Chapter 246: Lao Tzu Really Needs You

Tile Thorn Koubian!

The news blew like a hurricane in Daming from south to north. The people of several state capitals in the north heard the wind and began to flee to the south one after another. After the news passed through Kaifeng Mansion, it was gone, and some people talked about it, but it was just a topic after tea and dinner, and it didn't arouse much interest in them.

The Son of Heaven is on a personal expedition!

It's like a thunderbolt on a sunny day! This news is even more shocking than the previous news, especially in the southland!

What does it mean for the Son of Heaven to drive in person?

It meant that the imperial court had to use a large number of troops, except for the necessary troops in the hinterland, the rest had to go on the march.

It means that most of the civil and military officials of the imperial court have to follow the holy driving expedition, and this expedition is not a holy driving alone, but actually a mobile imperial court expedition.

It means that the entire Ming Dynasty will increase the collection of grain and grass and increase taxes......

Merchants began to buy grain, salt and other goods in the south, and thought about how to transport them to the north. Although the northern Xinjiang has not been peaceful recently, and there are always bandits, the huge profits are still eye-catching! ……

Tong Hang didn't expect the procedures for the imperial driver's personal expedition to be so cumbersome, and he paid tribute to the Taimiao for several days, told the ancestors, and went to the Sheji altar to worship the sky, saying that it was to pray for the blessing of the heavens.

The cabinet drew up a list and determined which officials to follow and which officials to stay in Beijing. The military department drew up a charter and arranged the troops. The household department sent a large number of attachΓ©s to collect and escort grain and grass. Even the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Criminal Punishment have sent attachΓ©s. This made Tong Hang a little confused, why did these departments follow in a war?

A large number of charter twists and turns made Tong Hang busy for a day and a night, which also made Tong Hang deeply feel that it was a good choice to leave Qi Boer by himself!

The auspicious time has arrived, Tong Hang took a mighty team out of the palace, and the civil and military officials who stayed in Beijing were already waiting outside the Chengtian Gate.

Looking at Jin Liang and Li Jiuyi, who were riding a tall horse and following beside him, Tong Hang couldn't help but feel a little emotional......

Today, the holy driver came out of Chengtianmen, passed through Chang'an Street, and walked on Xuanwumen Street. Cross Chongguosi Street, from Deshengmen Street to Deshengmen out of the city.

The people in the capital poured into these streets early in the morning, and the crowds were crowded. I don't know how many doors and windows of the shops have been broken, and how many signboards and flags placed outside the doors have been broken. The shopkeeper didn't dare say anything. The streets are full of Shuntianfu officials and brocade guards carrying embroidered spring knives.

Today is the day when the Holy Emperor set off on his own expedition, and maybe he can see the face of the sky! People are waiting in a loud voice, which is not a regular occurrence. When was the last time? Last time, the first emperor went out to destroy the anti-king Zhu Gaoxi, right?

"Why haven't you come yet? Doesn't it say that auspicious times are good times? ”

"We're on this street, and when we come here, I'm afraid it's the middle of the day, right? It's just the end of the day, how can it be so fast? ”

"That's right."

"I remember the last time the emperor drove his own expedition, he also walked this street, and it seems that the auspicious time is also the best time."

"How old are you, remember the auspicious time?"

"What? Are you older than me? ”

"Look at what you said, aren't you in a hurry? I didn't say older than you. ”

"Humph! I'm three years older. I knew better than you did. ”

"Okay, okay, you're big, you're big, okay."

"What's okay, right? I'm already older than you. ”

"Good. Big, big! The man then muttered, "What's so great about being bigger, you will die earlier than me if you are older than me!" ”

"What did you say?"

"Oh, didn't say anything."

"You said it!"

"Said, said, I said that you are older than me, don't you still know that auspicious time?"

Seeing the two arguing here. An old man next to him said: "The auspicious time of the first emperor is also the best time. ”

"Yes, I said it's the time."

The little one gave a big white look and said, "Yes, who is it, you can!" Okay. ”

The old man muttered and said, "Why is this Qin Heavenly Eunuch such an hour every time he chooses auspiciousness?" Boring! ”

The two of them listened. Nodding his head again and again.

"That's it!"

"Are you coming? The whip horse of Silent Street is coming! ”

The whip horses in Jingjie are a group of military horsemen wielding whips, and the number is small, mainly to remind the people along the way not to make loud noises. Don't make a mistake!

After the whip horse passed, the people along the street slowly quieted down......

On a high-rise building on the side of the street.

A brocade-robed boy was sitting in a private room leisurely drinking a little wine, and sitting with him was an old man in a white robe. The chopsticks in front of him did not move, and I saw him close his eyes and recuperate.

A few men in strong suits stood aside.

Hearing the sound of the whip on the street, the boy put down the wine glass in his hand and said, "Is it coming soon?" ”

Hearing the boy say this, the old man opposite opened his eyes.

"Elder Ren, those batches of grain in Xuanfu were really robbed by mountain bandits?" After all, the boy still asked the question that had been haunting his mind for a long time.

The old man who was called Ren Lao nodded and said, "Could it be that the prince doesn't believe it?" ”

Rajah? Yes, this son is Zhu Qiyu, the king of servants.

Zhu Qiyu shook his head embarrassedly and said, "It's not that I don't trust the old words, but I can't believe that under Luo Hengxin's rule, there are mountain bandits who dare to blatantly rob grain merchants." ”

Ren Lao smiled slightly and didn't say anything.

"Lord Wang, come here." The man standing at the window said.

Zhu Qiyu nodded, stood up, and walked over.

The man hurriedly dodged and stood aside.

Ren Lao sat in place and didn't move, just looked at the back of King Yu and sighed slightly.

Zhu Qiyu looked at the crowded street. I saw that on the south side of Xuanwumen Street, at the exit of West Chang'an Avenue, a team of flags poured out, slowly moving towards this side......

Rows of tall horses, horses with bright armor, all sturdy soldiers, their faces full of fierceness.

There were crowds of people on both sides of the street, and the shops and liquor shops in the back, with windows open, crowded with people. Looking at the marching horses and flags in unison like heavy drums and drums, a solemn atmosphere slowly spread. The street, which had just been whipped and there was a murmur, fell silent. Only the sound of horses' hooves and the sound of the horse-drawn carriage wrapped in iron and wooden wheels resounded through the streets.

As soon as the people saw the Tsing Yi team following behind the banner team, they saw that the Tsing Yi came over with a blank face with a whisk in their hands, and suddenly there was a commotion. The emperor is here!

Sure enough, I saw that behind the Tsing Yi team, a huge carriage with a canopy tattooed with fangs and claws and dragons slowly drove up.

When all the people saw this, they fell to their knees......

Tong Hang, who was sitting on the chariot, was unspeakably uncomfortable at this time.

Since I got up before dawn and started the ceremony in the square in front of the Baohe Palace, I was fiddled around like a puppet by the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and when I got out of the chariot and walked on the streets of the capital, I was holding back a soak of morning urine!

Looking at the people kneeling on the ground along the street, and looking at the guard camp in front of him and behind him, Tong Hang was really full of pain, and he had to smile all over his face and face everyone!

If Zipol was there, why should he suffer like this? With Hanzi and Hao Tianyang and other personal guard teams, maybe they would have appeared in front of Ma Chenghai in Beidaying with ease!

Qi Boer, Lao Tzu really needs you......