Not long after Zhang Fu retreated, Yun Xi, who was about to go to approve the recital, heard Wang Xi say: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Jingjiang entered the palace to meet Your Majesty. ”

Yun Xi, who had just stood up, sat down again and ordered Wang Xi to pass Zhu Zanyi over. After a while, Zhu Zanyi walked in to salute, and Yun Xi also agreed according to the rules.

However, Yun Xi didn't tell him about the matter right away, but asked first: "Zanyi, did you let Chen Tianping tell Chen about his killing?" Yun Xi called Chen Tianping into the palace the day after he was sure that he was dead, and told him that Chen Tianping had passed away and had been assassinated to death.

Of course, Zhu Zanyi will not feel sad. Chen Tianping is not his relative, although they have become in-laws, they are not very familiar with each other. And he didn't need to pretend to be particularly sad in front of Yunxi, so he accepted the news calmly.

But after that, he hesitated for a long time on the question of whether to tell Chen Liping about this matter. He had already died of a betrothed princess-to-be before, if Chen Liping died again, he would have a reputation as a wife, and he would definitely not be able to marry a wife with a high rank in the future, and in the end, the concubine's family might not be as good as his side concubine. That's not a good thing for him.

So Zhu Zanyi didn't make a decision at that time, but said to go back and think about it. Yun Xi also asked after seeing him again.

"Uncle Huang, my nephew has already asked someone to tell her. However, the nephew did not rush to let people tell her about this, but had already asked the people in her house to do some foreshadowing, and specially invited the twenty-second grandmother (Princess An) to tell her about it. ”

"Contrary to my nephew's expectations, according to Grandma Twenty-two, Chen actually behaved very strongly, although she cried a lot, but quickly eased up, and in turn persuaded Grandma Twenty-two not to worry about her." Zhu Zanyi said.

"Oh?" Yun Hee was a little surprised. But when he thought about it again, he felt that it actually made sense. A woman who can follow Chen Tianping around the deep mountains and old forests for two years, and later ran to the territory of Daming, is indeed not a particularly vulnerable person.

"But no matter what, there are still more people to take care of her these days, and my uncle will also ask the doctor from the Tai Hospital to check her pulse every day in case there is something wrong with her body." Yun Xi said.

"Yes, Uncle Huang." Zhu Zanyi said.

"We're talking about family matters, and we can use the word 'yes', 'I know' or any other word, but don't use the word 'yes'." The word 'yes' is used when talking about political affairs. Yun Xi said again.

"Got it, uncle." Zhu Zanyi quickly learned.

The two chatted a few more words, Yun Xi sat up straight, picked up the teacup and drank the tea slowly. Zhu Zanyi also knew Yun Xi's habits, and immediately sat up.

"Zanyi, do you know what your uncle called you into the palace today?" After Yun Xi finished drinking this cup of tea, he said to Zhu Zanyi.

"Uncle, it should be, let's discuss the future of Annan with my nephew." Zhu Zanyi said.

"You guessed it." Yun Xi said in a calm tone.

"Hmm. After Chen Tianping was assassinated, his nephew guessed. ”

"The Chen family only has Chen Tianping, the only seedling, and if he dies, there will be no heir to the Chen Dynasty in Annam. In this way, after pacifying Annan in the future, the uncle can use this as an excuse to let the nephew who married the county lord of the Chen Dynasty inherit the throne of Annan. ”

"This is not only guessed by my nephew, but also by many people in the DPRK. In retrospect, my uncle deliberately asked Chen Tianping to go to Guangxi with a high-sounding truth, that is, because Guangxi was on the border of Annan, the Annan people must have local spies who could assassinate him. Zhu Zanyi said.

Before Chen Tianping's death, everyone basically didn't think of Yun Xi's intentions; But after Chen Tianping's death, many people recalled what happened before and guessed Yun Xi's intentions. Everyone just didn't suspect that Yun Xi had let the local yamen cooperate with the assassins in Annan.

"Then do you think you will be the king of Annam in the future, is it good or bad?" Yun Xi asked.

"Uncle and nephew are actually reluctant to go to Annan to be the king. Although the country called itself Little China, it did not consider itself to be the people of China, and the people had been civilized for a long time, so it was difficult to govern. Zhu Zanyi said.

"It is precisely because the local area is not well governed that I let you go there to be the king. If the local government is good, and the people are the same as the people of the Central Plains, I ordered the establishment of the Annan Political Envoy. Yun Xi said.

"But even if you send your nephew to be the king, you may not be able to stabilize Annan." Zhu Zanyi said.

"No, as long as you are sent to be the king, you will definitely be able to stabilize Annan." Yun Xi said in a very confident tone.

"This, uncle, nephew himself does not have such great confidence." Zhu Zanyi said.

"Then uncle tell you this, what do you think is the reason why even when Annan is under the jurisdiction of the Central Plains, it is still difficult to govern?" Yun Xi asked seductively.

"According to my nephew's thoughts, it's probably because it's remote and the people are not inferior." Zhu Zanyi said.

"It's right that it's remote, but it's not so accurate if the people are unruly. You see that those barbarians in Yunnan are even more unruly, why can they still maintain their rule? Yun Xi said.

"Then uncle thinks, why has Annan been difficult to govern?" Zhu Zanyi asked.

"Didn't you already say the answer just now, far, too far away from the Central Plains. However, what my uncle said was far away was not just what seemed to be there, but the many problems that it caused. ”

"Taking the Tang Dynasty as an example, the capital was in Chang'an, and the emperor was often in Chang'an or Luoyang, and it took almost a month for a matter to be transmitted from Annan to Luoyang, Chang'an, and then another month to pass it back, and it was two months to go back and forth."

"Two months is enough to change a lot of things. Originally, there were only signs of rebellion among the people, but after two months, the situation might have reached the point where it was on the verge of erupting, and the strategy set according to the situation two months ago was not only useless, but could even be harmful. ”

"But how dare the local officials not carry out the emperor's will? Resisting the will is disrespectful, but it is a sin to lose the head. So His Majesty's will was passed on, and the fire was added to the fire, and the people rebelled. ”

"It is not necessary to wait for the emperor's will to suppress the rebellion, but what about when the rebellion is quelled? It's the same thing happening in a cycle again. Therefore, the land of Annam has been descending and rebelling, and it is difficult to govern. Yun Xi said.

"And it is different when the feudal king is stationed, the feudal king stationed in the local area can respond to the people's situation in a timely manner, and the inappropriate system can also be changed immediately, so that Annan may not be difficult to govern."

Yun Xi is based on the situation that the Ming Kingdom gained and lost to Annan during the same period in history. Isn't this the case after Zhu Di set up the Jiaozhi Political Envoy in history? In Annan, the system of the Central Plains was blindly copied, and the local people and scholars were not adapted to it; Besides, there are not many good people who are willing to go to Annan as officials. Therefore, just like the resurgence of the power of the six eastern countries at the end of the Qin Dynasty, there were constantly rebellions in Annam, not only did the taxes collected from the local area fill in, but the imperial court also had to take a lot of them. By the time of the Xuande period, the imperial court finally couldn't stand it anymore and gave up Jiaozhi to let it regain its independence.

Therefore, Yunxi did not pursue unification from the beginning, and appointed a king there, so that this king slowly changed the people of Annam to the same as the Central Plains, and then the emperor at that time decided whether to set up a political envoy in Jiaozhi.

Yun Xi has said this set of theories since he came to prominence, but he has not analyzed it in this way, so Zhu Zanyi felt that what he said made sense after thinking about it.

And even if he is still unwilling to accept the monarch of Annam, it is impossible to go to a place where there are more barbarians to be the monarch. Because only he is engaged to the county lord of the Chen Dynasty, and he will get married next year, he can only be the monarch of this country.

So Zhu Zanyi pretended to be persuaded by Yunxi and said: "Since my uncle said so, my nephew will go and be the king of Annan and try to see if he can govern Annan well." However, the nephew said it in advance, if it still doesn't work, the nephew fled back from Annan in embarrassment, and the uncle can't deny the nephew. ”

"Don't worry, even if you work hard to promote the Chinese language, you will definitely be able to govern the local area well. If you really can't stabilize Annan, then you will have to be a prince after you return home. Yun Xi said with a sigh of relief. If Zhu Zanyi is resolutely unwilling to go to Annan to be the monarch, he will be very embarrassed.

Yun Xi, who was relieved, immediately felt thirsty: he said a lot of things just now, and he didn't drink a sip of tea in the middle. He hurriedly raised the teacup, blew lightly, and took a sip.

Zhu Zanyi also raised the teacup and took a sip. Then, as if he had thought of something, he said, "Uncle, the army will be mobilized, and it will be mobilized in about October." With Annan's national strength, the Li clan is unpopular in the country, and Annan can almost be pacified by the month of Layue. ”

"But according to etiquette, the nephew had not yet married the Chen family by that time, would this make the people of Annam even more reluctant to accept the nephew as the king? So, did the nephew and the Chen family hold a wedding in advance? ”

"No, everything is according to etiquette. Your marriage to Chan is very important, and it is more problematic that etiquette went wrong than when it was not accepted by the people of Annam. There are also a lot of scholars in Annan, and if the etiquette of your marriage to Chen is negligent, it will be even more difficult for the scholars to accept. What ordinary people know, it's not just what the local scholars say. Therefore, as long as the scholars accept it, the people will definitely accept it in the future. Yun Xi said. Isn't this the case during the Manchu Dynasty in history, as the Manchu rule became longer and longer, the people were used to the braids on the back of their heads, and they didn't even know that it was a different race sitting on the throne.

The two of them talked for a while, had lunch together, and Zhu Zanyi retired from the palace. Before he came to open the palace, Yun Xi finally said to him: "Although some courtiers have guessed that my uncle intends to make you the king of Annam, they have not made it clear after all. Don't talk about it yet. ”

"Yes, uncle."...