Chapter 674: Not to be underestimated
Xu Mian was responsible for guarding Zhu Zhanji's safety, and he was more worried than Wang Zhen, and he never left the four of them since they entered the restaurant just now.
These four people were dressed in the costumes of Ming soldiers, but if they looked closely, they found that these four people were not from the yamen at all, but from the palace.
Since Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty summed up the ruling experience of the previous dynasties since the Western Zhou Dynasty, and implemented a ruling system that combined the county system and the feudal system, that is, the establishment of an official government to manage the people, and the feudal kings to defend the imperial court. At that time, although the remnant Yuan forces had retreated to the desert, they were still active, often invading southward, posing a serious threat to the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang implemented the strategy of "Jingbian of all kings", and successively divided the nine kings of Liao, Ning, Yan, Gu, Dai, Jin, Qin, Qing, and Su, and distributed them on the border defense line from the northeast to the northwest. Because they have military power and guard the border fortress, they are called the king of Sai. (The kings) were all "according to the name of the domain, control the fortress, and divide the sea." Each king eats 10,000 stones, has three guards under his jurisdiction, and has 16,000 soldiers, and Zhu Di, the king of Yan, has 100,000 soldiers, and Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, guards Daning, "with 80,000 armor and 6,000 leather cars, the power is great, and there are many guards in the house, and many of them are independent."
In Zhu Yuanzhang's later years, the heroes will be killed, and the northern military will be dominated by the kings. Zhu Zhang, the king of Qin, and Zhu Li, the king of Jin, died one after another, while Zhu Di, the king of Yan, Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, and the kings of Qi and Dai all supported their own troops, committed many lawlessness, and the court was lonely. Therefore, after Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, he secretly discussed with Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and others to cut the domain. With the Yan King Zhu Di is in great difficulty, so the cutting of the feudal domain began with Zhu Di's brother Zhou Wang, Zhou, Dai, Min, Xiang, and Qi kings successively cut and seized, and the Xiang King set himself on fire, and the rest were abolished as concubines. In order to figure Zhu Di, Zhu Yunwen ordered Zhang Yu to be the political envoy of Beiping, Xie Gui and Zhang Xinzhang Beiping were in command of the envoys, with Xie Gui to control Beiping, and the other to the governors Song Zhong, Xu Kai, Geng Xuantun soldiers Kaiping, Linqing, and Shanhaiguan, and to inspect the Yanfu guard sergeants, strengthen the anti-Yan measures, Zhu Di relied on the 800 soldiers in the house, and used the strategy to capture Zhang Yu and Xie Gui (pretending to be crazy to paralyze the two), and ordered the Yanfu guard to command Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng to lead the troops to capture the nine gates of Beiping by night, and then according to Beiping. Later, in the name of respecting the ancestors, punishing the "traitorous ministers" Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng, and "appeasement" for the country, he swore to go on the expedition. In the end, he seized the Ming Dynasty from Emperor Jianwen.
Zhu Di, who seized the country, nominally restored the name of the vassal kings who had been deposed by Emperor Jianwen in the past, but in fact, he was very jealous of the military strength of the vassal kings like Emperor Jianwen. When Zhu Di started the incident, because Zhu Yuanzhang's seventeenth son, King Ning Zhu Quan's fief was in Daning, very close to Beiping, Zhu Di threatened King Ning to form an alliance with him, and said that "if the matter is successful, the world will be divided into two, and you and I will be unified in half." When Zhu Di became the emperor, he had long forgotten this promise, and even King Ning did not agree to change the title of Suzhou and Qiantang (now Hangzhou), and finally changed the title of Yuzhang (now Nanchang). As for the acting kings, Min kings and Qi kings who were deposed by Emperor Jianwen, although the king title was restored, the guards of the palace were not returned. Without the loss of the army, these princes could only become vassals of the emperor, and they no longer had the ability to rebel.
But when it came to his own son, things changed, and the kings of Han and Zhao were still their own escorts. And there are a lot of guards of the two princes, there are three guards, each guard is set up left, right, front, back, and middle five, each has two people in a thousand households, ten people in a hundred households, according to the military establishment of the Ming Dynasty, one hundred households are one hundred and twelve people, and one thousand households are one thousand and twenty people, then each guard is about 5,600 people, and the three guards of the palace are almost more than 10,000 people, which should not be underestimated.
These four people were dressed in court clothes, but Xu Mian saw at a glance that the waist card on his waist had a huge Chinese character written on it, he was not from the Han Palace, who else dared to hang the sign of the Han Palace's Mansion on his waist to swagger through the market?
"They are from the Han Palace, I'm afraid they are coming down for His Highness?" Xu Mian said in a low voice.
Zhu Zhanji glanced at the four people without moving, and said: "The current prince is still in Nanjing, even if the king of Han has the heart to deal with Lone, he will not expect that Lone has already reached his territory, Yang Aiqing said, the more dangerous the place, the safest place, no matter how smart the King of Han is, he will not expect that the prince of Nanjing is fake, and Lone has reached his back cover!
The three of them were bowing their heads and talking, and the shopkeeper who had not been in for a long time walked out of the back kitchen with two dishes, put them on the wine table for the four of them, and said, "Officials, please use it slowly!"
The four of them didn't know if they had been hungry for a long time, or if it was the first time they had eaten the dishes here, the two plates of dishes had just been served on the table, and they were immediately snatched up like crazy.
In this year of disaster, there were many performers in the city, and the shopkeepers went out for a while, and then they turned back, followed by an old man and a young man, who should be grandparents and grandchildren from the appearance.
The three of them entered the shop, and the shopkeeper said to the four people who were drinking: "Four officials, what kind of song do you want to hear, this ancestor and grandson can sing it?"
The grandfather and grandson behind him hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to the four people who were drinking and eating meat.
The grandson was only a teenager, and he hadn't eaten for a while, and his eyes fell on the crispy meat, and he didn't go for a long time.
"Don't look at it?" the shopkeeper yelled at the old man's grandson for fear of annoying the four of them.
The child's face turned red, and he lowered his head and did not dare to look again, but his stomach rumbled, and he was obviously very hungry.
"Since it's a little song, let's have a little bit?" the leader of the soldier stuffed a piece of fat meat into his mouth and chewed.
"Yes!" The old man hurriedly bowed forward, gently pulled his grandson, and said in a low voice: "When you finish singing to a few masters, you have money, grandpa will buy you a piece of meat to eat?"
The grandson glanced at the crispy meat shyly, swallowed the foam hard, and nodded slightly.
The grandfather and grandson stood still, the old man gently plucked the huqin, heard the sound of "Zheng", the sound of the piano was moving, the child just looked like he couldn't lift his spirit, at this time his expression changed, his hands quickly put on a posture, and he opened and sang: The southeast shape wins, the three Wu metropolises, Qiantang has been prosperous since ancient times, the smoke willow painting bridge, the wind curtain and green curtain, and the difference of 100,000 people. The clouds and trees surround the embankment sand, the angry waves roll the frost and snow, and the moat (qiàn) is endless. The city is a jewel, the household is full of Luoqi, and the competition is luxurious and luxurious——?" The singing voice is delicate and clear, round and free, and the high-pitched tone sings out this beautiful word, as if it makes people see the prosperity of the West Lake in Hangzhou, such as the smoke of the willow trees, the painted bridges, the curtains that block the wind, the green tents, the pavilions are high and low, and there are about 100,000 households. Towering trees surround the sand bank of the Qiantang River, and the surging tide rolls up the waves as white as frost and snow, and the broad river surface is endless. The market is full of jewels and treasures, and every household is stocked with silk and satin, competing for luxury. A mighty and merry magistrate, drinking and enjoying the merry, roaring proudly among the mountains and rivers. "The picture of the other day will be good, return to Fengchi Kua!".
The four of them looked at each other, and each stopped eating meat and drinking, and listened carefully, obviously attracted by the child's singing.
The sea of four people ate for a while, and the leader took a wine bowl and glanced around the shop, his eyes swept over Zhu Zhanji's three people, frowned slightly, and asked: "Shop, there are customers in the store, why don't you see anyone singing a little song, so there is no Yaxing!"
The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Or is the official master thoughtful, so small that a few officials will find it?"
At this time, the sound of the piano changed, and the child's singing voice changed, and he continued to sing: "Chonghu Stacked 巘 (yǎn) Qingjia." There are three autumn laurels and ten miles of lotus. Qiang (qiāng) tube clear, Lingge flooded the night, frolicking and fishing lotus baby. Thousands of horsemen have high teeth. Listen to the flute and drum while drunk, and enjoy the smoke. The picture of the other day will be good, return to Fengchi to praise ——?"
This poem "Wanghai Tide" is the great poet Liu Yong of the previous dynasty composed, Liu Yong has been unwilling, so he wandered everywhere, looking for a way to be promoted, desperate to get the promotion of others, wandering to Liu Yong to Hangzhou, learned that the old friend Sun He is serving as a transit envoy in Zhejiang, so he went to visit Sun He. Helplessly, Sun He's access control is very strict, and Liu Yong is a cloth cloth and can't be seen. So Liu Yong wrote this poem, invited a famous local singer, and told her that if Sun He asked her to sing at the banquet, not anything else, she would sing this song "Wanghai Chao•Southeast Shape Sheng". Later, the singer sang this song repeatedly at Sun He's banquet, and Sun He was attracted to ask the author of the song, and the singer said that it was written by your old friend Liu Sanbian (Liu Yong had not changed his name at that time). Sun He invited Liu Yong to a meal, and sent him away, and he didn't promote him much. Judging from this story, this poem is a dry poem, and the purpose is to ask the other party to recommend it. Therefore, this song is mostly a place to show talent, faintly revealing the meaning of longing for a career, if it is said that an old man who has experienced hardships and seen through the world sings this little song, but it is sung from the mouth of this child, and the artistic conception is excellent, so that people can not be a little surprised.
Although the child is young, judging from the clothes and dress, he has endured hardships these days, and this song, which had no emotion in the past, has a few different charms when sung today.
When the child finished singing, he turned his head with joy and shouted at the old man, "Grandpa——?
The old man nodded, put away the huqin in his arms, bowed and walked forward, hugged his fists at the four of them and said, "Four officials, after singing the song, please give you a reward!"
The four of them looked at each other, and the leader sneered, and said, "We want to listen to Eighteen Mo, this song is not what we ordered, what kind of reward do we give?"
The old man's face changed, and he said, "The four officials laughed, but the eighteen-year-old ones can't sing?"
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