On the following day, after lunch, Zhu Pingan went to the Ministry of War with Zhang Tiantai and also Vice-Envoy Bai and Vice-Envoy Hu. The office of the Ministry of War was already full of officials, with Zhang Jing, Eunuch He, Duke Wei, and Marquis Linhuai all present.
Soon, all the people had arrived.
After Zhang Jing saw that everyone had arrived, he cleared his throat and slowly said: ”Gentlemen, the angel is on its way and will arrive in another hour or two. Please also follow me and move to Chaotian Palace, we will wait for the angel at Chaotian Palace.”
“Dare not follow orders.”The crowd said in unison.
Thus, the group of people headed to the Chaotian Palace in great numbers.
The imperial guards were about to arrive, and the rewards and punishments were about to be revealed, the crowd had different looks, some were excitedly looking forward to it, while others were as if they had lost their lives. Although the results are not yet finalised, everyone is self-aware, and they are more than aware of their own performance in dealing with the Japanese invaders of Shangyu.
Those whose cities were attacked by the Japanese, those who faced the Japanese and fled without a fight, and those who fought with the Japanese and suffered a defeat, although they spent a lot of effort, cost, and price to make arrangements to clear the way, they were still in a state of fear and anxiety.
Those who fought with the Japanese but saved the city and had one or two heads of the Japanese were relatively more calm.
The ones who have made war achievements, such as the Duke of Wei and the Marquis of Linhuai, are looking forward to it with a happy face. The two of them, thanks to Zhu Pingan’s blessing, had uncovered the Japanese pirates who had blended into Yingtian City in advance and the traitorous insiders who had been turned by them, and had decapitated more than forty of them, of which twenty-four of them were real pirates, so apart from Zhu Pingan, they were the ones who had made the greatest achievements in the war.
“Hehehe, thank you nephew. If it wasn’t for your nephew’s perseverance, we wouldn’t have been able to achieve this battle success.”
On the way to Chaotian Palace, Duke Wei and Marquis Linhuai both sought out Zhu Pingan and pulled him for a moment to thank him.
“Uncle’s words are too strong, I only moved my mouth to make suggestions, all these credits were actually achieved by the two uncles. The two uncles insisted on screening and uncovered the Japanese invaders and their insiders who blended into the city, and then the two uncles commanded the troops and horses to wipe out the Japanese invaders and their insiders.”
Zhu Pingan modestly said.
“Xian nephew you don’t need to be modest, if there is no Xian nephew, there is no credit for us this time. This is not the time to talk, we will have a generous reward later.”Duke of Wei and Marquis Linhuai patted Zhu Pingan’s shoulder, promising without saying a word.
“This time, virtuous nephew has taken the credit, the saint will reward him, we hereby congratulate virtuous nephew in advance.”
Duke Wei and Marquis Linhuai smiled and congratulated.
“Same joy, same joy, the two uncles have also made great achievements this time, the saint will surely have awards, my nephew also congratulates the two uncles in advance.”
Zhu Pingan also arched his hand to congratulate the two.
“Hahahahaha ……It’s all thanks to the blessings of Xian Nephew.”The Duke of Wei and Marquis Linhuai both were immediately overjoyed and couldn’t even hide it.
As the two said, now is not the time to talk, the three briefly said a few words, then separated each back to their respective positions.
Feudal era, for the rank and camp to speak very much.
Chaotian Palace is located on the banks of the Qinhuai River, the distance is not too far, after walking for not long, Zhu Pingan saw from afar a lofty temple and pavilion complex, magnificent. Listening to the people around him, Zhu Pingan knew that it was the Chaotian Palace.
That being said, this was the first time Zhu Pingan had come to Chaotian Palace. Although, Zhu Pingan has been to Yingtian many times, but before in Yingtian during the imperial examination, has been focused on the preparation for the examination, not in Yingtian excursions, never to the Chaotian Palace, after that to Yingtian, are also busy with official business, did not have time to visit.
Today, is finally seen.
Not into the Palace of Heaven, the first thing that comes to mind is a piece of the door engraved with “the Division officials dismounted” dismounted Square, suddenly show the majesty.
“Chaotian Palace and the Divine Optimism is the same as the Royal Palace, Chaotian Palace is the imperial edict of Emperor Taizu, take ‘worship heaven’, ‘see the son of heaven’ meaning, here is the former imperial relatives burning incense to pray for blessings of the dojo, before the festival of the civil and military officialsPractising the rituals of pilgrimage to the Son of Heaven was also here.”An official said softly.
It turned out to be the name named by the Great Ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang, and it was a royal dojo, so it was more than appropriate to wait here to greet the angels and listen to the imperial decree. In addition, in front of the Chaotian Palace was the Linhuai River, so if the angels came by boat, they would dock on the banks of the Linhuai River and walk a few steps to get there, and the traffic was also convenient.
Such an arrangement, worthy of Zhang Jing.
Zhu Pingan praised in his heart, along with the crowd stepped into the Chaotian Palace, the interior of the Chaotian Palace was very large, covering an area of more than three hundred acres, there were halls such as the Divine Sovereign’s Hall, the Three Ching Main Halls, the Great Tongming Treasure Hall, the Hail Mary Main Hall and other halls, and there were hundreds of rooms.
Chaotian Palace is very new, like just repair not decades of feeling.
Not far into the door to see a monument pavilion in front of the courtyard, the monument pavilion on the body of the “imperial edicts to rebuild the Chaotian Palace monument”.
Zhu Pingan close to sweep a glance, the inscription of more than 1,000 words, is a university scholar commercial chariot during the reign of Chenghua, written, which recorded the early Ming Dynasty Palace of positioning, scale and repair during the reign of Chenghua the beginning and end. Zhu Pingan suddenly realised, no wonder it feels very new, the original Chenghua years rebuilt, just a few decades ago.
Zhang Jing set the place for waiting for the angels and listening to the imperial decree at the main hall of Chaotian Palace. There were twelve rooms in the main hall, which was wide enough to be used for the ceremony. The officials from the Ministry of Rites of Yingtian also led the crowd to rehearse the greeting matters in the Hail Mary Main Hall.
“Report, Lord Qin’s boat has entered the Linhuai River.”After the crowd had waited for more than half an hour in the Chaotian Palace, the general officer entered the hall to report on the movements of the Chinamen.
“All of you follow me to welcome the angel.”Zhang Jing nodded and said to the crowd.
“Nuo.”The crowd answered.
Yingtian Ministry of Ceremonies officials have long arranged and arranged the ceremonial weaponry to welcome the Qin Jia, the red damask coloured shed and other ceremonial weaponry was set up for more than five miles…….The people in Zhang Jing, Eunuch He and others, led by the clusters of servants along the Linhuai River in front of the vast welcome to the imperial guards, enough to walk three miles, only to finally see the Linhuai River sailed a number of tall ships, the ship all over the yellow flag, yellow umbrellas, yellow fans, yellow cards, showing the majesty of the royal family, a number of rows of distinctive armour of the factory guards in the bow of the boat guarding the five eunuchs of the inner service.
Among them, the most in the middle of occupying the C seat is a forty or fifty years old eunuch, thin and tall, looks old, hawk nose thin lips, eyes narrow, a face of vicious wolf Gu phase, give a person a kind of bad with the feeling.
“How is this guy!”
Eunuch He, the Yingtian Zhenguo eunuch, saw the C eunuch on the building ship from afar, and couldn’t help but frown with a mosquito voice and cursed in a low voice.
Zhu Pingan had sharper ears than the average person, although Eunuch He’s voice was as small as a mosquito, but the distance was not far, Zhu Pingan still heard it.
Oh, could it be that the eunuchs who announced the decree have Eunuch He’s opponent?
Zhu Pingan thought as such.
In fact, if Liu Dazhou was here, he would have recognised this eunuch, Zhu Ping An had ordered him to go to Suzhou to send a letter to this eunuch, “Autumn is getting cooler, I hope that you will be able to maintain your sanity”, at that time, the eunuch’s skill left a deep impression on Liu Dazhou.
Yes, this eunuch is Chen Hong.
