The Ming Dynasty started with caution

"Prince Xing's fiefdom is in Anlu Prefecture, Huguang. There are many floods during the rainy season. Prince Xing wants to beg for a change of fiefdom to the Jiangnan area. Please help Prince Xing to submit a petition. Prince Xing will thank you later." Princess Xing said.

A mere imperial censor is not as good as the officials of the six ministries.

Looking at Yan Chengjin's age, it will be less than five years before he enters the court. Jiang felt that she had lowered her status by saying this.

She brought a lot of rare treasures to Beijing, waiting to lobby the ministers in Beijing.

But I heard from Duke Ying that there were Jinyiwei monitoring outside Yan's mansion, so it was inconvenient to give gifts.

Yan Chengjin pondered for a moment.

The financial resources of the vassal kings are closely related to their fiefdoms, and the land of Jiangnan is fertile.

Prince Xing was granted the title of Jiangnan, and he might secretly compete with Prince Ning to compete for the support of the gentry in Jiangnan, and take the opportunity to build up his power, which would be of great benefit to the court.

But there is also a possibility.

Prince Xing was bribed by Prince Ning to deal with the court together.

In the previous dynasty, with the support of Concubine Wan and Concubine Chen, Emperor Chenghua wanted to abolish Hongzhi's position as the crown prince and make Prince Xing the crown prince.

Fortunately, there was a landslide on Mount Tai, so Hongzhi was not abolished.

Whether Prince Xing holds a grudge remains to be seen.

Yan Chengjin said: "I can only write impeachment memorials, and I can't write any other memorials. If Prince Xing wants to write a good impeachment memorial, I can give you some ideas."

Yan Chengjin knows a little about the Spring and Autumn style of writing, but he is far behind Liu Jian and others.

Although he is a censor of the Censorate, he also needs to be able to write other memorials. He said that he only knew impeachment memorials to let Princess Xing pay attention to it. My impeachment memorial is well written, so don't trouble me.

Princess Xing smiled and said, "Lord Yan is being modest, so I won't bother you. If you visit Huguang in the future, you can come to the Xing Palace to reminisce about the past."

Jiang believed that she would be favored by the Queen Mother by virtue of her birthday party. As for this little censor, she really didn't take him seriously.

Princess Xing went out and saw Ye Zhun, the Jinyiwei, standing by the door. She was angry and said, "What do you mean?"

Yan Chengjin said, "Princess, you came to meet me privately. I'm afraid I can't explain it clearly, so I asked the Jinyiwei to testify."

Jiang looked at Yan Chengjin for a long time, her body trembling slightly, and she was so angry that she couldn't speak. How could there be such a person?

After the princess left, Yan Chengjin said to Ye Zhun: "Please ask Captain Xu to go to the palace and report to His Majesty that the princess wants to bribe me."

Emperor Ye Zhun advised: "Sir Yan, don't report to His Majesty. I believe Sir Yan is innocent.

If you report to His Majesty, isn't Sir Yan afraid of offending Prince Xing?"

The princess finally got His Majesty's permission to enter the capital. Although it's not good to visit officials, it's also something that can be turned a blind eye.

Since he has eaten the rice in Yan's house for so many days, this matter can be ignored.

If he reports to His Majesty, Yan Chengjin will offend Prince Xing.

Yan Chengjin shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter. Please ask Captain Ye to report to His Majesty in person."

If he doesn't report, it will become a handle in the future and be impeached by all officials.

Your Majesty doesn't like Prince Xing. Prince Xing is a toothless tiger. His claws can't reach the capital, so there is nothing to be afraid of.

Anyway, he would not leave the capital, let alone go to Anlu Prefecture in Huguang.

…

Huagai Palace,

Emperor Hongzhi discussed the birthday banquet with the Ministry of Rites and indicated that porridge would be distributed in many places in the capital tomorrow to celebrate with the people.

“Have all the princesses of the vassal states entered the capital?”

Zhang Sheng bowed slightly: “They have all entered the capital. Except for the Princess of Prince Xing who went to the Duke of Yingguo’s mansion, the other princesses all stayed at the Ten Princes’ Manor.”

Go to see the Duke of Yingguo as soon as you enter the capital?

The Duke of Yingguo is in charge of the Beijing Camp and is a powerful official with a large number of troops. Prince Xing and the Duke of Yingguo are not relatives, so why did he pay a visit as soon as he entered the palace?

Liu Jian lowered his eyebrows and thought. Princess Jiang of Prince Xing is different from ordinary princesses. She is the daughter of a general and has quite a lot of strategies.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Mou Bin and said, “What did Princess Xing do at the Duke of Yingguo’s mansion?”

The court did not allow the vassal kings to enter the capital, and this was the difficulty.

It is inevitable that the princes will collude with important officials in the court when they come to Beijing, and when they pass through various places, they will also attract the gentry to surrender.

Mou Bin said: "I don't know."

At this time, Jinyiwei Ye Zhun came to the door of the palace and ordered the eunuch to go in and report.

A moment later, the eunuch came out to announce.

Ye Zhun strode into the palace: "Your Majesty, Lord Yan ordered me to report to the palace. Princess Xing asked Lord Yan to submit a petition to ask for a change of fiefdom on behalf of Prince Xing."

Change fiefdom?

Emperor Hongzhi was a little unhappy: "Prince Xing's fiefdom is located in Anlu Prefecture, with fertile land for thousands of miles, but he is still not satisfied?"

"Princess Xing said that Anlu Prefecture has been flooded for many years, and she begged to change it to Jiangnan. Lord Yan did not agree, so he ordered me to report to the palace." Ye Zhun said.

Emperor Hongzhi laughed out loud: "Princess Xing must be regretting it so much, right?"

Who said it wasn't? If I hadn't been there, she might have drawn her sword. It's said that Princess Xing's martial arts skills are not low.

Li Dongyang pondered and said: "It's said that Prince Xing is afraid of his wife, but maybe that's not what Prince Xing meant."

When Prince Xing was still a prince in the palace, Li Dongyang often went to the palace to teach him, and he had an impression of Prince Xing.

With Prince Xing's character, he seems to be a person who is content with his own corner.

Emperor Hongzhi snorted: "If you can't even manage the inner chamber, how can you govern the vassal state."

Li Dongyang looked at Emperor Hongzhi and lowered his head slightly.

Princess Xing is good at martial arts. In comparison, Empress Zhang is much more virtuous.

Liu Jian kept silent.

…………

The sky was filled with a thousand-foot-high rosy clouds. Today, Empress Dowager Zhou's birthday banquet was held.

Yan Chengjin changed into the Kirin-given clothes that he rarely wore on weekdays.

When he arrived at the Meridian Gate, he saw Wang Shouren and his graceful princess chatting in front of the cave gate. When they saw him coming to greet them, they came over and said, "Good morning, Brother Gao!"

Yan Chengjin bowed slightly. He usually treated Wang Shouren with courtesy.

The princess beside him asked with a smile: "Brother, is this Lord Yan Chengjin?"

Call Wang Shouren brother?

Yan Chengjin knew who it was. This woman was the concubine of King Ning, Concubine Lou.

She was the daughter of Lou Liang, a Neo-Confucianist. When Wang Shouren was in Jiangnan, he had worshipped Lou Liang as his teacher and studied Neo-Confucianism. Therefore, he called Wang Shouren brother.

Yan Chengjin admired her very much. After the death of King Ning, she was like Yu Ji in Farewell My Concubine. Even though Wang Shouren intended to spare her life, Concubine Lou committed suicide.

"Does Concubine Lou know your subordinate?"

Concubine Lou held the golden retriever in her arms and chuckled: "I don't know why, my husband gets a headache when he talks about you."

"..." Yan Chengjin.

The birthday banquet in the palace cannot be late, Concubine Lou entered the palace with the golden retriever.

Yan Chengjin and Wang Shouren came to the left and right gates to line up.

Today, officials all carried brocade boxes, some large and some small.

They were testing each other frantically.

"What gift is Lord Huang going to give? The gift in my hand is small, I wonder if it is impolite?"

"It's just mutton-fat jade, not worth mentioning, I'm afraid the Queen Mother won't like it."

"Haha, I'll give you a hundred-year-old mountain ginseng."

It seems to be modest, but it's actually a comparison.

There's nothing to hide. When they are sent to Renshou Palace, the eunuchs will read them out one by one.

Yan Chengjin looked down on them a little. Giving gifts requires creativity. Five out of ten ministers here give jade.

The Queen Mother is well-informed, how could she be tempted?

Wu Kuan saw Yan Chengjin with nothing in his hands, and he almost jumped up in anger: "Where is your birthday gift?!"

Everyone brought birthday gifts, but this kid was empty-handed.

If he wasn't a minister of the Censorate, he wouldn't bother to care.

Yan Chengjin said: "My birthday gift is still outside the palace."

Birthday gifts, of course, are the last.