Zhu Yang looked confused now, slowly thinking back to last night's events. He didn't know how long he had been dancing, but he had the impression that he had been dancing and dancing all the time, and he couldn't feel the passage of time. It wasn't until the sky was already dark and the crowd dispersed that he suddenly felt very sleepy, and was carried to bed in a daze, and then he didn't know what to do.

He reached out and touched both sides, but he didn't touch anything other than the quilt, and looked at both sides, and there was no trace of any woman spending the night, and he couldn't help but secretly wonder: Could it be that he was thinking wrong?

He was still thinking about it, probably when he heard a noise in the house, when a maid came in and said with a smile, "Your Highness, do you want to get up?" "The voice is mellow and the Chinese is also very fluent.

"Serve alone." Zhu Yang didn't think about what he had, and was ready to get up.

He got dressed under the service of the maid, and Dao Siluan came over and respectfully invited him to breakfast. Zhu Yang also felt a little hungry, so he got up and followed Dao Siluan to the place where he was eating.

However, although Dao Siluan's attitude was very respectful, Zhu Yang always felt that he seemed to have a lot of opinions about himself.

After eating, Zhu Yang called all the generals and local officials over to discuss the matter.

"Today the army must begin to move. Dahou Zhizhou sword is a couple, since Lone has appointed you as a former army general, you lead the headquarters of 4,000 men and horses to Jiangtou City immediately; Meng Yang Qianhu Changdao Yubin, you are the same, lead the headquarters of a thousand men and horses, and send another thousand Han troops to Jiangtou City to join the army that has gone there before. Your uncle Dao Mudan recommended you to Gu as a former army general to command Meng Yang's former army, you don't want to let Gu down. Zhu Yang commanded.

Dao Fengfu and Dao Yubin both said: "The minister must obey the orders of His Royal Highness Zhao." ”

"Chu Jie and Wang Yong, the 13,000 Han army assigned to the Chinese army, Dao Mudan, the 10,000 Meng Yang army of the left army, Si Renfa, the 10,000 Luchuan army of the right army,......, the 60,000 troops of the middle army, the left army, and the right army should also be ready to go at any time." Zhu Yang said again.

Several people who were named by Zhu Yang also said, "Yes, Your Highness." ”

"Li Guan, Mu Qi, the rear army composed of the Han army and the Lijiang army led by the two of you can be repaired in Mengyang for a few more days, but remember to pay attention to military discipline, whether you are alone or not in Mengyang, you must pay attention." Zhu Yang instructed Li Guan and Mu Qi again.

"Yes, Your Highness." The two of them also hurriedly agreed.

Zhu Yang gave a few more orders and let them disperse.

Not long after, the sound of people shouting and neighing came from near the city. The Han army and Meng Yang's army that were about to be sent to Jiangtou City were just returned, and the army of the Great Marquis had just come to the vicinity of Mengyang City last night, and they had not rested well, so they were very reluctant to go to Jiangtou City now.

The sword puppet relied on the prestige of his own leader to force them to move. These people did not dare to disobey the orders of the leader and began to pack their things, but they were also very reluctant.

Dao Fengfu said to them: "It's actually a good thing that we are transferred to the front army!" We can be the first to fight with the Burmese, and it is not that we have not fought with the Burmese back then, and we just have grievances and revenge; And there are spoils to plunder, isn't that a great thing? ”

When the little men of his men heard this, they thought of the treasures of the Burmese city, and some of them immediately drooled, and their morale immediately rose, and when they returned to their ranks, their men became much more quick to pack their things.

Zhu Yang listened to the report and said to Chu Jie: "These barbarian armies are actually quite easy to use, and they work very hard to fight, but the military discipline is slightly worse. ”

"What His Highness said is that before the King of Qianning (Mu Ying) and the Duke of Qianguo (Mu Chun) sent troops to quell the rebellion and recruit barbarian soldiers, they fought very hard and were extremely brave, but after winning the battle, they always plundered and were difficult to restrain them." Chu Jie said.

"In fact, it is not enough to plunder property, they also like to plunder other tribes as slaves, which is very bad. Chu Jie, you send someone to Jiangtou City to warn Yan Wu, after the army breaks the city, it is strictly forbidden for them to set fire to the city, and it is strictly forbidden to plunder slaves, as for the rest, there is no need to worry too much, so that our own army can also be relaxed. But remember not to fight with each other just to grab a few goods, and also pay attention to precautions. Zhu Yang said again.

"Yes, Your Highness." Chun Chujie replied.

In the afternoon, Zhu Yang replied to several documents transferred from Yongchang. Although there are more barbarians in his territory than the Han people, there are still some Han people, and after these Han affairs are dealt with, Zhuo Jing, the right minister of the Min Domain, will send him again to take a look.

Most of the excerpts approved by Zhuo Jing will not be changed, and even if there are a small number of changes that need to be changed, he will list them as the reasons for the changes and send them back.

After replying to these documents, Zhu Yang called his son A Rigong, who was sent by Ah Yuegong, the prefect of Shunning, over and talked together.

Most of the barbarian people in these places under Zhu Yang's current jurisdiction belong to the Dai people, whether they are Mengyang, Luchuan, Mubang, Mengding, Menglian, or Menggen, they are all Dai people. And Shunning is different, Shunning is mainly based on the Yi nationality (Yi nationality), and the degree of sinicization is extremely high, and the language of the ethnic group is about to be lost, although he is the prefect of the soil, but there is not much difference from the prefect appointed by the imperial court.

Therefore, Zhu Yang relied on Shunning Mansion very much. On the one hand, he continued to strengthen his control over Shunning Prefecture: he built a Confucian temple in Shunning, set up a social school to teach local children to learn Chinese classics, last year and this year, he also opened the imperial examination in Shunning, removed the county examination, and selected many children and Xiucai through the government examination and the hospital examination, and planned to select at least one person in the township examination next year, no matter how badly the Yi's Xiucai examination paper is.

On the other hand, he also continued to encircle the upper echelons of Shunning Mansion, crowned many people as hereditary generals, and also asked Yun Xi for instructions to appoint the upper hereditary generals of the Yi clan to the Central Plains as officials.

This time, he called Arigon over and told him about the war and how he had arranged the army of Thuanning Province to "take care" of them, and asked Arigong to retreat with a grateful expression.

"These barbarians are just good fools, even if he doesn't really thank Gu, the expression just now is fake, and he won't suspect that Gu has any bad intentions." Zhu Yang muttered to himself after Arigon retreated.

A little later, he replied a few more times, and in the blink of an eye it was already dark. Zhu Yang got up from his chair, ordered the guards to take down these twists and turns and send them back to Yongchang, and turned around and walked out of the house.

He had just walked out a few steps when he met Dao Mudan. After saluting him, Dao Mudan said, "Your Highness, does Your Highness have something to do at night?" The minister wants to feast His Highness again, but I don't know if His Highness can appreciate his face. ”

Zhu Yang didn't have anything to do, but said: "There are still some things in the lonely night, but there is no hurry at this time." ”

"Then please follow your highness." Dao Mu Dan took Zhu Yang to a very spacious room.

Dao Mudan waited for Zhu Yang to sit down, clapped his hands, and the people walked in with a lot of food and put it on the table. Dao Mudan said: "In addition to those foods yesterday, I, Meng Yang, also have these things for His Highness to taste." ”

"Lonely just say, how can you only have those big toasts? Sure enough, there are still good things to hide. Zhu Yang said with a smile.

"I can't hide anything from Your Highness," Dao Mu Dan also smiled: "But apart from these, there is really nothing special, only some dances were not seen by His Highness because it was not early last night." ”

"Oh, Lone saw more than a dozen dances yesterday, and there are others that Lone hasn't seen?" Zhu Yang said with some surprise. He also enjoyed a lot of dances yesterday, and there are even some that he hasn't appreciated.

Dao Mudan smiled a little proudly: "Although our Dai people are not as good as the Han people, we also have a long history and many songs and dances. ”

He clapped his hands again, and several young men and women entered the room and performed a song and dance in the middle of the room.

In the blink of an eye, Zhu Yang watched two more dances, Dao Mu Dan clapped his hands again, and a beautiful woman walked in, and danced after saluting Zhu Ling and Dao Mu Dan.

Zhu Yang felt that this woman and her dance were very familiar, and after thinking about it for a while, he said to Dao Mudan: "This woman is the woman who danced the peacock dance yesterday, right?" And the dance she is dancing now looks very similar to yesterday's peacock dance. ”

"Don't hide it from Your Highness, she is the woman who danced the peacock dance yesterday, and he is also the daughter of the minister." Dao Mu Dan said.

"Your daughter?" Zhu Yang was surprised.

"Yes, Your Highness. And although the dance she is dancing now is also a peacock dance, it is different from yesterday. Yesterday's was the female peacock dance, and today's is the little peacock dance, and the dance steps are different. Dao Mu Dan continued.

Zhu Yang didn't know what he wanted to do, so he didn't speak, just drank with snacks.

After a while, a dance was over, and Dao Mudan's daughter walked over to Dao Mudan and said to Dao Mudan in Chinese: "Dad." ”

Dao Mudan also said to her in Chinese: "Go ahead, don't be shy." ”

Zhu Yang didn't understand what they were doing, so he saw the woman walk up to him, squatted down, and opened her mouth, but in the end she said something in Thai, and Zhu Yang couldn't understand it. But the woman had already retreated behind Dao Mu Dan with a red face.

Dao Mudan said to Zhu Yang a little helplessly: "Your Highness, don't hide it from Your Highness, the minister's little girl Dao Baifeng has fallen in love with His Highness and wants to marry His Highness." The minister encouraged her to propose to His Royal Highness according to the customs of the Dai people, but she was a little shy and couldn't speak. ”

"This ......" Zhu Yan's first feeling was that he couldn't smile bitterly. He felt as if he was being molested by a woman of a good family, and he was molested by a woman who was molested.

But he immediately came to his senses and looked at the woman. The woman's face was crimson, and when she saw his eyes looking at her, she lowered her head and did not dare to look. Zhu Yang is not a chick either, and at a glance he concluded that this debut, who was only fifteen or sixteen years old, was not acting, and his heart suddenly moved.

This kind of southwestern ethnic customs was something he had never felt before, which made him a little addicted, and he was very excited for a while.

But ordinary women are just that, the daughter of Meng Yang Tusi can't be casually taken around. He had to consider not only the issue of identity, but also the impact on the fiefdom.

However, he just thought about it for a while and thought: 'No matter what I say about it, I am the king of the feudal country, even if it is a little troublesome to accept a woman to my side, so what! ’

Then he said: "Since this is the case, let Gu Lai propose to Dao Baifeng, and Gu will allow her to be a concubine." ”

Dao Mudan is not particularly satisfied, he hopes that his daughter can become a side concubine. But he was still able to accept it, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Your Highness." ”

"How did you Dai people propose, come and emulate it." Zhu Yang stood up and said. He was suddenly very curious about the Dai people's marriage proposal.

Dao Mudan smiled and instructed him to propose to Dao Baifeng, Dao Baifeng said a few words of Thai shyly, Dao Mudan translated it to Zhu Ling, and then went back and forth several times to complete the Dai proposal.