The next day, October 12th, Yun Xie got up at midnight. After washing up, he immediately started reading the book. He hadn’t finished what he missed yesterday. It wasn’t until lunch time that he finished reading the tasks he was supposed to complete. , breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he leaned back on the chair and flipped through the memorial just sent by the young eunuch of Jinshen Palace.
In fact, he just wanted to see if there were any memorials on diplomacy. Modern people basically did not agree with the thoughts on diplomacy of China's ancient feudal dynasties, including the Ming Dynasty, and Yunxi was no exception, so although diplomacy at this time It is indeed not very important to the Ming Dynasty, but Yunxi is still the first to pay attention to this aspect. If he feels inappropriate, he can remedy it as much as possible.
However, there was no memorial in this regard today. Instead, it was the other two memorials that caught Yunxi's attention.
First, the process of Mu Chun's attack on Xipinghou was finally completed, so Mu Chun made a request to return to Yunnan. Lao Zhu approved it and also gave instructions to go to the city gate to see him off. It is estimated that Yunxi will also have to go there by then.
Second, Gao Xiang, who was sent to Hangzhou, routinely reported on the situation of exchanging treasure banknotes for rice. The situation in Hangzhou was stable and there were no problems, but Yunxi thought of what happened in Suzhou. He dug out Jin Yiwei's return and compared it with what Zhuo Jing had intermittently reported. Reporting on the memorial, it can be seen that the situation in Suzhou is still not optimistic. Although the number of people exchanging rice has decreased these days, it is still outside the designated range.
However, Yunxi still chose to trust Zhuo Jing for the time being and wait until the situation was about to get out of control before intervening. He was willing to give more trust to his subordinates and let them take on more responsibilities. Well, he was actually lazy, but he was indeed willing Trust his subordinates. Of course, if someone betrays his trust, that person will never "take on important responsibilities" again.
Yunxi had lunch, took a short lunch break, and continued to read the memorial in the afternoon. Wenying came to see him in the afternoon, and he was also very happy. Yunxi really liked having people of about the same age who could communicate with him on an equal footing to talk to him, especially if it was a soft girl. Okay. Wenying happens to meet all the above points, so Yunxi still welcomes Wenying.
Three more days later, on October 15th, today it was Mu Ying's time to return to Yunnan. Zhu Yuanzhang's official farewell time was Si Shi (9 to 11 a.m.), but at two quarters of the day, the guards of the imperial city, Together with the government officials from Yingtian Mansion, they came to the west gate of the capital to drive people away. Seeing this, the people who were about to leave the city rushed forward one after another, fearing that they would have to go a long way around and go out through another door if they were too late.
The gatekeeper at the city gate couldn't stop him, and he couldn't even care about checking. He could only get out of the way and let the people get out quickly.
A group of men and women, old and young, who looked like a family, followed the crowd out of the city gate.
When this group of people came out of the city gate, they seemed to be very relieved. Normally, the gatekeepers would have called them back and questioned them; but today, these gatekeepers only stopped people entering the city and checked them, and no longer cared about it. The people who were leaving the city were there, so they left the city safely.
They left the city and walked for a while until they could no longer see the city gate. Then they found a flat place on the roadside and stopped to rest.
One of the girls, who looked to be fifteen or sixteen years old, said to another girl who looked to be ten or sixteen years old: "It's exactly what my sister said. They let us out today without checking."
The ten-year-old woman said: "Today is the day when Hou Muchun of Xiping returned to Yunnan, and we came to the city gate at this time. In order to let the people out as soon as possible, they will not conduct detailed inspections."
"Ever since we started hiding, I remembered that Hou Muchun of Xiping had not returned. There must be such an incident, and I was waiting for this day to leave the city. Although we were publicly inspected, privately we still It's going on. For safety's sake, we can only wait for this day."
This 11-year-old woman is Yuan Tan Shanggong, who has been evading arrest by Jin Yiwei for more than ten days. The others are Chen Chen and her family. They have been hiding in the city for more than ten days and have not dared to leave the city until yesterday. From the notice posted near the hiding place, they learned that Muchun had returned to Yunnan and Zhu Yuanzhang had to see him off in person before they dared to come out.
Tan Shanggong originally planned to sit back and wait for capture because all his relatives were dead and he had nothing to worry about. But Chen Jing also knew her very well, so when he knew something was wrong, he immediately asked his brother to knock her out and take her to the hidden place arranged in advance. Place.
Then after Tan Shanggong woke up, he hid with them because he didn't want to implicate Chen Chen's family if he was arrested. Later, under Chen Chen's persuasion, he finally gave up the idea of death and had the hope of living. He left the city with them today.
In fact, the specific process of Chen Chen's persuasion is very complicated and intelligent, but I won't elaborate on it here. Everyone should know how difficult it is.
Then Tan Shanggong asked: "Where do you plan to go next? I am alone and have no relatives to rely on, so I can only look at you."
Chen Chen said: "I have a cousin who holds the position of one hundred households in the Three Guards of the King of Yan in Peking. He is a loyal and honest man. Because the things we committed are too special, the government did not send out arrest documents to arrest us, so we can go. I went to my cousin in Peiping. I discussed it with my parents, and they all agreed."
Chen Chen's mother Wei also came over and said: "Tan Shanggong, Chen Chen's father's cousin is very reliable and will not ignore us. Besides, there are so many people in our group, and we don't look like rich people, nor are we afraid. What. At worst, I’ll just go somewhere else when I get to Peking.”
Tan Shanggong had nowhere to go, so of course he had no objection. Then Chen Chen’s mother, Wei Shi, said: "Just walking on the road, Tan Shanggong, you and my daughter have to darken their faces. Fortunately, it is almost winter now, so we can wear good clothes." There is already enough, so there is no need to wrap yourself in more clothes."
Tan Shanggong had never walked outside before, so after listening to their words, he quickly picked up the black ash and applied it on his face and neck. Chen Chen also did the same. Chen's mother, Wei Shi, came forward to help. Fortunately, there were many of them. This is a main road, so when other people see people in their flat area, they don't come over and insist on squeezing, so no one notices what they are doing.
After a while, Mrs. Wei let go of her hand, let the black ash in her hand scatter on the ground, and said to Tan Shanggong: "Shanggong, it's okay, no one will recognize it this time."
Then everyone packed up and got on the road. Before leaving, Chen Chen asked Tan Shanggong: "Sister Tan, we can't always call you Tan Shanggong from now on. Sister, what is your real name? It's easy for us to call you. As for your identity, it's easy to arrange. Just say you are my other cousin."
Tan Shanggong gently tied his hair with his blackened hands and said, "I have forgotten my real name a long time ago. From now on, you can call me Tan Wei'er."