On July 24, the second year of Yongle, Nanjing, the weather was fine. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, it is the hottest season of the year.

In recent days, the scorching summer and unbearable high temperatures have also made the people in the city suffer a lot. People prefer to live in houses for a long time rather than go out to farm or hunt.

However, if someone is resting, someone must be busy.

The intoxicating high temperature for several days has made a Yizhuang in the south of the city stink.

Yizhuang, as the name suggests, is a chivalrous act.

But even if the original intention is good, but in the face of more than a dozen unclaimed and increasingly stinking corpses, no matter who you are, I am afraid that you will have a headache.

"Doesn't the imperial court care about the lives and deaths of these people?"

Wang Wu, who was angry, was kicking an old poplar tree outside Yizhuang hard, and said angrily.

He has been guarding the dilapidated and leaky Yizhuang here for three years.

In the first two years, the world was quite peaceful, but since King Yan entered Beijing and ascended the throne. The 'business' in his Yizhuang is indeed much better than in the past.

But this 'business' is naturally the business of the dead.

"Phew! Damn, what kind of world is this."

Those who are willing to guard in this Yizhuang will inevitably have a little chivalrous heart in their hearts.

But every time Wang Wu faced these corpses, he would feel guilty because he couldn't do anything about it.

Because he knew where these corpses came from, he also knew that it was not that the court didn't want to take care of it, but that no one dared to take care of it.

Although, the Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people. But if the sons and grandsons of the Son of Heaven have committed crimes, how many people will dare to punish him?

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In the depths of the majestic palace, the room of the most powerful man in the world was far less imposing than the territory under his jurisdiction.

The incense in the copper furnace gradually dissipated, leaving only a thick layer of incense ash, and the fading sunlight outside the door shone into this mortal house, and the smoke and dust that fluttered down were delicate in this light.

The room was paved with light gray stone bricks, and more than a dozen senior officials stood on the left and right. At this time, it is not a court meeting, so this is not the Jinluan Palace, but a side hall.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty did not sit on the high dragon chair today, but just chose a chair to sit on at random.

The emperor was wearing a blue civilian dress today, with a coiled gold ribbon around his waist, and his long black hair was tightly tied, except for the occasional silver thread found in his sideburns.

He sat casually in his chair, lower than the courtiers standing around, but he felt as if he was at the highest end of the world, on an equal footing with the gods.

Now that the state affairs are over, it is no longer the people's sufferings that remain in this house to talk about.

Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi is first on the left. Because of his wide body and fat body, his standing posture was a little weird, and his whole body was a little tilted to the right, as if he was pressing the weight of his whole body on his right foot.

He knew what his father had called him into the palace today. Ever since he became the crown prince, his father would often let him study beside him, learn how to speak, and learn how to behave.

The second prince, Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu, is the first in the right hand.

He resembled his father, the only man sitting in the room, and he was the most alike of his father.

He is dressed today in a purple and red brocade robe, embroidered with dragon patterns, which is also the color that his father preferred when he was a prince.

He also knew what his father had called him for. After all, he had been crowned king for half a year, but he had never been to his fiefdom, even to see it.

"Father, what is the sin of the son, you want to be in my wilderness." This statement was a little excited, but also a little sad, and seemed to be mixed with a trace of unwillingness.

He never understood why, why this prince was his frail brother, not him.

Just after the second prince said this, the ministers behind him also gently persuaded each other, and the saint had his own decision, how to do it.

And Wang Yan, the head of the household, suddenly stepped forward and said resolutely: "Your Majesty, the land of Yunnan is so wild, and it is also a place for the guilty people of many dynasties. If you let such a noble body as the second prince go to the outer land, I am afraid that it will lose the royal dignity."

For Wang Yan's words, the second prince was obviously very satisfied. Although the position of the crown prince has been decided, the matter of the royal concubine has been an anomaly since ancient times.

Therefore, there will naturally be people with different intentions.

The emperor's brows tightened unnoticeably, but no one dared to stare at the face of the Son of Heaven, so no one would care about these small details.

However, Xie Jin lowered his head and used his afterglow to find the trace of irritability between the eyebrows of the Son of Heaven.

So he stepped forward and said in a straight voice: "The third prince has been going to the fiefdom for several months. And if the king of Han does not set off at this time, he is afraid that this will be discordant."

He is the new secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Confucianism has always paid the most attention to the number of rites, but more importantly, he is a member of the East Palace.

The emperor has a full view of the speeches of these people.

He had already made up his mind about it, but he seemed to want to keep listening.

So I saw him ask leisurely, "Yang Shangshu, do you have any opinions on this matter?" ”。

Yang Shiqi, the secretary of the military department, actually didn't want to participate in the housework of entering the inner courtyard of the palace, and he was very clear about the intention of His Majesty the Emperor to summon a few people here.

Moreover, he also knew very well that if he made a mistake, he was afraid that he would follow in the footsteps of the filial piety of the previous dynasty.

So I saw him step forward and said respectfully, "Back to the emperor, Yunnan is located in the frontier, and it does belong to the land outside China." If the second prince is allowed to go to Yunnan, it will indeed lose the royal dignity. Therefore, it is better to seal other lands, so that the second prince can carry out the duties of the king of Han."

As soon as Yang Shiqi's words came out, Xie Jin's heart was immediately shocked, "What a Yang Shiqi." This statement did not offend either the second prince or the crown prince, and also answered the words of the saint. It's just that even if you have a clear breeze and a bright moon, I'm afraid that you can't compete with the rolling red dust in the future."

Regarding Yang Shiqi's words, the emperor seemed very calm, he just turned his head slightly, looked at the prince, and said, "What do you think?" ”。

"Father, the son also feels that this foreign land is indeed difficult to be the second brother. I also ask my father to seal it separately." The crown prince already bowed deeply and pleaded.

For such an obese person, such an action is enough to make it gasp.

But he has been kind-hearted since he was a child, and his compatriots and sisters-in-law supported each other when they were in trouble, took care of each other, and advanced and retreated together.

Although several courtiers have also admonished him about the murderous deeds of the second prince and the misdeeds in secret, as a brother, he still doesn't want to see his close relatives, like those princes in the Li Tang period, swords against each other.

In fact, the emperor had long expected that the crown prince would say this. He knew that his prince was broad-minded and kind-hearted.

"Since the prince intercedes for you, then change the title to Qingzhou." I saw that the emperor said calmly again.

This is just a deep meaning hidden in this calm.

As soon as the word Qingzhou came out, there was a lot of discussion off the field. This is not the Jinluan Palace, so it does not pay attention to the etiquette in front of the palace.

Just when the ministers were discussing, he saw the second prince raise his arrogant head, face the emperor, and said, "What is the crime of the son, my father wants to punish me with barren land."

Tears were streaming down his eyes, but he didn't cry.

Because he knew that the last thing his father liked was crying.

Qingzhou has always been poor, and the people are almost hungry.

That's why the emperor said this, and it will lead to the discussion of the ministers.

Seeing his second brother crying, the kind-hearted prince couldn't bear it, he knew how brave his second brother was on the battlefield.

He also knew that in fact, the other party was the person most similar to his father, not only in appearance, but also in martial arts and personality.

Therefore, he opened his mouth again, "Father, although Qingzhou is better than Yunnan, it is still a barren land. The son begged his father to retract his order and seal another land."

Regarding the words of the prince, the emperor at this time was not thinking about it seriously. And for the tears in the eyes of these two princes, the emperor at this time also turned a blind eye.

He just looked at the sunset outside the window, and he remembered the past. When he was only ten years old, his father also sealed him in the north, far away from the capital. He remembered how he had felt.

At that time, he also wanted to cry.

It's just that he, no.

"This matter will be discussed later. Stand down."

In the emperor's cold voice, all the ministers and the two princes also respectfully retreated.

Only the emperor was left alone, and he stayed in this side hall until late at night.

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