On October 28, Jinling City once again welcomed her master As many times in the past, the princely officials who stayed in the capital did their best to prepare for the chauffeur matter, which was a matter of easy control, and it was naturally handled in an orderly manner, and all the etiquette guards were in accordance with the regulations, which was not bad at all But this time, the atmosphere was obviously much more solemn than ever, and everyone was uneasy, not knowing what kind of thunderous anger would come God also joined in the fun, and since the morning, the wind has been howling and the dark clouds are plumbing, which makes the prince Han Wang and all the civil and military forces who are driving at the mouth of the Longjiang River more and more breathless. otbnkotgt After waiting and waiting, everyone finally saw several towering treasure ships, under the support of more than 200 huge ships, through the thick river fog, with a sudden, but overwhelming momentum, appeared in front of everyone "The emperor has arrived" The officials of the Ministry of Rites came back to their senses, and hurriedly urged the ceremony to begin, and the teaching workshop played Shao music, and the ministers under the color shed, civil and military officials, and the envoys of the vassal kingdom bowed down to the big ship with a brush, and said loudly: "The ministers welcome the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live."
"On the top deck of the tallest treasure ship, the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty standing with a frosty face overlooking the ministers kneeling on the dock like ants, Zhu Di did not have a trace of expression on his face, he didn't even wear a dragon robe, but just casually wore a dark cyan straight jacket, and an ink-colored coat was draped outside, which further set off the emperor's gloomy mood at the moment Behind him, there stood Taisun and King Zhao, as well as Zheng He, Zhao Ying, and Hu Hao.
Affected by the emperor's mood, everyone tightened their faces and didn't say a word.
At this time, the eunuch Li Yan came over and whispered to Zhu Di: "Your Majesty, the prince and the ministers are here to greet you, shouldn't we go down?"
Zhu Di was silent for a while, and said coldly: "Let them kneel."
After speaking, he turned around and said to Zheng He: "Change a boat to avoid them, and you and Shadow will accompany me back to the palace."
Saying that, Zhu Di looked at Taisun and King Zhao again: "The sun does not set, you are not allowed to go down, let alone leak the news." ” The emperor clearly wanted to punish the minister of civil and military affairs, and Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Gaosui hurriedly claimed that it was.
"Let's go."
After Zhu Di finished speaking, he turned around and went down the stairs, and Zhao Ying and Zheng He hurriedly followed.
Under Zheng He's arrangement, a moment later, Zhu Di boarded an inconspicuous battleship and left the mouth of the Longjiang River.
Nanjing City can be directly entered from the waterway, but the Qinhuai River can't run a huge treasure ship, so usually the emperor gets off the boat at the mouth of the Longjiang River and returns to Beijing by imperial chariot.
This time, Zhu Di didn't want to see his minister, so he took this warship, which was several sizes smaller, and went straight back to Beijing from the Water Gate. said that it is several sizes smaller, that is also compared with the huge treasure ship, for the cargo ship painting boat on the Qinhuai River, Zhu Di is still a behemoth, and the people on the boat are looking sideways, I don't know which powerful person is on the ship, and when they see that standing on the deck is a burly old man with half white hair, everyone is not interested, they don't know, this old man is the supreme emperor of the Ming Dynasty "So, I actually have nothing special," Zhu Di looked at the people who turned a blind eye to him, and said lightly: "Wearing a dragon robe is the emperor, and taking it off is an ordinary old man." ” "That's because the common people don't know Mount Tai," Zhao Ying said softly: "Who would have thought that the emperor was not at the mouth of the Longjiang River, but on this small boat."
"So," Zhu Di shook his head and said to himself: "It is ridiculous to expect the loyalty of the courtiers.
He was obviously still immersed in his own world, and paid no attention to the old eunuch's words.
After speaking, Zhu Di looked at Zhao Ying and Zheng He, and said lightly: "You people who have no roots and no power can still be credible."
"Yes," Zhao Ying said softly: "We are wasted people, we have no children, no daughters, no fathers and no mothers, we are nothing without the emperor, and we have no other thoughts except to be loyal to the emperor." ” "There are still selfish distractions," Zhu Di shook his head and said, "Nine out of ten eunuchs love money as much as life," he said, glancing at Zheng He and said, "That is, you are a strange person, and you are the least like a eunuch." ” "Hehe" Zheng He couldn't say the old eunuch's sensual words, so he could only smile.
"Thanks to you this time."
Zhu Di sighed and said, "My country still depends on you."
"They have too many distractions" Zhao Ying said quietly: "It's not selfish, how can there be the current situation" said with a sigh: "The emperor didn't see it, the scene in Zhenjiang City that day, more than 100,000 people died, it's too miserable" "Yes."
Thinking of the picture at that time, Zheng He also nodded gloomily and said: "There are too many dead people."
"If you want me to say it's good to die," Zhao Ying smiled and said, "It's good to die completely."
"You" Zheng He looked at Zhao Ying in shock, not knowing why this old pervert made such a strange statement "The reason is very simple, people who are attached to the King of Han are rebellious, how can my Ming Dynasty allow traitors to stand on a foothold and die as much as possible, the more they die, the more trouble we will have" Zhao Ying sneered and said: "As for the prince, there are too many soldiers in his hands, and he will think a lot of thoughts, so it is better to eliminate them."
After a pause, he asked Zheng He with a smile: "You say, is it just what the emperor wants when they call back and forth this time?"
Listening to the old eunuch's words, Zheng He was terrified and looked at Zhu Di's unfathomable face.
When my heart suddenly rose, I realized that everything that happened in the capital and Zhenjiang was planned, except for the assassination that happened in Beijing, everything originated from the emperor's thoughts "This method was thought up by the shadow," Zhu Di said lightly: "I think it's good, so I gave them the stage, I want to see what they can sing" After speaking, Zhu Di sighed and said with a strange smile: "Sure enough, I didn't disappoint me, I raised a group of good sons" The last few words, the emperor gritted his teeth and said it.
At the mouth of the Longjiang River, the emperor did not show up for a long time, and the crown prince and the ministers could only kneel and wait.
Who knew that after waiting and waiting, a full hour had passed, and the emperor was still nowhere to be seen.
The ministers stabbed their knees one by one, and they were crumbling, and they asked people to go to the boat to ask, and they only said to wait, since the emperor said to wait, that is, they had to wait to kneel to death After another half an hour, some of the old and frail courtiers finally fainted, but no one dared to come forward to help them At this time, the rain that had been held for a day finally fell, and the bean-sized raindrops hurt people, and then it became denser and denser, and soon the torrential rain was like a note On the treasure boat, there are eunuchs holding big umbrellas, Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Gaosui naturally won't get drenched in the rain, the former looked at the people kneeling in the rain with worried eyes, and the one headed by him was his father Zhu Gaosui looked at the guys who were drenched in soup with great interest.
Among these people, the only one he cares about is Zhu Gaoxu, but His Royal Highness the King of Han has a great skill, that is, a knife in the sky, what is it "Let's go down."
Zhu Zhanji couldn't help it, and said to Zhu Gaosui in a cold voice.
"You didn't hear the emperor's words clearly" Zhu Gaosui frowned and said: "Is the emperor's words important, or is it important to sell well to those ministers" Zhu Zhanji took a deep breath and said with a sneer: "The emperor said, let's go down when the sun sets, now that the sun has set, how can it be so dark?"
"That's because it's raining heavily," Zhu Gaosui pouted.
"Do you know that when the thunder and lightning are raining, the golden crow will not go back to rest" Zhu Zhanji, who is close to the ink and black, is not something that Zhu Gaosui can deal with.
"You" Zhu Gaosui really didn't know how to get back, so he had to watch Zhu Zhanji get off the boat and walk into the rain Zhu Gao knelt in the rain, and suddenly felt that the rain had stopped, and he looked up blankly and saw that it was his son, holding an umbrella for himself The father and son of "Ji'er" have not seen each other for nearly half a year, and they feel as if they are separated from each other.
"Father," Zhu Zhanji stretched out his hand to help the prince and said in a low voice: "Grandpa Huang has already returned to the palace." ” "Ah" Zhu Gaochi was taken aback, and then said bitterly: "It seems that my father is really sad this time."
The emperor was not on the ship, and the ministers had nothing to kneel on, so they supported themselves to get up, and suddenly heard a loud shout: "Don't move, who told you to get up" Don't look at it, the ministers also know that this is a half-day of work for His Royal Highness the King of Han to be sick again, and he has been sick seven or eight times Although Zhu Zhanji also heard the news that his second uncle was crazy, this was the first time he saw it with his own eyes, and he saw His Royal Highness the King of Han wearing a royal robe, his hands and feet were tied to a special chair with iron chains, and he was struggling desperately, and the ministers with distorted expressions shouted: "This seat does not allow you to get up, kneel down for me, otherwise I will kill you with a thunderbolt."
Coincidentally, there happened to be a flash of lightning across the sky, and the muffled thunder rolled in, which startled the King of Han.
The sky and earth reflected by the lightning were white, and it also reflected the ghostly appearance of Zhu Gaoxu's cloak "Hahaha" King Han immediately laughed loudly, straightened his neck, stared at his eyes, and shouted triumphantly: "I'm afraid, this seat is so powerful" "Hurry up and send King Han to the car."
Seeing Zhu Gaochu being crazy and stupid here, Zhu Gaochi couldn't hold it on his face, and hurriedly ordered the eunuch to carry the King of Han away.
Then four eunuchs came, set up the bamboo pole under the chair, and lifted the king of Han and the chair.
As soon as he was lifted up, King Han was no longer angry, and instead laughed loudly: "Get up and drive quickly, escort this seat back to the palace" When passing by Zhu Zhanji's side, King Han glanced at Zhu Zhanji and said strangely: "What do you look at, a thunder in this seat will kill you" "Hey" Zhu Zhanji looked at the crazy Zhu Gaoxu, and softly recited a few lines of poetry: "Life should be a hero, and death should be a ghost."
So far, I think of Xiang Yu and refuse to cross Jiangdong" After listening to this poem, Zhu Gaoxu's crazy face was obviously gloomy: