March 28, 6th year of the Apocalypse

Today is the day when the Jiangning army returned to the dynasty victoriously, the Emperor of the Apocalypse got up before dawn, and washed up under the service of the queen Zhang Yan, and the palace maids brought a set of bright red clothes, the color was very festive, just like the clothes of the groom official.

It can be said that Principal Zhu You is so big that he wears clothes other than yellow for the first time, and this set of clothes is also called a martial arts suit.

The upper part of this set of martial arts clothes is sharp, and the body is made of twelve seams, decorated with colorful jade beads, and falls like a star; 韎 (mèi) clothes, 韎裳, 韎韐. The style and color are not much different from other dresses, because Zhu Youxiao's complexion is relatively fair, and he is only twenty-one years old this year, it is because after wearing this set of martial arts uniforms, he is very delicate and youthful.

Zhang Yan tied a jade gui engraved with the four big characters of "Revenge and Peace" on Zhu Youxiao's waist, looked at her husband, showed a look of intoxication in his eyes, and couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty looks really good in this set of clothes, and it is the first time that the concubine has seen Your Majesty wearing this set of clothes." ”

Zhu Youxiao laughed, a smug smile appeared on his face at first, and he reached out and scratched Zhang Yan's face and laughed: "You are really good at making me happy." ”

Zhang Yanqiao's face flushed, and she defended: "No, the concubine really thinks this set of clothes is good-looking." ”

Zhu Youxiao laughed again, and then sighed lightly: "Yes, I also thought that this set of clothes was very good-looking, but it's a pity that I have been on the throne for six years, and it is the first time I have the opportunity to wear this set of clothes, if it weren't for Yang Aiqing, I'm afraid I wouldn't have had the opportunity to wear it in my life." ”

Wu Ben dress is also one of the Ming Dynasty emperor's ceremonial clothing, but different from the crown dress, leather dress or Tongtian crown dress, Wu Ben dress is only the emperor to carry out personal expeditions, send generals or welcome the victory of the general when the dress has the opportunity to wear, Zhu Youxiao has been living in the palace since he ascended the throne for six years, the most worn on weekdays is the daily clothes, where there is a chance to wear Wu Ben clothes, if this time if you have to welcome Yang Feng who returned from victory, I am afraid he will not wear this dress in his life.

Seeing the melancholy look on Zhu Youxiao's face, Zhang Yan also sighed secretly in her heart, but with a smile on her face, she held her husband's palm and comforted: "Your Majesty, don't worry, there are one and two things in this world, today Your Majesty can go out of the city to welcome the victorious return of General Yang, but do you know that he will not have the opportunity to welcome more victorious returning soldiers in the future?" Now that the Ming Dynasty is under the leadership of His Majesty, the state affairs are getting stronger day by day, and this good day is still to come. ”

"Hahaha......"

Zhu Youxiao laughed loudly, thinking of the lot of money provided by the Daming Royal Commercial Bank in recent years, and thinking of the potatoes that had just appeared, his face showed a happy look, and he said with some emotion: "Yes...... Thinking that Yang Aiqing provided me with nearly two million taels of silver and the potatoes that can be called divine objects, and now that I have returned victoriously, I want to go out of the city to welcome Yang Aiqing in person, and those civil officials have to stop me. I really can't understand why they can't even tolerate such a loyal minister who is loyal to their country, could it be that the hearts of those people have been eaten by dogs? ”

In the end, a trace of resentment appeared on Zhu Youxiao's face and shouted, "One day, I must sweep all these flies and dogs out of the court, and return me to the Ming Dynasty!" ”

"Your Majesty, be careful!"

Zhang Yan was taken aback, he glanced around, and saw that there were only two personal palace maids around him, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and turned his head to the two of them: "No one in the palace and His Majesty must leak out, otherwise you know what the consequences are!" ”

The two palace maids were also so frightened that their faces turned pale, and they quickly knelt down: "Queen Mother, please rest assured, the slaves and maids will never dare." ”

Seeing Zhang Yan so cautious, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but comfort: "Zitong doesn't have to worry so much, there is no one else here except you and me." Besides, Ziyan and Xia He are your personal palace maids, and they will never say it. ”

Zhang Yan sighed lightly: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, if the king does not secret, he will lose his country, and if the minister does not secret, he will lose his body, and if he is not secret, it will be harmful." Do you know that if His Majesty's words are spread, it will be to scold all the officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and you don't know that those people can do everything. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao's expression also became solemn. He immediately thought of the three major cases of the late Ming Dynasty's Attack Case, the Red Pill Case, and the Palace Removal Case, especially the Palace Removal Case has only been six years from now, and Zhu Youxiao still remembers it very clearly as a party.

In fact, these three incidents themselves are not very important, but these three events mark the beginning of the chaos and weakness of the late Ming Dynasty, and also prove how unscrupulous and rampant those civil official groups are.

Zhu Youxiao shook Zhang Yan's little hand and said solemnly: "Zitong said it well, I have been taught." ”

Seeing her husband's solemn expression, Zhang Yan smiled, as beautiful as a peony blossom: "Your Majesty is serious, husband and wife are one, why bother to say thank you?" ”

"Good! Then I went out first. Zhu Youxiao lowered his head and kissed Zhang Yan's face, and before Zhang Yan could react, he laughed and strode out, leaving only Zhang Yan, who was stomping her feet in place and angry......

The emperor's trip was naturally very grand, Zhu Youxiao's Luan drove out of the Chengtian Gate in the south of the Forbidden City under the escort of the palace guards, and when the team came to Bei'anmen, thousands of brocade guards joined the guards, and then the civil and military officials also joined the ranks.

When Luan drove to the street, he found that the whole street was full of people, and the group walked all the way to the west, until they stopped at Desheng Gate, and at this time, the entire Desheng Gate was crowded with dense people.

At this time, outside the Desheng Gate, as the emperor Zhu Youxiao's Luan Jia is naturally located in the center, on the left side of Zhu Youxiao stands the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor, and on the right is the first assistant of the cabinet, Gu Bingqian, the prince of the country, the prince Taibao, Huang Liji, a scholar of Wuyingdian University, Ding Shaoshi, Shi Fenglai and other cabinet elders and the books of various ministries. As for those officials who are below the fifth grade...... I'm sorry, your level is too low, so let's stand with the people

The weather in Beijing in March was still a little cold, Zhu Youxiao stayed a little depressed on the dragon bowl, and after sitting for a while, he walked off the dragon bowl, Wei Zhongxian hurriedly greeted him and persuaded him: "Your Majesty, it's cold outside, you better go back to the dragon bowl to rest, and then let people tell you when Lord Yang arrives at the slave." ”

"No!" Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, "What is this bit of weather, in the past, Emperor Chengzu personally led a large army to go deep into the grassland five times to pursue the remnants of Meng Yuan, where it is really a place where water turns into ice, for this reason Chengzu even died on the way to the Northern Expedition, if I can't even stand this cold, what face do I have to claim to be the descendant of Chengzu." ”

Seeing that Zhu Youxiao and even the Yongle Emperor had moved out, what else could Wei Zhongxian say, he could only stand behind with a wry smile and bowed his head.

Zhu Youxiao looked left and right for a while and suddenly asked, "Wei Zhongxian, where is Cheng Guogong?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is here!"

Following Zhu Youxiao's voice, a middle-aged man about thirty years old strode over. This middle-aged man has a Chinese face, a tall figure, he wears a cloud-winged helmet, a long body armor, and arms and hands, all of which are in the style of Ming armor. With a bow and arrows behind him, a sword hanging from his waist, and the nail leaves seemed to have been newly painted, shining in the light of the nascent sun, this person was none other than Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo.

Zhu Youxiao glanced at the majestic Zhu Chunchen and nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Chengguo Gong, I have seen Yang Aiqing's guard sergeant in Jiangningwei's Jiangdong Gate Qianhu, it can be described as an elite army, Yang Aiqing's Jiangning army is about to arrive, if you don't understand anything in the future, you can ask him more, I believe it will definitely help you." ”

A hint of dissatisfaction flashed in Zhu Chunchen's eyes, but even children knew about the erosion of Jingying, and he was really embarrassed to say that Jingying was no worse than Jiang Ningjun, so he could only bow down and say: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister must humbly ask Lord Yang for advice." ”

Zhu Youxiao glanced at him meaningfully: "If this is the case, it would be the best, I hope Aiqing will not let me down." ”

"Yes...... If Your Majesty is all right, the minister will go down first. Zhu Chunchen saluted and then retreated.

Wei Zhongxian looked at Zhu Chunchen with a stupid look on his face, a smile flashed in his eyes, and he turned his head to look at the official road in the north, his eyes flashed with brilliance, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Two quarters of an hour later, the sound of horses' hooves sounded, and two scouts on war horses came running from far from the north, shouting as they ran: "Report ...... The Jiangning army has reached ten miles outside the city......"

After a while, two more scouts rode their horses, and their voices sounded in front of them again: "Report...... The Jiangning army has reached five miles outside the city......"

When the third wave of scouts arrived, Jiang Ningjun finally arrived.

"It's here...... It's ...... The Jiang Ning Army has arrived! ”

"Look...... Is this Jiang Ningjun? ”

The people on both sides of the road pointed to Jiang Ningjun, who was slowly approaching from a distance, their faces full of excitement.

Slowly...... First there was a faint figure, then a clattering sound came, and then everyone felt a slight tremor under their feet.

Many people were taken aback, how could the ground feel like it was shaking, could it be that the earth dragon was going to turn over again? In ancient times, the people's understanding of natural science was almost zero, so they always called the earthquake the turning of the earth dragon.

But they soon realized that it was not the Earth Dragon that had flipped over, but that the army that had come from the opposite side had so neatly paced that it would be a shock when thousands of people stepped on the ground in the same rhythm.

At this time, Zhu Chunchen's expression immediately became solemn with a disdainful look on his face just now, he can also be regarded as a family of soldiers, although the level of leading soldiers is more than ten streets worse than that of his ancestor Zhang Yu, the first generation of Chengguo Gong, but at least the vision is still there, it is not difficult for a few people or even dozens of people to take the same step together, as long as everyone adjusts the frequency of walking, but if thousands of people walk at the same frequency, it will be too difficult.

At this time, the newborn sun finally climbed out of the mountain and began to show his groan, a golden ray of sunlight began to shine on the earth, and slowly a bright red banner began to appear in front of everyone, followed by a group of six sergeants walking side by side.

These sergeants are all dressed in iron armor, fiery red armor, fiery red flags, and the outside is also covered with fiery red mandarin duck battle jackets, a team of sergeants walked towards the city gate with a steady pace, their steps seem to be slow but they walk unusually calm, and there is a depressing aura on their bodies, and those who know how to do it immediately see that this is the unique murderous aura of the people in the army, and the evil spirit, bloody gas, and iron-blooded qi that are so strong that they can't be dissolved, spread in the sky above the north of the city.

The common people showed panic on their faces, and even the civil officials standing on the right side of Zhu Youxiao were also shocked, most of them who only boasted about them on weekdays, how could they have seen a real iron-blooded army, and they were naturally shocked when they saw it today, and even Gu Bingqian, the head of the cabinet, said in a solemn and low voice: "What an army, the evil spirit is so heavy." ”

Zhu Chunchen had long since lost the disdainful look just now at this time, instead of a pale face, he looked at the surrounding soldiers who maintained order, and found that those guys who always boasted of their bravery on weekdays were also pale at this time, and some people didn't even have the courage to take a second look.

After a while, the army came to the front of Desheng, and everyone saw clearly at this time that the first one was a young general riding a war horse. The general, who was also dressed in a bright red fine plate armor and a bright red cloak behind him, saw him shout loudly, only to hear a loud bang, and the long line all stopped as if they had been immobilized by the spell.

The general dismounted, strode up to Zhu Youxiao, knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "Your ...... The chief military officer of Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty, Jiang Ningwei commanded Yang Feng, who was ordered by my emperor to go out to Liaodong to fight against the ministers, and is now ordered to return to the court to pay the decree to my emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live! ”

As Yang Feng's words fell, there was a tsunami-like sound in the military array behind him at the same time.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"Good...... All right! ”

Listening to the tsunami-like cheers in front of him, Zhu Youxiao's face was flushed with excitement, he stepped forward quickly and helped Yang Feng up, looked at him carefully for a while before he smiled: "Aiqing, it's been more than half a year since I said goodbye last time, and I'm very relieved to see Aiqing again today!" ”

Yang Feng stood up, looked at Zhu Youxiao who was looking at him with a smile, and seemed to see the young man who pestered him more than half a year ago to talk about the situation in the Ming Dynasty, the situation in the Western world, and the history of the rise and fall of all dynasties, with a look of emotion on his face.

He suddenly stood up straight and said loudly to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, the ministers here fought with Jiannu and outside Jinzhou City, and a total of 13,268 Jiannu heads were captured, and the fifth son of Nurhachi was killed, and his head was captured, and the thief chief Nurhachi was captured, and he was specially presented to Your Majesty!" So that Your Majesty and my people will know that those who offend my great tomorrow will be punished even if they are far away! ”

Immediately after that, a tsunami-like sound sounded again.

"Daming Wansheng ......"

"My Emperor ...... Victory"