Bright Spring

Chen asked: "I heard that the envoy sent by Chen Jikuo is a young female Taoist priest?"

Zhu Gaoxu said: "It is said that he came from the royal family."

There was a mockery on Chen's face, "It seems that the reputation of the King of Han's love for nuns has spread far and wide. It makes people wonder if she is really a royal family, and I think she is even more It’s hard to say for a Taoist priest. But the king of Han likes it like that, no matter how high or low, what can you do?”

Zhu Gaoxu's face changed, he was stunned for a moment, and said: "The queen doesn't have to think about provoking me."

Chen's gaze moved elsewhere, "I'm just speaking bluntly."

Zhu Gaoxu said calmly: "If I was so easily irritated and made decisions out of joy and anger, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to survive now. Back then, I held my head up for my father, and later not only did I not win the position of crown prince, but was Distributed to Yunnan. Did I blame the late emperor and father for disobedience?"

When Mrs. Chen heard this, she finally couldn't suppress her original apprehension and worry, and it showed on her face, and her voice also changed: "Chen Jikuo wants the King of Han to recognize him as king? What did they give the King of Han, promise?" What?"

Zhu Gaoxu didn't answer.

Chen suddenly took a step forward, raised her head and said in a trembling voice, "Am I still useful now?"

Zhu Gaoxu felt her great humiliation, and saw her fingers tightly clutching the corners of her clothes, her fingertips trembling slightly inside the sleeves.The cheeks are red for a while, and white for a while.

He took two steps back, stretched out his hand to stop Chen Shi from approaching, and said, "I will reject the rebel envoy's proposal, so the queen doesn't have to worry."

"Ah?" Chen raised her head and looked at his face, "How does the King of Han want me to return?"

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Nothing is necessary. I made this decision not to benefit from the queen immediately. Some officials in the palace also opposed this negotiation, so I didn't bother to think about it, so I followed the advice of my staff. I am willing to do this..."

"Why?" Chen asked without waiting for Zhu Gaoxu's last word to land.

Zhu Gaoxu thought about this question for a while, after all, he didn't have to carefully analyze the reasons for everything he did.Sometimes there is no reason at all, just a feeling.

He mused: "Originally, it is not necessary to agree to Chen Jiyao. But if I refuse him, it will satisfy the queen...Sometimes I hope that I have the ability to help others, and I want to satisfy them."

When Zhu Gaoxu was thinking just now, he suddenly remembered his former girlfriend. Her father was seriously ill and had no money to treat her. Later, she left and wanted to find a man who was able to help her, and the way was not to borrow a small loan to go to the gambling table.

Chen seemed to be still confused, she asked again: "Why? Why does the King of Han care about other people's feelings?"

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while before he understood Chen's meaning.It seems that people with high status in this era really don't need to care about the feelings of the people below, there is no need at all; and the Chen family is also a clan noble from childhood, so they naturally understand.After all, there are too many people who want to be with the nobles and willingly endure all kinds of hardships, because people who treat others like dogs can usually treat other people like dogs.

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't answer Chen's question, he said: "I just care."

He clasped his fists and said, "You don't have to worry about the queen. The king is usually very trustworthy. If he said he would reject the envoy, he would definitely do so. But I am unable to deal with the cochin affairs. Please wait for a while, the queen."

After Zhu Gaoxu finished speaking, he turned and left.Mrs. Chen seemed a little distracted, and there was no farewell ceremony. She stood there blankly with a very complicated expression.

He walked to the door, turned around again, and began: "If the queen wants to thank me..."

"What's the matter?" Chen raised her head, her eyes with deep sockets and a little exotic style were like pools of water.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Chen Zhengyuan has reached the age of reading and writing, my son Zhanhe will study in Wenlou, let Chen Zhengyuan attend to study."

Mrs. Chen nodded and said, "Okay."

Zhu Gaoxu left with satisfaction.He has always felt that a person's childhood education will affect his life, let alone a child who may become a king in the future.

Chapter 455 Never Hesitant

Zhang Sheng, who had previously been sent to the Nanchang Mansion of Jiangxi Chief Envoy to give gifts to King Ning Zhu Quan, returned to Yunnan.What I gave was the playbook copied by Du Qianrui himself, so that Xie Ning Wang wrote the play for her.

Zhang Sheng brought back two bad news.

King Ning accepted the script, but politely rejected Zhu Gaoxu's solicitation.Such a result was originally expected, Zhu Gaoxu did not hold much hope before.King Ning at this time is much smarter than King Ning in Tang Bohu's time.

In the morning when the sun was rising, the temperature gradually rose, and the heat aggravated Zhu Gaoxu's irritability.

In the study, Zhang Sheng was narrating what he had seen and heard in Prince Ning's mansion, "When I saw King Ning at the end, King Ning was wearing a Taoist robe and was discussing Taoism with the celestial master Zhang Yuchu in the alchemy room. At the end, I will present the script copied by Mrs. Du herself. Without waiting for the general to speak, King Ning said that he has now found the way to the Dao and Immortals from Taoism, and he has long since forgotten about mundane things.

Finally, please take a step to speak, Zhang Tianshi resigns.At the end of the general, King Ning compiled the playbook for Madam Du, which made Madam Du famous, and the whole world knew it;There are many Jinyiwei guards and eyes in Ningwang's mansion, all because of the distrust of the court.

King Ning said that he has only a few guards now: "Please read the report sent by Dudu Wei."

Zhu Gaoxu stretched out his hand to follow, unfolded the letter paper and read it again.

Wei Da wrote in his own handwriting: At the beginning of May, Xiping Hou sent people to exchange people with Zhang He in the east of Kuizhou Mansion.The person Zhang He sent was not Ma Shi after Jianwen.The last general also knew about it after the fact, so it was inconvenient to question Marquis Xiping, so he had to send someone to report to the prince.

Zhu Gaoxu's left cheek moved the corner of his mouth, and suddenly he twitched slightly.

He looked up at Mr. Li, and saw that Mr. Li was standing there with no intention of speaking at all.Zhu Gaoxu said: "I ordered Mu Sheng to deal with this matter in advance, so it is also possible that Mu Sheng thought Ma Shi was not important, so he made a concession."

Mr. Li nodded and said: "What the lord said really makes sense...Even without Empress Ma, our conditions are very harsh. The false emperor of the capital agreed. Is it true that the late emperor has been poisoned?"

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Eight or nine is not far from ten."

Mr. Li has been very busy recently, seeing that Zhu Gaoxu had nothing to say, he cupped his fists and left.

Zhu Gaoxu really had nothing to say.Mu Sheng was not completely obedient in a certain detail, so Zhu Gaoxu couldn't just quarrel with him and turn around to deal with Mu Sheng?

Perhaps because Zhu Gaoxu was feeling restless today, seeing this news, he couldn't help but think about it.The people in the court should have had a re-negotiation with Mu Sheng, so they can bargain; the key is that the person who returned has little to do with Mu Sheng, why did Mu Sheng compromise?

Zhu Gaoxu was even worried that if Mu Sheng was defeated in this Huguang battle, would Mu Sheng directly control Sichuan, Yunnan and other places and turn his back on the court?

The Mu Mansion has considerable influence in the west of Sichuan and the Chief Envoy of Yunnan.Now Mu Sheng is in Chengdu City, among the family members of Mu Mansion in Kunming, there are also his younger brothers Mu Ang and Mu Xin.Once the main force of the King of Han's army left the southwestern region for the Eastern Expedition, it would be difficult to stop the Mu Mansion if it was determined to rebel.

Normally, Zhu Gaoxu still trusted Mu Sheng very much, because even if Mu Sheng surrendered to the court, there would probably be no good fruit to eat; but he couldn't guarantee that Mu Sheng would still be so loyal when the failure of the war against crime was almost a foregone conclusion.

Will Mu Sheng grab a life-saving straw when there is no other way, and show the court his intention to make up for his mistakes?In that case, Zhu Gaoxu will be miserable, the front will fail, and the rear will lose his nest!

At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't deceive himself, he had already started to question his decision-making and goals in his heart.

When in front of the soldiers and brothers, Zhu Gaoxu has always been very firm and tenacious.Except for a few close people, I am afraid that everyone from the generals to the soldiers should think that the King of Han is always right in the use of troops!He never hesitates, never gets confused, always grasps the truth, and implements the initial strategy to the end.

These are several great victories on the battlefield, which instilled confidence into the soldiers.Just like the recent southwest battle, Zhu Gaoxu used more than 30 troops to fight against the enemy's actual battle of more than [-] troops.Common sense is a battle that cannot be won, but Zhu Gaoxu told the brothers with facts that he has a way to win!

People always use experience to understand the world and people.

However, Zhu Gaoxu is very clear about what he is, at least he is not a god at all.Not only is he often hesitant and frightened, but he also believes that the previous battles had elements of luck.

If the commander-in-chief of the Guizhou reinforcements was not Wu Gao, if there were more serious problems in the transmission of news from Guizhou to Yunnan, and if the battle was postponed for a period of time to allow Zhang Fujun in Cochin Province to stockpile enough rations... the outcome of the battle may be very different. Any difference in details may cause overall confusion.

This is the reason why he has experienced no less than a hundred battles, big and small, and he still feels anxious every time he fights. The battlefield is really changing rapidly, and some factors are completely out of the control of human will.

Zhu Gaoxu sat by the big table in the middle of the study for a long time, silent for a long time, neither reading the report nor doing anything.

He finally found what he was waiting for in his chaotic thoughts: he was waiting for the upper-level decision of the enemy army sent by the capital.

The Ming court had a system, and the military orders for troop deployment came from the Ministry of War, and then passed through the Five Armed Forces Governor's Mansion.But these two yamen are just agencies for execution and transmission, and the real decision-makers are the emperor and the ministers who are trusted by the emperor, not limited to official positions.

The son-in-law Wang Ning has devoted himself to Buddhist studies in recent years. His son and Zhu Gaoxu's cousin Wang Zhenliang has been transferred out of the Five Army Commander's Mansion, and is under strict guard by Jin Yiwei!Because Zhu Gaochi knew the relationship between Gao Xu and Wang Zhenliang, the three brothers fled the capital during the Jianwen period, and Wang Zhenliang helped a lot.

It is even more impossible for Qiu Fu to participate in major military affairs, and his every move is closely monitored.