Bright Spring

Chen Dachui turned around and gave the woman a hand, and said, "My lord, this is my daughter-in-law and eldest son. Come and kowtow to the king of Gaoyang County!"

"No, no." Zhu Gaoxu waved his hands while looking at Chen Dachui.

Chen Dachui actually gave him a look, and shook his head slightly.Zhu Gaoxu seemed to understand a little bit: he didn't want his wife to know that he risked his life on the battlefield, so as not to worry his family?

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly felt a strong affection.

Chen Dachui hurriedly welcomed Zhu Gaoxu inside, invited him to the seat, and ordered his daughter-in-law to bring out the best teacups and tea leaves to make tea.The room is dark, mainly because there are no windows, and the place near the door is alright, it's almost dark inside.

Chen Dachui didn't dare to sit down, he stood beside him and said: "A lot of people died that day, and many horses were running away, so I caught one. Look at the prince's red flag horse, and rushed out!"

"Haha, it's so good." Zhu Gaoxu smiled, "When I came here just now, I was biting the bullet and was thinking about how to appease your crying family members... But now that it's all over, I can breathe a sigh of relief."

Chen Dachui laughed along with him "hehe", as if he was not very good at talking about scenes, so he just laughed.

Zhu Gaoxu asked casually again: "How many people are there in the family?"

Chen Dachui said: "My family is a military household, and the fields are in the countryside. My eldest sister married into a military household, and my parents and brothers are at home. I am a regular soldier, working in the prince's mansion, and bought a house in the city with my daughter-in-law and two children. There is also a cousin who went out to buy rice noodles, he is a soldier, and he is with me."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded.Most of the soldiers in the Ming Dynasty were like this. Military households have always been military households and cannot be changed. A strong man is selected as a soldier of the "main army", and one or two "junyu" in the family are selected to serve the main army; As compensation, both the main army and the rest of the army were exempted from corvee service.

An ordinary soldier in the army, trained to become a sergeant, will consume a lot of weapons, armor, horses, food and fodder, and many people will be required to serve him.However, this kind of pawn would lose tens of thousands a day in a battle like Zhending, so war is an expensive and cruel activity.Raising the army is also the biggest expenditure of the imperial court.

The Ming system seems to be okay, but in fact there are more and more problems in it, and Zhu Gaoxu has also heard about it.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and glanced at Wang Gui.

Wang Gui stepped forward, took out some things from his pocket one after another, piled them on the dark wooden table, there were several big Ming banknotes, and piles of copper coins in bunches.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I thought you were dead, and I planned to pay privately from time to time to care for your family. Now it seems that it is unnecessary. I brought some things today, and I will treat it as an extra reward for you."

Chen Dachui hurriedly said: "Thank you, my lord!"

Zhu Gaoxu clapped his hands on his thighs, and he stood up, and clapped another palm on Chen Dachui's shoulder: "I think you have both loyalty and bravery, follow me from now on, I will not treat my brothers badly."

Chen Dachui kept nodding, and followed him out of the house, "Respectfully send off the prince!" He stood there holding his fists and holding the military salute for a long time.

Zhu Gaoxu made another detour to the "Bin" restaurant, the door was locked, it was almost closed.He stayed in the restaurant for half an hour, then went straight home.

... Early the next morning, Zhu Gaoxu packed up and headed to Prince Yan's Mansion.When you come back from the front line, you should go to say hello to your mother and concubine. This is a common courtesy.

Entering the gate tower of King Yan's Mansion, Zhu Gaoxu walked for a while, and then saw the eunuch Ma He coming towards him.Ma He said: "The lord is in the front hall, and he wants to see King Gao Yang, so King Gao Yang will go to the front hall with his slaves first."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded in agreement.

He walked up the steps and entered the main hall, and there was another person beside King Yan, Jin Zhong dressed in a scarf and robe.

"My son pays homage to his father." Zhu Gaoxu stepped forward to perform the ceremony.

"Okay." King Yan looked up, stretched out his hand to make a gesture, and then buried himself in the picture on the table.

The joy and happiness shown in the army had long since disappeared from King Yan's face.He was very happy that day, did he have the intention to encourage the general?

After a while, King Yan breathed out, relaxed his upper body and leaned back on the chair, and said, "Li Jinglong claims to have 50 troops, and he is gathering troops near the Hutuo River. After all, our troops are too small, and we are still alone. Thin……"

Zhu Gaoxu didn't say anything, just listened.

King Yan said again: "Li Jinglong is in the south, and the Liaodong Army and Wuliangha Sanwei are threatening me in the north. Especially the elite cavalry of Duoyan, Fuyu, and Taining Sanwei under King Ning are very brave.

I discussed with Dao Yan and others, and decided to defeat Li Jinglong first, and focus on winning over King Ning's guards, and then deal with Li Jinglong after strengthening our strength. "

Jin Zhong immediately bent down and said, "My lord is wise!"

King Yan looked at Zhu Gaoxu and said, "I saw that Gao Xu had a good idea when he won over Zhang Xin. I want to send you to Yongpingwei to train troops. On the one hand, I will try to contact King Ning, and on the other hand, I will gather more soldiers and horses in Yongpingwei to increase the size of Yan's army." Military strength. Does Gao Xu have any objections?"

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while, then clasped his fists and said: "I should obey my father's orders, but I have never had any contact with King Ning, so I'm afraid I may not be able to help my father..."

King Yan waved his hand: "As long as Gao Xu does his best, he will be able to make merit." He pointed at Jin Zhong, "If there is any news from King Ning, I will send Jin Zhong to contact you."

Having said this, Zhu Gaoxu said: "I obey!"

At this moment, King Yan said in a very casual tone, "Jin Zhong is going to collect the news about King Ning, and I will hand it over to Gao Xu later."

Jin Zhong made a bow and said, "Yes, I will retire."

When Jin Zhong went out, the King of Yan murmured: "Gao Xu and I look very similar, the princess also said that they look like a mold..."

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but glanced at King Yan. King Yan was a tall man with thick bones, a broad and upright face, big eyes, a straight nose, and thick lips.In Zhu Gaoxu's view, King Yan is not the handsome guy with a shoehorn face like later generations, but he is very manly.Sure enough, it is very difficult for a man with a narrow face and too thin to have such a manly spirit in ancient and modern times.

King Yan continued: "According to my wishes, Gao Xu should be chosen as the eldest son early in the morning."

Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly said: "Father, it is absolutely impossible. I really don't value power and position very much, and this has to make my elder brother angry, why bother?"

This is the second time, and Zhu Gaoxu can feel the sincerity of King Yan: At least for now, King Yan doesn't care about anything, the huge pressure makes him just want to do his best to achieve great things!Zhu Gaoxu can help him, and is the most trustworthy son in comparison, he is willing to give anything at this time!

But at this time, suspicion and restraint are not conducive to the enthusiasm of his subordinates. Delegating power and motivating are the best ways. King Yan still has a lot of experience in employing people.

So Zhu Gaoxu feels that King Yan is very sincere at this time... It's a pity that a man has another characteristic, he can judge the situation and be cheeky to deny it at any time!

Chapter 53 Waterfowl

King Yan's demeanor towards others is extremely contagious.With his hands behind his back, he walked around in front of the seat with a burly body, frowning with thick eyebrows and big eyes, as if he was thinking about what else he could give Zhu Gaoxu.

In addition, he is the biological father, who treats a person like this, who can not be willing to work for him with his head up?It's no wonder that the historical King Gaoyang worked so hard and believed in his status as the heir... In fact, King Yan has been treating King Gaoyang not too badly, after all, he is his own son, but he is not as good as King Gaoyang expected.

At this moment, King Yan turned around and said, "Last time you asked for merit for the general, so I accepted you and promoted Wang Bin and Wei Da to Qianhu. I will follow you to Yongpingwei to gather troops."

Zhu Gaoxu fully understands a truth: if the father is willing to give him something, if he really gives it, he can continue;

He thought of Wang Bin taking his life to block the gun for himself, and he regarded Wang Bin's life as more important than anything else, so he didn't refuse immediately, so he bowed: "The soldiers fought bloody battles with the ministers, and they carried their heads to sell their lives. The ministers dare not I'm sorry, my son thanked the father for his promotion on their behalf!"

King Yan nodded and said: "You are all fighting for me, I know it. I have other arrangements for the thousand households Zhang Wu and Chen Gang in the left guard cavalry. You go to Yongpingwei, and the generals will be appointed by you at your discretion."

Zhu Gaoxu clasped his fists and said, "My son is taking orders. But... Now that Wang Bin Wei Da and others have been promoted, what will happen to the original Qianhu in Yongpingwei?"

King Yan stared and said: "There is no need to command thousands of households. Elite soldiers and strong generals have already joined our army."

Zhu Gaoxu: "..."

It seems that this is the case, King Yan has mobilized all the soldiers around Beiping... Then what is left of Yongping Guard?

King Yan waved his hand: "Go."

Zhu Gaoxu had no choice but to leave: "My son, I will go to the inner hall to ask my mother and concubine how they are."

He withdrew from the main hall, found an eunuch outside, and asked the eunuch to follow him to the north of the palace.Zhu Gaoxu entered another gatehouse, and then walked outside the Moon Cave Gate, and stopped a maid to ask where the concubine was.The maid said that it was in the back garden, so Zhu Gaoxu left here to find Princess Xu in the back garden.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't wear a tuanlong suit today. Although he was wearing the brown tunic collar from yesterday, the gown was not dirty, and the satin material was also very textured.The color is low-key, which suits his taste, and with the new white silk lining this morning, it is considered decent in the past.