The three major halls of Nanjing, the hall of the body.

Like Jiang Xinghuo's previous life in the Forbidden City in Beijing, the purpose of the three major halls in Nanjing is similar, and the Fengtian Hall at the front is commonly known as the "Jinluan Palace", which is used for the emperor to accept the worship of hundreds of officials; The canopy hall in the middle is smaller, and it is the emperor's "dressing room" before various ceremonies are held; The back of the body hall is used for feasting, drinking, and having fun.

At this time, Zhu Di was feasting in the palace for the noble and military ministers, and the reason why he personally set up a banquet to entertain these Jingnan nobles and Hongwu founding nobles was not only to express his trust and love for everyone in this form, but also to convey this kind of cooperation signal to carry forward the past and forge ahead into the future.

Zhu Di was wearing a dragon robe, standing on the high steps, looking down at the black-pressed ministers in the audience.

"I am the son of Emperor Taizu Gao." Zhu Di's gaze swept over everyone, and he said in a calm tone: "Among you, there is no shortage of yourself or your fathers, who are the heroes who fought the world with Emperor Taizu Gao, and I am thinking of your contributions to the Ming Dynasty, so there is today's banquet." ”

Zhu Di's words were said to the founding nobles of Hongwu who opposed him during the Jingjing period.

There was silence in the audience, and it was clear that no one dared to question the monarch's words, let alone say something at this time.

Zhu Di's gaze turned to Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, who was sitting in the row of Guogong.

The positions of Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guo, and Zhu Neng, the Duke of Chengguo, who were higher in the order of seats, were all vacant, and Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, suddenly became conspicuous.

Xu Huizu lowered his head silently, although Queen Xu did not say good things to this eldest brother, and his brother-in-law Xu Zengshou, who died for Zhu Di, also begged Zhu Di not to punish the uncle, but standing on the wrong team was on the wrong team after all.

Whether it is the Xu family's two-end bet, or Xu Huizu himself and Zhu Di have a conflict, Xu Huizu's situation is very difficult.

Zhu Di didn't say anything more, he stopped beating, he raised the wine cup, and many princes, marquises, and earls also raised the wine cup together.

Zhu Di was very satisfied, there were top nobles of the entire Ming Empire gathered here, no matter how strong the generals were, in front of him, they could only bow their heads and swear allegiance.

Whether you want to or not, when Zhu Di raised the wine cup, these people were all loyal to him!

This can be regarded as a rare event in the first year of Yongle.

After four years of fighting, it is now peaceful.

Zhu Di is forty-two years old this year, although he is physically strong and energetic, but last year he also felt a slight discomfort in his liver, and the imperial doctor advised him to drink as little as possible, and Queen Xu strictly implemented the doctor's instructions.

After drinking less, Zhu Di's liver was indeed not uncomfortable, but his stomach was tickled by wine worms.

Now that Empress Xu is holding a banquet in the harem to entertain the ladies and wives of the clan, no one is staring at Zhu Di, so Zhu Di is satisfied to put the huge retro bronze wine cup that can only be held by both hands to his mouth.

Just as he was about to "tons and tons", he suddenly heard a rush of footsteps outside.

Immediately, several eunuchs rushed in in a panic and said something in the ear of the third prince, Zhu Gaosui, who greeted him.

Zhu Gaosui bowed slightly, then walked towards Zhu Di and said in a low voice.

"Report, enlighten the father! Thousands of Guozi prisoners broke out! ”

The warriors in the front row all heard the news.

Zhu Gaosui said a few more words in a very low voice.

Zhu Di's face changed suddenly, and he shouted angrily: "Presumptuous, simply presumptuous!" ”

At the same time, the military ministers in the audience showed intriguing looks, although everyone had long known that sooner or later someone would obstruct the change, but this moment came too quickly.

The scholars finally couldn't hold back and chose to launch this hand at this sensitive time, did they really want to rebel?

Zhu Di's face was filled with a strong murderous intent: "The Da Ming Law clearly stipulates that the prisoners of the country are not allowed to leave the prison area at night, and they dare to offend my majesty, and they will never be forgiven!" ”

Zhu Di paced a few times on the stage with a bronze wine cup, and angrily threw the wine cup on the ground.

"Sent an order to Jin Wuwei to guard the imperial city (Miyagi), to transfer the loyal and righteous guards, and ordered them to quickly rush to Hongwumen to assemble and prepare for battle."

The third prince, Zhu Gaosui, hugged his fists and said: "Obey the order!" ”

He turned and walked away.

Zhu Di was silent for a while, and then suddenly said: "Ladies and gentlemen, you have also heard, I originally planned to slowly plan to change the law, but now, they have crossed the line!" ”

He sneered: "When these things that don't have long eyes are eliminated, let's talk about things slowly!" ”

All the military ministers hurriedly bowed down and said yes.

This is Zhu Di's consistent reaction, Zhu Di is never afraid of rivers of blood, nor is he afraid of others pointing fingers.

What's more, these powerless Guozi prison students, when they met the neatly dispatched loyal guards, it was difficult to say how many breaths they could parry.

Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, wanted to speak and stopped, but finally lowered his head helplessly.

Xu Huizu could see that Zhu Di was in great interest today, but it was precisely because he was in a good mood that he would be even more irritable when he was destroyed.

In fact, in the eyes of Zhu Di, who lacks some sensitivity, this matter is really not very important.

If you dare to make trouble, just go back.

The reason why Zhu Di was so angry was more because the dinner party he had carefully prepared, the ceremony used to win over the nobles and military ministers, was ruined by this sudden incident.

At this moment, another eunuch came to report.

"Your Majesty, Duke Rong Guo and the second prince ask to see you."

Hearing Yao Guangxiao coming, Xu Huizu breathed a sigh of relief, if Yao Guangxiao stopped him, he would not have caused a tragedy.

Xu Huizu looked at the surrounding Jing Nanxun nobles, and knew that many people also had the same thinking as Zhu Di, they had been rolling on the battlefield of swords and swords for too long, treating death and killing as simple as drinking water and eating, and ignoring their own lives and the lives of others.

Don't say that it is a war of tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and I don't know how many battles I have fought in the past four years.

This is also the root cause of Zhu Di's previous unbelievable and brutal actions, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a sequelae of the war.

But what they didn't realize was that it wasn't the year of the war for Jingjing.

Mobilizing the knife against literati will cause a large-scale backlash from public opinion.

"Rong Guogong, how do you think this matter should be resolved?"

Looking at Yao Guangxiao, Zhu Di frowned and asked, he didn't want the other party to refute his opinion in public.

"It's no problem to send troops, and the minister is also here to ask for troops."

Yao Guangxiao bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that when the loyal and righteous guards are dispatched, they should be surrounded by a shield and a shield, and it is not easy to really use swords, after all, the incident happened suddenly, and there must be many prisoners who were deceived and instigated." ”

"Well, what Rong Guogong said is not unreasonable."

Zhu Di bowed slightly, knowing that he had been a little too murderous just now, he looked at the others and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Qiu Fu and the others arched their hands in unison and said, "The minister seconded the proposal." ”

The dinner party has reached this point, and it can't go on, and the military ministers and nobles are not easy to return to their homes at this time, and all of them are family generals who are raising their own children, and these people have reported in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and they have to act as the personal soldiers of the nobles in wartime, and they are legally allowed to have war horses, armor, and long weapons.

And the emperor naturally won't let them go back, lest someone really eat the bear's heart and leopard gall and cause more trouble at night.

"Second child, go and inform your mother, so that she can continue to feast with peace of mind."

Zhu Di thought for a while and instructed Zhu Gaoxu, who had not spoken, and then asked, "What about the national teacher?" Why didn't I come with you? ”

Yao Guangxiao replied as if unconsciously: "I am talking to Lord Song Lisong, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites." ”

Zhu Di was stunned when he heard this.

However, Zhu Di didn't think that Jiang Xinghuo had anything to do with this matter, after all, this was a matter involving military operations.

And military power is the issue that Zhu Di is most concerned about, and he will never allow Jiang Xinghuo to intervene directly.

Naturally, it is not allowed to wear armor and carry a knife in the palace, and the nobles have nothing to do in this matter, but they don't panic, suppress this little mess, and send whoever they want.

However, at this moment, Jiang Xinghuo and Song Li hurried over.

After understanding the emperor's decision a little, Jiang Xinghuo said resolutely.

"Your Majesty, you can't transfer troops!"

Subsequently, Jiang Xinghuo made some inferences and stated them to Zhu Di.

"There is already a lot of resistance to changing the law, and if this group of national prisoners and prisoners want to suppress it, it is just a matter of His Majesty turning over his hand, and he can do it at any time, and the important thing at the moment is not to intensify the contradictions."

Zhu Di frowned and said: "The national teacher is inevitably a little benevolent to some women, if they don't use swords and soldiers at this time, these prisoners are running around the city, what if they cause even greater turmoil?" ”

"Your Majesty, and believe me once, go to the army to fight and plot, attack the heart first, I am sure that I can calm the incident without using swords."

Seeing that Zhu Di was quite safe, Jiang Xinghuo naturally knew that this kind of iron-blooded emperor's temperament must not be afraid of someone doing something against him, but Jiang Xinghuo was unwilling to add greater difficulties to the change.

So Jiang Xinghuo said: "If it doesn't work, it's not too late for Your Majesty to transfer troops!" ”

After thinking for a moment, Zhu Di said: "Okay, I believe in the words of the national teacher, but what should the national teacher do?" ”

Jiang Xinghuo asked a question that seemed to be unrelated: "The Gunpowder Division of the War Bureau, on weekdays, also prepares holiday fireworks for the palace, just now passing by the square in front of the Fengtian Palace, I saw many palace people preparing fireworks above, I think His Majesty plans to watch it with the lords later?" ”

Zhu Di nodded, this is the program he prepared for the dinner.

"Please Your Majesty lend me these fireworks for use and put them on Taiping Street."

"Yes."

Although Zhu Di couldn't figure out what Jiang Xinghuo was going to do, he still agreed.

Jiang Xinghuo continued: "Let Zheng He bring some powerful eunuchs in the palace, take some brooms and the like, and go to Taiping Street with me." ”

"Okay."

Zhu Di also agreed without hesitation, there were many armed eunuchs in the palace, all of whom he trained during the period of Yan Wangfu.

"Your Majesty, just wait for news in the palace."

In the face of all the lords and ministers, Jiang Xinghuo strode away.

Zhu Di thought about it and instructed the third child, Zhu Gaosui.

"You go and keep up with the national teacher, in case there is an accident, the safety of the national teacher is the main thing."

(End of chapter)