Duan Fei took out a roll of things from his sleeve, just like a picture album, and Zhengde said disappointedly: "It's calligraphy and painting again?" ”

Duan Fei shook his head and said: "No, what Weichen dedicated to the emperor is a music score, called "Serving the Country with Loyalty", didn't the emperor joke that Weichen can't write majestic songs?" This piece will not disappoint the emperor. ”

Zhengde's spirit perked up and said: "Duan Aiqing's music must be extraordinary, where is the musician?" Listen to it in court! ”

How could a court banquet be without musicians and dancers? As soon as a musician stood up, suddenly an official stood up from the seat and said loudly: "Wait, Lord Duan, your song "Serving the Country with Loyalty" was just dedicated to a singer last night, and today it is dedicated to the emperor, which is obviously disrespectful to the emperor, this is a crime of bullying the king, and you want to kill your head!" ”

Many people have heard about last night's incident, and they attacked it in groups for a while, Duan Fei rarely went to court, everyone had nowhere to go, and today they finally caught the opportunity, so they naturally refused to let it go easily, and they had the mentality of wanting to kill Duan Fei on the spot.

The eunuch on duty under the noise shouted: "Quiet, quiet, whoever makes any more noise, the Han general will enforce the law." ”

Everyone finally quieted down, and Zhengde asked, "Duan Aiqing, did you really dedicate this song to a singer last night?" ”

Duan Fei replied calmly: "Your Majesty, Weichen did play this song in public last night, but it is not the same as what everyone accuses, dare to ask Lord Yushi, where did Duan Fei play this song last night?" ”

The first to attack Duan Fei was the new Imperial Governor of the Imperial Palace, named Weng Fangpeng, Duan Fei asked rhetorically, he replied proudly: "You played in the school palace of Shuntian Mansion, and everyone was watching at that time, so you couldn't quibble." ”

Duan Fei smiled and said: "Yes, it is in the school palace of the Fuxue that I dare to ask the adults of the Guozijian, why did you put the singer into the Fuxue?" Letting them gather and play in the sacred palace of learning, isn't this a corrupt atmosphere and an insult to the Holy Teacher? ”

Guozijian is in charge of education and administration, and Fuxue is their territory, seeing that the fire has burned on their heads, Guozijian Jiu Chen Ying hurriedly stood up and said: "Lord Duan, don't talk nonsense, Qingqing girl is a well-known singer and dancer, how can she be equal to an ordinary singer?" I was also present last night, every song and dance shown by everyone Qingqing is wonderful, her performance is very rigorous throughout the whole process, how can there be any crowd to play, let alone insult the Holy Teacher, Lord Duan don't talk nonsense. ”

Duan Fei said to Zhengde: "The emperor, now the matter is very clear, Qingqing everyone is by no means an ordinary singer, can be called everyone can see that her skills are extraordinary, last night in the school palace Qingqing everyone once sighed that there is no talent in Beijing, Weichen dared to stand out for the talents in the capital, played the song "Loyal to the Country", so that the audience was full of admiration, Qingqing girl no longer dared to look at the childless, Weichen did not embarrass the emperor, last night played this song can be used as a cultural exchange to see, after the Qingqing everyone, genius Yang Shen and other verification, full of praise, Wechen dedicated this song to the emperor again, and I saw the sincerity of Wechen. ”

Zhengde smiled: "Okay, I feel your sincerity, musician, take this song and play it, I want to ......"

"Slow, the emperor ......" Duan Fei said: "Your Majesty, please give the minister a Yaoqin, and Weichen must play and sing it with his own hands, so that the essence of this song can be fully reflected." ”

Zhengde said with a smile: "Okay, wait for the guqin Benlei to get me, since it is a majestic song, it is naturally Benlei." ”

After a while, Ben Lei Qin fetched it, and Zhengde gave him a seat, Duan Fei sat in the middle of the imperial banquet, plucked the strings lightly, Duan Fei calmed down, entered an ethereal state, his fingers trembled lightly, as if he had an independent consciousness, and played the tune out.

…… The wolf smoke rises and the country looks north

The dragon rolls, the horse neighses, and the sword aura is like frost

The heart is like the Yellow River

Who can fight in 20 years

Hatred is mad and the knife is headed

How many siblings are buried in their bones

What a pity to die to repay the family and country

I sighed and was even more speechless, full of blood and tears

The horseshoe goes south and people look north

People look north at the grass and yellow dust

I am willing to defend the territory and reopen the territory

The dignified Ming wants to let the four Yi ......

Come and worship!

The song is not long, but the tune is sometimes impassioned, sometimes sad and sad, sometimes vast and desolate, sometimes ambitious, so that the listener is agitated and cannot be self-sufficient. It's a dignified Ming to let Siyi come to worship! Aiqing's song is really extraordinary, this is the best gift I have received today! ”

Zhengde's interest was very high, and the hundred officials who knew his temper did not dare to mention it now even if they were dissatisfied in their hearts, but those military attachés were enthusiastic when they heard it, and their good impression of Duan Fei was greatly increased, and Shuntianfu commanded Tongzhi Shen Xiyi to stand up and said to Zhengde: "Your Majesty, Lord Duan's song "Jingzhong Serving the Country" is really a rare song through the ages, Weichen wants to teach this song to his subordinate officers and soldiers, so that they can sing it every day, which can not only boost morale, but also let them remember the heart of Jingzhong to serve the country, defend the territory for the emperor, and let Siyi come to worship!" ”

Zhengde Xi said: "Quasi-playing, not only your subordinates must sing, all the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty must sing, and everyone in the world must sing, Guozijian, Hanlin Academy, Military Department, Household Department, you are responsible for copying this song and singing it, I want everyone in the world to understand what it means to be loyal to the country!" ”

"Obey the order!" The person who was named had no choice but to stand up, knowing that this move would make Duan Fei more famous, but he couldn't stop it, Zhengde was an emperor who expanded his territory, and he knew from the fact that he personally led the army to defeat the little Tatar prince, if he wanted to stop this, it would definitely attract the wrath of thunder, and most of the courtiers of this dynasty had learned to be obedient, and it was just a song, so no one came forward to oppose it.

Duan Fei didn't expect this to be the result, he had an idea, and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen found that there is no military music in my Ming army, and the cultural life of the soldiers after dusk is extremely scarce, so it is better to choose some majestic and mighty music as military music, which can be sung after dinner, has the emperor heard the song?" When the time comes, compare to see who sings the loudest, it will be very motivating to fight, and everyone can sleep soundly when they are tired of singing, and you can choose another one as a military song, and sing it in the early morning when the flag is raised or at other important moments, to encourage morale and unite forces, no matter how bad it is, you can also practice your voice, and you can scare the enemy's morale with a roar when you are against the enemy. ”

Zhengde smiled: "Duan Aiqing really has a lot of ideas, Shen Aiqing, what do you think of Duan Aiqing's proposal?" ”

Shen Xiyi replied: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that Lord Duan's proposal is not much, and it can be promoted, but how to choose these military music needs to be discussed." ”

Zhengde smiled: "Duan Aiqing, you have the most ideas, let's talk about it." ”

Duan Fei said: "This is simple, send an announcement to sing all over the world, just select the best, and gather the wisdom of the world to select the best military songs." ”

Zhengde said happily: "It's so good, just do what Duan Aiqing said?" Do anyone else have any opinions? ”

Shi Xuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rites is busy with official business, but I am afraid that I will not have the spare energy to collect songs from all over the country. ”

Duan Fei said without hesitation: "Since Lord Shi's ability is insufficient, Weichen is naturally duty-bound, and he is willing to lead Jinyi Wei to handle this matter for the emperor, please ask the emperor for permission." ”

Shi Xuan's face was flushed with anger, Duan Fei just didn't see it, although Shi Xuan was a clean official, and his personal character was commendable and admirable, but as an important minister of the imperial court, it was really a misfortune for the country that he was so old-fashioned and old-fashioned, but fortunately, he was only in charge of the Ministry of Rites now, and if it was the military department and the criminal department, there were many people who were killed by him.

Other people just sighed in their hearts that Shi Xuan was old, and he forgot the pain after the scars, did he forget the last time he fainted in the hall? Fighting with Duan Fei in front of the emperor, isn't this looking for death?

Zhengde doesn't like Shi Xuan very much, this old man relies on a word of etiquette, and teaches himself all day long, but Zhengde is a master who does not act according to etiquette, seeing that the old man was so angry that he couldn't speak, he was happy in his heart, for fear that someone would come out to stir up the situation again, he hurriedly said: "Yes, those who can work hard, leave this matter to Duan Aiqing." ”

Shi Xuan was even more depressed, but no one paid attention to him, Duan Fei returned to the table, and other officials continued to pay tribute to Zhengde in order, and even foreign envoys also offered gifts.

The banquet gradually came to the end, and it was the little yellow door who was in charge of the roll call and suddenly sang: "The king of Manchu Jia, Su Duanma, will see ...... at the end of the Jin"

Hearing this name, Zhengde suddenly frowned, only to see a short old man wearing Southeast Asian national costumes, holding a brocade box tremblingly walked up, if it weren't for a child about fifteen or sixteen years old behind him, he would have fallen down when he crossed the threshold.

Su Duan's mother knelt on the ground and bowed to Zhengde: "Son-in-law Su Duan's mother knocked to see the emperor, may my emperor live long live long live!" ”

Since the Portuguese ocean-going fleet captured Manchuka (now Malacca) in the tenth year of Zhengde, Su Duanmamo fled to the capital for several years, because Portugal sent an envoy to show goodwill to Daming, and Jiang Bin and Qian Ning, who had been bribed, used whoever controlled Manchurian Jiadu as the same, as long as they were subordinate to Dashu, they could use it as a reason to bewitch Zhengde, and Daming was unable to rush to help at that time, so this matter dragged on, and he felt quite guilty when he saw Su Duanma's Mamo Zhengde.

Zhengde said with a pleasant face: "The king doesn't need to be polite, come here, show His Royal Highness the seat, it's on my left hand, is this the prince?" ”

Su Duan's mother stood up and replied with tears in her eyes: "Back to the emperor, this is the grandson of Erchen, he gave a name to the Ming Dynasty, called Su Fuguo, rich and rich, the country of the country, the rich country, why are you stupid?" Don't hesitate to kowtow to the emperor! ”

Su Fuguo kowtowed to Zhengde a few times, and when he raised his head, he was already in tears, and he choked up and said, "Emperor Lao, please send troops to restore the country to us!" ”

Before Zhengde could react, Shi Xuan had already taken the case and shouted: "Presumptuous! On the auspicious day of the New Year, you actually defiled the Jinluan Palace with blood, this is a great disrespect to the emperor, come on, drag this child out for me! ”

Su Duan's mother was so frightened that she almost fell, and the Han general standing next to the hall looked at Zhengde, Zhengde frowned and said: "Lord Shi, Su Fuguo is still a child, and his feelings are pitiful and pitiful, is it too much for you to scold so loudly?" ”

Shi Xuan shook his neck to the sky, and said proudly: "Your Majesty, the ceremony cannot be abolished, today the emperor worships to the sky, in order to pray for blessings, and now the blood of Sufuguo is splashed in the Jinluan Palace, this is a bad omen!" ”

Zhengde saw that Su Fuguo was half frightened to death, remembering that when he first ascended the throne more than ten years ago, these courtiers also forced themselves to hide in the mosquito net in the middle of the night and cry, pity and hatred rose at the same time, he said indifferently: "Shi Shangshu is old, he is already drunk due to alcohol, come on, send Shi Shangshu home." ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister is not drunk, Your Majesty, if you don't use Su Fuguo's blood to sacrifice to the sky, I'm afraid that there will be disasters from the sky!" Shi Xuan was put out by two Han generals, his eyes were red and his face was hideous, and he looked crazy, it was strange that Zhengde would believe him.

Zhengde said angrily: "The prosperity of the Ming Dynasty is like the sky, even if there are small disasters? Who are you afraid of the civil strife in the north and the Tatar and southern peace? You spit crazy words and curse the fortune of the country, if there is really any disaster from heaven, I will use your head to sacrifice to the sky! ”

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger, Shi Xuan has no intention of cursing the fortunes of the country, but others are a little confused, please forgive the emperor." Yang Yiqing said good things for Shi Xuan, and most of the other officials interceded for Shi Xuan according to his words, but Zhengde ignored it at all, and turned his head to talk to Su Duan's mother, who had already sat down.

After the banquet, Zhengde said some words of encouragement, and then the ministers went home, and Duan Fei and Yang Yiqing were left behind by Zhengde.

Looking at the few powerful courtiers in front of him, Zhengde asked: "Manchu Jia has been occupied by the Francophone for a long time, do you Aiqing have a good plan to help him restore the country?" ”

Wang Shouren, the secretary of the military department, looked at Fei Hong, the secretary of the household department, Fei Hong frowned, and replied: "Your Majesty, soldiers, the major affairs of the country are also huge, and the slightest carelessness will shake the foundation of the country, please think twice." ”

Zhengde glanced at him and said, "You mean that you don't need to help Manchu Jia restore the country?" ”

Wang Qiong replied: "Your Majesty, there is no banquet in the world, and the national fortune is dead, so don't pay attention to them, as long as the Buddha Lang Ji is a minister to the Ming Dynasty, why bother to use swords?" ”

Zhengde sneered: "Jiang Bin and Qian Ning also said the same thing at the beginning, the Franc sent an envoy to the north along the coast, and occupied Tuen Mun Island by the way, if he keeps being a minister, even if he hits the Forbidden City, I don't have to pay attention to it?" ”