On the tenth day of October the next day, except for Yun Xi who went to the exchange place early in the morning to take a look and returned to the palace when he felt that there was no problem, the rest of the time was still in the Wenhua Hall to read the recital and read the content of Lao Zhu's recital. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

But after coming out of Lao Zhu's body hall at night, Yun Xi's hand in his sleeve grabbed the inner robe because of excitement, and the sweat was wet, and the inner robe was about to be scratched. Because just now, after answering his question, Lao Zhu said: "Yun Xi, the twelfth day is about to set off for the northern garrison." He's your uncle, so go see him tomorrow morning. And Mrs. Chang (referring to Chang Yuchun's wife) is also still there, and you should also go to see it. I've sent someone to inform them to wait at home. ”

Yun Xi was very excited on the spot. Since Lao Zhu allowed him to see Chang Sheng, he acquiesced in his connection with the Chang family, and even used the power of the Chang family.

On the one hand, Yunxi still has a family relationship with the Chang family; On the other hand, Yunxi also wants to use the power of the Chang family; Even if the Chang family only showed him a part of their power—which was almost inevitable, and everyone would keep a hand—he would be able to use these forces to expand his power, conduct some scientific experiments, sociological research, and further unite his bodyguards, among others.

Yun Xi returned to the Wenhua Hall covered in sweat. It's strange to say, Yun Xi in his previous life was sweating when he was nervous, and he is still like this in this life. Then he tossed and turned until late before going to bed.

Also on this night, the Founding Mansion on Chang'an Avenue was also brightly lit and kept all night. Chang Yuchun's second son Chang Sheng, his third son Chang Sen (Note 1), and their wives, Chang Sheng's eldest son Chang Jizong, and Chang Yuchun's wife, Mrs. Lan, all gathered in the main hall of the compound of Chang Yuchun's mother (referring to Mrs. Lan) in the backyard. Chang Mao's wife, Fung (Note 2), was no longer a widow and was not there.

Chang Sheng, as the current head of the Chang family, said respectfully to Chang's mother: "Mother, just now Your Majesty sent someone to pass the word, saying that tomorrow let His Royal Highness the Imperial Sun come to our house to 'visit relatives'. "Because there are still many subordinates present, Chang Sheng is called 'the emperor's grandson'.

The people present were called over in a hurry, and only Chang Sheng and Chang Mu's mother knew about it, and even Chang Sheng's wife Hu Shi (Note 3) didn't know, so everyone was stunned for a while.

With a "clang", the copper basin held by a little maid fell to the ground, and the water in the basin splashed in all directions, wetting the dresses of many subordinates, and even the clothes of Chang Jizong, who happened to be sitting next to him, were wet.

The little maid immediately crouched down in horror to pick up the basin, and then crouched there helplessly, not knowing what to do.

Because this maid is Chang's mother's person, others are not easy to reprimand, Chang's mother said: "Hug Qin, you go down, don't clean up." Then he said to all his men, "Go down, all of you." All the subordinates rushed out when they heard this, and they didn't make the slightest sound, including the hugging qin that had just fallen to the ground.

After such a toss, everyone came back to their senses. Hu asked, "Is the news true?" Is it really sent by His Majesty? ”

Chang Sheng said: "I also know the guard who came, and I can't be wrong." Besides, in the capital, there are still people who dare to falsely pass on the emperor's orders? ”

When everyone heard this, they were also reasonable, and Chang Sen said: "What does Your Majesty mean by this?" Why did you suddenly let Yun Xi come to our house? ”

Chang's mother said: "Sen'er, be careful when you speak, you want to call His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson." ”

Chang Sen also knew that he was speechless, but he quibbled: "Mother, I just said this when I was all my own family." ”

Chang's mother said sternly: "You can't talk nonsense in front of your own family." Chang Sen saw that his mother seemed to be angry, and he immediately stopped talking.

Chang Sheng diverted the topic and said: "I think Your Majesty wants His Royal Highness the Emperor to come to our house, first, he wants His Royal Highness to recognize his relatives to show that the Heavenly Family also has family affection." The second is to use the power in our house to assist Yunxi outside the palace. After all, Your Majesty has a lot of opportunities and does not have time to take care of His Highness all the time, so let us help. ”

Chang Mu said: "Why doesn't Your Majesty allocate additional guards and so on for His Highness's use?" Do you have to come to our house? ”

Chang Sheng said: "Otherwise, how can he weaken the power of my Chang family? ”

Hearing this, he said, "Then let's just let him weaken it?" ”

Chang Sheng asked rhetorically: "What if you don't do this?" As long as Your Highness can succeed to the throne smoothly, it will be the greatest benefit to us. After Concubine Lu's poisoning case, everyone should have realized the existence of the dark tide of the Heavenly Family's affection surging under the surface of the warm veins, so we can only give up part of our forces to help His Highness. ”

Everyone understands this truth, so no one argues with it. However, everyone was disgusted with Lao Zhu's calculations, and even the joy of Yun Xi coming was diluted a lot.

Next, the Chang family present discussed the issue of how to greet Yun Xi tomorrow. After carefully analyzing the words of the messenger guards, coupled with such an irregular form of communication, they unanimously agreed that it should be an 'unofficial' visit. But just in case, you have to prepare the utensils you need for the official visit. In the second half of the night, the house spent the night preparing various ceremonial utensils.

The next day, when it was very early, Yunxi woke up. Then he tossed and turned in bed for a while before getting up. He put on his house clothes, knocked on the wall, and waited for the eunuchs outside the house to enter the house and begin to pack up and serve. Yun Xi was not used to having people serve and get dressed, and he didn't want people to come in and out of the dormitory while he was still in the dormitory, so he strictly forbade anyone to come in when he was sleeping at night, even if the king entered a few of them.

Therefore, it was made that no one should enter until the hour of the morning without permission to summon them; If Yun Xi does not get up by the time of Chen, Wang Jin or one of the other three people will go in to wake Yun Xi up, and then get Yun Xi's permission to go in again.

Yun Xi got up and washed, put on his outer robe, and went out of the door and walked outside the palace.

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At this time, the early dynasty has ended, and if the ministers have not been arrested and go back to their yamen to work, of course those who have been arrested will go to prison. But today there is one person who has not left after the dispersal of the dynasty, and that is Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guo.

Li Jinglong came to test whether Lao Zhu agreed with him to marry his sister to Chang Jizong. After all, the two national mansions are still the marriage of the three national mansions with the strongest power in the Ming Dynasty, and how Lao Zhu feels is very important.

And Li Wenzhong, the king of Qiyang, is Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew, and now Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew and granddaughter are going to be set up, under the premise that the other elders have died, it is not abrupt to ask Zhu Yuanzhang.

Li Jinglong pinched the time and went to the Jinshen Hall to meet Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang was surprised that Li Jinglong came to meet him. There is nothing to do now, the errand of recruiting Yuelu Timur was given to Lan Yu, and the task of Li Jinglong following Feng Sheng, Fu Youde and others to garrison troops in various places has been divided, so what is he doing here? But Zhu Yuanzhang still called him in.

Li Jinglong first saluted respectfully when he entered the door, and then after saying two more digressions, he immediately entered the topic. He said: "Your Majesty, now Tong'er (Li Jinglong's sister Li Tong) is not young this year, it's time to get married, I chose one for her, Your Majesty, you are also her elder, you can see if it is suitable." ”

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang heard it, he knew that it was the noble family he had chosen, but at this time he didn't expect it to be the Chang family he had chosen. He thought that Li Jinglong was here to find out if the family he chose was on his own eradication list, and relied on the relationship of relatives to ask.

Lao Zhu actually considered whether to give Li Tong to Yunxi as the concubine, but after thinking about it, he still didn't want the Li family's power to expand too much, so he ruled it out.

Lao Zhu said: "Let's listen, which one did you choose?" ”

Li Jinglong said: "It is Chang Jizong, the eldest son of the founding father, who is nineteen years old this year, four years older than Tong'er, which is not much. I have already said it to Chang Sheng half-jokingly, and he has no objection, Your Majesty, as an elder, how does he feel about Tong'er's fate? ”

Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang understand his calculations and pondered for a long time. Li Jinglong stood on the side, waiting quietly, seemingly calm, but it was also the sweat behind his back that soaked the court clothes.

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a long time. In the end, he felt that although Yun Xi would inevitably elevate the status of the Chang family after coming to power, Chang Sheng and Chang Sen were both mediocre, and the only desirable thing about Chang Sheng was to be modest and cautious, and Chang Sen simply had no merits; And Xu Huizu has the talent of a general, Xu Zengshou is also outstanding, and they are not relatives, so they may not be overwhelmed by the Chang family. When Lan Yu, Feng Sheng and others are all dead, the Xu family is likely to become the head of the generals. However, if the Li family is biased towards the Chang family, Li Jinglong's talent is not as good as Xu Huizu's, but it is okay (Note 4), and a balanced state can be maintained.

So Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Chang Jizong is a decent person, and it will be a good destination for Tong'er." ”

Li Jinglong's wish was fulfilled, and he was overjoyed, and immediately knelt on the ground and thanked him again and again. Then he didn't quit until Zhu Yuanzhang was almost impatient.

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Note 1: Chang Sen's "History of the Ming Dynasty" does not contain it, but many other historical sources say that there is such a person, so it is written. His wife was Wu, the daughter of Wu Liang of the Marquis of Jiangyin (later Fengjiang Guogong) and the sister of Wu Gao.

Note 2: Chang Mao's wife was the daughter of Feng Sheng, the Duke of Song.

Note 3: Chang Sheng's wife, Hu Shi, is Hu Dahai's daughter.

Note 4: As for Li Jinglong's military ability, I personally think that it is acceptable to lead troops, but his command is poor, and he is suitable to be a logistics officer or chief of staff. More on this later.