At the beginning of the first day of the first month of the fourth year of the Ming Dynasty, Yun Xi, who had slept for three hours, woke up.

However, he did not get up immediately, but looked sideways at the snow falling like fluttering catkins outside the window, and was stunned.

This year is already the fourth year of Jianye, the first month of this year in history, Zhu Di after repeated thinking made up his mind to cross the Yellow River south to the capital, after several major battles and small battles in June to capture the capital and succeed to the throne. ’

However, Zhu Di had failed three years ago and was exiled to Sumatra, and now for himself and indirectly for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, he is trying to eliminate the local barbarians who do not obey the king, and strive to occupy the whole island. It's really amazing. ’

Speaking of which, this year, King Pu Zhu Xianyang and King Luo Zhu Mo both entered Beijing to pay tribute, why didn't Zhu Gaochu come to the capital? There are too many vassal kings who came to Beijing to pay tribute this year, so I ignored him for a while, and asked Xian Xian when I had time. His fief was very close to Qian'an (formerly Palembang), the capital of the Su Domain, and the sailors of the two domains were also shared, so he should know some reasons. ’

Yun Xi was thinking about it, and suddenly the person in his arms moved. He looked down and saw Xi Yao, who had just woken up, open her sleepy eyes and look at him.

"Woke up so early?" Yun Xi smiled.

"It's not early." Xi Yao glanced sideways at the leak placed at the head of the bed and said.

"It's not too late." Yun Xi said, "You can sleep for a while." You've worked hard during the wax moon, so rest and rest. ”

"Well, I'll sleep a little longer, then." Xi Yao closed her eyes and said. After the clan feast, she was indeed much more relaxed, and she didn't have anything to do until Yunxi worshiped the Taimiao, and she could sleep lazily.

Yun Xi smiled and scratched her nose gently, got up from the bed and gently put on her slippers, and walked outside to call the palace maid to come in and dress him.

Xi Yao can sleep lazily these days, but he can't do it. Today he is going to receive the envoys of Fanguo, and he is going to participate in the banquet of hundreds of officials in the evening, and he is very busy.

After getting dressed, Yun Xi walked out of the dormitory, and glanced at the palace where Min'er, Wenyuan and the others were resting, Wang Xi immediately said: "Your Majesty, several highnesses only went to bed after the sun last night, and now they haven't woken up." ”

Yun Hee nodded, didn't say anything about it, and continued walking. But he didn't walk a few steps, and suddenly said to Wang Xi as if he remembered something: "Wang Xi, you have worked hard these days, I will give you a few days off from tomorrow, and you will return to the palace until the tenth day of the new year." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wang Xi replied with a smile.

"And the reward I promised you yesterday. I thought about it, and you don't lack anything by my side, so I will reward your family. I heard you say last year that your second brother was admitted to Xiucai in his hometown Hanzhong High School? I gave him a grace, and if he was willing to enter the prison, I would let him enter the prison. Yun Xi said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wang Xi said even more happily. With the increasingly strict systems of the Ming Dynasty, it is no longer possible to be an official directly, unlike in the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China; But the students who graduated from Guozijian can still be awarded officials, and if they perform well, they can become big officials, and now one of the six Shangshu of the imperial court, Ru Yu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Zhao Haode, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, have studied in Guozijian, and Chen Di, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Mei Yin, the Shangshu of the Ministry of War, are not from the imperial examination. So Yun Xi directly promised his second brother a place to be an official, how unhappy was he.

"Don't be too happy, I've decided to make the assessment of Guozijian more stringent, if you can't pass the final assessment, you won't be able to graduate." Yun Xi said. Since he decided to continue to let the graduates of Guozijian play the role of checking and balancing the imperial examination jinshi, of course, it is necessary to strengthen the screening of talents, and cannot let incompetent people become officials.

"Your Majesty, the slave believes that the second brother of the slave will not be unable to graduate." Wang Xi said with a smile.

The two of them had already arrived at the Qianqing Palace while talking, and Chen Di, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Zheng Yi, the secretary of the Taichang Temple, were already waiting here.

Yun Xi led them to the dining hall and listened to the two of them while eating.

"Your Majesty, this year there are still 15 countries to pay tribute from Korea, Fuso, Ainu, the three Ryukyus, Brunei, Huni, Siam, Majapahit, Suventana, Rambang, Tamba, Baihua, and Ahong."

"In addition, Annan sent people to express his redress in the past, and said that in March last year, the powerful minister Li Jichen died of illness, and the power returned to the monarch Chen Huan." Chen Di said.

"But I remember that the monarch of Annan is named Chen Rikun, not Chen Xuan." Yun Xi said.

"Your Majesty, according to the envoy of Annan, Chen Rikun suddenly died of illness in October this year, because he had no children, and the minister supported the king's brother Chen Hao as the monarch. After Chen Hao became the monarch, he sent people to pay tribute, wanting to be a vassal of my Ming Dynasty. Chen Di said again.

"There's something strange about this." Yun Xi said softly.

Last night, Yun Xi went to the small study to watch after the banquet in the clan, and it was about this matter.

He thought it was strange at the time, because it was very different from what he had seen in the history books in his previous life.

History tells the story of what happened here: Li Jichen killed Chen Rikun, the former monarch of Annam, in the second year of Jianye, and set himself up as king, and later passed the throne to his son Li Hancang. There seems to be a change of surname or something in the middle, and Yun Xi can't remember it clearly.

In the first year of Yongle, Li Jichen sent people to pay tribute, and told Zhu Di that the powerful minister Li Jichen had handed over power and returned to the monarch Chen Rikun. But the king died of illness and had no heirs. Li Hanchang was the nephew of the Chen family, and with the support of the ministers, he succeeded to the throne and asked the Ming to recognize and canonize him.

Zhu Di did have doubts about this at the time, but he had just become the emperor at that time, and he was not yet the king of the country through normal means, and there were many things that he cared about.

But in the next few years, Chen Tianping, a descendant of the Chen family, and Pei Boqi, a loyal minister, came to Daming one after another, saying that Li Hancang was a usurper. Zhu Di used some means to make sure that they were telling the truth, and issued an order to reprimand Li Hancang to crown Chen Tianping as the king of Annam, and sent people to escort him back to China and take the throne.

But Li Hancang sent people to kill Chen Tianping, and also eliminated the Guangxi army that escorted him. This completely angered Zhu Di, Zhu Di sent a large army to conquer Annan, captured Li Jichen's father and son, and set up a political envoy after pacifying Annan, until Zhu Zhanji withdrew his troops to rule Annan.

Although Li Jichen is not young, it is not strange that he suddenly died of illness, but he lived for many years in history, and he was very healthy until he was captured by the Ming Dynasty in the fifth year of Yongle (1407 AD). And even if Li Jichen dies suddenly, the power can return to the surname Chen? Li Jichen's son Li Hancang is not incompetent, and he will not easily let the surnamed Chen regain power. Yun Xi thought.

Chen Di and Zheng Yi also felt that this matter was not normal. However, their doubts are different from Yunxi's, after all, they don't know what happened in history. Zheng Yi and Chen Di had some doubts about Chen Rikun's sudden death, suspecting that Chen Hao killed Chen Rikun and established himself as the monarch, but they had no doubts about Li Jichen's illness and death.

So Chen Di said after thinking about it: "Your Majesty, even if Chen Ao kills Chen Rikun and establishes himself as the monarch, it is also an internal matter of the Chen family, as long as no one comes to the capital to avenge Daming, Your Majesty should not investigate it deeply." ”

As civil officials, they certainly don't want to fight. If Chen Rikun's descendants came to the capital to ask the Ming Dynasty to uphold justice, of course they had no reason to stop it, but now that such a thing has not happened, they have a reason to prevent the emperor from raising troops to fight.

'Is it really a person surnamed Chen who rose up in this time and space, killed Li Jichen and his son Li Hancang, and then fought among each other, Chen Xi killed Chen Rikun as the king? Yun Xi listened to Chen Di's words and thought so.

It's not impossible, who dares to say that the surname Chen can't produce a few talents? Maybe there was someone surnamed Chen in the last time and space who did this, but failed; But for some reason, the plane succeeded.

Is it because I have not accepted tribute from the Annamite people, which has caused a change in the inclination of the ministers in the country, so Chen Qiang or other people with the surname Chen have succeeded? Yun Xi thought.

Yun Xi looked down at the fold again, it was written that the matter was very simple, and there was no way to deduce more information.

"In that case, Chen Di, you have arranged for the envoy of Annan to meet me at the last time, and I want to personally say a few words to him and ask what happened to Chen Rikun of Annan." Yun Xi thought for a while and said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Di and Zheng Yi said.

"As for the first tributary country, let the Koreans come as a rule; This is followed by the Fuso, the Siamese in third, and the Ahongs in fourth. After that, you can arrange whatever you want. Yun Xi said again.

"Your Majesty, is Ahong ranked fourth?" Chen Di asked with some confusion. Ah Hong is the country that he just accepted this year, and he is too preferential in fourth place.

"It's Ah Hongguo who is ranked fourth." Yun Xi said firmly. Ahong is much more useful than the other countries.

Chen Di and Zheng Yi saw Yunxi's insistence, so they could only agree.

After saying a few more things, Zheng Yi and Chen Di were just about to retreat, Yun Xi suddenly said again: "The two of you love Qing and are slow, I still have something to say." ”

"During the Hongwu period, the hundred officials did not have a New Year's holiday, so a ceremony was arranged to meet the envoys of Fanguo on the first day of the first lunar month; But now that there is a New Year's holiday, the officials of the Ministry of Rites and Taichang Temple cannot rest like other officials of the Yamen. I couldn't bear this, so I decided to postpone the meeting with the envoys of Fanguo until the sixteenth day of the first lunar month from next year's New Year. What do you think? Yun Xi said. He had enough of meeting these envoys on the first day of the new year.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Chen Di and Zheng Yi said immediately. The two of them have been officials in the Ministry of Rites and Taichang Temple for many years, and they are also very reluctant to meet with the envoys of Fanguo during the New Year. So although they knew that Yun Xi also had selfish intentions, they still sincerely thanked him for his grace.