Jiangning City.

A fast horse came from the west, galloping across the wide official road, and the knight on the back of the fast horse had a blue order flag on his back, which fluttered in the wind and fell into the eyes of the guards guarding the city gate in the distance, causing a wave of horror.

"Blue Flag! Looks like something terrible is happening in the west."

The guard said, while hurriedly dispersing the passers-by blocking the city gate and clearing a way for the cavalry, the herald rode his horse and roared past, rushed into the city, and galloped away in the direction of the imperial city in the east of the city.

It didn't take long for the bell to ring the emergency court meeting in the imperial city, and the officials in the various yamen around the imperial city put down their affairs one after another after hearing the distant bell, they sat in their positions and glanced at each other, and then looked at the department chief who was sitting in the main seat, the latter looked calm, put down the documents in his hand, and said to the officials below:

"Look, rest assured that you'll finish your own work, and I'll check them one by one when I get back."

"Why?"

The officials responded in unison, stood up and watched the chief officer get up and leave.

A similar situation occurred in the various departments, the five Shangshu, the six squires and the rest of the officials all hurried towards the Taihe Palace, and the crowd from all directions quickly gathered into a stream of people, and the ministers wearing official robes of various colors and specifications walked quickly towards the main hall, while also talking in low voices.

Fu Dingquan, who had been promoted from the right attendant of the Ministry of Officials to the left attendant of the Ministry of Officials, walked in front of the crowd, he silently listened to the conversation between the scholars in front of him, and Ma Guozhu, the secretary of the household department, asked Zhang Huangyan in a low voice: "Xuanzhu, do you know why Your Majesty suddenly convened a court meeting? Could it be that there was a problem with the conquest of Japan in the east?"

Zhang Huangyan hesitated slightly, he thought back to the military reports he had received in recent days, and after making sure that nothing worthy of such a big deal had happened, he shook his head and said, "No, the military report sent from North Korea only reported that the Marquis of Anding would move to Kitakyushu to further attack Kyushu Island, and there was nothing else."

"That's weird." Ma Guozhu scratched his neck and said, "The wind and rain have been smooth this year, and there are no natural or man-made disasters, so it can't be a failure in the use of troops in the Western Regions, but even if it fails, it won't be like this to gather the ministers."

Seeing Ma Guozhu guessing over there, Zhang Huangyan could only say, "Why speculate by yourself here? When the meeting enters the temple, all doubts will be revealed."

Hearing this, Ma Guozhu had no choice but to nod, no longer say anything, and slowly entered the hall under the supervision of the pro-army on duty in an orderly manner with the flow of people.

The ministers entered the hall and stood according to their usual position, and the upper seats of the hall were still empty, but the ministers gradually quieted down, and did not dare to talk to each other again, because the officials of the Imperial Court had already stood on one side with their waists straight, and their eyes were sharply scanning the officials in the hall, as long as they dared to show the slightest act of disrespect, they would be recorded by the officials and presented to the emperor.

Not long ago, there was a member of the household because he sneezed in the early dynasty, and he was impeached by several officials, and was finally fined by the emperor for half a year, but this one sneeze was gone for half a year, which is really the most expensive sneeze in history.

You must know that the officials of the Xia Dynasty did not inherit the low standard of the Ming Dynasty, and Su Yan knew that if the income was too low, it would be difficult for officials to carry out corruption uncontrollably, so he pursued a policy of high salaries and incorruptible support, and raised the officials' salaries, at least so that officials could support their families by relying on them.

The Ming Dynasty's Yulu is terrible low, if the county lord only relies on Yulu, he can't support his big family at all, so he has to think about how to get money from other places - the countrymen are officials, isn't it just for money and power, since money can't be satisfied, then it will definitely rely on power to seek money.

Therefore, the high-salary and incorruptible policy implemented by Su Yan is to put an end to the behavior of this part of the officials who are unwilling to be corrupt but are forced to corrupt for the sake of the livelihood of the whole family.

After the policy of high salaries and incorruptibility was introduced, it was welcomed and embraced by many officials throughout the world, who loudly praised the emperor's generosity and vowed to work hard to repay the emperor's kindness - as for their actual actions, then no

You know.

After being PUA by the Ming Dynasty emperor for nearly three hundred years, it is no wonder that officials suddenly met an emperor who was willing to give a high salary.

Straight to the point.

After the ministers waited for a few minutes, Su Yancai, who was dressed in regular clothes, finally entered the main hall accompanied by the eunuchs, he sat on the dragon chair with a serious face, and condescendingly glanced at the ministers standing in an orderly manner in the hall.

Then, he said straight to the point: "I know that you are all wondering why I suddenly held a court meeting, An Zhixian, you can read it."

When Su Yan's words fell, the eunuch standing behind him stepped forward, took out a document from his cuff, unfolded it, and then read it aloud in that thin voice.

This document was written by Liu Shixun, the general of the expedition to the west stationed in Qinghai, and the content is not long, and it can be summarized in one sentence, that is, the fifth *** who was defeated in Wusizang fled to the border of Qinghai, asked to be attached to the Xia Dynasty, and asked for the Xia Dynasty's army to conquer the Heshute Khanate.

Speaking of which, it is impossible not to briefly mention the situation in Uszang (because the river crabs are too serious), after being driven out of the city of Rakha, the fifth *** wanted to flee to his territory of the Rikōte region, but the Heshute army was in hot pursuit, and the Tibetan army was obviously unable to resist the Mongol attack, and the Rikeze region immediately fell into the hands of the Hoshute Khanate.

Among them, the second Diba Chen Gyatso also died of illness in exile, and the third Diba Luo Santudao who succeeded him thought that it was impossible to defeat the Mongols with the strength of *** alone, and returned to the city of Luo, so he decided to surrender to the Han with ***, with the help of the powerful Han army to eliminate the Heshute Khanate, so that *** could return to the Luo.

He did not have any resistance to the submission of the Han people, Wu Si Zang submitted to the Central Plains Dynasty has a history of four or five hundred years, from the beginning of the Great Yuan to the later Ming Dynasty, history tells him that even if Wu Si Zang submitted to the Central Plains Dynasty, he can still maintain a high degree of independence, and exchange nominal submission for the support of the Han people, which is simply a sure win.

Therefore, Luo Santudao hit it off with the fifth ***, and immediately fled to the Qinghai border, asking for asylum from the Xia army there and expressing his submission.

However, what the two didn't expect was that the Xia Dynasty emperor they were going to surrender to was obviously not the previous Central Plains emperor who only asked for Wu Sizang to submit in name, and what he pursued was to put Wu Si Zang under actual control, so that the Tibetans would know that there was an emperor first, and then there would be ***.

After listening to Gonggong An's reading, the ministers below looked at each other, and the emperor continued: "The fifth *** wants to submit to the dynasty, and asks the king to conquer the Heshute Khanate, which has been the enemy of the dynasty for several years, and its terrain can directly overlook the land that threatens the southwest border, and the side of the couch will not allow others to sleep soundly.

Su Yan's voice fell, and Su Ci, who was standing in the column of military generals and nobles, stood up, and he said: "Your Majesty, the terrain of Wusizang is towering and difficult to enter, and the miasma is heavy, it is difficult for the officers and soldiers of our army to adapt, and it is difficult to transport money and food supplies when entering Tibet.

After Su Ci finished speaking, Su Yan did not respond immediately, but looked at Zhang Mingzhen and asked, "Zhang Qing, in the ninth year of Wu'an, An Yangbo reported that the soldiers were unable to fight after entering Tibet, and I adopted the method of the Duke of Qianguo to purchase a large number of bowls of candy from Yunnan and other places and send them to Qinghai to eliminate altitude sickness, can this thing be effective?"

Zhang Mingzhen was suddenly named, and hurriedly stepped out of the queue and replied, "Back to Your Majesty, this thing is indeed useful, and it can counteract the altitude sickness you mentioned."

Su Yan nodded, then turned his gaze to Su Ci, and said, "Since the bowl of sugar is indeed useful, the biggest obstacle to the conquest of Wusizang will not be a problem, besides, Sichuan, Shaanxi and other places have been able to support my conquest of Wusizang after all these years of recuperation, and the king of Huainan does not need to say it anymore."

Since Su Yan said so, Su Ci had no choice but to retreat, and then Su Yan continued: "Usizang has always been the inherent territory of my Central Plains Dynasty, and I conquered the Heshute Khanate, but it was just a reconquest of the lost territory.

Speaking of this, he paused and continued, "The Fifth Generation*** is the leader of the Tibetan people, and his position is very important, and it must be properly arranged

, I want to invite the fifth generation *** to Jiangning to live temporarily, and then make a decision after Wu Sizang is calmed down, what do you think?"

After Su Yan finished speaking, the ministers below were all in thought, and Fu Dingquan, the left attendant of the ministry, stood up at this time and proposed: "Your Majesty, the fifth *** had previously participated in the split of the Heshute Khanate and established the so-called earthly Buddha state.

The minister proposed to build a temple in Jiangning on a good place for the fifth generation to live, and there was no need to put it back after the pacification of Wusizang, but to set a rule from then on, from the fifth generation to the fifth generation, the successive generations must settle in Jiangning, to prevent people with intentions from taking advantage of the opportunity to make trouble."

Su Yan listened to Fu Dingquan's proposal, and a fleeting look of satisfaction flashed in his eyes, which happened to be captured by the cabinet chief assistant who had been observing, and he also stood up and said:

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Fu Shilang said is reasonable, but *** is the leader of the Tibetans, if he settles in Jiangning for a long time and does not return to Wusizang, he is afraid that the Tibetans will be suspicious, and the minister thinks that he can escort *** into Tibet every four years, and open altars to preach the Dharma in various places in Wusizang, so that the Tibetans can relax their hearts."

Su Yan nodded, the proposals of the two were in line with his intentions, this policy can be firmly in the hands of the Tibetans without causing strong resistance, as long as the Tibetans are accustomed to this policy, even if he waits for a hundred years, the influence of the system will also dissipate, and Wu Si Zang will not change much.