The family met last night. It was already very late. After talking for a while, it was time to go back to each room to sleep, but the father insisted on grabbing Wang Xian and asking him to sleep with him tonight. This decision not only made Wang Xian very depressed, but also made Wang Xian very depressed.
My mother, Yin Ling and others couldn't stand it any longer, 'Old man, what can't you say during the day? Do you have to disturb the reunion of the young couple?
"What do women like this know?" His father, who had always raked his ears, blew his beard and stared. Although Wang Xian wanted to comfort his wife who was in shock, seeing his father like this, he knew something must be wrong with him. He asked Yin Ling and
Ling Xiao accompanied Lin Qing'er today and went to the study with his father.
When he arrived at the study, his father made strong tea with his own hands. Wang Xian asked puzzledly: "Aren't you going to sleep?"
"I won't sleep anymore. I have something to do and I can't sleep well." Wang Xingye took out a wooden box from the drawer and ordered: "Go to the bed and lie down, and then take off your shirt."
Wang Xian took a look inside the box and said with a smile: "When did Dad learn acupuncture?"
"Acupuncture is bullshit." Wang Xingye narrowed his eyes and said, "I want to tattoo you."
"Tattooing?" Wang Xian widened his eyes and asked, "Why?"
"Aren't you worried?" Wang Xingye mixed the powder in the box and said with squinted eyes: "I'm worried anyway."
"worry about what?"
"You are a big shot now. Normally, your father and I can't teach you what we have in the government office..." Wang Xingye said with some regret.
"Look what Dad said, you have crossed more bridges than I have walked, and you have eaten more salt than I have eaten rice." Wang Xian hurriedly complimented.
"Fart, you think I'm just a pickle." Wang Xingye rolled his eyes and said, "But your father and I have never eaten pork. I have always seen pigs running around. I think you are a bit like Yang Dezu in "Three Kingdoms" now." Wang
Dad’s strategic skills all come from Teacher Luo’s Three Kingdoms. After reading it repeatedly for more than ten years, I have long been able to learn and apply it.
"Who is that?" Wang Xian was stunned.
"That's the clever Yang Xiu." Wang Xingye said.
"That's different, Yang Xiu is with the wrong person." Wang Xian said disapprovingly.
"The one who killed him was Cao Mengde, not Cao Zihuan." Wang Xingye said quietly.
Wang Xian suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and his father, who was watching clearly, really hit the nail on the head - he charged forward for the prince all day long, and the better his performance, the more unhappy the emperor would be, right?
After all, he was an official of the Ming Dynasty, so where did he place the emperor?
Thinking of the murderous Emperor Yongle, Wang Xian was sweating profusely and couldn't stop.
Seeing that his son had listened, Wang Xingye was very pleased and said: "Get down, I will tattoo a few words on you for my father. It can save your life at the critical moment."
"What words do you want to tattoo?"
"It's not just a trip here," the father said, and the injection was so painful that Wang Xian almost screamed.
"Don't move, be careful of stabbing him crookedly." The father held him down, but he felt a little guilty. Alas, they all say that at forty-three, it is too late, and this statement is indeed true. This old man's eyesight is so dizzy...
The next day, Wang Xiancai learned that a fire broke out on the Dengshan Mountain outside the Midnight Gate last night, and nearly a thousand people died in a hurry, including many high-ranking officials. I heard that even the emperor's favorite general had just made great contributions in the Battle of Hulanhu Hypothermia.
It is really sad that both the governor and the governor, Ma Wang, died in this scene. It is also said that the emperor thought that it was God's warning to be immoral, and he was afraid of it, so he repaired the province and ordered all yamen to stop sending goods to relieve the people.
As soon as Wang Xian entered the city yesterday, he had someone deliver the copy of the reply to the General Affairs Department. According to the rules, when an imperial envoy returned to the capital, he should kneel outside the Meridian Gate and wait for the emperor's summons. However, there was a scene of fire outside the Meridian Gate, so he had to wait at home.
I thought that if the emperor wanted to have a fast, he would not be summoned for the time being. Who knew that in the afternoon, a eunuch announced that he would enter the palace. Wang Xian hurriedly asked someone to serve him, put on his official uniform, and rode to the palace gate.
When passing by Yuqian Street, the officials and civilians of Yingtian Mansion were still busy. The lanterns that had been burned to ruins had been demolished. They were using hot water and mops to clean the blackened ground. Wang Xian got off his horse and followed.
The eunuch who delivered the order walked outside the Meridian Gate and breathed a sigh of relief after entering the palace.
The eunuch who delivered the order was secretly surprised and laughed softly: "People are nervous when they enter the palace, but my lord is just the opposite."
"Xiaguan was also in the fire scene yesterday." Wang Xian sighed.
The eunuch who delivered the order understood, nodded and stopped talking. He led Wang Xian into the Meridian Gate, crossed the Inner Five Dragon Bridge, entered the Fengtian Gate, passed through the three main halls, and finally stopped in front of a palace until Wang Xian was knocked unconscious.
.Wang Xian felt that if no one led him out, he would definitely get lost...
The eunuch who conveyed the order asked Wang Xian to wait, and went in to inform him. Soon he came out and led Wang Xian in. Before entering, he whispered: "The emperor has been in a bad mood recently. You should not say anything when you are right."
Don't say it." Seeing the fearful look on his face, Wang Xian felt that he was not reminding him, but begging, so he had no choice but to nod.
The eunuch then led him into the palace gate. Once he entered the palace gate, it was like stepping into another world. The eunuch didn't even dare to raise his head, walked cautiously and didn't dare to make a sound. It wasn't just him,
The maids and eunuchs who were waiting inside and outside the palace also held their breaths and kept silent. A needle could be heard in the huge palace. The eunuch led Wang Xian into the palace and asked him to kneel down in front of a gauze curtain. He stepped forward and said softly: "
Long live the Lord, Wang Xian comes to see you."
Wang Xian immediately kowtowed in front of the gauze curtain and said: "Wang Xian, the pacification envoy from Shanxi, sent by the Imperial Majesty, kowtows to my emperor, long live long live, long live long live."
After a while, a deep and majestic voice came from inside: "Come in."
Then a palace maid opened the curtains to the left and right. Wang Xian quickly lowered his head and got up, entered the inner palace, and knelt down again.
Because he was fasting, Emperor Yongle did not wear a dragon robe, but a Songjiang cotton robe printed with dragon patterns. He did not sit on a dragon chair, but stood with his hands behind a statue of Emperor Zhenwu. Before he spoke,
The deep and fierce imperial aura had already made Wang Xian's heart beat violently.
This is the first time Wang Xian has had close contact with Emperor Yongle. He has seen him twice before, both during military parades and marches. They were separated by dozens of feet and could not see clearly. But this legendary emperor had already seen him clearly.
It left a deep mark on Wang Xian's heart. Not to mention the true and false legends in the past, Wang Xian's comfortable local life in Fuyang County was broken by this emperor... Of course, who is the emperor?
He knew what kind of person Wang Xian was, but a thought or a decree from the emperor would change the life trajectories of millions of people. Wang Xian often thought that if it hadn't been for Hu Xian's trip to Fuyang, he might still be that person.
A Fuyang official who deceives his superiors and conceals his own interests for personal gain. What's wrong with being a local coward who counts money until his hands cramp and bullies men and women? It's better than standing at the forefront of the storm like this, exhausted mentally and physically all day long, right?
"Raise your head." Zhu Di spoke, and Wang Xian hurriedly straightened up and raised his face. Finally he saw the true face of Emperor Yongle... This is the Emperor Yongle who holds the Constitution in his mouth and holds the world in his hands. Damn it, isn't he just an old man?
A version of Xiao Heizi? That face was carved out of the same mold as Zhu Zhanji, but it had too much weathered color, engraved by time, and too much majesty that Zhu Zhanji did not possess.
There.
Wang Xian looked at the emperor, who was also looking at him curiously, wanting to see what was so special about this boy who was favored by Yao Guangxiao? It seemed that he was just an ordinary person, so Zhu Di slowly said:
"Thank you for your hard work, my dear, on this trip to Shanxi."
"It is the duty of an minister to serve the country with all his loyalty." Wang Xian said hurriedly.
"I heard that you led your army to unexpectedly attack Guangling on a snowy night. You caught the White Lotus Army by surprise, and used both suppression and appeasement to defeat Liu Zijin, who had hundreds of thousands of troops helpless." Zhu Di praised: "The battle was very good.
good."
"This battle can be won greatly because of the emperor's wisdom and martial prowess, in the middle thanks to His Highness Taisun's planning and command, and in the middle thanks to the young soldiers who sacrificed their lives." Wang Xian hurriedly said humbly: "And God bless the Ming Dynasty, the enemy army
There happened to be internal strife, which made the battle for our heavenly army much easier."
"What does this have to do with my Yingming Shenwu?" Zhu Di sneered. If Wang Xian couldn't answer well, he would be slapped with a hat.
"At first, I didn't understand why the emperor was holding back his troops for so long. Later, when he arrived in Shanxi, he slowly realized the loftiness of the holy will. It turned out that the emperor was playing hard to get." Wang Xian said hurriedly.
"Tell me, how do you play hard to get?" Zhu Di asked with interest.
"The emperor's holy light is like a torch, and he can see through the White Lotus demons at a glance that they are a mob. He knows that they can coexist in times of crisis. Once they relax, civil strife will inevitably break out and the defense will be slack. If we attack at this time, we can naturally get twice the result with half the effort." Wang Xian
With a serious look on his face, he said: "It was precisely because I realized a little bit of the holy will that I dared to advise His Highness the Grand Sun to send out a surprise force to conquer Guangling."
"Hahaha..." Zhu Di laughed loudly. Although he knew that Wang Xian was flattering him, Wang Xian's flattery was so comfortable that it made Emperor Yongle, who had been depressed for a long time, feel much better.
The palace servants who were giving gifts secretly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts. They should have gotten through it again today...
But they obviously underestimated the emperor's uncertainty. The next moment Zhu Di suppressed his smile and said coldly: "But did you go to Shanxi to fight?"
"I was ordered to investigate the Shanxi military ration case." Wang Xian's heart trembled, and he cursed secretly, wasn't it you who ordered me to be the military counselor? However, the other party was His Majesty the Emperor, who was talking about the Tianxian, and he was obviously not the target of his reasoning.
"How did the errand go?" Zhu Di stared at Wang Xiandao with a cold light in his eyes.
Wang Xian's back immediately became wet. He knew that the matter could not be settled like this... The incident in Shanxi almost caused the emperor's army to starve to death on the grassland. He just wanted to end the matter by silencing Zhang Chun and treating the emperor as
Fool
"I...have already delivered my closing statement to the Emperor." Wang Xian felt that the tone of his words had changed.
"Wang Xian, you dare to swear in front of me," Zhu Di said expressionlessly: "Every word in the memorial is absolutely not deceiving me?"