The next day, on the tenth day of October, except for Yunxi who went to the exchange location early in the morning and took a look at it, and then returned to the palace after feeling that there was no problem, he spent the rest of the day in the Wenhua Hall reading the memorial and reading Lao Zhu's comments.
But after coming out of Lao Zhu's Jinshen Palace at night, Yun Xi's hands shrunk in the sleeves grabbed the underwear due to excitement, and coupled with the wetness of sweat, the underwear was almost torn. Because just now, Lao Zhu
After Zhu answered his question, he said: "Yunxi, on the twelfth day of the twelfth day, Chang Sheng will set off to the north to station troops. He is your uncle after all. You should go and see him tomorrow morning. And Mrs. Chang (referring to Chang Chang)
Yuchun’s wife is still here, and you should go and see her too. I have sent someone to inform them that they are waiting at home."
Yunxi was very excited on the spot. Since Lao Zhu allowed him to see Chang Sheng, he tacitly allowed him to establish contact with the Chang family and even use the power of the Chang family.
On the one hand, Yunxi still has family ties with the Chang family; on the other hand, Yunxi also wants to use the power of the Chang family; even if the Chang family only shows part of their power to him - which is almost inevitable, everyone will keep a hand - he
You can also use these forces to expand your own power, conduct some scientific experiments and sociological research in advance, and further unite your guards.
Yunxi returned to the Wenhua Hall covered in sweat. Strangely enough, Yunxi sweated when he was nervous in his previous life, and it was still the same in this life. Then he stayed up until very late before going to bed.
That night, the founding palace on Chang'an Street was also brightly lit all night long. Chang Yuchun's second son Chang Sheng, third son Chang Sen (Note 1), and their wives, Chang Sheng's eldest son Chang Jizong, also
Chang Yuchun's wife, Mrs. Lan, was gathered in the main hall of Chang's mother's courtyard (referring to Mrs. Lan) in the backyard. Chang Mao's wife, Feng Shi (Note 2), as a widow, no longer cares about housework, so she was not there.
As the current head of the Chang family, Chang Sheng faced Chang's mother and said respectfully: "Mother, His Majesty just sent someone to send a message, saying that the Emperor Taisun will come to our house to 'visit relatives' tomorrow." Because there were many people present.
A servant, so Chang Sheng calls him "Emperor Taisun".
Everyone present was called over in a hurry. Only Chang Sheng and Chang's mother knew about this matter, not even Chang Sheng's wife Hu (Note 3), so everyone was stunned for a while.
With a "clang", the copper basin held by a little maid fell to the ground. The water in the basin splashed everywhere, wetting the clothes of many servants, and even the clothes of Chang Jizong who happened to be sitting next to him.
Wet.
The little maid immediately squatted down and picked up the basin in fear, and then squatted there at a loss, not knowing what to do.
Because this maid belongs to Chang Mu, it is difficult for others to scold her. Chang Mu said: "Bao Qin, you go down, there is no need to clean up." Then she said to all the servants: "You all go down." All the servants.
After hearing the words, people filed out without making any sound, including the Baoqin whose basin had just fallen to the ground.
After all this trouble, everyone came to their senses. Hu asked: "Is the news true? Is it really sent by His Majesty?"
Chang Sheng said: "I also know the guard who came, and he is definitely not wrong. Besides, in the capital, is there anyone who dares to falsely convey the emperor's order?"
Everyone made sense when they heard it. Chang Sen said: "What does your Majesty mean? Why did you suddenly let Yunxi come to our house?"
Chang's mother said: "Sen'er, be careful what you say. You have to call me His Royal Highness."
Chang Sen also knew that he had made a mistake, but he quibbled: "Mother, I just said that when we were all members of my own family."
Chang's mother said sternly: "You can't talk nonsense in front of your own family." Chang Sen saw that his mother seemed to be angry and suddenly became speechless.
Chang Sheng changed the subject and said: "I see that His Majesty wants His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun to come to our palace. Firstly, he wants Your Highness to recognize his relatives, to show that the Tian family also has family ties; secondly, he wants to use the power of our palace to come to our palace.
Assist Yunxi. After all, His Majesty is busy with many things and does not have time to look after His Highness all the time, so let us help."
Chang's mother said: "Why doesn't Your Majesty allocate more guards to His Highness? Do you have to come from our mansion?"
Chang Sheng said: "If not, how can he weaken the power of my Chang family?"
Chang heard this and said: "Then let's just let him weaken it?"
Chang Sheng asked back: "What if this is not the case? As long as His Highness succeeds to the throne smoothly, it will be the greatest benefit to us. After the case of Concubine Lu's poisoning, everyone should have realized the undercurrent of family affection surging beneath the tender surface.
, so we can only give up some of our forces to help His Highness."
Everyone understands this truth, so no one is arguing with it. However, everyone is disgusted with Lao Zhu's calculation, and their joy at Yunxi's coming is also diluted.
Next, the Chang family members present discussed how to welcome Yunxi tomorrow. After carefully analyzing the words of the guard who came to deliver the letter, and coupled with such an informal form of delivering the letter, they all agreed that it should be an 'informal' visit. However,
Just in case, it was necessary to prepare the utensils needed for a formal visit. The Chang family spent the second half of the night preparing various ceremonial utensils for the reception.
Yunxi woke up very early the next day. Then he tossed on the bed for a while before getting up. He put on his home clothes and knocked on the wall. The eunuchs who had been waiting outside the house entered the house and began to clean up and serve.
Yunxi was not used to being served and dressed, and he did not want anyone to come and go as he pleased while he was still in his dormitory, so he strictly prohibited anyone from coming in while he was sleeping at night, not even Wang Jin and the others.
So they made a rule that no one could enter unless Yunxi summoned him before Chen hour every morning; if Yunxi had not gotten up by Chen hour, Wang Jin or one of the other three people would go in and wake Yunxi up.
Yunxi got up, washed up, put on his outer robe, then went out and walked out of the palace.
At this time, the morning court has ended. If the ministers have not been arrested, they have all gone back to work in their own yamen. Those who have been arrested will of course go to jail. But there is one person who has not left after the court today, and that is Cao Guogong Li Jinglong.
Li Jinglong came to test whether Lao Zhu would agree with him to marry his sister to Chang Jizong. After all, the marriage between the two guogongfus was still one of the three most powerful guogongfus in the Ming Dynasty. How Lao Zhu felt was very important.
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Moreover, Xianqiyang King Li Wenzhong was Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew. Now that Zhu Yuanzhang's niece and granddaughter wanted to settle down, it would not be out of the ordinary for him to ask Zhu Yuanzhang what he meant, given that all the other elders were dead.
Li Jinglong made a good time and went to Jinshen Hall to pay homage to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang was rather surprised that Li Jinglong came to visit him. There was nothing going on now. The task of conquering Yuelu Timur was given to Lan Yu. He, Li Jinglong, followed Feng Sheng, Fu Youde and others to go to various places to station troops. The tasks have been assigned. He is here.
Why? But Zhu Yuanzhang still asked him to come in.
When Li Jinglong entered the door, he bowed respectfully, then said a few digressions, and then immediately got to the point. He said: "Your Majesty, Tong'er (Li Jinglong's sister Li Tong) is already fifteen now, and she is not too young.
It’s time to get married; I’ve chosen a family for her, Your Majesty, you are also her elder, you can see if it’s suitable.”
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he knew that he had chosen a noble family, but at this time he had not thought that he had chosen the Chang family. He thought that Li Jinglong was here to find out whether the family he chose was on his eradication list, relying on relatives.
Ask about the relationship.
Lao Zhu actually considered whether to give Li Tong to Yunxi as his grandson concubine, but after much consideration, he still didn't want the Li family's power to expand too much, so he ruled it out.
Lao Zhu said: "Then let's talk about it, which one did you choose?"
Li Jinglong said: "It's Chang Jizong, the eldest son of the founding father. He is nineteen years old this year. He is only four years older than Tong'er, which is not much. I have already told Chang Sheng half-jokingly, and he has no objection.
, Your Majesty, as an elder, what do you think of Tong'er's fate?"
Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang understand his plan and pondered for a long time. Li Jinglong stood aside and waited quietly. He seemed calm, but the sweat on his back soaked his court clothes.
Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a long time. In the end, he felt that although Yunxi would definitely improve the status of the Chang family after he came to power, both Chang Sheng and Chang Sen were mediocre. Chang Sheng's only redeeming feature was that he was modest and cautious, while Chang Sen had no merit at all.
And Xu Huizu is a talented general, and Xu Zengshou is also outstanding. They are not relatives. If they can get the support of civilian officials, they may not be overpowered by the Chang family. When Lan Yu, Feng Sheng and others are dead, the Xu family is likely to become the head of the military generals.
.But if the Li family favors the Chang family, although Li Jinglong's talents are not as good as Xu Huizu's, they are still acceptable (Note 4), and a balanced state can be maintained.
So Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Chang Jizong is an upright man and will be a good home for Tong'er."
Li Jinglong was overjoyed when his wish came true. He immediately knelt on the ground and thanked him repeatedly. Then he didn't leave until Zhu Yuanzhang became impatient.
Note 1: There is no record in Chang Sen's "History of the Ming Dynasty", but many other historical materials say that there is such a person, so it is written. His wife is the Wu family, the daughter of Wu Liang, the Marquis of Jiangyin (later named Jiang Guogong), and the daughter of Wu Gao
elder sister.
Note 2: Chang Mao’s wife is the daughter of Song Guogong Feng Sheng.
Note 3: Chang Sheng’s wife Hu is the daughter of Hu Dahai.
Note 4: As for Li Jinglong’s military ability, I personally think he is good at leading troops but poor at commanding, so he is suitable to be a logistics manager or chief of staff. I will analyze it in detail later.