Ye Xiang didn't have much impression of Zhang Nai, but he had heard of Sun Chengzong's name for a long time. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Hearing Fang Congzhe mention this future emperor with a mixed reputation, he became interested, dispelled the idea of leaving, sat back on the throne, inspected the more than 20 ministers in the hall, and said with great interest, "This matter is as it is, I don't know if Sun Yude is here today?" ”

Yude is a subordinate official of the East Palace, and in order to educate the prince, the Ming Dynasty set up four auxiliary institutions in the East Palace: the left and right Chunfang, the Zhan Mansion, and the Department of Economic Affairs.

In terms of staffing, the Zhan Mansion has one member of the Zhan Affair, two members of the Shao Zhan Affair, one member of the Mansion, one member of the main book, and two members of the Record; There are one member of each scholar in the left and right Chunfang, one member of the left and right concubines, one member of the left and right Yude, two members of the left and right Zhongyun, two members of the left and right Zanshan, two members of the left and right Si Zhilang, one member of Qing Jilang, one member of the left and right secretaries, and two members of the general secretary; The Bureau of Economic Affairs has two members of horse washing, two school secretaries, and two orthography.

Sun Chengzong and Zhang Nai, respectively, are the virtues of the left and right Chunfang, from the five products, to the part-time job. Sun Chengzong's actual position is to be a companion of the Hanlin Academy, and Zhang Nai's is the supervisor of the Guozijian Siye (equivalent to the vice president of the highest national university).

Sun Chengzong was a later emperor, and there are two things that people remember about him, the first is that when Jiannu passed through his hometown of Gaoyang (Gaoyang County in the southeast of Baoding), he was captured at the age of 75 and died by hanging, and his family also fought to death; The second is the "Guanningjin Defense Line" built when the capital division was in Liaodong. The defense line starts from Shanhaiguan in the west through Ningyuan, and reaches Jinzhou in the east, in which Shanhaiguan is the backing, Ningyuan is the backbone, and Jinzhou is the vanguard, and there are a number of forts as joint defense strongholds. Later generations have received mixed reviews of this line of defense, which, like the "Maginot Line" in World War II, was impenetrable from the front, but the enemy eventually chose to bypass the line, making the fortifications that had been built at great expense a decoration.

Although Sun Chengzong is 57 years old at this time, in front of many bigwigs, he is still a junior in terms of seniority and age. In the past two days, he has participated in the meeting every day, but he has never had the opportunity to show his face. Hearing the prince's call, he immediately went out to the throne and bowed back and said, "Weichen Sun Chengzong see His Highness." ”

Ye Xiang looked at this half-hundred-year-old man who would definitely intersect with him in the future, and saw that his face was ruddy, his ears were charming, his eyes were blazing, his nose was firm, his black beard was bearded on his lips, his chin was bearded, and his body was quite strong and strong, and he immediately felt good.

Sun Chengzong was a little embarrassed when he saw Ye Xiang looking at himself like a little lover, and after checking that his clothes were not abnormal, he asked with doubts, "Your Highness, I don't know what the old minister commands?" ”

Ye Xiang just wanted to see him, so he didn't have anything to say, "Oh, it's hard to read the edict." Well, I don't know how long Sun Yude's trip will take, and I hope to go back as soon as possible. ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, Weichen's body is still quite strong, and the cabinet sent Weichen to Henan like last time, and it is enough to go back and forth for half a month."

Ye Xiang lowered his head and thought about it, feeling that half a month was too long, and couldn't help muttering, in this era when communication basically relies on roaring, there is no way to do it, if there is radio and television, just send an obituary, so he said seriously, "It's been so long, Sun Yude, I still have a lot of questions I want to ask you, I hope you will return to the dynasty as soon as possible, and don't dislike the kid for being stupid when the time comes!" ”

"Your Royal Highness must not be presumptuous, the left and right Chunfang is the auxiliary office of the East Palace, and the ministers and others should take the attendants to counsel the East Palace as their own duty, and they will never dare to hide their clumsiness, and they will definitely teach each other when the time comes, please rest assured."

The corners of Ye Xiang's mouth turned up, and he smiled slightly, remembering that Sun Chuanting was in Dangzhi County, Henan, so he said to Zhou Jiamo, the secretary of the ministry, "Your Excellency Zhou, I heard that Your Excellency Li of the Ministry of Household said that the order of Yongcheng County, Henan is Sun Chuanting, right?" ”

Zhou Jiamo thought to himself, there are 140 prefectures, 193 prefectures, and 1138 counties in the country, and there are thousands of large and small officials, and they change frequently, how can he remember a small county order. But he was afraid that Ye Xiang would blame him for not doing his job well, so he had to bite the bullet and said after giving his hand, "This is not very clear to the old minister, and he has to go back to check the files." ”

"Well, this palace wants to transfer him back to Beijing, and he has other uses. Since Sun Yude is going to Henan, let's bother the subordinates to send an order to Sun Yude to bring people back by the way. As for the Yongcheng County Order, don't send people for the time being, just let the county first act as the acting government affairs, you see, is this okay? ”

Zhou Jiamo understood that the use of human rights has always been in the hands of the emperor, and for the vacant county order, the prince must have another candidate, and after weighing it, he said, "Your Highness's order is not impossible, and the old minister will cooperate with the official department to handle this matter when he goes back." ”

After seeing that everything was in order, Ye Xiang got up and retreated, "Then let's get here today, the palace will go to the Renzhi Hall to pay tribute to the imperial examination." Before the official business, the cabinet ticket is still handed over to the celebrant after the cabinet vote, and the palace will see it later. ”

After speaking, Ye Xiang didn't wait for them to object, so he took Lu Shou, Wang Chengen and other entourages out of the Wenhua Palace.

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Qianqing Palace, Xinuan Pavilion.

Xi Li and Ye Xiang sat on the wooden kang by the window respectively, watching the people coming in and out, and were silent for a long time.

"Moving to Fengchen Palace, didn't the ministers object?" In the end, it was Xi Li, who was dressed in a sackcloth filial piety suit, to break the silence.

Ye Xiang's reverie was interrupted, and he couldn't help frowning and thinking, could it be that Wenhua Hall still has her ears and eyes? Otherwise, how could she know so quickly that someone was against moving the palace, she wouldn't be repentant, so she asked Lu Shou, who had been following the celebrant who had been following her, "Should anyone object?" ”

Lu Shou understood what Xi Li was referring to and explained, "Returning to His Royal Highness, although Ciqing Palace is the hidden residence of Emperor Daxing, there is a precedent that the benevolent saint Chen Niangniang once lived in the temple, so it is not against the system. ”

After the death of Mu Zong, Shenzong succeeded to the throne and respected Empress Chen as the "Empress Dowager of Rensheng", that is, Zhu Youxiao's great-grandmother.

"Oh, when I think about it, I'm relieved." After Xi Li finished speaking, he looked at the crowd of people who were busy moving things in and out, pressed the loss in his heart, put on a somewhat reluctant smile, and asked, "Hey, if it weren't for the fact that Yuan'er was still young, I wouldn't have insisted." Now, this thing is almost moved, man, when are you going to move in? ”

Ye Xiang felt that such a large palace was too extravagant as a dormitory, so he had been thinking about living in a more reasonable layout of the Heart Cultivation Palace, like later generations, "Auntie, I don't plan to move here." ”

"Then you ......"

"Auntie, don't worry. I think so, at present, the three major halls cannot be built due to the emptiness of the treasury, and when I met with the ministers in the Wenhua Hall in the past two days, I felt that they could not stretch inside, and they were a little cramped. I want to use the Qianqing Palace as a main hall for handling government affairs and meeting ministers for the time being. As for the dormitory, choose the Heart Cultivation Hall next to it. ”

Xi Li's face was unhappy, and he was unhappy, and he said that if you don't move in, you are still urging us to be so anxious, "Brother, this Qianqing Palace has always been the sleeping palace of the Son of Heaven, and I am afraid that it is a little inappropriate for foreign ministers to enter and exit!" ”

"Well, I've also thought about it, just block the doors to Jiaotai Palace, Kunning Palace, and the East and West Six Palaces. Of course, this is also an expedient measure, and it will be restored to normal after the three major halls are rebuilt. ”

Xi Li sighed in her heart, how could she not know that the financial embarrassment is now, when Zhu Changluo was in power, he complained that the Wenhua Palace was too small and had no royal spirit, and asked the household to pay for the silver to repair the three major halls, Li Ruhua still prevaricated for various reasons, and finally had to take the silver from the inside to the outside. Then I thought about it again, this mess will be left to Zhu Youxiao to have a headache, and he still doesn't have to fight, lest Yang Lian and his ilk will speak ill again.

"Hey, I can't take care of it that much now, you can do it yourself." Xi Li Ben also has no ambitions, but she was more bewitched by Concubine Zheng, so she wanted to hang the curtain, and now that the general trend has gone, she is unwilling but helpless, thinking of her future situation, she asked, "What about the concubine?" ”

"This has to be done step by step, auntie don't be impatient. Li Ruogui once wrote that Empress Xiaoduanxian and Empress Xiaojing had not yet been held, and the enshrinement of Concubine Guo Yuan and Our Lady as the queen had not yet been completed, and the canonization of the aunt had to be postponed. But rest assured, what I promise will be fulfilled. ”

Xi Li also knew that he couldn't be in a hurry, he had stayed up for so many years, and he didn't care about waiting a few more months, so he nodded and agreed. In the end, when she saw that she had nothing to say, she got up and said, "Brother, then that's it, I'll go to Fengchen Palace." After walking to the door, she turned around and admonished, "I hope you don't break your promise, and care more about you and your wife in the future." ”

Ye Xiang also stood up, stared at her eyes, and said seriously, "I know, they are my younger brothers and sisters, and they are the closest people in this world, even if my aunt doesn't say it, I will protect them." ”

Xi Li's concerns were confirmed again, and his brows finally relaxed, nodded, and then left with the palace queen to raise flowers, and his steps seemed to be much lighter.

After sending Xi Li away, Ye Xiang Qianqing Palace saw that there were many noisy people and didn't want to stay longer, so he took Wang Chengen out of Yuehua Gate to the west, and came to the Palace of Nourishing Heart that had been empty, to understand his residence for a long time in the future.

The door leading to the Yangxin Palace is called the Kitchen Gate, that is, the Zunyi Gate. In the door, the duty room of the master of ceremonies and the seal of the pen, there is still a large room after the south side of the duty room, close to the Longde Pavilion, it is the palace dining room; The north side is the door of raising the heart, the one who faces the south in the door is the palace of raising the heart, the name of the hall in the east of the hall is called Renzhai, the west side of the hall is called a Dexuan, and there are enclosed rooms respectively after the east and west side halls.

The apse of the Yangxin Palace is called the Hanchun Room, and the east of the apse is the Longxi Hall (known as the Tishun Hall in the Qing Dynasty, that is, the place where the emperor is fortunate to be the concubine of the emperor who hangs "and the new day"), and the west is the Zhenxiang Hall (Yanxi Pavilion).

After Ye Xiang looked back and forth, he said to Lu Shou, "The structure here is compact and the configuration is reasonable, and the palace likes it very much." The celebrant will quickly find someone to clean up here, and I will move here after the ceremony. ”

Lu Shou, as the master of ceremonies, was outside the hall, so he was quite familiar with the situation on the opposite side, so he asked Ye Xiang what he wanted. Ye Xiang roughly described the layout of the Qing Dynasty according to his memory, and asked him to send someone to arrange it first, and it was not too late to change it if he felt uncomfortable in the future.

Lu Shou wrote them down one by one and asked, "Is His Highness's ascension ceremony going to be set up in the Qianqing Palace?" ”

"That's right, that's what I just told my aunt, the layout will be according to the regulations of the previous Imperial Palace, as for the specific details, you can discuss and decide with the officials of the Ministry of Rites. By the way, what about companions? Why didn't you see others? ”

Wang Chengen saw Lu Shou shaking his head and saying that he didn't know, so he stepped forward and replied, "When the prince came out of the Wenhua Palace, he was stopped by the elder of the Fang Pavilion, does His Highness have any orders?" ”

Ye Xiang could see that Wang An and the courtiers were relatively close, but he didn't know if he was close from the bottom of his heart or had other plans. I wanted to ask if the silver inventory of the inner money had been counted, but seeing that he was not there, he was silent for a moment and then said to Wang Chengen, "Oh, I know." Then you remember, the things that accompany the imperial examination and burial, in addition to the things that are regulated, the things that have been used in the imperial examination of the Qianqing Palace are all buried together. ”

Wang Chengen didn't react, and said a little incredulously, "Ah, Your Highness must not." ”

Ye Xiang touched his head and stared at Wang Chengen, inexplicably, "What's wrong with this?" ”

Wang Chengen didn't pay attention to Lu Shouqiang's smile in his eyes, "The funeral system was abolished as early as the time of Emperor Ying Zongrui (Zhu Qizhen), if the concubine is allowed to be martyred, I am afraid that everyone in the harem will be in danger?" And the courtiers......"

Ye Xiang immediately understood what Wang Chengen, the old driver, meant, frowned, and somewhat helplessly interrupted the big reason that he wanted to continue, and said loudly, "What kind of mess is this, when did I say that I want the concubine to be martyred." Ah, you...... I'm talking about things, things understand? Is my aunt a thing? Phew, I mean the pen and ink, wine utensils, clothes worn, favorite jewelry and other items used in the imperial examination, now you understand? ”

Lu Shou pretended not to know anything, looked up at the sky, Wang Chengen finally realized that he had made a big mistake, he didn't dare to look at Ye Xiang, stared down at his shoes, blushed, and replied cautiously, "The slave understands." ”