In the early morning, there was a chirping and birdsong outside the window.
In the room, Xia Xun and Sakura were still bedridden and slept sweetly.
"Dangdang Dang" The melodious bell rang, and Xia Xun immediately opened his eyes as if a conditioned reflex.
Could it be that Ji Gang is calling In the blink of an eye, Xia Xun came to his senses, turned his head slightly, and smiled, beside him was the cute Sakura, not the hideous and desperate face of Ji Gang in his dream.
Sakura lay on her side like a bow, nestled in his arms, her smooth body warm and slightly cool, like a piece of warm jade.
His big hand was resting on Sakura's round buttocks, which were plump, smooth, firm, soft, and elastic, and he always had a good thing to play with.
Xia Xun's slight turning woke up Sakura, Sakura's eyes were still closed, so he came up habitually, a pair of soft and smooth jade arms wrapped around his neck, and said lazily: "Wake up, Brother is lazy, I haven't gotten up early to practice in the past two days."
"Every time I wake up and hear this bell, I wake up" Xia Xun smiled and patted her buttocks, and said, "One piece and one relaxation, the way of civil and martial arts."
I have to relax once in a while, don't worry, I'll start practicing tomorrow."
Xia Xun lifted the quilt, looked at his flat and firm abdomen, and said with a smile: "Look, this hasn't gotten fatter or out of shape."
The bell is the Yongle bell out, after the bell is cast, it hangs in the palace, it will ring every morning, at this time Yanjing City does not have the barrier of so many high-rise buildings in modern times, and there are not so many noisy sounds in modern times, so once it rings, everything is heard within a hundred miles, and the pavilion where Xia Xun lives is not very far from the palace, so it is heard very clearly.
Sakura is still sleepy, sleepy in spring and lack in autumn, it is the season of sleepiness, not to mention that since Qiaoyun is pregnant, she can only bear Xia Xun's attack alone, and every time she has to be tossed by Xia Xun exhausted, he is happy, and Sakura is even more lazy.
She hid her mouth and yawned, leaned into Xia Xun's arms again, still closed her eyes, and said in a nickname: "Since you don't get up early, let's sleep a little longer." ” Xia Xun let out a "hmm", pillowing his arms, his eyes open, but he was already sleepy.
Now it is April weather, the emperor has no intention of returning to Nanjing, Zhu Di is very fond of here, he used to be the emperor is not good to stay here for too long, now the imperial court has officially set Yanjing as the future capital of the country, he can live in a dignified place, look at this, he has to live in Yanjing at least a few more months, maybe after the summer, will return to Nanjing.
In the north, the transformation of Tatar is a critical moment, in the grassland to engage in farming, that is a brain-dead behavior, not to mention that the Ming Dynasty does not have enough financial resources to carry out this kind of transformation against the sky, and in the long run, in this special geographical environment to engage in farming, even if it is successful, it is bound to destroy the environment of the grassland, a hundred years later, soil erosion, the entire grassland desertification, that is not for the benefit of future generations, but for ten thousand years.
Therefore, the receiving Tatars still arranged for them to be nomadic herders, but on the one hand to dismantle their system of domination, on the other hand to strengthen their dependence on the agrarian peoples, and on the other hand to carry out cultural education, through the transformation of other aspects other than the mode of production, to integrate them step by step, this is a long-term process, and at the moment, it is going well.
On the side of Warat, after being extremely weakened, it is now no longer a scourge, and the Warat tribes are unsurprisingly fighting among themselves, even if they know that this is easy to be taken advantage of by the Ming Dynasty, and it is what the Ming Dynasty is happy to see, the problem is that they have no choice.
Princess Samur, Lady Huo, and Bald Polo, who is willing to hand over power Even if they were far-sighted and willing to make such a sacrifice, who among the leaders of their tribe would be willing to promise that they were already too weak to compete with the Ming Dynasty, and that they would kill each other in such a situation, they would have long since lost their former glory.
In order to achieve victory, they even turned to the leaders of the local powers, such as Hami and Beshbali, who were said to have been bullied by them in the past.
Therefore, it is impossible for Warat to unify Tatar after more than ten years as it has done in history, and then look south to the Central Plains.
To the south, the war in Annan is temporarily over, Chen Jikuo was defeated by Zhang Fu, and was finally captured alive and sent to Nanjing.
Shiyi has changed over time, and Xia Xun is no longer so insistent on his previous views.
Yes, Annan can be said to be a quagmire, a quagmire that dragged the Ming Dynasty into it, and the gains outweighed the losses.
However, in the original history, why did the Ming Dynasty give up on Annan?
The consumption is huge and the gains outweigh the losses, of course, it is a reason, but the main reason is that at that time in the north, Warat had conquered Tatar, unified the steppe, and looked south to the Central Plains violently.
Now that the north is no longer a climate, it is not impossible to set up a county in Annam.
The politicians of the Ming Dynasty are not a bunch of idiots, and if possible, they will not give up this opportunity to expand their territory.
For the time being, it is not possible to make a more accurate prediction, and it is necessary to look at the future development of the current situation before making a choice.
The main section of the Grand Canal has been dredged, this river of life has been revitalized, more than 3,000 flat-bottomed barges, can transport 5 million quintals of grain equivalent to 300 million catties of grain every year, together with shipping, will become an important means to ensure the transportation of the Ming Dynasty.
The transportation of grain from the south to the north is an inevitable development of history, the current technical means and crop varieties can not greatly increase the yield of crops in the north, and the weather causes make the planting period of crops in the north very short, so it must rely on the transportation of grain from the south to the north, but the imperial court is also trying to improve the development of agriculture in the north, and the yield per mu can not be greatly increased, but there is wasteland in the north that no one cultivates, and you can use your brains on the cultivated area.
Today, the Yongle Emperor has greatly reduced the agricultural tax in the north, and the surrounding areas of Yanjing have even been exempted from agricultural taxes to stimulate land reclamation and farming.
Saihazhi has been promoted to the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and went to Tianjin to preside over the construction of the Jinyi Guard's yamen and the expansion and training of the Jinyi Guard, while Liu Yujue was promoted to the commander of the Jinyi Guard, becoming the second-in-command of the Jinyi Guard, presiding over the affairs of the Nanjing Jinyi Guard.
As soon as Ji Gang died, the tree fell and scattered, his Eight King Kongs and many henchmen were all finished, and a series of conspiracies against Xia Xun naturally ended without a hitch.
At the moment, the most lively is the south.
For example, Liu Jingting and other scholars from the north had already gone south and started a heated debate with the scholars from the south.
This incident is no longer to defend Xia Xun's personal reputation, but a collision of two ideas.
Xia Xun not only used the northern Shilin and the southern Shilin to fight in the ring, but also launched a wide range of mass movements, such as storytellers, opera performances and other propaganda methods were used by him, using northern scholars, they compiled a large number of scripts, commentaries, opera jokes related to the reality of the north, and went deep into the people to publicize performances.
At the beginning, Ji Gang tried to influence officialdom with Shilin, so as to hit Xia Xun, which was from the outside in, from the bottom up.
Now Xia Xun took advantage of the opportunity of Shilin's fierce debate to use all kinds of propaganda methods throughout the Ming Dynasty, starting with the common people, starting from these people who were most easily changed and instigated, also from the outside to the inside, from the bottom up.
The diehards in the southern Shilin are now drowning in the vast sea of the people's movement, and there is no time to take care of him.
Shuangyu's current situation, as Xia Xun expected, their relationship with the water division in eastern Zhejiang is deteriorating.
This is not that someone wants to use Shuangyu as a breakthrough to deal with Xia Xun, but that Shuangyu Wei and Zhedong Sailor have always had irreconcilable contradictions, and they will inevitably explode after accumulation for a long time.
A naval division that was completely organized by pirates, had old grudges with other eastern Zhejiang naval divisions, and it alone controlled the commercial and trade power in the eastern Zhejiang seas, and other forces could not intervene at all, and this contradiction could not be resolved at all.
Xia Xun's attitude towards Shuangyu is very intriguing, as long as someone moves Shuangyu's finger, he will stand up for Shuangyu, but now he is prevaricating for various reasons, this kind of Taoguang and obscure practice does not conform to Xia Xun's surname.
However, he had already blown the wind to Xu Hu through Su Ying, and those straight-hearted pirates didn't know Xia Xun's true intentions.
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In addition to paying attention to these things, Xia Xun is of course also busy with many "private matters", and those private matters are not for outsiders.
Xia Xun lay there, from the south of the world to the north of the earth, from state affairs to family affairs, all kinds of differences, thought about it carefully, and slowly exhaled: "There is about another year, and I can almost prepare, but now there is only one opportunity, so many people, such a huge action, if there is no good opportunity, I am afraid that I will have to show my stuff as soon as I act, this opportunity is not easy to find."
Xia Xun thought hard for a long time, and a strange light suddenly flashed in his eyes: "If, well, this is a feasible way" Sakura didn't know when she woke up, and she was looking at him with her cheeks on her cheeks, a pair of seductive and criminal light blue eyes, accurately caught the strange light flashing in his eyes, and couldn't help asking, "Brother, what do you want?"
The light in Xia Xun's eyes suddenly disappeared, and he didn't even pause, so he replied naturally: "I'm thinking about life" Sakura pouted and said, "Hey, as soon as you show that kind of look, you're calculating something, don't think I don't know." ” Xia Xun smiled: "What's so strange about this, if you can know what I'm calculating, then it's your ability." ” Sakura said, "Then how can I guess?"
She approached with great interest and asked, "Then tell me, what are you calculating?"
Xia Xun turned sideways and said in a low voice: "I'll tell you, my brother is in a big game."
Sakura turned around angrily and pointed her ass at him in protest: "Hmph, you don't have a serious word with others" Xia Xun smiled, slowly lay down, and muttered to himself: "When it is true, it is also false, who knows if it is serious."
To be continued: