Yingtian.

As spring began, the imperial court gradually recovered from the cold winter and began to sort out the increasingly large Ming Dynasty.

On the Longwan Pier on the Xicheng River, huge sea ships set sail all day long. After leaving the Yangtze River Estuary on the Songjiang Prefecture side, they will run to the northeast and southwest respectively, once again transporting a steady stream of goods for the Ming Dynasty.

Fresh blood.

Last winter, the heavy snowfall on both sides of the Yangtze River was unprecedented in a century, and its impact was more or less revealed.

The fields became increasingly muddy, and roads and mountains could collapse at any time. This forced the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry to go to the palace day after day to meet with the emperor and the prince to discuss various decisions.

The Ministry of War is constantly preparing for the border war in the 28th year of Hongwu. The nine borders have wars every year. Now the south is also constantly using troops. Even if it is wearing a big red robe, there is no chance to breathe at this time.

To the east of Yingtian City, on the official road to the Qiantang River, countless people from prefectures and counties along the road were expropriated, striving to complete the main body of the cement road within a year, and another year to completely improve this first road of the Ming Dynasty.

A new type of road that spans dozens of prefectures and counties.

At the Taiping Mansion Mine, the Ministry of Works and the general supervisors also sent good news from time to time. The power of the steam engines became more and more powerful, and the size became smaller and smaller. Vaguely, the imperial court also heard that,

These people seem to have proposed a new type of road that is different from cement roads and requires the use of steam engines.

Everything changes and everything is new.

This huge empire of China is moving forward firmly in a new and unprecedented direction step by step.

However, when the Manchu Dynasty's administrative offices were implicated in countless state affairs, they still had to devote their energy to dealing with the Yellow River bursting and flooding in the six prefectures of the Central Plains.

The team sent by His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun to supervise the country to patrol the west and carry out relief work has already arrived in Lanyang County, Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan Province, according to the official documents reported to the court every day.

The emperor's grandson was nearly ambushed by bandits in Xuzhou Mansion. Fortunately, he got a chance and took advantage of the opportunity to plan and eliminate the bandits. The matter had long been spread in the court.

Up and down, countless people were worried and troubled about the affairs in the Central Plains.

The latest news is that the emperor's grandson beheaded Cao Zhisheng, the magistrate of Lanyang County, when he first came to Lanyang County, Kaifeng Prefecture, and spread the news throughout the county to appease the people, resume production, and step up repairs to the Yellow River embankments.

The situation has evolved a little differently from what was expected at the beginning of the court.

China is one body, and so is Ming Dynasty. There is no distinction between the government and the public, they are inextricably intertwined.

A pebble from Kaifeng Mansion was thrown into the pond of Daming Dynasty, and finally caused circles of ripples on the water.

It is located in the Imperial City at the northeast corner of Yingtian City.

Against the backdrop of the night, the lights illuminated the figures of the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Guard who were on duty, as if they had remained unchanged forever, standing on the top of the city overlooking every beat of the heart of the empire.

It was already late at night here.

The emperor, the prince and the prince had already rested, and the servants and maids who were still doing things in the palace kept their pace, not daring to make a single noise.

Several civet cats sat on the palace wall, looking at the humans who seemed to never sleep, and whimpered a few times.

Suddenly.

When the emperor was sleeping in the Qianqing Palace, a low shout came out, which made the civet cat fall violently.

It also attracted countless people around to rush outside the palace gate.

Sun Gou'er, the steward of the inner palace, knelt in front of the palace door and said in a deep voice: "My servant asks if the holy bow is okay."

After finishing speaking, Sun Gou'er carefully led the two of them to the palace door and gently pushed the palace door open.

After a while, the candles in Qianqing Palace lit up.

Sun Gou'er led people into the palace, but his face was full of fear and worry.

I saw Zhu Yuanzhang sleeping in his underwear on the bed in the palace. At some point, he was already sitting on the bed with his hands pressed against the quilt. His hands were trembling, and his forehead and face were covered with sweat.

"Your Majesty..." Sun Gou'er called softly, but seeing no response, he immediately turned around, with a murderous look in his eyes, and looked at the two people who followed him in: "Shut your mouth and get out!"

The two young chamberlains, observing the rules of the palace, had not raised their heads since entering the palace. Upon hearing Sun Daban's words, they immediately lowered their heads in fear and cautiously stepped back out of the palace step by step.

At this time, Sun Gou'er took two steps towards the dragon bed, knelt on the ground, and looked up at the emperor who had been sitting on the bed with sweat pouring down his face.

"Your Majesty, I have a night terror. The old slave asked someone to prepare a soothing decoction and bring it..."

As he spoke, Sun Gou'er stretched out his hand to press the emperor's messy bedding.

But at this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly stretched out his hand, pressed Sun Gou'er's arm, and turned his head to look at Sun Gou'er with a ferocious expression.

With just one glance, Sun Gouer, who had been with the emperor for more than ten years, couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat.

He had never seen the emperor's face before.

Even at the beginning, when the emperor was aggressively attacking the old heroes of Huaixi, he did not feel such a cold feeling on his back.

Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth and whispered in a hoarse voice: "Don't alarm the people outside, I... I just had a nightmare."

Sun Gou'er's heart skipped a beat again. The emperor was sensual and connected with heaven and earth.

The emperor's nightmare, who knows what consequences it will have.

Sun Gou'er swallowed his saliva and comforted him in a low voice: "Your Majesty has received great blessings from heaven and has been awarded the throne of emperor. He sits in the land of nine states in China and is supported by hundreds of millions of people. He is protected by the gods, Buddhas and heavenly soldiers in the sky. He is innocent and free from evil spirits and ghosts. Dare to get close."

Zhu Yuanzhang's forehead had blue veins popping out, and his acupuncture points were bulging. He suppressed his vicissitudes of life and said: "I feel a little cold."

Sun Gou'er's hand shook, and he quickly and carefully pulled his arm away from the emperor's palm. He bowed and took out another bedding from the large wooden cabinet with red lacquer inlay on the side, and tiptoed back to the bed, working cautiously. With a squeezing sound, the quilt was placed on Zhu Yuanzhang's back from behind.

He then walked forward, pinched the two corners of the quilt, and pressed it tightly against Zhu Yuanzhang's chest.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After finishing this, Sun Gouer continued to take the warm hot water from the side without resting, poured it into a teacup and brought it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Your Majesty, take a sip of warm water to relieve your shock."

Zhu Yuanzhang silently took the tea cup, drank it in small sips at first, but in the end he raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.

After drinking a glass of water, Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath.

Sun Gou'er wanted to pour another glass of water for the emperor, but Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head and looked at him.

"Just stay here and I'll talk to you."

Sun Gouer immediately stopped and squatted down.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was tense, and he wiped his sweaty cheeks heavily with the corner of the quilt without caring.

"I dreamed about Brother Xi."

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly muttered.

Sun Gouer's legs trembled slightly.

Zhu Yuanzhang's brows furrowed: "I saw something happened to Brother Xi. There was a sea of ​​blood in front of his eyes. Brother Chi and Brother Bing were both covered in armor and covered in blood..."

Sun Gou'er let out a cry, and fell limply on the ground, lying on his hands, and kept knocking his head on his feet under the bed.

The sound of kowtows could be heard in the palace.

Sun Gou'er panicked and said casually: "Your Majesty, please rest assured. Your Highness Taisun and the two princes are blessed by heaven. With the blessing of the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty, nothing will happen to them... The sky is filled with gods and Buddhas... Your Highness... Your Highness."

With Your Majesty on your side, nothing will happen to Your Highness."

"Your Majesty must have not seen His Highness by your side for a long time, so he is thinking about it day by day and dreaming about it at night."

Sun Gouer was really scared.

He has always been by the emperor's side, and there is no one in the entire empire who understands better than him how much the emperor values ​​his grandson.

If the emperor now believes that something will happen to the emperor's grandson, or has already happened, the Ming Dynasty will really shed blood.

Sun Gou'er was in panic, and suddenly his eyes lit up and he said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Yesterday, the Taisun Mansion came to report, saying that the Taisun Concubine and the concubine have been having a good pregnancy these days, which is very good. These days

I will return to the palace to pay my respects to His Majesty and the ladies, and let the two unborn princes enjoy the blessings of the family."

Sun Gouer wanted to use the longevity of the royal heirs to make the emperor feel at ease.

But when Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his eyebrows rose.

Sun Gouer looked up at the emperor uneasily.

I saw bright lights flashing through Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes.

"The prince of the Taisun Mansion has never been born, so nothing will happen to Brother Hei!"

Zhu Yuanzhang made a loud noise, waved his hand to shake off the bedding on his body, turned over, walked off the bed and stood up.

Sun Gou'er knelt on the ground, took several steps back, and admonished with a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, it's late at night, and Wanwanglong's body needs to be protected from the wind and cold."

Zhu Yuanzhang ignored the old slave's advice.

He snorted coldly: "The dog slave prepared the decree for me. The emperor's grandson is pure and virtuous. He will succeed the country. He will leave the capital like me. I will kill and seize everything in my hands, and control the military and horses of the world."

Sun Gou'er's head was already dizzy, and he had no idea whether he should write an edict for the emperor now.

The emperor gave a long oral edict, but whether it was about life and death, or controlling the world's troops, it was not as good as the sentence "Leave Beijing as if I were mine!"

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't hear that Sun Gou'er was going to draft the decree for a long time. Suddenly, Longyan glared and shouted coldly: "You dog slave, why don't you hurry up and draft the decree!"

Angrily scolding, Zhu Yuanzhang already raised his foot and kicked Sun Gou'er on the shoulder.

Sun Gou'er was kicked to the ground, but he finally reacted, got up shakily, trotted to the desk in the palace, and wrote an edict in two strokes.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice again: "I have ordered that all the left guards of Yulin leave Kaifeng Mansion to protect the safety of the emperor's grandson. I order Xipinghou Muying, Marshal Jingchuanhou, and Dongchuanhou to lead 30,000 Beijing troops out of Henan Road.

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To be continued...