Bright Spring

Zhu Gaochi returned to the Chunhe Palace sullenly, and the Crown Princess Zhang had already prepared lunch.At this time, Zhu Zhanji was not seen, and it seemed that he was taken to the imperial kitchen to have a good meal.

On the table was a plate of pickled vegetables, two plates of boiled vegetables, all without any oil or meat, and a bowl of rice.

"Go down." Zhang said.

Several court ladies bowed their knees and left the palace.Zhu Gaochi sat silently by the table, picked up the chopsticks in the bowl, and he picked up the few pieces of fatty pork below.

Mrs. Zhang smiled and looked at him lovingly: "Please treat the crown prince to dinner."

I don't know why, the fatter Zhu Gaochi is, the more he likes to eat fatty meat, lean meat | can't satisfy his craving at all.He took a piece and put it in his mouth, chewing on it, feeling sore in his heart, and suddenly shed a few tears.

"Ouch, what's the matter, Crown Prince?" Mrs. Zhang asked nervously.

It’s okay if you don’t ask him, but Zhu Gaochi couldn’t stop sobbing when he asked this question... He buried so many grievances in his heart, and never dared to speak; and the matter of losing weight made him feel deep malice.

A voice in Zhu Gaochi's heart said: What's wrong with being fat?Are fat people guilty? !

He is wronged!

Although the father and the queen talked about this matter, they all said that it was for the prince's good, that he would be thinner, have a better body, and be able to ride horses and shoot arrows.But Zhu Gaochi didn't feel that way, he felt that his father was disgusting him, that he was not in good shape, and that he was embarrassing to the royal family!It seems to be saying, how reluctant and embarrassing it is for you to be the prince, but if there is a way, it would be better not to have you, a fat man!

Zhu Gaochi felt that his heart had been greatly hurt, and it was not as simple as not being satisfied with his tongue.

He is angry!

The dignified emperor did such a ridiculous thing and treated his own son like this.Zhu Gaochi said in his heart, I have read all the history books, and I have never seen the emperor so paranoid and did such a thing.

Mrs. Zhang picked up the handkerchief, gently wiped Zhu Gaochi's face, and comforted him softly.

Zhu Gaochi finally opened his mouth and said: "Second brother gave my father and queen a pair of jade articles, which are said to be worth [-] guan. I occasionally thought, why not be like the second brother and become a vassal king..."

"Don't say stupid things." Zhang's expression changed, and she hurriedly whispered, "The crown prince is the eldest son, if you can't be the crown prince, you won't be so light. These words don't need to be said by the concubine."

"Yeah!" Zhu Gaochi gritted his teeth and nodded, and stuffed another piece of fat into his mouth.

He ate in silence, and quickly ate all the food on the table, and he still felt that he was not full.It turned out that his appetite was not so big, and the dishes in the past few months were not very meaty, but he ate more.

At this time Zhu Gaochi spoke again, his stomach was not so hungry, and he calmed down a lot, and said calmly: "The general who conquered Annan has been selected. There are two armies, and the Guangxi capital has the most people. Zhu Neng is the general who conquered Yi." , Zhang Fu is the right deputy general of Zhengyi, and he will set off for Guangxi soon; the road in Yunnan will be led by Gao Xu. The two roads will go hand in hand."

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhang thought for a while and asked, "Is there a left deputy general, is Gao Xu the deputy general?"

Zhu Gaochi shook his head and said: "Gao Xu is also a prince anyway, how could he be a deputy general? The imperial father's imperial decree is 'to know each other well and work together to succeed', which means that Gao Xu and General Zhengyi are on equal footing. But because Gao Xu is a prince, military power is on an equal footing , He has already gained the upper hand, if there is a different opinion, most of them will be listened to."

Mrs. Zhang nodded slowly: "If this battle is successful, Gao Xu's contribution will be even greater."

Zhu Gaochi sighed and said: "In the eyes of my father, of course Gao Xu is the most useful, and Gao Sui is the most painful. My eldest son..." At this point, he didn't continue.

Mrs. Zhang also winked, not wanting him to continue talking.

"I still have some jewelry on my body, I will call a confidant servant tomorrow, and quietly take it out to exchange for some money." Zhang said kindly.

Zhu Gaochi said with embarrassment: "There are so many people in the East Palace, and the inner treasury doesn't give money, so what's the use of jewelry?"

Mrs. Zhang pondered for a moment, and then said: "Our royal family married the two younger sisters of the Song family, and they are still in the capital. I heard that Song Sheng said one thing in the northwest, and I am afraid that he is very rich. When the two younger sisters got married, the father gave them The dowry is like a mountain of gold and silver. The crown prince is the eldest brother, so he can't open his mouth, and the concubine is finally a woman, so I don't care about face, and I will ask the two of them to borrow some money to help you, the eldest brother."

Zhu Gaochi's face was burning hot, he really felt ashamed to be a prince in such a field.But thinking of the starving maids in the East Palace who would die if they continued, he didn't say a word.

Mrs. Zhang quietly held his chubby hand, and whispered the wind in her ear again: "Don't worry, Prince, no matter rich or poor, I will have one heart with you!"

Zhu Gaochi touched Zhang's hand, it felt as boring as his own hand, but when he heard her words, his heart softened, and the words sounded a lot better, "After all, it's a wife, adversity sees the truth!"

Mrs. Zhang gave Zhu Gaochi a wink, which made Zhu Gaochi very embarrassed, and said coquettishly, "It's good that the prince knows."

Chapter 3

It was late at night, and Yuan Gong hadn't fallen asleep yet.He lived in Xuanzang Temple tonight, but he stood on the pagoda for half the night.

The weather was clear and the sky was full of stars.Yuan Gong was counting with his fingers while looking at the stars.When he was a fortune teller, he learned a secret method of observing the sky.He stood here and counted for half the night, only to feel that the luck of the general in the south is declining, and he fears disaster!

But when he thought that Zheng Annan's coach was the King of Han, he planned to say nothing, and a smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth.

……

In May in Yunnan, the sunny day was already a bit hot.Zhu Gaoxu was covered with a quilt, lying in the small courtyard corridor next to the study, sleeping, his forehead was soaked with sweat, his eyeballs were moving in his eyelids, even if he didn't open them, his face was flushed red.

In the dream, he felt that he was still a child.The friends around are playing a game, that is, there are several children who have made an appointment, and everyone is in the same group, sharing blessings and sufferings.After a partnership, there must be some activities, and the activity is to beat up a child who is alone.

Unfortunately, he was the one kid who was left alone.He is a bit quiet, but he didn't provoke anyone, and the reason for being beaten|beaten is not clear. So, there is probably only one reason: he is not in other people's "group".

His heart was full of anger and hostility. He raised his fist to fight back against those children, but he always felt that his fist was too small and not strong enough to beat others, so he was even more annoyed...

"My lord! My lord..." A voice suddenly descended from the sky.

Zhu Gaoxu turned over and got up, and saw a thin, fair-skinned eunuch standing in front of him, it took him a while to recover and recognize this person, it was the eunuch Yellow Dog in the palace.

"I fell asleep under the blanket, it's really hot!" Zhu Gaoxu wiped his sweat with his cuff.Immediately, he felt his eyelids twitching again, and he always felt that something was wrong all over his body.

The yellow dog bent down and stood there, echoed, hugged Fuchen and said: "The capital sent the imperial decree, and people have already arrived at the front hall, waiting for the prince."

Zhu Gaoxu immediately stood up and looked down: "Bring some decent clothes."

After a while, Zhu Gaoxu put on the red robe and black gauze hat, and rushed to Chengyun Hall.

These days, there will be an imperial decree in less than ten days. It will be all kinds of things that the emperor ordered Zhu Gaoxu to write.But the emperor's letter is the imperial decree.

It has been four months since Qinzhan changed drastically, but Zhu Gaoxu has not set off yet.Because the two armies made an appointment to go together, the East Route Army dispatched troops from Zhejiang and other places the farthest, and they came slowly; the two armies from various places gradually gathered more than [-] troops, and it took time...but the main consideration is the season.

Zhu Gaoxu received the decree in accordance with etiquette in the Chengyun Hall, and what he received was not an official edict written on silk, but a letter, a letter written by Zhu Di himself.The above content is to order the armies to invade the Annan Kingdom before July, and strive to end the war before February next year.

Because in hot and humid areas, plagues are prone to occur in spring and summer, it is best to choose winter for war, not only less disease, but also less rain.

...Since the Yuan and Ming dynasties, the Han people have accumulated a lot of experience in activities in Yunnan, Sichuan, Guangxi and other chieftain areas.People at this time are not like the ancients in the past, who would change their expressions when talking about the miasma in the south, and everyone has a certain amount of knowledge.

Although miasma is still written in the documents, people have gradually realized that the so-called miasma is some diseases.Blood-sucking worms in the woods can make people sick, and dysentery and plague may appear in hot and humid seasons.

Doctors drew up prescriptions such as soaking wormwood in water, and recorded the native methods of local people to treat diseases; they also used methods such as isolating patients, boiling water, and paying attention to the layout of latrines to prevent plague.

These measures to deal with the "miasma" cannot completely isolate the plague, but the death rate of the southern Han people in various places is already lower than that of the local natives.Even the emperor in the Imperial City of the capital knew how to avoid the plague.

The chieftains in the Southwest, An Nanguo and other places also have a large population. If the Han people have no way to deal with the plague, the local people will only suffer worse!

Zhu Gaoxu believes that the Ming Dynasty has not yet had the influence of the Han and Tang Dynasties, but the level of civilization has continued to improve during historical development.

Concubine Guo Wei knew that Zhu Gaoxu was about to go on an expedition to a wild land, so she was often worried.Zhu Gaoxu used these insights to comfort her, so he learned a lot in this regard.

… After Zhu Gaoxu received the order, he rode out of the palace with the ceremonial guards, and then went to various schools in Kunming City to inspect his troops.

This war will be the one in which Zhu Gaoxu controls the largest number of troops.