Seiwa

Leaving the palace, Meng Qing and Shen Xuan walked side by side.

The moon was bright and the stars were sparse, and a gust of night wind blew in, and it was smoky, carrying the unique agarwood of a prosperous place.

Meng Qinghe wanted to say something, turned his head, his gaze fell into a pair of dark eyes, and the words that came to his mouth were instantly swallowed back into his throat.It seems that nothing is appropriate, as silence is golden.

Along the way, the Hualou Hefang in the distance is brightly lit.The nearby streets and alleys were silent.

Immersed in inexplicable emotions, Meng Qinghe was a little distracted.

Not long after, the door plaque of Duke Dingguo's Mansion came into view, and Shen Xuan rode his horse to stop in front of the door.The front door was already wide open, and the horse didn't stop. The person on the horse had been embraced by a strong arm, and he fell off the horse inadvertently, and his wandering thoughts also fell back to the original place.

"My lord?"

"What are you thinking about?"

"No."

Meng Qinghe shook his head, he didn't have time to say more, he was pulled into the Duke's mansion by the wrist.

The guards of the Duke's Mansion and the Bo's Mansion looked at each other, exchanged a knowing look, and automatically followed into the mansion. The gate was closed, isolating the two worlds inside and outside.

The Guogong Mansion was rebuilt on the basis of the Hou Mansion. There are seven front halls, two mansions and nine frames, the middle hall is also seventy-nine, and the back hall is seven rooms and seven frames. The gold-lacquered gate has a tin ring embedded with animal faces, cornices and bucket arches. Covered with blackboard tiles, the ridge crouches with tile beasts.The eaves are painted, the doors and windows are decorated with gold lacquer, and the corridors and verandas are all built in accordance with regulations, without any trace of overreach.

Passing through the front hall, there are two halls and three halls. The original school yard has been enlarged, and the flowers planted and the strange stones in the altar have disappeared.

With the help of the lanterns hanging under the eaves of the corridor, I swept across the weapon racks on the wall of the school yard, which were empty.

Meng Qinghe frowned strangely. The last time he came, there were still swords, guns, swords and halberds there, but within a few months, they were all gone.

He believed that the people in the duke's mansion did not have the guts to use Shen Xuan's weapons, and the only explanation for the situation before him was that Shen Xuan gave an order.

"My lord, what's going on?"

Shen Xuan didn't stop walking, "It was all transported back to Beijing."

Beijing?

Before he had time to think about it, Shen Xuan had already pulled him through the corridor, pushed open the door of the main room of the third hall, and the indoor lamps had been turned on earlier.

The chief waiter was waiting by the door, when he saw Shen Xuan and Meng Qinghe, he immediately bowed down to salute.

"Go down."

I don't know if it's superfluous, but Meng Qinghe always feels that Shen Xuan's voice is much hoarse than before.

tired?Or was it because of drinking in the palace?

The long follower stepped back, and with a creak, the door closed.

The wrist was finally released, and it was already a little numb.

Meng Qinghe steadied his steps, turned around, looked at Shen Xuan who was standing by the door, "Master?"

Shen Xuan didn't make a sound.

Wearing a bright red unicorn suit, the neckline is slightly loose, the eyes are lightly drawn, and the figure is still tall and straight, but with a rare touch of laziness.

He removed the haircut with one hand, combed his hair with his slender fingers, and a few strands of black hair fell down, reflecting the black eyes, shining with a heart-pounding light.

For a moment, Meng Qinghe was a little out of breath.

What's happening here?But that's what he thought?

So, should we take the initiative to pounce on it, or be more reserved?The point is, can he be reserved?

Meng Qinghe's face was calm, but his heart was pounding, not nervous, but completely excited.

Shen Xuan said nothing, and took two steps forward.

The room was very quiet, and the sound of footsteps amplified infinitely in my ears.

My heart is about to jump out of my chest.

Meng Qinghe swore that he did his best.It's a pity that my sanity is still shattered into dregs...

There was a blunt sound, the stool rolled on the ground, and the landscape screen moved away.

After a short silence, there was a deep laugh.

With pampering.

The laughter didn't last long.Soon, the lights in the main room went out, and everything fell into the endless night.

The next day, the weather was fine.

Uncle Xingning slept until the sun was three poles, and it was rare for Duke Ding to get up early.

Both of them didn't have to go to court, they had breakfast, Shen Xuan changed into official uniform, went to patrol the military camp outside the city, and supervised the new battle formation's rehearsal.Fifteen thousand sergeants added by the commander of the capital of Zhejiang and Fujian have arrived in Nanjing, and they were ordered to join Shen Xuan's command and practice together.

Meng Qinghe has nothing to do for the time being, what should be explained was explained clearly last night, a warrant was written and privately sealed this morning, Shen Xuan can receive the medicinal materials brought from Daning at any time.

According to the Son of Heaven, the army should set off before August at the latest. The land of Annan has high mountains and far rivers. Guangxi and Yunnan are now considered barren lands. It is the best place for Emperor Jianwen to settle his uncle and the court to exile prisoners.

In contrast, there must have been a lot of difficulties for the army to go out.

"It's probably not enough just to prepare the medicine."

Sitting at the desk, Meng Qinghe held up the wide sleeves of his casual clothes, rubbed his ink, and thought in his mind that food, grass, looped jackets, military shoes, tents, ordnance, and wound medicines would definitely be prepared by the household and military departments.It is rare for North Korea, Chinese and Wu to have a unified opinion. They vowed to teach Annan a lesson, and they would definitely not make too many mistakes in logistics.

On weekdays, civil and military fights, it doesn't matter if you don't like each other.There is absolutely no room for sloppiness in such a major matter, otherwise, Emperor Yong Le will be the first to not forgive lightly without being impeached by others.

In addition to the standing supplies, what else needs to be added?

Meng Qinghe habitually propped his chin, thinking too seriously, forgetting that he was still holding a writing brush in his hand, his cheeks were cold, and the fragrance of ink floated into his nose, and when he touched it, his hands were covered in black.

Shaking his head and laughing, it's rare for such a time.

The waiting Chang Sui heard the call and brought warm water.Seeing Uncle Xingning with a cat face, he adhered to the principle of doing more and talking less, and acted as if he didn't see what he saw. The water was delivered and the people went out. His actions were not sloppy at all, and he didn't even have a suspicious look in his eyes.

Seeing this situation, Meng Qinghe had to sigh, after all, he was working under Ding Guogong, look at his awareness and work attitude!When he comes back from Annan, shouldn't he give some vocational training to the people in his mansion?

Forget it, Shen Xuan is used to this, but he may not.

When I went back to the desk and looked at the entries I had written before, I couldn't find any omissions in general, and I still felt that something was overlooked.He simply didn't want to think about it, so he ordered his guards to lead the horses, and went to the temple outside the city to ask Dao Yan for advice.

Since the second year of Yongle, Xie Jin was studying books in Wenyuan Pavilion, and Dao Yan was ordered to be a supervisor.

The work of compiling the book is on track, and the book is gradually making a small success. Dao Yan doesn't have to stay in the palace every day, but he still goes back to the temple to study Buddhism.

Zhu Di sympathized with Dao Yan's age and his energy was not as good as before, so he acquiesced in his behavior equivalent to absenteeism.

The position vacated by the great monk was already occupied by Jin Yiwei.Even without Dao Yan, Xie Jin and the others dare not slack off.Jin Yiwei is not good at pointing out mistakes directly, but is very good at making small reports behind the scenes.Those who were beaten and reported basically had to live in the imperial prison for a few days.

Jin Yiwei's methods became more and more sophisticated. All court officials who were invited to Beizhen Fusi to drink tea, even if they were released entirely, would have nightmares for ten days and a half months in a row.However, the family members couldn't get half a word of the truth from them, and they couldn't find any traces of torture on their bodies, not even a whip mark, and they couldn't produce tangible evidence to knock on the drum.

There is no medical report, no certificate from a good doctor, no confession from the person concerned, and if Jin Yiwei committed torture without authorization, who cares about you?In case of being bitten back and charged with slander and slander, the yamen servants of Yingtianfu will immediately come to the door with an iron ruler.

It's fine once or twice, but Jin Yiwei seems to have completely changed his approach, preferring the way of "convincing people with reason", and easily stopped using the whip.

Officials who are fortunate enough to experience it first-hand, wish they could grab the iron bars of the cell and scream X, grab the ground with their heads, and don't punish them, what kind of Jinyiwei!

After grabbing land a few times, he had a proper concussion, and Jin Yiwei didn't need to do anything else. He basically just asked questions and answered them.

Ji Gang, who developed such torture methods, was praised by Jin Yiwei's internal bulletin, and gained a lot of limelight.Jin Yiwei, who has always shown himself as a vicious and cunning eagle dog, has seen his terror index soar again.

As the leader of Jin Yiwei and the image spokesperson of Fusi in Nanbei Township, Yang Duo's popularity in the court has declined rapidly, which is not much worse than that of Shen Xuan on the battlefield.

Want to make friends?Basically impossible.

Meng Qinghe was one of the rare military officers who had friendship with Jin Yiwei. When he talked to Yang Duo, he couldn't help but feel chills behind his back, which showed how high the professional level of Commander Yang was.

Fortunately, he has always been kind-hearted, and he has won the unanimous favor of Jin Yiwei.

Intersecting with Jinyiwei has advantages and disadvantages.For him, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. After leaving the Duke's mansion, Meng Qinghe jumped on the horse. As soon as he got on the horse's back, he froze and almost fell off.

It seems, as if, to forget a rather important thing.

"Uncle?"

"... Prepare the carriage."

"carriage?"

"By the way, help me off the horse."

His expression was calm, his movements were stiff, and he sucked in cold air while gritting his teeth.

The personal guard helped Meng Qinghe get off the horse, and after confirming that Uncle Meng was really unwell, he immediately went to the uncle's house next door to set up a horse-drawn cart.

Meng Qinghe stood in front of the Duke's Mansion with a dull expression, keeping his back as straight as possible, praying that no one would pass by at this time.

No, I still ran into Prince Ning's son who was going to the palace for a banquet.

All the royal family members in Nanjing knew about the Kunning Palace family banquet yesterday.Ding Guogong is the righteous grandson of Emperor Gao, and now he is the adopted son, so there is nothing wrong with attending.What is Xing Ningbo's status to get such an honor?Various speculations came out one after another, but no one dared to speak strange things in private.

With Jinyiwei all-pervasive, if something offends the emperor, it will be a big trouble.Discussing the rights and wrongs of the first family of the Ming Dynasty must be because they feel that life is too comfortable, and they want to see what Jin Yiwei's driving post is like.

Zhu Panxuan and Meng Qinghe are not strangers, but they are not familiar either.

The former was dissatisfied with Emperor Yong Le's back-and-forth, breaking the verbal promise made during Jing Nan, and often engaged in some small tricks in private, which were not classified as secrets.King Ning Zhu Quan waved his stool legs and gave him a hard-pump. Zhu Panxuan was honest on the surface, but what he did in private is still open for discussion. Talk to Zhu Panxuan.

Don't offend, and don't get involved, the best solution is to put him in the same category as King Qi and keep him at a respectful distance.

I want to wear small shoes for him, whatever.Whether it can be successful or not depends entirely on the meaning of the emperor.After all, there was his seat at the emperor's family banquet, but Zhu Panxuan didn't even get a seat.

Zhu Panxuan rode his horse and approached, Meng Qinghe made way to salute, hoping that he would pass quickly.Zhu Panxuan didn't want to but stopped.

"Uncle Xingning?"

Zhu Panxuan pulled the reins, glanced at the mansion gate behind Meng Qinghe, then looked at Meng Qinghe again, raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Xing Ning Botong Dingguo bus is really good."

Meng Qinghe bowed his head and curled his lips, "Borrowing the auspicious words of your son."

Zhu Panxuan: "..." Playing stupid on purpose?

"The son is going to enter the palace?" Meng Qinghe didn't want to talk nonsense with Zhu Panxuan, "I'm going out of the city."

Subtext, everyone is in a hurry, why bother to find something to say, and hate each other.

Just because Meng Qinghe doesn't trouble Zhu Panxuan doesn't mean he doesn't hold grudges.Zhu Panxuan had a series of actions against Daning before, not to mention all of them, but also grasped seven points.Zhu Panxuan was not the mastermind, but also the pusher of his prison disaster.It is not easy to give this person a smiling face in this way.

Zhu Panxuan was choked by Meng Qinghe, his expression was a little gloomy, remembering his father's instructions and the good fight before, he swallowed his breath reluctantly, and said: "So, I will go ahead."

"Send the son."

Meng Qinghe saluted again.Putting a low profile will not lose a piece of meat, and it is important to send this plague god away.

Had a face-to-face meeting with Zhu Panxuan today, will he be referred to by the speaker again?

Looking at the back of Zhu Panxuan and his party, Meng Qinghe couldn't help but smile wryly.

Making enemies everywhere is not what he wants.However, in today's place, there is no room for him not to act like this.

This is for himself and for Shen Xuan.

Putting this matter aside for the time being, Meng Qinghe got into the carriage covered by his personal guards and went out of the city to meet Dao Yan.

Not long after he left, a figure flashed at the corner of the street, wearing a bright red brocade robe and a headband embroidered with gold thread, it was Yang Duo, the commander of the brocade guards.

Looking at the plaque on the Duke's Mansion, Yang Duo was in a daze, then turned his gaze away, turned to the direction where Zhu Panxuan left, narrowed his eyes slightly, his eyes were as cold as ice.

"command?"

"Go back to Beizhen Fusi and call Ji Gang. I have something to tell him to do."

"Yes."

In the city of Nanjing, the dark tide was once again raging.

When the army gathered outside the city, King Qi, who was temporarily detained in the clan's mansion, was demoted to a commoner by an imperial decree.The family members of the royal family were demoted together, and all the glory of the past disappeared overnight.

After King Qi was dealt with, Emperor Yongle issued an order to announce the crimes committed by King Qi to the clans of all feudal vassals outside, so as to take them as a warning.Once there are accomplices, they will never be spared lightly.

The clans of the vassal princes have come forward one after another, expressing that they will absolutely take the king of Qi as a precept, abide by the law and abide by the law, and be strict with themselves.

The King of Shu even submitted the form three times, repeatedly stating that he was willing to include the three guards of the palace as nearby frontier guards, leaving only five hundred school lieutenants to protect the safety of the palace.

"The minister is ashamed and grateful for the grace of God, and is extremely frightened."

Zhu Di was very satisfied with the performance of the king of Shu. He still needed to contribute to the conquest of Annan. He did not reduce the guards of the king of Shu, but increased the compensation.

The king of Shu became more and more frightened, and he went to the table again, and Zhu Di asked him again and again, so he didn't go directly to the capital to plead guilty.

There was a king of Shu who set a precedent, and other vassals, as long as they were smart, followed suit.

Zhu Di didn't have a clear purpose to cut down the vassal, but the vassal king took the initiative to reduce the armed forces in his hands. He sincerely stated that the reduction of guards was voluntary, and the emperor must allow it.

King An is Zhu Di's half-brother, and the concubine he married is Empress Xu's younger sister, so the relationship has taken another level.In addition to taking the initiative to reduce the guards, please add the table, asking the court to take back the taxation rights of the feudal land.

"The minister is dull, has no talent to lead the army, and has the ability to assist the government. This is all I can do to repay Your Majesty's affection."

From today onwards, he no longer collects taxes, but receives state wages instead.As much as the emperor gives, he will use as much, hardworking and simple, hard work as the foundation!

Zhu Di praised King An, and only nationalized the salt and iron, and the rest was still under the control of Prince An's Mansion.In private, Jin Yiwei sent a message to King An that the imperial fleet will return in a few days, and the goods on board will be shared with brothers.Next time I sail again, I promise to give my brother three boats.

King An gave Zhu Di face, so Zhu Di naturally wanted to reciprocate and benefit his brother.

Although Jin Yiwei was active in private, he did not deliberately cover up the news.Knowing that King An has handed over part of the taxation rights, he has gained such a great benefit. Some feudal kings and clans who were entrusted in barren lands and poor mountains and rivers have petitioned to act like King An.

The imperial court did not waste its efforts, and gradually gathered power.Such a situation, I am afraid that Emperor Jianwen, who cut down the vassal and lost the throne, would never have dreamed of it.

In the final analysis, it was just a small person who accidentally broke into history and pried a corner of the square brick, and then more insightful people discovered that moving the square brick to one position will make the foundation stronger.

More and more people participated, the foundation of the dynasty became stronger, and under the virtuous circle, some problems that were regarded as deadlocks were also solved.

The first to benefit are the emperor and courtiers.

In the end, it is the entire country that benefits.

In July of the fourth year of Yongle, Wuzishuo, the emperor offered sacrifices to the Taimiao.

He returned to Fengtian Hall, and sent envoys to sacrifice to the God of Haidu in Yuezhen, saying that Li Jishang and Zicang, the officials of Annan City, slaughtered the lord of the country, annihilated their ancestors, usurped power and seized the country, changed their names and changed their surnames, and proclaimed themselves kings.He also invaded Linfeng with his troops and plundered the frontiers of the upper country. He refused to listen to tired orders and acted rebelliously.Since Tianping, the grandson of the Chen family, was expelled by him and returned to the imperial court, the rebels harbored evil intentions, pretending to welcome him back to the country, and cunningly set up an ambush to kill him with soldiers.He also harmed the envoys and deceived the court's order, which is a heinous crime that cannot be forgiven!

The Li family was responsible to the country outside, bullied the people inside, tortured the law harshly, expropriated and extorted, causing people's resentment to boil, and the heaven, earth, ghosts and gods will not tolerate it!

I respect the destiny of heaven, rule all directions, and dare not be unrighteous.Specially dispatch all the generals to lead their troops to hang down to save the people from the fire and water, and establish the right way of the world!

The sacrificial oration is issued nationwide by imperial decree.

Zhu Di's meaning is very clear. Annan violated Tianwei and committed a heinous crime. He will send generals to lead the army to conquer the traitors in the name of justice.

In a simple sentence, it means that the sun will destroy you!

The local officials who paid close attention to the movements of the Ming Dynasty to King Champa and Luzhou were all rejoicing.

The king of Champa sent envoys, hoping to attack Annan with the Ming army and avenge the past.

The local officials in the Siming Mansion expressed to the court one after another that they were willing to send people and food to follow the imperial army.Local officials such as Dao Meng, who had been robbed of population and villages by Hu's troops, became more active, slashing their arms with swords, and vowed revenge.

In contrast, Annan Hu, who heard the news, was completely stunned.

According to reliable sources, the number of troops sent by the Ming Dynasty this time is at least 30. In addition to the mercenaries and international columns that volunteered to join, they can meet each other.

Sue?

Hu Yiyuan and his son smiled wryly. It might be possible for the Ming Dynasty envoy to be alive. If the Ming Dynasty envoy died with Chen Tianping, even if he pleaded guilty, the Ming Dynasty would not let it go.

What's more, they were dizzy and seized the population and border land of the Ming Dynasty. It was impossible to turn back.

The only way to survive is to expect a miracle to happen.