Daming heir

Ying days.

With the beginning of spring, the imperial court gradually recovered from the cold winter, and began to continue to sort out the increasingly large Ming Dynasty.

On the Longwan Wharf by the Xicheng River, huge seagoing ships set sail all day long. After leaving the Yangtze River Estuary on the Songjiang Mansion, they will head northeast and southwest respectively, and once again, they will be continuously transported by Daming. fresh blood.

Last winter, the heavy snow on both sides of the Yangtze River, which has not been seen in a century, has more or less revealed some of its impact.

The fields are getting more and more muddy, and the roads and mountains will collapse at any time. This makes the imperial household department and the Ministry of Industry have to go to the palace to meet the emperor and the prince every day to discuss various resolutions.

The Ministry of War is constantly preparing for Hongwu's 28th border war. The nine borders go to war every year, and now the south is also continuously using troops. Even if they wear a big red robe, there is no chance to breathe at this time.

To the east of Yingtian City, on the official road leading to the Qiantang River, countless people from prefectures and counties along the road were confiscated, striving to complete the main body of the cement road within one year, and complete the first road of the Ming Dynasty in another year. New roads across dozens of prefectures and counties.

On the other side of Taipingfu Mine, the Ministry of Industry and the general supervisor also sent good news from time to time. The power of the steam engine became stronger and smaller, and the size became smaller and smaller.Indistinctly, the imperial court also heard that these people seem to have proposed another new type of road that is different from the cement road, which requires the use of a steam engine.

All things are renewed, and all things are new.

This huge Chinese empire is steadily moving forward step by step in a new and unprecedented direction.

It's just that when the yamen of the Ministry of the Manchu Dynasty was implicated by countless state affairs, they had to devote their energy to deal with the collapse and flooding of the Yellow River in the six prefectures of the Central Plains.

According to the official documents reported to the court every day, the team bestowed by His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun of Jian Guo on the west tour and relief team had already arrived at Lanyang County, Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan Province.

The emperor's grandson was in danger of being ambushed by rebels in Xuzhou Mansion. Fortunately, the opportunity turned around, and the story of planning to exterminate the rebels had already been spread in the court.

Up and down, countless people are worried about the things in the Central Plains.

The latest news is that the emperor's grandson first came to Lanyang County, Kaifeng Prefecture, and beheaded Cao Zhisheng, the magistrate of Lanyang County, and spread it to the county to appease the people, resume production, and step up repairs to the Yellow River embankment.

The situation, as expected at the beginning of the court, has evolved a little differently.

China is naturally one, and Ming is also one. There is no distinction between the ruling and the opposition, and they are inextricably intertwined.

A small stone from Kaifeng Mansion was thrown into Daming's pool, and finally caused circles of ripples on the water surface.

It is located in the Imperial City in the northeast corner of Yingtian City.

Against the backdrop of the night, the lights illuminated the figures of the officers and soldiers of the direct military guards on duty, as if they had not changed since ancient times, standing on the top of the city overlooking every beating of the heart of the empire.

It's late at night here.

The emperor and the crown prince had already rested, and the servants and ladies in the palace who were still doing things in the palace pressed their feet one by one, not daring to make any noise.

A few raccoon cats sat on the palace wall, looking at the humans who seemed to never sleep, whimpering softly a few times.

suddenly.

The emperor lived in the Qianqing Palace, and there was a low shout, which shocked the civet cat to the ground.

It also attracted countless people around to flock outside the palace gate.

Sun Gou'er, the head of the inner palace, knelt in front of the palace gate, and said in a deep voice, "My servant asks Sheng Gong if he is safe."

After finishing speaking, Sun Gou'er carefully led the two to the palace gate, and gently pushed the palace gate open.

After a while, the candles in the Qianqing Palace were lit.

Sun Gou'er, who led people into the bedroom, had a face full of panic and worry.

On the bed in the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sleeping in his underwear, was already sitting on the bed under the quilt at some point, his hands were trembling constantly, and his forehead and face were covered with sweat.

"Your Majesty..." Sun Gou'er called softly, but seeing no response, he immediately turned his head, with a murderous look in his eyes, and looked at the two people who followed him in: "Shut up and get out!"

Those two little servants, because they obeyed the rules of the palace, did not raise their heads since they entered the hall. Now that they heard Sun Daban's words, they immediately lowered their heads in a panic, and retreated out of the hall step by step cautiously.

At this time, Sun Gou'er took two steps towards the dragon bed, knelt on the ground, and looked up at the emperor who had been sitting on the bed with sweat pouring down his face.

"Your Majesty, it's a night terror. The old slave asked someone to boil the decoction to calm the nerves and bring it..."

As he spoke, Sun Gou'er stretched out his hand to press the messy quilt for the emperor.

But at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his hand suddenly, pressed Sun Gou'er's arm, and turned his head to look at Sun Gou'er with a ferocious expression.

With just one glance, the heart of Sun Gou'er, who has been with the emperor for more than ten years, couldn't help but jump.

He had never seen the face of the emperor before.

Even at the beginning, when the emperor attacked Huaixi's old hero, he didn't have such a cold feeling on his back.

Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth and said in a hoarse voice, "Don't disturb the people outside, I... I just had a nightmare."

Sun Gou'er's heart skipped a beat again. The emperor is sensitive to heaven and man, and has a connection with heaven and earth.

The emperor's nightmare, who knows what the consequences will be.

Sun Gou'er swallowed his saliva, and softly comforted him: "Your Majesty is blessed with the same blessings as the heavens, and you have to be granted the throne of emperor. He sits in the land of China and Kyushu, supported by billions of people, and is protected by gods, Buddhas, and heavenly soldiers. He is innocent and harmless. Dare to approach."

The blue veins on Zhu Yuanzhang's forehead were bulging, and the acupoints were protruding. He suppressed his vicissitudes of voice: "I feel a little cold."

Sun Gou'er shook his hand, hurriedly and carefully pulled his arm away from the emperor's palm, bowed and took another quilt from the large red lacquered wooden cabinet inlaid with shells, and tiptoed back to the bed, working diligently With a pressing sound, he covered Zhu Yuanzhang's back with the quilt from behind.

Then he went to the front again, pinched the two corners of the quilt, and pressed it tightly against Zhu Yuanzhang's chest.

After finishing all this, Sun Gou'er continued to take warm hot water from the side without resting his hands and feet, poured it into a teacup and brought it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Your Majesty, take a sip of warm water to calm down the shock."

Zhu Yuanzhang took the teacup silently, drank it in small sips at first, and finally drank it with his head raised.

After drinking a glass of water, Zhu Yuanzhang let out a sigh of relief.

Sun Gou'er wanted to pour another glass of water for the emperor, but Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head and looked at him.

"Stay here and I'll talk to you."

Sun Gou'er immediately stopped and squatted down.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was tense, and he wiped his sweaty cheeks heavily with a corner of the quilt without hesitation.

"I dreamed about Brother Xie."

Zhu Yuanzhang muttered suddenly.

Sun Gou'er's legs trembled slightly.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned: "I saw what happened to Brother Xun. There was a sea of ​​blood in front of his eyes. Brother Chi and Brother Bing were both wearing armor, covered in blood..."

Sun Gou'er let out an ah, and his whole body was limp on the ground, his hands lying on his stomach, and his head kept knocking on the mop under the bed.

There was a knocking sound in the bedroom.

Sun Gou'er panicked and said indiscriminately: "Your Majesty, don't worry, His Highness Grandson and the two sons, auspicious people have their own heavens, and the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty will protect them, and nothing will happen... The sky is full of gods and Buddhas... Your Highness... Your Highness. With His Majesty, it is impossible for His Majesty to have an accident."

"Your Majesty must have not seen His Highness by his side for a long time, and this is why I think about it day and night."

Sun Gou'er was really scared.

He has always been by the emperor's side, and there is no one in the entire empire who knows better than him how much the emperor values ​​the emperor's grandson.

If the emperor now believes that something will happen to the grandson of the emperor, or something has already happened, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty will really be bloody.

Sun Gou'er was flustered, and suddenly his eyes lit up and he said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! The Taisun Manor came to report yesterday, saying that the Taisun Concubine and the Side Concubine have been conceived these days, which is very good. These few days One day, I will return to the palace to greet His Majesty and the ladies, and let the two unborn sons enjoy the blessings of the family."

Sun Gou'er wants to use the continuation of the royal heir so that the emperor can feel at ease.

But I didn't want Zhu Yuanzhang to raise his eyebrows when he heard this.

Sun Gou'er looked up at the emperor anxiously.

I saw bright lights flashing across Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes.

"The son of Taisun's mansion was never born, so nothing will happen to Brother Xi!"

Zhu Yuanzhang made a loud noise, shook off the bedding on his body with a wave, turned over and got off the bed to stand up.

Sun Gou'er knelt on the ground, took several steps back, and advised in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, it is late at night, and the body of the Wanwang dragon is important to avoid the wind and cold."

Zhu Yuanzhang ignored the old slave's advice.

He snorted coldly: "The dog slave draws up the decree for me, the emperor's grandson is pure and virtuous, the successor of the country, leaving the capital like me, controlling life and death, and controlling the world's local soldiers and horses."

Sun Gou'er's head was already dizzy, and he didn't know whether he should draft an edict for the emperor now.

The emperor spoke a long sentence, but no matter whether it was life or death, or restraint of the world's soldiers and horses, it was not as good as the sentence "Leaving the capital like me!"

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't hear that Sun Gouer was drafting the decree for a long time, and his long eyes glared at him, and he shouted coldly: "You dog slave, hurry up and draft the decree!"

Rebuking angrily, Zhu Yuanzhang had already lifted his foot and kicked Sun Gou'er on the shoulder.

Sun Gou'er was kicked and fell to the ground, but he finally came to his senses, got up tremblingly, trotted to the table in the bedroom, and wrote an edict in a few strokes.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice again: "Decree, all the left guards of Yubayashi leave Kaifeng mansion to protect the safety of the emperor and grandson. Order Xipinghou Muying, commander Jingchuanhou and Dongchuanhou to lead [-] Beijing troops out of Zhenhe Road. "

People who don't know this posture may think that the Henan Province of the Ming Dynasty rebelled and treasoned, and the imperial court is going to launch a large army to conquer it.

Sun Gouer opened his mouth: "Your Majesty..."

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the old slave coldly, and warned: "Tell Mu Ying, Cao Zhen, and Hu Hai that [-] Beijing troops must cross the Yangtze River within two days and arrive at Kaifeng Mansion within fifteen days."

Sun Gou'er hurriedly complied.

It's just that he is calculating quickly in his heart.

Take the official road from Yingtian City to Kaifeng Mansion, the distance between the two places is 1000 or [-] miles.The emperor now wants Xipinghou and others to lead the army to Kaifeng mansion within fifteen days.Calculated in this way, the [-] Beijing troops would have to travel eighty miles every day in a hurry to fulfill the emperor's will.

Sun Gou'er didn't dare to stop, so he hurriedly wrote several edicts, and then sent them to Zhu Yuanzhang for holy reading.

After finishing, he dared to stamp the Emperor's Treasure under the Emperor's gaze.

Fearing delay, Sun Gou'er bowed to the holy order again, and took the imperial edict to pass the decree outside the palace overnight, so that Marquis Xiping and others could lead the army on the road earlier.

Watching people go to the empty Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang let out a deep breath, waved his hands behind him, propped himself up on the bed and sat down slowly, with his hands on his knees, breathing heavily.

Time passed little by little.

It is not known how long it was outside the palace.

Wearing an inner garment and a long gown, the Crown Prince Zhu Biao hastily led a group of people from the Eastern Palace to the outside of the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Biao stretched out his head and glanced at the brightly lit bedroom, and then at the servants kneeling outside the palace gate in fear.

He turned his head and looked at the people who followed him from the East Palace, and said in a low voice, "You guys stay here and go in alone to ask Sheng An."

Zhu Biao's brows were already wrinkled, and his face looked a little heavy.

He stepped into the bedroom, and walked a few more steps, only to see the old man sitting alone on the edge of the bed.

Zhu Biao stepped forward quickly: "My son sees his father."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Biao hurriedly stepped forward, took the quilt from the bed, and wrapped it around Zhu Yuanzhang's body.

While doing things, Zhu Biao lowered his head and frowned and said, "I was a little worried when I heard that you have something to do here, so I rushed over to see you."

"What's the matter? I don't see Sun Daban serving you here."

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head, took the boss's hand and patted it: "I have a nightmare to invade tonight, and I seem to feel that something is going to happen to Brother Xun. I have sent that old slave out of the palace to deliver the decree, giving Brother XI the same power as mine, and then ordered Ying My son led [-] troops out of the town of Kaifeng."

Hearing the old man's words, Zhu Biao couldn't help but twitched his brows.

There are many important points in the old man's words, but the most important thing is that the old man has always used the title of emperor here.

Zhu Biao comforted him in a low voice: "Brother Xun already has many soldiers and horses guarding him, so why do you bother to mobilize people so much and give him such a monstrous kindness. It's just that he had an accident in Xuzhou Mansion, isn't Brother Xun the same?" Passed through safely, and found out many people who have been hiding in the dark."

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head: "I'm not worried about the Xuzhou Mansion..."

Zhu Biao's cheeks moved, and he stepped forward lightly, sat down beside Zhu Yuanzhang, reached out and hugged the old man's back from behind, and patted his palms gently to comfort him.

"Father, today's day is like the rising of the sun, even with violent winds and showers, what can cover up the rising of the sun?"

Zhu Biao comforted Zhu Yuanzhang who was restless in a low voice. The father and son stayed together, looking out of the palace silently.

……

Kaifeng Fucheng, the prefect's yamen and the back yamen.

On the table, there were nearly a hundred cups of teacups, and there were not many left at this moment, and the fragments of the teacups also piled up in a small pile at Zhu Yunxi's feet.

During this period, a number of Henan officials shouted their grievances, and were taken away one by one by Jin Yiwei.

In the depths of the unknown night, is the most terrifying existence.

From time to time, in the darkness, someone wanted to confess loudly.

With the first, there will be a second confession.

As more and more officials of Henan Province chose to confess and disclose all their crimes, the officials of Henan Province who were still kneeling in front of Zhu Yunxie really began to panic.

Someone began to shout, to tell all the wrong things.

However, Zhu Yunxi didn't say a word, and the teacups fell to the ground one by one as before.

At this time, Zhou Rong, the chief minister of Henan Province, Si Yamen, had already recited silently in his heart for many years, but he also had the words of Mr. Hengqu that he had not recited silently for many years.

When Henan Province's chief political envoy, Si Yamen, participated in politics left and right, and Henan Province's punishment and inspector, Si Yamen's deputy inspector, was dragged away by Jin Yiwei.

During this time, only Zhou Rong and Pan Boyong were left.

Pan Boyong, the majestic Henan Provincial Prosecutor, mastered a torture and law, at this time, as if he had just been picked up from the water, he was sweating profusely, and the sweat was dripping through the Dahongpao.

"Your Highness! Are you going to completely mess up the entire Henan Province!"

Pan Boyong finally couldn't bear the long suffering, raised his head and roared at the top of his lungs.

"When will there be no thieves in the world? When will there be no corrupt officials in the world! Corruption, big and small, has not been banned in ancient times. Ministers and others lead Henan, and they have enjoyed [-]% of the court for many years."

"Your Highness wants the world to be clear and free from greed, but how many saints are there in the world?"

"Today, His Highness beheaded the ministers and others, and the ministers did not complain. But in the future, His Highness will be an official himself, and can he really ban corruption?"

"The annual salary of the Ming Dynasty is one hundred and ten taels. Your Highness is a place where important ministers and others walk in peace. Are you a herdsman of the court?"

"If you die today, you will die. There is no grievance to complain about. But in the future, His Highness will kill all the officials and gentry in the world, and will he be the only one in the community?"

Pan Boyong's chest heaved heavily.

He has already torn his face and dragged all the decency of the court officials into the water.

He said what everyone knew, wanted to say but didn't dare to say.

Zhu Yunxi quietly watched the hysterical Pan Boyong, and sneered.

"Henan occupies 26% of the world's profits. It has been the past since the [-]th year of Hongwu. It is impossible to kill greedy ink in the world alone, but if one is found alone, one will be beheaded."

"I said that the world is all greedy, but if one person is greedy, hundreds of people will be tired, and if a hundred people are greedy, ten thousand people will be tired. Greed is endless, should the Great Ming He be given over to you?"

"Gu has already made a memorial. Please expand the Jinyiwei to monitor the [-] civilian officials and [-] military generals of the Ming Dynasty. When Enke became an official, he didn't think about serving the people, but he said that my family had a history?"

Zhu Yunxi picked up his steps and walked up to Pan Boyong.

He lowered his head, leaned over and snorted coldly: "Officials' preferential treatment will be given to me alone. But if I am an official or not, I will kill me alone."

Zhu Yunxi raised his head, held his head high, and looked at the boundless night.

"Finally, I would like to tell you that the orphan has already asked the imperial court to increase his salary. The imperial court has now found a lot of money and food outside. I will ask the local treasury and taxation, and I will keep one for myself to support my family with you."

"My family stands among the people, but I will not be ungrateful to you."

"Of course..."

Zhu Yunxi's expression was hesitant.

"The minister is guilty of death!"

Suddenly, Zhou Rong, who had never spoken all this time, suddenly let out a low growl.

Before Zhu Yunxi, Pan Boyong and others could react, they saw that Zhou Rong had already got up from the ground, exerted all his strength, and took a step forward.

Under everyone's shocked gaze.

The chief envoy of Daming South Road jumped into the ruins of a tall building that was still burning with raging fire.