It was close to noon, and the review of the excerpts had come to an end. Yunxi was about to entertain his ministers for dinner, and then let them go back. He had other plans for the afternoon. At this time, the young eunuch guarding the door of Qianqing Palace came over and said: " Your Majesty, Duke Zheng, often sends envoys to ask for an audience." Then he added: "Gong Zheng also brought a child, and it doesn't look like a child from the Duke Zheng's family." He had met people from the Duke Zheng's family before, so he knew.
Yunxi was a little surprised: "Chang Sheng, why did Chang Sen come to me with a child?" However, he immediately let Chuan and the others in and went to a side hall.
Chang Sheng and Chang Sen walked in. Sure enough, Chang Sheng was holding a child in his right hand. The child looked about seven or eight years old, with a look of panic in his eyes.
Chang Sheng and Chang Sen knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I have seen your Majesty, Chang Sheng (Chang Sen)." The child also knelt down, but didn't say a word whether it was because of fear or other reasons.
Yunxi smiled and said, "Uncles, please get up." When they got up, Yunxi sat on the couch and asked them to sit down, and then asked, "Uncles, what are you doing today?"
Chang Sheng bowed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, I am here today because I have something to ask of Your Majesty."
As he spoke, he pointed to the little boy who had been standing in fear and said, "This is the son of my eldest brother Chang Mao."
Yunxi asked in surprise: "My uncle has any descendants? Didn't Emperor Taizu at that time ask his second uncle to inherit the position of Duke after he couldn't find any descendants of his uncle?"
Chang Sheng said: "The eldest brother did not have any children at that time. The biological mother of this child was my eldest brother's concubine. She had just been pregnant with the child when the eldest brother passed away. Emperor Taizu ordered people to check whether the eldest brother had any descendants. She was a little anxious, so she didn't say anything at the time and instead fled back to her hometown."
"Later, this person died in childbirth, and the child was raised by local people."
"Later, Uncle Lan sent people to investigate. After Uncle Lan passed away, I took over and continued the investigation. Then I accidentally discovered my eldest brother's child in that small village, and I brought it back recently."
Chang Sheng's words are not completely untrue, but there is no logical problem. Although Chang Sheng did not dare to expose the child before because he was afraid of 2, he could not talk to Yunxi about such things.
Yunxi asked: "Are you sure? This child is really my uncle's child?"
Chang Sheng said: "There is no doubt about it!" Chang Sen also said: "Your Majesty, it is true."
Since everyone from the Chang family is sure, Yunxi will not ask for repeated verification. He smiled and said: "Then this is my little cousin."
Then he asked Chang Sheng: "What is the name of this little cousin? Are you here this time to ask for a hereditary future for him? No problem, I can add him as a hereditary as soon as he is officially included in the Chang family tree. commander."
Chang Sheng said: "My little nephew was named Chang Jifeng just a few days ago."
Then Chang Sheng hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, I would like to ask your Majesty to pass on the title of Duke Zheng to my little nephew."
Yunxi didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and said, "No! I have just made you the Duke of Zheng, a hereditary title. This is a national reward. How can you give it to others at will just because of your own family affairs?"
What Yunxi said was only the superficial reason, but there was also a deeper reason. Yunxi had smoothed the Chang family in recent years. If the title was given to Chang Jifeng, who had just emerged, it would be equivalent to The person in charge of the Chang family has been transferred. What if Chang Jifeng is not a good person when he grows up and makes the Chang family uneasy? After all, the Chang family is his uncle's family, and it will not affect Yunxi if it gets into chaos. good.
After Chang Sheng was rejected, although he looked a little depressed, he was mentally prepared and was not too disappointed. Chang Sen on the side had the same expression as him.
In fact, within the Chang family, except for Chang Sheng and Chang Sen brothers, others may not dare to say it openly, but most of them are opposed to it. Even Chang Mao's wife Feng Shi is just casual.
Chang's mother even scolded Chang Sheng after knowing her second son's plan. If Chang's mother was still alive now, Chang Sheng would not dare to come to the palace to talk about this matter.
Yunxi stayed with Chang Sheng later. Chang Sen brothers and Chang Jifeng had a meal in the palace, chatted a little about home affairs, and then let them go back.
But after they went down, Yunxi immediately sent someone to call Qin Song over.
After Qin Song arrived, he asked: "Your Majesty, what do you want me to do?"
Yunxi told Qin Song about the matter, and then said: "Although there is nothing wrong with what he said, and the Chang family should have no reason to hide anything from me, I still think it is too coincidental. Go and check it out.
, how did this child appear? Let’s start with the investigation in the capital.”
Qin Song replied: "Yes, Your Majesty." and then withdrew.
Chang Sheng and Chang Sen took Chang Jifeng out of the palace. Chang Sheng smiled and said to Chang Jifeng: "How is it? It feels like entering the palace and meeting the emperor is the same as what you imagined in the countryside of Longtan Village, Jurong County
?"
Chang Sheng has been looking for Chang Jifeng for several days, and has been cultivating feelings with Chang Jifeng these days. But it took Chang Sheng a long time to make Chang Jifeng accept that he is a member of the Chang family. Of course, this also has Chang Jifeng.
The family is so awesome that they insist that he is Chang Mao's son because there is no need to lie.
In the past few days, Chang Jifeng and Chang Sheng have become a little more familiar with each other, and they are a little more daring to talk to each other.
So Chang Jifeng whispered: "Uncle, I always thought that the palace was made entirely of gold, but now I find that there are also bricks, stones, wood and so on."
"As for the emperor, I have never imagined what an emperor is like before."
Chang Sheng smiled and said: "You know this time! I heard your grandfather say that before the late emperor became emperor, he didn't know what the emperor was like or what kind of life the nobles lived."
"Although you are unlikely to see the emperor often in the future, you must know that the emperor is your cousin and you are a relative of the royal family. Although this cannot be said casually, it is the truth. And you are still the top honorary of the Ming Dynasty.
The young master of your family must adapt to the current life in the future."
Chang Jifeng nodded and said, "I understand, uncle."
After Yunxi finished his meal, he rested for a while, then put on the regular clothes of ordinary royal children, which are now common in the capital, and then left the palace with his guards.
Well, Yunxi traveled incognito again today, because if today's events were to officially travel, if the civil servants knew about it, he would definitely be inundated with batch after batch of discounts.
However, when passing by the Royal Horse Supervisor, Yunxi told Chang Ruijiang: "Go and tell the eunuchs of the Royal Horse Supervisor that the people who can build and repair carriages, whether they are eunuchs or ordinary craftsmen, who are now in charge of the Royal Horse Supervisor,
I called them all to the yamen of the Royal Horse Prison in the imperial city. I have something to ask them." Then Yunxi got on the carriage.
Now Yunxi doesn't dare to ride a horse and run outside casually. What if an arrow shoots over and kills him? Especially since the houses in the city are much older, there are too many places to hide people.
Although the royal carriage was specially equipped with anti-arrow equipment, the horses were selected from the best, so the speed was not slow at all. In addition, the people in the city gave way to the royal carriage when they saw it, so the four horses
The horse-drawn carriage arrived at its destination in a short time.
This is a medium-sized courtyard not far from the city wall, and although there are some people living around here, across the road here is one of the court's warehouses in the city. Usually, except for soldiers who come to collect things, there is nothing
Others were passing here, and Yunxi was lucky today, as there were no people along the way.
Yunxi got off the carriage and walked into the yard.
At this time, there were two people waiting in the courtyard. When they saw Yun Xi coming in, they immediately knelt down and said, "Common man Lu Chengfeng (Feng Mo), pay your respects to the emperor. Long live the emperor! Long live the emperor!"
This is the chief and deputy owner of Heyan Village outside the city. Lu Chengfeng has been in a state of excitement since Yunxi succeeded to the throne. Although this should have been expected, he still couldn't help but be excited.
I am the only Zhuangzi that His Majesty the Emperor has personally visited! Although it is not the Imperial Zhuang, it is even better than the Imperial Zhuang! As the head of a village that has been personally visited by His Majesty, I, Lu Chengfeng, why can’t I get a rank of fifth or sixth grade in the future?
Official body!
In those days, rumors spread throughout Zhuangzi that Mr. Lu was crazy. It wasn't until half a month later that he returned to normal.
Then Lu Chengfeng thought that the emperor had forgotten him and Zhuangzi. After all, in such a big country with so many things, who always remembers a small Zhuangzi?
Although the glass-making workshop is still in Heyanzhuang, everything is going on smoothly. To attract His Majesty's attention again, the glass production must be stopped suddenly, but Lu Chengfeng doesn't want such a thing to happen at all.
But just yesterday, a guard whom he had met before came and told him: "Tomorrow I will go to the city with the deputy village owner to meet the Holy Spirit." He was immediately excited again, and told Feng Mo the news that Mr. Sun was the emperor.
Feng Mo was also shocked! And he still thought it was all a dream. Until he heard the voice of "Ping Shen", he still just stood up inertly and still stood aside stupidly.
Yun He looked at Lu Chengfeng, who looked excited but a little scared, and Feng Mo, who was standing stupidly beside him, and said warmly: "You don't have to be afraid. Just as you talked to me before, you will talk to me today.
"
Then Yunxi didn't wait for them to adapt. His time was precious, and he said directly: "How is the glass made in the glass workshop now? How big can the biggest one be?"
Lu Chengfeng bowed and said, "Your Majesty, you can make glass two feet long."
Yunxi nodded happily and said, "That's right. What about the lenticular lenses?"
Lu Chengfeng added: "It's easy to make, after all, it's small. It's just not easy to grind. Your Majesty's requirements are too high. If it's worn out, it has to be polished again. Last year, the best craftsman died of illness again. Now there are a total of
There are dozens of them polished in the library.”
