First Prince of Ming Dynasty

After the servant of the Ministry of Rites went down, the only ones left in the palace were the envoys sent by Goryeo. Zhu Biao looked at their humble and flattering faces and said, "Have you ever received a letter from your family?"

Several people were a little puzzled when they heard the words, and after looking at each other, they replied: "His Royal Highness, the recent family letters received by the foreign ministers are just the elders in the clan asking me to serve His Highness with all my heart, but if you need anything, you can send a letter home." , the clan must fully cooperate.”

"The foreign ministers are dull, and I don't know whether the answer is asked by His Highness. If it is not, please forgive me and give pointers, and the ministers will bow their heads!"

Zhu Biao waved his hands and said with a smile: "Although you are foreign ministers of the vassal state, the princess will enter the East Palace soon, and you are also considered as the subjects of this palace, so I won't see you outside. When I received a secret letter yesterday, Xin Tun looked up. Seeing that the king has the intention of assassinating the king and killing the king, counting the time now, I am afraid there will be a result."

Those few people trembled. They also learned the orthodox Confucian culture. No matter what the situation is, assassinating the king and killing the king is not compatible with legal ethics. All struggles should be within the rules.

Jin Che was the first to recover and said: "The ministers have not received the news yet, they should still be on the way, otherwise they must report to His Highness as soon as possible."

The minister surnamed An on the side bowed and said: "Xin Tun is so powerful in Goryeo, and now I am sure that he will not be a minister, but although his thief is powerful, all the ministries of the court are in the hands of the clan and my family. If you succeed in assassinating the king, Xin Tun must be punished afterwards, unless..."

Several people on the side also swallowed their saliva. Although Xin Tun has been very prosperous in recent years, and all the aristocratic families have bowed to him, it is not him who is afraid, but the royal family.

Now that Xin Tun has broken with the king, he has lost his greatest backer, and his power is not worth mentioning. In recent years, his party members are all literati who came from the imperial examination. Chickens and ducks are strong.

Unless Xin Tun won the support of Daming, because of the centuries-old marriage, the blood of the golden family is flowing in the royal family today, and it is not impossible for Daming to use this as an excuse to re-establish the royal family.

But this is very unfriendly to the aristocratic family. Xin Tun's policy is to dig their foundation. If he really sits on the throne, it will really turn the world upside down.

Zhu Biao looked at their faces for a while, and admired their tangled expressions of anxiety and daring to ask for a while, and then he said: "There is no excuse for rebellion and rebellion. Goryeo is a subordinate country under my Ming Dynasty, and its king should be abolished or established." My Emperor Ming decided that if anything happened to the King of Koryo, Daming would send troops to wipe out the rebels and return Koryo to a brighter future."

The rest of the people breathed a sigh of relief, but Jin Che suddenly realized something and gritted his teeth and said: "The situation in our country is unknown, our king is in danger, and the foreign ministers, as envoys of Korea, should request the heavenly kingdom to send troops to quell the turmoil!"

The people behind Jin Che couldn't help but tugged at his sleeve robe. If Daming sent troops in, would Goryeo be a vassal state or a state capital of Daming? How would their family gain a foothold in the future? Jin Che was going to trap them Everyone is unfaithful and unfilial!

An Yirong fell to his knees and hurriedly said, "Xin Tun is just a clown, nothing worth mentioning at all, how can the heavens help the country to revitalize the teachers and mobilize the people!"

The rest of the people also politely declined, but Zhu Biao ignored them. They leaned over slightly and looked at Jin Che. Seeing that his eyes were full of firmness, he said with satisfaction: "What the An Qing family said is reasonable, but what the Jin Qing family said is a bit impatient. Now, it’s going to be winter, the weather is cold and the road is difficult to travel, and the distance between the two countries is very far, how can the army lightly waste money and people, let’s wait for the news.”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wise!"

After another cliché, everyone in Goryeo bid farewell and left. Zhu Biao looked at their backs as they went away. When he came, he surrounded Jin Che as the leader. When he left, he was already isolated, and Jin Che was left alone at the end. noodle……

Zhu Biao drank his tea indifferently, and after a while, an ordinary-looking man in his thirties came in and prostrated himself on the ground: "The last general, Jiang Yu, will meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Contact Jin Che secretly. If it's an order against the Koreans, just follow it. There's no need to ask for instructions again."

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If you want to accomplish great things, you have to win over a group of people to fight against a group of people and split up a group. Goryeo's self-government has been tough for many years, and Ming hastily dispatched a large army to enter the country.

If it was so easy to occupy a country, the Mongol Empire would not perish so quickly. If you want to receive a complete and relatively stable Goryeo, then you need the cooperation of the Goryeo family, so that they can truly represent the hearts of the people.

When everyone went down, Zhu Biao stood up, yawned and stretched his waist, his muscles and bones cracked, and he strode out of the Wuying Hall. Seeing the hurried backs of Hu Weiyong and the others, they must have been summoned by Lao Zhu to discuss government affairs.

It's no fun to go at this time, and I can't go back to my East Palace. Zhu Biao can only scratch his head and turn around to find his three stinky brothers. Don't think it's going to be winter, and the three brothers are still opening fields in the palace to prepare for spring. What about farming?

It has even been ordered that this field will have to pay land taxes to the imperial court next year, and it will be like this in the next year. When the next prince grows up, he will have to personally plow in the spring and harvest in the autumn to experience the difficulties of the people's livelihood.

Just as I was about to go there, I heard a voice from behind: "The prince stays, there is an order from the Holy Spirit!"

Zhu Biao stopped and turned around to watch the eunuch who was serving in the Jinshen Palace hurried over. When he arrived, Zhu Biao bowed to the Jinshen Palace and said, "Saint, please!"

The eunuch stood sideways and said: "Sheng Gong'an, Guiyi Hou Mingsheng will present you with a gift, let the prince go and see for us first."

After finishing speaking, the straight waist of the eunuch bent down in an instant: "I would like to inform the crown prince that Guiyihou's gift should be a high-quality Shuixi horse. The Holy Majesty has ordered someone to bring Guiyi to the imperial horse prison."

Zhu Biao nodded and said: "This Palace knows, the Holy Majesty will go there in a while?"

"I dare not speculate on God's will, Your Highness, please forgive me."

Zhu Biao was not surprised when he heard the words. Old Zhu didn't believe in eunuchs, and he was very strict with eunuchs, which made the eunuchs in the palace cautious and trembling even after receiving a few taels of money.

After finishing his speech, Zhu Biao walked towards the Imperial Horse Supervisor, not far from the Wuying Hall. Except for the mounts of the emperor and several princes, the horses installed were basically the royal horses of the emperor who paid tribute to the vassal state. The top quality that the military commanders drool over is not something that can be obtained with money.

Ming Sheng has been in Beijing for a while, and he has always been cautious, and has basically never been out of Guiyihou's Mansion. The sudden gift this time is not just an idea.

In fact, both Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao had a good impression of Ming Sheng. Before the Xia Kingdom was destroyed, his letters of credence with Daming were very respectful, and he even gave Daming a lot of precious wood.

Apart from seeing him at the surrender ceremony, Zhu Biao only saw him a few times at the court meeting. His weak temperament really does not have the courage of a king of a country. It can only be said that he was raised and abolished by his mother Peng. Yes, but it's a good thing in today's situation.

Empress Ma also specially met the Empress Dowager Peng. The two had similar experiences. They both followed their husbands who were from the Red Scarf Army in the South and North Wars.

It is estimated that this gift is also Peng's doctrine. After all, the mother and son are living under the fence, fearing that there will be no meaning for existence that day, and they will be forced to fall ill and die.

All the way to the Yumajian, the current Marquis Guiyi greeted him, and bowed respectfully, Zhu Biao cheerfully supported him with his own hands and said, "You and I are about the same age, so you don't have to be so rigid about etiquette."

Ming Sheng wore the python dragon robe bestowed by the emperor, and he was full of poetic and bookish spirit. In addition, he had been the emperor of Daxia for how many years, and his grace and demeanor were stronger than Zhu Biao's younger brothers with well-developed limbs. .

"His Royal Highness is merciful, and the Holy One is even more generous, but the dignity and dignity are still there, and the humble minister dare not surpass."

"To tell you the truth, I hit it off with you immediately. It's just that I haven't had time to visit your residence due to the busy schedule. Now it seems a bit unfamiliar."

There were several clan members of the Ming family accompanying them, and they were all overjoyed to hear that they used to be princes and nobles, but now even the emperor is just a marquis, let alone them, they were afraid that they would be buried with Ming Sheng for no reason.

What Zhu Biao said was always sincere, and now that he had all the initiative, Ming Sheng, a young man who was born in a deep palace and grew up in the hands of a woman, was naturally moved so much that his eyes turned red and he was about to cry.

He had already heard that before they arrived in the capital, someone in the court suggested that they would hold a surrender ceremony according to the precedent of Meng Chang's surrender to the Song Dynasty, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince advised to save him from humiliation.

Ming Sheng choked up and said: "How can this humble minister be so graciously treated by His Highness the Crown Prince, I wish I could die in order to repay the kindness of God, I will definitely abide by my duty in the future and never dare to think otherwise!"

As soon as Ming Sheng cried, the clan members of the Ming family around him also cried and kowtowed, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites laughed when they cried. This is something worthy of being recorded in the annals of history. This is the bearing of my Ming Dynasty!

Zhu Biao was relieved for a while, Mingsheng seemed to cry out all the pressure, and after wiping away his tears, his whole body became much clearer: "Your Highness laughed."

Zhu Biao shook his head and said: "There is a great fear between life and death. It is normal for Brother Ming to feel pressure after the turmoil in recent years. Just remember that the most important thing is to be alive. You can't keep the day of yesterday."

Ming Sheng nodded as if he had realized something, and Zhu Biao didn't know what he had realized. Only such naive people would believe such nonsense, but naivety is good sometimes, and being easygoing is at least better than those who are overwhelmed. People are strong.

For example, Chen Li, Marquis of Guide, who was five years older than Ming Sheng, was also called the emperor. He abandoned himself and mourned all day long. He didn't think that Zhu Yuanzhang was really going to kill him, so he died of a sudden illness. Chen Youliang died. It's been so many years, it's disgusting.

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