Daming heir

Chapter 415 Adding Fire
The ink dots bloomed little by little on the memorial.

Stains of ink, like the splashed ink in the south of the Yangtze River, from deep to shallow, spread toward the surroundings and along the veins of the paper.

Xie Jin's brows were tightened, and his expression looked a little dignified.

His voice echoed in Wenyuan Pavilion, and the young students couldn't help but be a little surprised that the master would still look like this.

The Jinyiwei Baihu who came here bowed and said, "Scholar, Your Highness is going back to Beijing tonight, and he is walking alone, and the officials in Beijing don't know yet."

Xie Jin raised his head: "Has the news been sent to the Taisun Mansion and His Majesty?"

The hundred household official shook his head: "His Royal Highness just asked me to wait for a bachelor."

Taisun went back to Beijing, but hid his whereabouts on purpose, left alone on his way back to the city, and did not inform Taisun's mansion and the palace, but only sent the news to himself.

Xie Jin's thoughts ran wild for a while, and his worries became heavier.

After a while, he raised his head again and looked at the Jinyiwei Baihu who were still waiting in front of his eyes.Apologetic expression appeared on Xie Jin's face, and he said softly: "Thank you, everyone, I already know His Highness's itinerary."

"The subordinate retire."

Jin Yiwei's hundreds of households bowed and clasped their fists, and led the two chief banner officers to exit Wenyuan Pavilion lightly.

Inside the hall, Xie Jin's eyes were locked on the ink-stained memorial.

The young student who took over as the governor of the Tongzheng envoy stepped forward and poured a cup of tea for Xie Jin.

The young magistrate took the ink-stained memorial from Xie Jin's eyes again, and lowered his head to look at it twice: "It's the Sichuan Dao's memorial. It's not a big deal. It's fine if the students make up this piece."

As he spoke, the young governor took out tools from the wooden pocket beside him, cut and fitted the memorial, and added the content of the memorial to the side.

Xie Jin raised his hand and pressed it on the table: "How is the court today?"

The young governor was stunned for a moment.

The emperor is diligent. Since he ascended the throne, he has to go to court every day to discuss national policies with his ministers.Only in the past two years, because the prince is getting older and the grandson has become more calm, there are fewer court meetings, and the affairs of the country are almost handed over to the prince.

At present, the court and the central government have been maintaining a relatively peaceful rhythm to promote the progress of Ming Dynasty.

But obviously, what the husband wants to ask is not these.

The young governor thought for a while before he said: "Recently, all departments and offices have been going step by step, but you brothers and seniors want to do something, although there has never been any obstacle, but it has been delayed a lot compared to before."

After roughly speaking about the recent court affairs, the young governor quietly glanced at Xie Jin, and then turned his eyes.

Afterwards, the young governor carefully whispered: "Sir, according to the news last night, I heard that His Highness confiscated the entire Kong family this time, and those Kong family members are already on their way to the capital."

"The Great Ming ruled the country with filial piety and the great Ming law."

Xie Jin replied softly, and looked at the young student carefully.

The young governor showed embarrassment on his face, rubbed his hands together and said, "The students are thinking, is His Highness intending to make some changes in the court? If so, His Highness is now hiding his whereabouts and returning to Beijing tonight , should the students prepare for it?"

Xie Jin snorted coldly: "As a minister, how can you speculate on your own intentions!"

As he spoke, Xie Jin smashed a memorial at hand on the young governor's chest.

The governor took the memorial on his chest, blushed and laughed a few times, then lowered his head and opened the memorial, after a few glances, the young man showed a look of shock on his face.

"Gaoxue...Fang Bo, you've arrived at Qiantang Wharf. When did this happen?"

Xie Jin snorted twice: "Jiaozhidao's administration in the past two years, because it is far away from the Central Plains, is very different from what the court has always done. It is true that there are some inadequacies, but fortunately it has achieved remarkable results. This time, His Highness visited the west. It is also an opportunistic opportunity to carry out relief work at the same time as Henan and Shandong provinces are in chaos."

"Opportunity..." The young magistrate frowned, but he couldn't hide the handsomeness of the young man. He muttered, "The Kong family is this opportunity. Using the Kong family to act, His Highness's plan..."

The young governor was muttering to himself, but suddenly stopped, with a look of surprise on his face.

Xie Jin nodded and lowered his eyebrows, putting his hands in his pockets: "Go, call Xiaobai and the others."

The young governor asked doubtfully, "Senior Bai?"

"Tell him, let's just say that the master's recent fine wine is on the bank of Xuanwu Lake, on the side of Yanliu in the North Lake tonight, and invite them to taste it."

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is the day.

Rumors abounded in the official circles of Yingtian City, all officials had no interest in government affairs, and everyone secretly discussed the rumors.

The yamen of each department received sick leave and petitions from most of the yamen in one day.

It should be known that the officials of the Hongwu Dynasty had almost no rest days.In a year, there are only three days when you can rest and bathe at home. Otherwise, you can only find time to be lazy, and you must be careful not to be discovered by the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

All this is because the emperor is a diligent person.

If you are strict with yourself, you can be strict with others.

Even if the official is seriously ill, it needs to be verified by all parties before the imperial court will grant leave.

In the first few years, many people died of illness and exhaustion in their official positions because of this.

But this time, the officials of the Ming Dynasty were very tough.

If you say you are sick, you are sick. After you get the paperwork, you stay at home and don't go out.

Those officials who blamed themselves for making mistakes also closed their houses tightly after handing in their pleadings, pretending to confine them by themselves and leave them for the court to check.

A strange atmosphere instantly filled Yingtian City.

Even the ordinary people noticed that Ying Tianfu put more guards on the street.Not to mention that the officers and soldiers of Wucheng Bingma Division had already quietly walked out of the barracks.

Every plant and tree in the officialdom can attract the attention of countless people.

"Third Uncle, at this time. Shouldn't our family invite people from the Xu family, the Tang family, the Mu family and the Lan family to come over?"

As the leader of the third generation of the Kaiping Prince's Chang family, Chang Jizu, who was wearing a military uniform, sat in the front hall and looked at his third uncle Chang Sen who had just arrived home from the palace.

Chang Sen took a few sips of tea from his teacup, and stretched out his hand to unbutton his neckline.Because he was guarding the palace all night, Chang Sen's face was a little haggard, and his eyes were a little heavy.

He let out a breath and looked at Chang Jizu: "Is there too much food at home?"

Chang Jizu was taken aback for a moment.

Nowadays, Chang Sen is basically the one who decides on major events in the Kaiping Palace, and he only asked this question after he got some news today.

Chang Jizu whispered: "Third Uncle, the members of the Kong family are being detained to answer the sky, I think it will not take long for Brother Xie to return to Beijing. At this time, if our family does not take action If not, I'm afraid Brother Xie will be in a lot of trouble at that time."

Chang Sen seemed to be a little irritable due to lack of sleep, and tugged his collar twice: "What action do you want to take? Is it to summon soldiers and horses, or enter the palace to face saints? Or, ask each family to order servants, The mouths of those civil servants were sucked out?"

Chang Jizu was speechless when asked.

For a moment, I froze on the spot, not knowing what to say.

Chang Sen sighed softly: "Your uncle has been away for two years, and your father is now leading an army in the south to expand the territory for our Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty trusts our Chang family, and the prince and grandson also confide in our Chang family. Therefore, the third uncle was able to take the errand of the imperial army, guard the palace, and protect His Majesty.

At this time, whether it is our family, or the Xu family, the Tang family, or the Lan family, we should talk less and do less.As long as it's not something that touches the bottom line, and it's not something that makes us unable to survive, then hold on.

If we need to do something, do you think His Majesty will not hint?Or will the prince and grandson leave us alone and find others to do things? "

Chang Jizu nodded: "It's my nephew who is impatient."

Chang Sen waved his hand: "You think, third uncle understands. Your Majesty is now in the spirit of a dragon and a horse, and the crown prince is also sitting in the East Palace. Brother Xi has been the grandson for two years. The more this time, the less anxious. We are The honorable man who founded the Ming Dynasty was a general, a general who led troops for the emperor to conquer dissidents.

It can be described as a combination of honor and disgrace.To put it bluntly, as long as we don't do treasonous things, we will live with the country.Whatever Your Majesty wants us to do, we do.

Don't look at the court, the civil servants have power over the court, the officials of six departments, five temples and three legal departments, one official document can change the people.But don't you take a look, can these people be as stable as Mount Tai?
It's Zhan Hui, who has been Minister of the Ministry of Officials for His Majesty for many years, what about others now?It's not that he took the blame for the civil servants once, and now he returns to his hometown silently to entertain his grandchildren. "

Chang Jizu stood up, clasped his hands together, and bowed.

His expression was a little dignified, but his eyes were sincere: "My nephew has been educated."

"That's all." Chang Sen waved his hand and looked out of the hall with a calm face: "The Kong family is just a memorial archway, at most it's just a memorial archway that has been erected for a thousand years. Now it will fall down, how many people do you have in the world?" Will you sincerely go to the Kong family?
It is nothing more than the merits and virtues of the sage Kong, which will benefit future generations for thousands of years. Those scholars are eating the legacy of the sage Confucius in order to have a place in the court.

Now that the Kong family has collapsed, they panic.It is because they are afraid, they are afraid.They were afraid that the grandson could overthrow the Kong family and sweep them away mercilessly. "

Chang Jizu frowned, and said hesitantly: "Now the civil servants have already made some moves, and many people from various ministries and yamen have returned home. Aren't they afraid that His Majesty will settle accounts after autumn?"

Chang Sen snorted coldly: "They are just thinking of hugging together to keep warm. They feel that as long as they are united, His Majesty will be wary of rats, and the society will be in turmoil, so he will show mercy to them."

"Your Majesty is not like this kind of person..."

Chang Sen let out a light sigh, looked at Chang Jizu unexpectedly, but said with a smile: "Going forward, Your Majesty is indeed so. It's just that maybe it's really different now."

Chang Jizu wondered: "It's different now?"

"The imperial court has been pushing the old and bringing forth the new for the past two years, and the New Deal and newcomers are on the way, but it hasn't reached the time for a complete change."

Chang Sen explained softly: "Your Majesty didn't study in the early years, but which day did you not read books or history in these years? Why did the previous innovations in the former Song Dynasty come to an end without a problem? It was because there was not enough preparation, so he hurriedly pushed it to the front. Everything is put on the table in one go, and without assistance, it will fail repeatedly.

Look at how many times our Daming has followed the trend in the past two years.Thinking about it again, where are our fields now? "

In the front hall of Chang's house, the uncle and nephew fell silent.

Chang Sen breathed out from time to time, while Chang Jizu frowned and pondered.

Even the maids outside the hall did not dare to come in to refill tea at this time.

The person in charge also stays outside, and if they see people from a distance, they will wave away.

After a while, Chang Jizu said: "At this time, just wait for His Highness to say something, as long as His Highness has spoken, we will act according to the order."

"That's the truth."

Chang Sen let out a long breath, stood up with heavy breaths, and waved his arms: "Just wait, if your guess is right, His Highness will definitely advance into the city before the Kong family."

After finishing speaking, Chang Sen turned around and went back to the back house.

Chang Jizu got up to send him off respectfully, and after Chang Sen left, he stopped at the same spot, his eyes shifting.

After a while, Chang Jizu shouted to the outside.

"Come here, lead the horse, gather the hands and go to the martial arts hall."

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"Zhang Zhiyuan came to report that the water transportation is smooth, and the rebels along the coast have been executed."

"Shandong Dao Sansi's yamen has issued an indictment report, and Shandong Dusi is dispatching troops to cooperate with Zhang Zhiyuan to suppress the rebellion in the rest of the country. The third department's yamen issued a military order to completely put down the Shandong Dao rebellion within a month."

"Zhejiang Daojinyiwei Hundred Households played a secret performance, Jiaozhi Dao Chief Envoy Gao Yang stopped this trip and returned to Beijing to report on his duties, and he will arrive in Yingtian within three days."

In the vast Yangtze River, under the night, the moonlight shines on the river surface, which is a bit gentle.

The temperature was a little bit cold, Zhu Gaochi was wrapped in clothes, standing at the bow of the boat, his face was a little pale.

In order to hide their whereabouts, they changed a merchant ship on the way before arriving at Yangzhou Mansion.

Merchant ships are no more than government-built large ships, and they always have more bumps on the river.

Zhu Yunxi was dressed in Yesa, he was very heroic, looking into the distance, Yingtian City, which was already visible to the naked eye, the brightly lit silhouette of Yingtian City exposed under the darkness of night.

"What's the news about Ying Tiancheng?"

Zhu Gaochi took a step back and looked at Tian Mai and Zhang Hui next to him.

Tian Mai stepped forward, bowed and said, "The latest news is that many officials in the court have started to stay behind closed doors."

"A lot? How much?" Zhu Yunxi sneered, and then mocked: "I'm afraid there are very few officials who are still in the government."

Tian Mai didn't dare to speak, and looked back at Zhang Hui.

Zhu Gaochi looked at Zhu Yunxi's uncertainty, and said, "You can go outside Yingtian City tonight. If you want to continue hiding in the dark, you can't knock on the city gate and enter the city."

"Let's go to Xuanwu Lake and find a place to rest for a while."

Zhu Yunxi waved his right arm and made up his mind.

Then he turned to look at Tian Mai.

Tian Mai clasped her fists immediately: "This subordinate is here."

Zhu Yunxi commanded in a deep voice: "Send people into the city and spread the news. He said that Gu Yu has taken all the preferential treatment from the scholars in the world, and all the people of my Ming Dynasty should be treated as one."

Zhu Gaochi raised his brows, and his expression was instantly brilliant.

He said in a muffled voice: "You are trying to add fire to Ying Tian City!"

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