After the new emperor's order came to Malacca, Weng Wanda was glad that he found an explanation and allowed Alfonso and Zhao Jun to start preparations in advance.
As his tour of Nanyang by boat was coming to an end, the Ministry of Etiquette and Literary Affairs issued an order: There will be a big celebration in Beijing on the Longevity Festival this year, and envoys from various Southeast Asian countries should arrive in Beijing in time.
Everyone in Weng Wanda is numb: It’s almost August now, and His Majesty’s Longevity Festival is September 16th. How can we make it in time?
"From Malacca to Guangzhou, Wang's army has been invincible for more than a year, and the pirates have escaped far away. The wind is blowing from the south to the north now. If we hurry, we can reach Guangzhou in twenty days."
Zhao Jun said this, and Weng Wanda was very distressed: "Even if the journey home goes smoothly and we arrive in Guangzhou on the 20th, how can we get back to the capital in less than a month?"
"Lord Weng, when do you think Malacca delivered the memorial to Beijing?"
After hearing what Wang Zhi said, Weng Wanda understood a little: "It's the end of April..."
Wang Zhi nodded repeatedly: "It's only the end of July, and the trip to the capital is more than ten thousand miles away? Even if His Majesty and the princes of the court made a decision quickly, it would only take three months for an urgent delivery. Since the court ordered the Lord to live forever
If you arrive in Beijing in time before the festival, you will naturally not forget to calculate the time. After the boat fleet arrives in Guangzhou, the court should make its own arrangements."
Weng Wanda sighed: "No matter what the arrangement is, it is proper to set off as early as possible. Uncle Jinghai, Uncle Nan'ao, Admiral Shi, Manager Wang, I will leave you to worry about everything in Malacca. Yang Duhu has already set off, I hope
When he arrives, great things will be decided here in Malacca."
"Natural, natural..."
Although the newly established Nanyang Protectorate was a military frontier institution, Malacca was very important to the Ming Dynasty.
In addition to military generals and companies, there are naturally many civil affairs, municipal affairs, and education positions headed by civil servants.
The first Protector of the Nanyang Protectorate was actually young Yang Bo.
When Yang Yiqing passed away, he and the emperor's eldest son carried the body to the funeral together, and had the experience of being the magistrate of Kunming in Yunnan. Last year, he also accompanied the emperor during his northern expedition.
Nowadays, the rank of the Protector of Nanyang is not high, only the fourth rank.
This is not only because the Nanyang Protectorate now only controls Malacca, but also because it is not appropriate to send important officials here, lest the small countries in Nanyang fear that the Ming Dynasty has the ambition to swallow up all the countries.
The Ming Dynasty's power has returned to Nanyang, and it needs to be planned slowly.
At this stage, earning profits from sea trade through Malacca and uniting all ethnic groups to resist the inevitable European colonists are the top priorities.
It is located in a remote area, and those who have the courage to come here, who are young enough in mind to learn new things, and who have no shortage of talents are not lacking in the DPRK.
However, the emperor did not hide his admiration for Yang Bo who put aside his writing and joined the army to help Yu Dayou during the First World War at Huangyashan.
In the eighth year of Jiajing's reign, he was awarded the title of Jinshi, and was promoted to the fourth rank in just five years. Yang Bo came to be the Protector of Nanyang, which happened to not only raise the rank first, but also stay here long enough. And once he returns, he will be here again.
North Korea, he has unparalleled experience and experience in the Ming Dynasty's maritime industry, and he is almost a sure-fire potential stock for the Minister of State.
Regardless of whether the general staying behind here is a Hou or a Bo, no one can ignore him just because he is of low rank.
At the port of Malacca, laborers began to carry various goods and gifts to the sealing fleet.
After several months, the envoys and entourage sent by various small countries had already gathered in Malacca, looking forward to this trip to the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
They are happy.
Many new small countries besides the Manchurian royal family were recognized.
The same is true for the Malaka royal family. Although the situation is different from the past, the Westerners who have been chasing them have finally been driven away, and their newly established Johor Sultanate can settle down.
Restore the territory of the old Manlajia Sultanate?
Even if they think in their hearts, they must appear happy now.
Over in Jiaozhi, Yan Shifan on Cat Ba Island was also happy.
Finally I can go back.
He had received the order earlier and had already set off, with the city of Guangzhou already in front.
On his boat, there were ten beautiful women standing in a row. He was sitting on a wide couch, hugging himself from left to right.
"Go through the steps again and see how well you have learned!"
These ten girls are all graceful in figure.
After negotiating the affairs of the northern and southern divisions of Cochin and signing the peace treaty, Yan Shifan was behind the scenes and Wang Xueyi was in the front, and they began to guide the next stage of the situation in Cochin.
While Li and Nguyen Gan were busy taking over the land south of Thanh Hoa, Mo Theng Dung actually abdicated the throne and pushed his son to the front.
Faced with Mo Dengyong's initiative to select a talented person from a good family and ask Yan Shifan to advise him as a palace maid, Yan Shifan did not refuse.
He once looked at Mo Dengyong with his one eye, and it didn't matter whether Mo Dengyong understood what he meant: If this incident was used to make people in Jiaozhi think that it was the needs of the Ming Emperor that led to this disaster for the people, then it was Mo Dengyong who
On the surface, Shi takes the initiative to ask for closer relationships, but secretly harbors evil intentions.
It doesn't matter whether the people of Jiaozhi share the same hatred for the Ming Dynasty because of this, as long as the Ming Dynasty has more reasons.
Yan Shifan hinted Ruan Gan to find out the real news about this matter.
Ruan Gan, on the other hand, sincerely found some more girls from the Li, Ruan, and Zheng families to send over.
Compared with Mo's family, Nanjiao Zhi now needs Ming's support more.
No matter what, both Wang Xueyi and Yan Shifan himself had concubines from Jiaozhi.
Yan Shifan had no burden in sending some more to the dignitaries in the capital - anyway, His Majesty said that the great cause of Jiaozhi is to slowly absorb some of the local wealthy families for his own use. In this way, they can gradually become one in the future.
Of course, the best should be reserved for His Majesty, even if it is just to be sent to the palace to be a maid.
In addition, there were also some young eunuchs who went to serve in the palace - this was also the norm in the history of the Ming Dynasty towards vassal states and vassal clans.
For example, the North Korean mission that has arrived in Liaodong now has a group of eunuchs and maids like this.
Since the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty came to the throne, he has never had this kind of coming to court from all nations.
Even though there had been envoys from foreign countries before, few of them were seen by the emperor in person.
This is the first time.
The decisive victory of the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition was completed last year, and the news had already spread to the surrounding areas.
Therefore, this time the Ming Emperor’s Longevity Festival is of extraordinary significance.
According to the "Da Ming Huidian", the North Korean mission's journey to heaven took a land route.
Crossing the Yalu River, passing through Liaodong, and then entering Beijing from Shanhaiguan. It was called Chaotian, because it was the Celestial Dynasty at this time. Later, when the Central Plains dynasty was weak, it was called "Yanxing", an ordinary trip to Yanjing.
The power of majesty can be seen.
At this moment, the Joseon Dynasty, the last dynasty on the peninsula after the Goryeo Dynasty, has entered its second hundred years. The reigning emperor is Li Yi, whose posthumous temple name is Jungjong.
In the first year of Zhengde, he was promoted to power through a coup by powerful ministers, and the process of gaining recognition from the Ming Dynasty was very tortuous.
Nowadays, the North Korean mission is large in scale. It is Jin Qi, the eldest son of Jin Anlao, the powerful official in North Korea at the moment. The clan sent Haian Junli, the second son of the North Korean leader Li Yi.
"Your Majesty often said that His Highness Shen Jin was not convinced. Why did he not sit in a carriage when he arrived in Ming Dynasty?"
Li, who was twenty-three years old, smiled when he heard Jin Qi's words: "I love hippogriffs and often travel on horseback. Everyone knows it inside and outside Seoul. Does Jin Xiuzhan think this is inappropriate for me?"
Jin Anlao was the number one scholar in North Korea, and his eldest son now also works as a editor and editor at the Hongwen Hall of North Korea.
"How dare you, sir?" Jin Qi still said, "However, the Ming Dynasty's army is in great power, and His Majesty sent His Highness to face the sky. It is precisely because of Your Highness Shen Jin. This time, it is better to be respectful and seek the goodwill of the Ming Dynasty. If you can ask the Ming Dynasty to revise the ceremony,
It is a great achievement to get rid of the lineage fallacy."
Li fell silent, and finally nodded: "Jin Xiuzan's words are reasonable, then I will go back to the car and sit down."
A smile appeared on Jin Qi's lips, and then he rode back to his carriage. He got off the horse and got into the carriage with the help of his servants.
"Brother Li Zhen, what are you doing in the Daming Palace now?"
"Reply to my lord, I wrote last year. My eldest brother is old and cannot be reused anymore. He reminded me in a subtle way that now he can't speak and his situation is very dangerous."
Jin Qi frowned: "Can't you tell me what errands you are doing?"
"He didn't dare to say it." Li Zhen's younger brother was frightened.
So Jin Qi became even more sad.
The Li Zhen he mentioned was a eunuch who was donated to the Daming Palace by North Korea during the Hongzhi period.
Li Yi's succession was accomplished through a coup.
After the coup, he first sent an envoy to pretend to be his brother Yanshanjun and asked to resign. Since Yanshanjun was the legal monarch conferred by the Ming Dynasty, it was extremely treasonous to do so.
It was still the first year of Zhengde, and the DPRK and China had different opinions. In the end, Li Yi sent an envoy to bring more than a thousand people from DPRK, including relatives and ministers, to jointly sign the book, and invited Li Zhen to communicate with Liu Jin and others. It took three days to
Years later, Li Yi was officially crowned King of North Korea.
Afterwards, Li Yi gave Li Zhen a large number of local products.
This time, Jin Qi's mission was to help North Korea solve a more important issue.
Although his father was unparalleled in power in the country, Li Yi was wary of his power after all. The remnants of the Shilin Party were also looking forward to the downfall of powerful ministers and the rise of rule again.
In the tenth year of Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty, after three of the powerful ministers when Li Yi succeeded to the throne passed away one after another, taking the opportunity of appointing Zhao Guangzu, the Korean Shilin faction came into full force. They used the three admonishment departments of Si Jian Yuan, Si Xian Fu, and Hong Wen Guan as their
In the base area, the ideal "Taoist politics" is promoted, and its program is to "advocate Taoism, rectify people's hearts, teach sages and sages, and promote governance."
The final result was that the power of the Shilin faction increased greatly, which caused Li Yi's uneasiness about power. After Li Yi chose to side with the powerful officials of the Xun old faction again, he launched the "Ji Mao Shih Trouble".
In the year when Zhu Houcong ascended the throne, the Korean Shilin faction was purged, and powerful officials came to the forefront again.
It's another reincarnation, and now, Jin Qi's father is secretly called the leader of the three evils by the remaining Shilin sect.
In order to avoid a miserable end, Jin An took this opportunity to send his eldest son to the Ming Dynasty, hoping to solve a problem that Li Yi had been worrying about for many years and consolidate Li Yi's trust in him.
This problem is lineage discrimination.
In the thirteenth year of Zhengde's reign, the envoy of Joseon bought back from the Ming Dynasty the "Da Ming Huidian" newly compiled by the Zhengde Dynasty. After returning, he found that it still copied the "Ancestor Instructions of the Emperor Ming Dynasty" written by Taizu of the Ming Dynasty about Li Chenggui, the founding monarch of the Joseon Dynasty, and Li Renren
erroneous statement.
Li Renren was the last important minister of the Goryeo Dynasty. At that time, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty was rebelling against the Yuan Dynasty, and the Red Scarf Army captured Kaijing during their second eastern expedition. Li Renren was a figure who regained Kaijing, made outstanding contributions, and opposed the Ming Dynasty who was born in the Red Scarf Army.
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Li Chenggui's great ancestor actually came from a thousand households in the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. However, Li Chenggui later rose to power in Goryeo and made contributions in the war against the Yuan Dynasty.
One was surrendered to the Mongol Yuan and opposed the Ming Dynasty, and the other was born in the Mongol Yuan but understood the righteousness and opposed the Mongol Yuan. This issue of the legitimacy of the identity of the founding monarch of the Joseon Dynasty was very important to the Korean royal family.
In other words, it is very important to Li Yi.
After all, the process of his succession was disgraceful. If the origin of Emperor Taejo of the Joseon Dynasty can be rectified in the authoritative classics of the "Dad Dynasty", it will be a huge achievement in the annals of Joseon history.
This is something that the Joseon Dynasty has not been able to accomplish for more than a hundred years since its founding.
The "Huang Ming Ancestor Instructions" appeared not just a day or two ago, the mistakes have always been there, but the Ming Dynasty has been unable to change the Huang Ming Ancestor Instructions.
Since the ancestral precepts cannot be changed, then the Hui Dian can always be corrected, right?
"...The late Emperor Ruizhong of the Ming Dynasty made changes at the fifteenth year when he agreed to re-revise the "Da Ming Hui Dian". Now that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty has implemented the new law, many official positions and laws in the Ming Dynasty have been changed. I heard that there are also ministers
I am petitioning to have the ceremony re-established, but I don’t know if it can be done this time..."
Jin Qi was worried about this. Li was sitting in the car. His expression now was not as curious and energetic as before, but rather worried.
He could not forget the tragedy of the spring.
As early as he can remember, disputes over the succession to the throne have begun.
Li is the second son of a concubine, and he has the eldest son Li Mei, while Prince Wang is the legitimate son.
Six years ago, on the occasion of Prince Wang's birthday, Zuo Youzheng reported that a dead rat with its limbs cut off and burned was found outside the East Palace. This incident eventually turned into the concubine's eldest son's mother, Jing Bin, being suspected of cursing the Prince. In the end, she
He and Li Mei were both deposed as commoners, and Jin Anlao was implicated and exiled.
But this was not over yet. Li still could not fully understand the battle at that time. Later, the so-called three traitors of Xin Mao were overthrown, and Jin An returned to the court.
This spring, wooden plaques cursing the crown prince, Li Yi and Queen Wending were discovered.
This time, the son-in-law of the daughter of Li Yi and Jing concubine was killed with a stick, and the two daughters were deposed as common people. Jing concubine and the concubine's eldest son Li Mei, who were already common people, were sentenced to death. Zheng Guangbi, the leader of the Shilin faction, also discussed politics.
was expelled from the court.
All this left a heavy shadow of death in Li's mind.
The eldest son of the concubine, Li Mei, has been sentenced to death, and now Li is the eldest among the princes.
But he is not the prince, and what exactly does Mr. Jin An want to do?
Li slowly closed his eyes, the corners of his eyes were a little moist.
Although his mother was just a Shuyi, she, like Jing Concubine, was the "most favored" woman. Concubine Jing and her son, who were "the most favored in the harem", are dead. What's next?
His "prudence and caution" were just his mother's teachings over the years, which originally only made him less eye-catching because of his love for hippogriffs.
However, on the Great Tomorrow's Longevity Festival, all the vassal states came to court, and neither the king nor the crown prince could go on missions, so he got this opportunity.
Jin Qi's "advice" to him made Li shiver all over. A test made Li feel that Mr. Jin An had ill intentions.
He has made a great contribution and will become a new potential "contender" for the throne after he returns. Will the Shilin faction automatically surround him?
If something goes wrong with him, will he be held accountable after he returns?
At this moment, Li just wanted to escape, but his mother was still in Seoul.
At this moment, Liu Long, the Minister of Etiquette and Communications, who was preparing for the Longevity Festival, sent a thick stack of memorials to the Imperial Study Room.
"...Your Majesty, I have sorted out all the secret reports submitted by the embassies in various places over the years."
Zhu Houcong nodded: "Leave it alone, I will take a look at it slowly."
Zhu Houchun naturally did not want to enjoy the vanity of being worshipped by summoning envoys from surrounding vassal states to come to court.
With the status and ambition of the Emperor of Heaven, he just wanted to sort out the diplomatic relations of the surrounding vassals after the matter with the Northern Lu was over.
If it's appropriate, maybe a few words can stir up something and lay some foreshadowing...