Daming heir

Chapter 220 Yingtian City is So Beautiful
Yan Wangdi is going back to Beijing.

The news is like spring wind turning into rain, and like the tide of Qiantang, the wind and rain will spread throughout the whole Yingtian City.

People in the world say that the dragon has nine sons, and the nine sons are different.

Putting this sentence on the only real dragon in the Ming Dynasty today, it has received the highest verification, and people can't find any faults.

As the first crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Biao, who was praised and supported by the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, was naturally the most perfect, just like the suet white jade flowing down with the glacier on the Kunlun Tianshan Mountains.

Such a prince, the crown prince.

It should be His Majesty the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty!
As for the emperor's fourth son, Yan Wang Zhu Di.

The impressions and evaluations in the courtroom seemed a little ambiguous.

Perhaps because of his unruliness when he was young, Zhu Di, King of Yan, never had a good personality in the eyes of all the officials in the Yingtian court, and even his emperor's father.

However, he later became the son-in-law of Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, and he became a fan of Beiping. In the bitterly cold environment where only the wind and snow and the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty harassed him from time to time, this King of Yan gradually became a man worthy of a few words of praise. Dragon child.

At least, in the past two years, there have been quite a few in the court. The words that Yan Wangdi will guard Beiping forever have been spread.

Yan Wangdi should be the general who commanded thousands of troops and guarded the northern border for the Ming Dynasty forever!

"You should be a great general of the Ming Dynasty!"

Recently, it has been faintly rumored from the palace that on the official road in Yingtian Mansion, which is about to be reformed, Zhu Di, the King of Yan, dressed in a pro-dynasty uniform embroidered with dragons and full of bright red eyes, is staring seriously at the guard Du Si of the King Yan Mansion who is guarding him. Command Zhang Zhiyuan.

Zhu Di, who has been honed in the northern Xinjiang army for 12 years, now has a very accurate vision.

This man who was dispatched to northern Xinjiang with his crimes covered up was a rare general in the army that Zhu Di had seen in recent years.

After only a few months in northern Xinjiang, he went out to the snowfields in the north several times in the cold winter of Shujiu.

This is the reason why Zhu Di suddenly reused Zhang Zhiyuan. When selecting talents, he should not stick to one pattern and downgrade talents, and entrust them with heavy responsibilities, so that talents can play more roles.

And Zhang Zhiyuan did not disappoint Zhu Di.

Last winter, after returning to Beiping with Zhu Di, he only had a New Year's Eve dinner at King Yan's Mansion. The next day, after paying homage to King Yan's family, he asked for orders to bring more than a thousand guards from King Yan's Mansion out of the fortress.

For three full months, it is the season for the pasture to grow on the grassland, and it is also the time for the ewes that the herdsmen have kept in captivity for a winter to give birth to their lambs.

A total of one thousand Daming iron cavalry, led by Zhang Zhiyuan, who has already served as the commander of the guards of the Yan Palace, traveled thousands of miles to fight against dozens of remnant tribes from the former Yuan Dynasty.

There were dozens of battles, large and small, killing the enemy three times. When he returned with the army with broken iron armor, broken spears, and long knives, Zhang Zhiyuan also brought back more than 1000 soldiers who swore to the sky that they would never betray Daming in this life. Shepherds, and no less than ten thousand lambs, and more than a thousand cattle.

Although there were a thousand people when they set off, there were less than 500 people left when they returned.

More than half of the battle was lost.

But on that day in the city of Beiping, all the people who were still grieving and dissatisfied with His Royal Highness King Yan's sudden promotion of Zhang Zhiyuan, an unknown person like Zhang Zhiyuan, immediately put away all their doubts and dissatisfaction.

This man deserves to be the one who will lead the army!
And Zhang Zhiyuan finally proved that he lived up to His Royal Highness King Yan's vision in the cold spring breeze.

Zhang Zhiyuan raised his head and looked at King Yan in front of him. He always felt that he should not be the guard for King Yan to return to Beijing this time, at least not at this time.

He said sullenly: "Subordinates only know how to go into battle to kill the enemy, but don't know how to command an army."

On the battlefield, the general is the one who rushes to kill the enemy, and the general is the one who commands thousands of troops to destroy the country.

Zhu Di hummed, but his eyes were on the gaps in Zhang Zhiyuan's body, and there were still lumps of dark red flesh and blood remaining in the gaps.

Zhu Biao was somewhat dissatisfied: "If I don't bring you back to the south again, will I take someone out to sharpen the knife after the repairs are completed? This time I will bring you back this time, and I want to ask for a share for you." rewarded."

Prairie people went south to hit grass valley, Zhu Di likes to call it sharpening the knife when the Ming army went north.

As the knife sharpened on Yuan Ren's neck, the edge of the knife became sharper, making people tremble just by looking at it from a distance.

Zhang Zhiyuan didn't want to talk to the king of Yan, who had endless appreciation and trust in him. He looked at Ying Tiancheng not far ahead: "My lord, my son coughed again after passing Yangzhou, so I should go to the city quickly to find the imperial hospital." Check it out."

Hearing this, Zhu Di turned his head and looked behind him. It was different from the huge team in the past when he went back to the capital. There were only a hundred guards from the Palace of Yan, commanded by Zhang Zhiyuan, and there were only dozens of carriages in the team. children.

The old man said that this time he should take a good look at his children and grandchildren, especially what the grandchildren look like.

In the carriage at the front, there were still low-pitched coughing sounds.

This made Zhu Dijiang's smile disappear in an instant.

Turning back again, looking at Ying Tiancheng, whom he had seen so well in the early years, a smile appeared on Zhu Di's face again.

Let the battle-hardened horses below him slowly approach Yingtian City.

Zhu Di tilted his head and squinted at Zhang Zhiyuan who was following him on a horse.

"The king always felt that Yingtian City was not enough to see. At that time, the queen mother was still there, and the king, the prince, and the brothers had never grown up. We traveled all over the city."

Zhang Zhiyuan suddenly said something very level: "So it is worthwhile for me to defend the frontier to the death."

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Zhang Zhiyuan wouldn't have understood why the third master let King Qin and King Jin ignore him, but let him choose the opportunity to climb to King Yan's side.

Zhu Di didn't realize the deep meaning in Zhang Zhiyuan's words, and raised his horsewhip to point to a large lake in the direction of his left hand: "This Xuanwu Lake, the king who was killed in the year was drunk and fell into the water, and was reprimanded by the prince. I only know it in retrospect. If the crown prince doesn't reprimand you, this king appointed you to be beaten by your father at that time."

Zhang Zhiyuan frowned, quietly looking at King Yan who was speaking in front of him.

It seems that after stepping on the land of Yingtian Mansion from a river boat, His Highness King Yan became sentimental as Yingtian City appeared in front of everyone, and kept reminiscing about the past.

Zhu Di continued: "Let's enter the city through Shence Gate. There are some delicious pastries on Anren Street. Then you can buy some and give them to the princess to taste."

"The hot and sour noodle soup at the entrance of Danhuang Street is the most delicious. I gave it to Yinliang so that brothers from the Northland can also try it."

"I just don't know if the sugar seller in Lianhuaqiao is still there, if not, I can buy some for that girl in Ming'er."

Having said that, Zhu Di stopped.

Because if you go further, you will arrive at the Youwei Camp of the Fujun, which is located in the northwest corner of the imperial city, and it is also the place where the guards of the kings entering the capital are stationed.

Zhang Zhiyuan nodded one by one, keeping all these in his heart.

Zhu Di said again: "Check your military achievements again yourself. Even though you have the guards of the Yan Palace's guards, you can't be negligent. Since you are a person who can be a general, you shouldn't just command the little army horses in the Yan Palace."

Zhang Zhiyuan held the reins and cupped his fists: "This subordinate only wishes to guard His Highness."

Zhu Di waved his hand, looked up at the Shence Gate of Yingtian City, which was already close at hand: "Yingtian City is so beautiful!"

Shence Gate is not pretty.

Compared to Zhengyangmen, which leads directly to Hongwumen, or Jubaomen, which lead to Yingtian's most prosperous Nancheng and Zhongcheng, Shencemen is nothing.

At the gate of the deserted city, not many people came in and out for a long time. The Jingwei officers and soldiers guarding in front of the gate were also a little lazily standing in an untidy line.

Standing in line can't be too casual, although the capital of the Ming Dynasty is unlikely to be attacked by enemies now, it's okay to be lazy, but if you can't see anyone, the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate who have been pursuing performance and evidence recently will definitely be like mad dogs The flutter bites up.

Zhu Di glanced at the lazy Jingwei officers and soldiers in front of the city gate, and felt that he should remind the old man when he returned to the palace this time that the Jingwei could not remain so deserted.

But before he could sort out his thoughts, he was attracted by the group of people in the city gate.

A meaningful smile slowly appeared on Zhu Di's face.

"My king's nephew is becoming more and more different!"

This seemed to wake up Zhang Zhiyuan, who was still reluctant to return to the capital until now, and looked up at the gate of Shence Gate.

I saw that Zhu Yunxi, who had been waiting here early in the morning, brought Sun Cheng, and people from the Ministry of Rites, Ministry of War, and Imperial Hospital, had already walked over.

The accompanying officials were all neatly dressed, solemn and solemn, facing His Highness King Yan without losing the respect and rules of being a courtier.

Zhu Yunxi was dressed very casually, with a swaying dress, a wild goose feather sword hanging on his waist, and a big piece of warm jade on the other side.Looking at it from a distance, it has the appearance and style of a noble son of the capital.

He walked forward to meet the team of the old fourth uncle returning to Beijing, with a strong smile on his face, bowed and clasped his fists: "My nephew has seen the fourth uncle. The fourth uncle has traveled thousands of miles to return to Beijing. It must have been a journey all the way." Very tired, let nephew lead fourth uncle and fourth aunt into the city and return to the palace."

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at the carriage in front of him that was coughing from time to time.

Zhu Yunxi beckoned lightly, and the imperial physician whom he had specially called today immediately stepped forward and came to the carriage to greet him.

Zhu Di, who was sitting on the horseback, looked at Zhu Yunxi silently for a moment, and then got off the horse.

Holding the horsewhip in his hand, he walked up to Zhu Yunxie and immediately clasped his fists together: "I see the supervisor."

Before Zhu Di could bow, Zhu Yunxi immediately stepped forward to support the fourth uncle's arms, with a smile on his face: "I dare not, fourth uncle is Zhesha's nephew."

Zhu Di really wanted to pay homage, because he had already vaguely seen the figure of Yu Shi hiding on the wall of Shence Gate just now.

However, Zhu Yunxi supported him, the strength of this kid was amazing, Zhu Di had no choice but to straighten up with a smile.

He first looked at the officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War who had stepped forward behind Zhu Yunxi to hand over the inspection to Zhang Zhiyuan, and then looked back at the imperial physician who had already entered the carriage.

Zhu Yunxi smiled and explained: "Originally only people from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rituals came, but my nephew thought that cousin Gao Chi's body would definitely feel unwell now that he was going all the way south, so he called the imperial physician to come together."

This dispelled Zhu Di's original thought of talking about the monarch and his ministers, and said with a light smile, "I'm going to bother you."

Zhu Yunxi waved his hand, and said with a nonchalant face: "This time when my cousin comes back, he will stay at home and take good care of his body. When he is finished, he will return to Beiping to inherit the wish of my fourth uncle."

Zhu Di smiled, and said softly: "I don't dare to think too much, I just hope that my life will be safe."

This makes some sense.

Zhu Yunxi smiled inwardly, turned around and said with a smile: "Fourth uncle, go back to the palace."

(End of this chapter)