Bright Spring

But I will insist on finishing this book. Except for the one book that was sealed, Xifeng has to finish it.I hope that my writing skills and writing skills can be further tempered and improved.Continue to deepen my style, so that readers can get high-quality spiritual enjoyment.

I may not be too satisfied with myself and readers now, but I am trying my best to improve myself, and I believe that I will continue to improve.

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tight west wind

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 188 Talking about Gifts

Since July, it has rained intermittently in the capital.As soon as the rain poured, the weather became noticeably colder, and the autumn mood became stronger.

Zhu Gaoxu was summoned, dressed up, put on a red black gauze tuanlong suit, and went to the palace to meet the emperor.

All the way into the imperial city from You'anmen, led by the eunuch, Zhu Gaoxu entered the Qianqingmen, then walked through a sloping corridor, and came to Dongnuan Pavilion.Only then did he gradually realize that he was the only prince who came to face the saint today.

Walking through the partition, I saw that there was no one else inside except my father and two eunuchs.

"Your minister kowtows to the father, and the father will live forever!" Zhu Gaoxu saluted.

"Excuse me, get up." The emperor, who was wearing a blue five-clawed dragon robe, spoke very kindly.

Zhu Gaoxu said "Thank you, father", and then got up.

The emperor said: "Sit on the stool, we father and son can talk."

Zhu Gaoxu thanked again, and then carefully sat down beside him.After a while, the two eunuchs also went out of the partition, Zhu Gaoxu glanced sideways, and they were the only father and son left in this small room.

The emperor pondered for a moment, then said, "Did Gao Xu go to your fourth uncle's funeral at the beginning of the year?"

Zhu Gaoxu thought about it for a moment, nodded and said: "I went back to my father, my son went. My son went to the mourning hall to pay homage to the funeral and then left without eating."

The emperor lowered his voice and said in a deep voice: "But there is one person who should have gone to mourn the funeral. He is Xu Zengshou's brother-in-law, Mu Sheng, Marquis of Xiping! I have seen Xu Zengshou's gift book with my own eyes, and not only did Mu Sheng not go to Beijing to mourn , the whole family didn’t go, and they didn’t even send gifts.”

Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu was stunned for a while before agreeing: "My son also thinks that Mu Sheng really shouldn't. Anyway, since his sister is married to the fourth uncle, we are all relatives."

"Hmm..." the emperor said, "During the 'Battle of Jingnan', Xu Zengshou had repeatedly informed me about the situation of the Jianwen Army, and was killed by my imperial nephew because of this. Mu Sheng must have blamed Xu Zengshou for the Jianwen Dynasty. That's why it went so far!"

Zhu Gaoxu said in a probing tone: "Jianwen has been defeated, why didn't Mu Sheng judge the situation and serve the emperor? Or because of the 'Battle of Jingnan', Mu Sheng mobilized Yunnan soldiers to fight against the emperor several times, so he was afraid?"

"I can't figure out the reason now." The emperor frowned, "The Ministry of Household Affairs told me in secret that the descendants of Marquis Changxing went to Yunnan because of fear, but I didn't say that I would punish them. What are you running for? Hu Wei is further verifying that perhaps more family members of ex-officials and criminals have also gone to Yunnan, and that place is really a place where filth is hidden!"

He glanced at Zhu Gaoxu, and said in a low voice: "From the clues obtained from Puqia, Jianwen himself may also be in Yunnan!"

"Ah!" Zhu Gaoxu made a surprised expression.

... The father and son were silent for a long time, but the emperor obviously hadn't spoken yet.When Zhu Gaoxu was silent, he was thinking about what his father wanted to say at this time, maybe it was a bit difficult to say?

After all, the emperor father promised to let Gao Xu be the crown prince before, and it was also when the father and son talked alone; at this moment, the situation has some similarities.

After a long time, Zhu Di finally spoke: "I have restored your Seventeenth Uncle's King Min's throne and sent him back to Yunnan. However, King Min is not from our family after all, so I can't talk to him about many things. King Min and Mu Sheng had a deep old grievance, but it wasn't all good. He was preoccupied with revenge, but ignored major issues, regardless of right and wrong, and made the situation look like a mess..."

Gao Xu just nodded and didn't say anything.

In fact, when he mentioned Xu Zengshou's funeral and said that Mu Sheng didn't go, Gao Xu had already guessed something.Speaking of this now, he can use his toes to think of what the father means!

Rao Gao Xu had long given up hope for the crown prince, but when he realized that his fiefdom was Yunnan, he was still a little annoyed and disappointed!

Gao Xu knew a long time ago that any promise should not be taken seriously.Now it seems that it is so.

Yunnan is a beautiful place in later generations, and Kunming is a spring city that is like spring all year round; but it was not so good in the Ming Dynasty. The Central Plains civilization entered Yunnan only 20 years ago, and the development was not enough. The Han | population is not large. The road is long and difficult, obviously not a good place.

...Zhu Di paused for a moment, and finally spoke out: "I want Gao Xu to go to Yunnan to become king. What does it mean to look at Mu Sheng? It would be better if we can find out Jianwen's whereabouts. Gao Xu is someone close to me. I can only rest assured that this kind of thing is entrusted to you."

Gao Xu didn't say anything for a long time, his face flushed a little red.

When he looked up at his father, he saw the sincere expression on his father's face, without changing his face at all!A person who is an emperor breaks his promise in front of his face and pretends to have forgotten it. He does it naturally, and he is really thick-skinned.

"Your mother said that it would be better for the crown prince to let your eldest brother do the job, otherwise Gao Chi will not be able to deal with himself." Zhu Diyu said earnestly, "Gao Xu blames me?"

Gao Xu shook his head and said without hesitation: "I really don't want to be a prince. But..."

At this moment, he had a lot of thoughts in his mind, most of which were messy, including some speculations about his father's mentality...

There are more than a dozen provincial-level regions and countless cities in the future. Why does it have to be the place where the birds don't shit|shit in Yunnan?Maybe the reasons given by the emperor are not completely false, and that is considered one of the considerations; but Gao Xu thinks it is far more than these reasons.

A successful person like Father Huang can succeed because of countless wise and correct decisions.So after repeatedly verifying the results of his decision-making, the father should be very confident.Self-confident, powerful people, firmly believe in their own judgment, want to control everything!Including controlling several sons and making them all obedient.

Gao Xu has already behaved very obediently, but people often push forward unconsciously!Otherwise, if Gao Xu is not so obedient, wouldn't Father have to endure it as much as possible?But now, his father ordered him to go to Yunnan to test him further, how obedient he is?

Even Gao Xu doesn't resist Zhu Di's will, will it satisfy Zhu Di's desire to control the overall situation, will it make him very useful?

...Gao Xu felt that it was beneficial to properly express his dissatisfaction and true emotions.Otherwise, it's too forbearing, and the emperor may suspect that he is holding back resentment.

So Gao Xu said: "But... why should I go to Yunnan? Isn't Suzhou, Yangzhou, and Hangzhou also possible!"

Zhu Di seemed to roll his eyes when he heard those place names, but he said kindly: "Gao Xu wants to share my worries, you go to Yunnan first, and when the matter is settled, I will change places for you with an imperial decree." ?”

"What the father said is true?" Gao Xu asked.

"Really! I am the Son of Heaven, can I still play games with words?" Zhu Di said seriously.What he implied was that he never repented of his previous promise and treated it as a joke, because he was not the emperor at that time?

Gao Xu was sullen and silent.

Seeing this, Zhu Di said, "Gao Xu can leave the capital after a while, I'll ask someone to build you a big and good palace in Yunnan, and find another place in the capital to build another palace for you to live in when you return to Beijing. "

"Thank you, father, for your kindness." Gao Xu was still depressed.But he never let his father feel that the emperor's will was resisted.

Zhu Di went on to say: "Gao Xu will go to see your mother later. After you got married, your mother has been talking about Gao Sui's marriage, and she has fallen in love with Xu Zhang's daughter. You probably have time to see your third brother get married.

And your third and fourth younger sisters are going to marry Song Sheng's son, this is my decision. "

Gao Xu bowed and said, "Your minister is in command."

Zhu Di looked at Gao Xu for a while, then said: "Your mother's queen is in Kunning Palace. Go out of Dongnuan Pavilion and ask Zheng He to take you there."

Gao Xu stood up and said: "My son, please leave."

"Go ahead." Zhu Di nodded lightly, watching Gao Xu walk past the partition.

Walking out of Dongnuan Pavilion, Zhu Gaoxu tilted his head and glanced at the gray sky above the corridor.It didn't rain today, but the sun never came.

When he said that he was going to be promoted to Prince, he obviously didn't feel happy at all.