"Hey, brother, why are you ignoring me? And the person next to brother looks so familiar."
Li Xiao frowned slightly. As soon as he shouted, his elder brother Huang Ba turned around and left. What's going on? And the man next to him. Why does he look so much like his father-in-law? ?
"Brother-in-law. I feel like I'm dreaming. I must be dreaming."
Zhu Gaoxu came over, patted his head and shook his head.
Just now, he saw the emperor's grandfather and father standing on the city wall. Didn't they die?
Li Xiao opened his mouth to explain. "You weren't dreaming, my elder brother is opening the door for me."
"No, I must be dreaming."
Zhu Gaoxu pointed to his head and said in a daze: "This Jingnan trip is just like traveling, we went directly to Nanjing City. Just now, I seemed to see the figures of the emperor's grandfather and father. I knew that I I’m not awake yet, brother-in-law, give me a slap to wake me up.”
"Hey, you said you saw your father?"
Li Xiaofan suddenly woke up and said, "I seemed to have seen what I saw just now. It must not have been a dream. Are we in a dream?"
"Father, he is still alive, he is still alive"
Zhu Ningyun rode up to Li Xiao and choked with sobs: "Xiaolang, I see my father, I see my father, he is not dead, he is still alive."
How could Zhu Ningyun not recognize her father? After her father left, she would often shed tears whenever she recalled it. Now she saw with her own eyes that her father was still alive, not dead!
After hearing Zhu Ningyun's confirmation again, Li Xiao suddenly understood that Zhu Di, the emotional king of Yan, was fine. He had cheated his death.
If Zhu Di cheated his death, then the good big brother next to him would be...
Li Xiao trembled all over and had an ominous premonition. He looked at Zhu Gaoxu and said, "Gaoxu, who was that person standing next to my father just now?"
Zhu Gaoxu rubbed his temples and said, "If I wasn't dreaming, then it would be our grandpa."
Li Xiao asked in a low voice: "Zhu Yuanzhang?"
Zhu Gaoxu nodded. "Yes, please keep your voice down. I don't want to call him by my first name. I'm surprised. Grandpa shouldn't have left. Is he a ghost?"
Li Xiao suddenly felt his scalp numb.
Good guy, Huang Ba is Zhu Yuanzhang? ? ?
Huang Ba and Zhu Chongba.
Should I have sex with my wife’s grandfather? ?
So what should I call my father-in-law? What do you call my wife?
Everyone calls his own? My father-in-law calls me uncle, but I still call me daddy?
Numb, completely numb.
Zhu Gaoxu watched Li Xiao's expression changing, and he asked strangely: "By the way, brother-in-law, who did you call eldest brother just now?"
At this time, the city gate opened wide.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di slowly walked out of the city gate on horseback.
Everyone turned their heads and looked over. They were numb. They were really numb. They were really the Holy Emperor and King Yan. They were in good condition and wearing armor. It was obvious that they had just fought.
Zhu Di came over and said reproachfully: "Li Xiao, it's not me who blames you. You have a good relationship with me, but you can't call me eldest brother in front of so many people. You don't understand etiquette." ! Forget it this time, it won’t happen next time.”
That's right, Zhu Di thought Li Xiao was calling him just now.
However, Zhu Di has always understood Li Xiao's character. He is indeed very capable, but he is too casual. Once after drinking too much, he put his arm around his shoulders and called him big brother, and he didn't care about it in his heart.
But it's still not good to shout in front of my father and outsiders.
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Di and said to himself, "Fourth Brother, you're going to make some extra drama for yourself. Is that what you're called?"
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head helplessly and waved his hand.
The eunuch came out again and said: "The Holy Spirit has spoken!"
The words fell,
Everyone in this appeasement army knelt on one knee.
Everyone is beaming with joy. Can you understand by looking at it? Good times are coming. The Holy Lord is obviously cheating his death. They came to appease Nan, so they are the great heroes!
This oral edict is probably going to reward them.
Not a single battle was fought, everyone just took a trip and got rewards, which was really nice.
The eunuch continued: "The Holy One has decreed that I, Zhu Yuanzhang, was summering and enjoying the cool weather in Huangshan Mountain. I never thought that a treacherous minister and an assassin from the rebel faction would assassinate me with the intention of usurping the throne! In order to find out the traitor, I and the King of Yan conspired to escape the golden cicada. Now the main culprit, Lan Yu, has surrendered. Only Yan is holding high the flag of righteousness and is standing beside the Qingjun. I am very relieved and the whole army of Jingnan will reward you for your merits. I admire this."
The words fell.
Everyone shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor!"
Everyone was happy to hear that there was a reward, and Gu Cheng's family was even more pleased. Their contribution was definitely not small, so it was no big problem to be granted a title.
There is only one person who is unhappy, and that is Yao Guangxiao. His Majesty really cheated his death, and he seems to be a loving father and son to Zhu Di. He feels that he will never be able to realize his ambitions in this life.
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly, dismounted and walked towards Li Xiao.
This scene attracted everyone's attention, and everyone stared secretly.
When he arrived, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "Yongle Hou Li Xiao, you have made the greatest contribution this time. What reward do you want?"
Li Xiao's scalp was numb. It's over. He really is Zhu Yuanzhang. I even scolded him in front of him. He won't kill me.
Li Xiao raised his head, then lowered his head, "I dare not ask for a reward."
Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu pointed at himself and said, "Grandfather, look at me."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked over.
Zhu Gaoxu said excitedly: "Grandfather, my contribution should not be the most important."
When he saw the imperial grandfather, Zhu Gaoxu realized that his dream of becoming an emperor was probably going to be shattered, so he had better hurry up and get some benefits.
Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "What credit do you have? Don't you have any points in your heart?"
Zhu Gaoxu: "."
In Zhu Yuanzhang's opinion, Zhu Gaoxu just took a trip.
Most of the credit was due to one-sided public opinion caused by Li Xiao's newspapers.
Otherwise, Lan Yu in the middle of the court controls the government, and the officials below can only listen to the orders of their superiors, and they cannot be so united, nor can they even unite the people.
After saying that, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Li Xiao again: "Li Xiao, just say what you say, and it's correct. I remember that you were very courageous. Even the emperor dared to scold me. Now that you see me, you are afraid." ?Aren’t you Mr. Ye a good dragon?”
The words fell.
Zhu Di, Zhu Gaoxu, and Zhang Yu were all stunned.
I've made a big mistake, Li Xiao dares to scold His Majesty?
The most outrageous thing is that the Holy One seems to have no intention of blaming him?
Li Xiao's thoughts flowed, this Huang Ba, no, this Zhu Yuanzhang didn't seem to blame himself, but was very kind. This is because he liked my previous personality, right?
In this way, if I continue to be submissive, Zhu Yuanzhang will look down on me and simply harden up, and Zhu Yuanzhang will appreciate me even more.
Thinking of this, Li Xiao stood up and said calmly: "Yes, I dare to scold the emperor. I have scolded him all the time. There is nothing I shouldn't admit."
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw this, he actually smiled slightly, "This is how you are. If you don't do this, we are not used to it."
Zhu Di, on the other hand, felt numb. The relationship between father and son, which had finally been established with great difficulty, should not be stalemate. He winked at Li Xiao quickly and said, "Li Xiao, why are you talking? This is your grandfather."
Li Xiao ignored it, "Father-in-law, please stop winking at me."
Zhu Di looked slightly embarrassed: "."
Li Xiao Dayi said calmly: "It is true that the Holy One is my grandfather, but one code is the same. Although the Holy One is my grandfather, he is also the Holy One of the people of the world, so the people of the world should evaluate him."
Li Xiao directly returned to Zhu Yuanzhang the words that Zhu Yuanzhang had used to induce him to scold the Holy Emperor.
A good person treats others in their own way.
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't argue anymore. He smiled, walked to Li Xiao, and whispered in his ear: "You kid, you are still so brave, we like it! Remember, Huang Ba is your sworn elder brother in private, but in public , I am still your Ningyun’s grandfather, and I am also your grandfather, don’t mess with the seniority.”
Li Xiao understood and hurriedly handed over his hand: "Yes! Grandfather."
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said: "Li Xiao, you are indispensable for this reward, but before that, you still need to remember to use newspapers to announce this matter to the world. Can you do it?"
Li Xiao cupped his hands and said: "We will definitely do it!"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly and turned to look at Zhu Gaoxu: "Gaoxu, you also have merit, but the merit is second. The country is in trouble. You put your life and death aside and shoulder the responsibility. I can see it clearly."
Zhu Gaoxu was overjoyed, cupped his hands and said, "Grandfather, these are things that your grandson must do."
Then, Zhu Yuanzhang glanced elsewhere, and suddenly saw a heroic and heroic woman. Her eyebrows were very similar to Xu Miaoyun. Could it be...
"My granddaughter Zhu Ningyun has met the imperial grandfather."
Zhu Ningyun came and saluted in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.
"You are Ningyun. This."
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment.
Zhu Ningyun nodded happily and said: "The emperor's grandfather is his granddaughter, and his granddaughter's appearance has been cured by Li Xiao."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Li Xiao in disbelief. He knew that Li Xiao was very skilled in medicine, but he didn't expect that he was so skilled when Biao'er was seriously ill.
Hey, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed in his heart, the matter is over, let him go.
"Ningyun, let grandpa take a look."
Zhu Yuanzhang waved, and Ningyun came closer, allowing him to see more clearly. He was overjoyed and said: "Okay, okay, a woman is worthy of being a descendant of our old Zhu family. When you When my mother gave birth to you, we saw you. You were the size of a palm, like a mouse. You almost didn't survive. Now you have become a big girl in the blink of an eye, and you can go to the battlefield. But Ningyun, this battle is between men. Things, don’t get involved in the future.”
Zhu Ningyun cupped her hands and said, "Granddaughter, remember this."
Li Xiao smiled and explained: "Your Majesty, it was Ningyun who insisted on coming because her family and country were in trouble and she couldn't just sit back and ignore it."
Zhu Yuanzhang had long heard from Li Xiao that Ningyun cared about the people of the world, so he nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, okay."
He glanced at the family and said, "Not bad, not bad."
Zhu Gaosui obviously felt that he had no sense of existence, so he also got out and said: "Grandfather, there is still me."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "Well, you're not bad either."
Zhu Gaochi was slightly startled, ah. Is this the end? ?
At this time, a bald man ran over in a hurry, knelt on the ground in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, and cried loudly: "Grandfather, I know I was wrong, I know I was wrong."
"You unworthy descendant!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was quite happy at first. When he saw Zhu Yunwen, he got angry and kicked him away: "Fortunately, I faked my death. Otherwise, I would have to sleep in peace. It's only been seven days. It's only been seven days. You can't." You are about to ascend the throne, but your uncles are not allowed to see me. How can this be unreasonable! You weakling, why did Biao'er give birth to such an evil obstacle like you? No, there is also the evil obstacle like Zhu Yunxi. You and I will not spare you."
Zhu Yuanzhang kicked him several times to relieve his anger.
He waved his hand and said, "Someone is here to put Zhu Yunwen in prison and wait for his punishment."
After saying that, he turned to look at Zhu Di and began to explain some matters.
After a while, after explaining to Zhu Di, Zhu Yuanzhang walked towards the city with his hands behind his back. He was going back to take charge of the overall situation again.
It is conceivable that the court will be in turmoil again, and there will be bloodshed.
As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang moved around, the eunuch next to him shouted: "Go back to the palace——"
Li Xiao looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's leaving figure and thought to himself, no wonder he doesn't have to say hello every time he leaves. So that's how it is.
When the figure walked away, Li Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.
Looking back on what happened during this period, it was only the 25th year of Hongwu.
In March, two emperors were changed, and there was also the change of seizing the gate, calling the emperor the emperor, and the battle of Jingnan all happened, which simply condensed history.
I really brought about too many changes.
This is a plot that no future online novelist would dare to write like this.
At this time, Zhu Ningyun, who saw that his father was safe, rushed over in a few steps, hugged Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi, and choked with sobs: "Father, Gaochi, you have scared my daughter to death."
Zhu Di showed a fatherly smile, caressed Zhu Ningyun's shoulder and said: "Ningyun, everything is fine, everything is fine. I have sent someone to write to your mother and concubine to report that she is safe. I think she will also be very happy. happy."
Zhu Ningyun nodded vigorously, "Yes."
Zhu Di looked at Li Xiao again and said, "Son-in-law, you were so bold just now. How could you call me eldest brother in front of the Holy Emperor? Isn't this confusing the seniority?"
Li Xiao nodded repeatedly, "Ah, yes, yes, you can't shout indiscriminately in the future."
"It's good to know. If you call me brother, Ningyun will call you no matter what."
After speaking, Zhu Di looked at everyone and said, "Okay, you go back to Prince Yan's residence in the capital first. I have to deal with the affairs of the army. Take a good rest in the past few days. There will be rewards later."
With that said, Zhu Di walked towards Zhang Yu and others. After taking just two steps, he suddenly felt something was wrong, stopped and pulled Li Xiao aside.
Zhu Di whispered: "By the way, Li Xiao. That call just now, big brother, are you calling me the king or ""
Zhu Di had a bad premonition because he was wearing the armor of a deputy general, while his father, Zhu Yuanzhang, was wearing the armor of a chief general.
What Li Xiao shouted was, "Brother, open the door."
This should have been said to the general.
Li Xiao shouldn't say that he can't recognize the difference between armors.
Faced with this problem, Li Xiao whispered: "Father-in-law, my son-in-law thinks it's better not to say anything."
Zhu Di said angrily: "What are you afraid of? Do you have any secrets with your father-in-law?"
The secret between my mother-in-law and I was even bigger. Li Xiao had no choice but to change his explanation and said, "What I am calling is my sworn brother Huang Ba."
"Huang Ba?"
Zhu Di was stunned and immediately shocked.
Good guy!
Isn't Huang Ba the pseudonym used by the emperor to secretly inquire about people's sentiments in private?
Li Xiao did meet his father in private and got along with him for a while.
But this relationship is too
Son-in-law Li Xiao is my father’s sworn brother?
So what should I call him?
In the past half month, the capital has undergone earth-shaking changes.
Lan Yu Lan Yu rebelled, killed everyone in his family, and killed all nine clans.
It is worth mentioning that.
In real history, Lan Yu had no intention of treason, but was executed by Zhu Yuanzhang on charges of treason.
And this Lan Yu, whose timeline was disrupted by Li Xiao, really rebelled.
He was also eliminated by Zhu Yuanzhang.
In short, Sapphire is dead everywhere.
After Zhu Yuanzhang returned to the throne, he restarted the paralyzed Jinyiwei organization and began to investigate those involved in the rebellion.
An investigation of the Lan Yu Party involved revealed 15,000 people, including the First Duke, the Thirteenth Marquis, and the Second Uncle. At this time, almost all the meritorious generals of the early Ming Dynasty were killed, and all military guards Tens of thousands of officers were implicated and executed.
In short, the Lan Jade case in the 26th year of Hongwu was solved in advance in the 25th year of Hongwu.
A group of officials under Zhu Yunwen were also purged in the DPRK. Sixty-four officials, large and small, including Qi Tai, Tie Xuan, and Huang Zicheng, were thrown into prison.
After Lan Yu left the city, the officials who assisted in arresting Zhu Yunxi, or those who opposed Lan Yu being thrown into prison, were released and promoted, including Xu Huizu, Xu Zengshou, Xia Yuanji, Lu Zhen, Yang Rong, Jin Youzi, Yang Shiqi, Yang Pu.
After Li Xiao learned the news, he was surprised to find that the ministers of the Yongle Dynasty seemed to have been married during the Hongwu period. Isn't that why they are not allowed to fly in the future? ?
"Six cakes, I'll touch them!!"
Zhu Ningyun said with a smile, touched Li Xiao's card, and then played a useless waste card and went out.
at this time,
Li Xiao, Zhu Di, Zhu Gaoxu, and Zhu Ningyun were playing mahjong in the yard.
Mahjong is a treasure of Chinese civilization and a fun way to kill time in ancient times.
During this period, Zhu Di asked Zhang Yu, Zhang Wu and others to lead the Jingnan army back to Peiping quickly, and nothing happened.
Everyone stays in the yard all day long, gathering together to play mahjong every day.
[Xiaolang, if you play another two cakes, I will be fooled. 】
[Received, but I don’t have two cakes. Just wait, I’ll use Lezi to grab the cards to see if I can get one. Hey, I’m lucky, I got it]
Li Xiao used Lezi to grab the cards, then threw out a two-cake card, pretending to be uncomfortable and said: "Why do you always grab useless cards?"
Zhu Ningyun smiled slightly, "Who says it's useless, but I am, Erbing, you're crazy."
Saying that, he turned over the cards.
When everyone saw it, they were really crazy.
"Give me money." Zhu Ningyun smiled and stretched out her hand.
Zhu Di reluctantly took out a hundred taels of silver notes.
Zhu Gaoxu was also very helpless. He looked at Li Xiao and said, "Brother-in-law, why do you keep firing up cannons?"
Li Xiao smiled and said: "If I light the cannon, don't I also have to pay for it? I don't want to either."
Zhu Di frowned and said, "You two, you two, are here to make money. In just seven days, I have lost five thousand taels of silver."
Zhu Gaoxu said: "Dad, I also lost five thousand taels."
Zhu Gaochi, who was standing aside, said, "Dad, I also lost five thousand taels."
Zhu Gaosui said: "And me."
Li Xiao took the words and said, "Dad, I also lost five thousand taels."
The three of them looked at Li Xiao, "Shut up."
Li Xiao: "."
"Then you were lighting the cannon, and you were only lighting the cannon for your wife. How come you were so accurate?"
After saying that, Zhu Gaoxu looked at Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaosui who were standing aside and said: "Brother, third child, can you tell whether they have any clues? If they do, you will have to cut off their hands."
It turned out that they had long felt that something was wrong.
Let Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaosui stand aside and watch.
But no matter how you look at it, you can't see anything fishy.
Helplessly, the two shook their heads.
Three people: "."
Zhu Ningyun smiled and said: "Would you like to fight again?"
Zhu Di said sternly: "Fight, what are we going to do if we don't fight? If we continue to fight, I won't believe it anymore, and I can't win your money."
Just like that, he started to poke the cards again.
Li Xiao was really laughing. With this telepathy, it would be difficult for him to lose money.
Soon, mahjong was played into the afternoon.
Zhu Di touched his pocket. Good guy, his pocket is cleaner than his face.
Numb, completely numb!
There are two sparrow gods in Lao Zhu's family. I will definitely not play cards with them as a young couple in the future. I can't win.
By the way, if you have a chance, call your father over. He has money.
at this time.
A eunuch came and shouted: "The imperial edict has arrived!"
Hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up.
Everyone has been waiting here for so long, just waiting for the reward.
Everyone knelt down and said in unison: "I obey the decree!"
The eunuch unfolded the imperial edict and said loudly: "The emperor's decree is carried out by heaven. This time we are supervising each other's country. The sages are even more so. For the sake of the country, I have thought deeply about it and found that only King Zhu Di of Yan can assume the position of prince. Now he is named King of Yan." Zhu Di is the crown prince and will move to the East Palace on a certain day."
After the words fell, everyone was very happy.
It’s here, it’s finally here, it’s finally here after working hard for so long! ! !
Li Xiao was even more ecstatic, "Father-in-law, oh, father-in-law, that's great, you can be considered the legitimate emperor, and you will no longer be criticized by future generations for your uncle taking the throne from your nephew."
Zhu Di was ecstatic: "I accept the decree and thank you for your kindness. Long live my emperor!"
It is really not easy to take this step, Zhu Di felt extremely emotional.
The eunuch smiled and said: "Don't worry, there is more."
After saying that, he continued: "The emperor's grandson Zhu Gaochi has a kind heart and outstanding talents. He has won my heart. He is named the emperor's grandson and moves to the East Palace."
Zhu Gaochi was overjoyed and said: "Sun Chen accepted the order to express his gratitude."
Being named the grandson of the emperor is basically the next generation of prince.
Li Xiao frowned slightly, this reward was something he had not expected.
In this way, Emperor Hong Xi was also stable, and nothing would happen later. It was definitely Zhu Yuanzhang who discovered Zhu Gaochi's talent and directly helped Zhu Di make the decision.
The eunuch smiled and said again: "The emperor's grandson Zhu Gaoxu has made great contributions to the peace process, is bright and just, and is brave and decisive. Since King Yan has become the crown prince, he cannot use the title of King of Yan and change it to King of Han. The title of Peking cannot be left vacant, and the title of vassal can not be left vacant." The ground is flat."
Zhu Gaoxu kowtowed and said: "Sun Chen, please accept the order and thank me!"
Zhu Gaoxu was quite satisfied. After all, the battle of Jingnan was just a formality and it had nothing to do with him. Even Lan Yu was killed by his father.
It's okay to be a prince. The vassal land of Beiping is not bad, but it is my brother-in-law's hometown. With my brother-in-law here, how can it be worse?
The eunuch continued: "The emperor's granddaughter Zhu Ningyun is diligent and obedient, Yonghe is pure, and has made great achievements in peace and hard work. She will not give up her husband's eyebrows, but will give her a thousand taels of gold and a hundred pieces of brocade."
Zhu Ningyun: "Sun Chen accepted the order to express his gratitude."
Finally, the eunuch read Zhu Gaosui's reward again.
Finally, I started to read Li Xiao’s reward:
"Li Xiao is loyal, diligent and pragmatic. He has made many suggestions and suggestions to help the prosperity of our government. I think that loyal ministers are the pillars of the country and diligence are the pillars of the country. They should be praised to highlight their merits.
He granted special pardon to Li Xiao and granted him the title of Duke of Yongle, granting him thousands of taels of gold and food for thousands of households. I take this to commend my loyal ministers and encourage the younger generations. I hope that our country will be more prosperous and prosperous forever. Admire this! "
At this moment, everyone was happy for Li Xiao.
Zhu Ningyun, in particular, was deeply happy for her husband. Being granted the title of Duke was the highest honor. With such a reward, the Li family would stand firm in the Ming Dynasty.
Hearing this, Li Xiao felt as if he had become the Duke of Yongle, the Duke of Yongle!
Li Xiao shouted: "Your Majesty Li Xiao, please accept the order and thank me!"
The entire family received awards, except for one.
More importantly, the position of crown prince belongs to Zhu Di.
The future of the Ming Dynasty will fall on this family.
Zhu Gaoxu walked over with a smile on his face, took out the golden beans and stuffed them in: "Father, thank you for your hard work."
The eunuch raised his eyebrows with joy, put away the imperial edict, looked at everyone, and said:
"There is also an oral message from the Holy One: I have settled the matter during this period, and you and the others can enjoy your leisure time. Come to the palace to accompany me tomorrow. Li Xiao, I heard that you can write in the sky. I want to see it and hold the crown prince's ceremony. During the ceremony, remember to show it so that we can also see it."
(End of chapter)
