King Xiang of the Red Chamber

Chapter 232 Senior Officials of the Fifth Army Mansion

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Let's say that after Zhu Jinghong left Prince Rui's mansion, he was carried into Dong'an Gate, and the prince's people greeted him.

"Master Thirteen, the Crown Prince is waiting for you, look..."

Inside the sedan chair, Zhu Jinghong said, "I'm going to the East Palace right now!"

The banquet was given in the afternoon, but at noon the envoys from various countries would enter the palace and wait outside the Hall of Valor one after another.

This is also a very normal thing, because there are hundreds of envoys from various countries, and it is too late to check their identities if they get stuck in the palace.

"Have someone send the things to the bedroom!"

"Yes!"

So the team divided into two teams, carrying Zhu Jinghong all the way to the East Palace, and sending the armor all the way to Chengmingyuan.

Armor and weapons are controlled items, especially in places like the imperial palace, even the guards have to collect them according to the number.

When the eunuchs carried weapons into the palace, they were naturally stopped by Yi Weisi, and then they were detained normally, and Zhu Jinghong had to go to get them by himself.

Besides, when Zhu Jinghong arrived in the East Palace, the prince did not come out to greet him as expected, but Zhu Jinghong went to the study by himself.

At the moment the crown prince is looking through the memorials. The palace has sent a lot of these things recently, and he has been soaking in them for more than a month.

"Fourth brother, do you still have the heart to read these now?"

Seeing that it was Zhu Jinghong coming, Zhu Jingyuan raised his head and said, "Thirteenth brother, have you gone to Lao Liu's residence?"

Randomly found a chair and sat down, Zhu Jinghong took the teacup handed over by the eunuch, took a sip before replying: "Sixth brother gave me some things, that's... really good things!"

The lack of words of praise made Zhu Jinghong unable to say any good words, but this did not prevent him from expressing his good mood.

Seeing Zhu Jinghong's appearance like this, Zhu Jingyuan only felt heartbroken that the innocent thirteenth brother was tricked by the sixth child.

Putting down the memorandum, Zhu Jingyuan said very solemnly: "Thirteenth brother, the sixth brother has no good intentions, it's best to keep associating with him less!"

Zhu Jingyuan is a kind person, so he can't say more important words.

"Fourth brother, I have nothing, sixth brother can plot against me?"

The more indifferent Zhu Jinghong was, the more heartbroken Zhu Jingyuan was, as if... his Chinese cabbage had been crushed by a pig.

With Erlang's legs crossed, Zhu Jinghong took off his head hat: "Fourth Brother, I came from Sixth Brother's house, and I haven't even eaten yet!"

At this moment, Zhu Jingyuan was no longer in the mood to read the memorial, so he ordered: "Come here... Pass the meal!"

"Yes!"

"Send someone to Chengmingyuan again, and bring back the robes of the old thirteenth!"

"Yes!"

After a while, the Hall of Martial Arts will give a banquet, and the two brothers will naturally wear formal clothes, which must be Tuanlongpao and Yishanguan.

After eating and drinking, the two brothers changed into robes under the service of the eunuch.

Zhu Jingyuan continued to read the memorial, but Zhu Jinghong couldn't sit still.

At this time, he learned that the armor had been detained, so he greeted Zhu Jingyuan, and then went all the way to Donghua Gate.

When Zhu Jinghong's sedan chair landed at Donghuamen in chariot and sedan chair, thousands of households guarding here greeted him.

"See Lord Thirteen!"

After getting off the sedan chair, Zhu Jinghong walked up to this person with his hands behind his back, and said calmly, "Zisheng... have you withheld my things?"

Obviously, Zhu Jinghong, a thousand households of the Donghua Gate, also knew each other. He was an acquaintance of Long Jianwei riding, shooting and wrestling together.

Prince Qianhu replied: "Master Thirteen, how dare I confiscate your things, but this palace is strictly forbidden...Weapons and armor are forbidden items, I have to pay more attention!"

"Get up, why are you still kneeling? Do you want me to help you?"

After saying this, Zhu Jinghong walked to the guard room next to the palace wall, where Wang Zisheng worked and rested.

Seeing him leave, Wang Zisheng got up immediately and led several deputy Qianhu and Baihu to follow.

After entering the value room, Wang Zisheng was very embarrassed, because their place was really too messy, and he was afraid of neglecting Zhu Jinghong.

At this moment, Zhu Jinghong had already walked up to the lobby and sat on Wang Zisheng's Qianhu chair.

Taking the teacup from his subordinates, Wang Zisheng handed it to Zhu Jinghong himself, and said respectfully, "Master Thirteen, drink tea!"

After motioning for him to put down the teacup, Zhu Jinghong said: "Prince Rui gave me the things, you send someone to Chengming Courtyard, the eunuchs in the palace are not skilled, ask your people to put some oil on the armor!"

Not only did he have to send someone to send it over, but he also needed to help maintain the armor. Zhu Jinghong didn't treat himself as an outsider, and Wang Zisheng and others were no exception to this.

The predecessor had dealt with warriors all these years, and Zhu Jinghong knew almost all of the Yiwei Division officers present, and the ones who beat them were really not outsiders.

After taking a sip of tea, Zhu Jinghong asked again: "A lot of envoys from various countries have entered the banquet given by the Hall of Valor today, right?"

"There are already more than 370 people who have entered through the Xihua Gate, and the other ministers don't know about it!"

Nodding his head, Zhu Jinghong asked again: "There are too many people in the palace today. Most of them are barbarians from outside the Great Wall, or there are people who don't understand the rules and make mistakes recklessly. Can Secretary Yiwei send more guards?"

In the palace, the Dragon Guards are usually in charge of standing guards, but there must be more people entering the palace today.

Since he wanted to help the prince with his errands, Zhu Jinghong naturally had to take care of these matters.

Wang Zisheng replied honestly: "As far as I know, the Banner Guard has sent [-] additional soldiers to be responsible for the guards inside the Wuying Gate, and the Yiwei Division has sent [-] additional soldiers to strengthen the guards around the Wuying Hall!"

After asking some other questions, Zhu Jinghong got up and left. Before parting, he also asked about the maintenance of the armor.

After entering the Donghua Gate, even if Zhu Jinghong is the emperor's son, he can only walk without special permission.

The Hall of Martial Arts is on the west side of the imperial palace. It is nearly 500 meters from Donghuamen to the Hall of Martial Arts. If you walk, you still have to walk for a while.

The Hall of Martial Heroes is a group of palaces, and you can feel it before you get close, and extra security has been strengthened here.

"Master Thirteen, why are you here?"

The one who greeted him was the commander of the Yiwei Division of the Imperial City. Obviously, he was in charge of guarding this place tonight.

"Don't worry, the prince, let me come and have a look!"

Seeing more people coming towards him in the distance, Zhu Jinghong said calmly, "You can do your own thing!"

The people who came here were all bigwigs from the Dudu's Mansion of the Five Armies, as well as high-ranking generals in the Beijing camp. It really seemed that his status was not enough for Yiwei Division's affairs to stay here.

"Yes!"

When this person retreated, a group of military generals also came to greet him, and after approaching, they all saluted Zhu Jinghong.

Today, apart from the envoys from various countries, high-ranking officials from the Five Army Mansions and the Beijing Camp were also present at the banquet given by the Hall of Martial Arts, but none of the civil officials came.

This also shows that the Ming Dynasty's attitude towards the vassal state is to exert prestige, not the moral obedience that scholars pay attention to.

Of course, because Wu Xun's status is key, there are many restrictions on them, and it is difficult for them to get together except for the daily court meeting.

And even if they get together, they won't talk to any prince, and they have very little contact with the prince and Prince Rui, and it can even be said that they deliberately avoid it.

Only Zhu Jinghong is an exception.

His reckless and thoughtless behavior has always made the court civil and military officials think that he has "different intentions", so talking to him will not be a taboo.

"I've seen Lord Thirteen!"

Facing this group of high-ranking officials in the army, Zhu Jinghong did not put on airs like a prince, and said after bowing his hands and saying: "Everyone came early!"

"The ministers and others have just arrived, and this time I went to the Thirteenth Master to ask the Thirteenth Master to clear up my doubts!"

The speaker was General Zhenger Zhongwu, the current governor of the Chinese Army, Zuo Dudu, first-class Bo Niu Jizong.

"Niu Dudu, if you have something to say, just speak it out, what to solve the confusion, speaking... you are my elders!"

Zhu Jinghong showed humility towards these powerful military figures and took care of everyone's face.

Niu Jizong went on to say: "I have visited Shanglinyuan for military training several times, and the more I look inside, the more doorways there are, so I would like to ask Lord Thirteen to talk to me about it!"

These veterans were interested in training, which made Zhu Jinghong overjoyed.

If we can point out the benefits to them, and with the strong support of these people, then the resistance to military reform will be much smaller.

Of course, the reform of the military system is an afterthought, at least Zhu Jinghong will not reveal these thoughts until his position is not stabilized.

In the anticipation of the crowd, Zhu Jinghong began to talk incessantly. The crowd pondered and asked questions while listening, and the time passed much faster.

(End of this chapter)