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Chapter 1126 Fu An and Lifan Academy

After saying a few more words, Yun asked Fu An about what he just said was not detailed, and said loudly: "Fu An, you went to Samarkand as an envoy eight years ago and were detained by Timur, but you remained unyielding and became a contemporary. Su Wu, I feel very relieved and must reward you. "

"According to the emperor's edict, the military department has sent an envoy to the city of Samarkand to Fu An. He has given him a hundred taels of gold and the rank of a distinguished official. I appreciate this." Chen Ji took out the imperial edict and read it out.

"Thank you for your grace." Fu An knelt down to thank him.

Xu Huizu looked surprised. Doctor Jiayi is a civilian official of the third rank, and can only be awarded to official officials of the third rank. His Majesty conferred him Doctor Jiayi, which shows that he wants to appoint him to the official position of the third rank. Although he thought that Fu An would definitely be promoted, he did not expect that he would be promoted to the third rank all of a sudden.

'If you are a third-rank official, what kind of official position would that be? The young minister of Honglu Temple who was promoted to Siyi Hall is only a fourth-rank official. Could it be that he is the Minister of Rites?'

Not only him, Fu An himself and Chen Ji were also very surprised, guessing about the official positions they would be assigned.

Yun did not let the suspense last long, and quickly announced: "Fu Aiqing, I plan to establish a new yamen called Lifanyuan. The envoy will be designated as the third rank, and you will be in charge. You originally served as the governor at the Siyi Pavilion. As an official, I have been traveling in various Western countries in the past eight years, so I am suitable for this official position."

"After the establishment of Rifanyuan, all matters related to the country that originally belonged to Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites were handed over to Rifanyuan, and the Siyi Pavilion was also assigned to the jurisdiction of Rifanyuan."

"Your Majesty, now, there is no oversight in the fact that these matters are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple. Why did Your Majesty establish the new yamen of Lifanyuan?" Chen Ji said before Fu An could do it.

"The Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple were originally in charge of etiquette, sacrifices, banquets and other matters. It is not justifiable to govern the exchanges with the foreign countries. However, the imperial court was just established and there were not many foreign countries. For the time being, the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple were under the jurisdiction of the reduction of officials. The number of yamen."

"But now that there are more and more foreign countries in the Ming Dynasty, it is becoming more and more difficult for the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple to manage these matters. So I decided to add a Lifan Yuan to take charge of matters related to exchanges with foreign countries." Yun explained.

From the beginning to the end of the Ming Dynasty in history, although there were more than 70 foreign countries at the most, except for Korea, Annan, and Ryukyu, the other foreign countries basically came to the Ming Dynasty to make a living, and after the Xuande Dynasty, basically It is no longer visible. There is no binding tribute system established at all, so there is no establishment and no need to establish an agency specifically to govern these countries. It is just to facilitate exchanges that the Siyi Guan, an yamen for training translators, was established.

Ke Yun was determined to strengthen his control over the Fan countries, and had established or was about to establish closer ties with most of the Fan countries. At this time, there were many Fan countries in the Ming Dynasty, and the scope involved was wider. It would be very easy to establish an independent yamen. It's necessary.

Moreover, the Ministry of Rites is the nominal head of the six ministries. If you want to serve as the minister of the Ministry of Rites, you must be a person of high moral character recognized by the ministers. Although Yun has the final power of appointment and dismissal, he does not dare to violate this convention easily. And since this person is People with high moral character, even if they are Yun's cronies, may not completely obey his orders, and may not follow Yun's methods that are not fair and aboveboard, and Yun has nothing good to do about it. Establishing a lower-level Lifanyuan can You can appoint and remove officials completely according to your own preferences, making it easier to control.

Of course, the people present could not guess Yun's thoughts. Because what he said was reasonable, Chen Ji no longer objected. Fu An gave in and saw that Yun was not just pretending, so he bowed and thanked him.

"In my conception, there are five divisions under the Lifanyuan, one of which is the Mongolian and Tibetan Division, which is responsible for the affairs of the Mongolian and Tibetan kingdoms. Oh, since the Fan kingdoms that surrendered to the Ming Dynasty have moved closer to the west, let's call the Western Fans

It is not appropriate to call them Xifan people. I renamed them Tibetans, taking the meaning of Uzang people."

"The second is the East China Sea Division, which governs the affairs of Korea, Fuso, Ryukyu, Ainu and other foreign countries. The third is the Nanyang Division, which governs the affairs of Siam and other Southeast Asian countries. The fourth is the Western Division, which governs the affairs of various Western countries.

The fifth is the Interpretation Department, which was rebuilt from the Siyi Pavilion and is responsible for cultivating translation and foreign affairs talents."

"The rank of the seal officials of each department is determined to be from the fifth grade, which is the same as that of the Maritime Administration."

"All matters related to the Host and Guest Department of the Ministry of Rites and these barbarian countries are handed over to the Lifanyuan. They are only in charge of the affairs of the newly enfeoffed vassals."

"Ai Qing, do you think my idea is appropriate?" Yun finally said, looking at Fu An.

"Your Majesty's idea is very appropriate, but please tell me which division the Indian countries should belong to." Fu An said. He was aware of this problem. According to Chinese traditional thinking, India is a Western country, but it was the first to

The Indian country that paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty came from the sea, and when he was in Samarkand, he learned that India was south of Uzbekistan, and he didn't know what to do.

"This," Yun hesitated. He had other plans for India and deliberately omitted it. But when Fu An pointed it out at this time, he had to answer. He thought about it and said, "Those who come from the sea to pay tribute will be transferred to the south."

The Western Division, those who came from land to pay tribute were assigned to the Western Division."

At first glance, Yun's solution plan was a temporary arrangement, and the problem was not solved at all. But Fu An no longer dared to ask any more questions, and he agreed.

Yun got off the Arhat bed and came over, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Fu Aiqing, according to my original intention, you have been in Samarkand for more than eight years, and you can even serve as the right minister of the Qin vassal. But I also feel that you

You are suitable to be in charge of the Fanyuan, and finally decided to transfer you to the Fanyuan as the envoy."

"Are there still those who followed you on your mission to Samarkand?"

"Besides the minister, there are fifteen people here." Fu An replied.

"Sent three people back to the city of Samarkand to assist King Qin in dealing with the affairs of the Western countries; in addition, Dai Fan and Jin Fan also sent one person each to assist. In addition, I plan to send envoys to the Golden Horde and even Poland-Lithuania and other countries,

You send three more people to lead the envoys through the White Horde Khanate and the Blue Horde Khanate as envoys to the west."

"I will also call merchants from the Western Regions who are willing to do business in the Golden Horde and other places, and ask them to follow the envoys to the west. I will inform the King of Qin about this and ask him to assist."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Fu An agreed.

Yun smiled and patted his shoulder again. It's hard to say whether Fu An's envoy to Li Fanyuan is in line with his wishes. With these words at the end, if he is not in line with his wishes, he will be sent to the three western vassals.

The country is appointed as the right prime minister, but the three right prime ministers have not been appointed yet.

After saying a few words, Fu An saw that he had nothing to do and asked to leave. But Ke Yun stayed with him and said with a smile: "Do you know all the envoys that Timur brought from Samarkand?"

"We all know each other, but we are not familiar with them."

"It's good to know each other. Now that you understand the Khorezmo language, you can just leave them for me to translate their words."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Fu An could only agree.


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