The prisoner presentation ceremony had already been prepared. The main reason why it was not held on that day was that Liu Sheng's timing for escorting the prisoners into the city was not appropriate, so the ceremony was scheduled for tomorrow morning.
Wang Gui, the eunuch of the Imperial Household Department, met with the officials of the Honglu Temple by order, and after a private communication, he met Zhu Gaoxu again in the Rouyi Hall. Wang Gui wanted to inform the emperor Zhu Gaoxu and the etiquette process of tomorrow in advance, because it was Zhu Gaoxu's first time to participate in the captive offering ceremony.
Fortunately, the program Zhu Gaoxu was responsible for was relatively simple and did not require rehearsal. He was mainly responsible for sitting in the upper seat and accepting people's worship. His lines were only one sentence, a concise and easy-to-remember two-word phrase.
The captured Annan rebel prisoners have been taken to the imperial
As dusk gradually enveloped the palace, Zhu Gaoxu walked out of the Rouyi Palace, got into his sedan chair, and prepared to go back to the harem. Until now, the "take it" repeated many times in the morning still occasionally echoes in my mind.Tonight he should be with the wise concubine Yao Ji. Sometimes the concubines would go to bed and dress up before coming to the Qianqing Palace to meet. But today he plans to go to the Xianfei Palace, which is located in the West Sixth Palace.Someone had been sent to tell Concubine Xian in advance, so Zhu Gaoxu could have dinner as soon as he arrived at the place.Even for an emperor, his ordinary meals were not complicated, consisting of four dishes and one soup. However, these four dishes and one soup had to be delivered to Zhu Gaoxu, which required many people to handle them and went through a series of relatively complicated processes.There was almost no sound in the small room next to the dining room, and
The weather today is clear and sunny, and the light in the living room with doors and windows is very bright."Excuse me." Ma Enhui stood up and took off her wide-sleeved top, folded it neatly and placed it on a cabinet, leaving only her tight-fitting corset. Then she began to pour tea, without the cover of her robe, her delicate movements and every step were presented to Zhu Gaoxu.The tea trickled from a pot of brewed tea into a small cup. Then Ma Enhui poured the tea from the small cup into another small cup.Zhu Gaoxu did not drink the tea at this time. Ma Enhui drank the tea that was prepared with great difficulty. However, he could smell the fragrance of tea, and the light smell gradually diffused in the air.Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and watched her do all this. Although it was very trivial, she had always been calm and calm. At this time, Zhu Gaoxu remembered again that she once had a lofty status.Ma Enhui glanced at Zhu Gaoxu and said,
The sunlight filtered through the window paper and sprinkled on the somewhat messy table and the chair next to it. Zhu Gaoxu felt a little stuffy sitting there. He felt the spring sunshine early, which made him feel warm and a little tired. He took out his handkerchief and wiped his sweat-soaked hair, then picked up the hat on the table.Ma Enhui roughly tied her belt and smoothed her hair with her fingers. While doing these chores, she looked at Zhu Gaoxu silently.The living room was no longer filled with more than just the scent of tea; the air had lost its fresh, quiet flavor and seemed a little chaotic.She glanced at Zhu Gaoxu, exhaled weakly, and asked softly, "Did anyone hear what happened just now?"Zhu Gaoxu said, "There should be no one else in this yard."Ma Enhui stared outside blankly and said embarrassedly, "The wall doesn't seem to be very high."Zhu Gaoxu heard some waves coming from the Xuanwu Lake at this time and said, "
At dusk, Zhu Gaoxu left Shen's Mansion and returned to the palace.He was coming back from Xuanwu Gate, and there were hidden sentries of Jin Yiwei on several roads along the way, which had been deployed a few days ago. After Zhu Gaoxu left the Xuanwu Lake, he randomly selected one of the roads.Everything is peaceful. Just like the series of processes in which Ma Enhui serves tea, the greatest significance may just show the importance of Zhu Gaoxu.After Zhu Gaoxu entered the Xuanwu Gate, he climbed onto the tower on a whim. Just like when he walked out of Ma Enhui's living room and came to the lake to watch the scenery, there was no special purpose for this trip.It was such a bright day and even at sunset the sky and the earth were beautiful. The afterglow shines on the countless double eaves in the imperial city, and the glazed tiles are gorgeous. Outside the imperial city, magnificent buildings coexist harmoniously with the resurgent vegetation in
The bonfire in the night has gone out, and the world has plunged into darkness, leaving only the dim lights in the village, as if they would go out at any time.In the light of an oil lamp, Le Loi sat in front of a rough table and said to Ruan Jian in the room , "I want you to see someone." He did not ask in a questioning tone, but clapped his hands three times after he finished speaking.After a while, someone walked in. She was a graceful woman wearing a long, narrow gown and a cone-shaped hat on her head. The woman reached out and lifted the hat, revealing her face in the dim light.She was pretty, and Ruan Jian had a feeling he had seen her before, so he looked at her carefully for a while.At this time, Li Li said, "Chen Xianzhen."Ruan Jian suddenly realized something and blurted out, "Oh..."Li Li smiled and said, "You remembered?""I remember now." Ruan Jian repeated Le Loi's words, but his tone and meaning were different. He
After Chen Xianzhen left, only Le Li and Nguyen Chien were left in the dim and simple house. They obviously held opposite attitudes towards this plan.Ruan Jian could not wait to start admonishing, "The Wude court of the Ming Dynasty has indeed invaded our country under various pretexts. No matter how Zhu Gaoxu and other officials argue, they cannot change the facts. We are the righteous side.But we must also admit that the actions of the Ming court were very different from those of the Yuan Dynasty. The Ming army did not massacre, and even restrained its soldiers from committing crimes and provided relief to the hungry. In all the wars of ancient and modern times, this kind of behavior was rarely restrained.If we plot to assassinate Zhu Gaoxu, and it fails, it will turn into a life-and-death feud between Zhu Gaoxu and Prince Pingding! Even if it succeeds, it will arouse great anger in the Ming court. They will kill people out of contempt, hatred, and reve
Inside the Rouyi Palace in the imperial capital, the Ming Dynasty cabinet ministers and nobles have reached the decision-making stage on opening up a new battlefield.The Ministry of War formulated a comprehensive offensive strategy.On the large table in the middle was a large map of the northeastern region of "Shenzhou". Originally, the Asian region was named Shengzhou, but later someone made a typo. As a result, within two years, everyone got used to using Shenzhou, and Zhu Gaoxu also followed suit.The yellow dragon, sun and moon pattern drawn on the map looked like a burning flame, with several small wooden boats placed on it.Qi Tai said to the ministers sitting around him, "According to the investigation, Tsushima Island is mostly mountainous with few fields. The number of samurai civilians that the guardian daimyo So can control is about 500 to 600, and they have a distant relationship with other daimyo in Japan. There are three settlements, an
The dry season in Annan was about to end, and the Ming army had stopped almost all military operations. The soldiers of various divisions were stationed in important cities in the plains to rest. Chen Zhengyuan's regime also gradually established an effective county system bureaucratic rule in various places.The Annan Governor's Office received reliable information that there were several farms reclaimed by the rebels in the mountains between the southwest of Dongguan City and the Li Xian River, and that troops from the Le Loi tribe were active there.Perhaps because the mountainous area was very close to the ruling center of Annan, the Governor's Office decided to send an army to destroy the rebels' farmland and warehouses.This was an infantry army consisting of two hundred-household teams, with a few scout flags. The main force was nearly 200 people, and they were marching along a narrow road in the mountains and forests. The troops and horses could only