Chapter 62 I Can't Understand
"Father!" Zhu Biao was furious. When he heard Old Zhu say three "die", and said that if he continued, it would be Zhu Di and Zhu Su, he would go to hell, so he hurried to stop him.
Old Zhu, who was so angry that he was about to lose his mind, was finally awakened by his son's shout, but it took him a long time to suppress his inner anger.
It is indeed a pleasure to kill people now, but the defeat of Songming has already become a fact. Even if I kill Zhu Di and Zhu Su together, what will it matter?
After having the eunuch pass the memorial back to him, Zhu Yuanzhang carefully read the contents of the memorial again, and his mind became clearer.
I'm afraid that the defeat in this battle is not unfair. I underestimated the enemy from the beginning. Even with so many people in the Jinyiwei, they were unable to find out the true situation in Songming City. This is enough to show that Songming City is not ordinary.
Of course, it was also because Mu Ying and others underestimated the enemy. They thought that with the Linchong giant chariot and hundreds of thousands of troops at their disposal, they would be invincible. As a result, they were beaten hard by the enemy and had to flee back to Qujing in disgrace.
Now, hundreds of thousands of troops have no food. How can Qujing Prefecture afford to support so many people?
At this time, if Zhu Yuanzhang lost his temper and chopped off the heads of Fu Youde and others, what would happen to the hundreds of thousands of people on the front line?
If at this time, Songming City or King Liang of Yunnan took the opportunity to send troops, the hundreds of thousands of newly defeated Ming troops would probably scatter in panic, which would be a devastating defeat for the entire Ming Dynasty.
Thinking of this, Lao Zhu hesitated for a moment before controlling his inner irritation and said calmly, "Come here, draft the decree!"
"Order Pingliang Hou Fei Ju to lead a 100,000-man army to garrison Yunnan and Yunnan, and closely monitor the movements of the former Yuan forces in Yunnan and Yunnan and those in Songming City."
"Order Fu Youde, Prince Yan, Prince Zhou, and others to return to the capital immediately to report on their duties after receiving the imperial edict!"
After the decree was issued, the court meeting was dispersed. Old Zhu was very unhappy. On the way back to the harem, he suddenly saw the palace gate where Qin Wang Zhu Chong was imprisoned. He was moved and turned back to ask the eunuch chief Liu beside him.
"Has the King of Qin been behaving well in the palace recently?"
"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin has been staying in the palace recently and has not left the palace. The servants have been questioning him daily, but His Royal Highness has only cried out that he is being wronged, yet as always, he has not offered any defense."
"Yeah." Old Zhu's brows relaxed a little when he heard what Eunuch Liu said. He looked at the palace gate where Zhu Chong was imprisoned, and his heart moved.
"It seems that the Yundian incident may have wrongly accused the second brother. Liu An, how old is the second brother this year?"
Eunuch Liu was quite surprised when he heard this. How could he not know the birthday of Old Zhu's own second son?
But Eunuch Liu did not dare to neglect it. After a moment's thought, he quickly replied, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin was born in the sixteenth year of the Zhizheng reign of the previous dynasty. He is now twenty-two years old."
"You're already this old?" Old Zhu's eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something. "I remember that the second son has only had one wife until now, and that was a Mongolian princess. Is that right?"
"That's right." The more Eunuch Liu listened, the more confused he became. He didn't understand what Old Zhu was up to.
Old Zhu nodded and laughed, "This kid used to cause trouble all the time, but he's been much more obedient this time. I was thinking of marrying Old Deng's daughter to him, but it's a pity that Old Deng died at the wrong time."
When Eunuch Liu heard this, his heart skipped a beat. He had basically guessed what Zhu Yuanzhang was planning.
Duke of Weiguo Deng Yu was a famous general in the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Mu Ying had followed him and was promoted to Marquis of Xiping after he persuaded the Tibetan tribes to surrender.
Deng Yu died at the beginning of this year due to illness caused by years of overwork. Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang was grateful for his hard work and was planning to marry Deng Yu's eldest daughter to Zhu Chong, but because Zhu Chong later caused trouble, the matter was delayed.
Eunuch Liu could guess that Zhu Yuanzhang was going to use the excuse of letting Zhu Chong marry a concubine to release him, but he couldn't understand why Zhu Yuanzhang said that Deng Yu died at the wrong time. Could it be that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't intend to marry Deng Yu's daughter to Zhu Chong?
At this moment, Old Zhu suddenly asked Eunuch Liu, "Liu An, which girl in Old Xu's family is still not promised to anyone?"
Eunuch Liu's heart skipped a beat, but he didn't dare to say anything more. He could only quickly reply, "Yes, Your Majesty."
"What a pity! That child has such a bad fate!" Zhu Yuanzhang glanced back at Eunuch Liu and said, "Draft an imperial decree to assign that girl to the second son. It will be a good thing for the boy."
"Yes, Your Majesty!" The moment Eunuch Liu's eyes widened, he quickly lowered his head and bowed, fearing that Zhu Yuanzhang would see the shock in his eyes. He really didn't expect that Zhu Yuanzhang would suddenly issue such an order.
"The Prince of Qin's Mansion in Yingtian Prefecture is still there, right? Send the second son back to the mansion and prepare for the wedding."
Upon hearing this, Eunuch Liu became even more certain of his previous guess. Old Zhu was planning to send Zhu Chong back to Yunnan. But he just said that the war in Yunnan was not going well. Was it really a good idea to send the King of Qin back at this time?
Before Eunuch Liu could figure it out, Zhu Yuanzhang added, "After issuing the decree to Xu Da, tell him privately that we agreed to keep the wedding simple and allow the couple to return to their fiefdom after the ceremony."
"Ah?" Eunuch Liu could no longer suppress his inner surprise and screamed, which attracted Old Zhu's sidelong glance.
Eunuch Liu noticed the suspicion in Old Zhu's eyes, and his mind raced as he quickly explained, "Your Majesty, the fiefdom of His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin was previously designated as Guanzhong. I am ignorant and don't know whether the fiefdom of His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin you are referring to is Guanzhong or Yunnan?"
"Uh..." Old Zhu's face darkened. Of course he could tell that Liu An screamed out of surprise, but he also didn't understand what was going on.
The second son's fiefdom was originally arranged to be in the Chang'an area, but because of the previous incident, he was exiled to Yunnan and Dian. His fiefdom location was not changed at that time, so it was reasonable for Eunuch Liu to have doubts.
"Then draft another decree for the second son, changing his fiefdom to Yunnan and Dian, and go!" After saying this, Old Zhu turned around and left without waiting for Eunuch Liu's agreement.
When these two decrees from Zhu Yuanzhang spread in Yingtian Prefecture, the entire Yingtian Prefecture was immediately in an uproar, and countless officials looked at them with surprise.
"Have you heard that someone above is going to reinstate the King of Qin?"
"I don't understand, I really don't understand. What exactly does Your Majesty want to do? The King of Qin is going to Yunnan now? What's his intention?"
"Who can understand? I wonder if Duke Wei regrets not marrying off his daughter sooner. Now, I'm afraid that now that his daughter is gone, she'll never come back!"
"No, wasn't the Duke of Wei's daughter previously pointed out to His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan? Why did she suddenly turn around and point it to His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin?"
"You don't know this, it seems you just arrived in Yingtian Prefecture. Go find out for yourself!"
"That's not right. The King of Qin already has a wife. What's the point of marrying the daughter of the Xu family? Could it be that she will become the King of Qin's concubine?"
"I don't understand, it's getting more and more confusing..."
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