Empress Ma of Zhu Yuanzhang used a family banquet to get a female student to be Zhu Su's wife.
The husband and wife agreed with Xu Da that this matter would be officially announced to the world when he returned from the expedition to Mengyuan.
Zhu Su, as the main character, was completely unaware of all this.
Xu Da finished the banquet in a distraught manner. As soon as he left, Zhu Su returned to the Palace of Earthly Tranquility.
However, this pair of future sons-in-law did not meet on the way. The route from the Hall of Cultural Splendor to the Palace of Earthly Tranquility did not cross the route from the Palace of Earthly Tranquility to the outside of the Palace.
"Yo, Dad, you're here?" Zhu Su accompanied Empress Ma for dinner almost every day, while Zhu Yuanzhang usually only ate with Empress Ma at night.
As for Zhu Di, he always ate alone. Occasionally, Zhu Su would accompany him for two meals. Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma did not say anything about this. They thought that he was eccentric or afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Silly boy, you came just in time. Come, eat the goose. Don't waste it!”Zhu Yuanzhang, who had finally settled a vexing matter, was in a good mood. For the first time, he even wrapped a pancake with onions for Zhu Su and handed it to his youngest son.
Empress Ma also looked at Zhu Su with a smile,""Eat. My son has worked hard studying.”
Zhu Su took the pancake from Zhu Yuanzhang and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma suspiciously. Suddenly, he glanced at the roast goose on the table from the corner of his eye and his face turned ashen. After a long while, while Zhu Yuanzhang was still in shock, Zhu Su's lips trembled and he slowly said,"Imperial Father, a vicious tiger will not eat its cubs. Are you planning to hand me over to Uncle Xu for him to beat me up to appease his anger? So today's meal was set up by you?”
Zhu Yuanzhang held his breath. Before he could fly into a rage, Zhu Su pounced on him, grabbed his neck, and pulled him back."Father! It's fine if you beat me up, but it's also righteous for a father to beat his son. But what do you mean by handing me over to outsiders to be beaten up? We are the royal family, don't you think it's shabby? Forget it, forget it. For the sake of our Ming Dynasty's eternal foundation, sacrifice me and thousands of families will be happy…"
Zhu Yuanzhang pushed Zhu Su away and turned to look at Empress Ma, who was already lying on the table and laughing."Sister, did we go too far and beat this child silly?”
Empress Ma laughed for a long time before she recovered. She straightened up and pointed at the roast goose on the table."Silly boy, you're smart. Other than inviting Brother Xu Da, when will we eat it?”
Zhu Yuanzhang also understood. He didn't expect this silly boy to be afraid. He immediately looked coldly at Zhu Su who was still playing around."We plan to hand you over. Anyway, it'll be very soon. It's only right and proper for Xu Da to beat you up.”
Empress Ma couldn't help but smile when she heard this. Yes, it wasn't impossible for a father-in-law to beat up a son-in-law.
Zhu Su watched Zhu Yuanzhang for quite a while in a daze. After that, he let out a sigh and slowly sat down. After that, he picked a piece of goose meat from his bowl and started to eat.
"What's wrong, Su 'er? Have you accepted your fate?" Empress Ma stroked her son's head and teased.
"Eating is the most important thing in the world. If you want to kill or cut me, eat first!”Zhu Su pouted and mumbled.
" Hahahaha…" Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but laugh. He looked at Empress Ma, who was also smiling,""Sister, let's say that the silly boy takes after me in this aspect, right? Eating was the most important thing in the world! Well said!" He, Zhu Zhongba, had joined the Revolutionary Army all those years ago just for a bite of food.
"You two." Empress Ma looked at the father and son in front of her and shook her head helplessly.
"Little brat, eat more. Don't waste it.”Zhu Yuanzhang rubbed his sore neck and picked up some food for Zhu Su."I won't beat you up. Go to the Xu Family and apologize to your Aunt Xu. At the same time, apologize to Miao Yun and Miao Jin.”
Zhu Su raised his head and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, who had a rare father-son relationship with him. He swallowed a mouthful of food and said,"Father, why don't you beat me up?”
Aunt Xu, Sister Miao Yun and Sister Miao Jin, which one of them was easy to get along with?
"Are you going?" Zhu Yuanzhang stopped what he was doing and glared at Zhu Su.
"Alright, alright, alright. Go, go, go." Zhu Su had no choice but to compromise. He pointed at the plate of fried sea cucumber with scallion on the table and said,""Dad, um, um, I have a Cuju game with Li Jinglong and the others tomorrow.”
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head. It seemed that his son had never been afraid of him. Even Zhu Biao would not be so casual in front of him.
Zhu Yuanzhang followed his son's instructions and gave Zhu Su a few pieces of sea cucumber with his bowl. After thinking for a while, he pointed at the boiled chicken on the table and asked,""Do you want this?"
"Father, why are you scolding people?" Zhu Su looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, feeling wronged.
" I..." Old Zhu, who was confused, did not know where he was coming from. Forget it, I can't be calculative with this silly kid.
"Hurry up and eat! It was not impossible for him to review his studies after eating and leave the palace, but he had to study hard!”Zhu Yuanzhang reprimanded with a stern face.
Because Zhu Su wanted to produce refined salt, Zhu Yuanzhang had given him special permission to leave the palace at any time. After all, Zhu Su's reason was very legitimate: He needed to know the production of refined salt in real time.
However, he also knew that Zhu Su would never come back after taking a look at the salt workshop.
Wasn't that the case now? He was actually too lazy to even find a high-sounding reason.
Looking at their son who was wolfing down his food, Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma looked at each other and smiled. The silly boy still did not know that he had become a part of the "reward".
When Xu Da returned from the expedition and received his reward, he didn't know how his son would react to the couple's kindness.
"Su 'er, when you go to Xu Da's residence in a few days, remember to be polite. Mother will prepare a gift for you.”Empress Ma took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat on her son's forehead." How old are you? You eat like you're going to war. You're really like your father."”
Zhu Su raised his eyebrows. At least in his generation, there were not many meticulous people in the Zhu family.
After lunch, Zhu Su talked to Zhu Yuanzhang about the salt workshop. He planned to build a bigger workshop, so he needed Zhu Yuanzhang to agree to another matter.
"Trade with Korea?" Zhu Yuanzhang frowned. He was a little surprised by his son's suggestion.
"Yes, trade with Korea. Father, I've thought about it. I have to prove to you that developing foreign trade is a very correct national policy. You have to see tangible benefits before you can believe that your son is telling the truth.”Zhu Su said seriously.
"Son, Father still doesn't believe you?" Apart from Zhu Yuanzhang's hatred for Zhu Su's troublemaking personality, he really couldn't find any fault in other aspects.
"Father, other than being my father, you are also the emperor of Great Ming. Other than being your son, I'm also a pillar of our Ming Dynasty…"
" Puchi-" Empress Ma covered her mouth and looked at Zhu Su apologetically." Sorry, Su 'er, Mother couldn't help it."”
Zhu Su pursed his lips." Mother, did you pick me up?"”
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the dead tree fork expressionlessly."" I still remember that it was snowing heavily that day. Your mother and I…"
Empress Ma's entire body trembled as she began to beat her black-bellied husband beside her.
"Done, done, done!" Zhu Su raised his hands." I'm boasting shamelessly. However, please be patient, Father and Mother. Let's speak with facts in the future."
Also, Dad, I have to remind you today: There is still one thing that our Ming Dynasty can't learn from the Tang and Song Dynasties. Sooner or later, the small countries around us will have to pay tribute to our Ming Dynasty.
However, I hope that we won't give them ten times more good things just because they give us some random things and say "long live our emperor".
This kind of thinking was unacceptable. The imperial court cared about face, not the inside. The people who suffered were the people who paid taxes.”Whenever Zhu Su thought of the dynasties in the past, no matter what the foreign countries and small countries paid tribute to him, he would just shout,"" Respected Emperor, I…" Then, he began to kneel and lick his boots.
The honest old ancestor was happy to be licked, so he began to spend money.
What a silly rich man.
"Kid, you're thinking too far ahead. The rebellion in Shandong and Yunnan has not been resolved yet, and you actually thought of this.”Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and didn't say anything.
Zhu Su rolled his eyes. He was too lazy to expose him.
It was not an exaggeration to say that Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinates were as capable as the clouds and as fierce as the rain.
The reason why he didn't relent immediately was because Zhu Yuanzhang didn't think in this direction, and also because Zhu Yuanzhang was a good person.
He believed that the difficulty of making a fortune was not as difficult as any of the founding emperors before him. Why could Tang Zong and Song Zu spend money but not him?
Zhu Su knew what he was thinking, so he only planned to correct Old Zhu's wrong thinking slowly.
"It's not impossible for you to sell salt to Korea, but you can't do it in the name of the imperial court.”Zhu Yuanzhang gave his decision on Zhu Su's proposal.
"Deal." Zhu Su nodded. "But Dad, let me tell you first. I still pay 10% of the tax.”Zhu Su paused.
"Then he's tired of living!" Zhu Yuanzhang, who had given his promise, finally forced a piece of white cut chicken to his son."Hurry up and eat.”
As for his son's suggestion of " face," he really needed to think about it later.
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