In the first month of the fourth year of Yongle, a team composed of five carts and more than 100 knights galloped on the official road from north to south.

Immediately, the knights wore scarlet jackets, carried long knives at their waists, and carried longbows, hards, and crossbows.

Several knights led by him, holding the reins in one hand and holding the flag with one arm, the prince's flag and the five-element flag flew fiercely in the wind.

A glimpse of the sky, the momentum is amazing.

Passing by the post station, the procession did not stop, only the three knights at the end of the team dismounted, ordered the post man to fill the water bladder, and sent all the ready-made dry food, then threw out a money bag, turned over on the horse, whistled, and galloped away with the team in front.

"Oh my God!"

The postman held the money bag, and said God in his mouth, standing dumbfounded, still out of the situation.

It's just some hot water and dry food, and you can pay back the money?

Yi Cheng was also alarmed, and quickly ran to the door of the post station, put one hand on his forehead, looked at the team in the distance, smacked his lips, and looked at this posture, could it be which vassal king entered Beijing?

There is no prince's chariot, and there is no prince's guard of honor, so it should be the official subordinates of the royal palace who go to Beijing to worship.

The people who were resting and eating in the post station were talking about this team a lot at the moment.

"People say that the northern frontier army is brave, and it is not a problem to deal with one or two Tartars, but I thought it was a lie. Only when you see it with your own eyes do you know that it is not a lie. ”

"Now the King of Han and the King of Zhao are in the north, Shuntianfu has Dingguo Gong to guard, Wei Guogong to train soldiers, Daning City has Xingningbo, Gansu Ningxia Liaodong and other places are all generals brave and strategic, strong soldiers and strong horses, Tartars don't even dare to fight grain grass, for fear that they won't be able to go back!"

"Is that true?"

"Can I still lie to you? Since ascending the throne now, the lands of northern Xinjiang have long been different from what they used to be. Seeing that my brother is good, say a few more words below......"

The one who spoke was a middle-aged man with an angry face, who was scolded in Yunnan for doing things, and was later recommended because he was proficient in arithmetic, and this time he was appointed as the chief bookkeeper in Daxing County, Shuntian Prefecture. Thinking of the admiration on the faces of my colleagues and relatives before I took office, I couldn't help but feel even more proud.

Shuntianfu, the land of Longxing!

The imperial court has long had the intention of moving the capital, and the north and south capitals, who is the master and who is secondary, smart people can guess.

Looking through the imperial court newspapers of Yongle for three years to the present, except for foreign envoys and tributes, Ying Tian basically did not have many good things, either this one was arrested or that one was degraded. Some time ago, Emperor Gao's son-in-law, Jinshang's brother-in-law, and Captain Ma were all pushed under the bridge and drowned, and they were also involved with Jinyiwei. Finally stopped for a while, and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu was arrested by Jinyiwei again, and he was arrested on a large number of charges, corruption, bribery, and the people of the clan committed illegal things, bullying the township, and the lowest was confiscation-army-exile-release.

On the other hand, although it is a border place, it has frequent good news.

The barren land was reclaimed, the grain was abundant, the mutual market was flourishing, and the grassland tribes were attached one after another, and the Jurchens of Liaodong came to the dynasty.

The Son of Heaven sent two sons to the north to take up vassals, ordered the Duke of Dingguo to guard Beijing, and sent the Duke of Wei to Shuntian to train troops. It is said that although Daning is not as prosperous as Jinling and other places, the life of the border people and the herdsmen who have returned to it is getting richer and richer, and they eat three meals a day.

"I heard that there are no beggars in Daning City."

"There really are no beggars?"

"Not really."

Outsiders don't understand the reason, and the only one who can give an answer is Daningdu's command of the envoy and the military battle bureau temporarily set up in the city.

Under the stimulation of a certain red hair, the craftsmen in the Miscellaneous Bureau and the War Bureau all burst out with great enthusiasm for work.

The scale of the workshop continues to expand, new products are launched one after another, and the shortage of personnel is naturally increasing.

Don't have the craft? It doesn't matter, be a handyman.

Is it a private household? Tyre! It is the households that do not farm well, wander around, steal chickens, touch dogs, and first go to the bureau to do two days of chores and labor reform. Depending on the situation, decide whether to put it or not.

In the miscellaneous manufacturing bureau, the Franc cannon and arquebus are the main ones, and the improvement of the iron-smelting process has achieved certain results. With the proficiency of technology and the perfection of materials, some craftsmen made short guns on the basis of bird guns, and other craftsmen thought that the ignition device of the arquebus was too inconvenient, made an automatic ignition device, and even put forward the concept of grabbing.

Although it was only a vague idea, and the theory and process were not mature, the research and development and hands-on ability of the Ming craftsmen still surprised Meng.

If you think about it seriously, in fact, he is the indigenous, and the craftsmen in these workshops are the ones who wear and cross, right?

The War Bureau obtains the blueprints of the bird's gun, which is like a treasure.

Bai Yanhui immediately sent a report to the emperor, and arrived in Beijing with Meng's sonata.

In the Jing Disaster, the Yan army suffered a big loss in front of the cannons and guns of the Southern Army, Li Jinglong besieged Beiping with artillery, and the firearms team organized by Sheng Yong almost ended Zhu Di's life in advance.

The bloody lesson should not be forgotten, and Zhu Di and his generals had an extremely deep understanding of the role that firearms could play in war.

The force is strong, not bad.

Weapons are tough, better.

The two are one in one, go hand in hand, not to mention the first in the world, but also who you want to beat and kick whomever you want.

Daning's Franc cannon made Zhu Di's eyes light up. The arquebus described by Bai Yanhui and Meng made Zhu Di's breathing quicken.

Emperor Yongle rubbed his hands together and walked around the hall excitedly.

If such sharp firearms are equipped with a large number of troops, regardless of the north and south, the ground and the sea, wash their necks and wait to be slaughtered!

Who let us have a gun in our hands and money at home!

At the same time that Bai Yan reported the manufacture of arquebuses, he greatly admired Xingningbo's loyalty. He also said that the firecrackers made by the Daning Miscellaneous Manufacturing Bureau were all registered one by one, and they were completely compatible with the iron gunpowder transported to Daning. It is confirmed from the side that Xingningbo privately made weapons with bad intentions and is pure slander! The person who said this is the real villain, the traitor!

was denounced as a traitor by the eunuchs, and I don't know how the Ministry of Rites in the edict will feel.

Zhu Di nodded again and again, that's right, these things are just jumping around, they will go on when they see the benefits, and if they can't eat it, they have to deal with others in their mouths, and they are the ones who should be ruthless.

As a result, Jinyiwei's business indicators soared upward.

In less than half a month, the number of Li Shangshu's cellmates increased by more than a dozen, and they were repeatedly tried and tested for corruption, corruption, bribery, and huge amounts of property.

I don't want to see Jinyiwei being too arrogant, and in order to probe the emperor's tone, Zhejiang and other provinces supervised the imperial history as the leader, and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu and Longping Marquis Zhang Xin, who had been imprisoned, were bound up, tied up, impeached.

The plot failed, and the same excuse was used too much, and everyone was annoyed.

Corruption-corruption-acceptance-bribery-is not successful, and when the fleet that went to the East Ocean returns, there is no shortage of Longping Marquis in the team that receives the money.

The imperial historians unified their voices and impeached the two of them for being late for work, leaving early after work, and meeting such a big occasion as sacrificing heaven and earth, and finally arrived, only one step earlier than the Son of Heaven, without the slightest respect.

"If this generation is not punished, there is no way to suppress the masses."

Li Zhigang has already entered the edict, and it is unlikely that he will come out, whether it is good or bad is already like this, it is best to use him to test the waters. Zhang Xin made great contributions in Jingnan, and without him to report the news, the Son of Heaven would not even be able to get out of Beiping City. But compared to Zhu Neng and others, Zhang Xin is not good at leading troops, has no military power in his hands, and is half a rich idler, which is a good object.

If His Majesty punishes him severely, Zhang Xin will definitely not be able to escape, and at that time, the generals will not be able to remain silent if they do not come out.

If you gently peel it off, things will be easier to do. The same crime can't be done one by one, as the supreme ruler of the Ming Dynasty, you always have to have a bowl of water, right?

Of course, the purpose of everyone was not to rescue Li Zhigang from the edict, but to use this as an excuse to restrict Jinyiwei's actions.

Strictly speaking, it is for self-preservation.

Today, I caught the book of the Ministry of Rites, tomorrow I arrested the Hanlin editor, and the day after tomorrow I arrested the military department, who will be arrested the day after tomorrow? The Hongwu Dynasty's six-part clean-up operation is going to be staged again?

Will this make Li Shangshu change from being an army to a beheading...... In short, it doesn't matter.

The impeachment of Daning did not make a single wave.

Stretch out your hand towards Daning, you can do it at any time. will be implicated in the six cases of embezzlement of ink, and it will really be fatal.

Money is important, life is even more important.

Above the court, the ministers made a generous statement.

In Jinyi Prison, Ji Gang stood in front of Li Zhigang's cell, and told the story of what happened in the court, fifteen and ten, without any adding oil and vinegar.

As a party, Li Shangshu should have the right to know.

After speaking, Ji Gang smiled, "I can't think of it, I really can't think of it, compared to the princes in the hall, there are quite a lot of places to learn from humble positions." It's really in response to the old saying, live to learn. ”

Li Shangshu cried, pounding the ground while crying, so sad that he couldn't express it.

Ji Gang instructed to prepare a pot of wine for Li Shangshu today, and send two plates of snacks and dishes.

"A drunk relieves a thousand sorrows."

The two lieutenants who followed Ji Gang kept their faces straight and only made eye contact.

"So you cry? It's too hard to help but blow. ”

"That's why he said we have to learn more."

"You can beat people like this without using a whip, you should learn and be admired!"

"Admire!"

Li Shangshu borrowed wine to drown his sorrows in prison, abandoned Sven when he was drunk, jumped and scolded with red eyes, they are all a group of bastards!

Yang Duo didn't let Ji Gang interrogate him again, and handed a note to the palace that day. The next day, the emperor's disposition of Zhang Xin and Li Zhigang was settled.

The Marquis of Longping was fined for half a year and thought about it behind closed doors for a month.

The case of Li Zhigang, the former secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who was involved in embezzlement of ink, continued to be handed over to Jinyiwei for trial.

On the face of it, the disposal is fair.

In fact, Zhang Xin was just flicked a finger, but Li Zhigang was facing a large board with a wide palm, and after the probation period, the force of the board falling would be greater.

Zhang Xin thought about it behind closed doors. While thinking about it, I sighed that it was really a wise move to take a huge risk to report to the present day.

Li Zhigang was miserable in prison, and his last hope had collapsed.

Yang Duo once again sat in the lobby of the Fusi of Weibei Town, the bright red imperial unicorn suit, black embroidered with silver-edged hats, one hand on his cheeks, fingertips brushing the corners of his eyes, hiding a sneer on his lips.

Jin Yiwei's driving post was quickly sent to the criminal department.

The criminal department looked miserable in the middle of the matter, stood up left and right in the middle of the matter, and even if the words were as sharp as a knife, they couldn't slow down the speed of Jinyiwei's arrest.

In the city of Nanjing, there was a slaughter.

In this atmosphere, a team from the north stopped in front of the north gate of the capital, and Shi Wangyuan, the left chief of the Han Palace, ordered the guards to unfurl the royal flag, hand over the road guide, and dismount into the city.

"Immediately deliver a post to Zhao Wangfu."

The date of the team's arrival was a few days earlier than expected by Honglu Temple, but fortunately, the capital Zhao Wangfu and Han Wang had been completed, and King Zhao was also in Beijing, so Honglu Temple only needed to send someone to go through the motions.

Zhu Gaosui read Zhu Gaoxu's letter and asked Wang Yuan, "Wang Changshi, the things on the five cars were all brought by Daning?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, exactly."

"Did everything go well on the road?"

"Back to Your Highness, everything is fine. The prince ordered the horses to hurry up day and night, and be sure to arrive in the capital before the Thousand Autumn Festival of Her Royal Highness the Queen. ”

"Oh." Zhu Gaosui nodded, "Have you seen Xingningbo, what did Xingningbo say?" ”

Xingningbo didn't say much, and instructed the lowly to take care of the carriage all the way, and not to let people open the lid of the box. The prince ordered to be humiliated, and after entering Beijing, everything was in accordance with the orders of His Royal Highness King Zhao. ”

Zhu Gaoxu walked to a carriage, patted the wooden box, and made a few muffled sounds, "You don't know what is in the box?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, I don't know what I do."

"I really don't know?"

"I don't know."

Zhu Gaosui sighed and stopped asking, "Gu wants to enter the palace, Wang Changshi is with Gu." ”

"Obedience."

In the canopy hall, Emperor Yongle was feasting on the tributary envoys of Fanbang.

Some of Zheng He's fleets to the West returned home, bringing back a large number of spices, pearls, corals, precious stones, empty greens, etc., as well as the second batch of Western tributary envoys, including the envoys sent by the eastern king of the Java Ma Na Ba Xie, and the tributary teams of Luzon, Srivijaya and other countries.

Ding Qianhu also returned with the ship, and he found a drug that could treat malaria, whether it was Xingningbo's words, it is uncertain. In order to avoid mistakes, Ding Qianhu ordered more than ten saplings to be transplanted, and two adult trees were cut down and brought back together.

The people in the fleet saw Ding Qianhu taking the lead in cutting down trees, and they followed suit.

When the local residents learned that the Ming Dynasty fleet was going to cut down trees, they did not cut them in vain, and they spent money to buy them, so they all brought tools to "help".

"Ordinary woods, don't."

Ding Qianhu was cutting wood in search of medicinal herbs, but the merchants in the fleet saw a business opportunity.

The imperial court needed a lot of wood to build a ship, and wood was needed to build houses and furniture.

Successful businessmen never lack the eyes to find profits. Someone found a large amount of timber suitable for shipbuilding and manufacturing high-end furniture on the islands of Java, Sumatra and Luzon, calculated the cost of cutting and transporting it back to China, compared it with the price that could be sold, and immediately brightened his eyes and made a fortune, and now he is going to make a fortune!

The fleet traveled to Fujian and met the Japanese and Ryukyu fleets that had paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

Towering sea ships sail by, and the small boat with a single sail can almost be described as skinny.

After the envoys of Luzon and other countries landed, they were also shocked by the strength of the Ming Dynasty.

Originally, there were all kinds of calculations, but at the moment they were completely left behind. A rat wants to shake his majesty in front of the tiger, which cannot be described by the word "two stupid".

The sea ship returned to Daming, bringing back more than twice as many treasures and envoys as before.

The envoy team arrived in Nanjing, stayed in the Huitong Hall, offered objects, and worshiped the kingdom, Emperor Yongle was very happy, and set up a banquet in the Huagai Hall to entertain everyone. Prince Chen, who was about to return to Annam, and the envoys of Siam, Chenla, and Tatars, who had arrived not long ago, were also honored to attend.

Originally, it was not appropriate for King Zhao to enter the palace at this time, but after Hou Xian's report, Emperor Yongle did not deliver the goods, put down the wine glass, and said, "Gao Xu sent it?" ”

"The slave and maid heard that it was the ...... of the Daning Miscellaneous Creation Bureau"

Hou Xian's voice became lower and lower, but the smile on Zhu Di's face became stronger and stronger. looked at Prince Annan Chen and the envoys of various states sitting at the bottom, and the smile was somewhat infiltrating.

"Your Majesty?"

"Ask Gao Sui to select thirty guards who are proficient in firearms, and summon Jinwuwei to clear the field in front of the martial tower, and I have something good to ask the envoys to take a look."

"The slave obeys."

This palace banquet in the first month of the fourth year of Yongle has left a strong mark in the history books.

Historians recorded that during the banquet, in front of the Xingwu Tower of the Son of Heaven, he visited the northern Xinjiang to offer firearms.

There is one Franc cannon and 30 birds.

The words say: "The public is the same." ”

In front of the Wu Tower, the sound of artillery cracked the air, and the sound of the gun machine was like fried beans, and it was hit in a row without exploding.

Later, there was cavalry-drill-drill, and immediately the sword was like lightning, and the felling - wooden man, but in an instant.

He slapped his hands and laughed, saying, "Good! It's a good idea. ”

All the foreign envoys were dumbfounded, and remained silent for a long time.

There is Annan Chen's majesty to bow, saying that the power of the kingdom is far away. I hope that Your Majesty's parents will be gracious and protect their remaining years. The minister should be the head of the body, and the dead should be the grass. Subsequently, the envoys of Ryukyu, Siam, Java, Luzon, Chenla and other countries also bowed their heads and looked up to the prestige of the country.

Perhaps because he felt that this was not detailed enough, the historian pointed out at the end that when everyone was stunned, the Annam Hu clan, the Tatars, and the Japanese envoys stood up.

When others bow down, these people stand still and don't move, which is very bad behavior. To put it seriously, it is a provocation to Daming!

The Son of Heaven showed off his force, and everyone else obeyed, but these few people were not convinced?

Great, then give it a try!

Annan Hu and others are destined to become a tragedy on the coffee table, and there is no possibility of turning over.

In later generations, some people looked through the historical materials and were surprised to find that the order recorded by the historians was precisely the order in which the tragedies of Annan and other countries and regions were arranged. It's even more perfect if you add a varat in the middle.

According to Meng's understanding, Emperor Yongle is a king crab, and others have to wave their pincers a few times if they don't provoke him, and dare to tease the dragon's beard in front of him, what else can it be if he doesn't deliberately seek death?

Perhaps because he felt that the strength of his death was not enough, when Chen Tianping was escorted back to Annam by the Ming army, the Hu family set up an ambush and clicked Chen Tianping in front of the Ming army and the Ming envoys.

Relying on his familiarity with the terrain, Annan intercepted the Ming army, snatched Chen Tianping's body back, cut it with a thousand knives, and announced to the world with great fanfare, "This person is impersonating!" It's not the Chen royal family at all! Kill him for justice! ”

Before the Ming army could move, Ruan Jingzhen, who was kept in the dark, fainted, and after being carried home, he packed his baggage overnight and ran to Zhancheng with his family to seek refuge in politics.

Nearby, only the relationship between Zhancheng and Daming is not bad, feuds or something, can be temporarily abandoned, and saving the life of the whole family is the most important thing.

Ruan Jingzhen ran away with his family, and on the way to tears, Hu Shi looked for death by himself, what kind of thing is it to drag others down? I also made suggestions for Hu Yiyuan, and made an X strategy!

Zhu Di was naturally furious, and issued a -army-team-mobilization-member-order, a small sample, if you don't clean you up, I don't know that Ma Wangye has three eyes!

Hearing the news, Meng was stunned for a long time, so desperately rushing on the road to find death, is it really not the most looking for death, only more death? However, it is really rare to be able to find death in this state.

"Uncle?"

"It's fine." Meng put down the edict, put his hand to his lips, and coughed, "The imperial court wants to transfer troops, go to the capital to deliver a letter, so that Commander Zhu can be prepared." ”

"Obey!"

After Gao Fu left, Meng fell into deep thought again.

The imperial court mobilized the border army to send troops to Annan, will Shen Xuan go?

After pondering for a long time, he was really unsure, so he wrote a letter with a pen, and asked him to send it to Shuntian quickly, and then summoned Ding Qianhu and the good doctor enshrined in the house, if Shen Xuan came to Daning, the prepared medicine was given to him directly. If it's inconvenient, you'll have to send a letter to Xuanfu and Kaiyuan.

Without waiting for Shen Xuan to reply, another imperial edict from the imperial court was delivered.

"Summoning Xing Ningbo back to Beijing."

Back to Beijing?

Meng held the edict in his hand, dizzy.

This attack on Annan, could it be that he also had a part?