"Alright, let's not talk about the good things you did in the past, okay?”
"Let's continue talking about Fourth Brother."
"Fourth Brother is stubborn and wants to participate in the Northern Expedition. Even the Imperial Palace can't keep him here.”
"As his father, other than scolding him a few times, can you change his mind?”
"I think we should take this opportunity to ask Tiande to teach this little bastard a lesson.”
"Let him see that the Northern Expedition is not a game.”
Empress Ma said methodically.
Zhu Biao felt that it was very reasonable.
After all, with Fourth Brother's mischievous personality, he could escape once and could escape a second time. As long as his heart for the Northern Expedition did not change, it would be useless even if he was captured. He still had to escape.
Rather than that, he might as well let Uncle Xu teach him a lesson.
"Although you say that, mother, isn't fifty strokes a little too much…"
Zhu Biao couldn't help but say.
"He deserves it. He caused this mess, so let him suffer.”
Empress Ma's face was stern, and she didn't feel any heartache at all.
Zhu Yuanzhang was suppressed to the point where he felt uncomfortable. It was impossible for him to teach the fourth brother a lesson personally. However, the fifth brother, this little bastard, was here.
Moreover, Fourth Brother's hundred-household waist token was taken from his residence.
"Speaking of mistakes, there was another person who made a big mistake in the fourth brother's case.”
"Old Fifth, you little brat, don't look around. It's you!”
"Me?"
Zhu Rong was dumbfounded. Why was this anger burning on him again?
Oh! It must be because Old Zhu had nowhere to vent his anger on, so he came to me.
"Father, don't accuse me. What did I do wrong?”
With his mother around, Zhu Xi was not afraid of Old Zhu at all.
"What else did you do wrong?"
"Did Fourth Brother take the Hundred Household Waist Token from your Wu Estate? You still dare to say that you didn't do anything wrong?”
"If it wasn't for you aiding the tyrant, would Fourth Brother be able to escape from the Ying Tian Prefecture?”
Zhu Yuanzhang spoke louder and louder. If Empress Ma wasn't present, he would have jumped up and beaten her up.
"If you want to add a crime, why don't you say something!"
"Father! If you want to beat me up, say it! Do you still need to find some twisted logic!"
Zhu Rong spread his hands, looking speechless.
"Do you dare to say that you didn't do anything wrong?”
Zhu Rong's reaction made Zhu Yuanzhang even angrier.
"Father, can we be more reasonable?”
"On the night Fourth Brother came to the Wu Mansion, I was busy making flintlocks in the workshop. I didn't even see Fourth Brother.”
"If I see him, can I let him go?”
"As for the Hundred Household Waist Token, that's even more unjust.”
"Fourth Brother is the dignified Prince of Yan. If he asks for a waist token from my personal guards, wouldn't it be offending his superiors if he refuses?”
"Moreover, when the Guardian Division came to visit the next day, the people in my residence explained the situation.”
"You still say that this isn't a crime?”
Seeing Old Zhu glaring at him, Zhu Xi quickly sought help from Empress Ma.
"Mother, look, father is unreasonably venting his anger on me.”
"Zhu Zhongba!"
Empress Ma's voice rang out again, scaring Zhu Yuanzhang so much that his heart trembled.
"Alright, let's not pursue the matter anymore, alright!”
Zhu Yuanzhang pursed his lips and turned his head away in grievance.
In the whole of Da Ming, he was most afraid of his wife, not to mention that this time, she was indeed a little unreasonable.
He didn't know that Old Fifth's mouth was so powerful.
She had brushed herself off with just a few sentences.
Seeing how docile Old Zhu was, Zhu Rong couldn't help but laugh.
"You little brat, you still dare to laugh at your father?”
Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand and was about to hit her, but under the threat of Empress Ma's eyes, he did not dare to get up.
"Father, you've misunderstood. I'm not laughing at you. I really am not laughing at you!”
Zhu Rong changed the topic seriously." I'm happy for Fourth Brother."”
"Happy for Fourth Bro?"
Zhu Yuanzhang glared fiercely at Zhu Rong." I think you're gloating."”
"What schadenfreude? I'm really happy for Fourth Brother. Although this beating will take half of his life, if nothing goes wrong, his long-cherished wish of conquering the north will be completely fulfilled this time.”
"Big brother, what kind of look is that?”
"You don't believe me?"
"Then let's make a bet!"
The corner of Zhu Rong's mouth curled up as he said confidently.
"I'm not stupid. I'll bet with you!”
"Don't say half of what you want to say. Hurry up and finish the rest.”
Zhu Biao couldn't help but shake his head with a smile. Although he hadn't made a bet with No. 5 before, he had heard of this guy's reputation of winning all the time. The other brothers had never taken advantage of No. 5.
"Actually, it's very simple. Uncle Xu's initial plan of fifty strokes was to make Fourth Brother retreat.”
"However, Fourth Brother took the 50 military batons head-on. This perseverance and perseverance will probably move even Uncle Xu.”
"If my guess is correct, Uncle Xu should be on his way to the palace.”
"And this time, he is most likely here to ask for Fourth Brother's decree to let him follow the army to the north.”
Because he had previously coveted Xu Da's daughter, Zhu Rong had done a good job of understanding Xu Da.
He could roughly guess what the other party was thinking.
"Ask Fourth Brother to go north?"
"No, no, no!"
Before Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma could speak, Zhu Biao objected first.
"Big brother, why can't it work?"
"How can we grow without going through hardships? How can we see the rainbow without going through storms?”
"Big brother, don't forget that other than big brother, who is guarding the Ying Tian Prefecture, the other brothers have all been conferred the title of Prince. When we reach a certain age, we will have to go to the fief and guard the borders for Great Ming.”
"2nd brother, 3rd brother, and my fief is still better. Now it is almost completely controlled by our Great Ming.”
"But Fourth Brother's fief is Beiping, which was once the capital of the Yuan Dynasty. Moreover, it's located at the border of the Ming Dynasty. The Mongolians are eyeing it covetously.”
"Think about it carefully. If Fourth Brother hadn't grown to a certain height when he was a vassal, would he have been able to defend Beiping?”
"The battlefield, especially the battlefield of the northern expedition, is the place where we grow the fastest, whether it is for Fourth Brother or for me.”
"Because in the future, after we become a vassal state, we will have to deal with the Mongolians.”
Zhu Rong's forceful speech caused the entire royal study to fall silent.
Zhu Biao opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
If Zhu Di didn't fully mature before he became a vassal, it would be a huge hidden danger for him. If he was not careful, he might lose both Peiping and his life.
Zhu Yuanzhang also looked at Zhu Rong in shock.
He didn't expect Zhu Rong to have such foresight at such a young age.
Zhu Yuanzhang was aware of this, but the situation of this northern expedition was complicated, and the danger was much higher than the previous ones. In addition, there were still a few years before the vassal state, so he stopped Zhu Di from participating in this northern expedition. He wanted to let him participate in the next northern expedition.
However, Zhu Rong's words had fiercely woken him up.
The harsher the battlefield, the more helpful it was to a person's growth.
No matter what, Zhu Di had to experience this. What difference would it make sooner or later?
"Good, good, good!"
" Good!" Zhu Yuanzhang said three times and patted Zhu Rong's shoulder." It's rare for you to have such foresight. Not bad, not bad at all."”
Zhu Biao also looked at Zhu Xiong in surprise. The excellence of the fifth brother had once again refreshed his understanding.
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