Chapter 74: A Suggestion for Stability and Peace of Mind
At night, it began to rain lightly. I was really tired, but I couldn't sleep when I thought of the old monk and Hu Tou in Nanchang Mansion. Even if I knew that even if King Ning rebelled, he would only choose to go north to the capital or east to Nanjing.
, there is no reason to harm the base camp, let alone the old monk and Hutou hanging orders in the temple.
But he was worried not only about the war, but also about the old monk's age. The old monk had been exhausted in the past two years. If he just let go of his worries after watching this excitement, who knows whether the old monk would just die.[]
If before King Ning rebelled, he could still go to support him. But now that King Ning has rebelled, he, the companion of Prince Xing's son, is really going to Nanchang, but it's not clear. If he falls in the eyes of others, he might end up in Prince Xing's palace.
Put on the label of colluding with the rebel king...
It wasn't until the sound of banging at midnight could be heard outside that he fell asleep in a daze.
When I opened my eyes again, it was already bright.
There was a loud noise from downstairs of the city gate. Dao Chi stood up and looked outside the city gate. He saw the people who wanted to enter the city and various donkey carts and mule carts, lining up for half a mile.
Looking inside the city gate, there are already several breakfast stalls on both sides of the road.
The people outside the city still wear colorful clothes; the soldiers and civilians inside the city have to keep in uniform for five days, and today is the second day.
Outside the city gate, in addition to small businessmen and hawkers, there were also a few young people in twos and threes. When the Taoist idiot saw this, he couldn't help but wonder.
Does anyone really dare to cause trouble in Anlu?
He paid attention in his mind and called Gao Kang. The two stood on the city gate tower and watched those people together. If there was anything wrong, they could be arrested on the spot.
The city gate is open.
People from outside the city came into the city one after another. If they didn't bring anything with them, if there were people driving carts or carrying burdens, the young men would come up to them and get entangled. They wouldn't change until the other party took out half a handful of copper coins.
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Dao Chi and Gao Kang looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out they were just some hooligans, and neither of them meant to meddle in other people's business.
Jingzhe came up to deliver breakfast and said to Dao Chi: "Sir, the two men from the tenth room are also down there."
When the Taoist idiot heard this, he took a closer look and saw that among the gangs of local gangsters, there was a group near the sesame cake shop. There were six or seven people in total. The tenth-room elder and the second man were among them.
Gao Kang's mind was quick and he heard the words: "Second Young Master, are you going to meet an enemy? Do you want to ask someone to deal with it?"
The idiot said: "They're just two clowns, don't pay attention to them."
The eldest son and the second son of the tenth house were counting the coins and complaining about the low income today, not knowing that they had escaped disaster.
Neither Dao Chi nor Gao Kang likes to point fingers, and Ximen is always at peace at the end of the day.
At dusk, not long after the city gate was closed again, someone came from the palace, and the prince summoned the two of them back to the palace.
The fifty ceremonial guards were led by a sixth-grade official from the ceremonial guards department and remained at the west gate to assist the city gate defenders.
There was no one at the city gate, and Dao Chi knew in his heart that this was probably because good news was coming.
When they arrived at the palace, Dao Chi and Gao Kang were not introduced to the Qingyun Gate, but were taken directly to the Qiyun Hall.
In addition to the Crown Prince, Lu Bing, Wang Qi and others have also returned. The Crown Prince's face was dull, but his eyes were shining. He said to Dao Chi: "There is an official document from the Chief Secretary's Yamen. King Ning gathered the rebels and headed northeast.
Yes, it seems that we are heading to Nanjing via Anqing!"
Not only did the crown prince feel much more relaxed, Wang Qi, Lu Bing and others also looked happy.
No matter how far Prince Ning could go, Anlu at least escaped for the time being.
The prince said: "Although there is no worry about the rebels suppressing the territory, I think that in a few days, the news of Prince Ning's rebellion will spread. How to shock the local area and prevent Xiaoxiao from causing chaos is still an urgent matter. Do you have any good suggestions?"
The last sentence was addressed to the Wang brothers. Lu Bing was young, and Huang Jin, Gao Kang and others were servants, so it was hard for them to advise the prince.
Wang Qi said: "If Your Highness cares about the local area, it is better to follow the regulations when Nancheng was appeasing the people last month, and integrate some manpower to patrol the four cities."
The prince looked at Dao Chi again.
Dao Chi thought for a while and said: "We have weapons control. Even if the people are instigated, it will be difficult for them to be unarmed... On the other hand, the government officials and others... Since His Highness is determined to clean up the public security in the city and prevent a small incident from causing chaos in the royal family's funeral, why not cooperate with him?
The local civil and military affairs will discuss it, and the government guards, government officials, and other officials will join forces to form several teams to inspect the four cities?"
The more the prince listened, the brighter his eyes became.
There were a few ordinary people who dared to talk about rebellion. The reason why he was worried about the instability of Anlu City was because he was afraid that some officials would collude with Prince Ning's Mansion and coordinate the uprising. No matter what happened, Prince Xing's Mansion would definitely be implicated.
For Prince Xing's Mansion, which had just lost its pillar, it really couldn't withstand the slightest bit of wind and rain.
Dao Chi's proposal not only allowed the palace to "take care" of the armed forces in Anlu City, but also allowed the palace to intervene in local affairs "in a famous way".
"Great kindness!" His Highness nodded and said, "Although Erlang is young, he is very thoughtful, so he used this method."
While speaking, he looked at the Wang brothers and Lu Bing again.
When the Taoist idiot is silent, he can still deceive people; Lu Bing looks like a baby at first glance, so he takes people to the city gate to pay him back. After all, he is just monitoring in the gate tower; if he leads people to patrol the streets, his still immature face
It's just child's play.
Thinking of Chen Chizhong's good skills, the prince made up his mind and ordered people to go to the mansion to teach Chen Chizhong and other three people.
Before Chen Chizhong and others came over, two chamberlains came in to reply. One of them went to the North City Gate to summon Jiang Lin on the orders of the Crown Prince, and the other followed Jiang Lin there yesterday.
The news brought back made the prince angry.
After closing the city gate, Jiang Lin left the north gate and was picked up by several young men.
When a few sixteen or seventeen-year-old boys get together, what else can they do besides eating, drinking and having fun?
But at this time, the palace was in mourning, and Jiang Lin was monitoring the north gate on the order of the prince.
The prince blushed and gritted his teeth: "Okay, okay Jiang Erlang, what a good lonely cousin!"
It was about the Jiang family, and there was a princess behind. No one could say anything, and the room was completely silent for a while.
Or footsteps came from outside, breaking the silence inside.
The prince took a long breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and his complexion gradually calmed down.
Chen Chizhong and other three people came in with the chamberlain, and saw Wang Qi and others appearing after disappearing for a whole day and night. Except for Liu Congyun, whose expression was as usual, the remaining two people were somewhat uncomfortable, and they hurriedly leaned over to greet the prince, trying to hide their differences.
shape.
The prince stretched out his hand and shouted, first to Liu Congyun and Lu Wen: "From tomorrow onwards, you will go to the Chief Officials' Office and follow the adults over there to learn the general affairs."
"Your Majesty's command." Liu Congyun and Lu Wenzhao were in high spirits and hurriedly bowed to respond.
The prince then looked at the remaining four companions and read: "In order to prevent Youxiao Xiao from taking advantage of the royal palace's funeral to cause trouble in the place, the four of you can follow the old rule of Nancheng in May and lead a team each to patrol the streets..."
Here, he paused and said: "In addition to the ceremonial guards and government guards, each team will inform the yamen adults tomorrow and ask the local officials to send yamen servants to provide assistance."
The other three people who knew about this arrangement before naturally had nothing to do with it; Chen Chizhong could not hide his excitement.
Because Lu Bing and Dao Chi were young, the prince gave them one more instruction: "You don't have to be in the lead when you take people out. If you need to give orders, take Gu's order and just order the people who follow you to go."
Do."
This is because they are afraid that they will encounter trouble and someone bullies them because they are young, but there is no other manpower available for the time being.
According to the routine of going to the city gate tower yesterday, each of the four people patrolling the city was accompanied by a chamberlain. Dao Chi was still with Gao Kang, Wang Qi was still with Huang Jin, and the people with Lu Bing had not changed, except for Chen Chizhong.
The people in the new committee are not the ones who followed Jiang Lin to Beicheng before.
After the instructions were given, the prince read to his companions: "You have been tired for two days, so go back and settle down first. You will prepare to leave the mansion tomorrow after Gu Tong and all the adults have spoken."
Everyone agreed, and except for Lu Bing who did not move, they all left the Hall of Fortune.
The excitement on Chen Chizhong's face faded, and he returned to his usual calmness. Liu Congyun took out a plain white fan from his sleeve and shook it gently. Lu Wenzhao couldn't hold himself back the most, and walked to Wang Qi and said: "Wang Qi, you guys
Where did the two brothers go last night, and why didn't they come back?"
Everyone is in the palace, and there are some things that can be inquired about later. Wang Qi said half of the stay, and the other half said: "I spent the night in the east city gate tower. There are no officials in the nearby Yamen, so it's okay; there are officials at the city gate.
They all went to the palace, and the remaining people are really in bad shape."
Lu Wenzhao nodded and said: "Warriors are reckless and are the most likely to cause trouble. It is better to go to the civil service yamen. Without the senior officials, the remaining staff members are just nodding and bowing to fawning, but they are honest and peaceful..."
No matter what the three people who stayed in the mansion thought in their minds, the topic of the brothers staying out last night was temporarily dismissed.
Early the next morning, after breakfast, everyone went to mourn outside Qingyun's gate. Liu Congyun and Lu Wenzhao went to the Chief Officials' Office, and the remaining four waited for another half an hour before receiving the crown prince's order and going to the ceremonial guard.
The secretary and the guards ordered people to leave the house.
Nancheng is the most densely populated and has the most complicated affairs, so the prince sent Chen Chizhong, who is the oldest and has the best martial arts. Most of the official residences of local government offices are in the east city, where there are many dandies, so the prince sent Wang Qi, a local snake. The west city is mostly filled with restaurants and shops, where merchants gather.
, the Taoist idiot with a quick mind was in charge of the West City; the North City was inhabited by gentry families, and the public security was always the best, so Lu Bing inspected the North City.
Behind each person were one chamberlain, ten from the ceremonial and guard department, sixty from the palace guard, plus thirty official servants gathered at the local government office.
Although Gao Kang abides by his identity and takes Dao Chi as the leader in everything, and does not speak easily, Dao Chi does not ignore him. You must know that this is the Ming Dynasty, an era when eunuchs have the most power.
Let’s not talk about the East and West Factory in the capital, but let’s talk about Prince Xing’s Mansion in Anlu City. The ones the prince trusts most are definitely not their companions, but Huang Jin, Gao Kang and other young eunuchs who grew up with the prince. Although Gao Kang is not as good as Huang Jin
He was valued by the Crown Prince, but because of his honesty and stability, he was also ranked first among the servants around the Crown Prince.
Otherwise, young eunuchs would not be arranged to follow them whenever they came out, even around the prince's closest relative, Jiang Lin.
After discussing with Gao Kang, the Taoist idiot divided the hundred people he brought out into ten groups, with one group of ten people led by ten ceremonial guards. Then five groups and one squad patrolled several main roads in the west city, two groups of ten.
It rotates every hour.
As for Dao Chi and Gao Kang, they rented a teahouse as a base on the commercial street in the middle of the West City, and entered the teahouse with fifty people who were taking turns...