"This cochin is inevitably too hot compared to Guangdong."

In the middle of summer, a young official dressed in the official uniform of the five grades of the Ming Dynasty kept wiping his sweat with a handkerchief, but he couldn't mess with his dignity and majesty.

"Tian Qin is patient, this is hotter than Guangdong. I heard that even if it's Layue, it's okay to wear single clothes. Otherwise, why does Champa rice grow three times a year? In response to him, a middle-aged eunuch with a soft voice was heard.

"Hmph, it's been almost half a month, it seems that Mo Dengyong is really empty."

The eunuch called the envoy was Tian Rucheng, a jinshi in the fifth year of Jiajing. Now, as the head of the Ministry of Rites, he has been ordered to serve as the envoy of this Jiaozhi Xuan.

Of course, Cochin is special. Throughout February and March. Tian Rucheng and a number of other people who were selected as envoys and secretaries of the embassy and guards went to the palace to receive "training" from the emperor.

Tian Rucheng knew the danger of this trip, but he witnessed that Zhang Fujing, who had been in Zhengde for 16 years, was honored by the emperor and was listed in the State Hall for more than eight years, so he still wanted to take this opportunity.

Now the person he is talking to is Yuan Hongmao, the leader of the guards under his command. Although there are only 50 guards in one banner, this embassy guard has the official character of 100 households. And Yuan Hongmao, who was sent to Jiaozhi, is not simple, it is the official product of Jinyi Wei and the deputy Qianhu. The fifty people he carried under him should not be underestimated.

Tian Rucheng said this, in fact, he confirmed the next safety to Yuan Hongmao again.

Yuan Hongmao's answer was very simple: "He didn't dare to make a mistake." ”

“…… I didn't expect him to. Tian Rucheng concealed his slightest uneasiness, "It's nothing more than discussing with his subordinates how to explain to me Daming, in order to test whether we can be canonized by Daming, and it will be better to entertain us." If we wish, the embassy will be opened immediately. Even if he is severely reprimanded as a usurper, do you really dare to disrespect the Ming Dynasty and cause internal and external difficulties? ”

Yuan Hongmao looked at him and stopped talking.

You think so clearly, why do you blush?

Oh, it's too hot here.

"Father-in-law Peng, ignore these. The news that the envoy came to this Anxing City, Gonggong Peng has already dispersed? ”

"Envoy Qin rest assured, don't say that the rich businessmen of Jiaozhi who have been cooperating with our Haimao for many years are the news that the mission has entered the city, and it has spread by itself. Not only that, the establishment of the Xuanjiao Embassy, mainly to manage the maritime trade, has also been spread. ”

"There's Father-in-law Laupeng." Tian Rucheng smiled and saluted him, "Next, let's see how this Jiaozhi will behave." ”

In the city of Shenglong, west of Anxing City, Mo Dengyong was dressed in a dragon robe and sat on his throne.

In the countries or tribes closest to the Ming Dynasty, except for Wusizang, which has its own religious traditions, Jiaozhi and Goryeo have strong Chinese cultural influences.

The canonization of the Ming Emperor is even an important part of helping them strengthen the legal system. There is both canonization, and there is naturally and subjugation. In the same way, learning Chinese etiquette and wearing Chinese clothes is also something that only people with status and status here can do.

Mo Dengyong looked at the news from Anxing City, and the expression on his face changed uncertainly.

The envoys of the Ming Dynasty did carry the national letter, the emperor's treasure seal, the seal of the State Palace, and the seal of the Ministry of Rites, but this letter of state was not given to him, but to the lord of the country, Li Shi.

Since he was officially "relegated" for more than a year, Mo Dengyong was busy suppressing civil strife and purging the remnants of the Li family, and he had planned to send an envoy to the Ming court, claiming that the descendants of the Li Dynasty were extinct and no one could inherit the throne. At the same time, he claimed that the Mo clan had won the support of the ministers and the support of the people, and asked the Ming court to canonize him as the king of Annam.

Now, the envoy has arrived early.

Favored by the ministers? The people support it? It's not that level yet, so I don't know if the envoy will hear any gossip in Anxing City?

It's not good to continue to put them under house arrest over there, and forbid them from contact with all kinds of people.

Even if you can take this risk, the sea trade house that has now monopolized the trade from Guangzhou to this side......

Mo Dengyong raised his head and looked around at his civil and military ministers, and slowly spoke: "I can't drag it on, what do you think you should do?" ”

How could he not know that many of these people were doing business with the sea trading house.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is good that the angel has arrived. Lai's heir is already a fact. Now the angels are here, since they are here to set up a propaganda embassy, they just treat each other with courtesy. I think that the angel came to Annan thousands of miles away, and he also wanted to make meritorious contributions. What does Daming want to set up this embassy, if this envoy can make a difference, he should also want to return to Daming as soon as possible, and there is another promotion. ”

"Greet him well, let him help with a few kind words, and His Majesty the Ming Emperor will canonize His Majesty as the King of Annam, it will be even better!"

"Yes, no matter what he hears or sees, doesn't the Ming court listen to what he says? Your Majesty, this is a great opportunity! ”

“……”

The hall was noisy for a while, and Mo Dengyong couldn't help but ponder.

Now there are still remnants of evil resisting, if the new dynasty is canonized by the Ming Dynasty, these courtiers who follow him will also feel much more at ease.

"I heard that the envoy of the Great Ming Dynasty is a young man who is only twenty-seven years old?" Mo Dengyong asked.

"Exactly! Your Majesty, beautiful people and wine, gold and silver treasures, can always win him over. ”

Mo Dengyong looked at a military minister again: "Your family is doing business with Daming, and the news that came back last year is not wrong, right?" ”

"Your Majesty, it's true! The Great Khan of Dayuan really died in Daming the year before last. ”

Mo Dengyong was silent.

He is a qualified politician, but Da Yuan is too far away from him, and he does not need to pay too much attention to the internal situation of Da Yuan. In his opinion, it was the Ming soldiers who had suppressed Da Yuan, who had been bullying them before.

He knows more about Daming.

Now the Ming Dynasty has allowed the people to go to the sea to do business, and now they have sent envoys. Listening to the content of the national letter relayed by An Xingcheng's subordinates, the establishment of this propaganda embassy was to spread all over the Ming vassal clans.

It seems that after martial arts, the Son of Heaven of the Ming Dynasty should also begin to enjoy the feeling of all nations coming to court.

After weighing the pros and cons, Mo Dengyong still couldn't suppress his existing desire for the canonization of the Ming Emperor.

"Arrange it, clean up the road along the way, one pavilion for ten miles, and welcome the envoys of the Heavenly Dynasty to enter Beijing!"

……

To the west of Toyosu Beach on the grassland, more than 2,000 tired cavalry climbed the gentle slope and finally saw the camp tent in the east.

"It's back! It's back! ”

In this tired cavalry ranks, cheers rang out one after another.

The horse went to report the news first, and the rest of the people returned to their hearts like arrows.

On the hillside north of the road they were traveling, Ma Fang looked from afar with his small bow in his hand and mounted his own tamed wild horse.

Last year he had seen 5,000 horsemen leave here for the west, and now less than half of them have returned.

They went for almost a year, where did they go? Why didn't you see the capture brought back?

After a while, I saw a whistling sound in the direction of the sweat tent, and Ma Fang saw Daxu moving.

He thought to himself: I replied and came to greet him.

As he rode on his horse, he dismounted first when he saw a big man approaching from the west on a fast horse, escorted by a few men.

After stepping forward quickly, he opened his arms and his voice choked: "My dear brother, you are finally back!" ”

The person who came also turned over and dismounted, but first stroked his chest and saluted, and said loudly: "The great Tushetu Chechen Khan, full of baldness, has not disgraced you!" ”

"Well done! Attaboy! I replied to help him up, patted him on the shoulder with both hands, and looked at his subordinates, who had only more than 2,000 people left, and said with tears in his eyes, "You are all good men!" ”

"Khan! He didn't lose so many brothers! "There are still a thousand people left there, and Labuk has taken them in, hoping that they will continue to graze and help him keep his new pasture!" ”

"Good! Good! Good! I rejoiced, "The blood of the brethren will not be shed in vain." Let's go, eat well, drink well, sing and dance today! ”

He sent people as the main force to help Gunbilik capture Qinghai, but he didn't want there. However, didn't the son of the Tumut tribe, who can fight well, conquer the heart of his third brother who is a lord in the Wushen Tribe?

Although Rabuk is now a Gunbiric man, sooner or later he will still be his man.

When I returned to the tent, he first introduced a new distinguished guest to Manchu Bald: "This is the holy monk Rinzen Gongpo from Tibet, and he is also the erudite Cuorampa. I have been consulting with the holy monks for several months, and I have taken refuge in the Dharma. ”

The monk, wearing a yellow hat, bowed to Manchu Bald first.

I said excitedly to Rinzen Gongpo: "Since you have returned safely from baldness, Qinghai is already a pure land. Turpan believes in the Crescent Moon Sect from the desert of the Western Regions, and if we conquer the valley north of the Qilian Mountains in the future, there will be countless believers in Buddhism throughout the grassland! ”

Rinzen Gongpo's eyes were shining, but he only praised the world's martial arts of Rata when he spoke, and did not express any vulgar opinions about the Gansu town that he hinted at to capture the Ming Dynasty.

In the sweat tent, Shi Tianjue suppressed the anxiety in his eyes and looked at the Rata and the Rinzen Gongpo, who suddenly believed in Buddhism.

Since Man Shoubald suffered a defeat in Shuozhou, the situation on the grassland has begun to change so rapidly in the past two or three years.

Now, Shi Tianjue didn't suffer any snubs, but he was ordered by me to only take charge of the caravan of the Tumut Department to the east to do business with the Duoyan Tribe.

said that he was in charge, but he was just a shopkeeper. Not only to prevent being deceived, but also to try to recruit more Han people from the east.

In Xuanfu Datong in the south, the Han people who fled to the border in the past two years suddenly became fewer and fewer.

And when he wanted to loot, he found that there were many places on the side wall that had begun to have the kind of mandarin duck soldiers who had lost a lot of manpower to Gunbirick the year before.

I didn't give the order to loot the Ming Dynasty easily, and last year's main action was to capture Qinghai and drive it away.

This year...... It's not going to be like this year, is it? He seems to be busy getting his tribesmen to embrace Buddhism from Tibet.

Toyosu Beach became lively because of these warriors who returned home, but this excitement had nothing to do with Shi Tianjue.

The next day he set out for Daning with one of my brothers-in-law, with a long army of horses, among which he was also driven by many cattle and sheep.

On the Daning side, in the embassy of the three departments of Duoyan in Chengde, Zhao Shichun, the envoy of Xuanjiao, was also a jinshi in the fifth year of Jiajing.

Now, in his embassy, Huadang's son Boge himself was waiting there.

Zhao Shichun sat aside and said with a smile: "The prince doesn't have to worry, Neizi just wants to see if the tribute girl is in good health first." The Guangning border city has been opened, as long as the three departments of Duoyan are sincere and good to the Ming Dynasty, it doesn't matter whether this tribute girl is offered or not. ”

Bo Ge remembered his father's teachings and said seriously: "Your Majesty is magnanimous, and he doesn't care about the matter of helping the Khan Court in desperation the year before last, and even allows me to sacrifice only one daughter in the three departments, how can I be lazy?" Tana is not from everyone, and she is worried that she will not know the etiquette and will not be able to enter the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor. ”

Zhao Shichun smiled slightly and was noncommittal.

It is a woman dedicated to His Majesty the Emperor, and Zhao Shichun has not seen it before. But his wife, who couldn't rest assured that he had come to the side wall, secretly told him that he was indeed extremely beautiful.

It's no wonder that it took nearly ten months to select the people.

Of course, what beauty does Your Majesty want? Whether or not you can enter His Majesty's blue eyes, in fact, as Zhao Shichun said, it doesn't matter.

He said to Boge: "As for the difficulties that Ling Zun raised to the envoy some time ago, the envoy has already planned to present His Majesty. On both sides of the Luan River and the Naliao River Loop, there are indeed some places that are more suitable for reclamation as fertile land. I believe that it will not be long before several agricultural and engineering scholars will be appointed here. It is better to teach people to fish than to teach people to fish, and please ask the prince to tell Lingzun after he goes back, you can choose a good person first, and then learn the skills. The envoy is here and will not interfere in the affairs of the three tribes. ”

"Thank you, I will definitely tell you the truth."

To the left of the mouth of the Liao River, to the southeast of them, is the acropolis where the right guard of Quang Ninh is located.

Tunwei, as the name suggests, is still based on Tuntian.

To the east of this right guard is a large concave bay.

This bay is an important estuary of the Liaodong water system that flows into the three waterways of the Liao River, the Taizi River and the Hunhe River. Because three rivers join it, the river is now called the Sancha River.

The eastern side wall of Liaodong is concave in a large piece at the entrance of the three confluences of the Sancha River. The Liao River flows backwards beyond the side wall before it joins the Sancha River. The east side of the Sancha River is close to the side wall, and it is called the Niuzhuang Station. To the southeast of it is the so-called Haicheng county seat of Haizhou Wei in eastern Liaodong.

With the opening of the border city in Liaodong between Zhenjingbao and Baituchangguan in the north of Quang Ninh, two places in Liaodong soon prospered.

One is Jinzhou, which must be passed through the land route to Liaodong through Shanhaiguan, and the other is Niuzhuangyi and Haicheng County, which can be taken by sea and come here through the Sancha River.

Now, a fleet of boats has arrived at the riverside pier outside the Niuzhuang Station.

Xue Han, the son of Xue Lun, Marquis of Yangwu, stood at the bow of the ship and looked at the northwest with a little worry.

"Isn't it dangerous to be so close to the side wall, if the Tartars are on the side?"

"The prince is too worried. Beyond this wall, there is a Liaohe loop, full of swamps, which is not convenient for the Tartar cavalry to gallop. Moreover, in the north of here, along the side wall, Dongsheng, Changning, Chang'an, and Changsheng are thirty miles and a fort and ten miles and a village. It makes sense that the side wall does not enclose the Liao River and the Pu River. ”

Xue Han nodded: "Having said that, as soon as the eastern Liaodong border city opens, it is still more dangerous here. Now the Liaodong Branch of the Tongyi Bureau takes this Niuzhuang Post as an important point, and has also begun to cooperate with our Shipping Bureau, which can be imagined to be rich here in three or five years. Since they are rich, it is difficult to ensure that the Tartars do not covet them. ”

“…… Shizi, our shipping bureau is only responsible for transporting grain and grass and doing business. These things are shared by the court's own officials. ”

Xue Han no longer spoke, but pondered that if he was in danger here, in fact, the navy army would also have a lot to do......

Although he was very unhappy to go to the Shipping Bureau at the beginning, Xue Han never left Xue Lun's letter teachings, and now he has adapted to it.

Especially the large-scale investigation that began at the end of last year, Xue Han still has some fears when he thinks about it now.

Zhejiang opens the sea, how important is the shipping bureau? Fortunately, the benefits of opening the sea are too great, and other enterprises are greedy, and they all partner with some large private households, and they want to reach into the bowl of the Huangmingji Maritime Trade Bank and the Shipping Bureau.

Speaking of which, I have to mention Yan Song and Xia Yan. The two governors of Zhejiang were ambitious people, and they understood His Majesty's intention to agree to open the sea.

Under the leadership of President Ma Cheng of the Shipping Bureau over the years, this guy who had made a lot of money through Caojun Shandong did not dare to be more greedy, and only conscientiously did a good job in enhancing shipping capacity, opening up and familiarizing himself with waterways, and stabilizing the sea grain routes in eastern Liaodong and North Zhili.

As a result, the shipping bureau became the cleanest enterprise in the general inspection at the end of last year.

Xue Han is now in charge of the northern branch of Zhigu in the Shipping Bureau, and he also has more than a dozen warships under him to escort him.

Now, he naturally pondered the merits of the military deployment here.

Outside the Xifeng Pass, the horse team and the carriage reached the pass.

I learned that it was a beauty dedicated to His Majesty by the three departments of Duoyan, and after passing the customs defense, this team was let in.

The curtain in the carriage was slightly opened, revealing a curious eye.

Tana, who was born in the Fuyu tribe, has lived on the grasslands on the banks of the Liao River since she was a child, and now she sees the majestic Great Wall pass and the Ming army with heavy armor.

In a few days, she will go to the capital of Daming, which is said to live in millions of people, to be a woman of tomorrow.

Tana couldn't help but bite her lip lightly as she thought of the requests and requests that the three old patriarchs had given her.

But would the Ming Emperor, who defeated the Great Khan on the battlefield, really favor a grassland girl who can only herd horses and sheep?

In the capital, Yang Bo, the new science detective, walked into the Palace of Heart Cultivation and saluted the two seniors first: "Chief Jiang, Bachelor Wang." ”

"But the appointment is coming." Jiang Rubi smiled, "Your Majesty is on the side of the Central Yuan Palace, let's take a look at the notes sent by the General Political Envoy and the State Palace." ”

"Yes......"

The first chief Yan Song was a member of the party after leaving Beijing, and the third chief Gu Dingchen was the governor of Liaodong Town.

The second chief Yang Shen was the prefect of Guangzhou after leaving Beijing, but he is now the head of the household department.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Imperial Study, it was thought that it would be a very important department to replace the celebrant and supervisor. So far, in fact, it's quite embarrassing.

On the one hand, after the establishment of the State Palace, there are many things that do not have to wait for the imperial approval. On the other hand, many of the things that require royal approval are first discussed by many important ministers, and secondly, they ...... What kind of person is Your Majesty, and how much do you need the head of the Imperial Study and the two companions to help them with ideas?

However, you can't deny that the chief of the imperial study is too fragrant: judging from the official positions behind the few people who have already sat in this position, this position was first able to attend the national policy meeting at the beginning, and later directly attended the national policy meeting with real power.

Yang Bo didn't dare to slack off, and after sitting down, he first looked at Song Shu seriously.

Although the emperor will make his own decisions, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not ask them anything or test them for anything.

As for His Majesty in the Middle Circle Hall...... Yang Bo now knew what the Zhongyuan Hall was for, so he was a little distracted for a while.

To be honest, I'd love to see how the emperor taught those little kids.

To the north of the Zhongyuan Hall, Sun Ming had just given birth to a son, and Concubine Duan gave birth to a daughter, and Concubine An ......

"Sister Shufei, is Your Majesty in a better mood?"

Wen Suyun pursed his lips, and then said: "Your Majesty is probably still a little unhappy, I want to make him laugh, but he is old, and then he will go to the Heart Cultivation Hall to concentrate on state affairs." ”

Sun Ming let out a long sigh: "It's a pity that Concubine An is blessed ......."

After that, he looked at Lin Qingping again: "Concubine Xian, you have known Your Majesty for many years, so if you have the opportunity, you should explain more." ”

Lin Qingping's eyes were only at the Zhongyuan Hall not far away, and when she heard this, she nodded first, and then said, "Empress, it is inevitable that Your Majesty will be sad. It's just that there are rumors in the palace that Concubine An's sister was restrained by that beautiful woman, and these gossips matter. If Your Majesty hears this, I am afraid that he will not be pleased. ”

Sun Ming nodded solemnly, and then the color between his eyebrows appeared: "I don't expect that person to come to Chong Chongxi, but chew these tongues!" ”

Wen Suyun suddenly said: "Ah! After class, they're out! ”

As soon as the words fell, several people looked over there.

Between the Kunning Palace and the Zhongyuan Hall, within the walls and under the cloud platform, many children between the ages of five and six to eight or nine years old soon rushed out.

Sun Ming looked for Zhu Zaiji, who was one of the youngest, and Lin Qingping naturally looked for Zhu Zaiji's figure.

In front of them, there was a smaller princess who was held in the hands of the palace maid, and her voice was crisp and screaming over there: "Brother Huang! Brother Huang! Mother, I'm going to play too! ”

Zhang Qinghe only whispered: "Don't mess around." ”

The harem concubines looked at the chattering scene over there, and then saw the emperor walk to the cloud platform over there and shouted: "Guo Shouqian, you take them to practice." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Guo Xun's son is the head of the small class, and in this special elementary school composed of the prince, the clan and the children of the lords, gymnastics began between classes.

Zhu Houxi looked at the children bouncing below, and his eyes were in a trance again.

At the beginning of the year, An Concubine had a difficult birth when she was about to give birth, and the final result was very painful.

Throughout the spring, Zhu Houxi would think about it from time to time.

Only by spending more time dealing with state affairs can we dissipate our mood.

He has been in this world for so long, and he has also begun to experience birth, old age, sickness and death related to him.

The pillow man died of incense and gave birth to a son who had not met for several months......

"Your Majesty! Drill done! ”

Coming back to his senses, Zhu Houxi smiled and nodded: "Play for a while, and when the iron bell rings, go back to do arithmetic problems." ”

So the kids ran to the other side and played with the swings, slides, and a net.

Zhu Houxi slowly walked towards Kunning Palace.

"In October, the provincial military teams will compete for the championship, so how about going together to see what happens? Scatter your mind. ”

Hearing Zhu Houxi's words, Wen Suyun's eyes suddenly lit up: "Okay! ”

“…… I heard that there are a lot of concubines, do the concubines also go? Sun Ming asked.

"Don't you want to go?" Zhu Houxi asked with a smile.

Sun Ming smiled softly: "Then I naturally want to take a look." ”

He mentioned that who needs to be distracted, but not necessarily.

After talking to them and teasing a total of five princesses and princes, Zhu Houxi walked in the direction of the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Sun Ming stood up: "Okay, don't let them go crazy, lest they get hurt." Let's go back to doing the arithmetic first. ”

The queen has a fate, and the children's happy time is over - who made her the principal and principal of this "Royal Kindergarten and Primary School"?

In comparison, His Majesty is more interesting and will tell a lot of interesting stories.

Zhu Houxi arrived at the imperial study, and Jiang Rubi and the others stood up to see.

Then Jiang Rubi said solemnly: "Your Majesty, Huguang is in a hurry, the sky is dry for more than three months, and many crops are dried up, and I am afraid that there will be a lot of harvest." ”

(End of chapter)