Chapter 369: Heavenly Machine

It wasn't until the next morning that the dignitaries and civil and military officials learned the worst news - Wang Guifei!

The funeral of the imperial concubine has always been a day of resignation, and the title was immediately given, however, this time Zhu Di actually ordered to quit the dynasty for five days. On the day of the first funeral, the emperor, the prince, and the princess sacrificed three altars. However, five days later, although Zhu Di returned to the court to look at things, he always had a blue face, but everything that was done, the slightest mistake was dealt with severely, and even if the officials and ministers of the six ministries met individually, it was difficult to have a good face. As a result, Renshou Palace has become a place that no one wants to enter.

Even Yang Rong, who is known as the most astute and good at adapting, couldn't help but feel apprehensive when he came to Renshou Palace to see him this day, after all, he had touched enough nails these days. After waiting for a cup of tea, he saw someone come out. The two of them looked at each other and recognized it as Zhu Ning, the lord of Chenliu, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, remembering that a little eunuch had privately revealed that now that Wang Guifei had passed away, others advised the emperor to ignore it at all, that is, Zhu Ning could still listen to two out of ten sentences.

"The minister pays a visit to the county lord of Chenliu."

Because the West Palace was originally another palace, the distinction between the inner palace and the outer palace was not as clear as the real imperial city, plus Zhu Ning had been raised as a boy since he was a child, and it was common for him to enter and leave Renshou Palace. The emperor's mood today is better than a few days ago, and he can probably listen to it when he has something to say. ”

This is naturally a reminder, Yang Rong comprehended, and hurriedly bowed down to thank him, seeing Zhu Ning leaving from the Yongdao with two maids, he put away his smiling face, and couldn't help but remember that Zhu Ning was the daughter of King Zhou. Since the emperor's accession to the throne, he has used both soft and hard measures to cut the feudal domain one by one, such as today, there is no longer a strong feudal domain like the Yan Domain in the past, and there are very few princes who still maintain their guards. Although King Zhou is the younger brother of the Son of Heaven, the emperor is quite suspicious on weekdays, why does he love Zhu Ning so much?

Having said that, he had tasted the taste of playing against the emperor, even if Zhu Ning said that the Son of Heaven was in a good mood, but God knows if Zhang Yue would make any leaks in the middle of playing chess. He only talked with Zhu Di three times, the first time the emperor was unwilling to regret the chess because of a mistake, and as a result, he smashed the chessboard in the middle of the chess game; The second time he drew a chess, the Supreme was extremely displeased; The third time he simply lost, and after that he finally avoided the drudgery. Zhang Yue This is the first time in his life, and this level is about to be very sad.

Yang Rong only guessed half right, at this time, Zhang Yue in the Dongnuan Pavilion of Renshou Palace was indeed sweating profusely playing chess, this was not out of the heat, nor was he scared out, but out in a hurry, because at this moment, Zhu Di was not looking for him to play Go, but to play chess. His Go teacher is Du Zhen, and his level is passable, but where can he play chess?

can only be regarded as a super rookie, he played five games with Zhu Di in a row, but each game was killed on his back, and the plate was miserable. He really didn't understand, Zhu Di already knew that he was playing chess very stinky, why he still refused to let him go game after game, was it just to see his embarrassed appearance?

"It's been a long time since I've had this fun!"

At the end of the sixth set, Zhu Di finally stretched lazily, stood up and moved his hands and feet. Seeing that Zhang Yue's forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, his expression was so frustrated, he had not laughed for more than half a month, and he suddenly had an urge to laugh, and then pressed it down. He remembered the scene when he played chess with the monk Daoyan - the old monk played Go exquisitely, but the killing in this chess was far behind him. At that time, if he lost one game of Go, he would have to win three games of chess. Since the old monk was sick, he hadn't touched chess for a long time, and today he found Zhang Yue on a whim.

casually instructed a little eunuch to wring a towel and handed it to Zhang Yue, until he watched him wipe his shiny forehead clean, he said lightly: "Go is murderous, chess is murderous, the Tao is different, you might as well learn it when you have time in the future." You should have set up the Changshan guards these days, how do you think these soldiers are better than the Beijing battalion? ”

I mentioned Go and Xiangqi earlier, and suddenly mentioned Changshan Guard, Zhang Yue was really amazed by the leaping thinking of this supreme. Fortunately, he had already come to his senses at this time, and hurriedly replied: "Back to the emperor, the three guards of Changshan are the guards of the palace, and they have not accompanied them on the two northern expeditions, and they have not been in the battle formation for many years, how can the combat power be compared with the Beijing camp?" ”

"What about Meng Xian, who almost became your father-in-law?"

Just now, he was able to maintain a calm face, but at this moment, Zhang Yue was really choked, and he was even more embarrassed than when he had just been killed without leaving a piece of armor. After a long time, he held back a truth: "Compared with Changshan's left and right guards and commands, Lord Meng's means of governing the army are much more clever." But Lord Meng has never been on the battlefield, but Marquis An Yuan has made great achievements, if you want to compare them, you are only afraid of injustice. ”

"Liu Sheng is brave, and he fights with all his momentum, but there are very few people who can withstand his momentum, and he can be regarded as a famous general.

When Zhu Di said this, his tone softened. Although Liu Sheng was not a hero of Jingnan, from earl to marquis, he was sealed step by step, but even so, he used Liu Sheng to generalize the Chinese army in his two northern expeditions, and he actually overshadowed many old ministers of Jingnan. Liu Sheng is loyal and brave in his prime, although he has such and such problems, but he is better than his heart, so he has always used him to take charge of the Beijing camp, and even when he encountered a complaint from the admiral eunuch, most of him ignored it. And the re-use of Meng Xian is just based on Meng Shan's exploits at the beginning, plus Changshan's guards have been too bad for the past two years, and they have to use one person to rectify politics well.

No matter how unsuccessful, Zhu Gaosui is his son after all!

In the past few days, he has been upset and has no intention of watching state affairs, and Zhu Di doesn't want to do other things for recreation during the mourning period of Wang Guifei, so in addition to reading books in a daze and getting angry on weekdays, he has to re-read a few notes sent by Zhang Yuexin. It's just that he is in an extremely bad mood now, and he is not interested in any major national affairs, so he doesn't bother to mention this matter at this time. When Zhang Yue began to follow the routine to state the affairs of the Ordnance Bureau and the Arsenal Division, he just listened casually, and finally suddenly spit out something.

"The heroes followed me to fight the world, and it was inevitable that there would be some disgrace when dealing with the officials of the Ministry of War, so I appointed you as the officer of the Ministry of War, after all, for the sake of the British public, those fierce generals will at least not embarrass you, after all, it is after the former battlefield robes. In addition, I have already issued an order to summon the crown prince and grandson to Beijing, and the edict to move the capital will be issued in a few days, and it is inevitable that some people in Beijing will have different thoughts, so the Beijing Camp Jingwei and even the Changshan Guard Beijing Soldiers and Horses Command Division, you must keep an eye on it during this outfit change. Last time there was a rebellion in the White Lotus Sect in Qingzhou, someone smuggled weapons from the guards, so I want you to prevent it as soon as possible, do you understand? ”

Inside, Zhu Di was solemnly explaining things to Zhang Yue, but Yang Rong, who was waiting outside, gradually became a little anxious. The weather in October was not too cold, but now he was only wearing a black gauze hat and a gown, and he was blown by a gust of cold wind, and he gradually became a little unbearable. This is not only because of the coldness in the body, but also because of the uneasiness in the heart.

In recent days, he has really felt a lot of pressure. Of course, he knew that Zhu Di was short-tempered and could not tolerate the slightest mistake, and of course he knew that there were some things that could not be hard faced with the emperor, but as a few days ago, he would be scolded for the slightest fallacy, but this situation was the first time in the world.

When Wenyuan Pavilion was first set up, there were a total of seven people, but the soldiers of the iron-clad battalion and flowing water, now there are only three of them left - Xie Jin froze to death in the snow, Hu Guang died of illness, and the others were replaced and withdrawn, and the three newly appointed people were deposed because of their guilt two months ago. The huge Wenyuan Pavilion is now only him and Jin Youzi!

Even Yang Rong can't help but envy Yang Shiqi, who is alone in Nanjing to serve the crown prince, although the emperor will be suspicious from time to time, but Yang Shiqi's Tai Chi pusher is very good, even if he goes to the Jinyi Guard's Prison, he will come out immediately. In contrast, he seems to have always been honored, but he is facing the emperor's positive pressure, which is really not a taste for outsiders.

"Lord Yang."

Hearing such a voice, Yang Rong immediately came back from his contemplation. Seeing Zhang Yue standing in front of him to salute, he bowed his head back, but when he was about to go in, he stopped and asked more: "How did you play chess with the emperor?" ”

Knowing that it must be Zhu Ning who leaked the secret of heaven, Zhang Yue's expression suddenly became very ugly, and finally he could only answer vaguely: "The emperor is very good at chess, and I am naturally willing to bow to the advantage." ”

Seeing Zhang Yue leave in a hurry, Yang Rong was a little surprised while admiring. The subordinates and the emperor can only play chess at most, and with Zhu Di's chess skills, it is not easy to lose a game, looking at Zhang Yue like this, it seems that he has lost several games? It wasn't until he stepped into the main hall with all his thoughts that he put away his messy thoughts, because today he had a very important thing in his mind, and he had to do everything he could to try it out.

The post road from Nanjing to Beijing has been repaired several times since Zhu Di ascended the throne, and if it is an urgent event, it can be reached in three days by day and night. Because Zhu Di specially ordered the Jinyi Guard to select the most capable person to act as a messenger, everyone in the East Palace got the news of Wang Guifei's death as soon as possible, but before they could recover from this news, the emperor's second will to go to Beijing followed.

Although Wang Guifei was only a concubine, but knowing that the funeral specifications set by his father were the same as the old practice of Taizu Cheng Mu Guifei, Zhu Gaochi immediately asked the crown princess Zhang to lead people to prepare Qi Qi mourning clothes, and instructed Zhu Zhanji, Yang Shiqi and others to prepare for going north and staying behind. Although he has a capable wife and son, but he is still the crown prince is still busy, this day I saw Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, he returned to the Duanjing Palace, and not long after he sat down, his henchman eunuch Zhong Huai tiptoed up.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, Bachelor Xiao Yang of Beijing City sent a message."

Zhu Gaochi, who was originally holding one hand and half supporting the armrest and closed his eyes to recuperate, suddenly opened his eyes and stared at Zhong Huai for a while, then asked lightly: "What did he say?" ”

Zhong Huai had already sent the others in the room away, and at this time he bent down deeply, and said cautiously word by word: "Lord Yang said that the emperor means that King Zhao is still young, and he is a young son, and he is used to being wild and uninhibited in the past. ”

At this moment, Zhu Gaochi, who had a fat head and big ears, squinted his eyes violently, and then ordered: "If you tell someone to come, you will say that I know." ”