Luoyang was known as Luoyang and Yuzhou in ancient times, located in the western part of Henan and the middle reaches of the Yellow River, and was named after the Yang of the Luohe River. The north of the river and the south of the mountain are yang, and the yang of the Luo River means that the city is built on the north bank of the Luo River.

The royal city of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the former capital of the Han and Wei dynasties, and the eastern capital of the Sui and Tang dynasties are all the old names of Luoyang City. The reason why all dynasties attached so much importance to Luoyang City is because Luoyang is known as the transportation point of the ten provinces in the world.

However, what makes Luoyang famous all over the world is the famous peony. "The Unification of the Ming Dynasty" commented: "Peony, out of Luoyang is the first in the world, there are Yao Huang, Wei Zi, 24 famous gardens, 25 kinds of flower authors. ”

Xu Wei's "Peony Fu" contains: "What is the beauty of flowers, call Luoyang unparalleled...... On the embankment of Erqi Yuepi, east of Changshou Street, in Zhangjiayuan, in Fenyang House, when the spring light is harmonious, and the pavilion is camping. The sky is vast and cloudy, and the scenery attracts people and things start. ”

The most beautiful garden in Luoyang, and the most outstanding peony, are naturally in the Fuwang Mansion. April is the peak flowering period of peonies, and all kinds of peonies in the back garden of the palace are full of buds, shining on Zhu Xia, which is particularly enchanting.

On this sunny spring afternoon, among several clumps of peonies, several white butterflies are chasing each other, and it seems that there is a quiet and peaceful atmosphere in the back garden.

However, surrounded by these famous peonies, in a small pavilion crawling with green vines, the atmosphere is slightly heavy.

The sunlight shines obliquely through the window lattice on the terrazzo floor of the flower hall, forming a colorful and strange pattern. And in the sunlight projected in, there were never-ending particles flying, and a burly fat man looked at the particles in the sunlight blankly, as if he had been fascinated.

This fat man who looks like more than 200 pounds is the contemporary Fu King Zhu Changxun. The beauties who used to sing and dance in this flower hall were gone, replaced by three eunuchs and his eldest son Zhu Yousong waiting on the side. And the never-ending wine and food in front of him have now been replaced by clear water steamed buns.

"Fuba, you say it again, what did Li Chaoqin tell you?" Zhu Changxun, who glanced at the food in front of him and withdrew his gaze, asked his son who was standing on the side.

The 21-year-old Zhu Yousong is not as obese as his father, but perhaps because of his lack of exercise, he is still slightly obese than ordinary people. However, this degree of obesity makes him look more honest and honest.

Hearing his father's inquiry, Zhu Yousong hurriedly saluted and said: "Gonggong Li said that my cousin worked hard in the capital to get those civil officials to agree to his father's entry into Beijing, relying on a filial piety.

My father entered Beijing to fulfill his filial piety, so it was best not to move with great fanfare. First, the father can use this to show his heart, and he entered Beijing just to serve the sick, and his belongings stayed in Luoyang, which means that his father will return to Luoyang after all.

Second, for example, there are continuous disasters and famines in various places today, and people are everywhere. And my father brought hundreds of carts of property to Beijing, I am afraid that he will be impeached by the imperial history, saying that my father is exploiting the people's wealth in Luoyang.

In the end, although the cousin persuaded the cabinet, there was always no shortage of court officials who were grandstanding. If one or two civil officials who want to gain prestige from their father go directly to the road and block their father's frame, then they will be in a dilemma. ”

Zhu Changxun turned his head again to look at Tian Ying, the eunuch sent by his mother, and he asked Tian Ying a little hesitantly: "Father-in-law Tian, what do you think?" ”

Tian Ying hurriedly knelt down in front of King Fu and said: "Old Concubine Zheng misses His Royal Highness every day in the palace, if His Royal Highness can enter Beijing one day earlier, this mother-son reunion is better than anything else."

And what Gonggong Li said was right, when the temple emperor controlled the sky, Concubine Zheng wanted His Royal Highness to enter Beijing to worship, wasn't it just stopped by those civil officials?

Today's matter, Xiao Chen thinks that he should learn from the old wisdom of Han Gaozu to seize the pass, as long as His Royal Highness enters the capital, except for Your Majesty, who can drive Your Highness out of the capital again? ”

"The first to enter the customs is the king." Zhu Changxun silently recited a few words in his mouth. The 14 years of life as a wealthy idler in Luoyang have actually worn away, and his resentment when he was driven out of the imperial capital that day. If he had a choice, he would rather take his mother to Luoyang to spend his old age in peace.

Zhu Changxun is different from Emperor Taichang, Emperor Tianqi and the current Chongzhen, he was trained by Zheng Guifei and Emperor Wanli as the heir to the throne as soon as he was born, and he received a complete royal education.

It is precisely because of this that after Zhu Changxun entered Luoyang City, he understood his situation very well, did not make more unrealistic fantasies, and spent 14 spring and autumn periods in the luxurious Fuwang Mansion in Luoyang City.

However, his mother has not given up on the dream of making him emperor, which is also a headache for him.

Zhu Changxun, who had received a royal education, understood that once he embarked on the road of competing for the throne, he would no longer be able to return to Luoyang to be a stable vassal king.

Although since receiving the news that he can return to Beijing, he has always been hesitant and hesitant. But then he stopped dancing and began to eat bread in Shimizu, hoping to borrow some fat. His performance made the attendants around him understand that King Fu was still tempted after all.

After being silent for a long time, Zhu Changxun suddenly stretched out his right hand, slapped his left hand fiercely, and then said: "Give Gonggong Li another 5,000 taels of gift money, and tell him that this king and Princess Zou want to return to Beijing with him."

As for Fuhachi, you slowly pack up the things in the house, and then follow up. You can leave other things with you, but gold and silver must be shipped to the capital. ”

Zhu Changxun's order suddenly gave Zhu Yousong a little headache, Emperor Wanli loved this son very much, King Fu's wedding of 300,000 taels was from the treasury, and the Fuwang Mansion of Meilun Meiyang was expanded on the basis of King Yi's Mansion, spending 260,000 taels, or from the treasury.

Basically, the Fu King of Luoyang has nothing to spend, and the money that should be spent is paid by the treasury.

And 20,000 poured good land, local tax collection rights, plus salt, in 14 years, for King Fu accumulated more than 3 million taels of silver, more than 40 million taels of gold, hundreds of thousands of stone of rice grain.

However, the father and son would not have thought that the wealth they saved 14 years later became the salary of the rebel army, enough for Li Zicheng to use for several years, and finally completely destroyed the Ming Dynasty.

After Tian Ying and Zhu Yousong withdrew from Xiaoxuan, he looked at Zhu Yousong, who had a somewhat sad face, and couldn't help but ask carefully: "His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, is there anything difficult about it, can you tell the miscellaneous family to listen to it?" ”

Zhu Yousong immediately grabbed Tian Ying's hand and complained: "... There are so many treasures and gold and silver in the palace, and my father wants me to transport them to the capital, and he does not allow me to make a big show, what should I do? Father-in-law Tian, you are well-informed, do you have any clever ideas, give me some advice? ”

Tian Ying suddenly smiled and said, "If it is something else, the miscellaneous family may not be able to help, is this matter of transporting gold and silver?" The miscellaneous family has an idea, I don't know if Your Highness has heard of the Four Seas Firm..."

Luoyang City has Henan Wei, so the city also has the nature of a military fortress. The city wall of Luoyang is four feet high, it is a brick and stone structure, and there are moats around the outside of the city wall.

There is Zhenghua Gate in the south, Xihua Gate in the west, Donghua Gate in the east, Beijing Gate in the north, heavy building is built on the top, the moon city is built outside, and the four corners of the city are constructed four corner towers.

When King Fu was discussing the affairs of Beijing with his son and others, a team of four knights entered Luoyang City from Xihua Gate.

At this time, Luoyang City is the season to see flowers, and there are almost twice as many people as usual. The streets of the city are crowded with people, ladies and hawkers are next to each other, and scholars are in the company of flower farmers, which looks like a prosperous and prosperous world.

This group of knights had just arrived from Shanxi, and the situation they saw on the road could not be said to be good, but after entering this Luoyang City, they found that they seemed to have come to another world.

The leader of the group was a young man in a green sermon robe, in his early thirties, with a short beard on his face.

A young man of 18 or 9 years old who followed him, about the first time he saw such a prosperous scene, could not help but feel a little timid, pulling the reins of his mount with one hand and gently tugging at the young man's robe with the other, like a duckling that had just come out of an eggshell.

The pedestrians passing by them couldn't help but smile when they saw this scene and left.

The young man seemed to sense something, and when he turned back to see the scene, his original frowning brow involuntarily dispersed.

"San'er, what are you doing here? You're such a big person, are you still afraid of getting lost here? ”

Although the young man's face was flushed, he said not to be outdone: "I'm afraid that I will lose the second uncle, but the entanglement we go out is all on me, if you lose the second uncle, you will go there to eat at night?" ”

The young man had nothing to do with this cousin, he shook his head, and then instructed the family behind the young man: "Ah Quan, you go to someone and ask, where is this Henan Mansion?" ”

After questioning a pedestrian on the street, the four of them walked down the street.

After leaving the bustling main street and passing through a few side alleys, I turned into a small street with an archway and guarded by soldiers.

The young man took out an official letter from his bosom and handed it to Ah Quan, asking him to show it to the two soldiers guarding the archway.

One of the soldiers took the official post and glanced at it, then respectfully returned it to Ah Quan with both hands, and then let the four of them enter the small street.

It is about 30 steps into the side street. The gate of Henan Fuzhi suddenly appeared in front of the four people. Ah Quan stepped forward again and handed the official post in his hand to a servant guarding the door, who nodded at him and hurried into the door with the official post.

Soon, a five-grade official wearing a cyan official uniform came out of the door with a group of officials dressed in green.

"But Lord Sun Baigu? The next official is Feng Jie, the same governor of Henan Prefecture, and I am looking forward to the arrival of adults, but it is like the hope of a great drought..."The official who called Feng Jie greeted Sun Chuanting affectionately with a smile on his face.

Surrounded by this group of officials, Sun Chuanting and the other four were welcomed into the Henan Mansion, and the horses in their hands were also led to the backyard by several officials.