The sun gradually sets in the west, and the orange sunshine falls on the world from the west.
The hazy light tightly wrapped the three young men under the high platform.
Zhu Yunxi raised his hand silently and waved towards the officers and soldiers who could never silence themselves or leave.
Then, under the excited gazes of more than 10,000 officers and soldiers, Zhu Yunxi turned around, walked along the aisle at the edge of the high platform, and disappeared from the sight of the officers and soldiers with steady steps.
In front of the young governor Wang Xinling.
Wang Xinling's body trembled, and he shrank his hands and feet while kneeling on the ground.
Zhu Yunxi just glanced at it, and then turned to look at the meritorious generals in the stands who turned around to follow him because of his movement.
"What I said today will come down from the palace later."
"What will happen in the future after the Ming Dynasty? Yunxi will leave it to your uncles."
Zhu Yunxi said it very politely and sincerely.
He even ignored his status as the clan leader, shook his arms, waved his robes, and bowed with the strictest etiquette to these meritorious generals of the Ming Dynasty.
Even Chang Sen couldn't help but be moved.
Along with Zhu Shou, Sang Jing and others, they all walked down from the stands, crowded in the aisle and knelt heavily on the ground.
"I will never give up even if I die, and I will live up to His Highness's expectations!"
Zhu Yunxi straightened up, looked at Wang Xinling who was kneeling beside him again, and hummed twice in his throat: "Are you the new General Secretary and Governor of Yamen Wang Xinling?"
Wang Xinling lowered his head, a trace of surprise flashed across his face.
He never thought that His Highness the Emperor Taisun would know that he was such a newcomer to the officialdom.
Wang Xinling timidly said in a muffled voice: "Reporting to Your Highness, I am your minister."
Zhu Yunxi nodded: "Get up. Since you are Bai Yuxiu's fellow disciple, you should learn the manner of not changing his expression even if Mount Tai collapses in front of you. The Ming Dynasty is very good. Your Majesty is still here, the prince is still here, and I am here, you guys.
What are you panicking about?"
Wang Xinling did not dare to say anything, but stood up obediently as ordered, nodding his head, and standing solemnly with his hands bowed.
Zhu Yunxi shook his head. After all, there are only a few students like Bai Yuxiu, let alone people like Gao Yangzhi.
After thinking about it, he continued calmly.
Zhu Gaochi, who was following Zhu Yunxi, looked at Wang Xinling calmly and reminded him in a low voice: "Don't follow me yet."
After that, he ignored the young governor.
Zhu Yunxi left from the stands, and the Prince of Qin and the Prince of Yan also left. Sun Cheng, the governor of Fusi Town in the North Town of Jinyiwei, and the people brought by Tianmai, the secret guard, also left.
The young governor looked confused as a newbie in officialdom, and those who followed him also left.
In the stands, the meritorious generals who were kneeling stood up together at this time.
In the years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, these meritorious generals who fought bloody battles in the same army looked at each other.
Zhu Shou's face, which was displeased because of losing the bet, was now filled with joy.
Strange sounds came from his throat one after another.
Under the slightly narrowed eyes of Sang Jing and others, Zhu Shou finally couldn't help laughing anymore.
Zhu Shou laughed so hard that tears came out of his eyes, and he slapped his thighs heavily with his palms.
Dongguan Bo He Rong, who suppressed Shang Zhi's military guards, looked at Chang Sen, the commander of Shang Zhi's military guards, with resentment on his face.
Sang Jing looked at Zhu Shou who was laughing endlessly and sneered again and again.
Chang Sen coughed softly: "The changes in the country and the dynasty are all for the sake of the country. Whether it is to restore the merits of the Qin army or to keep things as usual. We, the common men in the army, should have the heart of family and country, be able to sit back and enjoy peace, and learn to be honest.
It's true that he is still able to eat at this old age."
After finishing speaking, Chang Sen glanced at everyone present, and said: "If we, the children in the family, are really incompetent, how dare you let them lead the army? If one general is incompetent, the three armies will be exhausted. If you die yourself, you will die. How dare you?
A drag on the three armies and a drag on the imperial court?"
Sang Jing immediately patted his chest and said, "I can't win the title of king with my military exploits. I will also ask the boys in my family to fight in the army and fight for a king for my Sang family!"
Chang Sen stared at Sang Jing with a faint look, and sneered twice: "First of all, let's let the boys from each family start practicing. The martial arts hall will also be changed this time, so that all those boys can go in and polish themselves.
There were constant wars in the south, and Jiubian was attacking Liting every year. Speaking of which, there was probably going to be war on the Japanese side as well. Liang Guogong traveled to the northwest, and when he was on the Henan Road, he gave His Highness a road to the Western Regions. His Highness was very pleased.
I am happy, the meaning is not clear.
At that time, let all the boys from each family go out to see if they are real heroes or real bears, and we will naturally be able to tell the difference on the battlefield."
After Chang Sen elaborated, everyone finally came to their senses.
Today's Ming Dynasty, the homeland of the Central Plains, seems to be peaceful, but there are countless wars taking place outside the Four Realms.
There are countless military exploits waiting for them to harvest.
The number of heads on the enemy's neck is the thickness of the Ming army's merit book.
Zhu Shou calmed down from his joy, but his tone could not hide the joy in his heart: "This time, His Highness said that the imperial court would restore the meritorious service of Qin Fajun, and there were many changes that he wanted to make. The imperial court has become increasingly uneasy these days, but the imperial court cannot be all in chaos.
Already.
If the court is in chaos, the country will also be in chaos. How can the people be at peace? Although we are just common men in the army, we cannot escape the blame. The court treats us as kings and nobles, which is a great trust and favor for us.
.
From now on, we must stabilize the world and prevent the Ming Dynasty from being interrupted by evildoers."
The words of Marquis Zhu Shou reflected the thoughts of everyone present.
What he said was not implicit. He was referring to the group of civil servants who had been causing trouble recently, both overtly and covertly. Especially today, he heard that the group was actually performing a trick of begging for bones in front of the Hongwu Gate.
And combined with the direction of the DPRK and China since the beginning of this year, until now.
Everyone knew that His Highness the Emperor Taisun was trying to win over them.
Behind the grandson are the majesty and the prince, which also represents the attitudes of those two people.
Zhu Shou's words were recognized by everyone present.
Chang Sen stopped talking after his first words, and just stared at the group of nobles silently.
When the meritorious generals completely unified their thoughts in front of the great glory.
Zhu Yunxi was already leading the people, and the Jin Yiwei brought by Sun Cheng opened the way in front of them, heading straight to Hongwu Gate.
The commotion caused by the imperial officials this time was really too big, and unlike the last time when all the officials knelt down in front of the Meridian Gate and forced the palace, the details were not known to the people outside the palace.
This time, the officials nakedly exposed their conflicts with the emperor in front of everyone.
Almost 90% of the civil servants in the Manchu Dynasty, all holding memorials in their hands, knelt in front of the Hongwu Gate to beg the emperor for his body.
It is said to be begging, but such a battle is better to be said to be persecution.
They wanted to use the Ming Dynasty to completely shut down the court to force the emperor to make concessions on this matter.
Zhu Yunxi walked all the way from Xicheng, feeling very clear in his heart.
When he led the people across the Dazhong Bridge, he silently ordered the team to stop.
Sun Cheng turned his head in front and looked at His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun who suddenly ordered to stop.
Zhu Yunxi waved his hand, looked at the fork in the road in front of him, and said: "Take West Chang'an Street and enter Hongwu Gate."
Sun Cheng didn't know why his grandson suddenly didn't go directly to Hongwu Gate. Instead, he wanted to go around to the back of the palace gate. But he still faithfully carried out the order and adjusted his team to divert to West Chang'an Street.
The group finally passed through the right gate of Chang'an and entered the Chengtian Gate.
Sun Cheng, who was leading the team, saw Sun Gou'er, the general manager of the twenty-four yamen of the inner palace, already waiting in front of Chengtian Gate with several eunuchs of the inner court and a larger number of internal servants.
Sun Cheng turned around and looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the team with a questioning look.
Zhu Yunxi raised the corners of his mouth slightly, with a smile on his face.
It seems that the old man has accurately calculated the time when he will come back, and also the path he will take.
He drove his horse and arrived in front of Sun Gou'er and his gang of eunuchs.
Sun Gou'er hurriedly stepped forward, stretched out his hand to hold the reins of the war horse under the emperor's throne, and said in a deep voice: "His Royal Highness is back. His Majesty asked the servants to wait here. When His Highness comes back, he will go to the Hongwu Gate to fight against the group of civil servants.
They are making trouble."
Zhu Yunxi nodded and lowered his head: "Have you brought all the decrees?"
Sun Gou'er nodded and looked sideways slightly.
Behind him were five eunuchs, each holding an imperial edict and appearing in front of Zhu Yunxi.
Seeing the will before his eyes, Zhu Yunxi hummed.
He silently waved the reins in his hands, Sun Gou'er let go of his hand, and the war horse turned to the city gate under the Hongwu Gate.
Sun Cheng also felt something at this moment and immediately shouted loudly.
All kinds of royal guards and cavalry lined up one after another to defend His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun.
Horse hooves formed in formation, pressing towards the outside of Hongwu Gate at a slow speed.
At this moment, outside Hongwu Gate, officials begging for bones have been kneeling for a long time, and more and more people are watching on Chongli Street.
If the Military and Horse Division hadn't been constantly deploying manpower to support the situation, I'm afraid there would have been a big mess at the scene.
The three yamen of Yingtian Mansion, Shangyuan County, and Jiangning County that participated in the begging of bones have been scolded from top to bottom by the people from the Military and Horse Division.
As for those officials above the court, they were completely hated by the people of the Military and Horse Department, and they were only waiting for an opportunity to make a mistake, and they would definitely take revenge.
But those officials kneeling in front of Hongwu Gate held their heads high and their chests held high.
This time, it was far different from the quiet kneeling in front of the Wumen Gate the previous time.
That time they still retained the final bottom line and didn't want to break out.
However, the emperor's will was very firm, and the preferential treatment given to those who studied and gained fame in the world was eventually deprived of him.
This is cutting off the roots.
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor's long-term oppression of court officials finally broke out completely at this moment.
Could it be that the emperor really dared to go against the scholars in the world, and really believed that there were enough people to fill the official positions in the court?
The officials looked at the dark Hongwumen gate.
They wanted to see the emperor come out from under the city gate.
However.
After a long wait.
Behind the Hongwu Gate, a sound of neat horse hoofbeats came out. After spreading through the city gate, the sound of horse hoofbeats was so clear that it could crush a stone, and it also reached the ears of the officials.
The sound of horse hooves got closer and closer.
The officials who were begging for bones, who had had a good time at first, seemed to have been trampled by the horse's hooves.
Under the spotlight.
A tall horse walked out from under the dark city gate.
"It's the emperor's grandson!"
"It's His Royal Highness Taisun who is riding out on horseback!"
"Those people are all royal guards, right? Why are there so many eunuchs?"
"What is this going to do?"
"..."
The crowd watching on Chongli Street exclaimed in surprise.
Zhu Yunxi sat high on the horse's back, holding the reins in his left hand, and lightly holding the riding crop in his right hand on his left wrist.
His body swayed rhythmically with the war horse beneath him, and his posture was extremely relaxed and casual.
The war horse didn't get the command to stop, so it tapped the ground with all four hooves.
Many royal guards and cavalrymen, riding horses, surrounded and guarded Zhu Yunxi, pressing towards the officials in front of the city gate.
The war horses are getting closer and closer.
The sound of horse hooves pierced his heart, and the sound of the war horse's breath seemed to be coming to him.
When Zhu Yunxi dismounted his horse and went all the way to the official in the front row in front of Hongwu Gate. When the horse lowered its head and rested on the official's skull, the reins in his hands were pulled.
The war horse that was approaching made the official panic all of a sudden. He let out a low cry and fell to the ground.
Zhu Yunxi looked down at almost all the civil servants in Yingtian City with cold eyes.
"Sun Gou'er, declare the decree."
Sun Gou'er stepped out from the side, head held high, as if he was arrogant.
He gently stretched out his hand, and a great eunuch from the inner palace sent an imperial edict into his hand.
Sun Gouer shook the imperial edict and held it open with both hands.
"The emperor's edict is carried out by heaven: In the twenty-eighth year of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the chaos of the previous dynasty was eradicated and the rule of China was re-established. For the twenty-eighth year, I lay awake all night, worrying about the people of the country. The corporal officers in the court treated the worthy with sincerity and kindness.
Preferential treatment, hoping that all the virtuous people will come and the country will be peaceful.
Today, there are officials forcing the palace in front of the Meridian Gate, and there are people begging for bones behind. They want to bring peace to the country and have selfish desires. I have been in power for twenty-eight years, and I am not supported by you, but protected by the people of the world.
Li Shu is innocent, Li Shu is innocent, Li Shu should have enough food and clothing. I have been thinking about it for a long time, I am willing to be scolded by thirty thousand officials, but I dare not blame even one citizen.
Today you are begging for bones, and I agree to do so. I hope that you and other officials will return to their hometowns and serve as good people for our Ming Dynasty. You must know that the king's laws are strict and the imperial edicts and prisons are empty.
I admire this."
The memorial, half in white and half in text, was read out from Sun Gouer's mouth.
In front of Hongwu Gate, there was already a complete silence.
No one could have imagined that the emperor would have such a firm will.
There are only two sentences on the left and right sides of the entire imperial edict.
The emperor and the people stood together, and the emperor agreed that the officials would beg for their bones and return to their hometowns.
The officials who originally intended to force the emperor to compromise by asking for the bones of officials from all over the world were completely confused.
The emperor really should have told the officials to disperse, but he did not hesitate at all. His attitude was so decisive and firm.
On horseback.
Zhu Yunxi snorted coldly: "The emperor is supported by all the people and is supreme! He will never compromise for any treacherous person!"
After saying this, Zhu Yunxi lightly whipped his riding whip, but the tail of the whip lightly brushed the cheek of the official in front of the horse.
A tiny trace of blood suddenly appeared on his face.
Zhu Yunxi said in a cold voice: "Your Majesty has given permission for hundreds of officials to beg for their bones, why don't you quickly take off their official robes and remove their crowns!"