When Xia Xun arrived at the palace, he was still in the palace, and this was the place where Zhu Di reviewed the chapters and met with foreign ministers the most after going down to the court.
As soon as you enter the main hall, you will feel that the heat is surging, and there are several charcoal braziers on both sides of the hall.
Zhu Di fell into a very serious rheumatism in the north, and the winter in the south is not too cold, but it is damp and wet, which is difficult for Zhu Di to adapt, in winter, he has to suffer from illness almost every day, so there are a lot of braziers in the hall, which not only raises the temperature, but also makes the air dry, so that it can be a little more comfortable.
"Your Majesty, Yang Xu has arrived."
"Call him in."
"Obey" Mu En withdrew from the hall and said to Xia Xun, who was waiting in the outer hall: "The emperor has a decree, Yang Xu will see you" Xia Xun entered the inner hall, and saw that there was already someone inside, this person Xia Xun was a little familiar, it seemed that when he pretended to be an envoy of the Shanhou Kingdom, he had seen it in the Ministry of Rites.
I only heard Zhu Di say to the man: "Huang Fenglin, the pedestrian division, your knowledge is extremely profound, and you are a Fujian person, especially familiar with southeast affairs, this time to the south, the pedestrian division is specially recommended to you, I have seen your resume, you are a jinshi in the thirty-second year of Hongwu."
The man was in his early thirties, with a shrewd and capable appearance, a slight hair under his chin, and bowed to Zhu Di and said: "What the emperor said is that the minister is a twenty-nine Jinshi in the thirty-second year of Hongwu. ” Zhu Di smiled and said: "Well, it hasn't been long since you came out, do it well, this time it's done, it's still easy to mention you as a deputy director." ” That Huang Fenglin hurriedly said: "Thank you, Your Majesty." ” The pedestrian department is also the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the pedestrians in the pedestrian department are all diplomats, and only jinshi can always be filled.
He is in charge of the affairs of the envoys of the festival, and all the matters of edicts, canonizations, edicts, and recruitment are under his control.
Although his status among Beijing officials is low, his reputation is very high, and his promotion is extremely fast.
The junior high school jinshi are proud to hold this position.
"Alright, you go about your work."
"Yes, the minister retired."
That Huang Fenglin glanced at Yang Xu quickly, bowed to Zhu Di and retreated to the palace gate, and then turned around.
Xia Xun hurriedly stepped forward to see the driver: "Minister Yang Xu has seen the emperor" "Arise, Sit" On the public, the two are monarchs and ministers, and they are private, but they are "brothers-in-law", this is not in the court, there is no need to be too polite, Xia Xun thanked the emperor, sat on the chair moved by a small chamberlain, and asked with a smile: "Does the emperor want to send envoys to the southern countries for a tour?"
Zhu Di said: "I asked him to go to Annan for a walk." ” Xia Xun's heart moved, he vaguely remembered that during the Yongle Dynasty, he had a battle with Annan, so he asked: "Isn't Annan peaceful now?"
Zhu Di said: "The king of Annan has now changed his surname to Hu, saying that the Chen royal family has become extinct, and the current king of Annan Hu Hancang is the grandson of the former king of the Chen family, so he is supported by the people and called the king, and now he sends an envoy to Beijing to ask me for a seal, the Ministry of Rites believes that the matter is important, the situation in Annan is unclear, and he can not listen to the words of one side, and he can only be given the seal after detailed research. ” Zhu Di actually didn't have a good impression of the king of Annan, since the Han and Tang dynasties, Annan has always been my Chinese territory, five generations later, taking advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains, unable to restrain it, Fang Yuli called the country.
At the end of the war, Annan took the opportunity to send troops, and once surpassed the Yuan Dynasty's boundary copper pillar for more than 200 miles, occupying five counties such as Qiuwen and Qingyuan.
After Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he ordered Annan to return the five counties of Qiuwen to the Ming Dynasty.
At that time, Annam Chen was cowardly and was about to agree, but when the minister of state, Li Jichen, was in power, he coerced the king to call for troops and refused to give his life.
Zhu Yuanzhang was not at peace in the country at that time, and his strategic goals were mainly in the north, and in the south, the miasma was at the mercy of the army, like a swamp, and he easily did not dare to start a war on both sides, and the land of these five counties never came back.
However, Annanguo still did a good job of saving face, and the new king always asked Daming for a title when he ascended the throne, and regarded himself as a vassal, and Zhu Yuanzhang endured this evil breath.
Annam has not been peaceful, Hongwu four years, the king Chen Yuejian was forced to death by his uncle Chen Shuming, because of the fear of opposition from the Ming Dynasty, Chen Shuming did not dare to usurp the throne and stand on his own, Chen Yuejian's brother Chen Rui as the king, Chen Rui was wounded and died in the invasion of Zhancheng, and was succeeded by his brother Chen Wei.
In this way, the royal power became weaker, and the entire Annan completely fell into the hands of the prime minister Li Jichen, so he killed Chen Wei and renamed Chen Yuekun as the king.
In the first year of Jianwen, taking advantage of the start of the Jingyan battle, the Central Plains was in turmoil, and there was no time to look south, Li Jichen killed Chen Yukun again, and the following year, he destroyed the Chen Dynasty, claiming to be a descendant of Emperor Shun, changing the name of the country to Dayu, and changing his surname to Hu, and his name was Yiyuan, at this time he still did not dare to call himself the emperor, because his son Hu Hancang was the grandson of Chen Mingzong, and he had a little blood relationship, so he said that the Chen family was extinct, and his grandson succeeded to the throne.
After Hu Hancang ascended the throne, he sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty once, but Zhu Yunwen was beaten by Zhu Di and had no time to pay attention to him.
Xia Xun is not an expert in the study of Ming history, he doesn't know much about this history, in the things he has seen, when he generally mentions Zhu Di's achievements, he only says "He has conquered Annan", there is no more detailed introduction, it is related to national affairs, and he does not dare to show off his vague "predictive ability", so he no longer expresses his opinion, but cautiously said: "The emperor summoned his ministers, it is related to Annan" Zhu Di shook his head and smiled: "That's not it, when you are newly married Yan'er, like glue, if I let you go to Annan, it won't take more than half a year to come and go, how can Ming'er spare me, there is indeed something for you to do." ” Xia Xun hurriedly got up and said, "The Lu of the Eater, the matter of loyalty to the Lord."
Your Majesty, please command. ” "Sit, sit down and say" Zhu Di's expression became more serious, and he said: "In the extreme west of the Western Regions, there is a kingdom, and its lord is called Timur, have you heard of it?"
Xia Xun's expression was shocked, the matter of Timur the Great, of course he had heard of it, he browsed the forum in his spare time, and had seen a lot of posts that were more close to the Empire and the Ming Dili, assuming that if the two countries were really at war, the question of who would win or lose, so he did know something about this country in the far west.
However, what he knows is something about the future, and when it comes to understanding the current situation of this empire, he is still inferior to Zhu Di.
Zhu Di said: "This Timur was originally a concubine of the Yuan Dynasty, and later established himself as the emperor, the capital of the country is Samarkand in the west, and he is called Genghis Khan by the ministers, and his country has a huge territory, not inferior to my Ming Dynasty, and there are more than 700,000 people in the country who control the strings, and the military strength is not inferior to my Ming Dynasty, and its momentum is not trivial." ” Xia Xun was secretly surprised when he heard it, he thought that the news between countries in this era was extremely closed, and he thought that it was close at hand, but Da Ming didn't even know who the other party was the king, but now Zhu Di talked about a country in the far west, and it was like a treasure, isn't it a strange thing.
Zhu Di saw his expression and couldn't help laughing: "You wonder why I know so much about this Timur, right?"
Xia Xun said: "Yes, this kingdom minister also travels a lot from south to north, and I have heard someone mention it once in a while.
I have almost never heard of this country in the government and the opposition, so " Zhu Di smiled and said: "I know this kingdom because they have dealt with my Daming, you were still young at that time, and you were still studying in Qingzhou, so naturally you didn't know about it."
In the twentieth year of Hongwu, Timur sent an envoy to my Ming Dynasty, and among the kingdoms of the Western Regions, Timur was the first to recognize my Ming Dynasty and send an envoy to pay tribute, so Emperor Taizu Gao had a good impression of that country.
In the twenty-seventh year of Hongwu, they sent an envoy to the east for the second time."
Zhu Di flipped through the table, took out a piece of music, handed it to Xia Xun and said, "Look." ” Xia Xun hurriedly took it with both hands, but it was a national letter of the Timurid Kingdom, and when he saw the content, Xia Xun was surprised and said: "It is written in Chinese."
Generally speaking, the national letters of various countries are written in their own languages, the legend of Li Bai getting drunk and Gao Lishi taking off his boots is because there is no translation of the country's language in the pedestrian department of the country, and Timur's letter is written in Chinese and the country's two languages, and there must be people who are proficient in Chinese around Timur, maybe Timur knows the Ming Empire in the East very well.
Zhu Di obviously thought of it too, and smiled slightly: "Look at it" This letter of state is Hongwu 27 years, Timur Khan again sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty to submit, the letter of state is very polite, to the courtiers of self-esteem, the letter of state wrote: "Gong Wei Ming Emperor by the order of the heavens, unify the four seas, benevolence and virtue Hongbu, grace and support the class, all countries admire."
Xianzhi wants to rule the world peacefully, and the emperor is specially appointed to be the lord of billions of trillions.
The light is vast, like a mirror in the sky, there is no distance or near, and the salt shines on it.
The minister Timur was thousands of miles away, and he heard of the generosity of the saints, beyond all eternity" Xia Xun looked at it, looked up and smiled: "This Timur is also very polite to my Daming." ” Zhu Di snorted: "At this time, at that time, Timur later destroyed countless Western countries, and it became rampant.
In the last years of Hongwu, our dynasty sent a pedestrian Fu An to Samarkand, Timur detained him, and took him with him all the way to the war, traversing thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in the western countries to boast of the vastness of his country.
Immediately after that, you all know, the battle of Jingjing began, and the court had no time to care about interrogating and punishing the country, and Timur thought that my Ming was weak and could be bullied.
If I turn a deaf ear to it again, I am afraid that Timur Khan will become more and more arrogant, and he will lead his troops to fight him."
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Xia Xun's expression moved: "What does the emperor mean" Zhu Di leaned back in the chair and said with a smile: "In his own way, he also gave him his body, didn't they take Fu An, traversed the conquered countries, and boasted of the breadth of the territory and the strength of the force, I want you to take the envoys of the country and walk around, and then parade in Texas, so that he can see the wealth of my Ming Dynasty and the strength of the army, I want to see if they dare to be so arrogant when they come back."
Xia Xun listened, and his heart suddenly widened: "This trip is easy, and those who have been visiting the mountains and rivers for a month or two will come back, this is indeed a simple task."
To be continued: