Father can be an enemy to the country

After Lan Yu left, the prince opened the study door and said to Zhu Zhen, who was chatting with Xiongying, "Come in and talk."

"You go to study first. Uncle Six will come find you later." Zhu Zhen touched the head of the emperor's eldest grandson and walked into the study.

"Is it time for your father to have a grandson?" Zhu Zhen asked softly after closing the door.

"Well, the crowning ceremony will be held next year, and then they will be canonized together." The prince nodded: "You must come back then."

"Let me go back first." Zhu Zhen said at a loss of whether to laugh or cry: "I'm really scared."

"Don't worry, I will hold up if the sky falls, and I won't delay your return to Yunnan." The prince said and sighed: "But it seems that the sky is really going to fall..."

Zhu Zhen opened his mouth and was about to speak. But the prince waved his hand and said: "Let's not talk about these for now, let's talk about that guy. You taught him what he said, right?"

"I just asked him to come and apologize to Big Brother before leaving." Zhu Zhen said with a smile: "Our great hero, General Lan, is not a parrot."

"How did you convince him?" The prince smiled bitterly and said, "You are still good. I can't do anything with this piece of meat on a hob."

"One of us is a good person and the other is a bad person. The eldest brother has already made him realize the seriousness of the problem. I will tell you the pros and cons and then draw a big picture," Zhu Zhen said with a smile: "If he doesn't do it, he will go downhill." , He is really a fool. Can Zhong Qing and the pharmacist of this dynasty be a fool? So he will definitely fall into the trap."

"What kind of pie did you draw?" Zhu Biao asked.

"I promise that as long as he can improve, I will help him change his title." Zhu Zhen replied: "There are also stains on the iron coupons, and I will help him remove them. This is his destiny, how could he not Submit obediently?"

"How can you help him?" The prince asked: "Don't get me wrong, my eldest brother doesn't want you to resist. This is not your business in the first place."

"Compare it with Xin Guo Gong's regulations." Zhu Zhen replied: "I have seen Xin Guo Gong's iron certificate. The original stained record when he was granted the title of Marquis of Zhongshan is gone."

"Do you want to take advantage of the opportunity of the Jin Dynasty to erase the stain?" The prince nodded and said: "His duke is not hereditary. As long as he accumulates enough merit, he can be promoted to the Jin Dynasty again, and the iron certificate will have to be redone. It will really work then.”

"Yes." Zhu Zhen nodded and said, "It will be ten or eight years from now at the earliest. My father will have calmed down by then."

"It's okay, but is it necessary?" The prince closed his eyes slightly and tapped his fingers unconsciously on his knees. "Do you think he can be saved?"

Zhu Zhen pondered for a while and said: "It's hard to say, people's hearts are the hardest to understand, but we can't afford to lose him, at least we can't let anything happen to him in the Hongwu Dynasty."

"You're right." The prince raised his eyebrows and narrowed his pupils slightly: "His identity is too special, his position is too important, and the most troublesome thing is that no one can replace him in a short time."

"The most important thing is that even though he has all kinds of bad things, there is no need to doubt his loyalty to his eldest brother." Zhu Zhen whispered.

"But he must be controlled." The prince said solemnly: "I think it is more secure to leave him to you."

"Brother, it's better to keep him by your side. People who are qualified and capable to take over as general are very rare, and he also represents the biggest mountain."

"It is precisely because he represents the biggest mountain that I want to transfer him." The prince and Lao Liu confided in each other: "The imperial court has finished fighting, and it's time to cut the mountain."

"Be careful of earthquakes, brother." Zhu Zhen reminded him.

"Don't worry, elder brother can still control the situation." The prince smiled confidently: "Besides, my biggest support has never been that guy, but you, the sixth one. Which of the vassals, civil servants and generals of the Ming Dynasty can you decide? ? Why should I expect him to be a fool?"

"It seems that the eldest brother and the old man are not planning to let me live in Yunnan." Zhu Zhen smiled bitterly and said: "Okay, then we will send him to the southwest as well. Okay, my place has become a shelter for problem children. ”

"After the fall of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the situation has changed. The noble generals have no place to use their talents, and if they don't know how to restrain themselves, something will happen sooner or later." Zhu Biao became serious and said: "It's better to let them harm the barbarians, it will be easier. Staying in the country will harm others.”

"Yes. The question that my father has been avoiding for many years - how to deal with the group of noble generals - is finally unavoidable." Zhu Zhen nodded. This was also the reason why he opened a shelter in the southwest. He really couldn't bear to see it. These founding heroes and the heroes who expelled the Tartars all ended up in ruins.

"Now it seems that your plan to expand the border to the southwest is too far-sighted. Otherwise, how would there be room to accommodate those proud soldiers in a short time?" The prince sighed: "How do you think you can see so far?"

"That was what my master said when he was not confused." Zhu Zhen said vaguely, and then said helplessly: "But is the old man a little too hasty to take action? On my way here today, I saw Jin Yiwei surrounding three lanes of Xi'an Gate. Some of the family members of the Marquis of Ji'an and the Marquis of Ping'an were captured."

"I know a little bit about this matter." The prince smiled and said: "But you made it clear that you didn't want to meddle in any other affairs before leaving the capital, so I didn't make any plans with you."

"It seems I can't help it." Zhu Zhen said with a wry smile: "Today, when Mao Xiang saw me, he rushed towards me and wanted to show me his underwear. I don't believe that he dared to do this without my father's permission? "

The prince couldn't help but laugh and said: "Hahaha, it seems that my father is also in trouble. Whenever he encounters difficulties, he will think of our good Liulang."

"Good things never happen to me." Zhu Zhen curled his lips and said, "Tell me, what's going on?"

"That's what happened..." The prince then told Zhu Zhen the whole story of the secret letter from Hu Weiyong after the prince had sued Lan Yu.

"The second half of the Hu Weiyong case is about to begin?!" Zhu Zhen's head was pounding when he heard it. He didn't really know that this part existed. I thought it was outrageous and said:

"Hu Xianghui has left such a fatal clue? He can definitely find someone to send a message! This way he can at least deny it. So this letter can't be forged, right?"

"The letter is not forged, it is indeed his handwriting. I don't know what Hu Xiang was thinking. Maybe he didn't even think about winning at that time, so he didn't care about the consequences." The prince sighed and said: "The key is that the person who originally sent the letter has also been found."

"Ah?" Zhu Zhen couldn't hold himself any longer: "Can you find all of these?"

"Yes, that person's name is Feng Ji. Do you have any impression?" the prince asked.

"I have the impression that he was a surrendered minister of the Yuan Dynasty, and later became the guard of Qianhu in the Prime Minister's Mansion." Zhu Zhen knew the situation of Hu Weiyong's family well. "Later when the Hu Party was arrested, this person was indeed not found. They thought he had absconded out of fear of crime."

"No. After sending the letter, he heard that Hu Weiyong was finished, so he didn't dare to come back, so he stayed in the royal court of Beiyuan and resumed his Mongolian name and clothing. So it's not Tuogu Sitie Mu'er identified him, but we couldn't recognize him at all." The prince continued:

"Father has already arrested him. He did everything under Miki, that's why we arrested him today."

"Good guy, Mao Xiang is still pretending to me, as if he just knew about it." Zhu Zhen spat, saying that he was paralyzed by the best actor per capita.

"Mao Xiang seems to have just found out, because the person who is interrogating is Wu Yong from the Criminal Division." The prince said softly: "Let's see what they can find out first."

"Okay." Zhu Zhen nodded. When he is so sensitive, it is really not advisable to act rashly.