Chapter 16 Crossing the Ming Dynasty and Encountering Hongwu
The so-called fireworks in March under Yangzhou, this Ming Dynasty, Yangzhou has been subordinate to the Beijing Division (Nanjing), although just into March, but this thin West Lake is already a flower red leaf green, competing with each other. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
Pear blossoms with rain compete for beauty,
Peony cage smoke charming makeup.
Ququ distant mountains fly blue,
Dancing sleeves reflect the sunset.
Diliu spring equinox cactus road,
The lake shines brightly, and the green Qiu is clear.
Foresight Patrol Zhan Tianbiao,
Hundreds of countries worship Shengming.
At this moment, on the Wuting Bridge, four brocade-clothed wrexes are holding five umbrella covers, and two wrestlers are holding four fans. I saw an old man wearing a twelve-petal golden winged dragon crown, wearing a dark silk silk dragon robe, the dragon robe showed the sun and moon on both shoulders, a round dragon on the front plate, two square dragons on the back, ninety-nine eighty-one dragon patterns on the side of the clothes, and fifty-nine dragon patterns on the collar. The jade belt of the nine-striped dragon on his waist, and a pair of dark thin leather boots under his feet. Counting carefully, there are 192 dragons on this dragon robe, which shows how superb the silk weaving technology was at that time. This person has a long face and thin eyebrows, and his figure is not tall, his facial features are not good-looking, but there is a hidden dragon power between these eyebrows, this person is Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the ages.
Behind him, there were more than a dozen people, the most conspicuous of which were two fifteen or sixteen-year-old boys, who were also dressed in dragon robes, but although the person in front of him was thin, he was a dragon with a dragon face and phoenix eyes, and he walked with extraordinary momentum, it was the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunwen. And the tall man behind is Yushu Linfeng, graceful, this person is the peak that has crossed over, only to see him:
The sideburns are like a knife, and the eyebrows are like ink paintings.
The thin lips are slightly raised, and the nose is like a beam.
Although he is angry, he seems to laugh, and he is extremely angry and sometimes affectionate.
The lips are not dotted but contain Dan, and the eyebrows are not painted but emerald.
What a character in the painting. At the moment, he played with the folding fan in his hand, enjoying the beautiful scenery of this Slender West Lake.
On the shore in the distance and on several boats in the lake, there were many young women wearing red and green and wearing heavy makeup, desperately looking at King Gao and waving.
"Ah, look, that's King Gao, so handsome. "That's it, that's it, it's really better than Pan An. β
"Oh, if I can be the princess of that day, even if I die immediately, it will be worth it. β
"And I don't look in the mirror to see what you look like. β
"Who are you talking about, looking for a fight, right?" γγγγγγγ
In order to please King Gao's tongue, a group of women actually scuffled with several people, which is indeed surprising.
In the past few days, all the green buildings in Yangzhou City have been closed, and there are few pedestrians on the street, just because the girls have come to the Slender West Lake to see the legendary messenger of the sky, King Gao.
A young and beautiful woman next to King Gao said to him: "Uncle Wang, wherever you go, there will be so many women following you, it seems that the emperor and I really shouldn't worry about that marriage for you." The woman who spoke was Princess Jianping, the eldest daughter of Zhu Biao, the prince of the Ming Dynasty, who was standing beside him at the moment.
King Gao smiled shyly: "Princess Jianping smiled, this kind of woman is 100,000, 100,000, not as good as a finger of the person in my dream." β
When the horse heard this, he took out a piece of rice paper from his bosom and opened it, only to see three women, one man and four men painted on it. He looked at the portrait and said, "King Gao, these four dream people, this man has a fat head and big ears, let's not mention it for the time being." And looking at the first girl, the appearance of the sinking fish and the goose, the face of the shy flower in the closed moon, it is even more rare that it seems to be enthusiastic, but there are three points of coldness in this eyes; and this otome is not inferior to the first woman, the appearance is charming and cold, but this look is like a flame, and what is even more rare is a red bean mole between the eyebrows, how many men will be lovesick to death; β
The high king said: "I asked the court painter to paint a hundred copies of this painting, and distributed it all over the country, looking for these four people, how did you get it?"
The Changping horse smiled and said embarrassedly: "That day I saw the painter Zhang praising the characters in this painting in the palace, so he asked him to draw another picture with me, in fact, I was thinking, if I meet a woman who looks similar to the painting, I should compare it to see if it is Uncle Wang's dream person." β
Princess Jianping grabbed the horse's ears and whispered fiercely: "Have you taken a fancy to Uncle Wang, the person in the painting? Tell you, if you dare to do anything outside, be careful that I break your legs." As he spoke, he dodged the rice paper in his hand and threw it on the ground.
It was really a coincidence that the book was not written, followed by Ambassador Jin of North Korea (at this time Goguryeo had been changed to Korea, and Li Chenggui was crowned king and became a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty), he looked at the portrait on the ground and couldn't help but "Huh", hurriedly picked it up and folded it, and put it in his arms.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was walking in front, stood up, holding the guardrail of the carved tiger and dragon with both hands, looking back at King Gao, who nodded and smiled frequently at the women, he asked King Gao: "King Gao, you said that Emperor Yang of Sui built the Grand Canal, went to Yangzhou three times, and established a companion capital here. And when I come to Yangzhou every year, will future generations compare me with Emperor Yang of Sui?"
King Gao withdrew his gaze from afar, bowed down to Zhu Yuanzhang and said: "Your Majesty, this history of the Sui Dynasty is revised by the Tang Dynasty, and this Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty is the emperor of the dead country. β
Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked in his heart and said, "Oh, you go on, I want to listen." β
King Gao closed the folding fan in his hand, brushed his thoughts, and said: "I think that when Emperor Yang of Sui did not ascend the throne, he served as the governor of Jiangdu (the ancient name of Yangzhou), he knew that the cultural differences between the north and the south were very large, the economy of the south was developed but the cost of material transportation in the north was too high, and the annual tax was inconvenient for grain transportation, so he built the North-South Grand Canal with great national strength. If you want to say that Emperor Yang of Sui is wrong, it is wrong to rush for quick success, and this Grand Canal should be planned slowly, not in a hurry. β
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded frequently and said, "What about the character of Emperor Yang of Sui?"
King Gao said: "This, the minister dare not say. β
"Say, I forgive you not guilty. (I don't know if there is such a word in the Ming Dynasty, book friends are highly educated, give me some point.) οΌ
King Gao raised his eyes slightly and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, hurriedly lowered his head and said: "From ancient times to the present, those who can become emperors are all people who are broad-minded and tolerant of all rivers. Therefore, the history books of the Tang Dynasty said that Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty killed his father and played his mother, and the ministers thought that most of them were not credible. As for the matter of sibling self-mutilation (Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty killed his brother), I wonder if Li Shimin was also a Xuanwumen mutiny? Therefore, the minister believes that all the previous histories that the later dynasties revised should be carefully scrutinized, and they must not be read from the script. β
Zhu Yuanzhang listened to it and couldn't help nodding his head frequently. He said secretly, I don't know what future generations will say about me, the rebellious emperor, it seems that my history book must be revised now. He looked at Gao Wang, who was smiling confidently, and his thoughts went back to more than nine years ago.
It is said that it was the beginning of the summer of the twentieth year of Hongwu, Xuanwu Lake in Nanjing. The Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang set up a banquet here to reward hundreds of officials to celebrate the great victory of General Feng Sheng's expedition to Haixi, which occupied both sides of the Songhua River and recovered the territory of Liaodong where Goryeo lived, and the Jurchen tribe was officially included in the Ming Dynasty. The Jurchen tribe was annexed to the territory, and the three departments of Jianzhou Jurchen, Haixi Jurchen, and East China Sea Jurchen were established, and Jianzhou Wei and Jianzhou Zuowei were established, officially incorporating the northeast territory into the territory.
Halfway through the banquet, Zhu Yuanzhang and the ministers were pushing the cups and changing the lamps, when the wine was high, suddenly the sky changed greatly, the sky exploded thunder frequently, and a black round hole appeared not far from Zhu Yuanzhang. At this moment, the commander of the brocade guard made Mao Xiang hurriedly shout: "Hurry up and escort." As he spoke, several brocade guards rushed over, but they were struck by a few bolts of lightning, and they suddenly became charred-like blacks. Seeing that the situation was not good, Mao Xiang was about to rush forward, only to see a six- or seven-year-old boy who was not covered in the black hole, and he was falling on Zhu Yuanzhang's table, only to see that more than a dozen thunderbolts that hit Zhu Yuanzhang were blocked by this boy.
At this moment, when everyone was still in shock, the black hole disappeared, and the sky was clear in an instant. When everyone was amazed, they found that the boy at the table was unconscious but still breathing.
At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had just come back to his senses, said angrily: "Lang Lang Qiankun, why is this demon evil, Mao commanded, pull this demon out and behead it to show the public." β
The commander of the brocade guard made Mao Xiang listen, and he was just about to obey the order to receive the order. A person next to him stood up, it was the prince Zhu Biao, he knelt on the ground and shouted: "The emperor can't, this child fell from the sky, should be the messenger of the sky, the emperor will kill him directly without asking, I am afraid that the gods of heaven will be angry and disaster will fall on my Ming country." Please think twice. β
At this time, Tang He, the Duke of Xinguo, Feng Sheng, the general of the Conquest, Fu Youde, the Duke of Yingguo, and Lanyu, the Marquis of Yongchang, also knelt down to plead for mercy. At this time, a person knelt down, and officially Bei Lin, the supervisor of the Qin Heavenly Prison, saw him kowtow and said: "Your Majesty, today is the 24th of June on the Tai Sui duty, last night I watched the sky at night, and saw that the light of the emperor star was weak, and there seemed to be a bad omen, but the east even lowered five stars to keep the emperor star stable." When the old minister sees this son today, he should be one of the five stars. β
"Oh, which five stars descended on mortal dust?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked curiously.
"The five stars that fell to the ground are the Beidou Wenqu Star, the Wuqu Star and the Greedy Wolf Star, the Broken Army Star, and the Nandou Tianji Star. Nabehring exclaimed.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he secretly speculated for a while, he took the case and angrily reprimanded Bei Lin: "Since you observed the celestial phenomena yesterday, why didn't you report it early today." You are a great deception. β
Hearing this, Na Beilin was like a sifting chaff, and hurriedly kowtowed: "The emperor is angry, the emperor is angry, you forbade Qin Tianjian to participate in the early dynasty a few years ago, and the ministers must report to the Ministry of Rites before they can be presented to the emperor." β
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he thought about it for a while, as if there was such a thing, and half of his anger disappeared, he brushed his sleeves and said: "From tomorrow, you Qin Tianjian will also go to court together, and there must be no mistake." β
"Obey. Behring was happy and sad when he heard this, happy that the emperor would not kill him, sad that he would never be able to sleep lazy in the future.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the ministers kneeling on the ground, and had no choice but to say: "Jinyiwei, bring this person back to the palace, let the imperial doctor treat him, and be sure to save this person's life." β
On that day, what should have been a grand and grand celebration banquet ended hastily, and everyone had their own hearts and broke up unhappily.
More than ten days after this incident, on this day, Zhu Yuanzhang was discussing important military matters with several important ministers of the court in the palace, when Gonggong Li came in and reported that the young boy had woken up and was clamoring to see the emperor immediately.
Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a while, he looked at the few important ministers below, and then said to Gonggong Li: "Spread my will and bring this young boy to the palace." β
After a while, Gonggong Li led a sixteen or seven-year-old child into the main hall, Zhu Yuanzhang's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at the young child carefully, only to see that the young child had changed into a little eunuch's clothes, he was plump and handsome, the flour was like jade, his eyes were clear and his mouth was wide, and his nose was like a hanging beam. The doll walked to His Royal Highness, did not kneel, looked around at the crowd, and then looked up at Zhu Yuanzhang, smiling slightly, as if waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang's question.
An old man and a young man looked at each other like this for a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang was afraid, this doll was only six or seven years old, and he dared to look at me without being afraid, except for Zhang Sanfeng and Zhang Xianren who I saw twenty years ago, I have never seen the second person, and twenty years ago, I had not yet been called the emperor.
At this time, the child knelt down and said, "Villain Gaofeng, I have seen Emperor Hongwu." β
Emperor Hongwu, this is a good title, Zhu Yuanzhang's mood was a little smoother, and he said: "Gao Feng, get up and talk back." I ask you, where are you from, and what are you doing here?"
Gao Feng stood up and stunned everyone in the palace with one sentence, "I am the messenger of heaven, and I am here to help Emperor Hongwu achieve a thousand-year-old cause." β
Zhu Yuanzhang was secretly shocked in his heart, but his face did not change. He held the gentian and slapped the dragon case, and the words frightened the important ministers in the palace even more dumbfounded, only to hear that Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Since you are the messenger of heaven, then you must know the will of heaven, do you dare to kill you?"
Na Gao Feng smiled indifferently and said, "Your Majesty, what if I answer correctly?"
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened violently, and he sneered: "If you answer correctly, I promise not to kill you, and I will recognize you as the messenger of heaven and crown you as the king." But if you get it wrong, I'll put your head on the ground right now. Zhu Yuanzhang said in his heart, you doll, if you answer to kill, I will say that I will not kill; No matter how you are wrong, you will not escape death today.
I saw the doll say: "You have no jokes, and please ask the emperor to give me a pen and paper." β
Although Zhu Yuanzhang was strange, he still asked the eunuch to bring the four treasures of the study, only to see Gao Feng pick up the brush, absorb the ink, write a few words on the rice paper, and let the eunuch present it to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the rice paper, and couldn't help but secretly pick his thumb, this doll is so old, she writes a good hand, even if she is not an angel, she is definitely not an ordinary child, he looked at the answer on the rice paper, and felt that he was winning, and he was just about to start speaking, but looking at this peak full of confident expression, he said in his heart: No, and then carefully savored these words on the rice paper.
And the prince Zhu Biao, who was standing next to him, looked at the rice paper on the table, thought for a while, and already knew, but he didn't dare to applaud in words, so he could only bear it secretly.
That Zhu Yuanzhang stroked his beard, and then looked at the smiling face of the high peak, he frowned secretly, and the expression on his face became more and more solemnγγγγγγ