After meeting Yang Zai, Yun Xi asked Qin Tianjian to choose an auspicious day for the zodiac, and sent Yang Zai to take the envoy's team to the Manjapahit Boyi Kingdom, and found a thousand sailors to escort him on the way. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Sending a small envoy to travel Yun Xi will not come forward, although everyone knows that the things that this envoy does are still more important, but it is not worth Yun Xi to come forward to see him off in person.

Shortly after Yang Zai left for a few days, Yunxi issued the "Order to Promote Virtue" and sent it to every county in the country.

The content of "The Order of Raising Talents" is: When I first ascended to the great treasure, I was terrified, but I knew that talent was the first priority in governing the country, and Xi Yizhi and Fu said that they were sluts; Guan Zhong and Huan Gong thieves are also used for prosperity. So he issued a virtuous order to announce to the military officials in the world, knowing that there are people who can govern the country and use soldiers, and the court should not leave anything behind.

Naturally, there is no problem with Yun Xi getting this virtuous order, but there is a sentence quoted in it that makes the civil officials in Beijing very uneasy, that is, "Xi Yizhi and Fu said that they were sluts; Guan Zhong, Huan Gong and thieves, all use it to prosper'.

It's not that this sentence is bad, in fact, this sentence is very good, but this sentence comes from Cao Cao's "Meritocracy Order".

The reason why Cao Cao has always been not very popular with the literati is that in addition to his son Cao Pi's usurpation of the Han Dynasty and the depreciation of certain dynasties, Cao Cao's thinking is different from that of the literati, especially Confucianism.

Confucianism advocates that virtue is above talent, believes that people without virtue and talent cause greater harm than people without virtue and talent, and also opposes people without virtue as officials. And Cao Cao is a meritocracy, so naturally he is not liked by the literati.

In a sense, there is nothing wrong with the Confucian principle, for example, if a soft-boned person becomes the general of the border guard, the enemy army will surrender immediately, and then the country will be finished.

But the problem is that it is difficult to tell whether a person is virtuous or not, and it is difficult to judge what a person will be like without encountering similar things. Don't say that people who are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality and have a belly of male thieves and prostitutes, even people who are usually very well-known and filial to their parents may not suddenly become immoral at certain times, or expose their true nature.

So Confucianism makes sense, but it is not enforceable.

In any case, Yun Xi's "Decree on Raising Talents" was issued, and Yun Xi did not quote the words that Confucianism considered inappropriate in Cao Cao's "Decree on Meritocracy", and the civil officials could only accept it.

Yun Xi is looking forward to what kind of talents will be attracted by the "Lifting the Virtuous Order", especially when he pointed out that whether it is a literary or martial arts, he expects those who are strong in martial arts or who think they can lead troops to fight, as well as some 'special' people. But it will take almost two months before most areas will have a response to this "Order of Raising Talents", and Yun Xi is not in a hurry.

But there is something that I am anxious about. Yunxi called Zhang Xiaodong into the capital for this reason. Fortunately, Jin Shanwei's station is very close to the capital, otherwise it would be troublesome.

Zhang Xiaodong himself was a little confused about Yun Xi calling him into the capital again, but he still rushed to the capital immediately.

When Yun Xi saw Zhang Xiaodong, he didn't talk nonsense, and immediately said after letting him stand up: "Zhang Qing, I asked you to enter the palace this time because I have something to tell you." It is a matter of measuring the hydrological situation in various parts of the South Seas. ”

It turned out that the last time Yun Xi summoned Zhang Xiaodong, he patronized the guiding ideology of how to let Zhang Xiaodong fight against the Majapahit Kingdom, and forgot to let him detect the hydrological situation in various parts of the South Seas.

This hydrological situation is very important, for example, a fleet with aircraft carriers as the main force, but it turns out to be in a place where there are often heavy storms and is intercepted by the enemy to fight, isn't it a bad thing? If you know in advance, you can avoid it on the way.

There is also the direction of the water, the direction of the wind in which season, the depth of the water, whether there are reefs, where there are small islands, whether there is fresh water on the islands, etc., these conditions are very important. If something is overlooked, it could cause a catastrophe.

The reason why Yun Xi asked Zhang Xiaodong to lead the sailors to set off first was also to let them familiarize themselves with the hydrological conditions of the nearby waters first, so as to prevent the sailors of the Majapahit Kingdom from being overshadowed.

At the same time, Yun Xi also had to obtain the hydrological situation of the entire Nanyang region in order to facilitate further activities in the Nanyang area in the future, so Yun Xi was not talking about the situation in the waters near the Majapahit Kingdom, but the entire Nanyang region.4

Yun Xi also said: "In addition, I have decided to divide the fleet of sailors into two teams, all the way from Xiaoryukyu south to Luzon, and then to Solo State, sailing half a circle along Solo State, and finally to Sriwijaya. ”

"The other route follows the sea line to Annam, from which it continues south to Siam and then south to Srivijaya."

"All the countries on these two roads, whether they surrender to our Ming Dynasty or not, must investigate their situation, explore their human geography, and find out what they can find."

"But you must remember not to accept any requests for tribute from Fanguo who have not yet submitted to my Ming Dynasty."

When Zhang Xiaodong heard this, his heart trembled, but he didn't speak, and promised: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

Yun Xi remembered something again, and said, "Also, if you go to Srivijaya and someone has been to the Western Ocean (Indian Ocean), after fighting the battle with the Majapahit Kingdom, send a ship to the Western Ocean to investigate and see if you can reach Zorri or Western Zorri." "Zorri and Western Zorri are two vassal states that came to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, claiming to be from the West, and Yun Xi judged that they should be in India or Ceylon according to the records, and wanted to be sure.

Then Yun Xi said: "If you can find people who have been to the Western Ocean, let the fleet sent bring some precious things, and if they go to Zorri or Western Zorri, they will reward them, and you can follow the envoys who are willing to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty." ”

Yun Xi's hand can't reach the Indian Ocean for a long time, so it's better for the Indian Ocean vassal states for the time being.

Yun Xi continued, "And pirates. If it is a pirate who goes out of the Ming Dynasty and is willing to submit to the Ming Dynasty, they can all be pardoned. ”

"But you must not ignore the danger because of my words, and you must be careful with these pirates. If there are other forces on the water that want to attack you along the way, destroy them all, and you don't have to leave your hands behind. "Yunxi wants to let the prestige of the Ming Water Master be known to women and children in Nanyang for once.

Zhang Xiaodong agreed one by one.

Yun Xi then talked about the real issue of sending troops. Yun Xi said: "Jin Shanwei and Guanhaiwei are up and down, but they are ready to send troops?" ”

Yun Xi had already determined that the sailors who would send the two guards of Jin Shanwei and Guanhaiwei would go south. In order to make it easier for Zhang Xiaodong to command, it happened that the commander of Guanhaiwei died of illness, so Zhang Xiaodong was temporarily appointed as the commander of Guanhaiwei.

Zhang Xiaodong immediately said: "The two guards are ready to send troops!" ”

Yun Xi praised two sentences: "Not bad, not bad," and then said: "Then choose an auspicious day for the zodiac and send troops south." When your commander arrives in the country of Majapahit, it is estimated that the results will already be out regardless of whether the country of Majapahit obeys my holy decree or not, and you can prepare for war. Although Yun Xi said in the front that he would obey the holy decree or not, the latter words actually proved that he had already decided that the Majapahit Kingdom would not obey the holy decree.

Of course, Zhang Xiaodong agreed: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

Yun Xi continued: "I will send the commander-in-chief Dongguan Bo He Rong to accompany you to the beach tomorrow. I won't say much about the superfluous. ”

Zhang Xiaodong then agreed.

At this time, Yun Xi remembered Xue Xiran, who had been sent to Jinshanwei after the New Year, and asked, "How is Xue Xiran doing in Jinshanwei?" ”

Of course, it is impossible for Zhang Xiaodong not to know Xue Xiran's background, so he was prepared, and when he heard this, he said: "Your Majesty, although Xue Commander has no experience as a general in the Navy Division before, he seems to be born good at it, and he is very well adapted to the Navy Division, and after the experience of this battle, he can lead the troops alone." ”

Of course, Zhang Xiaodong elevated Xue Xiran and said it, but what he said was not completely nonsense. Xue Xiran did adapt well in the sailor, at least he didn't get seasick; And the attitude is excellent, without the slightest shelf of the national uncle. Therefore, Zhang Xiaodong has a good sense of him, and Xue Xiran does have a deep background and is worth befriending, so he often guides Xue Xiran on the main points of water battles.

Yun Xi smiled when he heard this: "Aren't you coaxing me?" ”

Zhang Xiaodong immediately said: "How dare the minister deceive Your Majesty!" It is indeed that Commander Xue is very outstanding, and everyone in this guard thinks so. ”

Yun Xi thought in his heart that he wanted Jin Yiwei to quickly use the past few days to find out if Zhang Xiaodong was lying, but on the surface, he still did not doubt Zhang Xiaodong's performance, and gave Zhang Xiaodong a few words of encouragement and let him go down.

After that, Yunxi met with Hua Ying and Zheng Ci at the same time.

Hua Ying and Zheng Ci are the left and right phases temporarily selected by Yun Xi, but Yun Xi has not seen the two of them before, so he wants to see them.

But in fact, Yun Xi should have seen Hua Ying. Hua Ying happened to follow her brother to handle the inheritance of the hereditary position in the 25th year of Hongwu when Yun Xi temporarily managed the succession of the military department, and Yun Xi scolded Hua Rong at that time (Chapter 14). But now Yun Xi has completely forgotten about it.

Yun Xi emphatically said to them: "The Three Buddhas are overseas feudal states, and they have never belonged to Huaxia for generations, and the customs of the local people are different from those of the Ming Dynasty, so you must pay attention to the complexity of the local problems, and do not easily deal with them according to the practices of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Hua Ying and Zheng Ci agreed.

Yun Xi also told them to pay more attention to the opinions of the Han people who are now in charge of Srivijaya. For Liang Daoming, who is now in the lead, Yun Xi plans to let Zhang Xiaodong bring him back to the capital when he returns, and then add a knighthood. Shi Jinqing, Zheng Boke and others will also be knighted in the name of the central court of the Ming Dynasty, and then let them assist Zhu Mo in managing the Three Buddhas.

However, in the end, who can stay in the local area and who has to be brought back to the capital still needs Zhu Mo, Hua Ying, Zheng Ci and others to distinguish in person, and Yun Xiyuan's decision in the capital is inevitably suspected of being talked about on paper, so he did not say it to death. I believe that Zheng Ci, who has rich experience in Fuyi, can make appropriate judgments.

Then Yun Xi asked them to step back as well.