Chapter 222: The heroic Zhu Di
In the palace of Prince Yan in Peiping, Zhu Di asked someone to set up a sumptuous banquet in the hall to welcome the ministers and generals brought by Zhu Biao. However, he set up a separate banquet in the inner hall. The two brothers ate and chatted, and Li Jie was there next to him. After all, they had not seen each other for many years and did not want outsiders to disturb him. As for Li Jie, they did not treat him as an outsider.
"By the way, brother, why did you bring your second brother's daughter?" Zhu Di chatted for a few words and suddenly asked Zhu Biao. When he left the city to greet him, Princess Pucheng also looked for an opportunity to salute him, which made him very strange, but there were too many people at that time, so he didn't ask much.
"This..." Zhu Biao was a little hesitant at this time, but finally sighed, "The second child has changed a lot. I used to know that the couple had a bad relationship, but I didn't expect him to treat his younger brother and sister like that..."
As Zhu Biao said that, he explained the situation at Zhu Chuang's family and the reason why he brought Princess Pucheng and his daughter out of Xi'an in detail. Zhu Di was so angry that he slapped the table and said angrily: "Second brother is too unreasonable. I have to write a letter to my father to sue him!"
Although Zhu Di had a bad temper and even killed people in history, Zhu Di was a good husband. His wife's surname was Xu, and she was the daughter of General Xu Da, who later became Empress Renxiao.
Zhu Di and Xu were engaged at the age of twelve. At that time, Xu was summoned to the palace to be taught by Empress Ma and accompanied Zhu Di often. Therefore, the two were real young couples and had a very deep relationship. Zhu Di even had nine children in his life, seven of which were born to Xu. This shows how deep their relationship was, so Zhu Biao was very disgusted with Zhu Chuang's imprisonment of his wife.
"You don't need to write a letter. I have sent someone to report what my second brother did to my father. Now my younger brother and sister are temporarily placed in the fifth mansion of Laozi, and Pucheng is very close to me, so I will take her with me and find a good family for her when I return to Beijing in the future so that I will not be angry with her again!" Zhu Biao sighed again at the end of his speech.
"Brother, you are too soft-hearted. If you want me to be you, you will arrest me and send me to your father. Although Xi'an is a bit far from Beiping Prefecture, I have heard of some bad things about men and women in Xi'an. I didn't expect that he was so cruel to his family. As a brother, I feel embarrassed for him!" Zhu Di said angrily again at this time.
"Oh, no matter what, they are all their own brothers. I want to give my second brother a chance to change." Zhu Biao sighed again. All he reported to Lao Zhu was Zhu's family affairs. As for Zhu Chuang's misconduct in Xi'an, he concealed it for Zhu Chuang.
Zhu Di also knew what his elder brother had, so he sighed helplessly, then raised his glass to toast Zhu Biao. Zhu Biao did not speak anymore, picked up the wine glass and drank it all, and the atmosphere became a little dull.
"Uncle Fourth, we have a rare trip to Peking Prefecture. Can you introduce us to the situation in Peking Prefecture?" Li Jie hurriedly said to change the topic.
Zhu Di was worried that he didn't know what to say, and when he heard Li Jie's words, he immediately slapped the table and said, "You're asking the right person. I've been in Peking for a whole decade and I'm the most familiar with this place. I don't dare to say anything else. Even if you blindfold me and throw me into the city, I won't get lost..."
Zhu Di also looked excited when he mentioned the Beiping Prefecture, and immediately began to introduce various situations in the city to Zhu Biao and Li Jie. Among them, Zhu Di was most familiar with the military aspect, because when Xu Da captured Beiping Prefecture, almost all the Yuan soldiers defending were running away, so the defenses of the Beiping Prefecture were also maintained very well. The current Beiping Prefecture is almost not much different from the Yuan Da that year.
Of course, after so many years, some changes have taken place in the city. For example, the entire Beiping Prefecture moved south a few miles. Because when Yuan Dadu was built, it was not convenient to live in the north, and the residents in the city mainly lived in the south city, so Xu Da simply built an inner city wall in the north of the city, and later part of Beiping expanded to the south. In this way, Beiping Prefecture seemed to have been moved several miles apart.
It is precisely because the Beiping Prefecture was not affected by the war that the population in the city was relatively intact. However, after losing its identity as the capital, the Beiping Prefecture suddenly lost a lot of halo, and the entire city became declining. The city could not support such a large population. It happened that the army was short of food at that time, so Xu Da ordered the people in the city to move out. Now the total population of the entire Beiping Prefecture City is only about 300,000.
However, even so, the city of Peking is still the largest city on the border. It connects to the Grand Canal. Goods from the north and south need to be transported here, especially the food in the south, which is related to the lives of the northern border troops, which also makes Peking Prefecture more important.
After Zhu Di introduced the situation in Beiping Prefecture in detail, he suddenly turned his eyes and looked at Zhu Biao with a smile and asked, "Brother, I heard that your tour is to prepare for moving the capital in the future. Is this true?"
Zhu Biao did make preparations for moving the capital, but this matter was also confidential, and few people knew about it. Of course, as long as some people pay attention to it, they would definitely guess Lao Zhu’s intention, so it was not surprising that Zhu Di heard about this.
Zhu Biao hesitated for a moment when he heard this, and finally nodded, "I don't hide it from you. My father is indeed preparing to move the capital. This time I went on a tour to collect the situation in various places and prepare for the future moving the capital. After all, only the father can do this. If anyone else was there, he would definitely be opposed by many people."
"It's true!" Zhu Di widened his eyes when he heard this, and then said with admiration, "Father is so courageous!"
Li Jie secretly curled his lips when he heard this. Although Zhu Di's words were praising Lao Zhu, to Li Jie, it sounded like Zhu Di's boast, because in history it was Zhu Di who moved the capital to Beiping with great courage. However, even Zhu Di encountered great resistance when moving the capital, but he still made things happen with his prestige.
"Yes, my father has exhausted his efforts for the country and country of our Ming Dynasty. He always wants to help us children and grandchildren finish the work!" Zhu Biao also sighed at this time.
Zhu Biao knew better than anyone else to move the capital. Not to mention anything else, when Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty wanted to move the capital, he was opposed by almost all the ministers. In the end, he had to use false information to lead the army to the army. As a result, when he arrived in Luoyang, the people were exhausted. He then proposed to move the capital to Luoyang. The ministers forced him to do nothing and finally agreed to move the capital to Luoyang.
A dignified emperor actually used fraud to move the capital. This shows that the resistance to moving the capital is so great, but Lao Zhu is different. He is the founding king and his prestige has reached its peak. In addition, the military and political power is in his hands. Therefore, as long as Lao Zhu opens his mouth to move the capital, the ministers dare not object. But if Zhu Biao wants to move the capital again, it will be hundreds of times more difficult.
"The father is just a hard-working life. He will never be idle in his life. But if I ask me, Peking Prefecture is indeed a good place to be a capital. At least among the cities in the north, only Luoyang can compare with Peking. However, I heard that Luoyang was greatly damaged by the war, and its population is less than Kaifeng now, let alone compared with Peking." Zhu Di said again after drinking a glass of wine.
"Huh? Peiping Prefecture is your fiefdom of the Fourth Uncle. If you move the capital here, aren't you afraid of losing the fiefdom?" Li Jie asked in surprise when he heard this.
"It's just a fiefdom. It was given to me by my father back then. If my father needs it, I will just take it away. And now I have captured Goryeo. Although Goryeo is not as good as Peking Prefecture, at least I have defeated it by myself!" When Zhu Di said Goryeo, he straightened his chest and his whole body shone with a strange brilliance.
Zhu Biao looked at the handsome brother, and suddenly became stunned. Li Jie had told him about expanding outwardly before, and said that this incident was also beneficial to Zhu Di and others. If you don’t believe it, you can see Zhu Di with your own eyes. He was a little suspicious at first, but now he suddenly understood what Li Jie meant.
Thinking of this, Zhu Biao turned his head to look at Li Jie, but Li Jie smiled and blinked at him. This made Zhu Biao look at Zhu Di again, and then he showed a silent expression. Compared to Zhu Bi, who was a little crazy in Xi'an, Zhu Di now has a vibrant feeling, as if his whole body was full of vitality, which was completely different from Zhu Bi.
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"Brother, what are you thinking?" Zhu Di suddenly patted Zhu Biao's shoulder and asked. He had just said such passionate words, just waiting for Zhu Biao to praise him. After waiting for a long time, he found that Zhu Biao was stunned, so he couldn't help but interrupt Zhu Biao.
"No... nothing." Zhu Biao seemed a little hesitant, and then asked another stupid question, "Fourth brother, do you think is better in Peking or Goryeo?"
"Brother, don't you understand me yet? I like wherever there is a war!" Zhu Di replied very simply.
"Uncle Fourth, why do you like to fight?" Li Jie suddenly asked with a smile.
"This..." Zhu Di was also stunned when he heard this. He had never thought about this question, and no one had ever asked him that, so he didn't know how to answer for a while?
But soon Zhu Di woke up and slapped the table and shouted: "Why are there so many reasons? I just like to fight, because only on the battlefield can I feel excited. Watching the enemies fall under my feet one by one and conquer the unknown land ahead, just like the Mongols back then!"
Li Jie smiled slightly when he answered Zhu Di. In fact, Zhu Di was the same as Zhu Ren. However, after losing his direction in life, Zhu Di set a new life goal for himself. It was like the rich people in later generations who liked to play high-risk sports such as mountaineering, gliding, and diving. In fact, it was just to find excitement. Zhu Di played even bigger than them and started fighting directly.
Chapter completed!