"What... Guogong, this capital is beautiful, but it is cold! ”

"When you get to the capital, don't speak more of the local dialect of your hometown, and say the official dialect I taught you."

"Got it, got it."

At the end of September, on the Jiangdong Wharf in Nanjing, when a horse ship with more than 1,000 materials was moored into the port, hundreds of soldiers immediately took over the place.

On the boat, several dark-skinned men got off the boat one after another, but it seemed that their relationship was not good.

"Finally back......"

When his feet stepped on the land of Nanjing, Xu Huizu burst into tears.

Time has passed, and when he came to Nanjing with a knife three years ago, it was still the capital, and the emperor was still Emperor Hongwu.

Three years have passed, and the current emperor has become his brother-in-law Zhu Di, and the crown prince has also become his nephew Zhu Gaoxu.

"If I can control the military and politics of Yunnan, why is the imperial court so ......?"

Xu Huizu sighed, but his words were not realistic.

His foundation in Yunnan is too shallow, not to mention him, even Mu Chun may not be able to overpower the three Fu Mao brothers and Wang Xuan's father and son.

If he had this ability, the Southwest Corps would not have been held back in the frontier for two years.

"Wei Guogong, since you have arrived in Yingtian, then please take care of yourself."

A shrill voice came from behind him, Xu Huizu frowned, and sure enough, he saw the three brothers Fu Mao, who were mediocre but quite tall.

Beside them, there were five people: Mu Chun, He Fu, Wang Xuan, Qu Neng, and Gu Cheng.

However, for the three Fu Mao brothers, except for Wang Xuan, almost no one in this group can have a good face.

If it weren't for the containment of Wang Xuan's father and son and Fu Mao's three brothers, I'm afraid Zhu Gaoxu would not have broken through the Jianghuai defense line so easily.

Xu Huizu hated them like enemies, and Mu Chun, He Fu, and Qu Neng were in mixed moods, but Wang Xuan didn't care.

"Wei Guogong, see you tomorrow morning."

Mu Chun stepped forward to make a move, and then left with He Fu and Qu Neng.

When Fu Mao and the others saw Mu Chun and them leaving, they also bowed to Xu Huizu, and then left.

The rest of Wang Xuan walked up to Xu Huizu, looked at Xu Huizu with a calm expression, and reminded:

"Wei Guogong, no matter what happened before, but now it is the Yongle Dynasty, our affairs can be revealed, and continuing to help the imperial court is the top priority for our military attachés."

"Humph!" Xu Huizu snorted coldly: "I don't think you look like a military attaché, but more like the group of civil servants who are scheming in the temple." ”

With that, Xu Huizu brushed his sleeves away, and Sinaimo, who was his bodyguard, also followed.

When he walked away, Wang Xuan chuckled and shook his head, as if he was helpless about Xu Huizu's pedantry.

After sorting out his mood, he walked towards the Jiangdong Gate with more than a dozen guards, only to find that many carriages had been prepared at the Jiangdong Gate.

The three Fu Mao brothers and Mu Chun had already left, and when Wang Xuan arrived, Xu Huizu's carriage also drove away.

There was the last carriage left, and Wang Xuan didn't have to think much about it to know that it was his own, so he walked directly into the carriage.

It's just that when he opened the carriage door, he was stunned by the situation inside.

"Temple... Your Highness? ”

What appeared in Wang Xuan's eyes was Zhu Gaoxu, who is now the crown prince, and there was also Yishaha, who had a few exchanges with him.

"Minister, Yunnan Yongchang ......"

"Alright, let's come up first."

Wang Xuan reacted and was about to salute, but Zhu Gaoxu stretched out his hand and dragged him into the car.

Without them opening their mouths, the carriage was already heading for the inner city.

Feeling the irresistible force in his hand, Wang Xuan came back to his senses and hurriedly said: "How can you bother Your Highness to receive your ministers." ”

"I am a brother, if it weren't for your meritorious service, I wouldn't be able to become the prince today." Zhu Gaoxu said, and also explained:

"I summoned you to Beijing this time, in addition to wanting to meet you, there are other things I am going to arrange for you to do, and seek a knighthood for you."

He never forgot Wang Xuan's merits, and seeking a title for Wang Xuan was also the way he thought of by Zhu Di trying to divide Luchuan.

The Yunnan of the Ming Dynasty included most of the Myanmar of the later generations, but only half of the Yunnan of the later generations was actually in the hands of the Ming Dynasty.

That's it, it's still the result of Mu Chun's defeat of Daogan Meng.

How to pocket the vast Yunnan region and solve the still more than 300 toasts is something that Daming needs to consider.

In addition, for the restraint method of three propaganda and six comforts, it is also necessary to further implement the reform of the land and return to the stream from the strong restraint.

However, whether it is the actual control of Yunnan, or the transformation of the land and the return of the three propaganda and six comforts, this requires a huge number of people.

Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu is destined to give up some things temporarily, such as the strengthening of the actual control of the three propaganda and six comforts is the object that needs to be given up temporarily.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't know how long he could live, and how far the Ming Dynasty could grow the population in the decades he lived, so he had to take control of Yunnan first.

He came to Wang Xuan to talk about the actual control of Yunnan.

"This is the map of Yunnan......"

Zhu Gaoxu took out a map of Yunnan, and Wang Xuan and Yishiha took it and opened it respectively.

This map of Yunnan covers most of the three Xuans and six comforts, but it was drawn by Zhu Gaoxu with a red line.

This line starts from Lijiang, which has a high degree of sinicization and obeys the instructions of the Ming Dynasty, and includes Yongchang, Nandian, Chuxiong, Kunming, Lin'an, Qujing, Guangnan, Guangxi and other prefectures to the south.

"The place north of the Zhu line is the place where the imperial court has strong control, and the place south of the Zhu line is the place where the most local officials and tusi are located, although they pay taxes to the imperial court and are willing to obey the imperial court's dispatch of troops, but it is difficult for the imperial court to interfere in its internal affairs and cannot send liuguan."

Zhu Gaoxu explained the difference between the north and south of the Zhu line for the two, which was also the first time Wang Xuan saw the whole picture of the map of Yunnan.

In his experience, there is basically nothing wrong with this map, and the mountains and rivers are better drawn, even better than the map used by the Yunnan Dusi.

However, judging from the north-south issues of Zhubi on this map, the Ming Dynasty could control at most one-third of the entire territory of Yunnan, and the remaining two-thirds were basically in the hands of the surviving more than 390 Tusi.

In this way, it is because Zhu Yuanzhang was affected by the gold, silver and copper mines in the southwest named by Zhu Gaoxu, and spent four years to eradicate the small toast, otherwise the number of toasts in Yunnan should be more than 540.

Of course, because more than 100 small toasts have been eradicated, the remaining 390 or so families are mostly medium and large toasts, and the difficulty has not decreased much.

"I'm going to let your father be stationed in Yongchang, your brother in Zhenkang, and you in Nandian."

"As for how to change the land and return to the stream, how to attack the place, my father will explain to you when he meets you tomorrow."

"In short, you have to keep an eye on Luchuan for me, and you must not let Luchuan Lian and the Baiyi (Dai) Tusi again."

When Zhu Gaoxu said this, he stared at Wang Xuan, and Wang Xuan's eyes stayed on the map, but after he heard Zhu Gaoxu's words, he couldn't help frowning and said:

"Although there are more than 160,000 acres of cultivated land in Nandian, and fruits and vegetables can be ripened all year round, the output of each acre of land is only one and a half stones of real grain."

"Besides, 30,000 of the 40,000 local people are white-clothed, and the remaining 10,000 are Jianwen ministers who have been distributed, and they can hand over at most 40,000 stone of grain as military rations."

"40,000 stone of military rations can guarantee the military salaries of more than 3,000 brothers at most......"

Wang Xuan said, but Zhu Gaoxu interrupted him: "I will transfer the matter of military salaries from Dali Mansion and Yongchang Mansion, how many soldiers and horses can be solved by the local 40,000 stones?" ”

"About seven thousand." Wang Xuan responded without thinking, and Zhu Gaoxu continued when he saw this:

"In the past few days since you came to the capital, take the token of my East Palace to the Great Sect Field and learn the method of firearms combat with the Jurchen Eight Guards of Bohai."

"The road leading to Yongchang and Nandian in Dali Mansion will also find a way to expand the Yunnan Political Envoy to Erzhang Road."

"All you have to do is to encourage the local people to reclaim the wasteland, and I will find a way to deliver you food, ploughing cattle, firearms, and gunpowder."

Zhu Gaoxu said, turned his head to look at Yishaha: "Send five hundred officials from Bohai who are good at clearing wasteland to bring back to Wang Xuan." ”

After the words fell, he continued to look back at Wang Xuan: "In three years, Nandian's cultivated land must be doubled, and it must be enough to raise 20,000 troops." ”

"Leader!" Wang Xuan responded and did not complain about the difficulties.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu patted him: "Take Nandian, Ganya, Longchuan, Mengmao and other places, and then solve the local officials in Zhenkang, and I will give you the earl." ”

"If you can take down Mengmian, Menglian, Cheli, Mengken and other places, I will give you a marquis."

Zhu Gaoxu didn't say anything more when he said this, but Wang Xuan understood what he needed to pay to get the duke.

The duke, at least he must have the merit of destroying the country, and there are many countries in front of him, and there are many countries in the three Xuan and six comforts that are trying to break away from the control of the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that it's too difficult to actually control the three propaganda and six comforts, at least Wang Xuan won't think about it now.

"Your Highness, it's here."

The carriage slowly stopped, and Zhu Gaoxu also put away the map and handed it to Wang Xuan: "You take this map, the place outside the car is the courtyard where you live, don't be too small." ”

"Your Highness, as long as I have a place to live, it would be good."

Wang Xuan was embarrassed, and prepared to get out of the car after the ceremony.

Looking at his departing back, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but ask: "You have to ask for the title, but you also have to pay attention to your body, I heard that the Marquis of Xiping contracted miasma when he was fighting Meng, you have to be careful." ”

"Your Highness, rest assured, I am familiar with the miasma, and the miasma of Xipinghou is the solution of me."

Wang Xuan smiled, and at the same time said why Mu Chun did not die of illness.

As for the fact that Mu Chun did not die, if it is placed in Jingjing, it will definitely be bad news for Zhu Gaoxu, but now it is Yongle.

"Be careful yourself, I'm still waiting to see you become an old minister of the Four Dynasties."

Zhu Gaoxu ordered with a smile, Wang Xuan nodded with a smile when he heard this, and then closed the door for the carriage.

When the door closed, the carriage also drove out of the alley, and in its place appeared in front of Wang Xuan was a small courtyard guarded by two soldiers.

Looking at the familiar courtyard gate, Wang Xuan also had a smile on his face......

"No wonder His Royal Highness has been letting people guard the courtyard, it turned out to be reserved for Wang Xuan."

On the carriage that had already left, Yisha smiled and said the courtyard related to Zhu Gaoxu, and at the same time, the carriage also drove out of a torii.

There are several large characters written on the torii...... Yulin Left Guard Fang.

"After all, there are memories of me in that yard, others can't live in it, but my own brother can live in it, I just hope he won't be small."

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't hide the smile on his face, obviously he was really happy about Wang Xuan's arrival, and at the same time he was also very guilty.

In Zhu Gaoxu's view, the merits of the three brothers Wang Xuan and Fu Mao are not smaller than those of Ta Loss, and they can even be compared with Meng Zhang.

The Fu family repaid by levying Annan to restore the Duke of Yingguo, but Wang Xuan had no chance.

Therefore, he can only create the opportunity to actually control Yunnan and hand it over to Wang Xuan, so that he can fight for a knighthood for himself.

But even so, Zhu Gaoxu still felt sorry for Wang Xuan, because he should have been knighted.

It seemed that he could see regret on Zhu Gaoxu's face, and he also reassured: "Your Highness doesn't have to bother yourself, Wang Xuan has the ability to win the title." ”

"Besides, if the affairs of the southwest are explained clearly, then I am afraid that the group of people in the temple will be unstable again."

"Humph!" After hearing Yishiha talk about the group of people in the temple, Zhu Gaoxu snorted lightly and asked instead: "Did Hu Lun spread the news?" ”

"It's spread out, and many people in Yingtianfu know about it, but it will take time to spread it to Jiangdong, eastern Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong, at least two or three months to see results."

"Two or three months......" Zhu Gaoxu muttered, and then asked: "When will Zheng He and them return?" ”

"The time should be almost up, no later than October." Yisha responded after calculating the time, Zhu Gaoxu just bowed his head when he heard this, and was silent and did not speak.

After a while, the carriage slowly stopped, and Yishaha also skillfully opened the door for Zhu Gaoxu and took the lead in getting out of the car to support him.

When Zhu Gaoxu got out of the car, what appeared in front of him was the "Wei State Mansion" in the downtown area.

"I will see it after all."

Looking at the Wei Mansion in front of him, Zhu Gaoxu didn't know if Xu Huizu, who had not participated in the Battle of Jingjing, would still be as stubborn as in history.

Although Xu Huizu's commanding ability is not outstanding, having him is also the icing on the cake for Daming.

What's more, he took care of himself after all.

"Your Highness Chitose!!"

When the sound of singing came out, the guards of the Wei Mansion obviously recognized Zhu Gaoxu, after all, his appearance and figure were too eye-catching.

He nodded in greeting, and then walked into the Wei State Mansion.

Yisha understood what Zhu Gaoxu meant, so he took out the money from his arms and threw it to one of the guards.

"Your Highness gave it, you can discuss it yourself."

With that, he followed Zhu Gaoxu, walked through the shadow wall and corridor, and came to the wide and majestic central hall.

When the two appeared, there were many people gathered in the middle hall, among which Xu Huizu, who was seated, was the most conspicuous, followed by Xu Yingxu and Xu Zengshou.

Although Xu Zengshou saved his life, he lost his title.

However, in Zhu Gaoxu's opinion, it doesn't matter, because in terms of the relationship between Xu Zengshou and Zhu Di, as long as Zhu Di takes Xu Zengshou to participate in several northern expeditions, Xu Zengshou will get the duke sooner or later.

"The nephew has seen three uncles......"

Zhu Gaoxu saluted five or six steps, and Xu Zengshou, who saw him coming, hurriedly came out to greet him, Xu Huizu snorted coldly, and Xu Yingxu looked at his eldest brother, in a dilemma.

"I don't have anything to say to the rebels and thieves!"

Xu Huizu sat and mocked Zhu Gaoxu, but Zhu Gaochu walked into the middle hall and found a chair to sit down, and chuckled: "Rebels and thieves? ”

"Today's emperor is the Yongle Emperor, where do you say that there are rebellious ministers and thieves?"

"I remember that the current emperor is Emperor Jianwen." Xu Huizu spoke carefully, he knew that Zhu Gaoxu had sharp teeth and sharp mouth, and if he was not careful, he would most likely fall in love with him.

"Then dare to ask where Emperor Jianwen wen?"

Zhu Gaoxu asked Xu Huizu, and Xu Huizu also mocked: "Naturally, he was killed by your father and son, a pair of rebellious ministers and thieves. ”

"Killing?" Zhu Gaoxu chuckled: "Zhu Yunwen felt that he couldn't govern the country, and he burned himself to death in shame, what does it have to do with my father and son?" ”

"It's just sophistry, no matter what you say, Your Majesty is also the emperor of Emperor Taizu Gao." Xu Huizu was still hard-mouthed, but what he said was Zhu Gaoxu and the others.

"Did Emperor Taizu Gao teach him to force his uncle to death and kill his uncle?"

"You ......" Xu Huizu was speechless, after all, what Zhu Yunwen did was really not authentic, and he couldn't say anything.

"Emperor Taizu Gao told him to rely on my father and son, but what he did was always aimed at asking for the lives of my father and son."

Zhu Gaoxu raised his chin, and what he said made Xu Huizu have no temper: "My father and son handed over more than 300,000 soldiers and horses to him, but he still wants the lives of my father and son." ”

""Ancestral Teachings": When the new son of heaven in the court is on the throne, the kings send envoys to congratulate him, guard the border domain, and do not go to court for three years."

"If the court follows the rules of the ancestors, appoints ministers, and there is no treachery in it, three years later, the princes will still come to the court in turn."

"If there are no ministers in the court, and there is treachery in it, then the prince will train the troops and stand by, and the Son of Heaven will secretly edict the kings to lead the town soldiers to seek peace."

"After the peace, the troops were collected in the camp, and the dynasty returned to the emperor."

"If the king does not come, and sends the general to seek peace, his general will also collect troops in the battalion, and will bring a few people into the emperor's court, and return in Beijing for only five days, and his merit will be surrendered after the continuation."

Zhu Gaoxu took out Zhu Yuanzhang's "Ancestral Teachings", and then said: "We really didn't wait for the edict of the Son of Heaven, because the Son of Heaven has been bewitched by the ministers. ”

"In a year, a million male soldiers have lost the war, isn't this a rebellion?"

He didn't mention Zhu Yunwen's ability at all, and seemed to want to take the matter of the minister seriously.

In this way, if he wants to refute him, he can only admit that Zhu Yunwen has a problem, and once Xu Huizu does this, then he will become a minister who insults the emperor he recognizes.

Xu Huizu wanted to refute, but after figuring it out, he closed his mouth and no longer responded to Zhu Gaoxu's words.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Zhu Gaoxu also chuckled: "No matter what Uncle says, it can't be justified from the point of view." ”

"It's not my father who wants to sit on this throne, but the ministers who beg my father to sit on it."

"Humph!" Xu Huizu snorted coldly unconvinced: "The emperors supported by this group of ministers are just emperors who make good use of their ministers." ”

"Then who do you think can be the king in the world?" Zhu Gaoxu opened his mouth to ask rhetorically, and it happened that he poured a cup of hot tea, he picked it up and blew it and took a sip.

Seeing Zhu Gaoxu's leisurely and stroll-like behavior and demeanor, Xu Huizu clenched his fists: "No matter how much you say, you can't change the identity of your father and son, who are chaotic ministers and thieves." ”

"Since my uncle is so obsessed with my father and son being a chaotic minister and thief, then dare to ask my uncle why this loyal minister is still here?" Zhu Gaoxu put down the teacup, shook his head and asked.

"Loyal ministers are dead, what is that uncle now?"

"Gao Xu!" Hearing Zhu Gaoxu say this, Xu Yingxu couldn't help but hum, and Xu Zengshou also frowned and looked at Zhu Gaoxu.

However, Xu Huizu was speechless by Zhu Gaoxu's words, and Zhu Gaochu was not worried that Xu Huizu would seek death.

In history, Xu Huizu died of illness in the fifth year of Yongle, of course, there is also a saying that Zhu Di ordered him to commit suicide, but Zhu Gaoxu felt that it was impossible.

After all, Xu Yingxu, who was also dissatisfied with Zhu Di, lived to the fifteenth year of Yongle, and Xu Da's lineage, whether it was Xu Huizu or Xu Yingxu, Xu Zengshou, it seems that he has not lived more than fifty years old within four generations.

Even if you count the entire Ming Dynasty, there are few people in the Xu Da family who live to be over 60 years old, one of the two princes has been inherited for nine generations, and the other has been passed on for eleven generations, and only four are over 60 years old.

Thinking about it this way, it is normal for Xu Huizu to die of illness in his forties, but thinking about it makes Zhu Gaoxu uneasy.

He thought of his mother, and even more thought of Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaosui.

It seems that neither of these two people lived to be fifty, and the only one who could have lived past fifty was made into a crockpot chicken by his eldest nephew at the age of forty-seven.

Thinking about it this way, Zhu Gaoxu's mood can be imagined.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Xu Huizu also walked out of Zhu Gaoxu's ridicule, and he said slowly: "It is said that you have set up a school similar to martial arts. ”

"Huh?" Zhu Gaoxu was pulled back to reality by Xu Huizu's words, but heard Xu Huizu speak: "I can teach people's children, but I will never be a leader." ”

"Yes." Seeing Xu Huizu say this, Zhu Gaoxu also agreed.

He is a little unsure how many years Xu Huizu can live now, judging from the current situation, these three brothers are still in good health, and there is no writing in the history books about how Xu Huizu and Xu Yingxu died of illness, so that Zhu Gaoxu doesn't know how to prevent it if he wants to.

"You ......" Xu Huizu obviously didn't expect Zhu Gaochu to agree so quickly, and he couldn't think of what Zhu Gaochu was thinking at the moment, so he opened his mouth to stop talking, and then was silent for a moment, and then got up and left the middle hall.

Xu Yingxu chased after him, but Xu Zengshou stayed behind to greet Zhu Gaoxu.

However, the current Zhu Gaoxu was not in the mood to chat with Xu Zengshou, and when he saw Xu Huizu get up and leave, he also got up and made a gesture to Xu Zengshou.

"Uncle stay, my father may send troops to Modong in the year after tomorrow, and I will ask my uncle to help me at that time."

Zhu Gaoxu revealed a piece of news to Xu Zengshou, and Xu Zengshou also had a smile on his face when he heard this: "You and my uncle and nephew, why are you so polite." ”

He got up to send Zhu Gaochu out of the Wei State Mansion, and when he arrived at the door, Zhu Gaochu turned around and said, "Uncle, don't send it away." ”

"Okay, I'll go and persuade the eldest brother again, don't be angry with him." Xu Zengshou didn't forget to say a good word for Xu Huizu, but Zhu Gaoxu's mind was not on this, and after nodding his head, he took Yizha into the carriage.

It was only not long after the carriage was traveling, and Zhu Gaoxu asked Yishaha: "Who are the famous doctors in the world?" ”

"Naturally, it is Dai Sigong, the imperial envoy of the inner court, but he seems to be neglecting the office recently." I don't know what Zhu Gaoxu is doing here.

"Do you want to be a servant?" Zhu Gaoxu was surprised and asked, "Why?" ”

Hearing this, Yizha also explained: "First, he is old, and now he is seventy years old, and he is already a happy year. ”

"The second is that after all, he is appreciated by Emperor Gao, and he has to be promoted by Jianshu, so he is unwilling to serve His Majesty."

Zhu Gaoxu also knew that this person couldn't be kept.

However, although people can't be retained, medical skills must be retained.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu spoke: "If he insists on being a scholar, he can do it, but transfer a few spiritual students from the Guanwai Hospital to follow him back to his hometown to study, so as not to have a good medical officer in the inner court in the future." ”

"Yes......" also lost Ha, just thinking that Zhu Gaochu was afraid that no one would use it in the future, but he didn't know that Zhu Gaochu was worried about whether he could live past fifty at the moment.

Clenched his fists and felt the strength of this body, Zhu Gaoxu felt a little weak.

"With my body, it shouldn't be a problem to live seventy......"

(End of chapter)