Jin Hanjun Li Fangyuan returned to his house and told his confidant Jin Hanlao what happened in the palace today. Jin Hanlao also asked with confusion: "Why do you want to go to the capital of the Ming Dynasty at this time? I'm not afraid.
Are there any changes in the country?”
Li Fangyuan smiled and said: "It is at times like this that I have to go out for shelter. Do you think that if I stay in the country, I can prevent my father from canonizing Li Fangshuo as his heir apparent?"
Jin Hanlao shook his head.
Li Fangyuan added: "Since I can't stop it if I stay in the country, what's the use of staying in the country? The more times like this, the more important it is to avoid it. My father will definitely attack and oppose this before and after canonizing Li Fangshuo as the crown prince.
If I am not in Seoul, I can avoid the attack and let my father deal with Li Fang and others. This is why the ancients of the Ming Dynasty said: 'Chong'er is safe outside, but Shen Sheng dies inside.'"
"Furthermore, I heard that Zhu Yunxi, the grandson of the emperor of Ming Dynasty, had many fantastic ideas and was fond of martial arts, so he thought he would be compatible with me; and now that Zhu Yunxi can be enthroned as the grandson of the emperor as his legitimate son, he will definitely support me in this way.
The legitimate son will inherit the throne of North Korea, so I can just go and win his support."
Jin Hanlao said: "The Ming Dynasty may not care about our affairs in Korea. Back then, the king deposed King Gongrang of Goryeo and established himself as king. Then he submitted a petition to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to canonize him. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was very unhappy.
Yes, I feel that the king is ok (his position is unfair), but he is just too lazy to care about North Korea's affairs, so he acquiesces."
"Will Zhu Yunxi, the grandson of the emperor, take care of my affairs in North Korea?"
Li Fangyuan said: "There is no need for him to actually do anything. My father is old now, and Korea has always had a private military system. Huai'an Jun Li Fangqian and I both contributed a lot in the process of my father becoming king, and we both have a lot of achievements."
Strong strength. When the time is right, we can join forces to get rid of Li Fangshuo and those who support him, Zheng Daozhuan, Shen Xiaosheng and others. "
"Then it's time for Li Fangqian and I to fight for victory. I just need to establish a good relationship with the Ming Emperor's grandson in advance, and then send envoys to the capital of the Ming Dynasty to ask for the title. The people in the Ming Dynasty don't know the inside story and think that my father has already
The throne has been passed on to me, and if His Highness the Emperor Taisun intercedes, I will definitely be crowned King of Korea."
"But once this edict of canonization arrives in Seoul, it will definitely make my ministers in Korea think that the Ming Dynasty recognizes me as the king of Korea. Except for Li Fangqian and his cronies, everyone else will lean towards me, and I can easily get rid of Li Fangqian."
, and finally gained."
Jin Hanlao said in admiration: "Master Jun's brilliant plan, I am ashamed of myself."
Li Fangyuan was also quite pleased with himself. At this time, Li Fangyuan's first wife, Mrs. Jing'an Jun, and the princess of Jingning, Min, knocked on the door and walked in. She first saluted Mr. Jin Hanfu, who returned the gift and stepped back knowingly. Then she said to him
Li Fangyuan said: "My father is here. Sir, would you like to meet him?"
Li Fangyuan immediately stood up and said, "If you want to see me, how can you not see me?" He immediately put on his shoes and ran out of the house. Mrs. Min asked the maid to clean up the house, and then she went back to the dormitory.
North Korea's memorial that Li Chenggui was unwell and unable to travel, and that Jingan Jun Li Fangyuan would come to worship on the first day of the next year, was delivered to the capital on June 29. Yunxi naturally saw it, but of course he didn't know that someone in North Korea was already coming to take advantage of it.
He was already mentally prepared not to see Li Chenggui, so he just passed by and didn't pay much attention to it for the time being.
On the morning of the 29th, Yunxi read the memorial, and in the afternoon he came to the Duke of Liang's Mansion. He had a good chat with Lan Zhen, and Lan Zhen had already been informally appointed as the commander-in-chief of the escort force that Yunxi would patrol in the north, so
Yunxi came to Lan Mansion to discuss things with Lan Zhen when he had time this month.
That day they talked about Mongolia. Lan Zhen said: "Your Highness, the Mongols are different from the people of the Ming Dynasty, and they are also different from the people of the southwestern barbarians. The people of the Ming Dynasty, if the state officials govern the Qingming Festival and the weather is smooth, they will not
Engage in evil deeds and live in peace and contentment; although the customs of the barbarians in the southwest are very different from those of the people of the Ming Dynasty, and they do not respect Confucianism and are not respectful, but as long as the local government handles things reasonably, they will not cause trouble."
This is not the case with Mongolian people. Mongolian people are not engaged in production, but only in robbing, and have no etiquette, justice or shame. Therefore, when treating Mongolian people, they must be treated with fear and authority in order to be virtuous."
Yunxi nodded. Yunxi generally agreed with Lan Zhen's words, but he believed that the reason why the Mongolian people did not engage in production and specialized in robbing was because the cost of robbing was too low for them. This was not their nature.
, of course, it can also be said that everyone likes to get something for nothing, but for farming people, the cost of robbery is too high and uneconomical.
And the army stationed in the north is ready to attack the Mongols at any time, which increases their cost of robbery, so they are "awe-stricken and virtuous".
After talking for so long, it was already evening. Yunxi took his leave, declined Lan Zhen's request to stay for dinner, and returned to the palace resolutely.
Lan Zhen naturally had to be delivered to the gate. In the process of delivering it to the gate, Yunxi met the little girl named Lin again. This time she was with Lan Zhen's wife, and she hurriedly saluted after seeing Yunxi.
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This time Yunxi looked at the little girl more like Lin Daiyu. But since he had no intention of marrying the little girl back to the palace now, he couldn't say anything to her, he just let them get married and left.
When Yunxi returned to the Wenhua Palace, he was surrounded by a huge piece of good news: his concubine Xue Xiyao was pregnant.
Yunxi was sitting on the Arhat bed in the Wenyuan Pavilion's dormitory. Xiyi said excitedly next to her: "After lunch today, your highness, not long after you left, my sister became unwell. I called the imperial doctor to take a pulse and said it was my sister.
She is pregnant and has been pregnant for a month. I was afraid of misdiagnosis, so I called five or six imperial doctors from the imperial hospital, and they all said it was a happy pulse. Only then did we confirm it and sent someone to inform His Majesty and Concubine Ning."
Yunxi didn't know how to face this matter. He had never had the experience of being a father, and he didn't know how to be a father. All his feelings were at a loss.
He turned his head and looked at Xiyao, who was sitting beside him with a satisfied look on his face. How could she not be satisfied? She was the concubine when she entered the palace, and the emperor's grandson treated her well, and his father was also promoted to the imperial concubine.
With her hereditary future, she herself is in charge of the palace affairs of the Wenhua Palace, and now she is pregnant for the first time. It is very likely that she will give birth to His Highness's eldest son, his eldest son, and the natural heir to the throne. How can she be dissatisfied.
Yunxi had dinner with Xiyao and Xiyi in a daze. Not long after finishing the meal, perhaps before he had time to burn any incense, Lao Zhu sent someone to call him over.
Of course, Lao Zhu called him because of Xiyao's pregnancy. The oldest of all the grandchildren of Lao Zhu who are still alive is Ji Xi, the prince of Jin Dynasty. He was born in the eighth year of Hongwu (1375). He is twenty-one years old this year.
He has a daughter but no son yet; the second Yunwen was born in the 10th year of Hongwu and is 19 years old this year. He had a wedding last year and has no children yet.
Therefore, Lao Zhu attaches great importance to every concubine who is pregnant with his grandson. In addition, if Yunxi's concubine has a child, he will be the eldest son, so Lao Zhu pays even more attention to it.
Lao Zhu called Yunxi over and told him: "Yunxi, you have to pay attention..." After that, there was a lot of chattering. It was the first time that Yunxi saw a Tang monk like Lao Zhu.
After finishing all this, Lao Zhu came to his senses and said, "You probably won't be able to use it for a while. You're going to go on a patrol in the north soon."
Yunxi himself also realized that according to the earlier arrangement, he would go to the north for inspection after Xiyao or Xiyi became pregnant. At that time, Yunxi had not been married and had no children, so he didn't think anything about it; but now it really
After getting married and about to have a child, he realized that it was not good for his wife to go out while she was pregnant and not stay with her at home. Yunxi fell into deep annoyance.
But Lao Zhu obviously didn't have these thoughts. He had more than 20 sons. The first few sons were born during the war. He lived a life with today and no tomorrow. He might die at any time, so how could he think about his children?
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After he stabilized and had more sons, although he loved his children very much, his deep-rooted imperial thoughts made him not care what his pregnant wife thought, and just ordered his servants to take good care of him.
Lao Zhu said: "Grandpa has asked Qin Tianjian to divine a suitable day for travel, and he has also agreed that Lan Zhen will be the commander of the escort. Grandpa plans to find two thousand households from Jingwei, plus your forty-eight
The bodyguards, as well as the students from the martial arts hall who stayed in the capital, a total of about 2,300 people, will be your bodyguards, how about it?"
Yunxi recovered from his annoyance. He had already made preparations for the Northern Patrol, and it was impossible to stop it now. Even Xiyao himself was prepared. It would be useless to continue to be upset. It was better to leave as soon as possible and come back early.
So Yunxi thought carefully about Lao Zhu's words and said: "Why bring so many guards? A thousand people are enough, and you don't need a soldier from a thousand households (Note 1). And you don't need to prepare any carriages, your grandson can ride a horse."
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Lao Zhu said: "It is better to bring more soldiers. More than two thousand people are not too many. Even if they are all cavalry, they will not starve a certain county of the Ming Dynasty. As for the carriage, you haven't ridden it for a long time yet."
You'll know when you've been on a horse for a whole day. So you have to bring a carriage with you."
Yunxi had not experienced spending a whole day on horseback, so he agreed to take the carriage with him after hearing this.
Lao Zhu added: "Zhu Su will also go with you. Although he is your uncle, he is younger than you and has no travel experience before, so you take care of him along the way." Yunxi promised.
Then Lao Zhu said: "I have nothing to do here for the time being, you can go back." Yunxi immediately left.
