Chapter 10 Aftermath (1)

Zhu Zhi rode his horse tiredly on the bluestone street. The bloody night was completely calmed down with the dawn of the east. Some streets were covered with scattered corpses, including soldiers and civilians. These unknown people disappeared like meteors in this era, and no one even knew their names. Some soldiers from the Five City Military and Ma Si were cleaning up on the streets, throwing the corpses onto a ox cart was like carrying a cart.

There was no pedestrian on the street, no shop was open, and soldiers from the Five City Military Command stood everywhere. Although there was no fighting, there was a tense atmosphere everywhere. The prosperity of Nanjing rose to its climax like a tide, and then disappeared without a trace.

Zhu Zhi felt extremely tired, and a storm-like rebellion was quelled by himself. He had to admit that after coming to the Ming Dynasty, his luck was not bad. It seemed that God had also given himself some good luck by moving himself here.

Four soldiers followed the horse and carried Lan Yu's body. Zhu Yuanzhang said that he wanted to see the corpse when he died. This was to be executed. I don't know what the end of waiting for the corpse, and the owl commander the world? Or poke the corpse branch to relieve his hatred. Zhu Zhi no longer thought about it. Now he just wanted to leave this bloody place as soon as possible, and unknowingly touched the treasure map hidden in his close pocket. What exactly did Lan Yu want to say? If the grandson can help him, he will help him, and if he cannot, he will replace him. Does he also think I should rebel?

Zhu Zhi led his troops to the front of the palace and saw several troops stationed in front of the Meridian Gate. The imperial city had been protected by three layers inside and three layers inside. Some soldiers were cleaning up the blood and corpses in front of the Meridian Gate. One by one, they had to confirm their identities one by one before getting on the bus. It seemed that they had to settle the accounts after autumn. After registering, they were all pulled outside the city by ox carts.

Zhu Zhi handed the sign to the general standing guard in front of the Meridian Gate, asking them to go in and report, and he wandered and waited at the door. After a while, an order was issued inside and summoned Zhu Zhijin to meet him. Zhu Zhi followed the two generals into the Meridian Gate, and saw some soldiers lying in the door. It turned out that they were all from Shenji Camp. Everyone fought all night and were so tired.

Zhu Zhi raised his eyes and saw Yang Rong standing respectfully on the side of the road. When Zhu Zhi arrived, he led the generals of the front camp in front of the Shenji Camp to kneel down to greet him. Zhu Zhi and Yang Rong looked at each other, and the smoke on Yang Rong's face had not yet subsided. When Zhu Zhi passed by them, he just said softly: "Thank you for your hard work." There is no need to say much about the others, everything is indifferent.

In fact, if it weren't for the Little Horse King's report, if it weren't for Chu Zhi's fight to the death, if it wasn't for Tie Xuan defending the city gate, if it wasn't for Yang Rong's timely support, Lan Yu's rebellion might have been successful. Zhu Zhi felt that he was lucky just now. In fact, every step of success was the blood and hardships of his men. If it weren't for the help of these capable people, he might have died in the chaos.

Zhu Zhi gradually straightened his back from his fatigue. It was these brothers who made him turn bad luck into good fortune, allowing him to straighten his back into the Meridian Gate. Zhu Zhi raised his chest and strode to the meteors passing by the kneeling soldiers next to him. The sun rose and spread on the glazed tiles of the hall, and the light shone.

"Long live my emperor, long live my life, long live my life. The son's minister Zhu Zhi was ordered to fight against the rebellion. Now he has brought the corpse of the head Lan Yu. Please ask the father to give in to him." Zhu Zhi knelt in the imperial study room to see Zhu Yuanzhang.

Although there was a rebellion last night, many ministers had already come to the room, including the ministers of various departments led by Hanlin scholar Liu Sanwu, and several military generals led by Li Jinglong, and of course, his seventeenth brother Zhu Quan.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting on the imperial bed, was dressed the same outfit as usual, his expression seemed to have grown ten years old all at once, and he had no such savageness as he forced Fu Youde to death in the hall that day. Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Don't let the courtesy be calm. After a night of fighting, Shiwulang has worked hard. Come and give him a seat. You haven't eaten yet, go and get a bowl of porridge."

Zhu Zhi quickly knelt down again: "I thank my father for his grace, but my sons dare not accept it."

"Get up, Zhi'er is my family's thousand-mile horse. You are the leader of the rebellion this time. My father feels sorry for your son and you dare not do anything." Zhu Yuanzhang praised with a smile. Obviously, this was to say to the ministers next to him. He put a few memorials together and handed them to the ministers, "Those things are just like this, you can do it, and you can all withdraw." The ministers quickly received the order and knelt down.

A eunuch brought a stool for Zhu Zhi. Zhu Zhi learned some of the experiences he had heard before, but just rubbed his butt gently on the side. After a while, the eunuch brought porridge, buns and some pickles, and gave it to Zhu Yuanzhang and him in two portions. Zhu Zhi worked hard all night and his stomach had already started to scream. However, when he saw that Zhu Yuanzhang was still reading a memorial, he had to wait.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked up and saw him sitting there, saying, "Is the food not delicious? Let them change one?" The words were full of the expressions of a kind father.

Zhu Zhi hurriedly bowed and said, "Oh, no, my son, I am guilty, how dare I eat it first?"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "What's your fault? If it weren't for you, my old Zhu might have moved. Come and have something to say, and eat it while it's hot." As he said that, he took the bowl and started eating. Zhu Zhi was uncomfortable when everything said Lao Zhu was so uncomfortable, so he had to eat it together.

As soon as he finished eating, Zhu Zhi lifted the bowls and chopsticks and knelt on the ground and said, "My son is guilty. At that time, he was in a hurry. My son pretended to be the emperor's emperor's imperial edict to transfer Yulinwei and Shenjiying to quell the rebellion, and committed the crime of deceiving the emperor."

Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Haha, what do I think it is? I have read the memorial that Xiao Chenzi gave last night. My son has the style of the ancients. If it were me at this time, I would have to pretend to be the emperor's will. You make a quick decision and do not stick to those who break the rules. Not only will you be innocent, but you will also be very rewarded. Okay, get up, are you honest about your father's last beating?"

Zhu Zhi laughed dryly and said, "No, my son sometimes doesn't understand the rules and is not mature enough, which makes his father angry."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Don't mention the past. At this critical moment, my son can trust it. Tell me about what happened last night with my father."

Zhu Zhi told the whole story, from the little Ma Wang coming to the mansion to report the news, to seizing the army to rescue the carriage, and then to Lan Yu having tea with Lan Yu, he told everything. Speaking of Lan Yu's part, except for the treasure map, he explained everything else and dared not keep it.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded while listening. When Zhu Zhi finished speaking, he said with satisfaction: "Hmph, he, Lan Yu, thought he could fight me, but in fact his every move was within my calculations. I also received the secret report from the Jinyiwei yesterday evening, saying that Lan Yu would have any abnormal movements. I immediately sent someone to transfer you separately, your seventeenth brother and Li Jinglong quell the rebellion. Who knew that the person who sent the order could not find anyone in your mansion, and Xiao Chenzi had already handed your memorials in here. I was very satisfied with your arrangements. My son has grown up, and his behavior is quite like a father, and he does things beautifully. Lan Yu, Lan Yu, he is obsessed with the ghosts."

Zhu Zhi always had a doubt about this rebellion, that is, what prompted Lan Yu to rush to rebel and take risks. Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was so relaxed, as if everything was in control, he was about to test it, but he swallowed it up again when he said something. Forget it, it was better to have less than more things, anyway, it was over.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked Lan Yu what he said before his death. Zhu Zhi repeated his original words: "Lan Ni failed his father's grace, and it was a good idea to die like this. But he didn't expect that he actually took poison early and asked his father to punish him."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "What's the point of curing this? He can't stop you even if he miss."

Zhu Zhi remembered another thing and said, "Zhuang De, the guard officer of the government guard who saved his son's life, did not know that he had rebelled against the rebellion, and stopped the horse, saved his son and broke the rebels. I want to ask my father to forgive him for his sins."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Don't worry about these small things. Another day, you will write a memorial to report all the meritorious officials in this rebellion. As for your title of Chief Governor, please hold it first. We must continue to stabilize the situation in the capital in the next few days."

Zhu Zhi thought to himself that this was a hot potato, and he shouldn't have been so bad, so he quickly said, "I haven't established a great governor for a long time. My son thought it was a temporary measure last night. My son asked to resign from this position and let it remain empty so that some ambitious people would worry about it."

Zhu Yuanzhang felt it was reasonable after he said this, and said, "My son is right. Let's change it to you, and the admiral of the twelve guards will still be the temporary title. He actually leads the affairs of the governor of the Five Army and the Imperial Guards. With you, ordinary sluts dare not act rashly."

Zhu Zhi quickly thanked him and said, "Thank you for your grace. My son thought that when things are calm in the capital, my son still had to be a vassal. It is better to choose other people around my father."

Zhu Yuanzhang said, "What? Don't you want to stay by my side?" His tone was a bit stern.

Zhu Zhi quickly explained: "No, my son is not familiar with military affairs and government affairs, and I am afraid that I can't afford to take on such a heavy position. Moreover, there are so many generals with merit and qualifications below, my son is obviously unable to convince the public. If this happens again, then my son will be too sorry for his father's trust." In fact, Zhu Zhi was worried that he was too powerful and easily suspicious of Lao Zhu. There is often a line between favor and loss of favor. In addition, he knew that from now on, Nanjing would inevitably suffer a new bloody storm, and he did not want to help Lao Zhu kill people.

Zhu Yuanzhang Zhan Yan said, "It's because of this, my son is too careful. If you make great contributions to suppress the rebellion, who dares not accept it? I will support you."

Zhu Zhi tentatively said: "Will the arrest of the rebel party be handed over to the Governor's Office of the Five Army?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "You don't have to worry about this, leave it to the Jinyiwei. You just need to master the Imperial Guards of the Twelve Guards. But there must be many rebels among the Imperial Guards, and you can't be ruthless. By the way, there are more than 10,000 rebels fleeing to Taiping Prefecture (now Dangtu). Who am I watching to attack?"

Zhu Zhi then breathed a sigh of relief and didn't have to kill anyone. Seeing Lao Zhu ask, he thought for a while and replied: "In my opinion, my seventeenth brother made great contributions last night. It would be better to leave this remnant party to him to suppress the peace. My son wanted to transfer Shen Ce, Tiance, and the left guard of the government army Hu Ben to my seventeenth brother, and the troops were enough."

Zhu Zhi thought secretly that the murder of Lao Shiqi would be done, and then he would hand over the affairs to the people below to deal with it, keep a low profile and never forget it. Seeing that the matter was almost done, Zhu Zhi retreated from the study using the excuse of paying homage to Concubine Han.
Chapter completed!