Because Gao Yi assigned a hundred personal guards to escort people back to Xue Customs, Uncle Zheng had much fewer personal guards, but the problem was not big. Firstly, there was a sword master by his side; secondly, , after continuing westward from Litian City and entering the Yan Kingdom, safety has been guaranteed. As long as there is no ambush with a large number of people, there will basically be no threat to Uncle Zheng.
The journey was smooth,
and before the date required by the imperial edict,
Uncle Zheng’s team arrived outside the capital.
The last time he entered the capital, he was a personal guard beside Marquis Jingnan.
This time, people from the Ministry of Rites and the Forbidden Army were waiting early in Tiantai County outside the capital.
Generally speaking, it is a matter for the Ministry of War to return generals from abroad to Beijing.
For low-level generals, you should quickly follow the date and report to the Yamen of the Ministry of War after entering the capital. From the moment you enter the Yamen of the Ministry of War, you have to smile at everyone. Bring some souvenirs, otherwise others will think you are unruly.
For high-level generals, the Ministry of War will send people to wait for you, accompany you to Beijing, and report to the yamen together. In the yamen, except for those big bosses from the Ministry of War, you will You can talk and laugh.
Once the people from the Ministry of Rites are dispatched,
it often means that there is no need for you to go to the Ministry of War, the kind of yamen that treats people badly. They will send people to your mansion themselves. Or I can contact you to complete the procedures.
And you,
either go directly to the palace to meet the saint,
or prepare for the ceremony of entering the city.
Uncle Zheng is the latter. This subordinate from the etiquette department came specifically to inform Uncle Zheng that there will be an entry ceremony when entering Beijing.
The accompanying imperial troops were, on the one hand, acting as a defensive force, and on the other hand, they were actually acting as a guard of honor.
Uncle Zheng himself has to put on the royal gold armor and the royal sword. At the same time, the princess has to change into a gorgeous dress. At the same time, the royal carriage is already waiting here.
Perhaps because they were afraid that the princess would not have enough jewelry, the people from the Ministry of Etiquette also brought exquisite clothes and various royal jewelry. These are gifts in nature and will not be taken back.
After everything was tidied up,
Uncle Zheng entered the imperial carriage first and sat with Xiong Liqing. After all, the team still had a long way to go before reaching the gate of the capital. It's time to march.
"Alas, in the past, Yan State was not so particular about it."
Recalling the last time I entered Beijing, the etiquette was not so complicated.
In fact, the reason why the Yan people have been called Yan barbarians by the Gan and Chu people for hundreds of years is precisely because the Yan people don't care about these red tapes.
But now, in the past few years, Dayan has successively attacked Qian and Chu, and also annexed Jin. As the most powerful empire in the east, it finally began to consciously pay attention to its own " Decent".
Xiong Liqing said: "The strong are respected, and whatever the strong do is right and justified. In fact, the etiquette here in Dayan is not as complicated as in Chu country. "
"Looking at you wearing so much, are you tired? ”
“I’m used to it. "
"Would you like to lie down and take a rest? "
Xiong Liqing shook her head and said: "Just sit like this, otherwise you will have to clean it up again later, which will be troublesome. "
Uncle Zheng nodded, leaned against the car wall, and closed his eyes.
"Is this the second time my husband has come to Beijing? "
"Yes, the first time I followed Marquis Jingnan, I must be his personal guard, but I also came in a carriage. "
When Xiong Liqing saw her husband say this, there was a clear hint of pride in his tone.
"At that time, my husband had already begun to be valued by the Marquis. "
"So be it. At that time, I was still thinking that in the future, I would also have a big carriage, with red sleeves beside it, and two or three kittens in front of me. Shivering. "
"This is easy to handle, Zhao Cheng. ”
“The slave is here. "
"Come in. "
"Yes, Your Highness. ”
Eunuch Zhao bent over and came in, kneeling there.
Uncle Zheng opened his eyes, looked at Zhao Cheng, shook his head and said:
"He's not as smart as I was. ”
“Uncle, what you are saying is, how can a slave compare with you, uncle?” "
"Get out. ”
“Yes, Uncle. "
Eunuch Zhao went out again.
Xiong Liqing said sadly: "So, it was not easy to become the father-in-law at the beginning. ”
“When I first started climbing up, I had to be more cautious, show my usefulness, and please the people above me. Looking back now, I really feel that I was quite powerful before. of. "
"What now? ”
“Now, I am becoming more and more unbearable. ”
“Are you proud, sir?” ”
Uncle Zheng shook his head and said, “If I still see everyone being humble and petty, what’s the point of my previous struggles?” ”
“My husband’s words are always thought-provoking. "
"Actually, I am looking forward to my next visit to Beijing. It should be different from this time. "
At this time,
the voice of the Minister of Rites walking was heard from outside:
"Uncle, it's time to come out. "
"Okay. "
Zheng Fan took a deep breath, looked at the princess, and said:
"After today's process is over, it is almost over. From now on, if you don't want to, I won't Let you show up again. ”
“Do you really mean what your husband said?” ”
“Even among the people, which normal man would like his wife to show herself outside and earn money from her daughter-in-law?What about money to support the family? ”
“But I’m very happy that people think they can do something for you. ”
“There is always a happier way to live. ”
Uncle Zheng reached out and touched Xiong Liqing’s chin, and then walked out of the carriage.
Golden armor,
Pixiu,
On both sides, the Imperial Guards cleared the way;
In the rear, there were beautifully decorated carriages.
A dense crowd could be seen under the city gate in front.
Litian City is Jin after all. land, but in the territory of Yan State, the people of Yan land are naturally extremely enthusiastic and excited about Uncle Ping Ye. After all, Uncle Ping Ye is a Yan person like them.
The Marquis of Jingnan has great achievements, but he has great achievements. The stain of self-destruction has always given him a bad reputation among the people. However, Ping Yebo, who was born in the capital of Guizhou and has made many military exploits, naturally became the object of praise among the people of Yan.
More What's more, they also snatched the princess back from Chudi!
As the team marched to the city gate, the people outside kept cheering.
There were too many people to count. p>But Uncle Zheng still misses Xue Customs a little at this time, because the soldiers and civilians of Xue Customs know how to cooperate with him better, and everyone knows how to follow Uncle Hirano in unison.
And,
Perhaps when I followed Jingnanhou to the capital, I envied Jingnanhou’s splendor and independence, and fantasized about how excited I would be when encountering similar situations in the future;
But when I was able to stand on the After this position, facing such a scene, I feel very calm.
What you can’t get will always be in turmoil. If you really get it, that’s it, because your vision will accompany you. Your status has already risen.
Guo You, the Minister of Rites, stepped forward with the imperial edict. Standing beside him was a young man wearing a python robe.
He should be a prince. , such a young prince;
Is he a prince?
"Your Majesty has a purpose. "
Uncle Zheng is ready to come down to receive the order.
"Uncle Zhun Pingye is on horseback to receive the order. ”
Uncle Zheng stopped, cupped his hands and said:
“Thank you, Lord, for your kindness.” ”
“According to the emperor’s edict, the Snow Customs Commander-in-Chief, General Pingye Bo Zhengfan, has returned from his service. I am very happy. We, the Yan Dynasty, are in the age of pioneering, so we should have Pingye Only heroes like this can serve as the wings of the country. Only in this way can the foundation of our country be everlasting.
I will never be stingy with any minister who has made meritorious deeds. I will specially send a guard of honor to the capital, and the prince will lead a horse to inform the world. ”
“Long live my emperor! "
Guo You, the Minister of Rites, stepped forward and handed the imperial edict to Uncle Zheng. At the same time, the fifth prince Ji Chengwen stepped forward and reached out to pull the reins around Pixiu's neck.
" Thank you, Your Highness. "
Ji Chengwen smiled and said: "This is what it should be. ”
Immediately,
The team entered Beijing.
Uncle ZhengI have always wanted to ask, is this His Royal Highness the Fourth or the Fifth?
Uncle Zheng has seen the eldest, second, third and sixth children. The seventh child is still a child, so Uncle Zheng has never seen the fourth and fifth children.
But Uncle Zheng noticed that the other party’s hand holding the reins had dark traces of old ink on his fingernails, which should be caused by frequent ink lines.
Uncle Zheng suddenly realized that he should be the one who likes to do carpentry work.
The procession was walking on the royal road of the capital. On both sides and upstairs on both sides, people were vying to watch. The crowds were huge and extremely lively.
When the team marched to Yuqian Street, a group of Forbidden Army soldiers were ready in front. The leader, dressed in royal robes, stood on the stage.
It is the prince Ji Chenglang.
Uncle Zheng saw the Crown Prince from afar. He could clearly tell that the Crown Prince had lost weight and his energy was also very sluggish.
He was obviously wearing a yellow robe that was of a higher standard than the other princes, but it gave people the feeling that his thin body could no longer hold up the clothes.
This prince has experienced the annihilation of his mother's clan in the past few years, and then his marriage to the princess was permanently shelved, and then his mother passed away. After these series of blows, he can still continue to stand. There, it was already quite remarkable.
In fact, if things go well, the prince's uncle is the Marquis of Jingnan, the prince's Taishan is the marquis of Zhenbei, and the prince himself is sitting in the East Palace, with a national title, it is simply Don't be too smooth.
But Uncle Zheng knew that the more likely he was to be so compliant, the less likely he would be to be compliant.
After all,
It is impossible for any emperor to sit back and watch an heir of this level exist while he is on the throne.
To put it bluntly, if that is true, with the power of the prince, he can really directly oust the emperor or play "Xuanwumen". Anyway, the two princes of the north and south are behind him, and Dayan is the last With two powerful armies supporting him, and at the same time, he is still the heir to the country, and if he promises the officials a moderate policy in the future, then Emperor Yan may really become the supreme emperor at any time.
The prince stood on the throne with his hands behind his back, as if he might be blown off the platform by the wind at any time, but he still said loudly:
"Your Majesty's decree is accurate. Hirano Bo listened to the announcement on horseback. "
It is a kind of honor to receive orders on horseback. Even in Qian Kingdom, it is like this. In order to show courtesy to the distinguished minister, he came to the capital. Naturally, the kneeling aspect has to be avoided, otherwise kneeling all the way while announcing the decree would be too disruptive to the atmosphere.
Uncle Zheng cupped his hands and said:
"I respectfully send you my holy greetings."
The Crown Prince clasped his fists in the direction of the palace and said:
" Holy Gong'an."
Then,
the prince faced Zheng Fan,
and said:
"Uncle Pingye has made great contributions to the country. The prince will meet you and go straight to the palace gate."
This means that the prince will lead the way for Uncle Zheng..
"My lord, thank you for your kindness."
Next,
The prince rode on the horse and walked in front, and Uncle Zheng rode Pixiu and followed. behind.
The prince leads the horse in front, and the prince leads the driver behind. This honor is unprecedented.
When entering the city, Emperor Yan's decree stated that "horse bones should be sold for a thousand pieces of gold", and this was indeed his arrangement.
Perhaps the excitement of Prince Hirano's entry into the city this time was not as exaggerated as the sixth prince's wedding last time, but the standard was obviously higher.
In the following years, whenever people in the capital mentioned Uncle Hirano, they had to mention the scene when Uncle Hirano came to Beijing today.
The fifth prince, having concluded his business at this time, stopped leading the horse and retreated to a carriage following behind.
In the carriage, the fourth prince was sitting there peeling peanuts to eat. When he saw the fifth prince coming up, he smiled and said:
"Are your legs and feet okay?"
"But I'm tired. It’s killing me.” Lao Wu took off his boots directly.
The fourth prince waved his hand in disgust.
“Oh, the breath of that Pixiu kept spitting on my back, which made me feel like I was in a steamer, and I almost didn’t get steamed.”
“Haha, okay, Anyway, you will leave Beijing with Zheng Fan soon, so it’s okay to establish a good relationship with him first.”
“Fourth brother, we are the prince.”
"Then you say, if there is hail in the sky and one of them must be killed, let the father choose who will die?"
"Wow, fourth brother, my brother knows that you didn't get the Nanwang City. I feel uncomfortable, but there is no need to be so blunt and sarcastic about my brother, right?"
"The boss is back on his feet in Nanwang City, relying on meritorious deeds."
In fact, the fourth prince has been working on this matter.
Of the seven princes of Emperor Yan, the eldest is considered one of the ones who can really know how to fight, and the fourth is actually also considered, because the fourth’s mother clan, the Sanshi Deng family, is a family that relies on military merit.
However, the Deng family escaped the horse's trampling on the family, but at Wangjiang River, the family's heritage and reputation were burned to the ground.
The fourth prince originally thought that the eldest son had married a barbarian princess and would no longer have the opportunity to lead troops. Who knew that the barbarian envoy suddenly lowered his status. At the same time, the sixth prince worked up and down, and finally the eldest son was there. In the court hall, he actually made a gesture towards Zhu Zhu that he would die if he did not allow him to lead troops and serve the country. He actually forcefully took the job of Nanwang City away from him.
"Is it our eldest brother or not? Haha, I said, fourth brother, listen to my younger brother's advice, let's not think about what we have and don't have now, and quickly seize the opportunity to sell it to Xiaoliu. Okay, it’s his brother after all, his bones are broken and his tendons are attached.”
The fourth prince’s expression was gloomy.
There are some words,
he cannot say,
because when the third child plotted against Zheng Fan, he was actually behind it, which finally led to the complete collapse of the third child.
The fourth prince was not sure whether Zheng Fan knew about this matter.
Lao Wu continued while rubbing his feet:
"Huh, brother, I'm thinking about it anyway. This position is not easy to fight for, and I don't want to fight either. Although it is hard work in the Ministry of Industry, my brother finally has something to do. It is better to go out and see the world than to be imprisoned in the capital." "You can see," the fourth prince said casually. He said perfunctorily, "But Xiaoliu, can you let us go?"
"So what if you can let us go, so what if you can't let us go? The second brother at least still occupies a place in the East Palace. Don't look at it now. Down and out, Guoben seems to be in turmoil, but the second child at least still has a chance. Not to mention Xiaoliu, the boss is already standing behind him.
< p>What else can we do?""Fourth brother, I don't accept it."
"If you don't accept it, hold on."
Fourth prince. He put on his boots again and continued: "Why don't you change into the python robe? Maybe my father will hold a banquet later."
"Bring it on, it's too hot, and I'll be sweating after wearing it. We'll put it on later."
"By the way, don't just eat peanuts. Where are the dishes I asked you to bring?"
"We are going to accompany the emperor to the banquet later. "Sit down, what do you want me to bring you?"
"You didn't bring any?"
"I forgot."
"You...sigh." , Zheng Fan and we are of the same generation. When we go to the banquet, our father will definitely use Zheng Fan to beat us, saying how we are worthless and unwilling to make progress. When the time comes, we will only kowtow to apologize, how can we take care of eating? "
"Yes, I will send someone to buy some food."
......
Uncle Zheng's team arrived at the gate of the palace. .
The team stopped at this time.
The white-haired Da Zong was standing in front of the palace gate, holding the imperial edict in his hand.
The prince turned around, looked at Uncle Zheng, and said:
"This is to invite the princess to be canonized."
This is what the prince said to Uncle Zheng along the way. The first thing said.
The person who canonize the princess cannot be an official, but should be Zongzheng, the patriarch of the Ji family.
More than 800 years ago, the Marquises of Yan and Chu were ministers of the Great Xia Emperor and were ordered to open a border. Although the two countries were at war not long ago, they are like two neighbors. Sir If you are fighting in between, you won't vent your anger on a child who comes to play at your house. This would be too embarrassing.
Therefore, having Da Zonglai announce the canonization represents a kind of family connection between the Ji family and the Xiong family.
"The Princess of Chu, Xiong Liqing, accepts the order."
Xiong Liqing walked out of the carriage, dressed in gorgeous clothes, and slowly knelt down on the ground.
"The emperor's edict is to carry out the destiny..."
For the princess's coming to Yan State, the imperial edict was full of praise and did not regard the princess as As a prisoner or as a showpiece, this is grand, Emperor YanThere is no shortage.
Of course I am happy. After all, this is a matter of having a good face, but you must also have a pattern when doing things.
"Therefore, Xiong Liqing is given the title of Princess Zhaode of Dayan. She is granted a fiefdom in Cangxian County and a princess mansion built here."
Princess Zhaode has a good name, what else can she compare to it? "Princess Guiyi" sounds much better.
Of course, what caught Uncle Zheng’s attention more was the princess’s fiefdom, Cang County. This place was very poor and shabby, with almost no population.
Because Cangxian County is just south of Xueguan, and it is the closest county to Xueguan that originally belonged to Chengguo.
The Emperor Yan chose Cangxian as the princess's fiefdom. In fact, in disguise, he gave Cangxian to Uncle Zheng, the princess's husband.
It can be regarded as handing over the local governance rights of Xue Customs to Zheng Fan.
"My lord, thank you for your kindness. Long live my emperor."
Xiong Liqing accepted the order.
Da Zongzheng said kindly:
"Daughter, get up."
Immediately,
Da Zongzheng looked at Zheng Fan,
From the hands of the attendant, I received another imperial edict:
“Zheng Fan, the chief soldier of Dayanxue Customs and the general of Chengguo, received the edict.”
< p>This time, I didn’t ask you not to dismount, so Uncle Zheng still came down and knelt down to receive the order."According to the emperor's edict, I grant you a marriage today. Princess Zhaode will marry Ping Ye Bo Zheng Fan. I hope that you and others will treat each other as guests and have a happy marriage for a hundred years."
This is a process.
Although Uncle Zheng has not done anything yet,
but in the eyes of outsiders,
Uncle Zheng and the princess have done everything they should have done. .
However, the princess had just been granted a title in Dayan, so she naturally had to go through a new process of identification, complete the formalities, and marry Uncle Hirano.
At the same time,
This also means that Uncle Zheng has to add another prefix to his already long name:
General Manager of Dayanxue Customs He became the general of the country and the Prince Consort of Yan Dynasty, Pingye Boye Zheng Fan.
Zheng Fan felt that if he worked harder, he could catch up with Long Ma.
"My Lord, thank you for your kindness."
While the decree was being announced here,
over there,
at the back of the team,
p>
Wei Zhonghe took the initiative to walk to Uncle Zheng's team and came to the line of white clothes.
"I have met Lord Sword Master. Please come with me and entertain me."
In fact, only Zheng Fan and Xiong Liqing will be able to enter the palace later. , others will be accommodated.
But the Sword Master is different from other people. Not only can he not be placed casually, he must be watched by someone specially.
This was the proper intention, and the sword master did not refuse.
Who is calling,
He also has a history of regicide?
After Zheng Fan and Xiong Liqing both stood up after receiving the order, Da Zong gave way and said:
"Enter the palace, His Majesty is waiting for you."
At this time,
at the entrance of the palace, Ji Chengjue's figure appeared. There, behind him, are two horses, and in their hands are the wills.
Da Zongzheng said with a smile: "It should be the order of riding in the palace."
Uncle Zheng smiled at Da Zongzheng, then took Xiong Liqing's hand and walked inside Go, at this time, the prince, Dazong, and other officials and eunuchs outside the palace gate are also preparing to enter the palace with them.
At the same time, everyone is also ready to receive the last order of the day to ride in the palace, and they are all ready to take a few steps before kneeling down.
Who would have thought that Ji Chengjue held the decree like this and never spread it out. When Uncle Zheng led the princess to him, Ji Chengjue still didn't rush to announce the decree.
Just when everyone was a little confused,
Ji Chengjue looked at Zheng Fan,
spit out two very clear words;
Immediately,
Uncle Zheng also looked at the Sixth Prince and responded with two equally clear words,
For a moment, everyone inside and outside the palace gate was stunned.
"Beast."
"Bitch."
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