"Who will realize the big dream? I know it all my life. The grass hall sleeps enough in spring, and the day outside the window is late. ”

"Husband, I just got up early in the morning, why did I chant poetry?" Xi Yao opened her sleepy eyes, yawning and saying: "And if the concubine remembers well, this is a poem chanted by Mr. Luo Guanzhong in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" through the mouth of Zhuge Liang, a metaphor for his own talent, I hope that there is a clear eye to recognize talents." ”

"The husband is now the master, do you still need to know the master?"

"The husband just suddenly remembered this poem and chanted it." Yun Xi thought for a while and said, "Speaking of which, I haven't seen Mr. Luo Guanzhong for a long time. It happened to be the Chinese New Year, so I took the time to take a look on that day. ”

While speaking, the two of them got up and dressed under the service of the palace maid. After a while, I got dressed, washed up, and went to the dining hall to eat.

Min'er and the others were naturally bombarded. Min'er got up angry, and after a while, she asked the palace maid to dress her, and Aunt Ji carried her to the dining hall.

"Min'er, why are you so late?" Xi Yao asked.

"Mother, I slept late last night, but I couldn't sleep, and before I knew it, it was late." Min'er was still very afraid of her mother, and said honestly.

"Today is the first day of the new year, just so lazy, what is it like! You see, Yuan'er got up earlier than you. ”

"The second brother has always gotten up early, and it's not just today." Min'er replied indifferently, washed her hands, picked up the baked cakes on the table and ate them.

Xi Yao was about to say more, but suddenly her hand was grabbed, so she stopped talking, turned her head and said to Siqi: "Siqi, how was the New Year in the Liang Guogong Mansion last night?" How was your rest last night? ”

"Uncle, uncle is very good to Siqi, and brother and brother are also very good to Siqi. The uncle also followed his uncle's example, and found people from all over the world to perform at home, which was also very good-looking. The uncle also said that some uncles and aunts may not have seen it, so let them enter the palace to perform for their uncles and aunts another day. "Since Yun Xi succeeded to the throne, Si Qi first went to Lan Zhen's house in the Liang State Mansion every year to celebrate the New Year, and then returned to the palace to wait for the new year with Yun Xi and others, so Xi Yao had this question.

"If there is such a thing, just wait for the Lantern Festival to let them enter the palace to perform. However, all kinds of unique skills are actually similar, and we may not have seen them. Yun Xi said.

"Uncle and aunt, that trick is like this,......" she introduced.

"It doesn't sound like I've seen it." Yun Xi said with a smile: "Since this is the case, let them enter the palace to perform during the New Year." ”

"Well, when I go back to the Liangguo Mansion on the fifth day of the first month, I will talk to my uncle." Siqi agreed.

After a while, after everyone had breakfast, Yun Xi got up and said to the children: "I will go to meet the envoy of Fanguo in the morning, and I will be in the palace in the afternoon." Min'er, remember to play well in Kunning Palace, don't be naughty. ”

"Wenyuan, put down the books, the first month of the first month and the days of the lunar month are the time for you to rest. If you want to learn, wait until the second day of February after the school starts. ”

"Yes, Dad." Min'er and Wenyuan replied in very different voices, Min'er was very casual, and Wenyuan was very solemn.

Yun Xi glanced at them again, sighed in his heart, turned around and left the dining hall, and Xi Yao sent him out.

Walking to the gate of Kunning Palace, Yun Xi said goodbye to Xi Yao and went to Qianqing Palace. On the way, Wang Xi suddenly remembered something, and said to Yun Xi: "Official, the day before yesterday, Concubine Chen Niangniang and the slave wanted to go out of the palace in a few days to pay New Year's greetings to His Royal Highness King An and Princess An. Because of the complicated affairs of the official family in the past few days, I have not yet talked to the official family, and I have talked to the slaves. ”

"New Year's greetings to the twenty-second uncle and twenty-second aunt? Do you want to go home? Yun Xi smiled and said: "This year, Gao Xu returned to Beijing and returned with the fourth aunt; Although the thirteenth uncle was sealed to the Western Regions, the thirteenth aunt was still in the Central Plains, so she let her come to Beijing for the New Year by the way. In addition, Xu Huizu and Xu Zengshou have both returned to Beijing, and their Xu family is rare in recent years. It's understandable that she wants to go back. ”

"When she came and asked me personally, I granted her. However, Wang Xi, you should note that she is pregnant, so you should pay attention to traveling and send more people and guards. ”

"Yes, official." Wang Xi immediately agreed.

After a while, they walked to the Qianqing Palace, where Zheng Yi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was already waiting. Although Yun Xi newly established the Li Fan Yuan, he assigned all the matters related to the Fan Kingdom to the newly established Yamen, and officially issued a holy decree. Fu An, the envoy of the Keli Fan Academy, is still in the field, and this yamen is still an empty yamen, so this year's visit to the country is still in charge of the Ministry of Rites.

"Your Majesty, this year, a total of 25 countries such as Korea, Japan, Siam, Sumatra, and Majapahit came to pay tribute, three more than the second year of Jianye, and it is the most since the first emperor established the Ming Dynasty. Zheng Yi said.

'Where is it because the Ming Dynasty is becoming stronger and stronger, and it has attracted the hearts of the country? It is true that the national strength is getting stronger, but it is clearly because of the great victory of the Ming Dynasty in the first war with Samarkand, and all countries rushed to offer their hospitality. Yun Xi complained in his heart. However, on the surface, he naturally wouldn't say this: "The Ming Dynasty is becoming more and more prosperous, and it is indispensable to the merits of all Aiqing." ”

The two monarchs and ministers replied to each other, and Zheng Yi said again: "Your Majesty, which country's envoy will you meet first this year?" ”

"According to common sense, Korea and Fusang are the only two countries whose monarchs have been crowned princes by the Ming Dynasty, and they should be the first to meet the envoys of these two countries. This year, the envoy of the DPRK came first, and he should first receive the envoy of the DPRK. ”

"But this year, five more countries are coming to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty for the first time, and they should be given special courtesy. I ask Your Majesty to decide. ”

"Let's follow the rules. First Korea, Fuso, and then these five countries that came to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty for the first time. Yun Xi thought for a while and said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zheng Yi agreed, and went out to order the transmission officer. The conductor hurriedly arranged the twenty-five countries in the order according to Yunxi's instructions, and then went to inform them, and announced that the envoy of Korea would meet them.

"Zheng Yi, I heard that the envoy of North Korea came to the capital at the beginning of the month?" Yoon-hee asked.

"Yes, Your Majesty. The envoy of the Korean State came to the capital on the third day of the first lunar month, because the Korean State sent the troops to follow the Ming soldiers to the Western Regions to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, His Majesty placed them in the Western Regions, and asked His Majesty to return the soldiers. ”

"Where are they seeking the return of the soldiers? Clearly, they came to ask for a reward. ”

"Your Majesty is right, since the soldiers have been transformed into the king of the Ming Dynasty, how can the Ming Dynasty have a reason to return people to the country? However, Your Majesty, North Korea is my Ming Dynasty in the end, and its country is known as Little China, so follow the Ming Dynasty in everything, or don't be too contemptuous. ”

"I know." Yun Xi understood what Zheng Yi meant: For countries like North Korea, which also govern the country with Confucianism, and Buddhism and Taoism are more similar to the Ming Dynasty, it is still more tolerant.

As long as the North Koreans don't ask for too much, I will agree. He thought.

"Zheng Aiqing, I have something to ask you, have you seen the envoy from Castile?" Yun Xi suddenly remembered Claviyo and asked.

"Naturally, the minister has already seen it. However, the envoy of this country is the strangest envoy of a country that the minister has ever seen. Zheng Yi said with a surprised tone: "The hair of the envoys and attendants of this country is not black, and that's it, when the Mongols went west, there were people with non-black hair among the people who came back from the west. ”

"Their customs are strange. They believe in the Cross Religion, but the minister has also seen the Semu people who believe in the Cross Religion in the Central Plains, but the customs are different from theirs. ”

"It's not surprising." Yun Xi said with a smile: "They all believe in Buddhism, but the Buddhism in the Central Plains is different from the Buddhism in Nanyang Fanguo." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zheng Yi continued: "Of course, the most strange thing is that after this envoy came to the capital, he wandered around the city every day, and not just wandered around the prosperous places, but all over the city. And every day after he returned, he would write a text, about to record all the experiences of the day. Without hesitation, the kind of writing he used to write was unintelligible in the entire Siyi Pavilion, so he didn't know what he was writing. ”

"Why does he wander around every day, and the minister can't guess why. If it is said that he is like the envoy sent by Timur to spy on the Ming Dynasty, it does not make sense. First, he has never been close to the military camp, and second, according to the minister's knowledge, his country is thousands of miles or even tens of thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty, and there is no possibility of the Ming Dynasty going east. But other situations make more sense. ”

"It's none of his concern." Yun Xi said: "As long as he doesn't violate the "Da Ming Law", don't worry about him. ”

However, if he violates the "Da Ming Law", he must not indulge. Whether it is the Ming Dynasty gentry, the common people or the envoys and businessmen of the Fanguo, they must be governed in accordance with the "Ming Law", and there must be no favoritism. Of course, people who have meritorious service to the imperial court, or those whose ancestors have meritorious service to the imperial court, can be commuted or exempted. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zheng Yi agreed again.

At this time, the voice of the conductor came from the door, and Yun Xi hurriedly sat down, straightened his clothes and sat on the couch. Zheng Yi also stood up straight and stood aside.

After a short time, the envoy of the DPRK walked in, knelt down towards Yun Xi and said, "Jin Hanxuan, the envoy of the Korean State, pay a visit to His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty." Hooray, hooray, hooray! ”

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"My lord, people have already run into the fan hall." Outside the Fan Hall, which belonged to the Ministry of Rites and placed the tributary envoys, many people wearing the uniforms of the Ying Tianfu police had gathered at this time. One of them said to the man who had just arrived in the costume of a six-rank civil official.

"But look at it, people did run into the fanguan?"

"It's true that I ran into the fankan."

"What did the people from the Ministry of Rites say?"

"The people from the Ministry of Rites said that there were no idle people in the Fan Pavilion, and they were all envoys of the Fan Kingdom and people from the Ministry of Rites. Ying Tianfu handled the case, and asked him to go elsewhere. The man said with a sad look on his face.