Datong Imperial City, Chengyun Hall.
The Emperor of Ming Dynasty, who returned in victory, has now entered Datong City and the Prince Dai's Mansion, and is still sitting in the Chengyun Hall, the main hall of the Prince Dai's Mansion.
Chengyun Hall is the main hall of the Prince's Mansion. It is extremely gorgeous and impressive, with seven rooms in width, green glazed tiles covering the roof, and wall pillars painted red. The base of the hall is made of white marble, six feet nine inches high, and divided into two floors.
The palace is even more magnificent, with arches on the roof, a dragon in the middle, gold powder, and eight auspicious flowers on the side.
In addition to the extremely grand construction of the Chengyun Hall, other buildings in the Datong Dynasty Prince's Palace are also in good repair. Although it is not as luxurious and solemn as the palace, it is not much different, and some places are even better... such as the walls of the Daiwang Mansion!
Unlike the walls of the Imperial City and the Forbidden City in Beijing, which do not have much defensive function, the walls of Daiwangfu are real city walls, high and thick, not much different from the walls of Datong Town.
Moreover, Datong Imperial City occupies a small area, similar to the three gates outside Datong City, which is very conducive to defense.
Guarding such a castle, there are also the impregnable Datong Town outside, and the Northeast and South Sanguan City. It is really a layer of protection, and it is foolproof!
In addition, there were not many residents eating in Datong City, which meant that it did not require much food to allow Datong Castle to persist when surrounded by enemies.
With such a castle, the acting king Zhu Dingwei actually came and left without a fight... And his son was not much stronger. When Li Zicheng called, didn't he fail to withstand it?
Zhu Youjian, who was sitting in the Chengyun Hall, was getting more and more angry the more he thought about it! You people are not worthy of being kings at all! Only my unborn third son Zhu Cijiong can be the acting king of the Ming Dynasty!
"Humph!" Zhu Youjian snorted coldly, and the group of civil and military personnel standing in the main hall all trembled.
This little emperor is so cruel! Not only did he kill Wei Zhongxian with his own hands, but he also beheaded the most powerful Mongolian warrior and almost captured the Mongol Khan alive... That was the emperor who really charged into the battle, the master who killed without blinking an eye!
It looks like the Dai Wang family is going to be in trouble!
"The acting king is guilty! The crime is extremely heinous!" Zhu Youjian roared angrily, "I fought hard against the Tartars on the front line and protected his ancestral graves for him. It would be better for him to grease his feet and escape first! Is he worthy of being the king of Sai? You all tell me, Is he worthy of being the King of Sai of the Ming Dynasty?"
This question... the courtiers present didn't know what to say.
Because the performance of the acting king Zhu Dingwei is not the normal performance of a Ming vassal king?
What is really abnormal is not the acting king, but you, long live the Lord!
A good emperor of peace behaved inappropriately. He personally trained and led troops, and even led tens of thousands of people to the front line of Datong to fight the Tatars. This is not a normal emperor of tomorrow!
Moreover, you, this abnormal emperor, do not sit in the rear and command, but act as the vanguard yourself, leading thousands of men to fight against the Tatars... This is too chaotic!
What’s even more abnormal is that such a messy emperor as you actually defeated the Mongol Khan!
Rather, they used only 20,000 troops to defeat the 100,000-strong Mongolian army that invaded the Han tribe!
What's even more exaggerated is that for this battle, you personally organized the troops, faced the battle in a duel, led the charge, and even used the cannon, and you used it very well!
Who did you learn this skill from? Can your lecturer Kong Yunzhen teach this?
But even if you are not normal, why do you still want to drag a group of sect princes and eldest sons in Datong Town to the battlefield together? This is not going up to the city wall to supervise the battle, but going out of the city to fight the Tatars!
As a result, King Dai and several other kings were scared away... just scared away! If I don't run away, I'll have to follow you to the battlefield to kill the Tatars. If you have the courage, it's not the Ming Dynasty Prince, but the Jianzhou Jurchen Prince Baylor next door!
The so-called justice lies in the heart of the people. Although most of the courtiers in the palace are traitors, their conscience has not been exhausted. No one dares to help Zhu Youjian frame the clan... Framing the clan is a serious crime! Even if you, the soon-to-be emperor, live a long life and can always protect everyone, it will not be easy to have a bunch of censors impeach and criticize you every day!
Seeing that all the courtiers in the palace were pretending to be mute, Zhu Youjian had already understood - you bunch of treacherous ministers with no credentials don't dare to trap the vassal, they are all afraid of being impeached by the censor, right?
The current ministers in the palace, except for Man Gui and Zhang Yiming, who are local officials in Datong Town, all the others followed Zhu Youjian from the Nanhaizi camp.
They all dared not speak, which meant that although the acting king Zhu Dingwei was wrong to run away, everyone believed that it was for a reason and should not be severely punished, otherwise it would be difficult to convince the public... But it doesn't matter, Zhu Dingwei can continue to commit crimes, and wait until he does it again If you commit more crimes, you can justifiably cut off your vassal and confiscate your family!
Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian said in a gloomy tone: "It is an unforgivable crime for the king to abandon the vassal and run away, but I am a benevolent king after all, and I still have some kindness outside the law."
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
The ministers all breathed a sigh of relief. No one wanted to get involved in the feud!
Zhu Youjian said to Zhang Yiming, the governor of Datong, "Zhang Futai, do you know where Dai Fan went?"
"Your Majesty," Zhang Yiming said hurriedly, "I guess Dai Fan should have gone to Hunyuan Prefecture. Because there were many Tatar cavalry to the east of the Yuhe River outside Datong City, and Dai Fan did not have many guards, so he must have Avoid them. If you can't go east, you'll probably go south. In Hunyuan Prefecture south of Datong, there is Beiyue Hengshan. The terrain in the mountain is dangerous, and there are several yellow temples to avoid... Dai Wangfu did not have it in previous years. Don't go to the Huang Temple to donate incense and money. Now of course you can go and help each other if you are in trouble. Moreover, Hunyuan Prefecture is still in Datong, and although the king is out of the city, it is not too out of the ordinary."
Huangmiao is a Lama Temple, both ancient temples left over from the Yuan Dynasty. Because the Mongolians on the grassland all believe in Lamas, they would never go to Lamasery to kill people or set fire to them.
In addition, the vassal restrictions of the Ming Dynasty have been somewhat relaxed now. It is common for vassal kings to leave the city in the name of sweeping tombs and burning incense, or even staying outside the city for a long time.
Zhu Youjian nodded. Zhang Yiming's analysis was good, and he was a good candidate to be a royal guard. Unfortunately, he got the Jinshi exam and chose the wrong profession.
Zhu Youjian said again: "Zhang Futai, then go and find Daifan's family and the princes. I won't punish him... He will be allowed to make meritorious deeds."
"Your Majesty, the meaning of meritorious deeds is..." Zhang Yiming asked.
Zhu Youjian nodded and said with a smile: "Now Hutu Dunhan has escaped to Tumotechuan... But I can't just let him go and do my best to eliminate evil!
Therefore, I am preparing to conquer the Tumote River myself! This time he should take his descendants from the Dai vassal line to serve in the army, right? "
Serving before the army does not necessarily mean taking the lead. Raising military rations and recruiting civilians can also be regarded as serving before the army... In addition, the Dai Wang family has been a prince for more than 200 years. He may have lost a little bit of his backbone, but he still has plenty of money. , at worst, you will lose money and avoid disaster!
Zhang Yiming breathed a sigh of relief, and after receiving Zhu Youjian's imperial edict, he immediately left the palace, took his Fubiao battalion, left Datong City, and chased towards Hengshan Mountain.
But Governor Zhang, who was obsessed with peace, never thought that the acting king Zhu Dingwei was more capable of making mistakes than he imagined.
Just when Zhang Yiming was thinking about how to exonerate the Wang family, this man committed a new crime - he committed the crime of "spreading rumors to confuse the public and curse the emperor", and he also found several people who could convince him. All the witnesses!
It turns out that Zhu Ding, the king of the generation, ran away very fast. After leaving Datong City, he ran along the Yuhe River, then crossed the Sanggan River at the intersection of Yuhe River and Sanggan River, and then ran to Hunyuan Prefecture, hoping to take a temporary refuge in Hengshan Mountain ( Zhang Yiming really guessed it). But just as he was running near the city of Hunyuan Prefecture, by chance, he bumped into reinforcements from the Beijing camp led by Zhang Weixian, Zhu Chunchen, Zhu Guobi, Luo Sigong, and Luo Yangxing.
A group of nobles from the Beijing camp met the Datong princes who had fled, and of course they had to find out what happened!
By asking this question, Zhu Dingwei's sin would be extremely serious!
