"That's a train of thought."

At night, with Zhu Gaoxu returning to the Chunhe Palace, Xichang, who recorded the dialogue between the envoys of various countries and Tusi, also handed over the information to him.

Among them is Mu Tu's desire to keep an army of 3,000, as well as other Tusi's views on changing the land and returning to the stream.

For Mu Tu to keep the 3,000 army, Zhu Gaoxu felt that it was okay, after all, the Mu clan needed guards to mine gold mines, and the gold mines mined also had to be handed over to the imperial court according to the ten taxes of the mine, which was nothing to do.

Moreover, the Naxi concept also facilitated the Ming Dynasty's governance of Duogan, and letting them go to Duogan would not only make Duogan peaceful, but also easy to govern.

As for the information of other small toasts, Zhu Gaoxu did not look at it, but focused on the attitudes of the four major toasts in Guizhou, the three major toasts in Yunnan, and the three major toasts in Guangxi.

Judging from their conversations, except for the Mu clan toast who agreed to conditionally change the land and return to the stream, the other toasts tended to maintain the status quo and refused to accept the change of land and return to the stream.

It's not surprising to think about it, not to mention the Sizhou Tian clan, the largest toast, just the following Shuixian clan, Shuidong Song clan and Banzhou Yang clan, even if it is not the existence of nearly one million acres of land, tens of thousands of soldiers, and tens or even millions of people under its rule.

It is even more difficult to get them to obediently surrender their governing power and military power than to appease the Tatars in the north as obedient people.

"Speaking of which, there is still only one way to mobilize troops......

Closing the letter, Zhu Gaoxu looked at Yizha on the side: "Let Yang Wen prepare to enter Sichuan to train new soldiers." ”

"When is Your Highness going to do something about the toast in Guizhou?" Yisha was worried about asking, but Zhu Gaoxu said: "Can't be too fast." ”

"First transport cement to Sichuan, Guizhou and other local health centers, so that they can raise the city, and at the same time reserve more grain."

"Each guard needs to reserve at least enough food for half a year, so that it can last until the imperial reinforcements arrive."

Zhu Gaoxu didn't take the four major toasts of Guizhou in his eyes, what he cared about was whether the finances of the imperial court could support the battle.

With the blessing of arquebuses and cannons, it is difficult for the Southwest Tusi to play the tenacity of Yang Yinglong in the "Battle of Banzhou".

If the Ming army had a cannon in the Battle of Banzhou, then Yang Yinglong could hold out for half a year.

"If you start to change the land in Guizhou in one go, will this affect too much?"

Zhu Gaoxu also glanced at the map behind him, and muttered: "When it is broken, it is broken!" ”

"Your Highness, Your Majesty invites you to go to the Qianqing Palace for a family banquet."

As soon as Zhu Gaoxu finished speaking, footsteps came from the palace gate, and Wang Yan's voice sounded in the hall.

When he turned around, he saw Wang Yan who was doing something.

"How's my mother?"

When Zhu Gaoxu saw Wang Yan, he stepped forward and asked.

"During this time, the crown princess is taking care of her, and the situation is much better, and it is inconvenient to say the specific slave maid."

Wang Yan vaguely reminded Zhu Gaochu to ask Guo Yan, and Zhu Gaoxu nodded when he heard this.

Since Empress Xu was diagnosed with cancer, Guo Yan has been taking care of her every day during the day, and she rests tired when she returns to the palace at night.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't bother her, and went to rest in other ceremonial halls these days.

Calculating the time, the two husbands and wives haven't seen each other for more than ten days.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu looked at Yishuha: "You let Zhang Fengyi take care of Yan'er and Qi'er a little." ”

"The slave and maid receive the order, Your Highness can rest assured to eat." also lost the salute in return, and Zhu Gaoxu also nodded and followed Wang Yan away.

Half an hour later, when Zhu Gaoxu came to the Qianqing Palace, he only saw Zhu Di, whose face was not very good-looking, and did not see Empress Xu and Guo Yan.

"What about Mother and Yan'er?" Zhu Gaoxu looked around, but Zhu Di didn't say anything, just raised his chin and signaled the direction.

The direction he indicated was a side hall, but the door was locked, and the door was guarded by a female officer.

Looking at the closed door, Zhu Gaoxu felt a little impatient, which was impatience for the unknown that he couldn't control.

Such impatience is not only him, but also Zhu Di.

He sat next to Zhu Di, and the two fathers and sons didn't say a word, just quietly waited for Queen Xu and the others to come out.

After a few words, the door finally opened, and the father and son got up and went up.

They glanced at the copper basin, which contained some blood and unknown slime.

They didn't rush in, but waited for a few breaths before they saw the pale Empress Xu walking out with Guo Yan's support.

"Gao Xu has been here for a long time, right?"

"No, the ...... who just arrived"

Although Empress Xu's face was pale, she still showed a kind smile when she saw Zhu Gaoxu, which made Zhu Di a little jealous.

"Sister, I've been waiting for you for a long time, how are you doing now?"

Zhu Di stepped forward with concern, but Queen Xu laughed at him: "Such an adult, I don't know how to be ashamed." ”

Obviously, she saw Zhu Di's competition for favor, but she didn't reveal her condition in her words.

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Di looked at Guo Yan, but Guo Yan pursed her lips, as if to say that Queen Xu had told her not to say it.

What are the symptoms of breast cancer, both father and son have already looked through the books.

Empress Xu's symptoms were oozing, and it was also bloody, and each time the oozing was accompanied by pain.

That kind of pain is unknown to others, only Queen Xu herself can feel it, but when others ask her, she always smiles and says, "It's okay, it's not too painful."

It's just that whether it hurts or not, Zhu Di and they can't see it.

"Let's pass the meal."

Guo Yan instructed Wang Yan not far away, and Wang Yan immediately ordered a meal when he heard this.

Soon after they were seated, dishes were served, but they were mostly light vegetarian dishes.

"Didn't you get some meat dishes, how are you ......?"

Looking at the light meal on this table, Queen Xu looked at Wang Yan with some anger.

Wang Yan lowered his head, and Zhu Di also comforted Queen Xu: "I and Gao Xu are used to eating delicacies from the mountains and seas every day, and it's good to change the taste today, I asked Wang Yan to do this." ”

"You're a delicacie from the mountains and the sea, but Gao Xue isn't." Empress Xu pinched Zhu Di and said that it was not easy for Zhu Gaoxu: "I heard that the Chunhe Palace only has three or five meals a day, and Gao Xu is so big, how can he only eat so much." ”

"Mother, don't blame me." Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile: "Although I only have three or five meals, I also have two meat and three vegetables. ”

"There are only three or four people there on weekdays, so it's not necessary to cook too much, just eat comfortably, and I don't like some meals."

"You're not a preference?" Zhu Di chirped: "You kid is a picky eater when he is young......"

"My son is not a picky eater." Zhu Gaoxu replied: "It's just that every time you ask the cook to cook, you only cook what you and your mother like to eat, so my eldest brother and the third child are not used to eating." ”

"Hehe......" Queen Xu was amused by the father and son, but after thinking about it, she felt that Zhu Gaoxu was right, and nodded:

"Children are picky eaters, most of them are parents who only make what they like to eat, so parents are not picky eaters, and what parents like to eat, children may not like to eat."

"It's still my mother who is sensible, and she deserves to be a girl." Zhu Gaoxu sold a good job, sandwiched the vegetables and put them in Queen Xu's bowl, Queen Xu smiled very happily, and her face returned to a little blood.

Zhu Di scratched his beard and muttered, "If you want to say so, your grandfather likes to eat, and I don't like to eat either." ”

"Therefore do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Zhu Gaoxu also gave Zhu Di a few chopsticks and dishes.

"You're so good-mouthed......" Zhu Di muttered, but he looked at Zhu Gaoxu's physique again, and closed his mouth instantly.

It's just that he thought about it: "No, how can anyone be afraid of his son?" ”

He wanted to teach Zhu Gaoxu a few words, but when he saw his sister Xu sandwiching a few pieces of tofu for him, he immediately buried his head in joy and ate it.

The eating appearance of the two fathers and sons is not very elegant in this era, if Xie Jin's group of people saw it, they might think that their father and son were vulgar again.

However, Queen Xu looked at the two of them eating with their heads buried in their heads, and they were happy both in their hearts and on their faces.

Guo Yan kept her head down to eat, looking at Queen Xu from time to time, worried about her body.

After half an hour, when everyone was full of food and drink, Zhu Gaoxu still did not leave, but chatted with Queen Xu in the Qianqing Palace without a word, and finally Zhu Di was bored with him, and felt that he stayed in the way and drove him away.

Regarding his possessiveness of Empress Xu, Zhu Gaoxu estimated that if it weren't for his own mother who needed Guo Yan's service, Zhu Di would be able to drive Guo Yan away.

Walking out of the Qianqing Palace with a bit of melancholy, Zhu Gaoxu looked far enough away, and then asked Guo Yan who sent him out: "How is the situation of my mother?" ”

"I ......" Guo Yan wanted to speak again and again, and finally decided to disobey Queen Xu's words and tell her husband about the matter.

"My mother has been oozing all this time, and she has to clean it up every other hour."

Guo Yan's words made Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but feel weak for a while, and his heart was half cold, and at the same time, he nodded, hugged Guo Yan and comforted him: "I've worked hard for you this time." ”

"I'm okay, it's just my mother's ......" Guo Yan couldn't say it anymore, she really admired Queen Xu's behavior of enduring all the pain in her heart.

"Mother's business, I'll find a way, you don't have to worry."

Zhu Gaoxu said bottomless words, patted Guo Yan and kissed her on the face at the same time, and then signaled for her to go back to the Qianqing Palace first.

When Guo Yan left with worries, Zhu Gaoxu silently walked out of the Qianqing Palace.

For him in two lives, maternal love is not the same.

In his previous life, although his parents divorced in middle school, at least he felt motherly love.

In her previous life, her mother was an ordinary woman, her appearance was not outstanding, but she worked tirelessly to cook and wash for her family, and take care of their daily life.

She always silently guards the family, supporting the happiness of the whole family with her selfless love and strong perseverance.

Although he divorced his father, he never let go of his concern for Zhu Gaoxu.

After I came here, I also thought about what happened to my parents who stayed in the next life.

It's just that in order to survive, he had to let go of these things and fight in Bohai and Modong.

Thirteen years have passed, and he originally thought that he had forgotten about it, but the matter of Queen Xu made him recall the care of his parents in his previous life and this life.

A mother's love is a handful of delicate sand, quietly nurturing the child.

Zhu Gaoxu stopped in front of the Qianqing Palace Gate and refused to sit on it.

"Your Highness......"

The accompanying eunuch asked Zhu Gaoxu, but Zhu Gaoxu shook his head: "You guys go back, I'll just walk back alone." ”

After that, Zhu Gaoxu turned around and was about to walk back to the Chunhe Palace, and recalled the bits and pieces with Queen Xu on the way.

Most of his life is entangled in government affairs, and it is rarely left to Guo Yan, let alone Zhu Di and Empress Xu.

Previously, he was worried that she would see the clues, so he kept avoiding them, but she was reluctant to care for herself.

Now there is a good chance that she is leaving, and if she does go, what will she do......

Zhu Gaochu silently walked back to the Chunhe Palace, and was seen by many officials and eunuchs along the way, and they all saw that Zhu Gaochu was in a bad mood and deliberately avoided him, so as not to set himself on fire.

"Your Highness, why did you come back?!"

At the gate of Chunhe Palace, when he learned that His Royal Highness had walked back, he hurriedly walked out to greet him.

He helped Zhu Gaochu into the hall, and after sitting down, he asked people to add coal to the fire wall and fire tunnel in the hall to raise the temperature, and poured hot tea for Zhu Gaoxu to warm his body.

After Zhu Gaoxu drank a cup of hot tea, he looked at Yishaha: "Is there any progress in Annan's affairs?" ”

Faced with the inquiry, Yisha shook his head without thinking, but Zhu Gaoxu did not give up and asked: "I'm talking about breast cancer." ”

The slave replied to the same thing. Yisha lowered his head and whispered:

"Breast cancer is uncommon in the first place, and it is extremely difficult to find it."

"Gynecologists from hospitals all over the country have been transferred to Annam, and they have also performed several surgeries in the local area, but the results are not good, and they ...... die."

"That's it!" Hearing the word he didn't want to hear, Zhu Gaoxu angrily interrupted Yishiha, and after taking a few deep breaths, he reacted to his attitude, and immediately raised his head to apologize to Yisha:

"I'm impatient, don't take it to heart."

"The slave knows that His Highness is uncomfortable, how can she blame His Highness?" Yizha shook his head, Zhu Gaoxu lowered his head and looked at the table when he heard this, and he didn't have the idea of dealing with the music.

"I don't see anyone today, I'll go to the front dormitory to rest."

He got up and left the Spring and Harmony Palace, and asked all the slaves and maids in the former dormitory to withdraw.

With such a change in his eyes, the entire East Palace saw it, and couldn't help but worry about Queen Xu's body.

Fortunately, Zhu Gaoxu did not return to his usual state after a few days, and during this period, he personally took the envoys of various countries to Baohua Mountain to hunt, and handed over the matter of taking care of Empress Xu to Zhu Di and Guo Yan.

In February, Zhu Di allocated money and grain, asked Xie Jin, Yao Guangxiao and others to preside over the collection of prescriptions from all over the world, and asked the doctors of Yingtian Hospital and the imperial doctors of Tai Hospital to jointly screen and remove some useless soil methods.

In July of the same year, the implementation of the new policy in Sichuan was smoothly, and the number of students enrolled in Sichuan reached more than 326,000.

In September, more than 600 people, including Xie Jin and Yao Guangxiao, collected more than 276,400 prescriptions from all over the world, and after screening by Yingtian Hospital and Tai Hospital, they finally ruled that 61,739 practical prescriptions were used.

These useful prescriptions were compiled into a book, which was given the name "Puji Prescription" by Zhu Di, which is the largest surviving medical prescription book in ancient and modern times.

It's a pity that the above prescription can only play a physiotherapeutic role in Queen Xu's condition, but cannot cure it.

As the time entered the winter moon, after nearly two years of preparation and recuperation, the Lower Western Fleet prepared to go to the Western Ocean in Liujiagang with a huge scale of 27,000 navy, 70 treasure ships, 150 warships, and 200 horse ships.

The envoys and kings of the various countries began to board the ship at the beginning of the winter month, but before boarding, the king of Boni, Manajakana, did not want to return to China, hoping to live in the Ming Dynasty.

When Zhu Di learned about it, he rewarded it with a mansion covering an area of one acre and let him be naturalized as a Nanxiyi.

When Manajagana learned of the good news, he immediately passed the throne to his son and lived in the mansion with peace of mind.

In addition to Manajakana, the three kings of Sulu were also very reluctant, but they were not as open-minded as Manajajana, so they only bought a mansion in Nanjing, preparing to live in Nanjing when they were old.

"Woo-woo-"

On the Jiangdongmen wharf on the fifteenth day of the winter month, with the sound of the horn, Zhu Di also tied a cold-proof cloak for Zheng He with his own hands and patted him on the shoulder.

"I look forward to you bringing me more things back to the West this time."

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, Zheng He will not fail in his mission!" Zheng He returned the salute, and Zhu Di also took a step back in relief when he saw this.

Seeing that Zhu Di finished speaking, Zhu Gaoxu also stepped forward, and he instructed Zheng He:

"This time in the Western Ocean, if there is a country that covets the imperial fleet, you can let go of your hands and feet and destroy the country."

"In addition, this way to the west, you have to prepare enough officialdom to prepare for the third trip to the West to Dongzhou (South America) to obtain resources."

Regarding the Americas and Africa, Zhu Gaoxu has already made it clear to Zheng He, especially the things he needs to bring back.

In fact, Zhu Gaoxu also thought of other routes to the Americas, such as starting from Ningbo, choosing a port in the east of Japan to correct and replenish fresh water and grain, and then sailing east to the Kuroshio, striving for smooth sailing, and then controlling the latitude between 35~42 degrees, which is no problem for the current Ming navigation technology.

According to the fleet's 200 miles a day in the warm current of the North Pacific, it would take about 50 days to reach the east coast of North America.

As for the easy way back, you can come back by taking the Central Pacific Current, which is the route of the Spanish Great Triangle trade, but you should do it in winter and spring, so as to avoid the dreaded typhoons in the Pacific.

If the wind is smooth, I will be back in about 50 days.

Zhu Gaoxu dared to think that it was because in the Wanli period at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Japan had helped De Bivelo, the former Philippine governor of the Spanish Panama colony, to go to the Americas.

Needless to say, what they could do, what the current Ming Dynasty could do, was able to do.

The main reason why Zhu Gaoxu did not take this line was because the political situation in Japan was not stable at present.

Although he remembered that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and Ashikaga Yoshiyoshi and Ashikaga Yoshitsu were all pro-Ming factions, he did not remember when Ashikaga Yoshimitsu died, only remembered that after the death of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu took the throne and killed Ashikaga Yoshitsu, refused to continue to be a vassal to the Ming Dynasty, and cut off the bulk trade, leaving only a few trading ports.

It was not until a few years later that Ashikaga Yoshinori died childless and Ashikaga Yoshikyo ascended to the throne, and the Ashikaga shogunate resumed its tribute to the Ming Dynasty, as well as the maritime tributary trade.

If Zheng He wants to go to Japan to the Americas, it will be as little as one year, or as many as two or three years.

During this period, supplies must have been purchased from Japan, and escorted to North America by Ming horse ships until Zheng He was able to establish diplomatic and trade relations with the locals.

During this period, if something happened to Japan that caused the supply of the Western Ocean Fleet to be interrupted, although the Ming Dynasty could recruit troops and horses to end the chaos in Japan within half a year, or maintain the situation in the eastern ports, for the Western Ocean Fleet, a few days of food outages would be extremely terrifying, let alone a month or even a few months.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Gaoxu chose to support Ashikaga Yoshiji, hoping to use Ashikaga Yoshitsugu to prepare for the construction of eastern Japanese ports for the Ming Dynasty in the future, and to open up the North Pacific shipping route in the future.

Prior to this, it was safer for Daming to take the Indian Ocean and Atlantic waterways.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu patted Zheng He's shoulder: "Let go and do it, don't have any worries." ”

"Yes!" Hearing Zhu Gaochu say this, Zheng He was very moved, and Zhu Gaochu also added:

"By the way, if you pass through Timur this time, don't care what Timur and they say, first bombard their city for me, and let them hand over Fu An, Guo Ji, and more than 1,500 soldiers who sent an envoy to Timur during the Hongwu period!"

Thinking of Timur's detention of the Ming envoys, Zhu Gaoxu's anxiety during this time because he was worried about Empress Xu immediately exploded.

"What if they don't?" Zheng He hesitated.

"Then you can bring someone to call me and rescue me!"

Zhu Gaoxu said as he motioned to Zheng He to look at the treasure ships, warships and soldiers on the dock of Jiangdongmen.

"The 27,000 people handed over to you, Chen Xuan, and Cui Jun are not purely for navigation."

"Chen Xuan, Cui Jun!" Zhu Gaoxu said, looking back at Chen Xuan and Cui Jun.

"Your Highness, rest assured, if Timur does not hand over our men, or if he hands over less of our men, he will be the first to lead his troops ashore!"

Chen Xuan opened his mouth excitedly, God knows how many years he has been waiting for this time to go to sea.

Since he surrendered to Zhu Gaoxu in the Battle of Jingyan, he has been in charge of the dredging of the canal with Huang Fuzai, and for seven years, he has been idle and panicked.

Now that Yang Zhan wants to take care of his old partner and stay, he has become the most powerful general in the navy, so he naturally has to make a contribution.

He had already thought about it, and if any country dared to provoke the fleet, he would immediately capture their king and destroy their country.

In the matter of Timur, if Zheng He is unwilling to shell, then he will use Zhu Gaoxu's words to detain him and lead the troops to make meritorious contributions.

Chen Xuan's idea is what Zhu Gaoxu needs, and he will not let go of this opportunity to establish his authority in the Indian Ocean.

The tributary system of the Ming Dynasty could not only stay in East Asia, Northeast Asia, and Southeast Asia, but also spread to the Indian Ocean, Central Asia, and Africa.

He wanted to use the navy to tell Timur and the Central Asian countries that although the Gobi Desert on land protected them, at sea, the Ming Dynasty was still the Celestial Empire that they could only look up to.

"Go ahead!"

Zhu Gaoxu patted Zheng He, and Zheng He also responded when he saw this, and then took Chen Xuan, Cui Jun and others to turn around and walk to the treasure ship on the dock.

Not long after, with more than ten treasure ships and warships setting sail and heading for Liujiagang, the second feat of the Ming Dynasty to the West is about to begin......

(End of chapter)