A few days later, Yun Xi selected several guards to stay in Annan and assigned to Zanyi, and instructed Zanyi on how to deal with some government affairs, and the rest was to organize his wedding.

As early as the day when Yun Xi decided to hold Zhu Zanyi's wedding on February 20, he ordered Chen Qia and others to start publicizing his wedding in all the cities of Annam.

The gentry of Annan knew that Zhu Zanyi had been engaged to Chen Tianping's sister in the capital of the Ming Dynasty before sending troops to attack Annan, and they were worried that he would regret the marriage, but after seeing the words "Princess Jimo Chen" written on the notice, they put their hearts in their stomachs: since he still wanted to marry Chen Tianping's sister as his wife, it can be seen that the local gentry in Annan still have to be reused.

Of course, the hearts of those who still cherished the Chen Dynasty fell to the bottom. Since Zhu Zanyi wants to marry Chen Tianping's sister, she wants to be the king in Annan. These people became restless.

Regarding the movements of the Annam gentry, Yun Xi knew everything through the brocade guards laid before the war and the locals who followed the Ming Dynasty after the war. In response to this situation, he found Zhu Zanyi and Chen Qia and said to them: "Now it seems that you can't deal with the local gentry right away. ”

"They should be classified according to whether they miss the Chen Dynasty or not, those who are still nostalgic should be eradicated, those who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty should be praised, and those who are in between should be cautious, and the detailed uncle will not say much, you also understand."

"Wait for two years, eradicate the remnants of the Chen Dynasty, and then do something to the local gentry."

Seeing them nodding, Yun Xi also smiled and said, "But there is one more thing to pay attention to, you two can't both be vicious to the gentry, it's good to sing one in black and one in white." ”

Zhu Zanyi and Chen Qia glanced at each other, and Zhu Zanyi asked, "Uncle, what is a black face, what is a white face?" ”

Yun Xi was stunned for a moment, and then realized that at this time, there was no distinction between black face, red face, and white face in opera. He then explained: "That is, well, one who treats the gentry with evil spirits, and the other who gently comforts or helps to reduce the punishment after the former fierce god has dealt with them, so that the gentry will be grateful to those who hear the words and soothe, and will not take risks." Or rather,......"

Yun Xi roughly explained according to his understanding of this matter, Zhu Zanyi understood the words, and said with a smile: "Uncle, my nephew knows." Looking at Chen Qia's expression, he should also understand.

Yun Xi exhaled and said, "Chen Qia, you are the local king, you will play the black face, Zanyi, you will play the white face." ”

"Chen Qia, you can't always be the prime minister of Annan, in a few years, I will definitely promote you to the court for reuse, you are too good to them here in Annan and useless."

"The minister knows." Chen Qia immediately bowed down and agreed. He didn't need Yun Xi to explain, he understood.

"If only you understood." Yun Xi said: "I am still quite optimistic about your talents, but I don't have much experience in politics. He has been the prime minister of the king for a few years, and after he returns, he can be the political envoy of the place and the chief official of the yamen in the capital. ”

"Uncle, look at what you said, my place has become a place for officials of the imperial court to practice." Zhu Zanyi smiled: "This can't be done. Uncle, I also need to have a capable minister here. ”

"I know, I'll pick a lot of ministers who need it." Yun Xi also smiled.

After listening to these words of the two of them, although he knew that it was comforting, Chen Qia's mood was still much better.

Yun Xi said a few more words to them, and said to Chen Qia: "Chen Qia, you step down, I have a few words related to the wedding to order Zanyi." ”

Chen Qia did not doubt him, bowed and retreated; But as soon as he retreated, before Zhu Zanyi could speak, he heard Yunxi say: "You immediately transfer all the civil and military officials loyal to the Hu Dynasty, distribute them to various places, and then secretly kill them." ”

"Because these people were very trusted by us at the beginning, most of them were in very important positions, and if there were descendants of the Chen Dynasty who rebelled, it would be very harmful for them to respond. It's better to get rid of it first. ”

"As for being distributed to various places, it is because I am afraid that many people will suddenly pass away and cause panic, and it is much better if they are not well informed after being assigned to various places."

"Uncle, I'm afraid this is not good." Zhu Zanyi said: "First, if many people are transferred now, I am afraid that it will not be easy to accept the place; On both sides, even if they were to be divided into different places, the news of many deaths would still cause panic among the locals. So that people who have no intention of defecting to the rebels will defect to the rebels. ”

The nephew felt that it was better to find a few people who were loyal to the Chen Dynasty and execute them openly, and the rest of them would not move and slowly move to a position that was not very important. It must be safe. He cautiously offered his opinion.

"You're right, I'm in a hurry. Just do what you say. Yun Xi thought for a moment and said.

Hearing that his suggestion was agreed by Yun Xi, His Majesty's expression was relatively calm, Zhu Zanyi thought about it, and said boldly: "Uncle, my nephew has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not. ”

"Since you have already asked this sentence, what else should you say about it? Are you going to give advice to your uncle? Say, my uncle will never blame. Yun Xi said.

"Uncle and nephew feel that since the army has come to conquer Annan, my uncle is too eager."

"This kind of war to destroy the country, even if Annan is small, it is very normal to fight for a year or two, but although my uncle has never forced himself to enter the army, his nephew can also see the eagerness in the correspondence."

"Uncle, as the saying goes, if you want to hurry, you can't reach it, when you should be in a hurry, when you should be slow, you should be slow, I'm afraid it's not good to be in a hurry."

"In the past, my uncle was not so eager to deal with the government in the capital, why was this expedition to Annam so eager?" Zhu Zanyi finally raised her own doubts. And this is not his own doubt, but the common doubt of countless civil and military officials in Annan.

Yun Xi sighed and said, "Uncle won't hide it from you. The reason why it is urgent is that, firstly, the location of Annan is very important, and it is an important place to shade Yunnan in Guangxi, and it cannot be missed; The two of them mainly want to get everything done here and hurry back to prepare for the battle against Samarkand. ”

"You also know about the Samarkand spy case that was interrogated in Guangzhou City, and you should have guessed that I already knew the result before the public trial, but you may not have guessed that I already knew all this when the public trial of the case was cast."

"There is some evidence that has not been released, and these hidden evidence can show that Timur will send troops to attack the Ming Dynasty next year."

"I am not a presumptuous emperor. After the Mongols destroyed the Song Dynasty, it was not easy for our Ming emperor to be arrogant. When I inquired about the people who traveled to and from the northwest and the envoys of Fanguo, I learned that this Samarkand was very powerful and difficult to deal with. The northwest is also depopulated, the products are not abundant, and the war is not easy to fight. ”

"So I want to hurry back and prepare for this battle."

"But uncle, even if Samarkand is very strong, if they fight it, not the Ming army, it doesn't have to be like this." Zhu Zanyi asked.

"I want not only to defend the present place, but also to take the land of Samarkand." Yun Xi said.

That's what he's really for. After Timur's death, in the face of the Ming army, the army of Samarkand may collapse, and he wants the army to take advantage of the situation to cover up and chase to Samarkand City, destroy the foundation of this country that is now the strongest Celestial Religion in one fell swoop, and even occupy the Transoxiana region.

Otherwise, it would not be too difficult to block the army of Samarkand, and there would be no need to make so many preparations. Because in a year or two, Timur should die, and as soon as he dies, the army of Samarkand will be no threat; Even if he doesn't die, Yun Xi believes that the generals of the Ming Dynasty will at least be able to stop him.

Zhu Zanyi actually didn't know where Samarkand was, let alone how far away it was from Jiayuguan, and he didn't say anything more when he heard Yunxi say this, but said: "If my uncle is in a hurry to prepare, in fact, you don't have to come to Annan, and you can return to the capital after the battle." ”

"Isn't it because you were in charge of a country at the beginning, and Zhang Wen was sick again, so I don't feel at ease." Yun Xi smiled and said: "But after coming to Annan, I saw that you handled things well, and my uncle was relieved, and he didn't have to spend more effort in Annan." ”

"But your uncle still has to attend the wedding. After your wedding, my uncle will leave for the capital. ”

"I have an uncle who has attended the wedding since I attended the wedding, and two sisters-in-law who have personally handled it, and I am also the first one since my uncle succeeded to the throne, so I am really flattered." Zhu Zanyi said with a smile.

"Not yet." Yun Xi also smiled: "There are so many of your uncles and uncles attending the wedding this year. Since the emperor's grandfather canonized the second uncle and the third uncle and others to the local king, it is not easy for the uncle to get married all the people back then, and so many people celebrate your wedding this year. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhu Zanyi made exaggerated movements and joked.

"Then you have to do your best to serve the Ming Dynasty in order to be worthy of this grace." Yun Xi half-jokingly.