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The Yan army captured the Juyong Pass, Songting Pass, these passes, it is a little rear, the Yan King consolidated the safety of Beiping with lightning speed, since he started the army on July 7, until the capture of Songting Pass on July 24, Zhu Sui, the king of the valley of the Xuanfu Dynasty, rushed back to Beijing, and reported to Emperor Jianwen about the Yan King's army. Almost at the same time, the reports of continuous defeats in the front followed, especially after the news of the annihilation of Song Zhong's entire army in Huailai's guard, Emperor Jianwen realized the severity of the situation in the north.

In vain, he also felt that his set of arrangements for guarding against King Yan was very meticulous, and these days, he also turned his energy to Wenzhi, he just implemented the provincial, state and county, and abolished redundant personnel in the local initiative, local Tongzhi, officials, officials, Cheng books, etc., and the inspection department, the river berth, the water horse station, and even the salt bureau, the tea department, all omitted, it is said that the response is very good, it is considered to reduce the burden of the people.

Seeing the battle report, Emperor Jianwen immediately summoned his ministers to discuss countermeasures. Huang Zicheng, who was the first to advocate the reduction of the domain, really felt the seriousness of the situation, and all the arrangements for controlling Yan at the beginning failed to work, which shows the strength of the Yan army. He and Qi Tai coincidentally advocated the Northern Expedition, and Qi Tai, the secretary of the military department, even asked for the announcement of the rebellion of King Yan and the removal of his clan membership.

However, in the end, there are objections, and some ministers disagree: "In the end, King Yan is the respect of his uncle, and the act of expropriation is a bit excessive, and the court has cut five kings in a row, and the kings are terrified, and they are also forced to have a last resort——"

Before this person finished speaking, he was interrupted by Qi Tai sharply: "The kings of Zhou, Qi, Min, Dai, and Xiang, who are not evil, kill the people in vain, the evidence of the crime is conclusive, and the name of the lord is removed, isn't it deserved?"

This imperial history didn't want to quarrel with Qi Tai, but he really couldn't bear Qi Tai's harsh words, and actually said: "The sins of the five kings are indeed difficult to write, but Emperor Gao has a saying, if the kings are offended, the court should send someone to admonish them, and if they don't change it, they will be handed over to the Zongren Mansion for justice." Dare to ask Qi Shangshu, when the imperial court was cutting down the lineage of the five kings, did it have a warning in advance? According to the gift of kissing, when the Son of Heaven sends people to Fula, dare to ask Shangshu, what is the interpretation of this Fula's gift?"

When these words came out, don't say it was Qi Tai, it was Emperor Jianwen, and his face couldn't help but be blue and red for a while, because this person was not wrong, Emperor Gao in order to make his descendants harmonious, once said in the "Ancestral Training" that when the Son of Heaven was young, he should send people to ask the kings to get along with the relatives, this is the meaning of the Fu La ceremony, but in the first year of Jianwen, the Son of Heaven did not perform this ceremony, but recorded the sins of the King of Zhou and publicized them to the vassal kings. And the new emperor also said in front of Emperor Gao: "With virtue and etiquette, if you can't cut down the land, you can't abolish it, and you can't even raise troops to attack it", he is now really skipping the first two steps, deposing the vassal king, and now he is going to raise troops to cut it down.

"Okay," Emperor Jianwen finally couldn't help but say: "When is it now, King Yan has rebelled, and the emperor has written to me, speaking of soldiers is to clear the king's side, this is to reprimand you people who shout every day to cut the domain, you are all traitors!"

King Yan seems to have calculated the day when the war report entered Beijing, and also arrested the officials who came to Huailai and sent them to Beijing, and wrote to the emperor, and at the beginning of the chapter, he accused "the traitorous ministers Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng harbored evil intentions", saying that he was forced to raise troops and save the troubles, all of which were victimized by the traitorous ministers, and he had to do it as a last resort, and finally did not forget to quote the words in the "Zu Xun", saying: "The minister has a cloud in the "Zu Xun": 'There is no minister in the court, and there is evil in it, then the prince trains the troops to stand by, and the Son of Heaven secretly edicts the kings to lead the town soldiers to seek peace', and the minister bows down to his life. ”

"He conspired against the rebellion and raised troops, and he also asked me for a secret edict," Emperor Jianwen's anger was difficult to calm down: "Said to eradicate you traitors, I heard the king of Gu say that when King Yan instigated the rebels, he didn't say so, he swore to issue a document, I also have a copy here, Hanlin is waiting for the edict, you come to read it." ”

A young and agile figure walked on the Danqi, this person's name is Xie Jin, is the twenty-first year of Hongwu Jinshi, young and high, very much liked by Emperor Gao, but for people a little arrogant, this frivolity is not liked by Emperor Jianwen, but because it is a talent left by Emperor Gao, and it is indeed brilliant, Emperor Jianwen granted him the official position of Hanlin to be edicted, so that he drafted an edict, which is considered to be the best use of people.

Xie Jin is indeed a smart look, some people's intelligence is that they can be exposed from their facial features, and his eyes often turn rapidly, giving people a feeling of often thinking, and what is more interesting is that even if he is reciting the edict, his eyes are still not staring at one place, or constantly turning.

"Our emperor Kao Taizu Gao Emperor appeased the Quartet, unified the world, and built all the sons, the country of the domain, the accumulation is deep, and the length is boundless. Emperor Taizu Gao did not save any disease at the beginning, did not let the sons know it, as for the ascension, and did not let the sons run to mourn, the tenth day of the fifth month of the leap month collapsed, the Yin time was buried, and the July was buried, and the kings knew it after the month. ”

Xie Jin thought of this, the ministers were speechless, and when he saw the words behind, he couldn't help but be stunned: "Demolished the palace again, dug five feet into the ground, learned the ancestral law, and committed treacherous acts, wanting to slaughter the prince and endanger the community." ”

This point is fabricated by King Yan, because "demolishing the palace and digging five feet into the ground", in fact, Emperor Jianwen renovated the palace, changed the Jinshen Hall to the Zhengxin Palace, changed the noon gate to the end gate, changed the end gate to the Ying gate, changed the Chengtian gate to the Gao gate, changed the front door to the chariot gate, etc.

"The husband and the young rush are insatiable, ** excessive, slow to blaspheme ghosts and gods, arrogant and ruthless, more than courteous, wanton and reckless, there is a lot of danger, the heavens are angry, and they are punished with it, and the disasters are repeated, and they are fearless. Xie Jinlang read it aloud, and then peeked at the emperor's expression, and sure enough, he was already red.

King Yan didn't leave any face for Emperor Jianwen, and directly scolded him for "being insatiable and unstoppable", which led to the wrath of the heavens and the disaster - this is also a hard poke on Emperor Jianwen's heart, because it is true that since the new emperor ascended the throne, there have been floods, droughts and locust plagues in various places, and there has been an earthquake in Jingshi, and even the arsenals of the Wenhua Palace, Chengtianmen and Jinyiwei have been on fire one after another, and I don't know why. Not long ago, even rumors of haunting in the dormitory were rampant, and even if the haunting was a rumor, there was a strange story that could not be explained.

Before, the county lord of Jiangdu specially bought an eagle dog, saying that he saw a fox squirrel in her bedroom, but let the eagle dog in, and nothing could be caught, and the queen mother acquiesced to the county lord to make such nonsense, as if it was a real thing - although the county lord of Jiangdu married into the Geng family, he was not on good terms with the guest of honor, and lived in the palace in the name of mourning for Emperor Gao and did not go back, which is really unorthodox.

King Yan's letter to the court and the document of the soldiers are completely different, the heart of rebellion, is indeed known to passers-by, Qi Tai at this time to seize the title, the ministers are irrefutable, the so-called "name is right", according to Qi Tai's statement, is "clear that it is a thief, the enemy is Keke".

Soon the court reached a unification, the king of Yan conspired against the rebellion, the crime is unforgivable, but the edict of the crusade against the king of Yan should be publicized in the world, in this edict, one must clearly show the sin of the king of Yan to seek rebellion, the second must indicate the determination of the court to eradicate the rebellion, and the third must win the name of the people's hearts.

If the dynasty talks about talents, it can't be called Xie Jin, to be honest, there are many people who are not used to Xie Jin, but none of them can say things about his talent, and the ministers can't help but focus on him, even Emperor Jianwen nodded slightly, signaling left and right to bring pen and ink to serve him cursive.

At this moment, Xie Jin felt proud, felt the relaxation of his chest and gallbladder, and the joy of his wish, he couldn't help but think of the days of serving Emperor Gao of Taizu, although Emperor Gao loved him, but he also felt that Emperor Gao raised him, but he was just raising dogs and horses, one day, in the west room of Daku, Emperor Gao saw the edict he drafted, and he liked it very much. Suddenly, on a whim, he said to him: "I and Eryi are kings and ministers, and you are father and son, you should know everything." "Let him write advice on the gains and losses of politics.

Xie Jin wrote tens of thousands of words on the same day, and did point out several drawbacks of the Hongwu Dynasty, but he was a very smart person, thinking of Ye Boju, Zhang Laishuo, and Li Yubing's previous experience, knowing that the emperor's sacred heart was unpredictable, and said that it was an edict to accept advice, but it really hit the emperor's mistake, he must be angry, and punished him, in order not to kill the head, Xie Jin cleverly changed the concept, saying "The world is said that Your Majesty's joy and anger are life and death, and I don't know the lack of loyalty and goodness of all the subordinates."

He exonerated the emperor against his will, saying that Emperor Gao's scripture was a "good scripture", but he just asked his subordinates and hundreds of officials to "read it wrong", so Emperor Gao read his book of ten thousand words and called him a genius again and again, but his ten thousand words policy was useless, and today's officials are just Hanlin edicts.

Now he is in cursive writing in court, the Son of Heaven and the hundred officials are waiting, but it is like the concubine holding ink, Lux taking off his boots Li Taibai, his right hand raised Zhongshan Rabbit Ying, to the five flower paper, his hand kept waving, for a moment, the draft edict, and so on before the case of Emperor Jianwen, I saw that the calligraphy and painting were neat, and there was no difference, and the literary style was considerable, and the words were pearl and jade, and I couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Sure enough, the name of the talented man is worthy of it!"

After reciting it in the hall, all the ministers praised it, but among the ministers in the left class, there was one person who was displeased, and said: "This scholar's words are also." ”

Fang Xiaoru didn't like Xie Jin, who was arrogant and arrogant, thinking that he was impetuous, and he was a literati. He also said that this expedition to the Northern Expedition was a nominal counterinsurgency move, and there was no need to use an article to attract the attention of the people of the world, and Emperor Jianwen had always believed in him, and when he saw that what he said was reasonable, he said: "From the words of the Qing family, redraft one." ”

So the revision of the Hanlin Academy presented three edicts of crusade, all of which were in accordance with the meaning of Fang Xiaoru, the words were considered, peaceful and upright, but it reflected the determination of the imperial court, and Emperor Jianwen selected one from it and announced it to the world-

The state family does not make it, and the flesh and blood relatives have repeatedly conspired against each other. Last year, Zhou Shu was wrongdoered and resigned from the three kings of Yan, Qi and Xiang. I will stop the crime of righteousness with my relatives. This year, Qi Wang Lang conspired against him, and conspired with Di and Bai, Bai Fu burned himself to death, and Lang has been abolished as a concubine. I was close to my relatives and couldn't bear to deal with it. Today, it is called a rebellion, trying to endanger the sect, and offending the ancestors of heaven and earth, which is incumbent. It is to use the simple hair of the soldiers, and to punish them. The soldiers of the Chinese and foreign subjects of the advisory are loyal and righteous, and they are united with the country, sweeping the atmosphere against the tide, and maintaining peace and order.

The edict is issued, and what the court should discuss is the general who led the troops to quell the rebellion, which is not in Xie Jin's consideration, Xie Jin, who returned to the Hanlin Academy, really couldn't suppress the depression in his heart, but he couldn't send it out in the Hanlin Academy, because Fang Xiaoru was the president of the record, and he still had to work under others to be revised by the edict.

Finally survived, Xie Jin came out of the Hanlin Courtyard and saw his servant from a distance, but suddenly a voice came from behind: "Brother Jin, do you want to go home?"

Xie Jin looked back and couldn't help laughing: "Brother Shiqi, if you don't go home at this time, where else can you go?" Oh, I forgot, Brother Shiqi is alone, and he doesn't have a family yet. Then go to my house and let's have a drink, how about it?"

Although Yang Shiqi is two years older than Xie Jin, Xie Jin is a Jinshi in the twenty-first year of Hongwu, and his officialdom status is greater, and Xie Jin is now waiting for the edict, and he doesn't know where to go more than Yang Shiqi, a supernumerary person. However, Xie Jin and Yang Shiqi have dealt with each other a lot now, and found that Yang Shiqi is not only a learner, but also a good person, so he let go of his arrogance and took the initiative to make friends. Speaking of it, Xie Jin's madness is crazy, but there are people who know people, and there are really not many people he can look at.

The two didn't go to Xie Jin's house in the end, but went to drink in the Dongshi Restaurant hand in hand.

Because the civil officials did not have a sedan chair to sit on at this time, it was inconvenient to ride a horse into the market, so they simply walked, and the market was prosperous all the way, but it also solved a lot of displeasure.

It's just that before he arrived at the restaurant on the bank of the Qinhuai River, Xie Jin suddenly fell heavily on his body, and a seven or eight-year-old child with a runny nose bumped him, but he didn't mean to apologize at all, picked up his shoes from the ground and spread his legs and ran, saying while running: "Don't be light, don't be light, Yan enters the world!"

Xie Jin, dressed in a newly made robe, had just changed it out of the Hanlin Courtyard, but it was stained with a lot of ash on the child's body, which suddenly made him feel a little distressed, and he stopped and dusted around.

Yang Shiqi on the side couldn't help but think about it when he saw him like this. However, in this alley, soon a group of children came, happily jumping and passing by them, the younger ones held the red and big dates in their hands, and the older ones held the dates with the corners of their robes, and they couldn't stop singing songs in their mouths, but at the end they shouted together: "Don't be light, don't be light, Yan enters the world!"

This time, Xie Jin and Yang Shiqi could all hear it clearly, and their expressions couldn't help but change.

What kind of nursery rhyme is this, and what is the meaning of "swallows entering the world"? What they can most associate with now is not the low-flying swallow, but the king of swallows in the north.

Since ancient times, children's proverbs and proverbs have become popular for no reason, which will indicate the occurrence of a major event, such as a change of dynasty, natural and man-made disasters, etc. No one knows where such a nursery rhyme came from or where the source is, but when it was sung, it was very fast, and it said that the application in this nursery rhyme was about to be realized.

The first prophecy sung in history should be the song of the last year of the Zhou Dynasty, "the arc of the Zhou Dynasty, the death of the Zhou State", the "Historical Records of the Zhou Dynasty" records, the Western Zhou Dynasty Zhou Xuan King heard a group of children shouting on the street of the capital city of Haojing: "The arc of the Zhou Dynasty, the death of the Zhou Kingdom." King Xuan of Zhou was shocked, thinking that the people of the "Arc Keifu" (the man who sold bows and arrows made of mulberry wood) were going to rebel, and ordered them all to be arrested and killed. At that time, a couple who were selling mountain mulberry bows and quivers made of kiloki ran out of the city to escape the pursuit, found an abandoned baby girl, felt pitiful, and adopted her. The couple fled to the Bao tribe, where the baby girl was raised by the Bao people. She is the praise of the later "Beacon Opera Princes".

There are also many famous nursery rhymes, such as the folk nursery rhyme when Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty came out: "Yan Yanwei salivates, Zhang Gongzi, see you when you meet." Mumen Canglangen, Yan Feilai, pecked the emperor's grandson, the emperor's grandson died, and the swallow pecked the arrow. "In the third year of Han Jiahong, Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty went out on patrol in micro-service, often with Fuping Hou Zhang Fang, claiming to be the family of Fuping Hou. He had fun at Princess Yanghe's house, and saw Zhao Feiyan, a dancer who could do a "palm dance", and the sisters of the Zhao family entered the palace, pampered and arrogant, participated in the killing of the prince, and plotted to kill the emperor's grandson.

During the reign of Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty, a nursery rhyme was circulated in Chang'an: "In August, there is no frost and the grass is green, and the general rides out of the empty city." The emperor of the Han family patrolled the west and asked for troops from Jiangdong. "At that time, it was the time of the Huangchao rebellion, and Tang Xizong was depressed all day long. When I heard this nursery rhyme, I didn't understand the meaning, but I knew that it was not very lucky. The following year, the Huangchao army crossed the Yangtze River, crossed the Huai River, and occupied Luoyang. Then he went west to Tongguan and occupied the Chang'an gateway. Sure enough, Tang Xizong fled southwest to Chengdu.

These nursery rhymes have always been taboo by rulers because of their strange origins and clear recruitment, because if you look at the situation of nursery rhymes, you will find that these proverbs generally show the characteristics of many troubled times and few prosperous times, and many at the end of the dynasty and few in the early dynasty.

Xie Jin and Yang Shiqi are familiar with reading history, so they naturally know that these proverbs need to be vigilant, and the two of them rushed together and caught this group of children who had not yet run away.

"Who and who taught you this ballad?" Xie Jin grabbed an older child, saw him struggling, and took out two taels of silver from his sleeve, and said coercively: "You tell me where you heard it, I will give you this silver, if you don't say it, I will send you to the government, this ballad can't be sung if you want to!"

The child said that there were ships moored in the inland river port outside Daoying Heavenly City, and some people on the boat gave them jujubes and taught them to sing this ballad, and they didn't know who these people were, but the ships had been moored for several days.

Xie Jin and Yang Shiqi knew that the origin of this nursery rhyme actually asked them to find out, and they concluded that this nursery rhyme should be artificially preached, this person should be a person with ulterior motives, and it is very likely that it is the internal response or spy on King Yan's side.

"King Yan rebelled, he really did everything!" When Xie Jin and Yang Shiqi heard about this, where did they still have the heart to go to the restaurant, they immediately turned back and went to the Ying Tianguan Office to report this important news, and Fu Yin also attached great importance to it, and immediately sent troops and horses to command out of the city and to the port.

However, a group of people rushed to kill the past, but they didn't know that someone had already ventilated the news, and they did find a few ships carrying goods in the place, but after detailed inquiry, they learned that a group of people came here a few days ago, and rented four or five boats at their expense, saying that they were buying and selling goods, and there were many baskets of dates, but they were like playing, and only a group of children were gathered every day, and all of them were distributed.

The commander of the soldiers and horses was interrogating, when he suddenly heard someone shouting: "Look, there's a boat out there!"

Everyone looked up, and sure enough, they saw a lonely boat on the empty river, and the speed was not fast, but the direction was heading north, and the commander and the people here immediately jumped onto a boat and chased after it.

There was a layer of mist on the river that had not cleared, so when they caught up, they saw that the ship was empty, and then they realized that they had asked someone to play tricks. When he returned to the mansion, Lord Yin of the mansion would pursue again with the river station and the coastal guards, there was already no one left, and it was too late