Chapter 520 Zhu Biao Goes to Yanjing to Apologize

The carriage door closed.

Go!

A marine soldier shook the reins violently.

Zhu Yunwen, Hu Weiyong, Lü Ben and others stood by and watched the carriage pass by.

Through the spotless window glass.

Inside the carriage.

Lü Zhen was wearing a white navy uniform, with three gold stars on his shoulders, his hair was gray, and he sat upright, not even looking at them.

Zhu Yunwen's face gradually darkened.

A minister of Yanhua was so rampant!

"Go back to the palace!" Zhu Yunwen said angrily with a dark face, and turned around to get on the carriage.

Lan Yu and Yu Tongyuan looked at each other.

After quickly settling the stationing of the navy fleet, they hurried to the East Palace.

The people who dared to go out of the city to watch.

Looking at the river, sixteen ironclad ships surrounded the city in a circle, with their guns facing outward, encircling dozens of steam transport ships in the circle.

They looked at each other, breathed a sigh of relief, and ran towards the city.

"Fortunately, there was no fight!"

"Who was the general who refused the prince's summons just now?"

"You don't know this? Yan Wang Yanhua's Minister of the Navy Lu Zhen!"

"Too awesome, the prince summoned him, but he didn't even accept the imperial edict, and passed through Jinling without entering! This minister is ignoring the prince!"

"Will there be a fight next?"

"No! Didn't Minister Lu say that he would go to Fengyang to see His Majesty? With His Majesty here, there will definitely be no fight."

...

The news that Lu Zhen refused Zhu Biao's summons without a trace spread quickly throughout Jinling City when Zhu Yunwen and his party rushed back to the East Palace to report the news.

...

Eastern Palace.

Zhu Biao stood at the door of the study.

Watching the carriages arrive one after another, a smile finally appeared on his tense face.

Zhu Yunwen, Hu Weiyong, Lü Ben, Huang Zicheng...

Soon, even Lan Yu, Yu Tongyuan and others who had hurriedly caught up got off the carriage one after another.

Yu Jingshi was still nowhere to be seen.

Zhu Biao's smile froze.

Zhu Yunwen looked embarrassed, and he quickly came to Zhu Biao with Hu Weiyong and Lü Ben.

Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Yunwen, Lan Yu and others, "Where is Yu Jing?"

Looking at Yu Tongyuan.

He expected that the Yanhua Navy would show his displeasure.

But Yu Jing, as Yu Tongyuan's son, should he even refute Yu Tongyuan's face as a father?

"Father..." Zhu Yunwen clasped his fists and said angrily: "The commander of the Yanhua Navy was not Yu Jing, but the Minister of the Yanhua Navy, Lü Zhen. I gave my father's summons to Lü Zhen. Not only did Lü Zhen not accept the order, but he also passed through Jinling without entering, and went directly to Fengyang to pay homage to the emperor's grandfather..."

Zhu Biao's face gradually turned black.

The hand hidden in the wide sleeves slowly clenched.

Ignore his summons.

Passing by Jinling without entering!

In this way, Lu Zhen, the Minister of the Navy of Yanhua, showed the world that the whole of Yanhua ignored him, the prince!

Bang!

Zhu Biao flicked his sleeves violently, and left with a dark face under the gaze of everyone.

Leaving a group of people looking at each other in bewilderment.

…

A few days later.

Fengyang, the secondary capital.

Dozens of marines wearing white naval uniforms rode horses and escorted a carriage into the city slowly.

The people in Fengyang looked at them curiously.

“Whose soldiers are these? They are so majestic!”

“I have never seen such majestic soldiers.”

“Why are the uniforms so strange?”

“Our boss said that these are the soldiers of the King of Yan. It is said that they are the Marines in the navy under the command of the King of Yan.”

…

The people of Fengyang had never seen Yanhua soldiers before. When Yanhua soldiers appeared in Fengyang for the first time.

The temperament and dress of the new-era soldiers immediately attracted the attention of the people of Fengyang.

In the carriage.

Ye Kai, who came to Fengyang with Lu Zhen, was born overseas. He curiously lifted the curtain and looked at the people and buildings along the street.

"Uncle, the people of Fengyang look pretty good. When I entered the city just now, I saw several tall chimneys emitting smoke from a distance, like an industrial area..."

Lv Zhen smiled and explained: "Since His Majesty asked the crown prince to supervise the country and returned to Fengyang, the crown prince and his wife also came to Fengyang. With the support of His Majesty, the young couple of the crown prince set up a factory with a hired worker share system in Fengyang, and persuaded the merchants in Fengyang to use the hired worker share system, and also introduced Fujian merchants..."

...

"According to what the prince told us before, these years, with the efforts of the crown prince and his wife, Now, the shareholding business of Fengyang workers has reached 50%! "

…

"Did you see the street lights on both sides of the street? They were also made by the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess."

"You young people who were born overseas know too little about our Central Plains. Originally, in the prince's idea, if Daming and Yanhua can really live in harmony, you young people will be encouraged to return to the Central Plains and take a journey to find your roots, and always remember where the roots of our Yanhua people come from."

"What a pity..."

Ye Kai listened to Lu Zhen's sigh and reluctantly put down the curtain.

It's a pity that the prince didn't want to live in harmony with Yanhua.

The more concessions he made, the more the prince pressed on.

"Come, help me take off the epaulettes."

Ye Kai couldn't help but be surprised and asked curiously: "Uncle, why do you want to take off the epaulettes?"

"Hurry up!" Lu Zhen stared and urged: "Why are you asking so many questions."

Ye Kai pouted and helped Lu Zhen carefully take off the epaulettes.

Lu Zhen took the epaulette, gently touched the three gold stars on the all-gold epaulette, and said with emotion: "After losing to Emperor Zhu, your father and I, we sworn brothers, were not convinced at first, and secondly, I was worried about being settled by His Majesty, so I went into exile overseas with my family and became a pirate. I didn’t expect that I would be able to come back in my lifetime, and I would come back to pay homage to Your Majesty as the Minister of the Navy of a country..."

Ye Kai looked at Lu Zhen with nostalgia in his eyes.

Suddenly, Lu Zhen seemed to see in Lu Zhen's eyes the majestic scene of the uncle and the others fighting for supremacy in the world in the late Yuan Dynasty.

for a long time.

Lu Zhen came back to her senses and shook her head with a smile: "It's funny to say that we people, our thinking and vision were too short-sighted at the time. In the Central Plains, on our own land, we killed rivers of blood and mountains of bones just for our personal glory and wealth. , Not only is his vision short-sighted, he is also ridiculously narrow-minded. Fortunately, I met the prince. "

As he spoke, he looked up at Ye Kai, "We are old after all, and it was too late when we met the prince. We are lucky enough to follow the prince to start a business and create the national power of Yanhua, but I am afraid we will not have the chance to see the prince standing at the top." moment."

…

"The path that the prince wants to take is different from that of the emperors in the past dynasties of the Central Plains."

"Once it is completed, the light of the prince will be overwhelming for all generations. Even the descendants of the prince a thousand years from now will be grateful to the prince."

"Boy, follow the prince well, don't be disturbed by fame and fortune, and forget your original intention. Go and witness that great era that we can't see."

Ye Kai nodded solemnly, smiled and reassured: "Uncle can definitely see the moment when the prince reaches his peak."

Lu Zhen smiled and stared.

He wanted to too.

Can……

He is sixty now.

It can be considered a long life.

Lu Zhen put away her thoughts, opened the small suitcase next to her, and carefully put the epaulette into the box, into a small cloth pocket.

From the box, he took out a piece of Ming Dynasty style clothing.

Ye Kai looked at Lu Zhen, sitting in the carriage, putting on clothes, and couldn't help but curiously asked: "Uncle, what are you doing?"

While sorting out the complicated clothes, Lu Zhen said: "I want to meet Your Majesty this time. I want to meet Your Majesty as a Central Plains native living overseas."

…

Ye Kai frowned, unable to understand Lu Zhen's thoughts.

Lu Zhen didn’t explain either.

…

Accompany the capital outside the palace gate.

Xu Da, Tang He, Li Shanchang, and Liu Bowen stood together and watched the carriage approaching from a distance.

Four little old men, all with gray hair.

Xu Da's voice was a little old, and he said with a smile: "This guy Lu Zhen was our defeated general at the beginning."

"One moment and another, this old guy is now the Minister of the Navy under Lao Si, and the Yanhua Naval Fleet is now unparalleled in the world!" Tang He said with a smile.

…

The four little old men all laughed instantly.

There was a look of nostalgia in his eyes.

In his eyes, there seemed to be a reflection, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, heroes came together, and heroes came into being, loyal to different princes.

On the battlefield, the two armies faced each other, with flags flying and shouts. The soldiers on both sides of the enemy and ours were like torrents colliding together.

In a trance.

The carriage approaches.

Lu Zhen opened the car door, walked out, pulled off her clothes, and looked at the four bad old men in front of her.

Ha ha……

Suddenly he laughed heartily, "Xu Da! Tang He! Li Shanchang! Liu Bowen! I didn't expect that the four of you are still alive. It's true that good people don't live long, and disasters last for thousands of years!"

Ha ha……

Xu Da and the others also laughed heartily, pointed at Lu Zhen, and laughed and cursed: "Those who win the hearts of the people win the world. We follow Your Majesty and win the world, which proves that we win the hearts of the people and that we are righteous. On the contrary, you, Lu Zhen, failed and went into exile overseas. Prove that you old guy is unjust and you are the scourge!”

"No, that's why I'm sixty and still alive."

Ha ha……

After Lu Zhen finished speaking, the five of them raised their heads and laughed heartily.

After laughing, they looked at each other with emotion on their faces.

In fact, this is not the first time they have met in these years.

But none of them were as emotional as this meeting.

They have all experienced their own people fighting each other.

But now, Daming and Yanhua are developing towards what they have done and experienced before.

in everyone's heart.

In fact, I didn't want this to happen.

"Let's not stand here." After a long time, Li Shanchang took the lead to break the silence and invited with a smile: "Minister Lu, let's go into the palace. Your Majesty is very happy to hear that your old rival is back. He is already in the palace. The royal meal is ready and waiting for you!"

Lu Zhen was moved and nodded with a smile.

In the end, the five little old men actually squeezed into the carriage with a quota of four people.

Ye Kai looked shocked, scratched his head, and quickly got into the carriage alone.

…

The carriage passed through the palace gate and drove slowly inward.

Lu Zhen sat between Tang and Xu Da.

Liu Bowen and Li Shanchang face each other.

Tang He smiled and opened Lu Zhen's collar, "Why are you wearing this outfit? I heard that you, an old boy, are now an admiral with three gold stars on your shoulders. Come on, show us your admiral. Epaulettes.”

Xu Da also smiled and urged, "Yes, yes, yes, take it out quickly and show it to us. Who would have thought that you, an old boy, was the worst at first, but now that you are old and old, you are the best."

Liu Bowen and Li Shanchang watched the interaction between the three people with smiles.

Lü Zhen smiled and pushed away the hands of Xu Da and Tang He, scolding with a smile: "You are all in your sixties and seventies. You are noble dukes, but why are you still touching me like young men of eighteen or nineteen? I am not doing this to save your reputation and worry that you will be jealous. I will tear it down."

Tsk!

Tang He and Xu Da snorted at the same time and hit back.

"The one who awarded you the shoulder strap is our son-in-law!"

"It's our nephew!"

...

The axle creaked slightly, and bickering could be heard from time to time in the carriage.

...

The palace, at the door of the imperial study.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying stood accompanied by Zhu Xiongying, Cai Lu, and Zhu Yunwen.

Zhu Yuanzhang held up the telescope in both hands and looked into the distance, with a smile on his lips, "Here we are, we saw it."

Soon, the carriage arrived.

Everyone got off the carriage one after another.

Lü Zhen looked up and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang standing at the door of the imperial study above the steps.

Take a deep breath.

Step up.

He walked up the steps quickly.

After arriving in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, he knelt on one knee, "Lü Zhen, the defeated general of the late Yuan Dynasty! Pay homage to His Majesty!"

Ye Kai, wearing a military uniform, caught up from behind.

Watching Lü Zhen kneel down.

He suddenly understood why his uncle took off his epaulettes and wore a Ming Dynasty dress over his military uniform without the epaulettes.

In Yanhua's military regulations.

From the moment he put on the epaulettes.

You can only kneel to your parents!

This is the rule set by the prince.

And Yanhua did not have the etiquette of kneeling down.

The uncle put on the clothes of the Ming Dynasty and knelt down to His Majesty, which meant that this time when he came back to see His Majesty, he would meet His Majesty more as an old friend and old rival.

Zhu Yuanzhang, Ma Xiuying and others were slightly stunned.

Zhu Yuanzhang was the first to come back to his senses, "Forget it!"

He said cheerfully, personally bent down to help Lv Zhen up, grabbed Lv Zhen's hand, patted it, looked at Lv Zhen, and said with emotion: "I didn't expect that we, the old guys who survived the end of the Yuan Dynasty, who had been hostile and fought, can now face each other and shake hands."

Ma Xiuying, Xu Da, Tang He, Liu Bowen, and Li Shanchang all showed nostalgia.

This handshake.

Represents the end of an era.

Represents the reconciliation of a generation.

Represents the expectations of the older generation for the younger generation.

As for the younger generation, can they understand that they, the older generation, fought to the death, and shook hands again after decades, hoping to pass on the wisdom to the younger generation.

They can't judge.

But at this moment, as the older generation who are about to leave.

They all hope to pass on the torch together to the best of their ability.

They all know that this is their responsibility and obligation.

This nation can continue for thousands of years, relying on this kind of torch.

"Come on, have a few drinks with me today!" Zhu Yuanzhang came back to his senses and walked quickly inside with Lu Zhen.

...

After lunch.

Young people like Ye Kai and Xiong Ying were driven away.

A pavilion in the palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang and a group of older generations sat around a stone table to drink tea.

Chatting for a while.

Lv Zhen put down the teacup, "Your Majesty, the prince does not want to fight, but this time, the prince's order to our Yanhua navy and army is to 'stand on the war and confront each other'..."

Zhu Yuanzhang listened carefully and nodded silently.

After Lu Zhen finished speaking, he asked, "Is our Miaoyun girl okay?"

"No, the princess recovered very well. Before I led the navy north, the prince took the princess to Zuyi Province for inspection."

"In fact, I came back this time to invite your majesty and the queen to Yanjing to see the third prince."

"By the way, please go and see the train. In the past year, we have built a railway line that runs through the central area of ​​Luzon. The prince said that we should make your majesty envious and then sign the Great Cross Railway Plan with Yanhua."

Hmph!

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted with a smile.

The fourth brother is still thinking about the Great Cross Railway Plan.

This is the best proof that the fourth brother does not want to go to war at all!

Of course, not wanting to fight.

Doesn't mean that there will be no fight!

The fourth brother's determination to "stand on war and tit-for-tat" is also true.

If Biao'er was not afraid, he would have stopped in time after the Tongzhou camp was bombarded by the Prince's Guard.

This war between brothers will definitely break out.

As for the reason why Biao'er stopped.

He could also guess.

In this war, the Ming navy was not dominant.

Biaoer had no chance of winning.

Once he failed.

Biaoer's prestige among the people would be gone!

An emperor that the people did not trust.

He could only rely on the mystery of the imperial power to barely maintain it.

Such an emperor was a lame emperor.

His rule had to rely on giving power to his ministers to maintain it.

Biaoer did not want to be such an emperor.

If it came to this.

He would not pass the throne of the Ming Dynasty to Biaoer.

Even if he loved this son, he would not use the Ming Dynasty and countless people to express his fatherly love.

He is a king!

King and father.

The king is in front, and the father is behind!

Zhu Yuanzhang came back to his senses and nodded, "We should go. This time, not only we have to go, but the prince should also go to see it. Otherwise, in the Central Plains, he can only sit in the well and watch the sky."

Lu Zhen was slightly surprised.

The prince went to Yanjing?

To apologize to the prince?

Will the prince agree?

…

Half a month later.

Zhu Yuanzhang returned to Jinling with Lu Zhen.

Jinling.

Imperial study.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat behind the imperial desk, looking at Zhu Biao standing in front of him with his hands hanging down.

Zhu Biao was looked at by Zhu Yuanzhang, and gradually lowered his head in shame.

At a certain moment, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes softened a little, "This time you follow your father to Yanjing to have a look, let Xiongying stay to supervise the country."

Zhu Biao raised his head.

His lips moved.

"Don't want to go?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked at the same time.

Snap!

His hand slammed on the imperial desk, "Do you think you have lost this time, don't want to see the fourth brother, or are you too embarrassed to go! Or, you dare not go to see the fourth brother's advanced and progressive Yanjing!"

Both!

Zhu Biao lowered his head, not daring to look at Zhu Yuanzhang.

This time, he lost.

He lost completely.

He didn't want to see the fourth brother as a loser.

...

But...

"My son obeys the order!"

"Go, go back and prepare, Lu Zhongheng, the emperor will not kill him, but you must never use such a person again!"

This time, Biao'er's prestige has been greatly damaged.

If he kills Lu Zhongheng, who survived the great loss of Biao'er.

Then, I am afraid that the elites of the Ming Dynasty will lose their respect for Biao'er.

If he wants to abolish Biao'er's crown prince, it is okay to kill Lu Zhongheng.

But if Biao'er is not abolished, he wants to kill him, but he cannot kill him for Biao'er's prestige.

Xiongying is still too young.

The Ming Dynasty still needs Biao'er to hold on for a while.

Otherwise...

In short, over the years, he has been more and more disappointed with this son who is too deeply influenced by the emperor's mind, but is more and more resistant to new things because of the excellent brother Lao Si.

I just hope.

This time, taking him to Yanjing, he can use the impact of Lao Si Yanjing to make Biao'er wake up.

As for Biao'er, he didn't care about his brother's dignity and face, which he couldn't let go of.

Moreover, in his opinion, this was clearly a case of being possessed!

...

Soon, the news that 'Prince Zhu Biao was going to Yanjing' spread in Jinling City...

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