Jinyi Night Walk

In the early court, the ministers standing in front noticed that the emperor's complexion was not very good. Zhu Yunwen's complexion was originally fair, but it was still fair at this moment, but lacked some healthy blood, and his eyelids were also a little swollen, slightly wrinkled Eyebrows, revealing his gloomy mood unabashedly.

Zhu Yunxuan's complexion was indeed not very good, and his mood was not very good. He didn't sleep much all night yesterday, and it was difficult to fall asleep after tossing and turning. Later, he simply got up with his clothes on and read a book casually, so that Ben was called to serve the bed The imperial concubine Feng Baoer sat with him all night tremblingly.

"My lords... Pingshen..."

After Zhu Yunwen said weakly, he looked at the courtiers who stood up slowly and looked extremely obedient, and suddenly felt a palpitation: "March, ministers, father, father, son, is this really the case? All decisions about me, whether right or wrong, they Is it true that there is only obedience blindly, and is it from the bottom of your heart? The King of Xiang... resisted with death and set himself on fire with his whole family, so what?"

,He suddenly remembered a thing he heard from his father when he was a child.What his father told him was an incident during the Three Kingdoms period. Once, before a banquet, Wei Wendi Cao Pi suddenly got up on the spur of the moment and asked the officials a question: "If the biological father and the king are terminally ill at the same time, and only one Pills can only save one person, are you going to save the king, or save the father?"

Civil and military officials expressed their loyalty to the emperor with generous speeches, saying that if he encountered such a situation, he would give up his father and save the emperor, but one minister named Bing Yuan didn't say a word. Cao Pi asked him by name , Bing Yuan replied loudly: "Of course I will save my father!"

Of course, saving the father, saving the king or saving the father, does this still need to be discussed?In his opinion, of course, the father is more important than the king, and Cao Pi did not blame him, because Cao Pi also knew that those ministers who claimed to sacrifice their father to save the king were just trying to please him, and they were not telling the truth.

His father said to him: "The closest relatives in the world are flesh and blood. We were born in the emperor's family, and we have many more rules and systems than brothers and sisters in ordinary families. Therefore, relatives who are far less than ordinary families have the opportunity to get close. Only in this way, we More attention should be paid to the affection of relatives, and a lot of care and consideration should be paid to the close relatives of the same flesh and blood."

His father, Zhu Biao, has never done anything prominent. Even the crown prince died of illness within a few years, but his grandfather's more than 20 sons, some are kind, some are violent, some are perverted, and some are withdrawn. Regardless of his temperament, he is respectful and close to his father, and really respects and loves this big brother as a big brother.Even though his father had been dead for so many years, no matter who mentioned him, he was still full of reverence.

Did the teacher teach me wrong?Should I be like my father?What's wrong with me doing this?I am the emperor, I am the emperor!Why can't they fulfill my painstaking efforts?

Zhu Yunqi's face twisted for a moment, in a trance, it seemed that he heard someone calling: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

"Ok?"

Zhu Yunwen woke up and looked carefully, only to see the officials of Honglu Temple standing there cautiously, and said: "Your Majesty, the officials who thank you and your Majesty's speech have all been announced today. If the Emperor does not see them, then... you can Let the officials play their role."

Zhu Yunqi straightened his figure and said, "Then...play the matter."

"According to the order!"

Honglu Temple bowed to receive the decree, turned to the officials, and shouted loudly: "The emperor has an order, and the officials will play something. If there is an order, I will play it early, and I will leave the court without incident!"

"I have the original play!"

Zhu Yunxuan's eyes were sharp, and he saw a tiger general standing out from the class of military officials, and it seemed that someone pulled him from behind, and he flicked his sleeves fiercely, throwing off the colleague who was trying to hold him, Zhu Yunxuan saw it clearly, The one who stood up was Xu Zengshou, the first-rank military official of the current dynasty, and the governor of the Chinese army.

"Xu Aiqing, do you have anything to say?"

"Yes, I heard yesterday that the King of Xiang was scolded by His Majesty for his minor faults, and his whole family was burned in the palace..."

Before Xu Zengshou finished speaking, Lian Zining came out more and more, and said in a deep voice: "The governor Xu said carefully, King Xiangli plotted rebellion, his crimes were exposed, and he committed suicide in fear. It is not a small fault."

"You fart!"

Xu Zengshou was furious, and shouted sharply: "Rebellion, rebellion again! Less than a year after the death of the first emperor, the king of Zhou rebelled, the king of Qi rebelled, the king of Dai rebelled, and now the king of Xiang also rebelled. Why didn't he rebel? Suddenly all the kings of the world rebelled? If they rebelled, they will rebel. Now the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and the common people in the world only hear that they are rebellious. There is no real evidence! If they really rebelled, the minister is a general. On behalf of Your Majesty, I wish to be the first to send troops to crusade, and it would not be a pity to die on the battlefield, but how can I be convicted only by one word, where is the law of the court? Where is the prestige!"

Huang Zicheng said darkly: "Commander Xu, what do you mean by 'the original did not rebel, but all the kings of the world suddenly rebelled'? Are you insinuating that the emperor has no way, causing the world to be restless?"

"I will smack your grandma every day!"

Enemies met each other and were extremely jealous. Xu Zengshou had been holding back his anger all night. When he heard him take himself into the ditch, he yelled angrily. Extremely human minister, how can you lose your dignity in front of the king, so that you can do this?"

Xu Zengshou also knew that based on his words, if Zhu Yunqi was in a difficult situation, he could be punished for his misconduct, so he pointed at Huang Zicheng and filed a complaint with Zhu Yunqi first: "I will kill you grandma, you dig and bury me!" Your Majesty, you heard me, Huang Zicheng is a dignified man on the surface, but he is full of male robbers and female prostitutes. He has ulterior motives and is extremely sinister. He is deliberately abducting his ministers into injustice. The emperor wants to uphold justice for his ministers!"

Zhu Yunwen was very angry, and slapped the table and shouted: "Nonsense, this is the Golden Palace, the place where hundreds of officials perform their affairs, what's the noise, everyone back away!"

Guo Ren, the minister of the household department, came out of the crowd, bowed to Zhu Yun, and said loudly: "Since the emperor ascended the throne, he has stored up money and prepared the army. , It’s all about peace for all generations, Xu Dudu receives the imperial salary, shouldn’t he be loyal to the emperor, and share his worries for the emperor?”

The implication of Guo Ren's words is: Let's open the skylight and say it bluntly. The emperor is going to cut down the feudal clan. He has planned to cut down the feudal clan since he ascended the throne.These princes have all led soldiers, fought battles and held military power, and have a relatively good relationship with King Yan of Beiping. Regardless of whether the kings have committed rebellion or not, they cannot escape the fate of being deposed first. The King of Xiang himself does not know. Time affairs, who is to blame?

You still speak for him, which side are you on?

Guo Ren was on Zhu Yunqi's side, but unfortunately he said this too bluntly, and he didn't know how to hide it, Zhu Yunqi couldn't help but blushed, and before he had time to get rid of himself, someone next to him said: "Master Guo, this Words are wrong, can it be said that if you cut off all the kings, you will be able to live in peace forever?"

"Huh? Who is so bold, who knows what the emperor wants, and dares to sing against the emperor with Xu Zengshou's stunned young man?" All the officials turned their heads and saw that Yuan Tai, who was standing at the head of the imperial emissary, almost fainted In the past, the person who spoke was actually a member of his imperial envoy, and he was also a young imperial envoy whom he personally promoted in order to attack Wu Youdao's cronies: "This kid is so ignorant of current affairs, he actually sings against me!"

This young imperial envoy was called Yu Xin, and he was full of enthusiasm. He only felt that as an imperial envoy, he should uphold justice and justice. He ignored Yuan Tai's murderous eyes and said proudly to Zhu Yunqi: "Your Majesty, All the kings are the sons of Taizu, the siblings of Emperor Xiaokang (Zhu Biao), Your Majesty's uncle. The second emperor has a spirit in heaven, seeing that Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, but his own son and brother were slaughtered, Can they feel at peace? The so-called views of cutting down the vassals are all foolish views of upholding Confucianism. I advise Your Majesty not to listen to them. Otherwise, my Ming Dynasty will have a good situation. I am afraid that within ten years, there will be great chaos. Your Majesty will regret it at that time. It's too late."

Qi Tai said angrily: "Yu Yushi, do you think that the emperor is forcing the kings to rebel?"

The young imperial envoy smiled lightly, and replied calmly: "As an imperial envoy, I am responsible for impeaching all officials and supervising the criminal law. If there is injustice and injustice, I should report to the emperor and set the record straight. The Imperial Envoy speaks about the duties of an official. Should Master Qi follow the example of Xueshi Huang's method of inducing Dudu Xu to commit a crime?"

Some of the ministers in the hall immediately sneered, Qi Tai's skin was thinner than Huang Zicheng's, and he couldn't help but blush when he heard this.

When Fang Xiaoru saw it, he hurriedly stood up to defend Zhu Yunzheng. When he opened his mouth, he was the ancient sages, and when he shut up, he was Confucius and Mengyue.He knew the means of cutting down the vassal, and some people in the court have always disagreed, but fearing the majesty of the emperor, the officials have never dared to speak out, and Gao Wei, a former governor who has been serving as an official, did not know the severity of the matter and raised objections to him However, because of the death of King Xiang, there was finally a voice of public opposition in the court, which made him deeply disturbed.

Zhu Yuanzhang’s son didn’t have a fuel-efficient lamp. King Qi just gave him some eye drops. Zhu Di, the king of Yan, was hard and soft for a while, half mocking, half teasing, and once embarrassing him, but their actions It is not as fierce as Xiang Wang Zhu Bo.Zhu Yunqi has a good reputation and wants face, but his uncles unanimously chose not to give him face, and slapped him hard in the face. Zhu Bo even used the lives of his whole family to slap him hard, making him The halo of benevolence, filial piety and charity that he once advertised on himself began to fade gradually.The significance of Zhu Bo's death began to emerge after his death. Zhu Yunwen was worried that not only the kings were secretly hostile to him, but many people in the government and the opposition would be alienated.

"I don't agree with what Fang Xueshi said!"

Listening to Fang Xiaoru boasting about the theory that the monarch and ministers, father and son, and the courtiers should share the worries of the monarch and father, Jin Youran, a member of the Ministry of Rites, came out to play and said: "Your Majesty, I think it is not appropriate to cut down the vassal. The late emperor Using a piece of cloth to drive away the barbarians and defeat the heroes is a great talent, a hero who founded a country, if feudal vassal states are harmful and useless, wouldn’t the first emperor not know? The hero who founded a country and sealed a vassal state, like Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, is not as intelligent and strategic as a group of boastful people Literati?

Why feudal vassal state?Because whether the relatives are relatives or eunuchs, or the court is powerful and the local princes are too big to lose their power, the feudal vassals are the biggest backing of the emperor. Power is nothing more than a flash in the pan, and imperial power will eventually return to the royal family.If the royal kings are not trustworthy, are outsiders more trustworthy? "

Huang Zicheng said angrily: "Jin Youran, you little ceremonial servant, Wailang, are you using heresy to confuse the emperor?"

As the name suggests, Jin Youran is extremely slow-tempered. He was afraid that his thoughts would be interrupted in a hurry, so he still said leisurely: "Master Huang's words are wrong. The people of the Han Dynasty summed up the lessons of Qin Li II's death. Shi said: "Qin has no flesh and blood to support the root, and there is no ruler outside the Tubo wing guard.Wu Chen Fen stood upright, and Liu Xiang died after him. "This is to only set up counties and counties without the disadvantages of enfeoffment. Otherwise, how could Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu succeed easily?

After the death of the first emperor, Zhao Gao regarded a deer as a horse, and monopolized the power of regicide. If the clan of Qin State was powerful, how could he be regarded as a fool?Since ancient times, it has always been the case when powerful officials controlled the government and there were no strong vassals outside. Because the royal family was weak, once the emperor was controlled by others, he could only let him do whatever he wanted.The world is easier, officials can serve the new dynasty again, can royal family members?So, in terms of loyalty to the royal family, is there anyone better than the royal family? "

Huang Zicheng sneered, "Have you forgotten the rebellion of the Seven Kings of the Han Dynasty and the Rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Jin Dynasty?"

Jin Youran said slowly: "I haven't forgotten it. From the past and present, the chaos of the vassal kings, only these two things can be counted. I know it. How could my lord not bring it up as evidence."

Jin Youran's ridicule, coupled with his slow tone, caused a burst of laughter among the officials, but Jin Youran himself was very calm, and said solemnly: "The chaos of the seven kings of Han was caused by Emperor Han Jing and Chao Cuo thinking that King Wu Liu Bi was guilty and took the opportunity to cut his fiefdom. The rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Jin Dynasty was due to the dementia of Emperor Hui of Jin. Empress Jia killed Tai Fu Yang Jun, Runan King Sima Liang, Chu King Sima Wei, and Prince Sima Yu to attract foreign relatives Authoritarian power, so the kings rebelled.

The lower official does not mean that the power of the vassal kings cannot be restricted, nor does it mean that all the vassal kings abide by the law without fault, but the two rebellions of the vassal kings were all caused by the court. Few, entrusting the prosperous age and all generations to the reduction of the feudal clan, the minister thought it was a big mistake! "

"Cough! I think that Master Jin's words are inappropriate, and it is still necessary to cut down the feudal clan, but you can use the method of changing the place of the kings, supplemented by the technique of pushing favor..."

Zhuo Jing saw that Jin Youran, a low-level official of the fifth rank, made Huang Zicheng speechless by using the past to learn from the present, so he quickly took the opportunity to promote his consistent idea of ​​cutting down the vassals, that is, to change the defenses of the vassals from time to time, or implement promotions. En Ling made their feudal kingdom smaller and smaller, but he still advocated the reduction of the feudal vassal, but the method was obviously softer than that of Huang Zicheng and his ilk.

For a while, all the ministers were chattering and expressing their opinions one after another. Some strongly suggested not to be affected by the self-immolation of King Xiang, but to unswervingly follow the established policy and cut the kings clean; They are all close relatives of the royal family, and there is no major mistake, it is better to relocate; some people suggest that only cut military power, not to push the kings to a dead end.

The faction that cut the weeds, the faction that cuts the grass and the roots, and the faction that opposes the reduction of vassals attacked each other in the court hall, affirming their own intentions. Zhu Yunwen sat on the throne, feeling a burst of sadness in his heart.He remembered that when his grandfather was alive, there had never been such a situation in the court.But at this moment, although the matter started because of him, he is now like an outsider. He only needs to wait for all the officials to reason out a result, and the party with the upper hand will tell him the result, and he will make an order. Development is no longer under his control.

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Xia Xun left the Zhongshan Palace and walked slowly up the street.

In the square, there are people coming and going, and it is very lively. On the corner of the street, a few porters and peddlers are chatting with spittle.

"I heard that the king of Xiang is only 28 years old? His wife and children were burned to death? It's miserable, it's so miserable, the most ruthless emperor's family!"

"Hey, when it comes to our emperor Ming, it's really... tsk! When the great grandfather was alive, he liked to deal with the ministers of the court, and he was so ruthless. Don't we all say that our current emperor is filial and kind? How can you be more ruthless than Grandpa Taizu when you say lenient government and relieve Yanshuang? When Grandpa Taizu was alive, he never dealt with the old Zhu's family like this."

"You're not talking nonsense. The great grandfather took care of the officials. Can the officials praise him? Today's emperors are all..., of course they are respectful, filial and kind. "

"Cough, keep quiet, be careful, and be careful that trouble comes out of your mouth." After being reminded by an experienced partner, several small traders began to restrain themselves. Bullying the uncles of each family in such a way as the head of the house, the clansman opened the ancestral hall to clean up the house long ago."

Just as he was talking, Xia Xun, who was strolling on the street, glanced here, as if he suddenly discovered something, and walked straight over.

Seeing Xia Xun wearing a flying fish robe with spring knives embroidered on his ribs, the expressions of several small merchants changed drastically, and they scattered like birds and beasts, and went to the northwest.A barefoot man carrying a burden also hurriedly bowed his head to get the pole. Unexpectedly, when Xia Xun raised his foot, he was already firmly on the pole, and he couldn't help bowing in panic, "Master, you... what do you want to buy?"

This man was in his early twenties, bare-armed, with strong tendons and tanned skin. He wore his trouser legs and was barefoot. He wore a lazy bun on his head and inserted a willow branch as a hairpin. Eyebrows and facial features are also good-looking, but they are also tanned, and it looks like a man who often lives on the water.

A few peddlers in the parallel import business in the distance saw that the official of the Jinyiwei wanted to trouble the man, and immediately gloated.This kid is too unnatural, and I don’t know where he came from. He didn’t do business on this street before. He only came here yesterday. He picked two buckets of fresh fish and sold them on the street, and he didn’t know the rules. , each fresh fish is much cheaper than the few of them, so they robbed them of a lot of business.

The few of them got together and lured the man into the alley yesterday evening to teach him a lesson, but unfortunately, none of the six beat him, and he beat him severely instead.Today he came again, and fiercely drove the fish sellers into the alley, and monopolized the best intersection.

Xia Xun looked around, and saw that the people on the left and right had slipped away like a mouse seeing a cat, so he spit out the straw stick in his mouth, looked at the person with a half-smile and said, "Why? It's you?"

The man rolled his eyes at him and whispered, "If it's not me, who else could it be?"

Xia Xun said: "This matter is very important, didn't I ask you, the third master, to come here in person?"

The man said with a sneer: "The third family is busy nursing the baby, so there is no time for it."

Xia Xun was startled, and lost his voice: "What are you talking about? Baby!"

The man hurriedly laughed and said: "Long time no see, just kidding, the third boss... will arrive in a few days, because there is something to do, let the subordinates come first and wait for the adults to order."

It turned out that this man was the confidant of Xu Hu, the head of Shuangyu Island, He Tianyang, who once gained the trust of Lei Xiaoxi, the second head of the island, and took his head at a critical moment.Xia Xun was relieved after hearing this, and couldn't help laughing: "I've been talking nonsense all day, it doesn't matter if I hear it, let your third master hear it, but be careful that she punishes you. Pick up the burden and follow me."

He Tianyang's expression moved slightly, and he said, "My lord is about to act now? We haven't made any arrangements yet."

Xia Xun took his feet off the burden, looked around with his hands behind his back, and said in a low voice, "It's not time to act yet, but I have to tell you some things in advance. Soon, the sky will change!"

After He Tianyang heard this, he bent down to pick up the burden, and Xia Xun said loudly: "Come with me, I want these two loads of fatty fish, and I will pick some fatty fish every day from now on. The three princes like to eat fish belly. See if your fish is fresh."

Hearing that the official bought both barrels of fish at once, the parallel sellers were envious and envious, but when they saw He Tianyang leaving, they were also happy, so they quickly picked up the burden and ran over to grab the position.

He Tianyang followed Xia Xun, Xia Xun whispered: "The ships are all ready?"

He Tianyang said in a low voice: "My lord, don't worry, from this point to the mouth of the sea, the great river to the east, with our carefully selected master shipmen, it's no problem to make a long journey. When we get to the sea, it's all right. That's our world. Where can I go? However, at the ports along the river, there are checkpoints set up by the yamen of the inspection department, and there is nothing we can do about it.”

Xia Xun smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry, I'll take care of this matter to ensure that your boat can be unimpeded. The problem now is that those are three big living people, not your two barrels of fresh fish, who are overtly and secretly I am not the only one staring at them. How to get them out of Nanjing City quietly, without being discovered in time, is a problem. I want to discuss it with you three masters. When will she arrive? ?”

He Tianyang was half a step behind him, and glanced at him with a strange look, but it was a pity that Xia Xun walked in front of him with his head held high and never noticed.He Tianyang smiled, and replied: "After three days at the latest, when the third master arrives, the villain must immediately invite the third master to come to see the adults."

"it is good!"

Xia Xun clasped his hands behind his back, thinking of that woman who was sometimes brutal, sometimes passionate, like a beautiful siren, she felt a little hot in her heart: "No, I always walk around Yan Shizi now, come out for a while. It's not easy to get there, for fear of being noticed by those who are interested, don't ask the third family to come to see me, but give me the address of my residence when the time comes, and I will meet you quietly at night."

"it is good!"

He Tianyang agreed, and the look on his face became even weirder. ! ~!