First Minister of Ming Dynasty

First Minister Section 481

Zhu Biao was a little stunned, and finally nodded to express his understanding.

He turned around and came out of Zhang Ximeng's study room, intending to leave directly, but he remembered a big thing, the fourth child is still alive or dead!

You should beg for mercy!

Zhu Biao crashed into Zhu Ying's mansion, the study, the main hall, and the east wing were all empty... Could something really happen?

"Brother, the fourth child is still a child, don't be really angry!"

"He's still a kid!"

Zhu Biao walked back while calling, and when he entered the garden, he was dumbfounded.

I saw Zhu Ying and Zhu Di sitting around in front of the campfire, and Zhu Di was playing with a fat leg of lamb, which was sizzling and oily.The bottom is still fruit wood, the charcoal fire is even, and the aroma is overflowing.

Zhu Ying is still teaching Zhu Di, "I tell you, in my eldest brother's yard, don't cut down the big pagoda tree, any other trees are free! Peach, apricot, pear trees, you are welcome. I found out, You are too weak, do you know that I took away my elder brother's salary at the beginning, and I took it for several years in one go! I have always been rude about their family's things."

Zhu Di couldn't help looking at this guy with admiring eyes, saying that the front wave is better than the back wave, so looking at it this way, this back wave of himself is simply too weak.

After all, even if Zhu Di had 1 guts, he would not dare to run wild in Zhang Ximeng's mansion, but this one dares!

Take it, you are my idol!

Zhu Di's eyes rolled wildly, and he happened to see Zhu Biao, and hurriedly greeted him: "Brother, come quickly, and try my handicraft."

Zhu Biao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the fourth child is really heartless, so it's hard for me to worry about your affairs.He came over and saluted Zhu Ying.

"Brother, you worked hard this time."

Zhu Ying smiled and asked him to sit down...Zhu Ying called Zhang Ximeng Big Brother, Zhu Biao called Zhu Ying Big Brother, Zhu Di called Zhu Biao Big Brother...Anyway, everyone knew who was whose Big Brother.

Zhu Di silently cut off a piece of the roasted leg of lamb and gave it to Zhu Biao, while Zhu Biao gave this piece to Zhu Ying, and he took a bite when the second piece was available. Not to mention, Zhu Di's craftsmanship It's okay, it's not like stealing so many things for nothing.

"Brother, what are your plans now, is it easy to handle in Yunnan?"

Zhu Ying said with a smile: "There is nothing difficult to do, it's simple and cruel. Don't think that the imperial court will set aside two provinces, Guizhou and Guangxi, and think I'm at a disadvantage. In fact, I know it well. I just dumped these places to The imperial court governs. Then I just need to concentrate on farming, stockpile food, and then go south and west to open up...there is a lot of land over there, and it is no problem to create a few provinces!"

Zhu Di's eyes widened when he heard this, "You, are you going to fight outside too?"

Zhu Ying sneered and said, "What is it called? This was decided before the Northern Expedition. My Yunnan province has no cap on the area! This is what my elder brother promised me."

It was Zhang Ximeng who said it!

Zhu Di was even more surprised, "Then, what about my territory? I am going to move to Kaiping City, and now I have taken Liaodong. If I take Korea, I, I also have territories in several provinces. Can I compare with you?"

Zhu Ying sneered, "What are you thinking? To tell you the truth, the farther you go from Beiping to the north, the colder it is, and the fewer people there are. There are no people. How can you compare with me? Yunnan is different. Annan, Champa, Chenla, and Siam are all treasure lands with suitable climate and dense population. The most important thing is that I have a lot of grain output there, and three crops a year. As long as I can cultivate a million acres of fertile land, I will Can sweep all directions!"

The more Zhu Di listened to it, the more his mouth watered, he had no choice but to be envious!

Suddenly, Zhu Di presented the mutton leg to Zhu Ying, and then he was so wronged that he started to cry.

"Brother... Poor little brother! My little brother is less than ten years old, and he is so thin if he is driven away. There is a lot of wind and sand over there. One bowl of rice is half a bowl of sand. It has been several months and I haven't had a full meal." ...Brother, you have to help me! We are all from the old Zhu family, as long as you are willing to help me, you are my brother!"

As Zhu Di spoke, he hugged Zhu Ying's thigh, with snot and tears,

Weeping so much that Zhu Biao was stunned, bastard, did you call the wrong person?

Zhu Di didn't care about that, "Brother, for the sake of father and mother, please help me!"

Zhu Ying was stunned, when did such a thing come out at home?

"I, I want to help you, but you can't deny some benefits, can you?"

"Here, I'll give it now!" Zhu Di immediately said: "Brother, I have war horses. I'll give you as much as you want. Then you just need to give me some food, brass is enough. I don't choose, I will I believe that big brother will not let me suffer."

Zhu Ying rolled her eyelids, and couldn't help laughing, "I've been taking advantage of others all these years, now it's your turn to bully me! Okay, I'll find a way for you, and I'll get you food! Do you still want someone?"

"who?"

"It's the natives in Annan and other places, let them work for you."

Zhu Di's eyes lit up, "Brother, dear brother! I just want to sell some livestock, you are not even polite to people, if you want to talk about wickedness, you have to be the big brother, the younger brother is convinced!"

Zhu Ying turned her head angrily, too lazy to look at him.

Zhu Di didn't care about that, he quickly cut off the fattest piece of meat and stuffed it into Zhu Ying's mouth.

This meal of roast leg of lamb made Zhu Biao very cold.

His big brother is completely useless, Zhu Di has become Zhu Ying's follower, that's called a flatterer, he walks around, first cuts the meat, then serves tea and water, and waits carefully, Old Zhu didn't even enjoy this treatment.

And Zhu Ying is also a leisurely person. He didn't have any enmity with Zhu Di, but the age gap between the two is a bit big. Zhu Ying went out to lead the army, and Zhu Di was still wearing open pants!

This time is good, two people eat a meal, hook shoulders and shoulders, as much as possible,

Zhu Ying is still a doting brother, the only problem is that if you let him treat you as a younger brother, then good things will happen.

"Zhu Di! You know those natives, what do you like the most?"

Zhu Di foolishly shook his head, "I don't know!"

"Then I'll tell you, they like sweet things best!"

"Sweet? Honey? That's true. I was in Beiping, and I met many Jurchens. They went to the mountains to find bees... It is said that some people were stung to death by wasps, and they still refused to change it... as long as they got a jar of honey , is enough for a family to live for a year."

Zhu Ying laughed loudly, "You're right, absolutely right! But how much honey can there be? My elder brother told me a long time ago that when a poor man becomes rich, his favorite thing is sweets! Let me tell you, my elder brother he He definitely came from a scholarly family. He doesn't even like sweets...you know?"

Zhu Di was startled, and hurriedly said: "Yes, I remember that Zhang Shuning didn't like it either, and said that eating sugar would cause tooth decay."

Zhu Ying said with a smile: "The two of them are exactly the same. My eldest nephew is definitely a good seed to inherit the family style."

Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Brother, your name is Shu Ning, who is your eldest nephew, so what should I do with him?

"How?"

Zhu Ying was so angry that he slapped Zhu Di, "It's another matter! Otherwise, my father would still call my elder brother Mr.! Do you want to be called Uncle Shu Ning? Don't make trouble for me!"

It's rare, Zhu Di honestly agreed, "Brother, hurry up and tell me, what's the article about this dessert?"

Then Zhu Ying smiled and said: "In Lingnan, there are many sugarcane fields, which I built a few years ago. Now there are more sugarcane in Lingnan. I will match you up. You can get sugar to Beiping, and then sell it to those leaders... By the way, do you know how to make milk tea?"

Zhu Di blinked his eyes, "Do you want to use West Lake Longjing?"

Zhu Ying couldn't help laughing, "You know my elder brother quite well! Let me tell you, just use the worst tea bricks if you don't need it, put it in a pot and cook it, and it will have a little tea flavor. It's a waste of things to use good tea, and take West Lake Longjing. It's a waste of money!"

Zhu Ying reminded again: "But I can only say what I say, others can't. My elder brother is the most narrow-minded, and he holds grudges very much. You are too young to know. In the first few years He even dared to force his father to write essays in the name of studying his studies, and he forced his father so hard. If you want to know about this, you can ask your mother, no one else knows!"

Both Zhu Biao and Zhu Di were dumbfounded, but there are still these things!

No wonder Mr. Zhang is so powerful that he doesn't even dare to give up his father's enjoyment. There are so many stories...

"Brother, tell me again, is there anything else? What about you before! How were you before?"

"Me? I am both civil and military, very smart!" Zhu Ying said with a smile: "You know, I can read naturally, and I follow my elder brother. The teachers in the school all praise me, but I don't know the subject. If you want me to help you I don't know, I was so majestic at that time!"

Zhu Ying talked eloquently and was full of pride.

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded from behind.

"Your exam papers are still in my study, why don't you show them!"

Ren wait!

Both Zhu Biao and Zhu Di were stunned for a long time, and they couldn't help but said, "Ren wait, it's actually Ren wait! Eldest brother has ten heavenly stems, almost not enough!"

Zhu Di leaned forward and back together, his stomach ached from laughing.

Zhu Ying's old face instantly turned red. If she cracked an egg, it would be a poached egg.

"Brother, you, how can you tear down the stage!"

Zhang Ximeng casually pulled the chair under Zhu Ying's buttocks, and sat down by himself.

"Let me tell you, Zhu Ying, and Wang Zhan, you two have one in the northeast and the other in the southwest, how are you going to externalize and what strategy do you have? If you support one aspect, you cannot blossom at both ends."

Almost without hesitation, the two said in unison, "Let the eldest brother (fourth brother) come first!"

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Zhang Ximeng took a serious look at the two people who gave way to each other. Although they were not real brothers, they were better than real brothers.When did the Ming Dynasty become so respectful, humble and benevolent?

He raised his eyebrows and said suddenly: "Zhu Di, if the imperial court decides to attack from the southwest, what will you do?"

Zhu Di hardly hesitated, and immediately said: "I will prepare war horses for elder brother, as many as you want!"

Zhang Ximeng nodded, "It's a good intention. The horses in Yunnan are generally short. If you can get the tall horses in the north, you can sweep the chieftain and beat everyone."

Zhang Ximeng said again: "Zhu Di, it's not easy for you to get a war horse. Is there anything you want from your elder brother?"

Zhu Di sang and laughed: "No! But I don't think the elder brother will take advantage of my younger brother. He captured the soldiers and gave me some. He got the food and gave me some. He captured the prisoners and sent them to Peiping. Then Give me a few million catties of brass, and I'll be content."

"shut up!"

Zhu Ying is in a hurry, good fourth Zhu, who is young and full of evil ideas.

You let me fight in the front, and you take advantage of it in the back.

I fought hard, and I will give you all the benefits, what do you think?

no way!

"Let the king of Yan start from Beiping. After all, he has a strong army gathered there, and he doesn't need to contribute. Li Wenzhong, Zhu Wenzheng and the others can keep him and win!"

Zhang Ximeng said: "Zhu Ying, you should also put in some effort?"

"Come out, why not! I'll contact him with food, cane sugar...Brother, you know that I have so many friends in Lingnan, and they are all in business. It's only natural for me to raise supplies for King Yan."

Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "That's true, but supplies also cost money!"

Zhu Ying said: "Why don't you worry about it? I don't want Zhu Di to come out. I'll just get it from Korea. If you don't sign a contract with sugar, I'll give my fourth brother hundreds of thousands of shi every year, that's all!"

Zhu Di's heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously asked, "Brother, how much do you want?"

"How much money, how can I let you suffer, don't worry, big brother will definitely give you a preferential price!"

"Wait!" Zhu Liang immediately interrupted Zhu Ying, "Brother, that brother will settle the score. I'm quite embarrassed that I ate so many sheep from you. I will definitely compensate my brother for doing business this time." of."

Zhu Chi blinked her eyelids, "Don't worry about that little thing, you can call me big brother, that's enough! Really, I don't care. Can a big brother treat a brother badly?"

Zhu Di is quite a small person, he blinked his eyeballs, and sneered in his heart, those rare and alien beasts are all gadgets, you, Zhu Po, clearly want to kill me!

Don't forget, when we first met, you held a knife and wanted to cut me off, as if possessed by an evil spirit. If I fell for your tricks, then I would be too stupid!

"Brother, look at this, the two of us have nothing to say, let Zhang Xiang decide!"

Good guy, Zhu Di has actually learned how to kick a football.

Zhang Ximeng just looked at Zhu Biao, who was silent at the side, and Zhu Biao stared, thinking secretly... He is a kind man, and he doesn't want to accept maliciously, but these two people are so close to posting on their faces, "I want to cheat you." ", the fool also understood what was going on.

Their wishful thinking is to let others charge in front, and then take advantage of themselves in the back.

Without taking risks, you can still make a lot of money. This is the choice that a shrewd businessman should make.

Obviously, Zhu Ying and Zhu Di are the same breed!

No wonder they both smell like each other, and they can sit together and eat roast leg of lamb!

This also proves that no matter whether it is going abroad or using troops abroad, those who are not very lacking in virtue cannot do it.

Zhu Biao touched his nose, he was really not suitable.

From this point of view, he has Zhu Ying as a brother-in-law and Zhu Di as his brother... Did he win or lose?

2

It's really hard to say.

"Sir, what do you mean?"

"I, what can I mean! As a humble public instrument, I can only wait for His Majesty's ruling!"

After finishing speaking, Zhang Ximeng patted his buttocks, turned his head and left.

Only three people were left in astonishment.

Looking at Zhang Ximeng's back, Zhu Ying sneered first, "Don't worry, he said this, which means that this matter has been settled, and it doesn't matter if His Majesty agrees or not!"

Zhu Biao pondered for a while, and Zhu Di's eyes widened even more.

Is that right?

This Mr. Zhang is a bit outrageous!

Even the emperor is not an opponent?

"If you don't believe me, just look at it. I'm full now, and I'm going to sleep."