New year.

New weather.

As soon as Chinese New Year's Eve passes, it will be the New Year.

In the twelfth year of Yongle, after Zhu Chen became the queen of Huai, on the first day of the new year, he handed many gifts to the palace and gave the old man a New Year's greeting.

In the next two days, Zhu Chen was not idle.

Xia Shangshu Mansion, Yang Shiqi Mansion, Yu Xuekui Mansion, the great Confucians of the Hanlin Academy, the prisoners of the Guozijian, and the bigwigs of the imperial court.

Zhu Chen went to visit them one by one and gave them New Year's greetings one by one.

After being crowned king, Zhu Chen doesn't have to be so humble.

But he's the new king!

Zhu Chen knew that if he wanted to sit on the throne, he needed to rely on these court bigwigs.

It definitely doesn't hurt to win them over in advance, even if it's not a rebellion.

People are sophisticated, and Zhu Chen has done it to the extreme.

Door-to-door delivery, I don't know how many court bigwigs have been moved for a while.

Yu Xuekui and they almost talked about King Huai now, and they were appreciative.

"King Huai also gave me an early year this year, I said that it is not reasonable, he did not say that he did not pay a New Year's greeting as King Huai, but as a junior."

"Yes, I also received a gift from King Huai."

"Two old mountain ginseng, neither precious nor rude, so that others can't say that we are corrupt, send goose feathers thousands of miles, the courtesy is light and affectionate, King Huai is a good person, if there is something in the court, we have to help him block some."

If it weren't for Zhu Chen's doing, the old man would only be happy, and even when he heard these things, he laughed, thinking that his grandson was very good at being a man and was very pleasing.

But if King Han did it, the old man would probably think that he would win people's hearts, and then he would inevitably be scolded.

How could the old man not know that his grandson bought people's hearts?

But tomorrow, I have to give it to him, do you still care if he receives people's hearts?

It's good that the grandson is smart.

After the first two days of the Lunar New Year, it was not until the third day of the Lunar New Year that the old man was free to come to see him.

As soon as he saw the old man, Zhu Chen immediately knelt down on his knees, raised his hands high, bowed down, and shouted: "Meet the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor." ”

The old man smiled, and was already prepared in his heart: "Stinky boy, wait for me here." ”

Zhu Chen grinned, quickly got up from the ground, took a cup of tea and handed it to the old man: "Your Majesty, drink tea." ”

The old man was very satisfied with Zhu Chen's attitude.

took the teacup, took a sip, and immediately scolded: "Stinky boy, you want to burn me to death." ”

A smile welled up in Zhu Chen's eyes: "It is rumored that the Yongle Emperor is bloodthirsty and cruel, I want to see if the old man will cut me." ”

Zhu Di grabbed the teacup and threw it directly at his grandson.

The grandson skillfully dodged.

Zhu Di smiled: "The emperor smashed you, and you dare to dodge?" ”

……

The fourth day of the Lunar New Year.

For the people at home, this time is still full of New Year's flavor.

However, for the officials of the Yamen of the Salt and Iron Transshipment Division, it was very busy.

Because every time the Chinese New Year comes, the sales volume of salt and iron will increase greatly, and all kinds of calculations, salt and iron coupons, etc., need to be checked and settled.

So, it's still working overtime.

Early in the morning, the new salt and iron transfer envoy Mei Jie had not slept all night, but he was still checking the tickets.

He is a student of Jinan Mansion, and when he was admitted to the Jinshi examination, he was found on an errand by the Jinan prefect, which is now the salt and iron transfer envoy.

Mei Jie took a ticket and was still tirelessly checking it.

His eyes were black, and he couldn't take care of it, just thinking about completing the government affairs during this period of time as soon as possible.

"If you work harder, I'm sure we'll be able to get things done." Umesuke smiled.

Several vice-transporters sighed.

"Master Mei, just check the ticket casually, no one dares to fake, you don't need to be so serious."

"yes, it's going to tire us."

"My stomach is rumbling, I'm a little hungry."

Hearing their words, a smile appeared on Meisuke's face: "Hungry? It's okay, I've already called someone to buy steamed buns and porridge, and it will be delivered soon. ”

"Work harder, don't live up to the expectations of the imperial court."

As the words fell, I heard a voice outside.

"Master Mei, here's a letter from you, it seems to have been sent from your hometown."

A small official of the Transit Division, holding a letter in his hand, handed it to Mei Jie with a smile.

Umesuke opened the letter and thought it was a letter from his parents at home.

He has been on an errand in the capital for half a year, and he has not been home for a long time, and his errand is so busy that he doesn't even have time to send a letter home.

It's just that when he opened it and looked at it, he realized that the letter was not sent from home.

It's the prefect of Jinan!

It was the grace that helped him.

This errand was helped by the prefect of Jinan.

The contents of the envelope, Umesuke just glanced at it, and was shocked.

His heart was instantly flustered, and he quickly pinched the letter into a ball, and his face was already pale.

……

Next.

The fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

Liu Wei, the commander of the rider guard, brought more than a dozen brothers to pay New Year's greetings to Zhu Chen.

It's just that this time, they are all wearing the clothes of Jinyiwei!

That time, they sacrificed their lives to protect Zhu Chen, and they were appreciated by the emperor, and they all changed departments and became Jinyi Guard!

Now, Liu Wei is the commander of Jinyiwei and the official position of the fourth product.

It's not as good as it used to be, but it's a real power!

Standing outside the gate of King Huai's Mansion, more than a dozen brothers did not dare to go in, but only stood outside to greet Zhu Chen for the New Year.

"Two brothers, we are here to pay New Year's greetings to King Huai."

"These are some of our thoughts, please pass them on to King Huai."

After that, one by one, the brothers took out their respective New Year's gifts and handed them to the two Tie Hanhan.

Cuihua Qiuxiang glanced at it and accepted it with a smile.

Things are not valuable, but they are also a symbol of friendship.

For their stubborn guardianship, Cuihua Qiuxiang also admires them very much, so they also treat them as brothers.

"Come in and sit down, if you want to pay New Year's greetings to King Huai, then worship in person."

"yes, come in."

Cuihua Qiuxiang took it.

It's a pity that Liu Wei and his brothers took a moment and shook their heads.

Liu Wei was flattered and said: "No need, King Huai is now the prince, how can we little people disturb him." ”

"We're just here to deliver something, and we're going to leave when we're done."

After that, Liu Wei instructed the brothers: "If there is nothing to do, don't disturb the eldest brother, let's go." ”

But at this moment.

In the palace of King Huai, there was a loud laughter: "If you become the king of Huai, can't you be your eldest brother?" ”

Laughter came, followed by Zhu Chen's heroic figure walking out, and in his hand, he was still holding a bow.

Seeing King Huai, several brocade guards hurriedly saluted.

"Meet King Huai."

"Meet King Huai."

Liu Wei and the others hurriedly saluted, for fear of neglect.

Zhu Chen walked over and patted them on the shoulder with a smile: "It's all brothers, just call the eldest brother, I'm going to hunt, you just accompany me for a ride?" ”

Hunting, this hobby, Zhu Chen has always had.

When Liu Wei and the others heard this, their faces suddenly showed joy.

Liu Wei said gratefully: "Big brother, I, we ......"

"Don't talk nonsense, there is no need to talk more between brothers." Zhu Chen said with a smile.

"Yes!" Liu Wei nodded solemnly.

While speaking, Cuihua had already brought the little mare, Zhu Chen turned over and said with a smile: "Brothers, go back and ride the horse, I will wait for you here." ”

The brocade guards were grateful one by one and quickly went back to ride their horses.

Not long after, Zhu Chen took Liu Wei and others to Yingtianfu together.

Before I arrived at the hunting place, in the dense forest avenue, I saw dozens of horse-drawn carriages, which were braving the strong wind to transport supplies.

When Zhu Chen passed by them, he felt slightly surprised in his heart.

At this time, what supplies are to be delivered?

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, everyone is having fun at home, and if they want to transport, it should also be transported by the imperial court, right?

However, this group of people did not wear official uniforms.

What the hell is going on?

Zhu Chen felt that something was wrong for a while, and when he had already run out for hundreds of meters, the horse's speed was getting slower and slower.

Behind him, Liu Wei's voice came: "Big brother, something is wrong!" ”