My Daming New Empire

Zhu Di has always been very clear about what kind of person Ji Gang is. He is ambitious, speculative, ruthless, but clever.

In the second year of Jianwen, Zhu Di led an army to fight fiercely with the 50 army of Emperor Jianwen in the north of Dezhou.Emperor Jianwen's national defense army was defeated and fled south, and King Yan broke through Dezhou City.

In May, Zhu Di led 20 cavalry to pass through Linyi, where there has been a Su'an store since ancient times.When Zhu Di passed by here, Ji Gang from Su'an joined the army with Mu Su from his hometown. Ji Gang desperately detained his mount and asked to volunteer to serve the King of Yan.

Zhu Di tried Ji Gang's courage and skill in bowing and horses, so he immediately took him into his tent.

From the very beginning, Ji Gang relied on speculation to get into his family.

In just 13 years, Ji Gang used his brilliant skills to go from a personal soldier to a loyal guard of thousands of households, and has been the commander of Jinyiwei.

Zhu Di thinks that this person is still very useful, but he must have clever means to control this careerist.

Can Jier control this man?Will the knife come back and hurt himself?

But soon, Zhu Di realized that what he was most worried about wasn't that his grandson Zhu Zhanji would fight him for power, but whether he could control Ji Gang.

At this moment, Zhu Di understood that he was indeed getting old, and it was time to cultivate his heirs.

Even if Ji'er's means are slightly insufficient, and Ji Gang can't turn the sky with his own help.

There are many races overseas and the situation is complicated, and Jier really needs a ruthless person to help him clear the obstacles.

Chapter 31 Silver Mountain

"Ji Gang."

"The minister is here."

"Head up."

Ji Gang raised his head, glanced at Zhu Di who was sitting not far away, and lowered his eyelids again.

Zhu Di didn't put him in prison directly, which means that he has forgiven some small actions he made before.

It also shows that Taisun asked him to confess to Zhu Di. Although it was a risk, he had been rescued from the previous danger at the same time.

Now, he doesn't have to worry about those civil servants going against him.

Now, he no longer has to worry about Han Wang forcing him to do things for him.

Now, he no longer has to worry about Zhu Di using him to quell public anger.

Although today's voluntary confession is indeed a risk, but this risk is definitely worth it!

Ji Gang's heart was full of excitement at this time, and he took one step forward, and the sea and the sky were brighter, what a blessing!

But immediately, he suddenly thought, how could Taisun be sure that he was fine?

He is the commander of Jin Yiwei, and now he has clearly taken refuge in the grandson, why would the emperor let him go?

"As the commander of Jin Yiwei, you have been cruising around and meddling with my family affairs. It should have been a capital offense. But thinking of you in the past, you have made some contributions, and you were forced to do things for the King of Han. It is understandable. Now the grandson Since I am willing to protect you, I will temporarily write down your life. Taisun is young and arrogant, and I hope he can go through more trials, so I allow you to assist Taisun in preparing for the expedition."

"Your Majesty is magnanimous, and I am very grateful. I am willing to use this dog's life to serve my Majesty and my great-grandson to death. It's just... what is a foreign expedition? I am dull..."

It was only then that Zhu Di realized that he was a little absent-minded and leaked something that hadn't been decided yet.

But at this time, apart from the bodyguards and eunuchs, there were no outsiders around, so Zhu Di didn't take it too seriously. "You can ask your grandson about this matter, even if I don't know much about the detailed strategy, I will leave everything to my grandson. Remember, don't let this matter out for now, otherwise those corrupt scholars will make irresponsible remarks with all kinds of benevolence and righteousness. .”

"I dare not."

"Get up, you are a third-rank minister anyway, don't just kneel..."

Ji Gang secretly slandered: If you don't kneel, you will be beheaded if you don't kneel!

"I also know your difficulties. Now you are enemies inside and outside the court, and if you are not careful, it will destroy your family. However, as long as you help your grandson well, I will protect your Ji family."

"It is the duty of a minister to die for His Majesty, and if he can be hindered by His Majesty, I will have no regrets even though I die."

"Go down and go to Xingqing Palace to see what the grandson wants you to do."

In the Xingqing Palace, because the globe is now placed on the second floor, the second floor has become a restricted area.Except for a few people, only Xue Shanggong and the four little maids could go upstairs to clean the dust.

Except for Xue Shanggong, these four little maids are afraid that they will never have the chance to go out of the palace again.

For convenience, Zhu Zhanji has now moved to live on the first floor.

His bedrooms are in the west room, and there are four in total. The middle hall is the meeting place, and the east side becomes the office.

Now Xingqing Palace can be said to be the most closely guarded place in the palace city. The outermost layer is the defense layer composed of 120 nine royal guards. They have no right to enter Xingqing Palace and can only protect it from the outside.

Then there are the eunuchs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Foreign Classes, a total of [-], who are responsible for communication inside and outside.

In the innermost part are more than 300 eunuchs and more than 100 maids directly under the Xingqing Palace. They are generally not authorized, and they do not even have the right to enter and leave the Xingqing Palace.

Miyagi was guarded by four guards, and Jinyiwei, as the emperor's personal guard, was responsible for guarding the most important Meridian Gate of Miyagi.

As the commander of Jin Yiwei, Ji Gang still had certain privileges in the front palace of Miyagi, and was directly brought to Xingqing Palace by his subordinates.

The emperor asked him to strengthen the outer protection of Xingqing Palace. At first, he thought it was because the emperor loved his grandson.

But after seeing the strict three-layer protection, he realized that there must be secrets in Xingqing Palace that he didn't know.Otherwise, the protection here would not be stricter than that of Jinshen Palace, it can be regarded as the emperor's imperial study!

Li Liang came out to welcome him, and when he saw Ji Gang, he smiled a thousand times and said, "Master Commander, Your Highness Taisun knows that you are coming, and is waiting for you in the study, please follow me."

"Mr. Li, please..."

Ji Gang thought about some important positions around Zhu Zhanji, and now that Yu Xian went to serve as the guardian ambassador of Ningbo Shipping Department, this Li Liang was about to make a fortune.I want to maintain a good relationship with my grandson, this Li Liang also needs to maintain a good relationship in the future.

It's a pity that one thing followed another today, so I didn't prepare, and I will prepare a big gift for Li Liang later.

Following Li Liang into the door, Ji Gang found that the houses here were all covered with wooden floors, other than that, there was no decoration at all.

Taisun does not like luxury, it seems to be true.

After bypassing the screen and coming to the inner room, Zhu Zhanji's slender back came into Ji Gang's sight.Standing in front of a sheepskin map, he didn't seem to notice that Ji Gang had entered the house at all.

Ji Gang didn't dare to be sloppy anymore, after passing this test with the emperor today, he will belong to the grandson from now on.

So he knelt down on both knees, made a big salute and said, "Chen Ji Gang has seen His Highness."

"No courtesy." Zhu Zhanji turned around and waved to Ji Gang and said, "From now on, Commander-in-Chief, you don't need to be courteous. I never care about politeness. Come and take a look at this map."

Ji Gang got up and stood behind Zhu Zhanji, looked at the map hanging on the wall, looked at it for a while, and then said: "This seems to be a map of Dongying, but it is more detailed than the map drawn by my Ming Dynasty. "

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said, "What do you think about the Japanese pirates?"

Ji Gang didn't know Zhu Zhanji's intentions for a while, but when he heard Zhu Di talk about foreign expeditions just now, he guessed that Zhu Zhanji might want to use troops against Japan.