After the new emperor ascended the throne in the first year of Shaolong, he consecrated the former emperor Prince Yin as King of Qi and issued an edict to build a palace in the east city.
It took more than a year, covering an area of more than 30 acres, and the Prince Qi Mansion was finally completed in late February of the first year of Shaolong.
Concubine Zheng was mentally ill. After Zheng Huaizhong, Zheng Cong and more than 30 members of the Zheng family were sentenced to death, she was forcibly sent to Guangshan nunnery to rest. In the end, Princess Yingyun moved to the new city with the still young King Zhao Yin of Qi.
The completed residence of Prince Qi.
In addition to giving high-standard treatment to the prince Zhao Yin in the vassal palace, bodyguards, money and grain allocation, and education, Emperor Shaolong also appointed the prince's chief historian, Sima, counselor to join the army, friend, secretary to join the army, Yishan, and attendant
In addition to a series of palace officials such as the minister, the late emperor and the old emperor Qian Shangduan, Liu Shiwang, and Qiao Jien, who was nearly seventy years old, were appointed as the three most important positions of Prince Qi's fu, palace envoy, and palace chief supervisor to assist
Princess Yingyun was in charge of all affairs of Prince Qi's palace to show her kindness to the heirs of the late emperor.
At the beginning, some courtiers petitioned Emperor Shaolong to appoint King Zhao Yin of Qi as the crown prince, but without exception, they were all impeached and dismissed from office, or demoted from the court.
, gradually no longer discussed the matter.
Of course, King Zhao Yin of Qi is of the Zhao family's blood, and he is also a young boy. As long as no one makes unreasonable suggestions about establishing a heir apparent, the Prince of Qi's Mansion is generally peaceful, and it is in no way related to the whirlpool of overt and covert fighting in the court at this time.
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The courtiers have nothing to do with the Prince of Qi's Mansion. Only Prince Wuwei and Princess Ronngle's Mansion (Zhu's Mansion) maintain normal contact with the Prince of Qi's Mansion.
Zhu Zhi resigned from the post of magistrate of Hualing County and was idle at home after returning to Jianye. On this day, he took his wife and his young son, who was about the same age as King Zhao Yin of Qi, to visit the palace of Qi King.
"The Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple interrogated the case of stealing and selling official grain in Xichuan, and they came to a conclusion two days ago - both the people and the people who took the stolen goods were involved. Who was the name of the county magistrate of Xichuan? He found many people to intercede with the county magistrate and others, but nothing happened.
He was acquitted, but was finally sentenced to exile in Chuzhou, which was a big surprise. There was a lot of quarrels in the court..." Sitting in the pavilion of the palace's small amusement park, the spring breeze blew on my face, not chilling.
Zhu Zhi talked about the things that attracted the most attention in the past few days in the DPRK.
"Just sentenced to adultery?"
Yingyun picked up a preserved fruit and placed it near Tan's lips. She was quite shocked when Zhu Zhi said that after being convicted, the main culprit in the Xichuan case of stealing and selling official grain was only sentenced to death. She said in confusion,
"The greed has cost tens of thousands of stones and grain, and I don't know how many hungry people have starved to death without receiving relief because of it. They were just sentenced to death, and Your Majesty did not have any involvement in this matter?"
"...Of course Dali Temple cannot make up its mind on this matter of the Ministry of Justice," Zhu Zhi spread his hands and said, "But it is Wang Boxian and Yang Maoyan who insist on doing so. Hu Kai and Wang Fan strongly oppose it, and both the Prime Minister Zhou and the Prime Minister Gao
No offense, His Majesty didn’t seem to comment, so the whole matter was settled.”
"..." Yingyun looked thoughtfully at the koi in Quchi and said nothing more.
Qiao Jien looked drowsy, but he used the corner of his eye to observe the change in Qian Shangduan's face, who was sitting beside him and admiring the flowers.
Although Qiao Jien didn't care much about the affairs of the court and seemed to be retiring in Prince Qi's Mansion, it was not difficult for him to guess the mystery behind this matter.
To put it bluntly, Xichuan County officials stole and sold official grain and obtained stolen goods, and they could not deny it. However, Wang Boqian and Yang Maoyan insisted on conveying to the gentry all over the world the illusion that Xu Huai was arrogant and domineering, persecuting the imperial officials, and the imperial court had to succumb to the illusion of Jingxiang for the sake of the overall situation.
Yingyun seemed to have quickly figured out the mystery behind this. She held her cheek and looked worriedly at her younger brother Zhao Yin who was having fun with Zhu Zhi's youngest son in the garden, without saying anything else.
When the two children were tired of playing, Zhu Zhi, his wife and their young son left Prince Qi's Mansion, walked through the streets and alleys in the dusk, and returned slowly.
When Zhu Zhi returned to the mansion, he saw a rare number of carriages and horses parked in front of his father Zhu Hang's house, which had been neglected since he was appointed minister of Honglu Temple.
Zhu Zhi jumped out of the carriage, helped his wife down, and took down his young son who had fallen asleep in the carriage after playing all day. When he saw the steward Zhu Fu coming out with two servants, he asked: "Are there guests at home?
Who is it?"
"Come here, Mr. Wang!" Zhu Fu said.
"..."
??????????????? Xu Huai used the late emperor's edict to lure the Zheng family and his son into the trap, and also plotted to establish a vassal town in Jingxiang. Zhu Hang ordered Zhu Zhi to resign as magistrate of Hualing County and return to Beijing for leisure.
This draws a clear line with Chushan.
After that, although his uncle Wang Fan worked in Beijing, except for Zhu Zhi and Zhu Tong who would visit him during holidays, there was no contact between the two families.
Zhu Zhi didn't expect that her uncle Wang Fan would come to visit her today. She was surprised and confused for a moment, wondering what big thing had happened.
Zhu Zhi handed his young son to his wife to hold, and he walked straight to Qingfang Garden where he was receiving guests. He saw Zheng Shou, Wang Kong and others standing in the yard, while the hall was brightly lit with candles. His father frowned deeply and talked with him.
Zhu Tong accompanied Wang Fan and Zheng Tu sat facing the case.
"Why did uncle come here today?" Zhu Zhi walked into the hall, saluted Wang Fan, sat down and asked curiously.
"You just came back from Prince Qi's Mansion? How are you doing, Your Highness?" Wang Fan did not answer Zhu Zhi's question directly, but first asked about the current situation of Prince Qi Zhao Yin.
"Everything is fine, Your Highness - we had a crazy day today, and when we left, we were already so sleepy that we could hardly keep our eyes open," Zhu Zhi said.
"After Xiao Linshi led the remnant Khitan troops to leave Tianshui, they withdrew to the Taoyuan area west of Minshan Mountain for a temporary rest. Years ago, he sent a group of troops to try to reach Lushui through the Tubo Duogansi area. After Xu Huai learned the news, he decided
Send a group of troops to go south in the name of a merchant group, enter Dali Kingdom from Guangnan West Road, and use the road to Lushui for support."
Wang Fan talked about the reason for coming and said,
"The memorial was sent to the capital yesterday because I was worried that I would not be able to make it in time. It is very likely that the business group would leave Biyang and go south directly without waiting for the official approval of the court. Xu Huai also sent a private letter to your father..."
Zhu Zhi glanced at the opened letter before his father's case and asked in surprise:
"Going from Taoyuan to Lushui is as difficult as climbing to the sky. What can't be imagined by the Khitan people, that they have to go from Taoyuan to Lushui? And why did Xu Huai have to send people to the bank of Lushui to meet him? Besides, Xiao Lin
Following the order of the late emperor, Shi took office as the governor of Qinzhou and led his troops to guard Tianshui. However, after falling out with Gao Junyang early last year, he no longer obeyed the control of the West Qin Road and led his troops to move westward away from Tianshui without authorization.
There is no longer any relationship - even if Xu Huai wants to send troops thousands of miles away to support him, the DPRK and the Central Government will not allow it, right?"
Honglu Temple is in charge of state protocol and has the right to intervene in negotiations and liaison with the Khitan. However, the problem is that after Xiao Linshi and Gao Junyang had a falling out, the remnants of the Khitan moved to the west of Minshan. In theory, Dai Viet no longer had any influence on the remnants of the Khitan.
The obligation to rescue and assist.
Of course, apart from the fact that his father Zhu Hang's appointment as minister of Honglu Temple did not actually affect the court's political policies, and apart from the fact that Dai Viet had no theoretical obligation to support the remnants of the Khitan, Zhu Zhi was still curious about why Xu Huai went to
Wanli, sent a team of troops deep into the barren Lushui River to meet the remnants of the Khitan troops heading south.
Zhu Hang sighed softly and handed the letter before the case to Zhu Zhi, so as to save Wang Fan and Zheng Tu from having to explain it.
After Zhu Zhi read the letter, he was surprised and asked: "Did Xu Huai expect that the Chihu people would attack Dali from a distance after the attack failed?"
"Judging from the autumn and winter offensive launched by the Chihu people last year, it is still difficult for them to break through the defense line from the east and west fronts and go south. Xu Huai also expected that if Jingxiang did not abandon Rucai Prefecture, they would shrink the defense line to Fangcheng Pass, the middle road
This will definitely be the only direction for the Chihu people to gather their troops and launch a massive attack."
Wang Fan said,
"Whether Xu Huai's predictions about the battle on the middle road are correct or not will be verified this autumn and winter. At the same time, Jingxiang Road is also making every effort to prepare for it. If Jianye is slack, it will be slack. But in the southwest direction, if we do not prepare at all,
When one day a partial army of the Red Husbands comes to Jingjiang Mansion, how will we deal with it?"
"..." Zhu Zhi looked towards his father Zhu Hang.
Although the imperial court generally decided that the emperor and the ministers would decide the matter, the matter involved the Dali Kingdom, and his father, Zhu Hang, as the minister of Honglu Temple, had a certain say in the matter.
He didn't know for a moment how his father would view this matter.
"Since the Jingxiang memorial has arrived in Beijing, no one would dare to conceal it. It must have been submitted to the imperial court at this time," Zhu Hang said calmly, "It depends on how your majesty decides on this matter. As ministers, we,
When the time comes, just act according to God’s will.”
"At this point, are you still dissatisfied with Xu Huai's many actions?" Wang Fan asked impatiently, "If Xu Huai had not done so many things, the Chihu people would have gathered three to four hundred thousand soldiers and horses to attack Rucai this autumn and winter.
Come, how can Chushan resist? Will Your Majesty be so broad-minded and spare no effort to deploy elite troops from all walks of life to reinforce Rucai and Caizhou to ward off powerful enemies?"
"Who can predict something that is already impossible to happen?" Zhu Hang replied in a calm tone.
Zheng Tu saw that Wang Fan and Zhu Hang had a disagreement and were about to argue again, so he hurriedly said: "The reason why the envoy wrote to Zhu Xianggong was not because he wanted Zhu Xianggong to help with the matter of the merchant group. In fact, the imperial court was on Guangnan West Road.
We must strengthen our defenses - it would be great if we could remind Dali to strengthen its military preparedness. We can't wait until the Red Husbands go around to the southwest and attack, and then the court will panic and make arrangements, right?"
