"Woo-"

On 20 August, amid the "whooshing" sound of the river, a fleet of nearly 100 ships slowly sailed out of the port and headed for the east on the river outside the Dinghuaimen Wharf in Nanjing.

On the deck, Chen Xuan, Yang Wen, and Xu Zengshou each took a treasure ship, and the picture of the running navy, Yang Fan, and the horn made the whole scene huge.

Tokaiwei and Toyowei, who had just been reorganized for two months, took on the main role of escorting Ashikaga Yoshitsugu back to the throne.

11,200 men in two guards, and 3,800 ship auxiliaries, a total of 15,000 men.

Their opponent was Ashikaga Yoshinori, who was quelling civil strife in Japan.

Although Ashikaga Yoshitoshi had 70,000 men in his hands, for Yang Wen and Chen Xuan, it had long been the tradition of the Ming army to fight more with less.

In addition to the Battle of Jingjing, the Ming army rarely fought more and less, especially after the Battle of Jingjing, the Ming army equipped with arquebuses and cannons became more refined, and the navy of 15,000 was enough to sweep through Japan.

As the fleet of the Peacekeepers went away, the people watching the excitement on the pier began to gradually disperse.

Compared with the liveliness of this place, the current West Corner Gate is even more lively.

In the past, there were more than 200 officials of the fifth grade or above who participated, but today there are less than 150 people, a quarter less.

"Singing—"

"Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live......"

With the opening of the Honglu Temple, the ministers in the hall subconsciously sang and knelt, bowed five times and bowed three times.

Before they could get up, the eunuch Wang Yan, the eunuch of the celebrant palm seal, began to read the holy decree, the contents of which caught everyone off guard.

"Li Shimin in the household department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate directly supervised the imperial history Fangjie, and the Songjiang Mansion was the same as the king...... and other 125 people engaged in favoritism and bribery, and were tried by the three divisions and severely punished in accordance with the law. ”

"Hanlin reviewed Liu Jun, revised Zeng Di and other 67 people for frivolous revision, and made many mistakes, so they were demoted and not promoted for three years."

"Hanlin bachelor Xie Jin, Yang Shiqi supervision is unfavorable, degraded Jin is the right senator of the Guangxi political secretary, and Yang Shiqi is the left senator of the Shaanxi political envoy!"

Wang Yan's words were like a blow to the head, instantly making Xie Jin, Yang Shiqi and the ministers look black.

"Minister, Commander......"

Yang Shiqi reacted the fastest, and bowed respectfully to receive the order.

However, Xie Jin's face was a little unsightly after reacting, but he still bowed down.

Hu Guang, Hu Yan, Jin Youzi and several other Jiangzuo scholars were nervous, but fortunately, Wang Yan did not read out the holy decree about them.

"Stand down!"

Zhu Di ordered with a gloomy face, Yang Shiqi and Xie Jin bowed down one after another, and while blocking the expression on their faces with their sleeves, they stepped back step by step.

Just when they were wondering why the emperor would deal with them, the two who exited the West Corner Gate saw Ji Gang who seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

The confusion in their minds vanished at this moment, and as long as they were not fools, it was not difficult to see that all this was the result of Ji Gang's operation.

"Two scholars, the mountain is high and the road is far away, please walk slowly......"

Ji Gang chuckled and turned sideways, motioning for them to leave Miyagi quickly.

"Humph!" Xie Jin snorted disdainfully and waved away.

Yang Shiqi just glanced at Ji Gang, and left the West Corner Gate without doing anything.

Without waiting for them to go far, Ji Gang touched his mustache and said disdainfully: "What's the situation, you dare to put on a face to Lao Tzu." ”

His words were heard by Yang Shiqi and Xie Jin, and the two of them had black faces and accelerated their pace to leave the West Corner Gate.

Seeing them walk away, Ji Gang snorted lightly, turned around and continued to stand at the door of the West Corner Gate, as if there was a better drama waiting for him to listen.

"Chen Ying, the imperial history of the left capital of the Chendu Procuratorate, impeached Liu Guan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, for accepting bribes in private, and the officials under his command Wang Zhang, Xiang Hui, Liu Ju, Geng Tong and other officials were corrupt and indulgent, without any scruples."

"Ridiculous!"

Inside the West Corner Gate, as Chen Ying launched the impeachment again, this time it was Liu Guan, the secretary of the Criminal Department who was born in Beizhili but attached to the Jiangdong School.

In the face of Chen Ying's impeachment, Liu Guan refuted as if he had been stepped on by the tail, but his refutation pale in comparison.

"Your Majesty, the minister gave Geng Tong in the matter, impeached Chen Ying, the imperial history of the left capital, and the commander of the Jinyi Weidu envoy Ji Gang, the imperial history Yuan Gang, and Qin Heng as friends, deceived the saints, framed the innocent, killed the innocent without permission, and asked for the punishment of Chen Ying."

"Your Majesty, the ministers and others request to punish Chen Ying and a few others!!"

It seems to have provoked public anger, and under the leadership of Geng Tong, nearly thirty percent of the officials above the temple knelt down and sang.

Seeing that there were so many people, whether they were officials from Jiangzuo or Huaixi, they knelt down one after another to ask for punishment of Chen Ying and others, which made Chen Ying's face pale, and Ji Gang, who was peeking outside the door, couldn't help but feel a little more nervous.

In the entire hall, only Xia Yuanji and a few people, as well as more than a dozen officials of the New Deal faction, were still standing with the old gods, and the remaining more than 130 people knelt on the ground, which showed that Chen Ying and they had already provoked the anger of the public.

Regarding this situation, Zhu Di showed a suspicious expression on his face, and subconsciously looked at Zhu Gaoxu's position in the court, but remembered that Zhu Gaoxu went to send Chen Xuan to Japan today, so he retracted his gaze and said in a deep voice:

"The two sides have attacked each other, and the testimony is not credible."

"The edict ordered Hu Lun to be commanded by the West Factory, and Zhang Chun, the judge of Dali Temple, will investigate the case and try it, and the two sides will not be imprisoned for the time being!"

Zhu Di said, immediately got up and left his position, Honglu Siqing saw this and hurriedly sang: "Retreat!" ”

"Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live......" the ministers saluted respectfully, and then raised their heads and looked at each other.

Standing in the crowd, Xia Yuanji, Huang Fu, Guo Zi and others had no doubt that if it weren't for the fact that the emperor hadn't completely left, then this group of people would even fight here in Xijiaomen.

Xia Yuanji, who didn't want to stay and be implicated, left one after another, and Hu Guang, Hu Yan, and Jin Youzi rushed to Xie Jin's mansion one after another.

When they arrived, Yang Shiqi was already in the mansion, and the two of them, still wearing official robes, were sitting in the hall with gloomy faces.

Seeing Hu Guang and the others coming, Xie Jin opened his mouth and scolded: "Villain Ji Gang, one day I want him to kneel down and beg me!" ”

"The mountains in Guangxi are far away, and the land has not yet been changed and returned to the stream, the gentry (table word) you have to be careful." Hu Guang and the others looked at Xie Jin worriedly.

Xie Jin shook his head when he heard this: "Isn't it just a trip to Guangxi to be an official, you just wait for my news." ”

"I just didn't expect that as soon as the initial revision of "Yongle Canon" ended, Ji Gang immediately used this as an excuse to impeach me."

"It's just that Yao Guangxiao and Sun Cheng didn't find anything, only I found out."

Xie Jin clenched the teacup in his hand, and Hu Guang and the others looked at each other, and it was difficult to say anything.

However, Yang Shiqi said this, and his face was cloudy for a few moments before he spoke: "I am afraid that this incident was ordered by His Highness or His Majesty." ”

"Huh?" Xie Jin frowned and looked at Yang Shiqi, and Yang Shiqi also analyzed:

"When a group of people such as us were degraded and condemned, there were many fewer Jiangzuo officials above the temple."

"Taking advantage of this opportunity, the imperial court can just seize the time to implement a new policy against Jiang Zuo."

"At the moment, we can't stand up to fight, but we should take advantage of the situation and wait for the new deal to have problems in the future."

What Yang Shiqi said is very good, but in fact, they can't resist the implementation of the New Deal at all.

Now it is not what it used to be, they used to be able to sell it by virtue of the fact that there were not many scholars in the world to wait for the price, but now they have become a random and replaceable manpower.

For an incompetent monarch, he longs for his courtiers to be virtuous, but for a person like Zhu Gaochu who has ideas and is determined, he only needs executors, not people with their own ideas.

As for the things he did to his ministers, it is not an exaggeration to evaluate him as a tyrant, but it is a pity that all the things he did were done in the Yongle Dynasty, and no matter what you say, these things can't be talked about him.

"Okay, you and I will go back to the house first, don't meet in the near future, there will be a meeting in the mountains and rivers in the future."

Yang Shiqi got up, and after explaining a word, he left in a hurry.

Seeing this, Hu Guang, Hu Yan, Jin Youzi and others also comforted Xie Jin, and then shook their heads and walked out of Xie Jin's mansion.

Although Xie Jin is still angry, he is also afraid of Zhu Gaoxu, after all, Zhu Gaochu can steadily suppress him regardless of his talent, ability, and sight, and this suppression is as helpless as the provincial champion encountering the national double subject champion.

He endured his temper, but he didn't immediately start dying in the capital, but thought that when he went to Guangxi, the mountain was high and the emperor was far away, so no one could keep an eye on him.

"When he arrives in Guangxi, he will show his feet, so you don't have to keep an eye on him."

In Jiming Temple, Zhu Gaoxu, who was sitting on the futon, listened to Hu Lun's proclamation, and waved his hand indifferently to signal him to sit down and rest, while Zhu Gaoxu himself set his eyes on the black-robed old monk in front of him.

In this world, the only person who dares to wear such a dress and sit face-to-face with Zhu Gaoxu is Yao Guangxiao.

Looking at Yao Guangxiao, who was still in good spirits at the age of seventy-five, Zhu Gaoxu took a sip of the tea he had just poured for himself, and then said slowly:

"The master has just finished the "Yongle Grand Ceremony" for the first time, and he can't wait to change back into the monk's robe and return to the temple to worship the Buddha?"

"Temples are not suitable for poor monks, so why stay......"

Yao Guangxiao had a smile on his face, counting the Buddha beads with one hand and putting the other hand on his lap, ready to pour tea for Zhu Gaoxu at any time.

It's just that what he said, how wrong it was for others to hear it.

Although Zhu Di's army was based on the premise that Zhu Gaoxu took the lead in raising troops, everyone knew that among the few people who supported Zhu Di's army, the most important person from Yanfu was Yao Guangxiao.

Such a person actually said that he was not suitable for the temple, which is really difficult to evaluate.

"If you don't fit, then there is no suitable person in the world."

Zhu Gaoxu put down the teacup, and Yao Guangxiao also added new tea to him.

Looking at the seven points of tea, Zhu Gaoxu continued: "To deal with this group of people in Jiangnan, as long as you grasp the military power and money and food, it will be very easy to clean them up. ”

"I don't worry about the things before I was born, but the things after my death, as I get older, I begin to pay more and more attention to them."

"Therefore, I would like to ask the master to teach me Zi Zhan Yan, not to teach him too much, but only to let him understand who is the one who stands with him."

Zhu Gaoxu said what he meant, and Yao Guangxiao also knew that he couldn't refuse, so he nodded and said: "Your Highness invited, and the poor monk didn't dare to resign." ”

"However, with His Highness's thoughts, the poor monk suggested that His Highness could ask Harima to also serve as a teacher, so as to facilitate the control of Xifan in the future."

Replaced by Zhu Gaochi, Yao Guangxiao would not say anything to control Xifan, but Zhu Gaochu and Zhu Gaochi are different.

Zhu Gaochi doesn't care about Xifan, but Zhu Gaochu cares about Xifan very much, and even sends troops to station Xifan, preferring to spend millions of dollars and grain every year than withdrawing.

But all capable people like kings with great talents, and in history, Yao Guangxiao did not stand on either side of Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaochu, just talking about the relationship, he was even closer to Zhu Gaochu.

In the matter of establishing a prince, he never made a choice for Zhu Di, but let Zhu Di make a choice for him, and became the young master of the prince, assisting Zhu Gaochi and tutoring Zhu Zhanji.

Even if these two people don't have an appetite for him, Yao Guangxiao has no reason to refuse.

But now it is different, in Yao Guangxiao's view, people like Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu are people worthy of his assistance.

However, he also knows that compared to Zhu Di, who needs the advice of others, Zhu Gaoxu has always known how he wants to take this path and does not need anyone's guidance, which is the most amazing and terrifying place for Yao Guangxiao.

His thoughts are the same as those of Yang Shiqi and Xie Jin, assisting Zhu Di can achieve good stories, and assisting Zhu Gaoxu will make some trouble, because they have their own ideas and want to govern the country according to their own ideas.

But Zhu Gaoxu's idea is that the whole world should follow his ideas, and he doesn't need people with ideas.

If the monarch is strong, the minister is weak, and people like Zhu Gaoxu are people like Qin Huang and Han Wu who have strong ideas.

The same thing, if it is Zhu Gaoxu, then Xie Jin will not survive today's court meeting, but Zhu Di can tolerate it, because Zhu Di treats his courtiers as courtiers, and Zhu Gaochu treats his courtiers as consumables.

Yao Guangxiao will not be lost because of Zhu Gaoxu's so-called courtesy courtiers, and the small favor that can be seated in the Spring and Palace, he clearly knows that Zhu Gaoxu only respects these scholars on the surface, but he doesn't care about them at all in his heart.

Scholars can only be respected when there are only a small number of them, and once there are scholars everywhere, the scholars are no different from Lifu on the wharf of Jiangdongmen in Zhu Gaoxu's view.

To deal with Zhu Gaoxu, you have to follow his thoughts.

Because of this, even Yao Guangxiao felt that there was no need to garrison Xifan, but he was still thinking of a way to help Zhu Gaoxu control Xifan.

"Tell me about it." Zhu Gaoxu heard Yao Guangxiao's words, picked up the teacup and asked for details.

Seeing this, Yao Guangxiao did not hide it, and said directly:

"If Harimaa can become a close person to the emperor's grandson, then in the future, the imperial court can send Harimaa to lead the monks of the Western Fan Group and change the teachings of Western Buddhism, so that the imperial court can better rule the Western Fan Land."

Yao Guangxiao knew very well that Zhu Gaochu didn't like Buddhism in the land of the West very much, after all, as far as Zhu Gaochu took the West by force, this was not like something that a person who respected Buddha could do.

Since Zhu Gaoxu didn't like it, it must be because the teachings of Western Buddhism did not conform to his ideas.

In this case, it is better to start with religious teachings and reform them little by little.

"It's a way to do it, but it's too slow."

Zhu Gaoxu bowed slightly, and did not feel that there was anything wrong with changing the teachings of Western Buddhism.

After all, the current teachings of Western Buddhism basically began with the Phags-pa before they became demonic.

It has only been more than 100 years since Paspa to the present, so there is nothing since ancient times.

Even the reincarnation of the spirit child was just something that the Karma Kagyu sect had made up at the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, and it didn't spread at all.

For this reason, many religious policies that may seem stubborn to later generations are nothing short of old in the present age.

"In the matter of Western Buddhism, I will ask the master to help me advise, in short, I hope it can bring stability, not destruction."

"If it's about vandalism, then I don't mind destroying the entire Buddhist temple in the West."

Zhu Gaoxu got up slowly, and Yao Guangxiao also got up and sent him out of the meditation room.

"Master doesn't need to send it, I'll send it tomorrow."

Walking to the door, Zhu Gaoxu explained and left with Yishiha and Hu Lun.

Seeing him go away, Yao Guangxiao went back to the meditation room and sat down to calculate.

After a short time, the young monk who often served him entered the meditation room, and while bringing him a meal, he also whispered:

"Why doesn't the young master directly participate in politics, but do things for the court in such an capacity?"

"......" The monk's words slowed down Yao Guangxiao's movements in calculating the Buddha beads, he slowly opened his eyes, and after thinking for a while, he said:

"A companion is like a tiger, I have already left a name in history, why do I have to get involved in the next thing."

"It's not difficult to get up from victory, but it's hard to retreat bravely from the rapids."

After that, Yao Guangxiao waved his hand to signal him to withdraw, and the monk slowly walked out of the meditation room when he saw this.

When he walked out of the meditation room, Zhu Gaoxu, who left Jiming Temple, took a carriage to Jian'anfang not far away.

Compared with the outer city, the inner city can be described as crowded, even on the ten-zhang wide Songjing Street, there is only an official road less than one zhang wide, and the left and right streets are basically crowded with people, shoulder to shoulder.

"How many people are there in the inner city?"

Looking at this scene, Zhu Gaoxu frowned and asked, Hu Lun was shocked when he heard this: "Now there are more than 729,000 mouths in Nanjing City, including nearly 500,000 in the outer city and more than 230,000 in the inner city. ”

"230,000 people are so crowded?" Zhu Gaoxu didn't quite believe in this amount, but he added:

"Hu Lun is talking about the permanent population, but on weekdays, there is an influx of merchants from the outer city and other cities, and there are no less than 500,000 people at the entrance of the inner city."

His words made Zhu Gaoxu bow, and then Zhu Gaoxu observed some pedestrians on the street, and finally said:

"After I go back, let the Ministry of Industry plan to relocate the sixteenth floor and the Guozijian in the city to the outer city, and the martial arts can also be abolished and merged into the National Defense University."

"After these places are relocated, let people tidy up the small school field, and put the rare and exotic beasts brought back by Zheng He into it, I will draw paper by hand, and then you will let the Ministry of Engineering do the same, and change the small school field into a zoo, and those who enter the park will collect two tickets enough, not too much."

Because of the hand-drawn maps of Zhu Gaoxu, Zheng He brought back far more animals than in history.

The monthly cost of caring for these animals is as high as nearly 1,000 yuan, which is 12,000 yuan a year, which can support an army of 500 people.

Anyway, few people will go to see it if they are kept alone in the imperial city, so it is better to make a zoo to collect tickets, even if it can't make money, but at least it can subsidize the zoo.

"Yes" Yishu Ha nodded and wrote down this matter, and this is Hu Lun also said: "Your Highness, here you are." ”

"Hmm." Before Hu Lun could speak, Zhu Gaoxu saw the person he wanted to see.

I saw that in the flow of people, two inconspicuous figures were wandering around, and these two figures were Zhu Zhanqi and Zhu Zhanqi, who were really free-range.

Ten-year-old Zhu Zhanqi and six-year-old Zhu Zhanqi skillfully shuttled through the flow of people, and occasionally saw something delicious, so they stopped paying for it, and took snacks and walked while eating.

"Shouldn't you be studying at this point?"

Zhu Gaoxu asked Yizha, but Yizha said: "The slave and maid are looking for several teachings, and the time set for the two highnesses is three hours from the hour to the future, and if you don't study in the future, you can play at will." ”

"Three hours...... It's not short. Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu didn't say anything more.

As far as the coarse linen clothes on the two boys are concerned, stocking still has certain benefits, as long as they don't have the bad habit of fighting crickets like the eldest nephew.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu looked at the two boys carefully, and asked the carriage to follow them.

In a short time, they shuttled from the noisy Jian'an Fang to the small river clearing behind Chaotian Palace.

Here, many people who set up their stalls spontaneously set up a market with various games to play.

Among them, Zhu Gaoxu also saw the small stall vendors who cheated money in elementary school in his previous life, such as pulling beads and guessing dice, but he didn't expect that these skills had been inherited for so long, and they had already formed a scale in the early Ming Dynasty.

"They don't play these, do they?"

Zhu Gaoxu was worried that these two boys would give money to others, so he hurriedly inquired about it.

"The two highnesses don't play, they ......" Yizha was a little embarrassed to say, and at this time the carriage also stopped.

Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to look, and saw that Zhu Zhanqi and Zhu Zhanqi were already sitting in a stall, and in front of them was an existence similar to a ring.

"Horn to the point? Or is it a stunt? Zhu Gaoxu was interested, and said with satisfaction: "It's ...... for boys to play more and see this kind of thing."

Before Zhu Gaoxu's good words could be spoken, he saw two sturdy rural women walking into the ring.

They had ropes tied around their waists, revealing their strong arms, and even Zhu Gaoxu had suffered the impact.

"Your Highnesses don't play these ...... I just like to watch the woman's corner against ......"

Yisha was a little weak-hearted, and at this time, the two healthy women in the ring had already started the game of wrestling.

Although the atmosphere in the early Ming Dynasty was strictly rectified by Zhu Yuanzhang, at the beginning of the Yongle period, Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu began to gradually relax.

Therefore, this kind of women's corner game has reappeared in the streets and alleys.

Under the ring, some people began to bet, mostly men, and even if women watched, they were far away and did not dare to get so close.

Although Zhu Zhanqi and Zhu Zhanqi did not participate in gambling, these two boys excitedly cheered up their favorite healthy women.

Looking at the audience, among the hundreds of onlookers, the two of them were the youngest and shouted the loudest.

Looking at this scene, Zhu Gaoxu's face darkened, and while closing the window, he explained with resentment:

"Let the teacher give them an extra hour of class time, and they can learn more equestrian skills without learning literature."

"Yes......"

As the words fell, the carriage gradually drove away from the place full of smoke and fire.

(End of chapter)