After the Shangyuan Festival, as usual, ten days off will be given, but this year's long holiday is different from the past, the orthodox emperor has no time to appreciate the singing and dancing in the palace, and he has no intention of spending the spring night with the harem beauties "Hibiscus tent warm spring night", sleeping alone at night for less than two hours, he got up at the turn of Yin Mao, came to the Yongsu Hall early, and reviewed the inscription and recital piled up into a mountain.

After the big national policy is finalized, the infinite imagination can only be vented in a limited exposure, and no matter how delicate it is, it is only a tiny part, and it is difficult to influence the overall situation.

But he didn't dare to sit idly and feast, he always wanted to find something to do, and even forgot to sleep and eat for it. Because once you are idle, the anxiety that stems from the danger of social security will come to your heart, and the pressure will be unbearable.

Naturally, the review of the question book and the recital book should start from the northern border. From the transcript of Cao Yi, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, he learned that the army had taken control of the three guards of Wuliangha, and led the people to evacuate the border of Wuliangha and was returning to the Datong area, which made him realize that the situation in the military town in the north was suddenly tight.

"Sir, the king of Yue······"

The emperor suddenly remembered Zhu Qiming, and suddenly paused after only starting. Zhu Qiming has been in Beijing for three days, and he has not been let see His Majesty, which is really unspeakable: His Majesty seems to be able to only mention the matter of establishing a concubine and going to the domain, but the Queen Mother is now not interested in discussing the candidate of Princess Yue, and the Emperor is a little hesitant, he does not want to disobey the Queen Mother and play a prestige. There is more than one thing that gives him a headache, Concubine Zhou's attitude has changed greatly, there were many temptations around him yesterday, it seems that she wants her sister to become Princess Yue: and the queen is also blowing wind in his ears, and from the queen's euphemistic words, it can be heard that there is a woman named Lin Sulan who seems to be an excellent candidate for Princess Yue.

The women in the deep palace don't know how to spread the branches, but they are worrying about the princess of Liyue, what kind of fun! Thinking of this, the emperor was secretly annoyed in his heart and frowned slightly.

There was only one person in the palace, Wang Zhen. Wang Zhen raised his eyes, and only by a quick glance, he could see the emperor's expression clearly, and read the state of mind of the Son of Heaven from it.

"Your Majesty, King Yue is good at fighting. However, the old slave has something unclear, dare to ask Your Majesty, once the war breaks out in the north, how many men and horses will you give to King Yue? ”

The emperor's gaze left the imperial case and fixed on Wang Zhen's face, he was very surprised, why did Wang Zhen ask this?

When the young Zhu Qiming and Yang Rong argued fiercely, they set up a position for the Ming Dynasty, and that conversation stirred the young emperor's heart, but a few years have passed, and now the emperor has completely adapted to the rhythm of the "script" in the temple, and gradually marked his cousin's arbitrary and unbridled strategy with the mark of heresy.

And after King Yue's unique insight, isn't there only one thing left to be "good at fighting" worthy of the Son of Heaven? It's just that what does King Yue's good war have to do with the number of leaders?

"What do you mean, sir?"

"If the king of Yue only brings a few thousand guards, he will not be able to control the overall situation. So, will Your Majesty let King Yue command tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 troops? ”

Tens? More than 100,000? Putting so many elite soldiers in the hands of a prince is indeed no small matter! Under the bombardment of the internal and external ministers from time to time, the emperor is also moving towards "maturity", and the importance of his heart is getting worse day by day, and at this moment, after listening to Wang Zhen's gentle prompts, he has become more and more light on the idea of staying in Beijing for emergencies because of King Yue's good fighting!

The emperor was about to speak, but saw Hu Hu and Cao Nai, the first assistant of the cabinet, hurriedly walking in.

Hu Hu had a brief eye contact with Wang Zhen, and then bowed to the throne, "Your Majesty, the six branches and the thirteen imperial histories have been pacified, presumably they will not come to Your Majesty's side to admonish again, but it is not advisable to delay King Yue's visit to the domain, otherwise, I am afraid that the official will have something to say." ”

At present, internal strife and external troubles coexist, the emperor is restless all day long, he can't stand the group admonition of the speaker, and when he heard that the speaker has stopped, the emperor can't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"King Yue should go to the domain sooner rather than later, I know it in my heart."

Although the words were said easily, the thought of having a showdown with the queen mother for the canonization of Princess Yue made the emperor's heart sink secretly.

Hu Hui reported the good news, and then reported the worries: "Annan invaded the occupied city for several months, and still refused to stop the army, both sides sent envoys to complain, and the ministers mediated to no avail, and the envoys of Annan planned to come to His Majesty tomorrow to resign." ”

Your Majesty? The emperor gritted his teeth, and his face suddenly sank. Although Zhancheng provoked Annan first, Annan intensified his efforts afterwards, did not relent, and had the potential to annex Zhancheng, and did not listen to the mediation of the kingdom, so the emperor really couldn't swallow this breath!

As early as the Yongle period, Annan left a painful lesson for the Ming Dynasty. In that year, Annam's foreign relative Li Shi staged a coup d'état, killed the king of the Chen family, and changed his name to Hu Yiyuan, falsely claiming that the king died of illness and that the Chen family had no queen, and asked the suzerainty of the Ming Dynasty to canonize him as the king of Annam. Originally, Ming Chengzu had given a book as he wished, but later the Lao Xuanwei Division sent Chen Tianping, a relative of the Chen royal family, and the evidence of Hu Yiyuan's coup was also exposed. But he still endured a sigh of relief, wanted to settle the matter peacefully, issued an order to reprimand Hu Yiyuan, and sent someone to escort Chen Tianping back to Annan to restore the country. But the reckless Hu Yiyuan actually sent 100,000 troops, set up an ambush to kill Chen Tianping and the envoys of the Ming Dynasty, Ming Chengzu finally became angry and scolded the Hu father and son, "Yuer clown, the crime is monstrous, this thief is not punished, what is the use of soldiers!" So raise troops to "hang the people and cut down the crime", occupy Annan in one fell swoop, because Chen has no descendants, so the Ming Dynasty through Annan Confucianism on the "Ten Thousand People Table", changed Annan to Jiaozhi, set up Jiaozhi County, and included it in the Chinese territory.

It is a pity that the rule of the Ming Dynasty in Annam was very unsuccessful, and the officials stationed in the country were both greedy for ink and greedy for life and afraid of death. In the Xuande period, Emperor Xuande was completely dead set on ruling Annam, and reached a compromise with Le Lê, the rebel leader who is regarded as a "national hero" by today's Vietnamese, and withdrew the officials and troops sent by the Ming Dynasty. Since then, Annam has restored the identity of the Ming vassal state.

With this lesson from the past, now that the Ming Dynasty is in an eventful time, how can the orthodox emperor and the Manchu ministers still have the idea of forcing Annan to withdraw his troops! However, the mediation of the Ministry of Rites was fruitless, and the consequences were very serious, if other vassal states followed the example of Annan, then the entire tributary system would tend to collapse, and the Ming Dynasty would have the face to be a dignified country again!

Although Annan will have endless troubles if he does his own thing, the first thing that the orthodox emperor thinks of at this time is the problem of face, and the other party does not give him any face, so he asks him, the Ninety-Five, to meet the Annan envoy who does not enter the oil and salt, which is a big shame!

"There is no need for His Majesty, choose a prince to go to the Huitong Pavilion to set up a banquet to entertain the envoys of Annan and Champang, so as to show that my Ming Dynasty treats all states favorably." The emperor's tone was full of hatred and helplessness.

Having a prince meet with the envoys of Annam was a compromise that did not lose etiquette and avoided the embarrassment of the Son of Heaven.

Hu Hu's face was embarrassed, "Your Majesty, there is only one Prince of Jujing, but King Yu is not familiar with diplomatic affairs, and King Yu has lived in the palace for many years and does not ask about world affairs. ”

"The evil poison in King Yue's body has been resolved, and his appearance is as usual, but he knows a little about diplomatic affairs······" Halfway through speaking, the emperor paused.

Hu Hu glanced up at the emperor, "Your Majesty, King Yue is only temporarily living in the capital. ”

Cao Nai, who was on the side, opened his mouth and stopped talking.

At that time, Yang Pu and others did not look away, and the five cabinet ministers can be called both capable and political! Probably because of the proximity to the Son of Heaven and the slight detachment, Wenyuan Pavilion, where the cabinet is located, has not been polluted by the smoky officialdom, and it is still a pure land in the unbearable political ecology of the Ming Dynasty. Cao Nai's virtue and talent are the most eye-catching among the five, he won the top prize in Xuande high school in the eighth year, and later generations called him an honest and honest official. Cao Nai's first appointment as Jiangxi Taihe Dianshi, once, he caught a young and beautiful female thief, it was late at that time, it was too late to escort the female thief back to the county office, so he had to take the female thief to spend the night in a broken temple, the female thief tempted him many times with his hue, the beauty is current, if you want to be a perfect person like Yanagi Hui, it is too difficult! Cao Nai couldn't hold it anymore, so he thought of a way to write down the words "Cao Nai's can't", and then burned, wrote and burned again, until dawn, and finally passed the beauty pass. Since then, the story of "Cao Nai's can't" has been widely spread by the world and has become a vivid example of warning officials to "be cautious and independent".

Gossip is less, and the conversation is to the point. Cao Nai quickly made up his mind, "Your Majesty, Shunyi County is galloping, the North Korean mission encountered the Wuliang thieves crossing the border and plundering at the junction of Shunyi and Pinggu County, and it was in danger of being unexpected. ”

What the! The Korean envoy actually encountered a Tartar thief in the area of Jingshi? If this is the case, where should the majesty of the kingdom be placed? I haven't seen a good thing in the past few days! The emperor got up angrily, waved his hand and swept towards the imperial case, and suddenly, stacks of inscriptions, transcripts, and classics were swept out and scattered all over the ground.

"I hope Your Majesty will calm your anger!" Cao Nai's tone was calm, and his expression was still calm, "The Korean envoy happened to be rescued by King Yue, and the courtier Li Sui wrote a letter to ask for instructions, and he wanted to see His Majesty to thank him." ”

King Yue saved the Korean envoys, and they want to come to thank him? The shameful thing turned into a long-faced thing? The emperor's jaw was almost shocked, and after a moment, his brow furrowed.

Cao Nai took out a notebook and sent it to the imperial case with both hands, "Your Majesty, there is an official named He Yuan in the Liaodong Metropolitan Division, and His Majesty did not read it, thinking that this person was not the chief official of Liaodong, so he ordered the cabinet to dispose of this notebook." The minister has seen it, He Yuan said in the transcript that last year, North Korea angered Warat Taishi Yexian, and Yexian originally planned to lead tens of thousands of horses to cross the border from Liaodong, Chen Bing Yalu River, and coerce North Korea, but fortunately, the king of Yue saw through Yexian's intentions, so that the prophet retreated. ”

The emperor hurriedly glanced at the book, and immediately exclaimed: "Confront with Ye first, how can King Yue be willing to suffer!" Did the two sides fight each other? ”

"Your Majesty don't worry, He Yuan said in the transcript that King Yue just chatted with Ye Xiantian in the south and the north, and the two sides did not provoke."

"Very good, very good!" The emperor breathed a sigh of relief, sat down slowly, pondered for a long time, and looked at Hu Hu with a slow face, "Hu Qing, King Yue is still meritorious, let him go to meet the envoys of Annan and Zhancheng, anyway, he is idle, and he doesn't expect him to do anything big from it, just to treat foreign envoys!" ”

Hearing this, Hu Hu was worried that the matter of King Yue's visit to the vassal would give birth to variables, and he wanted to make a statement to persuade the emperor, but after thinking about it, the affairs of diplomatic relations are quite exquisite, if it is not for years of experience, who will naturally have skilled diplomatic skills? A group of senior "diplomats" in the Ministry of Rites tried their best to mediate the disputes between Annam and Champa to no avail, and what achievements could a king of Yue who only knew how to talk fiercely in a diplomatic arena? It's just a show, just going through the motions!

"Obey."

Wang Zhen on the side was not as calm as Hu Hu, he felt very bad, he always felt that something unexpected would happen, and he couldn't help but glance sideways at the outside of the hall.

Alas, the inner chamberlain overly neglected Qiu Puxuan, it was time for the people from the Salary Saving Division to come to the door to take a look, not to mention anything else, such a cold day, it was impossible to miss the red charcoal of King Yue. Well, you should always leave a way out for the inner chamberlain, just in case of an emergency!