Zhu Yan, the princess of Shu Kingdom, is about to get married, and the concubine is Chen Ao, a handsome man who is both civil and military.

Zhu Guoxiang married his daughter for the first time, and attached great importance to it, and personally went to guide and supervise the decoration of the princess's mansion.

The Princess's Mansion was rebuilt from Dong's West Garden.

This garden was originally purchased by Dong Yan, who was nicknamed "Dong Midnight" and his friend was nicknamed "Chen Sangen".

The idiom "three watches in the middle of the night" came from this way, and it can be regarded as a famous name in history.

It's just that what remains is notoriety.

How greedy is this bastard?

When he was a magistrate, he spent public money to buy high-end work clothes for the officials, and stipulated that the clothes must be left in the yamen for safekeeping after work. Then, quietly customize a batch of inferior clothing to replace, and then sell those high-end overalls.

When he was an official in the ministry, he asked his subordinates to buy things for him. The subordinate bought something, but he didn't want to give money, and scolded his subordinate when he took the thing.

This product built two gardens in Luoyang, called Dong's East Garden and Dong's West Garden.

Decades after his death, his children and grandchildren lost all their possessions. Because he had been in arrears in paying taxes and owed a large amount of debts, the government confiscated the Dong family's land and house.

The east and west gardens of the Dong family, the property rights belong to the government.

At the beginning, officials and scholars were still holding literary meetings in the garden. Gradually, no one took care of it, after all, maintenance costs money, and now it is dilapidated.

"Can it be done in three months?" Zhu Guoxiang asked.

"Return to the Emperor."

The official of the Ministry of Works, who was in charge of the renovation and reconstruction, said: "Although Dong Yan was a notorious corrupt official back then, the garden he personally built was excellent. This garden adheres to the principle of 'clear water out of hibiscus, natural carving', and does not carve much when it is built. The pavilions and trees are natural and casual, and the steps and strange stones are also eroded by the years. ”

"Now for repair, we only need to remove weeds and trees, and paint the walls with a layer of white ash. Then replace the decayed wood and paint it again. In a month and a half, you can complete the refueling and painting. Another month and a half is enough. ”

Shen Yourong nodded and praised: "Excellent." ”

The two walked hand in hand in the garden, and after walking a short distance, they saw a small lake, and the water of the lake still came out of the spring.

Gradually going inside, the winding path was quiet, and Zhu Guoxiang actually got lost.

It took a while to turn around.

In the evening, head back to the Royal Palace.

Zhu Guoxiang said to his son: "Dong's east and west gardens, I went around today. Each has its own character and is very beautiful. The West Garden is used as Yan'er's Princess Mansion, and the East Garden can be given to Kang'er to be the Yuwang Mansion. I also heard that when Sima Guang retired to Luoyang, it coincided with the confiscation of the Dong family's property. Sima Guang often went to the East Garden for a stroll, and when he was drunk, he lay on the stone bed to bask in the sun. ”

Zhu Ming shook his head: "Kang'er is studying in a military academy, and in the future, I plan to let him fight with the army, and seal him there to guard the city after conquering the city." ”

"You set up his fiefdom in Vietnam?" Zhu Guoxiang was surprised.

Zhu Ming corrected: "To be precise, it was sealed in the southern part of later Vietnam. As for the northern part of Vietnam, it will be Cochin Province in the future. ”

"The orthodox learning in the north is Confucianism, which has belonged to China's homeland since the Qin and Han dynasties, and it is relatively easy to rule by indoctrination, so the imperial court directly set up provinces to govern it."

"Brahmanism is prevalent in the south, and it must be ruled for a long time before it can be naturalized, and if you don't pay attention to it, you need to suppress the rebellion, so I Kang'er will be sealed there to guard it."

"The north and the south can communicate and help each other. Especially if one side has a rebellion, the other side can quickly send troops. ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Although Champa often has small movements, it is only a disguise of pirates to rob merchant ships, and it is not specifically aimed at Chinese merchant ships. On the whole, the Champa state is very respectful to the imperial court, and it is not good to send troops to swallow the Champa city? ”

Zhu Ming said with a smile: "It's just a dog that you can't cook." Historically, the Song Dynasty rewarded Champa with great rewards. But when the Southern Song Dynasty declined, the tributary trade of Zhancheng failed, and he went directly to Hainan Island to burn and loot. Da Ming wanted to attack and occupy the city, and the reason was that he must be famous. ”

"Whatever you want, I'm retired anyway." Zhu Guoxiang didn't bother to think about it.

Zhu Ming said: "When Kang'er Military Academy graduates, let him go to Hunan to follow Bai Qi and adapt to the hot weather in the south." Then follow Bai Qi to attack Dali and exercise his ability to fight. ”

Zhu Guoxiang nodded and said, "Very thoughtful. ”

Anyway, in Zhu Ming's plan, he gave all the southern regions of Vietnam in the future to Zhu Kanglie, the eldest son of the concubine, to establish a state.

If Zhu Kang and his descendants have the ability, they can lead their troops to expand, and how much territory they can fight depends on their own ability.

It mainly plays the role of a guard and a guard, and with the ruling radiation of the central court, the depth of governance of the northern part of Vietnam is the limit. The rest can only be restrained and ruled, it is better to give it to his son, and if something happens, the meat will rot in the pot.

……

The envoy of the Ming Dynasty is already cruising the southwest.

The messenger's name is Xia Dajun, and he has been following the Sizhou Tian clan before.

After Tian Yougong chose to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, Xia Dajun was also awarded an official position. After serving two terms as a magistrate, Xia Dajun was transferred to Honglu Temple, and this time he inspected the southwest on behalf of the imperial court.

He traveled south from Chongqing and first went to meet the Yang clan (the ancestor of the Banzhou Yang clan).

Yang's uncle and nephew have been fighting for more than ten years, and there has been no result so far. Moreover, both of them actively submitted to the imperial court, and both claimed that they were orthodox.

Xia Dajun said to his uncle and nephew respectively: "There are barbarians in the south who refuse to accept the king, and the great emperor wants to send troops to conscript. You may build official roads and post stations in your own territory. Whoever repairs it first will be able to be the lord of the Yang family, and the imperial court will officially canonize him as the Zunyi Zhijun. During the construction of official roads and post stations, they must no longer fight each other, otherwise the court will ask for it! ”

The Yang uncle and nephew all agreed, and they stopped fighting, and mobilized troops and people to repair the official road.

After continuing south through Zunyi, Xia Dajun met with several chiefs one after another, and conveyed the meaning that the imperial court wanted them to cultivate official roads.

The chiefs agreed that it would be clear whether they would be disobedient until two years later.

Then we went to Guiyang.

It is now called Juzhou, and was once called Guizhou by Zhao Kuangyin.

In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, it was occupied by the Luo clan and was canonized by Zhao Kuangyin. Later, when Luo left, his remaining department would establish the "Stone Man Department", and soon the Song clan drove the "Stone Man Department" away.

The Song family, that is, the ancestor of the Shuidong Song family in the Ming Dynasty.

The leader of the Shiren Department is the collateral ancestor of the Shuixian clan in the Ming Dynasty.

The current patriarch of the Song clan is called Song Xihua, and they take the initiative to pursue sinicization, and also claim that their ancestor Song Jingyang is from Zhending, Hebei.

The sinicization is a bit too much, and he actually wants to be loyal to the Song Dynasty, and he is still using the era name of Song Huizong.

Song Xihua warmly received Xia Dajun in the city of Juzhou (Guiyang): "You are the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, but I am a courtier of the Great Song Dynasty." If you are a guest from afar, I should treat them. But don't mention conversion! ”

Xia Dajun glanced at the other party and asked, "If you are Song Chen, why is you dressed as a barbarian?" ”

Song Xihua said: "I also often wear Han clothes. ”

"I don't know very well why Your Excellency is loyal to the Song family," Xia Dajun warned, "but there is one thing I want to remind you. Stop attacking and annexing nearby tribes under the banner of rebellion for the Song Dynasty. Those tribes have been subordinated to the Ming Dynasty. If you dare to attack your neighbors again, it will be regarded as a war against the Ming court! ”

Song Xihua suddenly felt empty.

He was loyal to the Song family, which was a ghost, purely using Song Huizong as a pretext to find an excuse to expand and merge.

Now his territory has doubled compared to the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, and he controls Guiyang and the surrounding five prefectures.

Xia Dajun didn't bother to go to the banquet, pointed to the musketeers behind him and said, "Your Excellency, do you know what weapons they are carrying on their backs?" ”

"Iron rods?" Song Xihua is not very sure.

Xia Dajun said: "Your Excellency can put ten pairs of armor, and I will let the soldiers shoot the armor." ”

Song Xihua also wanted to find out the details of the Ming army, and immediately asked people to get ten pairs of iron armor.

He did not possess a large number of iron armors, and his army was dominated by leather armor and rattan armor.

Ten pairs of iron armor were placed on wooden stakes, and the Ming soldiers raised their flintlock muskets.

"Bang bang bang!"

Before the smoke cleared, some soldiers went to check, and then ran back to Song Xihua to whisper.

Song Xihua was shocked when he heard this, and stepped forward to check it out in person.

He found that the iron armor had been pierced, and his expression looked a little flustered, and he asked, "What kind of weapon is this?" ”

Xia Dajun said: "Divine fire." I also have a firearm in the Ming Dynasty, which is called the Shenwei Cannon. A single shot can destroy a city wall two or three miles away. ”

"You probably don't know it yet. Just last year, the Ming Dynasty not only recovered the sixteen states of Yanyun, but also occupied all the territory of the Liao State, and also destroyed the invincible Jin State. Now that all the countries of the Quartet have returned to the Ming Dynasty, do you still want to resist stubbornly? ”

Song Xihua was stunned when he heard this, although he was not sure whether the Jin Kingdom was destroyed, but the fire in front of him was indeed difficult to resist.

After thinking about it, Song Xihua knelt down violently: "I am willing to belong to the Great Tomorrow Dynasty!" ”

Xia Dajun helped him up with a smile and said, "Since you are sincerely attached, then you will take the tribute and go to Luoyang to meet His Majesty the Emperor in person." ”

"Isn't it Kaifeng?" Song Xihua wondered.

Xia Dajun said: "The Ming court moved the capital this year, and it is estimated that it has moved now. ”

Song Xihua said: "I will definitely bring treasures to pay tribute." ”

The communication between the two sides soon became extremely harmonious.

At the banquet, Xia Dajun asked: "The Luo Ghost Kingdom in the west surrendered to the Ming Dynasty a few years ago. But since then, they have not paid tribute, do you know their details? ”

Luo's ghost country, also known as Luo's man, is also the ancestor of the Shuixian clan in the Ming Dynasty.

Its territory, north to Xuyong, Gulin; south to Zhijin, Liupanshui; west to Bijie; East to Golden Sands.

Song Xihua said: "The great ghost master of the Luo Clan Ghost Country is called Pu Forehead. Generally referred to as the quota rule. I don't know the temper of this man, and occasionally sent troops to raid him, but he never invaded in a big way. ”

It's the same as not saying it.

Xia Dajun asked again: "What about Luo Dianguo in the south?" ”

The territory of Luodian Kingdom includes Anshun, Puding, Liuzhi, Guanling, Ziyun, and Zhenning in later generations.

They are from the same origin as the Luo Clan Ghost Kingdom, and they are also regarded as ancestors by the Shuixian Clan.

However, the Luo ghost kingdom was subordinated to the Northern Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, while the Luo Dianguo has always been subservient to Dali.

Song Xihua said: "Luo Dianguo is very poor, but he fights bravely. Poor and fierce, there is no need for such a small country to attack. Angels can come with a magic bolt, and they will surely be able to scare them into submission. ”

Xia Dajun was noncommittal.

Although Luo Dianguo is very poor, its geographical location is critical, and it is stuck in the only place to go from Guiyang to Dali!

In the future, when the imperial court attacks Dali, it is estimated that the first one to be destroyed is Luo Dianguo.

(End of chapter)