"Compared to Guangdong, Jiaozhi is a bit too hot."
In midsummer, a young official wearing the Ming Dynasty's fifth-grade official uniform kept wiping sweat with a handkerchief, but he could not lose his dignity and dignity.
"Tian Qin, please be patient. It's hotter here than in Guangdong. I heard that even in the twelfth lunar month, you can wear single clothes. Otherwise, why would the Champa rice be harvested three times a year?" He was answered by a middle-aged man with a soft voice. eunuch.
"Hmph, it's been almost half a month. It seems that Mo Dengyong is really guilty."
The person the eunuch called the Imperial Envoy was Tian Rucheng, a Jinshi in the fifth year of Jiajing. Now, as a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, he was ordered to serve as the missionary of Jiaozhi.
Of course, Jiaozhi is special. Throughout February and March. Tian Rucheng and other people who were selected as propaganda envoys, embassy administrators, and bodyguards entered the palace to receive "training" from the emperor. Their four leaders of the Jiaozhi diplomatic envoys, namely, three civil servants and one military officer, even participated in two military affairs meetings. A secret meeting attended by the staff.
Tian Rucheng was well aware of the dangers of this trip, but he still wanted to take a chance after witnessing that Zhang Fujing, who was in the 16th year of Zhengde, was honored by the emperor and entered the State Council in more than eight years because of his trust in the emperor.
The person he is talking to now is Yuan Hongmao, the leader of the guards under his command. Although there are only fifty guards under one banner, the embassy guard has the official rank of a hundred households. Yuan Hongmao, who was sent to Jiaozhi, was even more extraordinary. He was the official rank of deputy Qianhu of Jinyiwei. The fifty people he brought with him should not be underestimated.
When Tian Rucheng said this, he was actually confirming the next safety with Yuan Hongmao again.
Yuan Hongmao's answer is simple: "He doesn't dare to make mistakes."
"...I don't think he would dare." Tian Rucheng concealed his slight uneasiness, "He is just discussing with his subordinates how to explain to me, the Ming Dynasty, in order to test whether we can be canonized by the Ming Dynasty and even entertain us. If we are willing, this The diplomatic embassy can be opened immediately. Even if he is sternly accused of being a usurper, do you really dare to disrespect the Ming Dynasty and cause internal and external troubles? "
Yuan Hongmao looked at him and stopped talking.
You think so clearly, why are you blushing?
Oh, it's so hot here.
"Eunuch Peng, ignore this. The news that our envoy came to Anxing City has already been dispersed by Eunuch Peng?"
"Don't worry, envoy. Not to mention the wealthy businessmen of Jiaozhi who have been cooperating with our maritime trade company for many years, the news of the envoy's arrival in the city has spread by itself. Not only that, the main purpose of setting up a diplomatic embassy is to take care of maritime affairs. The news about the trade has also spread."
"Thank you, Eunuch Peng." Tian Rucheng smiled and saluted him, "Next, let's see how Jiaozhi behaves."
In Thang Long City, west of An Hing City, Mo Dengyong was wearing a dragon robe and sitting on his throne.
Among the countries or tribes closest to the Ming Dynasty, in addition to places like Uzang, which have their own religious traditions, Jiaozhi, Goryeo, etc. all have strong Chinese cultural influences.
The canonization of the Ming Dynasty Emperor was even an important part of helping them strengthen their legal authority. There is both canonization and conferment. Similarly, learning Chinese etiquette and wearing Chinese clothes is also something that only people with status and status here can do.
Mo Dengyong looked at the news coming from Anxing City, his expression changing.
The imperial envoys of the Ming Dynasty did carry their credentials, including the emperor's seal, the seal of the State Council and the seal of the Ministry of Rites. However, the credentials were not given to him, but to the head of the country, the Li family.
More than a year after he officially accepted the abdication, Mo Dengyong was busy suppressing civil strife and wiping out the remnants of the Li family. He had originally planned to send envoys to the Ming court, claiming that the descendants of the later Li dynasty would be extinct and no one could inherit the throne. Before his death, he told the abdication Minister Mo is in charge of state affairs. At the same time, he claimed that Mo was supported by the ministers and the people, and asked the Ming court to confer him the title of King Annan.
Now, the messenger has arrived ahead of schedule.
Supported by all ministers? People support it? It's not that far yet. Who knows if the envoy will hear any gossip in Anxing City?
It's not easy to keep them under house arrest there and deny them contact with all kinds of people.
Even if you can take this risk, the sea trade company that has now monopolized the trade from Guangzhou to here...
Mo Dengyong raised his head and looked around at his important civil and military ministers, and slowly said: "I can't delay this any longer. What do you think we should do?"
How could he not know that many of these people were doing business with the sea trading company.
"Your Majesty, I think it's good that the angel has arrived. The death of the Li family is already a fact. Now that the angel is here to set up an embassy, it is appropriate to treat him with courtesy. I think the angel traveled thousands of miles to come to Annan, They also want to make meritorious deeds. What does the Ming Dynasty want when setting up this diplomatic embassy? If this envoy can deliver the mission, he should also be thinking about returning to the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible and getting promoted. "
"Give him a good greeting and ask him to say a few kind words. It would be even better if His Majesty the Ming Emperor canonizes His Majesty as King Annan!"
"Yes, no matter what he heard or saw, the Ming court still didn't listen to what he said? Your Majesty, this is a good opportunity!"
"..."
There was a moment of noise in the main hall, and Mo Dengyong couldn't help but think deeply.
There are still remnants who are resisting. If the new dynasty is canonized by the Ming Dynasty, these ministers who follow him will feel much more at ease.
"I heard that the imperial envoy of the Ming Dynasty was a young man of only twenty-seven years old?" Mo Dengyong asked.
"Exactly! Your Majesty, beauties, wine, gold, silver and treasures can always win him over."
Mo Dengyong looked at another military official: "Your family is doing business with the Ming Dynasty. The news that came back last year is correct, right?"
"Your Majesty, it's absolutely true! The Great Khan of the Yuan Dynasty really died in the Ming Dynasty the year before last."
Mo Dengyong remained silent.
He is a qualified politician, but Dayuan is too far away from him, and there is no need for him to pay too much attention to the internal situation of Dayuan. In his opinion, the military power of the Ming Dynasty was more powerful than that of the Yuan Dynasty, which had always bullied them before.
He understands Daming better.
Now the Ming Dynasty allowed people to go to sea to do business again, and now they even sent envoys. According to the contents of the credential relayed by Anxingcheng's subordinates, the establishment of this diplomatic embassy was to spread throughout the Ming vassal state.
It seems that after martial arts, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty should also start to enjoy the feeling of having all nations come to court.
After weighing the pros and cons, Mo Dengyong was still unable to suppress his inherent desire for the Ming Emperor's canonization.
"Go ahead and make arrangements to clear the roads along the way and create a pavilion every ten miles away to welcome the imperial envoys from the Celestial Empire to the capital!"
…
To the west of Fengzhou Beach on the grassland, more than two thousand tired cavalry climbed up the gentle slope and finally saw the camp to the east.
"Back! Back!"
The exhausted cavalry team burst into cheers.
The quick horse went to report the news first, and the rest returned home as fast as an arrow.
On the hillside to the north of their path, Ma Fang held his small bow in his hand and rode his tamed wild horse, looking over there from a distance.
Last year he saw 5,000 horsemen leaving here to go west, but now less than half have returned.
They have been gone for nearly a year. Where did they go? Why didn't I see him brought back and captured?
After a while, there was a whistling sound from the direction of the sweat tent, and Ma Fang saw the big banner moving.
His heart skipped a beat: I came over to greet him.
I was riding on a horse. When I saw a big man galloping from the west, escorted by several people, he dismounted first.
After walking forward quickly, he opened his arms and said in a choked voice, "My dear brother, you are finally back!"
The visitor also turned over and dismounted, but first touched his chest and saluted, and said loudly: "The great Tuxie Tuchechen Khan, being bald has not brought shame to you!"
"Well done! Well done!" Anda helped him up, patted his shoulders hard with both hands, and looked at his subordinates who had only more than 2,000 people left, and said with tears in his eyes, "You are all good people. Man!"
"Khan! Manshoutu did not lose so many brothers!" Manshoutu said proudly, "There are still a thousand people left there. Rabuk accepted them, hoping that they would continue to graze there and help him guard the new territory. The ranch!”
"Okay! Okay! Okay!" Anda was overjoyed, "Brothers' blood will not be shed in vain. Let's go, eat well, drink well, sing and dance today!"
He sent people as the main force to help Gunbilik capture Qinghai, but he did not want to go there. However, didn't the Tumote tribe's son Lang, who was good at conquering and fighting, conquer the heart of his third brother who was the lord of the Wushen tribe?
Although Labuke is now Gombrick's man, he will still be his father sooner or later.
When Anda returned to the sweat tent, he first introduced a new distinguished guest to Manshoutu: "This is the holy monk Rigzin Gongpo who came from Tubo, and he is also the learned Tso Lampa. I have consulted with the holy monk for several months Yes, I have taken refuge in Buddhism."
The monk was wearing a yellow hat. Hearing this, he first bowed to Man Shou Bald.
Anda excitedly said to Rigzen Gonpo: "Since Manshou Tu has returned safely, Qinghai is already a pure land. Turpan believes in the Crescent Sect that came from the deserts of the Western Regions. If we capture the valley to the north of the Qilian Mountains in the future, , Buddhism must have countless believers throughout the grassland!"
Rigzin Gonpo's eyes were shining, but when he opened his mouth, he only praised Anda's unparalleled martial arts, and did not express any vulgar opinions about his suggestion of capturing the Ming Dynasty's Gansu town.
In the sweat tent, Shi Tianjue suppressed the uneasiness in his eyes and looked at Anda and Rigzen Gongpo, who suddenly believed in Buddhism.
Ever since Man Shou Tu suffered a defeat in Shuozhou, the situation on the grassland began to change so quickly in the past two or three years.
Now, Shi Tianjue did not receive any neglect, but he was ordered by An Da to only take charge of the caravan of the Tumut tribe heading east to do business with the Duoyan tribe.
He said he was in charge, but he was just a front-end shopkeeper. Not only to prevent being cheated, but also to undertake the task of trying to recruit more Han people from the east.
In Xuanfu Datong in the south, the number of Han people fleeing the border in the past two years has suddenly become less and less.
When I wanted to plunder, I found that many places on the side walls began to have the kind of mandarin duck formation soldiers that caused Gunbilik to lose many men the year before.
Anda did not order another easy plunder of the Ming Dynasty. Last year, the main action was to capture Qinghai and drive away Yibi La.
This year...it won't be the same this year, right? He seems to be busy trying to get his tribe's herdsmen to embrace Buddhism from Tibet.
Fengzhou Beach became lively because of these warriors returning home, but this liveliness had nothing to do with Shi Tianjue.
The next day, he set out for Daning with one of Anda's brothers-in-law, leading a long team of horses, including many cattle and sheep.
Over in Daning, in the Duoyan Tribunal diplomatic embassy in Chengde, the diplomatic envoy Zhao Shichun was also a Jinshi in the fifth year of Jiajing.
Now, in his embassy, Huadang's son Boge himself was waiting there.
Zhao Shichun sat aside and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry. My wife is just checking to see if the tribute girl is in good health first. The Guangning border market has opened. As long as Duoyan Sanbu is sincere and good to the Ming Dynasty, this tribute girl will not be able to contribute to the Ming Dynasty." Donation is actually not important."
Boge remembered his father's teachings and said seriously: "Your Majesty is magnanimous and does not care about the Duoyan tribe's help to the Khan's court the year before last. He even allowed me to sacrifice only one daughter among the three tribes. How can we be negligent? Tana is not from Everyone is worried that if you don't understand the etiquette, you won't be able to impress His Majesty the Emperor."
Zhao Shichun smiled slightly and was noncommittal.
She was a woman presented to His Majesty the Emperor, and Zhao Shichun had not seen her before to avoid suspicion. But his uneasy wife, who followed him outside the border wall, secretly told him that she was indeed extremely beautiful.
It's no wonder that it took nearly ten months to select the person.
Of course, does your Majesty want any beauty? Whether he can win His Majesty's favor or not, as Zhao Shichun said, is not important.
He said to Bo Ge: "As for the difficulties that your Majesty has raised with me some time ago, I have prepared a report to Your Majesty. There are indeed some places on both sides of the Luan River and the Liaohe River that are more suitable for reclamation into fertile farmland. I believe it will be It won't be long before several agricultural and engineering students are appointed to worship here. It is better to teach people how to fish than to teach them how to fish. I also ask the prince to report to your Majesty when he returns home. You can choose good people first and then learn their skills well. This envoy will definitely come here. Do not interfere in the internal affairs of the three tribes."
"Thank you, Imperial Envoy. I will definitely tell you the truth."
To the left of the mouth of the Liao River to the southeast of them is the acropolis where Guangning Youtun Guards is located.
Tunwei, as the name suggests, is still mainly about farming.
To the east of Youtunwei is a large concave bay.
This bay is an important inlet of the Liaodong water system that merges into the three waterways of Liaohe River, Taizi River and Hunhe River. Because three rivers merge into it, this river is now called Sancha River.
A large piece of the Liaodong border wall is recessed at the entrance of the Sancha River. Before joining the Sancha River, the Liao River flows backward outside the border wall. The east side of the side wall next to the Sancha River is called Niuzhuangyi. To the southeast is what Liaodong Haizhou Wei calls Haicheng County.
As Liaodong opened a border market between Jingbao Town in the north of Guangning and Baitu Changguan, two places in Liaodong now prospered quickly.
One is Jinzhou, which must be passed by the land route to Liaodong via Shanhaiguan, and the other is Niuzhuangyi and Haicheng County, which can be reached by sea via the Sancha River.
Now, a fleet has arrived at the riverside dock outside Niuzhuangyi.
Xue Han, the son of Xue Lun, Marquis of Yangwu, stood on the bow of the ship and looked to the northwest with worried eyes.
"It's so close to the border wall. If the Tatars invade the border, wouldn't it be dangerous here?"
"Your Majesty, you are too worried. Beyond this wall, there is the Liaohe River Tao, which is full of swamps, which is not convenient for the Tatar cavalry to gallop. Moreover, to the north of here, along the wall, there are Dongsheng, Changning, Chang'an, and Changsheng, which are even more difficult. There is a fort within thirty miles and a village within ten miles. It makes sense that the border wall does not enclose the Liaohe and Puhe rivers."
Xue Han nodded: "Having said that, once the Liaodong border market opens, it will be more dangerous here. Now the Liaodong Branch of the Tongyi Bureau regards Niuzhuangyi as an important point and has begun to cooperate with our Shipping Bureau. You can imagine the following three situations. This place will be rich in five years. Since it is rich, there is no guarantee that the Tatars will not covet it."
"...Your Majesty, our Shipping Bureau is only responsible for transporting grain and grass and doing business. These matters will be shared by various officials in the imperial court."
Xue Han stopped talking, instead thinking that if there was danger here, the navy would actually have a lot to do...
Although Xue Han was very reluctant to go to the Shipping Bureau at the beginning, Xue Han never left Xue Lun's letter teaching, and now he has adapted to it.
Especially the big inspection that started at the end of last year, Xue Han still feels a little scared when he thinks about it.
When Zhejiang opened its sea, how important was the Shipping Bureau? Fortunately, the benefits of opening up the sea are too great, and other companies are eager to do so. They have all formed partnerships with some large private companies to get their hands into the bowls of Huang Mingji Sea Trade Co., Ltd. and the Shipping Bureau.
Speaking of this, I have to mention Yan Song and Xia Yan. The two governors of Zhejiang are both ambitious people, and they understand His Majesty's intention of agreeing to open the sea.
In recent years, under the leadership of President Ma Cheng of the Maritime Bureau, this guy who had made a lot of money through the Cajun Shandong General Administration did not dare to be greedy anymore. He only worked conscientiously to enhance shipping capacity, open up and familiarize with the waterways, and stabilize Liaodong. The three matters concerning the North Zhili Maritime Grain Road were successfully completed.
As a result, the Maritime Transport Bureau became the cleanest company in the inspection at the end of last year.
Xue Han is currently in charge of the northern branch of Zhigu in the Shipping Bureau, and he has more than a dozen warships under his command to escort them.
Now, he was naturally thinking about the pros and cons of the military deployment here.
Outside Xifengkou, the horse team and carriage arrived at the pass.
After learning that it was a beauty presented to His Majesty by the Duoyan Tribunal, this group of people was let in after passing the customs inspection.
The curtain in the carriage was slightly opened, revealing a curious eye.
Tana, who was born in the Fuyu tribe, had lived on the grasslands beside the Liao River since she was a child. Now she saw the majestic Great Wall pass and the heavily armored Ming army.
In a few days, she will go to the capital city of the Ming Dynasty, where millions of people are said to live, to become the woman who will be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
Tana thought about the requests and favors made by the three old clan leaders to her, and couldn't help but bite her lip gently.
But would the Ming Emperor, who defeated the Great Khan on the battlefield, really favor a prairie girl who only knew how to herd horses and sheep?
In the capital city, Yang Bo, the new flower scout, walked into the Yangxin Hall and saluted the two seniors first: "Chief Jiang, Bachelor Wang."
"Wei Yue is here." Jiang Rubi smiled, "Your Majesty is at the Zhongyuan Hall. Let's take a look at the memorials sent by the General Affairs Office and the State Affairs Hall first."
"yes……"
The first chief Yan Song became a senior official after leaving Beijing, and the third chief Gu Dingchen was the governor of Liaodong Town.
The second chief, Yang Shen, became the prefect of Guangzhou after leaving Beijing, but he is now the Minister of Household Affairs.
When the Imperial Study Room was first established, people thought it would be a very important department that would replace the Director of Ceremonies. The development so far, actually, is quite embarrassing.
On the one hand, after the establishment of the State Palace, many things no longer need to wait for imperial approval. On the other hand, many matters that require imperial approval are first discussed by many important ministers, and secondly...who is such a person as Your Majesty, how much do you need the chief of the imperial study and the two accompanying bachelors to help them make decisions?
However, you can't deny that the Chief of the Imperial Study Room is too fragrant: Judging from the official positions behind the few people who have sat in this position, this position can first attend national policy meetings from the very beginning, and later directly attend national policy meetings based on the actual power and official position.
Yang Bo did not dare to neglect, and after sitting down, he looked at the memorial seriously.
Although the emperor will make his own decisions, there is no guarantee that he will not ask or test them.
As for His Majesty's presence in the Zhongyuan Hall... Yang Bo now knew what the Zhongyuan Hall was for, so he was temporarily distracted.
To be honest, I really want to see how the emperor teaches those little older children.
To the north of the Zhongyuan Hall, Sun Ming had just given birth to another son, Duan Bin gave birth to a daughter, and An Bin...
"Sister Concubine Shu, is Your Majesty feeling better?"
Wen Suyun pursed his lips, and then said: "Your Majesty is probably still a little unhappy. I tried to make him laugh, but he was always lost in thought, and then he went to the Yangxin Hall to concentrate on state affairs."
Sun Ming let out a long sigh: "It's a pity that Concubine An is not blessed..."
After saying that, he looked at Lin Qingping and said, "Xianfei, you have known His Majesty for many years, so you should open up more if you have the opportunity."
Lin Qingping's eyes were only on the Central Round Hall not far away. After hearing this, she nodded first, and then said: "Queen, it is inevitable for Your Majesty to be sad. But there are rumors in the palace that Sister An Bin was influenced by that beauty. It is these rumors that are important to women. If your Majesty hears this, I am afraid he will be unhappy."
Sun Ming nodded solemnly, and then a stern expression appeared on his eyebrows: "If you don't expect that person to come to express your happiness, I'd rather chew the roots of these tongues!"
Wen Suyun suddenly said: "Ah! get out of class is over and they came out!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several people looked over there.
On the field between Kunning Palace and Zhongyuan Palace, within the wall and under the cloud platform, many children aged five to six to eight or nine years old quickly rushed out.
Sun Ming looked for Zhu Zai'an, who was one of the youngest, and Lin Qingping naturally looked for Zhu Zai'an.
In front of them, there was an even smaller princess who was held in the hands of a palace maid. She rushed there with a milky voice and shouted: "Brother Royal! Brother Royal! Concubine, I want to play too!"
Zhang Qinghe only whispered: "Don't mess around."
The concubines in the harem looked at the chattering scene over there, and then saw the emperor walking to the cloud platform over there and shouting: "Guo Shouqian, take them to practice."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Guo Xun's son is the squad leader. In this special elementary school composed of children from princes, clans and ministers, recess gymnastics have begun.
Zhu Houcong looked at the children bouncing below, his eyes dazed again.
At the beginning of the year, An Bi had a difficult delivery, and the end result was tragic.
Throughout the spring, Zhu Houcong would think of this incident from time to time.
Only by spending more time dealing with state affairs can we relieve our mood.
After being in this world for so long, he has also begun to experience life, old age, illness and death related to him.
The person beside my pillow died, giving birth to a son whom I had not seen for several months...
"Your Majesty! Training is over!"
After coming back to his senses, Zhu Houcong smiled and nodded: "Play for a while, and then go back and do the arithmetic problems when the iron bell rings."
So the children ran to the other side where there were swings, slides, and a basket net to play.
Zhu Houcong slowly walked towards Kunning Palace.
"In October, the provincial army teams will compete for the championship. How about we all go and have a look? Let's relax."
Hearing Zhu Houcong's words, Wen Suyun's eyes suddenly lit up: "Great!"
"...I heard that there are a lot of people, are you going too?" Sun Ming asked.
"Don't you want to go?" Zhu Houcong asked with a smile.
Sun Ming smiled softly: "Of course I want to take a look."
He mentioned taking a break, but it’s not certain who needs to take a break.
After talking to them and teasing the five princesses and princes, Zhu Houcong walked towards the Yangxin Palace.
Sun Ming stood up: "Okay, don't let them go crazy, so as not to get hurt. Let's go back and do the math problems first."
The queen is dead, and the children's happy time is over - who made her the director and principal of this "Royal Kindergarten and Primary School"?
In comparison, His Majesty is more interesting and can tell many interesting stories.
When Zhu Houcong arrived at the imperial study, Jiang Rubi and others stood up to see him.
Then Jiang Rubi said solemnly: "Your Majesty, Huguang is urgently reporting that there are more than three months of dry weather. Many crops have dried up, and I am afraid that many crops will be lost."
(End of chapter)
