Let's say that Zhou Xu'an followed Prince Anyang into the palace.
Because he was only a fifth-rank official, he did not follow Prince Anyang into the Fengtian Palace.
Instead, he sat down in the banquet hall outside the palace.
The banquet was just an ordinary banquet, just to celebrate the fact that Samarkand sent more than a dozen envoys to express its goodwill to the Ming Dynasty during the Hongwu and Yongle years, and then sent another envoy in the Xuande six years.
In addition to paying homage to the Ming Emperor again, In addition to showing their goodwill and willingness to surrender, they also brought rare gifts such as white jade jewelry, camels, lions, spotted leopards, various BMWs, and precious metals.
In addition, Nahalie, Hami, Turpan, etc. also sent groups to the Ming Dynasty many times to worship.
In addition, even Timur and many other Central Asian countries have sent people to visit.
Therefore, if the official family is happy now, they naturally hope that the ministers in the court will also be happy, so they hold a banquet to share the joy.
However, this scene was not as good as last year.
Due to the heavy snowfall, the official family held a snow appreciation banquet.
Shang Baosi set up the throne in the hall, covered it with yellow blankets, and Jinwu Guards set up twenty-four guards to stand by.
The Jiaofang Secretary set up nine music and songs in the hall, and also set up a large music group outside the hall, and a dance team was waiting outside the hall.
Guanglu Temple has a wine pavilion on the west side of the throne, a dining pavilion on the east side of the throne, and a delicacy pavilion on the east and west sides of the wine and dining pavilion.
Amid the singing and dancing, the luxury of a royal banquet was fully demonstrated.
It was not like today's gathering of the monarchs and ministers, so even the ladies of the East Palace and the harem did not attend, so the banquet ended quickly.
However, after the officials dispersed, the chief eunuch Wang Gonggong came out specifically to stop Zhou Xu'an, saying that he was summoned by officials.
Zhou Xu'an had already expected it and was waiting here specially.
When he saw the prince coming to give the instructions, he followed the prince into the inner hall.
The inner hall had been evacuated at this time, leaving only a seat on the lower right side of His Highness.
After Zhou Xu'an knelt down, Emperor Xuande made him stand flat and gave him a seat.
In fact, in his early years, Emperor Xuande left the palace incognito.
When he went to find his cousin Prince Anyang, he happened to meet Zhou Xu'an and had a pleasant conversation with him.
Zhou Xu'an didn't know at that time that he was a current official.
After learning about it later, he realized that he was very different from the "Cricket Emperor" that people today call him.
He may have liked the drama of promoting weaving, but because he followed his grandfather Chengzu to conquer Mongolia several times in his early years, he traveled among the people and experienced things that some emperors could not understand.
Moreover, he inherited the generosity of his father Renzong in character, and he knew how to cherish talents and make good use of them, even in this period when the status of businessmen was declining day by day.
Zhou Xu'an was also entrusted with important tasks.
This makes Zhou Xu'an feel grateful.
This time the officials asked him to go on a mission to the Western Regions with Prince Anyang.
The most important thing was to monopolize the trade between the Western Regions and the Ming Dynasty and prevent some merchants from selling goods privately.
Coincidentally, a few days ago there was a group of merchants from Hami who wanted to communicate with the Ming Dynasty for trade.
He actually came to visit pretending to be an envoy, and his previous letters were written in a clumsy and nondescript manner.
In fact, neither the officials nor the ministers noticed it, but they were still happy to pretend not to see it.
Anyway, once the contract is signed, both parties will get rich, so everyone is happy.
In fact, the imperial court used this subtle diplomatic method.
To obtain the wealth that comes from the trade routes of the northwest countries.
So we took this opportunity to discuss with the ministers.
He asked his cousin Prince Anyang, whom the emperor valued, and Zhou Xu'an, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, to go to the Western Regions with the caravan pretending to be an envoy from Hami.
After arriving there, in order to keep the secret of their pretense, the caravan naturally had to do its best to introduce the customs, customs and commerce of the Western Regions to the Ming envoy in detail.
So this time I will only make a profit but not lose any money.
Moreover, this mission could also be used to restore the Ming Dynasty to those vassal kings from other countries who had submitted to the Ming Dynasty, and bring them the long-term friendship of the Ming Dynasty.
So Prince Anyang and Zhou Xu'an went to the Western Regions this time.
They are also very important, so officials naturally have to pay attention to them.
So the banquet of the ministers over there ended.
The officials summoned Anyang County Prince and Zhou Xu'an separately, on the one hand to practice with them, and on the other hand to give them some rewards before departure.
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The prince of Anyang County was granted the title of King of Anyang by the prince of Anyang, and he would inherit the throne of his father, King Zhao in the future.
He was also rewarded with hundreds of fertile fields and thousands of taels of gold and silver.
Zhou Xu'an was granted the title of third-class Fuxing Marquis, and the third generation of Fuyin was also rewarded with a town in the Miyun area where the Zhou family was originally located and named Fuxing Town as a territory, and also received a thousand taels of gold and silver.
After the two thanked each other, they chatted with the officials for a while and then went back to their respective homes.
After Zhou Xu'an returned home, the decree of reward from the palace arrived, and the whole family happily accepted the decree.
Zhou Xu'an didn't bother to listen to the lively voices of those people, so he returned to Rui'an Courtyard alone.
As soon as he returned to Ruianyuan, Ah Cai brought the things he collected from Chunyu to Zhou Xu'an.
He had come back a long time ago, and first went to Yimengju to meet the third lady.
However, he failed to protect Miss Chunyu from giving it to the young master.
He said it was for hamburgers, but the third lady snatched them away and ate two.
He returned to Ruianyuan very sadly, and he was still a little worried about whether to tell the eldest young master.
Later, when he saw the eldest young master went into the palace to award the reward, he felt that he had no time to take care of it, so he kept silent.
He just told Zhou Xu'an in detail about the meeting with Miss Chunyu, and showed Zhou Xu'an everything.
Seeing that his eldest young master had no more orders, he felt relieved.
Zhou Xu'an heard Ah Cai talk about Chun Yu's reaction when he saw the token, and looked at the things she asked Ah Cai to bring back to him.
He felt funny but happy.
She was still thinking about him, otherwise she wouldn't have thought so carefully. .
But why didn't he miss her?
He had already thought about her so much before she left.
It was really hard for him to imagine the feeling of not being able to see her for two months.
He never thought that one day he would miss someone so much, and he still wished he could not leave her side every day.
Moreover, he thought that there were still many unstable factors between them, so he wished he could go to the Western Region and come back quickly to resolve the matter between them smoothly and properly.
Then he can hold the beauty in his arms and see his sweetheart's face every day.
Thinking like this, he laughed unconsciously.
He flipped through the sleeping bags and all-purpose bags that Chun Yu gave him.
He felt that he was worthy of being the one he loved.
His ideas were so novel and strange that he was so excited.
People are amazed.
He must cherish the things she prepared this time, and this burger is also extremely practical.
He must ask his servants to prepare more so that they can take this delicious and nutritious food with them on this trip.
Don't let her down. s: Some of the historical data mentioned in this chapter may not be accurate and are just rough references.
The rest are fabricated.
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