Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

The saint brought the army back to Beijing to speed up, not only the saint, but everyone was eager to return.Finally, under the welcome of golden autumn leaves flying all over the sky, I returned to the capital.

The prince took some selected clan relatives, nobles, and civil and military officials under the jurisdiction of the six departments and nine ministers, and drove ten miles out of Beijing to meet the saint.Tu Gen also changed into his uniform, followed the crown prince in the car, and went to meet the saint together.This little doll speaks fluently, with a very good language, and kept babbling all the way.

"Father, do you think the grandfather still remembers his son?"

The prince immediately gave a sincere and affirmative answer, "I must remember. Father read so many letters from your imperial grandfather, do you still remember?"

"Remember. The son is afraid that the imperial grandfather will not recognize me."

The prince looked at the little doll who was sitting upright, smiled, and said in his heart that if you didn't wear this dress, it would be hard to recognize you.A child looks different every day.

"Do you remember what the emperor's grandfather looked like?"

Tu Gen nodded seriously, "Father, mother and concubine show my son the portrait of the emperor's grandfather several times a day."

The portrait was made by the prince, and it is in a more realistic style. As long as you are not face-blind, you can basically recognize the real person after seeing the portrait.The moment the princess took the portrait from the prince, she understood what the prince was thinking.

The prince nodded.

"Father, can I talk to my grandfather about my younger brother?"

"Yes, your grandpa will like to hear it."

At present, this grandson of the fourth emperor who has no name is Tu Gen's favorite.Except for sleeping, he has to stay by his brother's side at all times.Even his favorite pine candy, there is only one piece every day, and he is willing to bite half of it to share with his younger brother.But after he was discovered secretly feeding sugar to his younger brother, the Crown Princess strictly ordered two palace servants to guard the fourth grandson at all times, just to guard against Tu Gen.

The prince arrived a bit early with the welcome team.In the early morning of autumn, the air is full of coolness.He asked Tu Gen to wait in the car until the saint and the army came over before coming out.He also told San Dezi and Liu Fu to accompany him carefully, so as not to let him pee his pants.This reminder made Tu Genshuo's eyes turn red.

"Father, my son has stopped peeing his pants a long time ago." Tu Gen was aggrieved.

The prince smiled, and San Dezi followed to remind him that it is not easy even if he wants to pee.

"Okay, okay, you're old enough to stop peeing your pants." The prince coaxed his son perfunctorily.

San Dezi quickly expressed his opinion, "Don't worry, the prince, the little one will take good care of the emperor's grandson."

After waiting for about half an hour, more and more smoke and dust appeared on the distant horizon, and rumbling vibrations came from the ground.The prince turned around and hugged the grandson of the emperor in his arms, and rode forward alone to meet him.

The guard of honor for the saint had already been laid out, and the inner palace guards walking in front could see from a distance a man riding alone and wearing the clothes of a prince, holding a child in similar clothes in his arms.Before you get close enough to see the face, you can guess that it is the prince or grandson of the emperor who is welcoming you.Hurry up and send a message to Yu Huan at the back.

"His Royal Highness is holding the grandson of the emperor, and has come to welcome the saint."

When this word spread to Yu Tuo, the sage couldn't sit still and urged Yu Tuo to speed up.

The prince and his son saw the imperial army, neatly dressed and holding various flags, spread out to both sides.The two went down to one place, and within a moment of effort, they converged in one place, and those who got close could not get any closer.

The prince got off his horse, and before he could stand still, Tu Gen in his arms shouted loudly: "Grandfather."

Yu Jia lifted the curtain of the car, and Tu Gen recognized the saint as soon as he showed up.

The prince knelt down and bowed loudly, "Father is above me, and my sons and grandsons welcome the saint to triumph."

The sage happily called his son and grandson to get up, and looked at his grandson who was stretching out his hand towards him in the prince's arms. He was not at all a stranger to him because of the gap of this year.Filled with gratification, he stretched out his arms to embrace Ai Sun, and weighed it. Not only did he grow taller, but he also sank a lot.The appearance has grown a little, and it is more and more handsome and lovely.He was very satisfied, and signaled the prince to get on the car, and the team moved slowly again.

With a grandson, there is no time to greet my son.

"Little suckling pig, do you still remember the imperial grandfather?" The saint's voice was as gentle as that of the most loving old grandfather.

"Remember." The little man spoke clearly, hugging the saint's neck without any strangeness. "Grandfather, mother and concubine show your portrait to grandson every day."

The little man patted the jade pendant hanging on his waist, and motioned the saint to look at it.Okay, the one on the left and the one on the right are all jade pendants once worn by saints.

"Father and concubine mother said that the grandpa loved the grandson the most, and these are all given to the grandson by the grandpa."

In the childish and delicate voice, the adoring eyes, and the trusting embrace of the whole body, the saint immediately felt complete.Isn't the purpose of my hard work on the western expedition to wipe out the potential threats to the country, so that the Tu family dynasty can last forever, so that the children and grandchildren can inherit a peaceful and permanent foundation? !

The son and daughter-in-law can figure out how to show their portraits to their grandson every day, and teach the grandson not to forget themselves, no matter how hard it is, it is worth it.

He hugged his grandson tightly, kissed his forehead and cheek again.With his arms around the saint, Tu Gen smeared the saint's face with saliva.The fragrant and soft fat grandson's kiss washed away the saint's physical and mental exhaustion from fighting for more than a year.

Soon he arrived at the place where the clan, nobles, and civil and military officials were waiting for him. As soon as the imperial guard stopped, the prince immediately jumped down, turned around and stretched out his hand. When he wanted to take his son down, the sage didn't hand him the child.

Under the leadership of the Six Departments and Nine Ministers, the courtiers who greeted him filled the sight of the saint with their knees, and the sound of the triumphant saint greeted him like a tsunami, one wave higher than the other.The sage looked at the excited Aisun in his arms, and was very happy that Aisun did not show timidity. He encouraged the officials a few words, and then signaled Liang Jiu to let the officials stand up.After Liang Jiu's shrill voice came out with a flat body cry, first the courtiers, clan relatives, and nobles who were closest to the saint got up, and then the officials who knelt behind them also got up after the people in front .

The sage signaled for the imperial chariot to start, the prince rode on horseback and followed the imperial chariot, and the rest of the people boarded the chariot one after another.Behind the guard of honor of the saint is the guard of honor of the prince, and then there are nobles and civil and military officials.

As for the grandson of the emperor, he does not yet have a guard of honor belonging to him.

After receiving the news of the sage's return, some courtiers asked the emperor whether he would go to meet the sage and how the emperor's ceremonial guard should be arranged.For this matter, the prince deliberately communicated with Qi Shangshu, Chen Shilang, and Zhao Shilang of the Ministry of Rites. Finally, the prince's opinion was supported by the Ministry of Rites.

Only a small part of the Western Expeditionary Army followed the saint into the capital, mainly the accompanying generals and imperial forest troops, and the other soldiers returned directly to the Gyeonggi Camp.But just like that, the nine gates of the capital were all opened, and each gate had a team entering the capital. After walking for about half a day, they each returned to the place they should go.On both sides of the road near the gate of the capital, there are people watching the triumphant army.These people gave great enthusiasm to the soldiers of the Western Expedition.

Compared with the prince and others who went ten miles out of the city to meet him, those who stayed in the Forbidden City to meet him had the same hard work.Basically, at the first moment, you will stand where you should stand.All but the Queen Mother had no seats.Standing almost upright, the saint's guard of honor entered the palace.The officials and wives of the former dynasty dispersed immediately after paying homage to the saint.The sage pays his respects to the Empress Dowager, and then the concubine salutes the sage, and the concubine brings the three children from the East Palace to salute the sage together with the princes and princesses.

The sage said a few words, and then let the crowd disperse. He hugged Tu Gen again, and called the prince to go to the Qing Palace.

As soon as he entered the Qianqing Palace, Tu Gen began to writhe in the saint's arms.

Seeing this, the prince hurriedly said to the sage: "Father first put down the grandson and let him relieve himself."

The sage laughed, put down Ai Sun, followed by San Dezi and waved, and several servants immediately formed a circle to block everyone's sight.San Dezi secretly rejoiced that he had time.

The grandson of the emperor took a long time to urinate, and the distressed sage said directly to the prince: "I shouldn't take the child there, it seems that I will spoil him."

The prince smiled innocently, "Father, the grandson has been talking about it for a long time, and he must go to pick you up. For this reason, San Dezi specially trained these servants to bring the grandson's belongings with him at any time."

This item is Taisun's chamber pot.

The sage laughed, Wei Jiu had ordered someone to prepare water for the grandson to wash his hands when the servants formed a circle.When the grandson took off the crown, he only combed the two small tunics tied with red-headed strings, and changed into light clothes, packed them all up and sent them to the saint.The sage was even more delighted to see the loving grandson who was like a golden boy under the seat of Guanyin.He held his grandson in his arms, and asked about government affairs, the inner palace and other miscellaneous matters that were not convenient to write on paper. The prince picked up the important ones one by one.

"Father, my son received a good news from Ningbo Shipyard the night before yesterday, saying that their first batch of seagoing ships have gone to sea for water testing."

The saint was overjoyed, "This is really good news."

This Western Expedition has basically consumed the balance of the national treasury over the years. If it were not for the god-given help of firearms, it would have to be delayed for another two years, and more soldiers would have to be paid to get it. Such a record.Now that sea-going ships can be used, trade with the West can bring huge benefits to the treasury.

"Father, my son asked them to load the grain from the south of the Yangtze River first, and transport it to Tianjin Port by sea, and let the nobles in Beijing also go to the port to see the ships. After unloading the grain, they will go back to Yangzhou and other places to prepare goods, and go to Western Ocean as soon as possible. .”

"You mean you want Jingzhong Xungui to participate?"

The prince nodded.

"Father, the more people involved, the easier it is to take back the cultivated land. The commercial tax is [-] in [-], which is far higher than the income from the agricultural tax."

The sage nodded. The father and son planned to replace the agricultural tax with commercial tax, and now it is only between father and son.

"When will the ship arrive in Tianjin?"

"Father, this is the maiden voyage."

The saint laughed at himself because he was a little impatient.With this smile, he found that the little man in his arms was a bit too quiet, and when he looked down, Aisun was about to fall asleep in his arms.

He handed the child to the prince and told Wei Jiu to take his cloak and wrap the grandson carefully before letting the prince carry the child back to the East Palace.