At noon the next day, all the generals returned to the camp of the Chinese army, and the three drums sounded, and the generals solemnly lined up under their tents, and they all held their breath and did not dare to breathe. Because His Majesty the Emperor, who returned to the capital a few years ago, went and returned......

"The emperor has arrived" A long voice of the eunuch, Zhu Di, the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, appeared in the big tent with a sinking face.

The generals rumbled to their knees and said in unison: "Long live my emperor, long live my emperor"

"Get up." Zhu Di sat upright on the dragon chair and snorted coldly.

"Your Majesty." The generals hurriedly stood up and bowed their heads to listen to the emperor's teachings.

"A few days ago, Zheng He was about to leave for Zhejiang, and he was going to go to the West again, so I specially returned to Beijing to send him off." Zhu Di's gaze swept over the generals, and whoever dared to look at him couldn't wait to lower his head to his belly. "Before leaving, I handed over the command to the prince and asked him to act as the commander." said with a sneer: "I thought that hundreds of thousands of troops would be carried by a pig, and they would not be defeated by tens of thousands of enemy soldiers in a short time." The result? It was really an eye-opener for me."

"The son is stupid and has high hopes for his father." Zhu Gaochi knelt down like a fire, and was scolded as a pig by his father in public, and his heart was inevitably full of humiliation and confusion.

"The emperor is angry." The tent was full of generals, and no one spoke for the prince, so Xue Lu, the Marquis of Yangwu, had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "His Royal Highness the prince has not been in charge of the army for many years, and it is inevitable that the dispatch will be rusty for a while, but the main force of the army is still there, and there are not many losses." ”

"You don't want to excuse him" Zhu Di snorted coldly: "You are also a veteran who has followed me out of the customs several times, don't you know that the road is in the vast desert, and being cut off from the grain route and shaking the army's spirit means that the whole army will be wiped out?" ”

"Yes......" Xue Lu didn't dare to say another word.

"The prince's old battle array, are you too?" After training the prince, Zhu Di aimed his anger at the generals again, and reprimanded angrily: "One by one, they are either slow to act, hesitate, or they are rash and aggressive, and they are played like monkeys by others, these two years are too comfortable, right?" Forgot how to fight? ”

"The ministers should die" all the generals knelt down to plead guilty, but the boss was depressed in his heart, if it wasn't for the prince's order to change the order and give orders indiscriminately, we would not be dizzy and dizzy, and we would not have slacked off in the back. But as long as you are not stubborn, you will be a little jǐngti, this time the performance of the armies is really bad, if you go out of the jam like this, you have to repeat the mistakes of Qiu Fu...... Qi Guogong Qiu Fu's big tragedy, alas, don't mention it.

Zhu Di spoke sharply, and trained the generals to tremble, and he was so angry that he dismissed everyone, and before letting them go home to hug their grandsons, the generals thought that they would be scolded by the emperor, and even demoted and punished, but they didn't expect to be removed directly, and they were all stunned all of a sudden, and kowtowed with tears in their eyes to admit their mistakes.

Zhu Di said coldly: "I was too good to you before, but as a result, you were pampered and arrogant one by one, not only taught your children and grandchildren to be gentlemen, but now you are even straining yourself, are you worthy of my trust?" ”

The generals shook their heads vigorously, and there was the expressive one, who directly slapped himself a few times, scolding himself for being confused, sorry for the emperor's trust, but in fact, there was only one real purpose...... Please ask the emperor to give them another chance.

"Shut up" Zhu Di was tired of hearing this, and snorted, and the generals were immediately silent, and the atmosphere did not dare to breathe. Only then did the emperor restrain his anger, and said to his second son with a slight smile: "This time, King Han's performance is very good, and he has perfectly executed my intentions, which is worthy of praise." Say, "What reward do you want?" ”

"Father and Emperor praised falsely," Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly said humbly: "The sons just did some things, this time our army exposed all kinds of problems, and all the generals were punished, how could the sons and daughters bear to ask for any reward?" asked his father to forgive the generals and give them a chance to prove themselves. ”

As soon as these words came out, the generals naturally cast grateful glances at King Han, and Zhu Di also nodded approvingly: "It's rare that you have a benevolent heart, since I have a word first, I have to honor it." Saying that, he snorted coldly, and said to those generals who looked at him: "You will be fined for half a year, demoted and retained, what to do when you go back, do you know what to do?" ”

"Knowing the way, the ministers must cherish the opportunity, lie down and taste the courage, and be ashamed of the snow." The generals nodded like chickens pecking rice and said, "Live up to the emperor's grace and the kindness of His Royal Highness the King of Han." ”

"It's good to know the road, get out" Zhu Di snorted, and the generals knew that the storm had passed, and they got up from the ground, and then they secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"The other one to be rewarded is my grandson." Zhu Di's eyes fell on Zhu Zhanji's body, and he said with a look of approval: "The young army, which has only been in the army for less than half a year, can keep up with the team in this exercise and not be defeated, does this show that my grandson is very set?"

The generals nodded hurriedly, echoing the emperor's praise, but suddenly heard a discordant voice: "Grandpa Huang, this is not fair, he is cheating"

When the generals saw it, it was Zhu Zhanyan, who was huffing, and he was looking at His Royal Highness Taisun with a dissatisfied expression.

Zhu Gaoxu's face changed, and he hurriedly reprimanded: "Shut up"

Zhu Di narrowed his eyes, looked at Zhu Zhanyan coldly and said, "Why did he cheat?" ”

"He dug a horse pit, used bamboo as a weapon, and used the car board to block arrows" Zhu Zhanyan said angrily: "Is there such a war for him?"

"Have you ever heard of the principle of impermanence?" Zhu Di said lightly: "Fighting a war is more than anyone's methods, this is where your grandson brother deserves praise, you have to learn more, don't always be unconvinced." ”

"My grandson just doesn't accept it, it's obviously not good to dig a horse pit," Zhu Zhan Yan stiffened his neck.

"I'm just a tunnel, trampled on." Zhu Zhanji argued in a low voice.

Zhu Zhanyan was not convinced, he was still chattering, Zhu Di's eyes were already a little impatient, but for the sake of Zhu Gaoxu's face, he endured it and did not have a seizure. Zhu Gaoxu saw that things were not good, so he hurriedly slapped Zhu Zhanyan hard, and scolded: "The little beast still dares to take the blame, you just listen to what the imperial grandfather says."

Zhu Zhanji didn't dare to speak, and glanced at Zhu Zhanji with resentment.

"Alright." Zhu Di ignored Zhu Zhanji and said to Zhu Zhanji: "Good grandson, no matter what, you did a good job this time, how do you want the emperor's grandfather to reward you?" ”

"Grandchildren don't want the emperor's grandfather to reward them." Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said.

"Huh...... It's weird today. Zhu Di smiled: "I don't want a reward one by one." As he spoke, he asked his eldest grandson, "Why is this?" ”

"Sun Er used a surprising winning method this time, and he couldn't convince his opponent, because my young army and I didn't have the strength to defeat them in a dignified manner." Zhu Zhanji said loudly: "So please ask the imperial grandfather to wait for his grandson, and when the young army is brought into a strong army that can fight for the imperial grandfather, he will be rewarded."

"Haha" Zhu Di heard these words, laughed loudly and said: "Ambition, this is my good holy grandson" Everyone can hear the relief in the emperor's smile. "Okay, it's up to you, and I'll double the reward when the time comes"

"Thank you for the grace of Grandpa Huang" Zhu Zhanji was overjoyed.

Seeing that Zhu Zhanji's limelight overwhelmed him, Zhu Gaoxu's heart was angry, and there was a smile on his face, and Zhu Zhanji's eyes were even more spitting, as if he wanted to eat him.

"Grandpa Huang, can my grandson help my father?" After Zhu Di finished laughing, Zhu Zhanji asked in a low voice.

"Get up." Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaochi, the smile on his face suddenly fell, and he said to the generals in a deep voice: "Today, we will rest in place for a day, and the army will return to Beijing tomorrow, and all the armies will sum up the lessons and come up with a training strategy, and write it into a statement for me to see, there are exactly 100 days between now and the New Year, and I will practice to the death in these 100 days. ”

"Yes," the generals replied in unison.

After retiring from the court, the emperor asked Zhu Zhanji to accompany him to dinner, and the two eunuchs helped Zhu Gaochi out and handed him over to the East Palace courtiers who were waiting outside.

The courtiers helped the prince back to his camp, and several of the prince's subordinates were there, all of them full of anger, obviously having heard what happened to the prince. When the eunuch withdrew from the palace, Jin Wen said angrily: "The emperor is angry, and he shouldn't say that about the prince."

"Shut up," Zhu Gaochi said with a dark face: "The father is the son, and I can say whatever the father says."

"Your Highness, the minister will not agree with this." Huang Huai said: "It is true that you are the son of the emperor, but you are also the prince of the Ming Dynasty, since you are a king, you must have your own respect, even if it is the emperor, you can't insult you at will, otherwise you will be suspected of shaking the country."

"Hehe......" Zhu Gaochi shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Master Huang's scholarly words, my father is a soldier, and he can beat his son if he wants to, and scold him if he wants, whether I am the prince or not, it has no effect." ”

"Your Highness forgives the ministers for speaking bluntly," Yang Pu said solemnly: "The emperor is by no means following the xìng this time, but deliberately targeting His Highness." Not to mention this time, just say that the instructions you issued are obviously the will left by the emperor, but now you are all responsible for carrying the black pot."

"......" Zhu Gaochi's expression darkened when he heard this, although he has been in poor health all these years, but he has also commanded the defense of Běijīng, as the eldest son of King Yan, how can he not know about the army? If he was really allowed to command, he would never have ended up in such a field, but in the will left by his father before leaving, he could only do what kind of instructions he should give every day. made such a chicken feather now, and was scolded by the emperor, which almost suffocated people to death.

"Perhaps, carrying the King of Han and pressing His Royal Highness is one of the purposes of the emperor's military exercise." Yang Pu whispered: "Some time ago, His Royal Highness took advantage of Zhou Xin's case, and his image in the hearts of the ministers suddenly became tall again. We borrowed the name of Young Master Yao again, and really called a flower brocade and a blazing fire to cook oil, which must have made the emperor unhappy again. ”

"Eighty percent of the time." The other two subordinate officials nodded and sighed: "It's not easy to be the crown prince for the emperor."

Zhu Gaochi was gloomy for a while, and after a while, he changed to a smiling face and said: "Fortunately, this time I lost to King Han, but my son won against his two sons."

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