On the fifth watch of the next day, before the sun rose in the east, the sound of firecrackers woke up Zhu Di, who was sleeping in Kunning Palace, and the queen Wang who was huddled in his arms.

"Master, you're awake."

"Hmm." Zhu Di got up, covered the quilt for Wang's family, then put on his coat and came to the eaves with his hands behind his back.

Following the sound of firecrackers, thinking that it should be a lively scene, Zhu Di said: "Today is the fifth day of the fifth month of May, the Dragon Boat Festival, the people are very lively, do you want to accompany me out for a walk?" Wang's face was filled with joy, but after a while, he said: "Master, the concubine should forget it, your throne is already insufficient, and it is still unstable." ”

"Yesterday's court meeting, the first assistant of the cabinet also led the ministers to jointly invite the former prince out of the cabinet, and they caught him and said that it was not good for His Majesty."

"Hmph, I'm afraid of these people breaking their mouths?" Zhu Di sneered, turned around and sat on the Eight Immortal Stool under the eaves, cocked Erlang's legs, and said: "I killed Wang Hong in the military department at the court meeting yesterday, just to tell them that I have a handle to settle old accounts, and if I am in a hurry, no one should think about it." ”

"Don't worry, after that time, they will be able to settle down."

"After all, it's the Dragon Boat Festival, and Wang Zhi still knows how to measure." Saying that, Zhu Di shouted outside: "Send an edict to the cabinet, strike the court for three days, and all have a holiday, I don't want to hear about the former prince in these three days." Wang Zhi, the little eunuch standing on duty outside, immediately bowed his waist and said, "Obey the order, the slave and maid will go to the cabinet." Since entering the palace, it has been a long time since I left the palace, and the Wang family really wants to go out, but it is still difficult: "Master, don't miss the right thing for the concubine." ”

"I promised to take you out for a walk, and I will come back before noon, rest assured, if you delay these two hours, nothing major will happen to the country." Zhu Di said, and suddenly asked, "Are you going or not?" Seeing that the emperor was so persistent, Wang didn't say anything more, stretched out his hand and said charmingly: "The emperor was too angry last night, and the concubine couldn't get up." Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, then stood up and walked over, scolding with a smile: "You girl, you have to let me, the dignified son of heaven, pull you up?" ”

"Who called Your Majesty a rare concubine!" Wang Shi looked at Zhu Di and said with a wink.

"Well, I really can't help you." Soon, after some disguises, the two of them couldn't see the appearance of the emperor and empress at all, but their temperament was inevitable.

Especially Zhu Di, although he is wearing an ordinary rich kid's clothes, he looks old-fashioned when he walks there, and he is not an ordinary person at first glance.

is Wang Meilin, who was originally born as a folk woman, has faded into the queen's clothes, although her temperament is still there, but she is not as good as Zhu Di, who can make people see the difference at a glance.

The two of them left the palace without any guards or palace people, and Zhu Di only brought a knife. Zhu Di doesn't have the habit of being surrounded by people before and after going out, and he is very confident in his skills, if he really wants to meet three or two little thieves who don't open his eyes, it is good to loosen his muscles.

I haven't been on the horse to cut people for a while, and my hands are itchy.

"Go to Fengyue Tower." Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, which should be a happy festival for the whole family, although there are occasional firecrackers, but when the Beijing division is out, Zhu Di did not see the lively scene in his impression of Yongle Shengshi.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers were killed and dispersed in the Tumubao Incident, most of them were the children of Beijing in Beijing, and many families were still wearing linen and filial piety along the way.

For them, they are really not in the mood to laugh and celebrate the holidays. But Beijing is one after all

"Metropolis", there are many people walking on the road. Merchants and tourists from other places originally came to Beijing to see the grand temple fair, but when they arrived, they heard that this year's Beijing temple fair was canceled because of the incident of Tumubao last year, and instead served as the atmosphere group for this festival.

After all, they have already come, and it would be a pity to travel at this time not only to be very cumbersome, but also to have a long road, so it would be a pity not to go back if you didn't have enough to play.

Soon, the two came to the world-famous Fengyue Tower in Beijing. It is said that only high-ranking officials and dignitaries are worthy of entering, and the higher the private room, the higher the power and status of the people who are waiting.

After all, the little guy outside the restaurant has been working in this kind of high-end place for a long time, although Zhu Di and Wang Meilin have been dressed up to make themselves look as ordinary as possible.

But he still keenly realized that Zhu Di was by no means an ordinary person, and Wang Meilin beside him was not an ordinary lady, so he still welcomed the two of them in a cute manner.

But it didn't take long for Zhu Di to stay enough. Zhu Di himself was very tired of this kind of singing and dancing place, and the reason why he went in was to let the queen Wang, who had not been out of the palace for a long time, come out to see.

But the strange thing is that Wang Meilin didn't know whether to see Zhu Di's thoughts or what, and actually offered to go to the east of the city to have a look.

Zhu Di was also very surprised at that time, in the east of the city, that was the residence assigned by the four guards of the government army, which was in charge of the Ministry of Industry, Zhu Di went to it once, and it was still very dilapidated at that time.

Originally, Zhu Di also wanted to go and see it, but after all, this time he came out with the queen

"Dating", how can anyone go to the slums on a date? It's better to go to Weifu for a private visit another day. Now that Wang Meilin took the initiative to mention it, Zhu Di nodded and planned to take a look.

Soon, the two walked all the way through the streets and alleys of Jingshi, saw all kinds of people, etc., and came to the shantytown of the government army and the four guards under the responsibility of the Ministry of Industry.

Or rather, a former shanty town. Xu is due to the reason that Zhu Di came once, the previous Ministry of Industry Shangshu Shi Pu was in the middle of the court, Alexander, and he had already taken the initiative to resign, and the current Ministry of Industry Shangshu was called Jiang Yuan.

In fact, it also went through a series of power struggles before Jiang Yuan was finally promoted to a big position. Jiang Yuan himself was promoted exceptionally, if it weren't for Zhu Di forcing away Shi Pu, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry last time, he might not be able to rise in another five years with his qualifications.

However, the change of Tumubao lost most of the court ministers, which led to a problem, after Shi Pu resigned, there was no one with enough qualifications to succeed him.

Therefore, Yu Qian recommended Jiang Yuan. Jiang Yuan, who was recommended by Yu Qian to defend Beijing at that time, was approved by Zhu Qiyu to counsel Sun Bo, the governor of Deshengmen.

Since the officials of the Ministry of Industry are not qualified enough, they can only choose those with high merit. Now the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Rites are in charge of soldiers, officials, and grain, and their power is also high.

Among the Ministry of Industry, only Jiang Yuan has military merits in the defense of Beijing, and this can make an exception to the top. After ascending to the throne, Jiang Yuan naturally understood the reason.

One is Yu Qian's continuous promotion, and the other is that Zhu Di, as the emperor, is behind the scenes, and the previous generation of Shangshu Shipu of the Ministry of Industry is not taken down, and he does not have this opportunity.

Therefore, Jiang Yuan took special care of the four guards of the government army who belonged to Zhu Di's lineage, and immediately proposed to repair the shantytown in the east of the city at the ministerial meeting.

When Zhu Di and Wang Meilin came to inspect for the second time, they were simply two places, although they were not luxurious, but the square houses looked clean and regular.

Many family members of the four guards of the government army gathered together, talking and laughing.