After Zhu Biao listened to his mother's explanation, he relaxed his brows, opened the envelope with his own hands, and pulled out a piece of paper with Juanxiu's handwriting: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has personally signed this letter. I heard that Your Highness was awarded the title of General Tiance..."
Zhu Biao put it away after reading it. He looked up and saw two eager eyes. Zhu Biao said helplessly: "It's just the beginning of spring. The officials and ladies in the city want to go out for an outing. Since the Purple Mountain outside the city has been held by the emperor,
After the heaven-sacrifice ceremony, it was closed, and many people wanted to go, so they begged her. She couldn't resist, so she wrote a letter, saying that she didn't need to be taken into consideration, and that if it was troublesome, just refuse."
After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang laughed twice and said: "It's just a small matter, you can handle it as you see fit!"
Empress Ma also smiled and said, "If you have time, go with me."
Zhu Biao nodded and then resigned. When he returned to the East Palace, he pulled out a piece of paper and wrote, "But, in three days!"
Then he asked Liu Jin to send people to the Kaiping Palace. This was indeed a small matter. As the founding place of the founding of the country, it was just a common practice to close the mountain for a year.
Zhu Biao was determined to get closer to his future princess. After all, she was more than just a woman to Zhu Biao.
After finishing the processing, Zhu Biao took a nap for a while, and was woken up by Liu Jin in the afternoon. After walking around the yard for a few times, he locked himself in the Wenhua Hall again.
Not only did he have to consider the issue of Yanyun's Sixteenth Prefecture, this was just a guarantee. If possible, Zhu Biao also wanted to expand the results. After all, the prince's opportunities to go to war were too few, so he must seize the opportunity.
Zhu Biao took another look at the current map of the entire territory of the Ming Dynasty. The current territory of the Ming Dynasty is limited to the Jiangnan provinces, Beiyuan in the north, the Mingxia regime in Sichuan and Chongqing, Wang Baobao in Shandong, and the Liang Wang of the Yuan Dynasty in Yunnan.
However, these were just those who were stubborn and resisted, and they were all swept away by Lan Yu and others in history.
After all, the Ming Dynasty has only just put an end to the troubled times and is far from returning to normal levels. Historically, the territory of the Ming Dynasty only reached its peak during the Yongle period at the end of the Hongwu period.
Zhu Biao estimated that the area actually controlled by the Ming Dynasty now only covers more than three million square kilometers. After all, even Shandong and other places have not been recovered yet.
Zhu Biao couldn't help but laugh when he looked at the small country compared to later generations. Only at this time would a man and his husband have a chance to show off their talents!
Zhu Biao sighed with regret, he really wanted to kill it with his own hands! Unfortunately, the Ming Dynasty is now in dire straits, and all troops must be concentrated on wiping out the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty before they can free up their hands to wipe out Buchen!
At this time, Liu Jin came to report that Quan Xu, the Zuowei general from the pro-military Duwei Mansion, had come to pay his respects.
After Zhu Biao heard this, he asked Liu Jin to tell him to come in, and Zhu Biao sat back in his seat.
After Quan Xu came in, he directly knelt on the ground, put his head deeply on the floor, and said in a deep voice: "General Quan Xu has come to see His Highness, and is willing to kill all the subordinates with the sword in His Highness's hand!"
Zhu Biao looked at him for a while and said: "Get up, the sword in my hand is not of ordinary quality. Whether you can do it depends on your own ability!"
Quan Xu accepted the promise and didn't say anything. Since His Highness wanted to see his ability, there was an opportunity to show his ability.
Zhu Biao said: "Where are the 30,000 people in the pro-army Duwei Mansion?"
Quan Xu clasped his fists and replied: "We have gathered outside the city and are waiting for His Highness's orders."
Zhu Biao nodded and said: "Leave five thousand elites waiting outside the city, and the rest will go to the Northern Expedition camp."
Quan Xu left as ordered, and Liu Jin said at this time: "I have already gone to check. The father of General Quan was an old brother who followed the Holy Sage. He died in the 22nd year of Zhizheng in the battle with King Hu Dahai of Jinhua and King Geng Zaicheng of Huayang.
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Zhu Biao raised his eyebrows and asked curiously: "Should we be granted a knighthood?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was still very generous to his old brothers who died in battle.
Liu Jin replied: "The Holy One posthumously conferred the title of Marquis Wu Jing, but General Quan resigned from the position of marquis the day after receiving the title, saying that he did not want to be influenced by his father and ancestors."
Zhu Biao laughed, he is a smart man. The war is not over yet. A mere marquis is nothing. He exchanges a title for Long Yan's joy. In the future, if Jian is in the emperor's heart, there is no need to worry about not having the opportunity to make meritorious deeds.
No, the opportunity has been given to him. Ordinary people are not qualified to be the prince and the commander of the personal army of General Tiance.
Zhu Biao ordered a few snacks and then settled down to think about military affairs.
At the Kaiping Palace, one of Liu Jin's newly adopted sons, Liu An, led five chamberlains to the gate and said they would pay their respects to the eldest lady of the palace. The guard guarding the gate knew that someone was coming from the palace and hurried in to report.
After a while, Chang Mao led the housekeeper out. When Liu An saw Chang Mao, he cupped his hands and smiled: "This slave is here to pay tribute to the prince."
Chang Mao also gave her a hand politely and said: "You are so polite, little father-in-law. I wonder why you want to see my sister?"
Liu An straightened his back and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a letter to give to the noble man. I hope that the Crown Prince can give some guidance so that this slave can complete His Highness's instructions."
When Chang Mao heard that the prince was trustworthy, he said cheerfully: "Many of my sister's close friends came to the backyard, and they all talked about poetry and songs together. It is inconvenient for me to go there, so I will not lead the way for my little father-in-law.
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Chang Mao turned around and ordered: "Let the female steward in the mansion lead the father-in-law."
Liu An smiled and saluted Chang Mao and followed the steward. As soon as he entered the backyard, he saw many maids whispering.
Liu An ignored it and walked towards the main hall. Just as the steward was about to go in to report, he was stopped by Liu An.
Liu An, who was originally smiling, lowered his face and took a few steps forward when he heard a girl's voice coming from inside: "It's been two or three days since I sent Sister Chang's letter, but there's still no reply from the palace. This...
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Someone immediately said: "Haha, I guess His Highness is busy with military affairs and is not in the mood to pay attention to such a trivial matter."
"No way, Sister Chang is the future Crown Princess. How could His Highness not give you this face? Aren't there rumors that His Highness fell in love with Sister Chang at first sight?"
"What kind of status is Your Highness? How can you fall in love at first sight if you don't have any kind of woman by your side?"
"That's enough! You all know that His Highness is busy with official duties, yet you are still here saying something weird! Aren't you the only ones...
Liu An coughed outside at this time, and walked in with a smile on his face.
After all, the man's voice was different from that of the woman. The room immediately became quiet. When Liu An walked in, he saw Chang Luohua sitting on the main seat, and there were more than ten girls sitting below. The eunuchs in the palace hurriedly saw that
Get up.
Liu An first asked people to hand Zhu Biao's letter to Chang Luohua's maid, and then led the servants to kneel on the ground: "I'm waiting to see you, noble man. I'm here to deliver a letter to you on the order of His Highness the Crown Prince."
Yes, I also brought some spring tea from the palace for you."
Chang Luohua took the envelope and didn't rush to open it, and said to Liu An: "Thank you for your trip, get up!"
Liu An got up with a smile and said, "It is our honor to serve your Highness and your nobles."
Chang Luohua then opened the letter and saw the words written by Zhu Biao, with a smile on his face.
