Zhu Yuanzhang Returns from Modern Times

Chapter 71: Queen Ma's 'Strict Selection'

"My Lord, this...is this all I need to do?"

A moment later, in Kunning Palace, Xu Da looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and confirmed.

There was a hint of disbelief in the voice.

As Xu Da reacted like this, it was obvious that what Zhu Yuanzhang had just said to him had once again greatly exceeded his expectations.

"Yes, that's right. Tiande, you just need to go back to Beiping and control the troops.

It will stop us from competing with Li Shanchang in the future, and the army from causing chaos when dealing with those insects.

Of course, we must also restrain the other generals as much as possible and never let them get involved with Li Shanchang at a critical moment.

Otherwise, when that time comes, we will have no choice but to deal with them all together!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded to Xu Da and said.

"We will take care of the rest of the issues here.

Those people look powerful, but don't take them too seriously.

It's not worth it for our general to personally lead the charge against them!"

This is what Zhu Yuanzhang said and thought.

The greatest help to Xu Da was that he could keep the army stable and prevent the military from getting involved in this matter.

As long as he can ensure that the troops are firmly in his hands, then he can use the empty seal case to clean up a group of corrupt officials!
Even if countless heads are killed and rivers of blood flow, the Ming Dynasty will not be in chaos!
"I will definitely live up to your trust and do my utmost to complete this matter!"

Xu Da saluted Zhu Yuanzhang solemnly and pulled his hand out of Zhu Yuanzhang's hand.

"Tian De, I know you feel bad, and to be honest, I feel bad too.

Such a good opportunity, but something like this happened.

But there is no other way but to solve this matter first.

Otherwise, if these people can use such means to ruin the overall situation once, they can ruin it twice."

Upon hearing this, Xu Da nodded and said, “My Lord, I understand that the overall situation is the most important.

If you miss this opportunity, you can still look for the next one.

Our Ming Dynasty is now rising, and the offensive and defensive situation between us and the Northern Yuan Dynasty has long been reversed.

From now on, I will lead my troops across the vast sea, destroy their lair, capture the Northern Yuan Emperor, and present him before the throne!"

"Okay, Tiande, I believe you have the ability, and this day will definitely come in the future!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's voice also became louder, and he admired Xu Da more and more.

But I feel quite emotional.

In his previous life, due to various reasons, he failed to seize the opportunity of Wang Baobao's death. Until Tiande's death in April of the 18th year of Hongwu, there was no opportunity to completely destroy the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

Tiande, who had fought for most of his life and was determined to destroy the Northern Yuan Dynasty and put an end to the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Northern Yuan Dynasty, eventually died with regrets.

It was not until the 21st year of Hongwu that Lan Yu led his troops deep into the northern desert and defeated the Northern Yuan court at Buyuer Lake, which was considered to be the end of the plan.

It was a real pity for Tiande that he died before completing this task.

The fact that Tiande died of a carbuncle on his back was later widely reported and became another fact that proved that he had persecuted loyal officials and slaughtered faithful ministers!
She made the story sound very detailed, saying that Tiande had a back carbuncle and couldn't eat irritating foods, but her sister ended up treating Tiande with roast goose.

This caused Tiande to suffer from a back abscess and die.

Not to mention the nonsense that goose meat is an allergic food, the fact that his sister killed Tiande is outrageous enough in itself.

His sister died in the 15th year of Hongwu, and Tiande died in the 18th year of Hongwu.

There was a full three years difference in between. How could my sister make roast goose for Tiande and thus kill Tiande?
They are just doing it for the sake of criticizing others. Those people are so evil!

“Tian De, it won’t be long before new fighters appear.

Even if there are no fighter jets, we will create them!
Moreover, it is a better opportunity than Wang Baobao's death!"

Zhu Yuanzhang collected his thoughts, looked at Xu Da and spoke seriously.

I can't go back to my old ways and I can't let Tiande die with regrets again.

Xu Da naturally thanked Zhu Yuanzhang.

But in my heart I didn't believe that the opportunity to fight would appear again so soon.

I don’t even think there is any chance that can surpass the death of Wang Baobao.

But then, Zhu Yuanzhang said something to him...

After hearing what Zhu Yuanzhang said, Xu Da's thoughts changed drastically in an instant.

I no longer feel that what the superior just said was words of comfort to me!
The more I think about it, the more I feel that the method suggested by the superior is reliable.

Simply amazing!

Moreover, not only can he create better fighter jets in the future than those before Wang Baobao's death, but he can also firmly control the fighter jets in his own hands!

No matter what changes occur in the Northern Yuan Dynasty, as long as we start implementing it, this opportunity will eventually come true!

This is an open conspiracy, an upright strategy!

Once implemented, it would no longer be something the Northern Yuan could decide.

No matter how much they do, it will be of no avail!
Xu Da was so excited that he looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with even more admiration.

Really worthy of being in the top position!
You can think of such a solution!

Nowadays, many people are saying that he is the best in the Ming army, and no one in the entire Ming can surpass him when it comes to marching and fighting.

But only you know that the real number one in the army is not you, but the person in front of you who is in a higher position!
When it comes to strategy, courage, and especially big-picture planning, I am no match for my superiors.

Many people only remember that he led the army to the north and recaptured Yuan Dadu.

However, he forgot that this Northern Expedition was a detailed deployment in all aspects before he came to power and started the war.

Even the daily marching distance, the enemy's reaction, and the countermeasures to be taken based on the enemy's reaction were all clearly arranged.

And after this battle, everything was exactly the same as the deployment made by the superiors before the war!
The most capable and outstanding commander of the Ming Dynasty is in the upper position!

In the past, Xu Da had always admired Zhu Yuanzhang very much. Now, after hearing what his superior said about the method to deal with the exiled court of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, he became even more determined in his idea!

"Tian De, first concentrate your strength and win this battle against the insects.

After resolving this major internal threat, we will immediately initiate our plan to attack the Northern Yuan Dynasty!"

"Order!"

Xu Da saluted Zhu Yuanzhang solemnly and accepted it.

After talking for a while with Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma, he said goodbye and left.

At this time, all he could think about was how to quickly get rid of Li Shanchang and these damn bugs so that he could start the plan to deal with the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

To the point that he even forgot to consider the unpleasant matter of his daughter marrying the Prince of Yan in the future...

……

"Zhongba, have you forgotten something?"

After seeing Xu Da off, Empress Ma asked Zhu Yuanzhang while she was cleaning up the leftovers to save for the next meal.

"What's the matter?"

"Of course I'm talking to Tiande about the marriage. Did you forget about it after you mentioned it to Tiande?"

It turns out to be this!
“How could I forget this?

It’s just that time is short and I couldn’t think of a suitable candidate at the moment.”

Empress Ma fastened the leftovers with a bamboo cover and took off the apron around her waist.

"I have thought of a suitable candidate."

"Who?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked, and a bad idea came to his mind.

Could the girl be talking about Xie Zaixing's daughter?
You can't marry the daughter of Xie Zaixing.

Because in the previous life, Xie Zaixing's second daughter was betrothed to Tiande as his second wife.

Then things got ugly.

When an old man and his young wife are together, the young wife is bound to become spoiled.

Even Tiande is not immune to this.

After that, Xie became more and more excessive in his behavior.

As a result, he later had an affair with someone, which put a hat on Tiande...

It would be fine if I didn’t know these things, but now that I know, there is no way I can marry this Xie girl to Tiande no matter what!

"Xie Zaixing's second daughter is quite good, with a good appearance and a gentle temperament. She also looks like she will be easy to raise.

Although Xie Zaixing was beheaded for doing that, so many years have passed.

It has nothing to do with his daughter, and marrying Tiande is not a disgrace to her."

Queen Ma announced her candidate.

From her words and expression, it can be seen that Queen Ma was very satisfied with the candidate she chose.

Zhu Yuanzhang felt strange in his heart. It turned out that his sister had chosen this Xie.

“Sister, no, we don’t like this Xie family.

This Xie family looks good on the surface, but always gives people a feeling of being indecent.

It's also an old man marrying a young woman. Marrying her to Tiande may not be a good thing in the future."

Zhu Yuanzhang quickly called a halt.

I dare not betray this old brother again.

"How can you see all this? Chongba, you're just talking nonsense."

Empress Ma was somewhat dissatisfied that her carefully selected candidate was rejected by Chongba for this reason.

Of course, it's just a little dissatisfaction.

Since Chongba said so, she quickly gave up on Xie.

Given Tiande's status and position, and the fact that they were personally acting as matchmakers, he had a wide range of choices.

It doesn't have to be the Xie family.

Seeing that his sister didn't mention this matter any further, Zhu Yuanzhang's slightly worried heart settled down.

Tiande managed to escape this disaster.

But it was obvious that Zhu Yuanzhang was happy too early.

What Queen Ma said next was even more shocking.

Zhu Yuanzhang's heart instantly rose to his throat!

"Zhongba, I... I was thinking, can we... find a wife for the second son again?

I have a candidate in mind. The eldest girl in Boyan’s family is a good person.

She's a good match for our second son.

This girl looks like her mother, and is quite pretty. Most importantly, she has a good heart and is considerate of others.

After marrying the second son, the second son will definitely be taken care of by her..."

Empress Ma looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said this.

When I first said this, I was a little hesitant.

But later on, he became firm.

After saying this, Empress Ma suddenly remembered something and added, "This time, my judgment will definitely not be wrong!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard what Queen Ma said, especially this additional sentence, he was completely stunned.

For a moment I didn't know what to say to express my feelings.

This... is truly worthy of being carefully selected by my own sister, each one is chosen so accurately.

Not only did he want to tell Tiande about Xie Zaixing's second daughter, but now he actually wanted to choose Deng Yu's eldest daughter for the second son! This person is even more unruly than Xie Zaixing's daughter!
What a complete bitch!
Most of the responsibility for the beastly things that the second son did in his previous life can be attributed to Deng.

This does not mean that Zhu Yuanzhang favors his son and speaks against his conscience to exonerate his son.

If he really did that, he would not have created the "Imperial Record of Misdeeds" and personally recorded the beastly deeds done by his second son and some of his other sons.

It was passed down to later generations in order to awaken, shock, and educate his sons, as well as the rest of his descendants who would inherit the throne.

Why did these princes in the early Ming Dynasty have such a bad reputation?

It is because he, as a father, is personally writing down the negative information.

In other dynasties, people would avoid mentioning the names of respected people in various ways, but Zhu Yuanzhang did the opposite.

Apart from anything else, just for this reason, Old Zhu would not put the blame on Deng in order to exonerate his second son.

Deng really has to bear the heavy responsibility for the beastly things that the second son did.

My own son knows that the second son is pregnant with me because my sister had a serious illness when she was pregnant with him and took medicine, which left some hidden dangers.

As a result, the second child has a simple mind and is different from most people.

With his personality, he is greatly influenced by the people around him.

If he is surrounded by a good person, he will do a lot of good things.

If there is a bad person around you, he will do a lot of beastly things accordingly.

Also, because he particularly looked down upon the Qin Prince's principal wife whom he had chosen for him, he loved and obeyed the Qin Prince's concubine, Deng, whom he married later.

Mrs. Deng has always treated her second son as a fool and deceived and fooled him.

Not only did he let the second brother do such a beastly thing, but he also summoned many people to do such chaotic and shameful things in the palace...

You can't think too much about this kind of thing. Just thinking about Zhu Yuanzhang will make you go crazy.

I wish I could take action right now and cut Deng into pieces!
"Sister, no! Absolutely not!"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hands repeatedly to stop, but he dared not welcome this disaster into his home again!

"kindness?"

When Queen Ma heard this, her eyebrows raised.

"Why is this not possible?"

It’s okay for Xie, but what about the daughter of Duke Weiguo Deng Yu?
Deng Yu was not only strict in military management, but also in family management.

Deng Yu's eldest daughter looks very good.

"Zhongba, you're not going to say again that this child seems to be frivolous and will be prone to misconduct in the future, are you?"

Zhu Yuanzhang swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

This really can't be used as an excuse to deal with the girl and make her give up her strict selection.

I know all these things, but my sister knows nothing about them.

And his own experience was extremely bizarre. If he had told his sister the truth, he would have lived until the 31st year of Hongwu, lived in modern times for another 15 years, and then returned to the 8th year of Hongwu.

After knowing many things about the future, I told my sister everything that Deng had done.

Not only will the girl not believe it, but she will immediately become frightened and think she is stupid.

Immediately call the imperial physician to come and prick yourself with a needle...

But apart from this...what other reasons should I use to convince the girl to give up her ridiculously precise 'strict selection'?

"Sister, of course not."

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head repeatedly.

"Yes... after all, she is the eldest daughter of Deng Yu's family, their legitimate daughter.

The second son has a princess.

Could it be that she will marry into our family's second son as a concubine?
She is the daughter of a noble duke.

Or... sister, are you planning to abolish Minmin's position as Princess Qin?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's words made Empress Ma suddenly silent and conflicted.

"Of course not, I really have high hopes for Minmin.

Although she is Wang Baobao's sister, she is not my Han daughter.

But in appearance, she is no different from my Han daughter.

I also learned Chinese culture and read Chinese poetry and books since I was young.

After marrying the second son, she was filial to her parents-in-law and did very well in all aspects.

It's the idiot Lao Er...

Over the years, she has suffered a lot of injustice.

If I abolish her title of princess, I will feel really bad..."

Having said this, Queen Ma fell silent again, caught in a dilemma.

She didn't want to abolish Minmin's position as Princess of Qin, but if she didn't, the daughter of Deng Yu would only be a concubine.

Just as Chongba said, it would be really embarrassing to tell others that the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Weiguo became the concubine of his own second son.

What's more, because of the Li Shanchang incident, Zhuge Liang had to further win over these dukes who had a high status and controlled the army.

If we really do this, I am afraid that it will not only fail to win over Deng Yu, but will push Deng Yu further away.

But she was very optimistic about Deng Yu's daughter.

Moreover, her second child's situation is special...

"Zhongba, what do you think we should do about this? We can't just watch Chong'er live out her life in such a twisted state, right?
In the past, I always thought that love would grow over time. With such a charming and obedient beauty by my side, even if I felt uncomfortable at first, I would still be happy.

But over time, even a heart made of iron or stone will melt.

But they have been married for several years, and the stubborn second son still has the same attitude as at the beginning.

He didn't even want to look at Minmin.

Over the years, we have talked, persuaded, scolded, beaten, and tried every possible method.

But Chun'er, who has always been obedient, is very stubborn about this matter.

Once one head gets stuck in a rut, nine oxen can’t pull it out.

Since he and Minmin are destined not to be together, we have to think of other ways to solve this problem.

I can’t let the second brother not even have a child…”

As Queen Ma spoke, her eyes couldn't help but turn red and she started to cry.

Although Zhu Chong was a little worse than ordinary people, and although many people did not say it, they actually looked at Qin Wang Zhu Chong with strange eyes in their hearts.

Although……

But with Queen Ma, there weren't so many "althoughs".

She wouldn't think so much. She only knew one thing, that is, Shu'er was also her child.

It's a piece of flesh that fell off her body as a mother!

As a mother, she wants her children to live a good life.

She wanted to protect her child as much as possible.

The idea of ​​finding another wife for Zhu Chong had actually been in Empress Ma's mind for a long time.

The reason why she didn't say it until now was that she really liked Minmin, the Princess of Qin.

On the other hand, it is because Minmin has a special identity, she is Wang Baobao's biological sister.

Why did Chongba insist on marrying her to Chong'er and making her the Princess of Qin?

It was because Zhuge Liang was very optimistic about Wang Baobao and wanted to persuade him to surrender.

By recruiting Wang Baobao, the morale of the Northern Yuan people was further undermined.

For the sake of the overall situation, she could only bury this idea deep in her heart.

Now we know from Zhuge Liang that Wang Baobao will die soon.

Naturally, there is no need to persuade Wang Baobao to surrender.

The special effect on Qin Wang's concubine Minmin also disappeared.

Empress Ma could no longer hold back and soon expressed her intention to find another wife for Zhu Chong.

Seeing his sister crying, Zhu Yuanzhang felt distressed.

He reached out and held Empress Ma in his arms, gently wiping away her tears.

"Sister, don't cry, don't cry, sister.

There will be a solution to this problem, and I absolutely cannot let Shu'er live like this for the rest of her life."

On this matter, Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude was consistent with that of Empress Ma.

Whoever's child it is, he or she will feel sorry for it.

Don't think that Old Zhu scolds his other sons for no reason.

But in fact, there are some concerns.

This is especially true after returning from the modern era.

Moreover, he is largely responsible for the situation of the second brother's marriage.

When this matter was discussed at that time, the second child expressed clear opposition.

It was he who, as a father, forcibly suppressed the second son.

Forced this marriage...

"How about... I remove Minmin from her position as princess consort, and I adopt her as my own daughter. Then, I can let my second son marry the daughter of Deng Yu's family?"

Empress Ma tried hard to hold back her tears and said to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Although there is still great regret, this is the best solution she can think of.

Why is this involving Deng Yu's daughter again?!

Zhu Yuanzhang's head became bigger.

"Sister, it's a bit unfair to Minmin to act like this.

Even if he really adopted her as his daughter, with this experience, who would dare to marry her in the future?
You are destined to be alone for the rest of your life.

This child has a hard life too, and we can’t make her life any harder.”

Queen Ma remained silent.

"Then... Chongba, what do you say we should do?
At this point, where is the best of both worlds?"

"Yes! Of course there is. If we let that bastard Lao Er accept Min Min, wouldn't that be the best of both worlds? Everything will be fine, right?"

"Is this possible? We've tried so many things over the years, but nothing works.

If not, how could I have such thoughts?"

When Empress Ma heard Zhu Yuanzhang say there was a solution, she was delighted.

But after understanding what Chongba said, he was instantly discouraged.

I have an urge to look at Bai Chongbay.

"Sister, what I said is true. I have some new ideas. There is a great possibility that I can pull that stubborn donkey of Lao Er back."

But Empress Ma still didn't believe it.

It’s not that she doesn’t believe Chongba, it’s just that she has experienced too many similar things over the years.

The more people like Chong'er get stuck in a dead end, the more difficult it will be for them to get out.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang spoke with such confidence that Empress Ma was willing to listen to what solution Chongba had come up with.

Even though I know it's useless, I still have to take care of my face...

(End of this chapter)