Early the next morning, Zhu Gaoxian walked out of the room, his hands on his trouser belt, and Princess Qi in the room was still sleeping tiredly.

Last night, the delicate flowers on the Qi Palace's mansion were ravaged by the wind and rain, and the torrential rain after the drought was always more violent.

Ah Qi said disdainfully: "I tossed in bed for half a night last night, you are an animal, right?" ”

Zhu Gaoxian glanced at his shadow guard, and said lazily: "Ah Qi, you have to change this problem by eavesdropping on the wall, and you lack virtue." ”

"Are you embarrassed?" Ah Qi pursed his lips, "I have been guarding around you day and night, and I finally found time to sleep for a while, and I was awakened by the voice of your princess, you are really an animal!" ”

"If you want to sleep in your room, I don't mind."

Zhu Gaoxian glanced at the demon mask on Ah Qi's face, "To be honest, I really want to see what kind of face you have under this mask." ”

Once you become a shadow attendant, you will lose your name, gender, past, self, and everything, leaving only the identity of the shadow attendant and a demon iron mask that will never be taken off again in this life.

Zhu Gaoxian has never seen Ah Qi take off this iron ghost mask, even though Ah Qi is no longer a shadow servant.

Ah Qi was silent for a while, and said, "The shadow attendant will never take off the mask, and even after death, we will be thrown into the crematorium with the mask to erase the traces of our existence. ”

"And what if the king wants to take it off by force?" Zhu Gaoxian raised his eyebrows slightly.

Ah Qi said slowly: "Yes." ”

He and King Qi have a master-servant relationship, and if King Qi has an order, Ah Qi will not resist.

It's just because King Qi has always been very easy-going with him that the relationship between master and servant has been diluted.

But Ah Qi has never forgotten that he is just a shadow, a shadow guard with a humble status.

Seeing that Ah Qi put his hand on the mask, Zhu Gaoxian suddenly spoke: "Forget it, it's boring." ”

He had a feeling that if Ah Qi took off this mask, the two of them would always be emotionless master and servant in the future.

Compared with a cold killing machine, Zhu Gaoxian felt that Ah Qi, who liked to eavesdrop on the wall, was more kind.

"If I don't mess with you, this king still has to go to the early dynasty, and I can't delay."

Zhu Gaoxian said lazily, "I remember to come back to warm the kang for this king, I was not tired of Yingzhen last night, you come to sleep with this king tonight, and you will be tired." ”

Ah Qi said in a deep voice: "Get out of the way, I'm not as good as Longyang!" ”

"Hahaha!" Zhu Gaoxian laughed and left.

……

In the Jinluan Palace, the ministers were chattering, and Zhu Gaoxian dozed off when he heard it.

The content of the discussion is actually nothing, now that the prince is imprisoned, only the Qi Wang Party is left in the court, which is nothing more than a loudspeaker of Zhu Gaoxian's great contribution to the establishment of the state and the transformation of the Han Dynasty, and it is almost a "national hero" engraved on Zhu Gaoxian's brain.

And Zhu Di sat on the dragon chair and bowed his head slightly, glanced at Zhu Gaoxian, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

This kid really didn't pay attention to his exploits at all.

Perhaps for King Qi, the destruction of Jianzhou is just a trivial matter, he went with 30,000 elites, and there is nothing to show off.

"Minister, beggar bones!"

Suddenly, there was a loud shout in the court, and a loud voice echoed in the hall, and everyone fell silent, and their eyes were on the person who spoke.

begging for bones, asking for the bones to be buried in their hometown, and asking for retirement due to old age.

If it's just a beggar skeleton, it's not unusual, it's normal to not be able to work when you're old. But on this occasion, on the day of King Qi's triumph and the whole country celebrates, you resign on the pole?

Isn't this just a mentality!

With the eyes of the ministers, the speaker was wearing a scarlet robe, and it was the official Shangshu Jianyi.

This Jian Shangshu was attached to Zhu Di when he led the troops into Jinling City, and was first promoted to the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, and then promoted to the Secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu just a few months later.

Among the old ministers of Jianwen who were reused, Jian Yi and the household department Shangshu Xia Yuanji were equally famous, called "Jian Xia", and he was given the second generation with his official rank.

In addition, Jian Yi has another identity, Prince Zhan Shi.

He is one of Zhu Gaochi's most important ministers.

"Jian Qing, why is this?" Zhu Di's complexion remained unchanged and remained calm.

Xia Yuanji, who was standing beside Jian Yi, said in a low voice that only two people could hear: "Lao Jiao, if there is anything to retreat from the dynasty, it is not appropriate now." ”

However, Jian Yi ignored it, his face was resolute, he knelt on the ground with a puff, and said loudly: "Minister, beggar bones!" ”

With such a fierce attitude, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Jian Yi is standing up for the prince.

The crown prince was imprisoned for months, and the henchmen of the East Palace were silent, wanting to see what the emperor's attitude was. Now that King Qi has returned to Beijing, he has returned with meritorious deeds, how can the princelings endure it?

Wait any longer, I'm afraid the emperor will abolish the crown prince!

And a hardcore princeling like Jianyi directly stood up in protest.

This is not begging for bones, but being dissatisfied with what Zhu Di has done and protesting to Zhu Di!

They demanded that the crown prince be released!

"Boss, you have to do things and never get it done?" Household Shangshu Xia Yuanji said in a low voice, "Today's good day, you can retire whenever you want, why bother?" ”

Xia Yuanji is a princeling, but he can also be a member of the King of Qi.

Compared with the upright character, Xia Yuanji is more tactful in dealing with the world, and he is more thoughtful in doing things, as if he can talk to anyone.

According to common sense, Xia Yuanji's popularity should be better, and Jianyi's popularity should be worse, but in fact, the result is the opposite, Xia Yuanji has few friends in the court, while Jianyi has many colleagues.

Zhang Yong's inexorability is good, Fu Yaoyu's sincerity in treating people, Fan Jingren's non-city government, both righteousness and righteousness, and more importantly, he recognizes people and does not recognize things.

And Xia Yuanji is worthy of being the money bag of the Ming Dynasty, he fattened the world and lost himself, he gave this life to the household, even the emperor asked him for money, Xia Yuanji dared to say confidently: "No money!" "With such a book, the household department is becoming more and more honest.

For Xia Yuanji, it doesn't matter who is the emperor, whether it is the crown prince or the king of Qi, if he can ascend the throne, he is a holy monarch. As long as it is a holy monarch, he will not like a Hubu Shangshu who is too incorruptible.

In Xia Yuanji's heart, the interests of Da Ming are better than anyone else!

And a person with a temperament like Jian Yi recognizes Zhu Gaochi, so he will not recognize other people as the lord, he is willing to die for Zhu Gaochi!

Two people with opposite personalities have become best friends.

"Your Majesty, Jian Shangshu is in the prime of life, if there is no accident, I am afraid that he can still serve the Ming Dynasty for twenty years, and such a capable person cannot be let go." Xia Yuanji bowed to Zhu Di.

Xia Yuanji said this in a ridiculous tone, but none of the people present could laugh out loud, and all of them were as heavy as water.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are righteous, beggar bones!"

The belief in the righteousness of the official department did not waver in the slightest, and he kowtowed and shouted.

Three times in a row, the atmosphere of the Golden Luan Hall was pulled to the lowest temperature, as if the air had condensed, making it difficult to breathe.

This is the book of the ministry!

Since Taizu abolished the Zhongshu Province, the six Shangshu became the head of the Wenchen. Although the six Shangshu are all the second grade in terms of rank, their status is very different.

Among them, the appointment and resignation of officials must go through the ministry, so the actual power of the ministry is the most prosperous.

The official department is still in the book, also known as the "heavenly official"!

As for the cabinet ministers who will monopolize the government in the future, they are now like a little dish in front of the ministers.

However, Zhu Di only glanced at Jian Yi lightly: "Yes." ”

Jian Yi looked up and looked at Zhu Di in disbelief, such a presumptuous look was naturally arrogant, not to mention that it was under the gaze of all the civil and military officials in Fengtian Palace, but no one spoke.

It's been thirteen years, and Jian Yi has been in the position of the secretary of the ministry for thirteen years.

In the past thirteen years, he admitted that he was not as dedicated as Xia Yuanji, and occasionally he had selfishness in his heart, but he never lived up to this position, he was conscientious and conscientious, he never slacked off, and he could be described as a famous minister.

Although it was his own resignation, Jian Yi never expected that Zhu Di would be so light and accurate.

At this time, Jian Yi had no resentment towards Zhu Di's ruthlessness, but he was a little lonely in his heart.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

Lying on the ground, bowing respectfully, this knock is the grace of knowing the encounter.

He was exiled as a magistrate in the Hongwu Dynasty for nine years, and when he returned to the capital, Zhu Yuanzhang died before he could wait for the bitterness to come, and then Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne.

Jian Yi was silent in the court, and he didn't know anything about it, and he waited until Zhu Di ascended the throne before he was reused.

He has worked for Zhu Di for thirteen years, and he can be regarded as repaying this kindness.

Seeing this scene, Tobe Shangshu Xia Yuanji sighed and was speechless for a long time.

The old friend Jianyi's thanks can be regarded as a complete withdrawal from the court.

Xia Yuanji set his sights on King Qi, this morning, the biggest profit is King Qi, for the Qi King Party, Jian Yi, the official Shangshu, should be a strong political enemy.

Now that there is no political enemy No. 1, Xia Yuanji thought that King Qi should be very proud, but what he didn't expect was that Zhu Gaoxian's face was unchanged calm.

Xia Yuanji guessed a bold idea in his heart, and looked at Zhu Gaoxian's eyes with a little horror:

Zhu Gaoxian didn't take Jian Yi to heart at all, and the only enemy who could make him serious was the crown prince Zhu Gaochi!

And now, the crown prince has lost power, who else can restrain King Qi?

The last chapter of 2022, 2022 will also be history

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