On the turning carriage, Xiao Yi no longer dared to underestimate Bao Yuanqian, and kept looking at Bao Yuanqian who was deep in thought beside him.

Fang was in the palace, and he thought several times that Bao Yuanqian would definitely die, but he didn't expect to be saved by this guy.

This person's talent for radical changes, Taishan collapsed before he was able to make a poem, which is really incredible. Now let the saint Longyan be happy, greatly appreciated and let the brocade guard kneel for him, I am afraid that he will not be an ordinary person in the future.

Xiao Yi's attitude seemed to be much better, and she took the initiative to talk to her from time to time. It's just that Bao Yuan Qianwu was thinking about what happened in the Fang Cai Palace, and he was frightened step by step, where did he have the leisure to take care of Xiao Yi now?

Now that he thinks about it, Zhu Di is really thoughtful. _o_m Especially the sentence "You can try it, so as not to insult the face of the Celestial Empire." It seems that he wants to do something on behalf of the imperial court.

Maybe after that day Wenyuan Pavilion, Zhu Di got his own answer, and he already had the idea of letting himself try. It's just that today he took advantage of Ji Gang's excuse to make a special trip to the main hall and argued with Ji Gang under the witness of hundreds of civil and military officials.

Before composing the poem, he consulted the approval of the important members of the civil and military factions, so that he could convince the civil and military forces after composing the poem, and he took the opportunity to bluntly say that he had crooked talents, and let himself try it along the water, but what is this test to try?

He wanted to appoint himself, but instead of appointing him directly, he had to rely on his ability to break out in front of the civil and military, and he rolled in a circle in the Shura field and came out alive, so he used the topic to let himself do things for him. Could it be that this is to show Wenwu that he is relying on his ability to ascend to the throne rather than his Zhu Di's personal preference?

Isn't this just trying to separate himself from him, otherwise others will think that it is the Emperor of Heaven who was single-handedly supported by Zhu Di. In this way, even if he develops, the civil and military forces will not be wary of themselves?

But no matter how good Zhu Di is, there is no word benevolence in his eyes. If he breaks out, Zhu Di can naturally appoint himself. But if Fang just missed cowardice in the main hall, I am afraid that he will be more than lucky.

The Fang Cai Palace Examination is not only for the civil and military to see, but also to beat the discipline gang, and at the same time to test whether he is really talented. If you are not careful, you will definitely lie down and leave the palace today. Fortunately, he made a poem, so he took advantage of the opportunity to beat Ji Gang, a domineering minister.

The emperor's mental tricks are so terrifying, he used the contradiction between himself and Ji Gang to fiddle with the civil and military forces, and also found a legitimate reason to let Ji Gang kneel when His Royal Highness.

"Lord Xiao, dare to ask Fang Cai Sheng to let me try, do you know what to try?" Bao Yuanqian came back to his senses and asked.

Xiao Yi's expression moved, and then he shook his head and said, "This..." I have a low official position, and I don't know what it is. ”

Bao Yuanqian saw his secretive look, and knew that he couldn't ask from his mouth. However, his mood has been relieved a lot, after all, this anti-poetry storm has passed. In the future, I really have to keep my mouth shut, it is better to say more than less, and it is better not to say less than not to say.

......

Late at night, the mansion of Cao Guogong in Tianfu.

The attic was brightly lit, and the maids served wine and food back and forth.

More than ten tables are full of high-ranking friends, and these people are dressed in silk and satin, brocade clothes. In the staggered manner, the conversation was very pleasant, and I sighed.

"Damn, today in the Jinshen Palace, you can make the eagle dog Ji Gang suffer a big loss!" A person on the right laughed loudly, he was wearing a flying fish suit, and he was the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Zhao Xi.

Zhao Xi poured a sip of wine, "This guy has a meritorious role in Jingjing, and he doesn't take our old ministers in the court." Now I am kowtowing to a small official in front of my eyes, hahaha! ”

As soon as he said his words, more than a dozen military attachés around him all started to coax. They are all old ministers of the Hongwu Dynasty, and now they see that the wings of the new upstart are getting fuller, and a natural sense of crisis strikes.

One person on the throne is in his thirties, dressed in a python uniform, and is naturally Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guo.

Li Jinglong said lightly: "In fact, the saint is heroic and martial, and he has long had the intention of beating Jing Nan and honoring the nobles. Last month, the son of Qiu Fu of the Principality of Qi was killed, but the case was hastily closed, and the reason for this is really intriguing. ”

As soon as the words fell, a servant came up and whispered a few words.

Li Jinglong waved the man away, sighed lightly, and said, "The Marquis of Changxing is sick at home, and so is Ping An and Sheng Yong. They don't have to wait long if they don't come, but today we just drink and have fun. ”

"Ping An and Sheng Yong, hey. Bent.

Blocking the Holy Rebellion, now it is a great luck to be able to survive the catastrophe. They only know that they are loyal, but they don't know that the battle seems to be a struggle between the saint and the puppet dynasty, but in fact it is a game between the two major factions of civil and military. Guo Ying on the side was quite old, frowning and said: "It's just that since this Marquis Changxing was defeated and captured, how can he seem to be a different person..."

Zhao Xi hurriedly said: "Marquis Wuding should be cautious, Marquis An Luke was degraded because of his gaffe last year. ”

Li Jinglong waved his hand to dismiss the maids who served, and there were only more than ten of them left in the cabinet.

Li Jinglong was puzzled: "In the battle of Zhending back then, the Marquis of Changxing was captured by the Holy Lord, and he didn't return to Yingtian until yesterday. Don't say that it is the Marquis of Wuding, even I am surprised why this Marquis of Changxing is so different from the past, living in a simple place, and his speech and demeanor are very strange. ”

Zhao Xi looked left and right and whispered: "What does Cao Guogong mean..."

Li Jinglong hurriedly waved his hand, "Hey, Lord Zhao beware of being convicted for his words." ”

Zhao Xi grinned and said, "There are only domestic servants and maids here, so I can't say more." Now... Cao Guogong, I heard that before the Battle of Zhending that day, the Marquis of Changxing was won out of the city by the Han King Gao Xu, and then..."

He made a knife with his hand and slashed it on his neck, and everyone was secretly frightened.

"That's it, that's it, I'll still drink, don't mention the matter of Changxinghou!" Li Jinglong raised his glass and interrupted the topic.

After thirty years of drinking, Zhao Xi said with a strong drink: "Don't look at the majesty of these heroes, they are only on the surface." If there is no military generals such as us in the battle of Jingjing, they will make peace with the Yan army openly and secretly, and they will be merciful everywhere and go away. This puppet dynasty is just a matter of effort! ”

He said this very boldly, but everyone lived in the attic of Cao Guogong, and there were no outsiders, so naturally no one was surprised.

Li Jinglong sighed lightly and said: "In the past, Jianwen was bent on cutting down the feudal domain and suppressing the military, and this counterinsurgency was doomed to defeat. Although the civil officials sit big, don't forget that the people who lead the troops are all military generals, and Jianwen wants to suppress the generals and rely on the generals to please Yan, what a joke is this? Even if we and other martial artists succeed in begging for Yan, the end will still be just to sit back and watch the civil officials dominate, and we can get half of the benefits? Rather than this, it is better to be in harmony with the king of Yan at that time, and secretly help him to appease the difficulty without being noticed by Zhu Yunwen, and now that the appeasement is successful, it is a wonderful thing that we will wait for the title to last forever. ”

A military general beside Zhao Xi was flushed with drink, and said drunkly: "So in the battle of Baigou River that year, the southern army lost tens of thousands, and Cao Guogong deliberately..."

Guo Ying's old face showed a smile: "Not only that, do you know that there were two armies in the imperial court at that time?" One route was nominally under the jurisdiction of the Duke of Cao, but in fact it was sent by the imperial court to supervise the army by Chen Xingshan, a servant of the Ministry of Civil Rites and Rites, while the other was led by the old man himself. ”

Everyone didn't know the inside story in the past, they just acted on orders, but now they straightened up when they heard Guo Ying say.

Li Jinglong pondered and recalled: "The prince of this country is only a nominal general, but in fact, the military power is in the hands of Chen Xingshan, and this army is Zhu Yunwen's descendant. As soon as the soldiers and horses of this road fought fiercely with the Yan army at the Baigou River, they surrounded the Yan army with absolute numerical superiority. In the blink of an eye, it was at a critical juncture that the Marquis of Wuding's own lineage of soldiers and horses played a role, and the internal and external attacks annihilated Chen Xingshan's entire army, and all the civil officials of the army were killed, and the Marquis of Wuding also personally cut off the head of Chen Xingshan's family and handed it to King Yan. ”

Guo Yingdao: "Including the siege of Beiping, why did Qu Neng have broken the city but was recalled by Cao Guogong's strict order, and it fell short... The same was true of the Battle of Zhengcunba. ”

A group of generals listened to it with amazement, and in the past, they said why every time they were about to annihilate the Yan army, they could always receive some strange military orders, which ruined the good situation.

Hundreds of thousands of people were strangled together on the battlefield, although they were military generals, they could only see pieces of people's heads moving, and they didn't know at all that the situation on the battlefield suddenly turned down, and the army's morale collapsed like a landslide.

It is no wonder that this Cao Guogong was only able to surrender, regardless of the previous suspicions, he was named a Xuanli military minister, and he was at the head of the train, and even the heroes of Jingnan were indignant about it.

In the end, the battle of Jingjing was a willingness to fight and a willingness to sing a double reed, and to join forces to pit the imperial army.

"It's Ping'an and Sheng Yong, these stupid people, who have repeatedly fought to the death with King Yan. @*~~" Li Jinglong snorted coldly, "As military generals, they don't think about the future of the martial arts, but fight for civilian officials, it's a joke... Let's wait and see, these people will end well.

Finish. ”

Zhao Xi nodded and said: "But Feng Zhilang, who is called Bao Yuanqian, has formed a bond with Ji Gang, and since this person is an enemy with him, he will definitely not be Ji Gang's opponent if he fights alone." We can take the opportunity to win over one or two, it is said that he is the person recommended by the Marquis of Jiangyin? ”

Guo Ying said: "His Royal Highness the King of Qi has already written to him, but he has not seen an eyebrow for a long time, Wei Qing told me about it." He didn't reply for a long time, and he didn't know whether this Bao Yuanqian wanted to vote for Jianyi Xia Yuanji of the Sixth Ministry, or for Yang Rong and a few juniors in the cabinet, which were two completely different factions in the civil service... Hehe. ”

"Hey, it's a pity that Mei Yin has a deep prejudice against the saint." Li Jinglong continued to sprinkle his cup and muttered: "Marquis Wuding still has to enlighten Mei Yin and the horse, our old Xun faction can't do without the big Buddha of the eldest princess of Ning Kingdom." ”

........

When Bao Yuanqian returned that day, he told Jiang Wei about the affairs of the palace, and Jiang Wei said lightly: "This Ji Gang is offended, and we will not die." It is not enough for us to rely on our own strength, we also need to rely on external forces. ”

Bao Yuanqian nodded, Jiang Wei's meaning couldn't be clearer, that is, to persuade him to use the olive branch of civil and military forces as his shield, so as to fight against Ji Gang, a favored minister.

He would not blindly pounce into the arms of either side, after all, he understood the principle of shooting without shooting. An arrow that is not fired is always more intimidating than an arrow that is fired.

During their conversation, they made an appointment to eat hot pot in Jiang Wei's courtyard, and Bao Yuanqian remembered that Qing'er and his brother asked them to eat together. Qing'er's sister and brother are submissive, and they have always regarded themselves as subordinates, and they dare not go to the table.

Xiaolan was quite loving, helped the two into their seats, and prepared dishes and chopsticks to flatter the two sisters and brothers.

"Your name is Qing'er, and your brother's name is Atu, right?" Xiaolan rubbed Ah Tu's head and said.

The two nodded timidly, and Xiao Lan Yanran smiled and said, "It's good to treat this place as a home, there are no adults here, only family." Sister, I used to be just like you, lonely and helpless. These two big brothers don't have to treat them as officials, they were just ordinary people in the past. ”

I don't know if Xiaolan is a woman with a natural affinity, or if her words moved the two sisters and brothers, but in a few words, Qing'er and the two of them really eased up a lot, and the hand holding the chopsticks didn't tremble.

The hot pot was steaming white, and the four of them were in full swing in the courtyard, and at this moment, they only heard the horse bell ringing outside the door, and Bao Yuanqian knew that something was coming from the imperial court.

He hurriedly walked out of the gate with Bao Yuanqian, only to see that sure enough, a Chinese scholar had already gotten out of the car with the holy decree, and the two had to kneel to listen to the decree.

Fengtian carried the emperor, and the edict said: "That Zhongshu is humane," there is Feng Zhilang Bao Yuanqian's agility and talent, so he is specially allowed to rest for a day without having to go on business, and tomorrow at noon he will be transferred to the outside of the hall to greet the holy car! ”

The scholar read and exchanged a few words with the two, after all, the person who asked the emperor to name him personally, he still didn't know how to shake off his cold face.

After sending away the scholar from the middle school, Bao Yuanqian frowned and muttered: "The same hall... Sure enough, something happened. ”

Jiang Wei said: "This hall is also known as the Siyi Pavilion, which is to receive the world's vassals to make the land. The Holy One asked you to go to the Huitong Pavilion, I'm afraid that I will let you go back to your old business temporarily. ”

Bao Yuanqian smiled to himself, he knew that Jiang Wei was making fun of himself. In the past, he coaxed Ma Hamu to say that he was the ambassador of the Huitong Pavilion, but he didn't expect that he would really have to go to the Huitong Pavilion tomorrow.

Bao Yuanqian said with his hand: "As soon as the saint asked me about the horses that day, I had some guesses... Now the decree has come, hey... I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse. ”

This Jingjing was initially decided, and Zhu Di's good face was happy to spread in all directions, informing Siyi to let these vassal states come to Yingtianfu, and the intention was to make Siyi's vassal states recognize him as the new son of heaven.

Now let himself go to the Huitong Pavilion to wait for the car, eighty percent is to show off something with these vassal envoys from all directions, and maybe there are other purposes.

It's just that I'm a half-level, it's okay to play brain teasers, and I really let myself write a poetry defense, I'm afraid I can't eat and walk around.

.....

I don't know if my heart is weak or how, in his dreams this night, Zhu Di lifted his head and asked: "Traitor, can you still have a red sun and white clouds?" ”

Early the next morning, he changed into a suitable official robe early and went straight to the Huitong Hall.

The Huitong Pavilion is located in the Imperial City. _o_m

The southwest corner of the city root, the west side of the Chengtian Gate, across the royal river to see the six divisions of Jinyi Guard.

Originally, it was the Honglu Temple to receive foreign envoys, but the Honglu Temple was still set up in the Ming Dynasty, but its responsibility was to specialize in the court's ceremonial class, and no longer managed the reception affairs.

The Huitong Hall undertook the reception function of the Honglu Temple, and the officials in charge added the Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple, which became a department of its own.

The hall is the place where the Celestial Empire receives the vassals, and the momentum is naturally magnificent and luxurious. Glazed jade tiles, white jade supports the pillars of the sky, the dragon surrounds the beam, and the beast swallows the sun to screen the four yi.

Bao Yuanqian entered from the main entrance and found that even the stone slabs were paved with jade, which was extremely luxurious. @·error-free start~~

Before entering the museum, the open-air platform around the museum was already full of people. The museum is surrounded by mules and horses, and treasures are everywhere. It's not that the officials of the same hall are lazy, it's that there are too many vassal states of the Ming Dynasty.

Uszang, Ryukyu, Korea, Champong, Siam, Luzon, Sakura, Annam, Malaka and more than a dozen countries.

The new Son of Heaven ascended the throne, and all small countries rushed to offer their own treasures, so that the officials of the same pavilion were really overwhelmed.

Bao Yuanqian walked in with a long body, and along the way, he was greeted by strange costumes, blonde hair and blue eyes, thick eyebrows and big eyes, some without eyebrows and crooked eyes, and even a few Japanese with hair and hair. He is a person who has traveled through later generations, and he has long been surprised by these "foreigners", but the first time he saw ancient "foreigners" in Daming is quite fresh.

Inside the museum, the side rooms are very spacious. In the middle of the hall there is a square pool, white jade is the edge, the length and width are several zhang, and the depth is more than zhang.

Bao Yuanqian looked at the pool, and saw that it was newly built, and he couldn't help but straighten up the court's big deal.

Immediately felt that it was wrong, and said in his heart that this court had done to build this water platform, didn't he invite envoys from various countries to bathe with Emperor Lao Tzu?

He came in all the way, and it was not small to wear a five-grade crown in the same hall, and someone would greet him when he met someone, and he was a Fengzhilang. He thought it was because of his tiara and belt, but soon he felt that something was wrong. After these people greeted themselves, they covered their mouths and talked about themselves.

He suddenly realized, it seems that the matter of Ji Gang kneeling and kowtowing to himself as His Royal Highness yesterday has been spread. also deserves that Ji Gang has a grudge against himself, which is self-inflicted.

Although spring is approaching now, it is still a harsh winter, and many small rivers have frozen and stopped sailing, although this place is vast but warm as spring, and the warmers are really in contrast.

It is true that Zhu Di can fight well, but he is almost inconsiderate of the people's power, and pays attention to pomp and face in everything, which is much worse than his son Ming Renzong.

This Zhu Di deliberately snubbed himself before, making several people wait for a month in vain and not see. Unexpectedly, because he wrote a poem and answered a question, he was unexpectedly named by the emperor to wait.

It is said that the Son of Heaven is difficult to see, and most of the tens of thousands of officials in the Ming Dynasty have never seen the emperor in their lives, but they have met twice by mistake, which is naturally envious in the eyes of others.

But in his opinion, it was a blessing that he couldn't bear, the first time he saw that he was ordered to answer questions, and the second time he saw it, he simply let himself roll in the sea of swords and fire. It is better to give such blessings to others.

I really don't know if this third time will be the next time, after all, it is not a joke to accompany the king like a tiger, Zhu Di is in a bad mood one day and finds a reason to cut himself off, but it will be bad.

"The Holy One has arrived!!"

"Quick! Fast! Fast! ”

I only heard a commotion outside the hall, and the officials in the room immediately put down their official duties, and they didn't care about receiving foreign envoys, so they rushed to the main gate like this.

"Quick, Feng Zhilang, the Holy Lord has arrived, and I will wait for the officials to meet you quickly." Shaoqing of Honglu Temple lifted the hem and ran out while reminding Bao Yuanqian.

Bao Yuanqian was naturally coerced forward, only to see that the Imperial Forest Army outside the hall was solemnly opened, and there was already a team with bright helmets and bright armor and gorgeous costumes sailing out of Chengtianmen and coming straight to the Huitong Pavilion! .