At the end of the 12th year of Hongwu, the prosperous Yingtian Mansion was preparing for this year's New Year's Eve dinner in a peaceful atmosphere.

The vassal kings in various places have been summoned by Zhu Yuanzhang and asked them to come back to attend the dinner.

Although they are vassal kings from all over the country, there are only four people who go out now, including Liao King Zhu Qi and Yan King Zhu Di.

Zhu Di, the King of Yan, who had been out for more than a year, has become a man of upright position per capita.

Wearing a python robe, he was full of energy, rode a horse, and led a large group of people toward Yingtian Mansion.

Those who followed were naturally his escorts. According to Zhu Yuanzhang's regulations, he could carry 15,000 escorts with him, but most of these 15,000 escorts had to stay in Peiping.

Only 300 people brought back by himself were just protecting his safety along the way.

Zhu Di came back this time, and was naturally summoned by Zhu Yuanzhang to attend the New Year’s Eve dinner.

However, he also has another purpose, which is to meet the third brother, King Liao Zhu Qi, whom he had not seen for a long time.

In a palace, King Yan Zhu Di originally planned to meet Zhu Yuanzhang, but Zhu Yuanzhang was receiving foreign ministers at this time and had important matters to discuss.

The eunuch at the door stopped him, but he did not disturb Zhu Yuanzhang.

Then I heard that King Zhu Qi of Liao had returned and was staying with the Empress at this moment.

Zhu Di didn't say anything, and was so excited that he ran towards his mother, Queen Ma.

As soon as I walked to the door, I saw an old acquaintance Gao Jin. Gao Jin was the personal guard of Liao King Zhu Qi and the top leader of the Jinyiwei.

So Zhu Di was very kind after meeting him, and Gao Jin recognized His Highness the King of Yan as soon as possible and saluted immediately.

There is also a tall and strong man next to Gao Jin, who is Zhu Neng.

However, Zhu Di had not had any contact with Zhu Neng in detail before, but heard from his third brother that if he found a man named Zhu Neng in the army, he would send him there.

Zhu Neng was also sent to Zhu Qi personally. Later, after hearing about Zhu Neng's heroic performance on the battlefield, Zhu Di was also very moved and said to others:

"Look at how amazing my third brother is. I have never seen such talents before, and I can calculate them. Others say that my third brother is a star descending to the earth, and some people don't believe it. I think my third brother is a god!"

What do you say that Zhu Di would resent Zhu Qi for this? That would never exist.

The two brothers had a good relationship. Zhu Di had not had much contact with Zhu Qi since he was a child, but he only followed Zhu Qi after he was 15 years old.

However, the three or four years he spent with Zhu Qi was really wonderful.

Zhu Di was extremely impressed by his third brother's ability and admired him so much.

Zhu Di soon entered the inner hall and heard his mother, Empress Ma, saying this:

"Your third brother is really good at doing this. I heard that you are very good at placing refugees in Liaoyang. My mother is deeply relieved.

And your father also said that you ignore all the officials who impeach you in this court.

Of course we are blocking you. Your elder brother is very busy now, and he will come over after he finishes his work.

I was muttering in the morning, how great it would be if the third brother came back. You should help your elder brother more, and he has been very tired recently."

Then I heard the voice of my third brother Zhu Qi:

"Don't worry, mother, I will definitely help my elder brother. Isn't I the elder brother's right-hand man?"

The two of them were talking about this, and Zhu Di hurriedly walked in and received:

"Son-member, please see the queen! Third brother, when did you come back?"

After saying that, he rushed to Zhu Qi impatiently, and Zhu Qi was also looking at the little fourth brother beside him at this time.

I haven't seen each other for more than a year, and to be honest, I still miss Zhu Di very much.

Although Zhu Di was famous in history, he is still known as the emperor of the ages and is deeply loved and welcomed by the public.

However, the Zhu Di in front of Zhu Qi was just his younger brother.

Although when he first met Zhu Di, Zhu Di was still a little nervous.

However, now when we get along with our third brother, we naturally don’t have so many rules and regulations.

Zhu Qi also patted Zhu Di on the shoulder, then praised him for his good food recently and his strong body. Then he asked about his affairs in Peking.

When it comes to the government affairs in Peking, Zhu Di was so worried that he immediately started to complain.

He is a person who is suitable for fighting immediately, so where is suitable for sitting down to manage?

Every day, the people in Peking have so many things that they can’t even be busy with. It’s better to lead troops out to war and leave these governance matters to those who understand.

Hearing him complaining there, Empress Ma immediately reached out and slapped Zhu Di in the forehead, and then said:

"Where do you only know how to fight and kill the fiefdom? This fight and kill is naturally General Yu. When you have war on weekdays, you can go to war and go to war. When there is no war, you mainly take care of the people.

Look at how good your third brother is doing. You can place refugees to find jobs and give them food and drinks, so that they will not starve to death or freeze to death. You should also learn more from your third brother, do you know?"

After Empress Ma taught this lesson, Zhu Di naturally did not dare to refute it. He immediately bowed to agree, but still muttered:

"I also want to learn from my third brother, but I can't learn from my third brother that is so powerful.

However, Xiao Si doesn't care about people's livelihood.

Every day, I will learn from my third brother and go out to see their people's livelihood and suffering, and will also reduce taxes and other taxes."

Zhu Qi laughed when he heard this and immediately asked what he did in Peking. Zhu Di was also excited and immediately started talking happily when he pulled Zhu Qi.

The narration is like showing off, but Zhu Qi feels that he is not his brother, but his father.

However, Zhu Di did have a very good relationship with Zhu Qi. After saying this for a long time, Zhu Di had no intention of stopping.

Queen Ma saw that the two of them continued to chat like this, and she didn't have to meet Zhu Yuanzhang anymore.

Immediately, he raised his hand to interrupt Zhu Di's words of seeking credit for him, and then led them outside to see Zhu Yuanzhang.

After this vassal king returned to the capital, he naturally had to pay homage to the emperor as soon as possible.

It’s okay if the emperor has something to do, but so long has passed, he should have finished his work.

The two soon arrived at Zhu Yuanzhang's study. At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang had already discussed the matter with the ministers and was waiting for them in the study.

When he heard that Zhu Di and Zhu Qi had arrived, he also had no sadness or joy on his face, and sat in the study with a pair of airs.

It still looks the same as before, but when Zhu Qi saw his father, his first reaction was that Zhu Yuanzhang was still older after all.

After all, people are born, old, sick and die. How could these years not leave any traces on their faces?

The prince Zhu Biao also stood by, looking at his two younger brothers with a smile on his face.

When the two younger brothers came back, Prince Zhu Biao was naturally very happy.

It was just because his father Zhu Yuanzhang sat next to him, looking neither sad nor happy, and he was embarrassed to go down and talk and laugh with his two younger brothers.

Zhu Qi and Zhu Di were calm when they saw Empress Ma, but they were really nervous when they saw Zhu Yuanzhang's words.

The two of them immediately knelt down to salute Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Yuanzhang was also sitting on the chair, without even breathing, and said casually:

"You two bastards have gone out to be princes. Don't you know the first thing you want to meet the emperor when you come back?"

Empress Ma also knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was holding an air, but he was embarrassed to refute Zhu Yuanzhang's face in front of the child.

Of course, I must have to pull Zhu Yuanzhang's ears in private and ask him why he wants to show off his children.

However, Zhu Qi also knew that the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang made a spell was that it was too long and he hadn't seen his own children for a while. He missed him very much at this time.

But as a father, I was embarrassed to express it directly. I understood this way very much and didn't dare to say anything. I just said immediately:

"Please don't get me wrong. My fourth brother and I have come here before, but you are busy with government affairs, so we didn't go in.

Instead, we went to find our mother and queen first, and as long as we looked at the time, we brought us here."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, obviously not too much about this matter, and then looked at Zhu Di and said:

"I heard from the people under my command that you have performed well in Peking during this period, but sometimes sometimes I would go out for a walk on horseback.

As a prince, don’t do such things often. Go to the fields more often to see how the crops of the people look.

Learn from your third brother, and build a large area of ​​land in Liaoyang, and go to the fields with farmers every day. How great is this."

Zhu Qi's face turned red, so he naturally went to the ground, but he didn't go to see how the crops looked, but mainly to see whether his own corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes were alive.

And I didn't go down the field at all, so I just stood on it and sent someone down to take a look. I couldn't understand it when I went down to see it myself. What's the point?

The reason why I went there in person was mainly because I was afraid that the people below would fool me.

You should know that corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes are his key projects. This matter must not be fooled by people and must be investigated in person.

However, he didn't expect that all these trivial things came to Zhu Yuanzhang's ears, and this also became his manifestation of being close to the people, which also made Zhu Qi feel a little embarrassed.

Zhu Di was scolded by Empress Ma when he came back, and now he was scolded by Zhu Yuanzhang, so he lost his temper. Naturally, he nodded and agreed, and said that he would definitely learn from his third brother in the future.

Zhu Qi was also a little panicked when he looked at Zhu Di next to him, thinking to you, the fourth child, but don’t be jealous of me just because your father and mother always praise me.

What should I do if you become the emperor in the future?

In fact, Zhu Qi was thinking too much. Zhu Di didn't dare to wear shoes for his third brother in his heart. He just said immediately:

"Father, you are unfair. My third brother is a godlike figure. I can only learn hard to learn from my third brother, but you said that I am as powerful as my third brother, which is really too difficult."

Just Zhu Di's courage is that he dares to talk back to Zhu Yuanzhang now. After Zhu Di finished speaking, Zhu Biao next to him hadn't waited for Zhu Yuanzhang to issue the bid, he immediately shouted at Zhu Di:

"Okay, you little girl, you dare to talk back to your father. I won't beat you up."
To be continued...