Xia Xun and Ming'er stood under a boulder that was as white as silver and shaped like a vase, looking at the vast blue waters of Chaohu Lake.
The blue waves are far away, and the water and sky are as far as the eye can see. A line of green mountains, surrounded by clouds and mist, is like a fairyland. The nine peaks surrounding Yinping Peak are shaped like lions, and the nine lions hold silver bottles. The scenery is extremely beautiful. The beauty around Xia Xun
It's also extremely beautiful. Today I came here to see the scenery. Xia Xun, dressed in a young man's robe, and Ming'er, dressed in a lady's outfit, are a perfect match.
At the foot of the mountain, by the lake, a team has been fully prepared and has boarded the ship holding high the banner with the word "Li". According to Xia Xun's instructions, they will go east from here and arrive in eastern Zhejiang from the Yangtze River to take over the command of Guanhaiwei and Taicangwei in eastern Zhejiang.
At the same time, the warships that the imperial court rushed to build must also be allocated to them. Shuangyu Guards will cooperate with them to familiarize themselves with naval warfare in offshore waters.
Ming'er smiled and sighed: "Now, Li Yifeng has sold his life to you!"
Xia Xun chuckled and said: "It doesn't really count, it's just mutual admiration at most. This time, I don't mean it sincerely. I really appreciate Li Yifeng and his fleet. After polishing it, I believe his fleet is really good."
It can become the strongest fleet in our Ming Dynasty. This Li Yifeng is not simple!"
"You are even more complicated!"
Ming'er's eyes filled with smiles, and she said softly: "He can command soldiers, but you can command people. You can speak a few words, and you can win this general under your command. Isn't it amazing?"
Xia Xun said: "This is the opportunity given to me by the Yu family. If it weren't for the strength of the second and third bedrooms, which put too much pressure on the Yu family..."
Speaking of this, he suddenly came to his senses, looked at Ming'er and said with a smile, "Is this bragging?"
Ming'er opened her eyes wide and said, "It's me who praises you, not you, so how can you be bragging?"
Xia Xun smiled and said: "My wife praises her husband, isn't this bragging?"
Ming'er's pretty face immediately turned red, she spat at him lightly and said shyly: "Smell, who is your wife!"
Xia Xun's smile became narrower: "Sooner or later it will be."
Ming'er couldn't take it anymore, turned around and ran away, curling her lips and said: "Tsk, let's wait until you win the battle against the Japanese!" She ran away for two steps, feeling uneasy after all, and turned around and warned: "Qiu Fu is very good at fighting, but he is still
After suffering a defeat, you... must be careful and never be careless!"
Xia Xun smiled and said: "Don't worry, I will never underestimate any enemy!"
When Ming'er turned around and climbed higher, the relaxed smile on Xia Xun's face disappeared. He turned his head and glanced at the fleet that had set sail, and chased after Ming'er.
He never underestimated his enemies, but when others doubted his ability to command operations, he had to use an extremely optimistic and confident attitude to protect himself. Li Yifeng was determined to work for him because he wanted to prove
He wanted to defend the dignity and glory of Yu's family. What about him? Didn't he have something he wanted to prove and something he wanted to defend?
This is the hometown of Fan Zeng, Xiang Yu’s adviser, and there are also the tombs of Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao. Ziwei Cave, Tongxin Tree, Four Wonders and Three Wonders, and the scenic spots near Chaohu Lake are full of the two figures walking side by side.
In front of Zhou Yu's Xiao Qiao's tomb, Ming'er chanted: "I think back to Gong Jin's time, when Xiao Qiao got married for the first time, with a majestic appearance. She wore a feather fan and silk scarf, and while talking and laughing, the oars and oars disappeared into ashes..."
Yearning for the story of the heroic beauty, Ming'er's eyes shone with intoxication, but the incomprehensible Xia Xun came to ruin the scenery: "Ahem! I think Su Gongpo's poem is a bit exaggerated. During the Battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu
He is over fifty years old, so he is not Zhou Lang. If he is, he is still Zhou Laolang. Xiao Qiao is at least over forty years old, and she is still married for the first time? Unless she is married for the second time!"
Ming'er was angry and funny. She rolled her eyes at him and said: "The young and handsome Zhou Lang, the charming and passionate Xiao Qiao and the smoke and blood on the battlefield are so desirable. What a wonderful artistic conception, I asked you to say this...
, Really, a big stupid cow who doesn’t understand the style!”
She snarled, raised her head slightly, and said intoxicatedly: "Besides, it's better to look back on the past and remember the present. I think that when Academician Su wrote this poem, he might not have been thinking of Xiao Qiao. Maybe this Xiao Qiao... was just him.
The shadow of a certain woman in my heart is just like Lu You's red hands, yellow vine wine... whatever he thinks and remembers has something else to say, or maybe it's just a dream and wish of his!"
Xia Xun held her hand and asked with a smile: "So, what is Ming'er's wish?"
Ming'er stared at him, suddenly smiled tenderly, took out her hand, stepped back gracefully for three steps, raised her sleeves like a bird, and then rolled them up again, just like an ancient lady bowing down with her water-cut eyes.
He raised his head gently and said in a charming and charming way: "I know your heart, and I only hope to return in triumph!"
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At this time, there was a bit of chaos in Beijing.
The *** envoys arrived in Beijing. They had already been here during the Jianwen Dynasty and had tentative contacts. This time they came to formally rebuild the tribute trade system. However, they did not expect that this time, the Ming Dynasty had changed its master.
However, although Zhu Di overturned many domestic affairs of the Jianwen Dynasty, his foreign affairs still tried to maintain continuity because they involved many other countries. After all, the Ming Dynasty did not change dynasties, it was still the banner of the Ming Dynasty. If another emperor changed his foreign policy, he would have to make a thorough overhaul.
If you subvert and veto the decisions of your predecessor, you will lose credibility with the outside world.
However, when the Japanese came last time, they just hoped to reopen the tribute trade, so they made a tentative contact and did not talk about many details. This time, they came to discuss all aspects of the tribute time, scale, and product types.
They all need to be finalized one by one, so it will take some time. And Zhu Di has already decreed that the auxiliary Duke Yang Xu will lead the negotiation. Yang Xu is now in Chaohu, so the Ministry of Rites made a procrastination and communicated with the envoy of ***
Negotiations and consultations have made little progress for many days.
Chi Zhong, the commander of the Fuzhou Navy, also returned to Beijing under the imperial edict. After arriving in Beijing, he met many of his colleagues and then went to visit the Xu family. He was a soldier brought out by Xu Da and had a close friendship with Xu Zengshou, the third son of the Xu family.
Although the head of the Xu family was Xu Huizu, Xu Huizu was actually under house arrest at home and deprived of all political rights including personal freedom. It was natural for Chi Zhong to visit Xu Jingchang, Duke of Ding.
Chizhong and Xu Zengshou were close friends and could be regarded as Xu Jingchang's elders. Xu Jingchang did not dare to act like a prince in front of him, so he held a grand banquet and invited Chen Xuan and other close friends of his father to attend the banquet, because Chizhong did not have any relatives in Beijing.
He even arranged for him to live in his own house, just waiting for Xia Xun to return.
The Duke Fu Guo's Mansion has been completed. This mansion is located on Xi'anmenwai Street, not far from the Imperial City. It is majestic, majestic and beautiful. However, the newly built mansion is still empty. There are too many things that need to be purchased.
They can't move in yet. Every day, Xie Xie and Zi Qi rush to Fu Guogong's Mansion to buy, purchase and make arrangements for their new home.
The official slaves assigned to the Fuguo Palace were also released from the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. It was much better to be a house slave than a prisoner. In addition, these hostesses were kind and did not treat them harshly, so these official slaves did not suffer.
No matter what the crime, they are willing to work hard. Some of these official slaves were originally slaves in the prisoner's home, but now they just have a new master to serve them, so they are quite familiar with the job.
Others, the former young masters and young ladies of the official family, suddenly changed from superiors to servants. The gap is a bit big, but after being in prison for so long, the psychological gap is much smaller. These young masters
The ladies are all literate and full of poems. They are much smarter than ordinary servants, so the work they are assigned is much easier. They take care of people, serve tea and water, and clean the study. The entire palace is done by them.
The level is calculated.
The court was busy with court affairs, and the family was busy with family affairs. The incident in eastern Zhejiang also continued to be turbulent. Zhu Gaochi's group's counterattack against Zhu Gaoxu's group was going on. The two sides criticized each other, and memorials to hold people accountable continued every day. At this time, Zhu Di
I have already set my sights on the Northeast and am too lazy to pay attention to this dog-eat-dog farce.
After the Northern Yuan Dynasty split into Tatar and Oara, the establishment of the two new dynasties also required a period of internal cleanup and stability. During this period, they had no time to look south. It has been three or four years since the two countries were established, and the internal stability has been achieved.
After coming down, they began to be eager to try the northern border areas of the Ming Dynasty again and made many tentative contacts. Of course, this kind of contact was not friendly, but a prelude to launching a plundering war.
After Zhu Di received the report from the border army, he was keenly aware of the military trends of the Tatars and Oaras. While he mobilized troops and generals to strengthen the border defense, he tried to counterattack and suppress it. After he proclaimed himself emperor, Ning, who went south with him,
The king was transferred to Nanchang, and there was no longer a vassal king in Daning. The King of Liaodong in Liaodong had been transferred to Jingzhou as early as Emperor Jianwen. The north seemed a little empty, and he needed to reorganize there in order to change his official position.
Take the place of the vassal king and guard this country.
In the early Ming Dynasty, many of the territories included in the Ming Dynasty were actually only nominal territories. The local tribes had great autonomy and were managed locally by local officials such as chieftains and chiefs. They were the local emperors.
He has absolute control over the tribe, and the binding force of the court is not very strong.
For example, in the north, there were people of various ethnic groups such as the Jurchens, Jurchens, Jirimi (Nivkh people), Kuyi (Ainu people), and Daur who had submitted to the Ming Dynasty. When King Ning and King Liao were there, they had no control over these tribes.
It is only a policy of restraint, and they only surrender in name, and cannot even obey the instructions or the propaganda.
Zhu Di needed to strengthen his control over this place. To deal with the Japanese, he enfeoffed the three guards of Duoyan who had made great achievements with him in pacifying Nan, and set up three guard posts there to rule the barbarians with barbarians. They cut off the direct contact between Liaodong and Tatars.
As for the tribes in Liaodong, he also wanted to strengthen his control, and established guard posts all the way to the Nuergan area, which were jointly managed by Liuguan and local tribal leaders.
These measures are practical and feasible. In an era when transportation and communication were inconvenient, it was the best way to strengthen the management of these ethnic inhabited areas without causing a strong backlash. In fact, hundreds of years later, we
I still do it like this. I want to put aside the local clan leaders and control the Central Plains area. That is something that is simply impossible and can only be done in my mind.
But even so, it was quite difficult. The adjustment of military deployment, the arrangements of military commanders, and the appeasement of local clan leaders involved a lot of his energy. At this time, he was concerned about the scandal in eastern Zhejiang caused by the fight for heirs.
Naturally, he has no time to think too much. Since this matter has been handed over to Xia Xun, no matter whether Xia Xun succeeds or fails, Zhu Di will not point fingers or interfere too much before Xia Xun makes the result.
But just at this time, another major incident occurred in eastern Zhejiang that caused a sensation among the government and the public. Zhu Di had to put aside the affairs in Liaodong for the time being and put his attention back under his nose...