This fire is really not small, the fireworks are soaring into the sky, and the flames are squeezing into the sky. The accompanying wind is getting stronger and stronger. There is a tendency to sweep the entire imperial city.

After years of construction, the people and officials moved here, densely populated, in addition to the main avenue, there are alleys, restaurants and shops, and high-rise households on both sides. Jiadi Xingluo, than the house of the rows; There is no wide lane, and the city is not ridden.

In recent years, in order to encourage the nobles and common people to come to Beijing, Zhu Di gave them very preferential treatment, allowing them to buy land and build houses and buildings, and build all kinds of houses and pavilions, which made the construction land of Shuntianfu once tight.

In ancient times, they were all wooden houses, and in order to prevent insects from eroding, they were painted with tung oil every year. The mountains and forests are also overgrown with weeds, coupled with the prevalence of Buddhism, Buddhist temples and Taoist temples are everywhere, all of them are places where incense burns all day long, and their believers are many, and they often burn incense and worship Buddha at home.

In addition, the houses are mostly made of bamboo and wood, and the masonry is not yet popular, so once a fire breaks out, the damage caused can be imagined.

However, this fire burned Fengtian Temple, and Zhu Di was not shocked when he saw it.

As soon as Zhu Di's carriage and horse entered the city, he saw the fire in front of him, thick smoke billowing out, a heat wave blowing in his face, and many people ran with shouts. From a distance, almost all of the Fengtian Hall was on fire, and more importantly, the next hall of the body and the canopy hall were also on fire, and the fire was blown by the wind again, and the fire spread immediately, and now the fireworks have shrouded the entire palace, and there is a tendency to continue to spread.

Seeing that the fire was so serious that the entire palace was burned down, Zhu Di couldn't help but gasp, and immediately ordered: "Quick, immediately spread my will and order three thousand battalions to enter the city to put out the fire!" ”

Sent someone to transfer troops, Zhu Di's face was gloomy, he jumped out of the car and walked forward, the left and right guards escorted him in the middle, and after walking a short distance, the fleeing and lively people blocked his way.

"Ouch, no, the palace is on fire." There is humanity.

"Hurry up and put out the fire, what are you doing in the way?"

"Sanmao, you are stupid, what kind of fire to save, last year in the village next door to us, five people died in the fire, burned alive, how miserable."

"Ahh

But Rao is like this, there are still people who are strong, carrying water with their burdens, running back and forth, and an organized person jumps and shouts: "Hurry up, what's the use, quickly fetch water to fight the fire." Idle people get out of the way quickly, don't get in the way of firefighting. Don't look at the palace, once it burns down, none of us can escape. ”

The three thousand battalions couldn't come all of a sudden, the guards in the palace were okay, and the palace maids and eunuchs had already messed up with him, especially the palace maids, who were wearing embroidered silk and satin, and they were so frightened that they lost their faces. Those who were tripped by their own skirts, countless of them, and those who were burned by the flames, were instantly submerged, and the screams were endless.

Zhu Di hurriedly urged the people around him to leave him alone and hurry up to splash water and put out the fire.

I didn't want Chen Yuan to stop Zhu Di, Zhu Di was unexpected, Chen Yuan said: "Your Majesty, such a fire, it's useless to splash water, you can't save it like this, you have to pick up the houses around the hall, splash the water on the house next door, and clean up the isolation zone." Otherwise, this fire will not burn this palace to the ground. ”

Zhu Di's heart suddenly lit up when he heard this, yes! I'm really dizzy, why do I still have to put out the fire, can this fire still be extinguished? The top priority at the moment is to quickly cut off the line of fire, clear out the isolation zone, and get the next door wet, so as to reduce the possibility of ignition and prevent the fire from continuing to spread and cause greater damage.

Zhu Di hurriedly asked the guards around him to push aside the crowd and enter the city to convey the order.

The two Zhu Gaoxu brothers hurriedly commanded the guards to use hooks, saws, axes, ropes, and pry wood, and all the guys who could use them were used, and after a while, Jin Shun led a brigade of 3,000 battalions to arrive, and the speed of this time was really fast.

The bamboo-wood structure of the house is good for this, it is easy to burn, and it is easy to tear it down, so the people and soldiers worked together to quickly dig out a section of isolation around the fire, and the fire was finally controlled.

As for the place where the fire started, he had already given up splashing water to extinguish the fire, but only rescued everyone from the room where the fire had just started, and tried to help grab some soft belongings, and the rest was burned by it.

Zhu Di stood in front of the noon gate, looking at the fire with his eyebrows locked.

The fire was raging, and there was a "crackling" sound, and from time to time there was a bang, it was a collapsed house, and as soon as the house fell, countless sparks rushed up to the night, jumping up seven or eight feet high, like a tree fireworks, and then quickly disappeared into the air, turning into flying ashes.

The fire burned until midnight for six hours.

Zhu Gaoxu panted and ran to his father: "Father, the fire is about to stop." However, the Fengtian Temple, the Jinshen Palace, and the Huagai Hall have all been burned down. ”

Zhu Di's tightly knit brows did not stretch, he just closed his eyes, opened his eyes for a long time, and said weakly: "Let's enter the city." ”

Tonight, it is destined to be a night when no one lives, and the place where Zhu Di lives is fine, but how can he sleep for such a big matter, he rewarded Zhu Gaoxu and his son, and sent the prince to deal with the follow-up, leaving Chen Yuan alone.

Seeing him fall softly, Chen Yuan was taken aback, and hurriedly stepped forward to support him and let him sit on the cushion.

At this time, Zhu Di was gray-haired, and he only passed his sixtieth birthday last year, and he will be sixty-one soon.

He sat on the mat, panting, and smiled wryly: "Old, old." ”

"When you are old and strong, you will not move your white head, Your Majesty's ambition is still there."

Zhu Di glanced at him and smiled bitterly: "No need to comfort me, my body, I know that when I was young, I fought in the east and west with the imperial examination, and later crusaded against Mongolia many times, and I suffered many injuries for four years." Every time I am injured, I will make up my mind that I must destroy the other party and give my children and grandchildren a stable environment. I'm old, and I can't stand a few injuries. ”

"Your Majesty—"

"Today I am angry with Gao Xu, how can he hide his careful thoughts, I suddenly realized that if he takes charge of the army, I am afraid that even I will not let go, let alone his brother?"

"But he is His Majesty's son after all."

"Yes, it's my son, I'm also a human being, and I also have seven emotions and six desires, some courtiers say behind my back that I'm old and confused, why do you repeatedly connive at King Han, I feel sorry for my son, is it okay? But in the end, I lost money in the past, and through the test of these two years, I know that you have made the right choice. ”

"Your Majesty—"

"Hehe, don't admit it, who do you want to follow, can you hide it from me? However, you are for the future of my Ming Dynasty, and there is no selfishness, so I don't bother to ask, I just want to ask you, have you thought about it? Gao Chi is benevolent, there are many capable people around him, although he will not bury you, but it is difficult for you to go further, and he used to have a grudge against you. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is still the same sentence, no matter who Your Majesty likes, the minister will do his best to assist. This person is very lazy, and he wants me to go to court every day and deal with a bunch of bad things about Chen Gu breaking sesame seeds every day, but it doesn't cost me my life. Minister, as long as you have a bowl of rice to eat. In this life, I don't want to be so tired, I am content and happy, and I ask for so much wealth and power, and what can be left in the end. ”

Zhu Di scolded with a smile: "You kid, you're only in your early twenties, why are you older than me." ”

"The minister is timid—"

"You are a coward, but there is still a big thing at the moment, this fire has burned the three main halls, and you have to reconvene the migrant workers to buy materials, and the cost is millions of silver taels, and you have a headache."

"Your Majesty, I think Your Majesty will not go to court tomorrow."

Zhu Di opened his mouth slightly and smiled bitterly: "Yes, how to deal with the faces of these ministers." ”

As he was talking, Wang Zhen came to report outside. said that Yang Shiqi, Xia Yuanji, Liu Guan and others were kneeling outside and begging to see each other, and they had important things to report.

Zhu Di smiled bitterly: "It's coming so fast." He retracted his stretched legs, sat up cross-legged, shook his head, and said, "Let's just say that I have fallen asleep, and if there is anything, I will talk about it tomorrow." ”

"Yes," Wang Zhen quietly went back to report, "Lord Yang, Lord Xia, Lord Liu, Lord Wang, Your Majesty said that I fell asleep." ”

Lord Wang Bin grabbed Wang Zhen and said angrily: "Well, you birdless turtle man, how did you pass the word to Your Majesty, our hundreds of ministers kneel here, and Your Majesty can sleep high?" As the old saying goes, a gentleman has no way, and the heavens will send him, His Majesty moved the capital, killed and injured countless people, connived at criminals, and heaven did not tolerate it, so a fire fell from the sky. ”

Yang Dao, who was kneeling behind, was originally unqualified, he was brought in by the people of the King of Han, and no one cared about it at this time, he said in a loud voice: "Lord Liu is right, please Your Majesty punish the first offender Chen Yuan, his people are murderous and punished, the crime cannot be punished, please Your Majesty kill Chen Yuan, and return the capital to Nanjing!" ”

"Please Your Majesty kill Chen Yuan and return the capital to Nanjing!" A large number of officials echoed behind.

Yang Shiqi listened to his son's trouble, and was furious in his heart, this bastard, Chen Yuan's sin will not lead to death, you are for women, for your own selfishness, you can't compete with others, use this as a means, shame. He wanted to pull his son home, but there were too many people to get through, so angry that he almost had a heart attack, and scolded him for giving birth to a shameful thing.