high official

Chapter 217 Emperor Yongle
The main gate of the Ming Dynasty Imperial City is called Hongwu Gate. Inside the gate is a wide white stone slab imperial road from south to north. On the east side of the imperial road are the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Industry. They hold two handles, civil and military.The end of the Royal Road is the Outer Five Dragon Bridge, and the Five Dragon Bridge used to be Miyagi, also known as the Forbidden City.

The main gate of Miyagi is called the Meridian Gate, usually called the Wuchao Gate, and inside the Meridian Gate is the Inner Five Dragon Bridge.Crossing the bridge is the Fengtian Gate. Behind the Fengtian Gate, there are three magnificent halls. The three grand halls, Fengtian, Huagai, and Jinshen, are the places where state ceremonies are held.To the north of the three halls is the "Hou Ting", in the center there are Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace, on the east side are Rouyi Hall, Fengxian Hall, Chunhe Hall, etc., and on the northwest side is the Imperial Garden, which is where the emperors and concubines lived. place.

At this time, it is a very good time for spring, and the imperial garden is full of flowers, phoenixes and butterflies, which is like a picture of the erotic palace of Ming Dynasty.However, the palace people living in it all lowered their eyebrows and looked down, silent like cicadas, not even daring to cough, because their master, who is also the master of hundreds of millions of living beings in this world, Emperor Yongle of Ming Dynasty, is in the imperial garden, with a An old monk with white hair and beard played chess, and the tall, handsome, middle-aged man dressed in eunuch clothes who was waiting on the side was the one who accompanied Zhu Zhanji to the south of the Yangtze River and had a relationship with Wang Xian in Suzhou Zheng He, the chief executive of the imperial court.

The monk had a hooked nose, a pair of triangular eyes, and two long eyebrows hanging down. He looked like an old vulture. He was the famous black-clothed prime minister Yao Guangxiao, the monk who overthrew the Jianwen Dynasty!When Yuan Tianshi saw his appearance, he thought that he had the same face as Liu Bingzhong, the black-clothed prime minister of Kublai Khan of the Yuan Dynasty, and wrote a poem to him saying:
'The shore's romantic and lightning eyes look like they are worrying.

In Danqingli on Lingyan Pavilion, not everyone is as good as a tiger. '

Yuan Gong is worthy of being a master of facial features, when he saw that this was the number one strange person in Ming Dynasty, he asserted that he was "He Yi monk?"The eyes are triangular, the shape is like a sick tiger, and the nature must be bloodthirsty.Liu Bingzhong also! At that time, Yao Guangxiao, who was also known as Daoyan, did not disappoint Yuan Gong. He encouraged and assisted Zhu Dijing, who was only a prince at the time, to succeed.

When Zhu Di was in the vassal mansion, he was surrounded by warriors, only Daoyan was the one who made the decision. After three years of peace, Zhu Di moved to the north and south, either in a decisive battle or in a transfer, and it was up to Daoyan.Therefore, although this monk has never been in battle, Zhu Di used his troops to win the world, and he is regarded as the number one in terms of merit!

Jing Nan succeeded, King Yan became a great treasure and became Emperor Yongle. Naturally, he should reward the meritorious officials generously, and the first one is this monk who has made great contributions.Zhu Di restored his surname, gave him the name Guangxiao, and ordered him to grow his hair and return to vulgarity, but he refused.The emperor gave him a beautiful woman in the mansion, but he returned the beauty, and he applied to turn the mansion into a temple.Wearing a crown and wearing a crown every day, he still wears black clothes when he retreats.At first, the emperor granted him a high official title, but he insisted on not accepting it. He was only a sixth-grade monk, and he was the abbot of Chongguo Temple...that is, the temple he converted from his house.

Later, in order to take care of other people's emotions, he reluctantly accepted the false title of Zishan doctor and prince's junior teacher.But the more this happened, the more the emperor respected him, calling him "Young Master" and never calling him by his first name.

"Young master, my chess skills have improved again!" Wearing a black gauze wing crown and a yellow dragon robe with a collar, sitting north and facing south, it is naturally Zhu Di, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty!I saw that he was tall and tall, with a dark face, profound features, piercing eyes, and a long beautiful beard.Although the year of destiny has passed, the beard and hair are slightly gray, but the waist is still straight, sitting there with swords and golden horses, and every gesture has the spirit of swallowing mountains and rivers: "General!"

It turned out that the two of them were not playing high-end Go, but simple, straightforward and exciting chess... Yao Guangxiao definitely likes to play Go, but Zhu Di likes this kind of game of pawns against pawns, generals against generals, and he can't stand the grind of Go Ji, so I have been playing chess for 20 years.

With Zhu Di's superhuman intelligence and scheming, he has played chess for most of his life, so he is naturally a national player. Unfortunately, the opponent is Yao Guangxiao, a fairy. Whether the emperor can beat him depends on the emperor's mood, not his state... Well, you can win by a narrow margin. If you are in a good mood, I'm sorry, it's basically a talent moving.

The emperor was in a good mood today, Yao Guangxiao didn't plan to let the water go, he smiled slightly when he heard what the emperor said, and decided to resist it.Zhu Di pursued and beat him fiercely, and the general drew repeatedly. Seeing that he crippled Yao Guangxiao's soldiers and elephants, he even killed his carts and horses.

The emperor was in a great mood to kill all directions, and he was naturally in a good mood. Seeing another army, he planned to draw a picture this time and kill Monk Yao as bare as his head!
He was proud of himself, but he saw that Zheng He, who was watching the battle, had a different look on his face. Zhu Di immediately became vigilant, and after a closer look, he found that it was broken.
Yao Guangxiao ignored the emperor scratching his ears and cheeks, put his face down, blocked the car, and said: "General!"

The emperor hurriedly defended, but it was too late. Monk Yao cooperated with the general with one cart and one cannon, and it was about to become a dead chess game.

Seeing the good situation taking a turn for the worse, no matter how he moves, he will be checkmate within three moves. Zhu Di touched a chess piece, thought for a while, then raised his head and said to Zheng He: "Sanbao, last month Sumenda assassinated the king to the court. Asking for help, saying that there is a false king called Su Ganla who has stolen the country, and I hope that the Celestial Dynasty can send troops to capture him as king and help him restore the country, do you know about this?"

Zheng He secretly laughed, the emperor came to this trick again, as soon as he couldn't accept the failure, he wanted to change the target, but his expression remained motionless, and he replied softly: "I have heard about it, and I heard that Su Gan also sent his younger brother to ask for help. Canonized." The high-ranking eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty also called themselves 'subjects', not slaves.

"That's right." Zhu Di nodded, and said with a cold snort, "What kind of thing is he, Suganla, who dares to come and ask me for canonization? If I agree to him, won't it make the heads of all the vassal states feel cold?"

"Then what does His Majesty mean?" Zheng He asked in a tight voice.

"I'm going to send you to the West again!" Zhu Di said lightly, as if talking about a trivial matter.But for this unparalleled Emperor Yongle, this is really not a big deal.After a pause, he glanced at Zheng He and said, "Send troops to attack Suganla for the Lord of Sumen!"

Zheng He's eyes lit up, this was what he was looking forward to the most, but he couldn't just think about himself, he had to think about the emperor as well.He said softly: "It seems that the adults don't agree with going to the West again."

"Hmph, it's nothing more than the old routine of violating the ancestral system and wasting money and people." Zhu Di snorted and said, "I can hear cocoons in my ears." He slapped the table heavily, shaking the chess pieces, and the chess board was on the spot. Scattered, it's completely impossible to play now.

"I am honored by virtue and honored by guests from all over the world. In the past ten years, all countries in Southeast Asia have come to pay tribute to me and serve me as their lord!" Zhu Di slowly stroked his beard, and said with a sigh of relief: "The king of Sumatra, is the king of Sumatra?" The widow personally canonized it, and now people are begging to come to the door. If I don’t agree to send troops, won’t I let the feudal clans in the South China Sea be disappointed?!” After a pause, the emperor snorted coldly and said: “The idiots in the court only thought that they were going to the West. It’s a waste of money, but I don’t think about it, the profit I get from the tribute trade is ten times the cost of going to sea! The widow still expects you to earn money to fill the hole!”

"The emperor calm down!" Zheng He suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "The minister obeys the order!"

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Seeing that the emperor and his ministers played in antithesis, Yao Guangxiao stopped looking at the chessboard, picked up the teacup, and savored the Wuyi Dahongpao with the scenery of the imperial garden.This tea was unknown at first, but in the 18th year of Hongwu, Empress Ma fell ill, and all kinds of doctors failed.Emperor Taizu was overjoyed, and gave him a red robe, and ordered Ding Zhuangyuan to go to the Jiulong nest in person, and put it on a tea tree to show the dragon's grace, so the Dahongpao was named after it.Since then, this tea has become a tribute tea exclusively for the royal family, and ordinary ministers can't drink it.Yao Guangxiao doesn't drink alcohol, but loves tea, and this Dahongpao is his favorite.

Seeing Monk Yao drinking tea without saying a word, Zhu Di was a little embarrassed and said, "What do you think, Master?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, the old minister has always supported voyages to the West. I can show my power in the sky, unite the hearts of the world, and exchange for treasures that are more expensive than gold to fill the holes in the treasury. Why not do it?" Yao Guangxiao said indifferently. Said: "The old minister went to sea with Sanbao for two years last time, and he often haunted his dreams after returning. I beg the emperor to show mercy, and let the old minister go with him again."

"Don't even think about it!" Zhu Di said resolutely: "Last time I was confused for a moment and agreed to go to sea with the young master and Sanbao. In the end, I went there for two years. I hoped for you to come back day and night. That feeling is too uncomfortable. I won’t let anyone say anything this time.”

"Hey..." Yao Guangxiao sighed and said, "Observe the order."

"Haha, it seems that your master is very quiet and wants to move." Zhu Di smiled at Zheng He: "Why don't you help him get up and move around?" He wanted to completely end the game of chess.

In the second year of Yongle, Zheng He worshiped Yao Guangxiao as his teacher and accepted the Bodhisattva precepts.

"Master, my apprentice will help you up." Zheng He smiled wryly and stepped forward to help, Yao Guangxiao said with a faint smile, "It's time to get up, His Royal Highness has come down." Then he got up and saluted Zhu Zhanji who was coming from a distance.

Zhu Zhanji was too busy to return the courtesy. In the fifth year of Yongle, he went out to study in the cabinet. Yao Guangxiao was one of his teachers, and he has been in charge of his studies all these years.Zhu Zhanji has great respect for this legendary teacher...

"Who is this?" Seeing that it was Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Di was in a good mood, and now he completely ignored the game of chess. He turned to look at his grandson, and said with a smile, "My dear grandson, come at this time, don't be afraid of Grandpa Huang." Let Master Yao teach you your homework?"

"Greetings to Grandpa Emperor," Zhu Zhanji kowtowed to Zhu Di, got up and said with a smile, "If grandson dares to come, naturally he won't be afraid of the school exam."

"Haha, it's quite a big tone." From generation to generation, Zhu Di saw this black boy who resembled himself, and the smile on his face came from the heart: "But whether it is bragging, or there are diamonds, grandpa has to try Just known."

"Grandpa Huang only takes the exam." Zhu Zhanji said confidently with his head raised.

(End of this chapter)