"Brother Jia, the court does not punish people with words, but many things are not done according to the rules!" Feng Yuan said with emotion.
What happened back then taught him many things and gave him a more realistic understanding of the world.
"Are you the king of Xiang who will kill someone in anger?" Jia Baoyu looked disdainful.
Looking at his innocent look, Feng Yuan only felt funny and secretly thought that if his sister had not been the crown princess, he, the young master of the declining Duke's palace, would have died countless times.
But as a princess, can she protect this person? Feng Yuan expressed doubts about this.
He stayed in the capital for two years. Not only did he study in the Imperial College, he also had a deep understanding of the current situation in the imperial court.
In his opinion, it is not a question of who the Crown Princess can protect, but that the East Palace itself is in danger.
Of course, even if Feng Yuan is a good friend with Jia Baoyu, it is impossible for Feng Yuan to express these thoughts directly. After all, he is no longer the ignorant boy he was before.
Feng Yuan sighed and said: "Brother Jia, if King Xiang wants to kill someone, why do you need to do it yourself!"
"Look around you, who doesn't praise King Xiang so much and praise him so much?" The pillar of peace and stability!"
"If what you just said were known to everyone, I'm afraid they won't be able to leave this restaurant today!"
This is still among ordinary people. It's even more dangerous in the capital.
According to Feng Yuan's understanding of the nobles in the capital, the old ministers of the Supreme Emperor, headed by the Jia family, have been "unbanned" one after another in the past two years, which made the Donghuamen heroes who held the real power very dissatisfied.
It was the emperor's unparalleled authority that made the situation stable and controllable. If Jia Baoyu took the initiative to provoke Zhu Jinghong, the heroes of Donghuamen would have an excuse to kill Jia Baoyu.
As far as Feng Yuan knows, Jia Zhen's death two years ago was involved in this kind of thing, so what does it matter if Jia Baoyu dies now?
As for the face of the East Palace, it must be earned by oneself rather than given by the ministers.
Feng Yuan cannot say these words either.
Of course, Jia Baoyu couldn't refute what Feng Yuangang said, so he drank two glasses of wine in a row.
"Brother Jia, you have been staying in Jinling for a long time. Since you are going to study... why don't you go and see other places!"
"The Ming Dynasty is rich in resources, you can also go to other places to see Look, Fang has lived up to his experience in this world!"
Feng Yuan's original intention was to send Jia Baoyu away.
In his opinion, Zhu Jinghong won the battle and will be victorious. If he knew that Jia Baoyu was entangled with Daiyu, it would be a disaster for Jia Baoyu.
For the safety of his friend, Feng Yuan felt that he had to help him.
"You know what I mean. Although there are countless beautiful places in the world, there is only Sister Lin in my heart!"
Feng Yuan immediately raised his forehead, and at this moment he felt helpless. Feeling, and also understand the mood of Jia Zheng's godson.
Seeing that Jia Baoyu didn't take the bait, Feng Yuan suggested again: "You have nothing to do in Jinling... If Brother Jia doesn't dislike it,, wouldn’t it be nice to stay at my house during this period, and let’s recite poems and paint together? "
After a few breaths of silence, Jia Baoyu replied: "That's fine! "
He is really depressed staying in the city. It is better to go to the countryside with Feng Yuan to live for a while, so that he can relax.
Here Feng Yuan and Feng Yuan changed the subject. While chatting, hundreds of miles away from the city of Suzhou, Daiyu was sitting in front of the window of her thatched cottage, quietly copying Buddhist scriptures with her pen.
Not far from her thatched cottage was Lin Ruhai’s grave. , she is keeping vigil for her old father.
“Sister, I have burned Buddhist scriptures for my father today and offered incense and candles as sacrifices! ”
A boy of twelve or thirteen years old appeared in front of Daiyu’s window.
Because of Zhu Jinghong’s promotion, when the report of Lin Ruhai’s death from illness came to Beijing, the emperor specially An edict was issued to the Lin family.
The edict has two contents. The first is to posthumously confer Lin Ruhai the title of Minister of Household Affairs and posthumously make him a second-grade scholar, raising his status to that of a prime minister. Level.
In fact, with Lin Ruhai’s ability and resume, normally all this could be achieved during his lifetime. However, because he was caught by the emperor because he was too real, he remained in the same position in his official career. Stepping.
The emperor's compensation for being posthumous was that the emperor could not bear to have Lin Ruhai die, so he ordered the Lin family to choose a suitable male from among the clan. , adopt the name of Lin Ruhai to continue the incense.
The task of selecting an heir was clearly stated in the imperial edict, and it was fully handled by Daiyu.
After the imperial edict was issued on that day, each branch of the Lin family strongly recommended it. Daiyu was troubled by her own heirs, and she didn't like any of them.
After all, according to her wishes, if she wanted to choose an heir for her father, she should choose one who was filial and sincere.
For four or five days, Daiyu "interviewed" more than 20 children, but in the end she didn't like any of them.
It is said that there is a bright future in another village. Just when she was worried about this matter, she found a child in the outer courtyard, holding incense and kneeling in obeisance.
Only through her eyes, Daiyu was roughly sure. , this is a good boy.
Later, when she asked someone about it, Daiyu found out that this child had a hard life. He lost his mother when he was three years old and his father died when he was eight years old. When his old father saw that he was lonely, he was ordered to keep him in the house. Let the servants take care of him and raise him.
Seeing that the child was grateful, Daiyu immediately decided to adopt the child as his heir.
His decision. , caused an uproar in the Lin family, because this child belongs to the distant branch of the Lin family, and generally speaking, he cannot inherit the family business beyond the nearby branch.
These people wanted to make trouble, and Daiyu suppressed them with an imperial edict, and finally suppressed them. This group of people suppressed it.
But the Lin family cared about the family fortune, so they would not give up.
So these people started to cause damage, after all, Lin Ruhai was behind them. The Lin family is responsible for all kinds of errands.
Yan Jia is responsible for these people., acted like a monster at her father's funeral, and Daiyu was so angry that she wanted to kill someone.
She is not a weak person, she is an extremely smart woman. Still relying on the emperor's decree, she directly announced that anyone who behaves inappropriately will be removed from the clan.
Of course, to do this, she also borrowed the name of the new head of the family, Lin Yao.
Lin Yao was the heir Daiyu recognized for her father, and her name was also changed by her on behalf of her father.
Through a series of struggles and setbacks, the entire funeral ceremony was completed smoothly and orderly, and Daiyu also grew a lot in the process.
"You have been guarding for a few hours, go and have a rest!" Daiyu said with a smile.
"Yes!"
Lin Yao is a real person. He did not say those polite words at this time, and left consciously.
After Lin Yao left, Daiyu continued to copy Buddhist scriptures. After a while, Zicuckoo trotted over.
"Girl, good news..."
Daiyu raised her head with doubts on her face and asked, "What good news!"
"Girl has been worried recently. , I can guarantee that this news will relieve the girl's worries!" Zicuckoo said half-jokingly.
They are called master and servant, but they are actually sisters, so they can talk and joke like this casually.
Seeing that Daiyu was unmoved, Zijuan lay on the window, raised her head and asked, "What's the matter with the girl not asking?"
"Don't you?" If you want to say... I won't ask!"
Seeing Daiyu being so calm, Zijuan became anxious.
"Young girl doesn't ask, but I insist on telling you!" Zicuckoo stood up and said.
"It's news about the Thirteenth Master..."
While speaking, Zijuan carefully observed Daiyu's reaction. The changes in the other person's expression were all affected by Zijuan. Found it.
Daiyu pretended that nothing happened, and Zijuan didn’t want to point it out, but she just waited a little longer.
Seeing Daiyu frown slightly, Zijuanfang smiled and said: "Today, the young man came back from the city to buy something and said that news about the Thirteenth Master is spreading everywhere..."
"This time the Thirteenth Master led the troops and defeated the Spaniards at sea, and wiped out all the enemy troops!"
Seeing Daiyu's brows spread, Zijuanfang said with a smile: "That's it, Girl, you can feel at ease!"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Daiyu raised her head with a bad expression.
Zicuckoo covered her mouth and smiled: "I thought the girl didn't listen to me, but it seems I was wrong... With how much the girl feels about the Thirteenth Master, how could she not care!"
It has been nearly five months since Yan Lin Ruhai passed away, and Daiyu has basically recovered from her grief, so Zijuan dares to joke like this.
Of course Zijuan said this in order to make Daiyu happy. She felt distressed when she saw the latter's frown all day long.
Daiyu knew Zijuan’s good intentions and did not criticize her at this time.
"Go to work if you have nothing to do. If you don't have any work, don't bother me copying scriptures!" Daiyu lowered her head and got busy again.It’s your own business.
Zicuckoo replied: "It's my job to talk to the girl, I'm just doing my job!"
"Talk!" At this moment, Daiyu finally Couldn't help but laugh.
Seizing the opportunity, Zicuckoo quickly asked: "Girl, the Thirteenth Master is back and wants to take you back to Beijing, will you go?"
Knowing that Zhu Jinghong would definitely do so, This is why Zijuan asked in advance because she was afraid that Daiyu would not be able to think about it.
"He is him, and I am me!" Daiyu replied.
"Girl, aren't you going?" Zijuan asked boldly.
Dai Yu just wanted to refuse, but felt it was not appropriate, and then feigned anger and reprimanded: "If you dare to talk too much, I will punish you by becoming a sweeping girl!"
This is what she said She said that at this moment Daiyu was also struggling in her heart. If Zhu Jinghong really wanted to take her away, should she go or not.
She couldn't bear it if she refused, but she felt unfilial if she agreed. After all, her old father passed away not long ago, so it couldn't be justified for her to just leave.
While Daiyu was entangled, the news of the naval victory was still being passed on as time passed.
Good news like a good news does not need to be kept secret at all, so the postmen basically shouted to deliver the information, and all the market towns they passed learned of the good news.
Like most people, the people along the way were not surprised when they heard that the naval battle was successful. After all, how could King Xiang fail to lead the army?
The news spreads to Beijing very quickly. Naturally, the sooner the news is delivered, the better, preferably before the end of the twelfth lunar month, so that it can be used as a New Year's gift.
For this reason, the soldiers at the stations along the way were really working hard on their way.
On the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month in the 14th year of Zhengtong, the postman rushed to the General Administration Department in the morning and delivered Zhu Jinghong's report to the palace.
It has been two months since the death of the Supreme Emperor. The mourning hall flags and flags have been removed from the palace. The Supreme Emperor's Zi Palace has been moved to the Guande Hall to the north of the palace, but the burial can only be done when the imperial mausoleum is ready.
At the moment, Emperor Zhu Xianming's main energy is focused on the battles in the southeast and northwest, and he is also very busy with these matters.
The northwest is still at odds with each other, and neither side can do anything about the other, which gives Zhu Xianming a headache.
When reviewing the report, Zhu Xianming couldn't help but write a few more words of admonishment to put pressure on the frontline generals.
After finishing writing, Zhu Xianming looked up to the left side of the desk, where two sand tables were placed, showing the situation in the northwest and southeast respectively.
"There has been no news from Lao Shisan for a long time!" Zhu Xianming said with emotion.
"I haven't replied to you for so long, something will happen!"
This latter thought made Zhu Xianming particularly frightened. If Zhu Jinghong really had something good or bad, he didn't even know How to face the queen.
While he was thinking about these messy things, a young eunuch entered the hall.
“Your Majesty, a great victory in the naval battle.A great victory! "
A great victory in a naval battle... When he heard these four words, Zhu Xianming's eyes suddenly shone, and he even couldn't help but stand up.
"A great victory in a naval battle? "
"Your Majesty, this is the report sent back by His Royal Highness King Xiang! "The young eunuch quickly presented it with both hands.
Cheng Ying immediately went to take it, then carefully removed the "seal", pulled out the letter and handed it to the emperor.
Zhu Xianming grabbed it. , and then quickly opened it to take a look.
After a few breaths, Zhu Xianming smiled, and half a minute later he burst into laughter.
"My son is unstoppable, and he is truly a victorious general." The blessing...the blessing of the Ming Dynasty! "Zhu Xianming did not hesitate to praise.
The Spaniards came fiercely, killing the soldiers and civilians and blocking the sea, causing great losses to the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Xianming originally wanted to use fighting to promote talks.
As an emperor on horseback, Zhu Xianming was very He knew how difficult it would be for a navy that had been trained for one or two years to develop combat effectiveness.
So after the war began, Zhu Xianming's expectation was that the coastal defenses would cooperate with the navy to keep the Spaniards out of the country, and then continue. Waiting for an opportunity to restart negotiations to gain benefits.
Among them, Zhu Xianming's biggest hope was to defeat the Spanish.
He never expected that his younger son could control the Spanish main fleet. Total annihilation, but all of this really happened.
After reading the description of the situation, Zhu Xianming read the second half of the report.
He learned that Zhu Jinghong wanted to completely wipe out the Spanish. After being driven away, Zhu Xianming had to admit again that Bi Gege himself might really be inferior to his younger son.
This shows how terrible PUA is. Even the emperor will become like this after being talked about for a long time.
Zhu Xianming certainly agreed with Zhu Jinghong's garrison plan.
A few minutes later, Zhu Xianming put away the report and told Cheng Yingdao: "It's New Year. The great victory in the Southeast will be advertised to the world, making the soldiers and civilians happy together! "
"Yes! "Cheng Ying quickly agreed.
"The Spanish and other prisoners of war will be handed over to the local government for trial and conviction according to Lao Shisan's wishes!
Cheng Ying was about to respond when Zhu Xianming continued: "This case will be interrogated by the four provinces of Taiwan, Jinling, Zhejiang and Fujian. The captured prisoners of war will be divided equally among these four provinces, and each of them will choose one." Government interrogation! ”
The four provinces mentioned by Zhu Xianming all suffered a lot of losses of soldiers and civilians, so he ordered the prisoners to be divided equally.
These people caused great anger among the people. Zhu Xianming thought it was extremely reasonable to use these Spaniards to alleviate public anger.
It was Zhu Xianming's contempt for Spain that the case be tried only at the government level. In his opinion, it was judged by the prosecutor. Too much praise for these people.
“Yes! "Cheng Ying agreed again.
Seeing that the emperor had no intention of giving any more instructions, Cheng Ying went down to make arrangements.
After reading the good news again, Zhu Xianming walked to a In front of the sand table, what is shown is the northwest war situation.situation.
"Should we send Old Thirteen to the northwest?" Zhu Xianming thought this way.
Zhu Jinghong fought successively. If he were sent to the northwest, the war would probably end soon.
But Zhu Xianming was still particularly confused about whether to send Zhu Jinghong or not, so he stared at the sand table for a long time.
“We have been fighting for almost four years, and it’s time to end the war!” Zhu Xianming sighed in a low voice. The transcoding has been serious recently, which makes us more motivated and updates faster. Please use your little hands to exit the reading mode. Thank you