The long holiday made the front side very deserted, and there was no one around the three major halls of Fengtian Palace, Huagai Palace, and Jinshen Palace, and the Qingyuan Hall near the west wall of the palace city became a forgotten corner.

It is far away from the singing and dancing of the harem, and it has also lost the lively scene of people coming and going in the past.

Only a pair of young boys and girls sat in the apse of the Qingyuan Palace, warming themselves with the help of the fire, combing through a large amount of information, and trying their best to make the outline of the defense of the northern border clear in their minds.

"Among the countries of the Western Regions, Samarkand and Yili Jiangli are the closest to the Ming Dynasty, and they are extremely friendly to the Ming Dynasty, and there are often tribute envoys and caravans to the capital." Lu Xiyu stared at it, and when his thinking was slightly blocked, he would occasionally flutter his long eyelashes, "The external threat of the Ming Dynasty is always in the north, first Tatar, and now it is Warat, oh, from the correspondence between the Ming Dynasty and the countries of the Western Regions, it can be seen that there is also a Turpan that is rising, and sooner or later it will become a problem for the Ming Dynasty and the countries of the Western Regions." ”

Zhu Qiming had to be impressed by Lu Xiyu's extraordinary memory. Not only does she memorize a large number of official documents, but she can also classify and synthesize similar information, which saves Zhu Qiming a lot of trouble.

Looking at all kinds of information, it can be seen that today's Ming Dynasty, like the Song Dynasty, has a strong neighbor popping up from time to time, with a small population and not a large number of soldiers, but all of them are small and strong that cannot be defeated. In that year, Taizu recovered his hometown in China, and also greatly expanded his territory on the basis of the territory of the Song Dynasty; Taizong's five expeditions to the north of the desert made Hu Lu dare not peep into Yin Mountain. However, since Renxuan, the Ming Dynasty has not done anything great, and it has also shown an amazing attitude of forbearance towards the Tartar thieves who crossed the border and plundered.

If the use of razing and razing at the end of Yongle was a strategy that allowed Warat and Tatar to attack each other and weaken each other, then allowing Warat to annex Tatar now is completely an unprincipled compromise and retreat, and a stupid laissez-faire move!

Thinking of this, Zhu Qiming was even more disapprehensive of Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong's so-called resourcefulness.

"Sister, isn't the northwest frontier still about the West Seven Guards? Why was the tribute road and trade route between the Ming Dynasty and the countries of the Western Regions cut off by Wara? ”

Andingwei, Aduanwei, Qu Xianwei, Handongwei, Shazhouwei, Chijin Mongolian Wei, Hamiwei, collectively known as the Seven Guards of Guanxi, are named after the seven guards located in the west of Jiayuguan. The personnel of the Seven Guards are the descendants of the Mengyuan who surrendered to the Taizu, and the place where they are guarded belongs to the place of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the Ming Dynasty only gives the seal to the leader of the Seven Guards, and issues an edict in case of major events, and the daily affairs are taken care of by the Seven Guards themselves, which belongs to a highly autonomous vassal territory.

Lu Xiyu glanced at Zhu Qiming lightly, and then lowered his eyebrows, as if searching for a large amount of information in his mind. "The Kansai Seven Guards are close to Yili Li, if the Kansai Seven Guards try their best to shield the Western Regions, the passage between the Ming Dynasty and the Western Regions will be able to connect Yili Li. However, I have read the letters submitted by the Seven Guards, they have been repeatedly attacked and harassed by the Warat, and have resorted to the Ming Dynasty many times, but the Ming Dynasty has ignored them and reprimanded them for slackness, so in recent years, the Seven Guards no longer complained to the Ming Dynasty about the arrogance of the Wara, and the Seven Guards actually followed the example of the Warat to loot the Western Regions missions and caravans, and also intercepted and killed the envoys of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhu Qiming was slightly shocked. The Kansai Seven Guards behaved abnormally, and they must have secretly colluded with Wara to gain their own benefits! Thinking that the seven guards in Kansai were bullied by Wara, they would naturally ask Daming to teach them a lesson, but Daming not only left the little brother alone, but also disliked the uselessness of the little brother, and the evil fire in Qiwei's stomach had nowhere to vent, and it was strange not to attack Daming and the countries of the Western Regions!

Zhu Qiming got up angrily, "The Seven Guards of Guanxi guarded the main road of trade and communication, and the Han and Tang Dynasty did not hesitate to raise troops and bloody battles in order to control this important road, how many soldiers buried their bones in the desert!" But my Ming Dynasty's important ministers abandoned it like a shoe, how to be far-sighted, how to be resourceful! ”

Zhu Qiming couldn't help but feel deeply disappointed. As long as you sort out the clues from the correspondence and review what the Ming Dynasty did in border affairs and diplomatic relations, it is not difficult to find that he did not underestimate the assistant ministers before, on the contrary, he overestimated Yang Rong's resourcefulness.

Lu Xiyu bit her lip lightly, as if she was aroused by Zhu Qiming's words, "It seems that you are still right, you must apply what you have learned in reading, otherwise, no matter how many books you read, you can only do learning, and it will not help you govern the country." ”

"Hey, King Yue, I've finally found you!"

King Yu rushed in, glanced at Zhu Qiming, and his gaze quickly fixed on Lu Xiyu's face, and then he was in a trance.

Lu Xiyu bowed coldly, turned around and walked quickly into the side room.

"Who is she?" King Yu came to his senses leisurely and said with a little surprise.

"Mr. Lu's daughter." Seeing that King Yu was out of shape, Zhu Qiming suddenly felt a little disgusted with King Yu for some reason. "Brother Yu Wang is here, why is it here?"

"What a rare beauty billet in the world!" King Yu sighed, and then his eyes fell on Zhu Qiming's face, "King Yue, is that dancer still in the palace yesterday?" ”

"How can I find out her whereabouts? You go and ask the emperor, most of them will go back to the Teaching Division. Zhu Qiming said indifferently.

King Yu shook his head, "Impossible! It must have been hidden somewhere by the royal brother. ”

You dare to say this! Zhu Qiming's eyes widened, he couldn't believe it, "The Son of Heaven has the prestige of the Son of Heaven, please be cautious." ”

King Yu was stunned for a moment, and then smiled self-deprecatingly, "If you don't pay attention, you will lose your words, that's it, King Yue, I heard that there is a new batch of stunning female music in the Jiaofang Division, or else, you go to the imperial brother's side to ask for an order, let's go to the Jiaofang Division to take a look?" ”

You're really good at coming up with ideas! Zhu Qiming secretly sneered, but a smile appeared on his face, "This matter is extraordinary, it is not my turn to stretch out my head, and Brother Yu Wang must come forward in person." ”

King Yu proudly raised his neck, slowly raised his right hand, opened his mouth, and seemed to be about to accept it, but suddenly saw the hand drooping softly, "It's better for you to go." ”

Zhu Qiming was speechless, and was about to say something, when he caught a glimpse of Princess Changde walking in with a calm face.

Zhu Qiming stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Princess Changde, you came here without permission, this move is against the law!" ”

Princess Changde glared at King Yu, turned to Zhu Qiming and said slowly: "It's not for King Yu!" Don't worry, the emperor gave me ten days off, and there are no ministers moving around here, so it doesn't hurt for me to take the opportunity to come out and walk around. ”

"Isn't there a guard guarding the palace gate?"

"The inner servant passed the word, who would dare not turn his back to avoid it? Besides, there are palace maids who open their curtains to cover them. ”

Princess Changde threw down this sentence and walked towards King Yu with a cold face, "King Yu, who told you to run around!" ”

The corners of King Yu's mouth twitched slightly, "I'll talk to King Yue." ”

Princess Changde glared at King Yu fiercely, and was so frightened that King Yu took a step back.

"From now on, you are not allowed to find King Yue again! lest he pass on the vices of one body to the king of Yue. ”

Vice? That's so hurtful! Zhu Qiming began to sympathize with King Servant and looked up, but saw that King Servant had recovered his nature.

"Yes."

Princess Changde glanced back at the door, "Dismiss all the adult palace maids around you, and not one of them is allowed to stay!" ”

"But······ But I have to be surrounded by people who are waiting. ”

"I have carefully selected three palace maids for you, and they will serve you in the future." Princess Changde pointed to the door.

King Yu excitedly raised his neck to look out of the door, and then pouted, with a look of loss, "Persimmon face, bucket waist, lap legs, none of them are in shape." ”

Zhu Qiming was very curious when he heard this, and couldn't help but turn his head to look out of the door, and saw three people in yellow clothes and green skirts standing straight outside the door, if it weren't for the palace maid's outfit revealing their identities, they wouldn't have been able to see that they were women at all.

Oh my God, all three of them are treasures of demon suppression!

"This is what the imperial grandmother meant, otherwise, you go to the imperial grandmother to argue." Princess Changde said angrily.

The king puffed out his eyes and muttered for a long time, and muttered, "Yes, I listen to the emperor's grandmother." ”

"The imperial grandmother has instructed that from now on, you will be under my control."

King Yu seemed to be angry and unbearable, but he didn't dare to defend loudly, "I'm a dignified prince, why should I be controlled by others?" As soon as the words came out, it was like a pleading.

Princess Changde slowly turned around and said indifferently: "I said, you can find the imperial grandmother to plead." ”

"I listen to the royal sister."

Leaving these words, King Yu left abruptly, leaving Zhu Qiming with the last look of tears faintly floating in his eyes.

It's too fragile, isn't it? Zhu Qiming felt a little unbearable in his heart, thinking about how sensitive the affairs in the Forbidden City were, Princess Changde's strictness was justified, and it didn't necessarily have any malice.

Princess Changde came to Qingyuan Hall rashly, obviously she really came to control King Yu, she didn't pester Zhu Qiming, chased after King Yu's back and left.

At this time, Lu Xiyu walked out slowly, with an unhappy face, "Don't let outsiders come to Qingyuan Hall in the future." ”

"Sister, King Yu is not an outsider, he has nothing to do, he just wants to talk to me."

Lu Xiyu suddenly turned his head, "If any outsiders come here, I won't come to Qingyuan Palace." ”

Zhu Qiming was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Listen to you, sister, I will give you an order, and no one will be allowed to come in and disturb you." ”

Lu Xiyu turned his anger into joy, and walked straight to the side of the case and sat down, "During the Xuande and Orthodox years, the imperial court issued a total of forty-one edicts to the seven guards of Guanxi, nine of which must be observed, I will write them down for you, you take a closer look." ”

picked up the pen and was about to dip it in ink, when he suddenly turned his head to look at Zhu Qiming, "You said that you were going to the north to exterminate the Tartar thieves, but how did you lead the troops out of the capital as a prince?" ”

Zhu Qiming smiled, "That's why we want to make a big deal out of it." Didn't Tang Taizong say, 'The law is above it, and it is in it; The law is in it; Only the following. 'If you can make a full-scale war between the Ming Dynasty and Warat in the court, the hundred officials will definitely be willing to compromise, at this time, let a prince lead people to fight into the Tartar thief, what is it? After all, for the Tartar thieves who entered the Kou, Warat did not dare to claim it openly, and the Ming taught the Tartars who entered the Kou that this move would not tear his face with Warat. ”

Lu Xiyu pondered for a long time, and the expression on his face seemed to be a smile, "You are a cunning villain!" ”