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He paused and said, "That's all, after it is prepared, after showing it to a few scholars in the cabinet, there is no need to return to Beijing, and immediately make it clear to the world and order all local officials to deal with it strictly." Also, pass this on to Jiang Bin, and the local Jinyi guards must also cooperate! ”

Liu Jixiang hurriedly responded, and then went down to draw up the decree and then find Ma Yongcheng to use the seal, walked to the door and suddenly wanted to get up, and said: "Emperor, the detective in front of me came to report, Lin Xiongqi Lin Gonggong is not more than five miles away from us, I'm afraid it will come at this time." ”

"Oh? Lin Xiongqi is here? Zhengde perked up and said: "Let him come to see me as soon as he comes!" ”

"Yes, the slave knows." Liu Jixiang answered, and retreated with a huff.

It's just that after he closed the finely carved and well-made rosewood door, there was a hint of resentment and unwillingness in his eyes.

Lin Xiongqi asked the emperor to send him to the Great Imperial Palace to supervise the project some time ago, the emperor attaches great importance to this project, and let him do it, which is naturally a great honor and favor, but the person concerned may not appreciate it - if he is far away from the emperor, this sentiment will be far away, and if he is slandered in front of the emperor, it is simply powerless. Especially when all this power comes from the emperor and the emperor, the eunuchs who have no foundation themselves attach great importance to this.

But the emperor's order could not be missed, Lin Xiongqi had to pinch his nose and admit it, originally thinking that it would be just a few days, and there would be nothing to do. But he didn't expect that the palace would change very quickly, and Liu Jixiang relied on Zhengde's outstanding performance that night when he vomited blood. Let the emperor appreciate it very much, and now this imperial horse eunuch has signs of jumping to the celebrant eunuch, and the one who was pushed down was Lin Xiongqi!

Seeing Lin Xiongqi rushing over in such a hurry, it was clear that he was unwilling to be left in power, and he wanted to go to the side of the saint to live.

The corners of Liu Jixiang's mouth hooked slightly, revealing a vicious smile. He secretly said in his heart: "Father-in-law Lin, let's go and see!" ”

Soon, Zhengde heard a rush of footsteps coming from the verandah. Then the familiar respectful voice came: "Emperor, the slave Lin Xiongqi asks to see." ”

Zhengde said lightly: "Come in!" ”

There was an answer outside, and Lin Xiongqi pushed the door in. He was wearing a bright red inner prison python robe, but there was a lot of dust on it, and his face was also quite tired.

And the physical strength of the eunuch is a little worse than that of ordinary people.

In Zhengde's life, he was closest to the eunuchs and trusted them, far more than the military generals and ministers of the outer court. smiled slightly: "Lao Lin, it's been the road." Sit! ”

After Lin Xiongqi came, he didn't wipe his face, and he didn't rest, he came, and he wanted this effect. I was relieved in my heart, and hurriedly said: "The slave doesn't dare." ”

"If you want to sit, you can sit, why don't you dare?" Zhengde glared at him and said with a smile: "If I let those civil officials sit here, they will definitely not be polite." ”

Lin Xiongqi didn't dare to take over these words. He smiled and quickly knelt down behind the small few.

Zhengde waited for him to sit down, and asked eagerly: "Lao Lin, how is the building over there in the Great Dynasty Palace?" ”

Lin Xiongqi hurriedly straightened his waist and said with a smile: "The slave and maid are in a hurry to come over at this time, just because I know that the emperor has a mind in your heart, and I am afraid that you will be in a hurry." ”

This is the ironing of what he said, and it also made Zhengde's heart very comfortable.

Lin Xiongqi continued: "The good Pope has learned that more than thirty percent of the fortifications of this great palace have been built. ”

"It is divided into two palaces in total, the front palace is the office of the court and the ministers, the large court hall of the front palace has been completed, and there are two separate places in the east and west of the side hall for the office of the cabinet scholars and the six ministries. In addition, the scale of the harem, according to what the emperor said at the beginning, is five miles long and wide, which is ten times the size of the Forbidden City, with eighteen palaces and thirty-one halls, and countless pavilions and pavilions. The scale is really too huge, and now, only three places such as Qingliang Palace and Linlang Palace have been repaired, and Kunyang Lake and the Star Picking Pavilion on the island have also been built. Lord, you see? ”…,

The scale of this Yanshan Dynasty Palace, is indeed extremely vast, it is said to be a large Dynasty Palace, in fact, it is a group of palace groups that cover a huge area, the front is the Dynasty Palace, the back is a huge palace group, pavilions and pavilions, tens of thousands, for the emperor to watch the tour.

Its scale, far beyond the Forbidden City, is not inferior to any big palace in all dynasties.

If it weren't for this scale, it wouldn't have had that impact on the world.

Lin Xiongqi was still a little apprehensive in his heart, but he didn't expect Zhengde to hear it, but he was very satisfied, for him, it was already very good to have such progress.

He laughed and said, "Yes, Lao Lin, you did a good job, you should be rewarded!" ”

"How dare a slave or maid be greedy for heaven's merits?" Lin Xiongqi was happy in his heart, and he naturally hurried to be humble.

"It's your credit that is yours, and no one can take it away!" Zhengde glanced at him deeply and said something very meaningful.

Lin Xiongqi met Zhengde's gaze, and suddenly he was full of cleverness, and quickly lowered his head.

He didn't dare to take a breath, his heart was extremely nervous, but a voice was echoing: "The emperor knows everything, the emperor knows everything, how can we escape his eyes with all this we do?" ”

I was even more nervous, not knowing how the emperor would punish myself for this showy lining.

Zhengde knocked Lin Xiongqi for a while, and then he didn't care about himself, and raised his voice: "Someone!" ”

The little eunuch who was waiting outside hurriedly came in, Zhengde pondered for a moment, and said: "Spread the decree, enjoy Lin Xiongqi's five-clawed python robe, jade belt, and black yarn." Five hundred taels of gold, one thousand taels of silver, and one handle of jade Ruyi. ”

The inner prisoner's face was full of disbelief, and after coming back to his senses, he responded, and hurriedly ran down to draft the order, but Lin Xiongqi was stunned for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, he immediately fell to the ground, and his excited voice was a little trembling: "Slave, thank you Lord Longen!" Thank you, Lord Long! ”

As soon as the words fell. It turned out to be crying loudly, and the bitterness can be described as extremely sad and tearful.

He originally thought that the emperor was displeased, and he would have to be reprimanded today, but he didn't expect that not only was he not reprimanded, but he received such a huge reward and glory!

Focus. It's on the python robe of the five-clawed python.

The python robe is a dragon-like robe, which is similar to the royal robe of the Supreme Being, but minus one claw ear...... Where there is a celebration. Then wearing a python suit, within this day, it is called the flower clothing period. Such as Long Birthday Day. Then the first three days and the next four days are the flower clothing period.

Python robes are not so rare, or rather, they are very rare, but they are not so rare in the high-level people.

For example, some high-level civil and military generals, most of them have a dragon robe rewarded by the emperor to wear, even if the rank is not very high, as long as they have made great contributions, there are still python robes to wear. For example, in the thirty-fourth year of Zhengde, Guizhou Banzhou Xuanwei Si Tusi rebelled, and the leader of the savage mountain Huamiao at the junction of Yunnan and Guizhou in Sichuan. Bi Jiewei commanded Tuoba Zhinu to lead the barbarian army to quell the rebellion, and after the war, he brought 8,000 to Beijing to meet the emperor, and Emperor Zhengde was overjoyed, and he also gave a python robe at that moment.

This young female commander is a woman......

Python robes are not uncommon. But sitting on a python robe is quite rare, and only those ministers and internal supervisors who are extremely close or important will be rewarded.

So far in this dynasty, the reward for sitting on the python robe is just Jiang Bin, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Yang Shen, the first assistant, Zhang Yanchang, the Marquis of Shouning, Zhang Lun, the British Gong, and Ma Yongcheng, the first person in the inner court, of course. Liu Jin and Gu Dayong, who are already dead, also have them. Python robes are rare, and the python robes of the five-clawed pythons here can be said to be even rarer.

"The python robe is the costume of the dragon, which is comparable to the royal robe of the Supreme Being, but minus one claw and ear ......"

'If you give a five-clawed dragon satin to stand up to a dragon satin, you should pick one paw and wear it'...,

As the saying goes, the five-clawed golden dragon, the five-clawed golden dragon, naturally this dragon has five claws, and the python on the python robe is one less than the dragon, which is four claws. According to convention, the python is a four-clawed dragon.

Not really.

In this land of China, since the birth of the concept of dragon, the definition of the concept of python and dragon has not been fixed in various periods. Dragons aren't exactly five-clawed, and pythons aren't exactly four-clawed. Although the dragon and python are clearly divided in the name, they are often consistent in the reflection of the image.

High-status officials can still wear "five-clawed pythons", and some nobles can also wear "four-clawed dragons" when they receive special rewards. As for when to be a dragon and when to be a python, it depends on the situation. The dragon is regarded as the embodiment of the emperor, except for the emperor and nobles, others are not allowed to "usurp", so the same is a five-clawed dragon robe, which can be called a dragon robe for the emperor, and can only be called a python robe when used for ordinary officials.

Of course, this color cannot be messed up, only the royal family can use bright yellow, golden yellow and apricot yellow, and the officials of the inner and outer courts are mostly red, stone blue and sea blue.

Today, in the inner and outer courts, there is only one person who has given a five-clawed python - Ma Yongcheng, the chief eunuch of the master of ceremonies!

And Lin Xiongqi is also very clear that today's emperor gave him this five-clawed python robe, and he is rightly sitting on the status of the second person in the inner court!

The news that kept coming from Beijing in the past few days made him very irritable, and at this moment, knowing that the emperor still trusted him, everything was gone, how could he not make Lin Xiongqi extremely excited?

It can also be seen from this supreme's superb skill and ability to play with people's hearts, first reusing Liu Jixiang to make Lin Xiongqi feel a sense of crisis, and then giving Lin Xiongqi a reassuring medicine, so that both of them can do things with their hearts, but they must be incompatible!

"Alright, Lao Lin!" Emperor Zhengde coughed and said lightly.

Lin Xiongqi also knew that it was enough, so he quickly sniffed, smiled embarrassedly, and apologized: "The slave was too excited, but it disturbed the emperor, and asked the emperor to forgive him." ”

"You have done great work, what are you going to do to cure your sin?" Zhengde smiled slightly and stood up: "Go, go up and walk with me!" ”

Lin Xiongqi was flattered and hurriedly followed closely behind.

On one side of the study, against the wall, there is a staircase, which leads directly to the roof above, although it is only a staircase, but it is also quite exquisitely made, it is made of mahogany boards, and the handrails on both sides are carved with dragon and phoenix patterns.

Climb the stairs, and then turn around, you will reach the roof on the top of the big car.

The sedan chair resembles a moving building, with a spacious roof on top. It is surrounded by an intricately carved parapet in the center of the roof. There is also a small pavilion.

So exquisite.

When Lin Xiongqi came to this rooftop, as soon as the cool breeze blew in late autumn, he suddenly found that he was already soaking wet.

Emperor Zhengde walked to the edge of the railing, and above his head was a huge yellow umbrella cover blocking the sun. His eyes opened suddenly, and he immediately saw the vast and endless wilderness, and kneeling by the side of the road. Those little people, big wood and stone.

Emperor Zhengde looked at it carefully, and asked lightly without looking back: "Lao Lin." This time to build the Great Imperial Palace, the local officials, can they have some effect? ”

The words of this question are unknown, but Lin Xiongqi has served him for so many years, so he can naturally understand what it means. This supreme is thin-skinned, but he is so strong, he wants to ask many things but is embarrassed to ask, so in another way, if it is those who are not often around, they really can't understand.

Lin Xiongqi said with a smile: "The emperor is mighty. As soon as I heard that the Holy Lord was going to build a large court hall, the local officials were very supportive. Roughly fifty percent of all the wood and stone materials used to build the Great Imperial Palace, as well as gold, jade, lacquer, horn, silk, linen, silk and satin, were mined and purchased by the servants. The remaining fifty percent were paid tribute by local governments and counties. ”…,

"Oh? Tell me more about it. When Zhengde heard this, he was in a good mood, looking at a golden field in the sun, he only felt that his chest was open, and he couldn't help waving his arms. He took a deep breath and said one more word.

"Yes, Emperor." Lin Xiongqi paused and continued: "The thirteen political envoys in the world all have prefectures and counties to pay tribute, and most of them are wood and stone. In the past few days, I transferred all the documents left by the Ministry of Industry, carefully inspected them, and had a bottom in my heart, so I told the emperor one by one. ”

"The prefect of Chongqing Prefecture in Sichuan Province transported fifty golden silk nanmu, each of which was two feet and five feet long, and five feet around, but it was a medium-sized nanmu wood. Guizhou Banzhou Xuanwei Si Tongluo Man paid a tribute of 10,000 catties of high-grade white copper, and Qingximan paid a tribute of 1,000 high-quality blue satin. The prefect of Guilin Prefecture in Guangxi Province paid tribute to a hundred sour branch trees, the smallest one was six zhang long and seven feet around, and the largest one was eleven zhang and five feet long, with one zhang and nine feet around. The prefect of Qiongzhou Prefecture in Guangdong Province donated 150 pieces of small-leaved rosewood with a total of 89,000 catties, and the quality was excellent. The political envoy of Guangdong Province offered a total of 3,450 grains of Nanzhu ten buckets, 150 oak trees, and 100 teak trees, all of which were extremely high-quality. Yunnan Qianguo Gong ......"

"Qianguo Gong?" Zhengde suddenly interrupted his words and said lightly: "Qianguo Gong also sent something?" ”

"It's here, I just arrived the previous time, and the slave is still in charge of receiving it!" Although the emperor's words and expressions were not unusual, he knew the complicated feelings of the emperor in his heart for the Duke of Qianguo, so he said honestly: "The Duke of Qianguo presents 1,500 slaves from various barbarians and southern barbarian countries, 20,000 taels of sand gold, 500 Baixi satin, 3,000 Yunnan dwarf horses, 30,000 silk garna, and 1,000 bundles of variegated wool. The slaves and maidservants came one by one, and they were of the highest quality. ”

Zhengde nodded and said no more.

Lin Xiongqi continued: "The governor of Suzhou presented 1,500 horses of fine silk, and the treasures in the sea are not counted. Sichuan Shu Wangfu dedicated 15,000 horses of Shu brocade, 50,000 bamboos, 50 high-grade gloomy woods, the largest is 37 zhang long, and the surrounding three zhang. There were also three hundred maids, one hundred and fifty inner prisoners, and five hundred miscellaneous servants. The prefect of Guangzhou presented 300 high-grade Kunlun slaves, 15 sapphires, and 15 rubies. The prefect of Huguang Jingzhou Prefecture presented a thousand horses of Huxiang satin......"

"Huh?" Emperor Zhengde suddenly interrupted him, pointed to a place on the side of the road, and said, "What is that?" ”

Lin Xiongqi was about to speak, but he was interrupted by Emperor Zhengde again, he looked at Emperor Zhengde's fingers, and saw that among the withered yellow grass on the side of the road, there was a team transporting big trees.

This team is not much different from other teams that transport large trees, but the difference is that the number of large carts in this team transporting large trees is extraordinarily large, there are hundreds of vehicles, and the large trees they transport are also very large, as far as the eye can see, there are twenty zhang long, and the big trees of three or four zhang around abound, which is the smallest wood, and it is much larger than the largest of the surrounding transportation teams.

It's like standing out from the crowd, quite eye-catching.

And the others are all listless and ragged servants transporting, but they are a group of soldiers wearing big red fat jackets, obviously dressed as Ming soldiers, transporting, all in good spirits. As if it wasn't a chore.

Zhengde looked at it and said, "This team is a bit interesting. ”

Lin Xiongqi took a closer look and said with a smile: "Good Pope Lord learned that looking at the size of this wood, this team must have been sent by Lord Wu Yi Bolian. ”

"Oh? Lian Zining's people? People say that the Northeast produces big trees, and it really deserves its name. Looking at the wood, one is better than ten sent by others! Zhengde suddenly became interested and said, "Go." Invite them to come and talk. ”…,

When Lin Xiongqi heard this, he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly went over and ordered.

Less. I saw a fast horse coming out of the team transporting wood, and the fast horse galloped to the periphery of the sedan chair and stopped, and then, Lin Xiongqi led a man dressed as an officer to the rooftop.

Lin Xiongqi smiled at the officer, "Haven't you seen the saint soon?" ”

When the officer heard this, he immediately pushed Jin Shan to the ground like a jade pillar, and said in a loud voice: "The last general Wu Yijun has 3,000 households under the command of the Wood Guard, Chen Liuzi, knock on the emperor's eldest lord, kowtow to the eldest lord!" ”

While shouting, there was a banging bang on the other hand. The floor made of fine rosewood is banging, obviously very hard, very sincere.

Zhengde likes this kind of scheming, reckless and rude man the most, and thinks that this kind of talent is the most loyal and reliable. Seeing Chen Liuzi's humble posture, he immediately liked it in his heart, and said with a smile: "Get up and speak!" ”

This Chen Liuzi got up, Zhengde looked him up and down, he was in his twenties, and his face was honest and simple. There is also some woodenness, and the eyes of Zhengde intersect, that is, he smiles innocently, and he doesn't know how to avoid it.

Zhengde liked it even more and asked, "Your name is Chen Liuzi?" Yo, yes, that is, in their twenties, it is a thousand households? ”

Chen Liuzi said honestly: "The last general will be twenty-five this year. ”

Chen Liuzi is the one who went to Shandong with the second hammer to find Dong Sanlin, who was not heard from, can he be entrusted with a heavy task by Dong Laohu, can he be a rammer? This is clever! It looks like a wooden one, honest and honest, but in fact, he understands it very well in his heart, and the reason why he pretends to be like this is because Lian Zining has to teach him face-to-face. At the beginning, Lian Zining commissioned the errand of the eleventh guard, which was to select a few shrewd and capable people from the eleventh guard, and let them be responsible for transporting the big wood to the pass, and considering that they might meet the emperor or other high-ranking officials and dignitaries, he gave them a set of routine words during the question and answer.

Although it may not be used, it is always prevented, which shows Lian Zining's meticulous thinking.

And sure enough, it came in handy today.

"Twenty-five, not much. Hmm" Emperor Zhengde asked with some confusion: "Just now you said, you are the Wu Yi Army's wood guard, what's the matter, does the Wu Yi Army still have such a guard?" ”

"Don't hide it from the emperor, you said, we were originally called the tenth guard." Chen Liuzi touched his head, a little embarrassed and said: "Later, since March, my uncle began to let us go to the deep mountains and old forests to cut down trees, and also cut down big trees. I didn't pay attention just now, and I said that I missed my mouth. ”

His expression was very simple and cute, and when Zhengde saw it, he couldn't help but smile. After understanding what happened, Zhengde was very happy in his heart, and secretly said in his heart, it seems that the most important thing about me building the Great Dynasty Palace is Lian Zining, a border general, who actually sent a guard to cut wood, which is rare.

Thinking of this, he was in a good mood, and the troubles about those cults just now had long been forgotten, so he smiled happily and said, "Tell me, what kind of wood are you transporting?"

"That's a lot!" Chen Liuzi waved his fingers and said, "There are oak wood, white birch, red pine, cedar, iron birch, ......."

"Iron birch, what is that?" Zhengde interrupted him and asked in confusion.

Chen Liuzi smiled proudly, if this was replaced by someone else, he would inevitably be considered rampant by Zhengde and not self-respecting, but with the impression just now, he felt that this Chen Liuzi was very hearty and straightforward and cute, and he was really a hundred times better than the faces of those courtiers! …,

I only heard Chen Liuzi say: "This is a kind of wood that is a specialty of our Northeast, only found on the snow peak in Changbai, this wood is harder than iron, the knife can't cut in, the gun can't pierce it, throw it into the water and sink, even if the wood is soaked in water for a year, after scraping it open, it is still dry." We all call this thing Ironwood. Later, the uncle saw it and said that this thing was a kind of birch tree, so he changed its name to iron birch. We tried our best to cut down two trees for the emperor, lord, and you to transport them. ”

When Zhengde heard this, he didn't believe it, and his face sank. Said: "There is wood in this world that is harder than iron, are you afraid that you are not lying and deceiving me?" ”

"Where can this be?" Chen Liuzi suddenly called out to hug Tianqu: "Now there are two iron birches in our convoy, if you don't believe it, sir." Shall I ship it to you to see? ”

Lin Xiongqi reprimanded: "Rude! ”

Zhengde waved his hand with a smile in his eyes: "Then let's see." ”

Chen Liuzi said with a greedy face: "Hehe, big lord." But that thing is also sinking, if we bring it here, I'm afraid your sedan chair won't be able to hold it. Or you ......"

"You kid!" Emperor Zhengde nodded with his hand, but he was not angry, and said, "Okay, just go and take a look." ”

After that, a few people went down to this wishful fasting.

The emperor wanted to go to the side to take a look, but it was also a great event, and Liu Jixiang saw that he had the opportunity to show his merits. Hurriedly ordered the forbidden army to follow the guards, and Emperor Zhengde said impatiently: "I just went to take a look, why bother? The procession goes on, without stopping, and you take twenty horsemen with you. ”

Liu Jixiang hurriedly responded. With twenty elite imperial guards and sword officers, one of them walked over with a chariot, and then surrounded the emperor and walked towards the field on the side.

It's just that the scene where he was reprimanded just now fell in the eyes of everyone, and it was inevitable that Eunuch Lin Pu would give Eunuch Liu a kneel as soon as he came back.

The team moved on. The emperor, surrounded by guards, went out into the field on the side.

When the emperor arrived, thousands of Wu Yi soldiers who transported the big wood shouted long live, and the momentum was huge.

At such a close distance, you can feel the huge visual impact of these woods.

Zhengde said to Chen Liuzi, who was riding a horse on the side: "Chen Liuzi, what kind of iron birch?" If you can't get it, I'll punish you for deceiving you!" ”

"Well, please!" Chen Liuzi turned over and dismounted, and ran into the team quickly, and after a while, a team of sergeants came over with a cart.

Chen Liuzi led everyone to throw the wood on the car to the ground, Zhengde saw that this iron birch was much inferior to other big trees transported by Wu Yijun, but it was also seven zhang long, and it was thick and thin to be hugged by two people, straight and straight, and with bark, the bark was dark red, close to black, and it was densely covered with white spots.

It doesn't look good.

Chen Liuzi smiled and said, "Lord Emperor, why don't you choose someone to try?" ”

Zhengde nodded, and said to the soldiers on the side: "Which of you goes!" ”

Liu Jixiang had just been reprimanded, but at this time, he had the intention to remedy it, he didn't believe that this iron birch was so hard, he only thought that Chen Liuzi was lying, and he also wanted to expose his lies and make the emperor's face shine. So he volunteered: "Emperor, do you want to try it inconveniently for the slave maid?" ”

Zhengde glanced at him and said, "Go ahead!" ”

"Huh!" Liu Jixiang hurriedly responded, got off the war horse, walked to the edge of the iron birch in three or two steps, looked at it, pulled out his waist knife and slashed at the trunk of the tree.

He is also a thief, but he chose a branch the thickness of an arm, so that it would save some effort. …,

Although he is a eunuch, he is a strong figure, if it is not for the lack of jaws, the people who see it only think that he is a fierce general, and he has been in charge of the imperial horse prison for many years, tens of thousands of soldiers under his hands, and his own martial arts are also very strong.

It's just that he's doomed to disappointment.

The waist knife slashed heavily on the branch, and the two cuts in everyone's imagination did not appear, only a shallow white mark appeared on the branch, and when the knife was cut on it, countless sparks collapsed.

Liu Jixiang's knife was so hard that it was so shocked that the tiger's mouth was bleeding, but he couldn't control it so much, he looked at the white mark in a daze, and said in his heart, this tree is really as hard as iron?

Everyone was also surprised, and Emperor Zhengde waited, but he was still a little happy.

This iron birch, of course, is so hard that its wood is three times harder than oak and twice as hard as ordinary steel, and it is the hardest wood in the world, and in later generations people used it as a substitute for metal. In the former Soviet Union, iron birch trees were used to make rolling balls and bearings, and they were used in speedboats. And its texture is extremely dense. Therefore, as soon as it is put in the water, it sinks, and even if it is soaked in water for a long time, the inside of it can remain dry.

Iron birch is twice as hard as steel, let alone iron in this era, I'm afraid it's more than three times as hard! Bullets hit this kind of wood, like on a thick steel plate, and they just burst out. The planks don't move.

cracked Liu Jixiang's tiger's mouth, which is good.

Chen Liuzi said triumphantly: "Emperor Master, I am not wrong!" ”

Liu Jixiang invited himself. But under a knife, he was cracked and his hand hurt. was even more angry in his heart, and immediately said coldly with a black face: "Presumptuous, dare to speak like this in front of the emperor? Unable to find death? ”

"Alas~~" Emperor Zhengde waved his hand: "He is a rough man in the countryside, what are you angry with him?" ”

Liu Jixiang hurriedly agreed, but this time he was even more depressed.

Zhengde said with a smile: "Passing on the decree, Wu Yijun Chen Liuzi and his entourage, considerate of the imperial court, have meritorious service in transporting big trees, and reward 100 taels of silver." ”

There was a pause. He asked Chen Liuzi again, "How many of you came?"

Chen Liuzi was very happy at this time, and hurriedly said: "Fifteen hundred!" ”

Zhengde smiled slightly, and said, "Another 1,500 pairs of cotton armor will be rewarded." ”

After that, he waved his hand and turned a corner. Carried in the direction of the sedan chair, a mountain behind him shouted the voice of gratitude.

While walking back, Zhengde asked Lin Xiongqi: "There are a lot of big trees transported by Wu Yijun?" ”

"Isn't it!" Lin Xiongqi's mind turned, he almost lost ground this time, but he also realized his weakness, that is, he did not have a strong reinforcement in the foreign court. Therefore, at this time, his heart moved, and he said: "There are many fewer big trees in the southwest now, and the slave maid heard those officials of the Ministry of Industry say that at the beginning, even the one thousand and twenty-four big pillars of the Great Dynasty Hall could not be made up, but thanks to Wu Yibo, the big trees he sent were extremely behemoth, and soon they were enough of those pillars, and now there are still a lot left!" Your Majesty, don't you want to build a bronze bird platform? Slaves and maids can use all of them. ”

He paused, and then said: "The slaves and maids don't understand the affairs of the court, but in this matter, Wu Yibo is very dedicated." ”

On the whole, he said the truth, but it was slightly exaggerated, but the two mouths of people, touching each other, and saying something slightly praising or belittling, can bring about a completely different effect. Especially for a moody king like Emperor Zhengde, even more so, the subordinates are all thinking about his thoughts, and if he doesn't say the right thing, he will hold a grudge in his heart. …,

Emperor Zhengde nodded, but he was silent. It's just that in my heart, I feel more guilty about Lian Zining.

He was originally a person with that kind of temperament, with clear love and hate, strong love and hate, and most hated betrayal and deception, but this person's character was not so cold, more often, he looked at himself not as an emperor, but from the perspective of an ordinary person.

He is also such a very stubborn person, typical like a cow, leading and not walking backwards, the more the courtiers admonish, the more he does not listen, in fact, in his heart, he has already understood this matter.

When I heard Jiang Bin's secret report, I was very disgusted with Lian Zining, so I made that decree, not only to punish, but also to deprive him of his military power, and even if it weren't for the fact that there was no one in the northeast at this time, and the Jurchens disturbed the border, they simply arrested Lian Zining and brought him to the Beijing Division, and went to the edict of Jinyiwei.

Later, Lian Zining leveled the Haixi Jurchens and made great contributions, which should have been rewarded, and the ministers also meant this, so they persuaded them in the court. But Zhengde couldn't save face, so he pressed it, and the Qincha who went to the northeast to punish was never recalled, but in his heart, he was already a little unhappy.

And at this time, to build the Yanshan Palace, Lian Zining is so dedicated, to be honest, for Emperor Zhengde, contributing to this matter is much more important than fighting a big victory.

In this heart, the evil feeling towards Lian Zining was swept away, and he felt a little guilty, so he wondered if he should call Na Qincha back, but thinking about it, Jun had no jokes, but he couldn't take it in his heart.

At this time, Lin Xiongqi didn't know the emperor's thoughts, otherwise, he only needed to say a word or two on the side, and Lian Zining's humiliation could be avoided.

The advance of the large army was very slow, and Shaoqing and his party rushed up and came to the bottom of Ruyi Zhai, and Emperor Zhengde was about to get into the sedan chair. Suddenly, he saw a few fast horses running behind him, a sedan chair, hurrying over to this side, he looked over, and saw that the horse was riding a horse with Dai Zhangpu, the secretary of the temporary military department, Xie Tingshi, the second assistant of the cabinet, and Lin Jingyi, the third assistant of the cabinet. Du Nai is a first-class member of the court, Zhengde suddenly chuckled in his heart, and his face fell. What's going on to bother you with your heart?

Far away, Lin Jingyi raised her voice and said, "Your Majesty, great joy!" It's a great event! ”

Zhengde's heart is wide. Turned to doubts, could it be that Annan or the northwest side won the battle?

A few horses stopped not far away, and the three important ministers dismounted, and in the sedan chair, it was Yang Shen, the first assistant of the cabinet, who walked out, and the four of them walked to the emperor together to salute.

Zhengde waved his hand: "No need to be formal, let's go, don't stand here, go up and talk." ”

Let's talk about it. It was on Ruyi Zhai, and the four important ministers also went up in turn.

Lin Xiongqi made a basin of water, twisted a hot towel and handed it to Zhengde, Zhengde wiped his face and said, "What, what's the happy event?" ”

The four of them glanced at each other. Seeing that Dai Zhangpu looked at his nose and heart, it was clear that he didn't care, Xie Tingshi took a breath and said with joy: "Your Majesty, there is a great happy event!" Wu Yibo led the army to destroy the old camp of Fuyuwei, beheading more than 3,000 people, and Fuyuwei was killed and wounded countless times. The old camp was burned to the ground by a fire! The messenger sent by Wu Yibo to report the news had just arrived in the capital, and the manager of the military department who stayed behind did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly ...... the excerpt."

Before he could speak, Emperor Zhengde had already stood up suddenly, his face full of eagerness, and said, "What about the excerpts?" ”

Dai Zhangpu then took out a fold from his sleeve and handed it to Emperor Zhengde.

Zhengde hurriedly took it and opened it to take a closer look.

Looking at the lines of words on the recital, Emperor Zhengde's face changed uncertainly, joy, surprise, excitement, relief, guilt, etc., mixed together, very complicated. Among them, there is a sense of happiness in the bones, which makes people feel that he is in a very comfortable mood now. …,

Dai Zhangpu quietly looked at him twice, and when he saw this look, he breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart, and he had a bottom.

Emperor Zhengde looked back and forth several times, and it took a lot of time for a cup of tea, and finally, the smile on his face could no longer be suppressed, and it seemed that every wrinkle in the corner of his eyes was laughing.

He threw the piece on the imperial case, looked up to the sky and laughed, the laughter was full of pleasure and comfort, like a person who has been pressed in the water and cannot breathe for several minutes, and finally surfaces and breathes fresh air freely. It makes people feel that it is a joy and joy from the heart.

It's been a long time since he's laughed so heartily.

Emperor Zhengde is now in a very happy mood, very comfortable, it seems that the feeling of chest tightness that has been haunting him since that day of vomiting blood and coma has dissipated without a trace.

He had no reason to be upset.

In addition, there are a few small countries such as Ryukyu and a few small countries on the small Ryukyu Island, and other regional powers -- the king of Hami, Yarkand, Turpan, the Tatar Tumut tribe, Tatar, Warat, Duoyan Sanwei, the three surnamed Jurchen, and the Khmer Kingdom, the Angkor Kingdom, the Silla Kingdom, and the four major powers of Le Thi Annam in the south, all of which are hostile to the Ming Dynasty. Like the Yongle Dynasty in the early years, all countries came to the court, and the scene of the surrender of the four seas was already a thing of the past.

The reason for this is also because since the Qin and Han dynasties, the Chinese nation has always occupied an undoubted dominant position in the vast region of Greater East Asia, including Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia and even Central Asia. These surrounding countries and nations were suppressed for thousands of years by the Central Plains Dynasty -- the Han, Tang, Yuan, and Ming dynasties.

Among the surrounding enemy countries, if you want to say that the Zhengde Emperor hated the most, it was naturally Duoyan Sanwei - he hated not an enemy in the sense of the word, but a betrayer. However, this betrayer gave the Ming Dynasty the heaviest and most severe blow - 300,000 Beijing troops died under the city of Daning, which made the Ming Dynasty lose its vitality.

It took decades to recover.

It was because after Zhengde learned of the collusion between Lian Zining and Fu Yuwei, even if he knew that only in this way could he solve the siege of the Jurchens, but Wu Zi was extremely unhappy, and even reprimanded Lian Zining fiercely.

And now that I know that Fuyuwei, one of the three guards of Duoyan, was hit hard by Wu Yijun, and even the old camp was burned, how can I not be happy?

It's schadenfreude against an old enemy.

These important ministers naturally understand these emotions, and in fact, they are also quite transparent about Zhengde's character, otherwise they would not have been in this position for so many years.

But Zhengde's next reaction was still beyond their expectations.

Zhengde glanced at several important ministers and said: "Several Qing families are here, but it is also just right, I have some words, which is convenient for you to discuss and discuss, how so?" ”

Yang Shen and the others said in unison: "Please also ask the Holy Lord to give instructions." ”

Zhengde pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "The territory under the jurisdiction of General Songhuajiang is bordered by the Jurchens in the north, after Lian Zining swept away the Jurchens in Haixi, the Jianzhou Jurchens bordering it are even more brave and fierce, and it is extremely difficult to deal with, and the west is Duoyan Sanwei, and to the south, Goguryeo is not far from it. Lian Zining has to resist a strong enemy, and he also has to garrison the newly opened hundreds of miles of land north of Songjiang, and there are even more barbarians such as wild Jurchen in the inner abdomen who have not been tamed, and the strength of the ten guards is afraid that it will be difficult. ”

Want to expand the strength of the Wu Yi Army?

After saying this, everyone turned in their minds, and they all understood-what is it for the sake of the frontier plan? Why haven't you thought about it before? It's just a façade. It seems that the emperor is very satisfied with Lian Zining, and this kind of behavior is naturally a reward in disguise. It's just that the emperor loves face, and he was embarrassed to say that he was wrong before, so he found such a reason to speak.

Everyone laughed secretly in their hearts, how many years have passed, and this master's face-loving problem still can't be changed.

But of course they won't object.

These four important ministers, Dai Zhangpu is Lian Zining's father-in-law, in this era, he doesn't pay much attention to relatives and avoidance, one person is an official, and his family is not allowed to do business, but he pays more attention to human feelings. The so-called virtuous do not shy away from relatives, as long as they have the ability, they can be promoted by their own hands. With Dai Zhangpu and Lian Zining's status, if Dai Zhangpu didn't pave the way for them and didn't take care of everything, then everyone would feel strange and say that they were cold-blooded.

As for Yang Shen, he has a very good relationship with Dai Zhangpu, and he is the main marrying person of Lian Zining's marriage, so he has such a child affection in it. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )