Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 277
But Zhang Yifan did not rest, but met an acquaintance.

The former magistrate of Panyu County, now the chief envoy of Shaanxi Province, was a fellow Taoist whose fate was changed by Zhang Yifan.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Zhang Yifan went straight to the point and asked his colleague: "The emperor received some news about the words and deeds of the vassal king, and specially ordered me to come and verify it. Is there anything you want to say about the king of Qin?"

If you are not familiar with it, you will definitely have scruples about impeaching the vassal king, especially now that the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty still hold military power.

But, first of all, Daotong is a rather stupid person, or a straightforward person. For a district magistrate, Yongjiahou was the person he looked up to, but he still acted according to the law and did not hesitate to offend Yongjiahou.Now that he is the chief envoy, he does not have the fear that ordinary officials would have when facing the vassal king.

Of course, the most important thing is that Daotong understands the former magistrate of Xiangshan County and the current prince-in-law, Rongguo Gong Zhang Yifan.

Therefore, when he saw that the Prince Consort was not living in the Prince of Qin's Mansion and received him immediately, he did not hesitate to tell Zhang Yifan everything he knew about Prince Qin.

There are a lot of things. To sum up, Zhang Yifan can be summarized as this King of Qin has no ambition and only wants to enjoy himself.

For example, after the King of Qin became a vassal, he felt that the Qin Palace was still too shabby, so he continued to build and expand the palace, and also made the inside of the palace very luxurious for his enjoyment.

After renovating the Qin Palace, he felt that there were too few people in the palace, so he recruited palace maids, plundered children, and castrated the servants.

In addition, he felt that the palace was not luxurious enough, and ordered the collection of gold and silver from the people for the use of the palace, which also made the people's livelihood miserable.They even sent palace guards to other places to search for rare treasures to enrich the Qin Palace.

At the end of Dao Tong's words, he returned to Zhang Yifan and said: "Great Prince Consort, those who work in the Qin Palace are also suffering terribly. If they are not careful, they will be harmed by the King of Qin and the Second Concubine of the King of Qin. But this matter, next time The official has only heard about it and has never seen it with his own eyes, so he probably cannot enter the palace!"

In fact, Zhang Yifan probably knew these things, and now he has confirmed them from Daotong.

Later, he sent people to invite Fu Youde and Deng Yu from the military camp.

At this moment, Deng Yu had actually just arrived at the military camp and was handing over military affairs with Fu Youde, who had arrived in Qin earlier.When they heard the prince's summons, they had to rush to the inn together.

When they met, Zhang Yifan still didn't talk nonsense and asked Fu Youde straight to the point: "I want to know how the King of Qin is doing in terms of military affairs? Answer truthfully!"

He holds the official title of Liquor Order, in charge of the vassal king, and this time he is inspecting the border as an imperial envoy and has the right to intervene in the military.Even more so because his past record is there.

Therefore, Fu Youde didn't dare to be negligent, but he just said the truth: "The last general arrived in Qin to organize the army and prepare for war, and I haven't seen His Royal Highness the King of Qin intervene in military affairs."

Deng Yu saw that Zhang Yifan seemed to be asking the King of Qin a little aggressively. His son-in-law thought that the prince-in-law was doing well all the way, so he defended the King of Qin and said: "Maybe His Highness the King of Qin trusts the old master and delegates power to use it!"

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan turned his head to look at him and said, "Old Deng, I know what you mean? But according to the information I have, King Qin is not what the emperor expects to be like a vassal king!"

When Deng Yu heard this, he couldn't speak.

As a result, he didn't speak, but Zhang Yifan turned the conversation to him and said: "And your daughter, as the concubine of King Qin, does not assist King Qin properly, but instead makes mischief with King Qin."

When Deng Yu heard this, he immediately became unhappy.Why is her daughter such a well-behaved person acting so mischievously?
Zhang Yifan looked at the sky, stood up and said, "Let's go, you and I will go to the Palace of Qin and see."

When Deng Yu heard this, he was slightly startled and said, "It's already getting late at this time. Isn't it inappropriate to go and ask for an audience with the King of Qin?"

Fu Youde didn't have a close relationship with King Qin, so he naturally didn't speak and just watched with cold eyes.However, he was quite surprised by the emperor's aggressive behavior.

For him, of course he hoped that his immediate superior would be a wise and powerful commander like King Yan, but if King Qin completely let go and ignored the military aspects, that would be okay.I'm just afraid that if there is going to be a war, King Qin will come out and act like a monster again.Therefore, generally speaking, he hoped that someone could take care of King Qin.

At this time, after listening to Deng Yu's words, Zhang Yifan said solemnly: "I have the post of traveling with the emperor. Apart from the palace, I can go anywhere and at any time as long as I want to. And, I am here this time." , I actually came here under orders to treat illnesses and save people, do you think I want to be a villain?"

When Deng Yu heard this, he had nothing to say and acted intelligently.

So, Zhang Yifan just took Deng Yu to the Qin Palace.

To be honest, at this time, it was just evening.If the weather hadn't been bad, the sunset would have been all over the west.

But at this time, the cold wind from Siberia was howling, and there was not a single soul on the street.In front of the Qin Palace, there were guards standing guard and there were still people there.

When he saw a large group of people on the street coming towards the Qin Palace, guards immediately came to block the way and ordered them to dismount and walk.

However, when they saw the eldest prince consort and Duke Wei coming together, the guards changed their minds and quickly said they were going to report to the King of Qin.

However, Zhang Yifan did not let them report, and asked the people he brought to take over the entrance of Prince Qin's Mansion to watch the guards. Then he said to Deng Yu: "Old Deng, let's go in and take a look!"

Deng Yu was quite speechless. By doing this, the prince consort was not giving the King of Qin any face.He was a little worried that after the two sides met for a while, would a big conflict break out?
Logically speaking, one is the emperor's biological son or legitimate son, and the other is just the emperor's son-in-law, and the princess's biological mother is still alive, so it is more important that they are both sons!
However, Deng Yu actually also knew that this prince-in-law was different from other princes-in-law, and his importance was only surpassed by that of the prince. The sons of other emperors were still under the control of this prince-in-law.

But if King Qin ignores it and causes trouble, it's hard to say how it will end!

If he had a choice, Deng Yu wished he had not appeared here but stayed in the military camp to rest.

It’s true that the Prince Consort has just arrived in Xi’an and is tired from the journey. Why should he rest first before talking about it?They didn't even take a break. They were fighting like this. They really didn't leave any room!

Along the way, he followed the Prince Consort into the deep palace of the King of Qin. When he saw the Prince Consort's guards restraining the maids, chamberlains and bodyguards in the Palace of Qin, and preventing them from communicating, Deng Yu felt a headache. He accompanied him on this journey and never looked back. Do you know if you will be resented by King Qin and even harm your daughter?
When a group of them walked down a long corridor and turned into a courtyard, they heard a noise.Faintly, there were sounds of begging for mercy, the sound of whips, and the sounds of chaotic footsteps.

"Run, let's all run, the prince and princess are watching!"

"Snapped!"

"Whoever runs slowly is not afraid of being knifed?"

"Pa!" Deng Yu looked a little worried when he heard that. He looked at the prince's profile and found that he didn't say a word, so he had no choice but to accompany the prince around a corner and saw the scene in front of him at a glance.

In the huge courtyard, there were five or six men and women, naked, running around the courtyard in the howling cold wind.

There were several chamberlains who were watching with whips. When they saw whoever was running slower, they whipped them over and beat those people running in a very embarrassed manner.

There were still several blood-stained people hanging from a bare tree in the middle of the courtyard.

At the entrance of the temple, there was a table, and a group of people were serving the two people while drinking and having fun while looking at the courtyard.

Deng Yu had very good eyesight, and he could tell at a glance that one of the two people was the King of Qin, and the other was his daughter.

I saw the two of them, pointing to the courtyard from time to time and laughing.

Zhang Yifan saw it, turned to look at Deng Yu, and said coldly: "Old Deng, have you seen your daughter?"

After Deng Yu heard this, before he could say anything, people in the courtyard noticed it. Suddenly, someone shouted: "Who, who is talking over there?"

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan stepped into the courtyard, looked at the palace door and shouted coldly: "Second brother, what are you doing?"

Behind him, naturally, followed a large group of guards.With so many people, it suddenly became very conspicuous.

When others saw him, they recognized him as the prince-in-law, a man dressed as a military general, and his father, the concubine of King Qin, who was the Duke of Wei, so they didn't dare to come forward.

When King Qin saw it, he was immediately furious. He reached out and slapped the table and said, "Zhang Yifan, what do you mean? Without my permission, you dare to break into my Qin Palace. Even if you go to my father, you will not be able to explain it!"

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan walked towards him and replied coldly: "Except for the palace, I can come and go anywhere in the world freely. This is my father's permission."

Having said this, he had already approached King Qin and asked directly: "What did they commit, and why are they punished like this?"

"What does the matter of my Qin Palace have to do with you?" King Qin said angrily after hearing this, "You come to my place, and I will cleanse you up, but I don't give you any face. You insist on staying in a post station. That's okay Ah, what are you doing here? I’m not going to fawn over you anymore!”

After finishing speaking, he stared at Zhang Yifan, and without waiting for Zhang Yifan to speak, he spoke again: "Don't think that because you hold the title of Liquor Order, I will be afraid of you? If you want to trouble me, come on!"

Zhang Yifan didn't answer this, and turned to look at the trembling people in the courtyard, then turned back to look at King Qin and asked: "So, these people are punished because of my fault, which makes you feel unhappy. , just to vent your anger on them?"

"So what? My slave, I can punish you however I like. Do you care?" King Qin seemed to have a lot of resentment, which was poured out at this time.

The concubine Deng didn't say anything, but when she saw Deng Yu accompanying the prince consort, she called out "Dad" in a low voice.

Zhang Yifan, on his side, heard King Qin's words and ignored him for the time being. He first ordered his guards: "Let them all wear clothes, drink a bowl of ginger soup, and wait by the side."

Afterwards, he strode into the hall, and at the same time ordered: "Old Deng, come in, second brother and younger sister-in-law, and everyone else, wait at the door."

"This is my palace, why do you give orders?" King Qin shouted angrily after hearing this.

Deng Yu sighed in his heart and stepped inside.When his daughter saw him, she didn't dare not listen, so she followed him inside.

Zhu Wu and his men forced King Qin to take two steps and forced him into the palace. Then he closed the palace door and stood guard at the door.

King Qin, who had been treated like this, was furious and shouted that he must go to his father and mother to accuse him and seek justice.However, no one paid attention to him, and there was only his echo in the hall.

Zhang Yifan waited for him to calm down for a while, then looked at him and said: "Second brother, I am saving you, do you understand?"

Having said this, he turned to look at Deng again and said in a cold voice: "Also, I'm going to save you."

Hearing his words, King Qin couldn't help laughing angrily, pointed at Zhang Yifan and said sharply: "Okay, it is said that tiger poison does not eat its offspring, do you dare to believe that my father wants me to die? That's fine, my father only needs one order. He gave me this life, so just give it back to him. If I frown, my surname is not Zhu!"

As for Zhang Yifan's behavior, it would be absolutely impossible to do it without the emperor's consent.Therefore, when Zhang Yifan said these words, King Qin went a little crazy. He did not expect that his father would actually want to kill him.

Zhang Yifan saw him, and after he had finished speaking, he said in a cold voice: "Did my father tell you that he has never treated his chef harshly in his life? Have you listened to this? How do you tell the people around you?" Harsh treatment, when they feel that there is no way out, do you think they will pull you back?"

Having said this, he turned to look at Deng and said, "You will accompany your second brother to cause chaos, and you should be indispensable for it. What do you think my father will think when he finds out? He will not kill his second brother, but for You are not virtuous at all, but you lead your second brother to evil. Will you be given a piece of white silk? Will it affect your father? Have you ever thought about these things? My father is wise and powerful, but not everyone can do it. Foolish!"

After finishing speaking, he turned to look at Deng Yu and reminded: "Old Deng, you must remember the death of Hu Dahai's son, right?"

As soon as he finished speaking, except for King Qin who was still grumbling, the expressions of Deng Yu and his daughter completely changed.

Zhang Yifan looked at King Qin who was still unconvinced, and said again: "As soon as I arrived in Xi'an, I didn't even bother to rest, so I came to deal with your affairs. This is also because my father and mother have talked to me many times and don't want anything to happen to you. , will do this.”

"I can feel very clearly how much my father and mother love you and want your good. I am an orphan, and I am very envious of the love you have from your parents. But think about it for yourself, do you have to work hard? Have you ever repaid your parents' love?"

"You have disappointed your father and mother so much!"

"..."

In the hall, Zhang Yifan's voice was the only one for a moment.

(End of this chapter)