Zhu Biao returned to the East Palace on his own. Not long after, Li Shanchang came to ask for an audience. Zhu Biao asked Liu Jin to lead him in.
Li Shanchang walked in with a calm expression, looked at Zhu Biao above and knelt down directly on the ground: "Your Highness, Li Shanchang, has failed to teach his son well, please punish him!"
Zhu Biao walked down quickly with a smile on his face, helped Li Shanchang up personally and said, "It's just a boy's spirit. I'm just asking you to come and say it tomorrow."
Li Shanchang cupped his hands and said, "After that scoundrel returned home, I personally performed the family law. When he can go to the ground, let him go to the East Palace to apologize to His Highness!"
Zhu Biao frowned and said: "Why is this so important? The King of Changsha has worked hard and made great achievements. I have already punished Li Qi for what he did."
Zhu Biao then ordered Liu Jin on the side: "You personally lead the imperial doctor to the Changsha Palace."
Zhu Biao exchanged a few polite words with Li Shanchang, and then the two of them returned to their respective seats and sat down.
Zhu Biao took a sip of tea and said, "I just came back from Kunning Palace. My father is sick because of the paperwork."
Li Shanchang quickly stood up and asked, "Your Majesty, your health is fine. What does the imperial doctor say?"
Zhu Biao waved his hand and said: "It's not a big problem, I'm just a little too tired."
Li Shanchang quickly apologized: "This is because I am incompetent."
Zhu Biao said: "It seems that there are really too many government affairs. It cannot continue like this. I wonder if the Prime Minister intends to add more manpower to the six departments?"
Li Shanchang's heart moved, and he knew that the real drama was coming: "The appointment, dismissal and addition of positions in the six departments are all decided by the Holy One. How can I interfere with it?"
Zhu Biao smiled and said nothing. It is indeed the emperor's decision to add positions to the six ministries, but there is only so much power in total. If you, Li Shanchang, don't take it from your hands, what's the use of Zhu Yuanzhang adding a few empty posts to provide for the elderly!
When Li Shanchang saw Zhu Biao's smile and said nothing, he knew that he had no choice but to admit the matter. If his son was the one to blame, and he would not apologize, sooner or later something would happen to the Li family.
Li Shanchang thought for a moment and said, "Just now, my little daughter also came back crying."
Zhu Biao was stunned and said: "But I scared the daughter of your house?
After Zhu Biao finished speaking, he ordered: "Come here, pick some jewelry from my palace treasury and send it to the Changsha Palace!"
Li Shanchang stretched out his hand to stop him, and said with a smile: "I originally thought I was scared, but when my old wife pressed me, I found out that my daughter has admired His Highness for a long time, and now that his brother has angered His Highness, she is very sad!"
Only then did Zhu Biao understand Li Shanchang's plan. Li Qi had offended Zhu Biao. Even if Zhu Biao was not angry, he would never reuse the Li family in the future unless the Li family made a thorough statement.
Zhu Biao smiled and said to the eunuch on the side: "There is a jade Ruyi given by the Holy One in the library, and I will also send it over."
Li Shanchang nodded with satisfaction. The crown prince's main concubine has been decided, but the side concubine has not yet been decided.
The two of them did not talk about the position in the Sixth Department again, the matter had been decided.
Li Shanchang told Zhu Biao that he would do his best to supply supplies to the army so that Zhu Biao would not have to worry about anything!
The two chatted happily, and it was not over until the afternoon when Li Shanchang had to deal with government affairs.
After he left, Zhu Biao relaxed and leaned back on the chair. Li Shanchang's attitude was already obvious. This is a good thing!
In this way, Li Shanchang doesn't have to worry too much. When Zhu Biao comes back this time, he will really start to interfere in the affairs of the court.
Change some bad policies, form a cabinet, reset business taxes, build ships to go to sea, reopen the Silk Road, and a series of other things.
Zhu Biao had wanted to do these things for a long time, but due to his young age, lack of prestige in the court, and lack of party members, he had been delayed.
Of course, it will take a long time to complete all these things.
It is also time to put the formation of the Imperial Guard on the agenda. Not only will the prosecutors be asked, Zhu Biao will also ask them to go to Japan and other places in the Western Nanyang Region to survey the terrain and make preparations for the future.
After Zhu Biao finished handling the matter, he did not rush to report to Zhu Yuanzhang. He sent Yu Ruyi to the Changsha Palace. It was impossible to hide this from Zhu Yuanzhang. This kind of thing was obvious.
Zhu Biao felt a little tired, so he went back to his bedroom and took a nap.
Zhu Biao woke up in the afternoon, and Yun Jin helped him wash his face. Zhu Biao was about to walk around the yard when he saw three brothers sitting on the steps at the door. Zhu Biao walked over and asked, "When did you come?"
Zhu Fang smiled and replied: "We just sat here for a while. We came here after paying homage to our father, the emperor and our mother, and then to our respective mothers and concubines."
Zhu Biao nodded, and then the third child said: "Brother, I heard that you are angry?"
Zhu Biao then remembered that these three brothers were not among the kneeling group, and said: "How far have you three run away, and you haven't come back for so long?"
Zhu Di said: "It's all my fault, Third Brother, for chasing that deer of yours, otherwise we would have seen Big Brother show off his power!"
Zhu Biao smiled and said: "It's just a beating. How will they do after I leave?"
Zhu Fang said: "After we go back, they will go down the mountain. They all look absent-minded."
Zhu Biao nodded and followed his three brothers to sit on the steps: "Fourth brother, have you seen your wife?"
The second and third children also looked at Zhu Di with great interest: "I almost forgot to ask, fourth child, are you satisfied?"
Zhu Di frowned and replied: "Humph, how can I have time to look at her? Besides, she is already engaged if she is not satisfied!"
Zhu Biao didn't ask any more questions. He looked at the trees in the courtyard and said, "We're about to go on an expedition. You three, please be careful. Don't always think about charging into battle. The arrows on the battlefield won't recognize you as a prince!"
Seeing the three younger brothers nodding, Zhu Biaoyou taught him earnestly: "No matter how strong your martial arts skills are, how many enemy troops can you kill by yourself? Even Xiang Yu knows that it is not enough to learn a sword to defeat one person, but to learn how to defeat ten thousand people. Your bravery
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"I beg my father to let you go out, not just to let you have fun. Follow the generals and learn more about marching, fighting, and managing the army. These will be useful to you in the future!"
The three brothers looked at each other and said: "Brother, we are princes, isn't it a good idea to learn this..."
Zhu Biao was happy. He knew that these were not that simple. Zhu Biao thought for a while and said bluntly: "When all the enemy forces in the territory are wiped out, my father will definitely take back the military power of the generals. Who will guard them then?"
Borders? And those counties far away from the center. How can we stabilize the world without garrison?"
Zhu Di whispered: "Now that we have military power, what should we do if we can lead a separate vassal town?"
Zhu Biao patted Zhu Di on the head and said: "There is no way to do this. The foundation of our Zhu family is too weak. If the founding generals do not take back their military power, sooner or later there will be trouble!"
The three brothers looked at each other and said: "Brother, if my father really enfeoffs the kings, we will definitely respect my eldest brother when we get to the fiefdom! We will obey our father and brother in everything!"
Zhu Biao smiled and said: "Of course I believe you, but I don't want to lie to you. I will eventually cut off the vassal!"