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Chapter 429: August Osmanthus Fragrance


Xia Xun and the emperor discussed the details of Zhao'an again, and then left the palace, after Xia Xun left, Zhu Di opened a piece of music, but only read two lines, and then put it aside, suddenly a little impetuous, not thinking.

"Wealth does not return to the hometown, such as brocade clothes at night" Zhu Di chewed this sentence slowly, and a touch of sadness suddenly appeared in his eyes, a person who has success and brilliant achievements is always willing to share it with his relatives, and only in this way can glory become happiness.

But he is the emperor, and the happiness that many ordinary people can have, for him, is a luxury.

As an emperor, he should sacrifice his ancestors and parents, but he can't, he can't sacrifice his biological mother, he can't posthumously worship his biological mother as the empress dowager, and he can't even mention his biological mother to people.

In order to compete with Zhu Yunwen for the hearts and minds of the people, after he was martyred, he had to declare to the public that he was Empress Xiaoci Gao, that is, Ma Niangniang's son-in-law.

But in fact, his biological mother is not Ma Niangniang, but Concubine Qi.

In fact, Queen Ma has no biological children at all, including the crown prince Zhu Biao, who was not born to Queen Ma.

Queen Ma has not given birth in her life, all the princes and princesses are born to concubines, according to the general rules, the queen has no children, should be deposed, even if you want expediency, then which concubine gave birth to a prince and was made a prince, and was also promoted to the queen, and the two palaces stood side by side.

But in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, how can anyone compare with Ma Xiuying, so the five sons he originally gave birth to were all handed over to Ma Niangniang to raise, and he only said that he was born to Queen Ma.

These five sons are the eldest son Zhu Biao, the second son Zhu Zhang, the third son Zhu Li, the fourth son Zhu Di, and the fifth son Zhu Hu.

In fact, Zhu Biao, Zhu Zhang, and Zhu Li's biological mother is Shufei Li, and Zhu Di and Zhu Hu's biological mother is Concubine Weng, of course, there are officials who know that they are not Ma Niangniang's biological parents, but the officials who know are only a few after all, and they will not go out to talk nonsense, and it is enough for the world to believe this matter.

Zhu Di was indeed raised by Ma Niangniang, but his biological mother Weng was a Mongolian concubine of Zhu Yuanzhang, she was the daughter of a local military and political official in Dalu Huachi of the Yuan Dynasty.

Her situation in the palace has always been very bad, and Zhu Di died of illness when she was very young, but in Zhu Di's childhood memories, she still remembers her and his mother.

His mother loved him very much, and was very happy when she occasionally had the opportunity to be with him, and when she saw him, she hugged him tightly, and talked to him non-stop, as if to finish all her thoughts about her own son in one breath, and she also sang a folk song on the grassland to her son, just to coax her son, who was a little strange and timid, to show a smile.

Thinking about it, Zhu Di's eyes moistened.

Although everyone in the palace knows who his biological mother is, it is Ma Niangniang who is announced to the world, so at the beginning of his martyrdom, he can announce that he is the concubine of Empress Xiaoci Gao, and now there may be people who know the truth, but no one dares to tell people indiscriminately, as long as he strictly seals the news, ten years, twenty years, one hundred years later, will anyone know all this He, guarding the border passes, killing and deciding, drove the grassland heroes and wolves to rush to the pigs; He, who was martyred for four years, started with 800 personal soldiers and seized the great heaven; He has charged into battle countless times, he is not afraid of death, he doesn't know what he is afraid of, and now that he is the son of heaven, he can't imagine what he can't do.

But when Yang Xu showed the happiness of sharing glory with his relatives, he suddenly found that there were some things that he couldn't face, or that the price of facing the truth was too great for him to afford.

Zhu Di felt a deep sadness in his heart, as the lord of the world, he couldn't tell his mother and relatives the good news in a bright way, so that she could be happy for herself in the spirit of heaven.

Although he tried his best to show a kind of disdain for the bullshit that was difficult to protect by the other party Huang Qitai and others, but in this era, he has also received such teachings since he was a child, and his heart is actually troubled by the elders and children, in order to win the hearts of the people as much as possible, he can only lie against his will, saying that he is the biological son of Empress Xiaoci Gao, and his biological mother has even become a taboo, a taboo that cannot be mentioned.

In his mind, he kept thinking of the woman who had rushed up to him in surprise and hugged him tightly and kissed him in tears in that remote palace when he was a child; The woman who held him happily in her arms, humming a steppe ballad that sounded strange to him to put him to sleep; It was his biological mother, Zhu Di, slowly closed her eyes, tears streaming down her face.

This is the sorrow of an emperor, and it is also the sorrow of a hero who has the ability to overturn the river and the sea, but has to cower and surrender in front of the Taoist system.

"Maybe, I should do something, even if I can't be upright for my mother.

I am the emperor, the Ming dynasty will be passed down in the hands of my children and grandchildren, they should remember her, should sacrifice her with incense, without her, there will be no me, how can there be them" Zhu Di secretly made a decision in his heart, and then, he thought of Yang Xu.

Yang Xu has saved him and his whole family several times, and now he is a duke and rests with the country, this secret, it should be the most appropriate for him to do it.

"Muen" Zhu Di only called a call, and Mu En immediately appeared at the door like an echoing worm: "The slave is here" "Go, call Yang Xu" As soon as Zhu Di said this, he stopped talking again, and thought about it: "This matter, it's not a matter of a day or two to hold up, let's wait for him to come back."

Thinking of this, Zhu Di waved his hand again and ordered: "It's okay, go down" Mu En blinked his eyes inexplicably, owed, and disappeared into the doorway.

Xia Xun left the capital and rushed to Shuangyu.

This trip is very different from the usual trip to Beijing, officially in name, he was ordered by the Holy Decree to recruit the righteous thieves of Shuangyu Island.

Righteous thieves, this is the positioning of the imperial court on the Shuangyu pirates, there is always a reason to recruit security for no reason, which requires momentum.

What is the reason for recruiting these pirates?

As a result, when the news spread that the Duke of Fuguo came forward to recruit the Shuangyu pirates, the news that the Shuangyu pirates assisted Li Jinglongguo, the Duke of Cao, to encircle and suppress the Chumi Gang and the South China Sea thief Chen Zuyi spread, and the news about the Shuangyu Gang's rescue of the prince of Yan Wang and the recent battle with the Japanese Kou was also spread.

These things, as long as Xia Xun commands, his people will naturally do it, at the beginning, his people were under the pursuit of the imperial court, and they were still able to spread all kinds of news about King Yan in Beijing, and now it is naturally easy to do such a thing.

The investigation of the family of the supervising envoy Duan Mi has also begun, Xia Xun attaches great importance to this matter, he Xia Xun is not a good person, people don't offend me, I don't offend people, if someone wants to hit his idea, no matter what the purpose, he must react, if he knows who wants to move him, he doesn't mind striking first.

In officialdom, there are some things that you have to show an attitude to, not whether you have to react or not.

To investigate this matter, he used the people of the hidden dragon.

The establishment of the hidden dragon was inspired by the secret spy of the Jinyi Guard, and he completely controlled this secret team in his own hands, because there was a flying dragon as a cover, and even the emperor did not know.

Keeping such a force in his hands, he didn't want to do anything bad or even unfavorable to the emperor, a spy is a spy, he can't see the light, and he can't do big things on the surface if he wants to, he just wants to have more power for self-protection, and as for the wider range and more hidden force inherited from Luo Kedi, he doesn't want to expose it.

The reason why this force is strong is precisely because of its secrecy, through decades of operation, its tentacles have taken root in various places under the Great Tomorrow, and it has a very good protective color, if it is turned into the sun, and it loses its mysterious surname, it is not a big deal, in that case, these brocade-clothed secret spies, the strength of doing things is not as effective as the knife head catchers of the yamen of various prefectures and counties, and special weapons can only play a role in a special environment.

When Xia Xun left Beijing, many people came to see him off.

Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guolong, Ru Chang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Xie Jin, the scholar of Qiguo, Qiu Fu, the Duke of Chengguo, Zhu Neng, the Duke of Dingguo, Xu Jingchang, the Huaiqing Concubine, Wang Ning, and the recently arrogant Jinyi Wei commander Ji Gang, Nanzhen Fu envoy Liu Yujue and others all came, and even the prince Zhu Gaoxu also came.

These people have clans, relatives, ministers, civil officials, military generals, representatives of various forces, don't look at Emperor Yongle after ascending to the pole, Xia Xun wandered all day long, as if he had nothing to do, an official with vision, from this one thing, you can perceive Xia Xun's influence in the court and the power he can use.

People who can be recognized by the old ministers of Jianwen and the heroes of the Beiping department at the same time, and at the same time by the elders, scholars, generals and clans, royal relatives and ministers in the opposition, except for Xia Xun, there is really no second person who can do it at the moment.

When the guard of honor walked towards the elephant training gate, Xia Xun saw a large number of men and women dressed in the clothes of prisoners, and they were being escorted slowly through the streets.

When Xia Xun saw it, the smile on his face disappeared.

The ending of these people, Xia Xun could only sigh.

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Everyone has their own choices, and many things are not something that others can control.

Even emperors who seem to be omnipotent, there are times when they are helpless, let alone them.

Xia Xun's efforts were not in vain, he successfully persuaded some ministers on the "Annihilation List", such as Wang Du, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, Zheng Ci, the head of the Ministry of Industry, Huang Fu, the head of the Ministry of Industry, Yin Changlong, the head of the Ministry of Officials, Zhang Shen, and the head of the Ministry of Officials, Mao Taiheng, under his persuasion, they all confessed one after another, and these people were not only released by the Yongle Emperor, but most of them were also reinstated to their old positions.

These people didn't come, their current identities are still very sensitive, and they need a period of stability, so it's not appropriate to show their heads at this time, Xia Xun knows their sufferings from the bottom of his heart.

But these people were released by his hands, and those officials owe him this favor.

In fact, Lian Zining and Zhuo Jing are the people Xia Xun wants to convince the most, if you really want to talk about it, their talents and abilities may not be stronger than these Shangshu, Shilang, and Imperial Envoys who are willing to give in, but because of their unyielding, in the original history, they are very famous, so Xia Xun has a good impression of them.

It's a pity that people's hearts and surnames are difficult to change, although Xia Xun persuaded and suppressed and divided them through skillful persuasion, a group of officials such as Lian Zining and Zhuo Jing were still unmoved.

He invited these people out one by one, patiently persuaded them, and persuaded them with the stories of Guan Zhong changing things to Huan Gong and Wei Zheng changing things to Li Shimin, persuading them not to live up to what they had learned in their chests, and to do more good things for the country and the people.

Zhuo Jing is better, Zhuo Jing has never been an impulsive faction, when he saw Xia Xun, he neither yelled nor scolded, but kept shaking his head and sighing, and said over and over again that Emperor Jianwen should not have listened to Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng's stupid tricks.

Nagging, Lord Zhuo is about to become Xianglin's sister-in-law, full of regret and remorse, but he didn't pay attention to Xia Xun's words at all, Xia Xun said in a hurry, he said: "Zhuo has nothing to ask for now, but to die quickly, follow the old master under Jiuquan, and take the whole righteousness" Xia Xun was helpless, so he had to escort him back to prison.

After he was taken out of prison, he didn't wait for Xia Xun to speak, he scolded him, and spitted Xingzi sprayed Xia Xun in the face, Lian Zining shouted and asked: If Zhu Di is really forced to start an army in Jingnan, then Jingnan has succeeded, although Emperor Jianwen is dead, he still has sons and brothers, why doesn't King Yan follow the example of Duke Zhou and ensure his accession to the throne spoke impassionedly and vigorously, blocking everything Xia Xun wanted to say first.

Isn't this nonsense, although it is true that they were forced to raise troops, but the so-called Jingjing is just a cover to win the hearts of the people, from the day Zhu Di raised the army, it was doomed that this pair of uncles and nephews would die and die.

If Emperor Jianwen's son or brother is the king, if he says such angry things to raise the bar with Zhu Di, then it will be okay, if he really thinks that doing this is justified, then he is clearly a political idiot.

The Tao is not the same, Xia Xun is not nonsense, and immediately asked someone to send him back.

Emperor Jianwen valued the literati, and the civil servants finally had some people of integrity who served their king with death.

It's just that thinking of Emperor Jianwen, who let his wife and son go, absconded by himself, and took his surname, Xia Xun always had a funny feeling in his heart.

No matter what, the bloody storm is finally going to pass, and the future will be a broader world.

Throughout history, there are few emperors who can create so many brilliant achievements, and they have to be compared with Yongle Emperor.

However, there are also some delays, and the slightest difference is a thousand miles away, and there are many regrets for the future.

"I, can I make up for this shortcoming?"

Xia Xun looked at the princes and princes and scholars who accompanied him, they had almost captured all the strength of all the factions in the court, and Xia Xun suddenly felt an unprecedented confidence in his heart.

The city gate is near, and a gust of wind comes from outside the city, with the breath of autumn and the fragrance of osmanthus flowers, which is refreshing and refreshing To be continued: