"My young prince, don't bully me too much. Even if you go to the emperor, the emperor may not be on your side. Don't forget how much I have contributed to the Ming Dynasty."
Lan Yu suppressed her anger and said.
"General, when did that happen? You, old man, can't always count on your achievements and wait to die. You should give the opportunity to young people. Besides, the Ming Dynasty is no longer what it used to be."
As Zhu Gui spoke, he originally wanted to pat Lan Yu on the shoulder, but with his current height, he could only pat Lan Yu's belly. This made Zhu Gui feel a little embarrassed, and then he turned and left.
Lan Yu looked at Zhu Gui's leaving figure, clenched her fists tightly, and her eyes seemed to burst out with fire. She also murmured, "You have offended me and you still want to leave? I will show you what it means to always win."
General."
Naturally, Zhu Gui deliberately angered Lan Yu, just to make him angry, so that he would lose his mind and make wrong judgments, so as to give Zhu Gui a chance.
Otherwise, given Zhu Gui's reputation, no one would support him if he wanted to defeat Lan Yu.
However, before Zhu Gui left the palace, he was stopped by the chief eunuch, "On behalf of the king, the emperor has summoned you. Please follow me to the imperial study room."
Zhu Gui was not surprised at all. He had long known that Zhu Yuanzhang was dissatisfied with the arrogant Lan Yu. Coupled with the prince's current illness, I am afraid that there will be many obstacles in the way for Zhu Yunwen to ascend the throne in the future, and Lan Yu is
One of the most dangerous factors.
Zhu Gui followed the chief eunuch to the imperial study. After receiving Zhu Yuanzhang's oral instructions, he lowered his head and walked in.
This is the second time Zhu Gui has come to the imperial study. The last time he and Zhu Yunwen came to look for the design of the Ming Dynasty treasure ship, but they couldn't find it. Is there any chance to get it from the old man this time?
Zhu Gui now thought about this issue again.
Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting behind his desk. There was a thick pile of memorials on the desk, but it seemed that few of them had been reviewed. In the past, these were the work of Prince Zhu Biao. Now that Zhu Yuanzhang is old, he doesn't want to care about these things anymore.
"Zhu Gui, are you serious about what you said in the morning? Can you really repel the Mongols? If you fail, you will lose the face of the entire Ming Dynasty."
This time Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously.
"Father, I am not completely sure, but if we can transfer 30,000 elite cavalry from General Lan Yu's command to my subordinates, then the chances of winning will be much better."
Zhu Gui lowered his head and said, not daring to look directly into Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, really afraid that the other party would see his little thoughts.
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "Although I don't know why your boy had trouble with General Lan Yu, you did a good job this time. I agreed to transfer Lan Yu's subordinates to you, but you really
Don’t you need a cent of military pay from the national treasury? Is selling salt really so profitable?”
When Zhu Gui heard this, he was immediately startled. He would definitely bleed again if he continued talking like this, so he immediately said, "My son just wants to relieve his father's worries, serve the court, and make a name for the Ming Dynasty. He has no other thoughts.
Father, please don’t think too much."
"Hmph, don't talk to me about such nonsense. I really grew up watching your naked butt. Don't I know your little thoughts? Tell me, what else do you want?" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a cold snort.
Zhu Gui immediately knelt down and said, "My father still understands me. In this case, I am not polite. I want the design drawings of the Ming Dynasty treasure ships."
"The design drawing of the treasure ship? How did you know that there would be such a thing in the palace? Who told you?" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly frowned and asked.
"Father, please don't get me wrong. I saw this in an ancient book. I just wanted to ask my father if there is such a thing in the palace." Zhu Gui immediately said with a smile.
"You kid, you have become so cunning. I didn't expect that I would be blown up by you. Well, Zheng promised that if you can really win this war, I can give you the rubbings of the treasure ship design.
"Zhu Yuanzhang also laughed. It seemed that he was in a good mood.
When Zhu Gui saw this, he immediately rolled his eyes and said, "Father, can you please lift the sea ban on your fiefdom?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, then he came to his senses and said angrily, "You kid was waiting for me here. You planned all this, right? You want that small county by the sea, and you want me to give it to you?"
You have lifted the sea ban, what else do you want to do? Do you really think that I will not punish you?"
The atmosphere in the room suddenly became tense, and Zhu Yuanzhang glared at Zhu Gui.
Zhu Gui didn't have any worries at this time, because he knew that Zhu Yuanzhang still needed him to fight, so even if he was angry again, he would not do anything to him at this time. This was the reason why he was confident.
"Father, just lift the sea ban on my fiefdom. If there is any emergency, you can stop the loss in time. I will act with caution. Of course, I will also use the money earned from overseas trade.
Thirty percent of it will be handed over to the state treasury." Zhu Gui said seriously while lying on the ground.
"The Ming Dynasty is so vast, why do you insist on trading overseas? How did my old Zhu family give birth to such an alien like you? That's all, you can do whatever you want, but the premise of all this is that you have to win this battle.
And you have to win very beautifully. If you can’t win, there’s no need to talk about anything else.”
Zhu Yuanzhang waved to Zhu Gui to express his helplessness at this time.
Zhu Gui suddenly became happy. Today was an unprecedented breakthrough for him. Not only did he get an outlet to the sea, but Zhu Yuanzhang also personally promised to lift the sea ban. Of course, the premise of all this was that he could defeat the Mongols beautifully, but
This is obviously a trivial matter to Zhu Gui.
Zhu Gui quickly left the imperial study, left the palace, and returned to Prince Dai's Mansion. While eating, he mentioned to Xu Miaoqing what had happened in the morning session and the imperial study.
Xu Miaoqing was so absorbed in listening that she even forgot to pick up the dishes, "So, Your Majesty, you are going to fight again soon? You must take me with you this time."
It turned out that she was worried about this matter. Zhu Gui wanted to refuse, but when he saw the expectant look in his eyes, his heart softened. What's more, he knew that Xu Miaoqing was not an ordinary woman, so he thought again and again and nodded.
Unexpectedly, Xu Miaoqing suddenly stood up and hugged Zhu Gui, "My lord, you are so kind. I, I will repay you well today."
After saying this, Xu Miaoqing ran out of the living room without even eating.
"What's going on? Why did she suddenly become enlightened? How does she want to repay me? Could it be...?" Zhu Gui's eyes lit up, and he immediately lost interest in eating, and immediately chased Xu Miaoqing away.