"Your Highness, according to Yunnan Dusi's report, His Highness King Min annexed Mengyang Tusi and connected the fiefdoms into one." A member of the Zhongshushe stood next to Wenyuan and said with a bow.
This should be regarded as a very important matter. Normally, Wenyuan would be very concerned about it; but when he heard about it today, he just said "hmm" and asked Shiren to put the memorial down, lowered his head and continued to criticize the memorial.
This person also knows why Wenyuan is like this. His Majesty has been seriously ill for more than ten days. Although his condition is relatively stable for the time being, all the doctors at the Tai Hospital said that His Majesty will not recover this time and can only delay the time. Yun himself is very open-minded.
, after judging from the embarrassed look of the imperial doctor when he inquired about his condition, he did not cry out after seeing that he probably wouldn't live for long. He just calmly informed the fourth auxiliary officer and the two governors of the Metropolitan Governor's Palace.
, the Commander of the Jinyi Guards, the Chief of the Town Division and others were summoned and announced in front of them that the Crown Prince would supervise the country. After the ministers withdrew, they comforted their wives, concubines, children and grandchildren who were crying and very sad.
But the more his father behaves like this, the more sad Wenyuan becomes. Ever since he resolved his relationship with his father when he was a teenager, his relationship with his father has always been very good. How could he be happy when he heard that his father was seriously ill and could not be cured? Very sad. If not
Due to his responsibilities as the prince and his father's reminder, he no longer wanted to criticize and answer memorials and stayed with his father in the harem all day long.
However, even when he came to comment on the memorial, he was half-hearted and kept thinking about his father's illness. There were often typos in the comments he wrote on the memorial. Therefore, in the past few days, he had to ask others to give his comments before sending them out.
Check it out.
After an hour, Wen Yuan finally finished criticizing the memorial, and after being checked by the minister that there were no typos, he was about to get up when suddenly a young eunuch walked up to him and whispered something in his ear. Wen Yuan
His face changed, and he whispered: "Don't let anyone know about this for the time being." Then he got up and left Qianqing Palace and walked to the west.
The place he is going to is the Yangxin Palace. The Yangxin Palace was built by the emperor more than ten years ago. Although it is called the Yangxin Palace, it is completely different from the historical Yangxin Palace in the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. The current Yangxin Palace
It was built under the supervision of Yun himself. It was built according to his impression of the large American villas of later generations. It has excellent lighting and is close to the imperial garden. Yun has lived here most of the time in the past ten years.
Wenyuan came to the door of Yangxin Hall and saw his eldest sister Min'er here. Min'er was already over fifty, but she was well maintained and looked like a woman in her thirties. Wenyuan saw that she was busy
He asked, "Why don't you go in? How is your father doing now?"
"Daddy is in good health today and is talking to Wang Jin and the others." Min'er said, "When dad gets older, he likes to reminisce with old friends, and he doesn't like juniors around. I've just come here too, and I heard the young eunuch say that Wang
When they come to the palace, just wait for a while and then go see dad after they leave."
"Brother and sister, let's wait together." Wenyuan said, pulling Min'er with him towards a smaller pavilion to the east.
"It would be nice to have a few old friends come to see my father." Wenyuan added, "On duty, seeing old friends can make you feel happier."
"You also call them old friends," Min'er said with a smile, "You never called Wang Jin and his friends that way before."
Wenyuan snorted and said nothing. He really didn't want to use the word 'old friends' to address several people who had been eunuchs in the palace, but they were indeed the people who were most like his father's friends. Wang
It has been sixty years since Jin and Wang Xi met their father, and it was fifty-seven years ago that Wang Bu and Wang Gong, who had died of illness, began to serve their father. They are the ancestors of everyone except the hereditary commander of Yongping Mansion, the Sun family.
Besides grandma Tan, Yun also regarded them as old friends as the people she had known for the longest time. Wenyuan also wanted to accept this title in order to make his father happy.
When they came to the East Pavilion, they found that Fourth Aunt Yunzhi was also there. Yunzhi had officially handed over her duties as the "Minister of Plenipotentiary Affairs for Mongolian Affairs" and the Commander-in-Chief of Xuanfu Town five years ago, and returned to the capital with her husband Zhang Wuji. However, her
The second son inherited the two posts of "Minister with Full Power for Affairs Against Mongolia" and Commander-in-Chief of Xuanfu Town. This was specially allowed by Yun in order to control Mongolia as soon as possible. In fact, Yunzhi's status was very similar to that of the vassal king on the northern border during the Zhu Yuanzhang period.
However, Yun trusts her more than the vassal king. After all, Yunzhi's son does not believe in Zhu. Once he rebels, it will not be a civil war in the Zhu family. Even if the Central Plains chaos breaks out, it will never succeed. The vassal king who has not been revoked will stop it. In the future, Mongolia will be completely controlled.
Later, the then emperor withdrew this vassal-like force.
Min'er has a very good relationship with Fourth Aunt. They are only six years apart, and they get along more like sisters. When she saw Fourth Aunt Miner smiled and said, "Fourth Aunt is also here to visit daddy?"
"Yeah." Yunzhi also said with a smile: "Being idle at home is idle, and your fourth uncle can't be idle either. He often leaves the house. I also came to the palace to see my third brother."
They chatted for a while. Wen Yuan remembered something and was hesitating whether to tell Yunzhi. Suddenly a young eunuch came in and saluted and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Highness the Princess Huainan, and His Highness Princess Guangling. Your Majesty has summoned these three Highnesses."
"Wang Jin and the others have left?" Min'er asked.
"Your Royal Highness Princess Guangling, the three princes and princes are still in the main hall." The young eunuch agreed.
"Why did father summon us just now?" Min'er muttered in confusion, but immediately walked towards the main hall. Naturally, Wenyuan and Yunzhi would not go against Yun's words.
After a while they came to the main hall and saw Yun Zheng and three older people standing by the flowers, seemingly appreciating the blooming peonies.
"Father/Third Brother." they said.
"Are you here?" Yun turned around and smiled.
"Dad, how do you feel today?" Wenyuan asked.
"Not bad." Yun said casually, suddenly coughed a few times, but stopped immediately and asked: "Is there anything important going on in the court today?"
"There is nothing major going on in the court. It's just that the Min King's uncle annexed Mengyang and connected the fiefdoms together." Wenyuan thought for a while and said.
"It's time for him to do it. It's been over fifty years since he was sealed, and even if he was actually sealed, it would be nearly fifty years. If he still couldn't annex Meng Yang, then your great-grandfather would never have sealed him to Yunnan." Yun commented casually.
, then asked: "Did anything else happen?"
"Only this matter is important enough to be discussed with father, other things are not important," Wenyuan said.
"But the hesitation I clearly saw in your eyes just now must be because you are afraid that telling you something will make my father's condition worse?" Yun turned his head and continued to look at the flowers, but he said something like this.
"There is no such thing." Wen Yuan said hurriedly. But even Min'er could see what he was hiding. Min'er glanced at his father and nudged Wen Yuan with his elbow. Wen Yuan understood his sister's
Meaning: Since it has been discovered by his father, concealing it any longer would be detrimental to his condition.
Wen Yuan thought for a while and had to say: "Father, the news came early this morning that Uncle Su Wang died of illness in Qian'an twenty days ago. My son came to Yangxin Hall and learned that his second uncle died of illness half a year ago."
After hearing these two pieces of news, Yun's body swayed, and Min'er hurriedly stepped forward to hold him up. Yun forced out a smile and patted his daughter's arm, saying: "Following the admission of Lan Zhen the year before last, Xie Jin
, Chen Xingshan, Xiyao, after taking away Cao Xing, Qi Tai, Yunying and Baoqin last year, God took away two more people this year. Your second uncle is one year older than me, and Gao Xu is two years younger than me.
, we are about the same age, it seems that the end of life is coming for people of our age."
Although Yun's words were calm, there was an indescribable sadness, especially when he mentioned Xiyao. Min'er's eyes instantly turned red, and she tried not to shed tears.
"Speaking of which, one thing I regret is that I was not able to chat with my fourth uncle before his death. Since he went to Su Fan with Gao Xu in the second year of Jianye, we have never talked about his rebellion.
I don’t know if his thoughts changed before he died. Maybe it’s because the older you get, the easier it is to miss the past. I actually wanted to kill him back then, but now, I feel like I went too far.” Yun Hao said.
He casually expressed his thoughts when he was young.
"But I am about to die. If there really is the hell and Naihe Bridge that Buddhism and Taoism talk about, I will definitely not drink Meng Po soup at Naihe Bridge, and I will personally ask my fourth uncle what he thinks." He added.
"My father will live a long life, why would he say such a thing!" Wen Yuan said, suppressing his sadness.
"Haha, I'm already this age and I'm still seriously ill. It's impossible for me to live a hundred years." Yun smiled and said, "I have a few words to tell you in case the final day really comes.
I am speechless and unable to explain."
Wen Yuan bowed and stood beside Yun with red eyes, saying nothing. Min'er took the fourth aunt's hand and seemed to want to leave the place; Wang Jin and the other three also wanted to bow and leave.
But before they left, Yun Yun said: "Wenyuan, the first thing I want to tell you is to take good care of Wang Jin, Wang Bu, and Wang Xi after my father dies, and ensure that they have enough food and clothing.
I won’t be bullied.”
After hearing his father's words, everyone present was stunned. No one could have imagined that Yun would regard such a thing as part of his last words.
"Yes, father, the son will definitely obey orders." After a while, Wenyuan agreed. He understood why his father would talk about this matter, but there was nothing wrong with protecting Wang Jin and the three of them. It was not worth making his father feel bad.
"That's good." Yun said. Yun has many good relationships with people who can be called old friends, but among them there are no nobles or civil servants that others dare to provoke at will. Even if they are jealous, there is no need to worry; but Wang Jin and the other three
It's just that eunuchs are looked down upon by others, and all they can rely on is His Majesty's favor. After his death, he may be bullied by jealous people. To prevent such a thing from happening, he asked Wenyuan to take care of them.
"Official!" Wang Jin and others knelt on the ground in tears.
"Everyone, get up. You have taken care of me all your life, so it is only natural that I let my descendants take care of you for the rest of my life." Yun said. He called a few more young eunuchs and helped the three of them up. But the three of them still cried, but no longer.
Cry loudly.
After saying this, Yun turned to look at Wenyuan and was about to explain the business. But at this moment, he suddenly coughed again, and the cough was extremely violent, and his waist immediately bent down.
"Quickly, bring General Bu over and go to Xuan Imperial Physician immediately!" Wen Yuan stepped forward to support his father and shouted at the same time. Min'er also came up to help Wen Yuan.
The young eunuch hurriedly carried Bu Chu up. Wenyuan and Min'er carried Yun up with the help of two young eunuchs. The eunuch who carried Bu Chu immediately ran towards the main hall of Yangxin Hall.
The imperial physician soon arrived at the Yangxin Hall. He first fed Yun a few pills to make his cough less severe, and then stood beside the bed to take his pulse.
Wenyuan, Min'er, and Yunzhi stood aside anxiously. "Father, please don't let anything happen!" Min'er said in an extremely low voice, as if praying to a certain god, or as if she was in a panic and didn't know what to say.
He kept saying it over and over again.
The imperial doctor had not yet come to a unanimous conclusion, so Siqi also hurried to the main hall. He first glanced at Yun on the bed, and then said to Wenyuan: "What happened? How could it happen suddenly?"
After Xiyao's death, because Miaojin was often ill, Yun left the palace affairs of the harem to Siqi (Xiyi had died of illness many years before, and Siqi's status had already been promoted to concubine). However, Siqi
He did not monopolize power, but after obtaining Yun's consent, he handled palace affairs together with Crown Princess Li, and spent more of his time taking care of Yun, so he asked this question.
"I don't know either. Just now, my father was talking to Wang Jin and the three of them. Suddenly he sent someone to call me, the fourth aunt, and the eldest sister to go in. He said a few words to us, and suddenly he started coughing violently." Wen Yuan said.
Siqi looked at Min'er again, as if he wanted to ask something, but at this time the imperial doctors had stopped talking. Among them, the one with the most recognized medical skills walked up to Wenyuan, Siqi and others, saluted and said: "Your Highness, Shu
My concubine, your highness the princess, and my ministers are powerless."
"What's going on!" Min'er shouted: "Weren't you fine yesterday? How come it's like this today?"
"Your Highness, I am incompetent. I don't know why things suddenly deteriorated." The man lowered his head and replied.
"You!" Min'er raised her hands, as if she wanted to order him to be dragged out and beheaded. But in the end she put down her hands in despair. What was the use of punishing the doctor at this time? She sobbed softly.
Wenyuan also cried, but suppressed himself and said to the imperial doctor: "Your Majesty, can you still wake up?"
"Yes." The imperial doctor said, "Your Majesty will wake up in a while."
Wenyuan didn't say anything more, but walked to the bedside, drove away all the imperial doctors who were still surrounding him, sat down on the small stool, and looked at his father.
"What are you doing?" Min'er asked.
"Wait, when father wakes up, I want to be seen the first moment he wakes up." Wenyuan said firmly.
"Then I'll wait here." Min'er also said, sitting next to Wenyuan.
"I'll wait here too." Siqi also said.
"You," Wen Yuan did not react to Siqi's words. Min'er seemed to want to say something, but he only said one word and did not continue. Siqi sat next to Min'er and looked at Yun,
I don't know what I'm thinking about.
Yun Zhi also quietly sat aside. Min'er tried to persuade her a few words, but she couldn't be persuaded, so she had to give up.
The four of them waited for a long time. During this period, many princes, princesses, and grandsons came over after hearing the news that Yun's condition had worsened, but Wenyuan drove them all out of the house and only asked them to wait outside.
It wasn't until late in the evening that Yun finally woke up. He opened his eyes and saw his eldest son first, and then saw Min'er, Siqi and Yunzhi beside him. He was very surprised and said: "Why are you waiting here?"
Beside the bed? Where is the imperial doctor?"
"Father, the son wants to see his son immediately after his father wakes up." Wenyuan said.
"What is this?" Although Yun was already old, he quickly understood what his son meant and said, "This is what I want as a father, cough cough cough!" Halfway through, he had to stop and started coughing again.
But Yun found that he seemed to have lost his strength, and even his coughing sound became fainter.
The imperial doctor who was guarding the hall quickly came over and fed Yun some pills. When the cough subsided, he said in a very weak voice: "My father is really going to die. I don't even have the strength to cough or speak."
"In this case, I must tell you what needs to be explained as soon as possible." Yun gasped and said: "Wenyuan, the second thing I want to tell you as a father is that you must not try to destroy your honor.
.”
"Although, co-ruling the world with nobles will make you less powerful than your great-grandfather and I, but I have done this for my father. The reason for doing this has already been told to you. The precedent of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty
, the precedent of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Jin Kingdom, although it will temporarily restrict the emperor's power, in the long run, it will be beneficial to the clan." (This paragraph will be expanded upon in the postscript)
"My son knows." Wenyuan promised with tears.
"The third is to continue concealing the new sea route; the fourth is not to expand to the Moliejia Continent." Yun continued: "The longer the new sea route is concealed, the more beneficial it will be to the vassal kings of the Hanzhou Continent. Needless to say;
Therefore, my father does not count the Kunlun slaves as human beings, and does not allow expansion into the Silhouette Continent. The reason for this has also been told to you."
"My son knows," Wen Yuan said again. In addition to fearing that the large influx of Kunlun slaves into the Ming Dynasty would lead to too many Kunlun slaves and cause trouble in the distant future, there was another reason why he did this, and that was to slow down the development of the country.
.The Molayjia Continent is close to Fu and far from the Central Plains. If the group expands, the Fu country will definitely benefit more. If you don't count Kunlun slaves as human beings, the Fu country will probably follow suit. Even if there are still some people who use Kunlun slaves as slaves,
Such people must be in the minority, and they will not go to great lengths to capture the Kunlun slaves and delay the expansion to the Silk Road continent. Yun did not expect that the country would never expand to the Silk River continent, but it could delay its expansion for a while longer.
One more day will be of benefit to Ming Dynasty.
"Fifth, it is very important. One thing. You must always remember that although the emperors of all dynasties except the Ming Dynasty were all high-ranking officials in the previous dynasties, if these high-ranking officials wanted to be emperors, they would only be able to survive if the people could not survive.
Only then can you organize the people to rebel and overthrow the previous dynasty. Therefore, you must always pay attention to how ordinary people are living, and you must never let the people have no money to eat. However, you can move the people to Hanzhou and other places so that the people have food to eat.
It’s not too difficult.”
"Sixth, I want to give instructions to you and Yun Zhi." Yun Fenfeng turned his head and looked at Yun Zhi. "We cannot relax our control on religions. We must not allow cross religions, Tianfang religions and other religions to be introduced into the Ming Dynasty again. If there are any natives
Believe in eradicating it immediately!"
"Buddhism cannot be allowed to escape control. Buddhism is the powerful tool used by the Ming Dynasty to influence and control Southeast Asia, the northwest, India and other places. It cannot be given up. But in the Central Plains, Buddhism cannot be allowed to dominate. Both Taoism and White Lotus can be used to suppress Buddhism."
"Yunzhi, you believe in Tibetan Buddhism. No matter whether you are a true believer or a false believer, you must act like a true believer. Uncle Qi has passed away and the clan needs someone who believes in Buddhism. It just so happens that you are also in charge of Mongolia.
Just pick up two things." Yun said.
"Yes, third brother." Yun Zhi originally wanted to say that she had left all the errands to her son and left it alone, but at this moment facing Yun, she couldn't say this and could only nod in agreement.
"Min'er, Wenyuan," Yun struggled to hold their hands and told them: "Brothers who work together can cut through gold. You, your sister, and all your brothers and sisters must love each other and cannot distrust each other.
You must not be suspicious or even consider yourself an enemy."
"Yes, father." Min'er and Wenyuan agreed in unison.
"Okay, this is what my father has to tell you." Yun felt that his life was draining away quickly, so he had to speak faster: "It's just that my father still has a will."
"After my death, Xiyi was named queen, Miaojin was named queen after his death, and Siqi was named empress dowager." Yun looked at Siqi, forced a smile and said: "I have always felt sorry for you, so just use
I’ll make it up to you by making you the empress dowager.”
"Husband!" Siqi couldn't hold back anymore and cried. She understood what Yun meant, because she was seventeen years younger than him and was raised as a daughter. Siqi suffered a lot when she first became a concubine.
Yun always thought she was sorry for the blame. However, she really liked Yun and was happy with everything she went through. She didn't think Yun was sorry for her. Now that she saw that her husband was still thinking about her before he died, she couldn't help crying loudly.
"It seems that I feel sorry for Xiyao when I designate you as the Empress Dowager." Yun's energy was already a little distracted at this time, and he managed to say: "But if I don't compensate you, I will feel uneasy. Fortunately, I will be reunited with Xiyao soon.
I have enough time to explain to her, and I believe she will forgive me."
"Also, there is one more thing, Wenyuan," Yun struggled and said at last: "After I die, don't bury me in the Central Plains, let alone bury many precious things with me. Even if there is an underworld, the things in the underworld will have no impact on the underworld.
What's the use? It's just self-deception. Just bury it."
"A son cannot agree to his father's request." Wenyuan said immediately. He would never bury his father lightly.
"This is my father's last wish. If you don't agree to it, you want my father to die in peace!" Yun said with all his strength, "You want my father to die in peace?"
"Son, son," Wenyuan hesitated for a long time before saying, "Son agrees."
"Okay. Okay." He granted his last wish. He immediately relaxed and lay back completely on the bed. His energy was already exhausted, and he spoke words with unclear meaning: "I don't know if I can wear it back if I die this time."
"If I could travel back, would it be to the original time and space, or six hundred years later in this time and space." As he said this, he closed his eyes.
