Early the next morning, Liu Yan came out of the camp tent sleepily, and last night's banquet lasted until late at night, Liu Yan came out of the governor's palace after being dizzy, accompanied by Miao Shao and several other personal guards, and returned to the camp outside the city in an ox cart.

"I'll never drink so much next time!"

Liu Yan rubbed his temples that were a little swollen and painful, all he drank last night was the pot wine produced by Dapanbao Distillery, and after drinking two pots, it was already enough.

"Your Excellency."

Miao Shao walked over with a smile, and handed over a water bladder in his hand: "This is sour soup, I heard that it is very hangover-intensive, adults drink some." ”

Liu Yan took it and took a big sip, and sure enough, he was tired of it, and the discomfort after the drunken stay suddenly subsided a lot.

"Where did this come from?"

"What is sold in the city is only sold in the morning, and the subordinates have just sent someone to buy it."

"I have a heart."

"Your Excellency!"

Miao Shao leaned closer and whispered, "My lord, when will we withdraw our troops and go back?" ”

Liu Yan looked at Miao Shao, who was like an arrow, and asked in surprise: "Why, you have no family affairs, and you are in a hurry to go back?" ”

Miao Shao said with a smile: "This is not a reward, and then there will be a reward from the imperial court, and the subordinates want to go back to ask someone to talk to the matchmaker and marry a daughter-in-law." ”

Liu Yan suddenly became interested and asked, "Is there a suitable candidate?" ”

"Not yet, that's why my subordinates are in a hurry, and I'm in a hurry to go back to find the matchmaker. The subordinates heard that there was a famous matchmaker in the Lingshan Acropolis, and after her search, they could find a suitable matchmaker. ”

Liu Yan smiled and said, "Don't worry, I don't think it will be too long." ”

While he was talking, Liu Yan saw Xu Ming leading a eunuch over, and immediately became cautious, and he didn't have a good impression of the eunuch at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

"Let's go, let's go over and greet you."

Liu Yan and Miao Shao stepped forward, only to see that the eunuch was very humble, spread his hands with a smile, and said: "The miscellaneous family has seen Commander Liu, Commander Liu is so young, but he has outstanding achievements, he is really a young hero!" ”

Liu Yan smiled and hugged his fists in thanks, and then said, "Father-in-law is ......"

"Hehe, the miscellaneous family is the supervising eunuch of the Dewang Mansion, surnamed Wang Mingyue. Hi! What kind of eunuch is the supervision, in fact, he is a slave in the palace of King De, who serves His Royal Highness King De on weekdays, and when there is something, he helps King De run around......"

Liu Yan, Xu Ming, and Miao Shao were stunned for a moment, this eunuch turned out to have the same name as Wang Yue, the head of Houying Qian!

Liu Yan politely stopped the chattering eunuch Wang Yue and said, "I don't know what advice my father-in-law has here?" ”

Wang Yue smiled and said, "Hehe, it was King De who summoned me. Isn't this the withdrawal of the slave thief, this morning Governor Lu and Governor Yan went to the palace of King De, repaid part of the money and grain on credit to King De, and by the way, mentioned the heroes and good generals of this battle. This number one great hero, the first to recommend Commander Liu, when the court is rewarded for meritorious deeds, Commander Liu is at least a general! ”

Liu Yan saw that the eunuch Wang Yue was about to chatter again, so he hurriedly smiled and said, "Since it was summoned by His Royal Highness King De, let's leave as soon as possible." After my father-in-law arrives in the tent, I will go and change my clothes, and we will leave immediately. ”

"Good! Commander Liu is really fast-talking, and the miscellaneous family likes to ......"

Xu Ming hurriedly and respectfully invited Wang Yue to the big tent of the Chinese army, and at the same time, Liu Yan pulled Miao Shao over and whispered: "I'll go and prepare, you go and prepare fifty taels of silver, and turn around and stuff it to the eunuch." ”

Miao Shao looked reluctant and muttered: "It's cheap, this dead eunuch!" ”

Not long after, Liu Yan changed into the official uniform of a commander, rode a war horse rewarded by Emperor Chongzhen, entered the city with Wang Yue, the supervising eunuch, and went straight to the palace of King De.

Liu Yan has not been to the Dewang Mansion, but he has also heard some interesting stories about the Dewang Mansion, and before the crossing, he even visited the Dewang Mansion in Jinan, but I don't know how different the Dewang Mansion of this era is from the Dewang Mansion in later generations.

The Dewang Mansion was expanded on the basis of Zhang Rong's Mansion in the Yuan Dynasty, and this Zhang Rong was originally from Jinan. When Zhang Rong was young, Jinan was still ruled by the Jin people, in order to resist the oppression of the Jin people, Zhang Rong led a group of Jinan people to launch an uprising, and the righteous army was entrenched in Huangtangling and fought fiercely with the Jin army for many years.

Then Genghis Khan, the Taizu of the Yuan Dynasty, launched a war against the Jin Dynasty and took Shandong in one fell swoop, Zhang Rong immediately led an army of 500,000 to join the Yuan army, Zhang Rong led the vanguard troops to cross the Yellow River, seized more than 50 warships, and made great achievements. Yuan Taizu awarded him the title of Doctor Jin Ziguanglu, the secretary of Shandong Province, and the marshal of the soldiers and horses, and the governor of Jinan. So Zhang Rong's mansion is brilliant, it is not difficult to imagine.

Liu Yan, accompanied by the eunuch Wang Yue, entered from the main gate of the Dewang Mansion, and along the way, he saw the magnificence and extravagance of the mansion of the king of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty had strict regulations on the establishment of the imperial palace: the residence of the feudal king could only be half of the regulation of the Forbidden City, and could not be exceeded. The east and west of the Dewang Mansion are one hundred and fifty zhang two inches and two minutes, the north and south are one hundred and ninety-seven zhang two inches and five minutes long, the city is two zhang and nine feet high, and the wall is thick: six zhang wide at the bottom and two zhang wide at the top.

The area of Wangcheng is equivalent to half of the area of the Forbidden City, which is small, and the on-site buildings start from the east lane of the county in the east to Furong Street in the west; The front is the main road of the state city, and the back is Houzaimen Street.

There are three large halls built in the palace of King De, which are called the Carrier Palace, the Circle Hall and the Cunxin Palace, and there are the main palace, the east palace and the west palace.

There are more than two zhang high palace wall around the palace, there is a tall archway in front of the house, and the inscription on the square forehead is "Qin Cheng Shang's order", "the world guards Qi Bang". The palace gate is set up on all sides: the south gate is called "Duanli", the east gate is called "Tiren", the west gate is called "Zunyi", and the north gate is called "Guangzhi". There are torii gates in front of each gate. There is a brick shadow wall outside the main gate, and there is a semicircular wall behind the shadow wall, and a door is opened in the east and west, namely the east gate and the west gate, for people to enter and exit.

The pearl spring in the palace of King De and the north of the lake are the west garden, the pearl spring is built on the Yuancheng Pavilion, and the pavilion is the filial piety hall and the Yanju Zhai. At this time, the Baiyun Building built by the Yuan people has collapsed, and the first German king Zhu Jianyan built the Maoyingxuan on the waste foundation of the old building, and repaired the rockery on the north bank of the Maoying Lake. Maoying Lake, gathering pearls, scattered water, Xiting springs, at that time about dozens of acres. The lake runs from south to north, bypassing the rockery and then flowing out of the palace walls. You can go boating in the lake, the lake is rippling, the clouds and shadows are in the waves, and the scenery is beautiful.

In addition, Zhu Jianyan also dug the Yudai River in the palace to communicate with the Qushui River west of the palace and build a painting boat for Zhu Jianyan and his concubines to play in the lake. There are incense cars and horses, and there are painting boats and light boats. Climb high and look far away, look at the green mountains in the south, look at the Yellow River in the north, and look at the royal palace outside Gyeonggi.

King De has no labor to participate in politics, indulges in the sound of dogs and horses all day long, feasts and dances in the court, sings every day, and enjoys the wealth and glory of the world. He once wrote a poem on the lake: "The moon is bright at the head of the Yinyue Pond, and the master has been crowned with this flower." Kenkua has a different scenery in the world, but he loves the source and the holy Qing. According to this, the pride of this prince after dominating the lake and spring can be seen.

However, there was a lack of a corner in the northwest of King De's Mansion, and Liu Yan had also heard about it, so he asked the eunuch Wang Yue about it.

Knowing that this place was originally the residence of the resident Mao, King De bought Mao's house with a huge amount of money in order to expand the palace, but Mao did not accept it, angered King De, and arrested Mao's two sons into the palace, and Mao Er threw himself into the lake to fight to the death. So the neighbors rose up and protested to the king, who had to give in. Therefore, the palace is finally missing a corner.

On the day of the first day of June in the old calendar, the neighbors would gather on the lake to row boats and pay tribute to commemorate Mao Er, who rebelled against the palace. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the poet Wang Xiangchun also wrote a poem to praise Mao Er's move, and the poem said: "Xianyang Guanque has become dust, and Mao Er's snail house can seriously cry when the city collapses in June, when will the autumn rain extinguish green phosphorus."

Liu Yan walked in the Dewang Mansion, only to see that there were towers and water pavilions all over the way, full of golden brilliance, stone bridges and winding paths, strange flowers and trees, towering ancient trees are lush and lush, extremely luxurious.

Liu Yan followed Wang Yue, the supervising eunuch, all the way through the three halls and walked towards the inner mansion. At the same time, the eunuch Wang Yue also chattered proudly, introducing the situation of the Dewang Mansion to Liu Yan, as if he was showing off to Liu Yan.

"Commander Liu didn't know that the palace of our German prince has set up the Changshi Division, the Trial Office, the Honor and Guard Division, the Pastoral Office, the Jishan Office, the Treasure Office, the Dining Office, the Ritual Office, the Worship Office, the Gongzheng Office, the Good Doctor Institute and other institutions, all of which are stationed in ......the palace."

While speaking, Liu Yan came to an elegant garden in the inner courtyard, only to see that a bamboo forest that is rare in the north was planted in the elegant garden, and there was a winding stream flowing through the bamboo forest.

Liu Yan walked into the Yayuan, as if he was in the Zhuge Temple outside Chengdu in an instant, and he had to admire the luxury of the Dewang Mansion.

"Hehe, Commander Liu invites him inside, and His Royal Highness King De, Lu Duchen, and Yan Futai are inside."

The eunuch Wang Yue respectfully opened the door of a house, and after Liu Yan thanked him, he walked in.

I saw that the furnishings in the house were very elegant, and there was no shortage of guqin, sandalwood, famous paintings, and tea, so that Liu Yan had to admire King De's taste, at least on the "pretending x", the taste was still good, and he could throw off the so-called celebrities in later generations.

"Liu Yan, the last general of the Lingshan Guard, meet His Royal Highness King De, see the governor, Futai!"

Dewang Zhu Youli said with a smile: "Commander Liu, please excuse yourself and take a seat." ”

Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Jizu also smiled and let Liu Yan take a seat, and there was still an empty seat in the room, a futon sewn with gold wire, and a food table made of gold silk nanmu, which made Liu Yan dumbfounded.

After Liu Yan took his seat, he saw that there were only four delicacies on the dining table, namely black nest fish lips, dried stir-fried venison, honey-steamed bear paws and wine-roasted abalone, and a soup.

King Zhu Youli said with a smile: "This king heard that Commander Liu drank a lot of wine at the celebration banquet last night, so you might as well taste this soup first." This is no ordinary shark fin, and the soup base is made of tiger bones and elephant hanging broth. ”

Liu Yan just took a sip politely, and almost squirted out after listening to it, this is also too fucking extravagant!

"If you save the money and food for the pleasures of these vassal kings and smash it all on the military strength, it is estimated that the Ming army will be able to equip Dongfeng 41, where will the situation in the world be corrupted to such a point!"

Liu Yan thought secretly in his heart, and at the same time felt disgusted with these Ming vassal kings. Since the Yongle Emperor, the Ming Dynasty has raised the vassal kings as pigs, and the original intention was to prevent the vassal kings from making rebellion, but the result has caused a huge financial burden to the imperial court.

"One day I can take power, I must rectify these vassal kings, otherwise there is still nothing to talk about in the world!"

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the thoughtful Liu Yan and said: "The governor is going to let the soldiers of all departments return to the station to rest, and His Royal Highness King De will invite you to a banquet when he hears about it. ”

Yan Jizu also said: "Commander Liu was able to form a good relationship with His Royal Highness King De, and he benefited a lot. ”

When Liu Yan heard this, he understood that this was the two of them mentioning themselves, so he got up and clasped his fists and said: "Your Highness's kindness will be remembered in your heart!" ”

Zhu Youli said with a smile: "Commander Liu is polite, this time to repel the army of slaves and thieves, to protect our German palace, Commander Liu has made great achievements. It's not as good as this, although the good news has been sent to the Beijing Division, but it will take some time for the court's reward to come down, so the king will go over it and give Commander Liu some rewards first. ”

Some people died, but not completely......