The eunuch Cao Fu carried the hem of his robe and rushed out of the main hall. Qi Tai turned his head to look at Cao Fu, and then arched his hand and said, "The saint is decisive, and the minister admires." ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Qi Butang has a strategy, isn't this your idea?" ”

Qi Tai bent down and said: "The minister is just the word of a family, and the one who judges the matter is still the saint." ”

He thought for a while and said: "There is a division in the imperial court, if you can really ask useful things from Huang Taiping's mouth, or if you can verify what King Zhao said in his letter, there is a truth of bullying the king; King Zhao was afraid that he would not dare to send Huang Taiping to Beijing, let alone take such a big risk.

The minister also speculated, King Zhao was unlikely to collude with the Mongols, what could the Mongols give King Zhao? Although the saint is majestic, he cares about his relatives and relatives to King Zhao, and there is no persecution. King Zhao has become a prince, so he will not take risks.

Besides, if the letter brought by the Tatars is a confidential matter, how dare they use the 'flower girls' of the Uryanha? The official of the Northern Department of the Imperial Department only used Gu Sheng's profit to provoke him, and the flower boy immediately said everything indignantly, and confessed to sending gold and a secret letter to King Zhao's mansion. The flower girl is such an unreliable person, how can the Tatar power ask him to do great things? ”

Zhu Gaoxu approvingly: "That's the reason." ”

Qi Tai said again: "At the beginning of Yongle, Emperor Taizong sealed the king of Zhao in Beiping. At the beginning of Wude, King Zhao took the initiative to ask for the move to Zhangde. Therefore, the minister thought that if there was no real evidence, it should be to appease King Zhao.

After Huang Taiping returns to Zhangde, he will tell the details of entering Beijing. Huang Taiping was first arrested by a eunuch, and at this time, he was immediately released without torture, and it is estimated that he may not be in the edict. King Zhao can know from this that the saint does not doubt King Zhao. ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded after hearing this, and then said quietly: "This time I went north to hunt, Qi Butang didn't have to go. The cabinet needs you to be in charge, and you are in the court, so I am more at ease. ”

Qi Taibai said: "The minister's decree is to do his best to deal with everything for the saint." ”

Zhu Gaoxu said again: "Let Qi Guogong accompany him and let him go out for a walk together, so as not to forget him for me." ”

Qi Tai responded without comment. After a while, Qi Tai spoke of the Tatar secret letter again: "In this way, Huang Yan wrote a letter for the Tatars, and the content of it should be true. ”

Zhu Gaoxu picked up the secret letter from the Tatar tribe again and read it carefully.

The content is very simple, saying that Arutai will soon send someone to meet with the Ming Dynasty and ask the Ming Emperor for permission: let the Tatar chieftain in Hami and his family members return home through Shanxi. As soon as the imperial court allowed it, Huang Yan asked Gu Sheng to help and spend some money to train the officials who escorted the Tatar family, so that the Han people would not embarrass their families, and send some more people to take care of them.

Qi Tai's voice said: "The letter stated that we must first wait for the imperial court to allow the Tatar dependents to borrow the way; Then he asked the people of Zhao Wangfu to take care of it, and did not ask the people in the palace to go against the will of the court, and the matter itself was not much of a problem. King Zhao hurriedly sent Huang Taiping, still afraid of the suspicion of the imperial court. ”

"Are there any very important figures among the Tatars living in Hami?" Zhu Gaoxu groaned.

Qi Tai pondered for a while, and then said, "The Holy Lord's concerns are indeed reasonable. Among the Mongols, the Tatars were the most hostile to the Ming Dynasty, and they repeatedly refused to be canonized by the imperial court and detained the imperial envoys. Not to mention the fact that a few years ago, the Holy Father conquered Tatar, and the war had just passed a few years. Now Arutai took the initiative to send tribute for the remnants of the west; And he made a special trip to contact the people of Zhao Wangfu, and he had to make proper arrangements in private. It can be seen that Arutai attaches great importance to it. ”

Zhu Gaoxu said quietly: "Guess what kind of character it is." ”

The two looked at each other. Zhu Gaoxu immediately thought of the person he Kuisi had talked about: the descendants of the former Great Khan of Mongolia, Benyali Khan.

Now the signs of movement of the Tatars are becoming more and more obvious; Apart from Benyari's son who lost his khan, Zhu Gaoxu really couldn't think of anyone else who deserved to be rescued by Arutai in such a way. However, when He Kuisi put forward this statement, there were very few things that could be referred to. Zhu Gaoxu suddenly felt that this He Kuisi was quite imaginative.

"Is it the son of Benjari Khan?" Qi Tai's voice said.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "It's possible. Benyali Khan was a descendant of Kublai Khan, and his son was more able to serve the people as the Great Khan. I learned from the Northern Department of the Imperial Guardian that Benyari Khan had married Arutai and was going to marry Arutai's sister as his wife. Kublai Khan's descendant, Arutai's nephew, is there a better candidate for this person, more suitable to be put in the position of Great Khan? ”

Qi Tai arched his hand and said, "What the Holy Lord said is extremely true. But the minister still has some doubts. ”

"Say it." Zhu Gaoxu said.

Qi Tai groaned: "Arutai rescued him with such fanfare, isn't he afraid that the Ming Dynasty will find out that person and detain him?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I have an intuition, and I also feel that something is not right. Qi Butang mentioned it, it seems that it is here. ”

Qi Tai said again: "But if you want to find a reason for Arutai's approach, you can also find it." First of all, Arutai may have no choice, and secondly, he may think that the Ming Dynasty is changing the national policy and will not necessarily embarrass the Tatar leader. ”

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while and said, "At the moment, I can only guess, and I will talk about it when I see the Tatar envoy." ”

Qi Taizuo said: "What the Holy Lord said is extremely true. Please thank you for your resignation. ”

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and it will be the Dragon Boat Festival in a few days.

Jingshi has been in a hustle and bustle since the morning, and it is not lively to play gongs and drums. There are many programs for officials and people, hanging wormwood and eating zongzi, and there are dragon boat racing activities on various rivers such as the Qinhuai River, and there are also many onlookers.

On the contrary, the emperor did not leave the palace to participate in any programs. Zhu Gaoxu only issued an order, organized the necessary ceremonial activities, set up a luncheon to entertain the emperor's relatives and relatives, and let the queen feast the daughters of the Zhu family who returned to the palace. According to folk customs, the women of the Dragon Boat Festival want to go back to their parents' homes; The princesses and princesses in Beijing also returned, but the princess did not leave the palace.

After the luncheon, Zhu Gaoxu followed the advice of the officials of Honglu Temple and found a place to climb high and look far away. This is not a matter of etiquette, but a custom of the world, and the emperor should set an example for the people of the world, and he should try his best to follow the customs of the people.

After Zhu Gaoxu went to the banquet in the Fengtian Palace, he picked a high place, which was at the East Corner Gate on the left side of the Fengtian Gate. Relatives and nobles gathered around Zhu Gaoxu's car and went up to the attic together.

The space on the gatehouse in the east corner is not large, and it is a little crowded when there are many people. However, Zhu Gaoxu still saw He Kuisi from the crowd at a glance. Zhu Gaoxu remembered the mood of a few days ago, so he glanced at He Kuisi more, and said, "He Kuisi." ”

Under the attention of everyone, He Kuisi walked up from the crowd, knelt down on the ground and said, "The minister is here." ”

Zhu Gaoxu helped him up with one hand, and said directly: "I went out to Beijing to patrol this time, you travel with the car, and you will be escorted by my side." ”

He Kuisi's face showed a hint of surprise, and he immediately bowed his hand and said, "The minister's decree." ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded: "Go back and prepare to prepare." ”

At this moment, Xincheng Marquis Zhang Fu clenched his fists and bent over and said: "Chenwen and He Concubines can only wander around and sing, and they are afraid that they will not be useful." Please choose the loyal and brave people to protect the saint. ”

Immediately, everyone was in an uproar, some people were watching Zhang Fu with great interest, and some people looked at He Kuisi with mocking expressions. Zhu Gaoxu immediately understood that Zhang Fu was very dissatisfied with the people of He Fu's family, or because of the first battle of the "Battle of Crime" Huguang Battle, He Fu sold Zhang Fu. To this day, Zhang Fu is still haunted.

Zhang Fu is a man and has always been calm. But when he had the opportunity to humiliate the He family, he still changed his style and would not let go.

He Kuisi said: "There is more than one minister around the saint to guard, the minister can not only play and sing, but also dispel the boredom for the saint, which is a use." ”

When everyone heard this, they were even more interested, and they all watched and looked at He Kuisi, who was not afraid of boiling water, and some of them shook their heads and sighed secretly.

Zhang Fu sneered: "In this case, today's festival, why don't you cheer up the saint?" ”

Someone immediately persuaded: "No, Emperor Taizu once issued an edict prohibiting military generals from blowing, playing and singing, and those who violate it will have a finger cut off." ”

Zhang Fudao: "This order is issued to the military generals of the guard, and it is not illegal to dedicate a song to the saint." ”

He Kuisi hugged his fists and said: "If the saint doesn't like it, please play a song to congratulate the saint." ”

When Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he said, "Accurate." ”

He Kuisi turned around and called a eunuch to fetch a bamboo stick. Everyone waited for a while, and the waiter took Zhu Xiao, and He Kuisi first hugged his fists and bowed: "The minister, please play Xiao." ”

Xiao Sheng played a solo together, and a vigorous song "Ten Thousand Miles of Jinling" echoed in the attic. Everyone also quieted down, and there was no longer a mocking look. He Kuisi is indeed very talented in music, although Zhu Gaoxu is not proficient in music, he can also hear this familiar tune, which makes him play it with great feelings.

He Kuisi's expressions and movements also changed with the tune, and Zhu Gaoxu seemed to see the Ming Iron riding in the yellow sand in the rhythm, and the artistic conception was very fascinating.

Zhu Gaoxu stroked his palms and praised: "Good! ”

All the emperors, relatives and nobles echoed and shouted "good". He Kuisi returned Zhu Xiao to the eunuch, stepped forward and bowed: "The minister is ugly." ”

Zhu Gaoxu looked back left and right, and said with a smile: "The Marquis of Xincheng and the Marquis of Ning Yuan are both loyal and meritorious to the country. The song of the captain of the horse is a tribute to the warriors of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Everyone nodded yes. After hearing this, Zhang Fu also clasped his fists and bowed: "The saint is wise." ”

Zhu Gaoxu looked at He Kuisi from the afterglow and observed his reaction at this time. Unexpectedly, He Kuisi was not indignant, nor did he see any annoyance. Zhu Gaoxu suddenly felt that this young man was quite interesting.

"Today's festival, the program outside the palace may be more exciting than in the palace. It's all gone, you can do whatever you want. Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand lightly.

The crowd bowed down and thanked him and shouted for eternal life.

Everyone left, and Zhu Gaoxu stood in front of the window lattice for a while, his eyes in the afternoon were basking at the window, and the wood was boiling hot. The rain that Zhu Gaoxu is looking forward to has not yet fallen.