In the Forbidden City Warm Pavilion, Zhu Yunyu also met Zhu Bai very affectionately. Although the two were not very familiar, they only met several times when Zhu Yunyu was young, which made Zhu Bai feel flattered and even more nervous.

Zhu Yunxiu pulled Zhu Bai down, and Li Jie was also sitting by the side. He asked about his arrest of Zhu Zi and his itinerary on the road. Zhu Bai also answered one by one. Finally, Zhu Yunxiu said, "Uncle Eleven, you have made contributions in arresting the King of Tan. In addition, you have a rare visit to the capital. Why not just have fun in the capital for a few more days before leaving!"

As the saying goes, what I am afraid of is what I am. When Zhu Bo heard Zhu Yunxi ask him to stay in the capital for a few more days, hesitated and then spoke: "Thank you for your kindness. I also want to see the prosperity of the capital. However, there are still many things in Jingzhou that need me to deal with, so I am afraid I can't stay for a few days."

When Zhu Bai said the above words, his eyes were also observing Zhu Yunxi's expression changes. However, to his surprise, Zhu Yunxi just smiled slightly when he heard his answer, without showing any angry expression.

"Uncle Eleventh is good to go back early. Speaking of this incident with King Tan this time, I was very disappointed. Although King Tan's mansion has been controlled, I am also worried that King Tan will have any other power in secret. If the trouble starts, someone will need to take charge. Uncle Eleventh, you must be the most suitable candidate." Zhu Yunxiu smiled again.

When Zhu Bo heard that Zhu Yunxi had no intention of forcing him to keep him, he was stunned again. He felt that he had misunderstood Zhu Yunxi and the other party had no intention of detaining him. This made Zhu Bo secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

But at this moment, Zhu Yunxi suddenly looked a little serious and said again: "Uncle Eleven, do you have any opinions on Uncle Eight?"

"This..." Zhu Bo pondered for a moment when he heard this, and then he spoke, "The King of Tan was ambitious. He actually formed a clique in private for personal gain, and he also conspired to be unfavorable to the officials of the court. It was extremely evil. If the father was still alive, he would definitely be punished severely!"

Although Zhu Bo's words were correct, they were nonsense. Obviously, he was very cautious about Zhu Zi's affairs and was unwilling to express too much. After all, only Zhu Yunyu could decide on this matter, so it seemed a bit redundant for him to express his opinions.

Zhu Yunxiu also heard Zhu Bai's implication, and saw him smile calmly again and said, "Uncle Eleven, you are right, but even if the emperor is gone, I will still punish the King of Tan severely. However, before this, I still want to figure out a question, why did the King of Tan have such great ambitions that he dared to control the imperial officials and even participated in the interception and killing of the royal family?"

Zhu Yunxiu said at the end, and Li Jie looked at Li Jie next to him, but Li Jie smiled slightly and said nothing, because he had discussed with Zhu Yunxiu that this time the conversation with Zhu Bai was led by Zhu Yunxiu, and Li Jie was at most beating the drum beside him.

Zhu Bai was not stupid either. When he heard Zhu Yunxi ask why Zhu Zi had such great ambitions, he knew that the other party was asking Zhu Zi clearly, but in fact he was questioning all the vassal kings. After all, the ambition of the vassal kings is proportional to their strength. It is precisely because the vassal kings hold military power that they have ambitions.

So Zhu Bo was also very embarrassed about this issue. After a while, he said vaguely: "The wolf in the Tan King is ambition, but as a prince, he does not want to repay his kindness to the country. I can't understand this!"

Seeing Zhu Bai pretending to be confused, Zhu Yunyu smiled helplessly, but he did not intend to end the topic, so he directly said: "Uncle Eleven does not have to pretend to be confused. I will just say something. The King of Tan holds military power. Although he is nominally obeyed the order of the court, he actually ruled the other side. The local people in Changsha only know that King of Tan is, but they don't know that I am the emperor..."

"Your Majesty, the people of Jingzhou have absolutely no such situation. They are all people of the Ming Dynasty. They only know that Your Majesty's emperor's grace is so great that I will never have any other ideas!" Before Zhu Yunxiu finished speaking, Zhu Bai rushed to show his loyalty. After all, Zhu Yunxiu's words were already very clear, and he just wanted to directly say that these vassal kings were intending to rebel.

As for Zhu Bai's words, Zhu Yunxiu just smiled indifferently and said, "Uncle Eleven, you are a smart person, so I just said something. I believe in your character, but Emperor Taizu has so many sons, not everyone is like you. If someone is as honest as the King of Tan in the future, wouldn't I have to sleep and eat?"

Zhu Bai was silent when he heard this. He knew that Zhu Yunxi was telling the truth. With Zhu Zi today, it would be difficult to guarantee that there would be no second Zhu Zi tomorrow. From Zhu Yunxi's standpoint, he would definitely not be willing to worry about these vassal kings every day, so the best way is to remove all vassal kings' force, that is, to reduce the vassal kings.

Of course, understanding is understanding. Zhu Bai is definitely very resistant to the reduction of the vassal states from his own standpoint. Even if he does not intend to rebel, he is unwilling to hand over the power in his hands. After all, as long as he tastes the taste of power, no one is willing to give up.

So Zhu Yunxiu and Zhu Bo are not wrong, but the two have different positions, and the contradictions naturally arise.

Seeing that Zhu Bo did not speak, Zhu Yunxi smiled again and said, "Of course, I will not let you all uncles suffer. If you lose something, I will also use other things to compensate. And after you have no military power, there is no need for the court to stare at you anymore. In this way, wouldn't both worlds be beautiful?"

"Your Majesty, don't forget that the enfeoffment of the kings is a rule set by Emperor Taizu. Do you want to violate the will of Emperor Taizu?" Zhu Bai sat upright at this time and said, but although his words were tough, he had no confidence in his tone, so he could only move Lao Zhu out to suppress Zhu Yunxi.

Regarding Zhu Bai's words, Zhu Yunxiu smiled again and said, "Emperor Taizu granted the kings to stabilize the four directions, but the military power in the hands of the kings has threatened the security of the Ming Dynasty, so I think if Emperor Taizu was alive, he would definitely agree with my approach."

Zhu Yunxi's words also made Zhu Bai speechless. In terms of eloquence, he was indeed not Zhu Yunxi's opponent, but he was very reluctant to let him hand over the military power honestly, so in the end he could only remain silent again.

Looking at Zhu Bo who was silent, Zhu Yunxiu looked at Li Jie next to him. They were not surprised by Zhu Bo's reaction, so they also thought of a way to deal with it.

Zhu Yunxiu smiled again at this time and said, "Uncle Eleven, if you really don't want to hand over the military power, I have another choice here, which is my biggest concession!"
Chapter completed!