Why is Zhu Yi here?

Seeing this "good big brother", Shen Yichen was instinctively vigilant.

If there is anyone in this world who uses strategy to overwhelm his God's perspective, it is Zhu Yi!

"Eldest son, is there something wrong?"

Shen Yichen opened his mouth to ask, he was not in a good mood at this time, and he was not interested in talking to Zhu Yi.

"I heard my father say that you will soon go to Fujian to supervise military affairs, are you absolutely sure of counterinsurgency?"

Zhu Yi asked as usual, as if he didn't care about Shen Yichen's vigilance and estrangement towards him.

"Yes."

Hearing Shen Yichen's affirmative answer, a smile appeared on the corner of Zhu Yi's mouth, and he said silently: "It is worthy of the blood of the Chengguo Gong family and the natural demeanor of a martial artist." ”

But these inaudible words are almost fleeting.

"If you have any problems with military affairs, you can ask me for help."

Compared with Shen Yichen, who has never really led a leader, Zhu Yi, as the eldest son of the prince of Chengguo, has been familiar with the art of war since he was a child, and later followed the famous generals to patrol the border to accumulate actual combat experience.

Fujian's counterinsurgency is indeed not a big deal for Zhu Yi.

"Why are you so kind to help me?"

Shen Yichen asked rhetorically, he didn't believe that there was a free lunch in the world, let alone a smart person like Zhu Yi.

"You said it was to repay me for helping me get revenge, do you believe it?"

"I don't believe it."

Without the slightest hesitation, Shen Yichen gave an answer.

"If you don't believe it, what's the point of asking?"

"I can handle military affairs well, thank you for your kindness."

Shen Yichen arched his hand casually, not wanting to continue. There is always a premonition in my heart that the other party has dug some hole, waiting for me to jump down.

With that, Shen Yichen walked past Zhu Yi's side and walked towards the courtyard.

It's just that when the two of them were staggered, Zhu Yi's sighing voice came from his ears: "We are brothers, but there is no need to be so vigilant." ”

"Brother? When I was in Yingtianfu, how could the eldest prince treat me as a brother? ”

Shen Yichen's tone was mocking, after leaving the mansion, he had lived in the corner courtyard for nearly ten years, and he had never seen Zhu Yi.

If there were no achievements today, would the eldest son of the high-ranking prince of Chengguo recognize himself as a brother?

"Do you think that I could decide this kind of thing at that time?"

Zhu Yi put away the smile on her face, then turned to look directly at Shen Yichen and said, "Whether you believe it or not, in my heart, you are always a member of the Chengguo Mansion, and we share honor and disgrace." ”

"I can't climb high down there."

For Cheng Guogong's glory and loss, Shen Yichen has long been tired of hearing it.

Could it be that Zhu Yi still wants to make herself a brick and tile that arches the third generation of Cheng Guogong?

"If you can't climb high, then what are you now?"

Zhu Yi's rhetorical question seemed to stab Shen Yichen's heart and something he had been unwilling to face.

That is, in fact, he has been closely bound to the Chengguo Mansion, and there is no way to completely divide it.

You have me, I have you, cut and untidy and messy!

Seeing that Shen Yichen was stunned and unable to answer, Zhu Yi leaned over and patted him on the shoulder and said, "You are no longer the young man who is full of scholarly spirit, you should understand in officialdom that only by working together can you gain a foothold in the court." ”

"In today's general trend of the world, the surface is calm, but in fact, the undercurrent is turbulent. When the great changes in the future come, we, as brothers, are destined to be close to each other! ”

Zhu Yi's words made Shen Yichen Tong Kong Menglie shrink a little. For a moment, he even doubted whether the cheap big brother in front of him would be the same as himself, a traverser.

Otherwise, how can it be said that there will be great changes in the future?

Could it be Zhu Yi, did he have a premonition?

"Isn't there still Zhu Ji? He's your sibling. ”

If it is said that in the deepest subconscious of Shen Yichen's mind, he has always maintained a desire for father-son affection for Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo.

Then he doesn't have any brotherly affection for Zhu Yi.

It can even be said that many times in the face of Zhu Yi, Shen Yichen is even more jealous than facing an enemy like Wang Zhen.

After all, the other party is too deep and too smart, which makes people feel vigilant.

"Second brother, he ......"

Zhu Yi was halfway through speaking, but shook his head with a wry smile, and then continued: "Forget it, you will understand my position and hard work in the future, and this is also the responsibility I will take in the future." ”

"You can always come to me if you need help."

After saying that, Zhu Yi turned around and left, revealing a kind of loneliness and helplessness in her back.

Am I being too careful?

For Zhu Yi's style, Shen Yichen couldn't guess the other party's thoughts and goals at all.

Maybe that's why he is so jealous, one in the light and the other in the dark, and is not in an equal position.

You can't have the heart to hurt others, and you can't have the heart to defend people.

After Shen Yichen silently recited this sentence, he didn't think much about it, turned around and returned to the West Chamber, and at the same time had a pretended relaxed look on his face.

What happened in the court, he would never bring it home, making his mother and Chen Qingtong worry about him. And if nothing else, he will soon be out of Fujian again, and he will not spend too much time with his wife.

On the morning of the third day of the first lunar month, Shen Yichen received an edict from the palace, and the emperor asked him to enter the palace to face the saint.

Regarding this sudden summons, Shen Yichen probably guessed that it had something to do with the Fujian counterinsurgency. So he didn't dare to delay in the slightest, and after changing into a public uniform, he hurried to the Forbidden City in a carriage.

In the Wuying Palace, Zhu Qizhen was sitting on the dragon chair at the moment, looking at Shen Yichen who was pacing outside the door, and his face showed the majesty of the emperor.

Compared with the Wenhua Palace, which deals with court affairs, the Wuying Hall is more inclined to deal with important military affairs. Zhu Qizhen no longer remembered when he last had the Imperial Martial Arts Palace, but this time, he had an extremely important matter to show off his martial arts, and he wanted to entrust it to Shen Yichen.

"Minister, knock on Your Majesty."

"Aiqing is exempt!"

Zhu Qizhen waved his hand, signaling that Shen Yichen didn't need to do red tape, it was not a formal court meeting now, and many things could be exempted.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"To the north, do you know what I summoned you for?"

"The minister boldly guessed that it was a matter of quelling the rebellion in Fujian."

"Yes and no."

There may not be other important ministers of the imperial court present, Zhu Qizhen is relatively much more relaxed, and he also sold off with Shen Yichen.

"Minister, stupid."

As a courtier, it is most taboo to speculate in front of the emperor, since the emperor wants to sell Guanzi, then satisfy his vanity.

Sure enough, after hearing Shen Yichen's words, a smug smile appeared on the corner of Zhu Qizhen's mouth, and he continued to ask: "To the north, do you know about the Daming Treasure Ship?" ”

"Minister, I know."

The treasure ship is the main ship of the Yongle Emperor to the Western Ocean, and it was not until the Ming Xuanzong period that it was stopped building, only about 20 years ago, and the folk still circulate its legend.

"As early as three years ago, I ordered someone to supervise the construction of treasure ships in Fujian, preparing to reproduce the grand occasion of Emperor Yongle going to the West!"

When he said this, a touch of pride and fanaticism appeared on Zhu Qizhen's face.

For the emperor, opening up the territory and worshipping all countries is definitely the supreme glory of the emperor.

During the period of Ming Taizu and Chengzu, the horses stepped on the north of the desert, and the sword pointed to the West, and other feats have always made Zhu Qizhen yearn for them.

His imperial ambition, just like the exam questions given in the original palace exam, is to surpass the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty and create a prosperous era of Kaiping of his own.

Recreating the grand occasion of the treasure ship going to the West is one of the goals that Zhu Qizhen wants to achieve.

It's a pity that this great vision has been strongly opposed by the ministers, who believe that the treasure ship going to the West is a great achievement.

There was no way, Zhu Qizhen could only bypass the cabinet and the interior, and secretly ordered Guo Yan, the governor of Fuzhou Prefecture, to build the next sea ship.

Several years have passed, and in Zhu Qizhen's eyes, this is a great feat, but he has never been able to share it with others. Now that Shen Yichen is finally here, he can't wait to show off his achievements!

Guo Yan's construction of the treasure ship, Shen Yichen had already learned from the music. However, he understood Zhu Qizhen's mood of wanting to show off and share with others, so he pretended to be shocked and said flatteringly: "The Three Treasure Eunuchs traveled thousands of miles to the West, demonstrating my Ming Dynasty's martial arts and making the four seas surrender. ”

"Your Majesty has such ambitions, and you will definitely be able to glorify the cause of the Four Saints of your ancestors!"

"Sure enough, the one who knows me is none other than Shen Qing!"

Zhu Qizhen rose up, these years of civil and military affairs, all of them are opposed. Unexpectedly, Shen Yichen's attitude was very different, and he also said what was in his heart, and the excitement brought by this sense of identity was not exempt from vulgarity even as an emperor.

However, in addition to being excited, Zhu Qizhen's expression quickly darkened, and he said: "I am determined to be in all directions, but the sky does not fulfill people's wishes, and Fujian is in turmoil from time to time, resulting in the progress of the treasure ship being extremely slow. ”

"This time Shen Qing went to Fujian to quell the rebellion, I hope that in addition to suppressing the rebellious ministers and thieves, you can also supervise the successful completion of the next treasure ship."

"To the north, don't live up to my expectations."

When Zhu Qizhen said this, it was not exactly an exhortation and politeness, and there was a trace of "pray" in his eyes.

To build the next treasure ship, Zhu Qizhen endured too much resistance, and at the same time pinned his pride and ambition.

The Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, and Zhu Qizhen felt that only Shen Yichen could understand his motives and state of mind. At the same time, only when he went out of the town of Fujian to supervise the construction of treasure ships, could he successfully complete the completion and go to sea.

"If you obey the order, you will definitely let the Ming treasure ship sail in the four seas!"

Shen Yichen did not hesitate at all, and entrusted this entrustment to Ying Cheng.

Reopening the sea ban and reproducing the grand occasion of the Ming fleet is not Zhu Qizhen's dream alone, and the same is true for Shen Yichen!

"Okay, then I'm here, I wish Shen Qing success in advance."

"Minister, thank you for your words."

In the Wuying Palace, there was a scene of gentlemen and ministers getting along and sympathizing with each other.

But what Shen Yichen didn't know was that Zhu Qizhen had dug a big hole for himself, and the construction of the treasure ship was far from being as simple as he said.

Exiting from the main hall, Shen Yichen paced towards the outside of the palace, still thinking about the emperor's entrustment in his mind.

After the completion of the construction of the treasure ship, it is bound to start the journey to the Western Ocean, according to the previous Ming Dynasty and Fanbang tributary system of the unjust positioning, the Western Ocean will most likely lose a lot of money.

In a sense, after the Yongle year, the ministers of the Ming Dynasty opposed going to the West, thinking that it was not unreasonable to work the people and lose money. The huge amount of human and material resources that was spent did not get enough returns through colonial plunder as in the Western Age of Discovery.

Over time, naturally no one supported it.

The most straightforward way to change this vicious circle is to make money.

Western soils do not carry out colonial plunder, and under the condition of extremely backward economic development, it is not possible to make much money from the development of trade.

Since it is not profitable to go to the West, it may be a good idea to change your thinking and go to the East to fight the autumn breeze.

When the boatload of real money was pulled back to Beijing, Shen Yichen believed that except for the most pedantic old pedant, few of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military elites could resist the money offensive.

If there is money to be made, it will greatly stimulate the desire to explore, and the policy of sea ban will naturally be thrown into the garbage heap.

The identity of sending money and planting is time to change to another country.

Just when Shen Yichen was full of cranky thoughts, a eunuch in a python robe blocked his way.

Although the strictness of the internal officials' uniforms in the early and middle Ming Dynasty was much lower than that of the foreign officials, it was still not easy to wear a python robe.

At least Shen Yichen was in the center of the imperial court, and he had seen two eunuchs wearing python robes, one of which was the famous current celebrant Wang Zhen. The other is Jin Ying, the former celebrant who has gone through the Five Dynasties.

However, with the rise of Wang Zhen, Jin Ying gradually lost power, and he rarely met him in the palace.

The python-robed official in front of him is not one of the two, and there is a third person in the palace who is qualified to wear a python robe?

Just when Shen Yichen was puzzled and guessed the identity of the other party, the python-robed eunuch in front of him first arched his hand and said: "Shen is a bachelor, and he has been looking up for a long time." ”

"Jiuyang, I don't know who my father-in-law is?"

Shen Yichen hurriedly returned the salute, being able to wear a python robe means that the other party's status cannot be low, as long as the internal officials and eunuchs don't take the initiative to get along with themselves, Shen Yichen will definitely not have the idea of "the Han and the thief are not separated".

The politeness is a good relationship, and it definitely does not contain a lake.

"Our family Xining, I only returned to Beijing from Liaodong last year, have you ever heard of Shen Shi studying for a bachelor?"

Xining?

When he heard this name, Shen Yichen was stunned.

If Wang Zhen is a hypocrite who claims to be a literati, then Xining is an out-and-out real villain!

This guy's flying and domineering posture is not as good as Wang Zhen's. At least in many major affairs of the court and politics, Wang Zhen has also read books to make a face, and he will not unscrupulously humiliate civil and military officials.

Even before taking power, Wang Zhen was quite humble and respectful, and even "Sanyang" and others were confused, thinking that this eunuch had a literati atmosphere.

Xining is completely different, the complete villain gains power, and the humiliation of the British public is simply self-destructing the Great Wall.

Of course, the most outrageous thing is Zhu Qizhen's indulgence.

But as the saying goes, "licking the dog" ends up with nothing. Even if Zhu Qizhen was so partial to favor Xining, when the Tumubao Incident occurred and he was captured, the reward he got was to be abused and humiliated by this eunuch in every way.

Then he became the leader of the Mongols, informed the defense of the border pass, and set up Zhu Qizhen to call the door to persuade the guards to surrender.

This is how the title of "Son of Heaven", which was widely spread in later generations, came about.

Shen Yichen really didn't expect that he would see Xining in this situation, and looking at the other party's posture, it seemed that he was waiting for himself?