Xia Xun arrived at the palace, still the palace to see the driver, this is Zhu Di's next court to review the recital, meet with the most foreign ministers into the main hall, feel the heat surging, the hall on both sides of the support of several charcoal braziers, burning vigorously, the red charcoal fire, seems to be about to burst the fire.

Zhu Di fell into a very serious rheumatism in the north, and the winter in the south is not too cold, but it is damp and wet, which is difficult for Zhu Di to adapt, to the winter, he has to suffer from illness almost every day, so the hall has a lot of braziers, not only to raise the temperature, but also to make the air drier, so that it can be more comfortable.

"Your Majesty, Yang Xu has arrived."

"Call him in."

"Obey the Yellow Gate Inside!"

Mu En withdrew from the hall and said to Xia Xun, who was waiting in the outer hall: "The emperor has a decree, Yang Xu will see you!" ”

Xia Xun entered the inner hall, and suddenly saw that there was someone inside, this person Xia Xun was a little familiar, it seemed that when he pretended to be an envoy of the Shanhou Kingdom, he had seen it in the Ministry of Rites.

I only heard Zhu Di say to the man: "Poison Fenglin, the pedestrian division, the knowledge is extremely profound, and he is a Fujian person, especially familiar with southeast affairs, this time he went south, the pedestrian division is specially recommended, and the resume that he has seen is a Jinshi in Hongwu for 12 years, right?" ”

The man was in his early teens, with a shrewd and capable appearance, with a slight beard under his chin, and bowed to Zhu Di and said: "The emperor is the minister, and the minister is the twenty-nine jinshi of the second class in the twelfth year of Hongwu. ”

Zhu Di smiled and said: "Well, it hasn't been long since I came out, do it well, this time it's done, it's still easy to get a deputy director." ”

That Huang Fenglin hurriedly said: "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

The pedestrian department is also the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the pedestrians in the pedestrian department are all diplomats, and only Jinshi can act as such. He is in charge of the affairs of the envoys of the festival, and all matters such as edicts, knighthoods, edicts, and recruitment are under his control. Although his status among Beijing officials is low, his reputation is very high, and his promotion is extremely fast. The junior high school jinshi are proud to hold this position.

"Alright, let's get to work."

"Yes, the minister retired."

That Huang Fenglin glanced at Yang Xu quickly, and retreated to the palace gate to Zhu Di, and then turned around.

Xia Xun hurriedly stepped forward to see the driver: "Chen Yang Xu has seen the emperor!" ”

"Get up, sit down!"

On the public, the two are monarchs and ministers, and on private affairs, but they are "brothers-in-law", this is not in the court, there is no need to be too polite, Xia Xun thanked the emperor, sat on the chair that the chamberlain moved, and asked with a smile: "Does the emperor want to send envoys to the southern countries to parade?" ”

Zhu Di said: "Lian asked him to go to Annan to suffer." ”

Xia Xun's heart moved, he vaguely remembered that during the Yongle Dynasty, he had fought with Annan, so he asked: "Isn't Annan peaceful now?" ”

Zhu Di said: "The king of Annan has now changed his surname to Hu, is the heir of the Chen royal family, and now the king of Annan Hu Hancang is the grandson of the first king of the Chen family, so he is supported by the people and called the king, and now he sends an envoy into Beijing to ask for a seal from the union, the Ministry of Rites believes that the matter is very important, the situation in Annan is unknown, and it is not a word to listen to the letter. ”

Zhu Di actually didn't have a good impression of the king of Annan, since the Han and Tang dynasties, Annan was my Chinese territory, and after the generation, taking advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains, he was unable to restrain himself, so he claimed the country by himself. War at the end of the Yuan Dynasty...... Annan took the opportunity to send troops, more than 200 miles beyond the Yuan Dynasty's boundary copper pillar, and annexed Qiuwen, Qingyuan and other counties. After Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he ordered Annan to return to Qiuwen County with the distant death of the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, Annam Chen was cowardly and was about to agree, but at that time, the prime minister Li Jilu was in power, and he coerced the king to call for troops and refuse to order. Because Zhu Yuanzhang was not at peace in the country at that time, his strategic goals were mainly in the north, and in the south of the miasma, the army could not be left and right, like a swamp, and he easily did not dare to start a war on both sides, and the county did not want to come back. However, Annan's face work was still done, and the new king asked Daming for a title when he ascended the throne, and regarded himself as a vassal, and Zhu Yuanzhang endured this evil breath.

Annam is not very peaceful, Hongwu four years, the king Chen Rijian was forced to death by his uncle Chen Shuming, because of the fear of the Ming Dynasty veto, Chen Shuming did not dare to usurp the throne and stand on his own, Chen Rijian's brother Chen Rui as the king, Chen Rui was wounded and died in the invasion of Zhancheng, and was succeeded by his brother Chen Wei. So frequently, Wang Yuquan's power became even weaker, and the entire Annan completely fell into the hands of Li Jiqing, the prime minister, so he killed Chen Fu and renamed Chen Erkun as the king.

In the first year of Jianwen, taking advantage of the start of the Jingyan battle, the Central Plains was in turmoil, and there was no time to look south, Li Jilu killed Chen Rikun again, and the following year, he destroyed the Chen Dynasty, claiming to be a descendant of Emperor Shun, changed the name of the country to Dayu, and changed his surname to Hu, Mingyuan, at this time he still did not dare to call himself the emperor, because his son Hu Hancang was the grandson of Chen Mingzong, and he was related by blood, so the Chen family was extinct, and his grandson succeeded to the throne.

After Hu Hancang ascended the throne, he had sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty, but Zhu Yunfen was beaten by Zhu Di, and he had no time to pay attention to him.

Xia Xun is not an expert in the study of Ming history, he doesn't know much about this history, and in the tools he has seen, when he mentions Zhu Di's exploits, he only says "He has conquered Annan......" without a more detailed introduction, it is related to national affairs, and he does not dare to show off his vague intellectual ability...... I don't give out opinions anymore, but I just want to be honest! "Sharpen the silk and leave it to the scriptures...... Could it be... It's a judgment with Annan......"

Zhu Di shook his head and smiled: "That's not the case, when I was newly married Yan'er, like glue, if I let me go to Annan, wouldn't it be more than half a year to go back and forth, how could Ming'er spare me?" However, there are indeed some things to do. ”

Xia Xun hurriedly got up and said, "The Lu of the Eater, the matter of loyalty to the Lord." Your Majesty, please advise. ”

"Sit, sit down!"

Zhu Di's expression became more serious, and he said: "In the extreme west of the Western Regions, there is a kingdom, and its lord is called Timur, have you heard of it?" ”

Xia Xun's expression was immediately shocked, the matter of Timur the Great, of course, he had heard it, he used to study the forum in his spare time, and he had seen a lot of posts that were more close to the Empire and the Ming Dili, assuming that if the two countries really fought, the question of who won or lost, so he simply knew something about this country in the far west. However, what he knows is some things in the future, and when it comes to understanding the current situation of this empire, he is still inferior to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di said: "This Timur was originally a horse without a dynasty, and then he established himself as the emperor, and the country was in Samarkand in the west, and he was called 'Genghis Khan' by the ministers. ”

Xia Xun was secretly surprised when he heard it, he thought that the news between countries in this era was extremely closed, thinking that Japan was close at hand, but Daming didn't even know who the other party was the king, but now Zhu Di started the country in the far west, and it was like a few treasures, isn't it a strange thing.

When Zhu Lin saw his expression, he couldn't help but smile and said, "It's strange why Lian knows so much about this Timur, right?" ”

Xia Xun said: "Yes, this kingdom...... The minister also travels a lot from south to north, and occasionally I hear people mention it. Usually in the government and the opposition, he has almost never heard of the situation in this country, so ......"

Zhu Di said with a smile: "Lian knows about this kingdom because they have dealt with my Daming, and they were still young at that time, and they were still studying in Qingzhou, so they naturally didn't know about it." In the tenth year of Hongwu, Timur sent an envoy to my Ming Dynasty, and among the kingdoms of the Western Regions, Timur was the first to recognize my Ming Dynasty and sent an envoy to pay tribute, so Emperor Taizu Gao had a good impression of his country. In the twenty-seventh year of Hongwu, they sent an envoy to the east for the second time......"

Zhu Di flipped through the table, took out the seal seal, handed it to Xia Xun and said, "Look." ”

Xia Xun hurriedly took it with both hands, but it was a copy of Timur Wang Zai's national letter, looking at the content, Xia Xun was surprised and said: "Written in Chinese?" ”

In general, the national letters of various countries are written in their own languages, Li Bai was drunk, and Gao Lishi took off his boots, because there was no translation of the country's language in the country's pedestrian division, and Timur's national letter was written in Chinese and the country's two languages, and there must be people who were proficient in Chinese around Timur, and Timur knew the Ming Empire in the East very well.

Zhu Di obviously thought of it too, and smiled slightly: "Look at it!" ”

This letter of state is Hongwu 27 years, Timur Khan again sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty to submit, the letter of state is very polite, to the courtiers of self-esteem, the letter of state wrote: "Gong Wei Ming Emperor by the order of the Ming Dynasty, the four seas, benevolence and virtue, grace and support, all countries admire."

Xianzhi wants to rule the world peacefully, and the emperor is specially appointed to be the lord of billions of trillions. The light is vast, like a mirror in the sky, there is no distance or near, and the salt shines on it. The minister Timur was thousands of miles away, and he heard that the holy virtue was magnanimous, beyond the eternal......"

Xia Xun looked at it, looked up and smiled: "This Timur is also very polite to my Daming." ”

Zhu Di snorted: "At this time, at that time, Timur later destroyed countless Western countries, and he became more and more arrogant. In the last years of Hongwu, our dynasty sent a pedestrian Fu An to Samarkand, Timur detained him, and took him with him on the road to fight, traversing thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in the western countries to boast of the vastness of his country.

Immediately after that, they all knew that the battle of Jingyan was fought, and the court had no time to care about the country's interrogation, rewards and punishments, and Timur thought that my Ming was weak and could be bullied. If Lian turns a deaf ear again, I am afraid that Timur Khan will become more and more arrogant, and he will lead his troops to fight! ”

Xia Xun's expression moved: "What does the emperor mean?" ”

Zhu Di leaned back in the chair and said with a smile: "In the other way, give back to the other!" Didn't they take Fu An with them through the conquered countries, boasting about the breadth of their territory and the strength of their force? The United wants to take the envoys of the country and go everywhere, and parade the military in Texas again, so that he can see the wealth of our Ming Dynasty and the strength of the army, and the joint case wants to see if they dare to be so arrogant when they come back! ”

When Xia Xun heard this, his heart immediately relaxed: "This trip is easy, and the people who have been visiting the mountains and rivers for the past month or two have come back, this is simply a simple task!" ”