Jingshi, Qianqing Palace.

It's November, and the weather in Kyoto is slowly getting colder, and the humid weather makes people feel even more chilly. At this moment, the brazier has been burned in the hall, although it is not as warm as spring, but at least it will not freeze hands and feet. Zhu Yunwen was studying a map of the Ming Dynasty, and then writing and drawing on a piece of paper.

I don't know how long it took, Zhu Yunwen stopped his pen, stretched his waist, and said, "Liu Zhen, is the acting king still outside?" ”

"Well, the Acting King has been kneeling outside for half an hour."

Zhu Yunwen sighed and said, "Let him come in." ”

"Yes, the emperor is merciful."

At this time, the acting king Zhu Jue was still kneeling straight in front of the Qianqing Palace, his knees no longer obeyed, but he didn't dare to move. After he rushed to Beijing with the princess and his sister-in-law, he immediately asked to meet the emperor, and the emperor happily agreed, but when he arrived at the Qianqing Palace, that Liu Zhen passed on the message and asked him to kneel here to reflect without any reason. But Zhu Gui didn't dare not kneel, he understood that his affairs were exposed, and he couldn't help but worry about how the emperor would deal with him, and he regretted coming to Beijing a little, but in retrospect, there was no other choice, all the military power was taken away by his eldest brother, if he had other actions, the eldest brother would definitely clear up the relationship and capture himself into Beijing. At that time, I'm afraid this treatment will not be available.

When he was tired and frightened, Liu Zhen walked out of it, helped him up, and said, "The emperor Xuan Wang Ye went in." ”

Zhu Gui didn't listen to the call anymore, half leaned on Liu Zhen, and said tremblingly: "Father-in-law, is the emperor still angry?" ”

"Lord Wang, this little one can't see it, it's cold outside, you can come in with the little one."

Zhu Gui moved his steps with difficulty, followed Liu Zhen into the main hall, and then knelt down to say goodbye: "Your Majesty, the minister Zhu Gui sees the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Zhu Yunwen hurriedly stood up, helped Zhu Gui up, and placed him on the chair next to him, then turned around and said, "Liu Zhen, Uncle Wang is freezing, bring a bowl of ginger soup to Uncle Wang, and then move the brazier over, and bring my tiger skin to warm Uncle Wang." ”

Zhu Gui no longer had the strength to be polite, so he quickly took the ginger soup and drank it. A bowl of ginger soup went down to his stomach, Zhu Gui felt that his body was warm, and he also had some strength, and hurriedly knelt down to thank him: "Thank you for the soup." ”

Zhu Yunwen shook his head, and found that the acting king in front of him and the acting king he saw last time in Beijing were like two people, the acting king has always been known for being domineering and violent, but now he is cautious, and even a little servile.

However, this time Zhu Yunwen did not help him, but returned to the Long Shu case, and said, "Uncle Wang, please get up, sit down and talk." ”

"Your Majesty."

"Uncle Wang, what is the matter with entering Beijing this time?"

Zhu Gui tucked the tiger skin, and then arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the minister entered Beijing this time to thank the emperor for his long grace, the emperor sympathized with the bitter cold of the border land, and changed the fief for the kings. ”

Zhu Yunwen raised his hand and said, "Uncle Wang, we are all a family, so we don't have to be so restrained." ”

"I don't dare."

"Okay, I don't force you, I have already announced that the acting princess, the governor Xu Zengshou and the scholar Wang of Wuyingdian University will come to discuss together, Uncle Wang, please wait a moment."

"Yes." The acting king was frightened, but he didn't dare to show it.

After a quarter of an hour, Xu Miaoqing, Xu Zengshou, and Wang Du walked in, and after giving the salute, they each sat down.

Zhu Yunwen called everyone to a table next to him, pointed to the map with his baton and said, "Uncle Wang, Datong is bitterly cold, I plan to seal you here, can you?" ”

"This, this," the acting king was a little stunned: "Where is this?" ”

"Zizhong, you can introduce me."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Du took the baton and pointed on the map: "The imperial court is ready to re-set up the Penghu Inspection Department to manage the Penghu Islands. In addition, the emperor gave this big island the name of Taiwan, and set up a new Taiwan government, and the new palace of His Royal Highness the acting king was located in the southern part of the island of Taiwan. Wang Du pointed on the map, and the location was near Tainan in the later generations.

Zhu Yunwen took the baton and said, "The location of this island is unique, and I plan to open a city here to attract merchants to trade. Moreover, the island has a temperate climate and fertile land, which can be used to grow sugarcane, rice and other crops, with extremely high yields and very good quality. ”

"I plan to give the southern part of Taiwan to Uncle Wang, of course, the imperial court will send Changshi to assist Uncle Wang in management, one-third of the taxes collected will go to Uncle Wang, and Uncle Wang will be re-assigned with two guards, how about it?"

Dai Wang's face was a little ugly, and he wanted to refute but he didn't dare, so he couldn't help but look at Xu Miaoqing. Xu Miaoqing calculated that the emperor's conditions are quite generous, he can support troops and collect taxes, but this place is too desolate, and it is estimated that there are not many people.

After weighing it for a while, Xu Miaoqing said: "Your Majesty, please forgive the concubines for being presumptuous, the concubines heard that there is nothing but savages on it, does the emperor want the prince to be the king among the savages?" ”

Zhu Yunwen smiled slightly, and said in his heart: This place is extremely prosperous in the future generations, you don't want to, I still don't want to. It's just that now Taiwan is really desolate and needs to be vigorously developed. However, at present, I still have to convince the acting king: "It only takes one day to take a boat from Taiwan to Quanzhou, Fujian, and I will select two guards from the Fujian Guards to be assigned to Uncle Huang, and his family will move to Taiwan together, and I will also move several guards to Taiwan to assist Uncle Wang in development." In addition, we will encourage people from Fujian and Guangdong to migrate to Taiwan. ”

"And there are people in the jungle on the island, but they belong to the wilderness, and they need to spend some effort to teach them farming and weaving, and Uncle Wang can let go of these things, after all, with the population, there are taxes."

"In short, I will fully support Uncle Wang's development of Taiwan, and I will also exile the rebels captured this time to Taiwan, so the population on the island will increase rapidly, so Uncle Wang doesn't have to worry."

Zhu Gui and Xu Miaoqing glanced at each other, and felt that it was okay, the emperor's support could not be said to be small, and besides, this place was not far from Beijing, and it was convenient to return to Beijing, but there was still some hesitation, Zhu Gui said tentatively: "Your Majesty, can you let the minister and the princess discuss it." ”

"Okay, you can go to the side hall, by the way, General Xu will go with you. I plan to set up a Taiwan capital department, under the jurisdiction of five health offices, and General Xu will be the capital department. ”

"Obey, Your Majesty!" Xu Zengshou trembled in his heart, but he could only accept his life.

Zhu Gui, Xu Miaoqing, and Xu Zengshou went to the side hall to discuss, and Wang Du stayed with Zhu Yunwen to continue to discuss things.

......

Half an hour later, Zhu Gui and the other three walked out and knelt in front of Zhu Yunwen. Zhu Gui said: "Your Majesty, the minister Zhu Gui is willing to go to Taiwan." ”

"Okay, very good, I have always thought that Emperor Taizu braved the wind and rain and expelled the Yuan soldiers, and my descendants cannot sleep on the merit book, and we should do our best to forge ahead and open up more shelters for my Ming people."

"Uncle Wang, you are the first person to open up the earth, I will do my best to help you, you can rest assured."

"Emperor Xie!"

......

The next day, Zhu Yunwen issued an edict to change the title of the acting king to Taiwan, and set up the Taiwan capital division, under the jurisdiction of the five guards, and the governor Xu Zengshou served as the first capital secretary, and at the same time ordered the Fujian Navy Division to send the water division to Taiwan to protect the safety of the acting king.

The holy decree was shocked, and the vassal king hurriedly took the chart to see where Taiwan was, and after understanding, most of them gasped, but there were also a small number of people, all thinking.

Another advantage of this decree is that it expresses the determination of the imperial court to open the sea, and the feudal king will open the sea if the island is divided, and there will be no turning back......

A few days later, Xu Huizu, who was sitting in Datong, received a report from the imperial court and a letter sent from Beijing.