The first navigator of the Ming Dynasty

Xu Huizu often sent Xu Miaojin into the palace, and Xu Miaojin often appeared next to Zhu Yunwen, the emperor's grandson.

However, what Xu Huizu expected never happened.

Two things happened in the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, which made Xu Huizu even more anxious.

One thing is that Zhu Yuanzhang revised the "Ancestral Training" and renamed it "Huangming Ancestral Training", and at the same time revised the etiquette of the princes to meet the emperor's grandson.

Zhu Yunwen, the grandson of the emperor, is the nephew of Zhu Di, King of Jin, Zhu Di, and other princes.

In order to improve Zhu Yunwen's status, Zhu Yuanzhang changed the etiquette of the East Palace to the first and the family etiquette second. The kings were ordered to pay homage to the crown prince and the crown prince Zhu Yunwen, and Zhu Yunwen's status was raised.

Xu Huizu understood that this was to elevate the status of the imperial grandson, implying that the imperial grandson would inherit the throne.

For this reason, Xu Huizu was more active in sending his sister Xu Miaojin into the palace, wanting to take the car of the imperial grandson.

However, another incident that happened in the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu disappointed him.

In this year, Zhu Yuanzhang canonized Ma Enhui, the daughter of Guanglu Shaoqing Ma Quan, as the imperial concubine.

In the second year, the imperial grandson Concubine Ma gave birth to a son named Zhu Wenkui for the imperial grandson Zhu Yunwen.

"It must be Zheng Hai, the one who is a member of the brocade guard, who is making a hindrance from it! It has caused my sister to never become the imperial concubine, and I am not finished with him!"

Hearing the news that the imperial grandson gave birth to a son, Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, was very angry.

Xu Huizu's bamboo basket was empty, and he blamed Zheng Hai for Xu Miaojin's failure to become the concubine of the imperial grandson.

Zheng Hai had a conflict with the ministers in the Wei Mansion and was participated by everyone. But the ministers couldn't find Zheng Hai's major mistakes, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunwen have always protected Zheng Hai, so Zheng Hai has been safe and sound.

On this day, Zheng Hai went to court as usual, and the ministers were no longer surprised by him.

The hundred households of the only six grades represent the command of the Jinyi guard from the third grade, but this unusual thing has become a thing that the courtiers are accustomed to.

In the court, an official of the Ministry of Rites announced: "Your Majesty, the new edition of the "Emperor Ming Zu Xun" has been distributed to all the princes, the King of Jin and the King of Yan have replied, and the palace governor Shi said that they have received the "Huang Ming Zu Xun".

On the dragon chair, Zhu Yuanzhang's hair, eyebrows and beard were all white, his eyes were sunken, and his face was wrinkled.

"I know. Zhu Yuanzhang nodded lightly, a little weak.

"The minister has a book to play.

Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, walked to the aisle among the courtiers and bowed his hand: "The minister heard that Yang Wen, the general of Pingqiang, and Song Zhong won a great victory in the southwest Yidi. The minister asked His Majesty to reward the generals to show the emperor's grace.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Xu Huizu, nodded, and responded: "Zhun Song! Qi Tai, the squire of the Ministry of War, negotiated with the Ministry of Rites to underwrite the list of rewards. "

Your Majesty!" Xu Huizu stood where he was, and did not return to the minister's ranks.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Xu Huizu, saw that Xu Huizu did not retreat, he was a little puzzled, and asked: "Wei Guogong, what else do you have to do?"

"The minister has a matter, I don't know whether to talk about it or not, please forgive your majesty for being reckless." "

You say, I just listen. "

The minister heard that the commander of the Jinyi Guard has been empty, and the Jinyi Guard has 14 people from 1,000 households, but he called 100 households to act as the commander, which is not reasonable and reasonable. I hope that Your Majesty will decide on the candidate for the commander of the Jinyi Guard as soon as possible, otherwise the people's hearts will fluctuate.

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head slightly, stared at Xu Huizu, his face changed slightly, and asked in a deep voice: "Then what do you think is the right person to be the commander of Jinyiwei?"

"The minister doesn't know!" Xu Huizu heard Zhu Yuanzhang's tone, and quickly knelt on the ground, "The minister just thinks that Your Majesty should re-appoint the candidate, instead of letting the important position of Jinyiwei remain vacant!

At first, I really thought that he was sympathetic to the soldiers in the army and worked for their welfare, and it seemed that I promoted him.

Zheng Hai stood at the back of the generals' team, looking at Xu Huizu kneeling on the ground in the main hall, and felt a burst of emotion in his heart.

He looked up at Zhu Yuanzhang on the dragon chair, only to see Zhu Yuanzhang staring at Xu Huizu silently.

The minister seconded. One

of the generals at the front of the ranks walked to the center of the hall and saluted: "The minister agrees with the opinion of Wei Guogong. Now, only Jinyiwei has no commander among the guards in Beijing, which inevitably leads to speculation that His Majesty should appoint someone earlier. It

is impossible to tell who this person is from the back, but Zheng Hai is familiar with this person's voice, and this military commander is Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guo.

"The ministers seconded the proposal!" After

Li Jinglong stood up, several other generals also stood up.

Although the commander of Jinyi Wei is only an official position from Sanpin, his identity is extremely special, and he is a celebrity around the emperor, and his power is extremely great.

Many generals have been staring at this vacancy for a long time, and even if they can't be commanders, they want to have their own people.

If you can let your own people become the commanders of the Jinyi Guard, it is equivalent to having an extra pair of eyes by the emperor's side, which is equivalent to an extra talisman! It's

just that because Zheng Hai of the hundred households has not fallen, everyone can't take the throne.

"Cao Guogong, in your opinion, who is suitable to be the commander of this Jinyi Guard?"

Zhu Yuanzhang may not understand everyone's thoughts, the generals are not like Wenchen beating around the bush, you can see one or two from their expressions. However, after all, the law does not blame the public, so he has no choice but to point the finger at Cao Guogong Li Jinglong.

Li Jinglong saluted with his fists very respectfully: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Jinyi Wei is the commander of Zheng Baihu is suitable." He has been acting as an envoy for more than a year, and so far the Jinyi Guard is operating in an orderly manner, which shows that he can manage the Jinyi Guard..."

Before the generals could stand up against it, the officials of the Ministry of Officials stood up to oppose it first.

"Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that what Cao Guogong said is not appropriate. Qi Tai, the left attendant of the military department, also stood up against it.

Zhu Yuanzhang was not very satisfied with the generals, and was suspicious of Wei Guogong and Cao Guogong, but he trusted Qi Tai, the squire of the military department.

Qi Tai, formerly known as Qi De, the word Shangli, alias Nantang, is the Xie Yuan of the 17th year of Hongwu (1384) should be tested in Tianfu Township, and the Jinshi of the 18th year of Hongwu.

The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang trusts Qi Tai stems from several things:

First, Qi Tai is one of the few officials who has not made a mistake for nine years, and accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang to participate in the ancestral temple sacrifice, and Zhu Yuanzhang personally gave him the name "Qi Tai";

The second is that Zhu Yuanzhang once asked Qi Tai for the name of the border general, and Qi Tai said it well. When Zhu Yuanzhang asked him about various atlases of border gates, Qi Tai took a handbook from his sleeve and explained the various atlases to Zhu Yuanzhang in detail.

Qi Tai gave Zhu Yuanzhang a very good impression, reliable work, and culture, and served in both the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War, and he was a talent.

In the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu (1395), Zhu Yuanzhang just promoted Qi Tai to be the left squire of the military department.

There is another point, that is, Zhu Yunwen also values Qi Tai very much, and he has a lot of praise for Qi Tai.

"Qi Tai, you are the squire of the military department, you tell me, who is

suitable?" Qi Tai replied: "The minister thinks that Song Zhong, the general of Pingqiang, is the most suitable." First of all, Song Zhong turned out to be the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and secondly, Song Zhong was meritorious in his campaign against the southwest Yidi and deserved to be rewarded. Your Majesty, it is better to restore Song Zhong's position as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, so that you can kill two birds with one stone.

Listening to Qi Tai's words, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly, and looked at the imperial grandson Zhu Yunwen in the front row: "Yunwen, what do you think?" The imperial grandson Zhu Yunwen

saluted and said: "Back to the emperor's grandfather, the grandson agrees with Qi Shilang's opinion." However, Sun Er believes that Zheng Hai, the acting commander of Jinyiwei, has always thought that he has been conscientious and conscientious in managing Jinyiwei, and he should also be rewarded.

Zhu Yuanzhang touched his white beard and nodded: "Well, the imperial grandson is right!"

Xu Huizu, Duke of Wei, and Li Jinglong, Duke of Cao, glanced at each other, with a hint of unhappiness in their eyes.

Li Jinglong hugged his fists and said: "Zheng Baihu acted as the commander of Jinyiwei and made meritorious contributions, and the minister thought that he could be promoted to deputy Qianhu as a reward." "

Song Zhong and Zheng Hai are both meritorious, so in this way, I ordered Song Zhong to be reinstated and appointed as the commander of Jinyiwei. As for Zheng Hai, then go directly to a thousand households!" Zhu

Yuanzhang looked at Zheng Hai in the ranks of military generals: "Zheng Hai, do you have any objections?" Zheng

Hai walked to the center of the aisle, knelt down and said: "The minister has no objection, thank Your Majesty!" "

Then that's it! There is nothing else, then the tide will recede!" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the eunuchs beside him.

The eunuch announced: "Retire!"

When leaving the Fengtian Palace, Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, and Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao, glared at Zheng Hai.

Zheng Hai smiled at the two of them, hugged his fists and said, "Zheng Hai thanks the two princes for their support. "

Hmph!" Xu Huizu snorted coldly and left.