The journey to the heavens starts from the underground station

Chapter 228 Assassinated in the garden, hoping to supervise the country

Li Yu took a good job.

He took the officials from the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple with him, and went out to Yingtian City to welcome Zheng He's mission back.

The return of the mission is a major event, and it is not an exaggeration for the emperor to welcome him in person; but Zheng He is the eunuch in charge of the internal officials, and is fundamentally regarded as the emperor's domestic slave, so it is not appropriate for the emperor to greet him in person.

It can be changed to the prince going out of the city to meet him.

But the crown prince's legs and feet are inconvenient, if the king of Han is allowed to come forward, it will inevitably be true: the prince is still here, what the hell is a feudal king welcoming?

If that's the case, the old man doesn't care about letting the King of Han stand out, but this is just in time for Li Yu to offer a firecracker and make a great contribution, so it would be bad to act like this.

Don't look at the prince's face, you have to look at the saint's grandson's face, right?
The job fell on Li Yu.

Back to the prince's mansion, put on the cumbersome court clothes of the crown prince, take the officials of all sizes, catch up with the prince's car, go out to the north of Yingtian City, and greet him at the pier beside the Yangtze River.

In the evening, the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the broad river, just like the ancient poems, half of the river is rustling and half of the river is red; on the east side, huge warships facing the setting sun appear in sight.

The largest treasure ship slowly approached the shore, Lu Zhen, Minister of Rites, waved his hand, and the sound of drums and music began.

A sergeant on board the ship had already boarded the steps, not long after, a group of guards of honor split on both sides, and a group of people got off the ship, the leader was none other than the eunuch Zheng He, the eunuch of the eunuch. His appearance is white and beardless, handsome, and slightly burly, without a hint of femininity of a eunuch, but with a bit of masculinity of a general.

Zheng He disembarked to the pier, Li Yu led the officials to greet him, and Zheng He bowed down.

This is a state's great etiquette. Zheng He and his two deputy envoys Fei Xin and Ma Huan were not the only ones who came back with the fleet. Most countries along the South Seas and Western Oceans sent envoys to the Ming court with the fleet.

This place is not a place for exchanging greetings, and after a few simple words on the scene, Li Yu asked Zheng He and the two deputy envoys to board the prince's car, and the grandson drove the car himself, and the frame went straight into the palace.

Those envoys from various countries who came to pay tribute with the fleet were received by the Ministry of Rites and the Honglu Temple.

Although I was very curious about this navigator, I didn't have a chance to say a few words along the way - the people on both sides of the street were watching, and His Royal Highness was chatting with the eunuch who came back from the mission, which had a bad influence.

When he arrived at the palace, Zheng He wanted to report to the emperor what he had seen all the way, but Li Yu was not allowed to be summoned, and returned to the Prince's Mansion resentfully.

Before leaving, Xiaonai notified that His Majesty will hold a court meeting in Fengtian Hall tomorrow morning and ask His Highness Taisun to go to court.

Li Yu was not in a good mood. After tossing all afternoon, he didn't say a few words to Lao Ma. He had to get up early tomorrow!
The next day, ugly time.

Li Yu put on the court clothes and went to Fengtian Hall to attend the court meeting with the prince's father.

The court meeting didn't discuss matters, and all they said were praises for the New Year, but there were really many people!
Li Yu has never noticed that there are so many officials in Yingtian City.

From Fengtian Temple, the standing shift has been lined up to Fengtianmen, and there are thousands of officials.

Today's protagonist is Zheng He who returned from a long voyage.

Zheng He wore a brand-new flying fish suit given by the imperial court, went to the hall to report his achievements in the ocean, and offered prisoners.

Ariel Kunel and his family, the power minister of the Sinhala Kingdom of Ceylon, and the puppet king of the Sinhala Kingdom, Bhuvanai Kabahu V, and his children and concubines, and even the officials and their families of the Sinhala Kingdom were all arrested. Zheng He caught it all in one pot and brought it back, presenting it to His Majesty the Great Ming Emperor!

The reason is that Ariel Kunaier, a power minister, saw the money and wanted to murder Zheng He and seize the goods on the Ming fleet. In the end, Zheng He led 2000 people to attack the royal city and captured him from the royal family.

Ariel Kunel didn't get rich, but lost his wife and lost his army!

The Sinhala Kingdom is a kingdom located in the south of Ceylon. Ceylon, that is, Sri Lanka, is rich in gems. The royal city of the Sinhala Kingdom was taken down by Zheng He, so one can imagine the fate of the treasury.

Of course, this matter will never be mentioned at the court meeting. The officials and the common people know that Wang Shi is slandering the people and punishing the people. It is enough to punish the disobedient officials and win a big victory.

Zhu Di did not embarrass Ariel Kunaier, and together with all the prisoners of the Sinhala Kingdom, he still let them live in the Huitong Hall, and the treatment was no different from that of envoys from other countries.

After Zheng He had completed his performance, the next step was for all nations to come to court, and envoys from vassal states paid homage to His Majesty the emperor of the suzerain state.

"My minister Li Ti, son of the king of Joseon, pays homage to his father!"

The first person to pay homage to the temple was not the envoys from any country that accompanied Zheng He's fleet, but the most filial son of Ming Dynasty, the first vassal state of Ming Dynasty, North Korea!

The envoy of North Korea is Li Tien, the son of the king of Joseon, who has been relying on Yingtian for his prosperity since he paid tribute in the sixth year of Yongle.

At this time, North Korea was as respectful and filial to Daming as it was to parents, and it was completely incomparable with Nan Bangzi of later generations.

Paying tribute every year, offering ginseng, fur, beautiful women, etc. Confucianism is prevalent in the country, emphasizing benevolence and righteousness, and knowing etiquette. It is a small China, and even the full name of the country of Korea is "Ariming Korea" or "Huangming Korea"!
In the minds of the Korean monarchs and people, they are the real sons of Daming, and those such as the Wa Kingdom, the Three Kingdoms of Ryukyu, Champa, Java, etc., are just the godsons of Daming's father, and they are not from our family!

When worshiping father, the son should naturally come first!If the father refuses to let me, the son will slam his head against the pillar to death——Daddy doesn't love me anymore, so what's the point of living!
"Foreign ministers and envoys of the Java State pay homage to His Majesty the Great Emperor of Ming! Your Majesty the Great Emperor is blessed!"

After Li Ti retired, envoys from various countries in Southeast Asia and the West came forward to pay homage one by one.

During this period, there was another interesting thing,

Not long after the founding of the Manga Kingdom, its king, Paramisura, brought the prince and concubine, brought tribute, and came to the Ming Dynasty with Zheng He’s treasure fleet to pay tribute. The old man was very happy when he knew the rules and knew how to worship the pier, and he was canonized on the spot Parami Sura was the king of Managa, and presented the edict and imperial seal.

The grand occasion of all nations coming to the court lasted until noon, and the great court meeting was almost over. The emperor gave a banquet and ordered a garden party to be held in the palace to have fun with the envoys of all nations.

Li Yu was left behind again!And was assigned a good job!
The old man called his three sons and Zheng He to hide in the Palace of Qianqing and didn’t know what to say. The crown princess Zhang Yan, Princess Han and Princess Zhao wanted to have a garden party, but the grandson of the emperor brought a group of younger brothers and sisters to play!
From my own family, from my second uncle’s family, from my third uncle’s family, there are more than [-] children in total. The older ones have already started school, and the younger ones have just learned to run around. It gave Li Yu a headache.

Finally at night, Li Yu just wanted to find a place to be quiet, but was found by his younger brother Zhu Zhanyong with the newly weaned Princess Jiaxing, and he had to let his elder brother take him to catch butterflies.

Kicking Zhu Zhanyong away, Li Yu bent over and picked up the pink little Jiaxing. It happened that at this time, the old man appeared at the garden party with his three brothers.

Civil and military officials and all the envoys came forward to pay respects. The old man sat on the throne and watched with great interest the hard-working performances of the court entertainers at the garden party.

Li Yu hurried over with his sister in his arms. He vaguely remembered that it was at the garden party that the old man was assassinated.

In the end, it was Sun Ruowei who blocked the arrow for the old man.

But now Sun Ruowei is still locked up in the prince's mansion to learn the rules, in case the "assassin" misses, the crossbow arrow misses and accidentally hurts the old man...

The most beloved eldest grandson stood beside him, Zhu Di raised his hand and ordered an additional seat beside him.

Before the words fell, Zhu Di's arm hadn't been put down, but there was a soft whoosh sound, and a crossbow bolt shot out from among the performers, rubbed Zhu Di's arm, and nailed it to the dragon chair!

The hit missed, the assassin raised his hand and fired another crossbow arrow before the guards could react.

Li Yu was standing beside the old man, and he could see clearly that if he wanted to, it would be easy for him to get a crossbow under his crotch, but he couldn't meddle in this business.

The first crossbow arrow was obviously shot sideways on purpose; the second crossbow arrow was shot at the upper side of the old man's head, and it missed by a foot!As long as the old man stands still, he will never hurt a single hair!
Which assassin's craft is so trendy?At such a short distance, two arrows missed?They all became assassins, but in the end they failed due to a wave of hands. Wouldn't it be ridiculous?
And, which assassin can sneak into the palace?Does Jin Yiwei eat dry food?

This is clearly a scene directed and acted by the old man himself, so Li Yu will not destroy his plan!

Sure enough, the second crossbow bolt was nailed exactly one foot away from the emperor's head!
"Escort!" Zhu Di stood up in "horrified" and kicked over the table in front of him.

Immediately afterwards, without waiting for the assassin to shoot the third arrow, several Jin Yiwei threw him down, restrained him, bound him, and dragged him down.

The three brothers were dumbfounded!It was a good garden party, but an unimaginable assassination was staged!

Especially Han Wang and Zhao Wang, who kicked over the table and ran to the emperor.

It's not that the crown prince doesn't want to learn how to show loyalty, but he is fat and has inconvenient legs and feet. When he came forward, the old man was already protected by the brocade guards.

Forget it, Li Yu followed suit, pretending to be confused with understanding, and also protected the old man.

Little Jiaxing was so frightened by this panic scene that he burst into tears.

After half an hour.

The emperor was furious, and the garden party ended hastily.

In the Qianqing Palace.

"Has the imperial doctor been passed on? Is the emperor frightened..."

"The garden party can't be dismissed today, it needs to be checked!"

"When will Dad feel better..."

"...make a charter..."

"We are always with you."

The three brothers of the Zhu family gathered together, talking non-stop to the little snot; Li Yu stood at the gate of Qianqing Palace, bowing his head in silence.

At this time, when the three brothers were arguing endlessly, Zhu Di suddenly appeared with a dark face, with a book under his creaking nest, and walked towards his sons with his head half down.

The three brothers immediately stopped talking, stood obediently in a row, put their hands in their sleeves, and bowed their heads to wait for the reprimand.

"Humph!"

With a wave of Zhu Di's hand, Little Snot led the eunuchs back out; Zhu Di grabbed the book and threw it at his brothers. The crown prince became more agile at this moment, and he dodged the blow as soon as he bowed his head. All escaped.

"Okay!" Zhu Di put on a grimace and put his hands in his hands: "I don't want to have a good time! Let's not live!"

"The three of you just want to kick the nest? Go early!!"

The three brothers shivered.

"Prince Prince?"

Zhu Gaochi hurried forward two steps: "Father?"

Zhu Di sneered twice, and made a long voice on purpose: "Hmph! You——aren't you planning a strategy and supervising the country well? Go back and write a memorial, and tell me what's going on."

"Uh, uh?"

"I haven't stopped for a day since I came back from the conquest!!!"

After cursing, regardless of the trembling boss, Zhu Di pointed the finger at the second.

"Lord Han?"

Zhu Gaoxu stepped forward: "My son is here."

Zhu Di frowned, with disgust on his face: "You don't have to accompany me in the garden, I'm afraid if you stand outside! I can't sleep!!"

"father?"

"You -- don't you tell people every day that you look like me? Let me correct you a little bit, how do you look like me? You are much better than me!!"

Zhu Gaoxu was scolded and obediently stood beside the boss.

After training the boss and the second child, Zhu Di did not forget to leave the third child behind.

"Lord Zhao!"

"Here it is, Dad."

"I heard that Beizhen Fusi is going to do it? It's great! Hurry up!" Zhu Di glanced at the third child with cold eyes: "Check it out, who did it!"

The three brothers quietly raised their eyes to look at their father, Zhu Di was lucky, and raised his beard: "Get lost!"

The three brothers trembled in fright, and slipped out with drooping eyebrows.

After the three brothers left, only the grandfather and grandson were left in the huge Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Di was half lying on the couch tiredly, beckoning, and Li Yu approached.

"Tell me, who do you think did this? Your father? Or your second uncle?"

"This... It's hard to say, it's good to say, it's good not to say."

Li Yu knows it well, but he can't say this!According to rational analysis, once the emperor dies, whoever benefits the most will be the one to attack.

There is no doubt that the emperor is gone, the prince's name is justified, and he will be enthroned, which is naturally the most beneficial, but Li Yu can cheat his father in this matter!

Moreover, the assassination was most likely directed by the old man himself!

Li Yu understood that the old man wanted to go to the Northern Expedition, but his father refused to let him.

play it!Dad doesn't supervise the country, he just takes care of his body, and after so many years of supervising the country, he is exhausted physically and mentally.

"Hmph! You monkey bastard, you are protecting your father." Zhu Di grunted expressionlessly.

Hey?If I don't expose you, are you still acting endlessly?
Li Yu curled his lips and said immediately: "My father, Renxiao, would definitely not dare to do such a thing. As for the second uncle, although the second uncle is a bit stupid, he is not stupid. Assassinating grandpa will not do him any good. The third uncle is even more impossible, neither the court nor the army will support him, and relying solely on the Imperial Secretary will not be able to accomplish anything."

"The palace is heavily guarded, how could it be possible for assassins to sneak into the palace? So this matter..." As he spoke, Li Yu deliberately looked at the old man.

"Hehe, show off your wit in front of grandpa and beg for a beating." Zhu Di raised his hand and knocked angrily, neither admitting nor denying it, but a smile appeared on his face again: "Monkey boy, do what I asked you to do." How is it? Is there any news from Jianwen?"

"If you go back to grandpa, not yet."

"Then you should stay at Grandpa's place for a while now. Don't go back to the Prince's Mansion. Let's clear up the matter of Jing Nan's orphan. You have to keep an eye on it too."

"Grandpa is getting old and has low energy. You have to help grandpa read more military newspapers."

Li Yu's eyes lit up, and he immediately understood: "Hey, I listen to grandpa."

Hey?The affairs of the prison country seem to be stable?Li Yu was delighted in his heart, but at this time, there was a burst of chaos in the prince's mansion.

(End of this chapter)