There is only one emperor in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Emperor.

But Da Ming has seven princes and seven vassal kings.

In that year, Emperor Taizu personally canonized the four princes, and named his second son as the commander of the northern border army of King Yan, 300,000, and the fief Chang'an City.

named his third son the king of Zhao, but unfortunately he died in the palace before he became a vassal, and he was not counted.

There is also Emperor Taizong, who was named King Hui that year.

The last one is the younger brother of Emperor Taizu back then, who was named King of Liang, fiefdom Liangzhou, and had a Liangzhou cavalry under his command, brave and good at fighting, stationed in the Western Regions, and deterring countries in the Western Regions.

After that, Taizong named his righteous son Zhu Ping as the king of Cheng, the fief of Yizhou, and the concubine Li Yong of the former dynasty of Great Qin as the king of Qi, and the fief Youzhou.

Now, His Majesty the Ming Emperor has personally canonized his eldest son Li Zhong as the king of Zhao and fiefdom Xiangzhou. At that time, the imperial court still had some objections to the title of the eldest son of the Ming Emperor, because the third son of Taizu was this title, so the folds of the imperial history platform at that time were piled up on the desk of the imperial study like snow. In the end, it was Yang Zhao of Yushitai who made an excerpt and completely solved this matter, and it was precisely because of this incident that Yang Zhao completely stayed by the side of His Majesty Emperor Ming.

The second prince, Li Xiaoyun, was named the acting king, and the fief was Yangzhou where Jiang Wei's seven people defended for seven days, and then the third prince, Li Mao, was the fief of Bianzhou.

In fact, there were not a few people who were named vassal kings back then, but for various reasons, there were only seven princes left, among which King Yan was the most powerful, King Qi was the most powerful in using soldiers, and King Liang had the most sophisticated cavalry.

When Wei Lao Guogong came to Jiming Temple, the sky was just dawning, the old man walked off the carriage lightly on crutches, he knew that His Majesty was inside, waiting for him.

As the fog gradually rose, Wei Laoguo waved his hand, signaling the housekeeper to stay where he was, not to follow him, and enter the Jiming Temple.

In front of the gate of Jiming Temple, a little novice took a broom in his hand, swept away the fallen leaves, and when he saw the arrival of the old Duke of Wei, he hurriedly folded his hands and saluted.

Wei Lao Guogong smiled and returned the salute, pointing in the direction of the gate of Jiming Temple, as if asking if the gate was opened, Xiao Shami shook his head and said softly, "Donor, the time is a little earlier, Jiming Temple has not opened the mountain gate yet, why don't the little monk wake them up and open the door for you?"

Wei Lao Guogong grabbed the little novice who wanted to go back to Jiming Temple to call people, and smiled slightly, "Thank you, little master, I'll sit here and wait, and I'm not in a hurry." ”

After that, Wei Laoguo picked up the broom on the ground and helped the little novice clean up the fallen leaves, and the little novice on the side touched his bald head, "Donor, put it down quickly, this is what the little monk has to do, you are a pilgrim, just give it to the little monk." ”

Wei Laoguo cleaned up a lot of fallen leaves in the blink of an eye, "Little master, people are old, they can't stay, if you don't do something, my old bones will be uncomfortable, or you will be a little master and pity me."

The old man. ”

Xiao Shami still refused to let Wei Laoguo clean up the fallen leaves, took the broom, and said softly: "No, if I am seen by the uncle of the temple, I will be miserable, old man, you still sit there, wait in peace, the time is up, go to the mountain gate." ”

"Little master, do you think the Buddha will really bless those who sincerely change their ways, and can they let them go to the Western Heavens?"

Xiao Shami remembered the scriptures that his master had asked him to copy, and said to Wei Laoguo sincerely: "Donor, the Buddha will definitely bless you, a kind man." ”

Wei Lao Guogong smiled lightly, no longer reluctant, the Buddha beads in his hand slowly turned, sat on the steps on the side, one hand on the ground, the other hand held the Buddha beads, put them on his lap, and quietly watched the little novice clean up the fallen leaves.

Time passed in a hurry, and Xiao Shami quickly finished cleaning up the fallen leaves, whispered goodbye to Wei Laoguo on the side, and walked to Jiming Temple. Wei Lao Guogong nodded, and in the square in front of the huge Jiming Temple, only Wei Lao Guogong was left.

The spring breeze rises suddenly, blowing down a piece of leaves, the ground that has just been cleaned by the little novice, and a lot of leaves have fallen, Wei Laoguo Gong looked at the fallen leaves, how can people not be like this fallen leaves in this life, when I was a child, just like the spring in the spring, just grown out of the buds, weak and fresh, and then when I grew into leaves, that time seemed to be my own youth, nostalgic and beautiful, and the fallen leaves on the ground are now myself, it's time to leave.

The sound of children playing in his ears sounded, Wei Lao Guogong raised his eyes, and several children walked out of the gate of Jiming Temple, and came to the land to play in groups with small shovels in their hands.

Wei Lao Guogong smiled lightly, and couldn't help but think that his grandfather seemed to look at him like this back then, and his grandfather sat there for a long time, and he was still guessing what his grandfather was looking at, but now he understands a little.

Memories are everywhere you look, and everything you think is the past.

It turned out to be nostalgic for the time that had passed.

Wei Lao Guogong, who was sitting there, got up slowly, the Buddha beads in his hand broke violently, and the beads fell to the ground one by one.

"To die is to die. ”

In the autumn of the fifth year of Jiahe, one of the four great generals of the dynasty, Wei Laoguogong, Xu Tiande, died in Chang'an City, Jiming Temple.

Today is the most unusual day for Wang Yi, because today His Majesty Emperor Ming wants to summon himself and Ma Shun and other Jinyi guards who are going to Southern Chu in the Taihe Palace.

Just a few days ago, Emperor Ming sent someone to pick up Xiao Wenxuan, who had lived in Meridian Lane for a long time, and issued an edict on the same day to announce to the world that Xiao Wenxuan recognized his ancestors and returned to his ancestors, changed his name to Li Wenxuan, and named him Princess Taiping.

This is the first time Wang Yi has come to the outside of the Taihe Hall since he joined Jinyiwei, so he is naturally a little nervous.

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Li Yuan, who was cheeky and had to come with him, stood there, very relaxed, looking at the people around him, Li Yuan was a little puzzled, didn't he just see my cousin, what is there to be nervous about, I have seen it several times back then.

In the Taihe Palace, the people who are qualified to stand here are all the people who are qualified to decide the direction of the Ming Dynasty, and the middle-aged man in the imperial robe sits on the dragon chair, and the officials below are generously talking about the state affairs they have played.

The middle-aged man sitting on the dragon chair just yawned lightly and asked Gao Lishi beside him, "Where did he go?"

Gao Lishi hurriedly bent down, put his body as close to His Majesty's ear as possible, and said softly: "Your Majesty, Lord Liu is talking about the plan of the household department today, and the issue of cutting military salaries. ”

Emperor Ming just sighed softly, and then said to Lord Liu below: "Okay, I understand, needless to say, the next one, the next one." ”

After hearing His Majesty's words, Lord Liu, who was talking about himself as a proud person, had no choice but to stop raising his raised right hand, confess, and retreat into the ranks of the ministers, without saying a word.

Seeing this, Colliers shouted, "Which other lord wants to play with His Majesty?"

Among the ministers, no one dared to speak, Gao Lishi quietly glanced at Zhang Juzheng, who was standing there motionless, and then turned around, lowered his head, and said to Emperor Ming: "Your Majesty is okay." ”

When Emperor Ming, who was originally a little sleepy, heard this, he stood up instantly, and put his hands behind his back, "Ladies and gentlemen, I want to talk about a fortunate thing for the Li family today, a fortunate thing for the Ming Dynasty, King Zhao during the Taizu period, my uncle of the Three Emperors, and there are still heirs left in the world." ”

After Emperor Ming finished speaking, there were naturally people below shouting God bless the Great Ming, Your Majesty Shengming.

Yao Xian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who was standing on the side, looked at the group of people coldly, and was very disdainful in his heart, a group of Ming moths.

When the Ming Emperor stood on the Taihe Palace, there were five hundred cavalry from the east gate of Chang'an City, the leader was dressed in a python robe, riding a brown-red high-headed horse under him, and a golden Yanzi Wang Banner followed closely behind him.

On the street of Chang'an City, there was silence, everyone held their breath, and when they saw the Yanzi Wang flag, they knelt on the ground one after another, shouting "Yanwang". The five hundred horsemen were like bamboos, and under the leadership of the leader, they drove all the way to the noon gate of the palace, and no one dared to stop them.

The leader turned over and dismounted, and from the horse on the side, took over a "soldier", the soldier was a little weak, and after dismounting, he called softly, "Second uncle." ”

This "second uncle" made King Yan laugh, King Yan raised his head, glanced at the tall city gate, took the hand of the "soldier", and walked into the noon gate with several guards behind him.

The soldiers guarding the city on both sides of the noon gate, from beginning to end, no one dared to reprimand this King Yan, one of the seven vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty.