Orthodoxy in the twelfth year, the first day of the third month.

From the first day of the first lunar month to the present, Jia Zhen has been in the house for 49 days, and today it is time for the funeral.

For this reason, the Jia family has been preparing for a long time, and all the pomp and circumstance that can be arranged have been arranged, and the monks and Taoists have all kinds of paper flags......

In addition to these pomp, there are many people in the capital Wuxun who come to the road to worship, and many sacrificial sheds have been built along the street.

Except for people who have a particularly good relationship, most of these nobles are sent to their sons and nephews, and the Jia family only needs to send people to thank them.

But what everyone didn't expect was that King Beijing, the only remaining of the four kings, actually came to the scene of the road festival in person.

This was indeed beyond the expectations of everyone in the Jia family, so Jia pardoned Jia Zheng and summoned the close branches of the Jia family to go together to meet the King of Beijing.

When everyone in the Jia family was preparing in a panic, the water in the sedan chair pinched the corners of their clothes.

"This road sacrifice, you will definitely offend King Rui, have you really decided?"

"I don't have a choice!"

"In that case, then you can go!"

This is a conversation between Shui Rong and his wife before leaving today, and it comes to mind again at this moment.

"yes...... I didn't have a choice at all, and following the prince would have a good result! ”

muttered softly, Shui Rong completely made up his mind, and his eyes became firm.

After about a few minutes, everyone in the Jia family finally finished preparing and came to the water-soluble sedan chair.

"The ministers knock on the prince!"

Don't look at Shui Rong has no status in front of Zhu Jinghong's three brothers, but his status as the king of the county is really high, so at this time, Jia Zheng and the others are bowing to each other.

The sedan curtain was opened, and Shui Rong walked out of it, with a slightly sad look.

"Everyone, flat!"

After everyone got up, Shui Rong spoke: "I have a good relationship with my nephew, and now he has returned to Jiuquan, it is really ......"

Speaking of this, Shui Rong also rushed out a few tears, and he did feel sad at the moment.

Saddened by my own loneliness......

That's right, the dignified King of Beijing County actually feels lonely at the moment.

The reason why I feel this way is because I saw Jia Zhen dead, and thought that he was beaten half to death by Zhu Jinghong, and finally died early.

Although his water-soluble title is high, what is it in front of Zhu Jinghong's three brothers?

Water dissolves negative thoughts, which can be regarded as touching the scene.

After some condolences, Shui Rong Fang raised his head and said: "The Si people have passed away, and the living still need to move forward, don't mourn the deceased because it is gone, and mourn it is too ......much."

Up and down the house, Jia Zheng and Shui Rong have the closest intersection, and at this time, I saw him step forward and replied: "The funeral of the foolish nephew, the Remon County is coming, how can the Yin generation be restrained!" ”

Hearing this, Shui Rong smiled and said: "The friendship of the world, why do you say this!" ”

After that, Shui Rong ordered Shi Daidian, the head of the palace, Jia Zheng and Jia Yu and others to go with him, and returned to Shui Rong after the memorial was completed.

Because the timeline has been convenient, Shui Rong and Jia Baoyu are already familiar with each other, so they chatted with him at this moment.

After staying here for about a quarter of an hour, Shui Rong drove away, and the funeral procession of the Jia family was able to move on.

And the news of Shui Rong's personal sacrifice on the road reached Zhu Jingyuan's ears an hour later, and he was talking to the scholars in the Jixian Pavilion at this time.

Jixian Hall is not a Hanlin Academy, and the scholars here are just ordinary jinshi, and according to common sense, they can only be released as magistrates.

But with Zhu Jingyuan's help, they can often have a better place to go, so these people take Zhu Jingyuan as their leader.

Recently, Zhu Jingyuan arranged for a few more people to go out, which naturally won a lot of praise, and everyone was flattering him at the moment.

Naturally, he was happy to be patted on the back, but when the news of the water dissolution came, Zhu Jingyuan couldn't be happy.

"Your Highness, what happened?" An official asked.

His eyes swept over everyone, Zhu Jingyuan just sighed, and he looked like he wanted to speak and stopped.

This made everyone more curious, so they inquired about the situation again, and took the opportunity to express their loyalty to solve his problems.

Seeing that the atmosphere was almost over, Zhu Jingyuan said, "Someone bullied me!" ”

When they heard this, everyone was amazed, who else in this world can insult you? Is it His Majesty the Emperor or the Crown Prince?

"Your Highness, who is so short-sighted?"

"King Beijing is soluble, he has an old grudge with me, but his family has a merit in the country, so I can only endure more!"

Here, Zhu Jingyuan skipped how Shui Rong bullied him, because he didn't know how to make it up.

The others also knew that this was just a reason, and they didn't delve into these details, they all understood that the point was that Zhu Jingyuan was angry.

"Your Highness, although the King of Beijing has merit in the country, it doesn't mean that he can run rampant......"

"What Lord Chen said is reasonable, I have a national law outline, not to mention the current King of Beijing, even if his ancestors are guilty, they should be judged by national law!"

These people are also powerful, and the ancestor of the king of Beijing can be named the king with a different surname by the ancestor, which is the dry city of the absolute country.

If the first Beijing King really stood here, these people would never dare to let go of a fart.

Of course, there is no if in the world, so at the moment, they can even fire at the North King Jingwang Shui.

Everyone complained about Zhu Jingyuan, but the latter said with a worried face: "Forget it...... After all, he didn't make a big mistake, and if he couldn't bring him to justice, it would only add to the laughing stock! ”

On the surface, Zhu Jingyuan was saying that he was going to forget it, but in fact, he put forward very strict requirements, he wanted to kill the Beijing Mansion directly.

Since the Donghuamen Incident, the nobles have adhered to a rule, that is, not to participate in the battle for the establishment of the prince.

Now that Shui Rong is clearly standing in line with the prince, if he doesn't kill him to show his prestige, Zhu Jingyuan's heart will never be smooth.

He also believed that the new nobles would definitely be happy to see the new nobles who cleaned up the old nobles who occupied high positions such as King Beijing.

In fact, three of the four kings, eight dukes and sixteen marquis who assisted Shizu Zhongxing were killed when Shizu was in the Shizu, and three were destroyed due to crime in the subsequent Chengping period.

In other words, under the system of demotion and succession, it is extremely normal for nobles to decline and even die.

Since other nobles can perish, so can the Beijing Palace.

"Your Highness, rest assured, the Beijing Mansion has always been domineering, and the ministers will impeach him if they find evidence of the crime!"

"This person has no duty to be a minister, and he has insulted His Highness, is it tolerable ......?"

Seeing that everyone had unified their thoughts, Zhu Jingyuan was really relieved, and he didn't need to teach him how to do it next.

At the same time, the news of the sacrifice of Jia Zhen on Beijing Wang Road also reached the ears of Xu Xin'an, a scholar of Zuochunfang University.

Xu Xin'an knew what was at stake, he knew what King Beijing's move meant today, and he knew that King Rui's Mansion would definitely take action against him.

Xu Xin'an naturally dislikes the water-soluble "overstepping" move, as a civil official, he is very reluctant to mix with Wuxun and seize the heir, thinking that this is the way to make trouble.

But even if he was rejected, Xu Xinan had to be interest-oriented and unite a group of people to protect the water in this matter.

And in such a situation, Shui Rong himself didn't expect it at all, he only thought that following the prince would offend King Rui, and he thought about the severity of offending King Rui.

It's not that Shui Rong is not smart enough, but that he underestimated the significance of his actions to the entire succession drama.

Soon, Xu Xin'an found the crown prince Zhu Jingyuan, and at this moment he was watching the music as usual.

The recitals were all a few years ago, and Zhu Jingyuan mainly looked at what happened and how to deal with these things.

On his left and right, several scholars were with him, so that he could inquire at any time.

After listening to Xu Xin'an's analysis, Zhu Jingyuan was extremely surprised, and then he became worried about the water solubility.

Then, as always, he asked Xu Xin'an how to deal with it.

"Your Highness, the minister thinks it's ......"

………………

When these two parties were in full swing to prepare, Zhu Jinghong was accompanying the emperor to watch the martial arts.

More than 20 days have passed since the last outing, Hou Jing and Wang Jie have led the army to the northwest, and the others have also been assigned to the pro-army, and everyone has a good home.

Today's martial arts exercise is that the emperor wants to test the actual combat ability of the North Four Guards again, and decide whether to send them north according to their performance today.

Although the generals of the North Four Guards relied on the emperor, they also hoped to make more military achievements, so as to lay the foundation for promotion to the rank of knight.

There are only three ways for the pro-army commanders to go, and it is best to transfer the Beijing battalion to serve as the deputy chief officer, followed by the dispatch to the local capital.

As for the third way, it is to stay up until the age of fifty, and the imperial court will give a false title of deputy chief soldier of the Beijing camp, and then you can go home and raise you.

In other words, although the guards are deeply trusted by the emperor, it is not easy to be a commander and want to rise, so military merit is extremely important.

On the watchtower on the hillside, Zhu Xianming held a telescope and observed the movement of the army on the plain below.

Zhu Jinghong stood quietly beside him, although the emperor didn't speak much the whole time, he already felt that the old man was very satisfied today.

Behind them were the governors of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, as well as the servants who were also the commanders of the Beijing Battalion and other pro-army commanders.

Today's military exercise is to test the actual combat ability of the North Four Guards, and Zhu Xianming doesn't like to be arbitrary about this kind of thing, so he called the senior military attachés to take a closer look.

Although the emperor did not speak, the military attachés behind him had already discussed, and the general meaning was to praise the northern four guards.

Not all armies have to test their combat effectiveness in actual combat, and the North Fourth Guard has already proved its strength just by virtue of its martial arts performance.

The exercise lasted for an hour and ended, and the combat method of infantry and artillery coordination was unique, which made Zhu Xianming smile brightly.

After the exercise, Zhu Xianming did not leave in a hurry, but gathered the generals together to discuss.

In the school hall, Emperor Zhu Xianming sat at the top, and to his left was Zhu Jinghong standing with a sword.

The generals were on both sides of the hall according to their grades, and they were discussing the performance of the North Four Guards at this time.

Everyone is talking, and the angle and content of the speech are different, but there is only one meaning...... The North Fourth Guard already has actual combat capability.

Listening to everyone's thoughts, Zhu Xianming thought about it, and at this moment he was already making the final decision.

"Your Majesty......"

"Your Majesty......"

A few shouts came, and Zhu Xianming looked up to look ahead, but it was the four commanders of the North Four Guards kneeling in front.

Jiang Qingsheng, the commander of the left guard of Yulin at the front, has the highest rank (loose rank official) among the four people, so he is the leader.

"Your Majesty, the Junggar wolf son is ambitious, intending to disturb the balance of the world, and the ministers are the sword of the Son of Heaven for His Majesty's pro-army, and he has been favored by the imperial court, and the Lord believes in ......"

"On the occasion of this thief's rebellion, the ministers can sit and enjoy the profits, and ask Your Majesty to be gracious, all the ministers and others will be loyal to the monarch and serve the country, and the ministers will go to the northwest to fight against the traitors!"

Jiang Qingsheng's words had already been prepared, so at this moment, he not only spoke fluently, but also had some feelings for his family and country, which was quite combative.

"I hope that Your Majesty will allow you to levy the traitors, capture the enemy chieftain alive, and ask the emperor for the crime!"

This sentence was said by these four commanders together, and the true feelings of loyalty to the country were particularly infectious, at least Zhu Xianming was touched.

And immediately after, the four people, who were almost lying on the ground, raised their heads in a very awkward posture and prayed: "Your Majesty, please give an order!" ”

"Please give an order to Your Majesty, the soldiers of the Northern Fourth Guard are willing to die for Your Majesty!"

"Knock Your Majesty's order!"

However, at this time, Zhu Xianming looked at Zhu Jinghong on the side and said calmly: "There are really people!" ”

"Dad, your son really doesn't understand this!" Zhu Jinghong feigned that he was at a loss.

Snorted coldly, Zhu Xianming looked ahead, and said solemnly: "Okay, get up......"

"What does a dignified pro-army commander look like he is as frivolous as he is now?"

That being said, everyone knew that the emperor was very happy at this time.

After Jiang Qingsheng and the others got up to enter the class, Zhu Xianming picked up the teacup, and then asked, "What do you think of the Northern Fourth Guard participating in the war?" ”

At this moment, although there are many military attaches in the hall, those who are qualified to speak on this matter are the governors of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

"Back to Your Majesty, the North Fourth Guard was originally a strong soldier, but now it has been reborn, and the minister thinks it can be used!"

"The minister seconded the ......"

"The minister seconded the ......"

Although the military department has the right to transfer troops, it is a procedural process, and they have little say in how to deploy troops.

The advantage of a military general dominating an army is that it can be guided by the needs of war to the greatest extent, without mixing other unnecessary things.

So at this moment, the governors are all in favor of letting the North Four Guards participate in the war, on the one hand, they believe in the ability of the North Four Guards, and on the other hand, they also want to know what the combat effectiveness of this new army is.

The latter point is particularly important, because it is related to the direction of improvement of the army, and has a very far-reaching impact on the Ming Dynasty.

The generals thought that after they had their own and other people to support him, the emperor would agree to come down.

Who knew that Zhu Xianming looked at Zhu Jinghong again and asked, "What do you think?" ”

In fact, Zhu Xianming had already made a decision, but he still asked this sentence, which made everyone at the scene think more.

"My son thinks that he can let Beisiwei try it!"

"Hmm!"

"The Ministry of Household Affairs will transfer an additional 700,000 stone of grain to the northwest, the Ministry of Engineering will allocate ordnance, and the Ministry of Command and Military Affairs will ...... North Siwei left for the northwest in mid-April! ”

The so-called soldiers and horses go first before moving grain and grass, in fact, in addition to grain and grass, there are many things to prepare for the deployment of additional troops.

Therefore, the North Fourth Guard will be opened in mid-April, and there are still more than 40 days to prepare in the middle.

"Your Majesty, thank you!" Jiang Qingsheng and the four of them went out to pay homage.

The other pro-army commanders present looked at them with envy in their eyes, and secretly sighed that they were one step closer to being promoted.

No matter what the outcome of the battle is, as long as you go to the northwest to fight a beautiful battle, you can add a lot of luster to your resume, and it will become an extremely powerful step forward.

Next, everyone discussed the situation in the northwest again, and then the emperor ordered the ministers to disperse and go to the palace himself.

On the way, Zhu Jinghong rode a horse and followed Long Yuan's side, thinking about how he should speak.

After brewing for a while, Zhu Jinghong finally made up his mind and said, "Dad, my son also wants to go to the northwest to have a look!" ”

I only heard Zhu Xianming in the sedan chair reply: "I know that you can't hold it back, don't be delusional about this matter, even if I agree with your mother, I won't agree!" ”

"Daddy...... You are the emperor who speaks his word, can you agree to this matter, are you still afraid that your mother will trouble you? ”

You're really right...... Although he thought so in his heart, Zhu Xianming said: "Your mother also loves you, don't know what to do!" ”

"Two years ago, you went to Jinling with the fourth child, and a serious illness almost cost you your life, and your mother was scared half to death at that time, and she cried with tears every day......"

During those days, Zhu Xianming was also complained by the queen all the time, so he remembered the situation very clearly.

When I went to Jinling two years ago, it was ridiculous that my predecessor was sick with this good body, and it was even more outrageous when I was so sick that I was dying...... The more Zhu Jinghong thought about this matter, the more wrong it became.

If you think about it too much, there will be no results, so slowly Zhu Jinghong will forget about it, and now it is mentioned by the emperor and it evokes his memories.

Could it be the poisonous hand of the sixth child?

(End of chapter)