Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty

The next day, the night leakage was not exhausted.

There were a few sparse stars hanging on the dim sky, and the earth was still silent in the boundless darkness.

At the Imperial City Root outside the Imperial City of Nanjing, many carriages and sedan chairs of civil servants had gathered.

In the old system of the Hongwu Dynasty, sedans were made with the same car. Cars were not allowed to be decorated with dragons and phoenixes, and red paint was prohibited. Officials of the first to third ranks wear gold and silver embroidered belts; those of the fourth and fifth ranks wear plain lion head embroidered belts; the sixth to ninth ranks use plain green belts with cloud heads.

Therefore, a large number of Qingman carriages and sedan chairs gathered together, and the civil servants discussed why Emperor Yongle suddenly held an impromptu meeting today.

It should be noted that Zhu Yuanzhang, the Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, established a system that only the three major days of the New Year, the Winter Solstice, and Christmas (the emperor’s birthday is also known as Christmas Day and Longevity Festival), as well as the "Song Wang Chao" on the first and fifteenth day of each month can be used. There will be a grand court meeting.

An impromptu imperial meeting often means that unusual and extremely urgent important temple events have occurred.

As for those on the other side who seemed a bit tit-for-tat, they were the military ministers who were chatting with each other on their horses.

These are all peripheral officials of the Ming Empire. Those who are really close to the core are the ministers, ministers, and governors who sit in the duty rooms of various government offices in the imperial city.

From the Hongwu Gate at the southern end of the Imperial City to the imperial road in the middle of Chengtian Gate, there are five stone bridges named "Waiwulong Bridge". Under the bridge is the Waiyu River. This part belongs to the "Imperial City" rather than the "Palace City". ".

On both sides of the imperial road between Hongwumen and Waiwulong Bridge are the central government offices of the Ming Dynasty. On the west side of the imperial road are the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, the Jinyi Guards, and the Banner Guards. On the east side of the imperial road are the Liubu, Hanlin Academy, and the Imperial Palace. Hospital etc.

At this time, in the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army, Duke Qiu Fu, Duke Cheng Zhu Neng, and Marquis Wang Ning of Yongchun, all heavyweight supporters of the second prince Zhu Gaoxu, were sitting together.

But Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao, who theoretically ranked first among the officials, sat far away on the other side to avoid suspicion.

The first hero of the Jingnan War, the veteran Qiu Fu, who was over 60 years old, had a gray beard, a burly figure, and a bold and unrestrained personality. He didn't care whether Li Jinglong was here or not, and spoke directly to Zhu Gaoxu.

"His Majesty must be making big moves today. What are the Second Prince's plans?"

Zhu Gaoxu had just changed into his princely clothes, combed his beard, and said with a confident look.

"Don't worry, Mr. Qiu. I have received the advice from the Exalted Immortal. There will definitely be no mistakes this time."

"Ban the Immortal?"

Marquis Yongning and Prince Consort Wang Ning were sitting on chairs and were slightly surprised when they heard this.

"Not bad!" Zhu Gaoxu looked extremely confident.

If you can’t trust other people, why don’t you trust Mr. Jiang?

Zhu Neng, the second person who contributed the most to Jingnan, is now only 30 years old. He is cautious but always decisive in major matters. He advised with a serious face: "Is Your Highness too confident? You should think about it again, shouldn't you?"

"What's there to think about?"

Zhu Gaoxu smiled slightly and said, "Just take a look at my performance."

Seeing that Zhu Gaoxu was so confident, Qiu Fu and others thought that he had obtained inside information from Zhu Di and was pretending to be an immortal, so they stopped persuading him.

Only Li Jinglong, who was drinking tea on one side, put down his tea cup and cast a suspicious look.

What did Jiang Lang teach him?

Li Jinglong shook his head and was no longer curious. He didn't care about him anymore. He just needed to be a good idiot.

Jiang Lang's clever trick, I have this trick of "being dumbfounded", and I will definitely not make any mistakes again.

Li Jinglong didn't want to make mistakes or make meritorious deeds at all. Now he knew too many secrets about Zhu Di. He was Zhu Di's mortal enemy before, so Zhu Di would not let him go.

Zhu Di promoted him to the position of the top official, just to praise him and wait for him to make mistakes. Li Jinglong knew it very well, so he chose to protect himself wisely and cut off contact with civil servants. He did whatever Zhu Di asked him to do.

"I will definitely not be targeted by Emperor Yongle this time. There is indeed a lot of malice towards handsome people in this world." Li Jinglong walked out of the check-in room of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, touched his handsome face and murmured.

"Gong Cao Guo?"

Li Jinglong stopped walking and looked at the person coming.

The person in front of him was Zhu Su, the King of Valley. When the Yan army crossed the river and marched to Nanjing this year, it was Zhu Su, the King of Valley, who opened the Jinchuan Gate with him and welcomed Zhu Di into Nanjing to proclaim himself emperor. friendship.

"Your Highness Prince Gu, what's wrong?"

"No, it's nothing, just saying hello. Let's go to the Dachang meeting together."

Li Jinglong turned slightly to avoid suspicion, and Valley King Zhu Su was just polite and walked away.

But as the Valley King Zhu Su walked away, he couldn't help but look back at Li Jinglong.

The king of the valley, Zhu Su, thought to himself: "According to the secret report from the old ministry where I was on duty in the imperial prison, Li Jinglong was secretly imprisoned by Zhu Di and sent to the imperial prison a few days ago. Why is he out now?"

"There must be something weird in it. The fourth brother is ruthless. During the time of Jingnan, I and Li Jinglong also fought against him in the early stage, and then opened the door for him to surrender. Since the fourth brother has already attacked Li Jinglong, there is no guarantee that he will not attack me."

"Besides, the matter of reducing the vassal state is already clearly aimed at us vassal kings. The commander-in-chief of the five armies is gathering troops in the Central Plains. Both the King of Qin and the King of Jin will suffer."

"No, I must not sit back and wait for death!"

Valley King Zhu Su glanced at Miyagi with a gloomy look, and secretly made up his mind.

No matter what everyone's thoughts were, the rigorously regulated and grand dynasty meeting soon began.

All civil and military officials passed through the Nei Wulong Bridge according to their respective orders and grades, and entered Fengtian Gate under the watchful eyes of the Han generals.

Afterwards, the Jinwu guards led by the third prince Zhu Gaosui personally guarded the area from Danqi to Fengtianmen.

"Be respectful to His Majesty the Emperor, pray for God and accept Hu, and serve the heavens for everlasting prosperity!"

Under the leadership of the ceremony officer, all the officials saluted several times, and finally knelt down and sang Shanhu in praise. All the officials raised their hands and raised their foreheads and shouted "Long live, long live, long live". The music and military academy responded in unison, and the whole place was shaken by the sound. sky.

Zhu Di wore a gong crown and ascended to the throne solemnly, while the bells on both sides gradually stopped ringing.

Two chairs were placed on the golden steps, with the eldest prince Zhu Gaochi at the top and the second prince Zhu Gaoxu sitting at the bottom. As for the third prince Zhu Gaosui, he was wearing strong armor and leading the Jinwu Guards to guard the palace.

Zhu Di nodded slightly, and the announcer under the golden steps immediately understood and read out the imperial edict prepared in advance.

As soon as the imperial edict of "taking laborers into their own land" was read out, the entire Fengtian Hall became extremely quiet, and you could hear a needle drop.

But this silence did not last long, and soon there was a "buzzing" sound in the hall, like the collective vibrating wings of flies. It was the sound of officials whispering to each other uncontrollably.

Immediately afterwards, there were protests in no order, and sarcasm wrapped in the crowd.

This is generally the necessary casting time before civil servants enlarge the move "Death Remonstrance".

After a while, one or several petty officials with extremely tough bones will stand up under the instructions of the secretaries or ministers who are behind the scenes, twisting their necks and begging to be beaten.

The second prince, Zhu Gaoxu, stared at Li Jinglong, the leader of the officials below him, with a face full of shock.

"No wonder my father was so indifferent to the news about the Iwami Silver Mine and the Sado Gold Mine that I reported."

"Damn it, it turns out you are an old boy who secretly told father the contents of Mr. Jiang's lecture!"

"Not a son of man! That's my credit! It's my credit!"

Just when Zhu Gaoxu was scolding Li Jinglong in his heart, Zhu Di's voice came over.

"What does the Second Prince think of this matter?"

Zhu Gaoxu, who had practiced all night, stood up, held his head high, and spoke to Zhu Di confidently with a condescending look, a smile that was three parts contempt, three parts disdain, three parts ridicule, and one part sympathy.

"Ah, yes, yes."