Chapter 4: Reaching the Heavens

Danei, Mandarin’s Hall.

A eunuch broken step into the temple, holding a letter, presented to the imperial case.

After the imperial case, Yongle Emperor Zhu Di is sitting at this time, is holding a zhangzhi silently looking at, a long time without saying anything.

Zhu Di has a stout figure, his face is slightly dark and heavy, and between the turning of his eyes, he has quite a few cones into the bag of general sharpness.

Accompanying Zhu Di on the side, but an old monk wearing a black coat, the old monk calm and relaxed, very much a bit of temperament.

Mandarin Palace is a side hall, so the pattern is not large, but precisely Zhu Di weekdays in private to meet with the ministers, summoned the officials of the Hanlin where.

As for this old man, it is the famous Yao Guangxiao, who first became a monk, with the name of Dao Yan, and thereafter incited Zhu Di to rebel in the city of Beiping, and finally settled the world in one fell swoop.

After Zhu Di claimed the title of emperor, imperial edict Yao Guangxiao for the Prince Shaoshi, and appointed him in charge of the monk record division, but although the official position is not high, but because it is the Yongle emperor Zhu Di’s beloved humerus, the world’s many decisions, there are Yao Guangxiao involved in the shadow, and therefore in the folk, people call this monk ‘black clothes prime minister’.

After Zhu Di picked up the zhangshi, only lightly read a glance after, his face suddenly gloomy down, that sharp eyes vaguely with anger.

This anger then turned into a blink of an eye, and then he threw the zhengshi on the imperial case, “The crown prince is a woman’s man, the son does not resemble the father.”

Pneumatic Yao Guangxiao heard, suddenly heard the strings, Zhu Di immediately won the world, and too ancestral Emperor Gao, the same temperament rigid.

And his evaluation of the crown prince Zhu Gaoqi is a woman’s benevolence, which is obviously extremely dissatisfied with the crown prince.

As for the words “the son is not like his father”, it’s actually even more serious, because the original meaning of those words is that the boy is not like me ……

Yao Guangxiao smiled faintly, but indifferently ignored Zhu Di’s whining in the face.

Their father and son’s affairs are not for a monk like himself to comment on.

Zhu Di, however, raised his head and gazed at Yao Guangxiao and said, “How can a womanizer who cannot even discipline her own kinsmen manage the world?”

If the former head of the son does not resemble the father, is still just a personal emotional whining, then how to harness the world, it is about the country’s social problems.

Yao Guangxiao said, “Dare I ask Your Majesty, what is said in the zhengshi?”

Zhu Di see him finally squeak, seems to find a resonance, then coldly hummed: “brocade guards reported, the Prince condoned his wife’s younger brother, and this person is not only uninterested in school, stubborn, and also domineering, because of the power of the East Palace, everyone avoided him like snakes and scorpions. ”

A teenager fooling around …… In fact, Yao Guangxiao does not care, after all, it is just a royal relative, under this sky there are a few royal relatives will be said to be good people?

Yao Guangxiao is more concerned about the message of the jinyiwei, it is clear that most of the jinyiwei’s military officials were Zhu Di’s soldiers, Zhu Di’s trust, when these soldiers, but also had to follow the king of the Han Zhu Gaoxu campaign, it can be said that they have a life-long friendship.

And now the brocade guards are secretly reporting that the Prince’s kinsmen are outlawed, it must not be simple behind the scenes.

Just Yao Guangxiao is extremely smart, he does not want to get involved in it, Yao Guangxiao said, “The imperial family is not lawful, indeed not to be arrogant.”

Zhu Di nodded his head, his face gray and cold, only faintly said, “Give a decree to reprimand the crown prince, let him be sure to be strictly disciplined, if even such a small thing can not be done, then I will personally come to manage.”

Yao Guangxiao nodded.

Zhu Di, however, couldn’t help but say, “I’ve never seen such an evil young man!”

As he was talking, a eunuch outside hurried in and whispered, “Your Majesty, the State Scholar Priest Hu Yan is seeking an audience.”

Zhu Di will be closed, do not show, but He Yao Guangxiao glanced at each other, seem to be thinking, he came to ask to see what to do?

Zhu said, “Pass it in.”

Hu Yan was previously known as the world’s great scholars, but also clean, very temperament, and thus Zhu Di also quite valued.

Just a few moments later, but see Hu Yan quickly step into the temple, where there is the former calm and relaxed look, he saw Zhu Di, immediately bowed down, panting said: “I Hu Yan, see your majesty.”

“Secretary of State, excuse me.” Zhu Di forced a smile, realizing that Hu Yan was a bit unusual from before.

“Your Majesty, I have come here to implore Your Majesty to be gracious and allow me to resign from my duty of teaching the sons and daughters of honored ministers.”

Zhu Di’s face changed slightly and he immediately said, “Why, what happened?”

Hu Yan can’t help it: “Your Majesty …… I can’t teach, these children, all naughty and naughty, a few days ago …… Zhu Yong, the son of Duke Zhu Neng of Chengguo, actually went to the minister’s back home … …stole the minister’s chicken ……”

Zhu Di face slightly ugly up, but fixed the spirit: “children fooling around, Qing is a great sage, do not have to hang on to this heart.”

When Hu Yan heard this, his heart went cold. It wasn’t your chickens that were stolen, was it?

So added: “Even more annoying is …… that Zhang yoking ……”

Upon hearing Zhang Yoking, Zhu Di’s face changed again.

That kid …… Zhu Di can always pay attention to it, Zhang Yoking s father is Zhang Yu, when the time of the Yasukuni, Zhu Di was heavily surrounded by the army, Zhang Yu then pretended to be Zhu Di to attract the enemy army, saved Zhu Di, and also in that battle, Zhang Yu died in battle.

It can be said that Zhu Di’s life is almost Zhang Yu saved, no Zhang Yu without Zhu Di’s today, Zhang Yu died in battle, leaving so many children, Zhang Yoking is the youngest, Zhu Di of course weekdays very important.

“What happened to him?”

“He is most unworthy, the minister is good to go to the latrine, he even took a firecracker to blow up the feces ……”

Chu: “……”

“Your Majesty, ah, I can not manage it, I was …… really really svelte, covered with dung water …… I have never suffered such an insult.”

Zhu Di heard here …… clapped his hands, also can not help but swear: “I also really can not imagine, the world has more bad than that Zhang Anshi! Zhang yoking this kid, and that Zhu Yong …… secretary …… you rest assured …… I will never condone them!”

Hu Yan wanted to say something else.

Zhu Di’s face can no longer hang, made a wink, Hu Yan only helplessly retreat.

As soon as Hu Yan left, Zhu Di looked at Yao Guangxiao and said indignantly, “The sons and daughters of the honored ministers are rotten to the core, and I thought …… that Zhang Anshi was already incorrigible, who had thought …… that there were even worse ones. ”

Yao Guangxiao also frowned up, “Your Majesty, this matter is not trivial, if you sit back and do nothing, the future ……”

Zhu Di’s long and narrow eyes slightly closed: “Hu Yan gentle and modest, to rule this group of brats is not easy, you go to a trip, ruthlessly check to see how they usually do wrong, and at the same time, but also pick out a few top-notch, I don’t believe it, so many sons and daughters, there is no one top-notch.”

Yao Guangxiao is the chief planner and behind the scenes of the battle of the war, not to mention those teenagers, even if it is their father to the front of Yao Guangxiao, I’m afraid to be trembling, for Zhu Di, by Yao Guangxiao to go is the most appropriate.

Yao Guangxiao smiled faintly and said, “Yes.”

…………

Zhang Anshi had slowly adapted to life now that he was living outside of the Eastern Palace, but his princely brother-in-law would send someone to shush him almost daily.

This gave Zhang Anshi some peace of mind.

Another early morning dawn.

Zhang Anshi’s eleventh day of being a new man.

He vaguely felt that his reputation had taken a shallow turn for the better thanks to his efforts.

That’s good.

The more this happens, the more humble you must be and not be proud.

Today was again the time for school enrollment, and Zhang Anshi set out for the academy under Zhang San’s arrangement.

After meeting up with Zhang Yoking and Zhu Yong, Zhu Yong said with gusto, “Big brother, look what third brother brought.”

Zhang Anshi looked down and saw Zhang Yoking thievingly pulling out a large packet from his sleeve, uncovering a corner, a black mass was revealed, then immediately stuffed it back in, and after looking around, he giggled.

It’s gunpowder. Specialized for the Shenji Battalion!

Holy shit!

Zhang Anshi: “……”