Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 18 The First Contest with Ma Shiying

"Your Highness, you have traveled thousands of miles to Jinling, and I will be disappointed to welcome you. Why don't you enter the Lord's East Palace first, where you can meet the officials of Jinling, so that everyone can see Tianyan, what do you think?"

Ma Shiying invited Zhu Cihong to live in the East Palace not out of kindness, but because of his own calculations. The East Palace is in the imperial city. Once Zhu Cihong lives in the East Palace, they have a reason to separate Zhu Cihong from his army.

If Zhu Cihong said that he needed the army, they would transfer the guards around Zhu Yousong, so that Zhu Cihong could actually be placed under house arrest, which is really a poisonous trick.

In addition, there are more benefits, such as Zhu Cihong's authority is greatly reduced. King Fu lives in the imperial palace, and he lives in the East Palace. In this way, Zhu Cihong will be a head shorter than Zhu Yousong. Next, King Fu wants to ascend the throne and become emperor There will also be a lot less resistance.

It's a pity that his wishful thinking could only go so far. Zhu Cihong quickly realized that Ma Shiying was so enthusiastic, he must have malicious intentions, and he just had to turn against him.

So Zhu Cihong said, "Isn't the emperor's uncle supervising the country today? What happened in Jinling made the dignified prince shut out. I think it's better to ask the emperor to rule. How should I punish him?"

"As for the residence, I heard that the East Palace of Jinling has not been lived in for hundreds of years. It must be very cloudy and humid inside, and it has been in disrepair for a long time. It is too unrespectable for the royal family. If I live in it, others will call it the emperor's uncle. Treated me too harshly."

"Besides, Wang Fuen just donated a few houses to me. It's good to live anywhere. I just need to live there."

After Zhu Cihong finished speaking, Ma Shiying noticed Wang Fuen, the guard eunuch of Jinling standing beside the sedan chair.

Seeing this eunuch, Ma Shiying's teeth itch in his heart. Civil servants have never dealt with eunuchs.

He thought to himself: If you don't want to beat Wang Fuen, this guy has climbed up to Zhu Cihong so quickly, he is really good at adapting to the wind, sooner or later, he will kill all of you eunuchs.

Seeing Ma Shiying staring at him, Wang Fuen didn't dodge, instead he stood up generously and said to him with a smile, "Master Ma, don't come here without any problems."

It was good that Wang Fuen didn't smile, his smile made Ma Shiying even more furious, but now he didn't dare to get angry on this occasion, his face was so ferocious that it really choked him up.

Where Ma Shiying stood, he only looked at Wang Fuen with the whites of his eyes, and let out a gasp in his nose and eyes, and let out a snort.

"Okay, since the crown prince wants to live in the inner city, and the ministers don't want to talk too much, then I'll take Zhao Zhifu back first, and discuss with His Royal Highness King Lu how to punish him."

The implication of Ma Shiying's words is to allow Zhu Cihong to live in the inner city, but there are conditions and a price. Zhao Bieyun will be taken away by Ma Shiying. Out of breath, he clicked him directly.

That's beyond Zhu Cihong's control, and it's fine for everyone to do their own things when the time comes.

Zhu Cihong had seen so many power struggles in modern times in his previous life, how could he not understand what Ma Shiying was trying to do with this prank.

"Okay, then please Mr. Ma go ahead first, so that the road will not be in a hurry." There is no loss to Zhu Cihong's interests, so he agreed.

However, Zhu Cihong also proposed that Ma Shiying go ahead, so that Ma Shiying seemed to be his pioneer.

Although it can't cause any harm to Ma Shiying, it can disgust him no matter what.

"Okay, that's it." Ma Shiying reluctantly agreed to Zhu Cihong's request.

Only now did he understand how difficult this young man was, and he was not a soft persimmon that he could handle as he had imagined.

He thought to himself, if he had known that he would not have come to take this muddy water, he would have sent his servants to the gate of the city and let the guards open the gate.

But he also pulled Zhao Bieyun over, so he really couldn't eat the fox and made a fuss.

The area of ​​Jinling City is very large. As an accompanying capital, it is almost no less than the capital in terms of area. The streets are wide, winding, and numerous.

Soon they came to an intersection, Ma Shiying didn't want to go with Zhu Cihong anymore, so she would rather go around the same road and leave immediately.

And Zhu Cihong's mighty group, led by Wang Fuen, came to the two houses he mentioned.

At first, Zhu Cihong thought it was the kind of farmyard, where there was an open space in front of the house and behind the house, or a courtyard house that usually covers an area of ​​hundreds of square meters.

But when he came to the place, Zhu Cihong discovered that what Wang Fuen dedicated to him were actually two huge mansions comparable to the second Ningrong mansion in the Dream of Red Mansions.

The mansion here faces south, short from east to west and long from north to south. The main entrance facing south is covered with vermilion paint, and even the pillars at the door are so luxurious.

Although it is relatively short from east to west, it is also relative to the north and south.

The total length of the two mansions from east to west is more than [-] meters. As for the length from north to south, it is more than [-] meters long. Calculated, the two mansions occupy an area of ​​[-] square meters.

Looking at the mansion in front of him, Zhu Cihong liked it more and more, and said, "Wang Fuen, this mansion is not bad, it's just what I want."

Hearing that Zhu Cihong said he likes it, Wang Fuen's hanging heart finally let go. What he fears most is to offer things up, but Zhu Cihong doesn't like it, so it will be troublesome.

Not to mention offering something else, it would also affect Zhu Cihong's mood. The most important thing is that it means that Wang Fuen can't figure out what he wants.

For a eunuch who is a slave of the emperor and everything comes from the gift of the emperor, this is undoubtedly the end of his career.

"It's fine if His Highness likes it. If you are dissatisfied with it, the slave is still afraid that His Highness won't like it on the way. I thought, if His Highness doesn't like it, then this house should be demolished and rebuilt, or find another place for you."

Wang Fuen is really wise and stupid, just like the concubines in Gongdou Opera, who are obviously extremely smart and have calculated all people's hearts, but they still have to pretend to be silly and sweet to please others, so as to appear that they are not threatening.

"Haha, let's go in and have a look." Zhu Cihong didn't want to say anything anymore, talking to people these two days would almost kill him.

One is to maintain the speaking habits of the ancients, not like modern people, and as a prince, he must abide by the rules and regulations in every word and deed.

Although it is a special season and there is no need to be so meticulous, Liu Bao and the others always remind him to pay attention to the majesty of the royal family when they see Zhu Cihong's inappropriate actions.

It's just that it doesn't matter, practice more, you can always develop muscle memory.

However, since meeting and talking with Shi Kefa, Zhu Cihong discovered that these people who can leave their names in the history books are all smart and energetic.

　Do you think this book is poisonous?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)