Daming prepares the emperor

"It seems that Yuan Kai is really crazy." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Day and night routines are upside down, speech is incoherent, and you call your majesty when you catch someone. Isn't that crazy?" Zhu Biao said, "I heard that he doesn't even wear his clothes properly these days, the street is so cold, no family members are chasing after him , I’m afraid he would have frozen to death long ago.”

"Oh, that's quite rare." Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to find it very interesting.

Zhu Biao frowned and said, "Although Yuan Kai was wrong, but father, you have pushed him to this point, it is too much. Without compassion and benevolence, I really can't stand it."

"What kind of sympathy does the emperor want?" Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Besides, we just scolded him, and you are so dissatisfied. Those who were greedy for money and were beheaded by us, seeing that the prince is so reasonable, must die unjustly."

Seeing that Zhu Biao was still looking unhappy, Zhu Yuanzhang moved his chair, leaned closer to him and said, "Yuan Kai is crazy, the only reason is that he is not good at it! I can't handle even big things, so I have the nerve to do it." Officer, growing sweet potatoes at home is enough for him."

It was warm and dry by the stove, Zhu Yuanzhang squeezed over, Zhu Biao made some empty space for him, and sprinkled more peanuts beside the charcoal for roasting.

Outside the window was a vast expanse of whiteness, and it had been snowing heavily for several days. The Taoist priest who was good at calculating celestial phenomena in the Town Demon Division said that the snow would definitely stop before the year, and it would be in the next few days.

"Then what about Zhang Chang's case?" Zhu Biao said, "It was originally said that Yuan Kai dared to speak out and treated his family and children leniently. Now he is crazy, and crazy people have no ability to express their views on this case. This gamble about……"

"Of course it doesn't count!" Zhu Yuanzhang said immediately.

Zhu Biao is very calm at this time. Since Zhu Yuanzhang can be a rascal, there is no reason why he can't. In terms of status, he is the son of a father and son. In terms of age, he is only a teenager. Except for the unequal status-I believe Zhu Yuanzhang will not There is nothing to worry about in this way.

"Why don't you count?" Zhu Biao said, "I think Yuan Kai must be pretending to be crazy. After he understands the meaning of father's test, he will of course have the courage to speak out."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Now you know how to call him dad again?"

Zhu Biao just smiled, staring at Zhu Yuanzhang without speaking.

"Okay, let's give it a few more days." After a while of silence, Zhu Yuanzhang avoided his gaze, "Let's ask Jin Yiwei to watch again and see if he is really crazy."

"If it's pretending to be crazy, is it considered deceiving the emperor?"

Zhu Yuanzhang had the final say, opened his mouth, and finally said: "Never mind, let's absolve him of his crime, and say to the outside world that he has recovered from his illness."

Before he knew it, it seemed that even he had acquiesced that Yuan Kai was pretending to be crazy.

But the most important thing right now is whether Yuan Kai can take the initiative to wake up, give up mediocre choices, and become a direct minister that Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao expect when no one is calling and there are spies everywhere.

This is no easy task. Many people continue to lie in order to fill a lie because emotions and facts prevent them from repenting.Yuan Kai's difficulty is not limited to this. He wrongly judged that he was hated by the emperor. In order to survive, he embarked on the road of deceiving the emperor. If he wants to turn around, he needs more courage than admitting a lie.

For Zhu Biao, he not only wanted to save the women, children and children of Zhang Chang's family who were about to sacrifice innocently due to political struggles, but also wanted to take this opportunity to correct Zhu Yuanzhang's brutal attitude and his distrust of officials.

No, not mistrust.The emperor shouldn't trust anyone in the first place.

To be precise, it should be the management method for officials, at least let him retain the talents he should retain.

Having won the opportunity, Zhu Biao finally relaxed, stood up and said, "Father, I went back to the Hall of Harmony. The second and third brothers said they wanted to find me, so I have to go back and see what they are up to."

"What else can it be?" Zhu Yuanzhang rubbed the peanut skin like a big fly, "You don't have to ask them in a hurry, we can tell you."

Zhu Biao asked curiously, "What's the matter?"

"Didn't the envoys from Sichuan come two days ago? We also let go of the word that we want to fight Sichuan. Although those bastards are nesting in the palace, there are quite a few people who fawn on them. They must have heard the news and are in a hurry to go out. .”

"Father, you mean they want to go out and fight?"

"Yes."

"How old are they, and they want to go to the battlefield?" Zhu Biao said, "It's ridiculous to want to dance before learning to walk!"

"It wasn't the same when you were young." Zhu Yuanzhang squinted at him, as if he had waited for this sentence for a long time, "You still have fat hands, so you dare to agree to be sealed in front of monsters."

"That's different!" Zhu Biao paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, "My situation is special, and my mother was there at the time... Dad, you know it well. But they—they haven't even been outside the palace much, Usually, he is held in high esteem by the palace people, so how do you know the world is so hot and cold."

"What are you going to do?"

"Refused..." Zhu Biao hesitated halfway through his words.

He could reject his younger brothers due to safety issues, but there must be someone behind them who wants them to make contributions now, whether it is their mother clan or opportunistic civil servants and military generals, they are all ready to make a move.

Zhu Biao's choice not only brought about the unhappiness of a few children, but rumors about the prince's lack of compassion for younger brothers and accumulating wealth and stingy rewards might spread all over the capital immediately. Even Zhu Yuanzhang would have difficulty in finding out.

After thinking about this level clearly, he still said: "If you can't do it, you can't do it."

Zhu Yuanzhang was very pleased that he would not be swayed by other people's opinions, and that he really thought about his younger brother, but he knew that Zhu Biao's thinking was not over, so he still didn't speak.

"The difficulty in conquering Sichuan is mainly due to the dangerous geography, which needs to be dealt with by military tactics." Zhu Biao pondered slowly, "If you have to go, the three of them are of reasonable age. Dad, what do you think?"

"We?" Zhu Yuanzhang was too lazy to take the pot, "Let's sit here and watch."

"Let them make trouble, you can make up your mind." He continued, "It doesn't matter if you go or not. Some people gossip anyway, and we'll help you deal with it."

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"master……"

Yuan Kai suddenly sat up from the bed, squeezed his wife's hand and asked in a low voice: "What time is it?"

The haggard woman said: "It's time for lunch."

"Oh." Yuan Kai was silent for a moment, "Have you sent our children back to their hometown?"

"not yet."

"Why not?" Yuan Kai's voice suddenly became much louder. If the volume wasn't limited, there would be no problem in frightening and crying children. "Didn't I ask you to hire a car!"

His wife cried: "There are spies everywhere outside, Jin Yiwei is sitting at the door of the house, how do you ask me to send it? How dare I, the Holy One has suspected that you are not really crazy, sir. If you send the child away, this guess will be more confirmed. gone."

Yuan Kai squeezed the quilt into a huge wrinkle with his hands, then let it go suddenly, and murmured: "You are right, I am too stupid, I can't do anything right now. Get ready, I have to go to the street in the afternoon go up."

"You have chilblains on your feet." The woman said, "Just pretend to be crazy at home today."

Listening to this is so interesting, pretending to be crazy has become a must-do career for Yuan Kai, no different from going to work.

Yuan Kai first glanced at the window to make sure that no one was standing there, and then said: "The colder the weather, the more I have to go out, otherwise how can I look like a lunatic?"

"A lunatic knows hot and cold." The woman put away her sadness and said seriously, "Master, if you insist on going out, isn't it true that there is no silver 300 taels here? In my opinion, we still have to find a new way."

"What way?" Yuan Kai hesitated.

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"Boss." A man put down a jug of hot wine wrapped in cotton cloth on the table.

"I don't want to drink, you should share it with your brothers."

The person called the boss is a middle-aged man who looks very stable. He only wears a thin padded jacket in the cold winter months. White gas comes out of his mouth and nose when he speaks. He does not show his height because he is sitting, but he wants to know. How majestic and tall this man would be standing up.

"Boss, drink to warm your body." The man persuaded again.

The man stared: "Do you think I need to warm my body!"

The man stopped talking, walked away with the wine, and went to another place obediently.

The gate of Yuan Mansion remained silent, the door knocker was covered with snowflakes, and half of it turned white, which symbolized the loneliness when no one came in and out to visit.

A small tea shop happened to be opened not far from it, and Jin Yiwei confiscated it and operated it quietly, using it as a stronghold for exchanging information.The captain of this team naturally chose to follow up here.

Staring at this place all day and all night, although it is a bit boring, the man has gradually gotten used to Yuan Kai's crazy appearance, and he is also used to the way that when he goes out without clothes, the whole house is full of people crying for their father and mother.

He looked up at the sky, thinking that it was time for Yuan Kai to come out, so he got up and moved, staring at the door, waiting for the person to appear before he followed him up, who knew that almost half an hour passed, and there was still no movement.

what happened?Yuan Kai won't go through the main entrance today?Or is it not crazy anymore?

The man was about to ask his subordinates about the situation, when the man ran over by himself.

"Boss, is there anyone coming out of your old place?"

"No, how about you?"

"The brothers didn't see any movement."

The man frowned: "The behavior of a lunatic cannot be deduced by common sense. You should pay more attention and see if he..."

Before the words were finished, there was a sudden burst of loud crying in the Yuan Mansion. The crying was so shrill and unceasing. Listen carefully, there was also a faint shout mixed in, but it was hard to hear what it was shouting.

"Dead?" the man asked, "I heard that these scholars have a lot of rules in their families, and the undead are not allowed to cry."

"That's the rule in the palace." The man glared at him, looked around, ran to the edge of the courtyard wall three times in two steps, climbed onto the wall with all his strength, and looked inside.

He saw a woman sitting slumped on the ground in the middle of the garden, and she was the one who uttered the cry. Among the faintly dead branches of the trees, there were many people running back and forth, but the main target, Yuan Kai, was nowhere to be seen. .

After supporting him for a while, Yuan Kai finally appeared, still unlined as usual, with loose hair, running wildly in the yard, eating something while running, and a group of servant girls chasing after him.

That woman is Yuan Kai's wife. Although she looked haggard a few days ago, she still acted decently. Why is she looking like this now? What is it that she can't bear?

Jin Yiwei then set his sights on Yuan Kai, trying to find out the reason for his wife's change.Since Yuan Kai kept jumping up and down, he watched for a while before he could clearly see that Yuan Kai was holding a ball of black-brown paste in his hand, and he ate it like a baby, taking a bite every two steps, and every time When he ate, the woman's cries became louder and louder.

That shouldn't be it!

The man felt disgusted, and his hand loosened and fell from the wall.

"What's the matter?"

"...Go up and have a look."

The man was puzzled, but he went up to look, and soon came down, with the corners of his mouth twitched, his eyes closed, his facial features twisted together, and he said, "It's unlucky, is he eating shit?"

Seeing that he came to the same judgment, the man took a deep breath: "...It seems that he is really crazy, you should send a letter to the palace and tell the truth."