"Minister Yang Xu, meet the emperor."

"Hehe, Wenxuan is here, get up!"

Zhu Di put down the fold and glanced at Xia Xun.

After this period of time, Zhu Di has adapted to the new identity of the emperor, if he just ascended the throne, his words and deeds were still a little restrained, and there were some traces of deliberately maintaining majesty, but now he has the majesty of his gestures and his personality is already natural.

He didn't deliberately imitate anyone, his majesty was exclusive to him, different from Zhu Yuanzhang's fierce aura like a tiger even if he was sick on the couch, and different from the graceful elegance that Zhu Yunniang had cultivated by court etiquette education since childhood, he threw away the music, leaned on the back of the chair, and gently beat his old cold leg with his hand, still as casual as when he was the king of Yan, and as natural as when he commanded the three armies in the handsome tent, but he naturally had a supreme spirit.

"The emperor summoned you, but is it for the sake of Shuangyu Zhao'an?"

Zhu Di waved his hand: "That's not in a hurry, the follow-up matters, there are military departments and the five armies to take care of the Governor's Mansion, you don't have to worry about it." ”

"Yes! So....... ”

Zhu Di stood up: "Let's go, follow me to the Emperor's Garden to relax." ”

"Yes!" Hearing that he was going to take him to the Emperor's Garden for a walk, Xia Xun felt relieved, so it seemed that it should not be a major event in the imperial court.

The two of them were one after the other, and several small chamberlains accompanied them, and they paced towards the Emperor's Garden.

The Emperor's Garden is the Imperial Garden, the Ming Dynasty called it the Emperor's Garden, the general place of foreign ministers' activities is limited to Fengtian, Huacani, the three major halls of the body, the Houyuan is not entered by the foreign ministers, can be brought to the Houyuan, that is a great glory.

Xia Xun is still the first time to see the scene of the palace garden, the imperial garden of the Jinling Palace ensures the majesty of the palace at the same time, but also retains the characteristics of the Jiangnan garden to the greatest extent, the pavilions and pavilions are hidden between the pines, cypresses and bamboos, dotted with mountain stone pools, the subtleties are as delicate and soft as the folk courtyard forest, but not like the small family atmosphere of the miniature landscape.

Walking in the meantime, Xia Xun, who has seen several famous gardens that have been handed down to future generations, can't help but be fascinated by the beautiful scenery of the Emperor and Empress Garden of Jinling Imperial Palace. The grass and trees in front of you, one year old and one withered, are similar every year, and different every year. But the layout design of the palace and even the garden will never change, and all this beautiful scenery, as a descendant, only he can appreciate.

After Yongle moved the capital, Jinling Imperial Palace as a companion capital is still valued and protected, after the Qing Dynasty destroyed the Ming Dynasty, Jinling was changed to Jiangning, the Ming Imperial City became the Eight Banners garrison city, and the Ming Imperial Palace became the general and the capital of the two yamen place, during the Kangxi period, from the Jinling Imperial Palace secretly dismantled some stone carvings to build the temple of Putuo Mountain, and after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom captured Nanjing, it was simply demolished the entire Ming Imperial Palace, and rebuilt a Tianwang Mansion. After such a toss of such a loser, the Ming Imperial Palace, even the palace with the palace walls, was razed to the ground.

"It's beautiful, it's a pity...... "But...... History is made up of countless inevitability and contingency, and if I can use my energy to make even a slight change in the course and direction of history, I don't know... Will it still be the way it was? ”

Xia Xun thought about it, Zhu Di, who had been walking slowly and did not speak, seemed to be in a fluctuating mood, and suddenly, he stood in front of the palace pool of the carved railing, turned around, faced Xia Xun, and said with a serious expression: "Wenxuan, I have a confidential matter that I want you to do!" ”

A very dimly lit room, where a few people sat quietly.

In fact, there is no need to make the house so dark, if someone suddenly appears here, they will definitely be able to find their identity. And the people who can appear here must be their own people, and they all know each other's identities very well, but they still don't have the lights, and the doors and windows are closed tightly, so that the room is so dim that they can't even see their appearance clearly.

There are four people in the room, sitting at the same table, this scene is quite similar to the sitting of Feng Xihui, An Litong, Zhang Shisan, and Liu Xu in the small hotel outside Qingzhou City, the difference is that these four people have no affiliation, each of them has great power and prestige, the only thing that is the same is that the depressing atmosphere in the room is the same as when Feng Xihui and others were facing a desperate situation.

A person with his back to the door spoke: "Zhang Antai, that waste, was frightened by Yang Xu and panicked, hurriedly asked me for advice, and was sent back by me." I told him to stay still and not to communicate with us from now on. Based on the situation that Yang Xu has now, he has only raised his vigilance, even if he is a national prince, can he dispose of a four-rank member of the imperial court at will? Hum! ”

The person on his left was silent for a moment, and said: "You did a good job, Yang Xu did this, obviously trying to scare us out, Zhang Antai didn't move, no longer made any moves, and Yang Xu had no choice." Zhang Antai went to see you, it won't attract Yang Xu's attention, right? ”

The person with his back to the door laughed twice: "Don't worry, if you want to make a sound, there are many ways, how can we meet directly, even if someone stares at all the actions of the two of us, they will not find that we have contact." ”

The person sitting opposite him said in a deep voice: "That's good, Yang Xu is knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, but I didn't expect him to be so vigilant, as soon as he found out that something was unfavorable, he immediately stayed out of the matter and ran to the East China Sea." However, we didn't want to bring him down with such a thing, this person is very trusted by the thief, and if we want to deal with him, we have to make him lose the favor of the thief, and if we want him to lose the favor of the thief, we have to come step by step and patiently. Even if he Yang Xu was a pagoda in Zhenjiang, when the bricks under it were emptied piece by piece, they collapsed. ”

On the right, the man who had not spoken suddenly sighed softly. angry, and said: "I think we are a little reckless, we shouldn't treat Yang Xu as our enemy." Yang Xu is willing to intercede for the imprisoned Jianwen ministers, and he is still quite sympathetic to us, among the Yan thief's cronies, Yang Xu does this, which is commendable, why ...... again."

This person's voice was a little old, obviously the oldest of the four, as soon as he spoke, the person with his back to the door and the person on his left hand side stopped talking, only the person sitting in the innermost, that is, the person on the main seat, sneered: "If it weren't for Yang Xu, how could the Yan thief be today?" The hatred of the first emperor and the hatred of the dead country must be retributed on him. If this person is not removed, I hate it! Don't be kind-hearted, you and I ended up in such a field to trace back to the source, Yang Xu is the culprit!

I chose him, but it was not because of personal grudges, this person ranked sixth in the list of heroes of Jingnan, but his merits are all on the sidelines, there is no foundation in the court, and he is the easiest one to overthrow, and he is ranked as the prince of the country, once he is defeated, the impact is much greater than others, this so-called guilt, who do you choose if you don't choose him? ”

The old voice sighed faintly, and said no more.

The man turned to the other two and said: "It's still a long time to bring down a person, it can take a year, or maybe ten years, this time, it's just a little temptation, although Yang Xu is vigilant, but he has only been in the sea for a few years?" Can fight us. Hmph, blessings and misfortunes lurk.

How many young people can get a good death? ”

The old voice said, "So......, what are you going to do?" ”

The man was silent for a moment, then sneered and .......

"...... minister, the minister must do it properly in accordance with the order."

Xia Xun agreed very simply, a person who does not forget filial piety is worthy of respect, although forced by the world's scholars to the orthodoxy of the emperor, with Zhu Di's strength also had to make concessions, trying his best to bite to death He is the biological concubine of Empress Xiaoci Gao, and he cannot publicly give his birth mother glory and sacrifice, but the filial piety of the descendants does not have to be shown to others, and they can remember their ancestors, which is enough.

Zhu Di has been looking at him seriously, Zhu Di knows that he is a person he can trust, but after all, Yang Xu is also a scholar, and he has also been famous for his talents, it is difficult to say that at this point, there will be no unusual ideas, or disdain, disdain, or I heard that he is not the biological son of Empress Xiaoci Gao, and he will also shake the legitimacy of his throne.

The ancients valued filial piety, he was really afraid that his weakness and the submission he had to do in the face of the general trend of the world would even despise him, but he did not see any negative emotions from Xia Xun, on the contrary, he saw not only sincerity from Xia Xun's eyes, but also admiration. Xia Xun not only understood his hardships, but also admired his filial piety.

The pressure in Zhu Di's heart was relaxed, and he sincerely felt relieved.

"Wenxuan, you decide the location, you want to build the most glorious temple, according to the standards of the palace!"

"Yes!" Xia Xun received the order again, but his heart was not without shock, it seems that Emperor Yongle wanted to compensate for the scale of the temple because he could not publicly sacrifice his biological mother, the emperor attached so much importance to this matter, this matter really can't be taken lightly.

Zhu Di said: "You are the prince of the country, although you are presiding over this matter, immortals... It is not appropriate for you to ask for advice. After the site is selected, you can ask the people of the Ministry of Industry to ask for a decree and calculate the amount, and I will ask the Ministry of Household to allocate money, which will be completed by the three yamen of the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Households, and the Sanglu Division, while you will preside over the overall situation and mediate and dispatch in the middle. 、，

The Sangha Division is the yamen that manages the monks, and after the temple is built, there must be a monk presiding over it, so they also have to participate in it. Some folklore says that Zhu Yuanzhang was a monk because he rebelled, and he knew the incendiary nature of the monk's rebellion, so he vigorously suppressed Buddhism after he became the emperor, in fact, this is nonsense, if Zhu Yuanzhang excluded Buddhism like this, he would not have prayed for his beloved wife at the beginning, and each of the princes would be equipped with a monk who has attained the Tao.

In fact, for the monks, the management of the degree of the disk, from the Northern and Southern Dynasties has been quite strict, the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, have established the ancestral department, someone wants to become a monk, must pass the examination, by the official government set up the ancestral hall issued the degree disc for confirmation. Because monks do not need to pay taxes, do not need to serve labor, do not need to bear any obligations to the state, and labor is an extremely important national wealth in ancient times, it is necessary to control the number of monks, otherwise, there will be too many people who deliberately leave their homes to eat.

Not to mention that Buddhism has collected a lot of social wealth, and Fotian does not need to pay taxes, that is, he became a monk and took a spy, and then grew long hair and went home to marry a wife.

Xia Xun answered yes again, and at this time, there was a burst of silver-like laughter behind the rockery, and two pretty girls in silver silk jackets ran out one after the other, almost hitting Zhu Di's body.