After instructing the matter of the transfer of officials, Yun Xi remembered what he wanted to do last year but has not done until now, and it happened that Zori and Western Zoli sent people to pay tribute, and they could also be used as guides. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yun Xi instructed Wang Xidao: "There is a Guangxi man, named Zhang Tan, who was recommended by Cangwu County after the virtuous order, and he should have entered Beijing last year, and now you go and call him to meet me." ”

Wang Xi was immediately stunned. 'Zhang Tan, who is this?' Why haven't I heard of it? Wang Xi was puzzled.

But since His Majesty has already ordered it, he can't help but look for it.

Wang Xi walked outside the Qianqing Gate to find Li Bo and the others, the commander of the guards, and asked, "Do you know who this carbon is?" ”

"Zhang Tan?" Li Bo and the others were also puzzled. After Wang Xi said that he was recommended by the merit order last year, he said to him: "Wang Gonggong, did you send someone to the ministry to ask?" Since it is a talent recommended by the meritocracy order, the officials should have a record. ”

Wang Xi immediately sent Chang Ruijiang and others to the Ministry of Officials to inquire. The Ministry of Officials did have a record of his entry into Beijing, and he was also given public rental housing at that time, and Chang Ruijiang and others rushed to the public rental housing non-stop. But when they got there, they found that Zhang Tan was not there, Chang Ruijiang and others waited anxiously while sending someone back to tell Wang Xi, and finally waited for Zhang Tan to come back after dark.

Chang Ruijiang and the others didn't know if Yun Xi would meet him at night, and they didn't dare to make their own decisions, so they took Zhang Tan to Qianqingmen, and begged the eunuch guarding the door to invite Wang Xi over.

After a while, Wang Xi walked over and said to Zhang Tan, who was obviously a little excited and a little afraid: "Your Majesty is meeting with others now, I don't dare to pass it on, you can wait here for a while." ”

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At this time, in the Qianqing Palace, Yun Xi was indeed meeting other people, and these two others were Cao Che and Yun Ying.

Yun Xi had said before the New Year that he would give Cao Che a heavy task after the New Year, and calling them over tonight was to hand over this important task to them.

Yun Xi greeted them for a while, took out a map of the southeast coast, pointed to the island off the coast of Oujian, and said, "You know this island, right? ”

Cao Che looked at it and said with a smile: "The minister knows about this island. When the minister was still studying in the lecture hall, he had heard it in the outer class, and at that time, His Majesty was still in charge of the lecture hall. He quietly had a relationship with Yun Xi.

"The island is called Xiaoliuqiu, and the island is full of uncivilized natives. The area of the island is not small, much larger than that of Qiongzhou. ......" Cao Che said a lot in one breath.

Yun Xi smiled: "It seems that you listened carefully to the foreign class back then, and you didn't sleep through it." ”

"Yes, there are only a few natives in this place now, and there are a very small number of Han people at the southern end, all of whom are descendants of those who fled during the Song and Yuan wars."

"Although this place is desolate, it is too close to the Ming Dynasty and is an ownerless land, and I plan to bring this place under the rule of the Ming Dynasty."

Yun Ying smiled: "Third brother, is it to add an uncle or brother again, and then let the grandson be the left minister?" She said something similar to Xu Jingchang's at the beginning.

"No," Yunxi said, "I intend to adopt a new method. ”

"I have decided to rename this island Taiwan as part of the province of Yingjian, but to set up Taiwan Town, set up the Taiwan General Army, add the rank of general, and be in charge of the local military and political power."

If these are still within the scope of Cao Che's imagination, the next sentence surprises them: "I have decided that you, Cao Che, will serve as the commander-in-chief of Taiwan, and follow the example of the Mu family stationed in Yunnan." ”

Emulate the Mu family? Yun Ying and Cao Che looked at each other, which means that their Cao family will guard Taiwan for generations?

Since Taiwan is now completely uncivilized, it may not be a good thing at the beginning, and it will even take two or three generations of efforts to make some parts of Taiwan appear richer. to start enjoying.

But when that time comes, will His Majesty at that time regret and revoke their generational guard?

But after thinking about it, how rich can a small place like Taiwan be? Moreover, they are only guarded for generations, not vassal states; Besides, it has been guarded for a long time for generations, and for this kind of local country with more people, it will not be revoked for the sake of stability, isn't this the case with the Mu family in Yunnan?

So Cao Che said: "Since Your Majesty has made a will, how dare the minister disobey? ”

Yun Xi had expected him to agree. The Cao family has two veins, Cao Xing is the eldest son and will inherit the position of marquis in the future; He Cao Che is only the second son, although the princess Shang has also received the Tiancheng earl title transferred by the eldest brother, but this title cannot be hereditary, even if the princess is still hereditary, she will only be a hereditary commander in the future. So if you want a future, you have to work your own.

And guarding Taiwan is much better than going to the border to fight, maybe the merit is not fast, but the victory is stability, and it is very suitable for the non-heirs of the noble family who want to work hard but have a degraded spirit of hardship and hard work.

Now that he has agreed, Yun Xi didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "I will give you a guard, and transfer a guard from Fu Jian." As for the people, I can allow you to recruit people from Huajian to open up the wasteland, but you need to get my permission in advance. ”

"The food and salary of the health center are in charge of the construction of the capital department, and I will let the Ministry of Industry be responsible for selecting a site to build a city at the southern tip of the island, and build a town in Taiwan, probably according to the border city in the north. As for the rest, it is up to you to slowly educate the people. ”

Taiwan is not important now, and Yun Xi doesn't pay much attention to it, but he just thinks that if such a big island is placed near Daming, it will become a gathering place for pirates sooner or later, so it is better to send people to guard it early.

After that, Yunxi talked to them about some things and had dinner together.

After dinner, Yun Ying said, "Third brother, I want to go back to see my mother." ”

Of course, Yun Xi would not disagree, and said: "Then you will stay in the palace tonight and return to the mansion tomorrow." ”

"Cao Che, you can go to see Concubine Li, but you can't stay in the harem, I asked the eunuch to take you to find a room in the imperial city to rest for a night."

Yunying and Cao Che bowed and saluted.

When Yunxi arranged a place for Cao Che to rest at night, when he saw the leak, he suddenly realized that it was already the hour.

Yun Xi plans to go to the harem. It's been a long time since he's been working overtime tonight, and he's tired and wants to rest right away. But the idea of dooming Yunxi will not be realized tonight.

Wang Xi walked up to Yun Xi after Cao Che was sent out of the Qianqing Palace and said to him: "Your Majesty, the person named Zhang Tan who Your Majesty asked the servants to summon this morning has arrived at the Qianqing Gate, does Your Majesty summon him now?" ”

Yun Xi was about to get up and go to Kunning Palace, when he suddenly heard Wang Xi's words, and he didn't react for a while, and then said, "When did that Zhang Tan come back to the public rental house?" ”

"It's in the evening, Your Majesty."

"What did he do all day?"

"The minions don't know."

Yun Xi thought about it, and decided to meet him now based on the principle of today's matter and today's completion. Of course, if Zhang Tan is not in the public rental housing today and cannot give him a satisfactory answer, Yun Xi's dissatisfaction will explode twice.

When Wang Xi went out to call Zhang Tan over, he had been waiting at Qianqingmen for more than an hour. It was winter, and although he was wearing cotton clothes, the house that did not shelter him from the cold wind was still shivering from the cold.

Wang Xi understood what was going on at a glance. These guards felt that Zhang Tan was not at home all day today, which delayed their time! Anyway, even if Yun Xi appointed Zhang Tan as a senior official, he couldn't control these guards.

Wang Xi immediately said, "A few of you, hurry up and let him go in to roast the fire." Your Majesty wants to see him, so you will let him go to your Majesty like this? ”

Several guards were taken aback, they all thought that Yun Xi would not summon him tonight, so they dared to freeze him like this, who would have thought that His Majesty would summon him at this time.

Several people hurriedly brought Zhang Tan into the room on duty and asked him to roast the fire.

Zhang Tan didn't seem to have any resentment, maybe he didn't dare to come out, he honestly roasted the fire for a while, and then followed Wang Xi to the Qianqing Palace.

In the Qianqing Palace, Yun Xi waited for him to finish his salute and asked, "Zhang Tan, what are you doing today?" ”

Yun Xi's voice is very calm, but anyone who is familiar with Yun Xi knows that Yun Xi is not in a good mood when he talks like this.

Zhang Tan said with some fear: "Your Majesty, the minister went out of the palace today to ask the officials to let the grass people return to their hometowns." ”

'Ahh Yun Xi never thought that he would get such an answer, and subconsciously said: "But someone went to the Ministry of Officials today to inquire, but they didn't see you or heard that you had come." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister got up at the end of the day, practiced martial arts in the morning, and had lunch in the public rental house, and then went to the ministry. In the afternoon, the grass people have been asking them to return to their hometowns, but they have not allowed them to return to their hometowns. The minister had no choice but to return to the public rental house in the evening. ”

No wonder, according to the guards, they went to the official headquarters before noon, and then had lunch before going to the public rental house, so the two sides were just staggered. It's just that they meet on the street, and they don't know each other, and they will pass by by mistake.

Yun Xi was a little ridiculous, and said softly: "I see. Then he raised his voice and said, "Get up." ”

Yun Xi sat him down again and asked about the situation in Guangxi. It's just that Zhang Tan's speech is stumbling, and the dialect is heavy, and Yun Xi has a hard time to understand what he says, so he doesn't gain much.

After that, Yun Xi said to him, "Do you know why I asked you to enter Beijing? ”

After some questions and answers just now, Zhang Tan finally became less nervous, but when he heard Yun Xi's words, he began to get nervous again, and said stumblingly: "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know. ”

He was recruited to the capital by the order last year, and the other people who came to the capital because of the order were soon made officials, but only him, His Majesty never summoned him, nor let him return to his hometown, nor did he sit in the capital, let him stay in the capital for almost five months, and he was about to drive him crazy.

Fortunately, now Yunxi is about to uncover the mystery. He said: "I have summoned you to the capital to let you explore the West by sea. ”

Explore? Zhang Tan was stunned for a moment and said, "Your Majesty wants to make the minister an envoy?" ”

"No, not an envoy. It's exploration. Yun Xi said.