Chapter 135: The Flower Boy of the Ming Dynasty
Zhu Yuanzhang returned to the Qianqing Palace to deal with government affairs, and Xu Hao could not leave immediately after getting the will, and wanted to continue to stay in the Forbidden City for two full days.
guarded the field for half an hour, and waited for a team of colleagues to change the guard, Xu Hao then walked to the side of the guard room to rest, if it was not on duty at night, he had to go out of the palace to rest in the yamen of the avant-garde of the government army.
The doorhouse was very large, and the windows were propped up, and the light was abundant, and the evaporating dust could be seen through the white pillars of light. This used to be the territory of Jinyiwei, and it was cleaned up. Now those brocade guards practice martial arts and archery outside the noon gate every day, squandering their youth and sweat.
It turned out that a few years ago, Zhu Yuanzhang had issued an order that the generals and guards who were idle and had nothing to do should practice martial arts on the playground outside the noon gate.
Xu Hao took the herbal tea handed over by Xiao Huangmen's hands, said xiexie, walked to the inner room at the end, and told the soup vessel the good news.
The soup utensils, which have always been calm, suppressed the excitement in his heart and said with a smile: "When you hand over the errand, I will invite you to eat and drink, and the brothers will go together when the time comes, and you can choose the place at will." ”
Like Xu Hao on weekdays, Tang Qi doesn't like to socialize with others, but unlike Xu Hao, he doesn't easily interact with anyone. The surrounding guards suddenly became interested, and they gathered around one after another, discussing where to go and be happy.
"Unfortunately, I have something to do, you go and have a good time, if I have time, I will go to look for you."
Xu Hao still has the mentality of being bitten by a snake for three years and afraid of the well rope, and he doesn't want to be too close to his colleagues, who knows who will die when the two armies face off in the future or when Zhu Di washes the capital in blood? It's better to have no friendship.
Everyone knew that Xu Hao was also on an errand under the Yan Wang's Mansion, so he was extra busy, so they didn't care. Besides, Xu Hao is not yet an adult, so it is inconvenient to take him to eat flower wine on the Qinhuai River.
The soup vessel was not reluctant, and said with a smile: "It's okay not to go, I'll thank you alone one day." You see, none of them have any good things, and they will make trouble when they get drunk, and last time they beat up the son of the household servant's family, thanks to the protection of the emperor, everyone was whipped three times. ”
Xu Hao smiled, speaking of which, the twelve guards are directly under Zhu Yuanzhang himself, how many years has Zhu Yuanzhang brought soldiers? No matter what is going on here, he will protect his guards indiscriminately, and this move naturally won the sworn allegiance of the guards.
Xu Hao walked to the opposite side with tea and sat on the chair, smiling and watching the big guy talk about the past.
Boredom, Xu Hao pinched his fingers to calculate the days, the ceremony of canonizing the princess of the world was at the end of August and the beginning of September, so the earliest had to wait until mid-September to set off for Beiping together, if there was a delay due to things, it would be inconvenient to travel far until the winter came, and it was not guaranteed to stay in the capital to accompany the emperor for the New Year, and he would not be able to leave Beijing until the spring of the next year.
No, I only have three months, and I have to rush back for the New Year as soon as possible.
Xu Hao decided not to go with Zhu Gaochi and his wife, everyone had their own fun, and in a few days, he took his eldest sister and younger sister to Shandong for a walk, and then went north by boat, and after completing the errand assigned by the emperor, he accompanied Zhu Di and his wife for a few days, and then had to leave to return to Beijing quickly.
Nearly half of the time spent going back and forth is wasted on the long journey, and Xu Hao misses the modern and convenient means of transportation. I thought it would be nice if I could invent a steam train, which reminded me of a perfect industrial system, with a machine gun, as many Tartars as many as I came, and I would save worry and trouble, so why should I think about it all day long?
was thinking nonsense with his eyes closed, there was movement outside, Xu Hao opened his eyes and went out with the soup vessel and the others.
The people who came were all dignified horses, Xu Hao's heart jumped, he glanced at Wang Ning who was walking in the middle, and said in his heart that I just finished the things you explained here, and you will enter the palace when you turn around, and this time is really accurate.
Walking in the forefront is the second daughter of the emperor, Mei Yin, the husband of Princess Ningguo, whose father is the late Marquis Mei Sizu of Runan, and his brother Mei Yi was once an official to the commander of Liaodong, and was executed by the whole family for obeying Hu Weiyong.
Princess Ningguo is the eldest daughter of Queen Ma, and her status is undoubtedly much higher than that of Princess Lin'an, and she was also named the eldest princess the year before last. It seems that the Ming Dynasty didn't pay much attention to this, the eldest princess just added an honorific title, the number seems to be unlimited, and every princess is eligible to be canonized by the eldest princess in a certain period, of course, the premise is to get the respect of the current emperor, which basically has no substantive significance.
Mei Yin is both civil and military, talented, and commendable for his respectful nature and gentle and polite. At the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang was personally selected by Zhu Yuanzhang among countless school-age children, and he was the most valued like Li Qi, so he was not implicated by Mei Yi.
Later, Zhu Yuanzhang also specially canonized him as the dignified Duke of Rongguo in order to comfort his beloved son-in-law and to praise his contributions over the years. It can be seen that his status in Zhu Yuanzhang's mind is unique in a dry horse, even if you look at the entire capital, there are basically few nobles who can compare with it.
Now that her eldest brother-in-law Li Qi has died of illness, Mei Yin has become a veritable head of the horses, and has always been regarded as the emperor's henchman and son-in-law by the Chinese military officials.
Although Tang Qi, as the eldest grandson of the Duke of Xinguo, will inherit the title in the future, he did not dare to slack off Mei Yin at this moment, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "The lower official greets the Duke of Guo and all the horses, please come in." ”
Mei Yin didn't have much to say, and said with a kind smile: "Today's entry into the palace is for the wedding of several princesses, Lord Taishan is summoning ministers to discuss state affairs, and I will come to you to ask for a glass of water to drink." By the way, how is your old man's health? When will you enter Beijing this year? ”
Tang Qi said: "My grandfather and his old man's condition has worsened, and I am very anxious about it. In the next few days, I will be ordered to go to Fengyang, as long as my grandfather can walk, he will definitely enter the capital to face the saint. ”
Mei Yin sighed: "The Principality of Xin has worked hard all his life, and God will take care of it." After entering Beijing, he asked the Tai Hospital to diagnose and treat him, and with his old man's body and bones, he would definitely live to ninety-nine. ”
Tang Qi smiled bitterly: "I'll borrow your auspicious words." ”
While the two were talking, the horses all entered the room, and Wang Ning sat on the chair according to his identity as if he didn't know Xu Hao.
Xu Hao looked at it, fortunately, the room was big and spacious enough, and a full ten horses could sit side by side, and then plus the two princesses who married this time, there were two more handsome gentlemen, okay, a football team plus a substitute, Comrade Zhu, you are too capable of giving birth.
Naturally, there is no crooked melon and cracked dates, all of them are selected by Zhu Yuanzhang, all of them are handsome and have a good temperament, just like a group of beautiful men in the Ming Dynasty, all of them can be models, and they can walk the fashion show when they are pulled out, fortunately, Xu Hao does not have that tendency, otherwise he would have to be a nymphomaniac.
Sitting on Mei Yin's left hand side is the late Chongning princess Niucheng, whose father is the same as the late founding of the country, it seems that because of the death of his wife, Niucheng looks very restrained. In fact, Xu Hao knew that since the death of his wife, he was depressed and indulged in wine outside, and he had a lot of concubines at home, and he had never been liked by Zhu Yuanzhang.
This is also related to the low status of the late Princess Chongning, the princess's biological mother is Queen Ma's maid, and before Zhu Yuanzhang became the emperor, she died of illness due to the turbulent war life, so that she didn't even have the identity of a concubine, and her life experience was only a few records on the jade plate.
Sitting next to Niucheng is Ouyang Lun, a concubine, who is just thirty years old this year, with a dashing demeanor in the wind and a well-maintained face, looking like a merry man in his twenties.
Xu Hao heard that this person is very arrogant, relying on his wife is Princess Anqing, the second daughter of Queen Ma's own daughter, he has never taken anyone in his eyes, acts arrogantly and unreasonably, and is very greedy for money. Comrade Lao Zhu once had high hopes for him, but then he gradually disliked him, and he did not have a knighthood like Niucheng, it seems that Ouyang Lun was very dissatisfied with this and often complained.
Combined with the words reminded by his sister-in-law, what sisters hate each other, Xu Hao savored it in his heart. Mei Yin and Ouyang Lun are brothers-in-law, and their status is different from that of other concubines, is the relationship between the two families very tense? It is possible that Mei Yin's personality will definitely not be compatible with the high-flying Ouyang Lun.
Sitting under Ouyang Lun is Lu Xian, the husband of Princess Runing, the fifth daughter of the emperor, who is only one year younger than Ouyang Lun, and is the princess of Hongwu for fifteen years, Ouyang Lun is the fourteenth year of Hongwu, and the dead Li Qi is the relative of Hongwu in nine years.
Princess Runing's biological mother is said to be a captured captive, her family is a dignitary of the Yuan Dynasty, her mother herself is very beautiful, by chance Zhu Yuanzhang took a fancy to it, became an ordinary concubine, and later gave birth to a daughter soon after the unfortunate death of illness. Like Princess Chongning, only a few records have been recorded in the royal archives, and after the fire, Princess Runing's biological mother is unknown from then on.
Lu Xian's father was Lu Zhongheng, the Marquis of Ji'an, who died in the Hu Weiyong case a long time ago, and the whole family was demoted to a lowly status. This made Lu Xian, who was originally high-spirited and proud of his youth, become depressed, and hung up an idle job that had been depressed, obviously one year younger than Ouyang Lun, and at this moment he looked like he was ten years older.
And then below is Wang Ning, the husband of Princess Huaiqing, the sixth daughter of the emperor, Yongchun Marquis, to sum up, Wang Ning is the only person who can compare with the second brother-in-law Mei Yinyi in the first few concubines, Xu Hao feels that he has slowly figured out some contexts.
His eyes continued to move to the left, and then Li Jian, the concubine of the princess of the seventh daughter of the emperor, it is said that his biological mother was once very favored, but later angered Zhu Yuanzhang because of something and was given death, and Xu Hao naturally did not dare to inquire about the specific reason.
Li Jian's family background is very special, his father Li Ying is a Xifan people, that is, a minority in the northwest, during the Hongwu period, he led his troops to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang rewarded Li Ying as the commander of the right guard of the horse, loyal to the imperial court, and later followed Mu Ying to die in Yunnan.
The Li family and the Mu family have a great relationship, and they have a good relationship with the famous princess and Mrs. Mu, so Xu Hao has a sense of closeness to Li Jian, and has met a few times and had a meal together, and naturally smiled at each other at the moment, Li Jian smiled back and nodded slightly.
But Li Jian is a generation taller than Xu Hao according to his seniority, and he is only in his twenties this year, which makes Xu Hao very uncomfortable, but fortunately, he can call the other party a colt and don't need to call him uncle.
Suddenly, Xu Hao felt that it was very fun, and he looked good at a meal, if he could organize a show in the surrounding countries, he would absorb countless fans and create a bright flow era!
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