Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

Ming Dynasty, Hongwu thirty-first year, February fifth day, the night was dark and windy.

A black shadow shuttled through the palaces of Prince Yan's Mansion like a ghost.

The black shadow didn't seem to be moving fast, but it seemed to blend into the night, making it difficult to detect.

The shadow kept observing the surrounding terrain, and each time it leaped into the air, it was stuck in a blind spot where no one could see it. In the blink of an eye, it arrived at the backyard of Xiaode Palace. Finally, it silently sank into the darkness of the backyard of Xiaode Palace.

The garrison commander and Xu, who were supposed to be sleeping, were not asleep either. As soon as the black shadow entered the room, Zhu Di stood up immediately.

"Aunt, uncle!"

Before the black shadow had the time to kneel down, he was pulled up by Zhu Di as soon as he called out.

"Come, have a drink of water. I thought you wouldn't be here for another shift."

Xu also came forward with a glass of water.

The man tilted his head back and drank it all in one gulp, revealing a row of big white teeth, his eyes narrowed into slits as he smiled.

"I'm hungry, auntie, is there anything to eat?"

"Yes, come over here, there's a table ready."

There were tears in Xu's eyes, but she tried hard not to let them fall. She hadn't seen her family for a long time.

"You are so happy, why are you crying?"

Zhu Di couldn't bear to see Xu like this, so he hugged her and started wiping her with his big hands.

"Hehehe, my uncle and aunt are still so nice!"

The person who comes here is happy as soon as he opens his mouth.

"Huh, that's right!"

Zhu Di was proud.

"Okay, eat quickly, and after you're done eating and resting, we'll talk about it tomorrow."

Xu's face was hurt by Zhu Di's rough hands, but this was not the time to worry about it.

"No, let's go after we're done. I can't be out for too long. My father has people following him. Given the situation in the capital, my father thinks the emperor wants to keep him for the crown prince, but he doesn't want my father to have too much power."

The person who came was Xu Huizu's eldest son Xu Qin.

He hurriedly ate some food and began to tell Zhu Di and Xu the message his father had asked him to convey.

Just after the New Year in the capital, Duke of Wei, Xu Huizu, was sent out to inspect the eastern coast, recruit people, and form an army to capture the Japanese pirates and cultivate land.

Xu Qin was the eldest son in the family. He and his father always fought together, and of course he also left the capital with Xu Huizu.

It was because he left the capital that Xu Huizu was able to find a way to get him out to meet Xu.

Since the 26th year of Hongwu, when Xu Huizu and Zhu Di set out together to capture Aruttemur and Nairbukha who attempted to rebel, the Xu family seemed to have been marginalized in the court.

In March of the 27th year of Hongwu, Xu Huizu went to eastern Zhejiang to train coastal soldiers.

In September of the 27th year of Hongwu, Xu Huizu was ordered by the Shaanxi Commandery to train soldiers for the spring expedition to the Western Regions the following year.

In November of the 28th year of Hongwu, Xu Huizu was sent to Fengyang Prefecture to train military horses.

In April of the 29th year of Hongwu, Xu Huizu was sent to the Imperial College to supervise the examinations.

Then he was unemployed for more than a year, until the beginning of this spring when he went east to form an army to capture the Japanese invaders and cultivate land.

The training lasted for three years, and we changed three locations in three years.

This gave Xu Huizu no chance to subdue the local troops.

The fourth year was even more outrageous, as a military general went to invigilate the Imperial College.

After this incident, the civil servants were not very happy anyway, so the emperor went along with it and Xu Huizu was idle for more than a year.

The reason they were used again this year was simply because there was really no one else available. Too much killing had been done before, and there were only a few generals left. The Japanese pirates at sea were getting more and more rampant year by year. The emperor had repeatedly ordered a sea ban, but many people still took the risk and were killed by the Japanese pirates.

Everyone knows about the above events from the correspondence between Xu Huizu and Xu.

But there are some things that cannot be written in letters, and everyone maintains a state where they can be understood but not expressed in words.

But this time it was different.

Half a month ago, Xu Huizu secretly informed that he would send his eldest son to visit his aunt, which meant that there were some unintelligible things that needed to be discussed.

Zhu Di and Xu calculated the time and waited for several nights before Xu Qin arrived.

"My father is organizing an army to capture Japanese pirates and cultivate land, and he needs to find a base at sea.

When he was searching overseas with his personal soldiers and a medium-sized ship, he happened to encounter Prince Ning's fleet.

The fleet was a sea of ​​black ships, with a treasure ship at the head, which was as conspicuous as it could be.

At first, my father didn't know that it belonged to Prince Ning. He just thought it was some daring big merchant who went to sea secretly and was ready to sacrifice his life for the country.

With the mentality of dying with a clear conscience and killing two people to make a profit, my father was invited onto the treasure ship.

As soon as he got on the boat, he was stunned. My dear, it was his second nephew, tanned and grinning at him with his teeth bared.

Xu Qin shook his head and imitated his father's constipated expression and bared his teeth at Xu.

"Xu'er is back?"

Xu was suddenly excited.

"Aunt, you didn't tell my dad! My dad's face turned green when he came back. When I saw his beard, he was so angry."

Xu Qin was not with Xu Huizu at the time, but he knew that Xu Huizu was furious when he came back.

"What can I say? My son went out to sea with Prince Ning? Isn't he just waiting for his family to be confiscated?"

Xu retorted.

"At least you should tell me something. My father said that it was like a bolt from the blue. He stationed troops there to catch Japanese pirates, but my nephew is a Japanese pirate!!!"

Xu Qin wanted to cry.

His father didn't expect it, and neither did he expect it, that disaster could come from the sea while he was at home.

"Nonsense, how could my son be a pirate? Did they kill people and rob goods?"

Zhu Di quit.

"They came back a long time ago. They are much more ruthless than the Japanese pirates."

Xu Qin pouted and complained.

The so-called rampant Japanese pirates were actually done by his cousin and the Emperor's favorite Prince Ning. They were all from the Zhu family.

Prince Ning himself definitely did not go out to sea; he sent out Prince Ning's wife's younger brother.

That guy was also a brave one, about the same age as Zhu Gaoxu.

My goodness, these two people who don’t know their place did something that his father thought was terrifying!

This voyage arranged by King Ning was more of a test of the waters than an attempt to make money.

We didn't bring much cargo, and the route was the safest one. We bought and sold all the way and walked a full circle along the coast.

With ten treasure ships and frigates, no one dared to touch them.

The person in charge on the ship also greeted the big merchants outside.

In short, I, King Ning, have come to the sea to make money. You guys should clean yourself up and tell me what you want. If the price is right, we can do the deal directly next time.