Zhu Zhanyan's eyes narrowed.

If this sentence came from the mouths of those generals, or even from the mouths of the old man, he would not be surprised, but from the mouth of this Chen Xun, Zhu Zhanyan's heart rose a little bit of vigilance.

It's very simple, the identity of a new science scholar alone is enough to make Zhu Zhanyan vigilant, not to mention that this Chen Xun is still this year's new science champion.

This year's Wenchen, and even the entire world's scholars, have been suppressed very hard, others don't know this, can Zhu Zhanyan not know?

After all, he can be said to be the initiator.

This time, though, he was wrong.

"Zhan Yan, do you know him?" The old man's side had a deep father-son relationship, and Zhu Zhanji had no possibility of inserting it, so he came to Zhu Zhanji's side.

"Meet ......," Zhu Zhanyan nodded meaningfully.

"Just met."

Zhu Zhanji came to such a sentence, which made Zhu Zhanji a little unsure of how to answer.

If it was someone else, it wouldn't matter, after all, Zhu Zhanji was the eldest grandson of the emperor, and now he was still the grandson of the emperor, although he was not as good as his father Zhu Gaochi in the officialdom, but he was also a little bit better.

But in the face of Zhu Zhanyan, can he still use those words?

"It seems that His Royal Highness the Prince has a deep hostility towards Zaixia." Regarding Zhu Zhanyan's attitude, Chen Xun did not grovel like others, and even had a little bit of free and easy.

"However, His Royal Highness the Prince may need time to get used to, because in the next few days, please go to Yunnan."

Chen Xun's words can be said to have thundered everyone.

Zhu Zhanyan's eyes narrowed.

Judging from the expressions of the people around him and his cousin, they didn't know that Chen Xun was going to go to Yunnan, which means that there was no rumor leaking before.

If you want to say that although Zhu Zhanji is the grandson of the emperor, after all, he is only the grandson of the emperor, not the prince, and he doesn't know too many things, what about the people around him?

Today is the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, and the people who come are all officials above the fifth grade, and those who can get close to people like Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhanji are not far away, even if it is not a cabinet scholar like Jin Youzi and a household secretary like Xia Yuanji, it is also a waiter or something.

These people don't know, which means that this matter is very likely to be decided by Chen Xun himself, and whether it succeeds or not is another matter.

In addition to this reason, Zhu Zhanyan couldn't think of any other reason.

The old man sent him on purpose? Zhu Zhanyan didn't think that he basically had no impression of this person, at least he was not a famous minister in the Yongle period, and he should not have the possibility of being favored by the old man.

"Zhan Yan."

Just as the atmosphere was stiffening, a voice broke the situation and drew everyone's eyes to it.

Zhu Zhanyan got up and walked in the direction of the old man.

Next to Zhu Zhan's vacant seat, Xia Yuanji moved quietly twice.

"What do you want to do?"

When he said this, Xia Yuanji's eyes narrowed, which made people have a ...... at first glance

A cold breath.

"Xia Shangshu misunderstood." Chen Xun smiled and bowed.

Chen Xun is still only a scholar, although he has the title of champion, but he does not have an official position, so he has to salute when he sees Xia Yuanji.

This is also the reason why he asked to go to Yunnan.

"I don't have any thoughts that are unfavorable to His Royal Highness, but I just feel that although His Royal Highness is radical, I have to say that it is also very effective."

"His Royal Highness the Prince of the World began to emerge when Yongle dealt with the Japanese in the seventh year of Yongle, and it has been six years since the seventh year of Yongle."

"In the past six years, what kind of changes Daming has made, others don't know, can Xia Shangshu still not know?"

Xia Yuanji was silent when he heard this.

Indeed, others may not know the changes in the Ming Dynasty, but he is the most aware of the household department, because the household department is responsible for both the money and food of the Ming Dynasty and the household registration of the Ming Dynasty.

But the problem is that Chen Xun is a scholar.

Scholars have always been regarded by default as civil officials, the prince's lineage, and Zhu Zhanyan is the group that is the most incompatible, even-for-tat.

How many officials died by Zhu Zhan's hand? How many officials died because of Zhu Zhanyan?

Perhaps this number is not known to many people, but there is one thing that is basically known to individuals.

Whether it was died by Zhu Zhan's hand or because of Zhu Zhan'an, if those people added up, the entire Ming Dynasty would be affected.

"What are you talking about?"

While the two were talking, Zhu Zhanyan had already saluted the old man and came back.

"Nothing." Xia Yuanji bowed slightly towards Zhu Zhanyan.

"His Royal Highness, I will get to the point soon, Wei Zhe is the head of the household, and he will be busy for a while, so he will retire first."

Zhu Zhanyan didn't care, nodded directly, and made a gesture of waving his hand to catch up.

"Go, go, go!"

"Every time I enter Beijing, you have to look for me, and you really treat me as Xia Yuanji's fortune boy?"

Xia Yuanji smiled, did not speak, but glanced at Zhu Zhanyan, and then turned to leave.

Zhu Zhanyan was stunned for a moment, followed Xia Yuanji's gaze, and raised his eyebrows.

It's a bit interesting, the person Xia Yuanji pointed out to him is the same person as the person Jin Youzi pointed out.

Which country's envoy is this? How did you make Xia Yuanji and Jin Youzi notice, and they both reminded themselves to be careful?

"What's wrong?" Zhu Gaoxu also walked over, and his seat was next to his son.

"It's nothing ......," Zhu Zhanyan shook his head slightly.

"It seems that someone wants to target me, but I don't know the identity of the other party yet."

Zhu Gaoxu paused when he heard this, and then followed his son's gaze.

……

The arrival of Zhu Gaoxu and his son made people look sideways, but they didn't pay special attention to it, because this matter can be said to be well known.

From Yunnan to Yingtian, Zhu Gaoxu and his son have been walking for almost three months, and those magistrates who are not well-informed don't know that it is forgivable, and all the people who can attend today's dinner are human spirits, can there be anyone who doesn't know?

Soon, Zhu Gaosui also came, he was behind Zhu Gaochu and his son, but he just saluted the old man in a proper manner, and it didn't cause much repercussions.

Anyway, there is no comparison with Zhu Gaoxu's father and son.

Sitting opposite Zhu Gaochu and his son, Zhu Gaosui didn't look at the father and son the whole time, but just lowered his head.

If you don't go to find someone else, and no one goes to him, it's really a little pitiful to look at.

Seeing this, Zhu Zhanyan just smiled and didn't say anything.

Everyone has to pay for what they do, he Zhu Zhan Yan bought it, even the old man bought it, and he Zhu Gaosui is naturally no exception.

No one cares about a vassal king who has lost power, Zhu Gaosui was not very concerned in the first place, and now naturally no one pays attention to it.

However, not being noticed does not mean that the person has lost everything.

……

The main protagonists arrived, and the banquet soon entered the next stage: the worship of the envoys of various countries, and at the same time the time of tribute.

This year, Zhu Zhanyan didn't jump out like last year, last time he was completely interested, coupled with the old man's commission, this time the old man didn't say anything, so he naturally had no interest.

In this regard, there is not much difference between this year and normal years, that is, the number and value of tributes paid by various countries have increased a lot compared with previous years, and many countries have even directly doubled.

That's a gesture of goodwill.

You must know that the matter of tribute is very troublesome, and the Ming Dynasty will generally formulate rewards according to the amount and value of tribute paid by those people in previous years.

Why is the value of the reward always more than double the value of the tribute? The reason is that the rewards are prepared in advance, and in the case that the amount of tribute paid by the other party cannot be lower, the Ministry of Rites will give a rough estimate most of the time, and then hand it over to the Ministry of Household to solve the problem of rewards.

Finally, after those envoys enter Beijing and pay tribute, the Ministry of Rites will give corresponding rewards according to the regulations.

But now, so many countries have increased the amount of their tribute, and you say that if it fluctuates slightly, as long as it is within 30%, there is no problem.

But if you double it......

This most likely means that Daming's side is not prepared enough.

With the current prestige of the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible for these countries to unite to embarrass the Ming Dynasty, unless they are tired of living and want to follow the old path of the Japanese Kingdom and Siam.

Then, there is only one explanation left, flattering.

Of course, it is not excluded that some countries secretly want to embarrass Daming, but they dare not say it openly in this kind of country, and they have to shirk Daming's reward and say some scenes on the bright side.

For example, this is all tribute, which should be due to the subject country, and for example, the tribute is not for reward.

It's hypocritical, but it has to be said.

Zhu Zhanyan has no interest in this, because he doesn't belong to Yingtian now, so he naturally has no interest in this kind of link, but if you really want to talk about it, it's not that there is nothing at all.

First of all, he had to pay attention to which country the envoy Jin Youzi and Xia Yuanji showed him just now was from.

Second, he was a little curious about the reaction of North Korea and Warat, countries that he had embarrassed last year, to this year.

As for Siam......

They won't be able to come this year, because after the siege of Sukhothai, the capital of Siam, the Siamese royal family was completely destroyed.

Although it is impossible to count in detail whether there are any fish that have slipped through the net because of the fire attack, even if there are, it is impossible to participate in this year's tribute.

If you really participate, wouldn't it be a sheep's mouth?

Actually, Chen Xun's sentence still makes sense: In this world, only martial arts can be safe.

If it weren't for the incident of Zhu Gaosui and Li Zhen, then North Korea would undoubtedly be the number one dog leg of the Ming Dynasty, so this year's North Korea was also the first to stand up.

Last year they were the first to come forward because they had been like this in previous years, but this year it's not quite, they still have to prove something.

This year's North Korean envoy is no longer Li Yan, but a person Zhu Zhanyan does not know, but this person was obviously instructed before leaving.

The attitude is impeccable, and even more respectful than in previous years, the number of tributes has fully doubled, and these extra tributes are not under the banner of tribute, but to say that two ships of the fleet responsible for transporting supplies to the Japanese state last year were stranded on Tsushima Island, which is compensation.

To say that there is indeed a matter of this fleet, but it has nothing to do with North Korea, it is completely because of the great ebb tide, Wang Jinghong's judgment has a problem.

The great ebb tide was predicted, but the tide was more than expected.

The wooden hull was damaged by the grounding, and it was still on Tsushima Island, which obviously had nothing to do with North Korea, but North Korea took it.

The implication is obvious.

North Korea was followed not by Warat, but by Jang Fu.

On this special day, Zhang Fu, who was stationed in the Wa Kingdom, also returned, but it was only for a short time, and he should have to go back in less than three days.

Zhang Fu reported on his situation in the Wa State this year, and also reported on the current situation in the Wa State, and then retired.

Zhu Zhanyan didn't feel anything about this, for no other reason, it was far from when he conquered the Japanese Kingdom.

Even if he doesn't compare with him, the killing god, he can't compare with Qian Yong and Zhu Sanfeng.

Zhang Fu is still the same Zhang Fu, he has no scruples about rushing into battle to kill the enemy, but killing prisoners and civilians...... He really couldn't do it yet.

Zhang Fu was followed by Wara, they are by far the closest country to the Ming Dynasty except for North Korea, and other countries such as Siam and Nanzhang were forced to push south because of Zhu Zhan's control of Lao Wo Si and Eight Hundred Dadian Si.

Warat also changed his envoys this year, no longer the son of Mahamu, but the person of the virtuous king Taiping.

Warat is now home to three kings, namely King Mahamu of Shunning, King Taiping of Xianyi, and King Bald Polo of Anle.

Mahamu is not the bloodline of the Golden Family, even if he is the most powerful, but as long as he is not the Great Khan, then it is impossible for him to cover the sky in Warat.

Warat has also settled down a lot this year, although there are also cross-border grazing things, but it is only a very few, and at a glance, it is clear that it is those civilians who have been forced by the nobles to have no choice but to make this decision.

In fact, think about it, the forward period of the Xiaoice River period, the life of the grassland is really not good.

It wasn't until the appearance of the fourth wave of people that Zhu Zhanyan finally cheered up.

It's finally time for the wave of people that Jin Youzi and Xia Yuanji reminded him of before.

"King Manraka pays a visit to His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and His Majesty bows to Jin'an."

？？？

Manraka? King?

As soon as he heard this, Zhu Zhanyan was full of question marks?

Manraka? Isn't this the country that straddles the Strait of Malacca? You don't seem to be trying to provoke them, do you? Why do you get yourself?

Zhu Zhanyan couldn't figure it out, but he wasn't in a hurry, anyway, everything would fall into place, and he wasn't afraid.

One worshipped the Ming Dynasty in the first year of Yongle, and only barely gained a foothold through the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, until Zheng He brought people over in the seventh year of Yongle, which allowed Manraka to gain a firm foothold.

What can a small country that can't even do Siam set off?

"Well, Ma Bao took people to you when Yongle was seven years ago, right? At that time, the Siam problem was solved for you. ”

Zhu Di didn't know if he had seen this Manraka king beforehand, and he was like a treasure as soon as he came up.

"This year, you came to worship in person, and your sincerity can be seen."

"I wonder how you've been doing in the past two years?"

(End of chapter)