Dao Yan pointed to the stars and explained the past one by one: "Female history star official, the female official who is responsible for the queen's etiquette due to the missing carving of the main copper kettle; Zhu Shi, that is, the historian, the internal and external historians, and the royal female star official, refers to the concubine or the maid in the palace." ”

Gao Chi nodded again and again, as if there seemed to be some basis for knowing astrology for the first time, but he soon noticed that there was a small half-light and half-dark star, hovering in the northeast under the crape myrtle wall, south of the Beidou, and asked, "Master, what star is that?"

Dao Yan glanced at it and said, "That's the guest star." ”

Gao Chi stared at it for a long time and said, "It doesn't seem to be in the crape myrtle wall." ”

"This star is not rushing to crape myrtle for the time being," Dao Yan pinched the Buddha bead in his hand and said, "It must rush too little first." ”

In the astrological phase, the heavens are divided into three walls, crape myrtle, Taiwei, and Tianshi, and the 28 houses on the zodiac belt are collectively called the 3 walls and 28 houses. Gao Chi couldn't help asking: "Master, Gao Chi is stupid, I don't know what is the difference between Ziwei and Taiwei?"

Because the star officials of Taiweiyuan mentioned by Daoyan are very similar to the star officials of Ziwei Yuan, such as the confessor, the three princes, the Jiuqing inner seat, the five princes of the inner body, the tiger ben, the three Taiwans, etc., and there are also star officials with the same function in the crape myrtle wall.

"Crape myrtle, should be in the emperor. The rosary in Dao Yan's hand slowly stirred: "It's too little, it should be in the country." ”

According to Daoyan, Taiwei can take the blame for the country, so it is more noteworthy than crape myrtle. Dao Yan said: "This guest star appeared in Taiwei, which made it strange, and one was mourned." The offender is guarding the four auxiliaries, the monarch and the minister are rude, and the auxiliary ministers are punished. Enforce the law, and the officials are guilty. ”

Gao Chi was shocked: "The monarch is rude?"

"This star is the guest star played by Qin Tianjian on April 8, the 30th year of Hongwu," Dao Yan said: "At that time, this star stopped between Taiwei and Ziwei as it is now, and the people of Qin Tianjian did not know whether this star would rush to Ziwei or too little, if it was too small, it would be a sign of rudeness on the part of the country's monarchs and ministers; if it was Chong Ziwei, you can see that it is traveling in the direction of south, and it can be judged as a sign of Hulu's invasion." In short, no matter which one you rush, there will be a military disaster. ”

Gao Chi suddenly realized that Emperor Daxing had killed the courtiers too much, and Qin Tianjian did not dare to say that it was the guest star who had the intention of rushing too little, and was afraid that the emperor would set off another bloody storm because of this, after all, Qin Tianjian was also one of the hundred officials. Therefore, it is simply concluded that this guest star wants to rush Ziwei, then it is properly the image of Hulu's southern invasion, which is why Emperor Daxing began to mobilize troops to guard against the Northern Yuan Dynasty a year ago, just like in May last year, the emperor issued three edicts in a row, one is the "Ten Things to Prepare for the Border", reminding the King of Jin and the King of Yan to set up a reprimand and cultivate war horses; the second is to order the capital division and the Xingdu division to review the foot soldiers and cavalry; the third edict reminds the six kings of Beibian, and the edict says very clearly...... If the celestial phenomena of the past dynasties are like this, the border is restless, and it is often verified. Today is like the same as the past, and you must not be careless. ”

Gao Chi said why this celestial phenomenon of "Hulu invaded south", from last year to this year, did not wait for Hulu, it turned out that this guest star was not necessarily Chong Ziwei, but as Dao Yan said, he was ready to rush to Taiwei, that is, the image of rebellion, the chaos did not come from the border, but from the inside of the court!

"The one who violates the country," Gao Chi hurriedly asked Dao Yan for advice: "Who are the non-Hu people?"

Dao Yan has been staring at the sky, in his yin owl eyes, there seems to be a god, as if there is no god, suddenly showed a look of enlightenment, actually laughed, and finally said to the confused Gao Chi: "The heavenly phenomena are not punished, the Tao is praised, the husband is the only way, the beginning is good and the success is good!"

King Yan heard Dao Yan's unbridled laughter and walked out of the house, so he heard Dao Yan say: "The heavens are changing, and the trend is also coming. Emperor Daxing has repeatedly sent edicts to His Royal Highness, all of which is to ask His Highness to be prepared for 'contingencies'! His Royal Highness must not live up to the intention of the first emperor!"

At the same time as Daoyan was stargazing, in the palace of the capital, the newly enthroned emperor Zhu Yunwen, Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai were secretly discussing the matter of the kings being allowed to enter Beijing to mourn.

Qi Tai has now been promoted to the secretary of the military department, and Huang Zicheng has been promoted to Taichangqing by the Hanlin Academy. The new emperor is familiar with Huang Zicheng, because this is his attendant, get along day and night, and naturally have a close relationship. As for Qi Tai, he is not as familiar as Huang Zicheng, but he knows that this is also the pillar of the country left to him by Emperor Daxing. This person's original name was Qi De, one year because of the Lei Zhen one of the three major halls of the temple, Emperor Daxing went to the suburban temple to worship, and chose the court as an official for nine years and no fault of the official to accompany the sacrifice, Qi Tai met these conditions, so accompanied the Emperor Daxing to worship, so he gave him the name Tai. It is hoped that the virtue of others will be exchanged for the country's Tai, which shows the expectations of Emperor Daxing for him.

And Qi Tai did not live up to expectations, in the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, Qi Tai was promoted to the left squire of the military department. Emperor Daxing once asked the name of the border general, and Qi Tai said it well. Then he asked for various books, and Qi Tai took out the album from his sleeve and presented it, briefly and in detail. So Emperor Daxing was surprised and happy, and praised Zhu Yunwen, who was the grandson at the time.

Therefore, the new emperor had special respect for him. In the edict of Emperor Daxing, the kings were not allowed to enter Beijing for funeral and the army of the capital heard the dispatch of the imperial court, which were all written by him.

And these two articles have unsurprisingly received different degrees of reaction, and the several notes sent not long ago, without exception, are all of the vassal kings, and the content is almost the same, all of them are asking the imperial court to approve them to enter Beijing, and to cry for the imperial examination to fulfill the rites of the son of man.

The three of them looked at each other, and the new emperor slapped Song Shu on the imperial case: "The edict of Emperor Daxing clearly stated that the kings stopped crying in their own countries and did not need to go to Beijing.

Qi Tai said: "The first emperor Zi Palace has been settled, how can we talk about guarding the spirit!"

The new emperor nodded and said, "What should I do with the opinions of the emperor?"

"Your Majesty can send a pedestrian to issue an edict," Huang Zicheng said eloquently: "This is an edict of the imperial court, saying that the kings are crying in the country, which is the will of the first emperor and must not be violated; ”

The new emperor praised him very much: "Sir can be described as a thoughtful person! Just do it, and bother Mr. to draft an edict." ”

Huang Zicheng went to the side hall with the eunuch to draft the edict, and the new emperor and Qi Tai had just said a few words about the affairs of the local capitals, when they heard the eunuch come in and report: "Your Majesty, a general judge came to Huai'an Mansion, and brought the secret of Huai'an Prefect, saying that it was an urgent matter and asked Your Majesty to decide." ”

Seeing that it was Miza, the new emperor was a little puzzled in his heart, and he didn't know what urgent affairs Huai'an Mansion could present, and when he opened it, he suddenly lost color, and unconsciously waved the paperweight to the ground: "My fourth uncle said that he was going to come to Beijing for the funeral, and he has now arrived in Huai'an!"

Qi Tai was also shocked, from the new emperor to take over the secret, only to see that the above is Huai'an prefect Gao Qide played, on the second day of the first month of June, the king of Yan went to Beijing to mourn the car has arrived in Shuyang, Shuyang County belongs to the Huai'an Prefecture, the prefect and the county have to come forward to greet as usual, Gao Qide remembers that in the edict of the Daxing Emperor, there are kings who are not allowed to enter Beijing to mourn a one, the heart is not right, I don't know how to respond, hurriedly sent a sentence over, ask for the will of the court. And said that the unfinished matters in the secret are to ask the person who came.

Qi Tai looked at it, pondered for a long time, and said: "Your Highness, it is better to summon the Huai'an Mansion to judge His Majesty and inquire in detail." ”

After a while, he entered the main hall waiting for the general judgment at Donghua Gate, and he brought more detailed information, saying that King Yan went all the way south, and officials from all over the country came out to greet him, and no one felt that it was wrong. And said that there are a lot of people in the king of Yan, about a thousand horsemen, when they arrived in Shuyang, they were left in Shuyang by the prefect to stay temporarily, and they will pass through Huai'an tomorrow, and Huai'an is only five hundred miles away from the capital, and they can arrive in Beijing that night.

When the new emperor heard this, his heart couldn't help but flutter, and he didn't have the slightest idea in his heart, so he turned his gaze to Qi Tai, who first asked the dusty servant to rush to deliver the letter to take a break for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty, King Yan is here, and the person who comes is not good!"

Xindi said: "I also know it. I didn't say hello, I went south, and there was no one to stop me all the way, and I didn't know until I arrived in Huai'an. He also brought 1,000 soldiers and horses, is this a posture of running for funeral? This is like a teacher asking for guilt, showing off force, and snooping into the truth!"

The emperor was right, because when Emperor Daxing was still alive, the kings entered Beijing to mourn Empress Xiaoci, and brought up to 100 people to drive, and King Yan only brought 16 people into Beijing that year, which he still has the impression of, why did King Yan dare to take thousands of soldiers and horses to drive straight into it this time, this is not to bully his young heir, and want to use the respect of his uncle to coerce his mother?

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, so he heard Qi Tai say: "Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, Your Majesty should immediately send an envoy to Huai'an, and send an edict to King Yan in person, ordering him to return immediately and not to enter Beijing!"

When the new emperor heard this, he suddenly hesitated: "Let him return to the middle way...... He came all the way here, and he was about to arrive in Beijing, and then he would be driven back, this, I'm afraid this is not close to people, after all, he is my uncle, this, how should the people of the country look at me!"

He became sad and distressed, Qi Tai sighed, and said: "Your Majesty, now is not the time to examine public opinion, public opinion will naturally think that King Yan is a filial son, and there is nothing wrong with a filial son running for his father's funeral." Now is the time to consider that King Yan will drive straight in, ignore the edict, and ignore the edict of the new dynasty as nothing, His Majesty will ascend to the pole, and King Yan will dare to act so arbitrarily, if it is not controlled, in the future, King Yan will not know how to defy the imperial court, the order of the imperial court, can he still enter the vassal country?"

"Let King Yan enter Beijing," Qi Tai said in one breath: " It is tantamount to letting the tiger into Beijing, King Yan is good at forming military generals, in the command of Jingwei, there are many people who accompany King Yan to the north, I heard that King Yan surrendered and did not spend, but just like Zhuge Liang of Shu Han accepted Meng Shu, he can treat each other with all his heart, Yi Di can still be influenced, not to mention the commanders, not to mention that Princess Yan is the eldest daughter of Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, Xu Da's various departments, all under the hands of King Yan, have heard and used, and now part of them are left in Beiping, although the rest have returned to Beijing, but who knows how many generals, with King Yan is very close! If King Yan enters Beijing and contacts the old department, these two-minded people take the opportunity to collude together, if things change, what should they do!"

Qi Tai is not worthy of the people who know the soldiers, and he really hit the nail on the head, saying that the new emperor was drenched in cold sweat, and at this time Huang Zicheng hurriedly walked over from the side hall, and he also heard the right performance of Huai'an's judgment just now, and agreed with Qi Tai's words very much.

"Your Majesty," Huang Zicheng panted: "In extraordinary times, extraordinary means must be used." The king of Yan must not enter Beijing, otherwise there will be endless troubles! Moreover, if the king of Yan enters Beijing, what should the other vassal kings do, and can the kings of Qi, Dai, Gu, Liao, and Ning, who are about to run for funeral, still be stopped? If the king of Yan can come, will they not be able to come? At that time, when the kings gather together, not only will the court decrees become a dead letter, but if they take the opportunity to collude with each other, the ministers may be worried about the sky -- but if the king of Yan is the first to take the lead, and the kings will jointly challenge the emperor and question the edicts, won't the world be in chaos?