When Concubine Jiang was trapped outside the city of Beijing, let us temporarily shift our perspective to the north of the Ming Dynasty: on the grassland, tens of thousands of Ming refugees are working day and night under the whistling whip of the Mongolian overseer.

Just after the death of Zhengde, more than 200,000 border people of Xuanda fled across the border and fled to Mongolia, and now on the basis of the blood, sweat and lives of these people, a majestic and magnificent giant city is rising from the ground at an astonishing speed. The complacent Bodi Khan is ready to use this giant city as his national capital, and accept the worship of the leaders of the Aimak tribes here, reshaping the scenery of the former Great Yuan Emperor. The military advisor named Zhao Quan looked at his own buildings, earthen furnaces, workshops, and craftsmen with excitement on his face, and his dream seemed to be about to take wings and soar into the sky.

On the other side of the sea, in the land of the 6161 Hon, the Onin War has long since ended, but the curtain of the troubled times has been opened, and the country is entering the Warring States Period.

From the three Kamitsu, Kanroji Nayan and Sakyo Doctor, Zhou Fang, Nagato, Bunzen, Chikuzen, Iwami, Yasu, Yamashiro Seven Kingdoms Guardian Ouchi Yoshiko, and from the four Musashi Mamoru Minbu Shosuke, Minbu Shofuke, Ukyo Daifu, Shogunate Governor, Settsu, Tanba, Yamashiro, Sanki, Tosa Five Kingdoms Guardian Hosokawa Takakuni between the two sides deepened, the relationship between the two sides from the honeymoon period to a seven-year itch, and then saber rattling, the possibility of a fire at any time.

In order to obtain financial resources, both daimyo sent a large trading team, loaded with their own goods and carrying the survey sigil, to the Ningbo City of Ningbo in the Ming Dynasty.

In Southeast Asia, small countries such as Malacca and the Philippines, which originally belonged to the Ming Dynasty, are now moored with huge ships with styles and shapes that are significantly different from those in the mainland. The Portuguese flag, the church of the Madonna, accompanied by a fortified fortress, is emerging. An uninvited guest on the other side of the ocean is about to visit the Empire.

However, whether it is the large-scale exodus of the border people or the changes in neighboring countries, for the Gonggon princes of the Jingshi, it is just a problem of ringworm and scabies, and now there is only one problem that the Ming court is concerned about: the dispute over the Great Rites.

The reason for the matter is that Jiajing Tianzi repaired his father's tomb and welcomed his mother into the palace, which all need to have a reason. In particular, the Xingxian King involved the rebuilding of the mausoleum, which could not be in the name of the tomb of the vassal king, so he issued an edict to let the Ministry of Rites negotiate an honorific title for his father.

The efficiency of the Ministry of Rites was very high this time, and a palindrome was played in a short time, asking the Son of Heaven to take the late Hongzhi Son of Heaven as the emperor's examination, the Empress Dowager of Our Lady of Mercy as the mother, the Xingxian King as the emperor's uncle, and the mother Jiang as the emperor's uncle. As for the issue of burial specifications, special affairs can be considered, and the king is specially allowed to be buried with imperial specifications, and the specifications of the mausoleum are the same as those of the emperor's tomb. At the same time, the heirs of King Yi of Jiangxi are invited to enter the palace of King Xing and inherit the kingdom of King Xing.

In the eyes of Yang Tinghe and others, this is already a great concession, at least in the context of the overstretched expenses of the imperial court, it is still allowed to rebuild the tomb of King Xingxian, such a huge expenditure and the expenses derived in the future must be borne by the imperial court finance.

But for Jiajing, this is forcing himself to break off his past life, and even the home he grew up in must be attributed to others, is it tolerable, which is unbearable?

The two were so frozen, and Jiajing almost single-handedly resisted the pressure of both the outer court and the inner court at the same time. Concubine Jiang's name has not yet been decided, so she is naturally not suitable to enter the palace. If she enters Beijing now, what if the courtiers want her to pay a salute to the emperor as an uncle? Concubine Jiang herself can understand the truth.

Her resentment turned into love for her son, and she only hurriedly said, "How can this be good?" How is this good? Xi'er is just a child, how can she fight so many people? If it doesn't work, the Queen Mother doesn't do it, as long as Xi'er thinks about me as a mother, the mourning family will be content. is a false name, and the mourning family doesn't care. ”

"Queen Mother, your old man may not care, but long live you can't help but insist. If he retreats this time, then Banzai will not be able to hold his own stand on other matters in the future. ”

Yang Chengzu stood up and stopped the Jiang family's concession, "You are now the same as Long Live, you have no advance or retreat, and since you can't enter Beijing now, we will live in Tongzhou." The minister will arrange for someone to go down to the house, let's live first, and then talk about anything. ”

He brought the sons and daughters of all kinds of noble families in his team, and because of the relationship between the queen mother and the queen mother along the way, no one dared to be too presumptuous. Now that I heard that the Queen Mother was bullied, Commander Yang hoped that his people would come forward to help find a place, and first disgusting and disgusting magistrates, so he naturally doubled the energy accumulated along the way.

Chickens and dogs jumped in Tongzhou City, crying everywhere, and even the officials were arrested by the attachés of those noble families, serving as coolies and even as cheap servants, and for a time wearing official clothes on the ground in Tongzhou was more dangerous than the people.

Under this chaos, the local officials of Tongzhou are anxious, needless to say, the official positions of several local officials are limited after all, and there is no way to confront these bastards head-on. I had to write an urgent letter and ask people to bring it to Beijing and ask Shousuke for a charter.

At this moment of chaos, a fast horse quietly left Tongxian, and all the way was like lightning, directly breaking into the Beijing Division. Yang Chengzu knew that he was actually full of danger when he did this kind of action now. As long as he leaves the protection of the team, those martial arts masters under the big families or officials may launch a secret plot against him at any time.

However, at the moment, he is still nominally Concubine Jiang's bodyguard, and since Concubine Jiang can't enter the city, he himself has to live outside the city. When he entered the city, at the Chongwen Gate, he could hear the sound of mourning and crying from a distance, as well as the shouts of Jinyi Lux when he forcibly seized the goods, showing the elegance of the prosperous era. Seeing that his subordinates were so domineering, Yang Chengzu finally put half of his heart at ease, but at present, his identity is still not suitable for meeting with these subordinates.

Fast horses all the way into the city, straight to the Ministry of War under the jurisdiction of the Huitong Pavilion, here was originally to house the envoys of foreign vassals, and later the envoys of the vassal kings and local officials from all over the country went to Beijing to do business, and also stayed here. He took one of his subordinates, stuffed a piece of silver, and asked all he wanted to know from the dutiful officer, and handed the horse into the man's hand, and went in himself.

Although the envoys of various countries are all expelled at present, there are many foreign officials, and this will be very lively. When Yang Chengzu came to the destination, he heard someone say in a gentle and flattering voice: "This little brother, please make it convenient." My son is very sick, I just want you to get some hot water, it won't take much effort on your part. ”

"Hot water? This old man told a good joke, do you know how big the whole hall is? Thousands of houses, thousands of masters, there are only a few of us. Even if one person only bothers us with one thing, he can't do it. If you want hot water, you can go to the water room to boil it yourself, but you have to queue up, and I can't help with this. ”

As the errand officer came out, he snorted coldly, "I don't have much money on me, and I still want to support my master?" Sour Hanlin, poor give advice, work for you, what good can it be? Your son is sick, so let him be sick! Whether he can live or not depends on his life, no one else is to blame. ”

As he spoke, he walked outside, and when he met him, he collided with Yang Chengzu. A piece of snowflake silver in Yang Chengzu's hand blocked all the possible anger of this errand officer.

"Take the silver, go boil a pot of hot water, and then ask a man to come, remember, find the best." This is the name of Zhu Tishuai, the Yamen of the Jinyi Guard, you should know its weight, please don't come, weigh it yourself. Is it Yan Song's family from Nanjing? ”