Chapter 142: A New Lease on Life

Zhu Gaoxu is a real person.

For example, at this time, when he saw a few of Qusong drumming in the distance for a while.

Then there was a rumble, a fire, flying sand and smoke.

Although Zhu Gaoxu also heard of Zhang Anshi’s powerful gunpowder, but obviously, after Qiu Song and other people’s careful improvement, the power of this gunpowder, or greatly exceeded his expectations.

So, after the deafening, Zhu Gaoxu said with a fluttering brow, “With this kind of gunpowder, why does the Great Ming worry about not being able to dominate the world!”

Zhang Anshi smiled, “That said, but such gunpowder costs silver.”

Zhu Gaoxu bowed his head slightly, pondering up.

Zhang Anshi laughed and said, “But it doesn’t matter, I don’t have much of anything but money.”

Zhu Gaoxu sighed, “It’s just a pity that I am finished, my father is jealous of me, my whole life, I am afraid that I will be imprisoned. Perhaps in some days, I will have to be sent to the Xiaoling Mausoleum, and all the brothers will be able to build up their careers in the future.”

As he spoke, he couldn’t help but grumble a bit, “Father is cynical, I’m too brave for him.”

Zhang Anshi patted his shoulder and said, “Don t worry, I will definitely plead with His Majesty when the time comes and find a way …… to do it.”

“Big brother has a solution?” Zhu Gaoxu’s body shook as he looked at Zhang Anshi with a scorching look, longing flowing from his eyes.

Zhang Anshi laughed, “His Majesty’s nature, do you know?”

Zhu Gaoxu thought about it and shook his head.

Zhang Anshi said very bluntly, “His Majesty loves the kingdom and the mountains, and also loves silver. As long as you have the ability to earn silver for His Majesty, His Majesty will definitely value you.”

When Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he instead became more discouraged and said with a depressed look, “I will only spend silver.”

Zhang Anshi shook his head, “Don’t underestimate yourself, I think you can do it.”

Zhu Gaoxu listened to the clouds and mountains, but his heart still gave birth to some hope.

At that moment, it was natural to start with the gulping of meat and drinking session.

When there is a new person on the team, there always has to be a sense of hilarity that we are all brothers without distinction.

After a few glasses of wine, Zhang Anshi bragged about how powerful Miss Xu was and how she could kill a cow with one punch.

Zhu Gaoxu, who was also slightly drunk, was not convinced and immediately said, “I can beat two cows to death.”

Zhang Anshi immediately said excitedly, “Men, bring me two buffaloes for little brother Zhu Gaoxu to fight.”

Zhu Gaoxu: “……”

He gradually realized that he was getting less and less confident in front of Zhang Anshi.

When Zhang Anshi went to urinate, Zhu Gaoxu patted Qusong s shoulder, “When I was a brother to your father, your father was also still righteous, but it s a pity …… that he was old and had more worries. Fourth brother, I see that you are better than your father.”

Qiu Song inhaled and his eyes looked into the void, seemingly digesting Zhu Gao Xu’s words and seemingly ignoring Zhu Gao Xu at all.

Zhu Gaoxu was embarrassed, so he looked at Zhu Yong and whispered, “Zhu second brother, you say …… why are you guys dead set on following big brother?”

Zhu Yong was silent.

Zhu Gaoxu was a bit disappointed when he didn’t answer, it seemed that he was too old and failed a bit to integrate into the small group.

Zhu Yong, however, suddenly said, “Do you usually love to use your brain?”

When Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he was busy nodding his head, “Yes, yes, I love to use my brain on weekdays.”

“Do you always get a headache when you use your brain?”

Zhu Gaoxu thought about it and nodded, “Yes, when I move my head, I feel uncomfortable.”

“We are the same.” Zhu Yong grinned, “But since I have big brother, I’ve been living at ease, big brother uses his brain, we can save some brain power, what he says, we follow is. What he says, we follow is. Anyway, big brother is righteous, will not treat us poorly! And big brother is very smart, we thought of the first layer, big brother has thought of a hundred layers, you say big brother powerful not powerful!”

No need to use your brain ……

Zhu Gaoxu froze, and subconsciously said: ”Although I love to use my brain on weekdays, I feel that my head hurts even if I use my brain too much. But sometimes, when I think of any brilliant strategy, I am still very excited. Just these wonderful strategies …… always teach me to suffer in the end, I understand, in the future, I use my brain less, people are practical.”

The crowd continued to drink.

Zhang Anshi, on the other hand, began to whisper many words in Zhu Gaoxu’s ear, “Do you know that His Majesty is doing business with us?”

“Good.” Zhu Gaoxu was furious: “Father secretly does business without talking to me.”

Such feelings of resentment and indignation can be imagined.

It turns out that the love of father and son is all a lie, and he used to be complacent, thinking that he was his father’s favorite son.

Zhang Anshi muttered again, “Not only that, we brothers, all have a share, shares know? Do you know about buying and selling? It’s all about making money together. What’s the use of fighting and killing, can we make money? You see, His Majesty is very smart. He takes up shares and earns money lying down. Don’t say these words to the public, we are brothers, that’s why I said it.”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded his head in a chicken-pecking manner, instantly moved by Zhang Anshi’s candor towards him, and said sincerely, “Understood, the lesser of things is more important, I know.”

Zhang Anshi also said, “I thought about it, we are a family, we can’t teach you to suffer, why don’t you also join the gang.”

“Join the gang?” Zhu Gaoxu looked at Zhang Anshi in dismay.

Zhang Anshi said, “Do business together.”

Zhu Gaoxu, obviously still self-doubting, said, “Can I make it, I can’t even count.”

Zhang Anshi said confidently, “With big brother around, how can I teach you to suffer? I’m concocting a plan right now that will save you from getting out and also bring you to wealth!”

“Look, His Majesty is the King of the Nine or Five, and he thinks of silver every day, is there anything under the sky more pressing than silver.”

Zhu Gaoxu had already hit the bottom of his life once, and now felt that life had expectations again, so he stared deeply at Zhang Anshi and said, “Big brother, you might as well make things clearer.”

Zhang Anshi said, “That opinion map, do you still remember it?”

Zhu Gaoxu was clearly still confused about the intent of this statement, but nodded nonetheless.

Zhang Anshi said, “You must already be familiar with that public opinion map, and this is your capital! With this capital, you can enter the stock with your own skills. At that time …… will you also pull in, find a way to let his majesty let you bring your guards to Mubang, that is, the border land of Yunnan, we partner, you occupy the land, counting the merchant bank’s, the merchant bank on behalf of the management, the tax in it, minerals, specialties, the port’s income, at that time we share the profit according to the shares.”

“Of course, the merchant bank can not teach you to suffer, we count this as an investment, food merchant bank to supply, as well as this gunpowder, medicines, ordnance, armor, we collectively choose the best supply to go, we invest, we gain, the future lying to earn silver.”

Zhu Gaoxu heard, the tiger body a shock, but did not long-winded, immediately said, “Although I did not understand, but since the big brother feels that this is beneficial, that into ………”

Zhang Anshi then understood in his heart that the equity of this merchant bank was going to be adjusted.

It doesn’t matter though, it’s good to pull more people down.

The more shares you hold, the more secure your position as a merchant bank will be in the future.

After all, who knows that after a hundred years, which unscrupulous emperor suddenly wants to eat alone, the benefits of a pot to go.

And now, three Gongfu, and himself, plus a prince together to share the profits. There are relatives, there are future feudal lords, and the palace, plus three of the world’s top ministers, who want to hit the idea of this merchant bank, I’m afraid they have to weigh themselves.

Most importantly, it forms a solid system and the whole system is unbreakable.

And Zhu Gaoxu s surprise is that if he really has the opportunity to go to Mubang, his own four guards and horses …… will also be considered to have a new way out.

Zhu Gaoxu is not so stupid as to be irredeemable, of course, clear, follow him together with the guilty guards, in the future will certainly be bad luck. He committed a stupid thing, but so many generals to bear, really heart can not say go.

Zhu Gaoxu this person, self-esteem is very high, and stupid, but in the army, but there is a great prestige, and the soldiers are quite sympathetic, this up and down the people are convinced him, willing to charge with him.

He was, so to speak, a good-for-nothing man with an innate charisma only in military matters.

If the merchant house would supply him with this new gunpowder, and many medicines, and even equipment like that of the model battalion he had seen, even if they were to equip only one battalion, he was confident that he would be invincible when he arrived in Mubang.

Zhu Gaoxu heart was happy, but still some hidden worries, father can agree?

After eating the wine, a few people are a little drunk, so they taught people to kill chickens, burned yellow paper, when the worship.

Immediately, Zhu Gaoxu led Zhang Anshi to the mansion where he lived.

Turning to the maps, Zhu Gaoxu said: ”If this is such a sufficient amount of gunpowder and abundant supplies, this method of fighting will be different. Instead of risking going deep into their hinterland, we can use the tactic of arrogance to lure their elites out of the pass for a duel. As long as they hit them hard enough, then the rest of the soldiers and horses, is bound to wind up, wherever they pass, they can be as strong as bamboo …… Well, there are some details, I think about it again.”

After all, they are the ones who have experienced Yasukuni.

The great thing about the battle of Yasukuni is that these Yasukuni-born generals won every battle with fewer victories, and achieved decisive victories in countless close calls.

Because of this, people like Zhu Gaoxu never just know how to charge in a brainless manner.

As a matter of fact, during these days, despite the bitterness, Zhu Gaoxu had gained a rare peace of mind.

In the past, he had used too much of his brain and had too many distractions, but now that he was finally back to what he was best at, working on only one of his favorite things, it gave him a lot of inner peace instead.

At that moment, he put up his pen and marked on the map of public opinion the important passes, as well as the routes of advancement, and even the locations of important supplies.

Just while he was still dancing around, Zhang Anshi and Zhu Yong, a few of them, had already fallen down on their stomachs and were sound asleep.

………………

At this time, Empress Xu sat in the carriage while Zhu Di rode with a group of men.

The car ride was not extravagant, everything was light and simple.

Neither Zhu Di nor Empress Xu wanted it to be known that they had gone to visit that offender Zhu Gao Xu.

It’s just that on this journey, Zhu was disturbed.

The old days keep coming back to mind.

He was more worried about Empress Xu.

There was no one in the world who knew Empress Xu better than he did, and Empress Xu was a person who looked after the big picture.

Even if he, the emperor, wanted to reward the Xu family and give more favors to the Xu family, Empress Xu stopped it again and again, believing that if too much courtesy was extended to the Xu family, it would inevitably cause the world to criticize.

Such a sensible woman certainly knows what to do and what not to do, but Zhu Di is also clear that for the emotions of her closest relatives, Empress Xu is not much less than others.

Therefore, even though she was the Empress, her first thought was not about extravagance and luxury, not about how to make her favors reach those around her.

Instead of restraining their own emotions, but more and more careful with their words and behavior, even if there are great grievances and pain in the heart, but also to bear in silence.

Her body is not good, the second son to this point, for the mother of a person, I am afraid that the pain in the heart, more than Zhu Di as a father.

Zhu Di rode in silence, he even wished that time would slow down a bit and go to see that rebellious son a bit later.

And Wang Ning, the emperor’s son-in-law, rode along slowly.

His heart is actually very apprehensive at this time, and he doesn’t know whether his performance today can smoothly cut with Zhu Gaoxu.

In fact, these, really do to Zhu Di see, but only two or three points, he is the princess’s extra horse harnessed by the side of a team, His Majesty, even if he is again angry with him, I am afraid that it will not harm his life.

He is worried about the complete collapse of the Han King, and the Prince hate him, if not and the Han King cut off, and even stepped on two feet, the future of this throne can be sure to fall on the head of Zhu Gaoqi, who knows then will not come to an autumn settling of scores, woe to the family.

I think the Crown Prince will not pursue him again after seeing his performance today.

“Ning Wang ……”

Zhu, who was riding ahead, suddenly said.

When Wang Ning heard it, he was busy hitting the horse to go forward some, “Chen …… Chen is here.”

Zhu Di said, “On weekdays, what else did that rebellious son …… say to you?”

Wang Ning said with deliberation, “He feels that His Highness the Crown Prince …… is not like a human ruler, and …… to Zhang Anshi …… ”

Zhu Di frowned, “Zhang Anshi is a teenager, does he hold such a grudge?”

“Naturally.” Wang Ning said, “Zhu Gaoxu weekdays, but whenever Zhang Anshi is mentioned, he will gnash his teeth, only hate to teach Zhang Anshi to break into pieces. Chen …… Chen persuaded many times, but he also refused to listen, only said …… and Zhang Anshi do not share the sky.”

Zhu only sighed and didn’t say anything else.

It was a journey of varying moods that finally brought us to Sukhumvit.

After arriving here, Zhu Di did not bother to seek Zhang Anshi, but only asked people to seek Zhu Gaoxu’s seclusion, and immediately led people directly to the mansion.

Strangely enough, when they reached the outside of the mansion, it was actually unguarded.

In fact, the guards were removed from the area several days ago.

Looking at this ordinary mansion.

Zhu Di rolled over and dismounted, then walked over to the carriage and helped Empress Xu out.

Empress Xu was tired and weak, looking disgusted as she glanced at Zhu Di.

Zhu was concerned and urged, “You’re not well, so don’t get angry later.”

Empress Xu nodded, “Your Majesty relaxes, my concubine is self-aware.”

At that moment, seeing that no one was stopping him, he led the way into the house.

Wang Ning was busy following suit as well.

He was a little timid, but then he thought, he came this time, the most important thing is in front of His Majesty’s face, and Zhu Gaoxu cut his robe, so it is considered a complete and Zhu Gaoxu cut.

So they crossed the heart, comfort themselves: “This Zhu Gaoxu own stupidity, not to blame me, such fools, when I was really blind, thought the army people support him, will certainly be able to become great, who knows to fall into such an end.”

The yard is small.

In fact, the entire mansion is small.

One compartment, one small hall.

Strangely, there were no guards even in the courtyard.

Only in that small hall, there seemed to be movement.

A voice came from that small hall, “Big brother, I think Old Five is crazy.”

“Don’t argue, he’s thinking of earning us money. Pour him a tea to sober him up.”

“Give big brother to pour tea is just, how to give him back to pour? Big brother, I’m not convinced, he’s as brainless as I am, why should I give in to him.”

“How can we be brothers and take everything into account?”

“Big brother, I’ll go, I’ll go.”

When Zhu Di heard these voices, he knew it was a few Zhang Anshi.

What about Zhu Gaoxu?

Could it be that he’s not being held here?

Hearing these conversations, Zhu Di is actually a little embarrassed, think of the beginning, when he was young, and Xu Huizu a few …… are also this close, as if they are their own brothers, we all play and play together, and do not distinguish between them.

It’s just a shame that …… people reach this age and instead their own sons turn against them.

While thinking, Zhu Di and Empress Xu walked together to the threshold.

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu’s voice was actually heard.

Zhu Gaoxu said, “Into his mother, I suddenly remembered that someone scolded my mother, aiya …… this life has not suffered such a bird gas, we have to take revenge ah. Father this guy …… has no conscience, but mother has been very good to me since I was a child, I ……”

Zhu Zhu’s tiger shook.

Empress Xu’s delicate body also trembled slightly.

But did not hesitate much, following the two continued to go inside.

But he saw that Zhu Gaoxu was pulling Zhang Anshi’s hand, and then he began to gesture, “More than thirty of them taught me to suffer, big brother, believe it or not, they but fewer people, I also taught them to fall to the ground and beg for forgiveness from me on their knees.”

Zhang Anshi happened to be facing the direction of the gate.

At this point, Zhu Di and Empress Xu, whose eyes were looking straight into the room, suddenly stopped talking.

But Zhu Gaoxu is back to Zhu Di, oblivious to continue to say: “Big brother, you say something ah, you just did not say righteousness? Didn’t you say we are brothers without distinction?”

Chu: “……”

Empress Xu: “……”

Wang Ning, who had followed him in from behind, had a strange look on his face as he watched what was happening here with a bizarre look.

Zhang Anshi almost jumped up, “I have met His Majesty, and I have met Empress Dowager.”

He was loud and immediately made everyone in the hall aware of it.

When Zhu Gaoxu heard, he was shocked, busy turning back, as soon as he saw the grim-faced Zhu Di, as well as his own mother, he was scared to death: “Children’s ministers …… ministers ……”

He wanted to call himself a son, but when he thought about the fact that people might not recognize him as their son, he felt bad when he said minister.

After all, he was now a man of cloth, so he said, “Grasshopper meets His Majesty, meets Empress Mother.”

Zhu frowned, “What did you say, who cursed your mother?”

Zhu Gaoxu: “This …… this ……”

“You this rebellious son ……,” Zhu Di angry scolded, “you want to harm people, and now you are still doing what with them?”

Zhu pointed his finger at Zhang Anshi a few times.

He felt more and more that Zhu Gaoxu was a despicable villain, and that he did not share the same fate as Zhang Anshi behind his back, but was like this in person.

Zhu Gaoxu felt that his brain was not enough to speak.

Zhang Anshi immediately said, “Your Majesty calm your anger, we just drank some wine ……”

“Drinking?” Zhu frowned, “Didn’t I ask you to imprison this rebellious son?”

“Imprisoned ah.” Zhang Anshi actually very frankly said, “This is not imprisoned in Qixia? Your Majesty …… Zhu Gaoxu and the ministers several …… do not fight, and now …… are brothers.”

Chu: “……”

Zhu Gaoxu said from the sidelines, “Well, the Four Murderers of the Capital!”

Qiu Song coldly popped up and said, “I’m still the oldest four.”

Now, it was Zhu Di’s turn to be too shocked to speak.

He couldn’t imagine the scene at hand, even if the other party wasn’t an enemy, they should at least be old and dead.

But look at the intimacy of these guys ……

Wang Ning stood at the back and felt even more bizarre, he looked at Zhu Gaoxu and a group of teenagers in dismay, and had a …… feeling that Zhu Gaoxu this person was really a fool.

But when he thought about it carefully, for no reason, he suddenly had a bad premonition, and subconsciously, his body involuntarily took a step back.

Zhu finally spoke again, “What four murderers of the capital?”

Zhang Anshi explained: “The four murderers of the capital ah, I am the capital, they are the four murderers, they are all family. Your Majesty, as the square minister said, I and Zhu Gaoxu sympathize with each other, do not fight, and now …… have burned the yellow paper, be a brother, agreed to die on the same day in the same year and the same month.”

Zhu Gaoxu on the sidelines hastily nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice: “I only know now that big brother Zhang is the most righteous, but also has a lot of brains. The straw man thought about it and felt that what he did before was really not personnel, now that I have repented, I …… I ……”

With a chagrined look, he dutifully said, “I used to be presumptuous, always thought that I was terrific, not to mention that I did not put my big brother in my eyes, and only now do I know that my big brother is kind and generous, and righteousness is thin and thin. I …… am too confused, too muddleheaded, I never thought that even today, big brother is still willing to accept me.”

“The grass people …… are already in cloth anyway …… want to come to recognize a big brother, there is nothing important. Father do not blame Zhang Anshi, to blame, blame me.”

Saying that, Zhu Gaoxu’s eyes reddened.

Thinking of his father’s ‘betrayal’ of him, yet thinking of Zhang Anshi’s defense of him, thinking of the many people ignoring him, the people who used to surround him, now spurning him, all sorts of emotions, surging to his heart, he couldn’t help but choke with tears, “I’m so confused, I’m not a human being… I’m obsessed… Always thought I was great, now I realize, how stupid I am!”

“Things have come to this point, the grass people do not have any thoughts, just life to get a confidant, what more could one ask for. Today …… the grass people will die willingly.”

He cried out in pain, his voice hoarse, no acting at all, all emotion.

Zhu was shocked.

Empress Xu was also so shocked that she couldn’t speak for a moment.

Zhu Di looked at Zhang Anshi and said, “What’s wrong with him, I see that this rebellious son seems to be crazy.”

Zhang Anshi busy stepped forward and said, “Your Majesty, not crazy, not crazy, good, these days the IQ has grown, just ……鑷ｆ儹鎰�, should not be with the prince to make brothers ……”

Zhu Di’s face was strange, looking up and down at Zhu Gaoxu, circling around Zhu Gaoxu a few times, “But I’ve heard that you hate Zhang Anshi so much that you don’t share the same fate with him.”

Zhu Gaoqi said, “The straw man is confused.”

But Zhu Di said, “Wang Ning, Wang Ning …… you come up.”

Wang Ning winced as he felt more and more out of place, and would have long ago hidden away.

At this point, it had to be hard to go forward.

Zhu Di looked up at Wang Ning, “You just said that you saw King Han a few days ago, what did King Han say?”

Wang Ning glanced at Zhu Gaoxu and said periodically, “I listened …… to the King of Han say …… that ……”

When Zhu Gaoxu saw that it was Wang Ning, his heart went cold.

Although the last time they had met, Wang Ning had displayed a distant attitude.

But he couldn’t imagine in any way that Wang Ning had actually run to his father and emperor to expose him.

A tremor ran through his body.

If once upon a time, what he recognized was that people go away.

But what I realize now is that the heart is in the right place.

When he was hanging out with him all day, the person he thought was closest to him turned out to be like this.

Then think of the Prince and Zhang Anshi, he set them up in the first place, but they treated him ……

At the thought, tears fell like rain.

He shouted at Wang Ning, “Wang Ning, you dog thief, if you weren’t by my side in the first place, badmouthing the Crown Prince and Zhang Anshi all day long, how did I come to be today? Do you dare to speak your usual words?”

Wang Ning hit a cold shiver, his original plan was that even if Zhu Gaoqi sneered back at him, he was not worried, Zhu Gaoxuan scolded him the more ruthless, the more it appeared that he had no personal relationship with Zhu Gaoxuan.

As for Zhu Gaoxu scolded his words, in fact, there is no need to take into account, it can be completely said that this is Zhu Gaoxu dog jumped over the wall, wanting to put him to death, anyway, Zhu Gaoxu has finished, everyone is beating the dog, no one believes the words of this person.

Of course, his most important calculation was that he didn’t know what Zhu Gaoxu had confessed to the brocade guards, and perhaps there was quite a lot about him.

And if these contents were sent to His Majesty and the Crown Prince, it would be enough to put him to death.

Since sooner or later it will be revealed by Zhu Gaoxu, it is better for him and Zhu Gaoxu to confront each other face to face, deliberately angering Zhu Gaoxu, so that Zhu Gaoxu’s mouth will not be able to say anything, in order to greatly reduce the credibility of Zhu Gaoxu’s words.

But the scene that happened now directly messed up his square.

Wang Ning said, “You …… you …… you talk nonsense.”

“Nonsense?” Zhu Gaoxu teeth to bite: “You and those people, all day long in front of me to joke about the Prince, said the Prince is a cripple, is a loser, said that he is not even as good as Jianwen, but also said that as long as I raise my arm, the world’s military horse, will be the only thing that I look forward to, said that in the future, His Majesty’s death, the world is not my face can not be controlled the situation, these are not what you said? ”

Wang Ning where to know, in fact, in the brocade guards there, Zhu Gaoxu very righteous who did not confess.

But today …… Zhu Gaoxu is like pouring beans and shaking out all of them.

Wang Ning was shocked and said, “I …… I didn t say that, your majesty, your majesty …… His words can not be trusted, I implore your majesty to be clear.”

Zhu Di temporarily did not have the heart on Wang Ning, just observing Zhu Gaoxu, he steeply found …… that this son of his own has changed.

There’s something about it that just doesn’t speak to me.

It’s still as muddy as ever though ……