On the west side of the imperial city of Yingtian City, beside the Nine Bends of Qingxi River outside Xi'an Gate.
From Taiping Bridge in the north to Xi'anmenwai Street in the south, and then to Huangjia Lane in the west, the entire vast area is covered by Taisun Mansion.
Just this piece of land is enough to show how much Zhu Yuanzhang loves the emperor's grandson.
The double-eaves pavilion is almost modeled after the layout of the East Palace, but the specifications are slightly lower.
But on the contrary, it was because outside the palace, at the Jiuqu of Qingxi River, Taisun Mansion introduced a running water into the mansion and created a garden of pavilions, pavilions, water pavilions and rockeries in the mansion.
The backyard of Taisun Mansion is built with Taihu stones from Suzhou Prefecture and decorated with various shrubs, green plants and famous flowers.
There seems to be a lot of secrets in the corner, but there is a small house built against the wall.
"Your Highness, the team of Duke Xin and Marquis Xiping will arrive in Yingtian soon."
"Your Majesty and the Crown Prince wish that when the Duke and the Marquis enter the city, Your Highness needs you to come out of the city to greet them."
Zhu Yunxi, who had returned from prison and rested for a few hours, was leaning on a soft chair and squinting slightly.
Tian Mai stood in front of Zhu Yunxi and bowed in solemnity: "Tie Xuan sent a message to ask His Highness, there seems to be a convergence of forces in the Japanese country. Can the Japanese army be granted the right to make decisions on the battlefield?"
"allow."
Zhu Yunxi said calmly.
Ruilongnao, which has been passed down since the Tang Dynasty, once again appeared in the royal court of the Central Plains because of the new campaign of the Ming Dynasty in Jiaozhi. The faint smoke drifted out from the Boshan furnace and filled the study room.
Tian Mai held a thin pen in his hand and recorded in the small booklet held in his left hand some events related to Japan's petition.
Later, Tian Mai said again: "Gao Yangzhi came to report. The Ministry of Civil Affairs has sent a letter a few days ago to inquire about the selection and assessment of officials in Jiaozhi Road."
"The Thanh Hoa Metropolitan Governor's Office is asking if it is possible to recruit people from Jiaozhi Province to serve as police officers in various cities and to set up a small number of local guards."
"The General of the Southern Expedition has come to announce that the spring is about to begin. Please prepare herbs, armor, gunpowder, firearms and other supplies. Please take turns to recruit imperial doctors from the imperial hospital to recruit and relocate the people of Zhili to enrich the newly conquered border areas."
Zhu Yunxi lay on the soft chair and turned around to prevent half of his body from being numb.
Then he slowly said: "Jiaozhi Road is one of the thirteen roads of the Ming Dynasty. The officials asked about the selection and assessment of officials on Jiaozhi Road. The chief envoy of Jiaozhi has no shirk. The Qinghua Governor's Office guards Jiaozhi and has the power to do things expediently. Conquest. General Nan Da reported it to the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Household Affairs, etc., and the military aircraft must not be delayed."
After finishing talking about things in the east and things in the south.
Tian Mai carefully added all the notes, then turned his eyes and whispered: "Dong Liang asked, now that the northwest is peaceful, when will the DPRK send another general to replace it."
Zhu Yunxi paused for a moment, then remembered that Lan Yu had not been in Beijing for two years.
He patted the soft chair gently with his palm, and after pondering for a moment, he said: "Push it down and never look back."
Tian Mai raised his head and glanced at the emperor's grandson. He didn't even do anything to reply to Duke Liang.
After thinking for a while, Tian Mai changed his mouth and said: "The King of Yan sent a message asking how long it will take for the Mianjia to arrive in Peiping this winter. His Highness the King of Yan wants to go deep into the grassland this winter."
Zhu Yunxi paused.
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Then he said softly: "I won't go back. Mianjia went to sea from Longwan Wharf a while ago, and will probably be sent to Peking soon."
Tian Mai nodded.
In the end, even though there was no one else in Taisun's house, and there was no one else here except the two of him, he still turned around and looked around.
Then he took a step forward and whispered: "This is a letter from Zhang Zhiyuan. Tang Keke has now reached the rank of General Qianhu in Peiping."
Zhu Yunxi smiled slightly: "My fourth uncle always discovers many generals."
Tian Mai smiled in agreement and said in a low voice: "His Royal Highness asked Zhang Zhiyuan to make friends with the generals from the Peking side, such as Zhu Neng and Zhang Yu. Now they are doing quite well. Zhang Zhiyuan has already accepted Zhu Neng and Zhang Yu's boys to take him with him. Surround yourself as a personal soldier."
Beiping City was laid out since the 24th year of Hongwu.
Zhu Yunxi never relaxed his vigilance about things over there.
Now is not the time to harvest, and there may not be a time in your lifetime when you need to use it.
Zhu Yunxi thought for a while and sighed softly. He really didn't hope that Ming Dynasty would follow the same path in the future.
"Let this matter take its course. Yingtian should reduce his contacts with Zhang Zhiyuan."
Tian Mai nodded and silently agreed.
He never dared to let others intervene in Beiping, let alone expose it in the slightest.
Bang bang bang.
At this time, the door of the small study room was knocked from outside.
Zhu Yunxi, who was lying on the soft chair, glanced sideways and silently, then closed his hands.
Tian Mai turned around in an instant, his eyebrows raised. He reached behind the door and slowly opened it. When he saw the person coming outside, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "What's the matter?"
Outside the door, there were secret guards under Tian Mai.
Seeing the commander, the secret guard clasped his fists and reported in a deep voice: "Commander Tian, over at the prison, Li Erfu's confession has been asked."
After finishing speaking, the secret guard took out a pen confession from his arms.
Tian Mai took the written confession and waved his hand: "Wait outside."
"Your Highness, this is the transcript of Li Erfu's confession."
After waiting for two full days, Zhu Yunxi heard about the rape incident again. He just opened his eyes slightly, took the confession sent by Tian Mai, and slowly opened it to review it.
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"The memorial given to us by the General Affairs Secretary has been withheld!"
"What exactly does he want to do when he comes to conquer?"
"Do you want to control the court's opinions? Or do you want to do something!"
In the public room of the official office, Wang Jun, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, slapped the table with anger on his face.
"Would you like me to write a greeting note for you so that you can ask why you came to conquer?" Zhan Hui rolled his eyes and expressed dissatisfaction with Wang Jun for being so unofficial.
Wang Jun glanced at Zhan Hui with a straight face, then curled his lips and snorted, patted his butt and sat down again.
Yu Xin, the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance who was sitting next to him, hummed twice: "I have already shown you enough kindness in coming to conquer, otherwise we would not know whether these memorials have been sent to His Majesty or whether they have been kept by the general envoys." Inside the Si Yamen."
Zhan Hui nodded silently, agreeing with Yu Xin's remarks. He reached out and picked up the teapot in front of him, raised it high and tilted it carefully.
The sound of gurgling water sounded among several people.
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Ru Yu took the teacup, took a sip, and said slowly: "The situation happened the night before, and Wan Jinbiao was taken into custody by Jiang Wei in the Jinyiwei Prison.
Yesterday, the grandson received the news and entered the Jinyi Guard. His Highness stayed in Jinyiwei all night and did not leave until dawn today. He went to Taisun Mansion to rest.
Tell me, what happened in the meantime? "
After finishing speaking, Ru Jin drank tea silently and looked at the people around her blankly.
Yu Xin let out a light sigh and turned his head to look at Ru Yu: "Tell me, did His Highness find out something? Or does His Highness already know something that we don't know? That's why he stayed in Jinyiwei for a whole day. Did you just go to Taisun's Mansion to rest after night?"
Several people were stunned.
To be able to spend a whole night in Jinyiwei with the price of a thousand pieces of gold shows the importance of this matter in Taisun's heart. And he can let Taisun leave Jinyiwei and return to Taisun's mansion to rest.
There must be a new discovery, even a decisive new discovery, that would allow Taisun to breathe a sigh of relief and go back to rest.
Zhan Hui tapped his fingers lightly on the table, frowning slightly. He pondered for a long time, and after weighing the pros and cons, he finally said in a deep voice: "It's better sooner rather than later. I think it's time for me to enter the palace to see the saint at this time." , bring this matter to face!"
"Should I wait to enter the palace to meet the saint?"
Wang Jun shrank his head and asked with some uncertainty.
Zhan Hui turned his head and glanced at Wang Jun blankly.
A trace of disdain flashed through Yu Xin's eyes, and then he smiled and said, "At that time, I will be the one to take the lead in bringing this matter up. Speaking of which, what the tax office does also concerns my household department."
This is the person who knows how to do things!
There was a trace of appreciation in Zhan Hui's eyes, and he sighed to Yu Xin: "This is the only plan for now. Thank you for the hard work of the Ministry of Finance."
Yu Xin cupped his hands and said, "Speaking of which, we are also doing it for the world."
Then, the newly promoted Minister of Household Affairs and the newly promoted bachelor of the Cultural Palace had a face full of worries: "It is easy to break the hardness. How can things in the world always be smooth sailing? If we keep being so tough, one day we will be exposed." This is such a big deal, what should the court and us do?"
"As expected, you are a bachelor."
Wang Jun had already stood up and cupped his hands towards Yu Xingong.
Zhan Hui waved his sleeves and stood up: "Everyone, let's enter the palace together."
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"Your Highness, the latest news is that six ministers have entered the palace to meet the emperor."
In the small study room of Taisun Mansion, Tian Mai conveyed the message just sent to the ears of Zhu Yunxi, who was still taking a nap.
The eyes that were slightly narrowed slowly opened.
After resting until now, Zhu Yunxi showed no signs of fatigue in his eyes, revealing a sparkle.
I saw him smiling slightly.
"First let me bring you a bowl of chicken noodle soup from Luzhou Prefecture. Once we're full, we'll go back to the palace."
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Huagai Palace.
The atmosphere in the palace has gradually become lively recently.
Because the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and also because the grandson's wedding is on this day. Duke Xinguo and Marquis Xiping, whom Your Majesty has not seen for many years, are about to enter Beijing.
All these things made everyone in the palace busy.
There were palace servants wiping and mopping everywhere.
Inside the palace.
The weather has been going well in the Ming Dynasty recently, with no trouble in the north and south, no worries in the east and west, plenty of money and food, and prosperity in the royal family, which makes the king in the palace and his accompanying ministers live in harmony.
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"Xie Jin asked if he could recruit a thousand soldiers from Yingtianfu to build the cement road from Taipingfu Mine to Yingtian City."
The prince sat cross-legged among a pile of memorials and books, picked up a memorial, and looked up at the old man who was still working out the details of his grandson's wedding.
Zhu Gaochi, who had no schoolwork in the main hall today, was qualified to sit next to the prince's uncle, holding a pen and paper to record the uncle's various policy requirements and messages that needed to be conveyed.
Zhu Yuanzhang drew his attention away from the complicated details of the wedding, raised his head and looked here, and asked with a groan: "That boy Jie Jin is still following the road construction on the road?"
Zhu Biao smiled: "He is just a stubborn person. He is afraid that something will happen to the road repairers, so he keeps an eye on it day and night. I heard that he has not entered the house three times."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, as if he remembered something again, and after a while he suddenly said with a smile: "We heard that Gao Yangzhi of Jiaozhi Road was still his disciple, and now he has been promoted to the position of Fang Bo."
"The Jiaozhi Road is an uncivilized place, and the officials in the imperial court complained even when they went to the southeast to serve as officials. The Jiaozhi Road was newly conquered, and all wastes were restored. It was the time to employ people, so Yunxi was ordered to promote them to officials. That's what it should be." Zhu Biao explained, but didn't mention a word about the disciples that the old man mentioned.
Zhu Gaochi silently observed the conversation between his grandfather and his uncle, and suddenly felt that his mind was a little lost.
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and hummed twice: "Allow this. Supervise Li Jinglong and tell him to send more Japanese workers back as soon as possible, so that our people don't have to do corvee service all the time."
Zhu Biao smiled and nodded: "I'll take care of it when I get back."
At this point, this matter is probably coming to an end.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly spoke again: "I have decreed that if Jie Jin has meritorious service, he will be granted the title of Zhiyin, a senior official, a guest of the Prince of Jin, and the Chief of History of Taisun's Mansion."
The prince was stunned for a moment, then immediately agreed.
Then he looked back at his chubby nephew and said, "Write this down and draft a decree later."
Zhu Gaochi nodded, bowed his head and wrote down the matter. But there was a stirring in his heart. The old man had already begun to create a potential man for Brother Xi.
What about Yin Xun, the third-rank Zhizhi, Sanjie, the official official, and the guests of the prince, who are the third-rank officials, but they are all to improve Xie Jin’s official rank. The real one is the Zuo Changshi of the Taisun Mansion, who is only the fifth rank. .
This is just like the Zhan Shifu of the East Palace. Only the most trusted people can be appointed.
At this time.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked again: "I heard that Yunxi went to Jinyiwei yesterday and did not return all night, and finally rested in Taisun's Mansion?"
Zhu Gaochi, who was writing with his head lowered, raised his eyebrows and his eyes moved.
Zhu Biao thought for a while and was about to speak, but he heard that Sun Banban had already walked over from the front.
"Your Majesty, Zhan Shangshu and a few others entered the palace to meet the saint, but they are now outside the palace."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked sideways outside the hall: "Let them come in."
Then, Zhu Yuanzhang looked blankly at the prince and his little fat grandson.
Zhu Gaochi slowly raised his buttocks: "Several ministers will meet the saints, my nephew will go first..."
Before Xiaopang finished speaking, Zhu Biao had already raised his head and looked at him with a smile: "Sit safely, I want you to sort through the several memorials I have here."
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After finishing speaking, Zhu Biao packed up several memorials and piled them in front of Xiaopang.
Zhu Gaochi looked at the prince's uncle's face with a warm smile, smiled silently, and sat down again with his hanging buttocks.
It was just a small look, but he looked quietly towards the entrance of the palace.
After a while, I saw Zhan Hui, Yu Xin, Ren Hengtai and other five ministers wearing red robes walking in.
Zhan Hui and others entered the palace today because they wanted to make it clear to the emperor that they wanted to wipe out the tax office's tens of thousands of dollars.
Such a big thing happened in Yingtian City, and the emperor could not be completely ignorant.
But it has been two full days since the incident happened, but nothing has been said in the palace, which makes people very confused.
Now Taisun went to Taisun's mansion to rest after staying in Jinyiwei all night.
If they don't do anything, something that could have been used will slip through their fingers in vain.
Zhan Hui and others walked into the side hall from outside the Huagai Hall with smooth official steps.
Several people were about to bow to say hello.
But at a glance, he saw Zhu Gaochi, the Crown Prince of Yan, sitting next to the Crown Prince.
Zhan Hui and others couldn't help but look at each other, and there was a hint of doubt in their eyes.
Why is Prince Yan here?
"Come here at this hour, you old waiters, are you looking for us to make a living?"
Zhu Yuanzhang straightened himself on the couch, with leisurely eyes and a smile on his face as he stared at Zhan Hui and the others who walked in.
Zhan Hui and others reacted immediately.
Bend over and give your hands.
"I have met with Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and Prince Yan."
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand: "Forget it. If you want to pay for the meal, we will ask Sun Gou to send a message and pay for the meal now."
Why did the emperor get so serious with Cengfan?
Zhan Hui and the others were depressed, but their faces were filled with fear.
"I don't dare."
"I entered the palace today because I have something to report to Your Majesty, so that I can sort out the affairs of various ministries and stabilize the court."
Zhan Hui thought about his words carefully.
Zhu Yuanzhang raised his brows and said, "An court? Tell me, something happened again in our Ming Dynasty. Can we ask you bachelors and ministers to join the palace together?"
Zhan Hui turned his head silently and glanced at Ru Yu.
Rujun took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, after the Chinese New Year, the Beijing camp will take turns. I would like to ask your Majesty, will the rotation of the Beijing camp next year be the same as in previous years?"
The guards of the Beijing army stationed in Yingtian City are mainly supplemented by the Taoist guards of the world under the jurisdiction of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion. They take turns entering the capital to change defenses, ensuring the combat effectiveness of the Beijing army at all times and strengthening the deterrence of the Central Army against the world.
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and nodded: "Follow the rules. The guards in the capital camp are related to the safety of Yingtian. The Ministry of War is worried."
Ru Yun nodded and cupped his hands: "I accept your order."
Subsequently, Yu Xin, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, in this year's calculation of the national tax expenditure, should Jiaozhi Road and the anti-Japanese army be included in the calculation? Next year, can we discuss the expenditures of the various ministries and departments of the imperial court and the various roads? ?”
In recent years, the expenditures and incomes of Jiaozhi Road and the anti-Japanese army have been calculated and archived separately. Yu Xin is asking if these two pieces should be given to the entire Ming Dynasty this year.
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As for the court's expenses for next year, they will discuss the court's budget for the 28th year of Hongwu.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and shook his head: "Let's start discussing the expenses next year. The various accounts for the Jiaozhi Road and the Japanese Suppression Army will still be calculated separately."
Yu Xin lowered his head and his eyes flickered: "I accept your order."
The top two major issues of soldiers and taxes have almost been discussed at this point.
Zhan Hui and others were silent for a moment.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the few people quietly, and raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "It's better to stay here with us for dinner."
Zhan Hui immediately coughed lightly.
Yu Xin stepped forward again: "Your Majesty, I have heard that the night before last, a massacre occurred in Yingtian City. A total of more than 20 people were brutally murdered in an ordinary family's home in Taiping. The scene was filled with blood and the bodies were left in the home. Ying Tianfu heard the report and wanted to arrest him, but the Jin Yiwei took away the thief who was caught at the scene and refused to follow up all day long."
"I was afraid that the law of the court would be violated, so I made some inquiries, but I didn't expect that the person detained by the Jinyi Guards was actually Wan Jinbiao, deputy tax director of the Shangyuan County Branch of the Taxation Department."
"I believe that no matter how Wan Jinbiao was captured in the home of the exterminated family, if this case is not handled properly, the tax office and the court will be unfair to the people."
"The Crown Prince of Yan was in charge of all matters in the tax office, but he allowed the land of the capital, under the emperor's feet, to give birth to people in the tax office who were involved in the destruction of the family. The ministers thought that the prince of Yan had made some oversights, so they impeached him."
In the Huagai Hall, as Yu Xin, the Grand Scholar of the Wenhua Hall and the Minister of Household Affairs, finished speaking, he fell into silence.
Zhu Yuanzhang was thoughtful and glanced at Yan Shizi Zhu Gaochi not far away with a deep look.
Zhu Biao turned around silently and gave his chubby nephew a relieved smile.
It turns out that Brother Xi allowed himself to stay here just to wait for this moment.
Zhu Gaochi raised his head and looked directly at Zhan Hui and others who had their backs turned to him, his eyes flickering.
According to the rules, should I stand up and deal with the impeachment of the courtiers at this time?
Just when he was raising his butt again, he was about to stand up to deal with impeachment.
There was a sound of footsteps outside the Huagai Hall.
What followed was the voice full of doubts and curiosity from Zhu Yunxi, the grandson of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
"Do you want to impeach Prince Yan?"
"What did Prince Yan do that was so outrageous that he deserved to be impeached by all the great academicians?"
"Haven't you all seen that Prince Yan came to Beijing on his own for the sake of the Ming Dynasty..."
"Are you all already thin and out of shape?"
