Chapter 884 kills two birds with one stone

Xia Xun waited for the end of the noon dynasty before rushing to the palace, his time was just right, and Zhu Di had just finished taking a nap at this time.

Zhu Di got up, drank a cup of tea, and when he was refreshed, the eunuch of the Jingshifang came to report some housekeeping to him.

This old eunuch is called Ye Duoge, the age is really old, he is an old eunuch in the palace who has gone through the Hongwu, Jianwen, and Yongle dynasties, because he is honest, kind to others, not good at fighting for power, and is very popular in the palace.

Eunuch Ye bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I haven't been in this palace for several years. Niang Niang is merciful, and has cut the elderly palace "women" in the palace several times. As a rule, at the beginning of the year, the palace sent a group of older palace "women" back home, and the manpower in this palace is really insufficient, and now there are only a few noble concubines and maidens who are still enough, and the other halls are not even enough to sweep and take care of them......"

It turned out that the main sources of eunuchs in this palace were eunuchs, contributions, and prisoners of war. At this time of the Ming Dynasty, there were still a few people who could survive by being castrated into the palace, so the number of eunuchs in the palace was the least, and the main sources were two: one was to select young children from the defeated prisoners of war and the families of the suppressed rebels to be castrated into the palace. The second is to ask for it from North Korea and other subject countries.

And the source of the palace "girl" is different, you can't enter the palace if you voluntarily enter the palace, except for asking the subject country for some show "women", that is, the court drafts. And the imperial court has not had a draft since the early years of Jianwen, and as soon as Jianwen ascended the throne, he was busy slaughtering his uncle, and then King Yan rebelled, and the two of them were inseparable, so how could they care about these things.

After Zhu Di became the country, he was busy fighting in the south and the north, and the affairs of the harem were all handled by Empress Xu, who was also a thrifty person and had never held a draft. From the end of Hongwu to the present has spanned more than ten years, many palace people are old, and they have been sent out of the palace one after another, and the palace has insufficient manpower.

Zhu Di didn't care when he heard this, and said: "I know, when the 'spring' is over, just choose a show 'female'." ”

Eunuch Ye was not happy, and hurriedly agreed, nodded and retreated.

At this time, someone reported that the auxiliary prince had arrived.

As soon as Zhu Di saw Xia Xun, he smiled and said: "You can't stay 'sex', you just came back from Wara, and you were about to ask you to rest at home for a few days, why did you come here again?" When you come to see me, you will never talk about it. ”

Xia Xun also smiled: "The emperor is sage, the minister does have an urgent event!" ”

"Oh?"

Zhu Di knew that Xia Xun was a person, so he categorically didn't speak, so he hurriedly asked someone to take a seat for him, waited for him to sit down, and asked, "What is so anxious?" ”

Xia Xun said: "Does the emperor still remember Shuangyu in the East China Sea?" ”

Zhu Di said movingly: "What happened to Shuangyu? ”

Xia Xun said with a smile: "Shuangyu is calm and quiet, and nothing has happened. Does the emperor still remember, when Shuangyu was still in the hands of pirates, those righteous thieves rescued the three princes and left, and then the emperor was in power, and the Shuangyu group of thieves accepted the imperial court's recruitment, because the people of Shuangyu have always made a living by sea market trade, and the emperor was sympathetic and allowed them to continue to trade with Zhufan? ”

Zhu Di bowed his head and said, "Oh, remember, what?" ”

Xia Xun said: "I heard that there are generals in the land of the nine sides who secretly 'trade' with the Fanbang tribe and 'private' dealings, which is a violation of the rules of the imperial court. The emperor decreed that civil and military officials and court officials were strictly forbidden to "trade" with foreign countries without permission, but this did not include ordinary people. However, Yu Shiji, the imperial envoy of the Imperial Procuratorate, visited the border affairs and arrived in the East China Sea, but he did not care about the indiscriminate affairs and banned the trade of the people of Shuangyu. The people on that side had no land to plant, and they had little to gain from fishing alone, and many merchants had bitter words, because it was Weichen who was ordered to go to Shuangyu to recruit An, so they found the minister's "door" and made a complaint to the emperor......"

Zhu Di suddenly thought in his heart: "It turned out that it was for the trade of Shuangyu, what kind of urgent matter is this?" ”

Xia Xun's words changed, but he said: "The minister thinks that whether the people live in peace or not is the foundation of the stability of the imperial court, although this matter is limited to a corner of the East China Sea, it is not appropriate to ignore it." So he stayed with the maritime merchant and carefully inquired about the trade situation in the East China Sea, so as to present his case to the emperor and discuss a proper way to come out. I didn't want the ministers to ask a few random words, but I asked a big thing from their mouths! ”

Only then did Zhu Di know that the topic that Xia Xun really wanted to talk about had not yet been said, so he was busy gathering his "essence" and staring at Xia Xun.

Xia Xun carefully explained to Zhu Dizai the two things of the struggle for the power of the Japanese emperor and the struggle for the succession of the general Zhengyi, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, the Japanese minister of imperial government, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, advocates the culture of Middle-earth, and his Beishan Hall is simply a place to collect the essence of my Chinese literature. And his righteous son, Ashikaga Yoshimori, is very hostile to me.

The so-called emperor of Japan is only a symbol, and the real power is in the hands of the shogunate. If Ashikaga Yoshimitsu passes away and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu holds power, I am afraid that I will be disrespectful to my Daming. Although I am not afraid of an island country in the East China Sea, but it is a matter of labor and money after all to send troops across the ocean to fight. If my Celestial Empire can help Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and help his own son ascend to the throne, there will be a lot less trouble. ”

Zhu Di bowed his head and said: "Ashikaga Yoshimitsu has always been obedient to me, and he has sent envoys to pay tribute for many years, and the remnants of the East China Sea Wako have occasionally offended the border. That Ashikaga Yoshiji is his own son, and since he has a parent, he should naturally be succeeded by his father and son, not to mention that Ashikaga Yoshiji is quite hostile to my Daming, well, ......, he should be helped. ”

Xia Xun said happily: "The emperor sees it!" The minister thought that it would not be long before Ashikaga Yoshimitsu would send an envoy again, and he wanted to appoint his own son as the general of Zhengyi, so he naturally wanted the Japanese emperor to nod, but it needed the emperor's approval! ”

This compliment made Zhu Di smile.

Xia Xun said again: "There is also the dispute between the Japanese emperor, although the real power in Japan is in the hands of the shogunate, but this emperor has a lot of prestige among the people. The Japanese shogunate is still under the control of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and is quite respectful to my Ming Dynasty, but it is better to take the initiative into your own hands if you hope for the friendship of others. The minister thought that if the dispute between the two emperors of the north and south of Japan was skillfully exploited, it would be more beneficial to our Ming Dynasty. In this way, the two emperors will face each other, and they will be more dependent on our Celestial Empire, and at the same time, once the two emperors face each other, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu will have a lot of achievements, and he will have a lot of opportunities to let Ashikaga Yoshitsu succeed to the throne. ”

Some purposes can't be said naked, Xia Xun is a little bit, and Zhu Di understands it.

Divide and rule has been a wonderful means of controlling other forces and regions since ancient times, either instigating, or supporting, or supporting two forces at the same time, so that they are subject to you, and they must willingly turn to you for help.

Zhu Di's "spirit" perked up and said: "Yes, if you use it well, you can conquer the soldiers without a fight and firmly grasp it." So, what do you mean? ”

Xia Xun said: "If Ashikaga Yoshimitsu comes to the emperor for help, the emperor will naturally express his support for his son Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. ”

Zhu Di bowed.

Xia Xun said again: "In this way, the imperial court is on the side of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and at the same time, it is indispensable to deal with the current Japanese Empress Komatsu." ”

Zhu Di heard his strings, his eyes flashed slightly, and he said: "The imperial court should support Hou Kameyama to compete for the throne, but Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is on Hou Komatsu's side." Helping Ashikaga Yoshimitsu compete for the position of general is beneficial to my Ming Dynasty, and supporting Gokameyama to compete for the position of Emperor is also beneficial to my Ming Dynasty. But these two people are opposites, and we can't make them feel that I, Daming, are helping him and his opponent at the same time. ”

Xia Xun said: "Exactly! Therefore, the emperor needs some people, some people who are not on the side of the imperial court on the surface, but are actually controlled by the imperial court, to stand on the side of Houguishan, provide him with money and food, and help him recruit troops and horses! ”

"Hmm......"

Zhu Di stood up, paced slowly in the hall for a while, turned around and asked: "It costs a lot of money to fund the rebellion of Komatsu after the Guishan is built, can this group of businessmen be reliable?" ”

Xia Xun hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the roots of these businessmen are in our Daming, and if we want to use them, their wives and children will naturally be controlled by our Daming." Moreover, they were all merchants, and if they wanted to do such a thing, they naturally had to maintain their status as merchants and reach Japan through trade and trade. Funding Houguishan is just a sum of money, they can get the emperor's favor and resume maritime trade, but this benefit is endless, how can they give up this long-term interest because of temporary interests? ”

Zhu Di nodded lightly when he heard this. Since ancient times, subversion, rebellion, and intelligence collection have been used the most, and it is businessmen who are used the most, which is indeed the most suitable identity, especially the attitude of the Ming Dynasty who cannot "expose" and support both sides at the same time, and it is the best choice to use them.

Zhu Di said: "Xingshi 100,000, expedition for thousands of miles, the people's expenses, 10,000 gold per day, internal and external "commotion", no "" people, hundreds of thousands of families, competing for several years, to win a day's victory, can be called a wise general!"

So do it! In the specific situation, you go to cook, operate the expenses, calculate a number, and allocate it by the household department. The East China Sea Inspection Department is only responsible for anti-theft and public security, and whether the people of the East China Sea are qualified to do business is approved by the local municipal shipping department. However, court officials are not allowed to do business, and this prohibition is still untouchable! ”

"Obey the order!"

Xia Xun said that the two major events were settled, and he immediately returned a big slap to Chen Ying, and he immediately took the order and left.

As soon as Xia Xun left, Ji Gang entered the Jinshen Palace. In fact, he had already come, only one step later than Xia Xun, he didn't want to meet Xia Xun, so he waited outside, and only then did he enter the palace to see the driver until Xia Xun left.

Ji Gang added fuel to the emperor about the connection between Timur and the Tatar envoys, and Yongle was immediately alerted and immediately ordered: "Although the matter of Warat is a top secret, those who can accompany Warat and his party are all thousands of soldiers in the army, thousands of soldiers, and there are many people, and it is inevitable that some news will be leaked, and it will fall into the ears of those who are interested, and maybe they will be able to detect something."

Even if Timur had not been bought by the Tatars, if he had heard these things by chance, and had unintentionally leaked them to the Tatars, my plans would have been ruined! This matter must not be careless, you have to check it carefully! If there is anything suspicious, it is okay to control him first, in short, there is no room for the slightest delay in the affairs of Warat! ”

When Ji Gang got this sentence, he was immediately overjoyed.

Zhu Di didn't notice the change in his expression, and was about to tell him to retreat, when he suddenly remembered something again, so he called him and said, "Oh! By the way, there is a shortage of manpower in the palace, and I have already instructed the Jingshi room to draft the draft after the end of the "spring", and this matter will be handled by you Jinyiwei and the inner supervisor! ”

Ji Gang got another beautiful difference, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Yes, the minister obeys the order!" The minister must choose the beauties of the whole country ......"

Zhu Di interrupted him and said: "Don't make such a big deal about the draft 'women', just in Yingtianfu, choose eight hundred 'women' to enter the palace!" ”

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