The officials outside the palace were busy with their own affairs, but Zhu Jianshen in the palace was not idle either. He took Zhao Huanong, Gao Yi and other entourage and walked around the imperial city for a long time.
This was a family property that Zhu Yuanzhang, the great emperor of Taizu, bought for his children and grandchildren, but his "successor" Zhu Di did not like it and built a bigger and more luxurious one himself.
Of course, Zhu Di's move to the capital was not entirely due to Zhu Yunwen's potential threat.
Zhu Yunwen is sitting on the throne, occupying the great righteousness. He has Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and other capable ministers in governing the country, as well as the blessing of the Ming Dynasty's first war god Li Jinglong, and a million-strong army. Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Di are not afraid of Zhu Yunwen in this state, so how can he be afraid of some hidden dangers? As for the threat, moving the capital still has its own considerations for the future Ming Dynasty’s homeland security.
The biggest threat to the Ming Dynasty was the Mongols on the grasslands. Moving to Beiping could better control the nine borders and manage the border troops. In addition, since the late Tang Dynasty, the Han people had been unable to raise their heads in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. , even after it was recaptured, the area around Peiping was vast and sparsely populated, making it difficult to develop. By moving to Peiping, not only could they return to their base camp where they had been operating for many years, but they could also better control the Northland.
Zhu Jianshen walked back and forth in the palace with his hands behind his back, looking at the closed palaces.
Just like a tourist, but you are visiting your own home, and you don’t need to buy a ticket...
Gao Yi, Zhao Huanong and a dozen other eunuchs followed closely behind.
After wandering around for a while, Zhu Jianshen returned to Qianqing Palace and prepared to process the memorial.
Before entering the palace, he looked back at the sky and suddenly said with a smile: "The cannons are mounted on Purple Mountain, and the cannons are bombarding the Forbidden City..."
Zhao Huanong and Gao Yi, who had been following behind, changed their expressions after hearing this, and they quickly looked towards the emperor's gaze...
"Your Majesty, this slave is timid, please don't scare me..."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I am also timid. I will call Ning Guogong and ask him to search the mountain..."
The two people said quickly.
Looking at the two panicked people, Zhu Jianshen smiled and said: "This is just a folk rumor. Don't disturb me. Quickly, call our guard eunuch over and let me see him."
Although the emperor gave an explanation, Zhao Huanong and Gao Yi were still a little scared. When Zhao Huanong went to inform the garrison eunuchs, he first went to Zhu Ji, the commander of the Jinyi Guards who was on duty in the palace, and wanted him to send troops to see the Purple Mountain. Look, don't really have a cannon.
After Zhu Ji heard what Zhao Huanong said, he immediately laughed out loud. It turned out that the rumor told by His Majesty the Emperor was really just a rumor.
Zhao Huanong didn't understand it.
According to legend, after Emperor Taizu Gao built the Imperial City of Nanjing, he took the civil and military officials and his sons to the Purple Mountain to overlook the capital of Nanjing. He was secretly proud of himself. Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen and others looked at His Majesty the Emperor with great interest. He also praised the magnificence of the Ming Dynasty capital and the great achievements of Emperor Taizu. Zhu Yuanzhang became even more proud after listening to the praise of these two smart men. But at this time, his ten-year-old son Zhu Di poured cold water on him. The young boy pointed to the Forbidden City in the center of the capital and said: "The cannons are mounted on the Purple Mountain, and the cannons are bombarding the Forbidden City..." Zhu Di's words directly exposed the city's defense problems in Nanjing. Of course, at this time, people noticed it. Some people say that his talent in leading troops was because of this incident that Liu Bowen, who participated in the construction of the capital, came to an end... This is just a legend in Nanjing. Emperor Taizong saw what many generals failed to see. Of course, it is also possible. It was those generals who did not dare to refute Emperor Taizu’s face to his face... BIquGe.biz
After listening to what Zhu Ji told him, Zhao Huanong breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately went to find the garrison eunuch in Nanjing.
The Nanjing garrison eunuch named Sun Zheng was also an old man in the palace. When Wang Zhen was here, he was just the garrison eunuch of Fengyang Imperial Tomb and was not taken seriously.
After Zhu Jianshen ascended the throne, he investigated Wang Zhenyu's party in the palace, and many positions were vacated. Zhang Bao transferred Sun Zheng, the eunuch guarding the mausoleum, back to the palace. He had served as the eunuch of the sixth rank of the Yuma Jianzheng, and became Chenghua In the third year of Chenghua, he went to the northwest to supervise the army in Datong. In the sixth year of Chenghua, he was transferred back to the capital to become the fifth-rank right eunuch of the imperial eunuch. Then in the thirteenth year of Chenghua, he was assigned to Nanjing as a garrison eunuch. According to Zhu Jianshen, According to the rules, he can only stay in Nanjing for one year.
Before the emperor came, Sun Zheng managed many things in the palace and was the boss of the palace. But after His Majesty the Emperor moved into the palace, he was somewhat out of line.
First of all, there are the big bosses such as Zhao Huanong, Gao Yi, Cheng En, etc., who are the supervisors, and the eunuchs who follow the twenty-four supervisors. These people are all in front of him. When Zhu Jianshen summoned the officials in Fengtian Hall , he can stand on both sides because he is a garrison in Nanjing, but now His Majesty the Emperor is walking in the palace, and the eunuchs accompanying him can't take his turn no matter what.
Therefore, Sun Zheng has always been guarding the front palace.
Sun Zheng is only six or seven years younger than Zhang Bao, and his seniority and qualifications are much higher than those of Zhao Huanong. However, his current status is much worse than that of Zhao Huanong, and he cannot hold it in front of him. When he followed Zhao Huanong to Qianqing Palace, , has been following Zhao Huanong.
When the two of them talked, Sun Zheng also had a condescending attitude, which was very useful to Zhao Huanong.
In fact, Sun Zheng was able to directly communicate with the emperor. He had the right to report on all the major and minor events that happened in Nanjing. He supervised the army, managed the palace and the imperial mausoleum. When Nanjing officials met to discuss matters, he was always the first. A speech.
Although Zhao Huanong was the eunuch who held the seal and was jokingly called the internal minister, he met Zhu Jianshen, an emperor who had a strong desire for power and was very energetic, which greatly reduced the power of the eunuch who held the seal. If he were to follow the positions of great sages in later generations. Substituting the power-containing formula into the equation, Sun Zheng's actual power far exceeds that of Zhao Huanong.
But Zhao Huanong was a person close to the emperor and served as an official in the Qing Palace. To the group of eunuchs, he was the leader...
After a while, Zhao Huanong took Sun Zheng to the Qianqing Palace. Because Sun Zheng was a domestic slave, he took Sun Zheng into the Qianqing Palace without informing the emperor.
At this time, Zhu Jianshen was watching the memorial. When the two of them approached, Sun Zheng knelt down first and said nothing.
Zhao Huanong spoke softly: "Your Majesty, Sun Zheng is here..."
Zhu Jianshen seemed not to have heard Zhao Huanong's words, but still looked at the memorial to himself...
Zhao Huanong only reminded him once and then stopped reminding him. Sun Zheng knelt on the ground like this, not daring to speak or raise his head, but his heart was in a mess. Could it be that His Majesty the Emperor was dissatisfied with himself and deliberately left himself like this? Woolen cloth.
The panicked Sun Zheng was silently thinking about the wrong things he had done after arriving in Nanjing, whether he had taken bribes, embezzled money to repair the palace, or kept boys in captivity...
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