CHAPTER XXXVIII
In the first year of Jianwen, in the first year of Jianwen, in the middle of March, King Yan and his entourage arrived in Nanjing.
The prince's guard of honor entered from the Xuanwu Gate, the flag bearer was in front, the prince was in the middle, the eunuch attendant was next to the car, and the five hundred guards were all freshly dressed and angry.
Flags, halberds, ge, and ceremonial flags passed one after another, attracting the voices of all the people on the side of the road to marvel.
Although he has lived in the imperial city for a long time, since the Hongwu Dynasty, the kings have been vassals, and they are not allowed to enter the capital unless they are edicted, and such a majestic scene is really rare.
Honglu Siqing personally greeted Zhu Di and led Zhu Di to stay in the Yanwang Mansion in the city.
After waiting for a long time, he didn't see King Yan, and a eunuch wearing a purple sunflower shirt and a black hat reported that King Yan was unwell and contracted a cold on the way to Beijing, so it was not suitable to see the wind.
The officials who were ordered to greet him were a little dumbfounded, King Yan was sick?
"Please also make it easier for you to make it easier."
The eunuch smiled kindly, Honglu Siqing wiped his sweat, very embarrassed, and the vassal king entered Beijing but did not see the officials who greeted him, and he did not follow the rules.
Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Hanyang County on the horse, was already impatient, his eyes widened, and his hand directly touched the knife on his waist.
Before the blade was out of his body, the voice of King Yan came from the elephant's chariot.
"Gao Xu, don't be rude." Then there was another cough, "Sanbao." β
"The slave is here."
"Open the door."
The eunuch who had been talking to Honglu Siqing immediately turned around, trotted back to the car, stepped into the car, and pushed open a side door.
Inside the door, King Yan was dressed in a red regular suit, sitting on the side, through the car curtain, with a tired face on his face.
The main owner has appeared, and any further delay is pure to find fault.
As soon as the Honglu Temple was asked, they immediately saluted, "I've seen the prince." β
When riding the horse past Honglu Siqing and Zuo Shaoqing, who were waiting on the side, the king of Gaoyang County deliberately pulled the reins, his thumb against the scabbard, the black scabbard made of shark skin was pushed away by half an inch, and the bright knife light flashed in front of the eyes of the two, and the king of Gaoyang County laughed loudly.
"Native chickens and dogs, but Erer!" Laughing enough, King Gaoyang snorted coldly, "If you dare to block your father's way, you should let the rats taste how good Xiao Wang's knife is when he cut the Tartar!" β
Honglu Siqing and Zuo Shaoqing's faces turned pale, and their hands trembled.
It's so arrogant!
At the feet of the Son of Heaven, threatening the officials of the four grades of the imperial court is really arrogant!
The behavior of the king of Gaoyang County was seen by everyone, and his own eunuchs reported to the king of Yan, but the king of Yan in the elephant never made a sound
Zhu Gaoxu squinted at the court officials with earthy faces, and did not hide the disdain and contempt in his eyes.
Emperor Jianwen soon learned of the rampant behavior of the King of Gaoyang, and he raised his eyebrows and clenched his fists. If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, King Yan is scheming, and if you are like this, you will have a follow-up move.
He endures!
It's a pity that Emperor Jianwen was wrong, the arrogance of King Gaoyang is just an appetizer, and King Yan's entry into the palace is the real feast.
According to the etiquette system of the Ming Dynasty, He Xinjun of the vassal dynasty needed to wear a crown, a green dress, and a crown with five colors, which was a big dress set by the Hongwu Dynasty to show respect for the Son of Heaven.
I didn't want King Yan to be a maverick and enter the palace in a regular suit.
When it should be a suit and leather shoes, but a jacket and jeans, how kind of personality is this?
In the Fengtian Palace, Emperor Jianwen, who was sitting on the dragon chair, didn't say anything for a long time, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty also fell to the ground.
WβThat's too much, isn't it? Even if you don't wear a crown, you can wear a leather jacket, and you don't say Hajj, but only Hajj, it is reasonable.
What's the deal with a regular suit?
This move was like a slap in the face of Emperor Jianwen, clearly saying, Lao Tzu is not convinced by you, what can you do?
King Yan made up his mind to play heartbeat with Emperor Jianwen and the Manchu Dynasty, and it was not counted as entering the palace in regular clothes, but also "entering the emperor's road, and not worshipping His Majesty".
This is not a mistake in formalism, but a big mistake in the ideological roots.
Emperor Hongwu set the dynasties to perform family salutes in the inner hall after seeing them, Emperor Jianwen is a junior, and he should respect his uncle when performing family salutes, but this is in the Fengtian Palace! Zhu Di is a vassal king, he walks the avenue in a big way, and does not meet the emperor, he simply despises the court and despises etiquette!
The Manchu Dynasty was not calm anymore, and he was holding his neck against King Yan's luck. Emperor Jianwen was also so angry that his face turned pale and his lips trembled.
The emperor and his ministers were so angry that Zhu Di, the king of Yan, who was born as a Buddha and ascended to heaven as a Buddha, calmly took out a handkerchief, covered his mouth, and coughed twice.
"Your Majesty, forgive me, the minister is not in good health." The words fell, and he glanced at the officials of the DPRK and China. Anyone who was seen by him was like being forced in front of him by a knife, his face turned pale, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Emperor Jianwen: "......"
Yan Wang is not in good health?
If he was beaten up and cried his father and called his mother, how would Beiyuan, who couldn't find a hole to get into, hear these words?
Emperor Jianwen had nothing to say, most of the officials in the court were silent, and Qitai Huang Zicheng and others simply became dumb.
There was a long silence in the Fengtian Temple.
The captain who held the honor guard outside the hall was very curious, in the past, every court meeting was not like a vegetable market, why is it so quiet today?
Someone pouts, what else can they do? King Yan is here!
Oh, the Yan King is here.
The lieutenants exchanged a knowing look in the air, and continued to serve as pillars and fill in the background.
The celebration of the vassal dynasty in March of the first year of Jianwen is destined to be recorded in history.
The arrogant vassal king, the helpless and cowardly emperor, and the court officials who pretended to be quails will surely leave a strong mark in the history books of later generations.
King Yan calmly entered the palace and calmly left the palace.
Emperor Jianwen once again saw the power of this uncle, he had the strength and dared to be arrogant, even if he knew that the court was on guard, he still went his own way.
As the saying goes? The horizontal ones are afraid of being stunned, and the stunned ones are afraid of dying.
His uncle was definitely not stunned, but he was to the extreme. If you don't want to see him, you have to take a detour.
His gaze swept over the Manchu ministers who were still pretending to be quails, and Emperor Jianwen suddenly felt excited.
"It's all gone."
Leaving this plausible remark, the young emperor got up and left the dragon chair.
This pilgrimage seems to be a signal, deeply planted in the minds of Emperor Jianwen and the ministers of the court.
However, among the quails of the Manchu Dynasty, there are not no fierce men.
Zeng Fengshao, the superintendent of the imperial history, impeached King Yan the next day, saying that King Yan was disrespectful.
Emperor Jianwen's reaction was beyond everyone's expectations, I thought that the emperor would take the case, not to mention how to deal with King Yan directly, he would also detain people. I didn't want Emperor Jianwen to say, "King Yan is my closest relative, and he should not be held accountable." β
Zeng Fengshao was dumbfounded, a mouthful of old blood spurted out, and he almost fell to the ground unconscious.
The Inspector Goshi fell, and Tobe stood up. Compared with the imperial history who is accustomed to shouting slogans, Zhuo Jing, the household servant, is a practical talent, thoughtful, and expects that the emperor will not directly detain King Yan, after all, the prince and youngest son of King Yan are still in Beiping, and most of the power in King Yan's hands has not been weakened. In a compromise, he made a good suggestion to Emperor Jianwen, let's not arrest people, change the fiefdom, and take advantage of King Yan in Nanjing, directly change him to Nanchang.
Zhuo Jing's recital is very clear, "King Yan is extremely wise, and he is a cool emperor." Beiping is a strong place. The Jin of the Song Dynasty and the Yuan of the Golden Empress were all flourished from this period. After King Yan became a vassal, he operated in Beiping for a long time, and his foundation was here. When the king of Yan arrived in Nanchang, he completely cut off the wings of the king of Yan and fundamentally put an end to the disaster. β
Zhuo Jing said this, Gao Wei, the left judge of the former military governor's office, had already mentioned it, and now it should be the best way to mention it at the moment.
Emperor Jianwen sent court officials to take over Beiping-military-government, and sent another interview to make the search for black materials of King Yan more reliable.
It's a pity that Emperor Jianwen seems to have his head suddenly hit by a meteorite falling from the sky, and he can't get his eyes out.
After receiving Zhuo Jing's recital, he put it aside directly, and offered the same words, "King Yan is my own uncle and dearest." I can't do that. β
Seeing that the emperor still didn't let go, Zhuo Jing was angry, and now he thought that King Yan was his own uncle, and who were the King of Zhou and the Acting King who were demoted before?
The angry Hubu waiter directly said: "Sui Wen, Yang Guangfei father and son!" β
Emperor Jianwen was silent for a long time, and when Zhuo Jing had the last glimmer of hope, he sighed, "Qing is resting." β
The translation is: Forget it, you can stop.
Head smashed, absolutely!
Following the supervision of the imperial history Zeng Fengshao, Zhuo Jing, the head of the household, also vomited blood.
In the palace of King Yan in the capital, King Yan, who should have been sick in bed, sat in the main hall with a golden sword, and two eunuchs in blue shirts stood under the hall.
"Slave maid to meet King Yan!"
Emperor Jianwen can blatantly install a spy next to Zhu Di, but Zhu Di can't do this. But he had another way, to buy and use the eunuchs around the emperor.
The eunuchs who worked beside Emperor Hongwu, like the foreign ministers, all lived with their heads on their heads.
Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne, and the eunuchs did not have to worry about losing their lives at any time, and life was still not easy.
At this time, the appearance of King Yan was like a rain.
A few words of care, a few gifts, the eunuchs in the palace were grateful, and the name of King Yan's kindness was widely spread.
Emperor Jianwen will also use such a method, and Ge Cheng, the long history of King Yan's mansion, was influenced by Emperor Jianwen's personality charm and became a chess piece lurking beside King Yan.
It's a pity that the nephew is worse than the uncle after all, and Emperor Jianwen only targeted one move and took the high-precision route, but King Yan cast a wide net and swept a large area.
The two eunuchs who came secretly were both willing to act as the eyes and ears of King Yan, and one of them was surnamed Wang Jinghong, a navigator who would later be on the same level as Zheng He. The fleet of the Ming Dynasty went to the West seven times, and Wang Jinghong accompanied him five times, and he was also the envoy of Zheng He, and sent envoys to various countries.
At this time, he was just a supervisor of the celebrant eunuch, and his level seemed to be very high, and his life was not as good as the three guarantees who served by King Yan's side.
The speed of news transmission of the eunuchs in the palace was faster than that of the six departments of the imperial court.
Emperor Jianwen was worried about King Yan's rebellion day and night, but the eunuchs who served beside him hoped that this day would come soon.
If there is a chance to express his heart to King Yan, most of the eunuchs should only have one sentence, "Lord Wang, you should hurry up and reverse, everyone is looking forward to this day!" β
Monk Daoyan must have a common language with the eunuchs in person.
Delivering the news to King Yan's Mansion was not Wang Jinghong's messenger, but the opportunity to show up in front of King Yan really couldn't be easily missed.
"King Xiang?"
Hearing the news brought by Wang Jinghong and the others, Zhu Di pondered for a moment and couldn't help but shake his head. Most of the twenty-six sons of Emperor Hongwu are martial, and only a few are as good as the prince Zhu Biao, and Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, is one of them.
King Yan is in Beiping, King Xiang's fief is in Jingzhou, one south and one north, there are not many opportunities to meet, the only thing Zhu Di remembers is that Zhu Bai is studious and likes to read. When he crusaded against the Guzhou barbarians with the king of Chu, he also had to carry a few cartloads of books.
said that he rebelled, not to mention that King Yan didn't believe it, I was afraid that Emperor Jianwen would also blush.
But privately printed treasure money...... Calloused fingers tapped on the table one by one, what vassal king hadn't done that? The imperial court printed the most. What impressed King Yan the most was that when he returned from an expedition to the desert, his father was very happy and immediately gave him a huge treasure banknote. When you hold it in your hand, you can still smell the ink on it. King Yan dared to bet with the head of the Northern Yuan Emperor that this was definitely temporarily printed under Daddy's orders!
Now, is it reasonable for Emperor Jianwen to use privately printed treasure money to cure Zhu Bai's sin?
King Yan sneered, compared to King Zhou and King Dai, King Xiang's character is more strong, and the emperor is afraid that this time he will kick the iron plate.
"You guys go back for the time being, you can report at any time if you have news."
After a few words of encouragement, Zhu Di sent the two back to the palace. In addition to verbal praise, I also gave a lot of gifts.
Wang Jinghong was suddenly excited, and he couldn't help but be a little fluttery when he walked.
Compared with Wang Sanbao, who was as famous as Zheng He in later generations, the current Wang Jian Cheng is really a little tender.
The news that King Yan was in Beijing would send fast horses back to Beiping every day.
The princess and the prince waited for these fast horses from the south day by day, and they also had to guard against the people sent by the emperor, and they did not dare to relax.
Especially the prince of King Yan, who is not conspicuous on weekdays, but at this time he has exerted outstanding political talent.
A few words sent away the people sent by the political envoy Zhang Yu to spy on the news, and did not forget to send people to keep an eye on the commander of the envoy and the envoy of the inspector, as soon as there was any trouble, Zhu Gaochi would know immediately.
Storm Zhao had arrived in Beiping, contacted Zhang Yu, Xie Gui and others as soon as possible, and also met with Tang Zong, the secretary of the Beiping Inspectorate. Within three days, Tang Zong sued Chen Ying for accepting bribes, and it was one of the officials of King Yan who paid the bribe.
Before Song Shu was sent to the imperial court, Zhu Gaochi took the lead in sending news to King Yan in Nanjing.
The horse left the palace quickly, and Zhu Gaochi put his hands in front of him, his face full of contemplation.
The wind in Shuobei is still very cold, and I am afraid that it will snow again.
In fact, Zhu Gaochi really wanted to emulate his father and put his hands behind his back, and he would be wise and martial. However, the physical condition did not allow it, so I had to give up.
Beiping and Nanjing are not peaceful, and the same is true of Saibei.
Chen Heng, the governor of the capital, arrived at Kaipingwei, and the Wei commander made Xu Zhong return from Tunwei quickly, how many people went and how many people still came back. Governor Song Zhong asked, there was only one sentence, in the border area, all the guards were waiting for the Northern Yuan, and it was not so easy to transfer troops.
Song Zhong glared angrily, but with Chen Heng fighting with him, Commander Xu didn't have to worry about the difference in rank too much, and if he didn't say the right word, he was also pulled out of the gang to fight the military stick.
Don't look at Song Zhong as the governor, Chen Heng is just the governor, in terms of military qualifications, Song Zhong is a big difference to Chen Heng.
Officialdom pays attention to seniority, and this is especially true in the military. As long as Chen Heng didn't point his nose and greet all Song Zhong's relatives, Song Zhong really couldn't do anything to him.
As soon as Chen Heng arrived, everyone in the health center felt that life was much better.
When Meng guarded the city, he was in a good mood, and occasionally learned to howl in other border troops.
In the north wind and heavy snow, the border army has a kind of arrogance, even if it is heard by the Shangguan, it is just a laugh, and no one will pursue it.
The guards from the south looked strange, but the border soldiers from the Yan King's escort applauded.
"Meng Baihu, it's a man!"
Since Meng was beaten with a military stick with Gao Fu, Zhou Rong and others, and Yu Yao was speechless in public, the soldiers and men have greatly changed their views on this bamboo pole-like hundred households. No one laughed at his small body anymore, and Zhou Rong and others even said that in the future, Meng Baihu would be sent, and the brothers would have nothing to say.
Meng's eyes were a little hot, and in order to express the pride in his chest, he slapped the brick wall violently, and shouted out at the top of his voice, "You are mighty and majestic!" β
In the north wind, a cavalry galloped out of the city, and another cavalry came from the direction of Quanningwei, two cavalry met head-on, led by Shen Xuan and Yang Duo at the same time a pull on the reins of the horse, the horse raised its front hooves, in the silver and white sky, the military attache in Tsing Yi hugged his fists on the horse, and before he could speak, a hoarse wolf howl suddenly came from the direction of Kaipingwei.
Yang Duo: "......"
Shen Xuan: "......"
In silence, everyone in the horse team looked at the city at the same time.
The border soldiers at the head of the city were being led by Meng Baihu to be in high spirits, and they roared a few times, and suddenly found the cavalry outside the city, rubbing their eyes, "Baihu, it's Shen Qianhu!" β
Meng's voice was hoarse, he looked out of the city, and asked carefully, "Ding Xiaoqi, at this distance, thousands of households can't see us, right?" β
The former Langzhong was silent for a long time, "Generally speaking, it should be like this. β
Meng Baihu breathed a sigh of relief.
Master Qianlang Zhong added, "Shen Qianhu, it's hard to say." β
Meng Baihu; ββ¦β¦β
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