"This thirteenth daughter-in-law is really shameless. The queen mother finally asked her if she was really short of money. What do you think she said?"
"She said that the palace can be maintained, so that the mother does not have to worry."
"Then, the mother allocated another 20,000 yuan from the treasury to her, and the thirteenth daughter-in-law pretended to refuse, but in the end she didn't "I took the money away"
"Just tell us, our family and the prince's family have never been so favored by the mother."
Listening to his wife chattering, Zhu Jingyuan felt extremely bored, so He had no intention of paying any attention to it.
Now that the imperial court is implementing the New Deal and there is a war, it is a great opportunity to deploy people to cultivate power. This is what Zhu Jingyuan is most concerned about.
He is completely in no mood to pay attention to all the nonsense in the inner house.
As for Baochai, she went to Zhu Yunsheng's bedroom and had a chat with Daiyu and Xiangyun who entered the palace.
What makes Baochai confused is that Daiyu's eyes were a little evasive when she saw her today, which made her think that the relationship between the sisters was estranged because she had been out of the palace for too long.
After staying at Zhu Yunsheng's place for a while, Baochai took the queen's generous gift and got on the carriage back to the palace.
When she returned home, she realized that Zhu Jinghong had not come back yet and was still staying at the Bingzhan Bureau.
Originally Baochai wanted to share the harvest, but she felt a little disappointed.
When he returned to Tongxin Hall to sit down, a female official came to report that Chen Chong, the newly appointed administrator of the register, had died.
"Hmm"
With only one response, Baochai ignored the matter. The new bookkeeper had been arranged a few days ago.
Chen Chong, who knew too much, had too many people in the palace who wanted him to die, so of course he would only die.
As the situation in the northwest deteriorated further, the imperial court discussed a new plan to increase troops and began to mobilize troops and food.
As the latest intelligence came back, Bria and Tuxietu have also fallen into civil strife, and the emperor-respecting faction and the anti-Ming faction have become a mess.
As for the Junggar army, it has also moved within a hundred miles of Jiayuguan, and the war is imminent.
Once the fighting starts, the outcome will be unpredictable, so the two sides have not fought on a large scale and are still in the stage of tentative contact.
In this gradual development process, time has entered February, and the cold weather has gradually faded.
On the eighth day of February, the sun was shining brightly.
On the official road outside the west gate of the divine capital, a group of dozens of riders galloped up, followed by nearly a hundred riders behind them.
The leader was undoubtedly Zhu Jinghong, followed closely by the Dragon Guards, who were out of the city for an outing today.
It was said to be an outing, but in fact it was just for fun. Speaking of which, Zhu Jinghong had not been out of the city for a long time.
Compared to living in the palace, it is obviously much more convenient for him to go out of the city now that he has a separate residence.
The ground in Beijing is tooIn addition, we brought enough guards this time, and the guards were wearing armor and carrying enough weapons, so safety issues were guaranteed.
To put it bluntly, there are more than a hundred of them, even if they encounter hundreds of thieves, they can easily defeat them.
At the beginning of this year, more than 150 people from the Dragon Guard were released. People such as Hou Jing and Wang Jie have gone to places, and most of them are actually guarding the pro-army and the Beijing camp.
Of course, as long as Hou Jing and the other thirty or so people are willing, most of them can continue to stay in the Dragon Guard and upgrade their ranks through qualifications.
But Zhu Jinghong suggested that they go out to the outside world, so that they can be promoted quickly when the war comes, and their career will be smoother in the future if they have a foundation of military merit.
So, these people listened to his advice and dispersed into the pro-army and Beijing camps respectively, broadening and deepening Zhu Jinghong's "network" a lot.
Only Zhang Lin and Lu Yuxin remained as Dragon Guards at Zhu Jinghong's request. Now both of them have been promoted to team captains.
The most critical ones, Hou Jing and Wang Jie, both became generals in the Beijing camp, each with more than 1,500 soldiers under their command.
It is worth mentioning that Hou Jing’s position as general was run by his family, while Wang Jie’s ability to take on the actual post was due to Zhu Jinghong’s help.
According to the arrangements of the Ministry of War, Hou Jing and Wang Jie will leave for the northwest on February 13th.
Seeing that a group of good brothers were about to part ways, Zhu Jinghong thought of getting together one last time, which is why he went on an outing today.
After running outside the city for a while, Zhu Jinghong finally slowed down. At this moment, he was surrounded by people.
"Time flies so fast. In the blink of an eye, you all have taken up actual positions and are about to fight on the battlefield for the Ming Dynasty," Zhu Jinghong said sincerely.
When everyone agreed, they heard Hou Jing ask, "When will the Thirteenth Master rush to the northwest?"
"It's hard to say. If the Northern Fourth Guards are transferred to the northwest, maybe I will follow them to see Look."
At this time Wang Jie interjected, "Previously during the Jinling campaign against Japanese invaders, all the ministers served as bodyguards and failed to obey Thirteenth Master's order to kill the bandits. It seems that we can catch up this time."< /p>
"You guys, please don't praise me. I'm just going to see where I can get my turn to command the operations."
After some explanation, Zhu Jinghong continued, "Not to mention two years." Before suppressing the Japanese, it happened that the prince was seriously ill and unable to govern, so I just helped Jinling Dusi to come up with ideas, and he was also commanding the battle."
You can lie to others, but these people present were his personal bodyguards at the time , the whole process of suppressing Japanese was Menqing.
For all the combat plans at that time, Zhu Jinghong not only helped to come up with ideas, but he also made the final decision.
Hou Jing smiled and said, "Hey, if the Thirteenth Master comes together to come up with ideas, we can feel at ease."
Zhu Jinghong has already mentioned this matter about transferring the four northern guards to the northwest. Many times, the old emperor had doubts and could not make up his mind.
Of course, Zhu Jinghong will continue to think of ways to get to the northwest as soon as possible to join in the fun.
There is no need to mention these things too much, otherwise it will appear that he is too impatient, and it would not be a good thing if word spread.
"Look, there seems to be a temple on the hillside in front of you," Zhu Jinghong pointed to the distance and said.
Everyone looked and saw that there was indeed a temple among the green clouds.
"Most of you are going to the battlefield soon, so you might as well go and pray to Buddha for peace."
With his suggestion, everyone at the scene would not object, so they started to fight. The horse rushed towards the temple.
The road up the mountain was not very wide, and the surrounding trees were dense. The guards from the palace at the rear took the initiative to surround Zhu Jinghong and others.
There are also guards rushing ahead to clear away pedestrians.
Not to mention, although this temple is more than twenty miles away from the capital, there are many pilgrims who come to worship Buddha, but at this moment, they have all been driven to both sides of the road by the guards.
The pilgrims who had entered the temple were all driven outside by the guards, including many of the powerful women in the capital.
But as soon as they saw the attire of the guards, the resentment in these people's hearts was suppressed, and then they consciously hid far away.
With the influx of a large number of guards, the interior of the temple has been completely under martial law, and all nuns are under guard.
Yes, this is a nunnery
Everyone was silent, not knowing why officers and soldiers were recruited, and the timid ones turned pale with fear.
A few minutes later, Zhu Jinghong led people outside the temple, and then slowly jumped off the horse.
Looking up at the temple gate, Zhu Jinghong read "Muni Yuan"
When Zhu Jinghong and his party were preparing to enter the temple, at the foot of the mountain, the plan of a group of Jin Yiwei was already in place. Be disrupted.
Normally, no one would dare to obstruct the Jinyi Guards from enforcing the law, but when the guards from Prince Xiang’s Mansion came to drive people away, they could only bow their heads and retreat.
"You mean Prince Xiang entered Muni Courtyard?" Chen Yuntai asked with a trembling voice.
When he learned that his boss was angry, the leader of the team trembled and replied, "That's right."
Chen Yuntai is extremely motivated and can be called the first among thousands of households in Nancheng. King, everyone under his command lives a very tired life.
Of course, Chen Yuntai does not only "exploit" his subordinates. In the past two years, he has also provided a lot of benefits for his subordinates, so his subordinates are both miserable and happy.
"Trash, you knew it was a den of thieves, why didn't you stop them"
"If something goes wrong with Master Thirteen, we will all die"
Listening to Chen Yuntai's roar, the flag officer replied with a sad face, "It's not that we don't stop, sir, it's that we can't stop you at all."
"The guards are running rampant. Our brothers walk slower and have some wounds on their bodies." I got whipped a few times."
Today they came for a secret investigation, so they were not wearing official uniforms, so it was not surprising that they were beaten by the guards.
At this time, a small flag officer interjected: "Master Baihu, although there are thieves in the Muni courtyard, they are just women who have no power to restrain a chicken."People should not be able to stir up trouble."
"If you have a humble job, take a closer look. All the guards today are wearing armor and there are a large number of them. I think everything will be fine."
These words were a little disappointing. Chen Yuntai felt more at ease, but he still didn't dare to be too careless, so he immediately led people to Muni Courtyard.
As for Muni Courtyard, Zhu Jinghong and his party had already entered the courtyard and were standing at the moment. Viewing the Buddha statues in the main hall
Since you are here to worship Buddha, it is also good to pray for good luck.
Zhu Jinghong is naturally at the front, followed by others. Hou Jing and others lined up to worship the Buddha statue together with Zhu Jinghong.
But Zhu Jinghong only worshiped once before he noticed something was wrong under the incense table in front of the Buddha statue, so he stood up and took a few steps back, then scolded. "Who's in there?"
The incense table is extremely large, and the yellow thick covering on it extends to the ground, covering the inside of the table. There is absolutely no problem in hiding someone.
Listen. Upon hearing Zhu Jinghong's scolding, Hou Jing and others immediately rushed forward to protect him, and then retreated all the way out of the hall.
As for the guards in the hall, they immediately drew their swords out of their sheaths and ran forward. He lined up to block the incense table, and at the same time used his knife to jump up the yellow silk on the table.
However, he saw two people hiding under the table, and there were several musical instruments beside them, which looked somewhat nondescript.
"Your Majesty, there are two sisters-in-law, one old and one young" Zhang Youliang, the leader of the group, shouted
"Bring them out"
"Yes".
After being driven away by the guards, the two nuns were taken out of the hall.
As expected, they were an old man and a young man. Among them was the cold and beautiful woman, which made Zhu Jinghong’s eyes go straight.
It's such a pity that such a young and beautiful person has become a sister-in-law.
"Who are you?" Hou Jing stepped forward and asked, but his eyes were confused. Staring at the young nun
The old nun protected the young nun behind him and replied in panic, "The nun's name is Xuan Jing"
"Where is the one behind you?" Jing asked angrily, who cares what an old woman's name is?
When the old nun was about to reply, the girl stepped forward and said calmly, "My little girl's name is Miaoyu. Today." I thought it was a bandit who wanted to commit murder, so"
Zhu Jinghong didn't hear a word of what he said later. The word "Miaoyu" was really too harsh.
The man is good-looking. , is still a nun, and it is self-evident who the person named Miaoyu is.
Just listen to Hou Jing say angrily, "Hiding, you don't look like a good person at first glance. Take him back and I will interrogate him personally."< /p>
"Hmm"
Hearing the cough behind him, Hou Jing turned around consciously, with a natural smile on his face.
"I'm embarrassed to point you out even if you come to interrogate me." Zhu Jinghong looked sideways at Hou Jing.
Hou Jing laughed twice, but in the end he didn't say a word. p>
Just when Zhu Jinghong wanted toAfter asking a few more questions, the guard Baihu Zhang Youliang came out with a batch of rags. To be precise, they were very simple and old musical instruments.
From the beginning to now, Miaoyu has always been indifferent, but the appearance of these musical instruments changed her expression, but she soon returned to normal.
In fact, Zhu Jinghong recognized what these instruments were the first time he saw them.
He had seen the same thing in Jinling two years ago. It was found as a ritual vessel of the White Lotus Sect. Zhu Jinghong had seen the patterns on it carefully, and he still remembers the details on it.
What a beautiful woman, she can’t really be related to the White Lotus Sect rebels, right?
In order to confirm, Zhu Jinghong waved to Zhang Youliang, who immediately walked towards him.
"Your Majesty, this is the rag found under the table" Zhang Youliang said with a smile, obviously he didn't know what it was yet.
Don’t talk about him, even Hou Jing and others don’t know him. It’s normal for non-professionals to recognize him.
There are many types of musical instruments, including pipa, erhu, guqin, flute, etc. At this moment, Zhang Youliang and several guards presented them to Zhu Jinghong.
Picking up a flute, Zhu Jinghong looked at Miaoyu and asked, "Why do you want to hide this thing?"
"Instruments are precious, so I'm afraid they might get bumped," Miaoyu replied. , she was already a little panicked.
"So that's it"
He said it clearly, but Zhu Jinghong still looked suspicious. These instruments were not very expensive in any way.
Seeing his appearance, Miaoyu became even more nervous, fearing that this man would find out his identity.
"Since it is a musical instrument, I think you will be able to play it," Zhu Jinghong asked again.
In fact, he knew that it was impossible to play these ritual instruments because they could not even reach the minimum intonation.
Of course Miaoyu knew it, but saying she couldn't play at this time would deepen Zhu Jinghong's suspicion.
Thinking of this, Miaoyu replied, "I'm still learning, I know a little bit."
Zhu Jinghong then smiled and said, "So I can call your people over and give us a performance."
There are eight kinds of musical instruments in total, which naturally requires eight people to play, so Miaoyu looked at her companions in custody.
Zhu Jinghong waved, and the guards let the girl go, and then they came over in great panic.
"Can we start?" Zhu Jinghong asked calmly.
"Okay," Miaoyu replied calmly, but in fact she was extremely panicked.
"You use this, you use this"
Miaoyu began to allocate people, but the people she named were confused because they didn't know how to play at all.
But Miaoyu was favored by the host and was surrounded by "wolves", so these little nuns could only obey and do as they were told.
Everyone divided their instruments, and Miaoyu stood in front and reminded, "You are all beginners. Even if you don't play well, I don't think you will blame me."
TheseThe words were not only to comfort these little nuns, but also to be heard by Zhu Jinghong who was standing aside.
"Bring some stools over here"
Zhu Jinghong gave the order, and the guards went down to do their work.
Muni Courtyard is only a three-entry courtyard. It is a small temple among the temples around the capital. After searching all over the place, I only found a dozen chairs and stools.
"Everyone enjoys the music"
After saying this, Zhu Jinghong sat on the chair in front first, Hou Jing and others also sat down one after another, and there were a few others who had no seats. Only standing.
At this moment, several nuns in front of them were at a loss. They didn't know how to play, play or sing at all.
Fortunately, things like pipa and guqin are easy to make, and everyone started "playing" after her signal.
Then the scene became exciting. Various musical instruments began to play in a chaotic manner, which shocked Hou Jing and others who were full of expectations.
This is called music. This is just playing the piano randomly. Everyone can’t help but complain.
However, Miaoyu's playing skills are really good. She is like a clear stream in the midst of the noise, and it feels unique when you listen carefully.
"Don't just play, start singing quickly." Zhu Jinghong listened with great interest and even played the beat along with it.
What can I sing? Singing Buddhist scriptures doesn’t match the tune at the moment. Miaoyu racked her brains and thought.
But now she was afraid of revealing her secrets, and it would be impossible not to sing, so she could only make it up.
"Praise the Buddhist scriptures, praise the Buddhist scriptures"
"My Buddha's true scriptures save myself and save others"
Listening to Miaoyu's singing, everyone present People find it interesting. If Buddhism was as interesting as it is today, they would also like to meditate.
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