"The Zhu family has been keeping their tail between their legs these past few years. They don't dare to provoke anyone, but they are not so bullied. You stay at home and don't say anything. I am Zhi'er's mother. I will go to the palace and ask Your Majesty,
What kind of misconduct did Zhu Zhi do in the Secretary's Prison on weekdays? What kind of rule of heaven did he violate when others were so intolerant? You are afraid of losing your official title, but I am not afraid. Your Majesty will demote me to Lizhou if he has the ability!"
A new list of people who were demoted and demoted was released, and the eldest son Zhu Zhi was clearly listed.
In the past, when Beijing officials were demoted, they were mainly sent to serve in remote places. Although the conditions were more difficult, they were still within the prefectures and counties controlled by the imperial court. However, this time, a group of officials from the central government were sent to other places.
It can be said that being exiled to a foreign state where the imperial court has no actual ruling power is even worse than being exiled.
When Princess Ronngle saw that Zhu Zhi was going to be exiled to Lizhou, which she had never heard of before, she was like a she-cat with fried hair. She went into the palace angrily and asked Emperor Shaolong what he wanted.
What's going on with the Zhu family?
Emperor Shaolong naturally avoided seeing her in the palace, and finally someone informed Zhu Hang to bring Princess Rongle back.
Princess Rongle, who had been raised well and respected since she was a child, had a much more restrained temperament after experiencing disasters such as the fall of Bianliang. However, when she thought of her eldest son Zhu Zhi being demoted to the barbaric land of Lizhou, it would be a disaster, so she was dragged back to Zhu's mansion.
He was still full of anger and shouted loudly and endlessly.
In addition to Princess Rongle, the old lady, Zhu Zhi's wife, and the eldest daughter Zhu Duojin, who rushed back to the Zhu Mansion after hearing the news, also cried endlessly in the face of the new incident, which made Zhu Hang's brain buzz.
He screamed, but he was helpless.
"Dai Viet lost the land of Hehuai, Guanzhong and Zhao Jin. My father, Xianggong Hu and Xianggong Qian originally wanted to send more officials to Li Bosi Yi and other Huawai prefectures to strengthen their management, so that one day these Huawai prefectures could be officially brought under the rule of Dai Viet.
The transfer of officials this time was based on this accident, and it is not considered a banishment." Zhu Zhi knew that being exiled to Lizhou was definitely not a good thing, but he had been through life and death back then, so he didn't take it to heart. He immediately persuaded his mother
Kuan Xin said, "Besides, Zhi'er is in her prime of health and is thinking about going out to make great achievements and does not want to waste time on paperwork. Mother, you should be happy for Zhi'er!"
"What nonsense do you think your mother is an ignorant country woman who is so easy to trick?"
Princess Rongle wiped her tears and shouted,
"In recent years, in Lizhou alone, the imperial court has conferred thirty or forty governors and magistrates. All of them are murderous barbarians. None of them are official officials sent by the imperial court. Now I ask you to go there alone, but
What's the accident? Isn't it that the sky is not responding and the earth is not working? No, I have to go to the palace. Even if I have to be demoted, I can't be put in Lizhou. In the early years, your two brothers followed your father to serve in Jingjiang Mansion.
Well, there are many places outside Guangnan West Road. You can go to these places and you can ask someone to take care of them!"
While talking, Princess Rongle scolded Zhu Hang again: "You old thing, hurry up and run around. Don't wait for Zhi'er to arrive in Lizhou. Something will happen. It's too late to cry."
"..." Zhu Hang couldn't laugh or cry, and cried bitterly, "You think I haven't thought of a way?"
At this time, the dozens of Jizhou prefectures in Dayue were mainly concentrated in southern Guizhou and southwest Sichuan.
Dai Viet initially had its own Qiannan 1st Road, but later the Qiannan area was merged under the jurisdiction of Guangnanxi Road. In his early years, Zhu Hang served as a general magistrate in Jingjiang Prefecture for many years and accumulated a lot of contacts. Of course, he thought that Zhu Zhi must go abroad.
As for the location, it would definitely be much better to choose a place in southern Guizhou than Lizhou in southwest Sichuan.
However, the problem is that the most fundamental reason for the large number of officials being sent to other states this time is the recent secret rumors that someone in the court was colluding with Beijing and Xiangzhou, and Zhu Hang was also included as a suspect.
In recent years, in addition to the large-scale offensive launched by the Chihu people from the middle road against Rucai and other places, another more sensational event is that the remnants of the Khitan set out from Xihe, passed through the Tubo Highlands in two years, and were about to enter the territory of Dali. At this time, the DPRK
There was also an ongoing debate over whether to accept the remnants of the Khitan tribe to move into southern Guangxi.
In order to support the remnants of the Khitan troops heading south, Beijing and Xiang sent an armed merchant group of thousands of people, and even issued an imperial edict to leave the country, secretly creating a huge stir.
Although the imperial court had no intention of pursuing the matter of Jingxiang and Jingxiang for correcting the edict and leaving the country to meet the remnants of the Khitan at this juncture, Emperor Shaolong now suspected that his Zhu family had colluded with Jingxiang. How could he possibly agree to Zhu Zhi being sent to southern Guangxi and possibly colluding with the Khitan?
The remnants have deeper contact?
Zhu Hang understood the subtleties of this, but in recent years he had also advocated dispatching officials to Huawaizhou to strengthen contact and management, so that one day many Huawaizhou could be brought under the control of Dai Viet. He was figured out from the beginning to the end of the whole matter.
It has to be fought to the death, there is no room for struggle.
Although the southwest of Shu is adjacent to Luzhou and Jiazhou, there are different options. Jiazhou to the southwest mainly deals with the Qingqiang tribes, and Luzhou to the south mainly deals with the Wuman tribes. There is not much difference.
Of course, at this time, there was a fierce battle with Chihu in Beijing, Xiangzhou and other places, and countless generals were killed on the battlefield. Zhu Hang was not willing to bother too much about Zhu Zhi's exile, and he didn't even think it was a bad thing.
Princess Rongle has many different ideas.
"The eldest brother was demoted to Lizhou. The reason was that people were jealous of Fengyuelou's business. People often came to make trouble. Some time ago, we beat many away with sticks. However, the villain complained first and bit back. They falsely accused me, the Zhu family, of bullying the market.
Zhu Tong shouted, "If things cannot be changed, I will accompany my eldest brother to Lizhou to take up his post..."
"You two brothers are willing to make your mother angry to death!" Princess Ronngle shouted.
The eldest son was exiled to Lizhou and it seemed that the situation was irreversible. This trip was destined to be a disaster, and she didn't want the younger son to be trapped in it.
"Maybe Tong'er will go to Lizhou with you!" Zhu Hang said thoughtfully.
"You are a murderer," Princess Ronngle saw that Zhu Hang actually wanted his younger son Zhu Tong to go to Lizhou. She was so angry that she wanted to scratch Zhu Hang's face. "It's not enough to fold one in. Are you raising it outside?"
There are several little ones who can’t wait to take them into the house?”
"Why are you so messy?" Zhu Hang said angrily, "Although Lizhou is a foreign land, the Qingqiang tribes have not caused any trouble in recent decades, and there are also many merchants who frequently come and go from Jiazhou and other places.
Qionglai Mountain traded cloth, tea, salt and other goods with these barbarian tribes. On the whole, the Qingqiang tribes were quite docile. Zhu Zhi went to Lizhou to serve as a household secretary in accordance with the imperial order and joined the army, mainly to sort out the small households, farmhouses, etc. of the Qingqiang tribes.
situation, to pave the way for the follow-up, and there is no direct conflict with the local area. As long as you are careful in your words and deeds, you generally don’t have to worry about anything happening. I think Zhu Tong went with him, mainly because he was worried that Zhu Zhi was unfamiliar with the place in the past and could
If more people are there, we can take care of them more. Furthermore, if we have people to help us travel more to Jiazhou and Chengdu, we can expect the Xichuan Road Supervision Department to take more care of us... How come you don't even understand these principles?"
Of course, Zhu Hang was mainly worried that Zhu Tong was not as calm as Zhu Zhi, and would be more likely to cause trouble if he stayed in Jianye and would be targeted, so he thought of simply letting him and Zhu Zhi go to Lizhou to avoid these whirlpools.
Princess Rongle thought that Zhu Hang's words did make some sense, but in the end she couldn't bear it. She kept wiping tears with the old lady and her daughter-in-law, as if the sky was falling.
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In early August, the turbid river water was generally calm, and a lone boat sailed upstream.
This is when Zhu Zhi and Zhu Tong, together with Lu Jing and other six generals, hired a sailboat to go to Lizhou to take up their posts.
When they could see Jingzhou City from a distance, Zhu Zhi, who was standing on the bow of the boat, saw two row-oar speedboats sailing out of the water gate of Jingzhou City and coming towards them.
Seeing that there were many generals from Beijing and Xiangzhou in the rowing boat, Zhu Tong and Zhu Zhi smiled and said: "Brother, do you think Xu Wujiang knew that our two brothers were passing here and specially sent someone to invite us to Jingzhou City for a drink?
of?"
Zhu Zhi frowned. This time he was sent to Lizhou. On the surface, he and Zhu Tong were impeached for bullying the market, but in reality, His Majesty suspected that a group of people in the court were secretly colluding with Jingxiang and wanted to purge them.
No matter what, he didn't want to have too much involvement with Jingxiang.
"Is this Mr. Zhu Zhi, Mr. Zhu Tong?" The platoon boat approached, and a school captain stood on the bow of the boat and asked loudly, "My husband specially invites these two gentlemen to visit Jingzhou!"
"Zhu Zhi is sent to Lizhou to serve. The journey is long and the journey is quite tight. For fear of violating the Holy Order, he will not enter Jingzhou City to disturb Xu Langjun!" Zhu Zhi bowed his hands and bowed, refusing.
He didn't want to go to Jingzhou City at this juncture, thinking that if he fell into the eyes of an interested person, it would cause endless trouble to his father. Wouldn't it be an extra step?
The two oar boats had no intention of getting out of the way. They communicated with Jingzhou City through the imperial flag. Soon they saw a larger official ship sailing out of Shuiguan and heading towards the center of the river.
After the official ship approached, Xu Wujiang walked from the cabin to the bow of the ship and said with a loud smile: "You are passing in front of Jingzhou City, how come you are so stingy about meeting old friends? Come on board quickly and have a drink of two glasses of water and wine.
Only then will I let you go."
Zhu Zhi was curious as to why Xu Wujiang insisted on seeing his two brothers, but since it was like this, he didn't dare to board the ship to talk.
"Master Xu is now in a high position, so it's not enough if I don't drink this wine. But I don't know what kind of drinks Master Xu has prepared in this cabin to entertain us two brothers!" Zhu Tonghun got into the cabin first without hesitation, but when he saw
When Xu Huai sat quietly by the porthole, he was immediately stunned there.
Zhu Zhi and Xu Wu Jiang walked into the cabin after some concessions. They were also shocked when they saw Xu Huai sitting there.
The Chihu army has not withdrawn from the Rucai front line and will launch a larger-scale offensive at any time. It is difficult to imagine that Xu Huai happened to be in Jingzhou City at this time and happened to know in advance that they were going to attack and pass outside Jingzhou City.
"You guys sit down," Xu Huai pointed to the couch in front of him and invited brothers Zhu Zhi and Zhu Tong to sit down and talk. He picked up the wine bottle on the table and filled the two empty glasses with wine.
"I'm afraid this wine doesn't taste good!" Zhu Tong said with a grin, but sat down first.
"Is my release to Lizhou arranged by Jingxiang?" Zhu Zhi guessed this possibility at this moment, but found it a bit unbelievable. He stared at Xu Huai's bright eyes and asked.
