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

His brother Xu Huizu was sent by the emperor to garrison troops near the Guangzhou Maritime Customs. As soon as his niece-in-law's ship returned, he would send rewards to the garrison in the name of the eldest prince, including gold, silver, jewelry, and anything else.

The eldest nephew gave all the latest long-range strike firearms developed by the Beijing Firearms Battalion to the navy.

Greatly reduced the navy's mortality rate.

So even if everyone had to drift on the sea for a month or two, looking for pirates everywhere, they were willing to do so.

In the past year or two, pirates on the sea have almost disappeared.

My niece's wife's two elder brothers, Zhang Chang used to manage Zhang Xin's shop in the capital, and later followed his brother-in-law to start a rebellion. Zhang Sheng didn't have much to do overtly, but he was mostly busy with royal and money-related matters.

They are all military personnel and royal relatives, so they naturally share the same concerns about the civil officials outside.

The more money in the army, the better; the more people in the army, the better.

Even the two old men upstairs are well aware of this matter.

Mr. Geng and Mr. Guo were both the most trusted people of the late emperor, otherwise the late emperor would not have left them to the young boy Zhu Yunwen.

Zhu Yunwen and his group of treacherous ministers were so unruly that they forced them to join forces with their brother-in-law to rebel.

But now my brother-in-law has ascended the throne.

Everyone felt a little uneasy as the late emperor had placed his trust in his current brother-in-law.

So when my brother-in-law suggested setting up the Imperial College.

Without saying a word, the two of them headed straight for the capital.

The changes in the capital city shocked the two old masters, and their brother-in-law's new initiatives one after another also made everyone feel that this was completely different from the situation when the previous emperor was alive.

Especially the fact that my brother-in-law personally led the expedition to Annan.

Seeing that their brother-in-law is about to make a big splash, the old officials want to support him no matter what, so they have to fight for the fresh blood in the army.

"Brother-in-law, please write a letter to the emperor. We have made the decision, but the final decision still needs to be made by the emperor."

Zhang Chang gave a reminder.

"Okay, thanks for reminding me."

Xu Zengshou bowed and thanked him.

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Ming Dynasty, the third year of Yongle, March.

When Xu Zengshou's letter was delivered to Zhu Di.

The Ming army had just destroyed the main force of the Li rebels, and Zhu Di and Xu had already moved into the Annan Palace.

The couple couldn't wait to take a fragrant bath in King Annan's extravagant jade bath.

As a man, Zhu Di was definitely much faster than Xu. Xu came out when his hair was almost dry. So Zhu Di took over to help Xu wring out her hair and took Xu to the terrace to continue drying it.

"Fortunately, we are fighting Annan in winter. Otherwise, how hot would it be?"

After taking a shower and putting on her clothes, Xu felt as if she had sweated again and couldn't help but feel fortunate.

"Next time we'll go north in the summer, just in time to escape the heat."

Zhu Di felt a little distressed when he saw that Xu had lost weight, but he still wanted Xu to stay with him, so he threw out another bait.

"Nothing else but war?"

Xu wanted to roll her eyes.

"It's mainly to escape the heat and fight a war."

Zhu Di vowed solemnly.

"I believed you!"

Xu wanted to spit in her man's face.

"Aren't you tired of living in the palace every day? In the past, the princes were not allowed to leave their fiefdoms, but now it's not the case. Why don't you come out for a walk? Being an emperor is less comfortable than being a prince, so what's the point of being an emperor?"

Zhu Di argued convincingly.

"It's obvious that the emperor and the empress are fighting outside, leaving the prince and the princess to enjoy themselves at home? Why do I feel so wrong?"

Xu smiled and joked.

"Who wants to stay in the Imperial City? There aren't even any trees. The same is true in the capital. It's cold and damp in the winter and hot and damp in the summer. There's never a day when I wake up early that I feel comfortable. Every day in the court, there are a bunch of old guys who are always talking nonsense. How can they enjoy themselves!?"

Zhu Di complained.

"The Emperor is probably afraid of having to review memorials every day."

Xu smiled secretly.

"I still need to be approved when I'm outside."

Zhu Di raised the letters in his hand. There were letters to be received every day, so he could fight and work at the same time.

"Well, my man is really hard-working. I'll cook fish for you later. There are a lot of sea fish here. There's nothing serious going on in the court, right?"

Xu touched her hair and found it was about 70% dry. She took a wooden hairpin that Zhu Di had cut for her and loosely tied up the top layer of dry hair, while continuing to dry the inner layer.

"No, Guo Ying and Geng Bingwen were fighting over people in the capital. Your brother, Zengshou, raised the number of people to 300."

By the time Xu came out, Zhu Di had finished reading the letter and now briefly summarized the main idea.

"The Guo family wants to snatch someone else?"

Xu was surprised.

Guo Ying's first wife never gave birth to any children. It was not until he was over 36 that his concubine in the backyard gave birth to Guo Ying's eldest son.

Things got out of control afterwards.

During the Hongwu period, his two concubines gave birth to twelve sons and nine daughters.

One son died young, and three daughters died young, which is also a very shocking number.

At present, except for the eldest son Guo Zhen who might have been killed by Zhu Yunwen, all the others are in the army, some with real positions and some with just honorary titles.

Guo Ying also had two daughters who married princes as their principal wives.

Compared with him, Geng Bingwen was abused into a scumbag, and he only had three sons.

"The Geng family has three sons. They all played roles during the Jingnan Rebellion. Now they are all serving in the army, with real positions. The Guo family does not have any."

Zhu Di knew what Xu meant and explained that Xu did not pay attention to all military affairs.

"You don't want to use the Guo family?"

Xu understood.

"That's a bit like that. He has too many family members and is quite good at managing them. He can marry anyone he wants."

Zhu Di was not a straightforward person and was always nitpicking about things. The Guo family's scheming made him feel like they were betting everywhere, and he was not very happy.

"Use people's strengths, not their weaknesses. If the son of the Guo family is really capable, you might as well use him. Mr. Guo has no choice. If the Guo family doesn't marry the princess, your father will have to think about it. If his daughter doesn't marry the prince, it doesn't matter who she marries. He is loyal to your father."

Xu advised.

"I understand the reason, but I feel uncomfortable."

Zhu Di frowned and didn't want to listen.

"Well, let's not talk about that anymore. Let's talk about food. This Annan chef always makes the same taste. I want to eat the salted duck from the capital."

When a man wants to listen to advice, give him more advice. When he doesn't want to listen, nagging him will only annoy him. Xu knew how to change the subject.

"Hey, tell me, is it right for me to set up this Imperial College? The relationship of family bloodline and one-on-one teaching, this kind of inheritance can better guarantee the continuation of the family."

Zhu Di did raise another question.