On the sixth day of the first lunar month, the major yamen have opened their seals one after another and are about to start work. The officials of the Ming Dynasty also inevitably had the influence of holiday disease, and one by one they seemed to be inattentive and immersed in the festive atmosphere of the New Year.

How strong can the flavor of ancient New Year be? People before the seventies probably knew it, let alone in ancient times, from Chinese New Year's Eve to the fifteenth day of the first month, the whole fifteen days were New Year's Eve, and the importance of the Spring Festival can be seen.

Xu Hao had a very comfortable year, and Emperor Hongxi was very tired, not to mention all kinds of celebration etiquette for the time being, on the third day of the new year, he held a meeting for all parts of the world, and 1,542 people in Fuzhou County held a meeting, and the policy report alone said an hour.

Even officials from many departments were not allowed to rest, and in view of this, Zhu Gaochi issued an order to the Ministry of Rites.

The holy decree said: Emperor Gao's law is clear, and I will abide by the constitution, so that the Quartet will be safe, the people and things will be healthy, and I will be happy with my subjects. Since the 11th day of the first month, the Lantern Festival holiday has been given for ten days, and hundreds of officials have not done anything, and there are urgent matters that have been sealed and punished; Xu Junmin put up a lantern to drink for fun; The soldiers and horses of the five cities galloped at night. Take it as an order.

The Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army, Xu Hao smiled after receiving the will, and was sure that Zhu Gaochi was tired, so he gave himself ten days off for public and private purposes, and casually flipped through the military reports of the past few days.

Mu Hui and Mu Yi did not return to Beijing for the New Year, among which Mu Hui led a fleet to Malacca with Hongye, and Mu Yi and the deputy general Liu Sheng, under the command of the chief military officer Pingjiang Bo Chen Xuan, surrounded the Japanese and killed 800 people and drowned more than 1,000 people.

The three of them led the fleet to pursue the remnants of the Japanese invaders, and ordered the naval divisions of various places to cooperate, and the officers and soldiers of the naval divisions such as Tang Jian of Dinghaiwei Baihu in Zhejiang even chased them to the border of Uiju in North Korea, but there was no trace of the Japanese invaders.

It can be seen that this group of Japanese people is a tripartite cooperation between the Japanese people, the Koreans, and the Ming people, mainly led by the North Koreans, because of the death of Lee Sung-gye this year, North Korea purged some conservative aristocrats and officials, so that the political situation is turbulent. Some were exiled for the sake.

At the end of the year, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu sent troops to search and capture the islands off the coast of the Japanese country, and all the pirates they obtained were dedicated to the Ming Dynasty, and they were about to enter Beijing soon. Xu Hao ordered Mrs. Li to accompany the officials of the Criminal Department to take over this group of widows.

Xu Hao was very happy about this matter, because he did not stop Zhu Gaochi from preparing to give Yugui and 100,000 ingots of gold and silver and 100,000 copper coins, and specially sewed a set of colorful robes for Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, which was a reward that people deserved.

It was also because of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu that the Ming Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom successfully signed the "Exploration and Trade Treaty", in addition to compensating the Ming Dynasty with 300,000 taels of silver and opening Nagasaki. A concession was established to allow the Wa to trade tributary in the name of a subject state.

And yesterday came the urgent news, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu passed away, and I am afraid that the colorful robe will not be able to be worn, and it will not even be a shroud.

"When is the sleeve of the guest, the world of flowers is clear. The pillow is fragrant, and a spring dream is not clear. ”

Xu Hao casually recited the first poem in which Brother Ichishu won his name, and on the third day of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's death, Ichishu Sojun used the name of the poem to move the country of Kyoto. Just turned fifteen.

The background of the anime smart Ikyu originates from the feud between Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and Ikyu Sojun. Ikyu's father was Emperor Go-Komatsu, and his mother was the Fujiwara clan, the oldest and most noble member of the Wa Kingdom.

In those years, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was planning to usurp the throne of the emperor, and forced Ikkyu to become a monk at Ankokuji Temple in Kyoto since he was a child. However, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu did not succeed and became a monk according to tradition, but he still held the authority of the shogunate.

Xu Hao is still deeply impressed by his childhood brother Yixiu, and the funny and ridiculous daimyo said to the cute Yixiu: "The tiger painted on the screen is extremely fierce. It's nerve-wracking, you tie it up with a rope. ”

The people around him thought that it was impossible to tie up the tiger in the painting, and no matter how witty he was. It is also not easy to give a satisfactory answer. And Ikkyu didn't care, drew a circle on his head, and then rolled up his sleeves energetically, tied a turban, and held a rope in his hand to prepare a frame, and said: "General, I am ready, please drive the tiger out." ”

In fact, the stunned stupid daimyo was not Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, but his son Ashikaga Yoshinori, the fourth shogun of the shogunate, who was going to use this strategy to kill the famous Ikkyu, who was not the anime character who never grew up, and was fifteen years old.

In the next hundred years, the Wa State will fall into the long-term chaotic Warring States Period, and the warlords will die countless times, so Xu Hao does not plan to intervene in the political situation of the Wa State. He is undoubtedly the most extreme nationalist in this regard, and the more people die in the island country, the happier it is, and it is nonsense that the people are innocent.

If a weapon of mass destruction is invented now, he will definitely throw it on the island country as soon as possible, and he will not be able to return to modern times anyway, the greatest contribution of the Japanese country to Chinese men, and the benefits of action films will not be enjoyed.

Mu Hui and Mu Yi both admired Liu Sheng very much in the letter, and Liu Sheng also participated in more than 20 battles under Xu Hao back then, and also made a lot of military exploits when he destroyed Annan.

Liu Sheng, like Zhang Fu, is very good at using muskets and artillery, and is brave and resourceful when fighting, so Xu Hao wrote to him to perform his work, asking him to be named An Yuanbo.

At that time, Xu Hao was also in the Ministry of Civil Soldiers, and wanted to appoint Liu Sheng as the commander of the Shenji Battalion, and after returning to Beijing to accept the reward, he immediately led his troops to Gansu to accompany Zhang Fu to conquer Benya.

During this period, Xu Hao has been thinking about Zhang Yu's father and son, the old general Zhang Yu was too indomitable when he was fighting, and he took the lead in charging every time, which seemed to be the same as Qiu Fu's temper who died in battle.

He was worried that Zhang Yu would not listen to his son's advice, but because his son's achievements and reputation surpassed him, he insisted on leading the army commander to drive in, so he planned to recall Zhang Yu.

Recalling Zhang Yu will definitely make him dissatisfied, not only may deepen the conflict between father and son, but also make Zhang Fu accused of unfilial piety by others, but Xu Hao can't care about it, so he will appoint his brother-in-law as the general and He Fu as the deputy general as the assistant.

Looking at the generals, Zhang Fu is also the most reassuring candidate for him, and he is also deeply trusted by Zhu Gaochi.

In order to ensure the smooth flow of food supply, Xu Hao found that Chen Xuan, the uncle of Pingjiang, was very good at ensuring logistics and supply, and in the past few years, the governor had transported a total of 490,000 stone of grain from the north, and there were few mistakes.

After handling official business, Xu Hao walked out of the Governor's Mansion, the sky darkened, and all kinds of lanterns on both sides of the street gradually lit up.

There have already been groups of women who have gone through all kinds of diseases, and the road leading to the noon gate is full of people, and it is another grand occasion of touching copper nails in a year.

The lieutenants of the Governor's Mansion set off barrels of fireworks, and ten sergeants held long poles to block idlers and prevent them from crowding forward.

Xu Hao is wearing a purple and gold crown today. Wearing a velvet crane feather coat with a white silk placket and a big red arrow sleeve inside, he lit up a small mountain with his own hands.

In an instant, the fireworks shelves of the entire Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies erupted with colorful brilliance, and the fire trees and silver flowers never sleeped.

The blue sky is quiet, a bright moon slowly rises in the east, and there are more and more tourists on the street.

In the deafening sound of firecrackers, Li Dong said loudly: "The wives and grandmothers are watching the lights in the attic facing the street, let's go over early, it's getting dark." ”

Xu Hao also said loudly: "I can't ride a horse, the road is too crowded." I'm afraid that it will take more than half an hour to walk back, so don't worry, just walk slowly. ”

"Good!" Li Dong went over to inform the other guards.

Eighteen streets in the three cities of Jinling, a total of twenty-five city gates are all opened, and there are people everywhere inside and out, probably also infected by the emperor to have fun with the people for ten whole days, and it has not yet reached the 15th Lantern Festival, and countless bright lanterns have been shining.

Xu Hao's favorite is the lively scene of girls and ladies dancing and singing, full of vigor and youth. Every time, it's like dreaming back to the Tang Dynasty.

When the next group of people stopped and went, they bought all kinds of delicious and fun along the way, admired the lanterns and women, and walked home along the flow of people.

When passing through the Yifeng Gate. Li Dong pointed to the side and said, "Those two guys are sneaky, as if they are carrying guys." ”

Xu Hao followed his guidance and looked over, and saw two strong men, carrying a long object wrapped in black cloth. And there were dozens of women walking in front of them. In the middle are several old ladies.

Today, I just issued an instruction to warn the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate, as well as the Shuntian Mansion and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses. During the festival, it is necessary to keep the outside tight and the inside loose, be cautious about the guards, not be subject to the power and tycoon, do not indulge the traitors, and do not hinder the common people, and those who fail to do their duty will be severely punished.

Officers and soldiers don't hold blades, most of them are sticks and iron rulers, but there are people who dare to carry weapons under their noses, it is conceivable that they are not good people, Xu Hao's face sank.

At this moment, all the colored lights in the vicinity suddenly went out, and the surroundings were dark and dim.

Xu Hao chuckled in his heart, and couldn't help but be a little nervous, this situation is likely to be someone who wants to deal with him, and the person who deals with him will definitely design a detailed assassination plan, and he must be foolproof. At this critical juncture, the most lethal threat is often not an external enemy, but probably the most trusted person around you.

The question is who would want to kill themselves? It stands to reason that it is impossible, just as Xu Hao took out his musket, three short-clothed and masked people jumped out of the shadows, holding bright blades, and rushed into the crowd in a blink of an eye.

And the two men just now, holding knives to cut off the road, protecting behind them, and the other women shouted in one piece, scattered and fled, some of the timid legs trembled, and their buttocks were paralyzed to the ground.

Xu Hao was worried that it was a plan, so he didn't order his guards to chase after him, but did the opposite, rushed forward without saying a word, and roared angrily: "At the feet of the Son of Heaven, how can you be rude?" ”

When the two saw that someone dared to heroically save the beauty, they shouted angrily: "It's your shit, get out of the way."

Xu Hao pulled the trigger with his left hand, drew his sword with his right hand, chose an open space where no one was there to stand, learned the tone of the play, and said with a smile: "Wait for the rats to be wild, if you leave the woman, spare your death!" If you are obsessed, you will leave your dog's head behind. ”

The guards all laughed when they heard this, and they were naturally not afraid of not being able to catch people in the capital, so they surrounded them unhurriedly.

The two strongmen were afraid of being surrounded, and suddenly the sword pounced, and one rose into the air, swinging a big peng in mid-air to spread its wings, and the tip of the knife went straight to Xu Hao's heavenly gate; One bullied forward, unfolded the black tiger's heart-digging momentum, and swung a knife straight to Xu Hao's chest.

Bang!

The winged Dapeng fell silently, and the one who cut out the heart of the black tiger was scared, and when the other party was going to dodge, he came to a very chic Haidilao Moon, stabbed in the leg to escape from the road.

Unable to care about guarding his companions, the fellow reacted quickly, and a wild ass rolled to the side, and took a few steps into the pine forest, where there were horses that had been riding.

The strongman quickly climbed onto the horse, whipped it hard, and drove the horse to raise its hooves and fly out. At this time, Xu Hao also changed the lead bullet, raised his hand and shot it, and the firelight spray hit it very accurately, hitting the strong man's back, and he fell off the horse with a scream.

It should have nothing to do with the situation, but Xu Hao is still on guard, most of the guards around him can be trusted, but who dares to guarantee that no one will betray?

Li Dong and the others naturally guarded the surroundings and divided half of their men to chase them. After a while, Mu Yun caught one back, but the other two disappeared into the house because someone answered.

The rescued woman was pale, her apricot eyes were slightly closed, she passed out, and she seemed to be very beautiful.

Mu Yun raised his hand and pushed the robber over, kneeling on the ground, Xu Hao didn't ask any nonsense, raised his sword and cut off one of his ears, and then a backhand sword came out of the palm of his hand.

The sword was firmly nailed to the ground, and Xu Hao was still angry and smashed the man's forehead with the butt of the gun, blood splattered everywhere, and several women who were bluffed rolled their eyes and fainted straight.

Li Dong shouted: "Say! Don't recruit on the spot. ”

The robber screamed, "I'll make a move, spare my life." The villain is the guard of the Zhang family of the Marquis of Chengyang, and he was ordered by the young master to take advantage of the Lantern Festival to plunder a few young and beautiful women, and go back for the young master's fun. ”

Xu Hao frowned and said, "Zhang Wu? ”

Zhang Wu is second only to Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng and Qiu Fu in terms of qualifications, and he is Zhu Di's personal guard.

On merit, he was named the Marquis of Chengyang, and among the thirteen military generals who were named marquis, Wu Xun was the first, and he was appointed to guard Beiping.

Unfortunately, in October of the first year of Hongxi, Zhang Wu died due to a recurrence of an old injury, and Zhang Wen, the only son of the concubine, inherited the title. (To be continued......)