In May, the Son of Heaven gave the civil and military ministers a banquet in the Huagai Palace, and the queen gave a banquet to the women of more than five grades in the Kunning Palace.

At that time, the kings of Zhou, Su, Liao, Ning, and Jin all sent their officials and subordinates to the court, and the leaders of the Tatar Jurchen tribes, as well as the Champa Siam and other countries sent envoys to congratulate and pay tribute.

The king of Annam, Hu Shi, also sent envoys such as Soft Jingzhen to congratulate him.

Soft Jing Zhen and others were arranged in the same hall, and the living and dining were no different from those of the Siamese Champa envoys. But the position in the banquet is a corner of the corner, not to mention congratulating the great tomorrow, by the way, patting the dragon-fart, not even a dragon's beard can be seen.

In view of Zhu Di's decree to reprimand the Hu clan for usurping the power and Annan for invading and harassing the border of the Ming Dynasty, Ruan Jingzhen and the others dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, so they could only keep silent.

The envoys of Champa and Siam saw the joke and were very proud, and mocked many times during the banquet, and the envoys of Annam could only bear it.

Ruan Jingzhen and the others knew that once a dispute broke out, the Great Tomorrow would never stand on their side. If you don't want to tell the truth and give people an excuse to make trouble, you can only endure it.

In the final analysis, this is also Annan's own doing.

Ruan Jingzhen drank the wine in the toast, and his heart was bitter.

Since the Hu clan usurped the throne of the Chen clan, Annam's relations with its neighbors have become more and more bad, and the city of Tongzhan has fallen to a freezing point.

The Hu clan sent troops to capture several city-states in Zhancheng, but they couldn't get it back, so they could only take the opportunity of paying tribute to ask for help from the great emperor.

I don't know whether the reception staff of Honglu Temple is negligent or deliberate, the envoys of the two countries are adjacent to each other in the same hall, and they can meet when they go out, every time they see each other, they are full of gunpowder, if there are no Ming Dynasty officials on the side, it is possible to draw - knives and cut each other on the spot.

The envoy of Zhancheng saw that Ruan Jingzhen and others were not treated by the Ming Dynasty, and it was strange that they did not take the opportunity to fall into the well.

Prince Chen, who took refuge in Daming-Zheng-Zhi-Zang, also lived in the Huitong Pavilion, and when he saw Ruan Jingzhen and others, his nose was not a nose, and his eyes were not eyes. With the protection of the Great Tomorrow, he is not afraid of the Hu clan at all, as long as the Ming Dynasty sends envoys and troops, the throne of Annan will definitely be his.

When Prince Chen met with Zhu Di, he repeatedly promised that the Ming Dynasty would help him return to the country and ascend the throne, and he would pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty from generation to generation.

Zhu Di praised Prince Chen and gave him gold woven clothes and silk yarn coins.

"Thank you, Son of Heaven."

Prince Chen left Xinuan Pavilion gratefully, the smile on Zhu Di's face was closed, and he turned to ask Zhu Gaochi, who was standing aside, "How is this person?" ”

Zhu Gaochi pondered for a moment and replied, "The one who knows the grace." ”

Zhu Di shook his head, "Not necessarily." ”

Zhu Gaochi was puzzled in his heart, and his expression naturally brought it out.

"Scheming tenacity and deep thinking helped him ascend to the throne and keep his promise today. Otherwise, it may not be a good thing for him to be in charge of Annan. ”

Zhu Di stopped at the point, Zhu Gaochi didn't say much, only thought in his heart, and said for a long time: "The son is dull, thank your father for his teachings." ”

Later, Zhu Gaochi walked out of Xinuan Pavilion, and Zhu Di summoned Yang Duo, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, to meet him.

Yang Duo, who was dressed in a red brocade robe, passed by Zhu Gaochi.

Yang Duo saluted sideways, and Zhu Gaochi raised his hand weakly, saving a very polite expression.

The second and third brothers have all taken up the domain, and only he stayed in Beijing, and there was already a lot of discussion in the court.

The palace of King Ping in the capital has been built, Zhu Gaochi invited himself out of the palace, Zhu Di approved, but left Zhu Zhanji, the son of King Ping, in the palace. This move made the Chinese military force of the DPRK even more eye-catching.

It's a pity that Xie Jin and others are repairing books, and there are Daoyan supervisors, even if they have thoughts and means, they can't use it.

Zhu Gaochi's performance was very calm, not only took the initiative to avoid suspicion and left the palace in advance, but also reprimanded Princess Ping, and told Zhu Zhanji that he was only in the palace to fulfill his filial piety for his father.

"Thou hast received the favor of the Son of Heaven, and thou shalt not abide by thy duty, and thou shalt not act recklessly, much less listen to slander." Zhu Gaochi stroked the top of his eldest son's hair, "You must know that everyone in the world has selfish intentions, and those who speak chiseled may not be sincere for you." It took countless falls for my father to understand the truth. Keep the heart upright, do not look at the overall situation with selfish interests, and the right way is the right way. ”

"My son obeys the teachings of his father."

Zhu Zhanji is eight years old, much taller than his peers, and his face is still childish, but he already has the shadow of Zhu Di.

Judging from his appearance alone, he is far less similar to Zhu Gaochi than Zhu Di, and when it comes to it seriously, he is more like Zhu Gaochu and Zhu Gaosui.

The son is not like himself, but more like his father and brother, Zhu Gaochi is also sad, and he doesn't know whether to worry or be happy. But I also somewhat understand why my father prefers his two younger brothers.

Who doesn't love children like themselves?

If it weren't for Zhu Zhanji's fact that he also likes to read, Zhu Gaochi is afraid that it would be even more awkward.

Zhu Zhanji was precocious, and he knew a little about the competition between his father and his two uncles, especially the King of Han, and he also heard the names of Dingguo Gong and Xingningbo.

He admired Dingguo Gong very much.

He was curious about Hinningbo.

Dingguo Gong is the righteous grandson of Emperor Gao, who has been in the army since he was a child, and has made many military achievements. Xingningbo gave up his literature to join the army, got up in cloth clothes, and was even more famous for his filial piety. When he was less than a weak crown, he was awarded the title of first-class uncle, controlled Daning, and guarded the border place. Every time I heard the emperor's grandfather mention this person, he praised him a lot. The professor of the palace who taught him to read had many slanders against him, denouncing him as a villain and a minister.

Zhu Zhanji was even more curious.

As Young Master Yao's apprentice, is Xing Ningbo a virtuous and capable ruler of the world, or a flattering villain courtier?

If he had the chance, he would love to meet this person, and maybe he would be able to solve the confusion in his heart.

Zhu Gaochi could guess what his son was thinking, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh lightly.

Many years ago, the emperor's grandson was still alive, and he went to Beijing with his second and third brothers to worship. At that time, Dingguo Gong had not yet been crowned a marquis, and Xingningbo was only a hundred households.

The unevenness on the road, the turbulent dark tide in Beijing, and the heavy rain when fleeing Nanjing, the three brothers laughed in the rain.

After a few years, it is like a lifetime.

Now, the second brother and the third brother went to Biansai, and Dingguo Gong Xingningbo guarded one side, but he was confined to the capital and stood still.

Whose fault is it?

The only one who can ask is yourself.

"Father?"

Facing the eldest son's puzzled gaze, Zhu Gaochi smiled, "Father just remembered the events of the early years. Back then, it was Xingningbo's idea that his father could leave Jinling safely. And this multigrain cake ......."

Zhu Gaochi relaxed his expression and fell into memories.

Zhu Zhanji listened very carefully, his eyes lit up, and his father said this to him for the first time.

Outside the warm pavilion, Princess Ping stopped the eunuch, "The prince is talking to the prince, don't bother." ”

The words fell, took the palace people, and left along the way they came.

The prince is not the only son of His Majesty, and the prince is only the eldest son of the prince.

Thunder flashed in the air, and the rain fell sharply.

Princess Ping stopped under the porch, the cockroach on the wall was hidden in the auspicious clouds, and the cyan glazed tiles at the corner of the roof were knocked by the rain with a crisp sound.

A heavy rain enveloped the entire city of Nanjing.

"Princess?"

"Let's go back." Princess Ping suddenly laughed, smiling with relief, "It's almost time for the prince to be a thousand years old, and the palace should also prepare." ”

"Yes."

Heavy rain has been falling for several days, and some prefectures and counties in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have reported floods, and I am afraid that there will be no abundance of rice this year. Please reduce or exempt summer grain from several places, and open the treasury to allocate rice for disaster relief.

Above the court, the household played the grain for March, and Zhu Di shook his head.

"Floods are frequent, and the autumn grain is not in date. Only give the grain for March, the people will be hungry, and the country will benefit the people. ”

"Your Majesty, the grain of the treasury still needs to be given to the guards, and it will be abundant after the autumn is completed."

"If there is a shortfall, it can be taken out of the inner treasury."

Zheng He went to the East, and the taxes and grains, cloth, copper coins and various treasures paid by Kaiyuan, Guangning and Daning were piled up like a hill in the inner treasury.

Zhu Di is quite confident, I am not short of money! The government treasury is short of money and food, and I will make up for it.

The inner treasury is not under the control of the imperial court, and the emperor himself has the final say.

The emperor said that if the money was paid from the inner treasury, what else could the household department do, he could only give it up, "Your Majesty Shengming." ”

Pay the money, for the problems of the imperial court and some local officials, Emperor Yongle is a hole in the fire, when the palace ordered, in ordinary times, I do not investigate, but when the disaster is giving, who dares to fight the idea of relief grain, ask for money and don't die, it is luck to not find out, once it is found out, pick the skin and cut off the head, choose the same. The opportunity to exile the army is no longer available.

The edict of the imperial court was soon issued to all states and counties, and officials from all over the country said that they must live up to the emperor's order and supervise each other.

The old people in the disaster-stricken areas were invited to the county government to listen to the edict, and when they returned to the middle school, they all preached the benevolence of the Son of Heaven. There are county residents and elders sewing hundreds of cloths, and the book is Shengde, and the local officials are sent to Beijing with fast horses.

Iron and blood, Zhu Di can't help but redden.

The people are like water, and the king is like a boat.

If you love the people, the people will love you.

From Jingnan to sitting on the throne, Zhu Di's identity has changed, and his thinking is constantly changing.

From Dezhou to Jinan, and then to today's Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the people's aspirations are the way to govern the country.

Thinking of the source of all these changes, Zhu Di called the internal official Hou Xian and said: "Spread my will, reward Daning Town with five silk saros, 100 taels of silver, and 300 bills." ”

"Yes."

Hou Xian promised, thinking in his heart, such a generous kindness, Xingning Bo is really Jane in the emperor's heart. At the beginning, our family made friends with Xingningbo and formed a good fate, and it was really right.

The reward was escorted out of Nanjing by the Jinyi guards and sent all the way to Daning.

Meng Shang didn't know that the Son of Heaven had sent him money again, and he was thinking about who to arrange to go to the West with Zheng He.

Zhu Gaoxu said that he would never break his promise if he gave him three boats, and with the style of the Zhu family, Emperor Yongle should have reported it in front of him.

If you want to fill three boats, you can't do it on your own, you must add Shen Xuan and Daning Dusi, and the remaining vacant seats, the well-behaved Uliangha leaders and the Jurchen leaders who plan to win over can also be considered.

The Son of Heaven sent envoys to the Western Ocean, representing the prestige of the kingdom, to be able to take a boat with a tailwind, go back and forth, see a little, no matter how much you earn, it is all face.

One day, when they sit with other tribal leaders and leaders, they drink wine and eat meat, and what others can say is how many war exploits they have won, how many cattle and sheep they have in the tribe, and how many good things they have won in the mutual market. Replaced by himself, with a pat on his chest, Lao Tzu and the envoys of the Son of Heaven have gone to the West together and seen overseas things! What are cattle and sheep, Lao Tzu's tribe can raise bison imported from overseas!

As soon as this remark came out, it was absolutely a big kill, and the face and the inside earned together.

Rub your chin, if the news can reach Tatarvarat, it will be better.

The strong men were still slashing each other at a meadow, and the fleets of the Great Tomorrow were erecting flagpoles across the ocean.

Envy?

Jealous?

There is no future for following Guilichi and Mahamu, and attaching to the Ming Dynasty is the best way to lead the tribe to make a fortune and run towards a well-off life.

The more I think about it, the more feasible it becomes.

Meng drank the decoction in the bowl in a few sips, but he didn't feel bitter at all. After walking around the wing room twice and calculating the hour, Shen Xuan should come back. Immediately pushed open the door and trotted all the way.

Shen Xuan had just returned to Bofu from the Miscellaneous Bureau, and met Meng who ran out of the second hall. Thinking that he had come to greet him, his cold eyebrows and eyes couldn't help but be dyed with warmth.

In less than five minutes, the warmth turned into frost.

The culprit was still unconscious, so he pulled Shen Xuan back to the east chamber of the second hall, explained the plan and the plate, and blinked his eyes for praise.

Shen Xuan pinched the corners of his forehead, took a deep breath, and told himself that the person in front of him was not in good health, and he couldn't afford to slap himself while recuperating.

Inhale, exhale, inhale again, exhale again.

In the end, he fished the person over and took two bites to finish.

"Grandpa Guo?"

Covering his neck, Meng Shishilang was extremely innocent.

Do you think it's a bad idea? Then you don't need to bite, do you?

Shen Xuan's forehead burst into green tendons, grabbed it, and continued to bite!

Meng was bitten out of the fire, and when the fire was so big, he opened his mouth and bit back.

So, dinner was delayed to breakfast, and Dusi Yamen received a leave note from Uncle Meng.

The experience in charge of recording was very calm, picked up the pen, opened the booklet, and made another mark under Xingningbo's name. Do the math, it's the fifth time this month. With such hard work, Xingningbo is really dedicated to the country.

During Meng's leave, Shen Xuan wrote his plan into a recital, stamped it with the official seal, and presented it to the Son of Heaven for preview.

The Jinyi guard, who sent the reward to Daning, didn't wait for a break, drank tea, and immediately set out on the return journey.

Along the way, the brothers are all one-headed lawsuits.

Since the founding of the dynasty, the noble ministers who dare to support the Jinyi guard to run errands and not pay the passage fee, except for Dingguo Gong and Xingningbo, can no longer find a third one, right?

Even Wei Guogong and Wuyang Hou didn't have this ability.

Dingguo Gong and Xingningbo are very human.

Song Shu was sent to Nanjing, and Zhu Di saw it, and immediately ordered that the date of Zheng He's fleet going to the West be postponed by one month.

Yao Guangxiao, who supervised Xie Jin's revision, was invited to Xinuan Pavilion, and the monarch and ministers had a long talk.

The six Shangshu have also been successively announced to the prelude to the king.

Subsequently, the northern Xinjiang town guard, the vassal king, successively received the edict of the Son of Heaven, from the attached grassland tribes and Jurchen guards to gather strong men to enrich the border army. He also promised to be attached for a long time, with old qualifications, supporting the policies of the Ming Dynasty, and the tribes with good performance sent people to the Western Ocean with the imperial fleet.

The imperial court welcomes all tribes to sign up, but the number of places is limited, and whoever can have the last laugh and successfully board the ship depends on their own abilities.

Song Sheng, the chief military officer of Gansu, and He Fu, the chief military officer of Ningxia, acted the fastest, and the two not only delivered the news to the tribal leaders who guarded the Qianhu Station, but also the newly attached tribes temporarily settled in Liangzhou and other places.

The maritime trade of the Yuan Dynasty was developed, and even after a few decades, the tribes on the grassland still spread the prosperity of Quanzhou's maritime merchants. In the past, the imperial court sent a fleet to the East Ocean, and the various spices and goods brought back caused quite a stir in the south, and there was also circulation in the north.

Although pastures and cattle and sheep are the foundation of the tribe, compared with sea trade, they are completely heaven and earth. The imperial court wants to make it overseas again, and it is definitely a good opportunity to make a fortune by allowing it to carry goods with the ship. But anyone with a little brain will not let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The Uliangha and the Tatar tribes who had joined them were moved, and the well-informed Jurchen tribes moved one after another, just to fight for a seat.

When the news reached the steppes to the north, the Tatar and Warat tribes also moved their minds.

The imperial court set up mutual markets in Kaiyuan and other places to drive the economy of northern Xinjiang, and the rich people were only the border people and the Wuliangha and other affiliated tribes, and there was basically nothing to do with Tatar and Warat.

In view of the fact that Guilichi had already submitted to the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court occasionally relaxed its policy towards the Tatars. Replace it with Warat, sorry, ban border trade.

Mahamu and Gui Lichi could only covet the wealth of the border people and Uliangha, and they dreamed of grabbing one, but they always retreated under the guns and spears of the border army. Knowing that the Ming Dynasty was going to send a fleet to the Western Ocean, and promised to join the tribes, the two were even more scratching their hearts. Ghost Lichi can still go up and fight for it, but Mahamu can only stare dryly.

As more and more steppe tribes moved to the border of the Ming Dynasty and requested annexation, the gap in strength between the Tatar Warat and the Ming Dynasty would become wider and wider. If you don't want to come up with some good way, it's not impossible for the two to become "light pole commanders".

In June of the third year of Yongle, Gansu, Ningxia, Xuanfu, Daning and Beijing successively sent teams to Beijing. The team carried all kinds of goods, just waiting to be on the ship and transported to the West to make a lot of money.

Daning's team was a bit special, carrying far less goods than other teams, but it sent heavy guards to guard it. Two of the carriages were covered with tarpaulins at all times, and the border troops were constantly away day and night, and no one could guess what was on them.

At the beginning of July, the personnel and goods accompanying the ships from all over the country arrived in Beijing one after another, and many of them were businessmen who had their own sea ships and hoped to sail together.

In this regard, the imperial court was quite controversial, and the opponents were in the majority. After receiving the above tables from the King of Han and the King of Zhao, Emperor Yongle chose to turn a blind eye, and the voice of opposition was quickly suppressed......

Before it was time, the imperial court issued an edict that it was okay to follow the fleet to sea, and the profits obtained must be paid to the imperial court fifty percent. If high-quality grain can be brought back, it can be reduced as appropriate. Discover the Borderlands and get rewards.

When the edict was issued, the merchants immediately raised their hands in agreement, shouting the Holy Son of Heaven.

If you can go to sea openly, have a large-scale fleet escort, and don't worry about being checked by the boatmaster or harassed by pirates, not to mention fifty percent, it is sixty percent or seventy percent.

Pay the money, no problem!

Find the grain seeds, no problem!

Finding the Borderlands is no problem!

This kind of thing is done by the imperial fleet, and the impact must be considered, so that the merchants can come forward without pressure.

Under the trend of interests, there are naturally people who are willing to serve.

The imperial court relented, and the size of Zheng He's fleet on his first voyage to the West continued to increase, with more than 350 official and civilian ships and more than 30,000 personnel.

The purpose of the voyage has also changed from preaching the prestige of the country to developing friendship, opening up overseas trade, finding new shipping routes, and occupying the borderless land.

Before setting sail, as the main envoy of the fleet, Zheng He still has the most crucial things to do.

Go to the hospital to ask for medicine.

In order to share the pressure, Wang Jinghong, who was also suffering from seasickness, was pulled by Zheng He and stood in front of the Tai Hospital together.

In the past, the majestic leader and eunuch trembled when they saw the Zhao Yuan Judge who was taking square steps and smiling.

Look at each other, clench your fists at the same time, in order to complete the mission, in order to go out alive and come back alive, our family fights!

What kind of spirit is this?

Fearless spirit!

With great ambitions, the navigators of the Ming Dynasty raised their heads and resolutely walked into the Tai Hospital.