[Zhu Ning] For the sake of the country

It turned out that there was another person, and when he saw him coming up, he said very familiarly, "Prince Ning is really very good at hospitality, and invited this prince to be in such a small carriage."

King Ning did nothing wrong, "Prince Hasa, big things don't care about small things. You have a special status. It's safest for us to meet in this way."

"Then tell me quickly, what should I do when I come to your capital this time." Hasa gave him a blank look.

"Prince Hasa, don't be impatient. The emperor originally planned to lead an army in the Xuanfu to defeat you in one fell swoop. Didn't this king tell you how he marched, and then persuade you to show sincerity in peace talks, in order to save yourself from danger? I came to the Ming Dynasty for peace talks, and the credit for eliminating the military disaster in Oara belongs to you, not your elder brother Toqi, so you and I are also allies, right?" King Ning talked eloquently.

Hasa knew he couldn't speak against him, "I don't care about peace talks or wars, I just want to be Walak Khan!"

King Ning said patiently and kindly, "Now that you and Tozi are both in the capital, neither of you can gain an advantage, and you are far away from your royal court. If Prince Hasa wants to do something, wouldn't there be any obstacles? Um?"

Haza was awakened, "You mean... I can...?"

King Ning guessed what he was thinking, and said with a smile, "I didn't say what you can do. How do you want to take the position of Oara Khan? Even if you seize the opportunity of this trip, there is one thing," King Ning said with a warm smile. Immediately became ruthless, "If you do something that is not conducive to Daming and cause damage to our country, you don't need the emperor to do anything. This king will be the first to raise a knife and tell you not to go back to Wala!"

Hasa felt a chill down his back, and his original rebelliousness was frightened back down by King Ning, and he couldn't even speak fluently, "Then, then you have to help me find a way to let me go smoothly, smoothly, smoothly. Get on the Khan seat."

Only then did King Ning regain his original smile, "There will always be a solution."

When the carriage arrived at the gate of the Wangfu, King Ning got off the carriage and saw an uninvited visitor coming to his house. Ji Rong brought dozens of Jinyi guards to guard the Wangfu like a vigilante. The coachman understood and calmly waved his whip away.Ji Rong waited for King Ning to arrive, and hurriedly stepped forward to bow to him, "I have seen the prince." He didn't notice that King Ning had a private meeting with foreigners.

Seeing that the crisis is over, King Ning said to Ji Rong with a gentle face, "Master Ji, please, Master Ji is here as a guest, so I'm neglecting you." King Ning did not intend to invite guests into the mansion for tea.

Ji Rong didn't care about being neglected, "My lord, please enter the palace, the emperor has been waiting since dusk." He glanced at the phase of the moon, it was almost the hour of the day.

King Ning said without hesitation, "It's getting late today, let's try another day." After saying that, he wanted to enter the door.

Ji Rong was at a loss for words, he had never resisted a decree so chicly.King Ning glanced at him, snorted secretly, and passed Ji Rong.

"My lord!" Ji Rong turned around and called out, blocking King Ning's way with one hand.King Ning looked down at the arm blocking his chest, and directly struck Ji Rong with a palm.Ji Rong hurriedly dodges, but King Ning keeps attacking, his moves are fatal, Ji Rong has to defend, and is in a panic. Taking offense as defense, the blow directly hit King Ning's heart. King Ning didn't panic when he saw this fierce attack, and calmly faced it. Ji Rong seemed to see the teasing at the corner of his mouth.

King Ning was hit in the heart by Ji Rong's palm, and immediately fell backwards. The attendants in the mansion exclaimed, "My lord!", "My lord!" Two or three people stepped forward to support him. Rong.

Ji Rong secretly calls for the trick!

Seeing King Ning half coughing and half panting, "Master Ji, I am so injured, do I still want to go with you?"

Ji Rong's face was full of blackness, and he squeezed out two words, "Don't dare..."

King Ning shook off the two sides and stood upright, "Then, Master Ji will explain it to the emperor in front of the emperor, right?" After finishing speaking, he turned around and entered the gate without listening to Ji Rong's reply.

I don’t know how to call Tuoqi all the way. Today when he returned to the capital, Tozi was still unsatisfied. He forced him to invite him into the post of the Oirat Mission. Everyone drank again. Return to the palace.Although Zhu Houzhao didn't send an order to summon him, he didn't want Zhu Houzhao to wait for him for too long, and wanted to report everything he had seen and heard along the way to the emperor.

Zhu Houzhao was alone in the warm pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, and there were many exquisite delicacies in front of him, but he did not move a single bite. At this moment, he was waiting for Ji Rong who was ordered to leave for the second time. At a loss, it took a while to realize that the Oirat mission still didn't know how to welcome them into the capital according to their own will.

I didn't know how to come to the inner room, and after saluting Zhu Houzhao, I put on a very proud posture, "This time the Oala mission came, it seems that they really negotiated sincerely."

"Oh." Zhu Houzhao obviously had no interest.

"Prince Tozi is a talent. If our two sides communicate with each other in good faith this time, maybe we can really solve the border troubles, and the problem that has been troubled for many years may have a turning point." perception.

"Hmm." Zhu Houzhao's heart was outside the door at this moment, and he didn't care about the wala.

I don't know how to notice his distraction, and quickly walked a few steps closer, and sat down beside him, "And that Hasa, you must be careful, when we were having dinner today, he didn't pay attention, he always used words to sabotage the situation, eating Halfway through, the person actually slipped away, I think this guy must have no good intentions, and I have to send someone to watch it carefully, maybe those people in the capital who are watching the wind are also messing up the water."

Zhu Houzhao's patience was exhausted, and he was not interested in understanding good strategies, "Teacher must have worked hard all the way, go back and rest."

I don't understand, I am a little stunned, why did the person who talked with me at night by candlelight to discuss state affairs completely change today?

"Your Majesty, are you alright?" She didn't know how to look into it.

King Ning just sat down after returning to the mansion, and someone came to visit, this time it was Chen Zhuo, "I have seen the prince. The prince, the emperor is waiting for you..." Chen Zhuo came to announce the decree, but he was scared by King Ning's face Thinking of Zhu Houzhao's gloomy face just now, he continued to King Ning, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty ordered the young man to come to welcome him into the palace. , ordered the younger one to send the prince a set of regular clothes, and wait for the prince to change before entering the palace."

King Ning finally couldn't hold back, crushed the teacup in his hand, and everyone in the hall knelt down, not daring to look at his face.Never thought that on the first day back to Beijing, he would have to deal with Zhu Houzhao's tricks, King Ning glanced at the fancy clothes held by the officials in the palace behind Chen Zhuo, and suddenly pretended to be sincere, "Ah, ah, ah! , Eunuch Chen, this king was beaten to the heart by the singing girl at the banquet in Jiwang’s mansion today, I’m afraid I won’t be able to go to the palace, what do you think should I do?” After finishing speaking, he rubbed his heart with one hand, his brows tightened Tuo, "Ah, it hurts a bit."

Chen Zhuo was too scared to say anything, King Ning rubbed his heart, and left slowly from the main hall.

Chen Zhuo rushed back to Qianqing Palace in a hurry, and when he saw Zhu Houzhao in Nuan Pavilion and didn't understand, he stopped and calmed down.

Zhu Houzhao said with a knife in his eyes, "It's okay, Taifu has worked hard, let's discuss it with us in detail tomorrow morning."

I don't know how to return angrily, and I have a bad feeling, but I can't say much, so I have to leave.Before leaving the Qianqing palace, I heard the loud noise of cups and saucers smashing on the ground, tables and chairs falling to the ground.He turned his head to look at the brightly lit deep palace, resisting the urge to step in again, and he will always be able to discuss the matter of Wala in detail tomorrow.

One night passed, the morning light was twilight, King Ning had washed and dressed, and he was shocked when he came to the main hall.

The one in the dragon robe on the main seat in the main hall, who else in the whole world, King Ning felt that the floor tiles were particularly shiny today, he didn't take a good step, and his feet were slippery.

Zhu Houzhao dressed up as the emperor and was drinking tea. He didn't know how long it had been. He saw King Ning's heroic appearance, as if meeting an old friend, "Uncle Huang just arrived in the capital, how was his rest last night?" In order to understand the sacred meaning, "I see the emperor. The emperor came to the place of the humble minister. I have failed to entertain you. I am guilty." King Ning put his knees on the ground and did not look at Zhu Houzhao.

"The emperor was tired all the way, and went to the Jiwang Mansion to meet the banquet, and there were beauties to accompany him for a good night. I think he was tired, so he didn't disturb the emperor's dream when he arrived early." Zhu Houzhao put the teacup on the table and made a crisp sound ring.King Ning, who was not allowed to stand up, had already got up, and all the people in the main hall were driven away, only the two of them. King Ning couldn't find the servants in the mansion to vent his unreported anger, so he had to wait for Zhu Houzhao to make a move.Zhu Houzhao was very calm, "Well, I'm just waiting for the emperor's uncle to enter the court together."

The emperor's Kowloon imperial chariot set off from Ning Wang's mansion, directly entered the Forbidden City, and came all the way from the Meridian Gate to the Fengtian Hall. All the officials had already been on duty inside and outside the hall, and the emperor appeared from the imperial chariot, climbing up the stone steps of white marble in the center. On the top, the bells and drums are beeping, and the rituals and music are deafening.King Ning looked at the majesty of the emperor in the frame, and secretly sighed, this kid also got out of the chariot on purpose, and followed behind Zhu Houzhao, but he walked up the steps of the courtiers on the left, and all the officials were caught by the two The position's behavior was inexplicable, and they all speculated that King Ning had received some kind of courtesy from the emperor, or he was slandering King Ning for despising Tianwei, etc. King Ning, who had just arrived in the capital, was placed in power turmoil again.

The end of the new year has come, and all the major events in the court have been reported to the emperor. Today, the six departments have mentioned a few important things again. After that, several vassal kings who made the pilgrimage presented the important gifts of face saints, and finally came out when they didn’t understand Speaking of Wala.The Oirat Mission did not know how to escort them all the way under the orders of the emperor. The officials naturally waited and watched. Oirat is a grudge for many generations. Every year it either harassed the border or came to extort huge rewards. The court was not optimistic about this trip. , Only if you don't understand, you are very confident, and you can talk about the pros and cons in court.

King Ning was the head of the vassal kings, and he was the first one under Majesty Dan's steps. He was so close to him. He didn't understand those statements. With so many political achievements available for display, there are some unexpected worries, but I don’t understand that since I agree with the peace talks between the Oirats, I can also erase the traces that I secretly contributed to this matter. If something happens in the future, I can also use him As a shield, thinking of this, King Ning felt relieved because he was in a bad mood. He didn't see Zhu Houzhao's tightly locked eyes when he was thinking. At that time, King Ning once offered strategies to check and balance Oara, and he also went to war against Wuliangha, so he must know Mongolia well, so what's your opinion this time?"

King Ning did not expect to mention himself for a while, "Oh, since the Tai Tuo was sent by the emperor to welcome Oirat, then the ministers and others must follow the emperor's will. Whether Oara is war or peace, it is up to the emperor to order." Thinking of the decree of resistance last night As a provocation, King Ning decided to add a sentence, "Wala heard that our army was on the border, so he entered the pass to seek peace. This is really a good strategy for the emperor." Because of this sentence, Zhu Houzhao's depression that lingered in his heart all day and night was also relieved a little.

After some more discussion at the court meeting, Zhu Houzhao finally ordered, "King Ning please stay."

When King Ning heard this, he really stopped. He refused to enter the palace last night, but he wanted to see what the emperor planned today.Zhu Houzhao hadn't slept all night, and now he was a little tired. He stepped off the dragon chair and looked at King Ning, "Uncle, come with me." King Ning looked at his back, only to find that Zhu Houzhao had lost weight in a few years.

The two left the Fengtian Hall, walked down the white marble steps, and rode together again. King Ning raised the curtain of the car and looked at the many palaces. "Your Majesty, where are you going? This is not the way to Qianqing Palace." Zhu Houzhao faced him. As for the seat, he said joyfully like a child, "The emperor will know in a while." Then he closed the opened corner, and separated the two of them in the carriage decorated with bright yellow dragon patterns.

The imperial chariot came to the northeast corner of the Forbidden City. King Ning accompanied Zhu Houzhao to a palace gate. The people holding the handles were all confidantes. Only those who wore a specific bronze medal could enter and exit. Zhu Houzhao kindly invited him, and King Ning also followed. The spacious school grounds, several good horses, and several archery targets are all set up for training by the frontier garrison. One can tell that it is the emperor's martial arts training ground. Passing through the school grounds, one enters a large palace. In the center is actually a statue of the Ming Dynasty The model of mountains and rivers occupies the entire hall. King Ning's eyes lit up. This map of the Ming Dynasty is a treasure of the country. Except for the emperor, the Ministry of War and other confidential personnel, no one can spy on the whole picture. Abandoned, and this is not only a map, but also mountains, rivers, plains, and the important roads of Xiongguan. What surprised him most was that the garrison strength in each place was also clearly marked on it. He saw that Zhu Houzhao planted a dragon flag. The capital city and Nanjing were swept along the river to Jiangxi along Nanjing, and the defense of the city along the way was kept in mind for the deployment of troops. "Uncle Emperor, this place is where I train my troops. I will never forget the border troubles of the Ming Dynasty. Now that Wala has come to form an alliance, it is an excellent opportunity to calm the foreign troubles. The civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty are useless. I am willing to listen to the emperor's uncle." Zhu Houzhao continued. Walking towards the inner hall, he said frankly that King Ning had no choice but to follow him to the inner hall. The decoration here is exquisite, just like the Qianqing Palace. Zhu Houzhao invited him to take a seat, and Chen Zhuo served tea and cakes in a timely manner.

King Ning felt a little disdainful in his heart. After all, Oirat was used by himself. He could not interfere in internal affairs. Could this foreign aggression be used by me? It is meaningless to talk to Zhu Houzhao today, "The trouble of Oarat will not happen overnight. I beg you It is best for the emperor to brainstorm ideas at the court meeting." Zhu Houzhao's face sank when he heard the same prevarication as that at the court just now, and he almost had an emotional outburst, "I remember that back then, Uncle Huang and I returned to Beijing from Meilong Town , In order to complete the policy that the imperial examination entrusted to me, the emperor's uncle discussed with me the border troubles of Wala all the way, and the emperor's uncle gave me a lot of advice that day, which benefited me a lot, why are you so humble today?"

King Ning's eyes froze when he heard the words, Zhu Houzhao was accusing him, and it was the first time in memory that he was blaming him.He finally discovered the emperor's displeasure, he hid it well but finally made a move.King Ning pretended not to understand, "The emperor knows how to use people well. Now there are so many talents in the court. Back then, he was a humble minister who talked too much. How dare he discuss military affairs now."

"Oh? Uncle Huang's words are not true." Zhu Houzhao smiled instead of anger. He took a sip of tea and bit the rim of the cup hard.King Ning looked at him frankly, as if he could do nothing to me.Before Zhu Houzhao could speak again, Ji Rong hurriedly came in to face the saint, "Didn't I tell you not to disturb me?!" Zhu Houzhao just vented his anger.

Ji Rong has gone through this life-and-death test for a long time, "Report to the emperor, King Ji confessed." This time King Ning was surprised, his lips moved slightly, and he took a breath. Wasn't King Ji still talking about wine last night? Today he declared that he could not come to court due to illness, so why did he enter the imperial prison of Jin Yiwei? He glanced at Zhu Houzhao.

Only then did Zhu Houzhao remember that before leaving for King Ning’s mansion in the early morning, he asked Jin Yiwei to interrogate King Ji carefully, and privately invited the kings for what they wanted, and even more so to show the evil spirit of singing and dancing girls surrounding King Ning. He looked back at King Ning and was satisfied with him Surprised, he lowered his voice and said lazily, "What did you recruit?"

Ji Rong bowed his head, "My minister has interrogated King Ji as ordered. King Ji's mansion invited all the kings in Beijing to a banquet last night to invite everyone to drink. The wine was brewed by him according to the ancient method in recent years." This is true, Ji Wang Yifan has no way to serve the country with arrogance. He has studied farming and brewing wine for a long time. All the dignitaries in Beijing know that they even gave him the nickname "Wine King". King Ning looked at Ji Rong's kneeling posture and continued to listen to him say, "Everything will be done during the banquet." There are King Ning, King Ying, King Shao, King Fuchun, King Yijiang, King Anping, King Chengyang, and King Yiming. King Ji no longer remembers how much each prince drank. During the banquet, King Ning was the last one to arrive. bookmarked,"

"Uncle Huang is really busy..." Zhu Houzhao did not forget to sigh with emotion. He had an appointment with me, but he went to drink with others.King Ning turned a deaf ear and lowered his head to drink tea. "King Ji said that before King Ning arrived, they made a bet on whether King Ning would be drunk. The minister asked why they bet on King Ning. King Ji said that because all the beauties during the banquet wanted to be concubines of Princess Ning, as long as King Ning drank If you are drunk, you can go back to the mansion directly with King Ning, and tomorrow you only need to beg with King Ning for a place in the mansion, even if the imperial court orders you not to."

King Ning almost spit out a sip of tea, and finally resisted not being disrespectful in front of the imperial court. He wanted to crush King Ji to death, and just wanted to ask Ji Rong how his brothers, nephews and nephews arranged themselves, but Ji Rong said calmly "During the banquet, King Ji forgot how long King Ning had been drinking. He only remembered that King Ying poured a glass of wine. The other county kings were also drunk. Only King Ning was still listening to the music, but he finished the glass of Miss Jiaojiao's drink." After drinking, he left, and King Ji said that King Ning took her back to the mansion." King Ning was still holding the teacup in one hand, thinking of what he said to Chen Zhuo yesterday, he suddenly felt that he had cheated himself, but King Ji and Ji Rong probably didn't know that he had an appointment with Hasa. As long as he wasn't accused of colluding with foreigners, such a romantic affair with a beautiful woman would not hurt him at all. Thinking of this, he drank a cup of tea calmly.Zhu Houzhao gritted his teeth, "Is there any more?"

Ji Rong didn't look at the emperor and King Ning at all, "King Ji said that he just wanted to drink flower wine and nothing else, and King Ning was the first to rebel. He has a lot of people in his territory, and he encircles money and land. No one in the court knows , why does the emperor clearly favor him?"

After Ji Rong finished speaking, he withdrew without waiting for the two people in the seat to react. The speed had never been seen before.

King Ning not only wanted to crush King Ji to death, but also wanted to cut him into pieces. For a moment, Zhu Houzhao thought that King Ji could be exempted from the death penalty. The next moment, he turned his head and looked at King Ning with anger, annoyance, and grievance in his eyes. , hating all kinds of emotions, King Ning was inexplicably embarrassed watching, and King Ning, who had never known what guilt was, stood up and cupped his hands, his brows were raised upright, and his tone was resolute, "Your Majesty, this is slander!"

Zhu Houzhao squeezed his breath out from between his teeth, "I don't believe that the emperor's uncle acted so recklessly."

King Ning followed him and said, "Your Majesty is wise!" Then he showed a gratified smile.

Zhu Houzhao was already so angry that his seven orifices were filled with smoke, "But Uncle Huang is just like this, so reckless!"

"Huh?" King Ning didn't know, so he could only explain, "Your Majesty, King Ji is slandering me! I have absolutely no intention of treason." I only had treason.

"I have [-] Chen soldiers at the border. As soon as I heard you came, I rushed back to the capital to see you. I haven't seen you for a few years. The palace has prepared wine and food to wait for you. On the first night, I heard that you were with some singer of unknown origin. Together..." Zhu Houzhao directly smashed the teacup, inkstone, and incense burner in front of him, and roared, "Aren't you acting recklessly? What are you doing against the decree and treason?" Zhu Houzhao pointed at King Ning and exhausted his strength. After saying this, his chest was still heaving violently.

King Ning, "..." He didn't realize it for a moment. It turned out that the emperor didn't care about the rumors of treason at all, but he cared about himself last night. King Ning bit his lip, not sure whether he was relieved to escape the death penalty or... In short, he was temporarily Also forgot how to answer.

"When an Oirat mission comes, you can come from thousands of miles away. King Ji has a few jars of broken wine, and you can go to the banquet happily. Then what is it? Ah? Is it still the emperor or the lord of Ming Dynasty? ?”

King Ning had never experienced such a situation. He looked at Zhu Houzhao, who was in a panic, and blinked his eyes, "I was the prince back then, and you could still smile at each other all the way in Westgate. Now that your goal has been achieved, you kicked me out. , I haven’t come to say hello for several years, I asked you to accompany me to Haozhou, you just broke the appointment, and now you ask you about the current situation of the government, and you are even more perfunctory, what the hell am I?!”

The more Zhu Houzhao talked, the more he lost control, and he just threw out the most secret words in his heart. He wished to drag King Ning to the prison to dig out his heart to see how true his feelings were. At this point, he glanced at King Ning with grief and reluctance, and walked quickly to the Nuan Pavilion in the center of the palace.