"Gao Xu is very capable!" Yunxi picked up a memorial that had just been handed over by the young eunuch, glanced at it, and said with a smile.
"His Royal Highness King Su has always been good at fighting, and he must have made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty." At this time, a young man of thirteen or fourteen years old was sitting next to him. When he heard this, he hurriedly said.
"Haha, you don't know what is written in this memorial, how can you conclude that he has made great achievements again?" Yunxi said to him with a smile.
"Your Majesty, you are so happy. What is written in the memorial is naturally a good thing. You also mentioned the name of His Highness King Su. This matter is of course related to His Highness King Su. So it must be His Highness King Su who has made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty. Most likely.
He also opened up territory for the Ming Dynasty and captured a very important place." The young man said unhurriedly.
"Not bad, not bad." Yunxi praised him. He was praised not because he guessed the general situation, but because he was still very calm when answering his own questions. It is not easy for a fourteen-year-old boy to do this, even if
He does not come from an ordinary family.
"Uncle Hou, didn't I tell you to call me uncle yesterday? Why did you call me your majesty again?" Yunxi thought of something again and said.
"Yes, Your Majesty, Uncle Shi." The young man hesitated for a moment and said very slowly. He was not used to calling Yunxi uncle and was very scared, but Yunxi always insisted that he call himself uncle, and said that he
If he didn't call himself uncle, he would be disobeying the decree, so the young man could only call him uncle. However, he didn't dare to call him uncle like a member of the clan, so he called him Uncle Shi.
"That's right, what's the difference between you and uncle?" Hearing his name, Yunxi smiled again.
"Uncle Shi, what did King Su capture that made you so happy, Uncle Shi?" the young man asked again.
"It's Java Island. Gao Xu captured the capital of the Majapahit Kingdom. The king of his country was defeated and committed suicide. His son surrendered to Gao Xu." Yunhe replied.
"Java Island? Java Island is a very wealthy island. My nephew congratulates my uncle!" the young man said hurriedly.
Yunxi continued to read the memorial and accepted his congratulations with a smile. However, when he read the last paragraph of the memorial, his expression became calm again, and he said: "What nonsense! Cao Che, too, is accompanying me.
Gao Xu is going crazy together!”
He immediately ordered the young eunuch: "Call Yang Zhu here. I have something to tell him." He then said to the young man: "Before Yang Zhu comes, let's not talk about political affairs and continue to enjoy the snow scene. Although today is already the twentieth of the twelfth lunar month.
, it’s almost the Chinese New Year, but this is the first snow in the capital. My uncle specifically asked my servants not to sweep the snow in this yard, but to leave it untouched so that I can enjoy the snow scene.”
The two of them watched the snow scene for a while. Yang Zhu came and saluted Yunxi. Before he could salute the young man, he listened to Yunxi's instructions: "Go back and draw up a decree to reprimand King Su and Cao Che, the commander-in-chief of Taiwan Town."
I once warned them that they must abide by etiquette when doing things, how could they do such a reckless thing!"
"Your Majesty, I dare to ask His Royal Highness King Su and General Cao what they did?" Yang Zhu had to ask. He had just been preparing a memorial in the front hall of Qianqing Palace on behalf of Jie Jinpin when he was suddenly called here.
I haven't seen the memorial here written by Zhu Gaoxu and Cao Che. I don't know what happened. I can't draw up the memorial, so I can only ask questions.
"In June of this year, King Su sent 40,000 troops and invited other vassal kings to send troops to Java Island on the grounds that the succession of the Majapahit Kingdom was irregular. At the end of November of that month, King Su led troops to attack the Majapahit Kingdom.
In the capital of the country, the king of his country was defeated and committed suicide, and his son surrendered to King Su. Then he and Cao Che jointly remonstrated with me, requesting me to appoint a vassal king to Java Island to guard the land." Yunxi gave a rough account.
What happened.
Yang Zhu became even more confused. Isn't it just what Yunxi tried his best to promote after he succeeded to the throne? Why should he issue a memorial and reprimand him?
Yunxi looked at his confused expression, sighed inwardly, and said, "Please step aside. Lian Zining, the minister of the Ministry of Prophecy, will come to the palace to see you."
After a pause, he added: "Let Geng Xuan come to see me. I have something to say to him."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Yang Zhu was a little frightened, but he did not dare to disobey the order. He bowed and bowed and left. It had just snowed a few days ago, and his feet made a "crunch", "crunch" sound on the snow.
'The voice dispersed all the way.
"Hey, it seems that the people around me in Zhongshushe can't just choose people like Yang Zhu who only listen to my orders and don't know how to think for themselves. Speaking of which, since Chen Ji became the chief secretary of Wucheng Academy, there are also people around me.
There is no one like him who dares to stick to his own principles. This is not good. I have to carefully select and see if there are people like Chen Xingshan and Chen Ji in the court. If I find them, I will promote them to the position of Zhongshu.
Sacrifice others." He sighed a few more words.
After saying this, Yunxi felt a little thirsty. He turned sideways and picked up the tea cup on the table to take a sip of tea. Suddenly he saw the young man next to him with the same doubtful expression and said with a smile: "Why, you don't either."
Do you understand why uncle said this?"
"Uncle Shi, my nephew really doesn't understand." The young man paused and said bluntly: "Uncle Shi has already granted five vassal kings to Nanyang, why didn't he obey the memorials of King Su and General Cao and add vassal kings to guard Java Island?
?”
"Uncle Ho, what you said is wrong. Has my uncle ever appointed a vassal king to a certain place because of the request of the lord and ministers?"
"Gao Xu was guarding the island of Sumatra because the original Sanviqi Kingdom was almost destroyed by the Majapahit Kingdom, the capital fell, and the king died for the country. His uncle sent troops to mediate the fight between the kingdoms and forced the Majapahit Kingdom to retreat.
Minister of the country, the people have been cut off from the line of the monarch, and they requested to be attached to the Ming Dynasty. My uncle then appointed a vassal king to guard the place. He issued the decree in compliance with the local people's sentiments. Could it be out of his own considerations?"
"The same is true for King Luo and Xianyi who guarded Borneo and Manraka respectively. Both southern Borneo and Manraka were previously illegally occupied by the Majapahit Kingdom. After my uncle ordered his country to withdraw its troops, the local people were at a loss as to what to do.
The Ming Dynasty sent people to garrison him, and then he was granted the title of vassal king. It was not because of my uncle's personal reasons, but because of the considerations of the Ming Dynasty clan."
"The island of Luzon was originally occupied by barbarians who were almost like savages and had no country of their own. Therefore, my uncle appointed the King of Song to lead the people of the Ming Dynasty and the Confucian scholars went there in order to civilize the barbarians."
"The situation when Zan Yi arrived in Annan was slightly special. The previous king of his country was killed by the usurper Li Shi, and his only son was assassinated by assassins sent by the usurper Li Shi. Only one daughter married Zan Yi, and the king in Annan had no children.
At that time, the custom of having the prince-in-law take over was not considered inappropriate by the local Confucian scholars and the people. He succeeded to the throne with the support of the local Confucian scholars and the people. It was not his uncle who conferred the title, but he later requested the Ming Dynasty to canonize him according to the tradition of Annan.
At that time, his uncle gave him the title of King of Yue, but it was not the Ming Dynasty that named him King of Annan."
"So, all these vassal kings were granted the title in compliance with local public opinion. They were not granted by my uncle for the sake of the Ming Dynasty."
"The situation in Java is completely different. Although there have been many civil strife in the country in recent years, my uncle also understands that because he punished the Majapahit Kingdom twice before, the people in the country do not like the Ming Dynasty and will definitely not like me.
Add a vassal king to his country. Since the local people are unwilling, how can I go against public opinion and appoint a vassal king to guard it?"
Speaking of this, Yunxi slightly enlarged his voice and said: "I am the emperor, not only the emperor of the people of the Ming Dynasty, but also the emperor of all the foreign countries; not only the Ming clan is my relative, but all the people in the world, regardless of whether they are from the Ming Dynasty or the foreign countries.
, they are all my subjects, my relatives, how can I only take care of one family, one surname, and the people of one country?"
The young man was completely stunned. He had never expected that Yunxi would say such a thing. Originally, when the emperor stopped speaking, he should have praised him or at least promised, but the young man had completely forgotten about this and just stared blankly.
Looking at him, the young eunuchs on the side still remembered the rules, but although these young eunuchs heard Yunxi's words, they didn't understand what they meant at all, and they didn't know what to say, so they could only lower their heads and remain silent.
Seeing the young man's expression, Yun He smiled imperceptibly, but immediately returned to his normal expression. He took another sip of tea, and was about to say something else to the young man when he felt the sound of someone walking on the snow in front of him.
, there was another breeze passing by, I put down my tea cup and turned around, I saw a man wearing the clothes of a second-grade civil servant standing ten feet away, bowed and saluted: "I have met your Majesty, Lian Zining, the Minister of Rites, long live your Majesty."
Long live!"
He then turned sideways and said to the young man sitting next to Yunxi: "I have met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Joseon."
Yes, this fourteen-year-old boy is the eldest son of Zhu Fangyuan, the current king of North Korea, and the crown prince of North Korea, Zhu Xi. His first name is Houbo, so Yunxi always calls him Houbo.
In the thirty-first year of Hongwu, when the news of Zhu Yuanzhang's death reached Seoul, Li Fangyuan launched a coup and killed Li Fangshuo, who was favored by Li Chenggui and had been vying for the throne. Li Chenggui was placed under house arrest and then imprisoned.
Li Fangqian, his half-brother, later proclaimed himself king and sent someone to request the Ming Dynasty for canonization. Yunxi agreed to the canonization, but gave him the surname Zhu. Although Li Fangyuan was unwilling, he could not refuse, so he could only accept the surname Zhu. Yunxi again
In the name of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, his wife Min was named queen. Although Zhu Fangyuan had no intention of changing the queen, the power to change the queen after Yunxi's canonization was no longer in his hands, which made him very angry.
day.
But after feeling depressed, reality still had to be faced. He first changed the entire Li family name to Zhu, and then officially named Zhu Zhu the crown prince when he was eleven years old. In fact, he should have been named the crown prince in the second year after he succeeded to the throne, but
The first three children he had with Min died in infancy. Zhu Fangyuan was afraid that this child would also die in infancy, so he delayed the canonization until he was ten years old.
However, the monarch of North Korea must be approved by the Ming Dynasty, and the same goes for the crown prince. Zhu Fangyuan could only ask Yunxi again. Yunxi had no intention of rejecting it. After all, Zhu Bao was named the eldest son, which was justified; but he proposed to let Zhu Bao come.
Once in the capital, he wanted to meet him in person.
Zhu Fangyuan did not want to let Zhu Bao go, but his arms could not twist his thighs. After three years of procrastination, he finally decided to let Zhu Bao come to the capital this year to see him.
Zhu Bao set out from the capital at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, landed at the Shanghai Shipping Department by boat, then changed to a river boat and came to the capital, arriving on the 18th of the twelfth lunar month.
Yunxi was very enthusiastic about Zhu Xi, even more so than he was about Zhu Fangyuan. As the twelfth lunar month was approaching, there were fewer and fewer memorials from various places, and there were not many things going on. On the 18th, 19th, and today, the 20th, there was a rush every day.
He took him around the palace for half a day and treated him like a nephew. He was very affectionate. Zhu Bao was still very frightened the first day, but after all, he was still young, so he quickly adapted to it. "Uncle Shi"
', 'Uncle Shi' shouted.
"It's good to practice Shangshu." Zhu Bao returned the greeting.
Yunxi looked at this scene with a smile, and Wen Yan said to him: "Uncle Hou, it's not early now, it's almost noon, and Wenyuan and the others should be out of school. You are about the same age as Wenyuan, and you are about the same age as Wenyuan."
We're almost a few years apart. It's convenient for you people of the same age to talk together, but it's annoying to listen to me, who is almost middle-aged, talking all the time, so just go sit and talk with them."
Zhu Bao looked happy, but immediately restrained himself, and kept saying that he didn't dare. Yunxi said again: "Okay, uncle is also from your age. What do you think uncle can't guess?"
After hearing this, Zhu Bao stopped rejecting him, stood up, saluted him, turned around and left, heading to the school halfway to Kunning Palace. (To be continued)
