Traveling through the heavens from the prequel of the Lotus Lantern

Chapter 821 I only recognize steel swords, artillery, and the most fundamental strength and weakness in the world.

At this moment, the two of them heard knocks on the door from the front house.

Yang Jiao said with a strange expression:

"In the past six years, no one has come to visit me. Today, for the first time, there are people coming. It's even interesting."

Cheng Shaoshang seemed to sense something and said:

"It's really interesting. They are actually people from the palace. Looking at their posture, it doesn't look like they are just sending greetings."

The two of them got up together and went to the front house. As soon as they opened the door, they saw the old official who was accompanying Zhu Di, Xiao Nosi, and a team of royal guards.

"Tsk, tsk, are you going to confiscate your home in this battle?" Yang Jiao raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Xu Xian, the emperor has ordered you to come to the palace to meet the emperor." Little nose has a friendly attitude. As a person who has been with Zhu Di all year round, he understands how simple the person in front of him is in the emperor's heart. He doesn't care about it on the surface. Secretly, someone was specially assigned to protect him.

Moreover, he has been asking about this person's current situation every few days, and now that he is summoned to the palace, I am afraid that he will probably no longer be a commoner in the future.

"Then I'll go to the palace first." Yang Jiao looked at Cheng Shaoshang.

"We can't let it go like this." After hearing this, Little Sniffle looked at Yang Jiao's long hair casually hanging down. Although he felt that it was still pleasing to the eye, if he met the emperor in person, he would inevitably not be guilty of misconduct before the emperor. .

"I remember when I first sang "A Man's Journey", I don't know how many officials tried to accuse me of all kinds of serious crimes. Now there is one more crime of misconduct before the emperor, what's the harm."

"Then again, since the Emperor has summoned me, I have to go without delay without any delay. In addition, my family is poor now and I rely on my wife to make wine to make a living. I can save as much as I can. I don't think the Emperor will do it. What’s the blame?”

After Yang Jiao finished speaking, he glanced at Cheng Shang and took the lead to set off generously.

What could Little Nose do? She could only lead her people to follow him. After entering the palace, he took Yang Jiao to a side hall in the Qianqing Palace to wait.

Not long after, Yang Jiao heard a burst of footsteps coming from the main hall, and then Zhu Di's emotionless voice sounded.

"Good farewell. Where do you want to go? Let me say this. Don't think that I can keep you if you roll around and stand up. That's just a dream."

Zhu Zhanji's reply immediately sounded:

"You can go anywhere."

"Then you learn Jianwen and become a monk." Zhu Di paused slightly:

"No, you want to go with Sun Ruowei, so that's it. On the sea in eastern Zhejiang, there is a group of Chen Youliang's old men who refuse to surrender. Your grandfather, my father, Emperor Gaozu of the Ming Dynasty, admired their loyalty and made a contract with them. As long as They will never go ashore for the rest of their lives, and they don’t have to surrender. The locals call them people on the water.”

"For generations, people have lived on boats, given birth to children, and lived their lives. When they die, they are thrown into the water and drift wherever they go. You are ordered to take over them. As long as you don't come ashore, I will keep you safe."

"Let grandpa worry about it."

"Haha, it's easy."

"Grandpa, won't you ask me why?"

Zhu Di's calm voice came into the side hall again:

"What reason is there for a person who has no future? Regarding Sun Ruowei, when you led her back to the palace, I was waiting for you to tell me who she was. When I led her to the stage at the garden party, I was still waiting. You tell me who she is."

"I have lived in Jiming Temple for so long, and I have been giving you opportunities, but you just don't tell me. Do you really want me to ask you?"

"Compared with grandpa and this girl, whose life do you care about? This strand of love stuck to your body is really blocking your eyes."

"Grandpa, don't say that. I deceived you. I was wrong. My grandson is willing to die for grandpa." Zhu Zhanji hurriedly replied. Just listen to Zhu Di saying lightly:

"Earlier, I asked you to go back and think about whether you love power or beauty. Now you tell me to say goodbye. Tell me, why do you want me to ask?"

"Back then, if I had died in Jianwen's hands in a daze, would the Ming Dynasty have collapsed? No, there is no one in the world who cannot live without the other."

As soon as these words came out, the main hall was quiet for a long time, and then Zhu Zhanji's voice was heard:

"Grandpa, my grandson is here to say goodbye today. Please allow your grandson to say one more word. I want to express all my thoughts that should not be expressed."

"Grandpa, you are wrong." He shouted suddenly, even crying in his tone:

"Jingnan Zhishang, you are very wrong. Jianwen's loyal ministers are also loyal ministers. Our family will have to pay this debt sooner or later."

"In your words, grandpa is already a heinous person, and Jianwen's loyal minister is also a loyal minister, so who is grandpa?" Zhu Di's self-deprecating laughter sounded in the main hall:

"Haha, Tianzihao is a rebel? You are so brave."

Immediately, Zhu Zhanji's sobs were heard, and his voice was heard as he completely relaxed:

"Grandpa, you asked me before, saying that one day someone would expose Sun Ruowei's identity, how should I deal with it? If that happens, I will tell the world that my wife is Jingnan's orphan."

"Our family has been able to face that past and is willing to reconcile with our irreconcilable enemies."

"I will also build a large ancestral hall for Fang Xiaoru and set him as an example of loyalty as a scholar. This is the magnanimity and magnanimity that a generation of emperors should have."

"What grandpa likes is nothing more than land and talent. Grandpa can fight for the land with blood and blood, but as for the talent, how many years will it take to restore the morale and culture of the Ming Dynasty?"

"Grandpa always says that he never regrets anything he does. Is that true? If it is true, why would grandpa bother to pursue Jianwen so hard? I will never let Sun Ruowei down. I would rather be exiled and beheaded than have grandpa kill on his back again. To save one's life is to bring shame to a loyal man's life."

As soon as Zhu Zhanji finished speaking, Zhu Di shouted:

"You kid, do you still want to listen in there? You haven't come out yet."

Hearing this, Yang Jiao walked out of the side hall in a hurry and saw Zhu Di sitting on the throne, while Zhu Zhanji, who had tears on his face, was sitting on the ground.

"What do you think after listening to it from beginning to end?" Zhu Di asked first without waiting for Yang Jiao to salute.

"What kind of feelings can I have? I just want to laugh." Yang Jiao said calmly.

"Why are you laughing?" Zhu Di asked.

"What a great grandson who loves the country more than beauty. Sure enough, true love can only be born in a wealthy family."

"As for the other things, Jing Nanzhi Shang is so wrong. Jianwen's loyal ministers are also loyal ministers. It can be said that it is fundamentally wrong. This butt can't be crooked any more." Yang Jiao stood with his eyes lowered:

"As far as I am concerned, Jianwen's loyal minister is a loyal minister, but he is not my loyal minister. He must die in the right way."

He paused and said expressionlessly:

"Build a large ancestral hall for Fang Xiaoru and set him as an example of loyalty as a scholar?"

"Loyalty? I never believe that there is so-called loyalty in the world. The so-called loyalty is because the bargaining chips for betrayal are not enough. Dignity is only on the edge of the sword, and truth is only within the range of the cannon."

"Don't even tell me about the morale and context of a group of gentry and civil servants fighting for their own interests. I only recognize steel swords, artillery, and the most fundamental strengths and weaknesses in the world."

(End of this chapter)