A banquet was held in the palace, and officials above the fifth grade in Beijing were waiting in front of Fengtian Gate early.

The experienced one had eaten half full at home before he came, and he hid a few pieces of pastry and snacks in his sleeve, and when he lined up with his colleagues to blow the wind, he quickly filled his mouth.

Those who are inexperienced do not know that the procedure of the palace banquet is basically the emperor's speech, music and dance, toasting, music and dancing, toasting again, continuing to music and dancing, continuing to toast, and having to empty a few chopsticks The dish is also cold, and it is difficult to eat at all.

The younger and more promising he is, the more he dares not be careless at the palace banquet. Most of these people will be nominated by the Son of Heaven to be questioned during the banquet as a sign of favor.

If the Son of Heaven asks, how is your work lately, how is your family?

stood up and replied, with a mouth, full of vegetable residues, it was indecent.

Most of the freshmen in the official-field have not yet practiced their cheeks to a considerable thickness, and they can't pull down their roots to ask their seniors for experience. The master will tell the students to avoid losing their manners at the palace banquet, and will never tell their students to eat two bowls of rice before leaving. Otherwise, it will reach the ears of the emperor, what is the matter.

Think it's safe to talk in your own home?

Wrong, big mistake!

There are pervasive brocade guards, it is useless to close the doors and windows, and hide under the bed. As long as the Son of Heaven wants to know, everything will not be a secret.

The teacher doesn't talk about it, and the seniors don't remind it, and the newcomers who have just entered the officialdom can only use their personal experience to experience the uniqueness of the banquet set up by the Son of Heaven.

Wenchen often has a deeper experience than military generals.

The military general's big bite on steamed buns can be called "bold", and Wenchen does this, only the share of being spurned.

Rude as a military man, it's insulting!

Meng stood in the queue of military generals, and in front of him was Zhu Neng, the Duke of Chengguo, who was dressed in a red unicorn suit.

Thinking about it carefully, he hasn't seen Chengguo Gong for a while. He was in Yingtianfu to avoid trouble, and Zhu Neng handed in the handsome seal and kept taking leave.

The palace sent the imperial doctor to watch and return to the Son of Heaven, Chengguo Gong had just recovered from a serious illness and needed to recuperate at home.

Zhu Neng took the opportunity to go up, his illness was difficult to heal, and he wanted to beg for bones, resign and go home, raise flowers and hug his grandson.

Emperor Yongle did not agree.

Wei Guogong was training troops in the north, and Dingguo Gong and Xincheng Hou Fengcheng were both in the southwest, and they needed to wait a while before they could return to the court. Xining Marquis Song Sheng died of illness not long ago, and Song Hu, who attacked the lord, was a paper talker, and attacked his father's title, but he didn't have half of his father's ability. After a month of taking office, he was taken down by the emperor. He Fu, Marquis of Ningyuan, can only hold two positions, and Gansu and Ningxia can shoulder it.

Zhu Di had the intention to dispatch generals from Liaodong to help He Fu, but as a result, Mengshan and Liu Zhen were guarded by Liaodong together.

"In the wasteland, there are savage Jurchens, who do not know how to educate, and are mixed with Huang-Mao-barbarians, attacking my border and disturbing my border people. There are also Korean national yang and yin violations, and they have been paying tribute to Beijing for many years, but they have been constantly intruding on the border. The Korean Shu people crossed the border, sneaked into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, built houses and villages, and there were soldiers among them. On the grounds that our DPRK is taking in fugitive criminals, the DPRK has repeatedly made troubles. There are even Korean merchants who enter our country and use the excuse of mutual markets to buy the naturalized Jurchens with their wealth, grain, and rice, with sinister intentions. ”

As soon as this letter was written, Emperor Yongle did not mention the transfer of generals from Liaodong, and sent Meng Shan, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, to send additional troops to the border, send border people to build bunkers and enemy platforms, and transport artillery from Daning Beijing to prepare the border. The black muzzle of the cannon opened, and Smectac, who had been shouting for three days, suddenly fell silent.

Da Ming doesn't care, they can jump for a few more days.

Da Ming was annoyed, and if he jumped again, he was looking for death.

After the border army tried to fire two cannons, the Korean people who crossed the border ran cleanly.

Don't run, wait to be picked up like Annan?

What facts occupy, the old land of Goguryeo, are all XX!

Liaodong is stable, He Fu has to continue to work overtime every day, tired like an old cow. to the court, the paper is full of tears.

The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies was already understaffed, and at this time, Zhu Neng caused it again, and Zhu Di had to draw the knife himself if he wanted to trouble anyone again.

Qi Guogong Qiu Fu?

Summing up this man's years of war performance and letting him go out to lead the troops, Emperor Yongle was really not at ease. The facts in the future also proved that Zhu Di's worries were correct, Qiu Fu was loyal, but he really was not the material for leading the army to conquer.

Cheng Guogong's resignation letter was sent back.

Zhu Di summoned Zhu Neng into the palace, closed the door, and had a long talk.

Emperor Yongle said, Aiqing, you can't tell the old, Daming needs you, I need you! When you leave, I just cut off one of my arms, and my heart is cold!

Zhu Neng was so moved that he couldn't help himself, and his face was full of tears. Your Majesty, the ministers are no longer begging for bones! Chen must continue to work hard in the front line of work, and insist on contributing to the Ming Dynasty!

"Aiqing!"

"Your Majesty!"

The monarch raised his arms, hugged his head and cried.

The scene is very touching, but the scene is not very beautiful.

The two middle-aged strong men cried like this, and the historian couldn't bear to put pen to paper. There is no way to see the realism, you can only go to the Spring and Autumn penmanship, which can be summarized in one sentence, and the princes and ministers of Chengguo get along.

During his stay in Yingtianfu, Meng knew some of the inside story by contacting Jinyiwei.

Zhu Neng's resignation is indeed not as good as in his early years, and secondly, it is also to pave the way for the children in the family.

It is true that there are people in the DPRK who are good at doing things, and there is Zhu Neng in the DPRK, and no one dares to underestimate the lineage of the Guogong Mansion.

But there are two sides to the matter, Zhu Neng is a very popular minister, and it is not difficult for the children of the clan to join the army, but it is very difficult to be knighted or defend one side. Only when he retires and gives up his position can the children of the clan reach a higher level.

It's a pity that the resignation is on the list, and the Son of Heaven does not approve it. Judging from the situation, there is basically no possibility of him being laid off in a short period of time. Zhu Neng had no choice but to continue to be his Dinghai Divine Needle in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

Meng was not in a hurry to talk to Zhu Neng, and with the help of Cheng Guogong's tall back, he took out a small oiled paper bag from Sui's arms, which contained still warm snacks, looked around, no one paid attention, and immediately picked up a piece and stuffed it in his mouth, just the right amount of a mouthful.

The salty and crispy taste, full of fragrance, immediately squinted his eyes with satisfaction.

Two pieces of dim sum went down, and I was about to take another one, but I stretched out a hand horizontally, and even snatched the dim sum with a paper bag.

Uncle Meng set his eyes, who is so unparticular, and rob it clearly!

Turning his head, he saw who was doing it, and swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.

Xu Zengshou looked at him with a smile, and he was really polite. In the blink of an eye, half of the snacks in the paper bag were gone. The fragrance caused Zhu Neng to turn around, and the remaining half was gone.

"The dim sum chef in Xingningbo Mansion is really good." The two grabbed the snacks, and after eating, they had to be cheeky and comment, "Let me go to the house to learn from the scriptures another day, Xingning Bo doesn't want to hide his secrets." ”

Meng stiffly tugged at the corners of his mouth, "The lower officials should obey their orders." ”

If he doesn't agree, Wuyang Hou Bacheng will go directly to the door to rob people.

Don't think this is impossible, it has happened once before, and there is nowhere to sue if you want to.

Wuyang Hou made it clear that he wanted to be a gentleman, and no one could do anything about him.

According to Xu Zengshou's own words, the Xu family has a virtuous queen of the dynasty, and Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, who is known to the world, so he doesn't need to work hard anymore. Wouldn't it be nice to be a nobleman?

Emperor Yongle and Empress Xu didn't say anything, Xu Huizu trained him twice, and let him go.

Nowadays, inside and outside the capital, who doesn't know the name of the Marquis of Wuyang?

can do this to this point, except for Xu Zengshou, there is no second one.

Meng, who had been in contact with Xu Zengshou for a long time, knew that if he was more serious, Xu Zengshou's talent might not be as good as Xu Huizu. But as Xu Zengshou said, the Xu family has a queen, with the Duke of Wei, not surprisingly, after Emperor Yongle, the next emperor is his nephew, the Xu family is a prince and a marquis, the glory is extreme, too motivated, the Son of Heaven is not suspicious, and there will be no less red eyes in the court.

In a sense, this is also a kind of self-defilement. It is equivalent to exchanging his official career for the stability of the entire Xu family.

This kind of open-mindedness is not comparable to ordinary people.

Meng admired Xu Zengshou, even if he was robbed of rations, he also admired it.

After eating the snack, Xu Zengshou wiped his mouth, got closer, and whispered to Meng: "Today's palace banquet has a good show. Xingningbo must not get drunk, watch with wide eyes, maybe you will be happy. ”

Fun?

Ji Gang reminded him that it has been windy in the capital recently, so be careful when entering and leaving.

Xu Zengshou told him again that there would be a good show in the palace banquet.

Thinking of the news delivered by the Like officials, Meng's heart jumped, couldn't it be...... Is there really someone looking for death?

Xu Zengshou didn't plan to continue, Zhu Neng seemed to know the inside story, but he didn't plan to solve Meng's confusion, he only told him, "Just watch the play, don't come out if you have nothing to do." ”

Meng Shen nodded, he must eat and drink, and he didn't open his mouth if he had nothing to do.

But when it came to the end, he could hide if he wanted to?

Not at all.

After waiting for two more teas, the ministers arrived one after another, the gate of Fengtian was opened, and Jinyiwei and Jinwuwei were lined up on both sides of Jinshui Bridge.

The civil and military are divided into two shifts, left and right, and the official rank is ranked on the line-official-road.

The palace banquet is set up in the Huagai Palace.

The eunuch led the officials to sit down, and Emperor Yongle was dressed in a - Ming - yellow - color - Panlong regular clothes, and on the golden head, two five-clawed golden dragons roared and soared.

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui stood on the left side, Zhu Zhanji was behind Zhu Gaosui, Zhu Zhanyu was held in Zhu Di's arms, dressed in a red princess suit, like a New Year's doll.

This scene fell in the eyes of everyone, and they couldn't help but think about it.

Some people have firm confidence in their eyes, and they must make the emperor realize that it is a mistake to abolish the elders and establish the young. Some people also retreated, the Son of Heaven loved the King of Han beyond imagination, before King Ping was renamed the southwest, even the Prince of Ping would not be held in such a way by the Son of Heaven. The Son of Heaven has really decided to make the King of Han the crown prince?

The courtiers who supported King Ping had heavy hearts, and they could only secretly remind themselves to try to control their expressions. The Son of Heaven set up a banquet, just forget if he doesn't smile, put on a stinky face, do you want to find it uncomfortable?

The courtiers who supported the King of Han were full of joy, and those who had worked with the dragon were also in line with the wishes of the present, where could they find such good things?

The neutral courtier lowered his eyelids and said nothing. No matter which prince ascends the throne, it will be a matter for the future. Now that the dragon is in good health, it is absolutely no problem to continue to sit on the dragon chair for more than ten or twenty years, so why rush to stand in line.

The palace banquet has just begun, and the dark tide is already surging in the canopy hall.

When the music started, the music and dance students entered the palace, but the minds of the ministers were not on the song and dance at all. Zhu Zhanyan, who only had three heads, looked at it with great interest.

Feng Gui whispered in the military department: "With a slight view, the prince of the Han dynasty is quite similar to the prince of the king of Zhou. ”

King Zhou is the half-brother of Emperor Yongle, and Zhu Youzhu, the son of King Zhou, is one year older than Zhu Gaoxu, King of Han, and is Zhu Zhanyu's cousin.

said that his nephew is like a cousin, on the surface, there is nothing to blame, but the prince of Zhou loves music and rhythm, and often mixes with musicians, which is not a secret, and is mostly criticized. To say that Zhu Zhan is like Zhu You stew, or on the current occasion, thinking carefully and attentively, is by no means goodwill.

Feng Gui's voice was not high, only a few people in the neighborhood heard it. But in the palace, there are no secrets at all.

The eunuch standing on the side had a slight twinkle in his eyes, remained silent, and retreated with the empty wine jug.

Soon, Feng Gui's words spread.

Meng sat with Zhu Neng and other generals, and when he learned what Feng Gui said, looking at the faces of Zhu Neng and the others, he could pack the ticket, and Feng Gui should not think about it in the future.

You can't eat things indiscriminately, and you can't talk nonsense.

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, just this sentence can cut off Feng Gui's official career.

"Say that the son of the king of Han is like the prince of Zhou?" Xu Zengshou sneered, picked up the wine glass, and drank it all, "How old is the prince of Han?" Moving such a thought is really dampening! ”

Others didn't dare to say that Xu Zengshou didn't care.

After the words fell, he poured another glass of wine, got up and walked to the front of the palace, and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, the ministers respect the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, and the country will be forever!" ”

"Good!"

Emperor Yongle raised his glass and drank together, and the ministers also responded in unison.

"Pour wine for your uncle."

Zhu Di spoke, and Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui personally held the pot and poured wine.

Xu Zengshou raised the wine cup again, but did not say the particle, but smiled at Zhu Gaochu and Zhu Gaosui, and when Zhu Gaochu and Zhu Gaosui raised their glasses, he put them aside and looked at Zhu Zhanyu, who was sitting next to Zhu Di, "I salute Xiao Shizi with a glass." ”

Zhu Zhanyan didn't answer, first climbed down from the chair, landed on the ground, and held on to the chair, but he didn't fall.

The two little fat hands clenched their fists, "Zhan Yan has seen my uncle." ”

This move was unexpected by everyone.

Before the "joke" Zhu Zhanyan was like Zhu You's stewed military department, his face immediately changed, and he compared the prince of the Han Dynasty, who was so respectful and courteous, with the prince of Zhou, who was still the son of the king of Zhou, who was beaten with a stick, what is his intention?

"Good! That's how it should be, my grandson! ”

Zhu Di laughed and hugged Zhu Zhanyan again.

Zhu Gaoxu grinned, his son is like him, he is definitely carved out of a mold!

Black History? Not at all!

Zhu Gaosui also smiled, and as soon as his elbow turned Zhu Gaoxu, Lele was done, don't go too far.

Xu Zengshou said with a smile: "The little prince is clear, he knows filial piety, and the ministers are brave, he should praise it, good saint grandson!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Di laughed again, and the ministers chimed in.

Meng almost squirted out a mouthful of wine.

Good Saint Sun?

Isn't this Xie Jin's line, why was Xu Zengshou endorsed for the show?

However, with Xu Zengshou's move, there are less than half of the "ministers" who plan to speak bluntly in the palace banquet. It wasn't until Xu Zengshou returned to his seat and halfway through the banquet that Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhan Yan were sent by Empress Xu to take them away, that King Like gave a reprimand and got up and admonished the Son of Heaven.

The finished draft should have been deafening and enlightened.

Zhu Di put away his smile, looked at him coldly, and directly interrupted him.

"I have sealed the king of Ping, how can I wait for more words." Seeing that the king was giving advice, he had to say more, and impatiently asked people to pull him out, "In my early years, I was ordered by Emperor Gao to town Beiping, and I have been in the desert for 20 years, why do I have to say bitterly? ”

Translated, his brother asked him to stay in the north, he didn't say a word, packed up his baggage and took office. He let his son go to the southwest to become a vassal domain, but he attracted so many people to oppose it, is it the intention of the courtiers, or the intention of King Ping himself?

Wang Zhizhi was dragged out, but some people still didn't know each other, not to mention King Ping, and the muzzle of the gun was directly aimed at King Han and King Zhao.

The words he said were all clichés, Zhu Di's ears were about to grind out of calluses, so he simply asked Jin Yiwei to drag this one down.

Without evidence, he said that his two sons were like this and that, saying that the prince Tuntian had lost his prestige, and that he was in charge of the household market to compete with the people for profit, which made the people complain, which was ridiculous!

"Can Henning Boke be?"

"The minister is here!"

Meng hurriedly got up, thinking that watching the play would be done, but he didn't want to be named by the Son of Heaven.

"I ask you, what this person said, but is it true?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister followed the army to conquer Annan for nearly a year, during which he did not know the details of Xuanfu Kaiyuan and other places, but in the seven years of the minister's town guarding Daning, he never heard the people complain. On the contrary, His Royal Highness the King of Han personally took charge of Tuntian, and His Royal Highness the King of Zhao formulated various decrees on the mutual market, and the border people and the attached tribes were much praised. And there are attached tribes who compare His Majesty to the Heavenly Khan! ”

"Oh?" Zhu Di's eyes lit up, Tian Khan, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, who created the world of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, won this honor. The lethality of Meng's words is comparable to that of an intercontinental missile.

"What the minister said is true, if Your Majesty does not believe it, the leader of the Uliangha begs that these people are in the same hall, and Your Majesty can summon them and ask them about the truth."

At this point, the topic was completely distorted by Meng.

The dirty water in the matter given by the military department, the good saint grandson of Xu Zengshou, the impeachment in the matter given by the Like, the self-defense of the king of Han Zhao, the anger of the Yongle Emperor, and then the "Heavenly Khan" of Meng Shishilang.

At this moment, it is no longer important to protest against King Ping's change of domain, impeach King Zhao of Han, reprimand traitors in the court, and even establish the crown prince.

The three words of Tian Khan are far more attractive to Emperor Yongle than all of the above.

The beggar was sent from the same hall to the palace, and at first he thought that the information he had played finally attracted the attention of the imperial court, but he didn't want to, but he was asked about the "Heavenly Khan".

The strong man of Wuliangha has well-developed limbs, but he is not brainless.

Seeing that Emperor Yongle's face was red, he immediately beat his chest with one hand, "Your Majesty, you are the Heavenly Khan in Wuliangha's mind!" The sun shines brightly because of you, and the grassland flourishes for you! You are the sun of Uryanha, the moon of Uryanha, the star of Uryanha, the god of Uryanha! ”

Shocking, absolutely shocking!

The military generals of Wenchen collectively stared, and Xingningbo and Qilegai opened the door to a new world for them.

Meng hung his head, and his facial features were slightly distorted. The skill of this dragon fart in front of him is extraordinary, and he can't reach it!

The beggar is still saying that good words don't cost money anyway, which he learned from Xingningbo.

Emperor Yongle was so excited that he almost broke the armrest on his chair before he burst out laughing.

The ministers were still a little stupid, and they didn't know how to react for a while.

Meng glanced at Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui, and the brothers immediately raised their arms and shouted, "Father and Emperor are wise and martial, Siyi surrenders, and the Ming Dynasty will last for generations!" ”

Only then did the Chinese Wu realize that he was half a beat slower, and they shouted with Zhu Gaoxu, "Long live Your Majesty!" ”

Outside the hall, Wang Zhizhi, who was escorted to the Fusi of Beizhen by the Jinyi guard, fainted successfully.

Yang Duo pinched the purse with one hand, reflecting the moonlight, and the corners of his lips hooked up a smile line, which was fleeting. looked at the king who was dragged away, and his eyes immediately condensed.

"Tell Ji Gang to stare at Bachelor Xie's house, and if there is a fresh face, arrest him immediately."

"Yes!"