Prince Chongzhen

Chapter 41 Young Master
With Xiang Rensheng and a group of soldiers interfering, no conclusion was reached on whether Zhu Cilang should go up to the city wall.

Although several old ministers were somewhat unwilling, they had no choice but to give in temporarily because Zhu Cilang put the late emperor and ancestors before their eyes.

"Your Highness is good in everything except that he is too strong-willed."

On the way back to the city, Xu Yu was the first to break the silence that had been maintained halfway.

"I think it was inspired by the previous emperor's sacrifice for his country."

Qian Qianyi responded, and then the carriage became quiet again.

It's funny to say that Qian Qianyi, who originally advocated surrender to the Qing Dynasty, was now the most worried about Zhu Cilang's safety and wanted to defend Yingtian the most.

He was obsessed with the position of Prime Minister throughout his life and did many things that were difficult to understand, but this does not mean that he, who was able to become the leader of the literati, is stupider than others.

The main reason for surrendering was because the situation was like that, and even if he surrendered, no one else could say anything.

Now that the situation has changed, he naturally has to change his course.

In short, whether to surrender or to fight has nothing to do with loyalty, it is all based on considerations of one's own interests.

This is not only Qian Qianyi's idea, but also the fundamental logic of the vast majority of civil officials in the late Ming Dynasty. Even if some of them eventually died under the knives of the Tartars, their actions could not escape the three words "seeking fame and fortune".

"Although His Highness is stubborn, he is not impassable. We will have to persuade him in a few days."

Xu Yu's voice once again broke the silence in the car. Although the other two did not say anything, they nodded in agreement.

"Master Xu, I advise you not to get into trouble again."

Hearing the sound coming from outside the car window, Xu Yu opened the curtains.

"Why do you say that, Duke?"

"Lord Xu, our prince is not the one who ran away." Seeing that Xu Yu still didn't understand, Zhu Guobi explained again, but his explanation was just enough and there was no handle at all.

After these words were spoken, silence fell again inside and outside the car, and Xu Yu seemed to be reconsidering whether he should give advice again.

Seeing this, Yue Qijie, who had not spoken a word from beginning to end, temporarily gave up the idea of ​​expressing his opinion.

He had served in the capital and was a high-ranking official, so his views on this matter were naturally different from those of these country bumpkins who had lived in Yingtian all their lives.

During the Ming Dynasty, the struggle between civil officials and the emperor was always present.

Today's matter is not a big deal, but it is not a small matter either. The difference depends on how Your Highness views it.

If it were in the past, Yue Qijie would naturally not have participated, but now there were only a few civil servants of sufficient weight in Yingtian City, and he really couldn't avoid it. In addition, he also wanted to test the prince a little, so he followed Master Xu to do this rash thing.

The final result is obvious. His Highness is extremely resistant to the collective advice of the civil servants, and obviously does not trust the civil servants as much as the late emperor did in his early years.

After coming to this conclusion, he naturally understood how to get along with Zhu Cilang in the future.

Seeing that everyone in the car was lost in their own thoughts, Zhu Guobi urged his horse to move a few steps, thus ending the conversation.

By the time he spoke to a few more people, he had already arrived near his own residence.

"My lords, I will go back to my house to prepare some food first."

"Please do as you wish, Duke."

After greeting a few people, Zhu Guobi led his entourage to his own residence. However, when he arrived at the door of his house, he found that the huge entrance of Baoguogong was blocked by a number of ornately decorated carriages. Seeing this, he could not help but glance at his entourage.

"Master, the Third Young Master has invited the young masters from all the families to discuss the defense of the city."

"Nonsense!" Zhu Guobi cursed and walked around the pile of cars into the mansion. When he was led by his personal attendants to the back garden and took a look, he became even more furious.

At this time, several dancers were dancing in the back garden. A group of young men gathered around them and seemed to be discussing something, but most of the people's attention was on the dancers.

This is not a discussion on defending the city, it's clearly just about having fun!

"Let him see me after the party is over!" Zhu Guobi said this and left. The attendant looked at his own son but was powerless to do anything.

At this moment, the third young master of the Zhu family didn't even pay attention to what the second young master of the Xu family said beside him, so how could he know that his father had left in anger?

"., now is the time to make achievements!"

After an impassioned speech, Xu Wenjue found that these people's attention was not on him at all.

A fire of ignorance and karma suddenly rose from his chest, but before he could explode, a hand held it down tightly.

Then I heard a familiar voice saying, "I just saw the Lord return home. I guess my eldest brother has returned as well."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Wenjue was dragged outside, and naturally, that evil fire had no way to vent.

After leaving the back garden, Xu Wenjue wanted to shake off the hand that was holding him, but he found it was useless. Then he stiffened his neck and asked, "Second brother! Why are you pulling me?"

The man whom Xu Wenjue called the second brother was the nephew of the old master of the Xu family, and the eldest brother of Xu Yinjue and Xu Wenjue.

His name is Xu Renjue, and he is slightly older than Xu Wenjue. People who are not very familiar with him often call Xu Wenjue the second son of the Xu family, but in the Duke's Mansion, he is the second son of the Xu family.

"Why are you angry with them?" Xu Renjue said and then withdrew his iron-like hand.

"Look at them, it's like they've never seen a woman before."

The third son of the Xu family complained while straightening his clothes that were messed up by his second brother. When he saw his second brother's half-smile, he continued, "Although I have just tied my hair, I still know about the relationship between men and women."

Hearing this, Xu Renjue burst into laughter and walked straight out of the Duke's Mansion without waiting for the third brother to explain anything.

Although the mansion of the Duke of Baoguo was large, both of them had practiced martial arts since childhood, and they reached their mounts in just a moment.

The third son of the Xu family was still complaining about those young masters who didn't know how to be loyal to the emperor and love the country, but Xu Renjue hesitated for a moment and suddenly said, "Third son, I want to join the army."

"That's right, I want to go too," the third son of the Xu family replied nonchalantly, and then he seemed to have thought of something and said, "We noble sons have always been asked to serve as guards for His Majesty. There happens to be no one in front of His Majesty, so why don't we brothers be the first ones."

"There is no chance to kill the enemy around Your Highness. I want to go to the city." Xu Renjue replied, then waved his whip and went to his own mansion first.

"What's the point of hanging out with those big-time soldiers?" The third son of the Xu family was obviously a little disdainful: "Why not wait for some time before discussing it with my eldest brother?"

In his opinion, if his brothers joined the army, they would have to be at least a thousand-man rank. How could they mix with those ordinary soldiers?

Xu Renjue couldn't help but laugh when he heard this. When he saw his younger brother's puzzled expression, he explained, "We have never been in a battle before, so we might as well take advantage of the terrain and get used to it first."

"How can you adapt to it with your martial arts, second brother?"

Xu Renjue looked at his younger brother but did not explain anything. He just said, "This matter still needs to be discussed with my eldest brother," and rode away to his own residence.

(End of this chapter)