Wang Xi separated from Yunxi when he left the martial arts hall and took several guards to the public rental house assigned to Luo Guanzhong to visit him.

Luo Rong opened the door and saw a man wearing the attire of a fourth-grade eunuch. He immediately opened the middle door and said to Wang Xi with a smile: "The common people have seen this father-in-law before."

Wang Xi guessed that he was Luo Guanzhong's nephew or something, because he thought that Yunxi attached great importance to Luo Guanzhong, so he did not put on the airs of the emperor's trusted eunuch, and said with a smile: "Mr. Xiao Luo, there is no need to be polite. Our Wang Xi is under the orders of His Majesty."

, I came to visit Mr. Luo Guanzhong. I wonder if Mr. Luo is here?"

"Of course Cao Min's father is here. It's just that the weather has been too hot these past two days and he has suffered from heat stroke. He is resting in the house. Cao Min will take the prince to see Cao Min's father immediately." Luo Rong said, leading them to the backyard.

, and at the same time sent people to wake up Luo Guanzhong.

"Don't wake up Mr. Luo. Your Majesty told us not to disturb Mr. Luo. If he is sleeping, don't wake him up. Let's just take a look and see that Mr. Luo is fine."

." Wang Xi said.

Luo Rong stopped his servants and took Wang Xi to the house where Luo Guanzhong lived. He said: "My father is old now and his body is not as healthy as when he was young, so he often suffers from various minor illnesses."

"This can't be careless! At this age, a minor illness may turn into a serious illness, so no matter what illness Mr. Luo has, you must not be careless." Wang Xi warned.

"Yes, Eunuch Wang," Luo Rong said.

While they were talking, they had already reached the door of Luo Guanzhong's house. They stopped talking. Luo Rong gently opened the door and let Wang Xi walk in.

Wang Xi looked at Luo Guanzhong's complexion, then checked Luo Guanzhong's pulse, and felt that there should be no problem, so he planned to leave the house.

He looked around and saw a manuscript on the desk nearby. He thought it was probably a Newspeak book or script that Luo Guanzhong was writing. He picked it up and took a look at it.

But at this moment, he suddenly heard someone say: "Don't touch my manuscript!"

Wang Xi was startled, turned to look at Luo Guanzhong who had woken up, put down the manuscript and said: "Mr. Luo is up? His Majesty asked our family to come to visit Mr. Luo."

Luo Guanzhong also woke up at this time. He sat up straight and was about to get off the ground. Wang Xi quickly stopped him and said, "Mr. Luo, you don't have to be like this. Our family is just visiting the old man on behalf of His Majesty. He can rest quietly in bed."

Luo Guanzhong was indeed very weak now, and it was very difficult to stand up, so he sat on the edge of the bed without standing up, and said: "Your Majesty's kindness to me, I am very grateful..."

Then the two of them exchanged a few words with each other, and Wang Xi retired after completing his purpose.

But on the way back to the palace, he kept thinking: 'Why doesn't Luo Guanzhong want me to read the manuscript I picked up? Is it just a literati problem?'

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…

On the morning of the next day, Yunxi went down to court, and after a while he reviewed and responded to the memorial. At noon, he went to Jinshen Hall and announced to the envoy sent by Shame Chagan.

When he arrived at the Jinshen Hall, Shang Bing had already arrived. He bowed to him and sat on a chair on the side. Yunxi sat down on the main seat and said to Chen Di, the Minister of Rites, "Xuan Yili has brought the envoy here to see him."

The guards in the palace passed the words one after another, and after a while, a strong and dark young man came in, saluted him and said: "I have met His Majesty the Ming Emperor."

"Pingsheng." Yunxi said. Mahama's Chinese had a pure Gansu flavor. Yunxi didn't understand it very well. It was only after Shang Bing 'translated' for him that he understood what Mahama was talking about.

After that, the two of them responded normally. Then Yunxi immediately asked: "You Yili sent you as an envoy at this time, but you have something to ask me to do?"

Mahama was very impatient with the red tape of the Han people. Hearing Yunxi's direct response, he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Your Majesty, I am here because of the order of the Great Khan of Yili State. I have something to ask of Your Majesty the Emperor."

"First of all, I am struggling to produce enough swords, guns and armor for use. Please give me a total of 100,000 swords and guns, 5,000 pieces of chain mail, and 5,000 pieces of the steel helmet invented by Your Majesty last year. I also ask your Majesty to reward me.

Baoli is willing to use good horses from the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, and even bloody horses in exchange."

"Secondly, during the twelfth lunar month of this year for the Han people, I also sent Li Great Khan Shamechagan to personally go to the White Horde Khanate to pay homage to its Khan King Kolijak, and also sent envoys to the Blue Horde Khanate and the Golden Horde Khanate.

I have obtained their promise to deal with Timur together. Kolijak Khan also sent an envoy to my Yilibali, intending to come to the capital on the first day of next year to meet with His Majesty and request the Ming Dynasty to accept his tribute."

"Third, I ask for your majesty's consent on behalf of the king of Shamechagan, the king of Yili country. If anyone who escapes from Yili country is caught, whether it is a Mongolian, a Uyghur or other people,

They are not allowed to be taken in and must be repatriated to our country. If there are people from the Ming Dynasty who escape into our country, our country will definitely repatriate them."

"I'm sure I'll give you one hundred thousand swords and guns, but five thousand pieces of chainmail are too many. I can't give you that much. I'll let the people from the Ministry of Rites tell you how many I can give you later. The helmet I invented last year is now even connected."

The Ming Dynasty's army is not yet fully equipped, and it will not be rich enough for you for at least three to five years. If you want the helmets originally allocated to generals, I can allow you to give some."

"However, I will also send people who are good at raising horses to accept horses from you. If you use inferior horses to fool me, neither I nor King Qin will accept it."

"As for the White Horde Khanate and other foreign countries, if Kolijak is willing to surrender to our Ming Dynasty, I will naturally be willing to accept their tribute."

"I can also agree to your last request. If any fugitives escape from Yili, I will definitely ask the Yamen of Shaanxi Xingdusi to hand over the people you want. The same goes for Qin Fan." Yunxi said.

However, Yunxi had some doubts in his heart. It was normal for Shami Chagan to want iron weapons, and it was also understandable to talk about his diplomatic achievements in the west with various countries of the Jochi family: it was just to show off his momentum.

However, it was a bit strange that he proposed that people who escaped from Yiliba should not be detained, and it was even more strange that he also specifically pointed out the Mongols. The Mongols were the rulers of Yiliba, so why would they be willing to escape from there?

Yunxi then used language to try to find out the reason, but Mahama didn't know whether he didn't understand Yunxi's words or something, but she didn't react at all to his words and just responded normally.

Yunxi was a little angry about this, and turned to look at Kelu and saw that it was already noon, so he asked Mahama to retreat.

But just after he retreated, Yunxi immediately called Qin Song and Guo Hongtao into the palace and said to them: "We must find out why Shami Chagan asked our country not to take in people who escaped from Yiliba.

's sake."

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…

After lunch and another nap, Yunxi went to Jinshen Hall again to receive another envoy from a foreign country.

The Yili family were not the only ones who sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty in June and July. The Mongolian Khan Uruk Timur, who was renamed Guilichi by Xu Youde, the commander of the Yunchuan Guards, returned to the Onan River in March.

With the support of half-hearted or simply hypocritical tribal leaders, he officially announced his succession to the throne of the Great Khan, abolished the country's title of "Yuan", and restored the name of Mongolia.

He immediately sent people to the Ming Dynasty's garrison on the Monan grassland to express his willingness to end the hostility with the Ming Dynasty, restore peace, and reopen mutual trade between the two sides.

The people from the border guard station rushed 600 miles to send the credentials to the capital for Yunxi to read.

Yunxi had already seen the memorial sent by Yunchuan Guards in early February. He learned that Guilichi had killed Kun Timur and established himself as the Great Khan, so he had already made preparations to negotiate peace with him. So after seeing

After Gui Lichi's credentials, Yunxi immediately drafted an edict to express his willingness to accept Gui Lichi's title of vassal, and agreed to open a mutual market in Datong.

When Yunxi's decree was sent to the grassland, Guilichi was initially reluctant to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, but under the temptation of mutual trade, he finally expressed his willingness to surrender, but only in name and would never go to the capital to pay tribute.

Yunxi immediately agreed. The so-called actual provocation of vassalage was actually meaningless. The subordinates would still be under his jurisdiction. They just came to the capital to show their respect. For Yunxi, such a false name would be of no use. If not for Guilichi's refusal to accept the name.

The ministers in the imperial court who have professed vassalage will not agree to negotiate peace with Mongolia, and they do not even need to accept vassalage in name only.

Guilichi immediately sent envoys to the capital of the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute, and requested that a mutual market be opened immediately. After careful consideration, Yunhe opened a mutual market outside the Weisuo City in the north of Datong, using various goods from the Central Plains to exchange for goods from the grasslands.

Furs and horses. Of course, all kinds of iron weapons are strictly prohibited from trading, and even iron pots are in limited supply.

Yunxi was sitting on his seat at this time, waiting for Guilichi's envoy to come to see him, while listening to the introduction of Yang Ben, the doctor of the Host and Guest Department of the Ministry of Etiquette: "Your Majesty, the Mongolian envoy Ashulu is the brother of his country's leader Guilichi, although

He is not a direct brother, but he is also an important minister of Mongolia now, and he is proficient in Chinese. Guilichi sent him here, which shows that he is very sincere in surrendering to His Majesty."

Yunxi just smiled indifferently at Yang Ben's words and said nothing.

Not long after, Ashulu, who was already quite young, walked in and immediately said after greeting Yunxi: "Your Majesty, since your Majesty has accepted Mongolia's title of vassal, then Mongolia is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty on the same level as North Korea and other countries.

In this case, your majesty has opened a trade on the sea and allowed merchants from all foreign countries to come to the Ming Dynasty to do business. You cannot favor one against another. Therefore, on behalf of Guilichi, the Khan of Mongolia, I request your majesty to allow the border areas to open trade all year round, and to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty.

We, the people of Mongolia, do business."

Yunxi was not surprised by Ashulu's request. The Mongols on the Mongolian grassland now only have two requirements for the Ming Dynasty. One is peace and no more wars. Guilichi doesn't want to have to guard against the Ming army going north every day.

Be prepared to move at any time; the second is to obtain goods from the Central Plains. Since the Ming army cannot defeat the Ming Dynasty and cannot cross the Great Wall to plunder, the only way to obtain urgently needed goods is through mutual trade.

"The border areas are different from those on the sea. It cannot be generalized. However, if all the Mongolian tribes on the grassland can avoid intruding on the Ming Dynasty border areas, I can agree to hold a mutual trade in Xuanfu Town, Datongdusi, and Yansui each year."

Xi said.

"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty." Ashulu bowed and said. Although he knew that Guilichi was not sure that he would be able to restrain all the tribes, this did not prevent him from agreeing first.
Chapter completed!