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Let's say that after Zhu Jinghong left Prince Rui's Mansion, he was carried into Dong'an Gate, and the prince's people greeted him.
"Thirteenth Master, the Crown Prince is waiting for you. Look..."
Inside the sedan, Zhu Jinghong said, "I'm going to the East Palace right now!"
The banquet was given in the afternoon, but envoys from various countries would enter the palace at noon and wait outside Wuying Hall one after another.
This is also normal, because there are hundreds of envoys from various countries, and if they get stuck, it will be too late to enter the palace to verify their identities.
"Have someone send the things to the bedroom!"
"yes!"
So the team divided into two groups, carrying Zhu Jinghong all the way to the East Palace, and sending the armor all the way to Chengmingyuan.
Armor and weapons are controlled items, especially in places like the palace, where even the guards have to collect them by the number.
When the eunuchs carried their weapons into the palace, they were naturally stopped by Yi Wei Si, and then they were detained normally. Zhu Jinghong had to go and get them himself.
When Zhu Jinghong arrived at the East Palace, the prince did not come out to greet him as expected. Zhu Jinghong went to the study by himself.
At the moment, the prince is looking through the memorials. There have been a lot of gifts from the East and West Palace recently, and he has been soaking in them for more than a month.
"Fourth brother, do you still have the heart to read this now?"
Seeing that it was Zhu Jinghong coming, Zhu Jingyuan raised his head and said, "Thirteenth brother, have you gone to Lao Liu's Mansion?"
He casually found a chair and sat down. Zhu Jinghong took the tea cup handed by the eunuch, took a sip and then replied: "Brother Six gave me something, and that... is really good stuff!"
There were too few words of praise, so Zhu Jinghong couldn't say anything good, but this did not prevent him from showing his good mood.
Seeing Zhu Jinghong like this, Zhu Jingyuan felt sad that the simple thirteenth brother was deceived by the sixth brother.
Putting down the memorial, Zhu Jingyuan said very solemnly: "Thirteenth brother, the sixth brother has no good intentions. It's best to have less contact with him!"
Zhu Jingyuan is a kind person, so he can't say more serious words.
"Fourth Brother, I have nothing, how can Sixth Brother plot against me?"
The more indifferent Zhu Jinghong was, the more distressed Zhu Jingyuan was, as if... his cabbage was eaten by a pig.
Crossing his legs, Zhu Jinghong took off his futou hat: "Fourth brother, I came from Sixth Brother's house and I haven't even eaten yet!"
At this moment, Zhu Jingyuan no longer thought about reading the memorial, so he ordered: "Come here... pass the meal!"
"yes!"
“Send someone to Chengmingyuan again and get Old Thirteen’s robe!”
"yes!"
After a while, there was a banquet given by Wuying Hall, so the two brothers naturally had to dress formally, which must be Tuanlong robes and Yishan crowns.
After the two brothers finished eating and drinking, they changed their robes under the service of the eunuch.
Zhu Jingyuan continued to read the memorial, but Zhu Jinghong couldn't sit still.
At this time, he learned that his armor had been taken away, so he greeted Zhu Jingyuan and then went all the way to Donghua Gate.
After arriving at Donghua Gate in a chariot sedan, Zhu Jinghong's sedan landed, and thousands of households guarding the place came to greet him.
"See Thirteenth Master!"
After getting off the sedan, Zhu Jinghong walked up to this person with his hands behind his back and said calmly: "Zisheng... did you withhold my things?"
Obviously, Zhu Jinghong, a member of Qianhu of Donghua Clan, also knew him. He was an acquaintance who rode, shot and wrestled with Long Jinwei.
Prince Qianhu replied: "Thirteenth Master, how dare I take your things? It's just that this palace is strictly forbidden... Weapons and armor are forbidden items, so I have to pay more attention!"
"Get up, why are you still kneeling? Do you want me to support you?"
After saying these words, Zhu Jinghong walked to the duty room next to the palace wall, where Wang Zisheng worked and rested.
Seeing him leaving, Wang Zisheng immediately stood up and followed him with several deputy Qianhu and Baihu.
Entering the check-in room, Wang Zisheng was very embarrassed because their place was so messy and he was afraid of neglecting Zhu Jinghong.
At this moment, Zhu Jinghong had walked to the lobby and sat on Wang Zisheng's Qianhu chair.
Taking the tea cup from his subordinate, Wang Zisheng personally handed it to Zhu Jinghong and said with great respect: "Thirteenth Master, you have tea!"
After signaling him to put down the tea cup, Zhu Jinghong said: "This thing was given to me by Prince Rui. You send someone to deliver it to Chengmingyuan. The eunuchs in the palace are not very skilled at it. Let your people put some oil on the armor!"
Not only did he have to send someone to deliver it, but he also had to help maintain the armor. Zhu Jinghong did not regard himself as an outsider, and neither did Wang Zisheng and others.
The predecessor had been dealing with military personnel in recent years. Zhu Jinghong knew almost all of the Yiwei Division officers present, and those who had been beaten and beaten could not really be called outsiders.
After taking a sip of tea, Zhu Jinghong asked again: "Wuying Hall gave a banquet today. Many envoys from various countries came in, right?"
"More than 370 people have entered through Xihua Gate, and the other ministers don't know about it either!"
Nodding, Zhu Jinghong asked again: "There are many people in the palace today. Most of them are barbarians from outside the Great Wall, or some people who don't understand the rules and make mistakes. Has the Yiwei Division sent more guards?"
In the palace, the Dragon Guards are usually responsible for standing guard, but with so many people entering the palace today, more people will definitely be sent.
Since he had to help the prince with his errands, Zhu Jinghong naturally had to take care of these matters.
Wang Zisheng answered honestly: "As far as I know, the Banner Guard has sent 300 more sergeants to take charge of the guards inside Wuying Gate, and the Yiwei Division has sent 500 more sergeants to be responsible for consolidating the guards around Wuying Palace!"
After asking some other questions, Zhu Jinghong stood up and left. When leaving, he also asked about the maintenance of the armor.
After entering Donghua Gate, even though Zhu Jinghong was the emperor's legitimate son, he could only walk without permission.
Wuying Hall is on the west side of the palace. It is nearly 500 meters from Donghua Gate to Wuying Hall. It still takes a while to walk.
Wuying Palace is a palace complex. You can feel it even before you get close. Extra security has been strengthened here.
"Master Thirteen, why are you here?"
The one who came over was the commanding officer of the Imperial City Yiwei Division. It was obvious that he was in charge of guarding the place tonight.
"The prince is worried, let me come over and take a look!"
Looking at more people approaching from a distance, Zhu Jinghong said calmly: "Go and do your own thing!"
The people who came here were all the big bosses of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, as well as high-ranking generals in the capital camp. If the officials of the Yiwei Division stayed here, it would indeed seem that their status was not enough.
"yes!"
After the man retreated, a group of military generals came over and saluted Zhu Jinghong as they approached.
Today, there was a banquet given by Wuying Palace. In addition to envoys from various countries, senior officials from the Fifth Army Mansion and the Beijing Camp were also present. On the contrary, none of the civilian officials came.
This also shows that the Ming Dynasty's attitude towards its vassal states was to use force instead of the moral obedience that scholars pay attention to.
Of course, because Wu Xun's identity is crucial, there are many restrictions on them, and it is difficult for them to get together except for daily court meetings.
And even if they get together, they will not talk to any prince, and they have very little contact with the prince and Prince Rui. It can even be said that they deliberately avoid them.
Only Zhu Jinghong is an exception.
His always reckless and brainless behavior made the court neither civil nor military think that he had "different intentions", so there was no taboo in talking to him.
"I've met Master Thirteen!"
Facing this group of senior military officials, Zhu Jinghong did not act like a prince. He returned the gift and said, "You are all here early!"
"I and others have just arrived. I came to the Thirteenth Master this time to ask the Thirteenth Master to clarify my doubts!"
The person who spoke was General Zheng Er Zhongwu, the current left governor of the Central Military Governor's Mansion, and the first-class Bo Niu Jizong.
"Captain Niu, if you have something to say, just say it. If you don't want to clear up any doubts, speaking of which... you are all my elders!"
To these powerful military leaders, Zhu Jinghong was really humble and took care of everyone's face.
Niu Jizong continued: "I have visited Shanglin Garden for military training several times. The more I look at it, the more doorways there are, so I would like to ask the Thirteenth Master to tell me about it!"
These veterans were interested in training, which made Zhu Jinghong very happy.
If the benefits can be pointed out to them, and with the strong support of these people, the resistance to military reform will be much smaller.
Of course, the reform of the military system is an afterthought, at least until his position is not stable, Zhu Jinghong will not reveal these thoughts.
Amid everyone's expectations, Zhu Jinghong began to speak eloquently. Everyone was thinking and asking questions while listening, and time passed much faster.
(End of chapter)
