high official

Chapter 850 Auspiciousness
The winter of 16 in Yongle was extremely cold, with several heavy snowfalls, and the northwest wind blowing outside the pass never stopped.The entire city of Beijing has been turned into a hole in the ice, and an unknown number of refugees who freeze to death are dragged out of the city every day.

Those officials who arrived in Beijing one after another, although they will not be frozen to death... In fact, in order to silence them, Zhu Di specially ordered the emperor's grandson to mobilize enough charcoal, oil, grain, and cotton for each yamen and even the officials' homes. However, this kind of generosity was only seen after the founding of the Ming Dynasty.But it still can't stop the officials complaining and full of bitterness...

But it's no wonder that officials are used to the warm climate in the south of the Yangtze River.In Jinling, even in winter, it is only a little cold. As long as you wear mink fur and hold a heater, you can still enjoy a poetic and picturesque life.But in Beijing where the cold wind is howling, even if the stove is burning red, people still have cold hands and feet, and the blood in the whole body seems to be frozen.Those delicate wives and ladies all suffered from frostbite, and they were so sad that they wanted to hang themselves...

"Hey, this year is really surprisingly cold, even the old Beijing can't bear it," Yang Shiqi followed the emperor in Beijing for several winters, and the backs of his hands were still covered with frostbite, and when he wrote, his cracks were excruciatingly painful.While moving his fingers carefully, he said to the sad grandson: "Besides, it's not impossible. Let their family members go to the kang. Once the kang is heated, how can they not be warm?"

"Southerners are not used to sleeping on the kang, and their nosebleeds are flowing." Zhu Zhanji was going crazy. Every day, officials would resign and go home because they couldn't stand the cold, and even couldn't eat pasta, so they wanted to resign and go home of.The emperor did not allow it at all, and those people said that they were sick and stayed at home, and the basic operation of the court became a problem.

"Squeamish." Jin Youzi snorted angrily, "They live in the Dabei House with a big stove and they say they can't stand it. What do they say about those Mongolian princes who ride horses in the ice and snow and sleep in yurts at night?"

"Can that be compared?" Yang Rong smiled wryly, "The race is different." After a pause, he said, "But speaking of it, they should be entering Beijing soon, right?"

Jin Youzi looked at the day, nodded and said, "It's just these two days."

"Has the reception and accommodation been arranged?" Zhu Zhanji rubbed his hands by the stove and stomped his feet and asked, "This time when the barbarians come to Beijing, in addition to paying tribute, the more important thing is to congratulate me on moving the capital. Congratulations! Your Majesty's housewarming should be more grand than usual."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, the Honglu Temple of the Ministry of Rites and Household Affairs has not done anything these days, and is busy with this matter." Yang Rong said with a smile: "This time Tatar, Wala, Duoyan, North Korea, Ryukyu, Chenla, Champa, Siam, Java, Malaga, and more than [-] people paid tribute to Beijing to congratulate the move of the capital. It is really a prosperous time for the whole country.

"Well, that's very good." Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Your Majesty and I have nothing to worry about."

"Your Highness," Yang Rong and Yang Shiqi exchanged glances, and said carefully, "This time, all nations are coming to court, and the grand ceremony is held in the whole world. I don't know...whether His Highness the Crown Prince will attend?"

"..." Zhu Zhan basically smiled all over his face, which made this sentence disappear.The air in the cabinet room was almost stagnant.After a long time, His Royal Highness Taisun said expressionlessly: "I will not attend."

"Ah..." Among the three members of the cabinet, I don't know who could not help but scream.Ignoring the attitude of His Majesty the Grandson, Jin Youzi hurriedly asked in a low voice: "Does Your Majesty have a clear order?"

"No." Zhu Zhanji only felt his whole body was cold, and no matter how prosperous the brazier was, he couldn't feel any warmth. He looked at the three university scholars with a sullen face and said, "Have you forgotten the emperor's previous decree? "

"Let His Royal Highness close the door to thank guests, when to think clearly, when to see His Majesty." Yang Rong replied softly.

"Then has my father thought it through?" Zhu Zhanji said coldly.

"The gate of the East Palace is closed all day, and I haven't heard a single word from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Yang Shiqi said softly.

"Isn't it superfluous to ask you gentlemen?" Zhu Zhanji glanced at the three of them coldly, and then pressed his lips tightly after speaking, obviously not wanting to talk about this topic any more.

The three of Yang Rong exchanged glances again, and Jin Youzi bit the bullet and said softly: "Your Highness, the emperor's decree was made a month ago. Now that hundreds of officials have entered Beijing, all nations have come to court, and the capital will be moved soon, this cannot be changed by anyone. His Royal Highness must I also know..."

Zhu Zhanji nodded patiently, and listened to him continue: "The emperor attaches so much importance to this grand ceremony, he must also hope that it will be perfect... If His Royal Highness is absent, it cannot be called perfect."

"That's right." Yang Rong nodded and said, "This is a great opportunity to reconcile the emperor's prince and father and son! As the grandson of the emperor and the son of the prince, Your Highness should seize this opportunity and set an example for the descendants of the world. !"

"Your Highness," seeing that Zhu Zhanji's expression was loose, Yang Shiqi hit the iron while it was hot: "I'm afraid the emperor is waiting for you to make peace..."

Yang Shiqi's words, like a heavy hammer, hit Zhu Zhanji's heart hard, making him finally change his face.He knew his own family affairs. In the past few days, the emperor's grandfather asked about the prince several times, but he was perfunctory. Now let Yang Shiqi say a little bit, how could he still not understand?That's what Grandpa Huang meant!
"Okay," Zhu Zhanji's complexion changed for a while, and Fang nodded and gritted his teeth after a while, "I'll try it!"

"Your Highness is holy!" The three academicians were overjoyed and got up together to salute Zhu Zhanji.

Zhu Zhanji forced a smile, nodded, and left the cabinet on the pretext that there was something else to do.

The three great scholars sent His Royal Highness Taisun out.After turning back, the three shook their heads again and again, Yang Rong whispered: "His Royal Highness has changed..."

"Hey, the emperor shouldn't let him taste the taste of power so early." Yang Shiqi said with a worried face: "He is so evasive this time, just because he is worried that if the crown prince returns, he will lose the power he has obtained."

"Your Highness is too ridiculous," Jin Youzi said with a smile, "Could it be possible that His Majesty can keep His Highness the Prince locked up? Sooner or later, he will be released."

"Yes." Yang Shiqi nodded and said, "If His Royal Highness can persuade the emperor to release the crown prince this time, then there is still a chance for the two crown princes to bridge the misunderstanding..."

"I hope His Royal Highness, Grandson, can understand our painstaking efforts." Yang Rong sighed lightly, and the other two great scholars also deeply agreed.

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Zhu Zhanji didn't go to face the saint right away, but went back to his grandson's mansion, and thought about it for a whole night... It turned out that Zhu Zhanji didn't have his own mansion in the capital. Before the prince came to Beijing, he lived in In the prince's mansion.As soon as the prince came to Beijing, there was a fierce conflict between father and son, and Zhu Zhanji had nowhere to go.Knowing that, Zhu Di immediately asked Zhu Zhanji to be the grandson's mansion that was originally prepared for the King of Han.

This former King's Mansion of the Han Dynasty was located on West Chang'an Street, opposite to the Prince's Mansion across the Chang'an Gate.Zhu Zhanji didn't care so much, he simply let people clean up and lived in for a few days, and since then he has officially separated from the prince.

Right now, the grandson is not yet married, and there are not enough eunuchs and maids in the mansion, so the huge palace seems deserted.Zhu Zhanji was bored being alone, and wanted to call Wang Xian to accompany him, but when he thought that when he spoke, he must be persuading himself to reconcile with his father, he felt bored for a while.A man was drinking alone in the room. Chen Wu, the chief eunuch of Taisun's mansion, came to report that there were two brothers, Jian Ying, Taichang Shaoqing, and Jian Fang, a member of Zhongshushe, visiting.

When Zhu Zhanji heard this, a smile appeared on his face, and he asked people to serve wine quickly, and invited these two in... These two brothers are the sons of Jian Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Rites. Although their official positions are not high now, they have a lot of connections in the court , and they are very calculating.Since Zhu Zhanji came to power, the two of them actively approached him. Seeing that they were very useful, His Royal Highness also warmly accepted them, and now the fight is on fire.

After the two met the ceremony, Zhu Zhanji asked them to sit in quickly and put the cups in person, and said with a smile, "Drink some shochu to warm up your body." The two thanked His Highness, after three rounds of wine and five flavors of dishes, Zhu Zhanji asked them Why?
The two brothers looked at each other and smiled, Jian Ying said: "Your Highness, my brothers and I were chatting at home, and suddenly came up with an idea, which seems to make Your Highness look good with the emperor."

"Oh, let's hear it?"

"Auspiciousness." Jian Ying said with a smile: "Now that all nations are coming to court and moving their capitals, how can there be no auspiciousness descending from the heavens?"

"It's not up to us whether or not the heavens will bring auspiciousness." Zhu Zhanji said with a wry smile, "Come on, let's drink."

"If God doesn't surrender, we can help," Jian Fang said with a smile.

"You want to fake auspiciousness alone?!" Zhu Zhanji frowned. He is a grandson, so he naturally believed in the destiny.Now that someone asked him to fake God's will, he couldn't help but feel a little bit in his heart.

"What's the difference between real and fake?" Jian Ying said with a smile: "As long as the emperor believes and the common people believe, who would dare to open their eyes and talk nonsense?"

"This..." Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but nodded slowly. He knew that Grandpa Huang would definitely not refuse if he made something auspicious at this time.The old man wished for God to help prove the correctness of moving the capital, so as to silence everyone's mouths... However, it is always not decent for a dignified grandson to do such fraudulent things.If it is exposed, it will be even more embarrassing.

"Don't worry, Your Highness." Jian Fang knew what he was thinking and said with a smile, "We can settle this matter without your participation. You can just report it to the heavens to hear."

Zhu Zhanji pondered for a while, then made up his mind and said, "Tell me what you plan to do?"

"Okay." The Jian brothers nodded excitedly, drinking wine, and planned to come with His Highness the Grandson.

While drinking, Zhu Zhanji frowned and listened, and before he knew it, it was the middle of the night.The three of them drank a little too much, and the servant helped the two brothers away, while Zhu Zhanji staggered and lay down on the bed, and fell asleep in a daze.

This sleep lasted until dawn the next day. As soon as he opened his eyes, Chen Wu told him: "His Royal Highness has entered the palace!" Zhu Zhanji sat up at once, supported his head that was about to explode, and asked in a low voice: "What happened?" ?!"

(End of this chapter)