Suddenly, there was a crowd of people in front of the gate of Prince Dai's Mansion. This time it was not the salt dealers or the common people, but the officials, powerful gentry and businessmen in Datong Mansion who were the first to receive the news.
They all came to congratulate the king. No matter what the reputation of this young prince was in Nanjing before, he has indeed repelled the Mongols and killed more than a thousand horsemen (misinformation), protecting the
Safety in Datong Prefecture.
This is a good news that has not been seen in several years, and it also makes them, the locals of Datong Prefecture, feel happy in their faces.
Of course, more importantly, their safety is also guaranteed.
But this time Zhu Gui was not in a hurry to come out to meet the guests.
He asked Steward Wang to set up a large tent in the open space in front of Prince Dai's palace, and then held a flowing banquet for the whole city's people.
As for those reputable people, they were placed in the city lord's palace, which gave these people some face.
Zhu Gui himself spent most of his time in his study thinking hard about how to write a memorial.
This victory against the Mongols was crucial. He was thinking about how to write in order to get the right to form personal guards.
However, considering that the previous two incidents may have made the old man feel disgusted with him, he could not open his mouth yet.
If you steal the chicken but fail to lose the rice, it will be ruined.
After thinking about it, Zhu Gui still suppressed the idea of taking credit.
This is not because he wants to retreat in order to advance, but to give all the credit for this time to Xu Yingxu.
On the one hand, the purpose of this is to make Zhu Yuanzhang change his opinion of him. Anyway, even if he takes credit directly, it will only make Zhu Yuanzhang feel that his role in this matter is not big.
On the other hand, he also wanted to make good friends with his father-in-law, Xu Zuhui, Duke of Xu.
In this way, even if he goes too far in other things in the future, his father-in-law will say a few good words for him in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.
As for the right to form personal guards, it is better to wait until the taxes are paid in one year.
Anyway, after this battle, the Mongols suffered a setback and should not make any moves in the short term.
While Zhu Gui was thinking hard about the memorial issue, Xu Yingxu and Zhang Mao, the governor of Datong Prefecture, were also considering this issue.
Xu Yingxu learned more about the cause and effect of the incident from Zhu Gui. After writing the memorial, he wrote a letter about the incident in full and planned to give it to his father.
He wanted his father, who was Xu Guogong, to change his attitude towards Zhu Gui, so that he could give some explanation to his sister.
But Zhang Mao is different.
How is he thinking that he can take some credit for himself in this matter?
If General Chen, the original commander of the guard post, was still here, he would definitely add that his command was orderly and his dispatch was good.
But in this battle, one was the acting king and the other was Xu Guogong's second son. He couldn't afford to offend both of them.
So in the end I can only add the sentence "full cooperation" to myself, hoping that the higher-ups can give him credit for his hard work.
In this way, the three memorials arrived in the hands of Prince Zhu Biao almost at the same time a week later.
Zhu Biao had already received some vague information from Jin Yiwei.
After seeing the memorial, I was very surprised.
Especially for Zhu Gui's memorial, he actually did not ask for credit for himself in the memorial.
In Zhu Biao's view, his imperial brother had indeed grown up during this period of time, and his support for him was not in vain.
This time he sent these three memorials directly to Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Father, a great victory came from Datong Mansion. The Thirteenth Emperor's brother killed more than 300 cavalrymen who were attacking Datong Mansion."
"Oh? Is this happening? Isn't it a rumor?"
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was originally lying on a chair, immediately stood up and started reading the memorial.
"My son has already verified with Jin Yiwei. There is indeed no discrepancy in the process, but..."
Zhu Biao had a slight smile on his face.
"It's just what? Did that kid Zhu Gui come up with something ridiculous again? I think he just got carried away. I haven't settled the salt tax issue with him yet, so he just... hmm? How did this kid change his gender? How did he change his gender?
No credit required?"
Zhu Yuanzhang finally saw Zhu Gui's memorial, and couldn't help being surprised on his face.
"This is what I want to say. It seems that although the Thirteenth Emperor has some fantastic ideas, he has grown up after this period of training."
Zhu Biao said.
"Hmph, I don't think that boy can write such a thing. Someone must have given him the idea."
Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it again and again, his eyes lit up and he said: "It must be Xu Zuhui, or his daughter, what is her name?"
"Xu Miaoqing."
Zhu Biao said.
"Yes, it must be her, but that's good. Finally, someone can take care of that bastard."
Zhu Yuanzhang had a smile on his face.
"Father, since the emperor has achieved such great military exploits this time, I wonder if the salt tax issue can be let go?"
Zhu Biao took advantage of Zhu Yuanzhang's happiness and began to plead for Zhu Gui again.
This brother of his can be considered very loyal to do this.
But Zhu Yuanzhang threw the memorial on the table and said: "One thing comes to another, he dares to guarantee that the tax will be increased by half next year, and he will do it. As for this incident, he himself said that it is Xu Yingxu's credit, and I
What does it mean for the descendants of the Zhu family to kill a few Mongolians?"
Having said that, Zhu Yuanzhang still got up and walked out: "The weather is good today. Prince, please accompany me to the Imperial Garden."
Zhu Biao did not dare to neglect and immediately followed.
News of the great victory in Datong Prefecture spread quickly in Nanjing, and many people could not believe it.
The same is true for Xu Zuhui, Duke of Xu. If he hadn't received a personal letter from his son Xu Yingxu, it would be difficult to believe that the only fourteen-year-old acting king could be so decisive in this matter.
He handed the letter to the anxious lady beside him and said, "It seems that this king is good at hiding his clumsiness. He is worthy of the blood of the emperor."
After reading the letter, Mrs. Xu breathed a sigh of relief and said: "As long as my children are fine, I have been worried a lot during this period. Master, I heard that the king did not take credit this time, but gave all the credit."
Yingxu, what do you think?"
Xu Zuhui smiled and shook his head: "This is hidden clumsiness. King Dai knows that he has a bad impression in front of the emperor. Asking for credit will only make the emperor more dissatisfied. And Yingxu is in Datong Mansion. His position has been promoted, and he has a bad impression on Dai.
The king’s help is the greatest.”
"According to what you said, isn't that King Dai very wealthy?" Mrs. Xu thought about her previous meetings with King Dai. In her impression, King Dai was very naughty.
A glint flashed in Xu Zuhui's eyes, but then he shook his head.
Apparently he had many thoughts in his mind, but he couldn't express them directly.
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Prince Yan's Mansion.
Zhu Di looked at the letter in his hand and fell into deep thought.
Killing three hundred Mongolian cavalry was nothing to him, but being able to do this under the conditions of Datong Mansion was a bit impressive.
In his opinion, it should be the new firearms in the hands of King Dai that can achieve this.
But the envoy he sent to Datong Mansion has not sent back any news.