After Yun Xi said a few more words about the Silk Road, he said, "There is one more thing that you need to do in Sanqin. ”

"Timur's Samarkand (as the Ming called the Timurid Empire) was very ambitious, and both Warat and Yili Baali said that Samarkand intended to invade the Ming Dynasty eastward, and the investigation of the King of Qin in the northwest also confirmed their claims."

"The Hexi Corridor is now too barren to collect food and other goods from the local area when the war is about to begin; Although the Western Regions were originally very rich, the Mongols slaughtered when they destroyed the Western Regions, and the Mongols themselves lived by grazing cattle instead of farming, and it was difficult to collect enough food and grass from Yili Baali to collect enough food and grass for hundreds of thousands of troops, so it was necessary to start preparing now. ”

"I intend to set up transit warehouses in Xi'an, Lanzhou, and Suzhou to supply future wars." Yun Xi pointed to the three cities on the map and said. Although he knew that this battle had not been fought in history, he was not sure in this life, so he still had to base himself on fighting. Even if Timur died, as in history, it would have been useful to take advantage of the fragmentation of Timur's empire to expand westward.

"Among them, the warehouse in Suzhou can be handed over to King Su to prepare, and Xi'an and Lanzhou are under the jurisdiction of the Sanqin Bu Political Envoy, and you are responsible for it." Yun Hee added.

"Your Majesty, the minister is only going to serve as the prefect of Xi'an this time, not the political envoy of Sanqinbu, I'm afraid I have no right to do anything in Lanzhou." Although Xia Yuanji knew what Yun Xi would say next, he had to say so as well.

"You are the prefect of Xi'an for the time being, and after a year or two of smoothing out the affairs of Xi'an, I will let you be the political envoy of Sanqin Zuobu." Yun Xi said. Now the political envoy of Sanqin Zuobu is Zhao Haode, who is fifty-eight years old, and he will retire in sixty exactly two years and let Xia Yuanji take over.

Yun Xi has to thank the Ming officialdom now that there are not too many rules in the appointment of officials, and a person who has just graduated from Guozijian can be directly appointed as an envoy, and it is nothing for Yun Xi to promote a prefect to a political envoy. On the contrary, the promotion of military generals in Zhu Yuanzhang's era was more strict, and of course they could be promoted by leapfrogging if they made great contributions on the battlefield, but if they did not have great merits, they could only be promoted one level at a time.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Natsuhara replied without surprise.

After that, Yun Xi gave a few more commands and said: "You don't have to rush to Xi'an to take up your post, Shang Lie (the second son of King Qin) is also eighteen this year, and the courses in the Royal Academy have also been completed, I plan to let him go to the northwest to assist Shang Bing, and you will set off with him then." ”

"And, there's one more person going with you to the northwest."

Xia Yuanji didn't ask, bowed down and stepped back.

When he retreated, Yun Xi instructed Huang Lu a few words and came to his dormitory to take a nap. At the beginning of the day, Yoon-hee's biological clock made him wake up on time. As soon as he wiped his face with a towel, Huang Lu approached and said, "Your Majesty, Wei Guogong has arrived." ”

"Let him go to the side hall and wait." Yun Xi said.

But Yun Xi didn't let Xu Hui Zu wait for a long time, he put on his coat at a very fast speed, wiped his face and went to the side hall.

Xu Huizu is now the most cautious person among the top nobles of the Ming Dynasty, and he has been standing in the side hall, just staring at the map of the Ming Dynasty hanging on the wall.

Yun Xi didn't let the eunuch pass it on, and walked in to see Xu Huizu looking at the map, and said with a smile: "Huizu, what are you looking at?" ”

Xu Huizu heard Yun Xi's voice and hurriedly saluted: "I have seen Your Majesty." After Yunxi said "free courtesy", he said: "The minister is just looking at the territory of the Ming Dynasty, where the capital is in the Ming Dynasty." Your Majesty's map is very detailed, and the minister has never seen it. ”

Yun Xi smiled. Although Xu Huizu praised the map, Yun Xi still felt that it was not up to standard. Yun Xi had seen the map of China in his previous life and knew that this map was far from being accurate. But now that Daming is at this level, he can't force it.

Yun Xi said: "I don't beat around the bush with you, since I let you enter the palace, of course there is a purpose, where do you think I want to send you on an errand?" ”

Xu Huizu listened to Yun Xi's words, turned his head to look at the map, pondered for a while, and said, "Your Majesty, but Guangxi?" ”

"It's not Guangxi, guess again." Yun Xi smiled.

"If it weren't for Guangxi, it would definitely be the hometown of the three Qin in the northwest." Xu Huizu said affirmatively.

"It is indeed the hometown of Sanqin. I don't ask you how you guessed it, I have something for you. Yun Xi said.

"Although the King of Qin occupied Hami, and Hami was also a rich land, the Mongols did not produce anything, and it would take several years to restore Hami's farming. But it is not known when Timur will invade the east, maybe next year or the year after. ”

"So he also needs the support of the imperial court. I asked the envoys of many countries, and I knew that Timur had been invincible in the northern and southern wars in recent years, and was not an easy person to deal with; The Mongols are far less brave than they were in the time of Temujin, and we can't count on them, so we can only rely on ourselves. ”

"I have just sent Xia Yuanji to Xi'an as the prefect, and he will serve as the political envoy of the Three Qin Bu in the future, you must cooperate with him sincerely to rectify the northwest. Your main purpose is to reorganize the army in the northwest, deal with the Fanmin Guards of Qinghai and Duogandusi, create a stable rear for the future battle against Samarkand, and be able to pull them up to fight in the future war against Samarkand. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Xu Hui's ancestor agreed, but immediately said: "Your Majesty, there is a king of Su in the northwest, if there is a conflict between what the minister does and the king of Su, is it mainly the minister or the king of Su?" ”

If Zhu Yuanzhang was still alive, it would be impossible for him to be reused with this sentence, but Xu Huizu knew very well that Yun Xi was actually using and guarding against the vassal king, so he asked this question.

"Except for the three guards of King Su, the others are dominated by you." Yun Xi said.

Xu Huizu had a bottom in his heart and bowed down to promise.

Yun Xi said a few more words, and was about to ask him to step back, Xu Huizu suddenly bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has something to ask Your Majesty." ”

"What?" Yoon-hee asked.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Chen is the minister's sister, the minister has a very good relationship with Concubine Chen, and now Concubine Chen is pregnant, and she will give birth at the end of March and early April, and the minister wants to wait for Concubine Chen to give birth before going to the northwest." Xu Huizu said very honestly.

"This," Yun Xi was not angry because Xu Huizu made such a request - he actually liked that the people under him were concerned, as long as they were concerned, they would have scruples, and the more reassuring they were, the more comfortable they would be when they used it—he was thinking about whether time would allow it.

After a while, he said: "That's it, I originally planned to let you set off for the northwest with Shang Lie and Xia Yuanji, since you have to wait until Miaojin gives birth to a child, I promise you to be, and then you will go to the northwest by yourself." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xu Huizu said, his voice full of joy.