July of the 31st year of Hongwu.

The third son of King Yan entered Beijing, mourned and cried Zhu Yuanzhang in front of the tomb of filial piety, his feelings were overwhelmed with grief, after worshipping, the third son of King Yan officially wore the county court clothes, and entered the palace to meet Zhu Yunwen, the son of heaven.

Zhu Yunwen was very enthusiastic when he summoned the three cousins, compared to the honest Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Yunwen's performance was more simple, he divided family affection and grievances very clearly, although everyone in the world knew that King Yan had a lot of ambitions and seriously threatened the imperial power, but Zhu Yunwen did not have any displeasure with these three cousins.

In the Wenhua Palace, Zhu Yunwen received the wind and washed the dust for the three cousins, and gave the same banquet, not mentioning political affairs during the banquet, only talking about family affection, and Xiao Fan was also ordered to accompany him in the last seat.

During the banquet, the three of them were extremely deferential to Zhu Yunwen, and repeatedly said that King Yan was on the orders of the first emperor, and King Yan was seriously ill in Beiping, but he still did not dare to slack off. And solemnly said that the king of Yan is absolutely loyal to the Son of Heaven and the court, this time the king of Yan is immersed in the body, not far away, despite this, all his sons are still sent to the Beijing division, to the first emperor to mourn and worship, which can prove that the king of Yan is open-minded, there is no dissent, but now there are rumors in the court and the people, saying that the king of Yan has a bad heart, the king of Yan is full of loyalty, but is misunderstood by the world, every time he thinks about this, he sighs and is sad all night.

When the three of them talked about emotion, they couldn't help but burst into tears, crying bitterly, as if King Yan had been wronged and had nowhere to appeal.

Zhu Yunwen listened to the self-description of the three of them who seemed to complain and explain, and his eyes were also red, and even two lines of tears full of family affection fell.

Xiao Fan didn't move, coldly watching the three of them show their acting skills in front of Zhu Yunwen, and couldn't help sneering in his heart.

It seems that the three of them must have been instructed by Zhu Di to behave like this, and even the honest Zhu Gaochi had to obey his father's orders and pretend to act in a scene for Zhu Yunwen to see.

As for Zhu Yunwen...... Did this guy follow the foolishness, or did he believe the nonsense of the three of them? He's not that idiotic, is he?

"I have been on the throne for more than two months, young and shallow, and I don't understand everything in the court, but fortunately I have the help of the emperor's uncles, and the bitter cold and barbaric land is guarding the border of the Ming Dynasty at night, and helping the Ming Society is not lost, especially the four emperors' uncles Yan Wang has worked hard, and I am really comforted. Although I am the Son of Heaven, I need to rely on the emperor's uncles in many places, and I and the emperor's uncles are all descendants of the heavenly family, and my relatives are related by blood, how can I doubt the loyalty of my family? Those who have good deeds in the court and the people spread rumors, saying that I have the intention of cutting the domain, this is all nonsense! The Ming Dynasty is a frontier, if I don't hand it over to the imperial uncles to guard, will it also be handed over to those generals with foreign surnames who don't know the roots? The rumor-mongers want to be the flesh and blood of my heavenly family, and their hearts are very vicious! Xiao Aiqing! Zhu Yunwen wiped his tears and shouted through gritted teeth.

Xiao Fan was stunned, hurriedly stood up and bowed down and said, "The minister is here." ”

Zhu Yunwenjun's face was clouded, and his immature face gradually revealed the majesty of the Son of Heaven.

"I order you to send all the brocade-clothed guards to visit the court and the people, and see who spreads rumors that I am going to cut the feudal domain, take him to the edict prison, and severely punish him!" Zhu Yunwen shouted viciously.

"Minister...... Obey! ”

The three brothers quickly glanced at each other, and found that each other's eyes were full of confusion.

Today, it was said that it was a test of the attitude of the Son of Heaven towards the vassal king, but the Son of Heaven's performance did not look like he wanted to cut the vassal king at all, but instead strongly and resolutely supported the policy of the vassal king, which was ...... It's not the same as the court and folk sayings.

The three of them didn't have time to think about it, and hurriedly bowed down with gratitude, thanked their father on behalf of their father, and swore to the sky that King Yan would never dare to have two hearts, and wished to be the Son of Heaven in Beiping for generations.

When Zhu Yunwen heard that Longyan was happy, he immediately gave the three of them forbidden palace to walk, and rewarded the three brothers with a number of gold silks.

On top of the royal banquet, the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.

After the banquet, the three of them respectfully knelt down to thank the Son of Heaven for the banquet, and then bowed down and left the palace.

Xiao Fan was still sitting in the Wenhua Palace, and when he saw the three of them withdrawing, he gestured to Yuan Zhong, a brocade guard guarding the palace, who was guarding outside the palace, Yuan Zhong nodded lightly, waved his hand and led more than a dozen people to leave the palace with him.

From now on, the three Zhu Gaochi brothers will be monitored by the secret agents of the Jinyi Guard at night, and they will not be allowed to leave the Beijing division for half a step.

Zhu Yunwen stood outside the palace gate, looking at the backs of the three brothers in the distance, tears still existed on his face, and he sighed: "Good man! King Yan is so loyal, what a good person...... I am really comforted, and there is such a loyal imperial uncle guarding the border for me, that feeling is like a spring breeze blowing in my heart and blooming beautiful flowers......"

Xiao Fan, who was on the side, couldn't listen anymore, and gently tugged Zhu Yunwen's sleeve and said, "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty......"

“…… And like the dry soil of a long drought rains precious rain, and the soil is wet, and I am wet......"

"Your Majesty! …… cut！ Stop! That's it! Xiao Fan said loudly.

Zhu Yunwen finally came back to his senses: "...... Well? What's wrong? ”

"Your Majesty, they have gone away, please put away this hypocritical expression, it's too mad!" Xiao Fan said helplessly.

Zhu Yunwen's touched expression suddenly disappeared without a trace, and he smiled excitedly: "How is it?" Xiao Shiyu, how did I act just now? ”

Xiao Fan gave a thumbs up: "Powerful, absolute actor standard!" ”

Zhu Yunwen blinked his eyes slyly and said with a smile: "Don't talk about you, I almost believed myself just now, haha......"

Xiao Fan hesitated: "Your Majesty,...... You don't really believe what those three people say, do you? ”

Zhu Yunwen pouted: "I believe in a fart!" Fool me for a fool! There was no war on the border, and within a year, Beiping Mansion expanded to 150,000 soldiers and horses for no reason, but without the consent of the imperial court at all, the wolf's ambition was clearly revealed, and he was embarrassed to say that he had no two hearts! Hum! Can I be deceived when I am young? ”

Xiao Fan Zhengse said: "Your Majesty, in order to block the world's people's mouths, King Yan has to send his three sons to Beijing to mourn, Prince Yan is the heir of the Beijing Division, these three people must not let them go back, they must be held in their hands, King Yan will have a little more scruples, and he will not dare to act rashly in a short time, so it will also leave some more time for the court to prepare." ”

Zhu Yunwen nodded in agreement, and then hesitated: "But...... Mr. Huang, those ministers may not agree, Xiao Shiyu, you know, Mr. Huang has been educating me, asking me to be an upright monarch, with a righteous heart and a righteous demeanor, and a righteous demeanor in the world, so that it is done by the Ming monarch, if the son of King Yan is detained, I am afraid that it will ......"

Xiao Fan frowned: "Your Majesty, you are the son of tomorrow, you should have the final say in this world!" If you let those three people go back to Beiping, King Yan will no longer have any fears, how serious the consequences are, you should know better than me......"

Zhu Yunwen's lips snorted a few times, and he said: "Although I am the Son of Heaven, Mr. Huang is the emperor's teacher, and there are so many ministers in the court who obey his orders, if I insist on going my own way, the whole dynasty is against it, and now that I have just ascended the throne, there are vassal kings outside, and my position is not stable, how can I have a stiff relationship with the ministers?" ”

Xiao Fan paused for a long time, and then sighed with a gloomy expression.

Zhu Yunwen said with some guilt: "Xiao waiter reads...... The world is so big, the emperor can't govern it alone, and he also needs the help of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces, and sometimes, the Son of Heaven can't help himself, being the emperor is not as beautiful as outsiders seem, and the emperor also has to compromise with the ministers......"

Xiao Fan looked at him and said deeply: "It seems that the emperor also has something to sympathize with......

Zhu Yunwen sighed helplessly: "Yes, since ancient times, the emperor has been called a lonely man, it is not unreasonable......"

Xiao Fan smiled with relief: "That's it, leave this matter to the court to discuss it......"

Zhu Yunwen nodded helplessly.

So Xiao Fan bowed down and retreated, and when he walked to the door of the hall, Xiao Fan suddenly remembered something, and turned back and said, "Your Majesty......"

"What's wrong?"

Xiao Fan looked puzzled and said: "If the emperor is a widow, should the three thousand beauties in the harem be called a widow?" ”

Zhu Yunwen was silent and wiped his sweat: "............"

Second, there was a quarrel in the Wenhua Palace.

Huang Zicheng, Huang Guan, Bang Zhao, as well as Xiao Fan, Ru Yu, Qi Tai and other ministers of the DPRK and China who knew about the reduction of the feudal domain gathered in the Wenhua Palace.

As soon as Zhu Yunwen tried to get up, revealing that he wanted to keep the three sons of King Yan in Jingshi, he was fiercely opposed by Huang Zicheng, Huang Guan and others of the Qingliu faction.

"Zi said: 'Gou is not virtuous, and the way is not condensed!' , the gentleman should be respected by virtue, the more the king of Ming, the king of Yan is wrong, and he hides evil intentions, which is not a minister! Your Majesty's longitudinal felling, when you have to cut down and there is a way, if you use the respect of the Son of Heaven to privately detain the son of King Yan, such a humble trick, is it done by Ming Jun? I don't dare to agree! Huang Zicheng said in a fierce tone.

Huang Guan stood up and echoed: "If Your Majesty detains the son of King Yan, this move has lost morality, and it has provided King Yan with a legitimate excuse to rebel. Both sides are unjust, if there is a war in the future, what will the people of the world follow? I think this move is absolutely impossible! ”

Zhu Yunwen was so depressed by the two of them, the two of them were important ministers in the court, Huang Zicheng was still his emperor's teacher, Zhu Yunwen's stomach was full of fire, and his expression was even more unhappy.

"Two Mr. Huang, this is a bad statement!" Xiao Fan couldn't hold back any longer, and took a few steps forward to refute: "Morality? What is morality? Saving a person's surname is a small righteousness, and saving the surname of thousands of living beings is a great righteousness, and the detention of the son of King Yan may not be very authentic, but this move is likely to eliminate a war involving 10,000 people. ”

Huang Zicheng's face turned pale, took a step forward, stared at Xiao Fan gloomily and said, "Ignorant child! Do you think that the seizure of the son of King Yan can eliminate his rebellion? It's just delusional! King Yan, the generation of tigers and wolves, this person is a hero in the world, and he has had different ambitions for a long time, how can he give up rebellion because his son fell into the hands of the court? If you detain them, the result can only be to force him to break with the court with one heart, at that time, everyone in the world also knows that it is the court that is unrighteous first, and King Yan is forced to rebel, then the people's hearts will be turned back, and the court is unjust, Xiao Fan, can you afford such consequences? ”

Xiao Fan said-for-tat: "King Yan has only three sons, all of whom are trapped in Beijing, and the court only needs to declare that the three county kings are filial piety, and they voluntarily stay in Beijing to guard the tomb for three years on behalf of their father, does King Yan dare to object?" Does he dare to say half a word? King Yan has no heirs, and the three sons are all in the hands of the imperial court, even if they are heroes in the world? Wouldn't he have the slightest scruples? ”

Huang Zicheng said angrily: "The hero, the ruthless and unrighteous are also!" How can you care about your son's surname? ”

Xiao Fan was so angry that he stomped his feet: "Why don't you scruples?" Your son has been kidnapped, aren't you in a hurry? ”

Everyone in the hall gasped together: "Shhhh

Zhu Yunwen said with a strange face: "Tie ...... Kidnap? ”

Huang Zicheng's face twitched rapidly, and his face became more and more blue: "Xiao Fan, you erection!" What do you think of the imperial court? Are the bandits who occupy the mountains king? Do you have a monarch in your eyes? ”

Xiao Fan knew that he was speechless, and hurriedly smiled dryly: "I'm sorry, I said the wrong thing, let's put it another way, if your son is detained, will you have any scruples?" Especially under the premise that all your heirs are held by the imperial court, if you are the king of Yan and your sons are in the hands of the enemy, even if you succeed in rebellion, who will you pass the throne to in the future? ”

Zhu Yunwen glanced at Huang Zicheng's face and said, "Mr. Huang, I think Xiao Aiqing's words are not unreasonable......

As soon as the words fell, Huang Zicheng fell to his knees, and the muddy old tears flowed out at once, and he choked up: "Your Majesty! This is a must-have! If the court detains the son of the king of Yan, he will fall into the unrighteous place of the court, if the king is unjust, who will obey? The two countries have not yet killed each other, let alone His Majesty's flesh and blood brothers? The old minister admonished, asking His Majesty to take back his order and let the three county kings return to Beiping, if His Majesty refused to agree, the old minister ...... The old minister will be killed under the jade steps today, and he will save the history books to leave the old minister with an infamy for the ages......"

Xiao Fan kindly reminded: "Mr. Huang, the matter of you and the fairy girl taking photos has been recorded in the history books, even if you die headlong, I'm afraid you won't be clean......

"Shut up! Thief! Misleading the country and the king, and causing trouble in the court, all because of you! ”

Immediately afterwards, Huang Guan, Tyrant Zhao and others all knelt down and said: "The ministers seconded what Lord Huang said......

Seeing that half of the ministers knelt down to object, Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but feel a little at a loss, and said, "Mr. Huang, I think...... Xiao Aiqing's words are not wrong, is Mr. ......"

Huang Zicheng interrupted rudely: "Your Majesty is still young, how can you know right from wrong?" Could it be that among the hundreds of civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, only he, Xiao Fan, has insight? He was right, and those of us who have read decades of sages are wrong? ”

Zhu Yunwen frowned, for the first time in his life, he had an aversion to the emperor who had taught him earnestly since he was a child, and this disgust came from Huang Zicheng's disrespect for imperial power, as well as his rotten and rigid old-fashioned surname.

Taking a deep breath, Zhu Yunwen endured the unhappiness in his heart and looked at Xiao Fan helplessly.

Xiao Fan's face became ugly, he never knew that a minister dared to be so strong in front of the emperor, what did he rely on? is nothing more than the identity of the emperor, nothing more than having taught the emperor academics, if Zhu Yuanzhang is replaced, will Huang Zicheng dare to speak so loudly? Do you dare to confront the emperor so unceremoniously?

Xiao Fan raised his eyes, just opposite Zhu Yunwen's eyes, and he saw helplessness and anger in Zhu Yunwen's eyes.

Xiao Fan was also very angry, he didn't say a word, turned his head and walked outside the hall.

Zhu Yunwen was anxious: "Xiao Aiqing, where are you going?" ”

Xiao Fan didn't reply: "Go home and accompany your wife!" A bunch of stubborn old bastards, I'm not interested in slapping teeth with them! ”

The sound is coming, and the people are far away.

There was silence in the hall for a moment, and then the pot was fried.

"It's too much! Who is that guy scolding bastard? He's the bastard! The number one bastard of the Son of Heaven! ”

"So arrogant and domineering, what a powerful minister's face!"

“…………”

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Zhu Yunwen looked at the indignant ministers, and somehow a burst of irritability suddenly floated in his heart.

"Shut up!" Zhu Yunwen shouted angrily.

The ministers saw that Zhu Yunwen, who had always been gentle and elegant, had a rare tantrum and froze.

Zhu Yunwen looked at Huang Zicheng's angry face, his eyes rolled, and he suddenly smiled kindly at Huang Zicheng: "Mr. Huang, I have a heavy responsibility, I have not been able to find a suitable candidate, I don't know if Mr. is willing to share my worries?" ”

Huang Zicheng straightened his chest and said excitedly: "It is the duty of a courtier to worry about the king, although Your Majesty commands, the minister will never shirk!" ”

Zhu Yunwen opened his eyebrows and smiled: "Great! I want to send a minister to the north to appease the vassal kings of various places, mainly to appease the king of Yan, and by the way, take a look at the armament of Beiping, as well as the generals under the command of the king of Yan, etc., Mr. Huang is willing to go? ”

Xiao Fan walked out of the noon gate with a pale face, ignoring the brocade-clothed soldiers patrolling the Forbidden Palace saluting him, and walked out of the palace angrily.

Huang Zicheng...... This scourge must be brought to an end, immediately! Right away! Otherwise, Zhu Yunwen and himself will be killed by him!

What about being full of loyalty? What he's doing is a scourge to everyone! Scourge the entire Jianwen country! Loyalty is not an excuse to forgive him, Xiao Fan has a family, a wife, and children in the future, and the lives of a large family cannot be buried in the hands of this old guy!

must be put down as soon as possible, otherwise everyone will pay for Huang Zicheng's stupidity, in the original history, a large part of the reason why Zhu Yunwen lost the country was caused by Huang Zicheng's bad idea, history, under his Xiao Fan's nose, must not be repeated!

Walking across the Jinshui Bridge and out of the Chengtian Gate, Xiao Fan did not go home directly, but walked towards the Yamen of Jinyi Wei Town.

After entering the yamen, Xiao Fan had not yet arrived at the front hall, so he commanded loudly: "Someone is coming!" Please come and see me! ”

Not long after, Cao Yi hurriedly came to see him.

As soon as he entered the door, Cao Yi saw Xiao Fan's face full of iron blue, Cao Yi was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "My lord, what's wrong with you?" Who has offended you? ”

Xiao Fan gritted his teeth and said, "Besides Huang Zicheng's old bastard, who else can there be?" ”

Cao Yi was stunned, and then said angrily to the enemy: "What happened to the old guy surnamed Huang who didn't get beaten enough last time?" My lord, do you want me to beat him up again? ”

Xiao Fan shook his head: "Beating him can't solve the problem......"

Cao Yi thought for a while, showed a cruel expression, and cut his palm down fiercely: "Send someone to kill him?" ”

Xiao Fan shook his head: "That's even worse, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty know that I have a grudge against Huang Zicheng, if he dies, this account will definitely be counted on my head, and then my situation will not be good, and the Son of Heaven will not be able to protect my ......"

Cao Yi scratched his head in annoyance, and then said excitedly: "Throw big feces at his house again?" This time, I threw the entire Jingshi's feces into his house, turning the Huangfu into a septic tank......"

Xiao Fan was full of black lines: "Brother Cao, can we think of some way to get rid of low-level fun?" ”

Cao Yi glared at him: "Then what do you say?" ”

Xiao Fan was silent for a long time, then suddenly let out a long sigh and said, "It would be great if you could cross over, travel to before Huang Zicheng was born, pull open the fuse of something called a grenade, and then throw it into Huang Zicheng's parents' bed...... With a bang, the whole world was relieved......"

Cao Yi was dumbfounded: "............"

(To be continued)