Chapter 148: Picturesque Country (14)
In the heavily guarded Xiping Marquis Mansion, Gu Qingshan, the envoy who sent Siam to turn around, received a summons from Zhu Yunwen here.
The king of Siam, Ramaraja, has not yet arrived, because there is no truce yet, in case he encounters soldiers along the way and loses his life, it is not beautiful, Zhu Yunwen does not want the lives of these two kings, because it means nothing to the Ming Dynasty.
The agreed meeting was scheduled for early August, during which time the Siamese and Lao armies would retreat, while the Ming armies would halt their attacks, but would not withdraw from their territory.
Daming's negotiations are so unreasonable and arrogant.
Summoned along with Gu Qingshan was Sun Yuzhang, who was sent to Laos, and the two entered the Xiping Marquis Mansion together.
These two officials who were once on duty in the Yamen of Yunnan were summoned by the emperor twice because of this mission, and it has to be said that it is enough for the two of them to brag about their lives.
When the two of them arrived, Zhu Yunwen was wearing a light plain robe and followed Geng Bingwen to practice health, the old and the young were both standing in the sun with their eyes closed, playing slow boxing. As soon as the two wanted to salute, they were stopped by Shuangxi's eyes, and it wasn't until Zhu Yunwen stopped his fist that the two hurriedly saluted.
"My Ming diplomatic hero is back, sit down quickly."
Zhu Yunwen beckoned the two to sit down, while Geng Bingwen hugged his fists and retreated, except for the military, Geng Bingwen never stayed to listen to other things.
"Rise up and tell me what I have seen and heard in these two countries."
The two thanked each other, and after getting up from the ground, they looked at each other, and it was Gu Qingshan who opened his mouth first.
"The minister sent an envoy to Siam this time, and only went to the city of Ayutthaya, the capital of his country, so he only said this place.
Siam is a country with rugged mountains and humid interior. The soil is barren and not suitable for cultivation, and the climate is not right, either cold or hot. The house of its royal residence is quite gorgeous and tidy. The people's houses are built like a building, and they are not through the board, but they are split with betel nut wood like a bamboo building, and the dense placement is tied very firmly with rattan. Spread rattan bamboo mats on the top, and bamboo lying and eating are on it.
Its king is dressed as Ramaraja, with a white cloth wrapped around his head, no clothes on his top, and a silk hand towel embedded in the bottom, and his waist is pressed with brocade. Riding elephants or sedan chairs in and out. One person holds a gold-handled umbrella, and the grass leaves are made, which is very beautiful.
All the customs and internal affairs of Siam are in charge of the woman. If the king and his people have any plans to buy or sell, it will be up to their wives. ”
Zhu Yunwen couldn't help nodding after hearing this: "You have to write it down carefully, and it will be extremely important to file the Ministry of Rites in the future." ”
Taking a sip of tea, he asked again.
"What about Laos?"
Hearing Zhu Yunwen's question, Sun Yuzhang hurriedly got up and replied, reporting all the customs and customs of Laos that he had seen on this trip, and his own little eunuch buried his head in carefully recording it in detail.
"The art of war is cloudy, knowing oneself and knowing that the other side will not be defeated in a hundred battles, and the surrounding countries will send envoys to investigate in the future, so that we can prescribe the right medicine."
Zhu Yunwen clasped his fingers on the table: "You guys go down first, and submit the details of the two countries to the table, and I have to think carefully about how to let these two countries settle down." ”
"Yes, the ministers are leaving."
The two got up and bowed and bowed, and Zhu Yunwen lay down on a rattan chair, closed his eyes and recuperated.
A few days earlier, Taiwan's military newspaper was also sent to Yunnan to talk about Taiwan's recovery, and there was also a secret letter from Zhu Gaochi about settling down the Tanglin students.
Even if there are still rogues, there are only two or three cats and dogs, and the matter of going to sea is a certainty. Zhu Yunwen planned to be bored in domestic affairs after returning to the court, and he had to think of a good way to solve it once and for all in these countries around him.
Thinking about it, Zhu Yunwen couldn't sit still, and hurriedly got up.
"Take out the map of the southwest and me."
Zhu Yunwen feels that he now has some experience of the hard work of being a national leader.
Previously, he had always felt that his main task was to develop national strength, and then slowly annex and digest the surrounding land and foreign people, but after coming to the southwest, he found that the most important thing to deal with was to control the international situation.
Looking at the huge southwest map stretched upright by the four little eunuchs, Zhu Yunwen frowned.
"It seems that there are some battles that I can't fight if I don't want to."
Geng Xuan stood behind Zhu Yunwen and was in charge of the guard, and when he heard this, he also wondered, the emperor is the supreme of heaven and earth, holding everything in heaven and earth, whether to fight or not is not all in the emperor's words, just looking at a map, how could the emperor suddenly have such feelings?
"Why did Your Majesty say that?"
Zhu Yunwen didn't explain like Geng Xuan, because he knew that even if he explained, he couldn't understand it with the thoughts of this group of people in the current era, so he could only stand in front of Kanyutu and frown and think deeply.
To the south of Luchuan, there are two small sesame kingdoms of the Bago Dynasty and the Ava Dynasty, which must be solved easily this time, even if they are not annexed, they must find a way to tie them to the chariot of the Ming Dynasty.
Luchuan to the west is the two countries of Bangge Thorn and Niba Thorn, the former is the present-day Bengal region, and it is also the Tianzhu country that everyone is familiar with in the traditional sense, and the latter is a small Buddha country in the southwest of Wusizang.
Send an envoy to Punggar, unite these South Asian countries, and let them fight Jampoo and the Sultanate of North Delhi!
These two countries are the doglegs of the Timurid Empire, and they are also pure-bred sects and military unificationists, pursuing the mass extinction of the population, and these two countries cannot be allowed to unify India, otherwise, these two countries should turn their guns and threaten South Asia and the back garden of the Ming Dynasty, and the Timurid Empire should also go east to conquer Warat and invade the Ming Dynasty.
At that time, I am afraid that it will really be a national battle.
This is a natural divide in the minds of sectarians, which inevitably ends with the destruction of one culture by another.
There's a lot to deal with.
The garden of Nuoda has become as quiet as water because of Zhu Yunwen's deep contemplation.
The northern steppe of the desert, the court of the Tatar Khan in the east of the difficult river!
From a distance, with the huge Golden Tent of the Great Khan as the core, a group of huge and white tents stretched out like stars in the sky, covering an area of nearly 100 miles.
At a cursory glance, there are at least 200,000 Tatars gathered in the court of the Tatar Khan, and there are at least 60,000 or 70,000 Tatar athletes galloping back and forth to the steppe.
Since the first year of Jianwen, the Tatars and the Ming Dynasty opened border trade with each other in Liaodong, and the problems of winter food, disease and medicine that plagued the Tatars for many years were solved, and the development of the Tatars began to rise rapidly, and in three years, I don't know how many middle-aged and elderly and young herdsmen who should have died of hunger and cold were able to breathe, and therefore, the strength of the Tatars rose by leaps and bounds, and quickly annexed many small herdsmen around them, greatly expanding their strength in the grassland.
Standing in his Khan Garden, Arutai looked south, through countless snow-white tents, as if he saw the Great Wall, saw thousands of miles of splendid rivers and mountains, and the great emperor who was worshiped as a god in that land.
Zhu Yuanzhang finally died, and the successor to the throne was just a yellow-mouthed child, and he still wanted to play the trick of driving the tiger and devouring the wolf?
Sooner or later, I'll rule the grassland, and I'll let you know what it means to raise tigers!
Arutai was still dreaming of rebuilding the Great Yuan Empire, and his son was running on horseback, turning over and jumping down in the gallop, showing his athletic skills.
"Father Khan."
Arutai glanced at his son dissatisfied, and reprimanded, "Aren't you supposed to patrol the western side? Who allowed you to come back? ”
"Ghost Li Chi sent someone to deliver an urgent letter."
He wiped the sweat from his forehead, and took out the parchment paper from his arms: "He said that there was a monstrous disaster, and he had already sent someone to inform Mahamu." ”
A monstrous disaster?
Arutai frowned and took it, he conspired with Ghost Li Chi to assassinate the Northern Yuan Emperor Kun Timur last year, and promised to serve Ghost Li Chi as the master, and the two departments would unite to conquer Warat and unify the grassland, things have been going well, what disaster can it be that you even need to send someone to spread the word about Warat? Could it be that he wants to break the covenant?
Unfolding the brownish-yellow parchment that had been traded in the Far West, Arutai's face was suddenly shocked.
"Kun Timur's brother, Benjamin led his troops to betray the Immortal Heaven and became a green disciple!"
Looking back at the extreme west, Arutai said solemnly: "The prairie is about to usher in a hungry wolf. ”
No wonder Ghost Lichi was frightened like this, the dignified golden family, the descendants of Genghis Khan, actually betrayed the Immortal Heaven and converted to the cult!