The sun was slanting westward, it was already the beginning of the Shen time, the three carriages of Ciqing Palace were moving, and they were about to leave Dongyue Temple, Zhang Yuan gave him off on the side of the road, and Zhu Youxiao, the eldest grandson of the emperor in the middle carriage, suddenly probed and said: "Mr. Zhang——"

Zhang Yuan hurriedly stepped forward, the carriage stopped, and saw Zhu Youxiao stretching out of the window and handing out a puppet: "This is what I made and gave it to Mr. Zhang's little son to play." ”

Zhang Yuan took it with both hands, and saw that it was a four-inch-long puppet, with all facial features and limbs, and lacquer, exquisitely carved, and the limbs were manipulated by small silk tapes.

Zhang Yuan thought that if Zhang Juzheng was here, he was afraid that he would reprimand the thirteen-year-old Zhu Youxiao on the spot, how could the noble emperor's eldest grandson be so unprofessional, when the Wanli Emperor was more than ten years old, he loved calligraphy, practiced calligraphy more diligently, and once wrote "Bi to a person to keep the mandate of heaven forever" eight words to Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Juzheng criticized that the emperor should not spend too much energy on calligraphy, the emperor's learning should be the greatest, the so-called great is the four books and five classics and the study of governing the country, otherwise like Emperor Yang of Sui, Huizong of the Song Dynasty can be good at poetry and painting, but there is no salvation from perdition—

As soon as Zhang Juzheng said this, he extinguished Emperor Wanli's little elegant hobby, the Ming courtiers often have higher requirements for the emperor than for themselves, lenient than strict with themselves, they require the emperor to be a saint, impeachment at every turn, from this point of view, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is also pitiful, being stared at by so many pairs of eyes, moral hypocrisy and psychological distortion are difficult to avoid-

Zhang Yuan held the puppet in his hand, smiled, and said: "Your Highness's ingenuity is really admirable, in addition to reading and writing, some other hobbies are okay, just don't miss reading." ”

Zhu Youxiao was very happy when he heard Zhang Yuan praise him, and said: "Master Zhong urges me to read and write every day." In the morning and evening, I also practiced Tai Chi to strengthen my body. ”

Zhong Benhua in a carriage behind heard it. Xin said: "You read, write, and practice boxing for less than an hour every day, and the rest of the time is all about carpentry or playing games. ”

At this time, two carriages came from the direction of Chaoyangmen, and several servants followed the carriage and walked briskly, and a servant who walked in front saw Zhang Yuan and said happily: "Uncle is here, just met." ”

When Zhang Yuan turned his head to look, he saw that it was the servant of his brother-in-law Shang Zhou Zuo, and the carriage in front of him slowly stopped. The curtain was lifted, revealing Shang Jinghui's smiling face like a full moon, and his voice was as crisp as a yellow warbler: "Uncle, we are all here." ”

Zhang Yuan nodded at Xiao Hui and said to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Highness, hurry back to the palace, thank you for the reward." ”

Zhu Youxiao opened his eyes wide and looked at the beautiful girl with full forehead in front of the carriage opposite, the carriage drove away and poked her head to look behind, Ke Yinyue smiled "sneering". said, "I can't see it." Sit down. Pull Zhu Youxiao to sit down and put down the curtains.

"Mama, who is that girl?"

"Didn't you call Mr. Zhang uncle, that is the niece of Mr. and Mrs. Zhang."

Zhu Youxiao said "oh" and said, "There is no such beautiful girl in the palace, I don't know what her name is?" ”

Ke Yinyue was slightly jealous, and said, "When Mr. Zhang enters the palace again, you can ask Mr. Zhang." ”

Zhu Youxiao was a little embarrassed and said, "This." It's not easy to ask, why don't you ask for me, okay? ”

Ke Yinyue laughed: "Brother, don't you have to worry about it, isn't Mr. Zhang's brother-in-law the Zuo Du Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and that little girl must be the daughter of Shang Yushi, and Shang Yushi is a fourth-rank official." You can't marry the royal family, so don't think about that girl anymore. ”

Zhu Youxiao said blankly: "Why is this?" ”

Ke Yinyue said: "The ancestors stipulated, the ancestral system." He thought: "If Zhang Yuan's wife's niece can marry her brother, then Zhang Yuan will not be in power in the future, but this is impossible, unless Zhang Yuan is not an official, the daughter of the common people can be the queen and a concubine, and the official eunuch lady is not qualified to enter the palace at all." ”

Zhu Youxiao didn't know much else, but the ancestral system knew that the ancestral system was a heavenly rule and could never be violated, so he couldn't help but feel frustrated, and sighed at a young age.

Seeing the appearance of the emperor's eldest grandson, Keyinyue couldn't help but smile and comforted: "Brother, it is difficult for you to get out of the palace, in fact, there are many beauties in the world, when you choose a concubine for your big wedding in the future, Mama will help you choose, and you will definitely choose a stunning beauty as your wife, okay?" ”

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said "Okay", but he was a little excited.

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Zhang Yuan didn't know that the beautiful little Jinghui showed his face like this, which provoked the thirteen-year-old emperor's eldest grandson to move his admiration, he looked at the three carriages and drove away, and said in his heart: "Keyinyue is actually Dongge, who is known as the first beauty of the Jurchen clan, no one believes it, is it really appropriate to let Dongge stay with the emperor's eldest grandson, Dongge can be called a red face, she has been engaged several times, but those Jurchen tribal leaders who are engaged to her have all ended up in defeat, she is simply specially cooperating with Nurhachi to unify the Jurchen tribes, Of course, this situation is not what Dongge wants, Nurhachi is just using Dongge as an excuse to make a big move, in the forty-sixth year of Wanli, Nurhachi declared war on the Ming Dynasty, and not marrying Dongge is also counted as the Ming Dynasty's persecution of him, which is really ridiculous! ”

I thought again: "Is that red-faced man stranded in Beijing just to find Brother Dong?" If the red-faced man is Huang Taiji, then Brother Dong is his aunt, Brother Dong has been in the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years, and he is also veiled, and the red-faced man may not be able to really recognize her, he should be a little suspicious, after all, it is rare to see a tall woman like Ke Yinyue——"

Over there, Xiao Jinghui had already gotten out of the car, and was helping his mother Fu Shi down, Fu Shi was not in good health, compared with Yuxue's pink daughter Jing Hui, his face looked yellow, and then Shang Ran came down, and the carriage behind him was Wang Wei, Shang Jinglan and Mu Zhenzhen-

Xiao Hui said: "Uncle, why did you come to Dongyue Temple alone, and you didn't call your little aunt together." ”

Zhang Yuan approached and saluted his sister-in-law, and said with a smile: "Fortunately, I didn't call you, just now the Jurchen spy appeared in the temple, and the sledgehammer has fought with the Jurchen spy - don't panic, the Jurchen spy has fled." ”

Wu Ling and Wang Da Hammer led the horse over, Wang Da Hammer looked very happy, it was not bad to catch the Jurchen spy and grab a horse, he saluted Fu Shi and Shang Ran, and said with a smile: "Young master, the cow and horse doctor said that the horse's bones were not broken, and some wound medicine was dressed, and it would be good to raise it for a few days." ”

Zhang Yuan accompanied his sister-in-law Fu Shi and Tan Ran and they re-entered the Dongyue Temple to make incense, and Mu Zhenzhen went to the palace of the imperial concubine to throw money.

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Zhang Yuan deliberately went to the Dongcheng Terracotta Division the next day, asked about the situation of the pursuit of the Jurchen spies, and by the way, he gave a few words to the six patrols in front of Commander Fan, Fan Ercheng said that the captain of the Jinyi Guard was still continuing to track down the two Jurchen spies, and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies had once again ordered the border cities to strictly investigate the suspicious people in Liaodong, etc., and the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division in Beijing also strengthened vigilance.

Zhang Yuanxin said: "The garrison yamen in the capital have learned a lesson from this matter and strengthened the vigilance is also regarded as eating a trench and growing a wisdom, after the battle of Salhu, there are more and more Han people who act as spies for Nurhachi, Nurhachi is short of food and clothing, but there is a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, if you can ban the trade between Ming merchants and Houjin, it will be a heavy blow to Houjin, of course, this is not a ban can be eliminated, where the profits are, life can be used to fight, the fall of the Ming Dynasty has nothing to do with them, they just want to get rich, And the Jurchens are having a hard time, and they will be even more crazy to loot the border cities of the Ming Dynasty, Liaodong is in a difficult situation, and it depends on whether my trip to North Korea can be carried out. ”

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Qin Liangyu, Qin Minping and Ma Xianglin and others spent the Lantern Festival in Beijing, received the emperor's reward, and left Beijing on the eighteenth day of the first month to embark on the return journey back to the stone pillar in Sichuan, Qin Liangyu learned that Zhang Yuan might go to North Korea, and there was a lack of effective guards around him, so he left two native soldiers as Zhang Yuan's personal guards, two native soldiers named Ma Kuoqi, one called Sheba, Ma Kuoqi is Zhang Yuan's old acquaintance, that year in Hangzhou, Ma Kuoqi and Mu Jingyan together beat away a group of young hands hired by Yao Fu, Ma Kuoqi is tall and burly, Sheba is short and thin, and the appearance of the two people is very different, but Qin Minping said to Zhang Yuan: "Ma Kuoqi only has brute strength, he is big and looks fierce, in fact, he is far less powerful than Sheba, these two people are extremely loyal, and the virtuous brother can completely trust them." ”

Since Dongyue Temple let the two Jurchen spies escape calmly, Zhang Yuan deeply felt that he lacked a retinue with martial arts around him, and if Qin Minping was present at that time, he would definitely be able to capture the red-faced man, so Qin Liangyu asked Ma Kuoqi and Sheba to follow him, and after he thanked Qin Liangyu, he gladly accepted.

On this day, Zhang Yuan's request to envoy to Korea was also sent to the Ministry of Rites, and Shao Fuzhong, who was in charge of Korean diplomacy in the Ministry of Rites, immediately reported to He Zongyan, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites and Rites, and He Zongyan asked Shao Fuzong to write to the emperor and agreed to canonize the prince of Joseon, and Li Zhen, the son of Joseon, was the birthday of the eighth day of the fifth month, according to Liu Dongming's meaning, he wanted the envoy of the Great Tomorrow to arrive in Wangjing Hancheng at the beginning of May, and hold a ceremony to canonize the prince on Li Zhen's birthday, so that the Ming canonization envoy would set off in mid-March. Therefore, the selection of envoys must also be determined as soon as possible, Zhang Yuan is willing to go to North Korea, this is not a beautiful difference, of course He Zongyan has no reason to disallow it, and it depends on the emperor's holy will-

Now the officials of the capital, the most concerned is Jingcha, the first assistant party from Zhe on the emperor suggested that Ding Si Jingcha in the first month of the twenty-eighth and the beginning of February two phases of two phases, but the emperor did not approve, now the Lantern Festival has passed, the officials in Beijing are violent, if the Beijing inspection can not be determined early, the functions of the ministries can not operate, so on the eighteenth day of the first month, Fang Congzhe and Wu Daonan two cabinet ministers again asked the emperor to issue an order to determine the date of the Beijing inspection, this music was sent to the palace together with the Ministry of Rites.

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