On the first night after ascending the throne, Zhu Gaoxu lived in the Qianqing Palace. This is where the Ming Emperor lived.

Sure enough, I didn't sleep well, and I didn't feel solid all night! Maybe it's because I'm not used to it. His mood is very mixed, with novelty and excitement, as well as unstable insecurity.

After all, it is a place where only emperors can sleep, and this bigge alone can make Zhu Gaoxu feel excited; There are still tens of thousands of women in the harem for him to choose, although he can't take care of them, but thinking about having so many is still very cool for a while.

However, the sleeping comfort of the Qianqing Palace, which is indeed a little poor. When it was built, it should only consider the specifications of the emperor and the status of the solipsist, and it should not give people a feeling of relaxation at all.

The prince's bedroom in the Han Palace's palace is also very large, but it is far less than here; And the area around the Qianqing Palace is bare, and there are people on duty inside and outside at any time. It's like the office where the palace ladies and eunuchs work, and it doesn't feel like a bedroom.

And Zhu Gaoxu always feels that something is not safe! When you think about it, you can't talk about what the problem is.

Judging from the architectural layout, it is obvious that Emperor Taizu was very concerned about the emperor's safety when he supervised the design. The two major buildings of Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace on the central axis of the imperial city are located in a large courtyard area; On all sides of the castle is the highest wall in the palace, and there are several gates in the wall, all of which have gatehouses, and there are no small gates, partial gates, or other entrances and exits.

As long as a trustworthy person is used to guard the closed area where the central and Qianqing palaces and Kunning Palaces are located in the harem, none of the irrelevant people can enter.

Of course, Zhu Gaoxu redeployed manpower, except for the eunuch Cao Fu brought from the Han Palace, he used Wang Jinghong and Hou Xian to temporarily take charge of the celebrant (Taizong set up the celebrant eunuch, at this time, he did not approve the red and did not involve politics, and his main function was to be in charge of the personnel of the eunuchs in the palace). Ordered Hou Xian and others to select palace maids and eunuchs to be responsible for the guard of the Qianqing Palace.

But this still can't eliminate the hazy worries in Zhu Gaoxu's heart!

He asked himself that he was not a suspicious person, on the contrary, Zhu Gaoxu, who had been a gambler, was very adventurous. But on the first day of his ascension to the throne, he was a little suspicious, is it true that everyone who is an emperor is like this?

He also suddenly understood a little bit about why his father never spent the night with others except for staying overnight at his mother's place. Last night, Zhu Gaochu didn't even feel like a strange woman, Cao Fu asked quietly, but Zhu Gaochu shook his head and refused.

When he got up in the morning, surrounded by eunuchs and palace maids, Zhu Gaoxu was the imperial chariot, and went out to clean the gate step by step and go to the imperial gate (Fengtianmen) to deal with political affairs.

Having just ascended the throne, Zhu Gaoxu does not plan to do anything big in a hurry; You have to take it easy...... The current period is very sensitive, from the capital to the locality, countless eyes are staring at how the new emperor is going to govern! Zhu Gaoxu hopes that everyone will be at ease first, don't think that he will not give people a good life!

In particular, many civil officials, in this era when there is no big external threat to the country, estimate that they most want to see an emperor who does nothing and only loves to repair cars. In this way, everyone doesn't have to worry and be anxious.

However, Zhu Gaoxu did not neglect his administration, and went to the imperial gate the next day to deal with the chapter and discuss state affairs. His performance in the last two days should look like an unusually regular emperor.

At the imperial gate, Zhu Gaoxu sat on the throne. The officials and eunuchs on duty, as well as the civil officials Hou Hai and Pei Youzhen, all arrived, and everyone made a big salute. After the ceremony, Zhu Gaoxu didn't discuss anything, and went straight to look at the piece sent to him, ready to read it.

At present, almost all the civil and military affairs of the Beijing division have been edicted, and the central organs have almost been incorporated into the new monarch system. The edict of enthronement was also copied by the official offices, and notified to the provincial capitals, prefectures and county offices of the Ming Dynasty in the form of a newspaper.

As long as the local officials congratulate them, or those who are unhappy with Zhu Gaoxu are forced to submit and write a chapter to address the saint, they can be regarded as becoming subjects of the Wude Dynasty. If it is clear that he does not obey the edict, it is not recognizing the legitimacy of the Wude Dynasty, and of course it is a blatant rebellion; What awaits them must be the armed counterinsurgency of the imperial court officials and soldiers!

Zhu Gaoxu reviewed the recital, and soon felt bored. Because today's recital is almost all congratulatory watches, similar flattery; At first, it was very cool to watch, after all, people like to be held, but after reading a hundred copies of the same thing, it will also feel very boring......

At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly found something that was not a congratulatory watch.

Du Erlang, who temporarily led the Jinyi Weibei Town Fu Division, played, and the military attache of the Imperial Prison sued Yao Fang and entered the Imperial Prison to kill the criminal Pu Qia! Because Du Erlang was not Yao Fang's boss and had no right to dispose of Yao Fang, he made a decision on the Sheng.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at it and immediately became angry. He treats Yao Fang as his own, and this guy broke the law on the day he ascended the throne! Pampered and proud so quickly?

"Summoning Yao Fang for questioning!" Zhu Gaoxu said in an unkind tone.

The eunuch on duty immediately announced the decree in a long voice, and it was spread out.

Zhu Gaoxu looked back at the officials who were writing and painting around the main hall, and asked, "Who of you knows, who Pu Qia is?" ”

Hu Hu stood up, walked out of the bookcase, came to the throne, and bowed: "Hu Hu, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, please play the saint, Pu Qia is the main monk of the thirty-second year of Hongwu." ”

Thirty-two years of Hongwu? It was the Jianwen period.

Zhu Gaoxu pondered for a while, and suddenly remembered Pu Qia! At the beginning of Yongle, Taizong wanted to find out the whereabouts of Jianwen's father and son, so he asked Zhu Gaoxu to do it. At that time, Zhu Gaoxu not only saw Ma Enhui, but also saw this Pu Qia. What is Pu Qia's relationship with Yao Guangxiao, who has asked for the release of this person more than once.

Zhu Gaoxu thought of the grudge between Yao Fang and Yao Guangxiao again, and immediately guessed a rough idea.

"I see." Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand. He glanced at Hu Hu again, and said in his heart: Jinshi is a Jinshi after all, and he is exquisite! Speak orally in front of the emperor, and be very careful about the era name; After all, since the Yongle period, the name of Jianwen has been completely removed and renamed Hongwu, and Zhu Gaoxu did not say anything about overturning the case for Jianwen.

"The minister retired." Hu Hui saluted.

After waiting for a long time, Yao Fang first kowtowed outside the Fengtian Gate to ask for a decree, and then walked into the royal gate and kowtowed again under the throne.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Yao Fang first and found that his eyes seemed to be a little red and swollen, as if he had cried.

Because of what Yao Fang did and for some reason, Zhu Gaoxu's anger also disappeared a lot. Zhu Gaoxu's angry tone at this time was mostly just acting, "You are so bold! ”

Yao Fang said: "The saint is angry, don't affect the dragon body for Weichen." Weichen is knowingly committing a crime, knowing that he has violated the law, please surrender to the saint! ”

Zhu Gaoxu angrily pointed at Yao Fang and scolded: "You still know how to break the law, ah? I thought that you had meritorious service, and I wanted to reward you for meritorious deeds, and I would give you a knighthood after consulting with the minister. It's good for you, for the sake of personal vendetta, you don't care about the future!

I know you have a deep grudge, but that's just a personal vendetta. The state has national law, and you, as a military general of the Jinyi Guard, enter the Imperial Prison by virtue of your position and kill the prisoner without permission, which is illegal! Even if Pu Qia deserves to be punished for a big crime, it's not that you, a brocade-clothed general, can lynch him! ”

Although Zhu Gaoxu scolded fiercely and his tone was not good, he kept saying that Yao Fang was guilty of breaking the law. But the content of the scolding has a saying...... mentioned that Yao Fang has the merit of knighthood and family feud; also directly convicted Pu Qia of a capital crime!

Of course, there is another reason, Yao Fang's sister was the wife of Zhu Gaoxu when he was the king of Han; And this matter can't be taken out and said on the royal gate, relying on relationships is not reasonable.

Yao Fang kowtowed and said: "Weichen knows that he is wrong, please condemn the saint!" Weichen deserves it, he knows the consequences before he breaks the law, and he has no complaints. Weichen does not need to be knighted, and he has no intention of the future of the official position, sinking into personal enmity and grievances and cannot extricate himself, and he has the cultivation of the saint, and Weichen is sorry for the saint! ”

"You've paid it off?" Zhu Gaoxu said angrily, "Come on, drag me to the gate of the edict, fifty rods!" It was degraded to the general flag of the Fusi of Jinyi Weibei Town. ”

Yao Fang bowed and said: "Accept the sin, thank you!" ”

After Zhu Gaoxu finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Cao Fu who was standing next to him, Cao Fu was clever, and while receiving the order, he saw that Zhu Gaoxu still had something to say, and bowed a few steps forward.

"Take it easy." Zhu Gaoxu said quietly.

Cao Fu said loudly: "The slave and maid have the order!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu asked Yao Fang again: "Do you still dare to commit it?" ”

Yao Fang said: "Weichen didn't dare, just because he hated his heart. Never do it again. ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "If there is a next time, I will never spare it!" ”

Of course, he was reluctant to use Yao Fang to kill chickens and monkeys! He just sat on the throne, and he was already a little unstable, how could he easily kill his own people?

Zhu Gaoxu judged that people have their own set of ideas, that is, whether they have malicious intentions or not. He sat on the throne, and even more so!

The people he was most unhappy with were those who hid in the shadows with malicious intent...... Regardless of whether it is good for them or not, as long as it can harm Zhu Gaoxu's interests and bad things, they will be comfortable in their hearts!

Any law and rule is nonsense, and the Ming Dynasty is not yet a legal country.

After all, the huge Ming Dynasty had too many affairs, and the emperor couldn't manage it alone, so he could only let his courtiers do it. If there are too many malicious people among the courtiers, will things still be done well?

This may also be one of the reasons why the emperor has to resign when he ascends the throne, and he has to get everyone to support him?

And people like Yao Fang didn't give face yesterday, which made Zhu Gaoxu very angry at first; But soon Zhu Gaoxu felt that he was not pampered and arrogant, his heart was still good, and he was very sincere in admitting his mistakes, which was understandable.

…… Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly understood where his anxiety and hidden worries came from!

Who is the real murderer who plotted to kill the first emperor?

The death of the first emperor has already been decided on the table, and as long as it is a courtier who has been edicted, there is no reason to publicly question the conclusion. But Zhu Gaoxu's intuition was not done by Gao Chi and the officials of the East Palace! There must be someone else.

What kind of person the former emperor Zhu Di is and how careful he is, Zhu Gaoxu knows it clearly in his heart. That murderer was able to poison and kill Zhu Di in the palace, and the hidden depth was terrifying!

Zhu Gaoxu said in his heart: If you don't find out this person, you don't even know who he is, if Lao Tzu accidentally offends him one day, will he also be poisoned and killed?