Standing in front of the magnificent Dongwang Mansion, Xiao Yungui was very surprised, the Dongwang Mansion originally Xiao Yungui arranged two sites, one is the Qing Jiangning General's Office, and the other is the Shandong Salt Transport Envoy He Qixing Mansion on the front street of the Tiger Bencang Front Street in the upper Huangnigang in the Hanxi Gate, and the two sites are for the East King to choose. Later, Yang Xiuqing still chose the address of Huangnigang, and he did not come back for several months, and this place has changed greatly.

It turned out that after Yang Xiuqing selected the base site of the palace, he ordered thousands of men and women to go to the Ming Palace to dismantle and transport bricks and stones, and build a large number of buildings. A tall yellow wall was built around the palace, more than three feet wide and two zhang high, and the top of the wall was broken with magnetic cloth to prevent people from climbing over. build haode east palace north to huben cang; south to Houjiaqiao, Huazang Nunnery, Luo Lang Lane, Pai Lou Lane; west to the west of Shigu Road, Hanximen Street, Tangzi Street; East to the east end of Hanzhong Road, Huangli Lane, about six or seven miles range.

The East King also changed the "Xiyin Academy" in Longpanli, which is not far away, into a villa, which is also an integral part of the East Wangfu, and the East King once went to Qingliang Mountain to watch a play. In front of the gate of the East Prince's Mansion, a high gate tower was built, about the width of the fifth and sixth façades, and there was another five-storey "watchtower" of four or five zhang high outside the door, and the four pillars were densely nailed with thistles, and the enemy towers in Pukou could be seen far away. There are still several cannons outside the gate, which are fired in the morning and evening, which is very majestic.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has always been honored with yellow and red, so the interior and exterior are mostly decorated with yellow and red. At the gate of the East Prince's Mansion, the yellow paper Zhu book "East Prince's Mansion" plaque, there is a copper ring on the door, and the yellow satin is pasted, and it is decorated with the image of a colorful dragon and a tiger. There is a colorful shed in front of the gate, which is also covered with yellow and red silk crepe, which is particularly majestic and magnificent.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom respects traditional folk customs and loves to stick to the door. This is not only for the sake of Tujili, but also for the sake of one's own special status. Xiao Yungui looked up and saw a couplet at the head gate of the East Prince's Mansion: Princes of the Eastern Kingdom. for the heavens; Wangji is thousands of miles, and the land is boundless. After Hong Yun'er saw it, she stuck out her tongue and whispered in Xiao Yungui's ear: "The East King is so bold. ”

The grandeur of the East Palace, which gives people a sense of oppression, in fact, why did the emperors of the past dynasties build magnificent palaces? It is nothing more than giving people a sense of majesty, standing at the door, if your psychological quality is not good, you will naturally be ashamed of yourself.

At the entrance of the palace, the east hall of the palace guards the armor, the banner is clear, the card knives and knives in the hands are like snow, and there are a total of 1,000 guards here who are on duty here. Solemn and solemn, the public guards are arranged into five phalanx queues, and in front of the queue are eighteen bronze cannons, which makes people feel that the East Wangfu is majestic.

There are 72 people in the six departments of Shangshu under the Dongwang Mansion, and 24 men and women are undertaken. 32 servants, 1,600 guards. He presided over the living and ceremonial guards of the East Palace. There are a total of 3,557 officials and servants in the Dongwang Mansion. Most of them live in and near the Dongwang Mansion and serve the Dongwang directly.

After listening to Hong Yun'er's words, Xiao Yungui smiled slightly, touched his nose and whispered, "It's really corrupted fast." ”

While speaking, several people from the East Hall Chengxuan came out to lead Xiao Yungui, Hong Yun'er, Qin Rigang and other officials into the meeting.

When I arrived at the heavy gate of the east hall, that is, outside the second gate, I saw that the couplet here was more majestic: the crown was hundred, and the new sun and moon of Zhaoqitian Dynasty; Functional Left Auxiliary. Macro opening scenery and fortune. The other is: the east wind thaws, and the spring returns to the Yang Valley; Wang Ze is blessed with the sky, and Puxi Qunli is blessed.

There is a square hall outside the inner room of the East Prince's Mansion, and the east is called "Chengxuan Hall". In the west, it is called the "Nursing Office", which is the office of the herald. There is also a registration office in the east hall. There is also a "squire hall" near the palace, that is, the staff department, which is responsible for the armed defense of the East Palace. Dongwang not only expanded the outer hall, but also vigorously renovated its inner room. The whole palace is extremely ingenious, pleasing to the eye, the interior window lattices are painted with yellow paint, the lookout board is painted with dragons and phoenixes, the tables and chairs are painted with yellow paint, and even the cushions are also made of yellow satin.

There are also beautiful murals in the palace, and the listening office is a ship's room, with glass on both sides, and a throne in the inner room. "Tianjing Lu" has a cloud: "Dongfu civil engineering crown Tianjing, pavilions and gardens for several miles, there are purple dock flowers and trees ring each other, fish and birds are opposite. The high-rise building is said to be a lot of treasures, and the gold and stone Yi ware are hidden, and the calligraphy and painting are very rich. The king of the east dug a rectangular pool five zhang wide and one zhang deep at the foot of the mountain, built a pavilion in the center of the pool, and built a rockery next to the pool. Xiao Yungui and Hong Yun'er entered the East Palace, only to feel that they were in the West Palace in Suzhou could only be regarded as a small meaning.

Entering the second gate hall, I saw that Wei Changhui, the king of the north, Shi Dakai, the winged king, and the rest of the hundred officials were there, everyone knelt down at the bottom of the steps, and Yang Xiuqing on the main platform of the hall closed his eyes tightly, leaning on the big chair paved with yellow satin, and he didn't know whether he was awake or fainted.

Seeing the arrival of the king of the west, the king of the north, the king of wings and others turned around and hurriedly bowed, and immediately bowed to the ground. Xiao Yungui frowned, the kingdom of heaven was just established, how many things need to be handled by all the kings and hundreds of officials, in order to listen to the heavenly father, they actually left their official duties and came here to listen to the holy decree of the heavenly father of Lao Shizi, it is really a waste of manpower.

Xiao Yungui led everyone forward, Xiao Yungui bowed down first, and said that the son-in-law would meet the Emperor God, because Hong Xuanjiao was the sixth daughter of the Heavenly Father, and Xiao Chaogui was her husband, so he called himself the son-in-law.

Yang Xiuqing opened her eyes slightly, glanced at it, waved her hand, and got up as if she was in a daze, and said in a very loud voice: "Get up." ”

Everyone at the bottom of the stairs shouted long live before getting up, Xiao Yungui looked at Wei Changhui and Shi Dakai, the two of them got up very slowly, and seemed to have been kneeling for a long time, and they couldn't help but secretly sympathize with the two in their hearts.

In fact, all the officials have been kneeling after entering the meeting, but because of the majesty of the Heavenly Father, no one dared to get up, and after getting up at this moment, they did not dare to have a voice of complaint, they all lowered their hands and bowed their heads to listen to the Holy Father's holy voice.

Yang Xiuqing waved his sleeves, looked at Wei Changhui and Shi Dakai, and said solemnly and slowly: "Zhengxiao (i.e. Wei Changhui), Daxiao (i.e. Shi Dakai)!" ”

Wei Changhui and Shi Dakai heard Heavenly Father calling for him, and stood up and knelt down to listen to the order.

Yang Xiuqing pointed to Shi Dakai's father-in-law Huang Yukun among the hundred officials and said, "Lock up Huang Yukun first!" ”

Shi Da was startled happily, didn't he want to ask Chen Zongyang? Why do you want to lock up your father-in-law Huang Yukun? Between the lightning and flint, Wei Changhui quietly gave Shi Dakai a look, and the two of them obeyed the order together, and after getting up, they ordered several guards to go to the hall and lock Huang Yukun. Shi Dakai looked at the public ginseng lock and took his father-in-law, and his heart was very uncomfortable, at the beginning of the incident, Huang Yukun rewarded and punished him strictly, and he shared the joys and hardships with the soldiers, so he was able to win the strength of the crowd and often won every battle. He often led an army alone. There are also quite a lot of military merits, and the left inspection point of the temple is promoted. Moreover, since the Jintian Uprising, most of the laws of the Kingdom of Heaven were formulated by Huang Yukun.

After the establishment of the capital Tianjing, he was responsible for the affairs of the Criminal Department of the Celestial Empire. At this time, the Qing army confronted each other across the river, and people of all colors repeatedly made stupid moves, colluded inside and outside, and carried out subversive activities. Huang Yukun firmly grasped the criminal law of the Heavenly Kingdom, and vigorously suppressed all kinds of traitors, which made great contributions to the defense of Tianjing and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. If it is said that the king of the west is fighting outside and expanding the land. What Huang Yukun did was to stabilize the Celestial Empire! Subsequently, Huang Yukun was promoted to the prime minister of the summer official, and Yang Xiuqing was shrewd and capable of Yukun, and gave him a heavy responsibility, and ordered the internal officials to go to his yamen to listen to the order. Later, he was promoted to the Marquis of Weiguo, and since he entered Tianjing. The father-in-law was extremely careful, and it stands to reason that the East King should not have taken him under the knife.

Shi Dakai couldn't figure it out. Just when I was wondering. In the midst of the arrangement of officials, Shi Zhenji whispered in Shi Dakai's ear: "The matter of the East King and Uncle Geng." ”

Shi Dakai suddenly remembered that something happened a few days ago. However, it was said that there was a horseman in Yanwang's Mansion, who was sitting in front of the mansion to rest that day, and happened to meet Yang Xiuqing's Uncle Tong Geng (the uncle of the brother born in the same year, not his own uncle) passing by. The groom didn't know if he was slow to react or didn't see it, and he didn't stand up and salute according to the rules of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. This annoyed this Uncle Tonggeng, who snatched the horseman's horsewhip and whipped the horseman with two hundred horsewhips. Then the five flowers were tied up and sent to Qin Rigang for him to look at.

Before Qin Rigang could ask the reason, the groom was sent to Huang Yukun, the father-in-law of the Wing King, who was in charge of the Criminal Department, by the angry Dongwang Tong Geng, and asked Huang Yukun to beat the groom with a military stick again. After Huang Yukun asked about the incident clearly, he thought that the groom had violated the rules and was at fault first, but this old man had already been beaten with two hundred lashes, which was almost the punishment, so he suggested that the case should be closed like this.

Dongwang and Uncle Geng were furious when they heard this, kicked over Huang Yukun's table, and ran to Dongwang's mansion angrily, complained to Yang Xiuqing, and asked Dongwang to uphold justice. When Yang Xiuqing heard this, he was furious, this was worth it, and he didn't look at the owner when he beat the dog. Yang Xiuqing immediately called Shi Dakai and ordered him to detain his father-in-law Huang Yukun first.

Shi Dakai felt that Yang Xiuqing was a bit of a fuss and a bully, a groom, why should he be as knowledgeable as him? Even if you violate the etiquette system and get two hundred lashes? That's enough, right? Shi Dakai thought that his father-in-law had done nothing wrong, and secondly, he couldn't bear to put his father-in-law in prison in person, so he didn't immediately carry out Dongwang's order.

Huang Yukun was not used to the arrogance and unreasonableness of the East King, nor did he want his son-in-law to be embarrassed, seeing that the East King was so arrogant, he was very discouraged, and he was worried that he would not be able to do it in the future, so he proposed to sue the old man and return to the field in protest.

Qin Rigang is also a straight man, and when he saw that Huang Yukun had suffered a loss because of himself, he felt the need to support him in return, so he also proposed to unload his armor and return to the field. Immediately followed by the resignation of Huang Yukun and Qin Rigang, as well as Chen Chengying, he felt that Yang Xiuqing was simply indiscriminate, reversing black and white indiscriminately, and as Qin Rigang's hardcore brother, he also felt that it was necessary to see the truth in danger and lend a helping hand to his brother.

So this incident caused a Yan King and two Hou Ye to resign collectively, which angered Yang Xiuqing. How? Mass demonstrations? Is it not the other way around? Yang Xiuqing didn't expect that there would be so many disobedient people, so many people would do with him, and so many people would dare to offend his dignity, so he had been brewing a warning to everyone.

The matter was then settled by the mediation of the King of Heaven, Shi Dakai thought that there was nothing to do, and now it seems that the East King still wants to take revenge.

Then Yang Xiuqing ignored Shi Dakai and the others' ugly faces, and then preached the decree for Heavenly Father: "Lock up Chen Chengying and get grace!" ”

The guards rushed up again and locked up Chen Chengying and Meng Deen, Xiao Yungui frowned, which drama is this Dongwang singing? Is it really going to be imprisoned?

Then Yang Xiuqing ordered again: "Lock up Lu Xianba and Chen Zongyang again, and your hands and feet must be handcuffed!" After the guards were reinstated, they ordered: "Lock up Xie Manmei and Hu Jiumei, and tie your hands and feet!" ”

Seeing that Hong Yun'er was still here and suddenly saved, she hurriedly whispered in Xiao Yungui's ear: "The case of King Yan and Uncle Gonggeng!" ”

Xiao Yungui also immediately understood, when he wrote his paper, he explored the reasons for the Tianjing incident when the kingdom of heaven turned from prosperity to decline, in addition to Yang Xiuqing's forced seal to live long live, his killing of the brother of the king of the north and the case of the king of Yan, the horseman and the uncle of Geng was the reason why the king of the north, the king of the wings, and the king of Yan wanted to kill him! Unexpectedly, the case of Yan Wang Mafu and Uncle Tong Geng still broke out.

Xiao Yungui also understood Yang Xiuqing's plan, he wanted to take advantage of the private relationship between Chen Zongyang and Lu Xianba, and first ask Huang Yukun in charge of the Criminal Department, why did you manage the Criminal Department make a mistake in supervision, and there was a private relationship between men and women, of course Huang Yukun couldn't escape. And Chen Chengying is the head of the East Palace, and he also has the sin of not being strict with the emperor, and he is also guilty of being favored to manage the women's camp and the women's hall, and there is also a sin for the private relationship between men and women! Yang Xiuqing made a move to punish Huang Yukun, Chen Chengying and others to re-establish his prestige!

Xiao Yungui was a little difficult for a while, what should he do? He originally wanted to save Chen Zongyang and Xie Manmei, but he didn't expect that this matter would involve another more tricky matter, and this matter was related to the prestige of the East King, but I was afraid that Yang Xiuqing would not give up easily! Could it be that he watched Chen Zongyang and his wife being killed, Lu Xianba and his wife being demoted, Huang Yukun being demoted, Chen Chengying being scolded with a cane, and being punished by Meng Deen? But now that the Heavenly Father is descending to the earth, wouldn't it ruin the majesty of the East King even more if he spoke out to stop him? Maybe the spearhead of the East King will be aimed at him, Xiao Yungui can't discuss with Hong Yun'er in front of everyone in the main hall, his forehead is already full of sweat, how should he untie this knot? (To be continued......)