Yingtian.
As spring began, the imperial court gradually recovered from the cold winter and began to sort out the increasingly large Ming Dynasty.
On the Longwan Pier on the Xicheng River, huge ships set sail all day long. After leaving the Yangtze River Estuary in Songjiang Prefecture, they will run to the northeast and southwest respectively, once again transporting a steady stream of goods for the Ming Dynasty. Fresh blood.
Last winter, the heavy snowfall on both sides of the Yangtze River, which had not been seen in a century, had more or less impact.
The fields became increasingly muddy, and roads and mountains could collapse at any time. This forced the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry to go to the palace day after day to meet with the emperor and the prince to discuss various decisions.
The Ministry of War is constantly preparing for the border war in the 28th year of Hongwu. The nine borders have wars every year. Now the south is also constantly using troops. Even if they are wearing a big red robe, there is no chance to breathe at this time.
To the east of Yingtian City, on the official road to the Qiantang River, countless people from prefectures and counties along the road were expropriated. They strived to complete the main body of the cement road within a year, and then spent another year to completely improve this first road in the Ming Dynasty. A new type of road that spans dozens of prefectures and counties.
At Taipingfu Mine, the Ministry of Works and the supervisors also sent good news from time to time. The power of the steam engines became more and more powerful, and the size became smaller and smaller. Vaguely, the court also heard that these people seemed to have proposed a new type of road that was different from cement roads and required the use of steam engines.
Everything changes and everything is new.
This huge empire of China is moving forward firmly in a new and unprecedented direction step by step.
It's just that when the Manchu Dynasty's administrative offices were implicated in countless state affairs, they still had to devote their energy to dealing with the Yellow River bursting and flooding in the six prefectures of the Central Plains.
The team that His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun was given to supervise the country to patrol the west and carry out relief operations has already arrived in Lanyang County, Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan Province, according to the official documents reported to the court every day.
The emperor's grandson was nearly ambushed by thieves in Xuzhou Mansion, but fortunately, he took advantage of the situation and planned to eliminate the thieves. The matter had already spread in the court.
Up and down, countless people were worried and troubled about what happened in the Central Plains.
The latest news is that the emperor's grandson beheaded Cao Zhisheng, the magistrate of Lanyang County, when he first came to Lanyang County, Kaifeng Prefecture, and spread the news throughout the county to appease the people, resume production, and step up repairs to the Yellow River embankment.
The situation has evolved a little differently from what was expected at the beginning of the court.
China is one, and Ming is also one. There is no distinction between the government and the public, they are inextricably intertwined.
A pebble from Kaifeng Mansion was thrown into the pond of Daming Dynasty, and finally caused ripples on the water.
Located in the imperial city at the northeast corner of Yingtian City.
Against the backdrop of the night, the lights illuminated the figures of the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Guard who were on duty, as if they had remained unchanged forever, standing on the top of the city overlooking every beat of the heart of the empire.
It was late at night here.
The emperor and the prince had already rested, and the servants and maids who were still doing things in the palace kept their pace, not daring to make a single noise.
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Sitting on the bed, his hands were shaking constantly, and his forehead and face were covered with sweat.
"Your Majesty..." Sun Gou'er called softly, but seeing no response, he immediately turned around, with murderous intent flashing in his eyes, and looked at the two people who followed him in: "Shut your mouth and get out!"
The two young chamberlains, observing the rules of the palace, had not raised their heads since entering the palace. Upon hearing Sun Daban's words, they immediately lowered their heads in panic and cautiously stepped back out of the palace step by step.
At this time, Sun Gou'er took two steps towards the dragon bed, knelt on the ground, and looked up at the emperor who had been sitting on the bed with sweat pouring down his face.
"Your Majesty, it's a night terror. The old slave asked someone to prepare a soothing decoction and bring it..."
As he spoke, Sun Gou'er stretched out his hand to press the emperor's messy bedding.
But at this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly stretched out his hand, pressed Sun Gou'er's arm, and turned his head to look at Sun Gou'er with a ferocious expression.
With just one glance, Sun Gouer, who had been with the emperor for more than ten years, couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat.
He had never seen the emperor's face before.
Even at the beginning, when the emperor was aggressively attacking the old heroes of Huaixi, he did not feel such a cold feeling on his back.
Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth and whispered in a hoarse voice: "Don't alarm the people outside, I... I just had a nightmare."
Sun Gou'er's heart skipped a beat again. The emperor was sensual and connected with heaven and earth.
The emperor's nightmare, who knows what the consequences will be.
Sun Gou'er swallowed his saliva and comforted him in a low voice: "Your Majesty has received great blessings from heaven and has been conferred the throne of emperor. He sits in the land of nine states in China and is supported by billions of people. He is protected by gods, Buddhas and heavenly soldiers in the sky. He is innocent and free from evil spirits and ghosts. Dare to get close."
Zhu Yuanzhang's forehead had blue veins popping out, and his acupuncture points were bulging. He suppressed his vicissitudes of life and said, "I feel a little cold."
Sun Gou'er's hand shook, and he quickly and carefully pulled his arm away from the emperor's hand. He bowed and took out another bedding from the large wooden cabinet with red lacquer inlay on the side, and tiptoed back to the bed, working cautiously. With a squeezing sound, he put the quilt on Zhu Yuanzhang's back from behind.
He then walked forward, pinched the two corners of the quilt, and pressed it tightly against Zhu Yuanzhang's chest.
After finishing this, Sun Gou'er continued to take the warm hot water from the side without resting, poured it into a teacup and brought it to Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Your Majesty, take a sip of warm water to calm down."
….
Zhu Yuanzhang silently took the tea cup, sipping it in small sips at first, but in the end he raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.
After drinking a glass of water, Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath.
Sun Gouer wanted to pour another glass of water for the emperor, but Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head and looked at him.
"Just stay here and I'll talk to you."
Sun Gouer immediately stopped and squatted down.
Zhu Yuanzhang's face was tense, and he wiped his sweaty cheeks heavily with the corner of the quilt without caring.
"I dreamed about Brother Xi."
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly muttered.
Sun Gouer's legs trembled slightly.
Zhu Yuanzhang's brows furrowed: "I saw what happened to Brother Xi. There was a sea of blood in front of his eyes. Brother Chi and Brother Bing were both covered in armor and covered in blood..."
Sun Gou'er let out a cry, and fell limply to the ground, lying on his hands, and kept knocking his head on the feet under the bed.
The sound of kowtows was heard in the palace.
Sun Gou'er panicked and said casually: "Your Majesty, please rest assured. Your Highness Taisun and the two princes are blessed by heaven. With the blessing of the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty, nothing will happen to them... The sky is filled with gods and Buddhas... Your Highness... Your Highness." With Your Majesty on your side, nothing will happen to Your Highness."
"Your Majesty must have not seen His Highness by your side for a long time, so he is thinking about you day by day and dreaming about it at night."
Sun Gouer was really scared.
He has always been by the emperor's side, and there is no one in the entire empire who understands better than him how much the emperor values his grandson.
If the emperor is convinced now
Something will happen to the emperor's grandson, or something has already happened, and I'm afraid the Ming Dynasty will really shed blood.
Sun Gou'er was in a state of panic, and suddenly his eyes lit up and he said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Yesterday, the Taisun's Mansion came to report, saying that the Taisun Concubine and the concubine have been having a good pregnancy these days, which is very good. These days I will return to the palace to pay my respects to His Majesty and the ladies, and let the two unborn princes enjoy the blessings of the family."
Sun Gouer wanted to use the longevity of the royal heirs to make the emperor feel at ease.
But when Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his eyebrows rose.
Sun Gouer looked up at the emperor uneasily.
I saw bright lights flashing through Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes.
"The eldest son of Taisun Mansion has never been born, so nothing will happen to Brother Hei!"
Zhu Yuanzhang made a loud noise, waved his hand to shake off the quilt, turned over, and walked off the bed to stand up.
Sun Gou'er knelt on the ground, took several steps back, and admonished with a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, it's late at night, and Wanwanglong's body needs to be protected from the wind and cold."
Zhu Yuanzhang ignored the old slave's advice.
He snorted coldly: "The dog slave drafted the decree for me. The emperor's grandson is pure and virtuous. He will succeed the country. He will leave the capital like me. I will kill and seize everything in my hands, and control the local troops and horses in the world."
Sun Gou'er's head was already dizzy, and he had no idea whether he should write an edict for the emperor now.
The emperor gave a long oral edict, but whether it was about taking life and death, or controlling the world's troops, it was not as good as the sentence "Leave Beijing as if I were mine!"
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't hear that Sun Gou'er was going to draft the decree for a long time. Suddenly Longan glared and shouted coldly: "You dog slave, why don't you hurry up and draft the decree!"
Angrily scolding, Zhu Yuanzhang had already raised his foot and kicked Sun Gouer on the shoulder.
….
Sun Gou'er was kicked to the ground, and finally reacted. He got up shakily, trotted to the table in the palace, and wrote an edict in two strokes.
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice again: "I have ordered that all the left guards of Yulin leave Kaifeng Mansion to protect the safety of the emperor's grandson. I ordered Xiping Hou Muying, commander Jingchuan Hou, and Dongchuan Hou to lead 30,000 Beijing troops out of Henan Road. "
People who don't know this might think that the Ming Dynasty's Henan Province rebels and is treasonous, and that the imperial court is about to mobilize a large army to conquer it.
Sun Gouer opened his mouth: "Your Majesty..."
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the old slave coldly and warned: "Tell Mu Ying, Cao Zhen, and Hu Hai that 30,000 Beijing troops must cross the Yangtze River within two days and arrive at Kaifeng Mansion within fifteen days."
Sun Gouer hurriedly obeyed the order.
It's just that he is calculating quickly in his heart.
Taking the official road from Yingtian City to Kaifeng Mansion, the distance between the two places is one thousand two hundred miles. The emperor now wants Xipinghou and others to lead the army to Kaifeng Mansion within fifteen days. Based on this calculation, 30,000 Beijing troops had to rush eighty miles every day to complete the emperor's will.
Sun Gou'er didn't dare to stop, so he quickly wrote a few edicts and sent them to Zhu Yuanzhang for reading.
After finishing, he dared to stamp the emperor's treasure under the emperor's gaze.
For fear of delay, Sun Gouer bowed again and took the imperial edict to deliver the decree outside the palace overnight, so that Xiping Hou and others could lead the army on the road earlier.
Looking at the empty Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang let out a deep breath, waved his hand behind him, sat down slowly on the bed, put his hands on his knees, and breathed heavily.
Time passes little by little.
It is unknown what time it was outside the palace.
Crown Prince Zhu Biao, who was wearing an undershirt and a long gown, had already led a group of people in a hurry from the East Palace to the outside of Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Biao stretched his head and glanced at the brightly lit palace, and then looked at the servants kneeling outside the palace door in fear.
He turned back to look at the people who had followed him from the East Palace and said in a low voice: "You just stay here and go in alone to greet the Holy Spirit."
Zhu Biao's brows were already wrinkled, and his face looked a little heavy.
He stepped into the palace, walked a few more steps, and then saw the old man sitting alone on the edge of the bed.
Zhu Biao stepped forward quickly: "Son, see you."
Father. "
After finishing speaking, Zhu Biao hurriedly stepped forward, took the quilt from the bed, and wrapped it around Zhu Yuanzhang.
While Zhu Biao was doing something, he lowered his head and frowned and said, "I felt a little worried when I heard that something happened to you, so I rushed over to see you."
"What's going on? I don't see Sun Daban waiting for you here."
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head, took the boss's hand and patted it: "I think the dream demon invaded tonight, and it seems that something will happen to brother Hei. I have asked the old slave to come out of the palace to pass the order, and gave brother Hei the power to be like me. I will order you again." Ying'er led 30,000 troops out of Kaifeng Mansion."
Zhu Biao couldn't help but jump when he heard the old man's words.
There are many important points in what the old man said, but the most important thing is that the old man always uses the title of emperor here.
Zhu Biao comforted him in a low voice: "Brother Hei already has many military and horse guards around him, so why do you have to work so hard and give him such a huge favor? It was just a disaster in Xuzhou Mansion, and brother He didn't do the same. We survived safely and uncovered many people who had been hiding in secret."
….
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head: "I am not worried about the incident in Xuzhou Mansion..."
Zhu Biao's cheeks moved, he stepped forward lightly, sat down next to Zhu Yuanzhang, reached out and hugged the old man's back from behind, and patted and comforted him gently with his palms.
"Dad, the sun is rising today. Even if there are strong winds and rain, what can cover up the rising sun?"
Zhu Biao soothed the uneasy Zhu Yuanzhang in a low voice. The father and son leaned on each other and looked silently outside the palace.
…
Kaifeng Fucheng, the magistrate's office and the back office.
On the table, there were nearly a hundred cups of tea cups, but by now very few were left, and the fragments of the tea cups were also piled up in a small pile at Zhu Yunxi's feet.
During this period, a number of Henan Province officials shouted injustice and were taken away one by one by the Jin Yiwei.
The most terrifying existence is in the unknown depths of the night.
From time to time in the darkness, there were shouts of someone wanting to confess.
With the first one, there will be a second person who confesses.
As more and more Henan Provincial officials chose to confess and disclose all their crimes, the Henan Provincial officials who still knelt in front of Zhu Yunxi really began to panic.
Someone started shouting to tell all the illegal things.
However, Zhu Yunxi didn't say a word, and the tea cups fell to the ground one by one as usual.
The Chief Envoy of Henan Province, Zhou Rong, the Chief Envoy of Si Yamen Zuo, had already recited the words of Mr. Hengqu in his heart countless times and had kept them firmly in his mind for many years, but he also had the words of Mr. Hengqu that he had not recited silently for many years.
When Si Yamen, the chief envoy of Henan Province, participated in politics, and the deputy inspector general of Si Yamen, the chief prosecutor of Henan Province, was dragged away by Jin Yiwei.
Here, only Zhou Rong and Pan Boyong were left.
Pan Boyong, the dignified inspector of Henan Province and master of torture and law, looked as if he had just been fished out of the water. His back was dripping with sweat, and the sweat penetrated his big red robe.
"Your Highness! Are you going to bring the entire Henan Road into complete chaos?"
Pan Boyong finally couldn't bear the long suffering, raised his head and roared hoarsely.
"When will there be no thieves in the world? When will there be no corrupt officials in the world? Corruption, big and small, has never been banned in ancient times. I have been in office in Henan, and for many years I have made 10% of the profits of the court."
"Your Highness wants the world to be pure and clear, without greed, but there are so many saints in the world."
"Today, Your Highness beheads my ministers, and they will not complain. But in the future, when Your Highness personally becomes an official, will you really be able to prohibit corruption?"
"The salary for the Ming Dynasty is one hundred and ten taels. Is Your Highness a place where important ministers and others can walk together, as a herdsman in the court?"
"If I die today, I will die, and there will be no grievance. But in the future, Your Highness will kill all the officials and gentry in the world, and only one person will harm the country?"
Pan Boyong's chest rose and fell heavily.
He has torn his face and dragged all the court officials' decency into the water.
He said what everyone knew and wanted to say but dared not say.
Zhu Yunxi quietly stared at the hysterical Pan Boyong and sneered.
A sound.
"Henan has occupied 10% of the world's profits. It has been a thing of the past since the 26th year of Hongwu. I can't kill all the greed in the world, but I will kill someone when I find one."
"You say that everyone in the world is greedy, but if one person is greedy, hundreds of people will be tired, and if a hundred people are greedy, ten thousand people will be tired. Greed has no end, how should the Ming Dynasty be given up to you?"
"I have already issued a memorial. Please expand the Imperial Guards to supervise the Ming Dynasty's 20,000 civil servants and 30,000 military generals. You are an enke who has become an official and does not care about serving the people, but you say that my family has done something wrong?"
Zhu Yunxi picked up his steps and walked to Pan Boyong.
He lowered his head, leaned over and snorted coldly: "I will give preferential treatment to officials. But if I am not an official, I will kill you."
Zhu Yunxi raised his head, held his head high, and looked into the boundless night.
"Finally, I want to tell you that I have asked the imperial court to increase my salary. The imperial court has now found a lot of money and a lot of food outside. I have applied for local finance and taxation, and I will keep some for myself to support my family with you."
"My family is established among the people, but I will not be ungrateful to you."
"But..."
Zhu Yunxi looked hesitant.
"I'll be punished by death!"
Suddenly, Zhou Rong, who had never spoken a word, suddenly roared.
Before Zhu Yunxi, Pan Boyong and others could react, they saw Zhou Rong getting up from the ground, using all his strength, and taking steps.
Under everyone's shocked gaze.
The chief envoy of Henan Province in the Ming Dynasty jumped into the ruins of a high-rise building that was still burning with raging fire.
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