Clang! Clang!...... The wall clock on the wall rang twelve o'clock in the morning, and Madu got up and pressed it under the wall, and the bell stopped abruptly.

Ma Du returned to the stool next to the bed and sat down to continue waiting, Zhu Biao on the bed had been sleeping soundly for six hours, and a eunuch came over with a bowl of tea, "Grandpa, drink tea to moisten your throat." ”

Ma Du took it and gently took a sip to cover the tea bowl, and asked softly, "Aren't you the little pillar who served the first queen?" ”

The eunuch smiled and said: "The grandfather has a good memory is the slave Li Zhu, the emperor received the slave and maid to the East Palace after the first queen died, a few years ago Huang Gonggong made some mistakes, and was sent by the emperor to guard the tomb of the first emperor, and the slave and maid went to the emperor to serve. ”

Ma Du nodded and said, "Well, the emperor who has been trained by the first queen is naturally relieved." Hey, the emperor woke up? ”

Zhu Biao slowly opened his eyes, Li Zhu hurriedly helped him sit up and brought him a bowl of tea, Zhu Biao drank it in one go, and said in one breath: "It's safe to have an uncle here, I haven't slept so sweetly for a long time." ”

"State affairs are important, but the dragon body is the most important, you can't do anything without capital, Your Majesty doesn't care about yourself too much."

Zhu Biao smiled miserably and said: "Only after sitting in that seat did I know that even the emperor couldn't help himself, I really envy my uncle for being free and free from trivial troubles, and now he looks younger than me." ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry, just now Weichen has seen His Majesty's medical case, Weichen will treat His Majesty and then ask the imperial doctor to take care of it, and he will definitely be cured."

Zhu Biao smiled, "I don't know my body, I don't know how many days I have left, my uncle doesn't need to coax me." I asked An Huzi to invite you all the way to heal your illness. ”

Ma Du sighed heavily, in fact, he knew very well that Zhu Biao didn't have much time to live, and the imperial doctor in the palace had the excellent students he taught at the beginning, and he didn't leave a hand when teaching, and he was helpless as a gentleman who couldn't be cured by the students.

He came by boat not so much to treat Zhu Biao, but to see Zhu Biao for the last time, but he didn't expect that Zhu Biao also had other purposes.

Ma Du smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty summoned Weichen to ask Gu or take care of his life?" ”

Zhu Biao smiled even more bitterly when he heard this, "I have nothing to rely on, but there is an adult tiger wolf behind me who chases very closely, and I don't even have time to catch my breath, otherwise I can live for two more years." ”

"Then why did Your Majesty summon Weichen here?"

"Cut the domain!" Zhu Biao said sonorously: "Why should I understand that my uncle should understand, it's not that I can't tolerate my brothers and nephews, I can support them with a large amount of tax money, but I don't allow them to support their own troops, and my uncle should know how strong the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty is." Otherwise, sooner or later, the rebellion of the seven kings of the Han and the rebellion of the eight kings of the Jin will be repeated, and maybe it will be taken advantage of by the Mongols. ”

"Weichen understands that if he can cut the feudal domain according to His Majesty's wishes, it will be a blessing for both the vassal king and the people."

Zhu Biao stroked his gray beard, "At the beginning of my ascension, I only thought about restoring the vitality of the world and did not start, in the first two years, I gradually ran out of strength and prepared to cut the domain last year, who knew that there was a country in the Western Regions that raised troops to attack the Ming Dynasty, and I didn't have time to appease the vassal king, how dare I cut the domain, and it was suddenly delayed to today." ”

"Didn't the emperor of Timur die halfway?"

Zhu Biao smiled a little proudly, "It's true that he died halfway, but it was I who let the Jinyi Guard drop on their march, and his sons were busy fighting for the throne and returned home." ”

"It's a pity! It's a pity! If Timur can come to the Ming Dynasty alive, His Majesty will be able to reorganize the army and seize the military power of the vassals in the name of war. Even if the Timurid cavalry was invincible in the Western Regions, and when they came to the Ming Dynasty, they only had to eat guns, and they could just take the opportunity to pass through the Western Regions. ”

Zhu Biao was stunned and then slapped his head heavily, "Oops, I'm confused!" He kept shaking his head, as if he regretted it, and sighed: "It's still my uncle who is old enough to seek the country, and the courtiers don't have your vision, if my uncle is there at that time, he will never fall into such a predicament." Now I don't have much time to rely on my uncle, not only for the Ming Dynasty, but also for the people of the world, and I hope my uncle will help! ”

Zhu Biao sat on the bed and bowed to Ma Du, Ma Du hurriedly got up and dodged, "The minister has to say that His Majesty is not a person, the prince has been a man since he was a child, and he must be a wise and martial artist in the future, so why not hand over the matter of cutting the domain to him." ”

"If it's bad, it's bad on this, and Emperor Yang of Sui is not such a person." Zhu Biao cupped his head in pain, "Uncle, do you know how similar the crown prince is to the first emperor?" It's just that he has never experienced the destruction of his family, wandering and begging, and hard work like the first emperor, and he doesn't know the suffering of the people. I dare to assert that the crown prince will be either a famous lord or a tyrant of the cholera world when he ascends the throne! ”

A father can only say that he is very "objective" when he evaluates his son like this.

Zhu Biao continued: "The reason why I did not hesitate to divide the feudal titles for those who opened up territories overseas is that I understand that the world is beyond my control, and they call it enough for the Ming Dynasty. I hung the map of the Ming Dynasty in the dormitory, thinking that it would be a blessing that the kings of the Ming Dynasty could take care of the current foundation. But does my uncle know what is hanging in the womb? The map of the world, this is by no means the blessing of the people of the society! ”

"The prince is inevitably a young man, and when he really sits in His Majesty's seat, he will know that things are not as simple as he thinks, and his heart will naturally be small."

"I'm not worried about this, I'm just afraid that he will do something bad in cutting the domain, does my uncle know that the target of the prince's gun practice is the portrait of the fourth child? I saw that he meant that I wanted the vassal king to rebel, and I was afraid that he would come to the matter of cutting the vassal after he ascended the throne, so I invited my uncle here. ”

Ma Du shook his head when he heard this, "Does he have a grudge against the fourth child?" If this is the case, there is no solution, unless Your Majesty ......"

Ma Du swallowed halfway through his words, and Zhu Biao continued: "Uncle is talking about changing the prince?" It is indeed the simplest and most useful method, but I don't have the ability to do it now, and now he is already filial piety if he doesn't change the emperor! ”

Ma Du raised his eyebrows, "The prince is so powerful, Your Majesty should take care, the old minister will go back overseas." ”

He was about to get up as he spoke, but Zhu Biao pressed Ma Du down, "Uncle still loves to talk and laugh as before." ”

Ma Du replied solemnly: "The minister didn't laugh, now that he is still the prince, he has such ability, what will be the situation when he ascends the throne?" Even if His Majesty leaves an edict for the regent of the old minister, I am afraid that he will be set aside, how can he cut the domain without power and soldiers? Besides, if he can't tolerate the vassal king, can he tolerate the old ministers? ”

Zhu Biao took Ma Du's hand and said: "Most of the courtiers of the Manchu Dynasty are your protégés, and the generals have your in-laws on the side, so he doesn't dare to attack his uncle." As for cutting the domain, even if you don't have soldiers and don't have power, your uncle will cut it, as long as you say that the fourth prince is moved, the other vassal kings are easy to say. ”

"Your Majesty has reversed, except for the fourth vassal king, the old ministers are confident that they can talk about it, Your Majesty said that the prince is like the first emperor, how can the fourth be different!"