Bureau of Anomalous Biological Countermeasures Chapter 57: Above the Palace

After going to the mourning hall to pay homage to the late emperor, the little emperor took the King of Yan to visit more than a dozen other vassal kings who came to Beijing. Zhu Di himself did not expect to receive such a large-scale reception. After being personally led by Zhu Yunwen into the Fengxian Hall, he saw that several other vassal kings were already waiting for him at the entrance of the hall.

Except for the King of Jin who died on the road, the rest of the dozen or so vassal kings are already sitting here. Although Zhu Di was the last to arrive in Beijing, he was the oldest here, and more than a dozen vassal kings gathered outside the palace of Fengxian to wait for their fourth brother.

After a few chats, the crowd surrounded the little emperor Zhu Yunwen and entered the hall. The guests and the host were seated, and King Yan was arranged to sit in the position closest to the little emperor.

"Since the uncles are here, tomorrow is the day of the late emperor's burial. I also have to trouble the uncles to get up early and send the late emperor the last ride." After Zhu Yunwen said something, he took the tea from the **** and took a sip. , went on to say: "There is one more thing, before the emperor died, he told me that the fiefs of the uncles still need to be adjusted. It's just that the emperor has not yet started to deal with it and then traveled west with a crane, and this matter fell into my hands. I also hope that my uncles can help me and fulfill the last wish of the late emperor earlier..."

After hearing Zhu Yunwen's words, all the feudal kings who were laughing and talking shut their mouths. Almost everyone's attention turned to King Yan. When it was said that King Yan was the most powerful, everyone was waiting for him to speak.

What I didn't expect was that King Yan didn't seem to hear it, sitting on the seat and playing with the ring on his hand. Seeing that King Yan was silent, one of the vassal kings on the opposite side stood up, and after saluting the emperor, he said, "Your Majesty, the late emperor said that he would adjust the vassal king's fief, but I don't know how to adjust it? fiefs, or should we reduce fiefs, or abolish the vassal king's guards?"

Stand up this person is Zhu Yuanzhang's twelve son, Xiang Wang Zhu Bo, whose fief is in Jingzhou. Although he was not as powerful as King Yan, King Ning and other vassal kings, he had been favored by the late emperor since childhood, and if there was something unsatisfactory in his heart, he had to say it on the spot even in the face of Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yunwen smiled slightly and said: "This late emperor has considered this, considering that the uncles have been in the fief for a long time. I will not toss the fiefs of the uncles. We need so many guards. Moreover, as the lord of the world, officials in various places should also be appointed by the court. If uncles interfere or cause inconvenience to the court’s decrees, it is better for the court to be directly responsible for the appointment and removal of officials on the fief. Any better suggestions can also be put forward, everyone is a family, and anything can be discussed.”

As soon as Zhu Yunwen finished speaking, the vassal kings sitting below exploded. The most violent Chu King, Zhu Zhen, jumped up and said to the little emperor: "Isn't this just cutting the clan? Why has this king never heard the previous emperor say it? Brothers and sisters, you heard that the father and the emperor have cut. Fan's plan?"

Liao King Zhu Zhi, who was beside the King of Chu, also stood up and said to the other brothers: "No... When this king communicated with the late emperor last month, the late emperor also wrote in his own hand that our brothers should guard Daming together. Jiangshan. Now that you say you want to cut down the vassal, you're still guarding a fart!"

With these two vassal kings starting, the rest of the vassal kings seem to have boiled a pot. Except for the King of Yan, Zhu Di, all jumped up, shouting that they had never heard the previous emperor talk about cutting down the clan. Seeing them show their teeth and claws, the eunuchs and palace maids serving nearby were so frightened that they retreated, worried that these vassal kings would take their anger out on them.

In the entire hall, only the little emperor Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Di seemed to have nothing happened. King Yan had been playing with the jade ring in his hand, while the little emperor took out a cricket jar and used a fine willow to lure two crickets into a fight. Zhu Yunwen watched with relish, as if the dozen or so blushing vassal kings below had nothing to do with him.

After these vassals shouted to themselves for a while, they saw that the emperor ignored them completely. These vassal kings are all lords under one person and above a million people. Sitting on it is his nephew, who usually goes to Kyoto with a long uncle and a short uncle. Now that there is a lot of noise down there, how dare you sit on the dragon chair like this?

Zhu Bo, the first king of Xiang who jumped up, walked a few steps to Zhu Yunwen's side and snatched the cricket jar from his hand in a fit of rage. Said: "I and other vassal kings feel that the cutting down of the vassal is not the original intention of the emperor! Your Majesty, you are playing with things like this, won't you let me and other clan relatives feel cold? The Daming Jiangshan that we beat down with your own hands is handed over to you..."

Before Zhu Bo finished speaking, he suddenly felt the noisy voice behind him suddenly disappear. Looking back, I found that all the vassal kings closed their mouths and looked at themselves with a strange look. At this time, Zhu Bo realized that he had made a big mistake. This was in the Fengxian Palace in the capital, not his own palace...

Zhu Bo wanted to return the cricket jar in his hand to Zhu Yunwen, but saw the little emperor withdrew his hand. King Xiang held the cricket jar in his hand, not knowing what to do, and looked at himself embarrassedly.

"King Xiang, what did you just say? I didn't hear clearly..." At this moment, the smile on Zhu Yunwen's face had completely disappeared. No need to call the princes by elders, the little emperor stared at the king of Xiang standing in front of him, and continued coldly: "Now you come to **** what I have in my hands, if I have a jade seal in my hand, then the king of Xiang is Don't you want to snatch?"

"This king... my servants dare not." Hearing the little emperor's words, King Xiang suddenly burst into a cold sweat. Immediately, he hurriedly knelt at Zhu Yunwen's feet, holding the cricket jar in both hands, and continued: "My minister was confused for a while, and bumped into Your Majesty. Considering the relationship between Your Majesty and the first prince Zhu Biao's brother, please Your Majesty not to be with your Majesty. General knowledge..."

Zhu Yunwen completely ignored the king of Xiang who was kneeling in front of him. He raised his eyelids and glanced at the vassal kings below. After a cold smile, he said, "Just now I was thinking about how to drive the Mongolian Tartars out of Mobei. I didn't hear what the kings said. Now you can talk about it, is there any problem with the former emperor adjusting the fiefs of the vassal kings?"

Looking at King Xiang, who was kneeling on the ground and didn't dare to move, none of the vassal kings dared to talk nonsense any more, and they all returned to their seats without saying a word.

At this time, Zhu Di finally finished playing the ring in his hand. After standing up from his seat, he saluted the little emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I and other vassals thought that since it was the last wish of the late emperor. It is still according to the last will of the late emperor. As for how to adjust the territory, please ask your majesty. The purpose is to let the officials of the six departments consider it. We, such as the vassal kings, should not participate in it.”

It is still King Yan who knows righteousness. After Zhu Yunwen smiled slightly, he raised his head and glanced at the sundial placed on the window sill. Then he continued: "It's getting late, it's been so long, the uncles stayed in the palace for dinner and then went back to the palace to rest." Yang Jun, on my behalf, please invite all the uncles to the outer hall for dinner. Don't wait for me, I still have important military affairs to do..."

When Zhu Yunwen said this, the door of Fengxian Hall was opened from the outside. The vassal kings saw a man in a brocade robe and a thousand-household costume standing outside the main hall with thousands of forbidden troops. When they were standing here, these vassal kings didn't even notice at all.

At this time, all the vassal kings secretly felt lucky. If everyone rushed to find the emperor's theory, they should have been restrained by these officers and soldiers and sent to the sky prison to die. That way, the little emperor doesn't have to cut down his vassals, and his fiefs are taken back directly, and no one dares to say anything.

At the moment, the vassals knelt down and thanked Zhu Yunwen. Glancing at King Xiang who was still kneeling in front of the little emperor, no one dared to ask him, and everyone bowed their heads and followed Yang Jun towards the outer hall. When all the vassal kings were almost gone, Zhu Di, the last king of Yan, suddenly turned around and knelt in front of Zhu Yunwen, and said, "Zhu Di has something else to do, and I want His Majesty to say something..."

Zhu Yunwen glanced at his fourth uncle, and then at the king of Xiang who was kneeling on the ground. After a slight smile, he said, "Does King Yan want to intercede for Zhu Bo?"