When a man sits at home, evil comes from heaven.

Meng Shang didn't know that he was being targeted by Chen Ying, and he would soon be in big trouble, and he was still busy with Tuntian military affairs in Daning City, and Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui, who arrived in Nanjing, had swept to the tail of the typhoon one step ahead of him.

Chen Ying in the Hongwu years to the talent tribute into the Taixue, eloquent, talented, was promoted to the imperial history, and later served as the Shandong according to the envoy, during the period with the Yan Wangfu relationship, won Zhu Di's appreciation. Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne, and Tang Zong reported that Chen Ying received money from King Yan and participated in Zhu Di's rebellion. Adhering to the principle of preferring to catch mistakes rather than letting go, Zhu Yunwen waved his pen, and Chen Ying was sent to Guangxi for labor reform.

Emperor Yongle ascended the throne, and in order to lay out the layout in the court, Chen Ying was specially recalled from Guangxi and promoted to the left deputy imperial envoy of the Imperial Palace.

In order to make Nanjing's Wenchen generals completely realize that the emperor sitting on the dragon chair is different, and the times are different, Zhu Di needs someone like Chen Ying to break the deadlock.

Chen Ying did not disappoint Zhu Di.

To be a line of love, a line of love, a line of love, is the most tangible embodiment in him.

As an example of the speech officials, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is the yamen, and the left deputy imperial envoy is the second-in-command of the yamen.

The military generals named by Chen Ying were full of calculations and spread across most of the court. Except for a few Zhu Di irons such as Zhu Neng, from the seventh-rank civil official to the first-grade martial marquis, from the old minister of Jianwen to the meritorious hero of Jingnan, there are almost no Chen Ying who dare not participate.

Hou Shengyong of Licheng, who committed suicide not long ago, was forced to death by Chen Ying. Cao Guogong Li Jinglong was also bombarded by Chen Ying, but Li Jinglong's ability to resist blows was too strong, and with Li Wenzhong, who was an ancient person, as a backer, it was not so easy for Chen Ying to participate in him.

Chen Ying is the knife in Zhu Di's hand, and Zhu Di never shows mercy when he cuts people with a knife. However, Chen Ying's knife seems to be too sharp, and sometimes she likes to make her own decisions and does not listen to commands, which inevitably makes the person holding the knife feel uncomfortable. Once someone can replace Chen Ying, it is not surprising that Chen Duxian's fate will not be much better than that of the official who was pulled down by him.

In Sheng Yong's matter, Zhu Di frowned once. Not because of Sheng Yong's death, but Chen Ying's own assertions.

This time, Chen Ying's impeachment note made Zhu Di frown again.

Based on the relationship between Meng and Zuoban Wenchen, it is not surprising that he was involved in a few books by Yanguan.

Before, the General Political Envoy sent relevant notes, but Zhu Di mostly suppressed and did not approve it, and it would be over after a few days.

Not only Meng, but most of the Yanguan's recitals, Emperor Yongle handled them like this.

Impeachment and ridicule is the job of the officials, and Zhu Di does not want to discourage the work enthusiasm of the officials. But Chen Ying is clearly not among them. Zhu Di dismissed Chen Ying's recital, and the next day, the same recital would still be put on the royal case.

Zhu Di has not beaten Chen Ying, as a knife in the hands of the Son of Heaven, being too self-righteous is undoubtedly self-defeating. Chen Ying restrained for a while, and when Zhu Di thought that he finally understood his position, he suddenly wrote such a letter.

Turning over the music, from the beginning to the end, Zhu Di's face became more and more ugly.

According to what was written on the song, Chen Ying simply wanted to put Meng to death!

It is a great disrespect to intercept the savage Jurchen to worship horses and medicinal herbs;

During the period of Daning's garrison, he made ordnance without authorization, solicited the hearts of the people, and had the intention of not being subordinate;

privately befriending the prince, correspondence and conspiracy, and having bad intentions;

He had a very close relationship with Shen Xuan, the governor of the military capital and the governor of the military capital after staying in Beijing, and was suspected of giving money privately;

If there is no military order, the border troops will be mobilized out of the fortress, and they should be killed for their crimes;

Violating the Tai - Zu Cheng Law, Xu Min traded with small scales, privately set the number of salt to attract grain, Xu craftsmen took profit, and used the Daning Miscellaneous Bureau for private use, filling private pockets, and peeling the skin and filling the grass when the crime was committed!

Chen Ying also pointed out that Meng bullied and oppressed his relatives, did not remember family affection, expelled his cousin's family, and bullied him in the name of loyalty, righteousness, benevolence and filial piety, which was a considerable problem of character. It is rumored that he is a good Longyang, but he has not yet started a family, which shows that his private morality is not cultivated, and it is difficult to be a minister.

"The minister looks at this person, narrow-minded, good at intrigues, and has the appearance of a villain. and had a personal relationship with the prince, and was suspected of being disobedient to His Majesty. Looking at his deeds again, it is actually Yang Li in the Tang Dynasty and Gao Qin in the Song Dynasty, and there is no doubt that he is a traitor. The minister asked His Majesty to observe his words and deeds, judge his serious crimes, and be upright! ”

Sprinkled with hundreds of words, the pen is a knife, and the words are heartfelt.

Chen Ying's purpose in handing over this letter is undoubtedly to make Meng never see the sun of Yongle for three years.

In the recital, it is repeatedly mentioned that Meng "privately marries the prince and has the heart of disobedience", which is also an insinuation that Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui are suspected of not being subordinate.

Zhu Di's teeth creaked, anger surged, and he suddenly tore Chen Ying's recital in half and threw it under the imperial case. With a wave of his arm, the teacups, pen washes, inkstones, etc. on the case were swept to the ground.

The inkstone is upside down, and the thick ink is sprinkled on the bluestone bricks, like blackened blood.

Zheng He, who was standing beside him, immediately bowed down, "Your Majesty is angry!" ”

Outside the warm pavilion, the eunuch palace knelt on the ground.

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui, who were waiting outside the warm pavilion and waiting for their father to summon them, felt cold on the back of their necks, and their scalps were numb for a while.

Daddy was furious, they couldn't have come at the right time.

The brothers look at each other, make eye contact, to go in or not to go? If you go in, will you be whipped?

XX's! If you know which bastard king X egg is the bastard who teased the daddy's tiger beard, he will definitely be waiting for a big slap!

There was another loud bang, listening to this sound, the royal case was kicked over, absolutely!

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui beat the drum in their hearts, and at the same time they were ready to slip away, it was better to run to the queen mother for refuge than to be whipped by their father.

As soon as he took a step, the door of the warm pavilion suddenly opened from the inside, and the father with a tense face appeared, and there seemed to be black clouds around his head, crackling and lightning.

Zhu Gaoxu reacted quickly, hurriedly withdrew his foot, and pulled Zhu Gaosui to kneel on the ground with a thud.

Because they were so nervous, they used a little more force to pull people, and the brothers' knees smashed the stone bricks, and they felt pain when they heard the sound.

Zhu Gaosui bared his teeth, didn't dare to look at his father, only dared to stare at his brother, Zhu Gaoxu grinned, and rubbed his knees with a salute, don't complain, he also hurts.

Zhu Di stood with his hands in his hands, taking in the small movements of his two sons.

Snorted from his nose, didn't he say that he had grown, but that he had grown like this?

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui hung their heads, and their father lifted the table through a door, and he could breathe fire in front of him at any time, and he would drop the chain no matter how he grew.

"Come in with me."

Zhu Di turned around, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui didn't dare to disobey, and immediately got up and followed.

Running away? A whip will never run. No matter how rough the skin and thick meat are, no one wants to be cleaned up by their father as soon as they get home.

Taking advantage of the short time when Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui were talking, the eunuch palace people had already cleaned up the warm pavilion. The royal case was lifted up, the broken teacup was put away, and there was not a single ink blot found on the stone bricks.

Chen Ying's music was pressed in the corner, even if the emperor tore it with his own hands, the eunuchs didn't dare to really throw it out as garbage.

Zhu Di directly threw the song that angered him to his two sons, and said, "Take a look, and then talk to me after reading it." ”

After taking the recital, the brothers' heads came together, and they were just halfway through the reading, when their two pairs of eyebrows and four eyes stood up.

"Chen Ying's old horseman!"

"This old puppet really deserves to be killed!"

The words are different, but the meaning is the same.

Chen Yingluo's accusation of weaving Meng seems to be justified, but it is nonsense. In the meantime, there are many things that cannot be put on the table.

What is the purpose of mobilizing the border army out of the fortress, Emperor Yongle knows better than them. Can such a thing be revealed? Said that the emperor instructed the border guards to calculate the grassland neighbors and sow discord in various ways? It's the rhythm of being stabbed by someone.

Withholding tribute is even more nonsense! I didn't look at what was left, except for common herbs, just ordinary furs, all of which were needed by the border army, sent to Nanjing, and sent back when they turned around, otherwise they would be left in the warehouse and moldy. These were all acquiesced by Emperor Yongle, and under this pretext, he participated in Meng, and ninety percent of the generals in the north were going to be defeated.

Privately make ordnance, secretly marry the prince, conspire against the wrongdoing, and have a heart of disobedience?

If Chen Ying was present, she would be beaten to death by Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui together.

Is this the impeachment of Hinningber? It's clearly an excuse for Meng to find trouble for them!

Zhu Gaoxu gritted his teeth and didn't have the heart to continue looking.

When his father was in the palace, he saw that Chen Ying, the old horseman, was not pleasing to the eye, and sure enough, he was looking for trouble for himself when he had the opportunity!

Zhu Gaosui was also grinding his teeth, and when he saw the accusation that Meng Tong and Shen Xuan had privately awarded gold and silver, and used Daning Miscellaneous to make a private pocket, he finally broke out. Tearing it to pieces and throwing it on the ground, he was still angry, and stomped his feet twice.

Zhu Di glared, Zhu Gaosui stiffened his neck and looked aggrieved, "Father, where is this old man impeaching Xing Ningbo, he is clearly slandering his sons!" ”

Zhu Gaosui stalked his neck, Zhu Gaoxu was not idle, no matter what, Chen Ying's crime must be condemned to death, otherwise, they will be the ones who will be questioned.

The minister's recital, the father can tear it, because the father is the son of heaven. No one else, even the son of the Son of Heaven, could do so.

The third brother not only tore it, but also stomped on his feet, and it was rumored that the six departments and the Metropolitan Procuratorate had to blow up and jump high.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't want to be whipped, and he didn't want his third brother to be whipped.

Meng must be saved, once Meng is asked, who will be bitten next will be, no need to guess to know the way. What's more, during the days of Xuanfu, Xingningbo helped him a lot, even if his heart was a stone, he would cover up a little heat.

Meng can't be questioned, Shen Xuan can't have an accident, and in order to protect himself and his third brother, Chen Ying must die!

"Third brother!" Zhu Gaoxu stopped Zhu Gaosui, who was stalking with Zhu Di, knelt in front of Zhu Di again, and said in a deep voice: "Please ask my father and the emperor to issue an edict to order his sons and third brothers to become vassals, and they must not return to Beijing without an edict." After waiting for the queen mother, the son and the third brother set off immediately! ”

"Brother Huang?"

Zhu Gaosui was surprised, and Zhu Di was also stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Zhu Gaochu to say this.

"Why did the emperor say this?"

Zhu Gaoxu raised his head and smiled wryly, "Father, this matter should start because of the sons and the third brother, Xingning Bo is a loyal minister of the country, and every word and deed is for the country, the king and the people." When his son was in Xuanfu, he guarded the fields with his relatives, and in addition to work, he often thought about the suffering of the border people and the difficulties of the border army. What the Daning Miscellaneous Bureau did should be punished, but it is really beneficial to the people. The farm tools used by Erchen to plough the fields are made by Daning, and the transformed agricultural plough has won the praise of the people and the Tuntian border army, and there is the method of deep ploughing and replanting, only one place in Xuanfu, and the barren land reclaimed is twice as much as the Hongwu year. ”

With Zhu Gaoxu's statement, Zhu Di's expression gradually changed. The anger faded away, replaced by prudence and contemplation.

"The sons are dull, but they also know that the land and grain are the foundation of the people, and the people are the cornerstone of the country. After a pause, Zhu Gaoxu kowtowed again, "Chen Duxian is impeached for this crime, try to ask all parties to guard, who else is willing to follow Xingningbo for the country and the people?" The officials, the army and the people are afraid of harsh words and dare not be the first, confined to the square inch of land, trapped in the old years, the poorer the land, the more hungry the people, the reduction of the tuntian, the army has nothing to support, how to defend the country? ”

"What Xingningbo does, you can't do unless you are a countryman. There are treacherous villains in the court, who do not want to forge ahead, and do not distinguish between likes and dislikes, but there are unaccustomed places, that is, impeachment, such Confucianism is a great trouble for the country! ”

"Intersecting with Xingningbo, just to seek a strategy for Tuntian, it is the son's ill-thinking thoughts. Everything is because of the sons, and Xingningbo is innocently affected. Please ask your father and emperor Xu Erchen to become a vassal, and do not ask Xingningbo's responsibility. ”

When the words fell, Zhu Gaoxu paused again, and Zhu Gaosui continued: "The son is the same as the emperor's brother, please ask your father to be enlightened!" ”

Then, the brothers fought for the location of the feudal kingdom.

Zhu Gaoxu thought that since the matter started from the north, it was not appropriate for him and Zhu Gaosui to go to the north again, and it was better to seal their brothers to the south, such as Yunnan, Lingnan, and Guizhou, which were all very good. If it doesn't work, it will be Guangxi, Fujian.

Zhu Gaosui said that it is reported that Fujian is often infested with pirates, and if his father seals him there, he will definitely lead the guards to patrol day and night to eliminate the troubles. There is also a shipyard in Fujian, even if he can't sail, a few laps in the shipyard can be regarded as fulfilling his long-cherished wish to dream of the sea.

"Father, son, please take up the domain."

"Father, the son has been sealed for a long time, and there has been no fief, the father should cherish the son and give the son a fief, not the north, just the south!"

Listening to Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui's words, Zhu Di's hands behind his back clenched, and then let go, feeling that the two sons were messing around, but he felt relieved. It is said that wolf cubs have to leave the group to really grow up, and the two sons have only been away for a few months, but they have grown up to this point, which is true.

However, Gao Chi and his two brothers are also drifting apart.

Regardless of whether Chen Ying's impeachment of Meng was intentional or instigated, and whether he involved Shen Xuan and Zhu Gaochu brothers intentionally or unintentionally, this letter, coupled with the words of Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui, has left a brand in Zhu Di's mind.

Chen Ying is destined not to end well.

Zhu Gaochi, who is innocently suspicious of his father, will not have a good time.

It's only strange that Chen Ying sprayed Zhu Di's righteous son and two parents and sons, but only missed Zhu Gaochi. It is difficult for Zhu Gaochi not to carry the black pot.

Zhu Gaochi didn't know that Chen Ying had been impeached by Meng, and he didn't know that everything had happened in the Xinuan Pavilion of Lu Dao, if he knew Lu Dao, even if he would break his usual external image, he would rush into Chen Ying's mansion with a knife and hack him to death.

Is it so harmful?!

This is Shengsheng pushing himself into the oil pot!

In the warm pavilion, after a long silence, Zhu Di breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Gao Xu, Gao Sui, get up first." ”

"Father?"

"You will discuss the matter of the feudal domain after the queen Qianqiu."

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui looked at each other, "What about Xingningbo?" ”

"I will issue an order to summon Xingningbo to Beijing, and Xuan'er will also call back with him." Zhu Di said, "Once or twice, I don't care, but in the long run, it will inevitably make the heroes stationed in the border fortress feel cold, and I don't want to do this." This matter cannot be suppressed, and it must be known to the court. As for Chen Ying. I'm going to use him again. ”

"Father, such a villain, Father still wants to use him?"

"Gao Xu, Gao Sui, you should keep in mind that people have good and evil, gentlemen can be used, villains can also be used, but how to use them in the master of people. Uncle Sun Tong is bullying in Qin, Cheng is in Han, Pei Ju is in Sui, and Zhongzhong is in Tang, and Gai Mo is like this. ”

This kind of teaching is not only a father teaching his son, but also a king teaching his successor.

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui said in unison: "Obey the teachings of my father." ”

In the Wenhua Palace, the book in Zhu Gaochi's hand has not turned a page for a long time.

Wang An heard the movement outside the door, took a careful look, saw that Zhu Gaochi didn't pay attention, walked out of the compartment quickly, and saw that outside the door was the eunuch waiting by the princess's side, and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?" His Highness is reading, so don't disturb him. ”

"The princess asked our family to report to the prince, His Royal Highness the King of Han and His Royal Highness the King of Zhao have come out of the Xinuan Pavilion and are going to Kunning Palace to say hello."

Wang An's eyes rolled, "You wait first, our family will report to the world." ”

"Yes."

After waiting for a while, Wang An walked out again and led the eunuch sent by the princess to Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Gaochi sat upright, dressed in a red coiled dragon suit. It was a bright color, but it was worn on his body, but it was in a trance with a hint of gloomy twilight.

"Did the princess send you?"

"Back to Your Highness, exactly."

"The whereabouts of King Han and King Zhao were sent by the princess to keep an eye on?"

That doesn't sound right.

The eunuch fell to the ground, and the cold sweat immediately came down.

"Your Highness, slave maid...... The slave and maid are just ordered to ......"

Syllable!

The teacup shattered on the ground, the splash of porcelain cut through the eunuch's face, and blood flowed down his cheeks, dripping onto the blue sunflower shirt, soaking and dyeing.

"Your Highness spare your life, Your Highness spare your life!"

"Spare your life?" Zhu Gaochi lowered his eyes, "Do you know what the crime of watching the whereabouts of the prince is?" ”

How many pairs of eyes are watching in this palace, sparing him, who will spare himself?

"Wang An."

"The slave is here."

"Fight it down, send it to the Huanyi Bureau, the princess, you go and say it yourself."

"The slave obeys."

Wang An called two tall eunuchs, gagged the people on the ground, and dragged him out of the city. Seeing that he still wanted to struggle, he couldn't help sneering, put his hands on his sleeves, looked at him with compassion, and said in a low voice: "Our family advises you to live in peace, if it weren't for the approaching Thousand Autumn Festival of Her Royal Highness the Queen, you would not go to the Huanyi Bureau, but the Hades Palace." Wang An lowered his voice and leaned over, "Don't look at the one who can save you, remember clearly, in this palace, the more you think you are smart, the more you won't live long." ”

Straightening up, Wang An dusted off his sleeves, "Take it down, the mouth is not good, don't keep it." No matter how good you look, don't look for bad luck before sending it out. ”

"Just look, the little one must get things done."

"It's done, in front of the world, our family will carry it."

Several eunuchs immediately thanked each other, Wang An waved his hand, and the others were dragged away, turning around and walking towards the concubine's bedroom.

Thinking about what the princess did, it can't be said that she didn't think about the princess, but as he said before, the most important thing in this palace is smart people. No matter how smart he is, he can't play with his heart in front of the Son of Heaven and the Queen.

The prince figured it out, but the princess couldn't figure it out.

In March of the second year of Yongle, Gengchen, the queen's Qianqiu Festival, the civil and military officials ordered the woman to go to Kunning Palace.

Queen Xu wears a crown of nine dragons and four phoenixes, wearing a dark green painted Zhai Yi robe, plain yarn in the single, red knees, brocade green brocade belt, jade leather belt, green socks and green legs, gold ornaments on the wings, gold silk and silver threads, coiled knees and up, as if wanting to soar for nine days.

The 12 trees on the crown of the hair are all decorated with pearls and emeralds, and under the background of gold, Baohua is unparalleled and shining.

The princess Zhang, the Han princess Wei, and the Zhao princess Xu led the four or more women to congratulate in the Danqi, and the five grades were below the palace, standing outside the hall, with the ritual music, and the big ceremony to worship.

"Her Royal Highness Empress He!"

Empress Xu raised her hand, and the ceremonial officer shouted.

The princess and the Wei family, the Xu family stood up respectfully, although the princess was the leader, but the three of them were no different, in terms of titles, the princess of Han and the princess of Zhao were both princesses, and the grades of the two were higher than the princesses.

But Zhu Gaochi is the eldest son, and in the order, the princess is still the first.

After the court, the Kunning Palace gave a banquet, and more than four women were eligible to stay, and below the fifth grade, each person was given a treasure banknote, and went out of the palace to solve the dinner by himself.

Empress Xu set up a banquet in Kunning Palace, and Zhu Di also set up dozens of tables in Fengtian Palace. One is to celebrate his wife, and the other is to show his attitude to the courtiers, I am very happy that my two sons have returned from the north, so don't make me unhappy at this time.

With a sweep of his eyes, he fell on Chen Ying, yes, it's you, you don't have to look at others!

In the meaningful gaze of her colleagues, Chen Ying remained silent, but her hand holding the chopsticks trembled faintly.

Put down the chopsticks, cover the sleeves, and swept his eyes over Zhu Gaoxu, who toasted the Son of Heaven, and a gloomy look appeared in his eyes.

Xingningbo, Dingyuan, Zhao, Han.

Chen Ying picked up the wine glass, what about Jane in the emperor's heart?

The more you are valued by the Son of Heaven, the higher you stand, and when you fall, you will be crushed!

In April of the second year of Yongle, the edict of the Son of Heaven was sent to Daning and Beijing.

When Meng received the edict, a trace of uneasiness flashed in his heart.

Why did the Son of Heaven summon him to Nanjing at this time?

Out of caution, Meng didn't ask much, and commanded Zhu Wang to explain his work and set off immediately.

On the way, he met Shen Xuan, who was recalled to Nanjing by his colleague, and the doubts in Meng's heart deepened.

What the hell is going on?