In the capital, Zuihua Building, dozens of martial arts disciples were sitting in the elegant rooms facing the street on the second floor.
A young man was sitting by the window, glancing towards the street from time to time, as if waiting for something, while other people also had anxious faces.
At this moment, the door opened.
A young man dressed in brocade clothes and holding a folding fan came in, followed by two boys, who flapped the folding fan from time to time.
As soon as he walked in, the dozens of disciples of the honorable ministers all stood up immediately.
"Little Marquis, why did you come just now? But it's easy for the brothers to wait. Come on, take the main seat."
The young man in brocade clothes who came in raised his eyebrows and was quite dissatisfied: "After my father came back today, he kept me at home without giving any reason, so I thought of some ways to escape. I came too late, but why is it so late at noon today?" Just call me out and see if you have any new tricks to play."
"Little Marquis, sit down quickly, sit down quickly, sit down and say."
"Yes, little Marquis, sit down quickly."
The young Marquis was not polite, took two steps, sat on the main seat, and then placed the folding fan in his hand on the table.
After this man sat down, the other sons of honorable ministers dared to sit down.
The person who came was none other than Sun Lian, the son of the Marquis of Huichang and the nephew of the Empress Dowager Sun. The others were all loyal ministers attached to the Marquis of Huichang's mansion. They followed Sun Lian all day long, eating, drinking and having fun. At the age of 30, he is neither good at literature nor martial arts, and has no ideals. Whenever he opens his eyes, he is looking for women and wine.
The pure second generation ancestor, and the second generation ancestor group with the worst reputation among the capital.
The other ministers were afraid of being impeached by the imperial censor, so even if they restrained their heirs, even if it was just a show, they would often practice martial arts, practice horsemanship, learn military strategies, or throw them directly into the military camp.
But the Marquis of Huichang was not a simple character. He was the Empress Dowager's natal family, so the censors did not dare to impeach him.
He was first named Huichang Bo by Emperor Xuanzong, and then in the second year of Chenghua, Empress Dowager Sun used the name of Zhu Jianshen to promote him to Huichang Hou.
Sun Lian has two older brothers, Sun Zan and Sun Zhen. These two brothers are several years older than Sun Lian, and they also entered the military camp for training early. In the original history, during the Seizing the Gate incident, They also fought for their old cousin Zhu Qizhen.
Some frustrated nobles followed the Marquis of Huichang, and their sons naturally followed the young Marquis to make trouble in the capital.
"Have you heard, Mr. Marquis?" A rich-looking young man said quickly.
"What did you hear?"
"Didn't the old Marquis tell you? This morning, His Majesty took the memorial from Marquis Taining and said that we all have to go to the bitter and cold frontier to experience it. Damn it, Marquis Taining." No matter how old my son is, he will definitely not go, but we are all old enough to run away."
"Yes, yes, our fathers are all here, why are we going out? Tell me, our old father led his soldiers and horses and charged into battle, didn't he just want his children to live a comfortable and wealthy life for a few days? In Taining, You guys, if you can stand and talk without hurting your back, let us leave the capital."
Sun Lian waved his hand to stop everyone from insulting Tai Ninghou.
"Marquis Taining is an elder. We should respect him and love him. How can we abuse him behind his back? There is no courtesy for a junior." Sun Lian said coldly.
After Sun Lian finished speaking, these people also stopped.
They are still afraid of Sun Lian.
There are also circles of honorable nobles. Marquis Taining was a military monk, and his ancestors contributed to the founding of the country, and for the next several generations they were first-rate generals in the Ming Dynasty. The skills passed down from their ancestors have not been lost. Of course, in such a huge martial arts group Among them, there are also some people who have long since lost the ability to eat and enjoy glory and wealth.
In this way, they began to divide into small groups. Chen Yingguo Deng and others represented the hard-working nobles, while Huichang Hou represented the group of nobles who hung around and waited to die.
These honorable nobles would not be able to say a word in normal meetings, and the court would never think of them if anything good happened to them. They usually looked down upon Marquis Taining and others, but now that such an incident had happened, of course they were not polite when talking about it.
Although Sun Lian is uneducated and incompetent, he is not a fool. Offending the Taining Hou Mansion at this time is equivalent to offending His Majesty.
The chattering of these people also made Sun Lian extremely confused. He said slowly: "Father didn't tell me at all what he said about Chu Jing."
The Marquis of Huichang did not say anything to him at all, he just asked him not to leave the house, talk nonsense outside, and be listened to, which would cause trouble for the Marquis House. This also made Sun Lian a little curious, so he ran to the backyard and got into the house. Goudong ran out to attend the appointment.
"I heard from my father that the sons of nobles who have reached the age and want to inherit military positions and titles must register at the end of the 11th year of Chenghua. In the spring of next year, we will be asked to leave the capital and go to the frontiers for training. What's wrong? We still have to fight, and we people with weak arms and legs can’t even ride a horse. If we are asked to go to war, doesn’t it mean that we are going to die?”
After Sun Lian listened, he thought about it carefully and finally clarified his thoughts. Then he continued: "What about your Majesty? Your Majesty agrees."
"It's not agreed. My father will enter the palace tonight. Your Majesty will make a decision then. Young Lord Marquis, you also have to leave this colorful world and go to Liaodong, or Jiubian, if you are more unlucky , go to North Korea, go to Yunnan, let alone the unfamiliar place, you probably won’t understand what they say.”
"What if we don't leave the capital?" Sun Lian then asked.
"If you don't leave the capital, you can get money, but you can no longer inherit the military position. In the future, even if you are reduced to farming, the court will not care about it."
After hearing this, Sun Lian sighed easily, and then said with a smile: "I am the legitimate son of the Hou Mansion. I only inherit the title. What kind of military position do I want? This matter has nothing to do with me."
"How can it not matter, little Marquis, if you don't leave the capital, it will be really difficult for you to inherit the title in the future. Don't forget, the two brothers above you will definitely leave the capital. They have the ability and dare to Fighting hard, if he has made some achievements, His Majesty is happy and gives him the title by name. Will the old marquis refuse? Look at your eldest brother’s face in the next days.”
Sun Lian glanced coldly at the fat man who said this. After seeing Sun Lian's eyes, the fat man lowered his head with some guilt.
Sun Lian picked up the wine that had been poured on the table and drank it all in one gulp. He placed the wine glass heavily on the table with a bang, then closed his eyes. After a pause, he said: "You guys Go ahead and scold Tai Ninghou, let me listen and vent your anger..."
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