The eleventh year of Yongle is the winter solstice

Before dawn, the sound of horses' hooves sounded in Daning City.

The guards guarding the city gate patted their faces vigorously, cheered up, held torches, and hurriedly walked down the city wall, stopping more than a dozen knights who were riding their horses and rushing to the city gate.

"Jin Yiwei is ordered to return to Beijing!"

The knight at the head raised his waist card, and the silver medal was very eye-catching in the light of the fire.

The guards were unmoved, but they still raised their spears, and the town guarded the order, and the gates of the city must not be opened before the hour!

As the year approaches, you have to be more careful than usual. There are many caravans in Daning City, which travel back and forth between the north and the south, carrying leather goods, salt, grain, and tea, all of which are urgently needed on the grassland.

I didn't check the waist card carefully, in case it was a fake Tartar spies, and something happened, and the punishment was put aside for the time being, and the guards themselves couldn't help it.

The guards saw that the leader of the team was Baihu, and hugged his fists, "The humble is also acting on orders, and I ask for the understanding of Baihu." ”

If the city gate is not opened, the Jinyi guards cannot break in.

Fortunately, it didn't take long to wait, and the guards opened the city gate on time, and a group of knights hurried out of the city and ran south.

When the snow kicked up by the horse's hooves disappeared, a guard asked, "Xiaoqi, stop the Jinyi guard, is it really okay?" ”

The guard who had checked the waist card with a horizontal gun before snorted, "Where is this?" Daning City, a key place on the side! Last month, I also arrested two Tatar spies, who were pretending to be Taining Wei Baihu, how many of you have forgotten? ”

The guard who opened his mouth to ask shrunk his neck, as if he remembered something, and couldn't help but slap his spirit.

"What about Jinyiwei? When you arrive in Daning, you must abide by the rules of Daning. Before the Son of Heaven drives, we are also reasonable! Xiaoqi paused, "This is what Ding Qianhu said, who is Ding Qianhu?" Brother of Hinningbo! What kind of character is Xingningbo, do you need to say more? Without Xingningbo guarding here, can we live today's life? The eyes are all bright spots for Lao Tzu, regardless of the brocade clothes and Tai Ningwei, all according to the rules! ”

"Yes!"

As the sky grew brighter, the number of people entering and leaving the city gate gradually increased, and the guards said no more, but began to make a serious inquiry, so as not to let go of any suspicious person.

Since Xingningbo guarded Daning, Daning City no longer saw the desolation of the early years. The inns and restaurants on the street, the caravans, the Tartars driving horses and sheep, the Jurchens carrying the eagles and Haidongqing carrying the mountain goods, all of them - color - people - etc. are constantly coming and going in the city, and the commercial market opened up in the south of the city is becoming more and more lively day by day.

Xingning Bo is benevolent and righteous, thinking of the hard work of the border army, and the copper plates collected by entering the city are taken out every single month and distributed to the guards guarding the city.

The warlike frontier troops, the wounded and the remnants of the households, all got the errand of maintaining law and order in the city.

According to the notice posted by the Daning Metropolitan Division, all border troops, in addition to the surplus grain of the military salary obtained by the Tuntian garrison, if they have meritorious, in addition to the court's reward, the metropolitan division has other money and grain. In particular, he fought against the Tartars, and the highest result was from beheading and capturing the enemy. The spies who captured the Tartars and Warat, the first to make the merit, could get two buckets of food alone, treasure money was not rare, and cloth and salt often appeared on the list of rewards. Those who have made meritorious contributions to the border people will also be rewarded according to the routine.

The rewards were all issued in the name of the Son of Heaven, and before they were implemented, they had been reported to the imperial court by the Beijing Executive Department.

When the news spread, there were many criticisms in the DPRK and China, especially in the military department, which was the most vehement, believing that the Daning Metropolitan Division's move was suspected of buying people's hearts and minds, and it must be a bad intention.

Zhu Di refuted the impeachment of Meng and Daning Dusi, glanced at the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, and said in a deep voice: "When I was in the domain, I hunted the Tian family and saw that the peasants ate corn and buckwheat, which was very coarse. After asking, I learned that the north is bitterly cold, rain and snow are impermanent, and the wheat and rice produced in the fields need to pay winter taxes and summer grains. A year of hard work may not be able to fill the stomach, so you know its suffering. ”

Above the court, the ministers were speechless.

Reading hard in the cold window, not listening to things outside the window, after all, it is only a minority. For example, Yang Shiqi and others who have been displaced since childhood and experienced the hardships of poverty can better understand the deep meaning of Emperor Yongle's words, and there is a little more contemplation in their expressions.

"I know the suffering of the people, and I occasionally go to the countryside, go to the army, and ask questions, all of which are pleased." Zhu Di paused, as if reminiscing about the years in Beiping, and seemed to sigh, the Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, but there was only Xingningbo, and his words and deeds were sacred. When I was fortunate enough to have a virtuous minister, I couldn't help but feel disappointed again. The princes of the court, the pillars of the country, read poetry and books, studied the learning of the ancestors, and none of them had the sage of Xingningbo.

What is the use of the court cultivators, who can't serve the country and the people?

"There are many military camps in the border area. The soldiers have the responsibility of guarding and also having to work in the fields, and their hardships are even worse than those of the peasants. If the town guard commander can know his situation, always ask about the hardships, and reward them, who is not grateful for his hard work? ”

I still want to argue in the military department, the Son of Heaven intends to sympathize with the people and love the army, but what the Daning Dusi did is really suspicious. More importantly, the Daning border army has a good salary and a lot of rewards, so in the long run, how should the other border guards deal with themselves?

"The ministers are not inconsiderate of the suffering of the border army, but Daning's move is really an endless disaster."

As soon as these words came out, Emperor Yongle couldn't help but be silent.

Do not suffer from few, but suffer from unevenness.

This is really a problem.

There is a saying in the criminal department that since the second year of Yongle, King Zhao of the Han Dynasty has become a vassal of the Han Dynasty, the town of Dingguo is in Beijing, and the town of Xingning is Daning, and the border guards have gradually become rich and paid. As soon as the mutual market opened, Daning, Guangning, Kaiping and other cities became more and more prosperous, far surpassing the northern Xinjiang regions. Because of the crime of committing the crime, the guards often sent Kaiping, Xuanfu, Xingzhou, Zunhua, Guangning and other places, and the officials and soldiers did not think it was bitter. There were even military households in barren places who deliberately committed crimes in order to send them to the border.

This statement is by no means apocryphal, as evidenced by the inspection of the Shanxi Supervision Imperial History Zhang Zhushang.

In mid-October, the imperial court ordered that 10,000 people from Shanxi should be used to fill Beijing. During the Hongwu period, which time the migrants were not full of complaints, gave treasure money to plough cattle, promised to give the fields and houses, and were also reluctant.

This time, it was good, I learned that I was going to Beijing, and a small number of people may be sent to Daning, and there is no need to mobilize again, and some civilian households, military households, and artisan households close to the desert have packed up their burdens, counted their belongings, and are ready to set off at any time.

It doesn't matter how much treasure money you give.

It doesn't matter that you have to pay taxes on the ploughing cattle of the imperial court.

As long as the Beijing and Daning hukou are given, the peasant households have land, the treatment of military households is improved, and the artisan households have the opportunity to work in the miscellaneous manufacturing bureau, everything is negotiable.

Merchants are more active, smiling donkey carts, who doesn't know now, to Beijing Daning to make money?

The Shanxi Provincial Political Envoy and the Commander of the Shanxi Embassy in charge of immigration work were a little confused, was it the wrong way for them to post the notice? Or are there corrupt officials and cool officials in several places, and the people are not able to make a living, so that they can't wait to move and leave?

The relocation notice was posted, but the two divisions did not take the next step for a long time, and some of the old people who were elected asked to see the county magistrate, and asked directly, the notices of the imperial court immigrants have been posted, is it time to choose a good day to leave? Everyone has packed their baggage and is waiting for this day! Leave early, get to the place early, and you can't say that you can still plant a season of grain.

Hearing this, Da Ling didn't say anything for a long time, and he didn't know how to answer at all.

The villagers should be happy when they cooperate so much, but why do they want to hug their heads and hit the pillar and cry bitterly?

Doesn't it mean that it is difficult to leave the homeland?

Is it because his parents, the official, have failed so much that the villagers would rather leave their hometowns and change their Beijing hukou?

The villagers are reluctant to leave, the order is urgent, and if the task cannot be completed, the court will definitely investigate it.

The villagers are willing to go, and the big order is also urgent, and they are always worried about being impeached by the imperial history as an official and unkind, otherwise why would the people under the rule drag their families and mouths away from the side?

Thinking about it, I can't get it any way, what is this called!

Coincidentally, the local officials and staff members who immigrated to the area have more or less encountered similar situations, and they cannot help but have deep doubts about their own official level and personality charm.

After all, he was also born in the imperial examination, and at the very least, he was also a person, so his political ability should be no problem.

After the strict test of Quanquan, he dare not say that he is uniquely handsome and chic, at least he has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his appearance is dignified.

The people under his rule are so eager to leave...... Should you really find a piece of tofu to bump into?

It is better to practice the guards, after all, the management of the army is different from that of the villagers. But the officers and soldiers who received the order still couldn't control the corners of their mouths and grinned at the roots of their ears.

Hit the luck!

Nowadays, a few words are popular in the border army: when you go to Daning, you have meat to eat, when you go to Xuanfu, you have land to plant, when you go to Kaiyuan, you have money to spend, and when you go to Beijing, you have military exploits.

The words are rough, but they are full of the most simple wishes of the soldiers.

When the King of Jin in the west of the clan heard the news, it was very unpleasant.

The palace guards have all been handed over, why is the emperor still worried about the population of his territory?

Thinking about the deposits in the small treasury, King Jin gritted his teeth, people gave it, and if it was extinct, it would not come back, but it could not suffer a loss!

After Si Ding, he immediately sent Shi Jinjing, the governor of the palace, to meet Emperor Yongle. Offering Jiahe, taking advantage of the emperor's pleasure, he proposed to send people to the territories of the King of Han and the King of Zhao to learn from the scriptures, and turn back to prosper the economy of the Jin land.

King Changshi of Jin spoke very well, and repeatedly stated that the original intention of King Jin was only to learn from the advanced experience of the two places and improve the GDP of one subordinate area, and he had no intention of making friends with the prince privately.

"Please also ask for your grace."

It was not only the King of Jin who had a unique vision, but the King of Zhou also sent people to congratulate him and made the same request.

As Zhu Di's half-brother, Zhu Hu knows the Son of Heaven better than his nephew, and it is necessary to offer Jiahe, and together with the legendary benevolent beast Yuyu.

The present life of the benevolent beast proves that he is the king of benevolence and virtue today!

All kinds of slippery whiskers, Long Xin was definitely happy, and asked to send two study teams, which should not be a problem.

In view of the historical record that the giraffe was mistaken for a unicorn, it remains to be verified what kind of animal it is.

At least in Meng's opinion, according to various descriptions, the benevolent beast offered by King Zhou was either a snow leopard or a rare white tiger.

It's a pity that others can't witness it with their own eyes when they are in Daning.

However, even if he is recalled to the capital, there is not much chance of onlookers.

The Royal Zoo does not sell tickets to the public, so you may not be able to visit it if you stretch your neck.

Ever since he saw that the Son of Heaven was traveling, it was not a horse that pulled the wheel, but a real elephant, Meng had doubts about the historian's spirit of seeking truth from facts.

Emperor Zhengde built a leopard room and was scolded by the historian as a faint monarch among faint monarchs. But compared to Emperor Yongle, who used elephants to pull carts, hunted with leopards, and got giraffes back from Africa, Zhu Houzhao's hobbies are really not enough.

As far as Meng knew, many nobles had a hobby of raising fierce beasts, and he had seen two three-month-old tiger cubs in the house of the Marquis of Wuyang.

It can be seen that history is far more wonderful than what is recorded on paper and pen and ink.

As soon as the appearance of King Jin and King Zhou was raised, the voices of many criticisms in Beijing Daning and other places were lowered a lot.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Emperor Yongle summoned his ministers and put out the grain tax and cloth, gold, silver and copper coins paid by Daning, and the hall was suddenly silent.

Zhu Di said that I am reasonable. You have to lay out the facts and reason and bring down the Daning Dusi, you can. The premise is that the Zhuqing will nominate a virtuous successor and make a guarantee that the grain and cloth handed over to the imperial court after a year will be on par with the present.

I've given you a chance, so if you want to seize it, you can't do it, and there won't be this shop in this village.

The ministers bowed their heads, and the aspirants were silent.

If it weren't for the data fraud, it would only prove one point, Xingningbo and Daning were really very human.

The tax revenue of one place adds up, and it is about to catch up with the rich land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.

The bitter cold of the side plug is well known. Even King Ning Zhu Quan did not dare to guarantee that he could operate to this situation.

Elect meritocracy?

Going up the mountain and going down to the sea may not be able to find another Xingningbo. Even if it is found, without the support of Dingguo Gong, and without the green light of King Han and King Zhao, it is not easy to make a difference in Daning.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Emperor Yongle tapped his fingers again and again, squinted, shook his beard, and said. Why don't you say it? Quoting scriptures and classics, wilting when you want to see the true ability?

The Daning Metropolitan Division colluded and plotted against each other?

It's a joke! When Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi is an ornament?

Open mutual markets, run Confucianism, improve the treatment of border troops, and appease the people outside the border, one by one, one by one, have long been written into the strips of Song Shu and Jinyi Wei on the imperial case.

Can't you trust Xingningbo, can't you trust your son?

Emperor Hongwu was able to divide more than 20 sons out of Lu, give them an army, and let them defend one side, because in front of Lao Tzu, the son will never make much waves. A fierce person like Zhu Di, doesn't he dare to rebel against his nephew after his father is big?

With Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui, they don't dare to play with their minds in front of Zhu Di easily, not to mention adding a Shen Xuan?

The rewards given to Confucianism and the border army were all issued by the Daning Dusi, but nominally, they were the rewards of the Son of Heaven.

The students and the border army are grateful to Daning Dusi, but the loyal one is still him, the son of heaven.

It can be seen from the secret security sent back by Jinyiwei that Xingningbo is honest and honest, and the treasure money issued to him by the imperial court is mostly sent out in the name of the Son of Heaven, which makes Emperor Yongle very moved.

I don't want to pick up money, but I scatter money for the country, what a high ideological consciousness this must be!

As for whether Meng sent people to the East with Zheng He's fleet, and whether there was any communication with the East countries, it was directly ignored by Emperor Yongle.

"The way to employ people is to win their hearts. Sympathetic to their feelings, sympathetic to their weaknesses, people have a heart of gratitude, so, and then try to make their contributions, there is no one who is unable to do it. ”

Zhu Di told his son these words, but now it seems that he wants to mention some more courtiers.

Whether or not you can appreciate the profound meaning depends on the creation of each person.

What is created will be reused.

If you can't turn your brain, you can either stand still, or you can only stay behind all the way and be completely left behind by your colleagues.

Temporarily suppressed the voice of the court, Zhu Di summoned Yang Duo again, and then, Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi made a transfer, accompanied Meng Beishang Jinyi Wei back to Beijing to report on work, and then went to Shanxi, Yunnan, Fujian and other places on business.

Yang Duo personally led people to Beijing, and then to Daning, Kaiyuan, Xuanfu, and conveyed the edict of the Son of Heaven.

What Zhu Di is worried about is not the loyalty of Meng and others, but to investigate some unstable factors and find out some spies who are behind the power to be installed in several places.

Some confidential matters have not been reported by the Beijing Patrol Imperial History, how did some people in the court know about it?

The storm of the impeachment of Li Jinglong and Qiu Fu has not yet passed, and Zhu Di has always had a guess, but it has never been confirmed.

He needed to make sure that even the slightest hint of it could not be let go.

Zhu Yunwen's era has passed.

People who should have died should not be brought back to life. Above the court, those with dissenting intentions must also be dealt with as soon as possible, those who go to prison are imprisoned, and those who are dismissed must be dismissed.

He has already killed a lot of people, and if he insists on going against him and trying to shake his country, he doesn't mind raising the butcher's knife again.

Since the blood has already flowed into the river, what does it matter if you lose a few more heads?

In the eleventh year of Yongle, Meng was rewarded by the Son of Heaven.

On the same day, Dingguo Gong visited Daning in the name of inspecting the border fortress, and had in-depth, in-depth, and detailed discussions with Xingningbo on many issues such as garrison defense and Tuntian. The next day, Dingguo Gong set off to continue north, and Xingningbo took leave again.

Daning Du commanded the envoys to deeply feel that Xingningbo was the heart of the country, and he worked all night - - work, which is really a model for my generation.

Facing the admiring gaze of his subordinates, Meng Shishilang's mood was indescribable.

Should it be explained?

After thinking about it for a while, I finally came up with a negative answer.

Let's continue to misunderstand.

On November Bingchen, Zheng He's fleet sent back the news that Zheng He met with the Japanese general Gen Daoyi as an envoy and read out the edict of the Son of Heaven.

Yuan Daoyi knelt down to receive the edict, and has ordered the arrest of the Japanese Kou, promised to strictly investigate the border people's entry into the Ming Dynasty, and also said that he himself admires the Ming Dynasty very much, and will send envoys to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute.

When the messenger arrived in Beijing, the Japanese envoys were already on their way to the Ming Dynasty. In addition to the offerings, there were more than 20 Japanese in the team, who would be escorted to Nanjing and handed over to the Ming Dynasty.

Upon learning the news, Zhu Di was very happy and ordered the Ministry of Rites to give the source of moral gold seals, treasure money, and color coins as a reward.

Good things seem to be one after the other.

In November, Ding Si, Hanlin scholar Xie Jin, and other 47 people, presented the first draft of the book that was ordered by the emperor to be revised. Emperor Yongle was overjoyed, gave the book the title of "Literature Dacheng", rewarded Xie Jin and others who participated in the revision of the book, and gave a banquet to the Ministry of Rites, and praised Xie Jin and others.

The monk Daoyan, who was in charge of supervising the work, was very optimistic about this first draft, and reminded Xie Jin, but Xie Jin did not listen, so he still dedicated the book.

Dao Yan couldn't, so he could only meet Emperor Yongle after the banquet, no matter what he said, he fulfilled the responsibility of supervision, and it was really not his problem that those noble Hanlin were disobedient.

Sure enough, Dao Yan's prediction was not wrong.

After roughly flipping through the contents of this "Literature Dacheng", Emperor Yongle's face darkened.