Leaving the palace, Meng and Shen Xuan walked side by side.

The moon is bright and the stars are scarce, and a gust of night wind blows, smoking, with the unique agarwood of the prosperous place.

Meng wanted to say something, turned his head sideways, his gaze crashed into a pair of dark eyes, and when the words came to his mouth, he instantly swallowed back into his throat. It seems that it is not appropriate to say anything, it is better to be silent than golden.

All the way forward, the distance - flower - building - river - square is brightly lit. The streets and alleys nearby were quiet.

Immersed in inexplicable emotions, Meng was a little distracted.

Before long, the door plaque of the Dingguo Mansion was impressive, and Shen Xuan stopped in front of the door. The main gate was wide open, and the horse did not stop, and the man on the horse, who had been caught by a strong arm, fell under the horse inadvertently, and his wandering mind fell back to the same place.

"Grandpa Guo?"

"What are you thinking?"

"Nope."

Meng shook his head, and before he could say more, he had been pulled by the wrist and brought into the Guogong Mansion.

The guards of the Guogong Mansion and the Bofu looked at each other, exchanged a knowing look, and automatically consciously followed-in-into the mansion, and as soon as the gate was closed, the two worlds were cut off.

Guogong Mansion is rebuilt on the basis of Hou Mansion, seven rooms in the front hall, nine frames in two buildings, the number of seven and nine in the middle hall, seven rooms and seven frames in the back hall, gold lacquer gate, inlaid beast face tin ring, eaves bucket arch, covered with blackboard tiles, spine squatting tile beast. The eaves are painted, the doors and windows are decorated with gold paint, and the corridors are built according to the regulations, without a trace of transgression.

Passing through the front hall, between the second and third halls, the original school field has been expanded, and the flowers planted and the strange stones in the altar have disappeared.

With the lanterns hanging under the eaves of the corridor, the weapon racks against the wall of the school yard were swept away, and they were empty.

Meng twisted his eyebrows strangely, the last time he came, there were still swords, guns, swords, and halberds there, but after a few months, they were all gone.

He believed that the people in the Guogong Mansion did not have the courage to tamper with Shen Xuan's weapons, and there would be a situation in front of him, and the only explanation was that Shen Xuan gave an order.

"Grandpa Guo, what's going on?"

Shen Xuan's footsteps did not stop, "They were all transported back to Beijing." ”

Beijing?

didn't have time to think about it, Shen Xuan had already pulled him through the corridor, pushed open the door of the main room of the third hall, and lit the lamp in the room early.

The chief attendant was waiting by the door, and when he saw Shen Xuan and Meng, he immediately bent down and saluted.

"Let's go down."

I don't know if it's too much, Mr. Meng feels that Shen Xuan's voice seems to be much hoarser than before.

Tired? Or is it the relationship of drinking in the palace?

The long man stepped back, squeaked, and the door shut.

The wrist was finally let go, and it was already a little numb.

Meng steadied his steps, turned around, and looked at Shen Xuan who was standing against the door, "Grandpa Guo?" ”

Shen Xuan didn't say anything.

Dressed in a bright red unicorn suit, the neckline is slightly loose, the eyes are light, and the posture is still upright, but with a rare touch of laziness.

With one hand, he removed his head, his slender fingers crawled through his hair, and a few strands of black hair fell down, reflecting his black eyes and flashing with a heart-beating light.

For a moment, Meng was a little out of breath.

What's going on? But what did he think?

So, should you take the initiative-point-pounce-up, or be more reserved? The point is, can he be reserved?

Meng was calm on his face, but there was a drum in his heart, not apprehensive, but completely excited.

Shen Xuan didn't say a word, and took two steps forward.

The room was quiet, and the sound of footsteps spread infinitely in my ears.

The heart is about to jump out of the cavity.

Meng swore that he did his best. It's a pity that reason is still shattered into slag......

There was a dull sound, the stool rolled to the ground, and the landscape screen moved out of position.

A brief silence was followed by a low laugh.

With connivance.

The laughter didn't last long. Soon, the lights in the main room went out, and everything was in the endless darkness of night.

The next day, the weather was fine.

Xingningbo slept until three o'clock in the morning, and it was rare for Dingguo Gong not to get up early.

Neither of them had to go to the court, after breakfast, Shen Xuan changed into official clothes, went to the military camp outside the city to patrol, and supervised the drill of the new battle formation. Zhejiang and Fujian have commanded an additional 15,000 sergeants to arrive in Nanjing, and they were ordered to be placed under Shen Xuan's command and trained together.

Meng has nothing to do for the time being, what should be explained, he has explained it clearly last night, he wrote a warrant this morning, stamped his private seal, and Shen Xuan can receive the medicinal materials brought from Daning at any time.

According to the meaning of the Son of Heaven, the army set off before August at the latest, the land of Annam, the mountains and rivers are far away, and Guangxi and Yunnan are now considered to be a wilderness-barbaric land, which is the best place for Emperor Jianwen to settle his uncle and exile prisoners in the imperial court.

On the other hand, there must have been many difficulties for the army to go on the expedition.

"I'm afraid it's not enough just to prepare medicine."

Sitting on the side of the desk, Meng held up the wide sleeves of civilian clothes, and while grinding the ink, he calculated in his heart, grain and grass, jackets, military shoes, tents, ordnance, and wound medicine, these household and military departments will definitely be prepared. The DPRK Chinese armed forces rarely had a unified opinion, and vowed to teach Annan a lesson, and certainly not to make too big a mistake in logistics work.

On weekdays, civil and military compete with each other, and it doesn't matter if they don't like each other. Such a major event must not tolerate a little sloppiness, otherwise, without the impeachment of others, Emperor Yongle will not be the first to be spared.

What else do you need to add to the supplies?

Meng habitually - sexually - supported his chin, thought too seriously, forgot that he still held a brush in his hand, his cheeks were cold, the fragrance of ink wafted into his nose, and when he touched it, his hands were black.

Shaking his head and laughing, it's rare to see such a time.

The waiting entourage heard the call and brought warm water. Seeing Xing Ningbo with a cat's face, adhering to the principle of doing more and talking less, and seeing what you don't see, the water is delivered, the people go out, and the action is not muddy and watery, and there is not even a puzzled look.

Seeing this situation, Meng had to sigh, in the end, he was working under the hands of Dingguo Gong, look at people's consciousness and work attitude! When you come back from Annam, shouldn't you do some vocational training for the people in your own house?

Forget it, Shen Xuan is used to this, but he may not.

Back to the side of the case, and then look at the previously written entries, I can't find any omissions on the surface, and I still feel that I have ignored them. simply didn't want to think about it, so he ordered the guards to lead the horse and go to the temple outside the city to ask Dao Yan for advice.

Since the second year of Yongle, Xie Jin repaired books in Wenyuan Pavilion, and Dao Yan was ordered to be the supervisor.

The work of repairing the book is on track, the book is gradually becoming small, Daoyan does not have to stay in the palace day by day, but still go back to the temple to study Buddhism, listen to the court on the tenth day, and show his face to Wenyuan Pavilion.

Zhu Di sympathized with Daoyan's age and his strength was not as good as before, and acquiesced in his behavior equivalent to absenteeism.

The vacant position of the great monk has already been topped by a brocade guard. Even without Dao Yan, Xie Jin and the others did not dare to slack off. Jin Yiwei doesn't correct mistakes head-on, but he is very good at making small reports behind his back. Those who were reported to have been beaten basically had to stay in prison for a few days.

Jin Yiwei's methods are becoming more and more sophisticated, and all the court officials who are invited to Beizhen Fusi to drink tea, even if they are released one by one, will have nightmares for ten days and half a month in a row. However, the family members couldn't ask the truth from them, and they couldn't find any traces of torture on their bodies, not even a whip print, and they couldn't get any tangible evidence if they wanted to beat the drum.

There is no medical report, no certificate from a good doctor, no confession from the party, saying that Jinyiwei is good at moving-cool-punishment, who cares about you? In case of being bitten back, convicted of slander, and slander, the officials of Ying Tianfu will immediately come to the door with an iron ruler.

It's just one or two times, but Jinyiwei seems to have completely changed his approach, and likes to "convince people with reason" to convince people, and easily stop moving the whip.

The officials who are fortunate enough to experience it firsthand, can't wait to grab the iron bars of the prison room and roar X, grab the ground with their heads, and don't move the punishment, what kind of brocade guard!

grabbed the land a few times, had a proper concussion, and didn't need Jinyiwei to come up with any more means, basically asking what to answer.

The discipline that developed such a method of torture and interrogation was praised by Jinyiwei and made a big splash. Jinyiwei, who has always been ruthless and cunning, and shows the image of an eagle dog, has soared again.

As the leader of Jinyiwei, the image spokesperson of the Nanbei Zhenfu Division, the commander made Yang Duo's popularity in the court decline rapidly, compared to Shen Xuan on the battlefield.

Want to make friends? Basically impossible.

Meng is one of the military attaches who rarely have a friendship with Jinyiwei, and when he talks to Yang Duo, he inevitably feels a chill behind him, which shows how high the professional level of Commander Yang is.

Fortunately, he has always been broad-hearted, but he has won the unanimous favor of Jinyiwei.

There are pros and cons to intersecting with brocade guards. For him, the pros outweigh the disadvantages.

Out of the Guogong Mansion, Meng Yue got on the horse, and as soon as he got on the horse, the person froze and almost didn't fall down.

It seems, as if, something quite important was forgotten.

"Uncle?"

“…… Prepare the carriage. ”

"Carriage?"

"By the way, help me get off the horse."

His expression was very calm, his movements were very stiff, and he gritted his teeth - inhaled - cold air.

The guards helped Meng dismount, and after making sure that Uncle Meng was indeed unwell, he immediately went to the Bofu next door.

With an expression, Meng Mu stood in front of the Guogong Mansion, trying to straighten his back as much as possible, praying that no one would pass by at this time.

I didn't want to, but I still met the prince of King Ning who entered the palace for a banquet.

Yesterday's family banquet in Kunning Palace, the royal family in Nanjing City already knew about it. Dingguo Gong is the righteous grandson of Emperor Gao, and now the righteous son of Shang, so it is understandable to attend. What is Xingningbo's identity to get this honor? All kinds of speculations came out, but no one dared to say strange things in private.

There is a pervasive brocade guard, in case any sentence makes the Son of Heaven unhappy, it will be a big trouble. Talking about the rights and wrongs of the first family of the Ming Dynasty in vain, it must be that life is too comfortable, and I want to see what Jinyiwei's driving post is like.

Zhu Panyan and Meng are not strangers, but they are not familiar.

The former was dissatisfied with Emperor Yongle's reversal, violated his verbal promise during the martyrdom, and often made small moves in private, which was not a secret. Ning Wang Zhu Quan waved the legs of the stool, and beat him hard, Zhu Panyan was honest on the surface, but what happened in private was still to be discussed.

was involved in calculations, and unfortunately in the royal family-fight-fight-lie-gun, Meng thought that he had nothing to say to Zhu Panyan.

Don't offend, don't get involved, the best way to deal with it is to put it in the same category as King Qi and stay away.

I want to put on small shoes for him, whatever. Whether it can succeed or not depends on the meaning of the Son of Heaven. After all, there was a seat for him at the Son of Heaven's family banquet, but Zhu Panyan didn't even have a standing seat.

Zhu Panyan rode his horse closer, and Meng gave way to salute, hoping that he would pass quickly. I didn't want Zhu Panyan to stop.

"Hinningber?"

Zhu Panyan grabbed the reins of the horse, glanced at the door behind Meng, and then looked at Meng, raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Xingningbo's relationship with Dingguo Bus is really good." ”

Meng lowered his head and pouted, "Borrow the words of the prince." ”

Zhu Panyan: "......" deliberately pretending to be stupid?

"The prince is going to enter the palace?" Meng didn't want to talk nonsense with Zhu Panyan, "The minister is about to go out of the city." ”

Latent-Taiwan-words, everyone is in a hurry, why bother to find something to say, look at each other and hate each other.

Meng doesn't trouble Zhu Panxuan, it doesn't mean that he doesn't hold grudges. Zhu Panxuan's previous series of actions against Daning, not to mention that they were all clear, and he also mastered seven points. In his own prison disaster, Zhu Panyan was not the mastermind, but also the promoter. It's not easy to give this person a smile.

Zhu Panxuan was choked by Meng, his expression was a little gloomy, remembering his father's advice and the previous good fight, he barely swallowed a breath, and said, "In this way, Lone will take the first step." ”

"Send off the world."

Meng saluted again. There will be no loss of meat in a low posture, and it is important to send this plague god away.

If you have a face-to-face with Zhu Panyan today, will you be involved in another book by Yanguan?

Looking at the back of Zhu Panyan and his party, Meng couldn't help but smile bitterly.

It was not his wish to make enemies everywhere. But in the present place, there is no room for him not to do so.

This is for himself and for Shen Xuan.

Putting the matter aside for the time being, Meng got into the carriage set by the guards and went out of the city to see Daoyan.

Not long after he left, a figure flashed on the corner of the street, with a red brocade robe and a head embroidered with gold thread, it was Yang Duo, the commander of the Jinyi Guard.

Looking at the plaque of the Guogong Mansion, Yang Duo was a little distracted, then withdrew his gaze, turned to the direction where Zhu Panyan left, squinted slightly, and his gaze was as cold as ice.

"Command?"

"Go back to Beizhen Fusi, call Ji Gang to come, I have something to tell him to do."

"Yes."

In the city of Nanjing, the dark tide is surging again.

When the army outside the city was assembled, the king of Qi, who was temporarily detaining the Zongren Mansion, was demoted to a concubine by a holy decree. The royal family was degraded together, and the glory of the past was all in vain overnight.

Disposed of the King of Qi, Emperor Yongle issued another order to show the crimes committed by the King of Qi to the royal clans of the foreign feudal clans, so that they should be taken as a warning. If there is an accomplice, it will not be spared.

The clan of the vassal kings has come to the table, saying that they absolutely take the king of Qi as a warning, abide by the law, and strictly correct themselves.

The king of Shu went to the table three times, and repeatedly expressed that he was willing to classify the three guards of the palace into the nearby border guards, and only leave five hundred captains to protect the safety of the palace.

"I am ashamed of God's grace and am terrified."

The performance of the king of Shu made Zhu Di very satisfied, and he still needed his help to conquer Annan, and did not reduce the guard of the king of Shu, but gave more pensions, and the gold and silver Qiluo yarn and silk issued were the same as those of the king of Zhou.

The king of Shu became more and more frightened, and went to the table again, and Zhu Di repeatedly soothed him, so he did not go directly to the capital to ask for guilt.

There is a precedent set by the king of Shu, and the other vassal kings, but all who are smart, have learned the same.

Zhu Di did not explicitly cut the domain, but the vassal king took the initiative to reduce the armed forces in his hands, and sincerely said that the reduction of the guards was voluntary, and he asked the Son of Heaven to give permission.

King An is Zhu Di's half-brother, and the princess he married is the sister of Queen Xu, and the relationship is on a further level. In addition to taking the initiative to reduce the guards, he asked the imperial court to withdraw the tax rights of the domain.

"The minister is stupid, he has no talent to lead the army, and he has the ability to assist the government, so that's all, to repay His Majesty's affection."

From this day on, he will no longer collect taxes and will receive a state salary. He will use as much as the Son of Heaven gives, industrious and simple, hard-working!

Zhu Di praised King An, and only returned the salt and iron to the country, and the rest was still in the hands of King An's mansion. Privately, he sent Jinyi Wei to deliver a message to King An, and the fleet of the imperial court will return soon, and the goods on the ship will be divided into a shipwright. The next time I sail, I promise my brother three boats.

King An gave Zhu Di face, and Zhu Di naturally wanted to repay the favor and give his brother benefits.

Although Jinyiwei was active in private, he did not deliberately hide the news. Knowing that King An had returned part of the tax rights, he had gained such great benefits that some of the vassal clans who were divided into barren lands and poor mountains and rivers had petitioned to act in the service of King An.

The imperial court did not waste its efforts, and gradually gathered power. This kind of situation, I am afraid that Emperor Jianwen, who has lost the throne, would never have dreamed of it.

In the final analysis, it was just a small person who mistakenly broke into history and pried a corner of the bricks, and then more people of insight found that moving the bricks to a position would make the foundation more solid.

More and more people participated, the foundation of the dynasty became stronger, and under the virtuous-sexual-cycle, some of the problems that were considered dead knots were solved.

The first to benefit were the Son of Heaven and the courtiers.

In the end, it is the whole country that benefits.

In July of the fourth year of Yongle, Wuzishuo, the Son of Heaven sacrificed to the temple.

Also worship the heavenly temple, send an envoy to tell Yue Zhen the god of sea blasphemy, said that Annan city minister Li Ji Yak and Zicang killed the lord of the country, annihilated its sect, usurped the power to seize the country, changed the name to change the surname, and called the king. He also invaded Linfeng, plundered the border land of the country, refused to listen to the edicts, and acted rebelliously and recklessly. Tianping, the grandson of the Chen family, was forced to be driven by him and returned to the imperial court, and the traitor harbored evil intentions, pretending to welcome him back to the country, and set up an ambush in a cunning way to kill him with soldiers. He also harmed the envoys and deceived the court, and the crime was unforgivable!

The Li clan is responsible for the country outside, bullying the people inside, harsh punishment, tyrannical expropriation, causing the people's resentment to boil, and the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth are not tolerated!

I respect the order of heaven, rule all directions, and dare not be wrong. The special generals led the division to hang down, in order to save the people from fire and water, and establish the right path of heaven and earth!

The memorial was issued nationwide by imperial decree.

Zhu Di's meaning is very clear, Annan has committed Tianwei and is heinous, he will send generals to lead a large army to conquer the traitors in the name of justice.

In a nutshell, the sun destroys you!

Paying close attention to the movements of the Ming Dynasty, the king of Champa and the local officials in Luzhou and other places were all rejoicing.

The king of Champa sent envoys, hoping to attack Annam with the Ming army and avenge his old revenge.

The local officials in Siming Mansion expressed to the imperial court that they were willing to send people and food to follow the imperial army on the expedition. Dao Meng and other local officials who had been robbed of the population and villages by the Hu clan were more active, cutting their arms with knives and vowing revenge.

In contrast, Annan Hu, who learned the news, was completely stunned.

According to reliable sources, the Ming Dynasty sent troops this time, with a number of at least 300,000, plus the mercenaries and international-columns who took the initiative to join, and they could meet each other.

Sue for peace?

Hu Yiyuan's father and son smiled relatively bitterly, the Ming Dynasty envoys are alive, maybe it is possible, the Ming Dynasty envoys and Chen Tianping died together, even if they are guilty, the Ming Dynasty will not give up.

What's more, they are dizzy, and they have seized the population and border land of the Ming Dynasty, and it is impossible to turn back.

The only way to survive is to hope for a miracle.