When Are and Zhu Zhanji are together, it's like a straight woman who majors in science and engineering is 180 degrees straight until she can't be any straighter talking to an old fox politician with a crooked mind and almost 36,000 degrees of crookedness. The two of them are each a universe, communicating with each other across the air.
There was only a fist between the two people, but this fist separated them by two different dimensions.
Forget about talking about life ideals, even talking about the most ordinary weather can kill the weather.
It wasn't noticed before when Zhu Zhanhe was making jokes and livening up the atmosphere, but now that the Prince of Han, the one who broke the other dimension, Marshal Tianpeng, Zhu Zhanhe, has gone north to attend the funeral, the abyss-like rift between the two has been exposed.
Arei was once again criticized by Zhu Zhanji. She also wanted to save face, right? Besides, she was unemployed today and felt uncomfortable, so she stayed away from Zhu Zhanji, the fire/powder barrel, and said, "I'm going home. Goodbye."
Arei feels that since Zhu Zhanji became the crown prince, it is obviously not as easy to get along with him as before. He is now the emperor and I am the minister. If he criticizes me, I cannot criticize him back like I criticized Zhu Zhanhe, otherwise it would be deceiving the emperor. If we have a give and take, we can shake hands and make peace after a quarrel and we can still be friends. Now he acts so high and mighty, I will not flatter him!
Zhu Zhanji was stunned. After all his planning, he still ended up in such an unpleasant situation.
Watching the figure in front of him disappear at the intersection, Zhu Zhanji was unwilling to give up, so he stomped his feet and chased after him. The Baochuan Factory was located in the suburbs, covering a huge area, and was the fringe of urban and rural areas. It was spring at this time, and Arei was wearing glasses, and the horse was bumpy, and the string tied to her ears was easy to fall off, so she rode the horse slowly. The sound of hurried horse hooves came from behind, and Zhu Zhanji spurred his horse to catch up.
Arei didn't want to talk to him, so he clamped his legs around the horse's belly, urging the horse to run faster and get rid of Zhu Zhanji.
Arei was taught riding by Muchun. The horse started galloping and she leaned over the horse's back, her body rising and falling in rhythm with the horse.
Zhu Zhanji's riding skills... were also taught by Mu Chun. He spurred his horse and chased after him, shouting loudly: "Alei, stop!"
Muchun: If I had known this would happen, I would not have taught a chicken. Teaching an apprentice will tire my daughter out.
Of course, Arei would not stop. What would he stop for? Would he continue to listen to the Crown Prince's lecture? He was no longer the little chicken brother he used to be.
Humph, what a big Regal!
Arei spurred his horse to speed up, reaching a speed of 80 miles per hour, thus widening the distance between them.
Unfortunately, the joy turned into sorrow. The thin rope hanging on the ear slipped off the ear during the violent bumps, and the tortoise shell glasses fell from the bridge of the nose, hitting the hard rammed earth road with a clang.
I heard the sound of breaking, both the tortoise shell and the glass lens were fragile items, there was no chance to save them.
Arei mourned for Yan Jing in his heart, became more and more annoyed, and continued running without looking back.
Zhu Zhanji, who was chasing from behind, saw the shiny object falling in front of him, and hurriedly tightened the reins. The horse neighed and braked suddenly. Fortunately, the iron hoof of the horse did not step on the object.
Zhu Zhanji jumped off his horse, and his tortoise-shell glasses were shattered to pieces.
It’s better not to chase.
Zhu Zhanji was very regretful. He was not so upset even when the crown prince had a lame leg and officials and royal family jointly called for the crown prince to be deposed. It seemed that no matter what he did, he would mess things up.
I didn't mean it.
Zhu Zhanji rode his horse again to chase him, wanting to apologize, but the wide official road ahead was empty and A Lei had disappeared without a trace. He was probably taking a shortcut.
Zhu Zhanji was planning to go to a street foreign goods store to buy a pair of glasses to compensate Arei, when suddenly a fast horse came from behind at an astonishing speed, overtaking several cars on the official road. The rider had a triangular flag on his back, and it was the postman who was delivering urgent information.
This official courier was as fast as lightning. When Zhu Zhanji saw him, he thought, could something big have happened? He hurried back to the palace.
Zhu Zhanji, a political animal, had a very keen premonition. Something happened in Jiaozhi, which had just been incorporated into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
It is said that the former king of Annan was usurped by Prime Minister Hu Jiti, who wiped out the royal Chen family. In order to obtain the title from the suzerain Ming Dynasty, he told a huge lie, claiming to be the nephew of the old king and that the royal Chen family had no descendants, so the throne would be abdicated to him. The newly enthroned Emperor Yongle believed him and enthroned Hu Jiti as the king of Annan.
However, a descendant of the Chen family fled to the Ming Dynasty and filed a complaint with the emperor, exposing Hu Jiti's lies. Emperor Yongle sent Ming officials to take the descendants of the Chen family to Annan to reclaim the throne, but Hu Jiti went back on his word and set an ambush to kill the descendants of the Chen family and the Ming officials.
Emperor Yongle was furious and started the first foreign war since he ascended the throne. The expedition to Annan lasted for more than a year and he won. Hu Jiti was captured, Annan was destroyed, and the commander-in-chief Zhang Fu was named Duke of Ying. The land of Annan regained its ancient name of Jiaozhi and was incorporated into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
During the past six years, the Ming Dynasty sent a large number of officials to Jiaozhi to serve there, promote Chinese language and Chinese clothing, open county schools, publicize the imperial examination system, and encourage local nobles and scholars to take the imperial examinations and enter officialdom.
Even Xie Jin, once the first confidential secretary of the Ming Dynasty, was an official in Jiaozhi.
However, the good times did not last long. A man named Chen Jikuan appeared in Jiaozhi, claiming to be a descendant of the royal family of Chen in Annan. He luckily escaped the massacre by the traitor Hu Jiti. In the name of being a descendant of the Chen family and under the banner of "reviving Annan", Chen Jikuan rose up in rebellion against the rule of the Ming Dynasty.
At first, local Ming officials thought they were just ordinary bandits and did not pay much attention to them. However, Chen Jikuan's team grew larger and larger, and Ming officials were constantly captured alive or even killed. Jiaozhi was unstable from the beginning.
Emperor Yongle, who was still personally fighting against the Tatars in the north, was furious and said, "Jiaozhi has just been incorporated into our territory, and people's hearts are not yet solid, and the remnants of evil continue to rise. If we don't wipe them out in time, they may become more and more uncontrollable."
He then appointed Mu Sheng, the Duke of Qian who was in charge of the southwestern border defense, as the commander-in-chief, and Liu Jun, the Minister of War, and others led troops south to quell the rebellion of Chen Jikuan in Jiaozhi.
I thought that with Mu Sheng in command and with the assistance of the Minister of War, the rebellion would be successfully quelled.
But reality slapped him in the face. Mu Sheng was defeated and retreated in Juejiang. The Minister of War Liu Jun had no time to retreat and was surrounded and attacked from all sides.
The Minister of War is similar to the Minister of Defense and the Commander-in-Chief of the Three Armies. Liu Jun is a man of integrity. How could he surrender to a mere bandit leader
So Liu Jun committed suicide for his country.
Zhu Zhanji rode back to the palace and was immediately called to a meeting by Emperor Yongle. Only then did he learn of the urgent military situation that the Ming army had suffered a crushing defeat in Jiaozhi and that the Minister of Defense had died in a foreign land.
When the news came out, all the court officials were shocked.
The person primarily responsible for the defeat of Jiaozhi was Mu Sheng, Duke of Qian.
The next day, memorials impeaching Duke of Qian, Mu Sheng, arrived on Emperor Yongle's desk like snowflakes, and the voices calling for the dethronement of the crown prince were naturally louder than those calling for the dethronement of the crown prince.
The Mu Mansion is right next door to the Hu Residence. The eldest son of the Duke of Qian, Mu Bin, is still young and has not yet reached adulthood. The Duke of Qian's wife, Geng, has been secluded in the Buddhist temple. The Mu Mansion is run solely by the Duke of Qian's wife, Cheng.
Now, Duke Mu Sheng of Qian has gone from being a hero who defended the country in the southwest to a defeated general who is condemned by thousands of people. It is rumored that the Mu family will be stripped of their titles, the imperial mansion will be taken back, and the whole family will be driven out of the Mu Mansion. The Mu family, which has stood for three dynasties, is now in danger.
The whole city was in turmoil, but Lady Cheng, the wife of the Duke of Qian, remained calm on the surface and told everyone in the mansion not to panic, stay at home and not argue with outsiders. In fact, Lady Cheng was extremely panicked and had to consult with her brother-in-law Mu Xin.
Mu Xin was the consort of Princess Changning, but unfortunately Princess Changning died of illness a few years ago and is now a widower with no children. According to the rules, when a princess dies, all the mansions, royal farms, and properties given to her must be taken back by the royal family. Emperor Yongle liked Mu Xin as his son-in-law and did not take back his daughter's dowry, so Mu Xin, the consort, still lived a comfortable life.
Emperor Yongle asked Mu Xin to go to Mount Wudang to supervise the construction of a Taoist temple to worship Emperor Xuanwu and spread the word among the people that Emperor Yongle "followed the will of heaven" and ascended the throne because of the "blessing of Emperor Xuanwu", that god and man were one, in order to quell people's doubts about his throne.
Ordinary people have little culture and are ignorant. No matter how much they promote orthodoxy, it is like shouting at the deaf and a futile effort. Emperor Yongle was repackaged using familiar myths and religions to create the image of the "chosen son of God", subtly influencing the lower-class people to accept Emperor Yongle's rule.
Mu Xin beautifully completed the huge project of the Wudang Mountain Taoist temple complex, which involved more than 300,000 military and civilian craftsmen. Mu Xin was handsome, eloquent, of noble birth, and a royal consort. Under his operation, the Wudang Mountain, which was only a scenic spot, became the largest Taoist resort in the Ming Dynasty.
Mu Xin even used his brain to order the craftsmen to make the facial sculpture of the Emperor Xuanwu enshrined in the main hall three-quarters similar to the portrait of Emperor Yongle. This was similar to the fact that Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty built the Vairocana Buddha in the Longmen Grottoes based on herself, implying that the king's power was granted by God. It was not my intention to usurp the throne, but God's will!
God: I won’t take the blame for this.
Under the powerful monarchy, even God becomes a gorgeous wrapping paper.
Mu Xin was increasingly appreciated by Emperor Yongle for his contribution in supervising the construction of Mount Wudang. Now his second brother Mu Sheng was defeated and impeached by the ministers. There were rumors everywhere in the capital that the Mu family was going to fall. There was not a single adult man in the Mu Mansion, and his second sister-in-law was at a loss. Mu Xin rushed to the Mu Mansion to support the family and not let anyone take advantage of the opportunity to bully the elderly, weak, women and children in the house.
Mu Xin passed by a man wearing a conical hat and also riding a horse at full speed on the road.
At the moment the two horses met, Mu Xin caught a glimpse of the lower half of the man's face out of the corner of his eye. He felt it was somewhat familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before. He couldn't help but turn his head to look, but unfortunately the other party seemed to be in a hurry and rode away.
Mu Xin recalled the man's profile and couldn't help but spur his horse to catch up. When they turned into a street, the man suddenly pulled the reins and the horse stopped. It turned out that a man wearing a green round-necked robe, a black gauze hat, and looking like a little eunuch was coming towards him.
As a core member of the royal family, Mu Xin knew this pretty young eunuch, who was Hu Shanxiang, the younger sister of Hu Shanggong, and had been following eunuch Zheng He at the Treasure Ship Factory for the past two years.
Concubine Hu was a concubine of three dynasties. She gave up marriage for her career and was a legendary figure. It is normal for her sister to not follow the ordinary path.
The man wearing the bamboo hat said a few words to Hu Shanxiang, who then turned her horse around and walked side by side with the man, disappearing at the street corner.
Who is this person? Hu Shanxiang seems to trust him very much...
This person was Mu Chun. He was very surprised to hear the news of Jiaozhi's defeat. As the eldest brother, he had confidence in Mu Sheng's ability. What he was worried about was not Mu Sheng or the Mu family next door, but the fact that Yunnan and Jiaozhi were neighbors. If the city gate caught fire, innocent people would be affected. Jiaozhi would be in chaos, which would definitely affect Yunnan.
Mu Chun had deep feelings for Yunnan. He could not just sit back and watch, so he immediately rode his horse into the palace and volunteered to go to Jiaozhi to quell the rebellion and meet Chen Jikuan, an orphan of the Chen royal family of Annan.
As everyone knows, Mu Chun is a "dead man", and the soldiers guarding the city gate cannot let a dead person in. And his wife Hu Shanwei is still working in the palace and is not at home, so she cannot bring him in.
Originally, Mu Chun planned to go to the Jinyiwei Yamen to find Ji Gang first, and enter the palace through Ji Gang. Unexpectedly, he met A Lei who was returning home halfway. With A Lei's identity as the sister of Lady Hu, he could enter the palace by scanning his face.
So Mu Chun took Are's human-shaped door card and headed towards the palace.
Arei passed the level by using his face, and Emperor Yongle secretly summoned Mu Chun.
Mu Chun said, "I am not here to plead for my foolish brother Mu Sheng today. The Ming army has been defeated, Minister Liu committed suicide, Jiaozhi is in chaos, and Yunnan is in turmoil. I beg the emperor to give the Mu family a chance to redeem themselves and allow me to return to Yunnan to help my foolish brother Mu Sheng revive the army, pacify Jiaozhi, and kill the traitor Chen Jikuo."
The author has something to say: Muchun also wants to be laid off and find a job~
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