"It's really boring to face the palace wall every day, but it's still refreshing to look at from the outside. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info"Zheng De sat on top of a teahouse called "Haoranju" on the street. Looking at the bustling people outside the window, I feel extremely comfortable. It's like a person who has been in prison for a long time, and when he comes out, he feels that everything is new.

Liu Jin, who was sitting on the side, felt that his master was really boring, wasn't he just ordinary people, what was there to see. However, he said, "What the Lord of Long Live said is that if it weren't for the emperor and His Majesty, how could there be such a prosperous scene in Jingshi." ”

"Less sycophants." Zheng De glared at him dissatisfied, but then smiled again, "And remember to call me young master, if you can't remember, otherwise I won't take you out in the future." ”

If it weren't for Wang Yue's reluctance to follow him out of the palace, and he kept persuading him, it would be annoying. Zheng De will not take Liu Jin out, after all, as a young master, there must always be one or two followers. However, Liu Jin is really good, and he found such a good teahouse for him, and it was not in vain to take him out.

"Young master, the little one knows that he is wrong." Liu Jin bowed and laughed.

Zheng De didn't bother to pay attention to him, but looked at Mu Bin on the side, "Director Mu, has Zhu Hui's army arrived in Xuanfu now?" ”

Managing director? Mu Bin always felt weird when he heard this word, and it took a while to react. But now he is no longer the commander of the Jinyi Guard, but the director of the Ming Military Intelligence Bureau. This identity is estimated to be with him for a long time, and he can only get used to it slowly.

"Back to the Emperor...... Young Master's words, General Zhu Hui has already walked half the way to command the army. ”

He hadn't arrived at the Xuanfu yet, Zheng De frowned slightly. Half the distance, that is, more than 150 miles? I remember that the marathon in my previous life seemed to be more than 40 kilometers and more than two hours to run the whole race. But even if you are not a professional athlete, as an army, you have walked more than 150 miles in three days, that is, 50 miles a day, which is really unreasonable. At their speed, where is running to support, it's like going out on an outing. It seems that either the strength of the army is not enough, or Zhu Hui, the main general, is not good.

Thinking of this, Zheng De was even more worried about the safety of Xuanfu, "How is the situation in Xuanfu?" ”

Mu Bin shook his head, "The people sent by Weichen haven't arrived at the Xuan Mansion yet, so there is no news yet." Seeing the emperor's worried look, he said again, "The emperor doesn't have to worry, Xuanfu, as an important town on the nine sides, has always had high walls and thick cities, sufficient grain, grass and armaments, and has never been breached." The Mongols lacked huge siege equipment, and they were all cavalry, so they were not good at attacking cities. Even if there are only more than 20,000 people, if you stick to it for ten days and half a month, it is not a difficult task. ”

Zheng De didn't know if Mu Bin was comforting, but there was nothing he could do at the moment, he could only hope that Zhu Hui could lead the army to catch up as soon as possible.

"Young master, look, Elder Li Ge is here." Liu Jin suddenly said something next to him.

Li Ge Lao? Which Li Ge Lao? Zheng De didn't react for a while. Following the direction of Liu Jin's finger, he found that it was Li Dongyang, a cabinet scholar, who had actually entered Haoran Ju.

Liu Jin said cautiously, "Young Master, should we hide." ”

"Hide?" Zheng De glanced at him puzzled, "He came when he came, why should we hide?" ”

, Liu Jin looked at his master helplessly, and had to say again, "Your Majesty, we are out of the palace without permission, if the courtiers know about it, I am afraid it will cause their dissatisfaction and criticism." ”

"What are they dissatisfied with, where is my own freedom, what is in the way of them?" Zheng De never liked to be coerced by others, so he didn't care about saying a word, and sat there motionless.

Seeing that Li Dongyang was about to come up, Liu Jin, who was in a hurry, was like an ant on a hot pot, and he almost couldn't help but kneel down, but fortunately, he immediately reacted that this was outside the palace. I had no choice but to continue to beg Zheng De bitterly, "Long live Lord, if they know that it was a slave who took you out of the palace." I'm afraid they will say that you are a traitor and have corrupted the government. The slave doesn't care about any reputation, but the emperor is the son of tomorrow, how can he be slandered by others? ”

"Mouths grow on them, what can I do about it?" Zheng De said lightly, he didn't care too much about reputation. As for the reaction of the courtiers, it was not within Zheng De's consideration. Say whatever you like, and Fang Zheng will not lose a piece of meat.

Liu Jin was depressed when he heard this, and he wanted to vomit blood, but his feelings were still in vain. Mu Bin on the side couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, what Gonggong Liu said is right." As the saying goes, people are terrible, so it's better to hide. ”

"No need, he's already up." Since the three of them were sitting in the lobby on the second floor, Zheng De saw Li Dongyang walking up at a glance.

Li Dongyang was wearing a wide long coat with a straight body of green cloth, a square scarf on his head, and an ordinary scholar-style outfit, followed by a Xiao Si. He was invited to Haoranju to meet friends, so he didn't wear any official robes, and changed into an ordinary outfit, so ordinary people naturally couldn't recognize his identity. Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked to the second floor, someone looked at him.

Is it recognized? Li Dongyang frowned slightly, no wonder he thought so, after all, as one of the three elders of the cabinet, his high position is naturally highly recognizable, and it is not strange to be recognized. When I looked up, I was instantly scared into a cold sweat.

Emperor!

Looking at the teenage boy who seemed to be smiling and not smiling, who was not the saint today. But the emperor is no longer staying in the palace, why did he run out?

didn't have time to think about it, Li Dongyang hurriedly took a few steps forward and was about to salute. Zheng De stood up, made a gesture of please, and said in a low voice, "Elder Ge, please take a seat." ”

"Why did the emperor leave the palace?" When Zheng De said this, he also reacted that this was outside the palace, and he no longer insisted on etiquette, so he asked directly.

"I came out to observe the people's feelings, and see how prosperous my Ming Jingshi is." Zheng De said with a smile and pointed to the seat on the side, "Pavilion Elder doesn't have to stand, sit down." ”

"How can Your Majesty leave the palace at will. If there is a good one, how can I be worthy of the tens of millions of people of my Ming Dynasty and the queen mother of the two palaces, the emperor should go back to the palace. Li Dongyang sat down generously, which made Zheng De quite impressed. What he hates most is pedantic people like Liu Jian and Xie Qian.

"Do you want me to stay in the palace all day long like a caged bird, at your mercy?" Zheng De said dissatisfied.

Li Dongyang was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "The emperor is serious, Your Majesty, as a great tomorrow, above tens of thousands of people, how can he be at the mercy of others." ”

Zheng De glanced at him lightly, "Although I am a great tomorrow, I own the whole world. But he was trapped in a square inch all day long, sitting in a well and watching the sky. Even a trip out of the palace will be criticized and blamed by you, and you don't even have personal freedom, how can you talk about tens of thousands of people? ”

Li Dongyang shook his head, "The ministers are also thinking about Your Majesty's safety, after all, the outside of the palace is not as good as the inside of the palace, and there are guards guarding it." ”

"If you really think about my safety, then you can govern the world for me." Zheng De took a sip of tea and looked at the endless flow of people outside the window, "If the four seas are leveled and the sea is clear, what danger will I have?" ”

Seeing Zheng De's appearance of not entering the oil and salt, Li Dongyang smiled helplessly, and didn't know how to persuade for a while.

Looking at Li Dongyang's expression, Zheng De couldn't bear to deceive again, and said directly, "Elder Ge doesn't have to worry too much, I won't joke with my life." Don't look at the fact that there is only Mu Bin around me, but there are no less than 20 people in ambush inside and outside this attic. If there is any accident, you can deal with it. ”

Li Dongyang glanced at the emperor with some surprise when he heard this, but he didn't expect Zheng De to bring guards, he thought it was only the three of them. I was a little relieved, but I still advised, "I hope that Your Majesty will not leave the palace without permission in the future." ”

Zheng De was too lazy to argue with him again, so he directly changed the topic, "Don't talk about this, it's hard for me to come out today, but I didn't expect such a coincidence that the old man met him, but I don't know what the old man came here for?" ”

Li Dongyang said, "Weichen is here to meet friends, there are seven people in the literary world who meet friends with poetry, have similar interests, and want to form a poetry club, so I specially invited the old man to be a witness." ”

Zheng De's heart moved when he heard this, "Have they ever been officials?" ”

"All of them have been admitted to the Jinshi." Li Dongyang looked at Zheng De, does the emperor want to discover some talents from it?

Zheng De really has this meaning, but it doesn't depend on his ordinary eyes, otherwise he really wouldn't be able to find anything. After all, he doesn't have the active skill of "discerning talents", so he can only rely on the passive goldfinger search system.

"Who are they?" Zheng De was curious.

Li Dongyang introduced them one by one, "These seven people are Li Mengyang in the household department, Hongzhi six-year jinshi, and they are also the initiators of this association. For the sake of strength and integrity, jealousy and hatred are like hatred, so that he has been imprisoned repeatedly. Kang Hai, compiled by the Hanlin Academy, the champion of the Renxu Branch in the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, in the palace test countermeasures, he spoke up righteously, tried to improve the official system, eliminated mediocre officials, reused talented people, and promoted the good and eliminated the disadvantages, which can be described as a great talent. Other people include Wang Jiusi, Zhongshu Lang, He Jingming, Xu Zhenqing, deputy of Dali Zuosi, and seven people, including Bian Gong and Wang Tingxiang. ”

Seeing that Li Dongyang focused on introducing Li Mengyang and Kang Hai, he was a passing mention for the other five people, obviously only these two people are worth recommending in his eyes, I don't know what the ability of these two people is? If it weren't for the inconvenience here, Zheng Dezhen wanted to take out the search system and search all the names to see how capable he was.

"I wonder if Elder Ge can take me in to have a look?" Zheng De looked at Li Dongyang.

"This ......" Li Dongyang looked at him with a slight hesitation.

Zheng De instantly understood what Li Dongyang was worried about, and quickly got up and bowed, "Zheng De has seen Mr. ”

"The emperor can't help it, how dare the minister take such a big gift." Li Dongyang hurriedly got up and helped Zheng De up, "Well, since the emperor insists on doing so, the old minister will take His Majesty in." However, these seven people are all the talents of my Ming Dynasty, and they are also disadvantageous to the current government. If there are any inappropriate words, I hope that Your Majesty will forgive them. ”

"The student knows, sir, please." Zheng De looked like he immediately entered the role, and made a gesture of invitation to Li Dongyang.

"It seems that the emperor is having fun." Li Dongyang smiled bitterly and shook his head, but he still didn't let him go to the third floor, Zheng De followed closely behind, and ordered Mu Bin, "You two stay on the second floor, don't let people enter the third floor." ”

"Minister's Order," the two said in unison.