GBP Chapter 1229 You, Zhu Chong, you still have your eye on Wang Baobao, don't you?
Chapter 1229 You, Zhu Chong, you still have your eye on Wang Baobao, don't you?
"What? Li Shanchang, that guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, has also betrayed us?"
Emperor Zhu paced back and forth in the room twice, then suddenly stared at the Imperial Guard in front of him and asked, "That bastard just betrayed us like that, and that old scoundrel Li Shanchang betrayed us along with him?"
The Imperial Guards who came to deliver the message to Emperor Zhu did not dare to raise their heads, nor did they dare to answer the emperor's questions.
How am I supposed to answer this? If I don't answer, the superior will just sulk for a while and then it will pass. But if I do answer, I'll offend both the Duke of Han and the Prince Consort.
Offending the Korean governor isn't a big deal, since the Korean governor has no control over the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
But offending the Imperial Son-in-Law... the Imperial Son-in-Law is in charge of the Embroidered Uniform Guard's Garrison!
Emperor Zhu didn't expect the Imperial Guard in front of him to answer. He just angrily circled around twice, then waved his hand and ordered, "Alright, you can go back now."
After the Imperial Guards left, Emperor Zhu plopped down in a chair and stared blankly at the ceiling.
What brings us to Ningyang County?
It seems we need to examine the phenomenon of industry and agriculture competing for human resources and think about solutions.
While we're at it, let's also raid the home of that bastard and see if we can find any good stuff.
The most important thing is to have some free time with my sister.
Stay away from those two annoying bastards.
So, no matter how much that bastard and Li Shanchang conspired, they didn't actually deviate from what we were originally going to do.
Emperor Zhu tried to comfort himself.
But as he was thinking, Emperor Zhu suddenly lost his composure again.
"Have we distanced ourselves from those two bastards?"
"no!"
"Are we finally getting some free time with our girlfriends?"
"No!"
“My sister rides her beat-up bicycle out shopping every day, while we have to visit those workshops every day, and after visiting the workshops, we have to walk around in the fields.”
"So, even a trip like this is destined to be filled with worries and toil?"
The more Emperor Zhu thought about it, the angrier he became, but in the end he could only lean back in his recliner with a bitter expression.
Forget it, getting angry won't solve the problem.
Instead of sitting here brooding, it would be better to think about how to solve the problem of labor competition between industry and agriculture.
Emperor Zhu forced himself to calm down.
However, there's an old saying in Zhongyuan Hall: "When it rains, it pours; when the boat is late, it gets a headwind."
Before Emperor Zhu could even comfort himself, the Embroidered Uniform Guard from the north delivered another piece of news that made him feel even worse.
"Ayushiridara ultimately did not survive the spring. Liu Dingbei, the Marquis of Chongli of the Ming Dynasty, who was also Ayushiridara's son, Mailibala, mysteriously disappeared from the Hu Yuan court after handling Ayushiridara's funeral. Wang Baobao, the Prime Minister of the Hu Yuan Central Secretariat, did not choose to establish a new emperor. Instead, he raised the banner of Ayushiridara's will and planned to lead the remnants of the Hu Yuan army on a westward expedition."
If this news is entirely true, it basically means that the Yuan dynasty, which has been fighting against the Ming dynasty for several years, is finally coming to a complete end.
Life suddenly seems as lonely as snow?
uncomfortable.
The key issue is that Wang Baobao is planning to run away, so I will never have another chance to subdue this extraordinary man.
It's even more painful.
Then there's the fact that the Ming Dynasty is about to take over the vast grasslands, and after taking over, it will need to mobilize troops to garrison them, and relocate people to live and cultivate the grasslands. This involves a whole host of messy issues.
It was the worst kind of suffering.
Emperor Zhu sighed and looked at Empress Ma, who had just returned, and said, "Sister, what kind of fate do you think we have?"
"He had a son, but he doesn't think about sharing the burden of state affairs with us at all."
"Now that we have a son-in-law, that scoundrel is always trying to make things difficult for us."
"We were just thinking about recruiting Wang Baobao, but this guy is going to lead the remnants of the Northern Yuan army on a westward expedition."
"What, are we really that much inferior to Ayushiridara?"
Seeing Emperor Zhu muttering to himself as if possessed, Empress Ma finally lost her patience and snorted coldly, "If you're so concerned about Wang Baobao, why don't you go find him?"
Emperor Zhu sat up abruptly, his worried expression vanishing. Instead, he looked at Empress Ma with a fawning smile and said, "Look at you. We were just grumbling a bit. We were thinking about Wang Baobao, but it was only because we thought he was a rare military talent."
At this point, Emperor Zhu couldn't help but smack his lips and said, "Look, our Great Ming Dynasty is now full of brilliant generals, but how many of them can fight Xu Da to a standstill?"
"Chang Heizi is no good. He's brave but lacks strategic thinking."
“Bao’er is no good either. Bao’er is excellent in both bravery and strategy, but he is still far inferior to Tian De.”
"Ying'er won't do either."
"The remaining Fu Youde, Tang He, Lan Yu, and Feng Sheng are all somewhat inferior to Tian De."
"When we old folks all grow old, will our Great Ming Dynasty still be able to find a commander like Tiande who can lead hundreds of thousands of troops into battle?"
Empress Ma rolled her eyes and snorted coldly, "Did Tiande start out commanding hundreds of thousands of troops in battle?"
"Whether it's a brilliant commander, a capable general, or even just a commander, a chiliarch, or a centurion, who is born knowing how to be one?"
"Isn't it all experience accumulated little by little?"
"Furthermore, do you think the military academy at Dengzhou University is just for show?"
"Just like Zhou Jingxin and Geng Xingming, whom your good son-in-law taught, do you know how many brilliant talents in the military academy of Dengzhou University have yet to emerge?"
After saying a few words to Emperor Zhu, Empress Ma smiled and said, "You, don't be impatient, take your time. As an emperor, how can you expect to do everything yourself?"
After Empress Ma said that, Emperor Zhu felt a little better.
But not long after, Emperor Zhu began to think about Wang Baobao again.
"Where do you think Wang Baobao will lead his westward expedition?"
"Can we do what we used to do, have Tiande and his men keep an eye on Wang Baobao, and wherever he runs, our army will follow?"
"Isn't this just like him expanding our territory for us?"
The more Emperor Zhu spoke, the more reliable it seemed: "That's right. The Hu Yuan people believe in killing all men taller than a cartwheel. The places they conquer are like places they've cleaned up for us."
"When we take over, we won't have to worry about young and strong men standing up to resist."
"Isn't this a huge bargain that's been picked up for free?"
"..."
Seeing Emperor Zhu's incessant chatter, Empress Ma couldn't help but widen her eyes.
You, Zhu Chongba, you still have your eye on Wang Baobao, don't you?
No, you're eyeing Wang Baobao, is that how you're eyeing him?