In April of the fifteenth year of Yongle, Zhu Gaojie, the crown prince of the Ming Empire, visited Annan Province for investigation. He emphasized that we must adhere to the guidance of His Majesty Yongle's new era and new thoughts. The Ming Dynasty will not cause trouble and is not afraid of trouble. We must thoroughly implement the spirit led by Emperor Taizu, adhere to the principle of great unification, and build the three divisions and troops of Annan Province with high quality and high standards. We should practice the development philosophy centered on loyalty to the Ming Dynasty and do a good job in safeguarding the unification of the country and the DPRK with heart and soul.
Zhu Gaojie first came to Yunnan Fucheng to listen to the report on the progress in the southwest by Mu Sheng, the highest military and political officer in Yunnan and Duke of Guizhou. When meeting with the Guizhou Government, Zhu Gaojie said some heart-warming words: "Today I rode a horse from the north to the south of Fucheng, Yunnan. Although the journey is short, I can tell the whole story at a glance. The streets of Fucheng are clean and tidy, and the welcoming people are warm and courteous. This is It fully illustrates the governance level of the Duke of Guizhou. You can only know whether the shoes fit your feet or not by wearing them yourself."
Mu Sheng, Duke of Guizhou, said excitedly: "The road is like a stone, and there are no boundaries for travelers. Under the correct leadership of the court, Yunnan officials and people can go a long way. We need to closely follow the far-sighted instructions of His Majesty Yongle and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and move forward hand in hand." Action creates the future.”
Subsequently, His Highness Zhu Gaojiu went to Annam Province for inspection without any trouble, and a total of 20 representatives including the Commander-in-Chief of Annan Dusi, Marquis of Fengcheng Li Bin, and local people's representatives Li Li and Pan Liao expressed a warm welcome. Pan Liao took the lead in expressing a warm welcome to His Highness Zhu Gaojie, and pointed out some problems that had arisen in the operation of Annan Province in recent years, and asked his superiors to correct the work problems in the province.
Zhu Gaojie gave correct and forward-looking guidance on the work of Annan Province. Li Bin, Li Li and others deeply agreed with it and expressed their willingness to sacrifice their lives for the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Gaojie was touched by it and was calmly satisfied. The wish of Li Bin and others.
Under the guidance of Zhu Gaojie, nineteen Annan representatives including Li Bin and Li Li passed away peacefully after the Battle of Huanggao Forest, making outstanding contributions to maintaining the complete territory of the Ming Dynasty and the unification of the empire.
Currently, Annan has an extremely solid development foundation and increasingly strong development momentum. It is in an unprecedented golden period of history. Annan Province will strengthen its confidence and shoulder the heavy responsibilities to build a pioneer area for key projects in the southwest circle and serve as a new engine for national development. Demonstrate Annan’s new achievements in the new era and new journey.
At this point, His Royal Highness Zhu Gaojie's southern tour was successfully completed. The British Duke Zhang Fu and the tax superintendent Lu Chaoyang accompanied the southern tour.
The news of this station is reported by Shen Qingyu, the Qianhu official of Jinyiwei.
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The waves on the Grand Canal are turbulent, but the scenery remains the same, with ships sailing to Beijing.
There was an iron pot on the deck. Two plump carp were stewed in the pot. The milky white fish soup was bubbling, and the delicious aroma overflowed. Zhu Gaojie cooked the fish soup himself. He came with a carp and returned with a carp.
There were two people watching on the side, and a general wearing armor said with emotion: "It's high, it's really too high. This kind of artistic conception is beyond our reach."
Shen Qingyu beside her was puzzled: "Brother, what do you mean by this? Why don't I see the artistic conception?"
The general pretended to be serious and said: "That's because you haven't reached the realm yet, so naturally you can't understand His Highness's artistic conception."
"Brother, if you have any opinions, please feel free to enlighten me."
"I don't dare to give you advice, it's just my own understanding. Do you really think that what your Highness is cooking in the pot is just a simple carp?"
"Hiss - this is not a carp, could it be a crucian carp?"
"That's wrong. This is not a fish, but a human being."
Shen Qingyu rubbed her eyes to make sure she saw correctly: "Brother, no matter how bad my eyesight is, I can't possibly recognize people as fish. I have never heard that His Highness has a hobby of eating people."
"So, you haven't reached the realm yet." The general waved his hand and said, "Carp, Tong Li, the carp cooked in this pot is none other than Li Bin! In the eyes of His Highness, Fengcheng Hou Li Bin is also a It's just a piece of cake, you can take care of him if you want, now you're done, His Highness doesn't want to drink fish soup now, he wants to taste the taste of victory and the loneliness of being cold at high places."
Shen Qingyu took a breath: "High, too high. I never thought it was so reasonable. Congratulations, brother!"
He glanced at the general next to him in surprise: "I admire you for your brother's level. May I ask what your name is?"
"My surname is Zhang, and I am Zhang Muzhi, the deputy of the Jinyi Guards of Qianhu, whose nickname is Zhang Mazi."
"Yanzhou Mu, Yuzhou Mu, Mu Zhi, your Majesty hopes that your son will become a great person." Shen Qingyu looked at the general named "Zhang Mazi" in front of him. He had a majestic appearance and a strong demeanor, and asked: "Brother Zhang, what's going on on your face?" Where is Mazi?"
"No pockmarks."
"How can there be no pockmarks on Zhang Mazi's face?"
"Because I used to be a bandit. I was recruited by the imperial court during the Jingnan period and got an official position in Jinyiwei."
Shen Qingyu asked: "Being a bandit before, does it have anything to do with whether you have pockmarks on your face?"
Zhang Muzhi said calmly: "People don't want to believe that a bandit's name is Muzhi. People are more willing to believe that his name is Mazi. People are especially willing to believe that his face should be pockmarked."
Shen Qingyu was in awe after hearing this: "Brother Zhang's realm is so high that I can't even match it!"
Zhang Muzhi waved his hand and said, "It's not worth mentioning."
Shen Qingyu asked: "Brother Zhang has such an opinion, how can he go to Luocao?"
Zhang Muzhi sighed and said, "To be honest, I was born in a family of Zhong Ming Ding Shi, and I read some books by saints and sages. However, due to the decline of my family, I realized that I was useless as a scholar, so I had no choice but to become a bandit. Later, Taizu was buried in heaven. The situation in the world was changing, so I surrendered to the army and followed King Yan. After the new dynasty, I was incorporated into the Imperial Guard."
Shen Qingyu was dumbfounded when he heard this, because this man is still a habitual criminal!
He was born in an aristocratic family, but later became a bandit after his family went bankrupt. When he saw the rebellion of King Yan, he rushed over and became a rebel. When King Yan Zhu Di conquered the world, he became the eagle dog of the Jin Yiwei.
Bandits, rebels, hawks and dogs, good guy, this man talks in a polite way, but what he does is lick blood with the tip of a knife!
While the two were chatting, Zhu Gaojie scooped up a spoonful of fish soup, blew it lightly and took a sip. It was extremely delicious. He waved to the two of them: "Come and have a sip of the soup. I can't drink so much by myself." .”
Shen and Zhang were flattered, but they did not dare to refuse. They could only come forward cautiously and were fortunate enough to taste the fish soup stewed by His Highness the Prince himself.
Although the taste of fish soup is delicious, it is not as intoxicating as power and power.
Zhu Gaojie simmered the fish soup for more than half an hour, but he only took half a mouthful before picking up a green-glazed wine jug and drinking heavily.
He said calmly: "I really don't like fish soup, I just like the process of making soup. As for Li Bin, it's not important to me. Not having him is very important to me."
This was said to Zhang Muzhi.
Zhu Gaojie does not enjoy the loneliness of being in a high place. He only cares about interests. He will fight for what Ming Dynasty needs, and he will ruthlessly eradicate what Ming Dynasty does not need.
No matter what Li Bin had done, no matter what contribution he had made to Ming Dynasty, and how many powerful enemies he had helped Ming Dynasty defeat, the moment he betrayed Ming Dynasty, there was only death waiting for him.
Zhang Muzhi put down the porcelain bowl of fish soup in his hand and glanced at where he was just now.
There were more than ten steps between the iron pot where the soup was boiled and where he and Shen Qingyu were chatting. His voice was not loud just now, but His Highness heard it clearly.
Does this guy have fucking ears?
"Since ancient times, benevolence only harms people, and morality has never been true. Don't you see, ligers and tigers have gained fame as prey, but who can pity the poor elk? In the world, the strong has always preyed on the weak, even if it is justified, it is in vain."
Zhu Gaojie said leisurely, "Don't you see, in Qinghaitou, no one has collected the ancient bones. New ghosts are annoying and old ghosts are crying, and the sky is dark, rainy and wet, chirping."
He actually said these words to himself.
In the first battle in the southwest, 60,000 to 70,000 rebels were burned to death. After the big battle, there were small battles, and nearly 50,000 rebels were wiped out one after another, completely quelling the rebellion in the southwest.
The cold corpses are cold before they are cold, the fog is stained by thousands of streams of blood, the fierce men are smashing and roaring, and the spring rain can hardly wash away the fishy smell.
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Beijing has a wide and long water system, which the Yuan people called "Haizi", and some people also called it Shichahai. In the Yuan Dynasty, this place was the end of the canal, with a prosperous atmosphere of long boats covering the water and thousands of masts and sails.
By the Ming Dynasty, there was no longer the bustle of the water transport wharf, but there were weeping willows on the river banks and the tranquility and elegance of lotus flowers in the water.
Zhu Di leaned under a willow tree, flipping through an interesting leisure book in his hand. When he was still King Yan, he liked to steal half a day's leisure under this willow tree, but at that time, there was always a person around him. A virtuous beauty made tea for him.
Decades later, the willow tree is still there, but the beauty is long gone.
Tang Cheng stood behind the emperor, squeezed Zhu Di's shoulders skillfully, and said softly: "Your Majesty, I heard that the court has been uneasy in recent days, and some people are still talking about the crown prince's southern expedition."
Zhu Di turned over the pages of the idle book and asked calmly: "What are you talking about? The prince won a great victory in the south and led more than 20,000 people to kill more than 100,000 rebels. Why can't they be silenced? "
"Some bold people say that although the Crown Prince won the battle, he could have killed some to recruit others to solve the problem, but he killed them all. They feel that as the Crown Prince, he should show his kindness to others. The behavior is..."
Zhu Di raised his eyebrows and said, "But what?"
"I dare not say..."
"I asked you to say it. If you don't say it, you will be deceiving me. If you lie to me, you will lose your head, Tang Cheng."
"They said that the Crown Prince was too violent and murderous, which would harm the reputation of the Ming Dynasty..."
"These idiots who talk nonsense don't make sense. They only know how to talk about the truths said by the saints. They don't know that the truths said by the saints are just for listening. How can they be used in governing the country? The survivors of Jiaozhi have repeatedly surrendered and rebelled. These scoundrels It is simply impossible for Bones to surrender to the Ming Dynasty from the bottom of his heart. If the prince had not killed the Jiaozhi survivors in the southwest this time, Annan would have rebelled against him in less than three years!"
Zhu Di closed the book in his hand and said in a gloomy voice, "A group of rotten people who sit in the greenhouse all day long have no other merit except shouting a few words. They are eating the salary of the imperial court, but they have no ideas and no achievements. How do they know that it’s the prince, I, and we who are conquering the world, who used gold and iron horses to buy their peace outside, but in the end they came to backstab us, who are conquering the world!”
If it were any other emperor, he would have tolerated it, but Zhu Di couldn't bear it.
The soldiers bought their country with their blood and protected the country's peace with their lives. However, these people who enjoyed the peace despised their hands for being stained with blood.
If there were no blood on the hands of those of us who conquer the world, how could you here carefreely ridicule this and dislike that?
Seeing the emperor's strong reaction, Tang Cheng quickly comforted him: "Your Majesty, calm down, the dragon body is important."
He knew, however, that the emperor's body had become increasingly weak in recent days, and it was time for him to rest. He must not be injured by the fire again.
Zhu Di suppressed the anger in his heart, thought for a moment, and said, "Tang Cheng, you are responsible for handling this matter. I don't want to hear similar rumors again."
"My slave understands, but..."
"Just what?"
Tang Cheng said helplessly: "If you want to handle this matter, please boldly ask Your Majesty to allow me to mobilize the Jin Yiwei officials to help handle it."
Even though he is a great eunuch who is inferior to one person and outnumbers ten thousand people, the eunuch leaders of the twelve eunuchs in the inner palace have to bow their heads and respectfully shout "ancestor" when they see him. Even the people of the vassal royal family have to sell him. Face, but he doesn't have much power in his hands.
To put it bluntly, Tang Cheng was Zhu Di's personal eunuch, responsible for taking care of His Majesty the Emperor's daily life. Because he was deeply trusted by the Emperor, his status was extremely high. But because of high status, he had to borrow power from the emperor to do things.
Tang Cheng did a lot of dirty work for Zhu Di privately, but every time he did dirty work, he had to go through the process in advance and find help from other departments.
"Lv Chaoyang is with the prince, but he is not in the capital now. I will give you a handwritten instruction. You will mobilize all the Jinyi Guards... just wait a moment."
Zhu Di changed the subject and said, "There is no need to catch Jin Yiwei, a cow, and drive him to death. Jin Yiwei does not need to intervene in this matter."
Tang Cheng was a little confused: "If you don't need Jin Yiwei, what should you use?"
Jinyiwei and Shadow Attendant are the most experienced at doing this kind of secret service. Naturally, the Shadow Attendant didn't even have to think about it. Except for the emperor and the man in the shadow, no one else could mobilize him. The simplest and fastest way was to mobilize someone from the Jin Yiwei.
Now that Jin Yiwei is no longer needed, is it possible for him, an old eunuch, to finish everything on his own?
"The Jinyi Guards are located outside the palace. They are not easy to use. Every time they are asked to do something, they have to go through a lot of complicated procedures." Zhu Di stroked his beard, "Just set up a Yamen to the north of Dong'an Gate and let you personally control it. Find some eunuchs from the palace to serve as manpower to investigate the evil spirits and evildoers, and balance the power with the royal guards, entrusting them with the power of investigation and spying. In addition, eunuchs are arranged to sit on duty in every yamen and keep an eye on them. Every move of these officials and every dirty deed of their family members must be recorded."
Tang Cheng felt a little confused: "Then what is the name of this yamen?"
Zhu Di thought for a while and said: "Since it is a government office located to the north of Dong'anmen, let's call it 'Dongji Shichang'."
Dongjishi Factory, abbreviation
——Dongchang.
