Intelligence Department.

Among the foreign colleges and the poor disciples who occupied the city, many people preferred to establish their own country.

Then he severed diplomatic relations with the imperial court.

Attached to Yanhua and became a vassal of Yanhua.

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What's more, his move was just to tell his eldest brother not to take action, otherwise, the Ming Dynasty's foreign system would collapse in an instant.

You know, those who secretly smuggled themselves to Yanhua to study in these years did not know that the poor family in Zhancheng was unknown.

Southern Dynasties, Goryeo, Ava Dynasty...

All of them!

As long as he sends these people back, and Yanhua supports him a little as he pleases, and withdraws the old firearms from active service, he can plunge the vassal regime of the imperial court into endless turmoil.

There is no need to do anything to the Central Plains.

This will make the eldest brother, the co-owner of the world, disgraced.

Politically, it fell into great passivity.

…

Zhu Di was still frequently summoning officials and generals at all levels to prepare for departure.

at the same time.

Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

On the train returning to Jinling.

Zhu Biao, with a heavy and sad face, walked out of the carriage where Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying were training.

moment.

Zhu Fang and others stood up one after another and looked at Zhu Biao.

Ta-ta-ta...

It was very quiet inside the carriage, and the only thing that could be heard was the rhythmic sound of the tracks and wheels colliding.

Zhu Biao didn't speak, just shook his head slightly.

The glimmer of hope that ignited on the faces of Zhu Feng brothers disappeared in an instant, and they sat down blankly.

Although the eldest brother said nothing.

But it is already clear to everyone that the father and mother still have not woken up.

Zhu Biao walked along the carriage corridor to the next carriage.

When I walked to the door connecting the two carriages.

Zhu Fang suddenly stood up and asked: "Brother, my father was temporarily sober at the Shen family and ordered the fourth child not to come back. I wonder what eldest brother's attitude is to this?"

The other vassal kings and princesses all looked at Zhu Biao.

After all, several days have passed.

The eldest brother seemed to have never heard of his father's order.

It's unbearable to think about.

Zhu Biao turned around and looked at Zhu Xi. His eyes moved. After looking around at the brothers, he looked at Zhu Xi again, "Second brother, what do you think I should do? It is true that the order was given by the father, but can the father and the queen... After surviving this catastrophe, none of us can say for sure. If I obey my father's will and don't let the fourth child come back, will the fourth child complain about me? How will the world talk about me in the future? "

"The eldest brother is so mean and ruthless that he won't let the fourth child see his father, the queen, and his mother for the last time?"

"Tell me, what should I do?"

The corners of Zhu Xi's lips twitched.

If you want to refute, this is an excuse.

But he couldn't refute it.

After all, everything the elder brother said makes sense.

Zhu Biao ignored Zhu Chong and turned around to go to another carriage.

Mu Ying and the important officials of the DPRK rode in this carriage.

After Zhu Biao came in.

Mu Ying looked up at Zhu Biao. At this moment, he couldn't guess what the prince was thinking.

There is certainly grief.

But is there any excitement?

After all, once his adoptive father dies, the prince can really do things according to his own wishes.

So, what is the prince's intention?

When the fourth child comes back, how will the prince treat the fourth child?

He cannot predict.

Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben looked at each other, with a hint of joy flashing in their eyes.

They heard what the prince said just now in another carriage.

Zhu Silang is coming back!

Ha ha……

Their chance has come!

…

Two days later.

When Zhu Biao arrived at Jinling with Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying who were in a coma.

Fujian is also particularly exciting and lively.

The fleet escorting Zhu Di was about to arrive, and the news that Zhu Di was going to Jinling by train from Fujian came first.

The whole of Fujian was moved upon hearing the news to welcome Zhu Di...

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