Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 674 Honest Feng Sheng!
Lao Zhu, like all the elderly in the world, hopes that his children will always stay by his side.

But he was different from the old people in the world. For the sake of the empire and the royal family, he had to bear the pain and enfeoff all his sons.

Therefore, he placed all his family affection on his eldest son and grandson, and he paid special attention to Zhu Yunxi.

This is not only because Zhu Yunxi is the emperor of the empire and cannot leave the imperial capital easily, but also because Zhu Yunxi is the relative he values ​​most and will be the one who will support his coffin into the underground palace in the future.

"Just come back..."

Lao Zhu patted Zhu Yunxi's hand with a kind face, and his heart was filled with indescribable joy.

As for those traitors who made him upset, he no longer cares about them.

When Zhu Yunxi returned to the capital, he was driven back to the harem by Lao Zhu to reunite with Fendai.

Although Lao Zhu really wanted to have a drink with his eldest son and catch up on old times.But he knew very well how difficult it was for the women in the harem, as they had not seen their men for a long time.

When Zhu Yunxi returned to the palace, Queen Kong immediately took all the concubines to the entrance of the palace to wait, and gave the most conspicuous position to Mu Yao, who was holding the child.

"I respectfully welcome your Majesty back to the palace!"

Zhu Yunxi waved his hands towards them, and then picked up his son from Mu Yao's hands.

Mu Yao on the side looked at her son and kept urging.

"Call Father quickly!"

The little guy seemed not to have heard anything, and still looked at Zhu Yunxi with his big eyes, as if he was looking at a stranger.

Seeing this, Zhu Yunxi scratched his son's nose, waiting for his son to say "Father".

I don't know whether the little guy finally recognized Zhu Yunxi, or Mu Yao's reminder from the side had an effect, and finally called out "Father" weakly.

Zhu Yunxi laughed happily after hearing this, and walked around in front of the palace door several times with his son in his arms.

"Good son!"

"Grow up quickly and share the state affairs for me when you grow up!"

As soon as Zhu Yunxi said these words, the women in the harem had different expressions. Mu Yao was frightened, while Queen Kong, Xu Miaojin, and Zhao Waner were smiling.

But among the three people's smiles, Kong's smile was a little more embarrassed, Zhao Waner's was a little more reluctant, and only Xu Miaojin was really happy, feeling that Sister Mu Yao finally had hope.

The other ministers waiting at the palace gate couldn't help but get excited when they heard this.

There were rumors about establishing a crown prince before. Now that His Majesty the Emperor has said this, doesn't it mean that Zhu Wengui has been confirmed as the crown prince?
Although these words caused a lot of unnecessary speculation, for the parties involved, Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Wengui, neither of them thought much about it and were just enjoying the rare father-son relationship.

After Zhu Wengui was unfamiliar at the beginning, he gradually became familiar with Zhu Yunxi. Not only did his father shout more naturally, he even made demands, hoping that his father would hold him higher and throw him higher.

Of course, Zhu Yunxi would not disappoint his son. He threw his son into the air with all his strength and then caught it steadily.

It's just that his dangerous gameplay scared the people around him half to death. If it weren't for a few Jinyi guards who came to protect him, they might have collectively admonished him.

Even so, when Zhu Yunxi put his son on the ground, there were still people who ran over to advise him.

"Your Majesty, I know that you love your son very much, but you won't do such dangerous actions. If you hurt the prince or your majesty's dragon body, it will be a huge loss to our Ming Dynasty!"

There is no one else who dares to say this, only the old antique Gao Ming.

When Zhu Yunxi saw this, he quickly gave in.

"Master Gao said that I will never do this again."

"I won't let you masters eat today. Another day..."

Gao Ming was also a well-informed person. Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor had listened to his advice, he immediately led a group of ministers away and no longer disturbed His Majesty the Emperor's intimacy with the concubines in the harem.

Zhu Yunxi lingered in the harem for three days in a row, so Lao Zhu worked for him for three days.

If it had been another emperor, some ministers would have written to remonstrate with the examples of Emperor Ming of Tang and Concubine Yang. But it fell to Zhu Yunxi. They wished that His Majesty would linger in the harem for a few more days and give birth to more princes for Ming Dynasty. .

Otherwise, the Ming Dynasty's government would weigh heavily on the father and son, which would always make people feel uneasy.

However, Zhu Yunxi only lingered for three days. After satisfying the queen, Mu Yao, and Zhao Waner, he wrote a "must go" check to Xu Miaojin and officially went to court.

Zhu Yunxi had many things to deal with. First of all, the war in the Western Regions could not stop. He must reach the English Channel before the end of the year to achieve the physical unification of the Eurasian continent.

Secondly, some fleets were mobilized from Huanghuangzhou to teach small countries in the Da Ming Yang area one by one, eliminate Japanese pirates at sea, and restore a bright future to the Da Mingyang.

The last step is to determine the name of the Japanese province and the administrative divisions of the Japanese province.

Some people suggested using Fusang, and others suggested Japanese slaves. Finally, Qin Hengbo, who liked myths and legends, suggested calling it Dongying. Firstly, it was taken from the legend of Yingzhou on the sea. Secondly, the word "ying" originally means "sea", which is more consistent. The geographical location of the island in the East China Sea of ​​Japan.

Zhu Yunxi adopted this suggestion and formally incorporated Dongying Province into the Ming Dynasty.

The territory map of the Ming Dynasty was also revised. The new map not only includes the small countries around the Ming Dynasty, as well as the Golden Continent, but also includes the three English islands from the west of the Kunlun Mountains.

Although many countries on the map have not yet belonged to the Ming Dynasty, for Zhu Yunxi, it will be a matter of time.

There are only a few powerful countries west of the Kunlun Mountains, one is Timur and the other is Osman. As long as these two are crippled, other countries will not be worried.

As for the British who are known as the sun never sets in later generations, they are not counted at this time. As long as the Ming fleet sails past, they have to kneel down and sing conquest.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhu Yunxi returned to China, because there is really no opponent worthy of his personal appearance in the entire Western world.

Zhu Yunxi was only responsible for making plans, and all the pressure was placed on the frontline generals and the Manchu civil and military ministers.

Although the goals given by Zhu Yunxi were huge, the time was short, and the pressure was heavy, everyone was full of energy and full of hope for the future.

After Zhu Yunxi finished handling the government affairs, the remaining focus of his work was to celebrate Lao Zhu's birthday.

In order to make Lao Zhu happy, he did not deal with Zhu Yunwen, and even turned a blind eye to some feudal kings who had dissident intentions.

Lao Zhu was also very grateful for this. He personally went to the Jinyi Guard Prison to punish Zhu Yunwen. He also cut off Zhu Di's three guards and deducted his salary for two years.

Other vassal kings also had corresponding punishments, but in general the punishments were not big. Most of them were just a small amount of salary.

But this is the limit that Lao Zhu can do. If it were any heavier, he would feel distressed.

While Zhu Yunxi was busy celebrating Lao Zhu's birthday, Lan Yu, Chang Sheng and others, who were bearing all his pressure, were intensively formulating military plans.

In fact, they had already had ideas about conquering the Western Regions. It was only because Zhu Yunxi's arrival gave them new ideas that they had to sit down together to discuss it again.

"Now that we have captured the Ottomans, we can recruit the Ottoman troops, provide them with weapons and armor, and let them conquer the Western world for us."

This was Chang Sheng's suggestion. He not only thought this way, but also did it.

Under his instruction, Ping Baoer, the general stationed in the Ottoman Empire, had begun to recruit the Ottoman troops and organize them into the Ming Dynasty Expeditionary Force.

Lan Yu was noncommittal about Chang Sheng's proposal, but he generally supported it. However, he was not the only one who had the final say in the Kangdu area. He had to ask Lao Yinbi and Zhang Zongjun what he thought.

Although Zhang Zongjun is only the fourth person in the Military Aircraft Department, behind Lan Yu, Fu Youde, and Feng Sheng, everyone knows that he is the person Zhu Yunxi trusts the most, and he is the person who keeps the three veterans in check.

Therefore, even Lan Yu, who is famous for his unruliness, has to listen to Zhang Zongjun's opinion.

"Lao Zhang, can you tell me if this is feasible?"

Zhang Zongjun denied it without thinking.

"no!"

"We not only have to consider combat power factors, but also the national issues in the Western world."

"There are Crusades in the Western world, and their main enemy is the Ottomans. Now that we are taking the Ottomans to conquer them, they will think of religious aggression."

"Once a religious war is triggered, it will be beyond our control, and it may not be finished for decades."

"Therefore, I suggest that it is best not to use the Ottomans, but only the Tatars and Timur's servants, and then actively contact the Pope and Patriarch of the Western world to promote that we are to defend the dignity of God and to bring benefits to the Western world. Come to peace and tranquility…”

When Lan Yu heard that it was such a trouble, she felt a little irritable.

"Since Mr. Zhang is confident, let me leave this matter to you. We generals just obey orders!"

Zhang Zongjun said quickly after hearing this.

"Don't dare..."

"His Majesty the Emperor said before he left, let us discuss it. Regardless of whether we agree or not, we must report it to Your Majesty and ask His Majesty to make a decision."

"We might as well write our respective suggestions into memorials and send them to His Majesty via telegram for His Majesty to read?" "Okay!"

Several people went back to the study to write hard. Lan Yu was relatively good. Although his writing was not good, writing a strategic document was not a big problem.Fu Youde was known as a scholar in the army, and it was easy for him to write a memorial. Only Feng Sheng scratched his head for a long time, but he couldn't hold back a word. In the end, he had no choice but to find someone else to write it.

What he was looking for was none other than a young handsome man from Kangdu University whom he had recently met, a man named Li Ming.

After the demise of Timur's empire, Amin completely integrated into the Ming Dynasty.After marrying Chen Ting and becoming the son-in-law of a Ming official, he became more committed to the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, he also gained the trust of officials in the Kangdu area, allowing him to enter the officialdom of the Kangdu area and become Feng Sheng's exclusive gunman.

"Students are paying homage to Mr. Feng. I wonder if Mr. Feng has any instructions?"

Feng Sheng looked at Li Ming, who had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and felt infinite regret in his heart.

He is a very good boy with black hair and black eyes. If he hadn't been registered in Kangdu, people would have believed him to be from the Ming Dynasty.

It's just a pity that this background meant that he would never be able to reach the upper echelons of the Ming Dynasty officialdom.

"I have a memorial, and I want you to write it for me."

"Please tell me, sir, what type of memorial is it?"

"Your Majesty wants to manage the Western world, so you should write a solid, quick and effective strategy."

When Li Ming heard this, without saying a word, he said "good" on the spot and started writing.

This surprised Feng Sheng. He wondered if this kid was a little rash. He started writing without asking us what we had in the Western world.

Feng Sheng was very disappointed. He had already decided that no matter what the child wrote, he would tear it up and let him write another one.

After a while, Li Ming dried the ink on the paper and handed it to Feng Sheng respectfully.

Feng Sheng looked at the handwriting that was not much prettier than his own, and couldn't help showing contempt on his face.

But this cannot be blamed on Li Ming. It is considered good for a Kangdu person to write Ming characters like this in one or two years.

However, when he saw the content above, his eyes immediately straightened. It took half an hour for Feng Sheng to recover from the shock.

"Is this really what you wrote?"

"Master Feng, weren't you always beside the student when he was writing the memorial? Have you ever seen the student use his hands on others?"

Feng Sheng blushed in shame when he heard this. He was the one who had faked the situation!

"Please give me your name!"

"His Majesty the Emperor knows us and knows that this is not something we can write, so we'd better tell the truth!"

Li Ming's heart beat faster when he heard these words. This was an opportunity to go directly to Tianting.

But he thought about it again and again and refused. Firstly, he didn't want to show up so quickly. Secondly, he also wanted to repay Feng Sheng for his kindness. If General Feng Sheng hadn't supported him, he would not have successfully married the daughter of a Ming official and became a semi-official. A Ming Dynasty man.

"Sir, if the student doesn't want to take credit, it should be your name."

Feng Sheng saw that what Li Ming said was quite sincere, and knew that he was telling the truth, so he stopped evading it.

"it is good!"

"But if His Majesty asks, we will definitely tell the truth."

"As a minister in the Ming Dynasty, loyalty to the emperor is the first priority. You can be incompetent and have bad conduct, but you cannot be disloyal to His Majesty!"

Feng Sheng's words were not only spoken to Li Ming, but also to himself. They were also a reflection of his life as a minister.

Hearing this, Li Ming gratefully thanked Feng Sheng for his advice, knowing that this was General Feng's expectation for him, hoping that he could become a minister of the Ming Dynasty.

But his own family knows his own affairs. Once his identity is exposed, I am afraid that there will be no place for him in the world.

After all, who would trust a former assassin?

The next day, Lan Yu reconvened the military meeting and collected the memorials of five people at the meeting and sent them to the telegram room for dispatch.

After that, it was just a matter of waiting. Because it was too far away from the center of the Ming Dynasty, even if there was a message blessing, there would be no reply for a few hours, so Lan Yu ordered people to prepare wine and food.

The wine is naturally a local specialty wine, the kind that won't make you drunk even after drinking several jars.

The dishes are also local specialties, such as roasted camel hump, roasted whole lamb and so on.

Zhang Zongjun followed the good deeds and did not pretend to be aloof because he was a civil servant. Instead, he followed Lan Yu and others to play punching and guessing wine.

This is also the magic weapon that allowed him to integrate into the military aircraft department so quickly and get along with these veterans very happily.

Although several people were concentrating on drinking and eating meat, everyone was highly nervous, and their ears were always perked up, listening to what was going on in the telegraph room next door.

Because this report is very important, whoever your Majesty takes the advice will determine who will have the military and political power in Kangdu in the next few years.

As for others, it can only be a subordinate position.

If you are unlucky, your Majesty may be transferred back to the capital for retirement in advance.

Although Lan Yu, Feng Sheng and others often complain that they are old and can no longer fight for the country, they are just a way to claim credit and try to gain more opportunities for their children.

If you really let them go home to retire, I'm sure they'll be depressed to death.

"Old Fu, can you tell me what you wrote?"

For the sake of fairness, Lan Yu just collected everyone's memorials and handed them over to the people in the telegraph room for translation and dispatch. During this period, she never looked at them again.

Fu Youde said vigilantly after hearing this.

"What can we write, it's just the same old tune."

"In my opinion, His Majesty will only choose from the memorials written by you and Lao Zhang. Feng Sheng and I are just making up the numbers."

Feng Sheng, who was gnawing on the leg of lamb, heard this and said a vague "hmm".

"That's right...we just made up the numbers!"

Lan Yu rolled her eyes at Feng Sheng on the spot. Who didn't know that this guy was just making up the numbers? Now we just want to know what the other two wrote!

Lan Yu saw that Fu Youde refused to reveal it, so she licked her face and asked Zhang Zongjun.Zhang Zongjun was quite magnanimous and recounted the contents of yesterday's military aircraft meeting. As for what he thought of later, he ignored it.

Lan Yu felt relieved when he heard this, because he not only wrote down his own strategy, but also included the religious matters mentioned by Zhang Zongjun in his memorial.

If Zhang Zongjun went home and didn't work overnight, then his memorial would have the greatest hope.

However, just when the blue jade pearl of wisdom was in hand and he thought that he would definitely win His Majesty's favor, confidential personnel from the message room came over.

"His Majesty called back!"

Lan Yu stood up quickly and asked nervously.

"Whose did Your Majesty choose?"

The confidential personnel shook his head and said.

"It's not decided yet. Your Majesty just asked General Feng if his memorial was ghostwritten?"

"what?"

Everyone's eyes fell on Feng Sheng, making Feng Sheng feel uncomfortable.

"What are you looking at us for?"

Hearing this, Lan Yu stepped forward angrily and snatched Feng Sheng's leg of lamb.

"Good old Feng, I thought you were an honest person, but I didn't expect you to be playing dirty tricks!"

"Say!"

"What did you write in the memorial?"

Feng Sheng groaned when he heard this.

"We don't know anything. We went home yesterday and gave the memorial to my staff to write. Who knows what he wrote..."

"Call your staff over here, I want to know how to deal with him!"

(End of this chapter)