Chapter 355 The emperor must have a strong heart
"Compared to Guangdong, Jiaozhi is a bit too hot."
In midsummer, a young official wearing the Ming Dynasty's fifth-grade official uniform was constantly wiping sweat with a handkerchief, but he could not mess up his dignity and dignity.
"Tian Qin, please be patient. It's hotter here than in Guangdong. I heard that even in the twelfth lunar month, you can wear single clothes. Otherwise, why would the Champa rice be harvested three times a year?" He was answered by a middle-aged man with a soft voice.
eunuch.
"Hmph, it's been almost half a month. It seems that Mo Dengyong is really guilty."
The person who was called the imperial envoy by the eunuch was Tian Rucheng, a Jinshi in the fifth year of Jiajing. Now, as a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, he was ordered to serve as the envoy of Jiaozhi.
Of course, Jiaozhi is special. Throughout February and March, Tian Rucheng and other people who were selected as diplomatic envoys, embassy administrators, and guards entered the palace to receive "training" from the emperor.
The four leaders of Wuhan even participated in two secret meetings attended by the military general staff.
Tian Rucheng was well aware of the dangers of this trip, but he had witnessed Zhang Fuking, who was in the 16th year of Zhengde's reign, and had been honored by the emperor for more than eight years.
The person he is talking to now is Yuan Hongmao, the leader of the guards under his command. Although there are only fifty guards under one banner, the embassy guard has the official rank of a hundred households. And the Yuan Hongmao sent to Jiaozhi is even more extraordinary. He is a Jin Yiwei.
He has the official rank of Deputy Qianhu. The fifty people he brings under him should not be underestimated.
When Tian Rucheng said this, he was actually confirming the next safety with Yuan Honghao again.
Yuan Hongmao's answer is simple: "He doesn't dare to make mistakes."
They have been gone for nearly a year. Where did they go to fight? How come they were not brought back and captured?
Especially the big inspection that started at the end of last year, Xue Han still feels a little scared when he thinks about it.
But would the Ming Emperor, who defeated the Great Khan on the battlefield, really favor a prairie girl who only knew how to herd horses and sheep?
In the capital city, Yang Bo, the new beauty scout, walked into the Yangxin Hall and saluted the two seniors first: "Chief Jiang, Bachelor Wang."
"Your Majesty, I think it's good that the angel has arrived. The death of the Li family is already a fact. Now that the angel is here, since it is to set up an embassy for diplomatic relations, it is appropriate to treat him with courtesy. I think the angel traveled thousands of miles to come to Annan,
They also want to make meritorious deeds. What did the Ming Dynasty want when setting up this diplomatic embassy? If this envoy can deliver the mission, he should also be thinking about returning to the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible and getting promoted."
"Your Majesty, you are too worried. Beyond this wall, there is the Liaohe River Tao, which is full of swamps, which is not convenient for the Tatar cavalry to gallop. Moreover, to the north of here, along the wall, are Dongsheng, Changning, Chang'an, and Changsheng. That is even more...
There is a fort within thirty miles and a village within ten miles. It makes sense not to encircle the Liaohe and Puhe rivers with the border wall."
When I wanted to plunder, I found that many places on the side walls began to have the kind of mandarin duck formation soldiers that caused Gunbilik to lose many men the year before.
He sent people as the main force to help Gunbilik capture Qinghai, but he did not want to go there. However, the Tumed tribe's son, who was good at conquering and fighting, had not conquered his lord in the Wushen tribe.
Third brother’s heart?
Tunwei, as the name suggests, is still mainly about farming.
"Okay! Okay! Okay!" I answered with great joy, "Brothers' blood will not be shed in vain. Let's go, eat well, drink well, sing and dance today!"
Rigzin Gonpo's eyes were shining, but when he opened his mouth, he only praised Anda's unparalleled martial arts, and did not express any vulgar opinions about his suggestion of capturing the Gansu town of the Ming Dynasty.
Among the countries or tribes closest to the Ming Dynasty, in addition to places like Uzang, which have their own religious traditions, Jiaozhi, Goryeo, etc. all have strong Chinese cultural influences.
Zhang Qinghe only whispered: "Don't mess around."
When Anda returned to the Khan tent, he first introduced a new distinguished guest to Manshoutu: "This is the holy monk Rigzin Gongpo who came from Tubo, and he is also the learned Tsorampa. I have consulted with the holy monk for several months
Yes, I have taken refuge in Buddhism."
"Well done! Well done!" Anda helped him up, patted his shoulders hard with both hands, and looked at his subordinates who had only more than 2,000 people left, and said with tears in his eyes, "You are all good people.
Man!"
Outside Xifengkou, the horse team and carriage arrived at the pass.
It seems that after practicing martial arts, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty should also start to enjoy the feeling of having all nations come to court.
Yang Bo did not dare to neglect, and after sitting down, he read the memorial seriously.
As for His Majesty's presence in the Zhongyuan Hall... Yang Bo now knew what the Zhongyuan Hall was for, so he was temporarily distracted.
To be honest, I really want to see how the emperor teaches those little older children.
How could he not know that many of these people were doing business with the sea trading company?
On the other side of Daning, in the Duoyan Sanbu diplomatic embassy in Chengde, the diplomatic envoy Zhao Shichun was also a Jinshi in the fifth year of Jiajing.
"Thank you, Eunuch Peng." Tian Rucheng smiled and saluted him, "Next, let's see how this Jiaozhi behaves."
Sun Ming let out a long sigh: "It's a pity that Concubine An is not blessed..."
Now, Shi Tianjue has not received any neglect, but he has been ordered by Anda to only take charge of the caravan of the Tumut tribe heading east to do business with the Duoyan tribe.
After talking to them and teasing the five princesses and princes, Zhu Houcong walked towards the Yangxin Hall.
To the left of the mouth of the Liaohe River to the southeast of them is the acropolis where Guangning Youtun Guards is located.
There was a moment of noise in the main hall, and Mo Dengyong couldn't help but think deeply.
This year...it won't be the same this year, right? He seems to be busy getting his tribe's herdsmen to believe in Buddhism from Tibet.
The second chief, Yang Shen, became the prefect of Guangzhou after leaving Beijing, but he is now the Minister of Household Affairs.
Lin Qingping's eyes only focused on the Central Round Hall not far away. After hearing this, she nodded first, and then said: "Queen, it is inevitable for Your Majesty to be sad. But there are rumors in the palace that Sister An Bin was influenced by that beauty.
It is these rumors that are important to women. If your Majesty hears this, I am afraid he will be unhappy."
Xue Han, the son of Xue Lun, Marquis of Yangwu, stood on the bow of the boat and looked to the northwest with worried eyes.
Xue Han is now in charge of the northern branch of Zhigu in the Shipping Bureau, and he has more than a dozen warships under his command to escort the ships.
Now, in his embassy, Huadang's son Boge himself was waiting there.
"Yes, no matter what he heard or saw, the Ming court still didn't listen to what he said? Your Majesty, this is a good opportunity!"
Now the Ming Dynasty allowed people to go to sea to do business, and now it even sent envoys. According to the content of the credentials relayed by the subordinates in Anxing City, the establishment of this diplomatic embassy was to spread throughout the Ming Dynasty vassal state.
At the beginning of the year, An Bi had a difficult delivery, and the end result was tragic.
In a few days, she will go to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, where millions of people are said to live, to become the woman who will be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
"Don't you want to go?" Zhu Houcong asked with a smile.
On the one hand, after the establishment of the State Palace, there are many things that do not need to wait for imperial approval. On the other hand, many matters that require imperial approval are first discussed by many important ministers. Secondly... His Majesty is such a person, and how much he needs the imperial study room.
The chief and two accompanying bachelors help them make decisions?
However, you can't deny that the Chief of the Royal Study Room is too fragrant: Judging from the official positions behind several people who have sat in this position, this position was first able to attend national policy meetings from the very beginning, and later, it was directly possible to attend national policy meetings based on the actual power and official position.
Now, he was naturally thinking about the pros and cons of the military deployment here.
Sun Ming smiled softly: "Of course I want to take a look."
As soon as he finished speaking, several people looked over there.
Wen Suyun pursed her lips, and then said: "Your Majesty is probably still a little unhappy. I tried to make him laugh, but he was always distracted, and then he went to the Yangxin Hall to concentrate on state affairs."
The concubines in the harem looked at the chattering scene over there, and then saw the emperor walking to the cloud platform over there and shouting: "Guo Shouqian, take them to practice."
Zhu Houcong looked at the children bouncing below, his eyes dazed again.
Tana, who was born in the Fuyu tribe, has lived on the grasslands beside the Liao River since she was a child. Now she saw the majestic Great Wall pass and the heavily armored Ming army.
After saying that, he looked at Lin Qingping: "Xianfei, you have known His Majesty for many years. If you have the opportunity, please open up more."
Now, a fleet of boats arrived at the riverside dock outside Niuzhuangyi.
Sun Ming nodded solemnly, and then a stern look appeared on his eyebrows: "If you don't expect that person to come to express your happiness, I'll just chew the roots of these tongues!"
After being in this world for so long, he has also begun to experience life, old age, illness and death related to him.
To the east of Youtunwei is a large concave bay.
As a result, the Maritime Transport Bureau became the cleanest company in the large-scale inspection at the end of last year.
Fengzhou Beach became lively because of these warriors returning home, but this liveliness had nothing to do with Shi Tianjue.
The monk was wearing a yellow hat. After hearing this, he first bowed to Man Shou Bald.
His heart skipped a beat: I came over to greet him.
This bay is an important inlet of the Liaodong water system that merges into the three waterways of Liaohe River, Taizi River, and Hunhe River. Because three rivers merge into it, this river is now called Sancha River.
The next day, he set out for Daning with one of Anda's brothers-in-law, bringing with him a long team of horses, including many cattle and sheep.
The person beside my pillow died, giving birth to a son whom I had not seen for several months...
The canonization of the emperors of the Ming and Ming dynasties was even an important part of helping them strengthen their legal authority. It was both canonization and conferment. Similarly, learning Chinese etiquette and wearing Chinese clothes was also something that only people with status and status here could do.
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"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"I heard that the imperial envoy of the Ming Dynasty was a young man of only twenty-seven years old?" Mo Dengyong asked.
Sun Ming looked for Zhu Zai'an, who was one of the youngest, and Lin Qingping naturally looked for Zhu Zai'an.
Mo Dengyong looked at another military minister: "Your family is doing business with the Ming Dynasty. The news that came back last year is correct, right?"
After walking forward quickly, he opened his arms and said in a choked voice: "My dear brother, you are finally back!"
On the field between Kunning Palace and Zhongyuan Palace, within the wall and under the cloud platform, many children aged five to six to eight or nine years old quickly rushed out.
Sun Ming stood up: "Okay, don't let them go crazy, so as not to get hurt. Let's go back and do the math problems first."
An Da did not order another easy plunder of the Ming Dynasty. Last year, the main action was to capture Qinghai and drive away Yibi La.
Bo Ge kept his father's teachings in mind and said seriously: "Your Majesty is magnanimous and does not care about the Duoyan tribe's help to the Khan's court the year before last. He even allowed me to sacrifice only one daughter among the three tribes. How can we be negligent? Tana is not from
Everyone is worried that if you don't understand the etiquette, you won't be able to impress His Majesty the Emperor."
Wen Suyun suddenly said: "Ah! get out of class is over and they came out!"
She was a woman presented to His Majesty the Emperor. Zhao Shichun had not seen her before to avoid suspicion. However, his uneasy wife, who had followed him outside the border wall, secretly told him that she was indeed extremely beautiful.
In the sweat tent, Shi Tianjue suppressed the anxiety in his eyes and looked at Anda and Rigzen Gongpo, who suddenly believed in Buddhism.
He is a qualified politician, but Dayuan is too far away from him, and he does not need to pay too much attention to the internal situation of Dayuan. In his opinion, the military power of the Ming Dynasty has overtaken Dayuan, which has been bullying them before.
After weighing the pros and cons, Mo Dengyong was still unable to suppress his inherent desire to be canonized by the Ming Emperor.
In Thang Long City, west of An Hing City, Mo Dengyong was wearing a dragon robe and sitting on his throne.
Tana thought about the requests and favors made by the three old clan leaders to her, and couldn't help but bite her lip gently.
Zhu Houcong slowly walked towards Kunning Palace.
"Your Majesty! Training is over!"
"Sister Concubine Shu, is your Majesty feeling better?"
"Your Majesty, it's absolutely true! The Great Khan of the Yuan Dynasty really died in the Ming Dynasty the year before last."
"...Your Majesty, our shipping bureau is only responsible for transporting grain and grass and doing business. These tasks will be shared by various officials in the imperial court."
Mo Dengyong raised his head and looked around at his important civil and military ministers, and slowly said: "We can't delay this any longer. What do you think we should do?"
Although the emperor will make his own decisions, there is no guarantee that he will not ask them questions or test them.
Although Xue Han was very reluctant to go to the Shipping Bureau at the beginning, Xue Han never left Xue Lun's letter teaching, and now he has adapted to it.
It's not easy to keep them under house arrest there and deny them contact with all kinds of people.
"In October, the various provincial army teams will compete for the championship. How about we all go and watch it together? Let's relax."
More than a year after he officially accepted the abdication, Mo Dengyong was busy suppressing the civil strife and wiping out the remnants of the Li family. He originally planned to send envoys to the Ming court, claiming that the descendants of the later Li dynasty would be extinct and no one could inherit the throne. Before his death, he told the abdication.
Minister Mo was in charge of state affairs. At the same time, he claimed that Mo was supported by the ministers and the people, and asked the Ming court to confer him the title of King Annan.
Supported by the ministers? Supported by the common people? It has not reached that level yet. Who knows if the envoy will hear any gossip in Anxing City?
"Khan! Manshoutu did not lose so many brothers!" Manshoutu said proudly, "There are still a thousand people left there. Rabuk accepted them and hoped that they would continue to graze there and help him guard the new territory.
The ranch!”
There are still remnants who are resisting now. If the new dynasty is canonized by the Ming Dynasty, these ministers who follow him will feel much more at ease.
"Let's go ahead and clear the roads along the way. There will be one pavilion every ten miles to welcome the imperial envoys from the Celestial Empire to Beijing!"
When the Imperial Study Room was first established, people thought it would be an important department that would replace the Director of Ceremonies. But its development to this day is actually quite embarrassing.
In Datong, Xuanfu in the south, the number of Han people fleeing the border in the past two years has suddenly become less and less.
Now, the messenger has arrived ahead of schedule.
The visitor also turned over and dismounted, but first touched his chest and saluted, and said loudly: "The great Tuxie Tuchechen Khan, being bald has not brought shame to you!"
In recent years, under the leadership of President Ma Cheng of the Maritime Bureau, this guy who had made a lot of money through the Caojun Shandong General Administration did not dare to be greedy anymore. He only worked conscientiously to enhance shipping capacity, open up and become familiar with waterways, and stabilize Liaodong.
The three matters concerning the North Zhili Maritime Grain Road were successfully completed.
Of course, does your majesty want any beauty? Whether she can be favored by your majesty, as Zhao Shichun said, is not important.
Mo Dengyong remained silent.
I was riding on a horse. When I saw a big man approaching from the west, escorted by several people, he dismounted first.
"Don't worry, the Imperial Envoy. Not to mention the wealthy businessmen of Jiaozhi who have been cooperating with our maritime trade company for many years, the news of the envoy's arrival in the city has spread by itself. Not only that, the main purpose of setting up a diplomatic embassy is to take care of maritime affairs.
The news about the trade has also spread."
"..."
Yuan Hongmao looked at him and stopped talking.
It's no wonder that it took nearly ten months to select the person.
In front of them, there was an even smaller princess who was held in the hands of a palace maid. She rushed there with a milky voice and shouted: "Brother Royal! Brother Royal! Concubine, I want to play too!"
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"yes……"
To the west of Fengzhou Beach on the grassland, more than two thousand tired cavalry climbed up the gentle slope and finally saw the camp to the east.
One is Jinzhou, which must be passed by the land route to Liaodong via Shanhaiguan, and the other is Niuzhuangyi and Haicheng County, which can be reached by sea via the Sancha River.
Guo Xun's son is the monitor of the small class. In this special elementary school composed of the princes, clan and ministers' children, recess gymnastics began.
As Liaodong opened a border market between Jingbao Town in the north of Guangning and Baitu Changguan, two places in Liaodong now prospered quickly.
Throughout the spring, Zhu Houcong would think of this incident from time to time.
"Eunuch Peng, don't pay attention to this. The news that our envoy came to Anxing City has already dispersed Eunuch Peng?"
Speaking of which, we have to mention Yan Song and Xia Yan. The two governors of Zhejiang were both ambitious people, and they understood His Majesty's intention of agreeing to open the sea.
Zhao Shichun sat aside and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry. My wife is just checking to see if the tribute girl is in good health first. The border market in Guangning has been opened. As long as Duoyan Sanbu is sincere and good to the Ming Dynasty, this tribute girl will not be able to contribute to the Ming Dynasty."
Donation is actually not important."
Only by spending more time dealing with state affairs can we relieve our mood.
Although Labuke is now Gombrick's man, he will still be his father sooner or later.
After coming back to his senses, Zhu Houcong smiled and nodded: "Play for a while, and then go back and do arithmetic problems when the iron bell rings."
Xue Han stopped talking, instead thinking that if there was danger here, the navy would actually have a lot to do...
"It's so close to the border wall. If the Tatars invade the border, wouldn't it be dangerous here?"
Zhao Shichun smiled slightly and did not comment.
He knew the Ming Dynasty better.
He mentioned taking a break, but it’s not necessarily true who needs to take a break.
"...I heard that there are a lot of people, are you going too?" Sun Ming asked.
After a while, there was a whistling sound from the direction of the sweat tent, and Ma Fang saw the big banner moving.
"Exactly! Your Majesty, beauties, wine, gold and silver treasures can always win him over."
On the hillside to the north of their path, Ma Fang held his small bow in his hand and rode his tamed wild horse, looking over there from a distance.
So the children ran to the other side to play with swings, slides, and a basketball net.
The imperial envoys of the Ming Dynasty did carry their credentials, including the emperor's seal, the seal of the State Palace and the seal of the Ministry of Rites, but the credentials were not given to him, but to the head of the country, the Li family.
In the past two or three years since Man Shou Tu suffered a defeat in Shuozhou, the situation on the grassland began to change so rapidly.
Last year he saw 5,000 horsemen leaving here to go west, but now less than half have returned.
Even if you can take this risk, the sea trade company that has now monopolized the trade from Guangzhou to here...
Xue Han nodded: "Having said that, once the Liaodong border market is opened, it will be more dangerous here. Now the Liaodong Branch of the Tongyi Bureau regards Niuzhuangyi as an important point and has begun to cooperate with our Shipping Bureau. You can imagine the following three situations.
This place will be rich in five years. Since it is rich, there is no guarantee that the Tatars will not covet it."
To the north of the Central Round Hall, Sun Ming had just given birth to another son, Duan Bin gave birth to a daughter, and An Bin...
After learning that the beauty was presented to His Majesty by the Duoyan Tribe, this group of people was let in after passing the customs inspection.
He said to Boge: "As for the difficulties that your Majesty has raised with me some time ago, I have already prepared a report to Your Majesty. There are indeed some places on both sides of the Luan River and the Liaohe River that are more suitable for reclamation into fertile farmland. I believe it will be better.
It won't take long for several agricultural and engineering envoys to be appointed here. It is better to teach people how to fish than to teach them how to fish. I also ask the prince to inform your Majesty when he goes back. You can choose good people first and then learn their skills well. This envoy is here.
Do not interfere in the internal affairs of the three tribes."
You think so clearly, why are you blushing?
Oh, it's too hot here.
The Liaodong Border Wall is a large recessed area at the entrance of the three rivers of the Sancha River. Before the Liao River merges into the Sancha River, it flows backward outside the border wall. The Sancha River is adjacent to the east side of the border wall, which is called Niuzhuangyi
.To its southeast is what Liaodong Haizhou Wei calls Haicheng County.
The tired cavalry team burst into cheers one after another.
"Give him a good greeting and ask him to say a few kind words. It would be even better if His Majesty the Ming Emperor canonize His Majesty as King Annan!"
The curtain in the carriage was slightly opened, revealing a curious eye.
Zhejiang is opening up the sea. How important is the Maritime Bureau? Fortunately, the benefits of opening up the sea are so great that other companies are covetous. All of them have partnered with some large private companies to get their hands into the bowls of Huang Mingji Shipping Company and the Maritime Bureau.
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Mo Dengyong looked at the news coming from Anxing City, his expression changing.
"...I don't think he would dare." Tian Rucheng concealed his slight uneasiness, "He is just discussing with his subordinates how to explain to me, Ming Dynasty, in order to test whether we can be canonized by Ming Dynasty and even entertain us. If we are willing, this
The diplomatic embassy can be opened immediately. Even if he is sternly accused of being a usurper, do you really dare to disrespect the Ming Dynasty and end up in trouble at home and abroad?"
Anda excitedly said to Rigzen Gonpo: "Since Manshou Tu has returned safely, Qinghai is already a pure land. Turpan believes in the Crescent Sect that came from the deserts of the Western Regions. If we capture the valley to the north of the Qilian Mountains in the future,
, Buddhism must have countless believers throughout the grassland!"
The first chief Yan Song became a senior official after leaving Beijing, and the third chief Gu Dingchen was the governor of Liaodong Town.
"Back! Back!"
"Wei Yue is here." Jiang Rubi smiled, "Your Majesty is at the Zhongyuan Hall. Let's take a look at the memorials sent by the General Affairs Office and the State Affairs Hall first."
The quick horse went to report the news first, and the rest returned home like an arrow.
"Thank you, Imperial Envoy. I will definitely tell you the truth."
He was said to be in charge, but he was just a front-end shopkeeper. He not only prevented being deceived, but also shouldered the task of trying to recruit more Han people from the east.
The queen is dead, and the children's happy time is over - who made her the director and principal of this "Royal Kindergarten and Primary School"?
In comparison, His Majesty is more interesting and can tell many interesting stories.
When Zhu Houcong arrived at the imperial study, Jiang Rubi and others stood up to see him.
Then Jiang Rubi solemnly said: "Your Majesty, Huguang is urgently reporting that there are more than three months of dry weather. Many crops have dried up, and I am afraid that many crops will be lost."