Beijing North Garden, Yitian Palace.

Tian yīn was heavy and cold, just like the expression of Emperor Yongle, and there was a note on the ground, and the ministers were huddled and stood at the bottom of the steps, but the prince who had been thinking behind closed doors was not present.

"It's really a big joke in the world" I only heard Emperor Yongle say angrily: "A provincial platform, I was ordered by the emperor to inquire about the reverse case, you see what he wrote" said and waved his hand, Huang on duty bowed over, knelt and picked up the notebook, and then handed it to the King of Han who stood in the first place, so that the ministers could pass it.

The courtiers looked at the recital of Shanxi's envoys, and their expressions were different, some were surprised, some were indignant, and some wanted to laugh, but listening to the emperor's cold voice, which one dared to laugh out loud:

"According to Wang Ying, this Liu Zijin was originally a country scoundrel, but since he was taught by the gods, he was given double swords and iron feather arrows, which can drive away gods and ghosts and scatter beans into soldiers, and his magical powers have suddenly become vast." Zhu Di's voice was full of ridicule: "Wang Ying said that since the incident, with hundreds of men and horses, he has continuously attacked our prefecture and county, killing my officials, and tens of thousands of officials and soldiers in Xuanfu and Datong towns are close at hand, but they are taken by their demon law, and they are helpless against him." When the crown prince was in charge of the country, he dispatched troops several times, but still did not succeed once, and as a result, the team of the White Lotus Demon expanded to tens of thousands of people and actually blocked my grain route" Saying that, the emperor laughed angrily: "According to Wang Ying's words, I personally led an army of 500,000 to the north to attack the desert, which is really a waste of money and labor, how good is it for me to directly send the Taoist leaders of Wudang Mountain and Longhu Mountain to fight the Tartars?" They burned a few pieces of yellow paper, recruited a few heavenly soldiers, and captured Mahamu in front of me."

......The ministers couldn't help laughing, and finally laughed, and said in their hearts that Wang Ying was also an old minister, how could he play such a ridiculous performance, isn't this an erhu in the crotch, pure?

But seeing that the emperor's face was covered with a layer of frost, the ministers hurriedly pleaded guilty and said: "The ministers are ashamed" His Royal Highness the King of Han even came out and said: "Father, the son is willing to ask for his life to go, destroy this dynasty food, and hate his father" His Royal Highness the King of Han was full of red light and loud voice, and at first glance, it was a happy event The prince is now in danger, so he naturally wants to show more and strive to make his father and the emperor make up his mind as soon as possible

"Kill chickens with a knife?" Zhu Di's face softened, and he said softly: "The King of Han is the important weapon of the country, and he can't be moved lightly." ”

"But this Liu Zijin, the imperial brother has failed to negotiate many times, I think it is a little famous, or let the sons and daughters meet him," Zhu Gaoxu tried his best to ask.

"Don't be so anxious, a group of demons actually worked for the prince to recruit in person, which fueled their arrogance and made the world uneasy" Zhu Di waved his hand, and Zhu Gaoxu had no choice but to retreat. The emperor's tone tried his best to be calm: "In the past year, a lot of things have happened in Shanxi, and the local officials are unwilling to say it clearly, and the jīng power of Jinyiwei is all on the front line, so that I still see flowers in the fog, I don't know whether the matter in Shanxi is a natural disaster or **, whether it is a demon or someone is making trouble."

Speaking of the back, the emperor's voice became cold again, and the courtiers couldn't help but be awe-struck, and they all shrank their heads into quail shapes, lest they hit the emperor's cannon. But Zhu Di's muzzle was aimed at someone after all, and he looked at King Zhao calmly and said, "Gao Sui." ”

"The son is here." Zhu Gaosui sighed in his heart and replied calmly as much as he could.

"A prefect of the fourth grade, a high-ranking official from Kejia, and a minister highly recommended by the prince, you can kill it when you raise your hand, so courageous." Zhu Di said lightly, so that people couldn't hear the praise or disapproval. "Now that the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate have come to the book to ask for an investigation into this matter, what do you think?"

Seeing that the emperor brought up the old matter again, Zhu Gaosui was stunned, and hurriedly replied: "Back to my father, the son of the emperor reported before, when the front line has run out of grain, it is very urgent, the son of the prince of the grain wants to open the granary of Xuanfu, but Zhu Tianming insisted on refusing, saying that Shanxi was a disaster, and the victims have flocked to Xuanda, and he wants to help the victims, and the sons and daughters of the disaster see him prevaricating in every way, thinking that his father and hundreds of thousands of troops are hungry, and his brain is hot for a while, so he took his head to demonstrate, which forced the officials from all over Xuanda to open warehouses and hand over grain."

"What did I say to you then?" Zhu Di said.

"My father said that his sons and daughters are acting according to orders, and they have the right to do things, what is the crime?" Zhu Gaosui said loudly.

"Are you satisfied with this answer?" Zhu Di looked at Liu Guandao, the imperial history of the left capital.

"The ministers are generally satisfied," Liu Guan hurriedly replied: "His Royal Highness King Zhao has the right to act cheaply under the banner of the king's order, and the war was in full swing at that time, although this move is bold, it is also reasonable." After a pause, the conversation changed and said: "But the minister dares to ask, can you take it down first and play it to the court to deal with it?" ”

King Zhao replied. Zhu Di sat back on the dragon chair and said in a flat tone.

"Back to my father, of course, you can." Zhu Gaosui said.

"It's a bit confusing. In the memory of the minister, His Royal Highness King Zhao is a cautious person, this time not only killed first, but also killed the person recommended by the prince? This attack on Zhu Gaosui has obviously been planned for a long time, and Liu Guan boldly asked: "His Royal Highness King Zhao will inevitably be truthful if he does this."

"What kind of mouth?" Zhu Gaosui looked at Liu Guan coldly.

"Say that His Royal Highness excludes dissidents," Liu Guan looked at him fearlessly and said: "Take the opportunity to cut off the prince's people"

As soon as these words came out, King Zhao grabbed the words and said loudly: "You Zuodu Yushi actually said such absurd words, don't you know that the whole world, the king's land, the coast of the land, the prince's ministers, all the officials of the Ming Dynasty are people of the imperial court."

"This ......" Liu Guan couldn't answer, but Zhu Di took over the conversation without being salty and indifferent: "The imperial court is just a few palaces and a few yamen, and the rice is still eaten in separate pots." Gao Sui, you don't have to be sensitive, and Liu Qing's family shouldn't chase after the wind, when King Zhao beheaded Zhu Tianming, I said that I killed it well, so don't mention it again. ”

"Yes." Liu Guan had no choice but to retreat, and Zhu Gaosui also retreated with a face.

At this time, Zhu Di suddenly felt a little cold, and looked up at the outside of the heavy hall, I don't know when the wind rose, and the north wind whimpered through the layers of hall doors and poured into the Yitian Palace. The palace people hurriedly closed the thick hall door, but the emperor stopped them and said: "Open the door, this wind is coming well, and it will blow the demonic spirit of the capital." ”

The ministers were awe-struck again, only to feel that the emperor's every sentence had deep meanings, and they were not sure if they could guess the bottom or not.

"Passing the decree," the emperor blew a cool breeze, and said in a deep voice: "Wang Yingwen is brilliant and has a wonderful imagination, and it is really condescending to be a talent when he is a platform, so he will be transferred back to the Hanlin Academy to make the best use of it." As for the post of Shanxi's inspector, it will be vacant first. Zhu Di looked at the ministers again and said: "I am going to send a few Qin messengers to Shanxi to investigate carefully, all the way to investigate the case of the delay in the transportation of military grain in Shanxi, all the way to the case of disobedience of Xuanfu officials, all the way to the case of Liu Zijin's rebellion in Guangling County, as for the candidates......" The emperor thought for a while and said slowly: "You may wish to recommend it." ”

The ministers looked at each other, and each recommended candidates, Zhu Di was as good as a stream, and finalized on the spot that the Jinyi Guard sent personnel to investigate the case of disobedience of the officials of the Xuanfu Mansion, and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies sent personnel to investigate the case of Liu Zijin's rebellion in Guangling County, as for the case of the delay in the transportation of military grain in Shanxi, Zhu Di unexpectedly said to the imperial grandson who was standing aside: "Zhanji."

"My grandson is here." Zhu Zhanji hurriedly stepped forward.

"What is the person named Wang Xian in your mansion now?" Zhu Di asked.

"Back to the emperor's grandfather, his grandson followed the emperor's grandfather's wishes, gave him a vacation, and let him go home to study, just in time for the Zhejiang Township Examination, he also took the exam, and I don't know if he was in the exam." Zhu Zhanji replied softly.

"It is said that Wu Yue's lifting is more difficult than the Jinshi of the imperial court, and he can take the examination of Zhejiang's lifting people, it seems that the knowledge is enough, and I let him go home to study because he was bent to his talent." Zhu Di said lightly: "Then come out and do something, and the case of the delay in the delivery of military food will be handed over to him to investigate." ”

"This ......" The ministers couldn't help but look at each other, the first two roads were meant to send a big officer, why did this third way send a junior official with no grade to investigate? Even if he once saved the life of his grandson, he couldn't give him such an important errand?

Zhu Zhanji was also stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a while, he replied: "The emperor's grandfather is willing to entrust him with a heavy responsibility, and his grandson is naturally happy for him, and his grandson also knows that Wang Xian has the talent of a pillar and can take on a big responsibility, but his qualifications are too shallow, and he rashly takes on this heavy responsibility, I am afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public." ”

"What are you afraid of, they say that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and I want to let him, a calf, touch the tigers in Shanxi." Zhu Di said lightly.

Huang dìdū said this, Zhu Zhanji didn't have to refuse, and said with joy: "The grandson just obeys the order."

"As for which army to send to suppress the White Lotus Immortal Liu Zijin." Zhu Di stood up and said in a cold voice: "First order the officers and soldiers of Xuanda to spend it with them, and wait until the affairs of Shanxi are clarified" He waved his sleeves and left the Yitian Palace.

"Ministers send the emperor" The ministers bowed and saluted, and when the emperor's guard of honor was withdrawn, they straightened up and walked out of the Yitian Palace.

At this time, the autumn wind is strong, the air is cold, the sky is falling a trace of cold rain, the ministers shrank their necks, copy their hands, and walk quickly to the palace gate, fortunately, Beiyuan is not the palace, the main hall is not too far from the palace gate, and it is only a mile.

Because of the rain, the sedan chairs of each family had been waiting at the gate of the palace for a long time, and it was the carriage of His Royal Highness the King of Han that was the leader, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui hurriedly got on the car, and the charcoal basin was lit early, burning smokeless silver silk charcoal, and the carriage was roasted warm into the chūn.

The two took off their drenched court clothes and crowns, and changed into Yu Shuang's comfortable casual robes to warm up by the charcoal basin, after all, it was only late autumn and cold, and after a while, the two of them warmed up, but the faces of the two princes were still covered with frost.

Zhu Gaosui stared at the brazier coldly, and sighed for a while: "Something is wrong, something is wrong today." ”

Zhu Gaoxu picked up the silver wine jug, tilted his neck to drink a strong liquor, spit out a strong sip of wine, and said hesitantly: "The blind man can see it."