From south to north, from east to west, from top to bottom, the scouts and cavalry came out in all directions.
In big cities and small fus, in desolate and remote areas, wherever there are roads, the imperial court's reconnaissance cavalry rushes past. The patrols and policemen from various local governments, and the gangsters are not idle at all. They all take to the streets. They The targets have distinctive characteristics, two burly teenagers and one extremely fat young man. No matter how they disguise themselves and change their identities, this basic characteristic cannot be changed.
The imperial court received some news one after another. There was indeed a boat crossing the river that day. Because there were more than a dozen strong horses on the ferry, some people crossing the river remembered this. Then Wei Guogong Xu Huizu reported to the imperial court that his unfilial second nephew Before leaving, he also stole his most beloved horse, Dark Cloud Cover Snow. Therefore, the main direction of the search was determined to be the land route to the north.
The special envoy of Junyi traveled day and night, delivering the news all the way north. Wherever he passed, it was like a spark. Governments in various places immediately formed a prairie fire, dispatching all patrols, arrests, and even civilians, and raided all traffic arteries to conduct inspections. In some places where there are many roads, the local government has even dispatched the army.
Some specious news began to spread rapidly among well-informed officials, but most ordinary people still didn't know what happened. They only knew that some important person must have gone, because this time the court's battle was more complicated than before. The last large-scale suppression of the White Lotus Sect was even greater.
Xie Chuanzhong was about to cry. He felt that this time he returned to Beijing to worship his ancestors because he did not read the almanac carefully before going out. As soon as he reached Zhending Mansion, he could not walk. He had many people and cars with him, so he was walking very slowly. , finally arrived at Zhending Mansion, the imperial decree was conveyed. Xie Chuanzhong walked a few steps and saw a checkpoint, and as soon as the wheel turned, he saw a checkpoint.
Those soldiers, ruffians, and police officers saw him with a group of people in fine clothes, horses, and carriages full of silk and silk. Who would catch him and not give him a fortune? Xie Laocai gave him a lot of gifts and lost a lot of money, but he was still struggling. So when he arrived in Tangshan, he was so angry that he couldn't leave. Instead of losing money along the way, he might as well stay in the hotel and wait for the limelight to pass. But he didn't expect that even if he stayed in the hotel, the government would come to check eight times a day. In order to reduce trouble, he still had to work hard and spend money to deal with those officials who were like wolves and tigers.
It is not easy to recognize a good ancestor.
More than ten days passed, and there was still no news from the three sons of King Yan. After the court meeting that morning, Luo Kedi was summoned and ordered to go to the Zhengxin Hall to report something. What was discussed after the court meeting was usually the real big deal. Most of the people who attended such a meeting were His Majesty's confidants. They could go directly to the Zhengxin Hall after the morning meeting. Luo Kedi did not dare to neglect, for fear of delaying the matter. Although the journey was not far, he actually rode a horse. Accompanied by Xiao Qianyue, he hurried to the palace.
In the Zhengxin Hall, Qi Tai reported: "Your Majesty, King Yan bribed Jinyi Official School and took away his three sons by any means. It can be seen that his treason has become clear. Now more than ten days have passed, and there is no news about King Yan's three sons. I'm afraid they will appear in Peiping soon. The imperial court can no longer hesitate. The military, political and legal affairs inside and outside Peiping are all under the control of the imperial court. With an edict from the emperor, King Yan can be brought to justice. Your Majesty, it's time to issue an edict! "
Huang Zicheng said: "Your Majesty, the Jin Yiwei has now obtained the confession of Deng Yong, an official of hundreds of households in the Yan Palace, which is enough to convict King Yan. What Mr. Qi said is reasonable. The court should issue an order to have Xie Gui Zhang Bing arrest King Yan immediately. The legal action is to go to Beijing."
Zhu Yunwen thought that he would finally take action against the Fourth Emperor Uncle who he feared and hated, and his expression was both nervous and excited. He subconsciously licked his lips and asked: "Seriously...are everything ready?"
Fang Xiaoru smiled and said: "Not only is everything ready, Your Majesty, now everything is absolutely foolproof."
Zhu Yunwen looked moved and said: "Why did you say this, sir?"
Fang Xiaoru glanced at Huang Zicheng with a smile, and Huang Zicheng cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I have something important to report to Your Majesty. Because the matter is confidential, it is not appropriate to disclose it during the court meeting."
"What's important, please tell me sir."
"Your Majesty, Prince Yan's Palace Chief Shi Gecheng was inspired by your Majesty to be loyal to the court. Not only did he serve the court wholeheartedly, but he also convinced Li Ruitong, the guest of honor of Prince Yan's Palace, to be a lofty ideal. Your Majesty already knows this. Haha, Chang Shi, guest of honor all As a civil servant, he might be able to inform the court of news, but it would be difficult for him to play a big role in times of trouble.
But things are different now. Ge Cheng has persuaded Lu Zhen, the commander of the guards of Prince Yan's palace, to be loyal to the imperial court. This Lu Zhen is the leader of the troops. He is originally a tiger general in the Yanshan guards. His status is only lower than Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng. Seeing that King Yan's situation is over, the emperor is so powerful that he is so powerful, and has been shown his great righteousness by Ge Cheng, he has written a letter in blood, swearing to serve the court and capture the Yan thief. Your Majesty, please read..."
Huang Zicheng took out a piece of white silk from his sleeve and handed it over. Zhu Yunwen opened it and saw that it was indeed a blood letter. Huang Zicheng smiled and said: "There are Ge Cheng, Li Rui and Lu Zhen in Prince Yan's palace. They can suddenly attack and capture the thieves. Outside the palace of King Yan, there are Xie Gui, Zhang Bing, Zhang Xin and other civil and military troops who are besieging the palace. They can enter the palace at any time to clear it up. Outside the city of Peiping, there are also governors such as Song Zhong and Geng Gu. They are watching eagerly. Your Majesty, we have created this cage for King Yan. , the tiger has been caged, we are just waiting for His Majesty’s decree when to take action.”
Zhu Yunwen's eyes shone brightly and he said happily: "Is this happening? Why didn't you tell me earlier, sir?"
Huang Zicheng smiled and said: "I have just received the news from Ge Cheng through Li Rui, and I haven't had time to report it to Your Majesty yet."
Zhu Yunwen laughed happily: "Sir, he has grown up in planning for the country. Since the decision to reduce the vassal state, he has been working step by step without leakage. Now, the Yan vassal has become the turtle in the urn. Your wisdom and strategy are unparalleled, and he can be called the first achievement."
Huang Zicheng bowed slightly and said: "These are all His Majesty's saints. Civil and military forces are united. I don't dare to take credit." After saying this, he straightened his back and stood still. He stretched out his hand to gently embrace his long beard, which was quite a bit like Zhuge Kongming's Feather Fan Lun. There was a towel, and the smell of a raped prisoner being turned into ashes while talking and laughing, but Luo Kedi, who was standing in the corner, felt that he was very second-rate, much like the second brother Guan.
At this time, the chamberlain Xiao Linzi tiptoed in with another memorandum. Zhu Yun gave him a stern look and reached out to take the memorandum. When he was discussing matters, unless it was very urgent or related to important matters, the inner study would not send someone immediately. People progress step by step, so when he saw Xiao Linzi coming in, he knew that it must be a very important or urgent matter that required his personal decision.
I unfolded the memorial and read it in a hurry. It was not urgent, but it was very important. This was the memorial for Xiping Hou Musheng to impeach King Min Zhu. Now that Zhu Yunwen was determined to win the king of Yan Zhu Di, he felt much more relaxed. He put together the memorial, Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng said: "The Marquis of Xiping of Yunnan impeached the King of Min for illegal activities. How do you two gentlemen think we should deal with it?"
After hearing this, Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng looked at each other and smiled. Sure enough, seeing the general trend, the civil and military ministers began to cater to their superiors and agreed to reduce the vassal state. It had not been a day since King Min arrived in Yunnan.
When the emperor was cutting vassals with great fanfare, he wrote a letter of impeachment, which naturally had some intention of catering to the emperor's wishes, taking credit and consolidating his favor.
Huang Zicheng immediately bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Xiping Musheng resembles his father and has a dignified and unsmiling temperament. Since he impeached the King of Min, he should not be trying to catch the wind. The Emperor should issue an edict to reduce the rank and salary of the Min King, demote him to a commoner, and commend the Marquis of Xiping.
To set an example in civility and military affairs.”
Zhu Yunwen understood the idea, immediately looked solemn, and replied with a straight face: "It's what you're playing!"
The state has national laws, and this illegal act can be big or small. If it is not a rebellion, even if he is deposed from the position of prince, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, his feudal kingdom cannot be removed. Instead, his title should be removed and his son should inherit it.
The throne, but in front of this pair of monarchs and ministers, the law has become nothing. When Zhu Yunwen captured the King of Zhou, he still shyly held his pipa and half-hided his face. When he captured the King of Xiang, he went through the scene of issuing a stern reprimand and making him plead guilty.
Now, impeachment is guaranteed, and even the steps of review and discussion of guilt are omitted.
It was just around the corner that King Yan would be captured, and the Marquis of Xiping wrote a letter to impeach King Min, obviously openly supporting the imperial court's decision to reduce the vassalage. Zhu Yunwen's worries were completely relieved, and then he turned to Luo Kedi, who had not had a chance to speak since entering the Zhengxin Palace.
"Don't you have any clues about the whereabouts of Prince Yan?"
"Back to the Emperor, no."
"What about Yang Xu, the traitor to the imperial court?"
"Back to the emperor, his whereabouts are also unknown."
Zhu Yunwen sneered: "You do a good job, but you don't know people well, and you are incompetent! You really failed to live up to my expectations!"
Luo Kedi lowered his head and said nothing.
Zhu Yunwen glared at him displeasedly and asked: "Are the three guards of Prince Yan's Mansion still locked up in your Jinyi Guards?"
"yes!"
Zhu Yunwen said: "The hundred households who confessed to the crime of treason by King Yan will be handed over to Dali Temple together with all their confessions, and the crime of treason by King Yan will be publicly announced to the world. As for the other two guards of Yan Mansion, they will be executed in public.
Make clear the canonical punishment and serve as a warning to others!"
"I obey the decree!"
"Yang Xu committed adultery and rebelled, betrayed the emperor's favor, and destroyed his clan!"
Huang Zicheng hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Yang Xu's family has all fled. As for the Yang clan, Your Majesty should remember that Yang Xu cannot be tolerated by the Yang clan and has been expelled from the ancestral hall by his family. The Yang clan has always been
I don't get along with Yang Xu. My old student, the Imperial Academy's Yang Chong, died at the hands of Yang Xu. Now that I think about it, most of the time, he fell into Yang Xu's scheme. He first ruined his reputation and then killed him.
Yang Xu is really an insidious and cunning villain!"
Zhu Yunwen slammed the table and said angrily: "What a good plan! I will keep this account in mind for him!"
When Luo Kedi left the Zhengxin Hall, he looked lonely and depressed. Today, the emperor finally summoned him to discuss matters, but... he was still just asked to do something about it. How could he ask him anything about the country's plans?
Meaning, from the beginning to the end, the emperor only regarded him as nothing, but the words of those few scholars were taken seriously by the emperor.
She left the palace sadly, and Xiao Qianyue was waiting outside. After Yang Xu defected, Xiao Qianyue found that he had been put into great use by the adults again, and Liu Yujue, the adults' favorite, seemed to be implicated because of his close relationship with Yang Xu.
, who had been treated coldly and coldly by the adults in the past few days, she couldn't help but feel elated. As soon as she saw Luo Kedi coming out of the palace, Xiao Qianyue quickly took the horse and walked over without looking at Luo Kedi's face, so she joked
: "The emperor summoned us today, and we have to compete with Academicians Fang and Huang. It seems that we, the Imperial Guards, are going to be re-employed?"
Luo Ke ignored the enemy, got on his horse, and chanted angrily: "There are a few crows chirping, and their mouths are full of excrement, and they are screaming. Don't have fun today, tomorrow morning they will all be bad talkers!" After that, he kicked the horse's belly with both legs, and walked away.
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Xiao Qianyue touched the back of her head, a little confused: "Why did your Excellency suddenly recite the Taizu's poem, "Criticizing the Scribes", scolding the scribes... Could it be that your Excellency suffered from the idleness of those bad scholars in the palace?
"Xiao Qianyue didn't dare to look for trouble anymore, so she got on her horse and followed Luo Kedi.
This poem was written by Zhu Yuanzhang, and its name is "Criticizing the Scholars". Zhu Yuanzhang read little, and his poems are not very magnificent. They can be said to be limericks, but most of Zhu Yuanzhang's poems are very grand. Originally, he was a commoner emperor.
, the person’s magnanimity is there, such as the song "Crow of the Rooster" written by him: "One crow, one hook, two crows, two hooks, three crows, the sunrise fills the sky with red, dispelling the dim stars and moon."
The limerick that Luo Kedi recited just now is naturally a masterpiece of the Hongwu Emperor. Zhu Hongwu also wrote a poem called "The Golden Rooster Crows the Dawn", which is similar to the poem "The Rooster Crows".
The rooster crows once and pouts once, the rooster crows twice and pouts twice. Three crows call out the fusang sun and sweep away the remaining stars and the dawning moon.
"Oh oh oh..."
The rooster sings at dawn, a wisp of smoke rises from the mountains and forests, and the radiance of the rising sun fills the earth. There are several fields on the gentle hillside, and the millet in the fields is very dense. The green leaves and heavy ears of grain have slightly revealed the yellow color.
color.
On the hillside, there are three huts surrounded by bamboo fences with thatched roofs and earthen walls. The smoke comes from the chimney on the middle house.
Dogs barked and roosters crowed, and the night that had been silent all night came alive again. As soon as the firewood door opened, a man walked out of the hut on the left. The pale red sunlight reflected on his face. He was dressed in simple farm clothes, with a tall figure and regular features.
, like a handsome farmer.
He is Yang Xu, and he and Su Ying pretend to be a young couple. They have been living in a mountain farmer's house at the foot of Deling Mountain in Guangdong for a month.
One day in the mountains, a thousand years in the world; one month in the mountains, how many changes will there be in the world?
Xia Xun and Su Ying were a step late. The ship had already left. The opportunity was fleeting and they could no longer leave before the imperial court. Three passes and one pass were given to the guards of the Yan Mansion who crossed the river north to attract the target.
They gave it to Xie Xie and Zi Qi, and the third one was given to Prince Yan, saying that they had no security guards, and even if they had, they would be ineffective if they were one step behind the court.
Xia Xun chose the safest road heading south, but found that there were ambushes everywhere along the way and was very dangerous, so he simply turned into the mountains and became a guest in the mountains. It didn't take long for Prince Yan to return north, and now he has passed
After a month, the court's manhunt must have ended, and he could calmly go east.
Xia Xun smiled proudly, stood in front of the door and stretched his waist.
"Pfft!" He received a hard blow on his lower back.
"Who threw me, and what did you throw at me?"
Xia Xun looked back and saw that it was a broomstick. Looking back at the kang, he saw a bare jade arm quickly retracting into the quilt. Sister Su's lazy and charming face was full of shy anger: "You
He's a dead man, but he doesn't close the door, for fear that others won't see him?"
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