The Runxiang Pavilion near the Gongyuan is not a top-notch existence in the large and small painting boats of Yingtianfu, because there is no one who can still be remembered here.

However, this Runxiang Pavilion is a government-run green building, and many of the women in it are women of the original sin. Although the identity is not there, this gap has also attracted many ordinary people who are willing to get close to the "official lady".

And Runxiang Pavilion is not the most famous of these women, because Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di's father and son like evil and fickle, and there are countless ministers who have been sent to their families over the years, and there is no shortage of such women in other Qinglou and painting boats.

Their most outstanding thing is that there is the largest theater building in the capital in the building, which can accommodate nearly 1,000 people to watch singing, dancing and drama at the same time, so it attracts countless gentry and nobles.

Zhu Youstew, the son of King Zhou, came to the capital and was invited to Runxiang Pavilion by his friend Bian Qingyan, the director of the Teaching Workshop Division, to make up a big play for Runxiang Pavilion.

In the winter of the twenty-second year of Hongwu, Zhu Hu was convicted of leaving the fief to Fengyang without authorization, and was ordered by Taizu to move to Yunnan. Taizu soon changed his decision and left Zhu Hu in the capital, and Zhu Youstew took care of the affairs of the domain. Hongwu was only allowed to return to the fiefdom of Kaifeng in December of the 24th year.

In the early years of Jianwen, Zhu Youjiao, the second son of Zhu Hu and the king of Runan, reported his father's misdeeds to the imperial court, and the imperial court sent Li Jinglong to raid Kaifeng to arrest Zhu Hu.

In the fourth year of Jianwen, Zhu Hu and Zhu Youstew were summoned to Yingtianfu to be imprisoned.

Until Zhu Di succeeded to the throne, Zhu Hu, who had the same mother as Zhu Di, was rehabilitated by Zhu Di, restored Zhu Hu's title, added 5,000 stones, and ordered him to return to his original fiefdom and dedicate nine chapters and dances.

His younger brother Zhu Youjia, the king of Runan, was sent to Dali, Yunnan, but this kind of father-son cannibalism had a huge impact on the mentality of the Zhou Wangfu family.

His father, Zhu Hu, was studious since he was a child, and he wrote 100 chapters of "Yuan Gong Ci", and organized the compilation of works such as "Baosheng Yulu", "Pocket Fang", "Puji Fang" and "Materia Medica", becoming a generation of medical masters.

He inherited his father's literary talent, but had no interest in Chinese medicine, and since his teenage setbacks, he has stayed away from politics and devoted himself to literature and opera.

Over the past 20 years, he has also created a good reputation among the people, becoming a generation of opera masters, and is highly respected among the people.

When he came to the capital, he was also warmly welcomed by the opera industry, and many women were willing to recommend pillow seats.

Zhu Youstew is afraid of politics and is afraid of being contaminated with politics, and this kind of practice of using opera to comfort and stay away from politics is still quite popular with Zhu Di.

For this reason, he was also summoned by the emperor twice, and promised to come to Runxianglou to watch the play in person when the big play was completed.

For this reason, Zhu Youstew had to change the repertoire, changing the "sachet resentment" that was originally going to be staged to the repertoire of "Enjoying the Flowers" and "Celebrating Longevity".

These sets of operas are all written by him, and he is the only one who is familiar with the plot, and in order to perform this repertoire well, he has not returned home for ten days.

However, it is not worth the trip to taste all the colors in Runxiang Building.

"Enjoying the Flowers" and "Celebrating Longevity" are serial plays, in order to welcome the emperor's arrival, he combined the court workshop drama with the folk ritual drama.

It retains the performance techniques such as "opening and drinking", "ending song" and "scattering", and then combines rap arts such as Taoism and lotus fall to shape the atmosphere with visual and auditory feelings.

The women here learned that the emperor was going to come to see the play, and they were all in good spirits, and they expected the emperor to like their play because of this, and cut their music.

Therefore, when rehearsing the play, one by one was extremely attentive, although it was only a short ten days, but the choreographed court team dance and folk dance team, and the song music with it had already taken shape.

It's hard work, but it's worth it.

Sitting on the second floor of Runxiang Building, sipping a cup of tea, watching the rehearsal in the hall on the first floor, correcting the mistakes during the rehearsal from time to time, time flies.

However, a pair of officers and soldiers outside suddenly marched quickly in full armor, which made his mood a little depressed. I don't know which minister has committed Longwei again!

Every time the sentimental Zhu Youstew sees such a scene, he can think of the bloody scene behind him......

Shi Xun Baoshan, the head of the palace, came upstairs at this time, saluted him and whispered: "Shizi, the officers and soldiers have surrounded the Jin Palace. ”

Zhu Youwei shook his head and sighed: "The King of Jin is a family...... That's the end of it. ”

He has been close to Zhu Jixi, the former king of the Jin Dynasty, since childhood, but Zhu Jixi is deeply influenced by Confucianism and has a good ideology, and has always believed that the current emperor is seeking to usurp the throne, so he is not favored by the emperor.

This gave Zhu Jixi a chance to attack the Jin throne, and now Zhu Jixi has been arrested again, and I am afraid that the Jin Dynasty will have no impact from now on.

He raised his head and asked, "Do you know what King Jin has done?" ”

Xun Baoshan shook his head and said, "Now I don't know, I have asked people to inquire." ”

Zhu Zhanji led a large group of men and horses to the Jin Wangfu in Chang'anfang, which has been surrounded by the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses.

However, the people of Ying Tianfu were not afraid of these officials, and asked what happened with a slanderous face.

Seeing Zhu Zhanji's guard of honor approaching, they all knelt on the side of the road and saluted, and when Zhu Zhanji passed, they got up again.

"His Royal Highness is heroic and chic, and he is really a masterpiece."

"Nonsense, this is the real true dragon emperor, how can it be the same as us."

Zhu Zhanji took the lead and came to the gate of the Jin Palace, and Yuan Biao, the deputy commander of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, immediately stepped forward to pay a visit. "The deputy commander of Zhongcheng, Yuan Biao, visited His Highness, the Jin Palace's blockade has been completed, and the number of people is now being counted."

Zhu Zhanji nodded and asked, "King Jin is here?" ”

Yuan Biao didn't answer, but he heard Zhu Jixi's angry shouts coming from the courtyard: "You and other untouchables dare to insult me so far, wait for me to tell the emperor, Xu'er and other nine clans." ”

Zhu Zhanji jumped off the horse and walked inward first, but saw Zhu Jixi holding a long stick and hitting a group of officials of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division with his head covered in the face.

The people led by Cao Ying, the commander of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, did not dare to fight back, and retreated to the front yard step by step.

Zhu Zhanji entered the courtyard, but saw that Zhu Jixi's wicked person sued first, and said sharply: "Zhanji's nephew came just in time, and look at how these insult my Zhu descendants!" ”

Zhu Zhanji sneered and said: "A good descendant of the Zhu family, you are not afraid of insulting your ancestors!" ”

He was stunned for a moment when he saw that Zhu Zhanji was not good.

Cao Ying and the others hurriedly saluted Zhu Zhanji. Zhu Zhanji waved his hand and said: "Commander Cao came by holy order, but was beaten and insulted by you for no reason, do you take the emperor in your eyes?" ”

Zhu Jixi saw that Zhu Zhanji's words were not good, and he also sneered: "He has no holy decree, and he has no inner servants to pass on the oracle, how can I know if it is true or false?" ”

Cao Ying got the order of the two little eunuchs, and knew that it was the grandson who came forward in person today, so he had the intention to behave, and wanted to control the Jin Wangfu first without waiting for Zhu Zhanji to arrive.

Now when I heard Zhu Jixi's words, I immediately knew that I was anxious today, and I was ordered to surround the Jin Palace, but I didn't let them copy the Jin Palace!

Now I just hope that Taisun can help him turn around.

Zhu Zhanji said in a cold voice: "According to the emperor's command, detain Zhu Jixi, the king of Jin, to the palace for questioning, except for relatives, everyone is waiting for the detention of the prison of the criminal department, waiting for the holy judgment!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the wooden stick in Zhu Jixi's hand fell to the ground, and he shouted: "How did you get here? ”

Zhu Zhanji didn't bother to pay attention to him, but said: "I'm ashamed to be a descendant of the Zhu family with you...... Take! ”

Zhu Jixi pulled out the long sword at his waist and shouted, "Who dares!" Look...... Taisun, you must let Uncle Jin Wang be an understanding person! ”

Huang Siwei said at this time: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, what have you done and you don't count it in your heart?" Do you want to lose all the royal face? Jin Yiwei has just returned from Taiyuan, and he also rescued the imprisoned father and son of the former Jin king......"

Zhu Zhanji himself was embarrassed to say about the royal matter, and others naturally didn't dare to say it.

Huang Siwei said that for this sake, there is nothing I don't understand about this sentence. He wanted to rush up and slash and kill, but when he saw the strong guards behind Zhu Zhanji, he didn't dare after all and dropped his long sword.

Two chamberlains stepped forward, tied his hands behind his back, tied him up, and stuffed him into a palanquin they had brought.

King Jin was captured, and the others did not dare to resist, and knelt on the ground one by one.

Only a strong man with a gloomy face wanted to run to the backyard, but before he could run a few steps, he was shot by an arrow from the guard on the fence, hitting him in the thigh, causing him to hold his leg and scream.

arrested everyone, and Zhu Zhanji left a pair of internal supervisors to supervise the Jin Palace. Although Zhu Jixi didn't bring the princess over, he also had some female dependents.

These female dependents are also the relatives of the Zhu family anyway, and they have to be released, and they will not be released until a few months later, when they find out that they are not pregnant, and if they are pregnant with the descendants of the Zhu family, they will be given a bowl of rice to eat.

In the hall, in the empty hall, only Zhu Di was sitting there menacingly, although Wang Yan was waiting in close quarters, he didn't dare to make any sound at this time.

Although Wang Yan was only one person on the surface, Zhu Zhanji could hear the breathing of at least twenty people, all of whom were internal eunuchs with high martial arts, hidden in the apse, including the high platform he was sitting on now.

In the side hall, Zhu Zhanji also heard the breathing of several people, which should be Jinyiwei's case-handling personnel.

Zhu Zhanji has hundreds of guards close to him, as the king of a country, the people around Zhu Di are no less than Zhu Zhanji, even in the palace, there are no less than 20 people around him all the time.

But Zhu Jixi obviously didn't know that he was escorted into the main hall, and when he saw this solemn atmosphere, he was intimidated.

If there were outsiders, Zhu Di might still give him some face in this clan, but now there are no outsiders, and it is Zhu Di's thought to fight or kill.

So, as soon as the rope was untied, he fell down on his knees and wept aloud. "Fourth uncle, the little nephew is guilty!"

Seeing that Zhu Jixi was such a ruffian, Zhu Di laughed angrily. Standing up from the dragon chair, he took two steps forward, leaned on the white jade railing in front of him and said with a smile: "If you come in and don't cry or make trouble, it proves that you have a bit of courage, if you fight with reason, I will also approve of you." But you are not lustful and inward-looking, cruel inside and outside, but you are cowardly as a mouse, so shameless and incompetent, it is rare.

"You call me Fourth Uncle! Yes, according to your father, you call me the fourth uncle. But you didn't even recognize your own father, poisoned your own mother, and imprisoned your own brothers and nephews. Such a person who has no ancestors, no fathers, no clans and no relatives, how can he have the face to call me the fourth uncle! ”

When Zhu Jixi heard this, he cried even louder, tears and snot flowed, and he knelt on the ground and knelt forward. "Fourth uncle, I know it's wrong, but everything I do is for you."

Zhu Di couldn't help but smile again, beckoned to Zhu Zhanji, and motioned for him to come to his side. "That's new for me...... Let's talk about ......"

Zhu Zhanji glanced at Zhu Jixi, who was prostrate and kneeling, walked past him, and went directly to the second floor of the high platform, which was also the position of Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Gaochi.

Sitting on the second floor of the high platform, he also happened to face Zhu Jixi, who was crying below without a nose and no eyes. Zhu Zhanji was disgusted and looked away.

Zhu Jixi howled: "Your Majesty, then Zhu Jixi said that you are a great rebel, usurping the throne improperly, and you deserve to be imprisoned to death." Your Majesty, I'm here for you......"

With his back to Zhu Di, Zhu Zhanji couldn't see his expression, but he could feel the coldness in his words. "Is it true that I dare not kill you if I cling to it like this?"

"Xiao Wang didn't dare to ......"

Zhu Di asked softly, "What does Ji'er think should be done?" ”

Zhu Zhanji thought for a while, turned around and said: "It just so happens that the princes of the princes and princes came to the capital, and the grandson thought that he should hold a clan meeting in Taimiao, present the evidence of Zhu Jixi's crime in front of others, and punish him severely, so as to set an example." ”

Zhu Di waved his hand with some interest and said, "Just like you say...... Edict, the princes of the royal palaces, the kings of the counties, held a clan meeting in Taimiao at the time of Shen......"

As soon as Zhu Di's edict was issued, Wang Yan immediately arranged for the internal prison to send the edict to the palaces.

Zhu Di glanced at Zhu Jixi with some disgust, and someone escorted him down.

There were only two grandsons left in the hall, and Zhu Di said a little tiredly: "None of these clan children are worry-free, except for this Zhu Jixi, Zhu Rong, King of Qi, Zhu Ying, Zhu Ying, King of Liao, Zhu Yang, King of Min, and Zhu Lu, King of Valley, each have illegal things, causing the people to boil. You can kill and you can't kill ......"

Kings are not guilty of capital except rebellion. That is to say, as long as they do not rebel, even the emperor cannot kill them, nor can he cut the prince casually. Even if the prince is cut off, the descendants of his branch will inherit the throne.

Zhu Yuanzhang originally wanted to make harmony between relatives in this way, but in the end, it brought a heavy economic burden to Daming.

These princes could not engage in agriculture and commerce, and could only raise pigs, which led to the fact that one by one princes could only have children.

Zhu Zhanji forgot which prince it was, and gave birth to a total of 94 children, including 163 grandchildren and 510 great-grandchildren.

King Qing really can't remember so many descendants, and with the addition of various wives and concubines, there are more than 1,000 genuine masters in the entire palace. At every family gathering, someone has to be introduced to who.

There are so many people, it would be good if they could be of some use to the country, but these people have become moths, lying on Daming's body and sucking blood.

Seeing that Zhu Di felt something, Zhu Zhanji boldly said: "Some of Taizu's systems seem to be out of date now, and the imperial grandfather should change them." ”

Zhu Di stared at Zhu Zhanji and asked, "How to change?" ”

"Descend from generation to generation, except for the son-in-law, the rest of the descendants will descend again, and the royal family will be allowed to go out from afar, and there will be no restrictions on agriculture and industry."

Zhu Di pondered for a while before he said: "This is a move to shake the foundation of the country, I want to think about it again." ”

In this era, the composition of the whole society is the clan system. The clan is a restriction that no one can cross, and it is a great rebellion to open a knife on one's own clan.

However, if it is a decision made by borrowing from the clan, it has a system that is more useful than the law.

In the afternoon of the same day, princes and princes from all over the country, including the princes of the county, gathered together and held a clan meeting in the Taimiao Temple outside the noon gate.

When the skinny father and son Zhu Jixi and Zhu Meigui appeared in front of everyone, they were as scary as two skeletons in human skin.

Under their statements, Zhu Jixi's brutal and inhumane behaviors were reported one by one.

In addition to human evidence, there are also various physical evidence, which makes Zhu Jixi undeniable.

In the end, with the support of everyone, Zhu Jixi was reduced to a civilian and imprisoned in the Fengyang High Wall.

The high wall of Fengyang is the most feared place of every clan, there is the strictest prison in the Ming Dynasty, most of the sects who enter it are either suicide or crazy, and only a few people can endure it.

Zhu Jixi was to blame for such a result, and at this time, no one had pity for him.

Attacking one's own relatives is unbearable for the people, let alone the royal family.

If there is no limit, whoever has the greatest power can do it arbitrarily, then what is the use of the ancestral patriarchal law!

Zhu Zhanji has been watching the performances of these clans coldly, and if possible, he just wants to get rid of these burdens.

But if he does, the whole world will be against him. Therefore, he can only coerce and lure, lure them out little by little, and let them be self-reliant.

This may be one of the biggest headaches for him when he ascends to the throne in the future.

At the end of the song, everyone dispersed, and Zhu Jixi, who was crying, had already been gagged by the crowd who had heard enough of his cries and scolding. Before he was escorted to Fengyang Zhongdu, he would never see any outsiders again.

Therefore, even if he scolds the sky, no one will hear it.

Although Zhu Zhanji is a grandson, he only talks about clan seniority today, so his ranking is very low today, and he only has to stand outside the door.

Everyone walked out surrounded by Zhu Di, who was not in a very good mood, and Zhu Di talked to Zhu Mengyan, the third son of the King of Chu, about the water battle at Dongting Lake many years ago.

Among the Zhu family, Zhu Di is not alone, in addition to Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, Zhu Zhen, the king of Chu, Zhu Chun, the king of Shu, Zhu Gui, the acting king, and Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, all have a good relationship with him.

Zhu Mengyan is the leader of the third generation of the Zhu family, with outstanding ability, and now he has basically mastered the power of the Chu Palace.

He was originally only the third son, but his two elder brothers died early, so now the third generation of the Chu Wangfu is the eldest of him, and this time he also went to sea with Zhu Zhanji on behalf of the Chu Wangfu.

Zhu Di has a good relationship with Zhu Zhen, and he is relatively close to this nephew, giving him the opportunity to speak closely.

They went out, but Zhu Zhanji still stood silently near the door, waiting for the elders to finish before they could leave.

At this time, a middle-aged man who was a head shorter than him stood in front of him, looked at him and sighed. "Zhanji, there is an uncle stew who wants to ask you something, but it is difficult to speak."

Zhu Zhanji recognized him as Zhu Youstew, the son of King Zhou, one of the father and son studied medicine and the other studied opera, and they were not joking, but really made achievements, which is quite remarkable.

Zhu Youstew is now famous in the Ming Dynasty, not to mention for the time being, just talk about the "Saving the Famine Materia Medica" compiled by Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, which is a life-saving book in Chinese history, and it is also one of the most printed books in ancient China.

"Materia Medica" is a botanical book that focuses on endemic plants and combines them with edible food. More than 400 species of plants are documented, each with beautiful woodcut illustrations. Among them, there are 138 kinds of materia medica from the past dynasties, and 276 new species have been added. In terms of classification, it is divided into: 245 species of grasses, 80 species of wood, 20 species of rice and cereals, 23 kinds of fruits, and 46 kinds of vegetables.

Since the fourth year of Yongle, this book was engraved in Kaifeng, and quickly became a treasure book for the popularization of agriculture and planting in the country.

King Zhou's attitude in compiling "Materia Medica" was serious. He planted the wild plants he collected in the garden, carefully observed, experimented, and obtained reliable information. Therefore, this book has relatively high academic value.

For some poisonous but satisfying plants, he even gave antidotes, all for one purpose, that is, to make people full.

Because of the contributions of their father and son, Zhu Zhanji still appreciates them in his heart. At this time, when he heard Zhu Youstew say this, he immediately replied with a straight face: "Sixth uncle, please speak, my nephew has the responsibility to do so." ”

Zhu Youstew ranks sixth among the third generation of concubines, only slightly younger than the former Emperor Jianwen and Zhu Gaochi. But this person belongs to the kind of person like Cao Xueqin, who is more sensitive and sentimental, so he is not very respected in the third generation.

Hearing Zhu Zhanji call him his sixth uncle, Zhu Youstew smiled and looked very pleased. "It's too frivolous to mention this matter in front of the ancestors, we'll talk about it when you come out."

It shouldn't be good to say this in front of everyone, Zhu Zhanji nodded. He smiled back and went out first.

When the third generation walked out of the Taimiao, Zhu Zhanji turned around and went out with the fourth generation.

Zhu Youwei stood next to a cypress tree, saw Zhu Zhanji come out, and nodded to him. The others didn't want others to hear about it when they saw them, and they originally wanted to have a relationship with Zhu Zhanjilala, but they could only leave first at this time.

Zhu Zhanji came to his side and said first: "Sixth Uncle has something to say, my nephew can do it, and he will definitely help." ”

Zhu Youwei smiled a little embarrassedly, and then said: "There is a pianist named Shaohong in Runxianglou, who was originally the daughter of Shao Jiang, the commander of Wuyang County, who was naturalized due to her father's sin and became a pianist in Runxianglou. This Shao Jiang is ...... with me."

Zhu Zhanji asked: "Sixth Uncle wants to get rid of Shaohong?" ”

Zhu Youwei nodded, but shook his head again. "When it comes to getting out of the country, I sell my old face, but I can also fool around in the Ministry of Rites. But it is said that Yang Zhangde, the commander of Jinyiwei, also fell in love with this woman, you know...... I...... I ......"

Zhu Zhanji frowned and said, "Make things clear, then Yang Zhangde has any coercion?" ”

"That's not true, but Runxianglou would rather offend me, a powerless son, than dare to offend Jinyiwei."

Zhu Zhanji's brows stretched, nodded and said, "This matter is promised by my nephew." I happened to be close to Uncle Six today, and I also wanted to ask Uncle Six for help. ”