But just after he retreated, Yun Xi suddenly asked Xi Yao: "A few days ago, Wang Xi suddenly told me that he begged me to reactivate Wang Bu and Wang Jin, what do you think?" ”

"Re-appoint Wang Bu and Wang Jin?" Xi Yao was shocked in her heart, and paused before saying: "Although the two of them committed corruption at the beginning, they did keep the palace in good order, and Wang Xi had a lot of omissions when he took over the affairs of the imperial city from them, and it was better later. ”

"Now the eunuchs in the palace, the concubine sees that no one can provoke these things except him, he was in Guangzhou with his husband before the Chinese New Year last year, and the concubine had to send the female officials around him to take care of the affairs of the imperial city, but this arrangement is only occasionally repaid, and it is not decent for a long time."

"If the husband goes to the northwest and wants to take Wang Xi and let Wang Bu and Wang Jin come out again to take care of things, the concubine has no opinion, but is just worried about ......" She didn't finish her words.

Yun Xi was not very satisfied with her words: Xi Yao said nothing. However, he also understood that the eunuch leader was such a sensitive matter, and it was inconvenient for her to express her opinion clearly even if she was the queen, and Xiyao had always been very measured.

"That's what you said." Yun Xi said this, did not say anything more, but fell into deep thought again. Until a eunuch came to spread the word: "His Royal Highness the Lord of Guangling County has returned to the palace!" He got up to celebrate her birthday.

In two days it will be Chinese New Year's Eve. The palace was decorated as usual, with red lanterns hanging high everywhere, beautiful carpets laid everywhere, and all the palace people dressed in new clothes, all with smiles on their faces, bringing the festive atmosphere to the extreme.

Yun Xi played with the children all day during the day, slept for a while an hour before the clan feast began, and then got up to preside over the feast.

This year's banquet is still the same as in the previous two years: the Zhengdan Gala. Because this can still be regarded as a new thing, and there are several artists performed by the feudal kings, and everyone is still very enjoyable to watch. Yun Xi didn't get down to business with any of the vassal kings, and completely relaxed and chatted with everyone about the show on stage.

After that, it was to keep the New Year and set off firecrackers, and when all this was done, Yun Xi was very tired, but he still stood at the gate of the palace, raised his head and glanced at the moon in the sky, and then lowered his head and silently thought: "The new year has come, if there are really gods in the sky, I hope you can bless Daming." This year is the most critical year for Daming. ”

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"There are so many fireworks in the sky, it's so beautiful!" A young man dressed in brocade raised his head and looked at the fireworks in the sky with envy.

"Yes, Daming is worthy of being a big country, and the fireworks set off in the capital during the Chinese New Year are incomparable to our whole country." Another man, dressed similarly to him, also sighed.

As they were talking, they heard a coughing sound behind them, and they stopped talking very cleverly, turned their heads, and saw a handsome man about forty years old, wearing the clothes of the Prince of the Ming Dynasty, standing behind him, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Highness forgives your sins." ”

"You're right, Daming just set off more fireworks in the capital than in the whole of North Korea, what's the crime?" Zhu Fangyuan took a step forward and walked to this best position to watch the fireworks.

When the two guards heard this, they were even more frightened, and they kowtowed again and again.

"Get up! You didn't make a mistake either, kowtow to what! Let the people of Daming see jokes? Zhu Fangyuan said.

Zhu Fangyuan's status is too high, and the Ming Dynasty has never received an envoy of the prince's level - the monarchs of those small countries in Nanyang cannot be compared with the monarchs of North Korea - it is not suitable for him to live in Fanguan, so it was arranged by Yunxi in the Qin Palace. King Qin's Mansion had already been cleaned up, but Shang Bing didn't come again, so it was just right to arrange for him to stay. Zhu Fangyuan is inconvenient to bring a lot of servants when he goes out, and the entire Qin Wangfu is the original servants of the mansion except for the people who serve him closely.

When the two guards heard this, they didn't dare to kneel anymore and hurriedly stood up. The eunuchs beside Zhu Fangyuan hurriedly gave them a look, and they hurriedly retreated.

Zhu Fangyuan stood in place, waiting for the fireworks in the sky to be few, and then lowered his head, and suddenly said to the eunuch beside him: "You said that the widow came to Daming this time, is it right or wrong?" ”

"The minions don't dare to say it." The eunuch was busy. Zhu Fangyuan is a ruthless character, he doesn't dare to talk nonsense.

But Zhu Fangyuan insisted that he say it. The eunuch didn't dare not say anything, so he could only say: "Of course what the king did was right. ”

"Huh." Zhu Fangyuan laughed dryly, didn't talk to him again, just said to himself: "If the emperor of the Ming Dynasty wants to recruit soldiers from Korea, he can't help but pay something. ”

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Early the next morning, Yun Xi dragged his head to get up.

"Well, Aunt Ji, don't wake me up so early, and you don't need to go to school." Min'er muttered.

Yun Xi looked at her and smiled softly. They slept late last night and everyone slept together. Children who are not allergic should think that they are in their own dormitory in their sleep.

Yun Xi folded the quilt for her, walked out of the dormitory with the lightest steps, ordered the palace maid to change his clothes, and went to the Qianqing Palace.

Zheng Yi and Chen Di, who had not changed for six years, were already waiting here, and when they saw Yun Xi, they immediately said, "Your Majesty, do you want to summon the envoy of Fanguo?" ”

"No, isn't it too early? Besides, I haven't eaten yet. Yun Xi smiled and said, "What's the hurry to summon a few envoys from Fanguo." ”

Chen Di listened to Yun Xi's voice with contempt, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, overseas countries admire the Ming Dynasty to come to pay tribute, and the Ming Dynasty is a kingdom, so we still have to treat each other with courtesy." Moreover, this year, the monarch of the DPRK has come to pay tribute, and the monarch of the DPRK is a prince according to the etiquette system, and His Majesty must not ignore it. ”

"I know." Of course, Yun Xi knew that the people who came to pay tribute this year were the Korean king Zhu Fangyuan, and he still issued his own decree to enter Beijing. This year's tribute, the most important is him. If it weren't for Zhu Fangyuan's tribute, Yun Xi would not have come over so early. The other envoys waited until their legs were numb, and they couldn't see Yun Xi.

'This time Zhu Fang was summoned to Beijing to meet the court, and the first thing was to let him send troops to participate in the battle in the northwest, which he could not shirk, but it was difficult to say other things that I wanted him to agree to. How do you persuade him to say yes? Yun Xi thought as he ate.

Yun Xi still attaches great importance to North Korea, of course, not because of kimchi, let alone the land of the Korean Peninsula, but because of the population under his command.

North Korea is very close to the Ming Dynasty culturally, and Annam is the two countries that most resemble the Ming Dynasty, and the difference between the people and the people of the Ming Dynasty is not much, even if the language is different, it is easy to educate.

So Yun Xi has always wanted to make North Korea really become the same as the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty, although Zhu Fangyuan in the classroom is deferential, but he is very slippery, and the method he agreed with Qin Song at the beginning did not have much effect, and this time he can only go out in person.

After a while, Yun Xi finished eating, the little eunuch came up to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and Yun Xi changed into the official clothes of the envoys who received Fanguo, came to the main hall where they received them in previous years, and instructed Chen Di: "Let Zhu Fang come to see you from afar." ”

"Spread Zhu Fang's distant visit!" The guards standing in the palace immediately shouted. Then the guards standing in the corridor passed the word in turn, until they reached the room where the envoy of Fanguo was resting.

Hearing the sound from outside, Zhu Fangyuan clasped his hands, closed his eyes and sat down again, stood up, and led his personal eunuch towards the door.

"Your Highness, your subordinates can't go to see the Holy One." Chen Di, who came over in a hurry, said.

"Although he is a eunuch, he is also the deputy envoy of the Ming Dynasty this time, how can he not see the saint?" Zhu Fangyuan said.

"There is no precedent for this dynasty to receive eunuch envoys." Chen Di said.

"Although there is no precedent in this dynasty, there are precedents for eunuchs as envoys in all dynasties, how can it be deduced that there is no precedent?" Zhu Fangyuan said again.

"This," Chen Di couldn't find a rebuttal for a while, and was taken by Zhu Fangyuan's momentum, so he didn't insist anymore and led the two of them to the main hall together.

After a while, the two of them walked into the main hall, Zhu Fangyuan only glanced at the imperial robe, and immediately knelt down and said: "Zhu Fangyuan, the monarch of the Korean State, has seen His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, long live long live!" "Words and deeds, five bodies to the ground.

His eunuch also said: "The slave Cui Yongjian has seen His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!" ”

After Zhu Fang finished his journey, Yun Xi got up from his chair and walked in front of him, saying, "King Zhu, hurry up, you don't have to make such a big gift when you see me." And he asked the guards to lift him up.

Of course, Zhu Fangyuan refused, but he was still helped up by the guards. After he got up, he said: "Your Majesty, I congratulate Your Majesty on your long life, I wish the Ming Dynasty an easy life, I wish the queen mother good luck, I wish His Royal Highness the crown prince a ......, and I wish ......." ”

"Your Majesty, my Korean country is small and poor, and it cannot be compared with the Ming Dynasty, but fortunately there are some special products. The minister paid tribute to ten ginseng of Changbai Mountain in the Ming Dynasty, ten pieces of nephrite jade in Chunchuan, and ten brushes made of weasel tail hair. Although the brush made of ten rat tail hairs is not as good as the brush of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming envoys who went to my North Korea in previous years were also full of praise for this brush, so the minister took the liberty to list this as a tribute. ”

"As long as you have a heart, it doesn't matter how much you pay tribute." Yun Xi saw that the tribute was completely new, so he didn't care much, but instead pointed to the eunuch behind Zhu Fangyuan and said, "This person is your subordinate?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, this person is the minister's chamberlain, because the minister has contracted the wind and cold for the past two days, so he was brought into the palace to serve, Chen Shangshu may follow the minister to serve the minister along the way." At this time, Chen Di was not in the house, it was Zheng Yi standing on the side, and Zhu Fangyuan said without changing his face. As he spoke, he coughed twice.

'Chen Di, what's going on?' How can I let him bring my subordinates to meet me? Even though he's sick right now. Yun Xi muttered a few words in his heart, but he didn't say anything on his face, and exchanged a few words with Zhu Fangyuan, gave him a seat, and returned to the throne to sit down. Zhu Fangyuan waited for Yun Xi to sit down and bowed again, half sitting on the chair.