Chapter 112 As a big brother, I must have a foreign princess too
The Jianzhou right guard commanded Li Xianzhong, the official minister, to quickly walk to the palace and step forward to salute.
He is a thin middle-aged man. He is not as strong as others, but looks like a scholar. He is almost fifty years old now. It can be seen that he was a handsome man when he was young.
"Li Xianzhong, the commander of the right guards of Jianzhou, has met His Majesty, His Highness the King of Han, His Highness Taisun, and His Highness the Third Highness."
In the 10th year of Yongle, the Ming Dynasty separated Mengge Timur's troops from the Jianzhou Guards and set up another Jianzhou Left Guards. Mengge Timur was appointed as the commander of the Jianzhou Left Guards and later as the commander of the Jianzhou Guards.
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The current commander of the Jianzhou Right Guards is Li Xianzhong, who has just arrived.
Li Xianzhong's original name was Shi Jiannu. He once led his subordinates to conquer the Mongolian Tatars under Zhu Di's imperial command. He had accomplished military exploits and was named Li Xianzhong by Zhu Di.
"Mengtemu, you are here too." Li Xianzhong also said hello to Mengge Timur. "Mengtemu" is Mengtemu's original name, Aisin Gioro Mentemu.
The two are related by marriage, but they are also in a competitive relationship. Of course, Li Xianzhong is not only related by marriage to his fierce brother Timur, but also to Zhu Di. His sister is also Zhu Di's concubine and is now in the harem.
Brother Meng now has a higher official rank than Li Xianzhong, but he cannot control Li Xianzhong. The two of them each hold power.
It was still the principle of hoeing the strong and supporting the weak. Li Xianzhong was related by marriage to the emperor and was very capable. In order to prevent him from getting bigger, he supported the younger and more capable Timur.
Now Meng Brother Timur has a higher official position, and there are Jurchen spies in the imperial city. Zhu Di did not go into details, but in his heart he still thought that Meng Brother Timur had different intentions. In addition to superficial questioning, he also had to question his status.
Give it a good beating.
Seeing the appearance of Li Xianzhong, Timur felt that something was wrong.
After the two greeted each other, Zhu Di said with a rare smile: "Li Xianzhong, how are you doing lately? The injury on your leg a few years ago still hurts." He spoke more like two old friends.
Li Xianzhong said respectfully: "Thanks to Your Majesty Hongfu, although the leg injury has left a hidden problem, the condition has improved in the past two years and there is no serious problem."
"That's good. Before this expedition, the true concubine specially asked me to meet you. You two siblings have not seen each other for many years. She has been thinking about you a lot recently. The older she gets, the more homesick she becomes. If you have time next spring, you can go there for a day.
Ying Tianfu should meet her."
Li Xianzhong's eyes turned red instantly. I don't know whether it was his true feelings or his acting skills, but the people who saw it were really sincere: "I'm so sorry, I'm sorry, I'm in good health now, and I'm planning to send my son to Beijing to pay tribute next year."
Zhu Di nodded with satisfaction: "How old is Manzhu this year?"
"I'm twenty-six years old."
Li Manzhu is the eldest son of Li Xianzhong. He was less than twenty years old when he served under Zhu Di to conquer the Mongolian Tatars. He was by his father's side, but he was also a young man who was good at fighting. Different from his father's thin appearance,
This guy is tall and strong, and he can dance like a tiger with a big sword.
When we talked about Li Manzhu, we finally called him Uncle Zhu Di, and the mood between the two of them became more cheerful when they talked about their nephews. However, Timur, the fierce brother, was not so comfortable standing next to him.
It was revealed at all times that these two people were family members.
"Next year, before Manzhu comes to Beijing, send someone to inform him in advance. I will ask Zhanji to come out to greet you. If the army returns to the court again, I will ask Zhanji's younger brother to greet you."
Li Xianzhong hurriedly declined: "Your Majesty, you absolutely don't dare to do this. How dare you let your grandson come out to greet you?"
"I also heard that you have a young daughter who is extremely talented. When the time comes, come to the capital with Manzhu. We will enter the palace to be a companion to the true concubine and relieve her homesickness."
Hearing this, both Li Xianzhong and Timur looked shocked. After a brief moment of shock, Li Xianzhong immediately thanked him: "Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty."
Zhu Zhanji looked at Zhu Di in disbelief. Zhu Di wanted the daughter of the leader of the Jurchen tribe to return to Beijing. She was similar to a princess from a small place. Isn't this Zhu Zhanzhen's favorite? Could it be that the princess of North Korea and the princess of the Western Regions are still here?
If it's not enough, we need another Jurchen princess.
According to the fifth brother's character, he naturally accepts everyone who comes.
Zhu Zhanzhen, who was grilling mutton skewers in the palace, sneezed: "Who is scolding me?"
Li Xianzhong hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this little girl is a carefree woman and loves to ride horses. I will correct her behavior when I get back, so as not to bump into your Majesty and your Royal Highnesses in the palace."
"Zhanji."
"My grandson is here."
"Li Xianzhong, this is my eldest grandson Zhu Zhanji, whom you have also met. He is about the same age as your daughter. I was originally going to choose a grandson concubine for him this year, but due to the delay in the Northern Expedition, I will go back to get married after the war next year.
, I mean to let your daughter go with you when the time comes."
"My grandson Yingwu, how can my little daughter be so virtuous and capable?" Li Xianzhong saluted respectfully.
This was pie in the sky for Li Xianzhong. She became the concubine of his grandson. Although he knew that she was definitely not the official concubine, at least he was still related by marriage to the Ming Dynasty emperor's family. Their family's status in Jianzhou was only as high as that of Zhu Zhanji.
If you become the emperor, you will always be stable.
Zhu Zhanji was stunned, not expecting that this time it was prepared for him.
The King of Han looked resentful, why didn't he prepare one for himself?
When Li Xianzhong's daughter marries Zhu Zhanji, what's the relationship between your grandson and grandson? You call him grandson, but he calls you uncle?
But after all, there is no problem in giving Zhu Zhanji according to her age when she is a pretty girl in her teenage years.
The innocent boy Zhu Zhanji has thought about it since he was taught a fatherly lesson by his father. Loving one person exclusively has always been a bad thing, so just accept it now that it's here.
Since Zhanyi has a foreign princess, as the eldest brother, I have to have one too.
Zhu Zhanyong beside him didn't care, since he only cared about big things anyway.
After saying all these things, Zhu Di's expression became more serious: "Next year I will go to Mahamu in the northern expedition. You two will organize your troops when you return. Next year, you will go out with me, each with two thousand cavalry. Is there any problem?"
"I will do my best to follow His Majesty."
After expressing their loyalty, the two people withdrew.
After leaving the palace and saying goodbye to each other, Timur, the fierce brother, said: "Sakyanu..."
"Just call me Li Xianzhong."
Meng brother Timur said with a complicated expression: "Congratulations to Brother Li."
"Rejoice together and rejoice together."
After the two left, Zhu Gaoxu said: "Your Majesty, Meng brother Timur may have counter-intentions."
"It is useless to rebel. He has no ability to rebel. He is surrounded by powerful enemies and is not unified internally. If he dares to rebel, he can win him in one fell swoop." Zhu Di currently does not have too much worry about the Jianzhou Jurchens. With their current situation,
The strength is that even if a ninety-year-old man walks into an alley, he will be powerless even if he wants to.
"Zhanji helped me draft a report and sent it back to Tianfu, asking Zhanyi to arrange for a few more ships of cotton and grain to be sent to Shuntianfu, and then send someone to transport it to Jianzhou market."
"Yes, Grandpa Huang." If you give me a slap, you have to give me candy.
Zhu Di thought for a while: "Send the newspaper here as well. Every time a newspaper is distributed in the future, Shuntian Mansion will send the newspaper to Jianzhou and Wuliangha Market."
"Your Majesty, not many people in Jianzhou know writing."
"Education and establishment of a state must be based on the writing of our dynasty."
Zhu Di learned about the power of cultural incitement through the newspaper, and also understood that if the Jurchens and the three Uuliangha guards wanted to truly belong to the Ming Dynasty, they must identify with the Ming Dynasty culturally, not just through force deterrence.
Let them read our novels, read our poems, understand our culture, let their children learn Chinese characters, and identify themselves as Ming people from the bottom of their hearts.
"Gao Xu, I remember that during the Hongwu period, some Koreans came to me and passed the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty. Is there such a thing?"
"I don't know about it, but I heard it from someone. It seems that his name was Jin Fang or Jin Tao. He won the Jinshi, but he could only take exams, write and poetry, but he still spoke in Korean. He spoke Chinese language very well. He was rewarded at that time
Actually, because of the language barrier, he was ordered to return to Korea to serve as an official. It is said that he cried a lot when he left."
Zhu Di thought deeply for a while: "Next year's scientific examination will be announced. North Korea, Jianzhou, Uliangha, Jiaozhi, the Western Regions, all countries, even Oara and Tatar, as long as there are students willing to take the examination, they will be recruited."
"Your Majesty, this..."
"The Ming Dynasty invites congratulations from all over the world, and all nations come to pay homage. It's just a few students. If you have the desire to study, you should be encouraged. If you encounter students from outside the country, you should open the door to facilitate them."
Zhu Gaoxu still held different opinions. He did not like the literati in the court. If there were a few more foreign literati, it would be more troublesome.
But Zhu Di had to do this if he wanted to spread Ming culture at home and abroad.
"Send my thoughts and draft them back to Gao Chi, and ask him to ask Zhan Yu to take a look at it. I have a lot of ideas. Let's see if there are any other good ideas."
Zhu Zhanji ordered the eunuch to draw up documents, while he asked: "Grandpa Huang, why do you want to win over Li Xianzhong instead of Timur, the fierce brother?"
"Do you know the difference between the two?"
Zhu Zhanchen thought for a while: "Li Xianzhong is more loyal."
"Loyalty? There is no loyalty. It's just that Li Xianzhong is more timid and less capable. At the beginning, Jianzhou didn't have left and right guards, but later he couldn't suppress Meng Brother Timur. I separated them. After Meng Brother Timur was still
It overpowered Li Xianzhong."
"But Grandpa Huang, is it really okay for us to send so much cotton and other things?"
"How can it be a gift? It would be best if we just send it to the market for trading and return it to the country in exchange for gold and silver. Or in the future, our treasure banknotes and food stamps can be circulated in the markets of Jianzhou and other places."
Zhu Zhanyang understood Zhu Di's scheming. He planned to import foreign gold and silver and other hard currencies into the country through goods trading. Because they were not good at planting and weaving, the price of many things here was higher than that of Jiangnan Fushuo.
The ground must be high.
Now that the emergence of steamships can reduce transportation costs, I believe that products from all walks of life can come to these border markets for trade, and these commodities can be used to stimulate the domestic economy on a large scale.
"Of course there is another reason for choosing Li Xianzhong and his family."
"What reason?"
"You have also seen the real concubine in the palace. The Li Xianzhong family is a rare good-looking Jurchen family. Their daughters are all good-looking."
Grandpa loves his grandson and has far-reaching plans.