The new emperor was even more sweaty when he said this, he was born thin, at this time he was still wearing heavy filial piety clothes, his face suddenly turned pale, and he came to the inner servant of the direct church, and put a cold towel on his forehead for a while, before he came to his senses, at this time he was rare and no longer hesitated, and immediately according to the suggestion of Qitai Huang Zicheng, he sent Chen Xingshan, a waiter of the Ministry of Rites, as an envoy of the imperial court, and sent an edict and a talisman to Huai'an in the starry night, announcing the edict of the first emperor, so that he could quickly return to the vassal country, and if there was disobedience, he would be punished as a rebel. At the same time, the Huai'an infantry and the navy army were strictly punished with the tiger, the pass was controlled, the mouth of the river was blocked, and the king of Yan was not allowed to cross the river with a single soldier.

Chen Xingshan received the edict, and followed Qi Tai to the military department to receive the talisman, and Huai'an was judged to be the guide, and rushed to Huai'an.

And Yan Wang and his party, who were resting at the Shuyang County Pavilion Station, didn't know at all. Ma He and Ma Jing even persuaded King Yan to change his clothes together with Gao Qide, the prefect of Huai'an, which is allowed in the funeral rites, and the hair is not to wash his hair, but to comb his hair with a fine grate, and to change his clothes is not to take a bath, but to change his clothes - because King Yan has been in the wind and rain these days, and his body is dirty and messy, because on the way he has been spending the night in the accompanying "Hu Palace", which is a shelf made of yellow wood, and the surroundings are only covered with cotton cloth. King Yan is lying in this palace, since he left Beiping, he has not washed his face, let alone bathed, his face is covered with dust, and even his beard can shake off a burst of loess.

Now under the persuasion of the prefect of Huai'an, he still has not changed his clothes, which makes Gao Qide sigh in his heart, Emperor Daxing governs the country with loyalty and filial piety, even if some vassal kings are indeed arrogant and lawless, but in the point of "filial piety", it is indeed impeccable. He also heard that the new emperor had told the officials of the Ministry of Rites that he would earnestly keep filial piety for the Daxing Emperor for three years. The meaning of the Ministry of Rites was originally "to change the sun for the moon", that is, to serve the mourning for 36 days, but I didn't expect the new emperor to say: "I don't follow the ancients." The court is crowned with hemp clothes, and the retreat is a decaying cane, and the food is gluttonous porridge, and the suburban society temple is as usual. This is still the result of the obstruction of the ministers, because the new emperor finally changed the "decay" to the "Qi decay rod" under the advice of the ministers, and the "decay" is the heaviest mourning dress among the five clothes, the son is the father, the wife and concubine are the husband, and the grandson (the eldest grandson of the long house) is the grandfather, and the decay must be carried out for three years. And if the new emperor had been guarding for three years and only drinking porridge every day, how could his body be able to bear it? Therefore, the ministers finally persuaded to change the "decay" to "Qi decay staff", that is, it was enough to hold a mourning stick for a year.

King Yan didn't change his clothes, he squinted for more than two hours, then got up and ordered the team to leave, and was just about to leave the pavilion, when he suddenly saw the sentry at the door come to report: "Your Highness, there is an envoy from the imperial court with a holy decree, saying that he is asking His Highness to accept the decree." ”

King Yan couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't know how the holy decree would come, he walked out of the pavilion, and sure enough, he saw the captain of the brocade guard surrounded by a three-poinsettia robe official on a horse, and when he saw him come out, he shouted: "There is a will!"

King Yan didn't move at all, but the horse beside him said: "Who is coming, dare not kneel when you see Wang Nai!"

Emperor Daxing gave the kings great power, so much so that when they saw the kings, "the princes and ministers bowed down and bowed, and they did not dare to bow down", and when the princes were not yet divided, the officials no matter what grade, saw the prince, they had to bow down. And this Chen Xingshan, who came with an edict, is a Jinshi of Hongwu for 30 years, he has only been an official for a little more than a year, and he has not seen the vassal king.

However, Huai'an Tongju beside him panicked, fell from the horse, and took the lead in kneeling on the ground, and Chen Xingshan couldn't help but gasp the moment he saw King Yan, and unconsciously dismounted, and bowed to King Yan twice: "Chen Xingshan, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, has seen His Royal Highness King Yan!"

Only then did King Yan bow slightly, and said, "It turned out to be Chen Shilang, please sit in the main hall." ”

Yan Wang and Chen Xingshan entered the living room of the pavilion and sat down. Chen Xingshan sat down, his expression remained unchanged, but he couldn't help but make waves in his heart, for no other reason, His Royal Highness King Yan in front of him was too much like Emperor Daxing.

The eyebrows are thick and long, the eyes are deep and bright, the nose is straight, the forehead is wide and the mouth is plump, the mustache is slender, sitting there is like a mountain, why add the last one, because the new emperor is always unclothed, sitting on the throne, only the throne is too wide, and the new emperor sits on the throne, there is always a strange feeling of unease.

No wonder the ministers of the East Palace, now they should be close ministers of the Son of Heaven, they always say that they should beware of the vassal king, the first thing to beware of the king of Yan, sure enough, the king of Yan is the first emperor, and he was stared at with such a pair of majestic and cautious eyes, even if Chen Xingshan is frank in nature and comes to the emperor's order, he is a little hesitant - but he has a little ability, that is, no matter what he thinks in his heart, he can not show timidity at all.

To say how Chen Xingshan stood out among the two ranks of Jinshi in Hongwu's thirty years, it is also because of his ability. At that time, Emperor Daxing saw that he was dignified and looked at him for a long time, and said: "A gentleman is also." A few days later, the emperor summoned him into the palace and copied his father's testament by Liu Lian, the son of Liu Ji, who was sincere in his heart. Because of the majesty of the emperor, whether it was the first time to see him, or the people who had served for a long time, most of them felt terrified, and this year's new science and technology scholars, the emperor called in one by one to copy the book, and there was no one who was not so frightened that he sweated, so that he couldn't write a word. Only when Chen Xingshan acted peacefully, the calligraphy and painting were good, the transcription was completed, and there was not a single word dirty, did he attract the emperor's great joy and opened the road to his career.

If you want to talk about the majesty of the emperor, the emperor of this dynasty is extremely powerful, but he is not the first person in history to have such a monarchy. For example, Tang Taizong Li Shimin, looking at the ministers, the ministers all felt frightened, so Tang Taizong could only restrain his prestige, Fang Xuanling, a person who had followed him for many years, saw him angry, "like a color without an owner", and the only one who could bear it was Wei Zheng and a person named Cheng Mingzhen, especially this person named Cheng Mingzhen, who could still argue, and even Tang Taizong felt that he was a "stranger", which can be seen.

And now under the pressure of King Yan, Chen Xingshan actually felt the general gaze of Emperor Daxing, he didn't show it on his face, and his heart was shocked for a while, before he carefully and respectfully took out the edict, but this time he didn't dare to say anything like letting King Yan kneel to receive the holy decree, handed the holy decree into the hands of King Yan, and affirmed his intention, hoping that King Yan would return to the fiefdom.

King Yan unfolded the edict, read it with an expressionless face, and said after a while: "How is the Son of Heaven?"

Chen Xingshan said unhurriedly: "The Son of Heaven is well, when the minister came, the Son of Heaven also ordered the minister to ask Uncle Yan if he was safe?"

Of course, this last sentence was added by himself, as long as he could suspend such a stagnant atmosphere and ask King Yan to return to the fiefdom in a proper manner, he didn't mind adding a few more nice words.

"How can I be safe!" King Yan said: "I heard that my father was driving, I grieved every day, my heart was broken, I didn't dare to relax for a moment, and I ran thousands of miles to mourn, just to see my father's face, but today my son is sitting peacefully, just sitting in peace, and I am not allowed to keep my soul and run for funeral, what is the reason for this, Chen Shilang, do you know?"

The more calm Chen Xingshan was on his face, the more bottomless he was in his heart, and he thought about it before he spoke: "Your Highness is thinking too much, one is that the Son of Heaven is also ruining his spine and hurting his body, but he is invited by the ministers to change the sun and the moon, and insist on holding the rod of decay, and the two filial piety are actually the same." The two of them did not allow your uncles to enter Beijing, but they considered the long-distance bumps, grief and sadness, and cherished the meaning, and asked His Royal Highness to understand. Loyal ministers and filial sons, why should filial piety be seen in the line, but also in the heart. ”

This remark was also very appropriate, even Ma He behind King Yan raised his head slightly and glanced at him, only thinking that if he argued, this waiter of the Ministry of Rites could really speak well, but if the court was full of such people, and the new emperor promoted such people, it would not be good.

After hearing the new emperor's sorrow and injury, King Yan's eyebrows softened slightly, and when he heard the back, he said angrily: "I have come thousands of miles away, I have been close to the Beijing Division, and I have never seen the emperor to take the exam, but I have been left thousands of miles away, is this the love of the Son of Heaven?"

Chen Xingshan saw that King Yan didn't eat this, so he could only say: "Your Highness, doesn't Your Highness know the edict of Emperor Daxing?"

Saying that, he didn't wait for King Yan to react, stood up and said: "Sure enough, Your Highness doesn't know! The Son of Heaven sent a minister to read out the edict of Emperor Daxing for His Highness, please listen carefully——"

He said and read the edict again in a low tone, and when he read the sentence "The kings are in the country, do not go to the capital", he also deliberately accentuated his voice, and looked at the face of King Yan.

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, King Yan sneered and said, "This is my imperial edict?"

Chen Shilang frowned: "What does King Yan mean by this?"

King Yan said: "Lord Chen is an official of the Ministry of Rites, and I want to come to the most familiar "Rites", please solve my doubts." I remember that there is a saying in the "Rites": 'If the king has a disease and drinks the medicine, the minister tastes it first, and if the relatives have a disease and drinks the medicine, the son tastes it first', I don't know if I can remember this accurately?"

Chen Xingshan said: "Jingyi is right. ”

King Yan opened his eyes all of a sudden, and said: "I am the son of my father and emperor, Qin and Jin are dead, I am really the elder, my father has been ill for a long time, why has the court never sent anyone to report it? Even if you see it, you know why you are sick and what medicine you have taken, it can be regarded as the gift of the son of man, how can there be a gift of the father who is sick and not let the son know, what does the court mean? What does the Son of Heaven mean?"

Chen Xingshan couldn't answer, so he only heard King Yan ask again: "Since you talk about etiquette, I still have something to say." From ancient times to the present, from the Son of Heaven to the people, how can there be a father who dies and the son cannot run for mourning?"

"Li" said, 'The Son of Heaven is buried in July,'" King Yan asked again and again: "Now my father was mourned on the tenth day of the fifth month, and he was buried on the sixteenth, and even the date of the 'funeral' is not yet yet, and the day of the new emperor's accession to the throne, that is, the filial piety tomb of Zhongshan in Ancuo, I don't know why it is so fast? This is all courtesy?

Chen Xingshan was naturally speechless, and King Yan was not finished, he still had a question to ask: "The edict attributed my right to control the capital to the imperial court, but ten days ago, I also received an edict from my father, with Yang Wen, the governor of the left capital, as the general soldier to come to Beiping as the counselor, to prepare for the imperial capture this autumn, ten days, my father's edict, there is another word, what is the obstacle?"

Chen Xingshan got Qi Tai's secret words before he came, and secretly said in his heart that it was not what Qi Tai expected, King Yan really wanted to speak with military power, so he stood up and said loudly: "King Yan's words are bad!"

"Emperor Daxing as early as the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu issued an edict to the capital officials and guards of the palace to not communicate without authorization. Chen Xingshan said: "The original words of the first emperor are like this: 'The capital division is the imperial court, and all the troops are transferred by the imperial court, and they are not allowed to act without the king's knowledge; ”

King Yan was stunned in his heart, this was the edict of Emperor Daxing to King Qin back then, because King Qin and Du Si had a very close relationship, so the emperor had this remark. The sentence "There is a king's decree, but there is no court order, and it is not allowed to be issued without permission", it is indeed the death hole of his soldiers, when the first emperor is there, he can make the capital division listen to his command, the first emperor died, if the new emperor does not send the court order, then he can no longer dispatch the capital division soldiers and horses.

Chen Xingshan saw that King Yan was speechless for a while, so he secretly said that he was lucky, but he said for a long time: "Minister Chen Xingshan doesn't know how to advance or retreat when he speaks, and he also prays for His Highness to forgive his sins......"

King Yan's eyes flashed, but he suddenly saw that in the corner, Dao Yan secretly glanced at him, he took a deep breath, and suddenly said: "Before my father Emperor Yan drove him, he asked left and right, 'My fourth son has not come, my fourth son has not come,' Chen Shilang, you are a close minister of the Son of Heaven, do you know why my father and emperor are waiting for me to come?"

Chen Xingshan's face changed drastically, what did King Yan mean by this?

King Yan suddenly burst into tears: "Father, your unfilial fourth son, Zhu Di, always thinks that you are in good health, sick and unharmed, Beiping is 3,000 miles away from Beijing, and when your son knows the news, your father has already been buried in heaven! Father, why don't you wait for your son to see you! What do you want to say to your son? My son has come today to fulfill the filial piety of the son of man, and the father has a spirit in the sky, so he bless his son to enter the Beijing Division, enter Zhongshan, see Zigong, and see the Son of Heaven!"

Chen Xingshan was at a loss, and he couldn't speak, so he only took advantage of King Yan to cry and escaped. He was really scared, he heard King Yan say that before the death of Emperor Daxing, he actually asked about summoning the four sons left and right, he had never heard of it at all, but the words that King Yan questioned him were indeed word for word, why did the new son of heaven stop his spirit so quickly, and why was he so afraid of the vassal king's entry into Beijing, how is the king of Yan, a thousand men and horses, compared to the men and horses stationed in Beijing? Why did the new son of heaven set up a heavy army at the mouth of the river to force the king of Yan to return?

Seeing Chen Xingshan leave in a hurry, Dao Yan stroked his palms and laughed: "Your Highness, what a skill!"

King Yan raised his red and swollen eyes and said, "These words are not taught by you, the fourth son has not come, if my father really misses me, he will not summon me here!

Dao Yan said with a smile: "Before the sickbed, but summoning Zhou Gongfu to become the king, why can't you say this? I don't know what the new emperor thinks, what Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng think, and what the hundred officials think." ”

King Yan left Shuyang with his team, traveled south along the official road, and finally at noon, he saw Huai'an City, and before Huai'an City, there was a mighty river from west to east, blocking the way. And on this surging river, there is not a single boat, and they want to find a boat to cross the river, but they find that the officials of Huai'an Mansion don't know where they have gone. King Yan had no choice but to order people to look for boats along the river bank, but not only did he not find a boat, but he did not even see a single fisherman.

King Yan was furious, knowing that it was the officials of Huai'an Mansion who were against him, so he ordered the bamboo to be cut down and shipwed, but he did not expect that the bamboo raft had not yet been built, but he heard three cannon sounds, which shook the heavens and the earth. After the smoke and dust cleared, countless soldiers and horses suddenly appeared on the other side of the river, all holding bows and crossbows and other weapons lined up on the embankment. Looking at the flag logo, it was actually the emperor's pro-army tiger guard.

In order to prevent King Yan from crossing the river, the new emperor actually dispatched the Tiger Ben Guard, which was like a thief-proof approach that simply angered King Yan, but before he could speak, he saw Gao Xu coming on a horse, "Father, let your son lead the troops to kill it!"

His voice was loud and clear, and before his words fell, he saw another cannon on the other side of the river, and the Sergeant Tiger Benwei had already opened his bow and arrows, aiming at Gao Xu's direction. Chen Xingshan was shocked, and hurriedly stopped: "That's the second son of King Yan, the king of Gaoyang County, you can't wait to be rude!"

King Yan pushed Gao Xu away, walked to the river, boarded the bamboo raft and pointed at the opposite side with a horsewhip and said: "I am the King of Yan, and Zhu Di, the fourth son of the Emperor Daxing, is also! The emperor collapsed, and he was the son of man, and he was a man who was bumping for thousands of miles, intending to cross the river to mourn, and fulfill the filial piety of the son of man, and God was pitiful! Who dared to stop it, and put the arrow towards my chest......

When the sergeants on the opposite side heard King Yan's shout, they all looked at each other and were at a loss, Chen Xingshan hurriedly stood on the embankment and replied: "Your Royal Highness King Yan, the ministers are hereby decreed, 'If the king insists on coming, the king can be ordered to cross the river alone, and the rest are not allowed to board the boat.'" Those who dare to board the boat will be killed!' Please think twice, Your Highness!'

With Chen Xingshan's shout, the soldiers of the Tiger Benwei put away their bows and arrows again, showed their guns and knives, and looked ready to fight. In Jiangbei, Qiu Fu jumped on top of the bamboo raft, while protecting King Yan, while ordering his subordinates to line up the bamboo raft, Gao Xu had already led the war horse, holding a long tasseled gun and shouting at King Yan: "Father, kill it!"

Gao Chi hurriedly stopped him, and Dao Yan and the two grabbed King Yan. King Yan's teeth clenched, the muscles on his face twitched violently because of anger, he didn't expect that he would be blocked like this, nor did he expect that he would be assisted by such an edict to be such a "king", if he crossed the river alone, the future was unpredictable, and his nephew didn't know what kind of way he could come up with, whether to detain or detain? If you force the soldiers to cross the river, see that the cannons on the opposite side are lined up, and the bows and arrows are complete, you are not prepared to leave any mercy at all, and after a while, the swords and soldiers will meet each other, and it is your own side that is outnumbered, and is it worth this kind of bloodshed?

Dao Yan persuaded in a low voice at this time: "The king crossed the river with filial piety, but he violated the edict and reprimanded him for not being filial." There is a public opinion on the merits of the matter, and the old man once heard that 'giving up the way and enduring humiliation is the strongest', I hope that His Royal Highness will develop the power of the dragon and tiger, and temporarily endure today's humiliation. Why do you have to be obsessed with this today!"

After saying this, King Diyan gradually calmed down his anger, looked at Jiang Shui silently for a long time, and sighed: "Then go back for the time being, I don't want to be in the midst of filial piety, and operate soldiers, if so, then it is really unfilial!"

After that, he broke the horsewhip and threw it into the river, watching the horsewhip float in the waves, and silently said in his heart: "He will feel the wind and clouds every day, and if his wings are held high, the whip of the river can be broken!"