Zhu Qiyu bowed and praised: "The eldest brother is benevolent and filial, and the foolish brother is both grateful and admired." ”

After that, Zhu Qiyu sat down and poured wine, and no longer looked at Li Shimian or the ministers. Lin Xiangyu glanced at Jinyi Commander Lu Zhong without a trace. The young husband and wife sang and harmonized, and the tacit understanding was incomparable.

Lu Zhong understood, took two steps forward, and shouted: "The last general respectfully obeys the decree of His Majesty the Emperor, and sends the prince of the country to the Jinyi Guard Prison for investigation." ”

After that, Lu Zhong commanded the Jinyi guards to take down Li Shimian.

Li Shimian repeatedly shouted injustice, but no one dared to stand up in support. The main reason is that the accusation given by the emperor is too serious, and he is suspected of murdering Renmiao, and whoever dares to obstruct the emperor's investigation is not a loyal minister.

Regardless of whether Li Shimian murdered Renmiao or not, at least investigate clearly. If the ministers don't even let them check, then the emperor will have something to say.

After Li Shimian was dragged by the Jinyi guard for more than a dozen steps, Zhu Qiyu raised his head and instructed Lu Zhong: "Li Xijiu is old, and he must take care of the old minister's decency.

Jin Yiwei carefully investigated, but don't use torture, wine, food, food, and food, and serve them preferentially, and don't treat them harshly. ”

Lu Zhong was stunned for a moment, then he understood, and took Li Shimian away by order.

The ministers' hearts were originally hung up, but after hearing the emperor's orders not to be tortured and not to be harsh, they also let go.

In order to ease the atmosphere, Liu Dingzhi stood up and stepped forward and said: "Qi Yu Gong let His Majesty the Emperor, and the lacquer worker Yang Xun make a lacquer gold screen and dedicate it to His Majesty."

There is a poem inscribed by the prince himself, thinking that His Majesty has a boundless congratulations on his long life. ”

Zhu Qizhen said with a smile: "Okay, good, the prince has this filial piety, and I have a look at it with all the Aiqing." Brother Huang, please come forward and take a closer look. ”

Zhu Qiyu took Lin Xiangyu and walked to the screen with a smile.

Zhu Qizhen personally uncovered the red cloth covering the screen.

As soon as the screen revealed the true face of Lushan, it attracted a burst of exclamations from hundreds of civil and military officials. I saw that the four sides of the screen and the pedestal were wrapped in gold. The screen itself, which is nearly seven feet high and four feet long, is made of four pieces of golden silk nanmu and then painted with colored lacquer, making it impossible to distinguish the traces of the splicing.

On both sides of the screen, there are lifelike, majestic and atmospheric pictures of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains.

Standing in front of the screen, the great mountains and rivers can be seen at a glance, as if thousands of miles of rivers and mountains are under control.

"Good, good, good, it's amazing!"

Zhu Qizhen shouted five times in a row, and then went to look at the prince's poem, only to see that it was a seven-character quatrain:

The sun and the moon shine on the long river, and the sky is bright and sageful.

The clear water flows endlessly, and the rivers and mountains are under control.

Zhu Qizhen read it aloud and couldn't help but be overjoyed. immediately reread it again, and then asked Liu Dingzhi: "Although it does not rhyme strictly, it also has a bit of heavenly artistic conception, is this really the prince's own work?" ”

Liu Dingzhi replied: "The minister did not dare to bully the king, it was indeed done by the crown prince." The ministers only explained the basic method of composing poetry to the crown prince, and accompanied the crown prince to recite hundreds of ancient poems. ”

Zhu Qizhen praised: "Okay, good, Dongpo monk has said that he has a reading spirit in his belly." Aiqing and others taught the prince to be meritorious, and each gave 100 taels of silver and 10 horses of brocade.

Ruan Lang, give the jade Ruyi I treasured to the crown prince. ”

After that, Zhu Qizhen asked Zhu Qiyu again: "What does my brother think?" ”

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Sure enough, the tiger father has no dogs, and I have a successor to the Ming Dynasty, and I will be the emperor of the ages in the future." The eldest brother rewarded the deep jade Ruyi, and the younger brother rewarded him with a set of high-grade pen, ink, paper and inkstone that had been treasured for a long time.

In addition, I also rewarded Liu Dingzhi and other officials with one hundred taels of silver and ten horses of brocade, hoping that he would assist the prince with his heart and consolidate the national foundation for my Ming Dynasty. ”

When the officials heard this, they all knelt on the ground and praised it.

Next, everyone forgot about the unpleasantness brought by Li Shimian, and the banquet entered a harmonious and harmonious atmosphere of gentlemen and ministers.

The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors. Wang Wen, Jiang Yuan, He Wenyuan, Xu Youzhen and others gradually led the topic to expand the territory and imagine the future.

For great talents like Wang Wen and Xu Youzhen, it is easy to control the topic and guide the direction of the wind.

But at the mention of these, Zhu Qizhen was a little embarrassed and a little sad.

And the ministers who are willing to give way to the emperor have a low rank, and they basically sit in the seats far away from the emperor, compared to Wang Wen, Xu Youzhen and others who are close to the water and the building before the moon, and want to stand up to protect the lord, but they are also more than willing to do it.

Recovering Annam, destroying Warat, and going to the West again, these feats have nothing to do with Zhu Qizhen.

Wang Wen, Xu Youzhen and others became more and more energetic the more they talked, depicting the bright prospects of the Ming Dynasty in a vivid manner, while Zhu Qizhen and the ministers of his own faction became more and more ugly.

It was easy for Wang Wen, Xu Youzhen and others to pause slightly, and Zhu Qiyu answered: "The foolish brother also prepared a congratulatory gift for the eldest brother, and asked the eldest brother to take a look." ”

"Oh? What did my brother prepare? ”

"It's not something, it's my brother who ordered someone to choreograph a dance, although it's not very subtle, but it's also quite new. Dedicated to the eldest brother, please also invite hundreds of officials to taste it together. ”

Zhu Qizhen smiled: "Okay, my brother has a heart." ”

Zhu Qiyu clapped his hands, and dozens of little eunuchs came to the front of the palace surrounded by a strong man.

Zhu Qi looked at it calmly, and was startled, and the wine glass in his hand fell to the ground, still unconscious.

The ministers also exploded, this emperor is too ruthless, this is murderous. Okay, what are you going to do first?

Zhu Qiyu sneered in his heart, you faint kings and rebels, you have to work hard to treat you and slap you in the face, otherwise your tail can reach the sky.

Clearing his throat, Zhu Qiyu explained to everyone very intimately: "In the ninth year of Tang Wude, the Eastern Turkic Jieli Khan's troops came to Chang'an, and the whole country was shaken. It's similar to the situation we faced in the fourteenth year of orthodoxy against the Warat Taishi in front of us.

Under the city of Chang'an, Tang Taizong signed the 'Weishui Alliance' with Jieli Khan, and was humiliated.

Three years later, Tang Taizong sent Li Jing, Li Tao, Chai Shao and others to attack the Eastern Turks in six ways, the main force of the Eastern Turks was destroyed, and Jieli Khan was captured and escorted to Chang'an.

Another five years later, Tang Taizong held a banquet in Weiyang Palace, during which he ordered Jieli Khan to dance, and ordered Feng Zhidai, the chief of the Southern Barbarians, to compose poems.

He smiled and said: 'The Hu and Yue families have never existed since ancient times. ’

The outnumbered people are not talented, they can't catch up with Tang Taizong, and they haven't captured the king of Annan yet, so they have to dance first for the time being, and Brother Bo smiled.

He captured the king of Annan one day, and then ordered to dance first, and the king of Annan composed poems to chase the story of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and once again achieved the good story of the Hu and Yue families. ”

Wang Wen, Xu Youzhen, Xu Heng, Guo Chang and others all knelt down and praised: "The ministers are willing to recreate the Wenjing and Zhenguan prosperous times from the dragon and the virtuous ministers." ”

Hula, the nobles and generals all knelt down, and they all shouted there.

Wenchen is half and half, some are in a hurry to kneel, and some are hesitant.

In the end, all the civil officials still knelt down, and the slogan given by Wang Wen and Xu Youzhen was to assist the emperor in achieving Wenjing and Zhenguan prosperity.

Han Taizong and Tang Taizong are both recognized Ming monarchs, what do you ministers mean by sitting there still? Do you think that Wenjing and Zhenguan are not enough to imitate? Still don't want to help today?

There is no way, if you don't kneel, you will be openly labeled as unfaithful, the key is reasonable, you can't refute it.

Ordering everyone to get up, Zhu Qiyu began to lead everyone to watch Yexian's graceful dance together.

also appeared first, so that the atmosphere of the banquet reached the highest point. Ministers may not agree with today, but no one disagrees. The capture is also the immortal achievement of today's son, and no one can deny it.

After tossing for more than half an hour, the banquet ended.

Zhang Yong and Ruan Xi, who were in charge of the internal officials, personally commanded their subordinates to carry the lacquered gold screen back to Chonghua Palace, and placed it in the bedroom under the personal instruction of Emperor Gongrang.

Emperor Gongrang, who has the Ming Dynasty in mind, wants to watch the picture of these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains from time to time.

However, Gong asked the emperor to sit on the edge of the bed, just after drinking the sobering soup, and wanted to appreciate the picture of the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains again, Ruan Lang ran in in a panic, knelt on the ground, and replied with a crying voice:

"Emperor, it's not good, the eldest princess of Changde has been sick for several days, and her condition suddenly worsened today. Just reported to the Horse Mansion, the eldest princess of Changde died. ”

(End of chapter)