Seiwa

A banquet was held in the palace, and officials above the fifth rank in Beijing were all waiting in front of Fengtian Gate early.

Experienced, he had already eaten half full at home before coming here, and hid a few pastries and snacks in his sleeves, and quickly stuffed them into his mouth when he was queuing up for a hair dryer with his colleagues.

For those who are inexperienced, they don’t know that the procedure of a palace banquet is basically the emperor’s speech, music and dance, toast, music and dance, toast again, music and dance, and toast again.

The younger and more promising she is, the less she dares to be careless at the palace banquet.Most of these people will be nominated by the emperor for questioning during the banquet to show their favor.

If the emperor asks, how is work and how is home?

Standing up and answering, he opened his mouth, and his mouth was full of vegetable dregs, which was really indecent.

Most of the freshmen in the officialdom have not yet practiced their thick skins enough to ask their seniors for advice.The teacher will tell the students to avoid disrespect at the palace banquet, and will never tell their students to eat two bowls of rice before leaving.Otherwise, if it reaches the emperor's ears, what's going on.

Think it’s safe to speak in your own home?

Wrong, terribly wrong!

There are all-pervasive brocade guards, closing doors and windows, hiding under the bed is useless.As long as the emperor wants to know, everything will not be a secret.

The teacher doesn't talk about it, and the seniors don't remind them. Newcomers who are new to the officialdom can only use their personal experience to understand the uniqueness of the emperor's banquet.

Civil servants often have a deeper experience than generals.

Military generals can be called "bold and bold" when they gnaw steamed buns. Civil servants can only be cast aside for doing this.

Rude as a soldier, it's an insult to gentlemen!

Meng Qinghe stood in the queue of generals, and in front of him was Cheng Guogong Zhu Neng in a red unicorn suit.

Thinking about it carefully, he and Cheng Guogong haven't seen each other for some time.He was avoiding disaster in Yingtian Mansion, while Zhu Neng handed in his commander's seal and kept asking for leave.

The palace dispatched an imperial doctor to wait and see, and reported to the emperor that Cheng Guogong had just recovered from a serious illness and needed to be recuperated at home.

Zhu Neng took the opportunity to go to the hospital, and his illness was difficult to recover. He wanted to beg for bones, resigned from office and went home, raised flowers and embraced his grandson.

Emperor Yong Le did not agree.

Wei Guogong is training troops in the north, Ding Guogong and Xincheng Hou Fengcheng Hou are both in the southwest, and it will take a while before the troops return to the court.Song Sheng, Marquis of Xining, died of illness not long ago, and Song Hu, who succeeded his father, was just an armchair strategist. He succeeded his father's title, but he was not half as capable as his father.After one month on the job, he was dismissed by the emperor.He Fu, Marquis of Ningyuan, can only hold two positions, and Ningxia, Gansu has one shoulder.

Zhu Di wanted to send generals from Liaodong to help He Fu, but Meng Shan and Liu Zhen, the guards of Liaodong, went to the shuffle together. In the far east, there were many new guards set up by the imperial court, and there was no way to relax everywhere.

"In the wilderness, there are savage Jurchens, ignorant of education, mixed with yellow-haired barbarians, attacking our borders, and harassing our border people. There is also North Korea, which has been violating the law and violating the law. It has been paying tribute to Beijing for many years, but it keeps harassing the frontier. In the territory of the Ming Dynasty, houses were built and villages were built, and there were soldiers among them. The North Korean government used our dynasty to take in fugitives and sinners as an excuse, and repeatedly launched troubles. There are even North Korean merchants who entered our country and used the mutual market to buy food and rice. All the naturalized Jurchens have sinister intentions."

As soon as this memorial was published, Emperor Yongle no longer mentioned the transfer of generals from Liaodong, and ordered Meng Shan, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, to send more troops to the border, send border residents to build bunkers for the enemy, and transport artillery from Daning to Beijing to prepare for the border.The pitch-black muzzle opened, and Smecta, who was clamoring for two days, suddenly fell silent.

Daming doesn't care, they can dance for a few more days.

Daming was annoyed, jumping up and down would be courting death.

After the frontier army test-fired two artillery pieces, the common people of North Korea who crossed the border ran away completely.

Don't run away, waiting to be cleaned up like Annan?

What facts occupy, the old land of Goguryeo, are all XX!

Liaodong is stable, and He Fu continues to work overtime every day, exhausted like an old cow.To the imperial court, the paper is full of tears.

The Mansion of the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies was already understaffed. At this time, if Zhu Neng made trouble again, Zhu Di would have to draw a knife and do it himself if he wanted to trouble anyone else.

Qi State Duke Qiu Fu?

Summarizing this years of war performance, Emperor Yong Le was really worried about letting him go out to lead troops.The facts in the future also proved that Zhu Di's worries were correct. Qiu Fu's loyalty is commendable, but he is really not the material for leading an army to conquer.

Cheng Guogong's resignation letter was sent back.

Zhu Di called Zhu Neng into the palace, closed the door, and had a long talk.

Emperor Yong Le said, Ai Qing, you can't sue the old man, Daming needs you, and Zhen needs you!With you gone, I just cut off an arm, and my heart is so cold!

Zhu Neng was so moved that he couldn't help himself, crying so much that his face was full of tears.Your Majesty, I will stop begging for bones!Chen must continue to work hard at the front line of work and insist on making contributions to Daming!

"Ai Qing!"

"His Majesty!"

The monarch and his ministers put their arms together, hugged their heads and cried.

The scene is touching, but the scene is not very beautiful.

The two middle-aged strong men cried so much that the historian couldn't bear to write.I can't read the realism, so I can only use the spring and autumn style of writing, which can be summed up in one sentence, and it can be compared with Cheng Guogong, the monarch and his ministers.

During his stay in Yingtian Mansion, Meng Qinghe got to know some of the inside story by contacting Jin Yiwei.

Zhu Neng went to the resignation table, one reason is that his health is not as good as in his early years, and the other reason is to pave the way for the children of the family.

It is true that there are people in the court who are good at handling things. With Zhu Neng in the court, no one dares to underestimate the lineage of the Duke's Mansion.

But there are two sides to the matter. Zhu Neng is an extremely talented minister, and it is not difficult for the children of his family to become officials and join the army, but it is very difficult to confer titles or guard one side.Only when he retires and gives up his position, can the children of the clan rise to a higher level.

Regrettably, the dictionaries were submitted, but the emperor did not approve them.According to the situation, there is basically no possibility of him being laid off in a short period of time.Zhu Neng had no choice but to continue to be his Dinghaishenzhen in the Dudu's Mansion of the Five Armies.

Meng Qinghe was not in a hurry to talk to Zhu Neng, taking advantage of Cheng Guogong's tall back, he took out a small oil paper bag from Sui's arms, which contained warm snacks, looked around, no one noticed, and immediately picked up a piece Put it in your mouth, just the right amount for a bite.

The salty and crispy taste is full of fragrance in the mouth, and the eyes are immediately squinted with satisfaction.

After eating two pieces of snacks, I was about to grab another one, when a hand stretched out horizontally, and even snatched the snacks and the paper bag.

Uncle Meng set up his eyes, who is so careless, grab it!

Turning his head, he saw clearly who was doing it, and swallowed the words that came to his lips.

Xu Zengshou looked at him with a smile, and he was really blunt in his attack.In a blink of an eye, half of the snacks in the paper bag were gone.The scent caused Zhu Neng to turn his head back, and the remaining half was gone.

"The dim sum chef in Bo Xingning's mansion is really good." The two grabbed the dim sum, and after eating, they had to criticize it cheekily, "Let the people in my mansion go to learn Buddhist scriptures some other day, Bo Xing Ning don't want to hide anything. .”

Meng Qinghe twitched the corners of his mouth stiffly, "The next official should obey his orders."

If you don't agree, the Marquis of Wuyang will probably come to snatch people directly.

Don't think that this is impossible, it happened once before, and there is nowhere to file a complaint.

Marquis Wuyang made it clear that he wanted to be a dude, and no one could do anything about him.

According to Xu Zengshou's own words, the Xu family has a virtuous current queen, Xu Huizu, the well-known Wei Guogong, so there is no need for him to work hard.Wouldn't it be fun to be a noble dude?

Emperor Yong Le and Empress Xu didn't say anything, ancestor Xu Hui taught him twice and let him go.

Today, inside and outside the capital, who doesn't know the name of Marquis Wuyang?

Except for Xu Zengshou, there is no other person who can make a dandy to this extent.

Meng Qinghe, who had been in contact with Xu Zengshou for a long time, knew that Xu Zengshou's talent might not be inferior to Xu Huizu's.But just as Xu Zengshou said, the Xu family has a queen and Wei Guogong, no surprises, after Emperor Yongle, the next emperor is his nephew, one duke and one marquis of the Xu family. Undoubtedly, there will never be fewer people who are jealous.

In a sense, this is also a kind of self-pollution.It is equivalent to exchanging his official career for the stability of the entire Xu family.

This kind of heart is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Meng Qinghe admired Xu Zengshou, even if he was robbed of rations, he still admired him.

After eating snacks, Xu Zengshou wiped his mouth, moved closer, and said to Meng Qinghe in a low voice: "Today's palace banquet will have a good show. Xing Ning Bo must never get drunk, and keep his eyes open. Can have fun."

good show?

Ji Gang reminded him that the capital city has been windy recently, so be careful when entering and leaving.

Xu Zengshou told him again that there will be a good show in the palace banquet.

Thinking of the news delivered by the little official in the etiquette department, Meng Qinghe's heart skipped a beat. Could it be...someone really wants to die?

Xu Zengshou didn't intend to continue talking. Zhu Neng seemed to know the inside story, but he had no intention of dispelling Meng Qinghe's confusion. He just told him, "Just watch the show, don't stand out if you have nothing to do."

Meng Qinghe nodded cautiously. He must be eating and drinking, and he doesn't talk when he has nothing to do.

But when things come to an end, he can escape if he wants to?

Impossible at all.

After waiting for another two cups of tea, the officials arrived one after another, the Fengtian Gate was opened wide, and Jinyiwei and Jinwuwei were lined up on both sides of the Jinshui Bridge.

The civil and military divisions are divided into left and right classes, and they line up on the official road with official titles.

The palace banquet is set in Huagai Hall.

The eunuch led the officials to sit down, and Emperor Yong Le was dressed in a bright-yellow pan-dragon uniform, with two five-clawed golden dragons roaring and flying up on the golden headrest.

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui are standing on the left, Zhu Zhanji is behind Zhu Gaosui, and Zhu Zhanhe is held in Zhu Di's arms. He is dressed in red royal clothes, looking like a New Year's picture doll.

This scene fell in the eyes of everyone, and they couldn't help but think about it.

Someone with firm eyes and confidence must make the emperor realize that it is a mistake to abolish the elders and establish the younger ones.There were also people who backed down. The Son of Heaven loved the King of Han deeply beyond imagination. Before King Ping was changed to Southwest, even Prince Ping's son would not be embraced by the Son of Heaven like this.The emperor meant that, could it be that he had decided to make the king of Han the crown prince?

The courtiers who supported King Ping were heartbroken, and could only remind themselves secretly to try their best to control their expressions.When the emperor hosts a banquet, it's fine if he doesn't smile, but he puts on a bad face, is he trying to make him feel uncomfortable?

The courtiers who supported the King of Han were full of joy, and those who followed the dragon's merits were in line with today's wishes. Where can we find such good things?

The neutral courtier lowered his eyelids and remained silent.No matter which prince ascends the throne, it will be a matter of the future.Today, the dragon is in good health, and it is absolutely fine to continue sitting on the dragon chair for more than ten or twenty years, so why rush to stand in line.

The palace banquet has just begun, and the Huagai Palace is already undercurrents.

The music started, and the dancers entered the palace with spears, but the minds of the officials were not on singing and dancing at all.Only the three-headed Zhu Zhanhe watched with great interest.

Feng Gui said in a low voice, "It can be seen in a small way that the son of the king of Han is quite similar to the son of the king of Zhou."

Zhou Wang is the same mother and brother of Emperor Yong Le, Zhou Wang Shizi Zhu Youdun is one year older than Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu, and is Zhu Zhanhe's cousin.

It is not a secret that his nephew is like his uncle, on the surface, there is nothing to criticize, but the prince of Zhou is fond of music and often hangs out with musicians.To say that Zhu Zhanhe is like Zhu Youdou, but on the current occasion, with careful consideration, is definitely not in good faith.

Feng Gui's voice was not high, only a few neighbors heard it.But in the palace, there will be no secrets at all.

The eunuch standing by the side blinked slightly, calmly, and retreated holding the empty jug.

Soon, Feng Gui's words spread.

Meng Qing sat together with Zhu Neng and other generals, and after hearing what Feng Gui said, looking at the expressions of Zhu Neng and the others, they can guarantee that Feng Gui will not have an easy life in the future.

You can't eat indiscriminately, let alone talk indiscriminately.

Whether it was intentional or unintentional, Feng Gui's official career could be cut off with just this one sentence.

"The son of the King of Han is like the son of the King of Zhou?" Xu Zengshou sneered, picked up the wine glass, and drank it down. "How old is the son of the King of Han? It's really despicable to have such a thought!"

Others dare not say it, but Xu Zengshou doesn't care.

After the words fell, he poured another glass of wine, got up and walked to the imperial court, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I respect the Lord of the Ming Dynasty, and the country will last forever!"

"it is good!"

Emperor Yong Le raised his glass and drank together, and all the ministers also echoed in unison.

"Pour your uncle a drink."

When Zhu Di spoke, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui personally held the pot and poured the wine.

Xu Zengshou raised the wine cup again, but he didn't say the particle, but looked at Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui with a smile. When Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui toasted, he put aside them and looked at Zhu Zhanhe who was sitting next to Zhu Di, "I respect the little prince."

Zhu Zhanhe didn't answer, and climbed down from the chair first, landed on the ground, supported the chair, at least he didn't fall.

The two chubby hands clenched their fists together, "Zhan He has seen Uncle."

This move was beyond everyone's expectations.

Before "joking" that Zhu Zhanhe was like Zhu Youdun's Bingke, his expression changed immediately, and everyone looked at him with deep meaning.What is the intention of comparing the prince of Han, who is so respectful and courteous, with the prince of Zhou, who is still the same after being beaten by a stick?

"Okay! My grandson, that's how it should be!"

Zhu Di laughed and hugged Zhu Zhanhe again.

Zhu Gaoxu grinned, his son was definitely carved out of the same mold as him!

Black history?Nothing at all!

Zhu Gaosui also laughed, and when he bent Zhu Gaoxu's elbow, Lele was done, don't go too far.

Xu Zengshou said with a smile: "The little prince knows how to be filial and filial, and I dare to praise him, what a great grandson!"

As soon as this remark came out, Zhu Di laughed again, and all the officials posted comments one after another.

Meng Qinghe almost spit out a sip of wine.

Good grandson?

Isn't this Xie Jin's line? Why was Xu Zengshou robbed the show to speak for it?

However, with Xu Zengshou's move, the number of "critical ministers" who planned to speak out at the palace banquet was reduced by half.It wasn't until Xu Zengshou returned to his seat, halfway through the banquet, that Empress Xu sent Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhanhe to take them away, did King Like bite the bullet and stand up to the emperor.

The finished draft should be shocking and enlightening to the emperor.

Zhu Di put away his smile, gave him a cold look, and interrupted his words directly.

"I named King Ping the vassal, how can you wait for me to talk too much." After seeing the king's remonstrance, he said again, and impatiently asked him to be pulled out. Zai, why do you say bitterness?"

Translated, his father asked him to stay in the north, and he packed his bags and took office without saying a word.He asked his son to go to the southwest to become a vassal, but he attracted so many people's opposition. Is it the intention of the courtiers, or King Ping's own idea?

For the Tian family, it is not a small matter for a son to refuse to accept his father's control.The fact that Princess Youping joined forces with King Gu to murder the queen first made Zhu Di even more angry.

"Pull it down and enter Jinyi Prison!"

Wang Gejian was dragged out, but some people didn't know each other, and they didn't mention King Ping, so they aimed their guns directly at King Han and King Zhao.

What he said was clichéd, and Zhu Di's ears were almost callused, so he simply asked Jin Yiwei to drag this one down as well.

There is no evidence to say that his two sons are like this and that, and that the prince is out of prestige when he farms the land, and that he is in charge of the mutual market to compete with the people for profit, which makes the people complain, which is simply absurd!

"Xingningbo is here?"

"Chen is here!"

Meng Qinghe got up quickly, thinking that watching a play would be enough, but he didn't want to be called by the emperor.

"I ask you, is what this person said true?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, I followed the army to conquer Annan for nearly a year. During this period, I did not know the details of Xuanfu Kaiyuan and other places. However, when I was guarding Daning, I never heard the people complain about the two Highnesses. On the contrary, for His Highness King of Han who personally took charge of the farmland, Zhao The border residents and affiliated tribes praised the various government orders formulated by His Royal Highness Wang, and some affiliated tribes compared His Majesty to God Khan!"

"Oh?" Zhu Di's eyes lit up, Tian Khan, the Emperor Taizong who created the prosperous Tang Dynasty won this honor.The lethality of Meng Qinghe's words is comparable to that of an intercontinental missile.

"Everything I said is true, if your majesty doesn't believe it, the leader of Wuliangha, Qiliege, and others are in the meeting hall, and your majesty can summon them to ask about the facts."

So far, the topic has been completely distorted by Meng Qinghe.

The dirty water in the matter given by Bing Ke, the good grandson of Xu Zengshou, the impeachment in the matter given by Li Ke, the self-defense of King Zhao of Han, the wrath of Emperor Yongle, and the "Tian Khan" of Meng Twelve Lang.

At this moment, it is no longer important to protest against King Ping's change of vassal, to impeach King Zhao of Han for losing royal dignity, to reprimand traitors in the court, and even to establish a crown prince.

The three words "Tian Khan" attracted Emperor Yong Le far more than all the above.

Qi Lie should be passed from the huitong hall to the palace. At first, he thought that the information he had reported had finally attracted the attention of the court. He didn't want to, but was asked about the "Tian Khan".

Wuliangha is a strong man with well-developed limbs, but he is not brainless.

Seeing that Emperor Yongle's face was flushed and he was obviously very excited, Qi Liegai immediately beat his chest with one hand and said loudly: "Your Majesty, you are the Heavenly Khan in Wuliangha's heart! The sun is bright because of you, and the grassland is for you Lush! You are the sun of Uliangha, the moon of Uliangha, the star of Uliangha, the god of Uliangha! May generations of Uliangha submit to you, and the warriors of Uliangha will take up their long swords and serve you Charge into battle!"

Shock, absolute shock!

Civil servants and military generals were collectively silent, and Xingningbo and Qi Liegai opened the door to the new world for them.

Meng Qinghe bowed his head, his facial features were a little distorted.The skill of the dragon fart in front of me is extraordinary, beyond compare!

Qi Liegai is still praising, anyway, good words don't cost money, this is learned from Xingning Bo.

Emperor Yong Le was so excited that he almost broke the armrest of the chair, so he didn't laugh out loud.

The officials were still immersed in the shock, not knowing how to react for a while.

Meng Qinghe winked at Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui, and the two brothers immediately understood, raised their arms and shouted, "Father is wise and mighty, all barbarians submit, and the Ming Dynasty will last forever!"

Only then did Dian Wenwu realize that he was half a beat behind, and immediately shouted together with Zhu Gaoxu, "Long live Your Majesty!"

Outside the hall, Wang Gejian, who was escorted by Jin Yiwei to Beizhen Fusi, passed out successfully.

Yang Duo squeezed the purse with one hand, reflecting the moonlight, with smile lines on the corners of his lips, looking at Wang Gejian who was being dragged away, his eyes froze immediately.

"Tell Ji Gang to stare at Xie Xueshi's mansion. If he has a face, he will arrest him immediately."

"Yes!"