Jinyi Night Walk

The empress, the First Prince, the Third Prince, Master Daoyan, the British Duke Zhang Fu and other personnel who stayed in Peking will arrive in Beijing today.Zhu Di issued an order to rest the court for one day. The civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty arrived at Yanziji to welcome the empress across the river.

In fact, Zhu Di came to the throne in June. If Concubine Xu and others went south immediately, it would not have taken so long to arrive. All the personnel went south, and some arrangements had to be made on the premises, and various powers were transferred from the palace to the premises. Everything was properly arranged, and this has been extended to this day.

Today, not only the civil and military officials in the court, but also senior officials, famous scholars, meritorious ministers, relatives of the emperor, and monks, nuns and Taoists came to greet the queen in Yanziwan today. It was also to welcome Daoyan. Monk Daoyan was appointed as the Senglusi Zuo Shanshi, who was in charge of the people in the world. The temples and Taoist temples in Beijing naturally sent people to greet him. People from all walks of life were coming from the capital one after another. Crowded to the brim.

Fortunately, although Ji Gang, who was in charge of security affairs, presided over such a big event for the first time, he arranged all aspects in an orderly manner. He had divided different areas in advance, and all kinds of people who came to greet them waited in accordance with their identities. Different places, although crowded in this way, the order will be orderly.

On the wharf, the Ministry of Rituals set up a colorful shed three feet six feet high, with red silk hanging high, flags fluttering, singing, dancing and vocal music all in place.Because it is difficult to determine the length of the waiting time, there are inevitably some weak, elderly and sick people among the various people who welcome the empress. They are afraid that they will not be able to stand for too long. There is also tea served.

His Second Highness Zhu Gaoxu appeared. He usually wears arrow sleeves and is dressed as a warrior, but today he is dressed very solemnly. He wears a crown of wings, a red robe with a collar and narrow sleeves, and a rhinoceros horn jade around his waist.With thick eyebrows and big eyes, he is still heroic, but his demeanor has become very calm.He kept walking in various sheds, smiling and saying hello to the princes and ministers he knew and did not know. While walking, the two pressed robes and jade pendants hung on the jade belt were only shaking slightly. At such an age, so calm and refined, Seeing this, many old officials secretly nodded.

Zhu Gaoxu is good at martial arts, apart from being used to combat and being a veteran with high martial arts skills, he can be admired and convinced. He will be respectful and kind when meeting someone. He usually doesn’t care much about other people. Today, I don’t know if it’s because his mother is about to come from Beijing or something. The reason is to become polite and courteous to the meritorious officials, relatives of the emperor and even civil and military officials. Such a modest and courteous attitude naturally won the favor of many people who met the second prince for the first time.

"Your Highness, you are here, and Commander Jin Yiwei Ji is looking for you."

Zhu Gaoxu had just come out of a tent to condolence to some veterans, when he bumped into a guard officer in Jinyi, he must be from a thousand households.

"Oh?" Zhu Gaoxu also knew that Jin Yiwei was fully in charge of arranging the safety of the entire welcome ceremony today. I didn't know why Ji Gang asked him to ask where Ji Gang was, so he walked over, and the Jin Yi Qianhu immediately gestured to the crowd After the code, he continued to check the safety and defense as if nothing had happened.

At the corner of the pier, there is a tent. This is Ji Gang’s temporary command site. Thousands of imperial guards and Jin Yiwei’s placement and adjustments are sent out orders one by one from here. Any disturbances in various places are reported directly. Here, make sure that the whole welcome ceremony is free from any mistakes.

But at this time the queen's guard of honor had not yet arrived on the other side, so there was no rush at the moment, Ji Gang also went out of the tent to inspect the scene in person, leaving only two people in the tent on duty.

One of these two people is called Zhu Tu and the other is called Ji Younan. They are both confidantes who were picked up by Ji Gang himself after he took over the Jinyiwei.At present, Ji Gang is still expanding the Jinyiwei team. There are eight confidantes who he single-handedly picked up, besides Zhu Tu and Ji Younan, Wang Qian who just looked for Zhu Gaoxu, Yuan Jiang, Zhuang Jing, Li Kunchun, Zhong Canghai and Gao Xiang belonged to eight thousand households, known as the Eight King Kongs of Beizhen.

As for Liu Yujue, it is far less prestigious than Ji Gang's side. Liu Yujue is only the governor of Nanzhen, one level lower than Ji Gang, and is mainly responsible for the military discipline and justice within Jinyiwei. The external authority is not as good as that of Beizhen Fuda, so there are only two Qianhu, Chen Dong and Ye An, were also nicknamed the Second General Hengha of Nanzhen by the captains of Jinyi.

The two of them were sitting lazily in the tent with the curtain halfway up, drinking tea.When Emperor Yongle ascended the throne last time, they didn't have the luck to see that grand occasion. This was also the first time they saw all the leading figures in the entire Jinling City go out together, and the two of them couldn't help discussing about this grand event. "Zhu Tu, just now I went out to inspect a circle, and heard several ministers discussing that the emperor welcomes the empress back to the palace, and immediately conferred the title of empress, but the eldest son of the emperor has been the son of King Yan for more than 20 years, and now the emperor Sitting in the world, it is logical that the prince should be promoted to the crown prince, but the emperor didn't mention it at all this time,... Does the emperor have Yi Chu's thoughts?

Zhu Tu curled his lips, and said to Ji Younan: "I, Lao Ji, just have time to spare. The emperor is not easy to save, it's none of the business! Take the job well, it's better than anything else, don't talk about this kind of idle grinding of teeth .”

Ji Younan said: "Why don't I use my brain? I heard that the eldest son of our emperor is kind-hearted, and he likes elegant things such as piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and poetry. Is it pleasing to the eye? In the first few years, our Jinyiwei behaved like a grandson, nodding and bowing to whoever we catch, the yamen is so desolate that we can support a family bird, isn’t it because Emperor Jianwen looks down on our Jinyiwei?”

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu had already walked to the edge of the tent, and was about to lift the curtain to go in, when he heard the conversation between the two, he stood there quietly, but the two people in the tent seemed to be engrossed in chatting, but he didn't notice it.

Zhu Tu said: "So what, who does the emperor want to be the crown prince, are we not in good control? Right now, our Jin Yiwei is being favored, and we left behind Mr. Ji to make a fortune silently. Why bother with so many things?"

Ji Younan said: "People do not have long-term concerns, they must have near-term worries. Lord Ji also asked people about the emperor's intentions in this regard, and his lord was also guilty of calculations, but he didn't know if the second highness had the ambition to fight for tomorrow, the second highness He has a very high prestige in the army, if he is willing to show his banner, the generals and relatives will definitely join forces, and our lords probably also..."

Zhu Tu resolutely said: "Impossible, Li Chang Li Tomorrow, this rule has been passed down for thousands of years, who can mess it up? The emperor can't do it either. The emperor can establish whichever he thinks is better? That's a stable set , from now on, will the royal family still have a quiet day to live in peace, and the princes of each generation will form cliques and fight to the death? Even if the eldest son of a certain generation is a little mediocre, it will not be so The eldest son's aptitude from generation to generation is mediocre, which is better than each generation of princes desperately fighting among themselves, so, even if it is not the best way, it is the best way, and the emperor has to do the same!"

Ji Younan shook his head and said: "I don't think..., not necessarily. Our emperor is not the eldest son of tomorrow. Going up, the Yuan people are barbarians, so it goes without saying that the second emperor of the Song Dynasty is the eldest son of tomorrow? The second generation of the Tang Dynasty The emperor, is he the eldest son of tomorrow? The second emperor of the Sui Dynasty, is he the eldest son of tomorrow? Our emperor is equivalent to rebuilding the founding king of the world, this country..., hehe..."

Zhu Gaoxu's heart skipped a beat when he heard it, and then he heard Ji Gang's voice from a distance: "Second Highness, where are you?"

At the door, Zhu Gaoxu turned around and saw Ji Gang running over from afar, so he smiled comfortably: "Oh, I heard that I was looking for this king. I was afraid that there was something important, so I came to ask for news. When I just arrived at the tent, I unexpectedly came from outside. return."

Ji Younan and Zhu Tu in the tent rushed out to meet them, Zhu Gaoxu looked at them from the corner of his eye, and saw their expressions of joy, as if he thought he hadn't heard their conversation.Ji Gang arranged this game because he was trying to test his mind, seeing that he pretended not to know what he had just heard, but actually didn't say anything to reprimand him, he already knew it in his heart, so he smiled and said: "I got the news from the other side, the empress's car is the fastest It will take more than an hour to arrive, and I wanted to tell His Highness not to worry, there is nothing urgent, since His Highness has arrived, please come in and have a cup of tea and have a rest."

"Alright!"

Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said: "Well, in the past, I served my father and emperor together in the army. I lived and died together, shared joys and sorrows. Since I arrived in the capital, I haven't seen each other for a long time."

Ji Gang also smiled: "Yes, I have always admired His Highness's bravery, but unfortunately when I was in the army, I had no time to get close to His Highness. Now the world has been settled, but His Highness has become a prince, and I can't do it..., Zhu Gaoxu glared at him and said, "What about now?I know, the king has never cared much about those red tapes, so if you have time in the future, just come to my house, we will ride horses and shoot arrows, eat wine and have fun. "

Ji Gang smiled even happier: "The minister will disturb you a lot, hehe, please, Your Highness!"

"Master Ji, please!"

The two entered the army tent one after the other.

At this time, there are still officials from all walks of life in Beijing rushing to Yanzi.Xia Xun went there on horseback, and he arrived in such a short distance in a short time, so he didn't get up so early and was too hasty. He got up early in the morning and practiced boxing and swords as usual. After eating breakfast and washing up, he brought eight guards and rode The horse went out of the house and set off on the road leisurely.

Xia Xun lived in a private residence of the king's son-in-law, not near the main road, so after coming out of the mansion, he took the alley directly.When Xia Xun walked out of the alley with eight guards, suddenly a sedan chair flew towards him, followed by two servants in green clothes and hats.The alley was already narrow, so the sedan chair blocked Xia Xun's way, and Xia Xun's guards immediately scolded him.