In the new layout of Qianqing Palace, there are several things that are very conspicuous now.
In the past, after entering the Qianqing Gate, there was a corridor higher than the ground, which led directly to the cloud platform in front of the Qianqing Palace, dividing the courtyard of the Qianqing Palace into two parts.
This Qianqing Palace was destroyed by fire in the 20th year of Yongle and then rebuilt. In the ninth year of Zhengde's reign, it was destroyed by fire and then rebuilt.
When Zhu Houcong moved in, the Qianqing Palace was still "quite new". Not long after he ascended the throne, only the Niijing Gate was burned, and it was rebuilt at that time.
When the imperial city was re-planned and renovated, the Qianqing Palace now has a new look.
On both sides of the main hall, the two new side halls have their own independent courtyard walls, and there is a fire wall between them and the main hall of Qianqing Palace, forming their own independent small courtyard. They have a gate on the east and west sides of the Qianqing Palace in the corridor leading to the Zhongyuan Hall, and there is also a courtyard gate on the lower platform in the courtyard.
The two side halls were later renamed Zhaoren and Hongde respectively. As for the purpose, the Zhaoren Hall on the east side is for the internal affairs department, and the Hongde Hall on the west side is for the imperial study room.
Entering from the Yuehua Gate in the west and the Niijing Gate in the east, plus the Qianqing Gate on both sides, three entire rows of corridors can be used.
They are not the most conspicuous things in Qianqing Palace now. The flagpole-shaped thunder pillars and flags on the main hall and the two side halls are very obvious. On the ground on the left and right sides of the cloud platform, there is a bell pavilion at the entrance of the imperial study room, and a "weather station" at the entrance of the inner stalls.
Everyone is familiar with the clock, but the "weather station" has a special thermometer, a small windmill for measuring wind direction and speed, and a container for measuring rainfall.
The eunuchs under Huang Jin also have the task of recording meteorological data here every day according to the plan of the Polytechnic Institute.
On the cloud platform at the entrance of the main hall of Qianqing Palace, there were originally some auspicious animal sculptures and ritual vessels, but now there are two new pavilions. One of them, containing a set of standard measuring tools. Another one has a telescope inside.
Now that telescopes and microscopes can be made, it is natural to trial-produce an astronomical telescope specifically for observing astronomical phenomena.
Tan Lun looked up at the pavilion where the sky mirror was placed on the cloud platform, and then walked into the courtyard where the imperial study room was located.
It is probably because His Majesty encouraged his ministers to always seek justice from heaven, so he placed this new thing here as a ritual vessel.
"I heard that Your Majesty also observes the stars at night. There is a volume of translations of Western writings in the library of Zhongyuan Hall, which is said to be based on the heliocentric theory..."
Tan Lun entered his new "office" and listened to several other colleagues walking in the study room chatting.
Yang Bo and the others went to the Xinuang Pavilion in the Qianqing Palace. The Hongde Hall was the special office area for the bachelor's and fellow students in the Royal Study Room. The emperor received his ministers and moved them back to Qianqing Palace.
On the other hand, the Yangxin Hall is continuing to make changes. The front and back yards are about to be separated, and the front yard will have a new purpose: the party office of the Tianxia Datong Party.
The emperor returned to the Qianqing Palace, and the Yangxin Palace, which had served as the center of the empire for nearly twenty years, was now responsible for party affairs. This is also thought-provoking.
Tan Lun started his work in the imperial study room. He was responsible for communicating with the Department of Political Envoys. He needed to sort and classify all the memorials that were to be submitted to the imperial government.
In the West Nuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, Yang Shen, Xia Yan, and Yan Song were all there for three memorials.
"When did Mansu'er have such ability?" Zhu Houcong asked.
There are three memorials, one from the Qinghai-Gansu Border Region, one from the North Korean Propaganda Embassy, and one from Yan Shifan's report.
Now, Zhu Houcong's first concern is the west.
Xia Yan was very solemn: "The matter cannot be false. Now, the merchants in the border city of Xining have stopped. From the west, businessmen from the Ming Dynasty and foreign vassals with suitable holdings are constantly hiding in. Turpan and Nayarkang are fighting for their lives. It was a fierce battle, but judging from the reconnaissance reports, it seemed to be overwhelming. I heard that there were also descendants of Timur and the Indian Mughals to help them attack Yarkand."
What makes Zhu Houcong strange is another point: "Don't I go there every year? Judging from the time, he should be there too and hasn't returned to Mobei yet. I actually sit back and watch Man Su'er become a fisherman?"
"Your Majesty, with the national strength of Turpan, even with foreign aid, it is impossible to capture Yarkand with overwhelming force." Xia Yan said his judgment, "The banner raised by Mansu'er is to restore the homeland of the Chagatai Khanate and to be the Great Khan of Chagatai. In the name of Anda. Knowing that Anda is eyeing him, but still shouting such words, Anda has already occupied some of the territory of the former Chagatai Khanate! This matter is due to Anda's full help, Mansu'er does not have such courage!"
Yang Shen's hair turned white again: "It's Gong Jin's intention. I promised Man Su'er benefits, and now we are allies?"
Xia Yan nodded: "I have great ambitions! In the past, among the four great khanates divided by the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, didn't there be Chagatai? Your Majesty, this is our strategy to encircle the Ming Dynasty's land! The ones over Hetao and Xuanning The Mongolian people also said that now the Tatars on the grassland have begun to convert to Tibetan Buddhism. This alliance between the Mughals, Chagatai, and Anda Khans is 10%, and Yunnan, Sichuan, Qinggan, Hetao, and Xuanning have them. trouble on the frontier!"
Yan Song also said: "If Mansu'er and Tubo had helped the Ming Dynasty's enemies, would the border markets in various places still be open? Is it appropriate to give them to foreign merchants? If the land border trade has suffered so much, I am afraid that domestic merchants will also be angry. . If we just sit back and watch the results, if border trade continues as it is now, I am afraid that in the long run we will be endangering our enemies."
Zhu Houcong thought quietly.
I have been using troops in the Western Regions for so many years just to take this step?
The monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty had already known about his help in promoting the Yellow Sect on the grassland. One south and one north, including religious factors, have a common strong enemy, the Ming Dynasty, which is a hidden danger to the Ming Dynasty.
Mansuer was an Islamic sultan, and the religious conflicts between them were not small.
Now that the situation has suddenly changed, it seems that Anda has united all the Ming Dynasty's land neighbors into an alliance on land.
What Yan Song said was that Ming Dynasty had to make a decision: whether to let them continue to integrate, or to send troops to intervene on the grounds of Man Su'er's "rebellion against Ming Dynasty".
If this situation is allowed to develop, the pressure within Ming Dynasty will be minimal. Businessmen are happy, and the treasury does not need to be nervous.
As long as we send troops, we must be prepared for a decisive battle across the board.
The north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, the Tubo Plateau, the Mobei grasslands, and the deserts of the Western Regions... these are not easy places to attack.
Zhu Houcong looked at Yang Shen, and then asked Yan Song his second question: "Over in North Korea, have you sorted out the current situation and reported it?"
Yan Song bent over: "The diplomatic embassy is still investigating the matter. I have also informed some trustworthy businessmen to provide circumstantial evidence. Your Majesty also requested to instruct the foreign inspection factory. Now I have compiled a report on the situation in North Korea. this."
The emperor asked him face to face, and then he handed over the report that he had prepared but was not completely prepared, and then said: "The leader of North Korea is getting older and weaker, but now he is afraid of being in charge of the harem for twenty-five years. Queen Wending and her two brothers suddenly launched an attack. Please ask the Ming Dynasty King Master to help them hoe the traitor. I am afraid it is not for the safety of the crown prince, but for his own safety."
Zhu Houcong sneered while watching: "I'm afraid the ministers and palace maids around him are all the queen's spies. How can the Ming Dynasty help him to hoe the traitors without causing brother Xiao Yin and Queen Wending to fall into disgrace? If the scholars in North Korea can succeed, how can they do it repeatedly? Suffering a disaster?"
"Therefore, the elders of their Shilin sect secretly met with the Ming Dynasty's diplomatic envoys and reported to the Ming Dynasty for permission. They then discussed the big plan according to what form and military strength the Ming Dynasty could use."
"What is the promise of the Ming Dynasty? Submission and surrender? Isn't that what happened in the past?" Zhu Houcong didn't even raise his head, "They shouldn't not understand me, right? Just use these empty words to ask me to help him?"
Yan Song said truthfully: "Now they are just waiting for His Majesty's will. How to deal with this matter can be decided by North Korea."
"...Naive." Zhu Houcong looked at a section of the report and said, "He actually asked me to issue a decree to have one of the Xiao Yin brothers sign a treaty for the envoy to the Ming Dynasty, and then provoke him and deal with him. I will handle this matter. Doesn’t that make the vassals laugh at you? Can the Korean Shilin sect come up with such an idea? "
"...It can only be said that the repeated disasters are not without reason."
Yan Song was also speechless. The Ming Dynasty summoned the vassals to come to Beijing to establish conventions on various standards. This could indeed require the vassal states to send out enough important envoys. But after all, it was Da Ming who invited him here. How could he trick him into coming and then attack him secretly?
The stooges of the North Korean Shilin sect only wanted to get rid of the powerful people first and weaken them a little bit, but they wanted Ming Dynasty to be the villain.
Zhu Houcong picked up Yan Shifan's report again, with a smile on his face: "Uncle Dongying has successfully instigated the clans on Tsushima Island to get involved in Japan's struggle for supremacy. This matter is easy to deal with, and the navy has to be assembled for training. Wait for new warships. You can sell some of your swords, guns, swords and halberds. Once they get into a fierce fight, just kill them."
After putting down Japan's report, Zhu Houcong raised his head and looked at the three people.
"The Ming Dynasty has become more powerful, but most of the vassals have never faced the power of the Ming Dynasty, let alone the virtues of the Ming Dynasty. You all know how I plan. The conclusion of the convention is the new order I want to form both inside and outside the Ming Dynasty in the future, but the external vassals But the powerful families in China will not like many of the new orders established by the Ming Dynasty. Tang Yingde said that he should punish the people and punish them! Since there are changes in the Western Regions and the East, it is time to make a comprehensive plan and decide on a strategy!"
Yang Shen asked in a seductive voice: "Your Majesty, are you going to conquer all sides?"
"Of course there must be a priority!" Zhu Houcong did not shy away from this comprehensive purpose, "Solve the problems of North Korea and Japan first. With the money of the powerful families of North Korea and Japan, the national treasury will not be in trouble. The ten-year national debt is due, just in time. After the redemption, new debt will be issued. If the merchants traveling to the west and Mobei are dissatisfied with the temporary cutoff of border trade, then they will work with the country and first buy the national debt to quell the Ming Dynasty's foreign troubles!"
Xia Yan's eyes shone: The big move was finally about to begin.
Zhu Houcong indeed issued an order: "The three of you will take the lead and hold the first meeting tomorrow morning. From mobilization, financial planning, to military strength, to future official selection, culture and education, and peace of the people, step by step, come up with the entire plan. "
Ming Dynasty, which held two Longevity Festivals and had "kind eyebrows and kind eyes" for eight or nine years, began to grind its teeth.
The Ming Dynasty Center, which had just "moved in" again, quickly entered an intensive operation rhythm, and the Qianqing Palace was busy.
Perhaps because of the high mood of "conquest", Zhu Houcong did not feel tired from such energy-consuming planning, or it may be that he had already adapted to this rhythm of career. On the contrary, he is very powerful.
Sun Lan and the concubines in the harem felt this.
There were already several dragon couches in the Qianqing Palace. Now, Zhu Houcong, whose position was extremely stable, did not need to think too much about "safety", so he stayed at them randomly.
On the contrary, several rooms on the second floor of Qianqing Palace have been carefully decorated to make them more livable.
Unlike Yangxin Palace, which has a small courtyard and plants, the environment of Qianqing Palace is stiff and serious.
Naturally, the only person who can bring a soft feeling to Zhu Houcong is a beauty.
They discussed state affairs during the day and spent time with the prince and princess at night. After that, it was mostly two or three people.
Those "kings and ministers" in North Korea who had been waiting hard in the conspiracy finally got the answer from Ming Dynasty: How decent is it?
This time, the Ming Emperor severely reprimanded the North Korean leader for his laziness, which resulted in discord between husband and wife, father and son, powerful ministers in power, and people's livelihood was in dire straits.
Not only would Ming Dynasty not intervene in this matter, but it also asked the North Korean leader to quickly resolve internal issues before sending envoys to Beijing to sign a treaty.
Naturally, the news "accidentally" came to Xiao Yin's brother: the king and the prince actually together with the Shilin faction asked the Ming Dynasty to send troops to eliminate the traitors.
Who is the traitor?
On the verge of breaking out, North Korea is suddenly on the verge of a total conflict erupting.
Whether it was a palace coup or a mutiny, I don’t know.
From the Ming Dynasty's Ministry of Rites and Relations, official documents sent to the various vassal embassies were also delivered one after another.
The Emperor of Heaven attaches great importance to the sect-vassal conference to be held in Beijing in October. This time the standards are very high. Not only is it best for each vassal to send important ministers or even crown princes, but the propaganda envoys from various places must also bring investigation reports and accompany each vassal. The mission returned to Beijing to report on its work.
Since the establishment of the diplomatic embassy, it has at least existed in various vassals for so many years. Only when the new envoy arrives will the old one leave.
But now, all their civil and military officials have to leave temporarily and return to Beijing to report on their duties.
This is unusual.
The Emperor of Heaven does indeed value it, but what exactly does he value?
In the palace of the Duke of Guizhou in Yunnan, after Zhu Zaiyu came out of the room of the pregnant princess, he came to the front of Mu Shaoxun, the Duke of Guizhou.
Thirty-eight-year-old Mu Shaoxun is in the prime of life.
He didn't know that his fate had already changed. It turned out that Mu Shaoxun died young in the fifteenth year of Jiajing when the Ming Dynasty was preparing to conquer Mo Dengyong. He was only thirty-three.
But now Mu Shaoxun is still in high spirits. After seeing his son-in-law, he bowed first: "Your Highness."
"My lord." Zhu Zaiyang did not rely on him, "My father's decree has come, and my lord is invited to the capital to discuss important matters. But what about foreign vassals?"
Mu Shaoxun's eyes lit up: "It should be! Your Highness, your royal title is Yue, and now you are living in Yunnan as the eldest son of the emperor. Although it is called visiting relatives, it cannot be said that you have established a vassal or opened a palace. This will not last long As for the plan, now we all know the official document from the Ministry of Etiquette. We are going to the capital to discuss important matters!"
Mu Shaoxun is not an exception.
As many discussions in the Qianqing Palace progressed, many important generals from the borders and provinces of the Ming Dynasty suddenly received orders to enter the capital.
Not all major generals, this list is selective.
But Yu Dayou, Ma Fang, Ji Weimin, Qu Zhinan... many names represent intriguing meanings.
They are all capable of fighting and have fought hard battles.
Summer has arrived and the weather is hot.
Under the scorching sun, a huge storm seemed to be brewing inside and outside the Ming Dynasty, making many thoughtful people feel dull, depressed, or restless.
All this stems from Zhu Houcong's blazing ambition.
The person who lit the fuse was Anda on the shore of Lake Issyk-Kul in the cold winter.
He had his own ideas, and Zhu Houcong had already had his own plan.
(End of chapter)
