Xia Xun hurriedly returned to Yanjing, and the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate suddenly saw the honor guard of the Fuguo Gong going and returning, and couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and the hundred households guarding the city hurriedly greeted him, bowed and said: "Grandpa Guo, why are you back again?"
Xia Xun poked his head out of the car and asked, "Have the North Korean envoys ever left?"
The hundreds of households guarding the city hurriedly shook their heads and said, "Not yet."
Xia Xun waved his hand and said, "Enter the city" When the officials of the hundred households saw it, they hurriedly ordered the officers and soldiers guarding the city to drive aside the people who were waiting to enter the city, open the city gate, and let Xia Xun in first.
Xia Xun's return journey was faster than when he went, and the officials who accompanied him, such as Ding Yu, and the tribal guards who belonged to him, such as Aha Chu, Meng Ge Timur, etc., all continued to travel north, so they were light and very fast.
Before Xia Xun entered the city, he had made a quick horse to rush back, and made an appointment with Yang Feng, a member of the Ministry of Rites, to come out to meet, and saw Xia Xun's car coming, Yang Feng, who had already been waiting on the road, immediately came up, and was taken by Xia Xun's people to Xia Xun's car, Xia Xun asked carefully, knowing that they did not find historical materials that could be used as evidence in the geographical chronicles of the Liaojin and Jin dynasties, so they had to report to the emperor truthfully.
They assigned to them the area where North Korea claimed sovereignty.
Yang Feng frowned after speaking: "Guogong, what the Korean envoy said, there is indeed no record in the Liaojin Geographical Chronicles, North Korea has always respected my Ming Dynasty, and the country of the vassal is not an enemy. ” Xia Xun snorted coldly: "Fool you readers, just read a few small words about the geography of the territory, and you should study it carefully."
My Han people, that is the ancestors with blood and life in exchange, how can it be light and clever, so I sent people for nothing to ask you to check the Liaojin Geographical Chronicles, no need to ask, it is also Liaojin Geographical Chronicles There is really no record, they dare to coax the emperor like this, you won't use your brains to check the historical materials of the Han and Tang Dynasties?"
Yang Feng blinked, babbling for a long time, speechless.
Seeing that the palace was approaching, Xia Xun sighed and said: "Fortunately, Chen Shou is shrewd, otherwise the emperor will have no room for redemption."
You go back first, according to what I said, check the historical materials of the Han and Tang dynasties in detail, if there is no record of the Han and Tang dynasties, then check the pre-Qin, the Warring States, and the Spring and Autumn Period."
At that time, some historical materials were not only stored chaotically, but also the retrieval methods were very primitive, which is like now, a keyword is entered into the computer, and everything you need will be presented in front of you in a moment, Xia Xun only this sentence, I don't know how many people to use, and I will get it after studying it all night.
I'm afraid that when Zheng He comes back from Huaixi, they won't be able to find any useful information, not to mention that this is Xia Xun's order, not the emperor's order, and all Yang Feng can send is a few of his subordinate officials, instructing others not to move.
Again, whether the collection of books in Beiping Mansion is so complete is also a big question.
Therefore, as soon as he heard Xia Xun's instructions, Yang Feng knew that it was hard, and he couldn't help grinning, but if he could really find something, it would be a great achievement, so Yang Feng's momentum was very strong, he agreed, then took his leave, left Xia Xun's car, and hurried back to the yamen of the department.
Xia Xun leaned back and let out a long breath, which was only at this time relieved.
When Xia Xun went to Liaodong, he had returned the waist card of the palace, and at this time he wanted to enter the palace, and he still needed the permission of the emperor, and the guards at the door had already known him, and as soon as he heard him explain his intentions, he went to the palace to summon the message.
The emperor was not in the palace at this time, but accompanied by Qiu Fu and others, and went to Baoding to inspect.
Baoding and Yongping, plus Yanjing, these three mansions are the first three places that Zhu Di had when he started his army, and other places in the competition with the imperial court, always gain and lose, lose and regain, only these three mansions of the land, always firmly held in his hands, his soldiers, his grain, all rely on these three mansions to help, very deep feelings, this time back to Yanjing, naturally to revisit.
In the palace, now the queen is in charge, and when the captain enters the palace, he is to report to the mother.
Queen Xu heard that Xia Xun went and returned, and she was surprised in her heart, knowing that Xia Xun must have something big, so she replied, asking Xia Xun to enter the palace and temporarily return to his original residence to rest, the emperor will return in the evening, and it is not too late to see you later.
The chamberlain passed the decree to the captain of the gatekeeper, and then passed the gate back to the palace gate, Xia Xun received the palace waist card and walked into the palace.
Inside the palace, naturally you can't move around indiscriminately, Xia Xun went straight to his residence.
As soon as she entered the palace courtyard, she was greeted by Miss Qiaoyun who was walking over, and saw her master at a glance, Qiaoyun was stupid, she stood there, almost thought that she was dazzled, and she was determined, and then she looked carefully, and then she was sure that the person in front of her was indeed her own master, Qiaoyun couldn't help but ask: "Why is the master back again?"
Xia Xun knew that there was still room for maneuver in things, and his mood had relaxed a lot, seeing her silly appearance, he couldn't help but be a little funny, hooked her chin lightly, and said with a smile: "The master misses you, can it be done" "What's that" Qiaoyun was stupid when she heard it, and it took a long time to look like she was drunk, and she turned around in a daze, and saw her master walking towards his wife's bedroom, dancing and chanting the joke: "Lady, I'm back for my husband" "A county magistrate also knows that the shelf has to be held, and he has to be deep for the official, but my lord is like a big horse monkey" Qiaoyun touched his chin that had been hooked by Xia Xun, and thought stupidly: "But this big horse monkey is much cuter than those serious old men."
Autumn is coming, the pretty girl is swaying in spring, maybe this is a warm autumn "difficult and difficult" Huang Zhen said in a deep voice: "This matter is very troublesome, I can't get the evidence, I can't reason, if I don't want to be reasonable, the emperor can drive that Liu Songgeng away as long as his face sank, how dare he turn his face now, it will be a poor reason, and he will be forced to turn his face, I am afraid that the emperor would rather cede part of the territory and tribes west of the Yalu River and the Tumen River to North Korea, rather than do this kind of thing that ridicules the world and laughs at the ages."
Xia Xun turned to Shaoyun Feng again, and Shao Yunfeng also shook his head solemnly: "Guogong, now I can only hope for Chen Shou and find the lonely geography of the Golden Kingdom, otherwise, it will be difficult, it will be difficult."
They all entered the official career through the imperial examination, and the imperial examination does not test geography, and the scholars have a ten-year cold window, so they can read the articles of the saints of Youzeshi and can't study them, how can they have the time to read those idle books Especially outside the Guan, for outside the Guan, the Central Plains Imperial Court has always been very unfamiliar, such as the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty for decades as the enemy of the little prince of Tatar, its origin, origin, the field under its jurisdiction, the number of soldiers and horses, the court has several versions of the information, as for Zhang Guan Li Dai, it is not uncommon to mistake other tribal leaders for the little prince, and even fought with others for decades, even the real name of the other party, there is no authoritative identification.
These two envoys did not go with Xia Xun, they were officials of the imperial court, and then the law was issued to Liaodong to reform the system, and it was necessary to establish an inspector yamen, and there were still things to be busy in Beijing, Xia Xun came back to fight a lawsuit with the Koreans, so he thought of them.
The emperor went to Baoding and didn't come back, Xia Xun had something in his heart, how could he blindly love his mother, explained his intention to rush back and forth, so he left the palace and discussed with Huang Zhen and Shaoyunfeng.
Unexpectedly, these two people shook their heads, and they both felt that the matter was very tricky, and Xia Xun realized that the problem was serious, and to solve it, I am afraid it was not as simple as he imagined.
This is not a war with open swords and guns, and strong force cannot be used; This is not to persuade the court officials to agree to reform Liaodong, as long as they tell the facts, lay out the reason, explain the necessary surnames, and refute them have nothing to say.
This requires professional knowledge and historical evidence that cannot be erased in black and white.
This time, Xia Xun was also anxious.
Seeing that Huang Zhen and Shao Yunfeng couldn't help, Xia Xun had to leave the two's residence and walked back with a frown.
"Alas, I have always felt that historians are of little use, and I didn't think that at this time they were in short supply, and in these years, there are historians who are too partial in this discipline, and those who are not able to read will not understand it, and those who are capable of reading have gone to study the books of sages, but no one has studied it.
In particular, not only must you be proficient in history, but also be familiar with the evolution of geography, the migration of people, and so on, and many other records in other classics, from the evidence revealed between the lines, this kind of evidence is too inconspicuous, if you are not an expert in the study of geography and population change flow, who has the leisure to go to the vast sea of old papers to buckle this word In his ears, Huang Zhen couldn't help but echo the words that Huang Zhen chased him out and put his heart into him: "Guogong, this matter has nothing to do with Guogong's responsibility, no matter how it develops, it has nothing to do with Guogong, Guogong should not participate."
Once the Guogong intervened, but he couldn't refute that Liu Songgeng, this infamy that should not have been borne by the Guogong could no longer be cleared.
Xia Xun knew very well that Huang Zhen said this for his sake, and it was indeed for his good.
If he ignores this matter, he and him personally will indeed have no benefit, and once he gets involved, it is very likely that he will bear the infamy for others.
However, if he gives up like this, he is unwilling to do that, if he really lets the North Koreans succeed, future generations will indeed not scold him, and he will not be left in this matter at all, but he will scold himself, and he will scold himself for the rest of his life However, in the face of this, he is a dog biting a hedgehog, and he is powerless Xia Xun sighed in distress, unconsciously swept to the side of the road, and when he saw something, a thought jumped into his heart: "Wow, who said that it must be exhausted, isn't this just a willow and a flower, I can't help it, those civil officials who have entered the imperial examination do not specialize in this way, but aren't they professionals in this field?"
To be continued: