The news of Li Yuntian's return to Beijing soon spread throughout the capital, which made the Zhongwu Palace's crowded city full of high-ranking officials and magnates who had come to visit Li Yuntian.

Although Li Yuntian was not in the capital in the past two years, it can be said that he was far away from the center of the Ming Dynasty, but his influence did not weaken at all, but rose to a new height because of the pacification of the Japanese and the continuous management of major military and political cases in Jiangnan.

During the period when Li Yuntian was not in the capital, the Jingshi Wutang operated normally, and outsiders had no way to get involved, not only would the forces in the capital not sit idly by, but the empress dowager would not agree.

In the Empress Dowager's view, Jingshi Wutang is the fourth force of the Ming Dynasty in addition to the civil official group, the Xungui group, and the inner court group, and it is a very special force that revolves between the three.

Besides, except for Li Yuntian, no one in the Ming Dynasty can control the Lecture Martial Hall, and forcibly intervening will inevitably trigger a backlash from the Lecture Martial Hall, which will only make things worse at that time.

What is particularly important is that the overseas trade of the Imperial Palace can bring abundant wealth to the inner treasury of the Imperial Palace, so that the Empress Dowager has an incomparably abundant amount of money, and this alone is unparalleled, and the civil and military ministers in the court will only cry poverty to the imperial court and try to get money from the imperial court.

Therefore, for Li Yuntian's tax innovation, the Empress Dowager and Emperor Xuande are all strong support, if according to Li Yuntian's plan in the Ming Dynasty to implement a new business system, the Ming treasury can increase a huge amount of taxes every year, thereby avoiding the loss of taxes.

However, it is not easy to promote tax reform, and it has taken Li Yuntian a lot of trouble to set up commercial houses and tax houses in the prefectures and counties in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and judging from the current situation, this matter can only be discussed in the long run, after all, there are too many entanglements of interests involved in it, and it is not suitable to forcibly promote the implementation, but can only be implemented in an orderly and gradual manner.

It stands to reason that Li Yuntian has been out of tolerance for more than two years, and after returning to Beijing this time, he can take a big vacation for more than a month to rest, but taking a vacation can only be a luxury for Li Yuntian.

Speaking of the martial arts hall, the cabinet, the military cabinet and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the affairs of these four major yamen alone made Li Yuntian very busy, and he had to enter the palace to give lectures to the orthodox emperor, so he didn't have the slightest leisure time.

In all affairs, Li Yuntian's greatest concern was naturally the envoys of the Timurid Empire and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, this time the Timurid Empire attacked the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, which was already internally unstable, and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate was defeated like a mountain, and had to send envoys to ask for help from the Ming Dynasty.

The Timurid Empire also sent envoys after knowing that the Eastern Chagatai Khanate had sent people to the Ming Dynasty, and two envoys entered Guanxi one after the other.

When the Xiaowu army stationed in Guanxi learned of this, he immediately sent people into Beijing to report to Zhou Zheng, the elder of the military pavilion and the king of Zhongwu, and then Zhou Zheng sent Li Yuntian to rush for 800 miles.

Among the civil and military ministers in the court, no one knew better than Zhou Zheng that Li Yuntian attached great importance to the Western Regions, so in order to delay time, he specially instructed the officials along the way to delay the itinerary of the two envoys in order to wait for Li Yuntian's arrival.

Therefore, it was not until a week after Li Yuntian arrived in the capital that the envoys of the Timurid Empire and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate came to the capital and were arranged in the guest house.

In order to avoid armed clashes between the two sides, the people of the State Guest House deliberately separated the two sides, one to the west of the State Guest House and the other to the east of the State Guest House.

According to the official report of the accompanying escort, on the way to the capital, the Timurid Empire's mission and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate had many frictions, and if it were not for the entourage's close watch, the two sides would definitely have fought.

In fact, as soon as Li Yuntian arrived in the capital, he learned the information of the two missions of the Timurid Empire and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, the person who led the delegation of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate was named Dorul, and the person who led the delegation of the Timurid Empire was named Bahu.

Originally, Dorul and his entourage arrived in the Kansai area of Daming first, but because they stopped on the road, they were caught up by Bahu who arrived later, so the two went to Beijing "together".

Dorul's intention was obvious, hoping that the Ming would send troops to help the Eastern Chagatai Khanate against the invading Timurid Empire, while Bahu asked the Ming to send troops to assist the Timurid Empire in destroying the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and restoring the glory of the Chagatai Khanate in the past.

The officialdom reacted very coldly to the arrival of Dorul and Bahu in the capital, and the civil and military officials in the court did not take the two in their eyes, in the eyes of everyone, both the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and the Timurid Empire were just barbarian states in the Western Regions, and they were not worth mentioning.

After all, even the mighty Yuan Empire was defeated by the Ming Dynasty, so what was so terrible about a vassal state like the Chagatai Khanate, which was at least superficially subservient to the Yuan Empire?

Moreover, Timur, the founding Khan of the Timurid Empire, submitted to Emperor Hongwu and paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, so that the Ming civil and military officials, who knew little about the Timurid Empire, all despised the Timurid Empire, thinking that a barbarian state could make much movement.

Due to the cold reception received in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the envoy of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, Dorul, was on the edge of his place, tossing and turning, and he had realized that the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty were indifferent to the war between the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and the Timurid Empire, and the Timurid Empire was menacing this time, and if he could not get reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty, the consequences would be unimaginable.

It's a pity that Dorul doesn't want to meet those high-ranking officials and magnates in the capital, even if he wants to meet the seven-rank petty official of the Ministry of Rites who is in charge of reception matters, it is difficult to ascend to the sky, and after sending a lot of benefits, he was able to meet the seven-rank petty official, and he arranged to hand over the letter of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate to the Ministry of Rites, and then waited for news in the state guest house.

Compared with Dorul, Bahu's life was much more nourishing, and the Ming court's indifferent attitude to the war between the Timurid Empire and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate was undoubtedly of great benefit to the dominant Timurid Empire, as long as the Ming did not intervene, then the Eastern Chagatai Khanate would be in the pocket of the Timurid Empire.

Moreover, Bahu seems to be more familiar with the Ming court than Dorul, and since he came to the capital, he has visited some officials of the Ming Dynasty with valuable gifts, including the imperial history of the Imperial Inspectorate, the Six Departments to the Shizhong and the Hanlin Academy.

The rank of these speech officials is mainly seven grades, which is easier to see than the high-ranking officials of the yamen of the major ministries, and it is especially important that these speech officials have the power to speak in the court discussion, which can make the Ming stay out of the war between the Timurid Empire and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

Although Li Yuntian was busy with official business, he still paid attention to the dynamics of Dorul and Bahu after they came to the capital, in his opinion, Bahu was more flexible than Dorul and was more prepared to come this time, and he didn't want Dorul to find a way even if he gave gifts.

The affairs of the Ming court were numerous, and the war between the Timurid Empire and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate was just a small fight between the two barbarian states in the eyes of the courtiers.

In this way, it was bitter for Dorul, the army of the Timurid Empire was like a bamboo, and the army of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate was defeated and retreated, and he did not have any time to spend in the Ming Dynasty, but it seemed helpless.

After all, the major yamen of the Ming Dynasty need to act according to a certain process, and Dorul is not familiar with the life in the capital for the first time when he comes to the Ming Dynasty, and he can't see those high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the capital, so he has no other way but to wait.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites who were in charge of the reception at the State Guest House were then unlucky and became the targets of Dorul's harassment, and Dorul pestered them every day to inquire about the news, urging them to hurry up and hand over the credentials of the East Chagatai.

However, the officials of the State Guest House are all insignificant petty officials in the capital, and where they can interfere in the affairs of the general affairs of the envoys, they can only try to be perfunctory in the face of Dorul.

Finally, a petty official from the ninth rank who was specially responsible for receiving Dorul was really annoyed by it, so he pointed out a clear way to Dorul and asked him to meet the Zhongwu King of the Ming Dynasty.

As soon as Dorul came, he inquired about the power structure in the Ming court, and knew that Li Yuntian was not only an important minister of the court with real power, but also a celebrity in front of the empress dowager, and a teacher of today's great tomorrow.

It was precisely because Li Yuntian was in the limelight that Doruer, who couldn't even handle the petty officials of some ministries and yamen in the Ming Dynasty, never thought that Li Yuntian would meet him, so he didn't have the idea of meeting Li Yuntian.

Now that the situation is urgent, Dorul can't take care of much, God knows when the Ming court will discuss the letter of state of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate asking for assistance, so it was decided to go to the Zhongwu Palace, even if it was a closed door.

"My lord, Miss Narsa went to the Quartet Hall, preparing to perform on stage in the hall, and the little one can't stop her." That night, when Dorul, who had been running outside for a day but found nothing, dragged his tired legs back to the State Guest House, a servant hurriedly stepped forward to tell him.

"What?" Dorur was taken aback when he heard this, Narsa was the killer weapon of his trip to the Ming Dynasty, specially dedicated to the Ming ministers who could help the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, and if something went wrong, he would have no valuable "gifts" in his hands.

"Quick, go with this officer!" Dorul didn't have time to think about it, and after greeting the accompanying guards, he hurried to the Quadripartite Hall.

Since Dorul came to the capital, he invited the officials of the Ming Dynasty to the Sifang Hall for recreation, so he came to the Sifang Guild Hall with ease, and the guy who was in charge of greeting guests at the door immediately recognized the God of Wealth in foreign costumes and led him in with a courteous face.

In addition to the theater where plays are staged, there are also singing and dancing performances in the restaurants of the Sifang Kaikan to cheer up the guests who come to have fun.

Therefore, the restaurant of the Sifang Guild Hall is unique in that it is a unique three-storey attic building, with a stage in the middle of the hall on the first floor, surrounded by tables of individual guests, and on the second and third floors are private rooms, where guests can sit and enjoy the singing and dancing performances downstairs.

Since the Sifang Hall is the largest and most luxurious entertainment and leisure place in Beijing, the hall is crowded with people every night, and it is very lively, attracting a large number of guests to patronize.