Chapter 14: The Way of the Monarch
"I don't know the origin of the names of the gates of this imperial city, but do you know Mr. Huang?" Bo asked with a humble face.
Huang Zicheng knew that the other party was deliberately taking the school test, smiled slightly, and did not shirk, from "Donghua Gate", "Xihua Gate" to "Xuanwu Gate", **Bo heard him talk so eloquently, and he couldn't help but sincerely admire his full learning, and when he said "Xuanwu Gate", he couldn't help but be stunned. Thinking of the famous "Xuanwu Gate Change" in history, he suddenly asked: Is this "Xuanwu Gate" the Xuanwu Gate of Tang Taizong Li Shimin? It turned out that after he came to this so-called "Yingtian" city, although he knew the dynasty he was in, he had never known which city he was in in the future. Isn't Chang'an Xi'an?
Huang Zicheng heard that he actually compared this "Xuanwu Gate" to his "Xuanwu Gate", and he was so angry that his face changed color, and his long beard trembled. Tang Taizong killed the prince in the Xuanwumen Change, and King Yuanji of Qi ascended the throne, who in the world doesn't know? What did this kid mean when he was warning him in the name of "Forbidden City", and he actually said such words openly? wanted to reprimand him face to face for his disobedience, but he seemed to be a little bit angry, and he couldn't speak.
Prince Zhu Biao heard **Bo mention the "Xuanwumen Change", and his heart was also slightly cold, and he stared at the past in a blink of an eye, but saw **Bo looking at Huang Zicheng with an innocent face, obviously not understanding why Huang Zicheng was so angry. At the moment, I was relieved in my heart, and said: Brother Quan is not more important, and he doesn't know how to avoid it, but it is an unintentional word. He immediately smiled and said: "Tang Taizong ascended the throne with the change of Xuanwu Gate, and only then did he create the rule of Zhenguan that will remain in history, Mr. Huang should not have a cup of bow and snake shadow." ”
Seeing Huang Zicheng's annoyed appearance, Bo was a little happy in his heart, and said secretly: Although this guy is knowledgeable, he is stingy, and he is so angry that he blows his beard and glares at a word.
Huang Zicheng heard Zhu Biao say this, thought about it, and said secretly: Although this Ning King Zhu Quan is quite arrogant, he is obviously not a scheming person, otherwise he would never say this change of Xuanwu Gate before His Royal Highness the Prince, which attracted taboos.
At this time, the three of them had come to the door of the "Wuying Palace" where Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial study was located, and as soon as they arrived at the door, a person walked out of the door, only to see that this person was short and strong, with a Chinese face, thick eyebrows and big eyes. When he came out of the door to meet Zhu Biao, he hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Qi Tai, the servant of the Weichen Military Department, knocks to see His Royal Highness the Prince." In a blink of an eye, I saw ** Bo wearing the clothes of the prince, but he was stunned and didn't know what to call it.
Zhu Biao hurriedly helped Qi Tai up, and said with a smile: "Mr. Qi has only recently been promoted to the head of the military department, because he has never recognized you, Brother Quan." "It turns out that Zhu Yuanzhang has a lot of sons, more than 20 in total, even if the important ministers of the court see the kings, they may not all know each other, not to mention Qi Tai, who was recently promoted by Zhu Yuanzhang to be the squire of the military department.
Huang Zicheng on the side stepped forward and greeted Qi Tai with a smile, looking quite familiar. It turned out that Qi Tai was the first to raise the Tianxiang test in the seventeenth year of Hongwu, and the second year to raise the jinshi. Huang Zicheng is even more terrible, he is the first in the eighteenth year of Hongwu, the third in the palace examination, and the first in Tanhua. It turned out that the two of them were of the same age, and they were both from the imperial examination, so they had a lot of contacts on weekdays.
In the imperial study, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had just left the early dynasty, was looking through the folds, and suddenly saw Xue Jing, the eunuch in charge of the imperial study, prostrating himself at the door of the study and reporting: "Long live Qiyu, His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness King Ning, as well as Mr. Huang Zicheng, the companion of the East Palace, are waiting for the order outside the palace gate." ”
"Oh", Zhu Yuanzhang heard him say this, he couldn't help but put down the fold in his hand, thought about it for a while, was slightly surprised in his heart, and said in his heart: Xu Da once served as the prince and concubine, and he was good friends with Zhu Biao, and at this time, Zhu Biao came to intercede for Xu Ying. But Zhu Quan and his eldest brother came together, but it was quite strange. After a while, I remembered that because of my busy state affairs, I hadn't seen the seventeenth son Zhu Quan for almost a year, and I was indeed a little worried in my heart. After pondering for a moment, he said in a deep voice: "Prince Xuan and King Ning have come to see each other, as for Huang Zicheng, ask him to wait outside the palace." Saying this, he smiled slightly bitterly in his heart, and said: This Huang Zicheng, after all, is a scholar, it is inevitable that he is a little pedantic, today the prince and I told Xu Da's daughter, there are many taboos, he does not know how to avoid it, but he accompanied the prince to see me. His mind turned and he said secretly: Huang Zicheng's behavior of accompanying the prince to meet him today shows that he is pedantic, but it also shows his loyalty to his target. Thinking of this, my heart is relieved. In his opinion, as a courtier, talent is important, and this loyalty is more important than talent.
**Bo was waiting impatiently at the entrance of the palace, but saw a middle-aged man with a white face, a slightly fat figure, aged in his forties, wearing a eunuch's complexion, came to the door of the palace, and preached in a sharp voice: "There is a decree in the saint, Prince Xuan, His Royal Highness King Ning is here, and Huang Zicheng is waiting for the decree outside the palace." Speaking of this, he turned his head to Huang Zicheng on the side and smiled coquettishly: "Mr. Huang, I have wronged you to wait here." Xue Jingjiu has been in the palace for a long time, and he knows that "East Palace Companion Reading" is a promising comparison, so he naturally wants to show favor to Huang Zicheng at this time.
Huang Zicheng has always been arrogant and despises these eunuchs, but when he heard that he couldn't meet the emperor, he was disappointed in his heart, and he didn't have a good face for this Xue Jing, he snorted lightly in his nose, and ignored it completely.
Xue Jing saw that his hot face was actually attached to his cold buttocks, and he suddenly felt a little unable to get off the stage, although he held a grudge in his heart, he was helpless, and any official in the court could only be dumb and eat Yellow Lotus. Turning his head, his face was straight, and he smiled and led Zhu Biao and **Bo into the hall.
**Huang Zicheng, who saw everything in his eyes, actually embarrassed the eunuch in public, but the fat man couldn't attack, and he couldn't help but wonder in his heart. In my previous impression in another world, the eunuchs seemed to be powerful and treacherous, and they were killing and killing civil and military officials, even if the emperor had to look at the faces of the eunuchs, how could what he saw today be very different?
In fact, during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the eunuch Mo said that he interfered in national affairs, and even the small civil officials did not dare to offend easily, since three years ago, the chief eunuch of the imperial study was sentenced to death by Zhu Yuanzhang for the crime of "discussing national politics", which eunuch in the palace is not walking on thin ice and being a man with his tail between his legs?
Qi Tai, the head of the military department next to him, saw that the "His Royal Highness King Ning" was actually entering side by side with the crown prince Zhu Biao, and couldn't help frowning, and in a blink of an eye, he saw Huang Zicheng cast a rather meaningful wry smile, and couldn't help but be stunned, his heart moved, frowned and turned around.
**Bo walked in the hall, felt the sleeves tight, and was surprised, turned his head to see, it was Xue Jing, the eunuch in charge of the imperial study, who gently pulled his sleeve and whispered to himself in a very low voice: "Your Highness, at this time you are going to meet the Holy One, you must not exceed the rules, you must follow behind His Royal Highness the Prince, not side by side." It turned out that this Xue Jing was a personal essence, and seeing such a rude behavior of ** Bo, he simply mentioned it to him, one came to show favor to ** Bo, and he also expressed his respect for the prince Zhu Biao, killing two birds with one stone.
**Bo paused at this time, involuntarily two steps behind Zhu Biao, at this time I heard Xue Jing say this, I couldn't help but feel a pang in my heart, and suddenly remembered that my "King Ning" was a complete impostor, but I didn't want to show my flaws in front of Zhu Yuanzhang again, let him know his identity, and lose his life. Thinking of this, although he still didn't have a good impression of Xue Jing, the eunuch, he was still quite grateful in his heart, and said consciously in his mouth: "Thank you." ”
As soon as the word "thank you" entered Xue Jing's ears, he couldn't help but hear him uncomfortable everywhere in his body, because of his physical disability, he couldn't help but feel a little self-pity in his heart, coupled with the white eyes and cynicism of the officials in the court, how many people with such a respected identity as "His Royal Highness King Ning" had said the word "thank you" to him? At this time, when I heard this, I couldn't help but feel flattered.
Entering the wide imperial study, **Bo looked up, only to see that the furnishings of the imperial study were extremely simple, a wide desk was placed in the center, and there were several bookshelves full of books next to it, and there was a medium-sized, slightly fat old man with a sixtieth birthday, wearing a golden five-clawed dragon robe. After careful inspection, I saw that his temples were white, a horse face was full of wrinkles, a nose and slanted eyebrows, and his chin was like a shovel sticking out slightly forward, and his appearance was quite strange, thinking that it was Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was born a little evil, **Bo couldn't help but feel a little funny, but his eyes and twists moved up, and Zhu Yuanzhang's sword-like gaze met for a moment, he didn't dare to be too rude, missed a flaw, lowered his head, knelt on the ground, and said loudly: "Son-in-law Zhu Quan sees his father." ”
After Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes glanced at Zhu Biao, he looked at ** Bo, and said warmly: "You two get up and talk back." But he secretly thought in his heart: Even if Zhu Biao is the crown prince, he is afraid of me, his father, and Zhu Quan, this kid, seems to be a little bold, as if he is not afraid of me at all. It turned out that Zhu Yuanzhang was worried about government affairs, and he had many sons, so in addition to paying attention to the prince Zhu Biao and Yan Wang Zhu Di, he rarely asked about his other sons. The seventeenth son, Zhu Quan, has not been seen for almost a year. He has ruthless methods, he has dealt with several major cases in recent years, and the killings are extremely heavy, even if the hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China are like Xu Da, Feng Sheng, Tang He, who used to follow him to fight the world in the past, and he is used to fighting on the battlefield, he is also low-eyed and pleasing to the eyes when he sees himself, how can he be so awe-inspiring and look directly at Tianwei? At this time, among the mediocre sons, he suddenly found a son who was as bold as Zhu Di, not only was he not angry, but he couldn't help but have a trace of joy in his heart.