Of course, Xiao Zhuo and Zheng Pai didn't know what Yun Xi thought, but they didn't need to know either. Although Xiao Zhuo felt strange, he was a businessman and not an official, so he didn't need to think about why this was the case, he only knew that he could make money with peace of mind, and suddenly as if he was afraid that Yun Xi would regret it, he knelt down and said, "Caomin thank Your Majesty Longen." "Zheng Pai did the same as he did.

Yun Xi didn't have time to talk to them at this time. He asked Wang Xi to bring a pair of pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and wrote on the paper: "The emperor of Fengtian carries the edict that all the people of the world are my people, how can I bear to use them as slaves?" ......, the people of Annam are now allowed to be sold into slavery in Daming. ”

After writing this, Yun Xi took out a small note and pasted it on it, and wrote in pencil: "Let Jin Sun polish it tomorrow." "Give the paper to the little eunuch and let him send it to the table where he usually approves and folds.

Then Yun Xi instructed them to call all the traffickers they knew who had many slaves in their hands to come to Daming to sell, among which the traffickers who were the people of the Ming Dynasty could bring their slaves to the mainland to sell, and the traffickers who were not the people of the Ming Dynasty could only sell them in the city.

At the same time, Yun Xi deliberately emphasized to them that people who believed in the Heavenly Fang Sect and people in India and other places who looked very different from the Ming Dynasty must not be trafficked in. Among them, Yun Xi attaches more importance to not selling people who believe in the Heavenly Sect. After all, people who look too different from the people of the Ming Dynasty are easy to find, and even if there are those who are sold in, there must be a minority, and there are many Tianfang disciples who look similar to the people of the Ming Dynasty in Nanyang.

You can only limit the color of your skin. There are not many such people in Indochina, basically all of them are in the East Indies, and the natives of the East Indies are still darker than the Han Chinese. Yun Xi thought.

After saying this, Wang Xi thought that Yun Xi had nothing to tell them, so he lowered his head and asked, "Guanjia, how to settle them tonight?" ”

"At this time, the palace gate is about to be locked, and it is very conspicuous for them to leave the palace, let them rest in the room where the guards are on duty for one night, and wait for them to be released from the palace tomorrow morning." Yun Xi said.

When Wang Xi heard this, he wanted to order the guards to take them down, but he didn't want Yun Xi to stop him immediately: "Slow, I still have something to tell the two of them." ”

Wang Xi listened to Yun Xi's words and was about to order the guards to take them down, but he didn't want Yun Xi to stop him: "Slow, I still have something to tell the two of them." ”

He then turned his head and said to Xiao Zhuo: "Xiao Zhuo, Zheng faction, I still have something to tell you." ”

"Your Majesty, please." He immediately bowed down and said.

"Have you ever done business in India?" Yoon-hee asked.

"Your Majesty, the grass people have not done business in India, nor have they been to India." Seeing that Yun Xizheng was slightly disappointed, Xiao Zhuo hurriedly said: "But the Zheng faction, a foreign person, has been to India to do business. ”

"Have you been to India?" Yun Xi asked as he pulled himself together.

"Your Majesty, the people of the foreign country do have business in India." Because Yun Xi allowed him to sell slaves in Daming, he is now very willing to serve Yun Xi, and said in great detail: "The people of the foreign fan are traded in Goa and Cochin in the west of India, and Chennai and Visakhapatnam in the east. After saying this, Zheng Pai remembered that Yun Xi should not know these place names, and hurriedly said: "These are all Indian cities on the seaside. ”

"Do you know what the situation is in India right now?" Yoon-hee asked. A few years ago, he had learned about the situation in India through the envoys from Fanguo, but those envoys were vague.

"Your Majesty, the people of the foreign area are only doing business in the local area, and they don't know about the local situation." After Zheng Pai said this, he hurriedly said: "However, the people of the foreign country send ships to India every year to do business, so you can inquire about it." ”

"This year you must send people to India to do business and find out how the situation is going in various parts of India, the more detailed the better." Yun Xi said: "Whether it is in the northern countries along the Ganges, or in the western lands near Persia in the west, in the eastern lands such as Bengal in the east, and in the southern lands, you must listen to the situation. ”

"From the age of the king, how he governs, and the religion he believes, to the size of the country's land, the size of its population, and whether it is at war, it is necessary to find out."

"Zheng Pai, if you do this well, I will allow you to do business in the capital like a merchant from the Ming Dynasty in the future."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. The people of the foreign world must serve the emperor wholeheartedly and serve the emperor. Zheng Pai knelt down again with great joy and said.

From Yun Xi's request, he could certainly guess what Yun Xi wanted to do: nine times out of ten, he was going to invade India in the future. But it has nothing to do with him, he is Siamese, not Indian. Moreover, even if Daming wants to invade Siam, as long as he is willing to give him benefits, he is willing to inquire about the situation for Daming.

Xiao Zhuo was different from him, and he was a little worried. The government of the Central Plains is different from that of the countries of the South Seas, and as a businessman, it is better to have less contact with each other in addition to paying 'filial piety'. Of course, it is nothing to inquire about the situation in India for the government, but you must not agree to the affairs of the imperial court at will in the future. 'Be sure to remind the Zheng faction later. He thought.

Yun Xi naturally didn't know what Xiao Zhuo was thinking. He had nothing to say to them, and ordered the guards to take them both down.

After that, Yun Xi stood up and stretched his waist and returned to Kunning Palace.

In Kunning Palace, Xi Yao was sitting on the Luohan bed, lighting a big candle and looking at something, when she heard the eunuch's voice and hurriedly stood up to greet her.

Before she reached the door, Yun Xi had already pushed open the door and walked in, and when she saw Xi Yao wanting to salute, she immediately grabbed her hand and said, "You and I are husband and wife, this is in the dormitory again, there is no need to be polite." ”

Hearing this, Xi Yao did not bend her knees, and welcomed her in with a smile.

Yun Xi instructed the palace maid to step back, and asked casually as she walked, "What are you doing at this time?" ”

"Look at the textbooks in the girls' school." Xiyao smiled: "Husband, don't you know, since Min'er went to the women's academy to study, she came back every day when she didn't understand in class. ”

"Last year, it was okay, but this year there was a gentleman who taught me and didn't understand it, and when I came back, Min'er asked me and didn't know how to answer, so I brought the textbook to look at it, and I could answer it when Min'er asked."

"Haha, Min'er, this child, has been lively and active since she was a child, and loves to ask questions, and she still does." Yun Xi also said with a smile.

The husband and wife chatted for a few words, Yun Xi suddenly thought of something, and said: "It will be fifteen in a few days, and Xi Ran's department can return to Beijing after being stationed in Liujiagang for a few days, and you and Xi Yi can meet him." ”

"That's good." Xi Yao immediately said happily. Although Yun Xi returned to the capital on the 18th of last month, and the soldiers of the Jingwei Lu Division also returned to the garrison and immediately took a vacation for more than half a month, the Navy Division is different, and has been busy in Liujiagang, the home port of the Navy Division, these days, and now he can finally return to Beijing.

"There's something you can tell Xuan Ran by the way." Yun Xi said again: "Let him take a look at the hydrology of the Western Ocean, and ask the people who have been to the Western Ocean how the situation is when he is free." ”

"The concubine knows." Hearing this, Xi Yao was a little curious: Isn't it to use troops against the northwest, how to tell Xi Ran to pay attention to Western affairs? But since Yun Xi ordered, there must be an arrangement, and she will definitely tell Yu Ran.

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When Cao Zheng returned home, he was thinking about how to tell his father Cao Xing about this, when he heard a voice from the door, "The master has returned home", and hurriedly went to the gate to greet him.

As soon as Cao Xing walked into the mansion and saw him greet him at the door, he immediately sneered: "Heh, why did you go back to the mansion at this time today, and you didn't do your business outside with your fox friends and dogs." ”

"Dad, my son has something to tell Dad." Cao Zheng didn't care about his father's cold words, and said immediately.

"What can you do to find a father?" Cao Xing said as he walked: "It's not that you have lost all your money, and you are looking for money for your father." I can tell you, not a single big son will give it to you! Your mother and brother will also be commanded by me, not to give you money. ”

As he spoke, he counted away: "I finally arranged you to be a hundred households in the Beijing Guard, but you have been giving me no business, and the soldiers are not good at it, and I am tinkering with some strange things." What's the use of those things! Can you be eaten, can you be worn, or can you be added to the ranks? ”

Cao Zheng listened to his father's number all the way to the main hall, Cao Xing's wife Ning heard his voice and hurriedly walked out, and saw that he was counting Cao Zheng, so he immediately greeted him and said, "Master, don't always talk about him." Although Cao Zheng is not doing his job, he is not in trouble, and he is much stronger than those gentlemen. ”

"I'd rather he be a gentleman!" Cao Xing said: "It's not that you don't know what he does all day long, how can such a thing be done!" ”

"It's just a little bit of a gadget, whatever." Ning said.

"Gadgets? Forget it, I won't tell you anymore, anyway, you are not allowed to give him money. Cao Xing said this, sat down on the main seat in the hall, and seeing that Ning didn't speak again, he said to Cao Zheng: "Say, there is something to tell us." ”

"Dad, mother, my son went out today, I originally wanted to buy a few pieces of glass with my friends, but I didn't want to, and I met the emperor halfway." He then recounted what had happened between him and Yoon-hee today.

Cao Xing straightened up after he said the word emperor, listened carefully, and when he finished talking about it, he sat on the chair for a long time and did not speak.

Ning immediately said: "This, the so-called Gezhi Academy, there shouldn't be any difference between it and Qin Tianjian, right?" So Zheng'er is in the Qin Heavenly Prison? This, from now on, will be like a character like Fang Shi and the like, which is not good. She immediately turned her head to Cao Xing and said, "Master, you still go and beg Your Majesty, let Zheng'er go back to the guard to lead the troops, it is really better to be at home or leisure, it is better than becoming a figure like a Fang Shi." ”

"A woman's opinion!" Cao Xing reacted at this time, and immediately said to Ning: "You are a woman's opinion!" Zheng'er was admitted to this Gezhi Hospital, which is obviously a good thing. ”

Cao Xingke is different from his wife Ning. Although he didn't believe what Yun Xi said in the end, it made it clear that the emperor would definitely attach importance to Gezhiyuan, which was different from the previous Qin Tianjian. In this case, Cao Zheng should be able to see the emperor often and become a close confidant of the emperor.

This may not be a good thing for Cao Zheng himself, but it is a great thing for their Cao family!

The emperor's most trusted family since he succeeded to the throne is the Lan family, the Chang family and the Xu family, and the generals of these three factions are more important because of this.

That's it for my whole life, but I don't have to fight for anything; But the next generation is different, they have no merit, if they never get the opportunity to fight, they can only become a nobleman who eats idle food, and for Xungui, eating idle food means the decline of the family. Especially although he was crowned a marquis, but the hereditary future is only a commander, not a marquis, the hereditary commander of the Ming Dynasty said more and less, and when he died, the eldest son was only a hereditary commander, and there was no chance of getting ahead.

But after Cao Zheng became Yunxi's cronie, things took a turn for the better. Cao Zheng only needs to promote his brother a little when he meets Yun Xi, and there is no need to say anything else, Yun Xi will most likely consider appointing them, and his family will have hope of rising.

After clarifying the general idea, Cao Xing immediately said to Cao Zheng: "Zheng'er, you must work hard in Gezhi Academy, and you will study whatever Your Majesty asks you to study." If the money allocated is not enough, the family can give you a subsidy. ”

Cao Zheng thought it was ridiculous: his father was reprimanding him less than a stick of incense, and now he was encouraging him to 'not do his job'.

But after all, this is a good thing for him, and he doesn't have to worry about not having enough money to study these things in the future, so Ma Shan bowed down and said, "Got it, father." ”