The sky was overcast and cold, just like Emperor Yongle's expression. A memorial was thrown on the ground, and the ministers were standing at the foot of the steps, but the prince, who was thinking about his past behind closed doors, was not there.
"It's really the most ridiculous thing in the world." Emperor Yongle said angrily: "A dignified man came to Taiwan, and he was ordered by the emperor to investigate the case. Look at what he wrote." He waved his hand, and Huang Ben, who was on duty, bowed.
He went over and knelt down to pick up the memorial, and then handed it to the King of Han who was standing in the first place for the ministers to read.
The ministers passed around the memorial sent by the Shanxi Inspector, and they all had different expressions. Some were surprised, some were angry, and some wanted to laugh. But listening to the emperor's cold voice, no one dared to laugh out loud:
"According to Wang Ying, this Liu Zijin was originally a rural scoundrel. Since he was taught by gods, he was given double swords and iron-feathered magic arrows, which can drive away gods and ghosts, and spread beans to form soldiers. His magical powers suddenly became vast." Zhu Di's voice said.
Full of ridicule, he said: "Wang Ying said that since the uprising, he has continuously attacked our prefectures and counties with hundreds of troops and killed our officers and soldiers. Xuanfu and Datong towns have tens of thousands of officers and soldiers close at hand, but they
Because of his demonic skills, there was nothing he could do. When the prince was in charge of the country, he mobilized troops and generals several times, but still failed once. As a result, he sat back and watched as the White Lotus demon's team expanded to tens of thousands and actually blocked my food route.
"As he said, the emperor actually laughed angrily and said: "According to what Wang Ying said, I personally led an army of 500,000 to the northern expedition to the desert. It was really a waste of people and money. I directly sent the Taoist priests from Wudang Mountain and Longhu Mountain to fight.
How good are the Tatars? They burned a few pieces of yellow paper, recruited a few heavenly soldiers and generals, and then captured Mahamu in front of me."
"Puch..." The ministers couldn't help laughing, and finally started to laugh, thinking that Wang Ying was also a mature minister, so why did he give such a ridiculous memorial? Isn't this just playing the erhu in his crotch, which is just nonsense?
However, they saw that the emperor's face was covered with frost, and the officials hurriedly apologized and said: "I am ashamed of myself." His Royal Highness the King of Han even went out and said: "Father, I would like to ask for orders to go and destroy this imperial meal, so as to avenge my father."
"His Royal Highness, the King of Han, has a red face and a loud voice. He looks like he is in high spirits during happy events. Now that the prince is in danger, he naturally has to show more and strive to let his father make his final decision as soon as possible.
"Why kill a chicken with a bull's knife?" Zhu Di said with a gentle expression, "The King of Han is an important weapon of the country and cannot be touched lightly."
"But Liu Zijin, the emperor's brother has repeatedly conquered without success. I think he has some reputation, so it would be better for him to go and meet him." Zhu Gaoxu asked Ying as hard as he could.
"Don't be so anxious. A bunch of monsters actually worked for the prince to fight in person, which only fueled their arrogance and made the world uneasy." Zhu Di waved his hand, and Zhu Gaoxu had to retreat in dismay. The emperor tried his best to calm down and said: "In the past year, what happened in Shanxi
Many, many things have happened, but the local officials refused to say anything clearly, and the Jinyiwei's energy was put on the front line. Even now, I am still looking at flowers in the mist, and I don't know whether the things in Shanxi are natural disasters or man-made disasters, whether monsters are causing trouble or someone is causing trouble."
Speaking of the latter part, the emperor's voice became colder again, and the ministers could not help but feel awe-inspiring. They all shrank their heads like quails, for fear of hitting the emperor's muzzle. But Zhu Di's muzzle would eventually be aimed at someone, and he looked at it calmly.
King Zhao said: "Gao Sui."
"My son is here." Zhu Gaosui's heart skipped a beat and he tried his best to answer calmly.
"You can kill a fourth-grade prefect, a high-ranking official from Kejia, and a minister highly recommended by the prince. You raise your hand and kill him. Such courage." Zhu Di said lightly, making it hard for people to hear the praise or criticism. "Now the public prosecutor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate
People have written to this book one after another, demanding to investigate this matter, what do you think?"
Seeing the emperor mentioning old things again, Zhu Gaosui was shuddered and replied hurriedly: "Back to my father, what I reported before is that the front line has been out of food. It is extremely urgent. I, the grain supervisor, want to open the Xuan Mansion's granary. Then
But Zhu Tianming refused, saying that there was a disaster in Shanxi and the victims had flocked to Xuanda to provide relief to the victims. When Chen saw that he was making excuses in every possible way, he thought that his father and the hundreds of thousands of troops were starving, and he felt feverish, so he took it.
He demonstrated with his head, which forced officials from all over Xuanda to open warehouses and hand over grain."
"How did I answer you at that time?" Zhu Di said.
"My father said that my son and I acted in accordance with the decree and obeyed the authority, so what crime was committed?" Zhu Gaosui said loudly.
"Are you satisfied with this answer?" Zhu Di looked at Liu Guandao, the censor of Zuodu.
"The ministers are generally satisfied," Liu Guan replied hurriedly: "His Royal Highness King Zhao has the royal order and the right to act on his own convenience. The war was raging at that time. Although this move is bold, it is justified." After a pause, the conversation changed: "
But I dare to ask, can I take it down first and report it to the imperial court for disposal?"
"King Zhao replied." Zhu Di sat back on the throne and said in a calm tone.
"Of course you can go back to your father," Zhu Gaosui said.
"This is a bit unclear. In my memory, His Royal Highness King Zhao is a cautious person. This time, not only did he kill first, but he also killed someone recommended by the prince?" This attack on Zhu Gaosui was obviously planned for a long time.
Liu Guan boldly asked: "His Royal Highness, King Zhao, will inevitably follow the truth when he does this."
"What excuse?" Zhu Gaosui looked at Liu Guan coldly.
"Your Highness said he would exclude dissidents," Liu Guan fearlessly looked at him and said, "Take the opportunity to eliminate the prince's people."
As soon as these words came out, King Zhao grabbed the words and said loudly: "You, the censor of Zuodu, actually uttered such ridiculous words. Don't you know that in the whole world, is it the land of the king? Is it the shore of the land? Is it the king and minister of the Ming Dynasty?"
All officials are members of the imperial court.”
"This..." Liu Guan couldn't answer, but Zhu Di took over the conversation calmly and said: "The imperial court is just a few palaces and a few yamen, and food is eaten in separate pots. Gao Sui, you don't have to be sensitive, Liu Qing
Don’t make excuses at home. When King Zhao killed Zhu Tianming, I said that the killing was a good one, so I won’t mention it again.”
"Yes." Liu Guan had no choice but to retreat in disgrace, and Zhu Gaosui also retreated with a sullen face.
At this time, Zhu Di suddenly felt a little cold. He raised his head and looked outside the gloomy palace. He didn't know when the wind had started. The north wind whimpered through the palace doors and poured into the Yitian Palace. The palace people hurriedly removed the thick palace doors.
The door was closed, but the emperor stopped him and said: "Open the door, the wind is blowing well, blowing away the evil spirit of the capital."
The ministers were awestruck again. They felt that every sentence of the emperor had profound meanings, but they were not sure whether they could guess it accurately.
"Pass the decree," the emperor blew the cool breeze and issued the decree in a deep voice: "Wang's English is brilliant and his imagination is wonderful. He is really unworthy of his talents. Let's transfer him back to the Hanlin Academy to compile books. Only then can he make the best use of his talent."
"As for the post of Shanxi Inspector, let it be vacant for now." Zhu Di looked at the ministers again and said: "I am going to send several groups of imperial envoys to Shanxi to conduct a thorough investigation. They will investigate the case of delayed military grain transportation in Shanxi.
The case of disobedience by Xuanfu officials, and the case of Liu Zijin’s rebellion in Guangling County, as well as the case of Liu Zijin’s rebellion, as for the candidate..." The emperor thought about it and said slowly: "You may wish to recommend someone."
The ministers looked at each other and recommended candidates. Zhu Di actually followed suit and decided on the spot that Jinyiwei would send personnel to investigate the case of disobedience of Xuanfu officials, and that the Fifth Army Governor's Office would send personnel to investigate the case of Liu Zijin's rebellion in Guangling County. As for investigating the case of Shanxi Province
In the case of delayed shipment of military supplies, Zhu Di unexpectedly said to the emperor's grandson who was standing by: "Look at Ji Ji"
"My grandson is here." Zhu Zhanji hurriedly responded and stepped forward.
"What does that man named Wang Xian in your house do now?" Zhu Di asked.
"Back to Grandpa Huang, my grandson followed Grandpa Huang's wishes and gave him leave and let him go home to study. It happened to catch up with the Zhejiang Provincial Examination. He also took the Juren exam, but I don't know if he passed the exam or not." Zhu Zhanji said softly.
replied.
"It is said that Wu Yue's examination is more difficult than the imperial examination. If he can be admitted to Zhejiang's examination, it seems that his knowledge is enough. I let him go home to study, which is a disgrace to his talent." Zhu Di said lightly: "Then come out.
Let's get to work, let him handle the case of delayed shipment of military rations."
"This..." The ministers couldn't help but look at each other in confusion. The first two imperial envoys wanted to send high officials. Why did the third imperial envoy send a low-ranking official to investigate? Even if he had saved his grandson.
You can't leave such an important job to him, right?
Zhu Zhanji was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a moment he replied: "The emperor is willing to entrust him with important responsibilities, and his grandson is naturally happy for him. His grandson also knows that Wang Xian is a pillar of talent and can take on big responsibilities, but he is too qualified."
If you take on this important task rashly, I’m afraid you won’t be able to convince the public.”
"Whatever you are afraid of, they say that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. I will let this calf touch the tigers in Shanxi." Zhu Di said calmly.
The emperor had already said what he said, so Zhu Zhanji didn't have to refuse. He suppressed his joy and said: "My grandson just obeys the order."
"As for which army to send to suppress the White Lotus Immortal Liu Zijin." Zhu Di stood up and said coldly: "First order the officers and soldiers of Xuan Da to spend time with them, and we will wait until the matter in Shanxi is clarified." He waved his sleeves and left.
Enter the Yitian Palace.
"I will respectfully see you off to your Majesty." The ministers all bowed and saluted. After the Emperor's guard of honor had been removed, they straightened up and left the Yitian Palace.
At this time, the autumn wind was strong, the air was cold, and cold rain fell from the sky. The ministers hunched their necks, clasped their hands, and walked quickly to the palace gate. Fortunately, Beiyuan was not a palace, and the main hall was not too far from the palace gate.
, only one mile.
Because of the rain, the carriages and sedans of various families had been waiting at the gate of the palace for a long time. The carriage was led by His Royal Highness the King of Han Dynasty. Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui hurriedly got on the carriage. They had set up a charcoal pot early, burning smokeless silver tribute charcoal.
The carriage is toasty warm into spring.
The two of them took off their wet court clothes and crowns, put on comfortable robes and warmed themselves by the charcoal basin. After all, it was just the cold weather in late autumn. After a while, the two of them felt warm, but the faces of the two princes
, but still covered with frost.
Zhu Gaosui stared at the brazier with a cold expression, and after a while he sighed: "Something's wrong, something's wrong today."
Zhu Gaoxu picked up the silver jug, raised his neck and drank a shot of strong wine, spit out the strong smell of alcohol, and said happily: "The blind man can see it."