Lei Tian and Geng Hao, who had fled back to Huguang from Guangxi, had already left Changsha Prefecture for the capital, and Zhang Fu no longer asked about the matter.
Standing on the west city tower of the prefectural city, Zhang Fu could see the wide Xiangjiang River directly, and even the four islands of Juzhou, Zhizhou, Shizhou and Quanzhou (Juzizhou) in the middle of the river were faintly visible.
The oranges on the island are gradually ripening. At noon today on the table, Zhang Fu saw cut oranges, and the soldiers and generals said that they were produced on Juzhou Island.
In the distance, among the lush green branches and leaves, the orange-red fruits are particularly bright in the sun; on the rippling river, the warships of the Ming Navy spread their white sails and are sailing south with the wind, like white clouds.
The scenery of Xiangjiang River at this moment is beautiful and magnificent.
In recent days, the official ships and warshi
"Wu Gao! Wu Gao..." Emperor Zhu Gaochi turned his back to several ministers and muttered to himself in grief at the map on the wall.Xu Huizu was standing below with his back bent. He now felt that being too tall was not necessarily a good thing; when he did not want to be noticed, he was still very conspicuous standing here because he was too tall. Yuan Gong, Tan Qing, and the old officials of the Eastern Palace all looked at Xu Huizu sideways.At this time, Zhu Gaochi turned around, frowning. His face was fat, which made it look big, and now it seemed as if all his features were twisted together.Xu Huizu can understand the emperor's recent mood! The rebellion of the King of Han swept across the southwest like a flood and beast. It has not only not subsided for more than a year, but has intensified, which really makes people worried.Xu Huizu gritted his teeth and clasped his fists, saying, "Your Majesty, don't worry too much. Wu Gao's defeat is not
With the official document issued by the Huguang government, Geng Hao and Lei Tian could change horses at the post station; it would only take a few days to travel from Huguang to the capital...Geng Hao returned to his home in the capital, and without taking a rest, he immediately prepared to write a divorce letter! He had thought it all out. He went to the study, ground the ink, and began to write, describing in detail the reasons for divorcing his wife Wu: first, she was unable to give birth to an heir, and second, she was unfilial to her parents-in-law (they did not live together).At this time, his wife, Mrs. Wu, suddenly came in."Brother Geng!" Wu's face was full of smiles, and she called out cheerfully. She held up her skirt with both hands, ran in happily, hugged Geng Hao's arm, and rubbed her face against him. Seeing his wife being so stupid, Geng Hao couldn't help but look up and sigh.With Wu's mind, she couldn't tell the difference between
Amidst the sound of the carriage wheels turning, Geng Hao began to tell what happened. The noise in the carriage was just right. The two people sitting in front of Geng Hao could hear it clearly, but people outside could not hear it, not even the groom.After hearing Geng Hao's narration, Yuan Gong felt very complicated. He didn't know whether he was happy, relieved, or angry, or maybe a combination of all of them."Pingle Prefecture Governor Chen Yongsheng had been an official in Guangxi since the Hongwu period. When Emperor Taizong ascended the throne, he became the local governor of Pingle Prefecture, so he had many followers. Chen Yongsheng hinted to his subordinates to tie him up and surrender to the rebel king. Otherwise, with Chen Yongsheng's power in the local area, it would be difficult for him to be coerced for a while.The Marquis of Jiangyin had found out all these inside stories and reported them to General Zhang Fu, who was in charge of the Pin
The city of Guilin, with its green mountains and clear waters, is extremely beautiful under the clear autumn sky.Jianhu Lake (Rongshan Lake) was covered with misty waves, and pagodas, pavilions and towers were dotted in between. On the parade ground in the south of the city, flags were flying and white smoke was rising. The training of the Han army looked very spectacular.Some simple wooden houses were newly built near the parade ground to accommodate the Sheng Yong and Ping An tribesmen who arrived one after another. The barracks had not yet been completed, and there were many tents nearby. The neatly arranged gray and white tents contrasted with the white clouds in the sky, which was quite spectacular.A shout came from not far away. When Zhu Gaoxu turned around on horseback, he saw two rows of soldiers, some squatting and some standing, firing their muskets at the same time. With the sound of "bang bang bang...", puffs of white smoke were blown into the
"I worried that my excessive love would damage my Buddhist practice, and I was afraid I would leave the city when I went into the mountains. How can I have both in this world, without disappointing the Tathagata and you..." Zhu Gaoxu stared out the window for a long time, and suddenly chanted two lines of poetry.He had long forgotten some lines of poetry that he had seen and liked on the Internet before; but he had been thinking hard over the past two days, giving his brain no rest, and some of the things hidden deep in his memory gradually became clearer.Zhu Gaoxu took off his armor and wore a dragon robe. He did not wear a hat in the house and only had a net scarf on his bun. The black net scarf he wore was a feature of the Ming Dynasty and was used to fix the bun. I often saw this kind of thing when I watched Korean costume dramas on TV. Zhu Gaoxu recited poems with his hands behind his back, and he seemed to have a sense of pretentiousness.Miao Jin, w
In early September, it rained in Zhili. After the autumn rain, the weather turned cooler and the capital city already had a bit of the atmosphere of early winter.There is a gatehouse between the red walls to the west of Kunning Palace; after passing the gatehouse, the outside is the West Six Palaces. The current emperor has just ascended the throne and has not appointed many concubines, and the concubines of the former Emperor Taizong have also moved away, so some courtyards of the West Six Palaces have been vacated.Because Empress Zhang believed in Buddhism, the eunuchs in the palace chose one of the courtyards in the six western palaces and turned it into a Buddhist temple.Most of the people gathered around the queen's sedan chair were palace maids and female officials. The rest included a few junior eunuchs and two eunuchs: one was Hai Tao and the other was Yang Qing.The sedan stopped at the entrance hall outside the temple courtyard. Yang Qing
Hai Tao and his group came out of the courtyard and went their separate ways. The Jinyiwei soldiers returned to the Meridian Gate to take up their duties, while Hai Tao and an eunuch continued to move forward. The brick and stone streets between the courtyards of the various prisons were gleaming with the sheen of accumulated water.The rain was not heavy, but both eunuchs were holding umbrellas. Haitao's umbrella was pulled down very low, covering his upper body very tightly, so that the eunuchs who occasionally passed by on the road could not see his face. However, the hem of his robe was completely wet by the splashed water.They came to the Imperial Stables to look for Wang Jinghong.Since the Yongle Dynasty, the Silijian has been in charge of the personnel of all the eunuchs in the twelve palaces, four departments, and eight bureaus, becoming the most powerful eunuch office. In the past, Zheng He, Wang Jinghong, Hou Xian and others were all eunuchs in t
King Zhao rebelled?!In mid-September, outside the desolate Hongwu Gate, a piece of news came like a bolt from the blue!Tan Qing, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, first informed the eunuchs guarding the Meridian Gate and asked them to go to the palace immediately to tell Hai Tao, the eunuch of the Imperial Household Department; then Tan Qing took Yang Yong, a general of the Northern Pacification Division, and a group of people and hurried to the Hongwu Gate.This late autumn seems destined to be an eventful one.When Tan Qing arrived at Hongwu Gate, he saw that the soldiers on duty had surrounded three strangers. One of them was a middle-aged man with rough skin, his hair tied up with a dirty cloth, and he was wearing a dusty cloth. The other was a young man about sixteen or seventeen years old, with a boy of several years old beside him. All three of them were covered in dust and looked like they had walked a long way.The soldie