Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 567: Wanting to seal Xu Da
With a "swish" sound, an arrow flew past with the sound of the bow string. A deer immediately whined, ran forward a few steps, and then slowly fell into the bushes.

"Your Majesty, what a divine arrow!"

Immediately, guards came forward to carry the deer over, and a eunuch said flatteringly nearby.

"What a magic arrow, it's just a skill on the battlefield!" Lao Zhu didn't listen to the eunuch's flattery, but there was a rare hint of joy on his face.Since he came to the throne, he has not hunted for a long time.Although my temples are getting grayer now, fortunately, the memories I have honed in the past are still ingrained in my body.

There is no need to lament the resurrection of the thigh meat like Liu Bei did.

"You all must remember that in pioneering and forging ahead, martial arts must never be left behind. If you are to be sent overseas in the future, you must practice both civil and military skills and develop martial arts that can withstand the battlefield."

"Go hunting by yourself, and show us whatever you catch. We will give you a big reward for the one who catches the most."

"Yes."

The uneven replies below still had a childlike voice.Rather than being in awe of the emperor's instructions, he was more excited about having fun.A group of princes from the Zhu family dispersed accompanied by guards. Even Zhu Xiongying went there excitedly holding his little bow and riding his pony.

The wind was calm today, but Lao Zhu cleared a field on the outskirts of Yingtian City and led the kings of the Ming Dynasty to hunt here.

"Fifth brother, you are a veteran on the battlefield, can you teach me how to use a bow?" King Zhu Zhen of Chu approached Zhu Su. "I have often heard stories about my elder brother's battles in Northern Xinjiang and Yingzhou, and I have been yearning for them for a long time. It just so happens that today I can see the heroic appearance of my fifth brother..."

"Bow and arrow? I don't know how to..." Zhu Su looked uninterested.

Zhu Zhen was stunned for a moment, still not believing it, and said: "Brother, are you joking? Those storytellers all say that brother, you are brave and invincible. You killed the Japanese shogunate with one arrow from hundreds of steps away..."

"If my brother doesn't know how to bow, what will happen today..."

Lao Zhu's rule today is that everyone hunts by himself and eats whatever he hunts.If he doesn't know how to hunt, won't Fifth Brother starve?Zhu Zhen couldn't help but feel worried.Zhu Su patted the thunder blunderbuss on his waist: "It doesn't matter. Although I don't know how to bow and arrow, I can shoot blunderbuss."

"My gun is very stable."

"Uh..." Zhu Zhen was speechless. He had also seen the power of this thunder cannon. Once the shot was fired, the prey would be beaten to pieces.How can I eat the broken pieces at that time? I had to compliment Fifth Brother against my will, and I decided to go back and help Fifth Brother to hunt more little rabbits.

"Fifth brother doesn't seem to be interested?" Seeing Zhu Su still staying where he was, Zhu Biao, who had just emerged from Lao Zhu's tent, walked over with a smile. "Why do you look so haggard? Did you not get a good night's sleep last night?"

"There are so many things going on, but dad insists on me coming here to cause trouble." Zhu Su's tone was full of complaints.After returning to Yingtian, Lao Zhu seemed to be worried that he would leave everything behind to become the so-called peaceful king, so Lao Zhu put all kinds of affairs into Zhu Su's hands.

On the upper level, there are matters such as dealing with the aftermath of the Yanshenggong Confucius family, building banks, and issuing treasure banknotes. On the lower level, there are trivial matters such as developing new schools, educating students, and even writing articles to refute the old literati.Zhu Su also had his own plans. He called together businessmen from the Shen family, Zhao family and other people to build workshops to plan for the next big event. It can be said that he was busy without touching the ground.

But I have to come here today to help Lao Zhu with his baby.

"Why are you so resentful?" Zhu Biao still looked at the direction where his younger brothers were leaving with a smile, and comforted Zhu Su: "My father also had painstaking efforts. In the past, the Han Dynasty had set up a forest garden for hunting and training, and my father also That’s the intention.”

"Although it is not necessary to train as a general like Wei and Huo, in the future if my Zhu family wants to develop a new territory, it will be inevitable for me to go to the battlefield in person."

"What if they just grow up in the deep palace and don't know martial arts? If they have to expand their territory thousands of miles away, even my father may be out of reach for a while. At that time, they can only rely on themselves, at least You cannot fail to work hard and be bullied by the barbarians."

"Even Xiongying, I also hope that he can use this to strengthen his body so that he can live longer. And fifth brother, my father is also worried about your health. You are indeed too thin. Look at your arms... Brother, I can’t imagine how you win every battle.”

Zhu Su's face turned dark. "I am the wise general strategizing at the rear!"

"Yes, the Six Arts of a Gentleman, but you proposed it yourself." Zhu Biao teased deliberately. Seeing the embarrassment on Zhu Su's face, he suddenly laughed.After laughing for a while, he looked in the direction where the younger brothers were leaving, and his tone suddenly became lonely: "Well, in the past, I only thought that this place in China was all-encompassing, but now I know that there is another world outside of China. The sky is high and the sea is vast, but only my father and I can’t see it in person.”

"If you and others are all sealed off overseas and separated by thousands of miles, in the future, only my father and I will be the ones guarding this ancestral land."

Zhu Su was stunned for a moment. Seeing that Zhu Biao was really agitated, he smiled and said, "Brother, why are you so sentimental?"

"It is precisely because you, eldest brother, sit in the hometown of our ancestors to hold down the position for us, will it be possible for us brothers to travel across the world and strive for a more prosperous national destiny for China."

"As long as we and our brothers work together, we will be neighbors even if we are far apart. Besides, it's not like I won't come back. My eldest brother will serve my father well in the capital. When heroes grow up in the future, I can leave all government affairs to the hands of heroes. The eldest brother, together with his father, the emperor and his mother, traveled to various vassals around the world and enjoyed the overseas scenery, wouldn't it be beautiful?"

"Okay, okay." Zhu Shiran just said it out of emotion. Hearing Zhu Su's heroic words, he also put away his feelings of loneliness. "My brother is so proud and proud that I cannot live up to my brother's standards!"

"It's really too early to think about those things now. If you and I, brothers, work together, one day the world will become Chinese!"

The two brothers looked at each other and smiled, their hearts surging.At this moment, two tigers in the imperial tent opened the curtain and walked out. "Your Highnesses, Your Majesty has invited you to the tent."

"Okay, got it."

The two brothers no longer stood in the field blowing the cold wind, and walked towards Lao Zhu's tent while chatting casually.Lao Zhu's tent is huge, but it's just big.Even if he went out to hunt in the city, he would not be too extravagant.

In addition to the tables, chairs and couches that can be used temporarily in the tent, only the huge map of Kunyu and Ten Thousand Kingdoms is the most conspicuous.This picture has become Lao Zhu's favorite. No matter where he goes, he always takes it with him. When he has free time, he will look at the picture without knowing where he is planning.At this time, he had a strange half-crouching look, looking at the map of Kunyu and Ten Thousand Kingdoms, wondering what he was planning.

"Dad, this is not the inner palace. You should pay attention to your image... What does it look like with your sleeves rolled up and your arms open like this?" Zhu Su said helplessly.After becoming more familiar with this cheap father, Zhu Su realized that Lao Zhu's image in private and in front of courtiers were completely opposite.In front of the courtiers, the power of God is unpredictable. Every frown or raise of a foot will make the officials feel uneasy.

But in private in the inner palace, this old man is completely a rough man who has never changed his original intention. Not only did he once go to the fields to plow the fields with his dragon robe on his arm, he took Zhu Xiongying to catch loaches and frogs in the imperial garden, and he lay on the ground and let Zhu Xiongying ride a big horse. The old man has done every one of them.Zhu Laosi's naughty gene that jumped up and down finally found its source.

He often disliked the cumbersome and heavy dragon robes and robes produced by the Ministry of Rites. He would often take off his boots and stand in front of Queen Ma's loom, rolling up his sleeves and opening his arms, while shaking the cattail leaf fan for his old wife, and the two of them chatted. Those gossips about the family affairs of Huaixi Xungui's family were all encountered by Zhu Su several times.

Without him, because the power of the Ming Dynasty rose and everything went smoothly, many old brothers also regained their original aspirations after allowing the establishment of overseas states, no longer greedy for money and harming the country, forcing him to kill him.Lao Zhu did not gradually become suspicious as he did in history. Zhu Su even suspected that in a few years, the famous Hongwu Emperor would gradually become an ordinary old man in the countryside. .

"You still care about your father." Lao Zhu laughed and scolded Zhu Su, but didn't take it seriously.He just put down his sleeves and stood up straight. "We know that you are uneducated and have no skills in shooting. Why, are you worried about embarrassing yourself in front of your brothers and ruining the image of the King of Zhou who is fighting in both the south and the north?"

"Since you are not going hunting, you and your elder brother will talk to us in the tent. Let us just wait in the tent for those bastards. It's really a bit boring... Hey, Biao'er, you have become more and more capable in these years. Let's But all the bad things in my body have come out."

If it were any other imperial family, as soon as the emperor said these words, as a prince, he would be sweating profusely and kneeling down in fear to apologize.But Zhu Biao did not have such worries. The Zhu family knew in their hearts that although Lao Zhu also loved Zhu Su, Zhu Fan and other scholars who had repeatedly accomplished extraordinary feats, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty could only be Zhu Biao, who seemed to be unworthy. But the eldest son can be entrusted with important responsibilities.Zhu Biao responded to Lao Zhu with a smile: "The ministers in the cabinet are still doing their jobs sincerely, and the children dare not take credit."

"Really speaking, it should be the credit of my father and fifth brother who formulated the cabinet policy."

"As a family, we have become more humble. Lao Wu, your eldest brother has become more and more famous in the past two years. He always calls himself 'Father' when he opens his mouth or shuts up. It is Xiongying and you who take advantage of our thoughts." Lao Zhu pointed at Zhu Biao. Disgusted.People say that there is a relationship between generations, and it is inevitable for the imperial family to avoid this custom.Ever since Zhu Xiongying was born, Zhu Biao, who was originally his pet peeve, has often been disliked by Lao Zhu.Zhu Biao did not argue, only shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Zhu Su also smiled, but he was not stupid enough to take these words seriously.If we take it seriously, wouldn't it be on the same level as Crock Chicken who takes "Your brother is sick, you should encourage him" seriously?He did not answer Lao Zhu, but instead took the initiative to change the topic: "Isn't dad still watching outside the gate?"

"It's been a few days since the Mobei war report was delivered. Dad, you should calm down and stop being so cheerful."

"The left and right are just Bei Yuan, and they are already at the end of their strength... You have been looking at it for many days. Do you still want to see Bei Yuan come back to life and continue to compete with the Ming Dynasty?"

"Hmph, don't talk about the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Even if Genghis Khan is resurrected, wouldn't we dare to challenge him?" Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty has made great achievements in foreign wars, the morale of the soldiers is high, the generals are sharpening their swords, and the treasury is rich in gold and silver. It was rare for Zhu Ye to make a arrogant statement that had the temperament of a second grader. "We are happy. I am glad that the third and fourth sons have become successful."

"Lao San is guarding Taiyuan. We know that there are tens of thousands of miners in the city to support him, so we definitely can't lose him. But we didn't expect that he could use these miners as a surprise force to win a big victory under Taiyuan City!"

"The fourth child chased the Yuan Lord all the way to Yu'erhai, and defeated the timid Xue Jun... He has the majesty of a champion! Yongle, Yongle, really lived up to our expectations!"

Lao Zhu said.At this moment, the grudge of knowing that Zhu Di launched an army to quell the war in history was completely eliminated.Whether it is Zhu Di in history or Zhu Di today, both have played a great role in the Ming Dynasty. How can a father not be proud of this?
"Father, please never say that in front of your fourth brother. What he is most afraid of now is hearing the word 'Yongle'. Once he hears these two words, he will probably think that you are going to slap his ass with your imperial boots." ." Zhu Biao said.Lao Zhu laughed loudly when he heard this: "He has the courage to chase the Yuan Lord with a thousand men, is he still afraid of our boots?"

"How about Yongle? If he can make great achievements again, we will make him General Yongle!"

Zhu Biao shook his head and laughed.

"Dad, please don't be too complacent." Zhu Su poured some cold water on Lao Zhu. "It is easy to conquer a place, but it is difficult to conquer it. The grassland is different from the Japanese country. It does not have the same roots as our Chinese culture. Moreover, the Meng people and the Ming Dynasty are feuding people. It is not easy to educate them."

"If we want to revitalize this place, we have to move many Han people to take root in our Han culture on the grassland. Moreover, the grassland is vast and difficult to defend without a heavy army of generals. Not only must we resist the attacks of many grassland tribes, but we must also carry forward the Chinese tradition. Learn and inherit Chinese ethics. Such an important task is definitely difficult for ordinary people to shoulder."

"Do you have any idea who will govern the grassland and how we will govern it?"

Lao Zhu also calmed down from the joy of successfully destroying the Yuan, and looked at Zhu Su with approval: "It's rare for you to know this truth."

"Yes, it is easy to conquer a country, but it is difficult to defend a country. He Lin is still thousands of miles away from the border with our Ming Dynasty. If our Ming Dynasty wants to control this place, we must appoint an absolutely reliable hero."

"Boss, Fifth, we want to make Tiande the Lord of Helin and the outer vassal of our Ming Dynasty... What do you think?"

"Wei Guogong?" Zhu Su was stunned.

"The Duke of Wei has great merits. He has worked extremely hard on this expedition and has not avoided hardships and dangers. The credit for dividing the frontiers must be enough... It's just that my father, Duke Wei is already old after all. Isn't it a problem?" Zhu Biao said.

"Tiande is so famous on the grassland that he can stop Mongolian children from crying at night. There is nothing more suitable than letting him guard Helin." Lao Zhu said. "We have another consideration. If we want to educate the grassland, the word 'profit' must be indispensable."

"In the past, our Han Dynasty had to acquire and abandon the country several times because it was unprofitable on the grassland and stationing soldiers on the grassland was a waste of national funds. This made the nomads in the north a serious problem."

"Now we have an idea. Wool, cattle and sheep, etc. are the industries on the grassland that can make us profitable in the Central Plains. As long as these two industries are carried forward, the herdsmen on the Nuo prairie will no longer only know how to ride horses and bend. Bow, but let us raise cattle and sheep for Huaxia Haosheng."

"Then, how to move these industries to the grassland is the key to China's ability to gain a foothold in the grassland. Didn't the daughter of the Tiande family jointly set up a woolen spinning factory with her sister? We want Tiande to take over this factory Bring Helin to Helin as the property of the Xu family. With this factory here, it can also help the Xu family take root in Helin as soon as possible."

"Besides, the grassland...is still too close to my Central Plains after all. If it is given to others, I won't worry. If it is given to Tiande, then we can sleep peacefully."

"I just have to work hard for him and continue to work for my great cause of China's rejuvenation." Lao Zhu said.

(End of this chapter)