Jinyi Night Walk

The imperial court was horrified when they learned that King Ning had rebelled against King Yan.Not only were they worried that the combined forces of King Ning and King Yan would increase greatly, but they were also worried that these two anti-kings would form a chain reaction, making other kings ready to move, especially Zhu Zhi, the king of Liaodong who ruled Liaodong. If he followed suit, then The northeast and northwest are connected together, and Zhu Di has enough qualifications to challenge the court.

But at this time, it is obviously not feasible to cut the king of Liao again. The idiots understand that this is forcing the king of Liao to vote for the king of Yan, but putting him in Liaodong, Zhu Yunqi is really worried. He and Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru, Qi Tai, Lian Zining and others discussed for a long time, and finally decided to use Huairou means, which is the strategy of cutting the vassals suggested by Gao Wei, the judge of the Five Armies, and Zhuo Jing, the servant of the household department, but not adopted: change the place to be the king, cut down the other foundation.

Zhu Yunwen sent his trusted ministers to Guangning Prefecture in Liaodong during the starry night. Zhu Zhi did not resist after receiving the imperial decree. However, at this time King Ning had entered the customs with King Yan, and the land route was already impassable. Zhu Zhi was afraid that it would be too late to go back. The imperial court had doubts about him, so they took a large ship to take the sea route to bypass the area controlled by King Yan, landed in Shandong, and then rushed to Nanjing by fast horse.

Zhu Yunwen was overjoyed, and immediately changed his fiefdom to Jingzhou, assigned some manpower to him, and asked him to go to Jingzhou to take office immediately, so as to stabilize the hearts of the kings who waited and watched.It's just that Jingzhou..., Jingzhou is the place where Xiang Wang Zhu Bo and his family burned themselves. The whole family died, even the whole palace was burnt down. Zhu Yunqi is not easy to arrange, but he is sent to Jingzhou, and he is not afraid of him. Facing the ruins of Brother Twelve's house all day long, he couldn't come up with any other ideas.

The King of Liao obediently went to Jingzhou, which made Zhu Yunxuan heaved a sigh of relief. The King of Liao, Zhu Zhi, who came from the sea, had no soldiers or generals, and could not make waves in Jingzhou. His "happy ending" could appease the rest of the kings. After Wang left Liaodong, he no longer had to worry about Liaodong soldiers and horses being taken by him to join King Yan, and Zhu Yunwen felt relieved again.

In the case of King Ning and King Yan joining forces, in Zhu Yunqi's view, although it added some troubles, it still could not control the situation of the battle. 50 vs. 15 is about the same as 50 vs. [-]. The imperial army still maintains an absolute advantage.With his teachers Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai around, he doesn't need to worry too much about these matters, so he still spends most of his time discussing with Fang Xiaoru.

Compared with his grandfather, Zhu Yunxuan had more time in his spare time for court meetings and reviewing memorials. Zhu Yuanzhang was a workaholic who had to do everything by himself, and he had to review thousands of memorials at most in a day.Many courtiers’ memorials are like the old lady’s foot wraps. They are stinky and long. You have to find something useful among a lot of useless clichés and give a clear answer. And there are more than 1000 such foot wraps. One can imagine such a workload.

However, Zhu Yunqi advocated the rule of the arch and the rule of inaction. All the important affairs of the government were handed over to Huang Zicheng and his group. The time he spared was mainly used to talk with Fang Xiaoru about the rituals of the Zhou Dynasty. The rituals of the Zhou Dynasty are extensive and profound. Can be mastered quickly.Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng played the roles beside him, as if they were religious leaders and political leaders, one instilled his ideals, and the other managed the political power for him.

After going to court today, I approved a few important memorials that Huang Zicheng had transferred, and Zhu Yunqi was free.The weather turned cold, and Mr. Xiaozhi caught wind and cold occasionally, so he didn't come to teach for the past two days, so today Zhu Yunqi didn't learn the Zhou rituals, but started to practice the Zhou rituals.

Rituals of Zhou need to be learned and practiced, from as small as a family to as large as a country, it can be embodied everywhere, such as...the Rites of the Duke of Zhou.It is said that people in ancient times were very simple, so simple that the folk customs were very primitive, and the two were very chaotic. Therefore, the Duke of Zhou set the ceremony. There are seven links in Dunlun, and each link has specific and detailed regulations, which are collectively called the "seven rituals of marriage righteousness".

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The Duke of Zhou also summoned the sons of the scholars to Piyong, and he and his wife performed the ceremony to them in person. However, when it came to the ceremony of Dunlun, the wife of the Duke of Zhou was very embarrassed and refused to perform in public. The Duke of Zhou had no choice but to take a gourd , cut into two halves, one half represents men, the other half represents women, and men bow down to women, so as to conform to the principle of all things that are contained in the sky and the earth.

Later, when Confucius set the rituals, Confucius felt that the time had passed and the people’s wisdom had been enlightened, so there was no need to teach the Dunlun rituals specially, so the seven rituals became the six rituals, but he said that he would not teach them anymore. In fact, when his daughter’s family got married, when Mothers always want to secretly teach them, or make some erotic pictures for their daughters to understand. As for men..., cough!There is really no need to teach.

The weather was relatively cold today, Zhu Yunwen read for a while in the warm spring-like Zhengxin Hall, and when he became interested, he asked someone to bring food and wine, wanting to have a few drinks.The person serving the banquet is a female servant named Murong Linshuang, Lin is a beautiful jade, her skin is really warm and moist like jade, and it can be broken by blowing.Shuang, in this palace as warm as spring, and in front of the current emperor, of course, Shuang melted the snow and smiled like a flower.

After Zhu Yunwen drank two glasses of rice wine, seeing this lady named Murong Linshuang's graceful appearance, he felt a little emotional, took her by the hand and asked her name and age, then took her to the inner hall to perform Zhou Gong's ceremony up.Those who can become palace ladies are all a little older. Murong Linshuang never thought that she would be favored by the emperor when she was in her early twenties. Naturally, she was surprised and delighted, and she didn't care about the shyness of her daughter's family.

But even if she wanted to flatter her, she couldn't do anything to flatter her, because Zhu Yunwen came to London in strict accordance with Zhou Gong's etiquette, which is what the West calls the missionary position. Like Zhou Gong, the priests all think that men are It is most reasonable in the world, and it is against messy tricks, so Miss Lin Shuang just needs to lie there obediently.

The man on his body didn't know how to caress, and didn't know how to say a few words of love, or he was too lazy to do these things to her, a little female official. , which made Zhu Yunqi very masculine.

After the fortune, Miss Murong endured the pain of breaking melons and waited for Zhu Yunqi to take a bath and change clothes. Zhu Yunqi came out with a cheerful expression, and said to Xiao Linzi who was waiting outside: "I am lucky to be an officer Murong today, write it down, and give her a lady." title."

"The slaves obey the orders!"

Xiao Linzi agreed, and hurried to the Department of Internal Affairs to convey the emperor's oral order.

The ranks of empresses and concubines in Ming Dynasty are Empress; Imperial Concubine; Concubine Gui; Concubine Xian, Concubine Shu, Concubine Zhuang, Concubine Jing, Concubine Hui, Concubine Shun, Concubine Kang, Concubine Ning; , Concubine An, Concubine He, Concubine Xi, Concubine Kang; Zhaoyi, Jieyu, Cairen, Xuanshi, Lady.Murong Linshuang has just been conferred the title of lady. It seems that there is still a long, long way to go in life.

Zhu Yunzheng walked down the corridor with a cheerful expression, and seeing the curling snowflakes in the air, he couldn't help but be surprised and happy. It is not easy to see snow in the south of the Yangtze River. Zhu Yunwen hurriedly asked someone to take a robe and walk in the snow. It's a thin layer, but he also felt quite artistic, so he waved away the few servants who were accompanying him behind him, and went for a walk in the snow alone.

Snowflakes curled up and swayed gently. After walking for a while, I saw a small pavilion in front of the pavilion. Two green pines beside the pavilion were covered with a thin layer of white snow. Zhu Yunwen wanted to stop at the pavilion. A crisp voice in the booth said: "Godfather, is what you said true?"

"Why is godfather coaxing you? It's spread outside. Godfather is in charge of the imperial dining room. I heard about it when I went out to shop for the palace. Alas, the army of 50 troops has been defeated!"

Zhu Yunwen was startled, he quickly stood still, and listened attentively, he could hear that crisp voice was Xiao Linzi, the house servant who was waiting beside him, and the other person in charge of the imperial dining room was naturally Huang Ruoxi Huang Gonggong from the imperial dining department.

Zhu Yunwen listened intently for a long time, the more he listened, the more surprised he became, he lost his composure, and immediately turned back to the Hall of Zhengxin, and ordered with a serious face: "Quickly, bring Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai into the palace immediately!"

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"Li Jiujiang is incompetent! Li Jiujiang is incompetent!"

Huang Zicheng was so angry that his face turned purple, he smashed a fine celadon cup to pieces, and roared furiously: "50 troops, even if they are led by a pig, they won't be beaten to pieces, he... he ..."

Stars flashed before Huang Zicheng's eyes, and he almost fainted. His old family hurriedly stepped forward to help him.

There were still unmelted snowflakes on the cloak, and Qi Tai, who hurried to report the news, said solemnly: "Brother Yixing, the matter has come to this, what's the use of being angry. Let's go to the palace and report this matter to the emperor, and change it quickly." Commander."

"No! No, Shangli, let the old man think about it."

Huang Zicheng supported the old man's arm, returned to the table and sat down slowly.

Li Jinglong was the general he strongly recommended. According to the rules, Li Jinglong was guilty, and he, the recommender, was also to blame. The 50 army suffered a crushing defeat. Thinking about it makes people feel heartbroken. If the emperor is furious, he will pursue it...

Huang Zicheng twirled his beard and thought for a long time, then shook his head and said: "Shangli, I regret that I didn't listen to your good advice. Changing generals before the battle is indeed a taboo in the army. Now it is not appropriate to change the commander. Because of the arrogant soldiers, he must have learned a lesson after suffering such a serious setback."

"What? You want to hide such a big matter from the emperor?"

Qi Tai widened his eyes and said: "Brother Yixing, don't make the same mistake again! 50 troops went out to fight, and the battle was fought like this, which shows that Li Jinglong is no good as a general. Sheji Jiangshan is not a child's play, and there is no change of commander at this time. , when will we wait?"

Huang Zicheng said seriously: "Shangli, victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. Li Jinglong's defeat was due to a careless and arrogant enemy. After learning this lesson, he may not be able to fight again. Shangli, don't forget that you and I were briefed by the emperor. How many people in the court are jealous and envious of taking on a big responsibility? Now that the government and the military are all under your control, Li Jinglong has suffered such a big defeat, you and I can hardly absolve ourselves of the blame. Can you stand in court with a shy face?

You and I are greatly favored by His Majesty, so our own honor and disgrace are nothing, but once we reach this point, maybe you and I will also take the blame and resign. It’s nothing to resign from this position, but the Emperor’s New Deal depends entirely on you and me to implement it. If you and I stay away Far away from the temple, the emperor lost his left and right arms, and the nobles and generals will inevitably make a comeback. At that time, wouldn't His Majesty become their puppet? "

Qi Tai was silent after hearing this, and asked after a while, "Then... what should I do?"

Huang Zicheng said: "This matter cannot be reported! Shangli is in charge of the military department, and all the military information is in his hands. Mr. Xiaozhi's side, as well as Jingqing, Zhuo Jing, Lian Zining and other colleagues, you and I rush to find out the pros and cons. Please also protect it together, don't say anything in front of the emperor. The old man will write a letter to Li Jiujiang, telling him to take the crime and make meritorious service, and win a big victory to make up for his mistakes."

Qi Tai was at a loss for a long time, only to let out a long sigh.

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"Sir, Qi Aiqing, I heard that the battle ahead is unfavorable, Jiujiang was defeated, and you have fled to Dezhou?"

Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai were summoned into the palace as soon as they had made a plan, they didn't know why the emperor called him here, they couldn't help being secretly surprised when they heard this, and hurriedly said in a frightened and angry manner: "It's unreasonable, who made this?" Ah! I know, since Yan Ni rebelled, he has repeatedly spread rumors to confuse the hearts of our soldiers and the people. .”

After hearing this, Zhu Yunwen relaxed his face, and quickly asked: "Why, isn't that the case?"

"of course not."

Huang Zicheng laughed: "Your Majesty, Cao Guogong led the army to the north, and made many gains, driving Yan Ni to nowhere. However, the weather in the north is extremely cold in winter. Look, Your Majesty, even Jinling City is covered with snowflakes. The northern land is like a cold wind." Huxue, the snow is a few feet away. Most of our soldiers are soldiers from the south. They can't stand the severe cold weather. Cao Guogong cherishes the soldiers, so he temporarily withdraws his troops and returns to Dezhou. He will continue to attack Beiping in the next spring. Alas! I can't think of Yan Ni's tricks There are so many things, the imperial soldiers and horses temporarily retired due to the weather, and they were actually used by them to spread such absurd rumors."

Zhu Yunwen was both surprised and delighted: "Is that so? Has Qi Aiqing ever received Cao Guogong's battle report?"

Qi Tai glanced to the side, Huang Zicheng was looking at him with burning eyes, Qi Tai sighed helplessly, and had no choice but to lean forward and said: "Yes, I received the battle report. After Cao Guogong sent troops, he first captured Yongping and recaptured Beiping." , Yan Ni lost many battles, so he came up with the idea of ​​King Ning and went out to join forces with him. Although the city of Beiping is high and thick, it has been broken by our army several times, and it is almost broken. Now... the weather today It was extremely cold, and most of our troops were soldiers from the south, who were impatient with the severe cold in the north, and many soldiers were frostbitten. Cao Guogong judged the situation, and then returned to Dezhou to prepare for another battle next spring."

"I see!"

Zhu Yunwen let go of his worries and beamed with joy: "That's the reason. Just now, after walking in the palace for a while, I felt extremely cold on my body. What's more, the bitter cold land in the north is really hard for the soldiers of the Northern Expedition and Jiujiang. I persisted until this moment before I retreated. I want to reward the divisions of the Northern Expedition, and I want to reward Jiujiang. Rewards and punishments are clear, hahaha..."

Zhu Yunwen laughed heartily, and immediately ordered: "Come on, draw up an order, add Li Cao Guogong, Prince Li Jinglong, and Prince Taishi, give seal books, gold coins, imperial wine, sable fur, and reward the three armies!"

Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng looked at each other, Huang Zicheng forced his head and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty loves the three armies so much, the three armies will use their lives to the death. In the first battle next spring, we will take Beiping and eliminate Yanni."

Zhu Yunwen smiled and nodded again and again. Qi Tai couldn't bear it anymore, but Huang Zicheng is not only his staunch ally, but also the emperor's teacher. I am really worried about that Cao Guogong and those remnant soldiers and defeated generals. Now that this level has been prevaricated, what will happen next spring?

He had no choice but to cough and said, "However, when Cao Guogong returned to Dezhou, 50 troops were on the way. Most of Cao Guogong and his generals were good at attacking but not good at defending. As a result, the Yan army took advantage of the opportunity and used the cavalry to come and go. The advantage of swiftness and wind has really hurt many of my soldiers and horses in the rear. Moreover, Yan Ni has won King Ning's soldiers and horses, and his strength has greatly increased. I think that I can raise more troops and horses to supplement the army. At the same time, I should send an old and experienced general , to assist Cao Guogong, if this is the case, we will fight again in the next spring, and it will be decided in one fell swoop!"

Zhu Yunxuan said displeased: "Shangshu is going to speak for Geng Bingwen again? Geng Bingwen suffered a defeat in Zhending, and his son Geng Yu suffered another defeat in Yongping. The Geng family has a false name and is worthless. Aiqing don't say anything." .”

Qi Tai hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I am not recommending Marquis Changxing. I think that Wei Guogong Xu Huizu is old enough to seek the country and can assist Cao Guogong."

Zhu Yunwen still refused, Qi Tai glanced at Huang Zicheng, Huang Zicheng thought about it, and felt that Li Jinglong was a little unreliable, so he couldn't care about his personal grievances with the Zhongshan Palace, so he responded aloud: " Your Majesty, making Xu Huizu the Deputy General of Cao Guogong is not enough to complement each other, so it may not be a safe opinion."

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Seeing that his teacher also agreed, Zhu Yunqi nodded helplessly and said: "Okay, then call another 20 soldiers and let Xu Huizu lead them to help Jiujiang and eradicate Yan Ni!"

Huang Zicheng and Qi Taimeng passed Zhu Yunwen, left the palace in a hurry, and immediately went to see Fang Xiaoru who was recuperating at home, and called on Jing Qing, Lian Zining and other close officials of the emperor one by one. After returning to the mansion, Huang Zicheng immediately wrote a letter to Li Jinglong, telling him not to report the news of the defeat to the emperor.

Inside the palace, Zhu Yunxuan learned about the "true situation" in the north. He was overjoyed for a while, and then remembered the head of the imperial dining room. .Zhu Yunxuan commanded solemnly: "The steward of the imperial dining room, Huang Ruoxi, spread rumors, confuse people, talk about government affairs, slander the ministers, and order to be flogged to death! Gather the servants in the palace and watch the punishment together, so as to serve as an example to others!"

This winter is indeed relatively cold. The snow in Nanjing City has been falling for a long time, and it is soft and thick when you step on it. Palaces, private houses, inside and outside the city, all are pure white. Only this place is red. of.

The eunuchs watching the execution had already left silently, only the servant Xiao Linzi was still kneeling beside the bloody corpse of his godfather Huang Gonggong, with two tears in his mouth.The blood and snow had already frozen together, two eunuchs carrying shovels walked over silently, put down their tools, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Eunuch Huang's corpse: "Eunuch Huang, go with peace of mind, and find a good family in the next life. "

After speaking, he got up, dragged up Xiao Linzi who was kneeling so numb, and scooped up a piece of red snow under Eunuch Huang's body, and dragged his body away...

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Texas has been a mess lately.

Li Jinglong fled back first, and the Ming army who besieged the nine cities of Beiping fled back one after another two days later. Along the way, the army was defeated, and the chaotic army fled back to Dezhou city in groups.

There were also soldiers who fled directly to the south of the Yangtze River, but not many. Once they were caught, the deserters would be beheaded. Most of the defeated soldiers came to Dezhou after leaving Beiping.They lacked clothing and food, and were full of grievances. Naturally, they would not spend money on food and lodging along the way. Do they have to pay for it themselves to fight for the court?The emperor had no reason to send hungry soldiers, so the inns, restaurants, and even the houses along the way stopped being moldy.

But when they arrived in Dezhou, they began to observe the rules again. After all, it was the location of Cao Guogong Li Jinglong's Chinese army camp. Here, there are still few people who violate military discipline. Besides, Dezhou has always been an important military town in the Ming Dynasty. The military material reserves here It is very rich, and once they enter Texas, they still have food and clothing.

It's just that these 50 people came from different regions and were drawn from different armies. When they escaped all the way, the organization was even more chaotic.

Li Jinglong, who learned from the pain, finally started to work hard. For several days in a row, he left his concubine and stayed alone in the empty boudoir, while he was dressed in military uniform and rectified the army. Reorganized, reorganized, and inspected the three armies. When the army was dispatched, there were 50 troops, and now there are only about 40 left. The wounded and disabled soldiers accounted for tens of thousands. If he knew that he had failed so badly, how should he be punished.

There is a mess hall in the city of Dezhou. At the beginning of the month, the shopkeeper just changed, and a person surnamed Xia put it down. The original shopkeeper of the mess hall was named Zhou, but now it is the shopkeeper Xia.

This Shopkeeper Xia is naturally Xia Xun.

The subordinates who rushed to Texas earlier drew up two alternative careers for him: pharmacy and brothel.

Of these two places, one dealt with the most wounded soldiers, and the other dealt with the most non-wounded soldiers, and both could get a lot of useful information, but both were rejected by Xia Xun.The pharmacy is too professional, and a pharmacy shopkeeper who doesn't understand pharmacology is too suspicious.As for the brothel, even if those prostitutes were forced to make a living and sold themselves voluntarily, he was unwilling to be the head of the big teapot, which always felt a little outrageous.

He found a career by himself: messing around.

I can think of this because the first time he went to Beiping, he was slapped by Xie Yufei in the gangster here in Dezhou, and was almost beaten up by a group of angry women.The bathhouse is also a place frequented by soldiers, and they have to be officials and soldiers with a few small money in their hands, so Xia Xun made a final decision, and his men fought and fought a few times here. The second beating, and the cost was enough, and finally let the boss of that week painfully take out the bastard.

There is a men's bathhouse on the left and a women's bathhouse on the right, and there is a common entrance at the very front. Above the entrance is hung the four characters "Hundred Springs", so the officers and Dezhou who came in and out The girls and daughters-in-law in the city can see a man wearing a sheepskin jacket, a dog fur hat, a mustache, a big abacus in his hand, nodding and smiling, standing behind the counter every day.

This person is naturally Boss Xia Xunxia.

ps: Boss Xia is asking for tickets, monthly tickets, recommendation tickets.Those who don't vote will be arrested under Boss Xia's subordinates, and they will all be female spies_