Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Seeing what Lao Zhu said, Zhu Yunxi knew that the old man was impatient, so he had to agree quickly.

"Good good!"

"The grandson will ascend the throne tomorrow!"

Old Zhu snorted coldly when he heard this.

"get out!"

"Remember to enter the palace early tomorrow!"

On the second day, accompanied by civil and military officials, Zhu Yunxi entered the palace early, and heard a bad news as soon as he entered the palace.

"His Royal Highness, Your Majesty has already moved out of the palace. From now on, this palace belongs to you entirely!"

Zhu Yunxi looked at Qin Deshun with a puzzled face.

"What do you mean?"

"Where does the old man move out to live? He can't live in Beigong, right?"

Qin Deshun smiled happily.

"You don't need to worry about it, Your Highness, you should go to Qianqing Palace to change clothes, and then go to Fengtian Palace to receive worship from all officials!"

Seeing what Qin Deshun said, all the officials urged him.

Although Zhu Yunxi was unwilling, he could only follow everyone's wishes to ascend the throne first.

Zhu Yunxi officially became the second emperor of Ming Dynasty after the civil and military officials shouted long live three times.

According to the rules left over from the past dynasties, he first conferred the title of his father, Prince Yiwen, as Emperor Xiaokang, then his mother and concubine as Empress Xiaokang, and his elder brother as Prince Yuhuai.

Then Zhu Yuanzhang was respected as the Supreme Emperor, and Concubine Guo Hui and the older concubines in the harem were Taifei.

The next step is to reward the brothers and sisters. Even if he is still angry, he still has to give that bastard Zhu Yunxi a prince.

For three whole days, Zhu Yunxi has been busy with these things.

This is just the beginning, there are still many things to be determined.

For example, the year...

But regarding the reign title, Zhu Yunxi was not in a hurry.

Firstly, this thing will only be available next year, and secondly, he wants to add the concept of AD to establish a universal dating system.

The starting point of the AD is naturally to use our own landmark events in China. As for whether it started with Qin Shihuang's proclaiming emperor, or with the birth of Confucius, it is open to discussion.

After the imperial edict of Zhu Yunxi's ascension to the throne was announced to the world through the telegraph system, the envoys from all over the country, the commanding envoys, and the procuratorial envoys for punishment wrote congratulatory letters one after another, expressing their loyalty to the new emperor and the aspirations of the imperial court.

Lan Yu, Fu Youde, Feng Sheng and others who were far away in Suiye City also sent congratulatory messages by telegram, expressing their willingness to accept the leadership of the new emperor.

Next came the overseas vassal states, who also sent congratulatory messages through the institutions of the Ming Dynasty in each vassal state, expressing their loyalty to the Ming Dynasty and the good wishes of the new emperor.

While Zhu Yunxi was busy with all kinds of tedious etiquette, near Zhongshan Xiaolingwei, Zhu Yuanzhang, dressed in common clothes, was lying on a recliner in a small farmyard, watching Concubine Guo Hui feed the chickens leisurely.

Zhu Yuanzhang was intoxicated by this peaceful farm life, but Concubine Guo Hui suffered an old crime.

Not only does he have to get up at dawn to fetch water and sweep the floor, but he also has to cook and wash for Lao Zhu himself.

If she only did it once or twice occasionally, Concubine Guo Hui would not complain.

But seeing that this posture is going to take a long time, Concubine Guo Hui quit on the spot.

"Zhu Yuanzhang, you like to farm the land yourself, why bother us if you have nothing to do!"

Concubine Yang, Concubine Han and the others immediately put down their hoes and looked at Concubine Guo Hui hopefully.

They have already had enough of this kind of hard life, and they can't wait to move back to the palace and become empresses immediately.

However, Lao Zhu was unmoved and just sipped his tea.

"Stop complaining!"

"When there are complaints, the chickens are all fed!"

Seeing this, Concubine Guo Hui could only adopt a gentle strategy.

"Yuanzhang, shall we go back to the palace?"

Zhu Yuanzhang stared at the words, and said with displeasure.

"What?"

"Didn't you always say that if you marry a chicken, you will follow the chicken, if you marry a dog, you will follow the dog, and you will be with us forever?"

"It's been a few days of farm work and you can't stand it?"

Concubine Guo Hui hurriedly explained upon hearing this.

"My lord, that's not what I said."

"Although we are willing to accompany you to live a farm life, we are really not used to doing this farm work!"

"Think about it, from the time I was born to the present, how has the concubine ever done farm work or lived a day of hardship?"

"It doesn't matter if the concubine suffers a little bit, but if I wrong the emperor, the concubine's crime will be serious!"

After the first freshness, Lao Zhu was a little disgusted with the life in the countryside, and several concubines complained every day, which made him feel even more indescribably depressed.

But he has already moved out of the palace, so he can't move back, right?

"Having said that, we will definitely not go back to the palace!"

"If you can't bear this pain, you can move back, and we will treat you women as nothing!"

"This……"

Concubine Han and Concubine Yang were willing in their hearts, but they were afraid that they would be chopped off by Lao Zhu's orders as soon as they moved back.

Concubine Guo Hui hesitated a little and proposed a compromise.

"My lord, why don't you think it's okay, let's bring some eunuchs and court ladies who can farm the land from the palace, and let them take care of our daily life?"

"This way you can enjoy the mountain scenery, and our sisters don't have to be so tired!"

Old Zhu was quite moved when he heard the words, and nodded embarrassingly.

"Go and arrange it!"

"If that grandson asks, don't say we can't stand it, we won't take the blame for you lazy bastards!"

"okay!"

"My lord, you are wise, how can you make such a request, hehehe!"

In fact, Concubine Guo Hui had already made arrangements, and the people were waiting at the foot of the mountain, only waiting for Lao Zhu to let them go up the mountain.

Lao Zhu saw hundreds of eunuchs and maids filing in, only then did he realize that Concubine Guo Hui had come prepared, he was so angry that he immediately closed his eyes, and decided to ignore Concubine Guo Hui for a few days.

With the addition of the new force, Concubine Guo Hui immediately ordered people to renovate the small courtyard inside and out.

First of all, all the quilts in the private houses were replaced with brocade quilts from the palace, and the large coarse porcelain bowls were also replaced with imperial porcelain.

The concubines of them plowed the land that hadn't been plowed for a few days. Under the busyness of dozens of eunuchs, they quickly completed the plowing, planting, watering and other links, and they thoughtfully planted fences for them. .

Seeing the small courtyard becoming more and more decent, Lao Zhu was also very happy in his heart.

Although he hid on the mountain to retire, in order not to be caught by God.But he would be happy if he could suffer less.

After half a month, Zhu Yunxi came to Zhongshan to visit Lao Zhu.

At this time, Lao Zhu has changed a lot. Not only has his spirit improved a lot, even the yard where he lives has been expanded and remodeled several times, forming a manor covering an area of ​​several hundred mu.

It's just that many buildings are temporary structures, and they haven't even had time to paint them.

Seeing that Lao Zhu had vacated a villa in such a short period of time, Zhu Yunxi also looked at Lao Zhu with admiration.

"Grandpa Huang, you really know how to hide!"

"You don't know, the grandson has been exhausted for half a month!"

Lao Zhu is also a person who has experienced the enthronement process and knows how cumbersome it is.

"Okay, just grit your teeth and get through it."

"By the way, is the new year number confirmed?"

"Not urgent!"

"Anyway, changing the year name is a matter of next year, so let's finish the current affairs before we talk about it."

"Next year will be next year, anyway, we will definitely not care about government affairs!"

"We will only leave Xiaoling Wei under the command of the guards, and all other military and political powers will be entrusted to you. You can watch for yourself!"

Zhu Yunxi was not polite when he heard the words, and responded on the spot.

"Ugh!"

"Grandson takes command!"

"Grandpa Huang just tell his grandson what is missing here, and grandson will send someone over immediately."

Old Zhu curled his lips in disdain.

"What can we lack?"

"Instead of asking us, you might as well ask Grandma Guo and the others, they are lacking a lot of things!"

Zhu Yunxi smiled slightly upon hearing this.

In fact, Concubine Guo Hui had already sent someone to deliver letters to him several times, otherwise the more than 100 eunuchs and maids would not have been waiting at the foot of the mountain.

"Row!"

"The grandson will figure it out!"

"Since Grandpa Huang wants to leave the palace to recuperate, then grandson can simply build a palace!"

As soon as Lao Zhu heard about Jianxing Palace, he immediately raised his eyes and expressed his objection.

"no!"

"How much money does it cost to build the Xinggong Palace, you still let the common people live!"

Zhu Yunxi laughed when he heard the words.

"To be honest, my grandson has already ordered people to start building, and it is expected to be completed in a short time."

Old Zhu asked with a face full of surprise when he heard this.

"Where is it, why don't we know?"

"Grandpa Huihuang, the palace is in the north of the North Palace, close to Zhongshan."

"The grandson also ordered people to dig ditches to surround the entire palace with canals."

"Oh oh oh..."

Lao Zhu learned that the construction of the palace was almost finished, so he stopped talking.

"I'll tell you Grandma Guo when the building is finished, she will be very happy to move there, as for us..."

"We live here very well!"

"Row!"

"Then let Grandma Guo move in, you live here alone!"

Seeing that this rebellious grandson didn't even try to persuade himself, Lao Zhu was so angry that he blew his beard and stared at him, cursing him as a rebellious grandson.

Zhu Yunxi laughed out loud when he heard the words, and immediately had lunch with Lao Zhu on the mountain.

"Grandpa Huang, your great-grandson's name hasn't been taken yet!"

Old Zhu looked at Zhu Yunxi in puzzlement when he heard the words.

"Didn't we arrange all the character generations, you can just take the above, why are you asking us?"

Zhu Yunxi said with a smile.

"I still have to ask, show respect, and borrow some blessings from your old place by the way!"

Old Zhu scolded Zhu Yunxi for being slippery with a smile, turned his head and began to calculate happily.

"According to the generation of characters arranged in our Emperor Mingzu's precepts, the characters behind you are characters."

"You and Zhu Yunqi occupy the word next to the word fire, the five elements are born and restrained, and the word next to the word earth..."

Zhu Yunxi watched Lao Zhu keep writing on the table with his wine in his hands, and felt amused for a while.

There are only so many characters next to the earth character, and according to Lao Zhu's naming method, the characters next to the earth character can be used up within a few generations.

"Grandfather, if you really can't think of a good word, just make one yourself!"

Hearing this, Old Zhu gave Zhu Yunxi a hard look.

"To shut up!"

"Don't interrupt our train of thought, we just thought of a good word, and you interrupted me so that I lost my temper..."

After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang slapped his forehead suddenly.

"Have it!"

"Kyu!"

"Our great-great-grandson's name is Zhu Wengui!"

As Lao Zhu spoke, he happily wrote the words "Zhu Wengui" on the table.

After seeing it, Zhu Yunxi nodded in admiration.

"Good name!"

"Grandpa Huang has high expectations for this child!"

Old Zhu smiled happily.

"Of course we have high expectations. This is the first great-grandson of our Zhu family. He not only shoulders the responsibility of inheriting the family, but also shoulders the important responsibility of the Ming Dynasty!"

Just as Lao Zhu was chatting with Zhu Yunxi, Wang De hurried over and said in a low voice.

"Your Majesty, Changsheng sent an urgent call, and the attack on Samarkand was frustrated..."

Within the territory of the Timurid Empire, the Dieshigan area.

Since defeating Timur's army, Lan Yu has been resting in Suiye City, waiting for the follow-up troops of Fu Youde, Feng Sheng and others.

When all the soldiers and horses joined forces, Lan Yu immediately led [-] Qingqi as pioneers, also known as Fu Youde, Feng Sheng and others, divided into five groups, and marched towards Samarkand together.

According to Sapphire's vision, he had an army of 40 in his hand, and even if he gnawed, he would gnaw down Samarkand.

However, when he really marched, he found that the Timurid Empire didn't even have a railway, not even a decent dirt road.

Or it used to be, but after he came, Timur ordered people to destroy all the roads!

As a last resort, Sapphire can only be the pioneer while paving the way.

However, after traveling several hundred miles, Sapphire suddenly found that there was no water...

In fact, it was not that there was no water, but the wells they could find were polluted by the dead dogs and cats that Timur ordered people to throw down.

In order to prevent the soldiers from getting sick, Lan Yu added another project of digging wells on the basis of paving roads and repairing bridges.

In this way, the marching speed was greatly hindered, and because of the delay of the best attack time, they encountered continuous rainy seasons, making them trapped in muddy water and miserable.

After a long time, Sapphire fell ill on the spot after getting caught in a fit of fire.

He has never fought such a useless battle in his life!
However, this also made him get to know Timur again, and he developed a bit of admiration for the emperor of the Western Empire.

The brand-new broken walls along the way, as well as the ashes in the farmland, all highlighted the determination of the great emperor.

That is to prevent Da Ming from attacking at all costs, and drag Da Ming down on the way of attack!
What made him even more depressed was that Timur not only fortified the wall to clear the field, but also sent cavalry to intercept and harass him along the way.

Different from the previous confrontation between the two armies, Timur learned to be smart this time, and just sent people to harass him constantly, and never confronted him head-on.

Occasionally confronting the Ming army head-on, they also try new tactics.

For example, during a confrontation, use a giant shield to open the way to resist the bullets fired by the Ming army.

Another example is to dig trenches on the battlefield in advance, and let the soldiers hide in them and shoot arrows at the Ming army.

These endless attack methods have given Lan Yu a lot of trouble, making her condition worse.

After Sapphire fell ill, she handed over the power of the expeditionary force to Chang Sheng, hoping that Chang Sheng would lead the team to move forward and beat down Samarkand, the capital of the Timurid Empire, as a gift to the new emperor.

However, no one thought that the first thing Chang Sheng did when he took over the power of the expeditionary force was Gao Mi, and informed Zhu Yunxi who was far away in Nanjing about the situation among the generals.

Zhu Yunxi also had a very headache when he learned of this. He wanted to go to the front line to command, but he was worried that there would be no one in the capital.

Just when Zhu Yunxi didn't know what to do, he saw Lao Zhu who was leisurely drinking porridge.

"Grandfather, can I discuss something with you?"

Lao Zhu had heard Wang De whispering to him a long time ago, but he had already said to hand over power, so he was embarrassed to interrupt even if he heard it.

Hearing what Dasun said now, he immediately became vigilant.

"What do you want to do, you rebellious grandson?"

"Grandfather, my grandson wants to conquer in person, please stay in the capital and take care of my grandson's home?"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he spit out a word without thinking.

"roll!"

Zhu Yunxi stood up happily when he heard the words and thanked him.

"Grandson Xie Huang, Grandpa understands righteousness and works hard for the country!"

"Grandson will take the train to the front line overnight!"

Lao Zhu looked at the grandson who was running faster than a rabbit, and shouted in anger.

"stop!"

"We mean to tell you to go back to the capital, not to tell you to go so far away!"