Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Chonggu, then at Zhang Hong, and then at Feng Bao, they have a common characteristic, that is, they do not sow discord in front of the emperor, and the investigation of the Xishan attack and murder case is full of fog, and it may even become one of the unsolved cases of the Ming Dynasty.

But none of them said who they suspected, and they didn't even have this intention.

Such a good opportunity to splash dirty water, the three of them just held back and did not slander in front of the emperor.

As the emperor's close ministers, those who are clever and sow discord are slanderous, obviously the three courtiers don't want to be slanderers, but they are not upright and dare to fight and admonish, although in terms of conduct, they can't be righteous ministers like Hai Rui, but they won't be evil ministers.

The constant instigation of the people around the emperor will cause great harm.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, who was good at fighting, because he was too capable of fighting, Li Yuan could only canonize him as the general of Tiance, and opened the government to build a government.

And Li Yuan, who wants to play checks and balances, is like dancing on the tip of a knife, maintaining the balance between the crown prince and the king of Qin.

This extremely fragile balance was broken by the fourth Li Yuanji.

Yuan Ji is Tang, in the official book, Yuan Ji can be written Tang, Li Yuanji has ambitions, after he analyzed the court situation, he came to a conclusion, that is, but in addition to the King of Qin, take the East Palace as a backhand.

Li Yuanji wanted to be the emperor, the only obstacle was the king of Qin, the crown prince was not worth mentioning, he began to sow discord everywhere, poisoned, seized military power, played right and wrong around Li Yuan, etc., and finally intensified the contradiction and completely heated up, and the Xuanwumen Incident broke out.

In the Tang Dynasty, there were a total of four Xuanwumen changes, which caused endless harm.

In the end, Li Jiancheng's nickname was the Hidden King, and in the sixteenth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin added the crown prince to his eldest brother, and Li Jiancheng's nickname was finally defined as the hidden prince.

This is an admission that Li Jiancheng has been the prince of the Tang Dynasty, and the hidden in this nickname is hidden in the country of not showing the corpse, and it is not hidden in the country, which means that the virtue is unknown and occupies the throne empty, and the incompetence is stealing the throne.

This nickname is not considered a bad name, it is a middle name, neither good nor bad, at the beginning Li Jiancheng's nickname was set as 戾, and later said that it would be changed to spirit, and the final determination was hidden.

For example, Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen gave his younger brother Zhu Qiyu's nickname is 戾, and King Yu is the only official title of Zhu Qiyu from the Tianshun period to the eleventh year of Chenghua, until Ming Xianzong Zhu Jianshen was rehabilitated by his uncle, and Zhu Qiyu's emperor was recognized.

What is more interesting is that eight years after Tianshun, before he was rehabilitated, in various official records, Zhu Qiyu has been called Emperor Jingtai or Emperor Jing, obviously the acquiescence of Zhu Jianshen of Ming Xianzong, otherwise how dare the courtiers take such a direct and proper position in this kind of arrogance?

Zhu Qiyu's younger brother didn't do anything, just wiped his brother's butt for eight years, repelled the invasion of Kowara, stabilized the civil unrest in Fujian, pacified the fugitives from Huguang, passed through the Daning Loop, and discussed the reopening of the Western Regions.

Li Jiancheng's nickname is hidden, not 戾, this is Li Shimin's mercy as a victor, plus Zhenguan promoted King Xi to the crown prince in the sixteenth year, it may be that Li Shimin is crying in the cat and fake mercy, or it may be to appease the remnants of the old party, or it may be really a bit benevolent.

However, Li Shimin's nickname for his fourth brother Li Yuanji is 剌, Tongli, violent and unrelated, which is a first-class evil slander.

Such a nickname is given to his own brother, everyone is dead, and he refuses to say even a good word, which shows that Li Shimin hates Li Yuanji to the core.

Li Shimin accepted Li Yuanji's Qi princess Yang into the palace, and gave birth to a son with Yang, who later succeeded to Li Yuanji's name, which shows that he really hated it, killed people, slept with his wife, and then passed the child he gave birth to, what kind of hatred is this.

Li Shimin has every reason to hate Li Yuanji for sowing discord.

Without Li Yuanji sowing discord, Li Shimin should be able to be more fully prepared and end the battle for the throne in a more dignified way, instead of using the most brutal palace changes to kill his brother and brother who came out with the same mother, and enter the palace to force his father, laying the hidden danger of frequent palace changes for the Tang Dynasty in the future.

Li Yuanji's provocation exacerbated the contradiction between Li Shimin and the crown prince Li Jiancheng, and accelerated the outbreak of the Xuanwumen Change.

Zhu Yijun is very satisfied with Zhang Hong, Feng Bao and Wang Chonggu, he can't be a minister, but he won't slip into an evil minister, in Zhu Yijun's opinion, it can be called a loyal monarchy.

"What do you think of the ordnance business?" Zhu Yijun diverted the topic, since Wang Chonggu didn't want to talk, he wouldn't talk about it, and he would investigate slowly.

"It's a big deal." Wang Chonggu said with great conviction: "Unlike what ordinary people think, ordnance is often not new or good, and the most important thing about ordnance is durability, reliability and stability, because in the process of engaging each other, ordnance is the life of soldiers." ”

Wang Chonggu has been fighting with Altan Khan in the northwest for so many years, not that he doesn't understand military affairs at all, Wang Chonggu, who is brilliant with a big ring knife, actually knows military affairs very well, his views are exactly the same as Qi Jiguang, and the Pingyi gun has been invented for a few years, but Qi Jiguang still uses it as an auxiliary firearm, and the more commonly used firearm is the bird gun, just because the bird gun is more stable.

Similarly, after the design of the five-masted ship of the Ming Dynasty, a lot of shortcomings have been found, in the follow-up production, can be modified on the basis of the original will be modified, if it cannot be modified, in the short term, there is no intention to start anew.

"Looking at the whole world, there is no more reliable ordnance than the Ming ordnance, even if it is the ordnance that the Ming Dynasty has eliminated by changing clothes." Wang Chonggu expounded the commodity advantages of the Ming ordnance, armament is also a commodity, and it is a highly profitable product, especially during the war, the price of armaments will rise to an incredible level.

For example, the cost of a bird gun is seven coins of silver, and the imperial court needs to use one or two or three coins of silver to build one, and it is two taels of silver to sell it to the Maori family of the Wa Kingdom, and Xu Wei's direct offer to the Maori family is seven taels of silver, which is nearly seven times the profit, and as the war progresses and becomes fierce, this profit will only grow more violently.

"The construction of the palace has been completed, and the second assistant is working hard to be in charge of these maritime trade ordnance." Zhu Yijun gave Wang Chonggu an errand, a concession from the imperial power, to sell contraband to the Japanese kingdom.

"Obey." Wang Chonggu smiled.

The armaments given to the Japanese can be simpler.

For example, the barrel that could have been durable will be rusty after a few years, and even corrode through the barrel, both long and short soldiers can do so, and the simple ordnance can increase the orders of the Japanese state, and it can also achieve all-round intelligence collection and infiltration of the military strength of the Japanese country, and it can also increase the influence of the Japanese civil war, and it can be sold to the Maori family today, and it is not impossible to sell it to the Takeda and Hojo families tomorrow, and it is not impossible to do business with Oda Nobunaga the day after tomorrow.

Just buy and sell.

Selling ordnance is never simply selling ordnance, the scale, how to penetrate, for Wang Chonggu, is not a difficult matter, the emperor handed over this matter to him, Wang Chonggu can be said to be back in the old business, experienced.

"Your Majesty, this year's three ladies have entered the court, and the day after tomorrow the great work will be built, Your Majesty will inspect it, do you want to call the envoys of various countries?" Wang Chonggu talked about the three ladies entering Beijing to pay tribute.

Sanniangzi is also a frequent visitor, and there are also the sons of the envoys of the Northern Captives, the envoys of Korea, Ryukyu, Annam, Siam, etc., North Korea and Ryukyu naturally needless to say, as the filial son of the Ming Dynasty, their envoys are in Beijing all the year round, and Annam and Siam, it is Yin Zhengmao after the Luzon Yaowu exaltation, the resumption of tribute.

Although the scale is not as good as the envoys of more than a dozen tributary states during the Yongle period, they are not too embarrassed in terms of number, and they can maintain the face of the Heavenly Empire.

The reason why Wang Chonggu mentioned the three ladies was naturally that before, the emperor met the three ladies on the foundation, and the three ladies were shocked, and the foundation met with the envoys of the vassal state, which was really an eye-opener for the three ladies.

Wang Chonggu feared that the northern captives would have the heart to despise China.

The third lady came to Beijing at this time, was it intentional or accidental? Apparently intentional.

Three days later, before dawn, Zhu Yijun had already changed into the twelve crowns and twelve chapters of the Son of Heaven.

For example, the crown of the kings of Ryukyu and Korea is Jiuhan, the gon is nine chapters, Gui is nine inches, the golden hook leather belt, etc., while Annam and the Wa Kingdom are seven chapters and seven inches, and further away such as Manchuria, Malacca (Strait of Malacca), Ceylon (Sri Lanka), etc., is five chapters.

The Shunyi king Altan Khan is the five chapters of the gon suit.

Zhu Yijun in front of the Xiyuan Gate, on the big ride, and then came to the noon gate, after two and a half years, the burned palace axis was finally rebuilt, closed for two and a half years of palace gates, when the emperor's car arrived, slowly opened in the sound of drums and cannons.

"Ministers to see Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live." With the opening of the palace gate, the civil and military ministers on both sides knelt down to salute.

Zhu Yijun stood on the Dajiayu Road, stretched his hand forward and said, "Flat." ”

The little yellow door passed the heavenly language one after another, and Zhu Yijun stepped down step by step, looking up at the pavilion on the noon gate, the glazed tiles were shining under the morning sun, flashing with psychedelic light.

Zhu Yijun walked up the five Jinshui Bridges step by step and walked into the palace.

After walking through the doorway, it suddenly opened up, an open square, Zhu Yijun stomped his feet, looked at Wang Chonggu and said: "This ground is also made of lime masonry?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, this is a specially fired square brick, wear-resistant and anti-bending, natural texture, non-slip and beautiful, not lime masonry, backfill is a three-foot deep soil tamping, and then paved with lime." Wang Chonggu hurriedly replied.

The backfill is definitely not construction waste, it is a three-zhang thick rammed earth layer, Wang Chonggu used his life as a guarantee to ensure quality and quantity.

Wang Chonggu did not explain the craftsmanship of this square brick, but its quality is by no means inferior to the gold bricks used before, but the price is less than one-tenth of the gold bricks.

Imperial kiln gold bricks, is the Suzhou Xiangshan gang of Lu Mu brick kiln, because of the participation in the construction of the Beijing Imperial Palace, was given the name of the imperial kiln, before the Ming bricks have to be supplied in Changzhou, to take the canal transport, which leads to its price is expensive, expensive in freight.

The gold bricks of the imperial kiln cost eight coins of silver, and the distance from the Wumen Gate to the Huangji Gate (the old Chengtian Gate) would cost more than 4,000 yuan.

And this renovation, the square bricks used by Wang Chonggu are the same as gold bricks in color, but the quality is even better, and one piece only costs 70 yuan.

The reason why Wang Chonggu dared to use the nine clans as a guarantee and said that the quality was better than the gold brick was entirely because of the use of a new technology, high-temperature sintering.

A brick has to go through 31 processes, which is extremely cumbersome, for example, there is a magnetic separation sieve iron, which is to remove the iron material through magnetic separation after the ball mill to prevent the glaze from turning green, and the high temperature is slow firing, and the ball mill is ground with a ball to ensure the fineness of the fine material.

The whole square, Wang Chonggu dares to guarantee, absolutely durable, to put it mildly, the Ming Dynasty is dead, this brick is still strong.

Zhu Yijun stepped on it, very satisfied, inside the noon gate is the Inner Jin Water River, on both sides of the Inner Jin Water River is the left Shun Gate and the right Shun Gate, the right Shun Gate leads to the Wuying Palace, the left Shun Gate leads to the Wenhua Hall and the Cabinet, the water ripples, in front of the Inner Jin Water Bridge is the Huangji Gate.

Huangji Gate, golden and brilliant.

Zhu Yijun walked through the Huangji Gate, patted the doorway, and walked in, this thing is extremely heavy, it was originally a brick-clad city wall, but now it has become a steel-concrete rammed earth city wall, and its mass is about nine catties of medicine and artillery to pull over and bomb, leaving only one pit.

Very anti-construction, redundant design of the building, seriously exceeded.

Walked into the Huangji Gate, along the central axis, at a glance, it is the huge three palace squares, the left is Wucheng Pavilion, the right is Wenzhao Pavilion, and in front of it is the largest Huangji Hall of the three major halls, Zhu Yijun stood in front of the door of the Huangji Gate, looked at the Huangji Hall in the distance, and the corners of his mouth twitched and said: "Glass window?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it's indeed a glass window." Wang Chonggu puffed up his chest sincerely, this is a masterpiece worthy of his pride, after everyone sees it, they will only think that they have come to the Heavenly Palace.

The pattern of the Ming Palace, and even the color, Wang Chonggu did not make any changes, but this glass window is the shape of Wang Chonggu's change.

Lighting and warmth at the same time, as far as the eye can see, the golden light is shining, and it is very beautiful.

"It's not made of crystals." Zhu Yijun looked at those glass windows and subconsciously asked, how expensive is crystal, it is really a waste to burn glass, but these days there is no crystal firing, the glass is a little green, but from the reflection, there is no green.

Wang Chonggu hurriedly said: "No, if this is burned with crystal, this Dingjian is not 1.4 million taels, 14 million taels can also burn a glass, is it after two magnetic separation sieves iron, it still has a little green, it is not very obvious." ”

Zhu Yijun took a closer look, only to find that the glass did have a little green, and if he didn't look carefully, he couldn't tell it at all.

A new way of construction, in the case of ensuring daylight, to ensure warmth.

Zhu Yijun walked into the Huangji Palace, four small yellow doors lifted the dragon chair on the platform, Zhu Yijun walked over, the more he looked at it, the more satisfied he was, it was exactly the same as the original, but the building materials had been completely changed inside, the steel-concrete structure, except for the furniture, there was no other wood, even the windows were iron frames, and even a lot of isolation treatment was done in order to prevent fire.

"Xuan courtiers enter the palace." After Zhu Yijun sat down, he began the first court after the construction of the Ming Palace, and with the whip of the handsome Zhao Mengyou, the Ming Dynasty ministers began to rush in.

The Wenhua Hall in the Zuoshun Gate is actually very small because there are Wenyuan Pavilion, clerical room, Imperial Room and other cabinet function offices, and the courtiers even have to line up to the Donghua Gate, which is the Donghua Gate that is the new Enke Jinshi Zhang Bang every time.

The Imperial Palace was much larger, and the court meeting was finally able to be held normally as scheduled.

After all, the last time the emperor met with the three ladies on the foundation, which damaged the majesty of the imperial court, and now that the palace has been completed, it is natural to recall it again, and the northern captives of the province have a heart of contempt.

The palace was opened in nine days, and all the nations were crowned with crowns.

The third lady walked through the solemn Huangji Gate Square step by step, the left and right sides were full of civil and military courtiers and red-helmet generals, waving flags, drums and horns sounding in unison, standing in front of the Huangji Palace, her expression was a little confused, is this place really inhabited? It's really extravagant, no wonder everyone wants to be an emperor.

The eunuch didn't urge, waiting for the third lady to come back to his senses, those old men in the Ministry of Rites, hollowed out their minds to arrange this, isn't it just for this effect?

The third lady suddenly came back to her senses, realizing that she was on the way to the court, she climbed the stairs and entered the Imperial Palace.

"Meet Your Majesty, Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live." The three ladies bowed five times and kowtowed, bowed their faces to the saints, and bowed their heads and ears extremely deferentially.

The third lady didn't think that there was anything detrimental to the emperor's majesty in receiving him on the foundation, as long as Qi Jiguang's 120,000 Beijing troops were still there, even if it was in a thatched house, the emperor would have majesty, and if Gyeonggi was entered one after another, no matter how magnificent it was, there would be no majesty.

The Ministry of Rites arranged for her to enter Beijing to see her at this time, naturally she had her own thoughts, whether it was shock or show off, she did not turn a blind eye, but chose to cooperate.

The third lady came to Beijing with a mission this time.

Da Ming is getting stronger and stronger, the three ladies don't want Da Ming and Altan Khan to continue to conflict, Altan Khan is old, even Changshengtian plans to turn his back, and he has lost the bravery of his youth and the arrogance of the past Haidongqing, more and more stubborn, more and more wanton.

The main reason for the three ladies to enter Beijing is to express the deference of the Western Tatars, followed by the determination of the share of this year's wool trade, and then the congratulatory watch on behalf of Altan Khan to congratulate the Ming Emperor on his imminent wedding.

"Mrs. Zhongshun, I heard that the Tuman Khan asked Altan Khan for help, and Altan Khan received the envoy of Tuman Khan with great hospitality, and planned to meet the alliance in Yingchang, but is there such a thing?" Zhu Yijun did not let the third lady flatten, but asked about a big event.

Because the Ming Dynasty was pressing forward step by step in Liaodong, the Tuman Khan used all his strength, but he could not stop the pace of the Ming army, so the Tuman Khan, the suzerainty of the Great Khan, asked Altan Khan for help, and Altan Khan readily agreed, and planned to meet in Yingchang.

Yingchang is where the palace of Hu Yuanlu is located, the place where Emperor Yuan Shun, the last emperor of Hu Yuan's unified regime, died, this place is in the pass of Daxianbei Mountain, and it is the place where Qi Jiguang strategically attacked.

And now, the Eastern and Western Tatars are planning to meet in Yingchang.

"It does." The third lady secretly said that it was not good, and the court really knew about the envoy sent by the barbarian Khan, and also knew that Altan Khan had agreed to the conditions.

The Duntai Yuanhou, who was active on the grassland, went deep into the camp to investigate, and the movement of the grassland became more and more strict, and an intelligence network laid by the Duntai Yuanhou sprinkled on the grassland.

"It seems that the matter of the tribute has ended today, at the beginning of the fifth year of Longqing, and the fifth year of Wanli has stopped, and I have a loss to the first emperor entrusted to Sheji." Zhu Yijun nodded, and said not very concerned.

Since Altan Khan wanted to maintain their common interests of the same ancestry, then the tribute and wool business of the Ming Dynasty would stop.

Da Ming can bear this loss, but I don't know if Altan Khan can bear it.

Wang Chonggu's expression was unmoved, he had already communicated with His Majesty about several matters concerning the entry of the third lady into Beijing when he entered the palace the day before yesterday, and His Majesty was like an old fox, pretending to be confused and deliberately putting pressure on the third lady.

"Your Majesty, the King of Shunyi agreed to the request of the Tuman Khan in June, but this has been five months, the King of Shunyi has not moved a soldier or a horse, and asked His Majesty to be clear, the suzerain Khan requested, the King of Shunyi had to obey, it was indeed promised, but did not say the specific time, even if the Tuman Khan repeatedly urged, but the King of Shunyi still had concerns, so he sent his wife into the court to pay details." The third lady answered His Majesty's question respectfully.

Altan Khan provided all support except support.

Altan Khan was also watching, the Ming army was strong, the invasion was like fire, and the momentum was like a bamboo, Altan Khan had to plead to the court on the grounds that the suzerain, the Great Khan, had to be invited; The Ming army was weak and weak, and it was defeated and retreated, so of course Altan Khan had to participate in it at the right time and take the opportunity to get some oil and water.

It has been two months since the Ming army arrived in Daningwei, during this time, the Tuman Khan did not lose or win, because he did not engage the Ming army, only the Ming army was building a camp fort, a little bit of encroachment on the Tuman Khan, in the face of this strategy of horizontal pressure and hard grinding, the Tuman Khan did not even have the opportunity to fight a battle and fight to the death.

How desperate is this?

Such a battle situation made Altan Khan dare not move.

War is such a thing, neither end can be offended, that is, both ends are offended, and the three ladies entered the court to express their feelings, which shows that Altan Khan finally figured out how to stand in line, and if he didn't stand in line, there would be no team to stand on.

When Zhu Yijun heard this, he smiled and said: "Pingshen, Mrs. Zhongshun means that I asked the court for benefits, so I refused to send troops to help, and took advantage of the fire to rob?" What benefits does Altan Khan want? ”

Taking advantage of the fire to rob, the court did not let Altan Khan help the barbarian Khan, and there was a price to pay, and as for the amount of cost, it mainly depended on the situation on the battlefield.

Zhu Yijun agreed to be robbed by Altan Khan, which was to provide help to Qi Jiguang on the front line, eliminate possible reinforcements, and make the military operations of the Ming army go smoothly.

As the supreme emperor, it is certainly unpleasant to be ridden to the neck and, but for the sake of strategy, Zhu Yijun can simply give in.

The third lady finally showed a look of embarrassment, in this regard, the third lady and Altan Khan had differences, and the differences were huge.

Altan Khan's own request was very excessive, asking the Ming court to give the customs clearance document and the governor Jinyin, allowing him to go to Xining from the Hexi Corridor, and secondly, asking the Ming to recognize the sphere of influence of the Ming Jin State, especially the Hetao issue, these two conditions, one was explicitly rejected by the emperor, and the other was the heart of the Ming Dynasty.

Sanniangzi didn't think that the Ming court would agree, but the promise was just a piece of paper, and when the time came to tear his face, it was worthless.

Sanniangzi is more inclined to expand the wool trade, especially about the price concession of some goods such as salt *** pot, which is a real benefit, Sanniangzi has seen Zhu Yijun and knows what kind of person this emperor is.

His Majesty, the supreme emperor of the Ming Dynasty, received the foreign envoy on the foundation, which fully shows that the emperor's heart is smaller than a needle, and he holds grudges very much!

At this time, the Ming Dynasty is attacking Tuman Khan, and Altan Khan has to make an inch, and he will definitely be recorded and will pull the list together in the future.

When the time comes, Altan Khan will be crushed and scattered, the three ladies will not have the same treatment as the princess Yang of Qi, and they can still serve the winners, the three ladies will only be killed, and the Ming Emperor will not lack her.

The third lady hesitated for a moment, and finally bowed her head and said: "Your Majesty, I ordered my wife to enter Beijing to complain, but I am afraid that the kingdom will misunderstand, so I have nothing else to ask for, and I ask Your Majesty to learn from it." ”

She still chose her own terms, instead of Altan Khan's rhetoric, to profit from trade, rather than pressing the emperor's head to make the emperor soften.

At this time, the emperor softened, and in the future, the emperor launched a surge, and Altan Khan died.

"Nothing else?" Zhu Yijun asked playfully.

He found that this third lady stayed on the grassland, it was really a bit condescending, and the third lady had the necessary qualities of a politician, and he was shameless.

"Your Majesty, this year's spring grassland is dry, this year's autumn and winter came earlier than in previous years, the cattle and sheep on the grassland are frozen to death and starved to death under the wrath of the immortal heaven, I beg Your Majesty to have mercy, the grassland is in urgent need of salt and iron pots, survive the cold winter, and ask Your Majesty for mercy." The three ladies asked for a reward pitifully.

A set of silky small combos, taking advantage of the fire to rob, turned into the emperor's benevolent government, Rouyuan people, such a change, from the north to ask for rewards, to ask the emperor for mercy, so that the emperor got face, the north got benefits and lining, everyone has an explanation.

"I heard about the drought in the grassland, and I also heard that the air conditioning is early this year, since this is the case, the matter of the salt ** pot, I will discuss it with the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Households, and there is a great uncle of Lao." Zhu Yijun looked at Ma Ziqiang.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, and the woman will definitely spread His Majesty's benevolence on the grassland." The third lady breathed a long sigh of relief, the emperor slapped the board and set the tone, the people below are good at doing things, the emperor does not let go, and it is in vain to talk with the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Household for 10,000 years.

Zhu Yijun was willing to give in, but he still didn't want to add a burden to Qi Jiguang's campaign in Liaodong, where the diplomatic handling was unfavorable, resulting in a bad war, which was the incompetence of the imperial court.

Altan Khan was extremely lucky to find such a virtuous helper.

Arms sales during the war are very profitable, for example, in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the same model of drones used by both sides sold for as much as $190,000, but the cost actually did not exceed $10,000. Asking for a monthly pass, woo!!!!!

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