Seiwa

In the first year of Jianwen, in mid-March, King Yan and his party arrived in Nanjing.

The prince's guard of honor entered from the Xuanwu gate, with the banner bearer in front, the prince's elephant in the middle, eunuchs and servants accompanying the carriage, and five hundred guards all dressed in fresh clothes and angry horses.

Yinfan, halberd cloak, Ge cloak, instrument cloak, etc. passed by one after another, attracting the exclamation of people on the roadside.

Although he has lived in the imperial city for a long time, since the Hongwu Dynasty, all the kings have been vassals, and they are not allowed to enter the capital unless they are ordered. Such a majestic scene is really rare.

The Minister of Honglu Temple went out to welcome Zhu Di in person, and led Zhu Di to stay in Yanwang Mansion in the city.

After waiting for a long time, King Yan was nowhere to be seen. An eunuch wearing a purple sunflower shirt and a black headband reported that King Yan was unwell.

The officials who were ordered to greet him were a little dumbfounded. Is King Yan sick?

"Please also ask for your convenience."

The eunuch smiled kindly, and the minister of Honglu Temple wiped his sweat, feeling very embarrassed, but the feudal king entered Beijing but did not see the officials to greet him, which is not in accordance with the rules.

Immediately, Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Hanyang County, was impatient to wait, his eyes widened, and his hand directly touched the knife on his waist.

Before the blade came out of the body, King Yan's voice came from the elephant body.

"Gao Xu, don't be rude." Then there was another cough, "Three guarantees."

"The servant is here."

"Open the door."

The eunuch who had talked to Honglu Siqing before turned around immediately, trotted back to the front of the car, stepped on the car, and pushed open a side door.

Inside the door, King Yan was dressed in a bright red uniform, sitting sideways, through the curtain of the car, his face was tired.

The rightful lord has shown up, any further delay would be to find fault purely.

A respondent from Honglu Temple immediately saluted, "I have seen the prince."

When he rode his horse past Honglu Siqing and Zuo Shaoqing who were waiting at the side, Gaoyang County King deliberately pulled the reins, put his thumb on the scabbard, and the black scabbard made of shark skin was pushed half an inch away. The light flashed in front of the eyes of the two of them, and Duke Gaoyang laughed loudly.

"You're a chicken and a dog, but you're nothing!" Laughing enough, the King of Gaoyang snorted coldly, "If you dare to block the way of the father, you should let the rats taste how beneficial the knife that Xiao Wang cut the Tartar!"

The faces of Honglu Siqing and Zuo Shaoqing were pale, and their hands were shaking.

How crazy!

At the feet of the Son of Heaven, threatening the fourth-rank officials of the imperial court is really extremely arrogant!

The behavior of King Gaoyang County was seen by everyone, and his own eunuch reported to King Yan, but King Yan, who was in the elephant, never said a word

Zhu Gaoxu squinted at the earth-colored court officials, without concealing the disdain and contempt in his eyes.

Emperor Jianwen soon learned of Gaoyang County King's rampant actions, raised his eyebrows and clenched his fists.If you can't bear it a little, you will make a big mess, and the king of Yan is very scheming. If you are like this, you must have a countermeasure.

He endures!

It's a pity that Emperor Jianwen was wrong. The arrogance of King Gaoyang was just an appetizer, and the real feast was when King Yan entered the palace.

According to the etiquette system of the Ming Dynasty, He Xinjun of the vassal dynasty needed to wear a crown, green clothes and long clothes, and five colors for the crown. It was a grand dress ordered by the Hongwu Dynasty to show respect for the emperor.

Unexpectedly, King Yan went his own way, and entered the palace wearing ordinary clothes.

What kind of personality is it to wear a jacket and jeans when it should be a suit and leather shoes?

In the Fengtian Palace, Emperor Jianwen, who was sitting on the dragon chair, was silent for a long time, and the eyes of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty also dropped.

This, this is too much, right?Even if you don't wear a crown, at least you wear a leather hat, and you don't talk about congratulations, you just go on a pilgrimage, which makes sense.

What's the matter with wearing regular clothes?

This move was like a slap on Emperor Jianwen's face, saying clearly, I don't accept you, what can you do?

King Yan made up his mind to play heartbeats with Emperor Jianwen and the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty.

This is not a mistake in formalism, but a big mistake at the root of thought.

Emperor Hongwu ordered the dynasties to perform family rituals in the inner hall after seeing each other. Emperor Jianwen was a junior, so he should respect his uncle when performing family rituals, but this is in Fengtian Hall!Zhu Di, a vassal king, walks the road in a big way, and does not pay homage to the emperor. He is simply contemptuous of the court and etiquette!

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were not calm anymore, and stuck their necks at King Yan's luck.Emperor Jianwen was also so angry that his face turned pale and his lips trembled.

Zhu Di, the king of Yan who was so angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven, calmly took out a handkerchief, covered his mouth, and coughed twice.

"Your Majesty, I'm sorry, but I'm not in good health." After finishing speaking, he glanced at the court officials.Everyone he looked at seemed to be forced to face by a knife, their faces turned pale, and a layer of cold sweat emerged from their foreheads.

Emperor Jianwen: "..."

King Yan is not in good health?

If Bei Yuan, who was beaten to the point of crying and crying, wished he could find a hole in the ground, how would he feel when he heard these words?

Emperor Jianwen had nothing to say, and most of the officials in the court were also silent. Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and others simply became dumb.

There was a long silence in Fengtian Temple.

The captain who was in charge of the guard of honor outside the hall was very curious. In the past, every court meeting was the same as the vegetable market. Why is it so quiet today?

If someone curls his lips, what else can he do?King Yan is here!

Oh, King Yan is here.

The school captains exchanged a look of knowing each other in the air, and continued to be pillars and backgrounds.

The celebration of the vassal dynasty in March of the first year of Jianwen was destined to be recorded in the annals of history.

The extremely arrogant vassal king, the helpless and cowardly emperor, and the court officials pretending to be quails will definitely leave a strong mark in the history books of later generations.

King Yan entered the palace calmly, and left the palace calmly.

Emperor Jianwen once again saw how powerful this uncle was, he was powerful and dared to be arrogant, even though he knew the court was on guard, he still went his own way.

What is the saying?The one who is in a daze is afraid of being stunned, and the one who is in a daze is afraid of dying.

His uncle was absolutely not in a daze, but he was overbearing to the extreme.If you don't want to die, you have to take a detour when you see him.

Sweeping his eyes over the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty who were still dressed in quails, Emperor Jianwen suddenly felt his spirits fade.

"It's all gone."

Leaving behind this plausible sentence, the young emperor got up and left the dragon chair.

This court greeting seemed to be a signal, which was deeply planted in the minds of Emperor Jianwen and the court ministers.

However, among the quails in the Manchu Dynasty, it is not without fierce people.

The supervisory censor Zeng Fengshao went to Shushu to impeach King Yan the next day, saying that King Yan was disrespectful.

Emperor Jianwen's reaction was beyond everyone's expectations. They thought that the emperor would fight the case, not to mention what he would do to King Yan directly, but he would also detain him.Unexpectedly, Emperor Jianwen said, "King Yan is my close relative, and should not be held accountable."

Zeng Fengshao was dumbfounded, spurted out a mouthful of old blood, and almost fell to the ground unconscious.

The inspector censor fell down, and the minister of household department stood up.Compared with the censor who is accustomed to shouting slogans, Zhuo Jing, the servant of the household department, is a practical talent with a meticulous mind. He expected that the emperor would not directly detain King Yan. After all, the prince and youngest son of King Yan are still in Beiping. The power has not weakened yet.As a compromise, he made a good suggestion to Emperor Jianwen, let's not arrest people, change the fief, and take advantage of King Yan's presence in Nanjing, directly change him to Nanchang.

Zhuo Jing’s memorabilia clearly states, “The King of Yan is extremely wise and considerate of others, and he is like the previous emperor. Beiping is a place of strength. The Jin of the Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty after the Jin Dynasty all prospered from then on. It has been operating in Beiping for a long time, and the foundation is here. Move the King of Yan to Nanchang, completely cut off the wings of the King of Yan, and fundamentally eliminate the disaster.”

What Zhuo Jing said, Gao Wei, Zuo Duan, the former military governor's mansion, had already mentioned it, and it should be the best way to mention it now.

Emperor Jianwen sent court officials to take over Beiping's military administration, and sent interviews to make the search for black materials about King Yan more reliable.

It's a pity that Emperor Jianwen was as if his head was suddenly hit by a meteorite falling from the sky, and he couldn't figure it out.

After receiving Zhuo Jing's memorial, he put it aside and said the same thing, "King Yan is my uncle and close relative. I can't do this."

Seeing that the emperor still didn't let go, Zhuo Jing became impatient. Now thinking that King Yan is his own uncle, who were the King Zhou and King Dai who were demoted before?

Anxiously, the servant of the household department said directly: "Sui Wen and Yang Guang are not father and son!"

Emperor Jianwen was silent for a long time, and when Zhuo Jing embraced the last ray of hope, he sighed, "Your Majesty, rest."

The translation is: Forget it, you stop.

Got stoned in the head, absolutely!

Following Zeng Fengshao, the supervisory censor, Zhuo Jing, the servant of the household department, also vomited blood.

In King Yan's mansion in the capital city, King Yan, who was supposed to be bedridden, was sitting in the main hall with a big horse and a golden knife, and two eunuchs in blue tunics stood under the hall.

"Slaves pay homage to King Yan!"

Emperor Jianwen could blatantly plant spies around Zhu Di, but Zhu Di could not do so.But he had another way, buying and using the eunuchs around the emperor.

The eunuchs working beside Emperor Hongwu, like the foreign ministers, lived with their heads up.

When Emperor Jianwen came to the throne, the eunuchs didn't have to worry about losing their lives at any time, and life was still difficult.

At this time, the appearance of King Yan was like a shower of rain.

A few words of care, a few gifts, the eunuchs in the palace were very grateful, and the name of King Yan's kindness was widely spread.

Emperor Jianwen would also use such methods. Shi Gecheng, the head of the Yan Palace, was influenced by Emperor Jianwen's personality charm and became a pawn lurking beside King Yan.

It's a pity that the nephew is one move worse than the uncle's chess after all. Emperor Jianwen only targeted one striker and took the high-tech route, but King Yan cast his net widely and swept a large area.

The two eunuchs who came secretly were both the eyes and ears of King Yan voluntarily. One of them was surnamed Wang Jinghong, who was a navigator with the same name as Zheng He in the future.The fleet of the Ming Dynasty made seven voyages to the West, and Wang Jinghong accompanied him five times.

At this time, he was just a supervisor of the Sili Supervisor, and his rank seemed to be very high, and his life was not as good as that of the Sanbao who served by King Yan's side.

The speed of news transmission among eunuchs in the palace is faster than that of the six departments of the imperial court.

Emperor Jianwen was worried day and night that King Yan would rebel, but the eunuchs who served by his side hoped that this day would come soon.

If there is an opportunity to express their feelings directly to King Yan, most of the eunuchs should have only one sentence, "My lord, you should hurry up and turn back, everyone is looking forward to this day!"

Monk Daoyan must have a lot in common with the eunuchs in person.

It was not Wang Jinghong's mission to deliver the news to King Yan's mansion, but he really couldn't let go of the opportunity to show his face in front of King Yan.

"The King of Xiang?"

Hearing the news brought by Wang Jinghong and the two, Zhu Di pondered for a moment and shook his head unavoidably.Most of the 26 sons of Emperor Hongwu were good at martial arts, but those who were as good at writing as the prince Zhu Biao were only rare, and King Zhu Bo of Xiang was one of them.

The king of Yan was in Beiping, and the fief of King Xiang was in Jingzhou, one south and one north, and there were not many opportunities to meet each other. The only thing Zhu Di remembered was that Zhu Bo was studious and liked to read.When fighting against the barbarians in Guzhou with the king of Chu, he also brought a few carts of books.

Saying that he rebelled, not to mention that King Yan didn't believe it, even Emperor Jianwen would blush.

But private printing of precious banknotes... Tapping the table with thick callused fingers, which feudal lord has never done this before?The imperial court printed the most.What impressed King Yan the most was that when he came back from an expedition to the desert, his father was very happy and immediately gave him a huge amount of money.You can still smell the ink on it when you hold it in your hand.King Yan dared to bet with the head of Emperor Beiyuan that it was definitely printed temporarily by the father's order!

Now, Emperor Jianwen wants to use privately printed treasure notes to punish Zhu Bo's crime, is it justified?

King Yan sneered. Compared with King Zhou and King Dai, King Xiang had a stronger character. The emperor might kick the iron plate this time.

"You go back for now, you can report any news at any time."

After a few words of encouragement, Zhu Di sent the two of them back to the palace.In addition to verbal praise, many gifts were also given.

Wang Jinghong was so excited that he couldn't help but feel a little giddy when he walked.

Compared with Wang Sanbao, who was as famous as Zheng He in later generations, the current Wang Jiancheng is really a little tender.

The news of King Yan's stay in Beijing will be sent back to Peiping every day on a fast horse.

The concubine and the prince waited for these fast horses from the south every day, and they also had to guard against the people sent by the emperor, so they did not dare to relax.

Especially the son of Prince Yan, who usually does not show off his mountains and dews, but at this time he has displayed outstanding political talents.

A few words sent away the people who were sent by Zhang Bing, the chief minister, to spy on the news, and did not forget to send people to watch the capital commander and the inspector. If there was any trouble, Zhu Gaochi would know it immediately.

Bao Zhao had already arrived in Peiping, contacted Zhang Bing, Xie Gui and others as soon as possible, and also met Tang Zong, Siqian, the inspector of Peking.Within three days, Tang Zong sued the procurator Chen Ying for accepting bribes, and the briber was one of the officials of the King of Yan.

Before the memorial was sent to the court, Zhu Gaochi sent the news to King Yan in Nanjing first.

As soon as the horse left the palace, Zhu Gaochi folded his hands in front of him, his face full of thought.

The wind in Shuobei is still very cold, I'm afraid it will snow again.

In fact, Zhu Gaochi really wanted to follow the example of his father, with his hands behind his back, to be wise and martial.However, the physical condition did not allow it, so I had to give up.

Beiping and Nanjing are not peaceful, and so is Saibei.

When Chen Heng, the governor, arrived at Kaipingwei, Xu Zhong, the commander of the guard, quickly returned from Tunwei. There were as many people as there were when they went, and as many people came back.Governor Song Zhong asked, and there was only one sentence: in the frontier fortress, all the guards are on standby, always on guard against Bei Yuan, and it is not so easy to deploy troops.

Song Zhong stared angrily, but with Chen Heng playing tricks with him, Commander Xu didn't have to worry about too much difference in rank, and if he said something wrong, he would be dragged out to fight with the army stick.

Although Song Zhong is the governor, Chen Heng is just the governor's job. In terms of military qualifications, Song Zhong is far behind Chen Heng.

Officialdom pays attention to seniority, especially in the military.As long as Chen Heng doesn't point his nose and greet all of Song Zhong's relatives, Song Zhong really can't do anything to him.

As soon as Chen Heng arrived, everyone in the guard felt that life was much easier.

When Meng Qinghe was guarding the city, he was in a good mood, and occasionally howled like other frontier soldiers.

In the north wind and heavy snow, the frontier soldiers had a kind of boldness, even if the Shangguan heard about it, they just laughed it off, and no one would pursue it.

The guards from the south were surprised, but the frontier soldiers who were the guards of King Yan applauded.

"Meng Baihu is a man!"

Ever since Meng Qing, Gao Fu, Zhou Rong and others were beaten with military sticks, and Yu Zhen was blocked in public until Yu Zhen couldn't speak, the military men's attitude towards this hundred households like bamboo poles has changed a lot.No one laughed at his small stature anymore, Zhou Rong and the others even said that in the future, Meng Baihu would be on assignment, and the brothers would have nothing to say.

Meng Qinghe's eyes were a little hot, and in order to express his pride, he slammed on the brick wall and yelled, "You are mighty and majestic, the man who puts on the horse!"

In the north wind, a cavalry galloped out of the city, and another cavalry came from the direction of Quanningwei. The two cavalry met head-on. Shen Xuan and Yang Duo in the lead pulled the reins at the same time, and the steed raised its front hooves. In the sky filled with silver and white, the military officer in Tsing Yi clasped his fists immediately, and before he could speak, a hoarse wolf howl suddenly came from the direction of Kaipingwei.

Yang Duo: "..."

Shen Xuan: "..."

In the silence, everyone in the horse team looked at the top of the city at the same time.

The frontier soldiers on the top of the city were being excited by Meng Baihu, and after roaring a few times, they suddenly spotted the cavalry outside the city, rubbed their eyes, "Baihu, it's Shen Qianhu!"

Meng Qinghe's voice became hoarse, he looked out of the city with his head, and asked cautiously, "Ding Xiaoqi, at this distance, Qianhu can't see us, right?"

The former doctor was silent for a while, "Generally speaking, it should be so."

Meng Baihu breathed a sigh of relief.

The former doctor added another sentence, "Shen Qianhu, it's hard to say."

Meng Baihu; "..."