Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 402
People are the least animals that know how to learn lessons. They tend to waste while regretting.

Jian Yi knew this very well, so when the most suitable era left for him, he simply got off the boat and let go of everything in his hands.

He is very clear that, like San Yang and others, they are all remnants of the old era, and the new era led by Zhu Zhanhe has no ships that can carry them.

Compared to being forcibly kicked off the boat, Jian Yi wisely chose to leave by himself to make both sides face.

However, Jian Yi did not expect that he would still be included in the invitation list for this year's New Year's Eve dinner.

Jian Yi didn't know if he was the first one to attend the banquet where the emperor entertained his ministers as a commoner, but it was unlikely to be the last.

Looking at Shuntian City, which was decorated with lights and festivities because of the arrival of New Year's Eve, Jian Yi suddenly felt a little emotional.

He thought about many years ago, he couldn't remember exactly which year it was, but he remembered one thing very clearly...

In that year, Zhu Zhanhe, who conquered the Wa Kingdom, achieved a result that few people in the Central Plains could achieve since ancient times, and returned to Yingtian Mansion, which was still the capital at that time, as a victor.

That year, whether it was Chosun, who was always submissive to Daming, or Wala, who stroked the tiger's beard several times, they were all obedient when facing Zhu Zhanhe, even if Zhu Zhanhe's saliva sprayed on their faces I didn't dare to say a word more.

Jian Yi suddenly thought of a sentence that Chen Xun, who replaced him as Minister of the Ministry of Officials, said that day: Only Wu can be safe in this Ming Dynasty.

In the past, Jian Yi scoffed at this statement.

Having been an official for many years, Jian Yi is very clear that a strong army is indeed an important factor for the stability of a dynasty, but it is not the only factor.

Domestic affairs are equally important.

At that time, almost everyone in the prince's line thought that the Hanwang Party could not succeed, because neither Zhu Gaoxu nor Zhu Zhanhe had made any achievements in internal affairs.

In their view, both father and son are reckless men who only know how to fight, especially the son, who is better at fighting and killing than his father.

But now Jian Yi, who has become a remnant of the old era, suddenly discovered that they were all wrong, and they were quite wrong.

Looking at the festooned Shuntian City, and listening to the common people talking happily or dissatisfied about the persecution of the current emperor by the lineage of the King of Wu, Jian Yi discovered a common point.

Daming, or the imperial court, has not experienced war for many years, and everything is supported by Zhu Zhanhe.

Jian Yi suddenly understood the thinking of those generals, and also understood the conflict between generals and literati.

Literati always want to manage internal affairs first, and then go to war with the greatest confidence, while generals want to fight off foreign enemies first, and then deal with internal affairs after turning around.

Regardless of the character of the literati and the impulsiveness of the military commander, these two methods have their own advantages, but there is one point that Jian Yi has not discovered before.

The literati's approach is very likely to cause the Central Plains to fall into the hands of foreigners, but the military commander's approach will not, because after repelling the foreign enemies, even if the Central Plains is chaotic, it will eventually be in the hands of the Han people.

It was only at this time that the problem of literati character that had been left aside at the beginning came to the fore.

Literati don't care whose hands the country falls into. They only care about whether they can continue to be in power and whether they can make their descendants superior to others.

Seeing the people coming and going around him, seeing the strange costumes mixed in the crowd, Jian Yi couldn't help asking himself.

Except for the first few years of sailing to the West, has this kind of scene ever happened?

At this moment, Jian Yi, who was standing in the middle of the street, was touched by a passerby, and his wandering thoughts were forcibly pulled back.

Jian Yi was stunned for a while, then laughed, and under the surprised eyes of the people around him, he walked towards the palace that ordinary people couldn't touch.

Palace, Qingning Palace.

This residence, which once represented the prince, has been the residence of the emperor for the past two years.

Because King Wu took over the Ming dynasty, Zhu Zhanji, Emperor Xuande, hadn't been out of the Qingning Palace for a long time, and even the number of times he went out throughout the year was only a handful.

Apart from not going out, almost no one would come here. Except for the maids and servants, no outsiders had come in for more than a year.

But just today, a person who should not be here appeared in Qingning Palace.

"Cousin, my father said that if you want to go, you can attend this year's New Year's Eve dinner."

Standing in the distance, Zhu Zhandong watched his cousin and sister-in-law teaching the future prince of Ming Dynasty, even the emperor to learn how to walk.

"No need." Hearing Zhu Zhandong's words, Zhu Zhanji straightened up.

Compared with him when he was under house arrest just now, Zhu Zhanji now has a radiant face, and his messy beard is also cleaned up. He looks completely normal. It is impossible to imagine that he was more than half a year ago. Still looks like a mental illness.

"Since a decision has been made and an exchange has been agreed, then I will abide by the agreement."

"This year's New Year's Eve dinner... It was announced to the outside world that although my health has improved a lot, I still need to rest, so I shouldn't attend it..."

Zhu Zhandong took a deep look at his cousin, then at Zhu Qizhen who was crawling on the warm mat, and nodded slightly.

"Zhanyi knows."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Zhandong bowed slightly, turned and walked towards the gate of Qingning Palace.

However, neither Zhu Zhandong nor Zhu Zhanji noticed that beside Zhu Qizhen, there was something wrong with Sun Ruowei, who had become Empress of Ming Dynasty.

That look, a little disappointed, but also a little sinister.

In her opinion, Daming's empress... shouldn't be like this, and she didn't become the empress of Daming for these reasons, and she didn't want to become a queen who could be pointed out by anyone.

These are not what she wants.

As the sun sets and the sunset fades, the black night sky becomes the main theme. The waning moon and dots of stars in the sky decorate the sky. It seems that they also want to radiate all their brilliance on this special day.

As night fell, the palace began to become lively. Although it was not time for the banquet to start, many people had already entered the palace one after another.

After all, on such an occasion, their courtiers can't be late, can they?

People quickly paired up and chatted with each other. All these scenes were not much different from previous years. The New Year's Eve dinners in the past two years have always been like this.

Until Jian Yi appeared.

In fact, the news that Jian Yi was listed on the New Year's Eve dinner list spread very early. After all, this New Year's Eve dinner is nominally a banquet for the emperor to entertain officials, and all the people present are officials. It is impossible to hide who will attend such a thing .

As a resigned Minister of the Ministry of Officials and a former princeling, it was surprising that Jian Yi was invited, but it didn't seem so surprising.

Everyone knows that today's Ming Dynasty and the imperial court have the most power in the line of King Wu, and they also know that there may be some "accidents" in Emperor Xuande's personal expedition next year, so they have some guesses about Jian Yi's arrival. .

There are many such conjectures, and there are various kinds, but it can be said that the vast majority of people have not guessed the real purpose of Zhu Gaoxu's inviting Jian Yi.

In fact, some things seem to be very complicated, but in fact there are not so many twists and turns.

Inviting Jian Yi was actually just because Zhu Gaoxu was a little nostalgic, thinking of the time in the Yongle period.

Looking around, how many veterans from the Yongle period are there in the current imperial court?

San Yang, Hu Guang, Xie Jin and others have long since disappeared, and the grass on the grave is more than one meter high. The only veterans left in the court are Zhang Fu, plus Jian Yi who has already retired.

For Wu Wang's lineage, next year is a year that will cross the era. At this juncture, Zhu Gaoxu is naturally a little nostalgic.

After Jian Yi entered the arena, he didn't chat with anyone, but sat down in his seat very calmly.

However, no one noticed that before taking his seat, Jian Yi looked in one direction with deep meaning.

Soon, Zhu Gaoxu came, and then Zhu Zhantan and Zhu Zhandong also came, and even Zhu Zhanqi who was far away in Xiangzhou Prefecture also came this year, and the dinner soon became lively.

All kinds of conversations, all kinds of flattery, accompanied by rainbow farts and various tributes from the envoys of Boni Kingdom, North Korea, East Chagatai Khanate and other envoys, the banquet reached its climax.

However, no one knows that at the time when thousands of families in the Central Plains are celebrating together, an unexpected scene is taking place at the border.

Xiningwei, Huangyuan.

Several people who were tightly wrapped in clothes and various fabrics appeared in this sensitive place, and after walking around for a while, they waved to each other.

After a few breaths, there were voices one after another, not very loud, but not very weak, it seemed a bit abrupt in this winter night, but if you didn't pay attention, you wouldn't notice anything.

After a while, a convoy of more than a dozen vehicles appeared.

This convoy knew at a glance that it was not doing a good job, because each car was fully loaded, but each car had only one driver, and it seemed that it came secretly.

A dozen coachmen and the first few people left quickly, leaving a dozen carriages and a full load of goods here.

It wasn't until Chou Yin was socializing that a group of people appeared again at the place where the carriage stopped, and this group of people got into the carriage neatly and drove the carriage away.

They had to drive these carriages to Dongkeer before dawn, which was the junction of Ming Xiningwei and Handongwei.

The waning moon at the end of the month quickly disappears into the sky, and the morning glow of the new year is reflected in the sky, announcing a new day and the beginning of a new year.

Eastern Chagatai Khanate, Mulei.

Yexianbuhua II sat at the same table with Yexian and Yilasi, without saying a word, as if he was waiting for something.

Time passed bit by bit, they had been sitting here since last night, and they had barely moved until the sun was rising.

No drop of water, no grain of rice.

"Report!"

The sudden sound in the silence lifted the spirits of the three of them at the same time.

(End of this chapter)