On October 28th, Jinling City once again welcomed her people!
Just like many times in the past, the prince's officials who stayed in the capital worked hard to prepare for the pick-up. This was a matter that they were familiar with, and they were naturally handled in an orderly manner. All the etiquette and escorts were in accordance with the regulations, and there was no deviation at all!
But this time, the atmosphere was obviously more chilling than ever before. Everyone was uneasy, not knowing what kind of thunderous wrath would usher in?!
God also joined in the fun, and the wind began to howl and the dark clouds plummeted from the morning, making the prince of Han and the king of Han and all the civil and military officials who greeted him at the mouth of Longjiang River even more breathless.
After suffering and waiting, everyone finally saw several towering treasure ships, accompanied by more than 200 giant ships, passing through the thick river fog, and appeared in a sudden but overwhelming momentum.
In front of everyone!
"The Emperor has arrived!" The officials of the Ministry of Rites came to their senses and hurriedly urged the ceremony to begin. The Jiaofang Division played Shao music. Under the colorful shed, the ministers, civil and military officials, and envoys from the vassal country all knelt down and worshiped the big ship.
He shouted: "I respectfully welcome the Emperor! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!"
"..." On the top deck of the tallest treasure ship, stood the Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty with a face as cold as frost! Looking down at the ministers kneeling on the dock like ants, Zhu Di had no expression on his face. He was not even wearing a dragon robe.
, he just casually wore a dark blue t-shirt and a dark cloak, which further highlighted the emperor's gloomy mood at the moment!
Behind him stood the grandson and King Zhao, as well as Zheng He, Zhao Ying, and Hu Hao. Affected by the emperor's mood, everyone had tense faces and said nothing.
At this time, eunuch Li Yan came over and said softly to Zhu Di: "Your Majesty, the prince and the ministers are here to greet him. Should we go down?"
"..." Zhu Di was silent for a while and said coldly: "Let them kneel." After saying that, he turned around and said to Zheng He: "Change a boat to avoid them. You and Shadow accompany me back to the palace."
Zhu Di looked at Taisun and King Zhao again and said, "You are not allowed to go down until the sun sets, let alone leak the news."
The emperor made it clear that he wanted to punish the civil and military ministers, but Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Gaosui hurriedly claimed that they were.
"Let's go." After Zhu Di said this, he turned around and went down the stairs. Zhao Ying and Zheng He hurriedly followed...
Under Zheng He's arrangement, Zhu Di boarded an inconspicuous warship and left the Longjiang Estuary a short time later. The city of Nanjing can be entered directly from the waterway, but huge treasure ships cannot escape on the Qinhuai River, so usually the emperor is in Longjiang.
They got off the ship at Jiangkou and took the royal chariot back to the capital. This time Zhu Di didn't want to see his ministers, so he took this warship that was several sizes too small and went straight back to the capital from Shuimen.
It is said to be several sizes smaller, but that is also compared with the huge treasure ship. For the cargo ship Huafang traveling on the Qinhuai River, the imperial boat Zhu Di was riding was still a huge thing! People approaching the boat looked sideways, wondering which dignitary was on the boat.
, when they saw clearly that it was a tall old man with half white hair and beard standing on the deck, everyone lost interest... They didn't know that this old man was the supreme emperor of the Ming Dynasty!
"So, I actually have nothing special about me," Zhu Di looked at the people who turned a blind eye to him and said calmly: "Wearing the dragon robe, I am an emperor, but when I take it off, I am an ordinary old man."
"That's because the common people are ignorant of Mount Tai," Zhao Ying said softly: "Who would have thought that the emperor is not at the mouth of the Longjiang River, but on this small boat?"
"So," Zhu Di shook his head and said to himself, "It is ridiculous to expect the loyalty of your ministers." He was obviously still immersed in his own world and ignored the old eunuch's words.
After finishing speaking, Zhu Di looked at Zhao Ying and Zheng He and said calmly: "You are the only people with no roots and power, so you can still be trusted..."
"Yes," Zhao Ying said softly: "We useless people have no children, no father and no mother. We are nothing without the Emperor. We have no other thoughts except to be loyal to the Emperor."
"There are still selfish thoughts," Zhu Di shook his head and said, "Nine out of ten eunuchs love money as much as their lives." He glanced at Zheng He and said, "It's you, a weirdo, who is the least like an eunuch."
"Haha..." Zheng He couldn't say the old eunuch's disgusting words, so he could only smile.
"Thanks to you this time." Zhu Di sighed: "My country still depends on you!"
"They have too many distracting thoughts..." Zhao Ying said quietly: "If it wasn't selfishness, how could there be the current situation?" He said with a sigh: "The emperor has not seen the scene in Zhenjiang City that day. More than ten people died.
Thousands of people, it’s so miserable..."
"Yes." Thinking of the scene at that time, Zheng He nodded sadly and said, "Too many people died!"
"I would say it's a good death!" Zhao Ying said with a arrogant smile: "It would be better if they all died!"
"You..." Zheng He looked at Zhao Ying in shock, wondering why this old pervert made such a strange statement?!
"The reason is very simple. Anyone who relies on the King of Han is a traitor. How can we, the Ming Dynasty, allow traitors to gain a foothold? Naturally, the more people die, the better. The more people die, the easier it will be for us!" Zhao Ying sneered and said: "As for the prince,
"If you have too many soldiers in your hands, you will have a lot of thoughts, so it is better to eliminate them." After a pause, he asked Zheng He with a smile: "Do you think their fighting this time is in line with the emperor's wishes?"
"
After listening to the old eunuch's words, Zheng He felt horrified and looked at Zhu Di's inscrutable face. A sudden realization came to his mind - it turns out that everything that happened in the capital and Zhenjiang was planned! Except for what happened in Beijing
The assassination was all due to the emperor’s idea!
"This method was thought up by Shadow," Zhu Di said lightly: "I thought it was good, so I gave them the stage to see what kind of opera they could sing..." After saying that, Zhu Di sighed, strangely
He said with a smile: "As expected, I have not been disappointed. I have raised a group of wonderful sons!" The emperor said the last few words through gritted teeth...
At the mouth of the Longjiang River, the emperor did not show up for a long time. The prince and the ministers could only kneel and wait. Unexpectedly, after waiting and waiting, a full hour passed and the emperor was still not seen. The knees of the ministers all hurt and they were teetering.
If someone goes to the boat to ask, just say wait... Since the emperor said to wait, then he has to wait even if he kneels to death!
After another half an hour, an old and frail minister finally fainted, but no one dared to step forward to help him...
At this time, the rain that had been holding in for the whole day finally came down. The heavy raindrops hit me painfully, and then the raindrops became heavier and heavier, and soon it was raining heavily!
On the treasure ship, there were eunuchs holding big umbrellas. Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Gaosui were naturally protected from the rain. The former looked worriedly at the people kneeling in the rain. The one leading them was his father!
Zhu Gaojiu watched with great interest those guys who were soaked in water. Among these people, the only one he cared about was Zhu Gaojiu, but His Highness the King of Han's extraordinary skill was just a knife from the sky, so what did it matter?
"Let's go down." Zhu Zhanji couldn't help it anymore and said to Zhu Gaosui in a cold voice.
"Didn't you hear the emperor's words clearly?" Zhu Gaosui frowned and said, "Is the emperor's words more important, or is it more important to sell well to those ministers?"
"..." Zhu Zhanji took a deep breath and sneered again and again: "The emperor said that we should go down when the sun sets. The sun has set now, otherwise why would it be so dark!"
"That's because it's raining heavily!" Zhu Gaosui curled his lips and said.
"How did you know that when the Thunder God and the Lightning Mother move the clouds and rain, the Golden Crow will not go back to rest?!" Zhu Zhanji, a quarrelsome and arrogant person, was not something Zhu Gaosui could deal with.
"You..." Zhu Gaosui didn't know what to say, so he could only watch Zhu Zhanji get off the boat and walk into the rain...
Zhu Gaochi shrank and knelt in the rain. Suddenly he felt that the rain had stopped. He looked up blankly and saw that it was his son, holding an umbrella for him...
"Jier..." The father and son had not seen each other for nearly half a year, and they felt as if they were worlds apart.
"Father," Zhu Zhanji reached out to help the prince and whispered, "Grandpa Huang has returned to the palace a long time ago."
"Ah..." Zhu Gaochi was taken aback, and then said bitterly: "It seems that my father is really sad this time..."
Since the emperor was not on board, the ministers had nothing to kneel on, so they all propped themselves up to get up. Suddenly they heard a loud shout: "Don't move, who told you to get up!"
Even without looking, the ministers knew that His Highness the King of Han had fallen ill again... He had fallen ill seven or eight times during the half-day of greeting the emperor!
Although Zhu Zhanji also heard the news that his second uncle was crazy, this was the first time he saw it with his own eyes. He saw His Highness the King of Han in royal robes, his hands and feet tied with iron chains to a special chair, desperately trying to
Struggling, with a distorted expression, he shouted at the ministers: "I don't allow you to get up, please kneel down! Otherwise, I will strike you to death with a thunderbolt!"
As luck would have it, there happened to be a flash of lightning across the sky, and the roar of thunder came, which startled King Han. The sky and the earth reflected by the lightning were all white, and Zhu Gaoxu's disheveled appearance was also reflected!
"Hahaha!" King Han immediately laughed loudly, straightened his neck, widened his eyes, and shouted triumphantly: "Are you afraid? This is how powerful I am!"
"Hurry up and send the King of Han to the car." Seeing Zhu Gaoxu acting crazy and making fools here, Zhu Gaochi was very upset and quickly ordered the eunuch to carry the King of Han away.
Then four eunuchs came over, set up the bamboo poles under the chair, and lifted the King of Han up with the chair. As soon as he was lifted up, the King of Han was no longer angry, and instead laughed loudly and said: "Get up! Get up quickly.
, escort me back to the palace!"
When passing by Zhu Zhanji, the King of Han glanced at Zhu Zhanji and said strangely: "What are you looking at? I will strike you to death with a thunderbolt!"
"Hey..." Zhu Zhanji looked at the crazy Zhu Gaoxu and whispered a few lines of poetry: "You should be a hero in life, and a hero in death. I still miss Xiang Yu and refuse to cross Jiangdong..."
After listening to this poem, Zhu Gaoxu's crazy face obviously darkened...