Huitong Pavilion.
Pei Boxi brought a jug of wine and found the envoys Sun Zi Bu and Ye Jia Sengyuan, shouting: "Today is New Year's Eve and tomorrow is New Year's Day. Say goodbye to the old and welcome the new. This cold winter must be over."
Sun Zibu looked at the timid little boy following Pei Boxi and sympathized with him. He picked up a meaty bone from the table and handed it over. Fang said to Pei Boxi: "The spring of the Ming Dynasty is coming, and our spring is coming again." Where? If we can't ask the Ming Dynasty to send troops this time, the Champa Kingdom may be in danger. You are an old minister of Annan and know how powerful the Hu family is."
Pei Boxi motioned to Ruan Yuantai to catch it, sat down, and said with a smile: "In my opinion, the crisis in the Champa Kingdom can be resolved without the Ming Dynasty sending troops."
Sun Tzu Bu looked at Pei Boxi, and Ye Jia Sengyuan also expressed high suspicion.
The Hu family in Annan and his son now control the entire Annan regime, and those who disobey them will be dealt with. As long as the Hu family and his son give an order, the city may face hundreds of thousands of troops.
And the older generation who can fight in Champa are all dead now, and the new king, Lai of Champa, is not good as a soldier, and is far from Luo Ai. If Annan attacks Champa with all his strength, the best result would be if Champa can hold on for half a year.
Pei Boqi filled the wine bowl and motioned for the two of them to taste it. Then he picked up the wine bowl and drank a few sips: "Before this, there were some things that were inconvenient for me to tell you, but it's no big deal if I tell you today."
Sun Tzu Bu couldn't cheer up and said: "If you are talking about the Ming Dynasty sending envoys to Annan, there is no need to say it. If the Hu family and his son really can be persuaded and solved by the envoys, why wait until today? at this time?"
Yejia Sengyuan nodded repeatedly.
Annan was not honest once or twice. He had attacked Champa as early as the Hongwu period. At that time, Champa also asked the Ming Dynasty to come forward to mediate. Emperor Taizu really sent envoys, but it was useless.
If it doesn't work, just fight.
At that time, the Annan Chen family was weak in national power, but they continued to cause trouble. Zhi Peng'e, who occupied the city, was not easy to mess with. He used an ambush to defeat the Chen family's army. Later, while the Chen family was fighting for the throne in the country, the Northern Expedition directly destroyed Thang Long City. After that, you came and went, controlled Peng'e and killed Annan Chen Ruizhong, and then defeated Thang Long City twice, and then defeated Thang Long City three times.
These things happened between the first year of Hongwu and the twenty-third year of Hongwu. Champa went from weak to strong. If the national power and manpower had not been able to keep up and suppress the Annan area, Annan would have been occupied by Champa long ago.
It is a pity that Zhi Peng'e was killed by the ambushing army when he attacked Annan again in the 23rd year of Hongwu.
Luo Ai is not as good as controlling Peng'e, but he can still support the situation. At least it is difficult for Annan to get much benefit from him. However, as Luo Ai's health gets worse and worse, Annan's attacks have become more frequent in the past two years, accounting for The city could no longer support itself.
The peak moment of Champa has passed, and what is left is only a declining small country. It is difficult to rely on Champa's own strength to protect itself. Hope lies in the Ming Dynasty.
So, here comes Sun Tzu Bu.
Pei Boxi looked at the two men who were shaking their heads and sighing, smiled easily, and said: "Although we have some feuds and should be incompatible, now our enemies are both the Hu family and his son. I will not hide it from you, the grandson of Chen Shengzong and the son of Chen Mingzong , Chen Tianping is still alive!"
"Chen Tianping is still alive?"
Sun Tzu Bu and Ye Jia Sengyuan looked at Pei Boxi in surprise.
Pei Boxi nodded solemnly and added: "Not only is he alive, he is almost here in the capital!"
"Is this true?"
Sun Zibu quickly stood up and asked.
Pei Boxi replied solemnly: "How dare I lie about such a big matter?"
Sun Zibu looked at Yejia Sengyuan, and smiles appeared on their faces.
OK, OK!
This is really excellent news!
Both Sun Tzu Bu and Ye Jia Sengyuan understood that Pei Boxi stayed here just to ask the Ming Dynasty to send troops to help the Chen family restore the country. They had always thought that he was an idiot because the Chen family was dead and still waiting. Now it seems that he has something. The trump card.
Chen Tianping is still alive, which is also good news for Champa.
Yes, the Chen family in Annan is also an enemy of Champa, but if Chen Tianping returns to China now, at least the Hu family in Annan will not attack Champa. After Chen Tianping returns, he will break up the divisions and deal with the Hu family's forces. It will be easy for Annan to fall into civil strife.
Although Champa does not have the strength to attack Annan at the moment, it can win a few years of breathing space. After a few years of rest, it will be able to add 10,000 to 20,000 troops, whether it is defense or offense.
Sun Tzu Bu figured out the connection and quickly asked: "Where is Chen Tianping?"
Pei Boxi shook his head.
Sunzi Bu was dumbfounded, what does this mean?
Pei Boxi really didn't know where Chen Tianping was. Yesterday, someone told him that Chen Tianping was about to enter Beijing, and he might be summoned then, so he shouldn't run around and drink.
As for whether it will be one day or two days, no one in the hall is sure.
But anyway, here he comes!
Pei Boqi poured a glass of wine with a determined look: "As a minister of the Chen family in Annan, I, Pei Boqi, will serve the Chen family. Don't worry, once Chen Tianping gets help from the Celestial Empire and is reestablished as king, I will immediately advise him to join forces with the Chen family." The Champa Kingdom will be reconciled and reconciled with the Ming Dynasty."
Sun Zibu and Yejia Sengyuan praised Pei Boqi repeatedly with their mouths, but they didn't think so in their hearts.
At this moment, what Pei Boxi said was absolutely from the bottom of his heart, sincere and sincere. But at another time and place, he might have told himself from the bottom of his heart, I'm going to take your head.
I don't doubt his current attitude, but politics has never been the final say of his ministers. If Annan wanted to expand, he had only two choices, to attack the Ming Dynasty in the north and to attack Champa in the south.
Isn’t it possible not to expand?
Come on, there is only so much Annan land. If we don’t expand, we will have nothing to eat. We can’t just rely on the Red River Delta to support the people of the whole country. Taking over the fertile land south of Champa City is not a matter of course...
My children and grandchildren can’t even afford to eat, so why should I talk about etiquette and staying safe?
National conditions and topography determine Annan's way out. It must be expansion to the north or south. It is just a matter of time.
Pei Boxi was looking forward to Chen Tianping coming to the capital, but he still had to take his time, so he had to change the topic: "You have heard that the Ming Dynasty awarded the top ten prefectures, the top one hundred counties, and many Qingzhang teams."
Sun Zibu cried sadly: "Don't mention it. If it weren't for them, we wouldn't have been hungry last night..."
Yejiasengyuan almost laughed out loud.
This is true. Last night, the Ming Dynasty Palace hosted a banquet for thousands of people. Guanglu Temple was very busy and there was some shortage of manpower. The cook of the Huitong Pavilion was also called over. Before leaving, he also asked the people of the Huitong Pavilion to buy wine and food outside. Unfortunately, the messenger went out and was attracted by the prosperity of the capital and forgot about buying groceries.
Then, these envoys became hungry...
When the envoy was impatient and prepared to cause trouble, the people in the hotel realized that he had neglected the guests. In order to make up for their mistakes, they explained and ordered wine and food outside, finally clearing up the misunderstanding.
I heard that the official who made the mistake was beaten.
Pei Boxi didn't laugh, he just lamented and poured a bowl of wine into his stomach: "The Ming Dynasty ruled internally and continued to increase the population, land, water conservancy, and education, but what about Annan? They were waging war, killing, and plotting to seize power! In such a country, What prospects are there?"
Sun Tzu Bu was in awe of Pei Boqi. The person in front of him was an old minister of Annan who deserved respect.
Yes, compared to the Ming Dynasty, both Annan and Champa were in a mess. They were almost all worried about war, survival, and development, but no one thought about it. Even if they were planting rice, it was just for the sake of it. Not to starve to death, not to live a good life.
This is the gap, the huge gap between countries.
"How lucky you must be to be born in the Ming Dynasty."
Sun Zibu sighed.
No one denies this. Along the way, they have only seen the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, the prosperity of the country and the peace of the people. This country is ridiculously big and powerful. It is unimaginable that their self-control is also ridiculously strong, and they never take the initiative to fight. Small countries around.
New Year's Eve.
As in previous years, Zhu Yunwen hosted a banquet for all the vassal kings, and Ma Enhui hosted a banquet for the princesses. They received the gifts that should be received and the rewards that should be given, just to convey one sentence:
We are still a family.
Although Zhu Yunwen took away the vassal king's guards and officials, he did not treat them badly. Compared with the history of Emperor Jianwen and Emperor Yongle who were constantly deposed as common people, it was much better.
After the beginning of spring, these vassal kings will leave the capital one after another and go to their own business.
Of course, 40% of the income from their business belongs to Zhu Yunwen, which is also a kind of interest bundle. The feudal king pays 40% of the income in exchange for Zhu Yunwen's protection and safety guarantee. Zhu Yunwen takes the 40% in order to control the mines in the future.
Of course, when it comes time to take it back, you only need to cut off the right to use the mineral vein. We are not afraid that they will form a high degree of monopoly and in turn threaten the court.
Zhu Yunwen did not allow the emergence of the feudal king's business group, but he needed someone to lay the foundation now.
After the banquet dispersed, Zhu Yunwen hugged Zhu Wenkui, pulled Han Xiayu, and accompanied Ma Enhui, Ning Fei, Shu Fei, Xian Fei, and Yizhen'er to have supper in Kunning Palace, waiting for the bell to mark the third year of Jianwen.
The water drips and the scale moves upward slightly.
At midnight, the bell rang.
Zhu Yunwen entered the third year of Jianwen, amidst the congratulations of Ma Enhui and others, in the childish voice of Zhu Wenkui, and in the swaying of the candlelight. There is no looking back on the past because Zhu Yunwen is planning for the future.
On the second day of the first lunar month of the third year of Jianwen, envoys from various countries met to wish the Ming Dynasty a prosperous national destiny in the new year.
The fourth day is the Ming Dynasty National Day.
Zhu Yunwen and Ma Enhui enjoyed themselves with the people, walking out of the palace and into the people.
On the high platform of the Imperial Academy, Zhu Yunwen shouted to countless people who came in: "Confucius said: If three people are walking together, there must be my teacher. Therefore, the disciples do not have to be inferior to the teacher, and the teacher does not have to be better than the disciples. There is a priority in learning the Tao, and there is a hierarchy in skills. Specialize, that’s all.”
"Farmers have the knowledge of farming, craftsmen have the knowledge of craftsmanship, merchants have the knowledge of trading, students have the knowledge of knowledge, and officials have the knowledge of governance. If we want to make the Ming Dynasty prosperous, knowledge is indispensable, and education is lost. Not allowed."
"My great-grandfather valued education, and I shall do my best to carry it forward. Now in front of the people of the world, I will only tell you that within three years, as long as your child wants to study, I will make it affordable for him!" "
The people burst into tears when they heard this. The emperor said that the baby would eventually be able to afford to read.
At this moment, Hanmen began to receive his own opportunities.
Zhu Yunwen's National Day Education Declaration quickly spread throughout the capital. Those officials who had not yet returned from the Hajj heard it and understood it. Some enlightened chief envoys were already arranging their work for the coming year:
We should focus on education, including county schools and government schools.
By the way, the social studies that were abolished during the Hongwu period were also arrested. The emperor said that if the child can afford to study, the child cannot go to the county school, but can only go to social studies.
The Imperial College has teaching materials, but how many months will it take for them to be distributed?
How many months can you wait, how many months can the children wait?
Especially for immigrants from Northern Zhili, Shandong, Henan and other places, the emperor promised that their children would have books to study. Don’t wait for free, buy a few sets first and take them back...
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