Before noon, Zhu Gaoxu had been staying in the Rouyi Hall and had not gone out for half a step. During this period, he did not see Queen Chen of Annam.

Zhu Gaoxu spent the whole morning reading the recent concerts, but he did not approve most of them, but handed them over to the cabinet for processing; Rao was like this, and it took half a day.

There is also another book of foreign envoys, which Zhu Gaoxu attaches great importance to. The funeral document sent by the Japanese envoy was signed "Minamoto Yoshinori", and the content was to report the news of the death of his father Minamoto Yoshimitsu.

Minamoto Yoshimitsu (Ashikaga Yoshimitsu) once accepted the canonization of Emperor Jianwen of the Ming Dynasty as the "King of Japan", and carried out exploration and trade with the Ming Dynasty through tribute.

(The so-called exploration trade is understood by Zhu Gaoxu as an official trade with political overtones.) On that day, the country sent envoys and merchants to Beijing to pay tribute, and the imperial court gave the merchants the goods they needed, and issued licenses and visas; The import of goods by a merchant with a visa is recognized as legal by the Japanese government. However, the cycle is very long, and the period of exploration and trade between Japan and the Ming Dynasty is stipulated to be ten years. ）

Because there are few contacts between the two countries, the records of the imperial court documents to Japan and their own country are far less detailed than those of Korea.

But fortunately, Zhu Gaoxu was very diligent after he ascended the throne. Although he did not succeed to the throne as crown prince, he found a lot of previous documents to review, and was particularly interested in foreign records. Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu also has some general understanding of his country......

It is said that the relationship between the country and the Ming Dynasty was relatively poor during the Hongwu period. At that time, it was said that Ben was in the stage of civil war between the North and the South, and the Southern Dynasty had a great advantage in the early stage; Therefore, the Ming court acquiesced to the leader of the Southern Dynasty, "Prince Huailiang", as the de facto ruler of the country.

Taizu took the initiative to correspond with Huailiang, hoping that his government would ban pirates and pirates. However, Huailiang killed the envoys of the Ming Dynasty and did not care about the affairs of the Japanese Emperor. In addition, the court of the Ming Dynasty unilaterally believed that the envoys of the country were involved in Hu Weiyong's rebellion. Taizu was so angry that he once threatened to conquer his country.

But in the end, the Ming Dynasty may consider that the sea route was too far, and the Yuan army's defeat was a lesson from the failure of the country, and the two countries did not go to war. But the relationship was broken.

At the end of the Hongwu period, the leader of the Northern Dynasty in his country, Yuan Yoshiman, attacked and destroyed the Southern Dynasty and began to gradually unify the country. There was a lag in the information of the Ming court, and they still thought that "Huailiang" of the Southern Dynasty was the ruler, so they thought that the person who called himself "Yuan Yimitsu, the general of the Ming Dynasty", was not of enough rank and was not qualified to communicate with the Ming Dynasty, so he rejected Yuan Yiman's request for tribute.

During the Jianwen period, the Ming Dynasty court finally figured out the situation. The ministers of the Jianwen court understood what kind of general was the one in power in their country! So the emperor canonized Minamoto Yoshimitsu (Ashikaga Yoshimitsu) as the king of this country, and once again asked his country to fight pirates and ban the Japanese pirates.

But then the "Battle of Jingjing" occurred in the Ming Dynasty, and the documents for exchanges between the two countries could not be found. During this period of time, Zhu Gaoxu did not know much about the diplomatic relations.

At the beginning of Yongle, the two countries re-established relations tomorrow, and Yuan Yoshimitsu's attitude towards the Yongle Emperor was more deferent than that of Huailiang, and according to the request of the Ming court, he sent troops to crusade against the Japanese invaders. The two countries began to explore trade.

Subsequently, the Ming Dynasty broke out again in the civil war, that is, Zhu Gaoxu's "battle of crime"; Relations between the two countries were once again severed. When Zhu Gaoxu ascended the throne, Yuan Yiman, who admired and tended to be Ming, died.

Zhu Gaoxu's first contact with his country was this funeral letter.

He asked Hou Xian: "This Yuan Yoshichi claims to be the son of the world, should he be the new shogun of the Japanese country?" ”

Hou Xian was obviously not very clear about the situation in his country, and the eunuchs seemed to be mainly concerned with the West. Hou Xian bowed and said: "The emperor forgives the sin, the slave and maid don't know very well." ”

Zhu Gaoxu didn't blame, and personally approved with a red pen: Hu Hu received the envoys of his own country, and arranged a banquet within seven days.

The so-called dismount banquet is a welcome banquet that catches the wind and washes the dust; When the foreigners leave, there will be a banquet, that is, a farewell banquet. The teachings of the philosopher Confucius, "If you have friends from afar, you can't say it", the world is familiar with it, so whether it is an enemy or an ally, as long as you send an envoy, the Ming court will entertain you.

The Ming Dynasty also paid attention to hierarchical etiquette, unless a foreign king came to Beijing in person, the emperor would not come forward to entertain, and could only let the ministers come forward. When Zhu Gaoxu met with the envoys of Annan before, it was on an informal occasion; Formal receptions and banquets are the work of the ministers.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "The celebrant has nominated an internal official to report to him, and when the envoy of his country returns to China, I will have a delegation to go to his country to learn more about the local situation." ”

Hou Xian hurriedly bowed and said, "The slave obeys the order." ”

Zhu Gaoxu had lunch in the Rouyi Hall and rested for a while. In the afternoon, I mainly review the government affairs of the previous months.

As for the evening, just as many people in the palace have already understood the habit, Zhu Gaoxu went to the palace of the concubine Miaojin in order. Guifei Palace, located in the west of the Kunning Palace area of Qianqing Palace, is also called West Palace.

Miao Jin came to greet her, and when Zhu Gaoxu helped her up, his eyes couldn't help but begin to look at the wonderful silhouette of her skirt. Even if Miaojin was dressed neatly, the wide robe still couldn't hide the beautiful curves.

There were also many palace maids around, and Zhu Gaoxu's unscrupulous gaze made Miaojin's face blush. At a certain moment, she changed her eyebrows and lowered her eyebrows as required by etiquette, raised her head and glared at Zhu Gaoxu. Her charming almond eyes, slightly arrogant slender eyes, and blushing shyness, such a look did not make Zhu Gaoxu restrained, but made him feel unique.

Zhu Gaoxu knew in his heart that Miaojin still had a knot in her heart. Although when Zhu Gaoxu ascended the throne, he used various newspapers and official documents to determine Miaojin's identity as the righteous daughter of Empress Renxiao Xu; But after all, many people who knew her before were there, and in the palace, the rhetoric of the righteous daughter of Queen Renxiao was just a cover-up and a thief. She is a person with a relatively high heart, and I am afraid that she can't let go of it easily.

From dinner to nightfall, the two of them have been served by many palace maids, and Miaojin abides by etiquette. Zhu Gaoxu didn't force it, and his words and deeds remained decent, but he was obviously very familiar with the two people, so it was a bit strange to get along like this.

The lights in the palace room were already on, and the sky outside the door was already dark. Miaojin's beautiful face, her wandering gaze, and the shape of her skirt when she sat down, all made Zhu Gaoxu a little impetuous, and she just wanted to hurry to the dormitory to indulge herself.

But Miaojin didn't mean to go to bed, and the palace maids around her were still standing on the side. Zhu Gaoxu had no choice but to continue to talk to her.

At this time, Miaojin got up and curtsied his knees and said, "The Holy Lord is waiting for a while." ”

She went to another room, as if to get something. Zhu Gaoxu looked at her back sideways, and his eyes didn't blink. Miaojin walked with her waist as if she was twisting, but she didn't mean it, it was the shape of her hips and waist, which made her have to do this when she walked. When Zhu Gaoxu came back to his senses, he saw that the palace maid standing beside him also turned red.

After a while, Miaojin walked out and took out a booklet that was two fingers thick. Her expression became very fast, and she suddenly became a little humble, "The concubine has finished writing this book, and she has not carefully added, deleted, and polished, and the name has not been carefully polished......

Zhu Gaoxu took it and took a look, and the cover read: The Life of King Han.

"Why isn't it called a living note?" Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile.

Miao Jin said: "The living note is the responsibility of the officials of the Hanlin Academy, and it is written about major events, and it has been abolished during the Yongle period. The concubine's body remembered mostly trivial things, and the words used were not very meticulous; I think this is more appropriate, so that the reader can know that this book is not an official document, and can only be regarded as an anecdote, not a serious one. ”

"Makes sense." Zhu Gaoxu nodded. The book is thick and has a lot of content. He casually flipped through the front and roughly looked at it first.

Sure enough, Miaojin was right, the language in the book is not classical Chinese, but vernacular. It reads a bit like the feeling of "Water Margin".

"I can't finish watching it overnight, I will return it to the concubine after I finish reading it." Zhu Gaoxu patted the book and said.

Miaojin nodded and said, "Yes." Her expression suddenly became a little nervous.

It is indeed risky to depict living superiors. Like Sima Qian, who wrote "Historical Records", because he wrote Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and did not fully praise his merits, the emperor was furious, and the emperor directly sentenced him to palace punishment, and he also wanted to destroy Sima Qian's book. And those who revise history can usually only revise the history books of the previous dynasties, the same way.

Miaojin's father has been an imperial history, she should understand the importance of this, no wonder she seems a little uneasy. However, Miaojin is still very bold, and he has the backbone of a civil official.

Zhu Gaoxu then spoke: "Even if it is an emperor, it is impossible to be perfect, I should be able to accept it." Don't worry about the concubine, as long as it doesn't have ulterior motives. Of course, the concubine can't be like that, and most of them are inclined to praise. ”

Miaojin bowed and said: "The saint is benevolent, and the concubine dares to do this." ”

Zhu Gaoxu opened his mouth, yawned, and said, "I'm tired." ”

So Miao Jin ordered the palace maids to fetch water and serve Zhu Gaoxu to bathe and change clothes.

When Zhu Gaoxu entered her dormitory, she withdrew all the slaves and maids, and closed the doors and windows to cover them. There were no mosquitoes in the spring, but there were still two layers of draperies hanging from the big bed. Zhu Gaoxu seemed a little impatient, although he was already familiar with everything about her, but he hadn't seen her for a long time, and he had a different excitement.

Miaojin's face turned even redder, but there were only the two of them left, she was much closer to her, and said in a low voice: "I have something, can Gao Xu be pinned behind me, you look at my face." Zhu Gaoxu said casually: "Miaojin likes me looking at you?" Miaojin's voice became quieter and quieter, and she whispered: "I felt ashamed at first, but then I will be more excited." Zhu Gaoxu said: "Then don't refuse some of my requests, I won't go too far." Miaojin bit her lip and said softly, "Don't you think so?" Zhu Gaoxu said: "If you can't get as close as possible to you, you won't be happy." If I don't want to be close to you, how can I be so obsessed? ”

She bowed her head and remained silent. Everything in the palace has become a trance, and tonight must be a selfless spring festival.