Daming: From the end of Hongwu

After Fu Youde respected Zhu Yuanzhang with a glass of wine, he thought for a while and said, "It should be the 21st year of Zhizheng."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Well, I also remembered that at that time, Chen Youliang killed Xu Shouhui and proclaimed himself emperor. You were dissatisfied with Chen Youliang's style and voted for us. In the following years, you fought Chen Youliang for us, took Zhang Shicheng, and followed Xu Da Expedition to Mobei in the north, Expedition to Bashu in the west, and then brought Lanyu and Muying to Pingyungui in the south. In these years, in the north and south, no one can beat you in terms of achievements. We all remember these.” “But you also talk about it , How do we treat you? Is there anything that makes you dissatisfied in these years?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

Fu Youde stood up and knelt down on one knee, and said in a firm voice: "Your Majesty's kindness to me is as deep as a mountain, and I will always remember it in my heart."

"Get up.'

Zhu Yuanzhang was dissatisfied and said:

"Kneel down at every turn, how can you talk."

Fu Youde got up and stood up.

Zhu Yuanzhang continued: "Then you can blame us for killing Lan Yu?"

Fu Youde's heart trembled, he quickly shook his head and said: "Lan Yu's treason, the crime should be punished, how dare I complain."

How dare you?

Zhu Yuanzhang chewed hard, and then laughed, he was kind like a little old man, without any trace of murderous intent: "Whether you complain or not, we are all for the Ming Dynasty, and we actually want to live in peace with everyone. Sharing wealth and honor in this life, but some people always go too far, and there is nothing we can do about it.”

"However, we're old too, and we don't have a few years to live. It doesn't matter if we kill anyone. In a few years, we will naturally accompany him. It’s time to make a distinction.”

As Zhu Yuanzhang was talking, he coughed lightly. He stood up holding the golden cup, looked at the beautiful scenery outside the pavilion, took a sip, and then asked: "We are here today, and I want to ask you, What did you and Wang Bi discuss in private a few days ago?'

Fu Youde was shocked for a moment, and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang in surprise.

He really wanted to explain, but he didn't say anything, just chatted for a while, but was the explanation clear? Since they met in private, they committed a taboo.

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head, sighed, and waved his hand. Jiang Qiao next to him handed over a jug of wine. He turned around slowly and poured a glass of wine into the golden cup.

"If Youde doesn't want to make trouble, you can try our bar. The scenery here is good, and it matches Youde."

Fu Youde looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, and slowly moved his eyes to the golden cup. How could he not understand what kind of wine was in it? Although he had expected this scene, he still felt bitter at the end, and couldn't help but said: " Your Majesty, must it be so?"

He didn't want to resist, he knew that since Zhu Yuanzhang dared to come here, he had already made all preparations.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "You know we are not a stingy person."

Fu Youde is bitter, how could he not know.

'Drink the golden cup with you, and the white blade will not spare you.

Fu Youde raised his head to look at Zhu Yuanzhang, then knelt down and said, "I implore your majesty to spare my family members for the sake of my military exploits."

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while, and after contemplating for a long time, he slowly uttered a sentence: "Qijue, Zihuo."

Fu Youde was relieved, this was enough for him, he stood up, glanced greedily at the world, and finally turned to Zhu Yuanzhang and said again: "It's not fun to drink a cup, may your majesty let me drink the whole pot?"

Zhu Yuanzhang handed the pot to Fu Youde indifferently.

Fu Youde looked at the jug twice, opened the lid, and poured it directly into his mouth. The clear wine trickled down the spout, and Fu Youde drank greedily with his head up

It's like a drink after every big victory.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at it, as if he also saw Fu Youde, the always brave vanguard general who was seriously injured.

But there is no way.

If he was young, he could tolerate it, but he is old.

Just like the sun is slowly setting in the west, Zhu Yuanzhang's life is about to pass away. He is holding on hard, blooming the last afterglow, and wants to make tomorrow better.

Chapter 223 - Getting married soon

When the interior of the Ming Dynasty was turbulent, Beiping City looked peaceful. Not to mention the completion of the princess mansion and the new house of the Zhen family, the official wedding day of Zhen Wu and Zhu Yuying was finally settled.

Because of this, Zhen Wu's father was posthumously granted a fifth-rank Sanjie, and Zhang Yuqing was also granted a fifth-rank imperial order at the same time.

In addition, on this day, Zhen Wu's family moved to a new house, which is simply a joy on top of joy.

This time when I moved to a new house, I needed to move a lot more things than last time, but it was easier than last time. The main reason is that there are more servants in the family, so I just need to watch the servants busy.

Zhang Yuqing was worried that the third child was alone in the old house, so he stayed in the old house to take care of it, while the fourth and fifth younger sisters were in the new house to direct how to put the moved things.

Zhen Wu took little six and seven together and sneaked around the house while busy.

Zhen Wu had seen the design drawing of this house before. Although it was not as big as the princess's mansion, the difference was not much different.

Facing north and facing south, after entering the gate of the house, there is an inverted room where a male servant lives. After passing through the screen wall and entering the vertical flower gate, you will see the front yard and small flower garden. You will pass through the Chaoshou corridor and come to the main hall. This will be the yard where Zhen Wu lives. , side rooms on both sides, with side rooms on both sides, this scale is more than enough to accommodate twenty maids.

Behind the main house are the second bedroom and the second living room, which is the courtyard where Zhang Yuqing lives. This courtyard connects the left and right courtyards, and is used to house younger siblings or children after Zhen Wu.

The last thing left was the back room, which belonged to the maid's residence.

Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi ran around erratically, they liked this house very much, they were very familiar with every part, looked at Xiao Liu and sighed, she thought of the wooden bed in the summer yard in Fengwei Hutong , I also remembered the fire that Fifth Sister lit in the kitchen that day.

On that day, the house really felt like the sky was falling, but I didn't expect to live better and better.

Xiao Liu glanced at Xiao Qi, who was heartless and only caring about being silly and cheerful, thought for a while and resisted the urge to slap him twice, sighed and said to Zhen Wu: "Brother, look, my mother is still working all day long." Say my life is good, Xiao Qi's life is good, I guess I don't even remember living a hard life."

Zhen Wu was taken aback, Xiao Liu, although she often looks like a child, she sometimes behaves like a big girl, which made Zhen Wu feel a lot, and couldn't help touching the Nezha hair that Xiao Liu combed today , but looked at Xiaoqi.

Indeed, as Xiao Liu said, in Xiao Qi's memory, the years of living in the house in Fengwei Hutong may have long since disappeared.

That's good.

Zhen Wu was a little bit looking forward to a dude from his family, otherwise he wouldn't be able to show the fruits of his hard work.

Some things he couldn't pretend to be, Xiaoqi helped him pretend, it was really good after thinking about it.

As long as he's not an asshole, Zhen Wu doesn't mind Xiao Qi's life of being careless.

But at this moment, in the bee tail alley, Zhang Wu was extremely irritable today, and after being irritable, he brought a lot of disappointment, sitting in the yard in a daze, the two sages saw that it was funny, and came to Zhang Wu with a stool and sat down with him .

She knew that Zhang Wu was stimulated by her elder brother again.

Zhang Wu glanced sideways at the two sages, and said with some distress: "If you hadn't married me, your life would have been prosperous, but you were born to follow me, and the more you live, the more you will go back."

Er Xianmei rolled her eyes at Zhang Wu, and at the same time gently stuffed her small hand into Zhang Wu's palm, and said softly: "I don't know what you are talking about, and I don't know what you are thinking. You have treated me in every possible way these two years." , my parents treat me like their own daughters, what am I not satisfied with, even if I have to choose again, I still want to marry you, besides, it’s not that we can’t afford a good house, it’s just that I think There is no need, why are you angry here."

Zhang Wu was so touched that he tightly grasped the little hands of the two sages. He only felt that having such a caring wife would really be worth his life, but after Zhang Wu had been arrogant all his life and was unwilling to let her down, he thought about it and said ruthlessly: "Don't worry, I will be promising in the future, and we will also buy a big mansion when the time comes."

Er Xian nodded, in fact, she didn't think about how good it would be to live in her heart. She touched her stomach sadly, not understanding why her stomach didn't move. Now not only her mother-in-law is anxious, but also her own mother. It is Zhen Wu I also said it in a roundabout way several times.

She thought, if she could conceive a child, she would live in a bad place for the rest of her life, but she couldn't tell Zhang Wu about it, and she felt ashamed in her heart because she hadn't conceived in the past two years, and she didn't want to talk to Zhang Wu this topic.

Erxian forced a smile, not wanting Zhang Wu to see what was on his mind, and said, "You just like to compare with my elder brother."

Zhang Wu has a big heart, and he really didn't realize what the two sages were thinking. He grinned and smiled complacently: "Others want to compare with big brother, but they can't compare. Only I, Zhang Wu, can compare. Who else is not?" Being left far behind, besides, you can’t compare yourself with someone who is worse than you in this world.”

Erxian smiled softly, sometimes she really felt that Zhang Wu and her elder brother were quite similar.

At least they are all good men who stand upright.

……

At noon, Zhen Wu came to the main hall, and was puzzled to see that the furniture moved from his previous courtyard was not directly placed in the main room. Zhen Wu asked his fourth and fifth younger sisters in doubt.

After listening to Zhen Wu's words, the fourth and fifth sisters looked at each other, and then they both covered their mouths and laughed lightly, but they let Zhen Wu ask, but they didn't tell Zhen Wu the reason.

For a moment, Zhen Wu was in a hurry, and his brows frowned. The fourth and fifth sisters were not afraid, and they still smiled mischievously to themselves. "Brother, don't annoy us. If you want to be annoyed, please annoy our sister-in-law. We have obtained orders from my sister-in-law."

This made Zhen Wu even more confused.

Fifth Younger Sister smiled and said, "Brother, find a room in another courtyard for the next few days, people from the Palace will come over in the afternoon."

In the afternoon, people from the palace really came. After being ushered into the main house, they memorized the size and pattern of the side rooms of the main house, and then asked Zhen Wu about some needs before leaving.

This time Zhen Wu understood.

As for the layout of the main room, Wangfu intends to do it himself.

This makes sense, Zhu Yuying will live here often in the future, Zhu Yuying naturally wants to arrange it herself, but according to the rules, the palace bought the county palace, so there is no need to distribute another set of furniture.

This made Zhen Wu a little embarrassed. Originally, according to Zhen Wu's intention, after Zhu Yuying moved in, he could pay for it and add or subtract things according to Zhu Yuying's wishes.

But looking at it now, it is unnecessary, the palace is more appropriate than he thought, and it is much more generous.

Zhen Wu couldn't help but look high at Zhu Di, the father-in-law.

However, Zhen Wu never imagined that Zhu Di, whom he looked up to, was complaining with Xu Miaoyun at the moment, and even his nose was not his nose and his eyes were not his eyes.

Zhu Di's displeased voice resounded throughout the room.

"Tell me, what is this called? Well, after other princes' daughters get married, they have a door-to-door son-in-law, but do you think I look like a door-to-door son-in-law? My daughter knows how to turn her elbows out before she gets married, and she is abducted." That's all, there are too many abductees, I think of myself as my husband's family, and the princess mansion I spent money on for my daughter is now a dowry for Zhen Wu. Is there such a thing as a daughter? In my opinion, it is better to call her Princess's Mansion Zhen Mansion directly."

Xu Miaoyun kept comforting her softly, she was not annoyed, her daughter's family was like this, but she also complained to Zhu Yuying in her heart, raising such a big girl, she couldn't consider her parents' feelings.

I really don't care about my biological parents, I'm trying to please my mother-in-law in a different way.

Zhu Di still didn't give up, and kept saying: "Let's not talk about gold, silver and jade for now, a house with everything, a first-class farm, the servants alone have given twenty households to Yuying, and now we have to give it to Zhenwu's family. To make furniture, I let them live in Zhen's mansion, it's generous enough, what is this? But her father, a big family, eats it? Who's son-in-law is like this? Ordinary people even know how to give a bride price when they marry a daughter-in-law. That's good, I It's all upside down."

"We're just making a name, and Zhen Wu is always our Yibin."

"I don't care about this name. You asked Zhen Wu to give me a gift of 80 million taels, and I gave him my daughter. From now on, they will live as they like, grandma, isn't it better than me losing everything? "

It was rare for Xu Miaoyun to see Zhu Di plotting against these parents, but now seeing Zhu Di as a chattering old woman, she couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Then I'll refute Yuying's idea?" Xu Miaoyun said deliberately.

Zhu Di's breath was stagnant, and he waved his hand irritably. Speaking of it, he didn't feel sorry for these foreign things, but his daughter who was married for the first time was upset, and Zhu Yuying's undisguised bias made him feel uncomfortable.

He felt bad and wanted to find something to do.

But it's not good to look for trouble at this juncture, so I have to complain to Xu Miaoyun behind the back of outsiders.

Seeing this, Xu Miaoyun gently held Zhu Di's shoulders and said, "Okay, marrying a daughter is not a business like you. Zhen Wu has no elders, only a mother who has no idea. It is not easy to support the family these years, so let us help more." It should be, besides, you can be regarded as watching Zhen Wu grow up, and he and Yuying will not respect us as parents in the future? Speaking of which, you still have an extra son."

"Furthermore, your mother-in-law didn't complain that you robbed her most promising son, so why would you be reluctant to part with some foreign things?"

After hearing these words, Zhu Di thought of Zhen Wu's filial qualities, which made him feel better, but when he thought of his daughter, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Where's Yuying? What are you doing these days?"

Xu Miaoyun smiled and said: "You don't know yet, since the agreement was made the year before last, the marriage has been delayed for nearly two years, and it's finally settled, but you have to mess around with her marriage every day, so I don't know what you're busy with today. .”

Zhu Di raised his eyebrows angrily again.

However, thinking of the reasons for the delay in the marriage, Zhu Di also thought about the situation in the court. When the news of the death of his ex-son Fu Youde came, Zhu Di sat quietly in the study for a long time.

At the same time, in this sadness, Zhu Di also felt that Zhu Yuanzhang's relationship with the military was getting farther and farther away, and he benefited from this and restrained more and more troops. Depending on the military's recognition of him, Zhu Yuanzhang may change his mind and establish a new reserve.

How likely is it?

Zhu Di also knew in his heart that it was almost impossible to be small, but it didn't matter. Even if Zhu Yunqi came to power in the future, the young Zhu Yunqi would have to rely on uncles like them to control the military. After all, the north was not stable.

But really accept his fate and be a good uncle to his nephew?

Zhu Di shook his head, put these irritating thoughts to the back of his mind, and then thought about it: "Yuying's marriage has been delayed for so long, the others should not delay, they also need to prepare early, and Gao Chi should also be named the crown prince." Now, Gao Chi and Gao Xu, you pick some candidates as soon as possible, and give them concubines as soon as possible."

"I know." Xu Miaoyun said, she had been preparing for these things a long time ago, but the most urgent thing was Zhu Yuying's marriage, which needed to be sorted out first.

At the moment, Zhu Yuying is in her room, pointing her head on the table and looking at the music box in front of her.

She complained about Zhen Wu all the time, since she visited her a few months ago, she never took the initiative to see her again. Although the wedding date was approaching, she calculated that there was still a month before the wedding, and she would not see her in another month. This made Zhu Yuying quite distressed.

Do you want to go out and find him once?Or ask someone to find him?

Zhu Yuying shook her little head, thinking to herself: No, no, brother Zhen is very stupid, he always asks about something, he can't say he misses him, that would be so embarrassing.

But I really want to see him.

I want to tell him what I miss, I want to share my joy with him, I want to tell him about the first ray of sunshine I saw this morning, and I want to know what meal he eats for noon.

Thinking of being alone is tiring, but also fascinating.

Thinking about it, Zhu Yuying's gaze on the music box suddenly lit up.

Zhu Yuying's entire face immediately burst into joy.

The music box has been around for so long, it should be broken.

It would be reasonable for Zhen Wu to come and fix it.

After thinking about it, Zhu Yuying picked up the music box and started tinkering with it, but how should it be damaged so that it can be broken naturally?Zhu Yuying fiddled with the music box, looked left and right, feeling a little helpless.

I was afraid that it would really break if I fell it. If I couldn't repair it, then Zhu Yuying would be very distressed.

For an hour after that, Jin'er on the side watched Zhu Yuying foolishly holding the music box, dangling it while mumbling something.

Until Zhu Yuying saw a basin of water.

Jin'er was surprised to see that Zhu Yuying threw the precious music box into the water, and then fished it out again suddenly. Zhu Yuying didn't even wipe it, but just worked hard on the music box to check the effect.

Ding Dong Ding Dong's voice was not as crisp as before.

Jin'er asked Zhu Yuying in surprise: "Princess, is it broken?"