Then Lao Zhu picked up the report of the 'Huating County Inspection Division reported the tribute of North Korea', and said to Yun Xi: "The tribute of the vassal state, especially the first tribute of the Korean state since the founding of the country, is a very important thing. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoBut this kind of thing, except for the distress of the invasion of other feudal countries, is easy to deal with, and the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Court can receive it. This is the first time that the Joseon Kingdom has paid tribute, so it is enough to ask the Ministry of Rites to slightly raise the standard of reception, and there is no need for other processing. ”

However, although Lao Zhu said so, he still read it himself, and then asked Yunxi to take a look, and said, "You can just take a look, you don't need to pay special attention." ”

But Yun Xi picked up the fold and looked at it, but found that something he thought was very important was ignored by Lao Zhu.

Yun Xi didn't take it seriously at first, just glanced at it casually. But he inadvertently saw that it was written: '...... Please give His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty the words ......'' on the island of Jeju in our country, and immediately get up in spirit.

Historically, Jeju Island was an independent country with the name Tamna. In 1105, it was officially annexed by Goryeo and established Tamna County, which was later changed to Tamna County. After rising to power in 1206, the Mongols conquered the northeast in 1211 AD, and then subdued Goryeo without much effort. However, some of the Goryeo who did not accept the Mongols fled to Jeju Island, and the Mongols did not conquer the area until 1273.

The Mongols then took control of Jeju Island and ruled it until 1380 when the defenders surrendered to Goryeo. However, this time, Goryeo did not make it a native country, but set up a puppet to rule. But Daming did not admit it at the time. After the establishment of Korea, he took over Jeju Island, and now he has come to formally ask for permission from the Ming Dynasty.

Yun Xi really didn't know that Jeju Island was still the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but now that he knew, he would not let it be under the control of North Korea. He said to Lao Zhu: "Grandpa, have you noticed the North Korea's request to give Jeju Island?" ”

Lao Zhu said: "Grandpa saw it, what's wrong, is there any problem?" ”

Yun Xi knew that Lao Zhu didn't care about this kind of thing as soon as he heard it. In Lao Zhu's opinion (the emperors after the Ming Dynasty are similar), it's just a small island, what's the matter. After the official founding of the country, Lao Zhu gave up all the islands along the coast of Zhili, Zhejiang, and Vietnam provinces, except for the Zhoushan Islands. So now it doesn't matter if an island is given to North Korea; Not to mention, in his opinion, there is no difference between North Korea and Daming.

But Yoon-hee doesn't think so. It's useless to be anxious about the abandoned islands, and it's not difficult to recover them when they come to power later. But Jeju Island is different, if it is given to North Korea now, and its own strategy of 'integration' with North Korea fails in the future, it may never be recovered.

So he has to find a way to persuade Lao Zhu now. Yun Xi knew that his concept was different from Lao Zhu, so he had to find other reasons. He thought for a while and said, "Grandpa, my grandson heard that Jeju Island is a good place to raise horses, and the good places to raise horses in my Ming Dynasty are all along the Great Wall, which is very vulnerable to the invasion of Beidi, and having Jeju Island as a place for raising horses can alleviate this situation." ”

Lao Zhu said: "It is also possible to hand it over to North Korea to raise horses, and if you need it, you can ask for it from North Korea." ”

Yun Xi replied: "Grandpa, is this country directly under the government, the same as the vassal country's management?" If it is directly governed by the Ming Dynasty, it can be directly deployed when you need to use horses; How could it be so convenient for a vassal agent? ”

Lao Zhu didn't care whether Jeju Island was given to North Korea or not, but now seeing that Yun Xi was so insistent and that horses were indeed very important, he said: "Then according to your wishes, don't give Jeju Island to North Korea." Let the temple set up a Jeju priest there, and set up a master bookkeeper office, and appoint a Jeong-rokin master bookkeeper to be in charge of civil affairs. ”

When the purpose of Yun Xi is achieved, the heart is comfortable, and the expression is naturally cloudy and sunny. Of course, this was seen by Lao Zhu. He asked, "Yoon-hee, Jeju Island is a small overseas island, the land is narrow and there are few people, if it is not suitable for raising horses, it is just a place of chicken ribs that is tasteless to eat and a pity to abandon, why do you care so much?" ”

Yun Xi knew that the issue of values could not be communicated, so he could only say: "My grandson thinks that my Daming needs a completely safe place to raise horses. Otherwise, there will be more unnecessary casualties to deal with the Mongols. ”

Lao Zhu mistakenly thought that Yun Xi was still thinking about Qu Neng's excessive casualties in the war, and said: "Yun Xi, the most important thing in the general army is to win and lose rather than casualties, if the battle is lost, the price of winning back in the future will be much greater than the cost of casualties at that time." Yun Xi could only try to show sincerity and acceptance.

Lao Zhu also approved some words, and put this fold in the box with the words "Ministry of Rites", and then picked up the "Huai'an Mansion Plays the Huai River Water Control", and said to Yun Xi: "The Huai River water control is of course a very important thing, especially Huai'an Fu Sizhou is the place where the ancestral tomb of my Ming ancestors (Note 1) is located, and it is the most important thing. However, the flooding of the Huai River is in spring and summer, and it is now late autumn and near winter, so this is something that must be dealt with but not in a hurry. ”

Then I read the content of the recital first, and then let Yunxi read it again.

Yun Xi likes to look at maps in combination with history, and can do nothing except eat a day, just look at maps and read all day. Now that I'm in Daming, I also like to look at the map to find out where the place happened when I know that something happened somewhere. The ancestral mausoleum of Sizhou and the imperial mausoleum of Fengyang are of course also one of the things that are of particular concern. Fortunately, Yunxi is the emperor's grandson, otherwise there will be a problem if he loves to look at the map.

Therefore, as soon as Yun Xi looked at the location of the report, a map of Huai'an Mansion appeared in his mind, and he knew that the focus of this water control and embankment repair was near the ancestral tomb. Then he looked at it a few more times and thought about it for a while.

After a while, he said: "Grandpa, judging from this excerpt, there should have been no problems with the embankment in Huai'an Mansion when the flood was raging this summer, so this time Huai'an Mansion requested to repair the embankment near Sizhou should only be prepared." ”

Lao Zhu approvingly: "What you said this time is good! In the summer, the floods in Huai'an Province were not raging, and even the embankments in the entire Huai River basin did not fail. So what do you think should be done with this excerpt? ”

Yun Xi had already thought about it and said, "Grandpa, my grandson thinks that although there is no problem with the embankment this summer, the Sizhou generation of embankment is extremely important, and he can be allowed to repair the embankment; However, Sun Er knows that in the last years of the Mengyuan Dynasty, the reason why the flames were everywhere so quickly was because of the water control, and this frequent water control would have a bad impact on the Ming Dynasty? ”

Lao Zhu said: "How can Qianyuan be compared with my Da Ming? Even if there are one or two borers, they will be found and removed. This time, the plan to control the water was agreed. "Originally, although Lao Zhu was very concerned about the ancestral tomb, he didn't care whether the embankment was repaired this time or not, but when he heard Yunxi say this, he had to repair it.

Then Lao Zhu wrote a few lines on the fold, and said: "Although this water control is played by Huai'an Mansion, it is responsible for the Ministry of Industry, so the fold should be sent to the Ministry of Industry for processing; and send a transcription back to Huai'an Mansion. As he spoke, he threw the fold into the box with the word "Ministry of Works" written on it.

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Note 1: Zhu Yuanzhang's grandfather and great-grandfather were buried in Sizhou (now ZH County, Qisu Province, so the ancestral tomb of the Zhu family is in Sizhou. Fengyang is where Zhu Yuanzhang's father and uncle, as well as three brothers and two nephews were buried.