Chapter 61 New Mission
Chapter 61 New Mission

No matter how much he complained, Ye Xuan still had to obey Zhu Yuanzhang's edict, so he followed Yun Qi to the palace.

On the way, Yun Qi complimented: "Captain Ye really has a bright future!"

What Ye Xuan feared most now was the words "the future is limitless". Hearing this, he immediately became nervous, "What does this mean, father-in-law?"

Yun Qi made a face that said you already know the answer but still want to ask, "Recently, the emperor has been paying more and more attention to Captain Ye, and I'm so tired that I have to run to your Jinyiwei every few days."

"I have never seen a centurion being so highly regarded by His Majesty. He is summoned every now and then. To be honest, His Majesty has not summoned even the commander of your Jinyiwei, Lord Mao Xiang, so frequently."

Hearing what happened, Ye Xuan's heart was immediately at ease.

I thought Yunqi heard some news from Zhu Yuanzhang, that he wanted to promote him or something like that, but it seems that is not the case.

Speaking of which, Zhu Yuanzhang has indeed summoned Ye Xuan more and more frequently recently, and often issued imperial edicts to himself without going through Mao Xiang.

This is not a good trend!
What if one day Old Zhu is determined to promote me to a high-ranking official? What should I do then?
As the saying goes, serving the king is like serving a tiger. Ye Xuan just wants to be a rotten salted fish.

Soon, Ye Xuan followed Yun Qi to the Wuying Palace.

After performing the usual military etiquette, Ye Xuan stood obediently aside waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang's order.

But no matter how long Zhu Yuanzhang waited, he still didn't hear anything. Ye Xuan was curious and raised his head slightly to look at the dragon table.

This sight almost scared Ye Xuan, Zhu Yuanzhang was looking at him with a smile!

Seeing Ye Xuan looking up, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately laughed: "I have often thought these days that in the past, when I wanted to promote that person, that person would definitely agree with joy."

"But why is it that when it comes to you, you are really resisting when I want to promote you?"

Ye Xuan could only answer with extra caution: "I just want to start a family and career as soon as possible. I am afraid that I will not be able to take care of both due to limited energy and disappoint Your Majesty."

"Okay, I'm not blaming you. There's no need to be like this." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, indicating that Ye Xuan didn't need to be so cautious.

Ye Xuan then breathed a sigh of relief, secretly cursing Zhu Yuanzhang in his heart for almost scaring him to have a heart attack.

I thought Zhu Yuanzhang had seen through my excuse and was going to punish me, but it turned out to be just a false alarm.

"Everyone has their own ambitions. If you don't want to be promoted, then don't be promoted!" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a serious expression, "But I have another task for you. You must do it carefully."

How could Ye Xuan dare to say no? He immediately stated that he would go through fire and water to complete the task assigned by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang chuckled and nodded, saying, "It's not a big deal. My Princess Anqing will go to Xishan Qixia Temple to burn incense tomorrow. You just need to take your Jinyiwei to protect the princess's safety tomorrow."

Ye Xuan was a little surprised when he heard this. Historically, whenever the royal family traveled, the Yulin Guards were usually responsible for escorting and protecting the emperor. Why would Zhu Yuanzhang ask him to be in charge of this matter?

But after a while, I suddenly realized.

Now is the early years of Hongwu, the organization of the imperial guards is not yet complete, and the Yulin Guards do not have many people.

In addition, although the actual duties of the Jinyiwei were to monitor officials and spy on the enemy's military intelligence, they were ultimately one of the palace guards.

It is not surprising that Zhu Yuanzhang mobilized the Jinyiwei to protect him under the premise of insufficient manpower.

Moreover, Ye Xuan had heard of Princess Anqing.

I vaguely remember that she was the legitimate daughter of Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma, and was loved by them. In order to protect her safety, it was only natural that the Jinyiwei, who had the most experience in the market, would be mobilized.

After all, Princess Anqing is going to leave the palace, and the situation will not be simpler than staying in the palace.

In a sense, in terms of adaptability, the Jinyiwei is the most abundant among the twelve imperial guards, and has the most talents of all kinds.

Ye Xuan accepted the order immediately.

After leaving Wuying Palace, Ye Xuan kept recalling Princess Anqing's information in his mind. After all, he would be responsible for protecting her safety tomorrow. Trying to know more about Zhu Yuanzhang's jewel in the palm could also avoid some unforeseen troubles.

These royal nobles are all spoiled. Who knows if they will cause trouble if they are not careful.

In history, Princess Anqing relied on the love of Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma for her, and insisted on choosing her own prince consort out of human nature.

Originally, such a request was extremely against etiquette, but Zhu Yuanzhang agreed because he loved his daughter.

So Princess Anqing chose Ouyang Lun, the newly-appointed Jinshi of that year. They were very loving after their marriage, but it was precisely because of their excessive love that tragedy occurred.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty lacked war horses, but the Western Frontier was rich in war horses.

In order to control the western ethnic minorities that did not produce tea, Zhu Yuanzhang strictly controlled the tea trade between the two sides and strictly prohibited private transactions among the people.

But it is precisely because of the strict prohibition that the tea smuggling business is extremely profitable.

Perhaps the then-prince-in-law Ouyang Lun had lived a good life for too long, and he actually came up with the idea of ​​smuggling tea!
The result is predictable. Zhu Yuanzhang, who was incorruptible, caught him red-handed and sentenced him to immediate execution on the spot!

In order to save her lover, Princess Anqing actually ran to Zhu Yuanzhang and said that she was the one who instigated the incident. She tried to use Zhu Yuanzhang's love for her to force him to release Ouyang Lun.

result……

The couple became a pair of star-crossed lovers.

It can be said to be a typical example of playing a good hand of cards badly.

This incident also strengthened Ye Xuan's determination to stay out of the spotlight. When Zhu Yuanzhang became ruthless, he would even kill his own daughter and son-in-law for the sake of justice. Is there anyone else he would not have the heart to kill?
When Ye Xuan had almost finished his thought, he was not far from the Meridian Gate.

But at this time he ran into Hu Weiyong who was entering the palace. At this time, Hu Weiyong had just been promoted to the position of Zuo Cheng, the undisputed head of all officials.

He was wearing a bright red official robe and walked with a breeze.

Ye Xuan was just a small captain of the Jinyiwei, and as usual he needed to bow and greet.

So Ye Xuan stood aside and saluted Hu Weiyong with his fists: "I greet the left chancellor."

However, Hu Weiyong seemed not to have seen Ye Xuan. He just glanced at him coldly and strode away.

Seeing this, Luck on the side consoled him, "Lord Hu has always been like this. When you, Captain Ye, are promoted in the future, you may not be inferior to him."

Ye Xuan just smiled slightly and didn't answer.

In fact, according to my memory, Hu Weiyong was not arrogant for many years and became the end of the prime minister system of the Ming Dynasty.

How could Ye Xuan go back and get angry with a dead person? If it weren't for the official etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, Ye Xuan wouldn't even look at him.

(End of this chapter)