Yongle three years, April, Beijing.

At this time, although the Ming Dynasty had only experienced a civil strife a few years earlier, and there were remnants of the Mongol Yuan in the north, the Timurid Empire in the west, and Cochin (northern Vietnam) in the south, but fortunately, the empire was still full of vitality.

After all, for hard-working and intelligent Chinese, as long as there are no internal problems, these external enemy threats are actually paper tigers.

If you compare it with one person, the Ming Empire in the three years of Yongle is still a young man, and it is still forging ahead.

Ji Yan has been in this world for more than a year, and he has long been accustomed to everything here.

Although he has not yet achieved the small goal he set for himself at the beginning, marry more daughters-in-law and make more money.

But after all, he also mixed up with a fair-skinned, beautiful and long-legged girlfriend, and he is still a nobleman, compared to him in modern times, he is so strong that he doesn't know where to go.

As the saying goes, if you don't have many wives, you can have big breasts, and if you don't have rich money, you dare to spend it.

Mei Yuning is almost eighteen years old this year, and the longer she grows, the more she grows up, and she has grown a lot in all aspects.

Ji Yan watched her changes, thinking to himself that if she was so old when the two first met last year, no matter how stupid she was, it would be impossible for her to sleep in the same room for several days without realizing that the other party was a woman.

So I look forward to Zheng He going to the West as soon as possible, so that he will have the opportunity to take Mei Yuning to the tropics, to Southeast Asia, and to have fun and waves together.

From the second year of Yongle to the third year of Yongle, Ji Yan was busy and not idle, either as an errand boy or eating and drinking.

At the same time, the emperor's ministers of the Ming Dynasty were not idle.

First, Zhu Di scolded Xie Jin, a cabinet scholar, saying that he was not doing well.

asked Xie Jin to preside over the revision of the book, and as a result, the "Document Collection" submitted did not comprehend the intention of the leader at all, and did not show the emperor's grand ambitions.

Only then did Xie Jin realize that the matter of repairing the book was not played by Zhu Di on a whim, but was to be real.

Fearful, Xie Jin immediately organized the largest book revision event in China's history, and he did not know at this time that his name would forever be tied to the book he had completed.

There is another thing that also affects the national fortunes of the Ming Dynasty, and it still can't get around this talented man, he uses three words, "Good Holy Sun." "persuaded Zhu Di to establish the crown prince.

Zhu Gaoxu, who did not succeed in becoming the crown prince, according to the Ming Dynasty system, wanted to go to the fiefdom to be the king of the domain, but he refused to join the domain, and he stayed in the capital every day, and Zhu Di didn't even take him.

However, these are all things that people in high positions are worried about, and Ji Yan only learned about them when he read the Di newspaper or gossiped with his colleagues.

For Ji Yan, apart from himself and Mei Yuning, the closest person is Ruan Xiaoyi.

The child was married.

Yes.

Married.

Ji Yan still maintains a virgin body for two lifetimes, and his little brother has already married.

Can you believe it?

It was the Spring Festival, Ruan Xiaoyi left his hometown for half a year, returned to Shandong for the New Year, and then never came out again.

In the end, it was easy to say, and finally the father and son reached an agreement that it was okay to continue in the capital, get married, and then take Song Qingqing with them in the capital.

Or stay at home, when his father hugs his grandson, when he can return to Beijing.

It's really a typical feudal paternalism.

As a last resort, Ruan Xiaoyi could only become a relative and took Song Qingqing to live in the capital together, but fortunately, the place he found before was big enough, so with the seven or eight people brought by Song Qingqing, the house was still spacious.

But since then, Ruan Xiaoyi has spent more time in Tianxi Temple every day, and he can go home late when he can.

The broken project of Tianxi Temple, what was it like a year ago, now there are only a few small changes that can be seen.

After Zheng He returned from Quanzhou, he only spent part of his time on this project.

If someone pushes it, it can't be pushed, and if no one pushes, there will be no progress.

It seems that the emperor also forgot about this stubble and did not continue to mention it.

However, the emperor forgot to forget, Ji Yan didn't care at all, he just had to mess around every day, and he didn't want to lose his money.

He only waited for Zheng He to go to the West.

At the end of April, the weather was already hot, and on this day Zheng He held a meeting at Tianxi Temple, and Ji Yan was also invited to participate.

There were a lot of people who participated in the meeting, Ji Yan swept for a week, and saw that the participants were Zheng He's old subordinates who went to Japan, and there were no people from the Ministry of Industry, so he was secretly happy, it seems that this will have nothing to do with Tianxi Temple, so it should be to prepare to go to the West.

Zheng He was full of emotions and high spirits, and announced to everyone: The emperor has issued an order, and he will take the post of envoy, and immediately start to select personnel, gather in Liujiagang, Taicang, and then set off to cross the West after the assembly is completed.

Ji Yan said in his heart: The time to come has finally come.

At the meeting, Zheng He was obviously in a good mood and shared an interesting story with everyone.

Zheng He said that when the emperor summoned him to discuss the matter of sending to the West, he also told him a story.

When the Ming Dynasty was first established, the country was unstable, and the whole country had not yet been unified, and at that time there were Japanese robbers to harass the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty, and the magistrate gave an excerpt to Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and asked: "Emperor, what should I do?" ”

Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while, waved his pen, and directly issued a holy decree.

The holy decree reads: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor Zhao said, tell the people to prepare knives, these guys are coming, kill them." Chin this. ”

After telling the story, Zheng He then said to everyone: "The Japanese have been harassing me for several years, and it has been about a year since I waited for the Japanese envoy last year. In the past year, China's sea frontier has been calm, and the East China Sea has been bustling. I have not heard of the presence of Japanese robbers, which is the blessing of my Ming Dynasty and the work of you. At this time and place, I wonder if you are willing to go to the West with me and make immortal contributions? ”

Naturally, it was a tsunami-like response: "The lower officials are willing!" ”

Ji Yan was of course in the crowd shouting, but he was probably more excited than the others, because he knew better than everyone present, even Zheng He himself, about the greatness of this nautical movement.

After the meeting is dismissed, it is time for everyone to go home, say goodbye to say goodbye, and pack up things when it is time to pack up.

Ji Yan didn't have anything to clean up, he had actually prepared the Nanyang vacation suit a long time ago.

I found someone to make a few knee-length shorts, as well as a few specially customized tops similar to T-shirts, and bought several Xiangfei bamboo fans, just waiting for Zheng He's order.

He didn't go home, but went directly to the Fusi Yamen in Nanzhen, quietly found Mei Yuning, and revealed the news to her.

Mei Yuning was slightly surprised after hearing this, it seems that their family is really isolated from the outside world now, if it was according to the past, it is estimated that Mei Yuma would have heard the news a long time ago.

Since Master Li of the Criminal Department was raided last year, the Meifuma Mansion has maintained a closed-door posture and has not relaxed until today.

Mei Yuning said to Ji Yan: "I haven't received a dispatch yet, but my father definitely wants me to go with me, after all, I got the news before that Brother Yun Wei is indeed in Nanyang." ”

Ji Yan said: "You may not need your father to help you with this matter, so I will go back to Tianxi Temple and talk to the deputy envoy Wang Jinghong." ”

Mei Yuning said happily: "This dare is good, and my father's current situation is indeed not suitable for him to come out and walk around." ”

Ji Yan looked around at no one, glanced at Mei Yuning, and said, "Don't worry, your man is still reliable." ”

Mei Yuning smiled silently and didn't speak again.

Without further ado, Ji Yan hurried back to Tianxi Temple and found Wang Jinghong, who was sorting out the personnel roster.