Daming prepares the emperor

Zhu Biao's life gradually stabilized.

Comrade Zhu's great cause is also developing steadily. Generals such as Xu Da, Tang He, and Chang Yuchun conquer the world for him, and Kang Maocai farms for him. He can sit in Yingtian by himself, and he will have more time to accompany Zhu Biaohe Ma Xiuying together.

Ma Xiuying teaches Zhu Biao to recognize and practice calligraphy every day, does some preschool enlightenment, reads some stories about gods, gods and ghosts, and listens to so much that Zhu Biao has reached the point where even when he goes to bed at night and looks at the shadows of trees outside, he secretly feels that something is wrong. .

There was also that bowl. There was indeed a lot of commotion that day, but it was like setting off a squib. Although the commotion was big, there was no follow-up.Every evening, if Zhu Biao happened to be in Zhu Yuanzhang's bedroom, he would be able to see it puffing out air and clouds, other than that, there was no sign of perfection.

Zhu Yuanzhang was so excited when he heard what Zhu Biao said about this matter, he held his own bowl and looked at it carefully, but he couldn't see anything, so he put it on the table and ignored it, and didn't bother to take another look.It was Ma Xiuying who heard about it and asked someone to make a special shelf for it.

It's winter in a blink of an eye.

When Zhu Biao got up from the bed to get dressed early this morning, Zhu Yuanzhang had already left early as usual. He didn't know whether he was going to have a meeting or deal with paperwork, but he was very busy anyway.

It stands to reason that someone should have helped Zhu Biao get up, but because the study is next door, plus Comrade Zhu thinks he wants to exercise his son, and because of the bowl, there is no second person here.

Zhu Biao lowered his head to put on his boots, put on a rabbit fur hat, stepped on a stool, and looked out the window.

The plum blossom outside the window has already bloomed, the branches are covered with snowflakes, the stone slabs of the promenade are all white, and there are no tiles on the roof of the pavilion. The whole yard seems to have been covered with melted silver. On the ground, the snow fell one after another.

It's snowing, goose feather heavy snow.

Zhu Biao got off the chair, put on a thick light brown cloud-pattern cloak with a straight collar and double-breasted, and then went out.

The cloak is different from the cloak in ancient times. It is more like a large coat, which has the artistic conception of martial arts and fairy tales. Even though Zhu Biao is still a short figure, he feels very handsome when he wears it.

Of course, when he grows up, he will definitely not be bad.

As heavy snow fell from the sky, Zhu Biao left a line of footprints on the gravel road, went out the door, passed the guards standing on both sides, and the people waiting at the corner greeted him.

Li Li was wearing a cloak, and when he saw Zhu Biao, he stuffed the stove in his hand, held Zhu Biao's hand with one hand, and straightened his collar with the other.

"Master, Madam is waiting." Li Li smiled, "Today the kitchen made some date paste cakes and stewed a quail."

Zhu Biao responded casually, and looked up at the Jackdaw who was outside the bedroom just now, but now landed on the railing.

The jackdaw's feathers were shining with a purple-blue metallic luster, and he walked a few steps in figure-sighted steps, as if he was clearing his throat. When he saw Zhu Biao, he greeted him, "Good morning!"

Because someone was around, Zhu Biao only nodded his head as a response.

Li Li didn't notice his small movements, so he took people carefully to avoid him slipping, and went all the way to Ma Xiuying's yard.

Ma Xiuying was admiring plum blossoms in the yard, and when she saw him coming, she shifted her gaze from plum blossoms to her son.

"Biaoer, is it cold?"

"I'm not cold." Zhu Biao turned his head and saw the smoke on the top of the kitchen, and asked, "Mother, is Daddy coming to eat today?"

Ma Xiuying said indifferently: "He has his own brain, don't worry about him."

It seems that Comrade Zhu made a mistake, and he will definitely apologize at noon today.

Zhu Biao was quite used to this, so he consciously went into the house and looked for "Shan Hai Jing" to start reading. When he encountered a word or a sentence he didn't understand, he asked Ma Xiuying.

Children from other people's families use "Three Character Classics", "The Analects of Confucius", and "Hundred Family Surnames" to enlighten them. When they come to Zhu Biao, they become these books. Thinking about it carefully, it is really annoying.

Zhu Biao studied hard all morning. Before it was time for dinner, Zhu Yuanzhang came. He hurried in, put on a cotton robe and a fox fur coat, and was followed by an attendant who carried a There is a big iron cage, covered with a cloth, I don't know what it is.

"Biao'er, come here and let Dad take a look."

Zhu Yuanzhang picked up Zhu Biao, weighed it, as if weighing pork, and said with satisfaction: "Not bad, I've grown up."

The melting ice and snow on his body rubbed against Zhu Biao, and the chill also swept in. Before Zhu Biao could speak, Ma Xiuying immediately snatched him over and said, "Biao'er is still young, what should I do if I catch the wind and cold? You warm yourself up by the fire." go."

Zhu Yuanzhang was not angry either, and smiled apologetically, "Okay, okay, sister, let's go now, let's go now, Wu Ce, show Biaoer the gift we brought back."

He went into the house by himself, and the person who had been following closely behind him like a shadow showed his face.

This man has a very handsome face, dark eyes, and a deep scar under his left eye. He is wearing dark hard clothes. Although he has a smile on his face, he does not look flattering, but gives people a very strange feeling. sense of respect.

Zhu Biao saw many calluses on his fingers holding the iron cage, and then walked around him to look back, and found that the footprints he had left on the snow were almost too light to be seen. During this period of time, the snow fell again, It even covered up a lot of traces. If he hadn't seen him following Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao would almost have thought that his father came alone.

Wu Ce saw Zhu Biao looking at his hands and behind him, and said with a smile, "Master is really smart."

With ghosts and martial arts masters, it seems that it is not so difficult to accept.Zhu Biaozheng pointed to the cage and asked directly, "What is the gift?"

Wu Ce took off the layer of cloth, opened the cage door, and brought out a snow-white puppy.

"This is a fine dog that the Marshal sent someone to find from Shaanxi. It is the best bred dog, and it is also the most intelligent dog in the litter."

Zhu Biao immediately understood what Zhu Yuanzhang meant. Since ancient times, dogs have been synonymous with loyalty. It is said that Erlang God’s Roaring Dog is a fine dog. The fine dog itself is very protective and vigilant. Raising such a dog...

Does dad want me to cultivate it into a spirit?

That bowl seemed to have opened a great door for Comrade Zhu.

Maybe one day in the future, Comrade Zhu will wear a dragon robe, point to the trousers he just changed, and say to his prince——Biaoer, turn these trousers into underpants for me!

After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Biao found it unacceptable, and quickly shook his head to get this idea out of his head.

The white puppy held in his arms seemed to feel cold, and kept digging into Zhu Biao's arms. It was fluffy and looked easy to touch, and its blue-gray eyes looked around, probably in fear.

Zhu Biao has never had a dog, but it is undeniable that he really likes fluffy, even the old old weasel can make him feel cute, let alone others.So after struggling for a while, he went into the house with the dog in his arms, and Li Li followed him in, found a wooden box for him, emptied out the sundries in it, put old clothes in it, and stuffed some rags into it. .

Ma Xiuying pointed out: "Little carp, don't put your old clothes away, take out the little clothes that Biaoer wore as a cushion, let him get used to the familiar smell."

Li Li said hello from across the room, found out the small clothes that Ma Xiuying had kept, remade the bed, and then asked Zhu Biao to put them inside.

As soon as the white puppy went in, it nestled in the old clothes without moving. It stared at Zhu Biao with wide eyes and whimpered a few times.

Zhu Biao couldn't understand what it was saying. It seemed that this dog hadn't matured yet, it was just an ordinary dog.

Li Li stood up and said, "Master, I'll find some goat milk to feed it, this dog must be hungry."

"Ah."

Li Li opened the curtain and went out, a gust of cold wind came in, the puppy shivered, and then leaned in Zhu Biao's direction, it was indeed spiritual.

Zhu Biao tentatively put his hand on its head and touched it. The puppy immediately raised its head and licked his palm with its bright red tongue, leaving a wet mark.

It was snowing heavily outside the window, and the chill was getting deeper. Zhu Biao heard Zhu Yuanzhang's voice ordering to warm the wine.

He looked down at Gouzi again, and remembered Yuan Zhen's verse - Chunxue is the first to fly, and Fanmei is the first to follow.One branch is gradually showing off, and the six branches have bloomed together.

Liuchu is another name for snow, because snowflakes have six petals.

"How about your name Liuchubai?" Zhu Biao pondered, "I called you Xiaobai when I was a child, and Dabai when I grew up. When people asked me when I went out, I would say Liuchubai—— Xuebai. It sounds educated."

Xiaobai yelled twice, it seems that he has a good sense of the name.

At this moment Li Li came in with a bowl of goat milk and put it next to the carton, feeling a little worried.She herself was originally a lady of a rich family, and she learned a lot of rough work after being in distress, but she really didn't know much about raising dogs.

Zhu Biao said: "Don't worry, it will eat by itself. Xiaobai, go."

Xiaobai jumped out of the wooden box with a cry, squatted in front of the bowl following Zhu Biao's gesture, lowered his head and stuck his tongue into the bowl to lick it.

Li Li happily said: "Master, this dog is really intelligent."

"It's called Xiaobai."

Zhu Biao was about to tell Li Li his full name, when Zhu Yuanzhang opened the door and came in, calling out, "Biaoer, come, let's eat."

A stove was burning in the main hall, which was as warm as spring. Hot water was boiling on the fire, which would be used to make tea later. A large bowl of stewed quail, three bowls of duck porridge, a plate of fried vegetables, and a roast chicken were already set on the table. , and a stewed elbow with ham.

And that Wu Ce no longer knows where he went, maybe he just left.

Ma Xiuying looked indifferent, neither disgusting nor indifferent, but a little weird, as if she didn't want to see Zhu Yuanzhang, and seemed to have no opinion on him.

In her eyes, it seemed that there was no such person at all. The place where Comrade Zhu stayed was like a piece of air to her.

Zhu Yuanzhang was also awkward, as if he wanted to please Ma Xiuying, but he didn't know how to speak.

Holding the bowls and chopsticks, Zhu Biao couldn't bear it any longer, and asked, "Mother, what's wrong with Dad?"

Ma Xiuying scooped the stewed quail for him, and said with a smile: "There is a good thing, Biaoer, you can ask your father yourself."

Zhu Biao then looked at Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang coughed and said, "Biaoer, well, you have a younger brother, are you happy?"

Zhu Biao put the food in his mouth and forgot to chew it. He didn't know whether to think about his younger brother or his own mother who was jealous. He asked in a daze, "Which aunt gave birth to the younger brother?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "The one born by Mrs. Li was just born last night. We have already thought about the name. It is called Zhu Xi."

樉 is the same as reward.

Historically, it is recorded that Zhu Xi's biological mother was Empress Xiaocigao Ma Shi, also known as Ma Xiuying. Although there are also claims that the biological mother was Li Shi, it is not very credible.Now in this time and space, Ma Xiuying is busy taking care of Zhu Biao, and it seems that she has no plans to have another child for the time being, so Zhu Xi really became the child of Li Shi.

King Qin Min, Zhu Yu, was intelligent and heroic when he was young, but after he arrived in the fiefdom, he did many evils, started construction, robbed the women of the people, forced the children to be eunuchs, murdered the palace people wantonly, doted on concubines, and was licentious. He died in the 28th year of Hongwu , the cause of death was poisoned by the old woman.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought that he died with more guilt, and when he and the Minister of Rites drafted the posthumous title, he directly set the word "愍", and then wrote a sacrificial oration, and wrote such a passage-he is from the country of Er, and he has no good name.She is more like a villain than a villain, licentious and debauched.Wreak havoc in the territory, angering the sky.Repeatedly tasted the responsibility of teaching, but finally failed to realize it, and died.Although Er is dead, Yu Gu is obvious.

He didn't save any face, he almost said he was disgusting and embarrassing.

These mistakes were all recorded by Comrade Zhu in the "Yu Zhi Ji Fei Lu", written clearly and plainly.

Zhu Biao didn't know much about the history of the Ming Dynasty, and he didn't know exactly what Zhu Xi did. He only vaguely remembered that he was not a good person.

Although he felt a little tricky, he thought that this younger brother could still be saved. After all, time and space are different, so it can't be completely used as a reference, and good discipline should be enough.

Zhu Biao was meditating while eating.The ancients said that it is not unreasonable for elder brothers to be like fathers and elder sisters-in-law to be like mothers. Even if Zhu Biao himself is not willing, Comrade Zhu, Ma Xiuying, courtiers, palace officials, and even Zhu Xi’s mother, Li Shi, will all acquiesce that he wants to discipline his younger brother. and support this behavior.

What's more, Comrade Zhu is busy with the battle. Although Ma Xiuying is the mistress, it is easy to spread rumors of being harsh on the concubine. Zhu Biao will have a good reputation if he does this.

Ma Xiuying said at this time: "Chongba, the water is boiling."

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately stood up, brewed tea for Ma Xiuying attentively, and said with a smile, "Sister, I can only count on you in the backyard. Those women's tricks... Although we understand it, we are too lazy to control it. It depends on your ability, sister."

Ma Xiuying sighed, frowned and said: "Chongba, I'm not unhappy that you have a son. It's a good thing to spread branches and leaves. Besides, you are a person who does great things. What makes me angry is that you think that I will be temperamental. I... ..."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "It's our fault, our fault, sister, you have a broad mind, of course we didn't think so, we were just afraid that you would feel uncomfortable."

"Why should I be uncomfortable?"

"Because, it's not because, because of you, sister..."

Seeing that Comrade Zhu was about to freeze, Zhu Biao continued his words: "Because my sister has a father in her heart!"

If you see it through, you can't say it through, and if you say it through, you can't stay for a long time.Before the two of them were about to beat the child, Zhu Biao hurriedly got off the chair, opened the curtain and ran out the door, yelled "I went to see my brother", and there was no one there.