Emperor Yongle since the Hulan suddenly lost the temperature after the victory, the army back to the division, only suspended in Beijing for two days, then all the way to the south, along the way to greet the people loess mat road, clean water splashed on the street, fragrant flowers and liquor, color satin fluttering - joyfully like a festival, the sound of the mountain and the tsunami made the emperor also very happy, look around, the flag covers the sun, and it is a triumphant army, so loved by the people, how can he not make his heart happy?

But Ma Yun Haitong, who was serving beside the emperor, saw a chilling edge from the emperor's gaze. They all understood that this was a manifestation of the emperor's hidden murderous intentions. Ever since Ji Gang's letter arrived in the north, the emperor had calmed down from the joy of the great victory, and he was like a grumpy lion who would wait until he returned to the capital and tear apart all those who angered him.

When the car arrived in Yangzhou, Ji Gang arrived in the dust.

"What you said in the secret report," the Emperor did not ask anything else: "Is it true?"

When Ji Gang was on the emperor's northern expedition, he had the mission of monitoring the dynamics of Nanjing, and he naturally took this mission to the extreme-he sorted out the black materials of I don't know how many people, and these people are almost all related to the prince, and these black materials are all well-founded, such as the subordinate official Yang Pu privately received a gift from the East Palace......

The gift Yang Pu received was nothing more than a basket of cherries given to him by Gao Chi, but Ji Gang was vague, allowing the emperor to see what he had been suspicious of. Think about the emperor's expedition to the desert, all the domestic situation can only rely on the prince who stayed in Beiping and the prince who stayed in Nanjing, and what made the emperor feel at ease was Nanjing, and the things reported by the prince were all in accordance with the process and regulations, but the emperor could not rest assured, so Ji Gang's secret report seemed to be very important.

Gao Xu is almost half a perfect person, he handles so many government affairs and says so many words every day, and ninety-nine sentences are impeccable, but there is always one and a half sentences that seem to be a little inappropriate, what Ji Gang did is to single out these words for the emperor to see - but this is what Ji Gang did when the emperor went on the emperor's northern expedition last time, and this time, Ji Gang did not report a word about the prince's badness from beginning to end.

This made the emperor very strange, Ji Gang didn't say bad things about the prince, isn't it strange, until he received a report from Gao Xu.

Gao Xu's pacification of the Shandong Rebellion was probably about a month and a half later than he expected, and he sent an envoy to inquire, Gao Xu's answer was that the military rations were not enough, and he should be allocated 100,000 stone of military rations, but in fact there were only 30,000 stones.

The emperor was suspicious, the summer tax and autumn grain were handed over, and the guards north of Xuanfu were given the military rations to the Northern Expedition one by one, and the emperor made every effort to encircle and suppress Mahamu, and the military rations must not be broken, this time he sent Gao Xu to suppress the rebellion in Shandong, so he ordered the military department and the household department in Nanjing to supply Gao Xu's money and grain, but he didn't expect that less than one-third of the grain that should be allocated to him was allocated, so where did the remaining two-thirds go?

At first, the emperor thought that there was a problem with the overall planning of the household department, but later suspected that it was corruption and asked Ji Gang to investigate, but Ji Gang's report was belated, saying that it was not the minister's problem at all, but that the prince was benevolent and refused to let the people overburden, and even ordered half of this year's summer tax to be reduced, so the household department could not supply Gao Xu's military rations at all.

This made the emperor furious, Lao Tzu is fighting in the front, you can't maintain stability in the rear, Lao Tzu rebelled and rebelled everywhere as soon as he left, this is incompetent; the Han King put down the rebellion, but you obstructed it in every possible way, using this method of not paying the army, wanting Gao Xu to suffer defeat, this is jealousy of merit; the good reputation has been given to you, and the bad reputation has been pushed to others, is there such a good thing in the world?

The emperor was angry and angry, feeling that the crown prince was no longer the prince he used to be, so he summoned Ji Gang to come and asked Ji Gang to tell him all the things when the prince was in charge of the country in front of him.

Ji Gang was waiting for this moment, he had saved up black material for a long time, and some of it was gone, and he threw it out. The emperor had already preconceived notions, and he was convinced of these slanders, and he finally made up his mind about one thing that had been entrenched in his heart before.

Nanjing City, next to Yanzi Rock.

Twenty or thirty miles before and after, there were crowds of people, in addition to the people, there were also officials of all sizes who greeted the holy car, they were all anxiously waiting, because the emperor's team was coming back today, but in this team, it gradually began to commotion.

"What about the prince?" There were a few waiters discussing it before, and then the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu Jianyi also began to ask: "At this time, why hasn't the prince come yet?"

"I don't know," Yang Pu, a subordinate official of the East Palace, rubbed his hands, "I have already sent someone to urge, maybe something is delayed." ”

"What can be important?" Jian Yi frowned and said: "Go and urge again, let the prince put down the things in his hand no matter how he does, and come over quickly!"

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard the sound of firecrackers on the water surface of the Longjiang Estuary, and the sound of water waves rolling in, and all the civil officials were disgraced and said: "The emperor is here!"

At this time, the prince had just woken up under the treatment of the imperial doctor.

"What's wrong with me?" he had a headache.

"You didn't wake up until you fell asleep!" Zhang Zhaohua's expression turned pale: "Today is the day of Yingjia, Yanziji has been urged more than ten times, quickly pack up, let's leave immediately!"

"How did I sleep until now?" Gao Chi was confused: "What time is it now?"

Gao Chi has continuous dizziness and flank pain, and it is difficult to fall asleep at night, and he has been drinking chrysanthemum wine recently to help him fall asleep. It is said that chrysanthemum wine is suitable for headaches and dizziness caused by liver and kidney insufficiency, and he drank a small cup every night, and it really improved a lot.

After he drank a small cup last night, he fell asleep early, but he didn't expect to be drowsy all of a sudden, Zhang Zhaohua shouted that he was useless, and he couldn't splash it with cold water, so he found something strange - he called the imperial doctor to take a look, and he couldn't say anything wrong, only that it was like a hangover, but there was not a drop of wine left in the wine glass, and the imperial doctors couldn't see anything.

Zhang Zhaohua knew that there must be something wrong with the wine, but now was not the time to investigate, and Gao Chi's temples jumped suddenly, and he put on his clothes, but suddenly heard the sound of the palace door opening wide, and couldn't help but look at each other: "Father has returned!"

"Oops," Zhang Zhaohua said: "My father's expedition to Mobei returned triumphantly, and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces were waiting for them out of the city, but the prince of the prison country was late to greet him, and asked the reason, it was really a matter of drinking, and the father must be furious!"

"The prince has lost etiquette this time," Huang Huai said: "But this matter can be big or small, if the emperor is in a good mood there and does not pursue it, then everything will be light." ”

"The emperor summoned Ji Gang," Zhang Zhaohua said: "Can Ji Gang not speak ill of the prince? The emperor held back his anger and saw that the prince did not greet him, isn't this giving a good opportunity to play on the topic?"

"The left and right fathers want to find faults," Gao Chi could see it: "Whether there is such a thing or not, it is all to clean up me." ”

"That can't be like last time," Zhang Zhaohua said angrily: "Lock you in the quiet room, don't eat and drink again!"

"No matter how bad it is," Gao Chi comforted instead: "I also think it's strange, when my father is in Nanjing, the wind and rain are always smooth, and disasters occur frequently as soon as he leaves, it seems that my father is the god of the Ming Dynasty, you will say so next time, let my father not go to Mobei, the burden of the people is already very heavy, especially Shandong, alas, ......"