In April of the fifteenth year of Yongle, Zhu Gaoxian, the crown prince of the Ming Empire, conducted research in Annan Province. He stressed that it is necessary to adhere to the guidance of His Majesty Yongle's new era and new thoughts, and the Ming Dynasty will not cause trouble and be not afraid of things, and must thoroughly implement the spirit of Emperor Taizu's leadership, adhere to the principle of great unification, build the three divisions and military development of Annam Province with high quality and high standards, practice the development idea centered on loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, and do a good job in maintaining the unity of the country and the DPRK with heart and soul.

Zhu Gaoxian first came to the capital city of Yunnan to listen to a report on the progress of the southwest by Mu Sheng, the highest military and political commander of Yunnan and the prince of Qianguo. During the talks with the Duke of Qianguo, Zhu Gaoxian said a heart-warming remark: "Today I rode a horse from the north of Yunnan Prefecture to the south of the city, although the journey was short, but I knew the whole leopard at a glance. The streets of Fucheng are clean and tidy, and the welcoming crowd is warm and polite, which fully demonstrates the level of governance of Qianguo Gong. Whether the shoes fit or not, you will only know if you wear them. ”

Mu Sheng, the Duke of Qianguo, said excitedly: "The road is like a stone, the traveler is boundless, under the correct leadership of the imperial court, the officials and people of Yunnan can go a long way, we need to closely follow the far-sighted instructions of His Majesty Yongle and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and work together to create the future." ”

Subsequently, His Royal Highness Zhu Gaoxian went to Annan Province tirelessly to inspect Annan Province, and a total of 20 representatives, including the commander of the Annan Metropolitan Commander, Fengcheng Marquis Li Bin, and local people's representatives Li Li and Pan Bang, expressed a warm welcome. Pan took the lead in extending a warm welcome to His Royal Highness Zhu Gaoxian, and pointed out some problems that had arisen in the operation of Annam Province in recent years, and asked the higher authorities to correct the problems in the work of the province.

Zhu Gaoxian gave correct and forward-looking guidance to the work of Annan Province, and Li Bin, Li Li and others deeply agreed, and expressed their willingness to sacrifice their lives for the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.

Under the guidance of Zhu Gaoxian, 19 Annan representatives, including Li Bin and Li Li, died peacefully after the Battle of Huanggao Forest, making outstanding contributions to maintaining the complete territory of the Ming Dynasty and the unification of the empire.

At present, Annam has a particularly solid development foundation and an increasingly strong development momentum, and is in an unprecedented major historical golden period, Annam Province will strengthen its confidence, bravely shoulder heavy burdens, build a pioneer area for key projects in the construction of the Southwest Circle, serve as a new engine for national development, and show Annam's new achievements in the new era and new journey.

So far, His Royal Highness Zhu Gaoxian's southern tour has been successfully completed, and the British official Zhang Fu and tax inspector Lu Chaoyang accompanied the southern tour.

The news of this station was broadcast by Shen Qingyu, the official of Jinyi Wei.

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The ripples on the Grand Canal are turbulent, but the scenery is still the same, sailing ships to Beijing.

There is an iron pot on the deck, in which two fatty carp are stewed, and the milky white fish soup is bubbling and the delicious aroma overflows. Zhu Gaoxian personally cooked the fish soup, a carp when he came, and a carp when he returned.

There were two people watching on the side, and a general in armor sighed: "High, it's too high, this kind of artistic conception is beyond the reach of my generation." ”

Shen Qingyu on the side wondered: "Brother, what do you mean by this, why didn't I see the artistic conception?" ”

The general pretended to be deep and said: "That's because your realm has not yet arrived, so naturally you can't see the artistic conception of Your Highness." ”

"Brother, please don't hesitate to give me any opinions."

"I don't dare to call it a gift, it's just my own understanding, do you really think that what Your Highness is cooking in a pot is just a simple carp?"

"Shhhh

"This is not a fish, but a human."

Shen Qingyu rubbed his eyes and confirmed that he was not mistaken: "Brother, no matter how bad my eyes are, it is impossible for me to recognize people as fish, I have never heard that His Highness has a penchant for eating people." ”

"So, you haven't reached the realm yet." The general waved his hand and said, "Carp, Tong Li, the carp cooked in this pot is that Li Bin!" In the eyes of His Royal Highness, Fengcheng Marquis Li Bin is also a small dish, if he wants to clean him up, he will clean him up, at this time it is done, His Highness is not going to drink fish soup now, he is trying to taste the taste of victory, and the loneliness of the high place. ”

Shen Qingyu gasped: "High, too high, I never thought it would be like this, brother Gaojian!" ”

He glanced at the general beside him in surprise: "Brother is in such a realm, I admire it, dare to ask my brother with a high surname?" ”

"Your surname is Zhang, and below is Zhang Muzhi, the deputy of Jinyiwei, and his flower name is Zhang Mazi."

"Yanzhou Mu, Yuzhou Mu, Muzhi, Lingzun is a great tool for the son." Shen Qingyu looked at the general named "Zhang Mazi" in front of him, with a dignified appearance and a strong temperament, and asked, "Brother Zhang, where is the pockmark on your face?" ”

"There are no pockmarks."

"How can Zhang Mazi not have pockmarks on his face?"

"Because I used to be a bandit, I was recruited by the imperial court during the Jing disaster, and I became an official and a half-time official in Jinyiwei."

Shen Qingyu asked: "I used to be a bandit, does it have anything to do with whether you have pockmarks on your face?" ”

Zhang Muzhi said lightly: "People don't want to believe that a bandit's name is Muzhi, people are more willing to believe that his name is pockmark, and people are especially willing to believe that his face should have pockmarks." ”

Shen Qingyu was in awe when he heard this: "Brother Zhang's realm is so high that it is beyond the reach of the dust!" ”

Zhang Muzhi waved his hand and said, "It's not worth mentioning." ”

Shen Qingyu asked, "Brother Zhang's opinion, how can he go to the grass?" ”

Zhang Muzhi sighed and said: "It's not a secret, I was born in the family of Zhong Ming Dingshi, and I have read some sage books, but my family is weak, so I know that I am useless and a scholar, so I have to fall into the grass." Later, Taizu died in the sky, the world changed, and he joined the official army in the next day, followed the king of Yan, and after the new dynasty, he was incorporated into the Jinyi Guard. ”

Shen Qingyu was dumbfounded when he heard this, he is still a habitual offender!

Born in a family, he became a bandit after the family went bankrupt, and when he saw the rebellion of King Yan, he ran over to be a thief, and when Zhu Di, the king of Yan, beat down the world, he became the eagle dog of Jinyiwei again.

Bandits, anti-thieves, eagle dogs, good fellow, this benevolent brother talks and writes crepe, but what he does is an errand that licks blood with a knife!

When the two were chatting, Zhu Gaoxian scooped a spoonful of fish soup with a spoon, blew it lightly and tasted it, it was extremely delicious, and he beckoned to the two: "Come and drink the soup, I can't drink so much alone." ”

Shen and Zhang were flattered, but they didn't dare to refuse, so they could only come in a restrained manner, and were fortunate to taste the fish soup stewed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince himself.

Although the taste of fish soup is beautiful, it is not as intoxicating as power and power.

Zhu Gaoxian boiled the fish soup for more than half an hour, but he only drank half a sip himself, and then picked up the green glaze wine pot and drank it.

He said lightly: "I really don't like to drink fish soup, I just like the process of boiling soup, as for Li Bin, it doesn't matter to me, without him, it's important to me." ”

This was said to Zhang Muzhi.

Zhu Gaoxian does not enjoy the loneliness of the high place, he only cares about interests, what he needs in the Ming Dynasty, he will fight for it, and what the Ming Dynasty does not need, he will also eradicate it mercilessly.

No matter what Li Bin has done, no matter what contributions he has made to Daming, and how many fierce enemies he has helped Daming repel, but the moment he betrayed Daming, there was only a dead end waiting for him.

Zhang Muzhi put down the porcelain bowl containing the fish soup in his hand and glanced at where he was just now.

From the iron pot where the soup was boiling to the position where he and Shen Qingyu were chatting, there were more than ten steps apart, and his voice was not loud just now, but His Highness heard it clearly.

It's fucking with downwind ears, right?

"In ancient times, benevolence and virtue were exclusive to people, and morality was never true. You don't see, the lion and tiger prey has gained prestige, but who has mercy on the elk? The world has always been strong and weak, even if it is reasonable, it is in vain. ”

Zhu Gaoxian said leisurely, "You don't see, Qinghai head, no one has collected the white bones in ancient times." The new ghost is annoyed and the old ghost is crying, and the sky is cloudy and rainy, and the wet voice is chirping. ”

He actually said these words to himself.

In the first battle in the southwest, 60,000 or 70,000 rebels were burned to death, and after the big war, there was a small war, and nearly 50,000 rebels were annihilated one after another, completely quelling the rebellion in the southwest.

The first order is cold before the cold corpse, the fog is dyed with blood and thousands of streams, the fierce man is broken and roaring, and the spring rain is difficult to wash the fishy.

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Beijing has a wide and long water system, the Yuan people call it "Haizi", some people also call here Shichahai, in the Yuan Dynasty here is the end of the canal, a group of boats cover the water, ten thousand masts and thousands of sails of the prosperous atmosphere.

In the Ming Dynasty, there is no longer the bustle of Caoyun Wharf, but there are weeping willows on the riverbank and the quiet elegance of lotus flowers in the water.

Zhu Di leaned under a willow tree, flipping through a rather interesting idle book in his hand, when he was still the king of Yan, he liked to steal a half-day of leisure under this willow tree, but at that time, there would always be a virtuous beauty around him to make tea for him.

Decades have passed, the willow tree is still there, but the beauty is long gone.

Tang Cheng stood behind the emperor, skillfully pinched Zhu Di's shoulders, and said softly: "Your Majesty, the slaves and maids have heard that the court has not been very peaceful in recent days, and some people are still talking about the prince's southern expedition. ”

Zhu Di turned the pages of the idle book and asked lightly: "What are you talking about, the prince won a big victory in the south, and led more than 20,000 people to destroy more than 100,000 rebels, why can't he stop them?" ”

"Some bold people said that although the prince won the battle, he was obviously able to kill some to solve the problem, but the prince killed them all. They felt that the crown prince was a prince, and he should have shown benevolence and virtue, but his behavior was ......"

Zhu Di raised his eyebrows and said, "But what?" ”

"Slaves don't dare to say ......"

"I asked you to say, if you don't say it, you will be bullying the king, bullying the king, but you will lose your head, Tang Cheng."

"They say that the prince is too angry and too murderous, which damages the reputation of the Ming and Qing dynasties......"

"These fools who chew their tongues don't make sense, they only know how to talk about the truth of the sage, but they don't know how the sage can use it in governing the country because they just say it and listen to it. The remnants of Jiaozhi have repeatedly surrendered and rebelled, and it is impossible for these cheap bones to give in to the Ming Dynasty from the bottom of their hearts. If it weren't for the prince's slaughter of the remnants of Jiaozhi in the southwest this time, within three years, Annan would have rebelled! ”

Zhu Di closed the idle book in his hand, and his voice was gloomy, "A group of rotten people who sit in the greenhouse all day long have no advantage except for the words that can call out two sentences. Eating the court's money, but without any ink and no achievements, how do they know that it is the prince, it is me, it is those of us who fight the world, and they exchanged the golden iron horse for their peace outside, but they came to backstab us who fight the world! ”

If he was another emperor, he would have endured it, but Zhu Di couldn't bear it.

The soldiers exchanged their blood for the country, and used their lives to protect the peace of the country, but they were disgusted by these people who enjoyed peace, and their hands were stained with blood.

If it weren't for the blood on the hands of those of us who fought the world, you would be able to carefree satirize this and dislike that here?

Tang Cheng saw that the emperor reacted so strongly, and hurriedly reassured: "Your Majesty is angry, the dragon body is important." ”

He knew that the emperor's body and bones had become weaker and weaker in recent days, and it was the time when he needed to recuperate, and he must not be injured by fire again.

Zhu Di suppressed the anger in his heart, thought for a moment, and said, "Tang Cheng, this matter is up to you, I don't want to hear similar gossip again." ”

"The slave understands, it's just ......"

"Just what?"

Tang Cheng said helplessly: "If you want to handle this matter, dare to ask Your Majesty to allow the slave and maid to transfer the officials of the Jinyi Guard to assist in handling it." ”

Although he is a great eunuch above 10,000 people under one person, the eunuch leaders of the twelve eunuchs in the inner palace have to bow their heads and shout respectfully to their ancestors when they see him, and even the people of the royal family of the clan have to sell him a face, but he does not have much power in his hands.

To put it bluntly, Tang Cheng is Zhu Di's personal eunuch, responsible for taking care of His Majesty's daily life and daily life, and because he has won the emperor's trust, his status is extremely high. But the high status belongs to the high status, and if you want to do things, you have to ask the emperor to borrow power.

Tang Cheng did a lot of dirty work for Zhu Di in private, but every time he did dirty work, he had to go through the process in advance and find helpers from other departments.

"Lu Chaoyang is by the prince's side, and now he is not in Beijing, I will give you a handwritten message, and the Jinyi Guard will be transferred by you...... Wait a minute. ”

Zhu Di's words changed, "There is no need to catch Jinyiwei's cow and call it to death, there is no need for Jinyiwei to interfere in this matter." ”

Tang Cheng was a little confused: "If you don't use Jinyiwei, what do you use?" ”

Doing this kind of spy errand is the most sophisticated of Jinyiwei and shadow attendants. Naturally, the shadow servant doesn't have to think about it, except for the emperor and the person in the shadow, no one else can be transferred, and the easiest and fastest way is to transfer people from the brocade guard.

Now that you don't need Jinyiwei, is it difficult to let him, the old eunuch, do everything by himself?

"The brocade guard is located outside the palace, and it is not easy to use, and every time they are asked to do something, they have to go through some cumbersome processes." Zhu Di stroked his beard, "Set up a yamen directly on the north side of Dong'anmen, which will be under your personal control, find some eunuchs from the palace to act as manpower, visit and conspire against evil rumors, etc., balance the power with Jinyiwei, and entrust the power of visiting and spying." In addition, eunuchs are arranged to sit on duty in each yamen, and every move of these officials is watched, and the family members' rice and salt obscenities must be recorded. ”

Tang Cheng felt that his brain was a little messy: "Then what is this yamen called?" ”

Zhu Di thought for a while and said: "Since it is a yamen set up in the north of Dong'anmen, it is called 'Dongji Factory'." ”

Dongji Factory, abbreviation

——East Factory.