I am the king of the dead

The northwest wind is howling, the severe winter is brutal, and the cold air is bitter.

King Xiang got up early in the morning and headed towards the Xishan Cemetery with his Iron Book Army. A group of people was mighty and mighty, along with the commander of the Siwei Regiment, Yang Jun, Marquis of Changping, and other dignitaries.

Luo Bingzhong invited the imperial decree to take back the heroic souls of Beihai. The emperor of Ming Dynasty had already approved this matter, and after the beginning of spring, he officially sent envoys to negotiate with Lin. difficult.

And in terms of rewards for meritorious deeds, this credit belongs to King Xiang.

And Zhu Qiyu also knew that King Xiang was going to the Hall of Heroes to sacrifice, so he also asked King Xiang to bring his eulogy.

The time for Zhu Qiyu to sacrifice to the Hall of Martyrs in Beijing is fixed, on the morning of the New Year's Eve, after offering sacrifices to Changling and Xishan Imperial Tombs.

Inside the Hall of Martyrs in the Xishan Cemetery, there is a vast expanse of whiteness, as if covered with a thick layer of quilts. Inside the cemetery, there are pines and cypresses everywhere, and the branches are bent by the heavy snow. The only trace of greenery is also under the white snow. .

The plum blossoms are just blooming, welcoming the snow and blooming beautifully. The plum blossoms are three points inferior to the snow color, but the snow color is inferior to the plum blossom fragrance.

Wearing a big cloak, Zhu Zhanqian walked up to the Lingtai step by step. In the middle of the Lingtai, there was a three-foot-high monument with sacrificial texts engraved on it. In the wind and snow, he silently narrated the tragedy of the battle.

Behind the monument is the promenade of the east and west hatchbacks, which are engraved with the names of the heroes who died for the country after the Battle of the Capital. They come from all corners of the country, and they come from all over the world. Here, they have a common name, the heroes of the Ming Dynasty.

Suddenly, the earth change broke out in Tumubao, Ming's defense line completely collapsed, the capital was at stake, and the country was in danger of overthrowing. Yu Qian pulled King Yi out of the palace and threw him on the Fengtian Palace. He ordered to mobilize the Japanese army and the military army to enter the capital.

The reserve soldiers, under the leadership of the old battalion, trained for less than half a month. With the help of Xining, the Wala people broke through the Bauhinia Pass, drove straight in, and came to the capital. main force's decision.

These young lives did not choose to escape, but chose to fight.

The capital of the Ming Dynasty was saved, and the country of the Ming Dynasty was saved.

The main hall is the ancestral hall of the Hall of Martyrs, seven rooms wide and four frames deep, and the vermilion plaque at the entrance is written with four big characters [Loyalty and Martyrs Through the Ages] written by His Majesty himself.

A four-legged censer with a phoenix bird pattern placed in front of the temple.

Behind the main hall are the rolling mountains, thousands of neat and orderly tombstones, standing silently, and tens of thousands of heroic souls are buried on both sides of the foothills of Jinshan Mountain, solemnly and solemnly.

Zhu Zhanqian, as the prince's sacrifice, naturally had music and dance from the Ministry of Rites to add to the fun, but Zhu Zhanqian didn't want to disturb the heroic soul, so he refused all the music and dance and kept everything simple.

He just wanted to offer incense, very simple incense.

Zhu Zhanqian lit three sticks of incense, and respectfully lit three sticks of incense, and then Yang Jun also came forward and lit three sticks of incense.

Outside the hall, more than [-] soldiers from the Iron Book Army and more than [-] members of the Shenji Battalion from the Daming Jingying Battalion, under the orders of the commanding officer and the general Shubian, raised their blunderbusses high and started firing them at the sky. Three times, countless birds flew into the sky and flew into the distance.

A short but solemn sacrifice was thus completed.

Standing under the altar, Zhu Zhanqian looked towards the west with a frown. That was not the area of ​​the Hall of Martyrs, but the corner of the Jinshan Cemetery.

What was buried there was King Jili, who was buried under civil ceremonies.

Zhu Zhanqian just stood in the wind and snow, watched for a long time, motionless, he couldn't understand, since His Majesty, who was cruel and merciless, had already killed people in the Taimiao, why didn't he take advantage of the situation to crush King Jiru to ashes? Instead, those with coffins and coffins buried them with civil ceremonies.

Does he fit too?

After much deliberation, His Majesty did not mean that the dead were the most important, but only left the last trace of dignity to the Ming royal family. How can you say that King Jili also served as emperor for 14 years.

"Your Highness?" Luo Bingzhong looked at King Xiang and asked in a low voice.

Only then did King Xiang come to his senses, he stood up straight and asked, "What's the matter?"

Luo Bingzhong had nothing to do. He just reminded His Highness to regain his senses. He thought for a while and said, "It's time to go back to Beijing."

"Oh." Zhu Zhanqian stomped his feet and chose to return to Beijing.

After returning to the capital, Luo Bingzhong quietly left King Xiang's car, merged into the crowd of people in the capital, and disappeared without a trace.

Before the sound of the evening drum, Luo Bingzhong returned to Prince Xiang's mansion.

"A big deal has happened! A big deal has happened!" Luo Bingzhong returned to Prince Xiang's Mansion, holding up his hem, and hurried a few steps to find King Xiang who was writing "On Private Morality" in his study, with an excited expression on his face.

"It's not too big of a deal to watch the excitement. What's wrong, let's talk slowly." Zhu Zhanqian finished his pen and asked.

Luo Bingzhong said out of breath, "Jin Yiwei and Wucheng Bingma Si have arrested people."

To put it simply, under the leadership of Lu Zhong, Jin Yiwei's ti cavalry were dispatched and began to take cleaning.

A group of Hanlin and Tai students from the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial Academy were directly thrown to the Xishan Coal Kiln to do hard labor, and then more than a dozen ministers from the Six Departments of the Department of Affairs were taken away.

More than [-] officials ranging from the ninth rank to the fourth rank from the six departments were all taken away, and Wang Shijia, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, was arrested and was the third rank.

For a moment, the entire capital was in panic, for fear of being knocked on the door by Ti Qiye.

"This Wang Shijia's eldest son, Wang Yu, is the right envoy of Henan's inspectorate. The son of the second son, Wang Xi, was a Dingmao imperial examination candidate during the Zhengtong period. He is now a magistrate in Guangzhou. If Wang Shijia falls, these two good elders will not be able to fall. Let's go." Luo Bingzhong said with a lot of emotion.

The sound of the tide moving towards the palace started from the Ministry of Rites, and it was Wang Shijia who took the lead.

Once Wang Shijia fell from power, Wang Yu and Wang Xi would not have a few days to dance around.

In Daming, a family obtained meritorious service and entered the Imperial Academy, and their nephews generally did not take the imperial examinations to avoid suspicion.

Chen Xun's son and Wang Wen's son were impeached for this, and Wang Wen was also fined a year's salary for this.

But during the orthodox years, it was not uncommon for one person to attain enlightenment and ascend to heaven.

Zhu Zhanqian asked rather worriedly: "What crime?"

Luo Bingzhong looked at Zhu Zhanqin's worried expression, and after careful consideration, he realized that King Xiang was worried that His Majesty would use the law of punishment at will.

King Xiang just published an article on the front page of the residence newspaper, discussing public morality.

Luo Bingzhong hurriedly said: "It's not because of the crime, it's the impersonation case, a serious crime of corruption, the ambassador of the Anti-Corruption Office, Zhou Ying, went to arrest the person in person, it was Zhou Ying's investigation of the impersonation case that discovered the interests, and then more and more investigations. "

"The anti-corruption department has also been watching for a long time. As soon as it found out the evidence, it directly ransacked the house and closed the door for investigation."

Only then did Zhu Zhanqian relax. He was afraid that His Majesty would directly confess his crimes with words in a fit of anger, which violated the basic political structure of the public car to write a letter to spread the word.

Zhu Zhan said cheerfully: "Don't do anything wrong, and don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. This Wang Shijia's move to move the palace is probably the last struggle."

"Is there any clan involved in the ten princes' mansion? Didn't the clan's mansion affairs, Ningyang Marquis Chen Mao not take anyone?"

Luo Bingzhong shook his head vigorously and said: "For the matter of moving the palace, the clan's side is full of grass and trees. His Highness returned to Beijing to thank guests behind closed doors. No one on the clan's side dared to participate."

In moving the palace, there are actually some clans that want to wave the flag and cheer. After all, shouting twice is at least the reward for a mansion and fertile land. However, King Xiang is a flag of the clan, and Prince Xiang's mansion does not move, so naturally no one dares to move it.

Zhu Zhanqian said with a full smile: "After all, I still know that I am afraid, that's it."

Today's His Majesty is not a master who cares about the friendship of relatives. If the clan's son does not have the emperor's order, if he participates in political affairs, he is looking for death.If the vassal king enters Beijing, is there no vassal ban?

"Who was taken away by the Hanlin Academy?" Zhu Zhanqian asked with great interest, knocking on the table.

Luo Bingzhong thought for a while and said: "Liu Dingzhi, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, was the first in the orthodox first year examination, and tested flowers in the palace, and then worked as an editor at the Imperial Academy until the third year of Jingtai, and was promoted to the Bureau of Economics and Economics."

Zhu Zhanqian thought for a long time, and finally shook his head and said: "I don't know, Jinshi Jidi has been in the Imperial Academy for 17 years. I am afraid that the bench of the Imperial Academy has been worn by him, so he became a bureau of economics and economics?"

The Bureau of Economics and Economics is affiliated to the Zhan Shifu. It is nominally an institution to counsel the prince of the East Palace, but it is actually the stage where the Imperial Academy was transferred.

The Jinshi Jidi was admitted to the Imperial Academy and became an Imperial Academy. He wrote splendid articles for several months to several years, moved to Zhan Shifu, or served in the Six Departments or was released from Beijing.

This can be in the Hanlin Academy for 17 years. It cannot be said that there is no such case, but it is only one case.

Washing horses in the Bureau of Economics and Economics is an idle job from the fifth rank, and there is no specific position.

In 17, Zhu Zhanqian naturally didn't know this person when he got a fifth-rank errand.

Luo Bingzhong thought for a while and said: "This person's backer is actually Yang Shiqi, but later he hated Yang Shiqi for some reason, and he is not happy with both sides, so he has been idle until now."

Zhu Zhanqian understood, and asked knowingly, "Leader Qingliu?"

"Qingliu leader." Luo Bingzhong affirmed, and he quite agrees with His Highness's ability to summarize.

In the eyes of Zhu Zhanqian and Luo Bingzhong, Chaozhong Qingliu is too fond of talking and not down-to-earth. Since he has become the Yang Party, then don't let Yang Shiqi hate them.

In Zhu Zhanqian's words, the leader of Qingliu has a bad opinion.

What's the matter with the top ten calendar bureaus next to the Imperial Academy and the Imperial Academy?But Hanlin and Tai students just don't like them.

In terms of treason and immorality, the Heroine Hall set up by His Majesty to teach women to read should be condemned more verbally and in writing?But they didn't dare, because the sacrificial wine in the Hall of Heroines was the Empress Chitose.

Qingliu of the Hanlin Academy is a typical bully of honest people, bullying astronomy students of the top ten calendars, without any background or background.

"Is Wang Shijia related to Liu Dingzhi?" Zhu Zhanqian asked suddenly.

Luo Bingzhong nodded, and said confidently: "I knew that I couldn't hide His Highness's insight. Liu Dingzhi didn't want to sit on the bench in the Imperial Academy, so he found Wang Shijia as a backer."

"As soon as it got close, it fell down."

Zhu Zhanqian sneered, there is no mountain in the court, if you do things well, His Majesty is the biggest backer, and he is also reliable.

This Liu Dingzhi relied on Wang Shijia to put himself in.

Zhu Zhanqian pinched his fingers to make the calculations, and the evil spirits were everywhere. Among them, the thing that worried him most was the rumor that the driving Sipu bought it.

This news weighed on Zhu Zhanqian's heart for a whole day, and he couldn't breathe.

The eighteen official factories in the Hongwu period, the Jiangnan shipyard after Yongle, and the official kiln rush to buy in the Zhengtong period were all things that made Zhu Zhanqian sleepless.

Zhu Zhanqian played with the wrench in his hand and asked: "Where is the driver's side? This is a big fat piece of oily fat. Is there any movement?"

"Yes!" Luo Bingzhong said with a confused face: "Your Majesty said that if there are official factories rushing to buy, His Majesty will also participate in the rush. No one mentioned it."

"Why is this?"

Huangzhuang is Huangzhuang, and official factory is official factory, just like internal money is internal money, and national money is national money.

Zhu Zhanqian was also delighted to hear that His Majesty is indeed a person who takes a slanted sword and finds a new way. He looked at Luo Bingzhong with a confused face and asked, "I don't understand?"

"I don't understand." Luo Bingzhong asked shamelessly.

Zhu Zhanqian thought for a moment and asked, "Who do you think is the most powerful person in the world?"

Luo Bingzhong said without thinking: "Your Majesty."

"Who do you think is the richest person in the world?" Zhu Zhanqian asked again.

Luo Bingzhong thought for a long time before saying, "Your Majesty?"

"Of course." Zhu Zhanqian showed a teachable expression, and said with a smile: "In terms of power, His Majesty is the greatest, and in terms of money and silk, His Majesty is the most important."

"So, this matter of rushing to buy, changing public property into private property, will be nothing."

The distinction between public and private is an important achievement of public morality.

Your Majesty's internal money is private property, it is His Majesty's personal property. Your Majesty is the richest person in the world. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Finance have often gone to the internal money to borrow money. This practice has not changed in the Jingtai period.

As the emperor, His Majesty has never calculated the interest of the state treasury.

Some people want to turn public property into private property, so as the most noble and richest person in Ming Dynasty, who else in the world can snatch fat from His Majesty?

"So that's how it is." Luo Bingzhong was enlightened.

Zhu Zhanqian shook his head and shook his head. It was credit for welcoming the heroic soul back to Beihai, and it was credit for investigating the corruption case of the Nursing House. His Majesty gave all the credit to him, the prison country.

The case of moving the palace is troublesome, the criticism of the top ten calendar bureaus is troublesome, and the wave of buying and buying is troublesome, but His Majesty didn't let these troubles be left to him to supervise the country.

Zhu Zhanqian can see it, as long as he doesn't have delusions in his heart, His Majesty will not make a fuss about his head, this is what makes Zhu Zhanqian feel at ease.

The counter-offensive under the Winter Preface was reckoned, and under His Majesty's tough suppression, it finally became a bit more stable.

At this time, Samarkand is also spending winter, and it is harsh winter.

The counselor Wang Fu and Dashi haven't seen each other for a month, and even if something happened, it was Boyan Timur who intervened.

Conflicts are already on the table, and the biggest contradiction recently is about the Timur Khanate Buzain in the south.

Buzain did not recognize the legal system of the Kang Kingdom, and relied on shouting everywhere, and sent envoys to provoke him all day long, but Buzain was not stupid. He knew that Wala was powerful at this time, so he was just provoking, and he did not send troops. move.

What Wang Fu meant was to stand still and let him breathe out the fragrance, but he couldn't bear this character first, so he wanted to send troops to beat up Buzain, and teach Buzain a lesson for his bad words.

First of all, he didn't want to teach Bu Zain a lesson, he wanted to tell Kang Guo that he was the big stone and the king.

"Bo Yan, Buzain is in Herat. Herat is located on a high terrain. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides. Once our Kang army is besieged, there will be no place to die." Wang Fu's expression was heavy. Said.

Boyan Timur said with a troubled face: "Who says it's not."

Boyan Timur also disapproved of sending troops. Buzain was waiting for work at ease in Herat. Coupled with the favorable location, this battle was difficult to fight. Not to mention the casualties, it was easy to give the Ottoman Kingdom a chance to watch.

"When will Ming's mission arrive?" Wang Fu closed his eyes and asked for a long time.

Chapter 632 Wang Zhizheng, do you know it's wrong?

Wang Fu looked at Boyan Timur with a headache, the situation in Samarkand was too shocking.

He hadn't slept well for dozens of days, his eyes were bloodshot, he was preoccupied, he always slept lightly, and would wake up suddenly at the slightest disturbance, and the injury he suffered in Jining back then began to ache.

But he didn't dare to sleep deeply. Once he fell asleep, he might not be able to open his eyes to see the sun tomorrow.

"The mission of the Ming Dynasty is expected to arrive in Samarkand tomorrow, and Suiye City has received the document from the mission." Boyan Timur answered Wang Fu's question, then looked at the gentle man in front of him, and for a while I don't know how to speak.

Boyan Timur wanted to persuade Wang Fu, and he also joined forces with Wang Fu first, which was very unfavorable to the situation in Kang. There were wolves, tigers and leopards outside, and brothers fighting against each other inside, and there were many conflicts among the tribes.