Chapter 1367 The man with yellow hair is here again
Yunxi was a man of action, and he did what he said. Since he mentioned the need to sacrifice Emperor Taizu and the "sages", he immediately sent someone to call Wang Xi after Geng Xuan left: "Go and prepare immediately. This year, Emperor Taizu will be sacrificed."
The scale should be larger, and sacrifices should be performed according to the highest standards in the "Huidian". In addition, twelve more nameless tablets should be added to the tablets in the Ancestral Temple and the Temple of Portraits of Heroes."
"Unnamed tablet?" Wang Xi asked curiously: "Who does the official family want to worship?"
"This," Yunxi wanted to sacrifice to the "sages" who taught him the principles of life in his previous life. Although it seems inappropriate to sacrifice these unborn "sages" now, Yunxi sacrificed them as people from a parallel world.
But I can't write their names. If I write their names, someone will definitely ask who these people are and what they have done to deserve the honor of being in the Ancestral Temple or the Temple of Portraits. When encountering such a problem, Yunxi has to be blinded.
It can't be said that 'these sages taught me in dreams'. Of course the ministers did not dare to continue asking, but they would definitely think in their hearts: 'Your Majesty is almost obsessed with Buddhism. This is not a good sign. Do you want to organize something?
Hundreds of officials come to remonstrate with His Majesty?' If a group of officials were to come together to remonstrate with His Majesty, it would be a headache for him. So he could only erect some nameless memorial tablets.
But Wang Xi's question also had to be answered. Yunxi thought for a while, and finally came up with an explanation, and said: "Wang Xi, since Emperor Taizu launched his army against the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, countless people followed Emperor Taizu in the north and south, and most of them
None of them lived long enough for Taizu to found his country and reward his merits, and his merits were not enough to be awarded a title of nobility, and even his name was not left behind."
But it is precisely because of the hard work of thousands of unknown soldiers that the Mongol and Yuan rule could be overthrown, Taizu could found the country, and the people can now live a life free from the oppression of the Mongols and Semu people."
"For these people, I think we should also sacrifice. But most of them didn't even leave their names, so they couldn't write their names on the tablets. What's more, I can't put so many tablets in the Ancestral Temple to be worthy of Emperor Taizu. So I think
After much deliberation, we decided to add twelve more tablets in the Ancestral Temple. The reason why we set up twelve tablets is because twelve years is a zodiac cycle, and the twelve tablets represent the twelve zodiac animals, representing all the unknown soldiers."
Don't mention it. As soon as Yunxi said these words, he immediately felt that the reason he had found was really good. First of all, this reason stood on the moral high ground. No one could refute it, and no one was willing to refute it; and this reason
It also happened to be in line with Yunxi's propaganda direction. Yunxi felt that he could not find a more suitable reason.
"Your Majesty is kind and all people in the world should be grateful for your grace." Wang Xi praised sincerely.
"But Your Majesty, it is not appropriate for you to order your servants to do it at this time. The arrangements should be made by the Ministry of Rites." Wang Xi added. To add twelve tablets worthy of enjoying the Ancestral Temple, it is of course the most solemn and most ceremonial arrangement for the Ministry of Rites to handle it.
"That's what you said." Yunxi patted his head: "Instruct Lian Zining about this immediately." At first, he just wanted to set up twelve tablets to worship the 'sages', and he never thought about conferring high-level titles on them.
Since the twelve tablets represent people who have made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty, we can't be so casual.
"Instruct him again. I know that not many people from the Ministry of Rites and the Court of Lifan have handled the interview of the envoys from the Fan Kingdom in the past. I have also sent Geng Xuan, the eldest son of Marquis Changxing, to assist them in handling the matters for the audience of the envoys from the Fan Kingdom."
"Yes, official." Wang Xi agreed, turned around and left the palace. He walked outside the house and wanted to call a young eunuch to deliver Yun Xi's oral instructions, but after thinking about it, he felt that the matter was very important.
Letting the little eunuch talk about it seemed a bit disrespectful to the unknown heroes who looked up to the gods. It was better to respect these people, so I decided to go there in person. Fortunately, the Ministry of Rites and the Lifanyuan Yamen were not far from the palace.
Can't walk a few steps.
He first went to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites to find Lian Zining and told him about adding an unnamed tablet in the Ancestral Temple. Of course Lian Zining would not object, although all the officials from the Ministry of Rites were already busy flying. If they had wings, they would probably
The people in the yamen of the Ministry of Rites were all flying around, but Lian Zining still agreed: "My lord, please report back to your majesty. Tomorrow I will be in the Ancestral Temple, and twelve more will be added to the meritorious ministers temple."
Famous place."
Afterwards, Wang Xi told him about asking Geng Xuan to come and help him with his errands. Contrary to Wang Xi's expectation, Lian Zining didn't look unhappy at all, but agreed with a little joy. He thought the same as Geng Xuan himself.
They all felt that His Majesty intended to appoint Geng Xuan as the Minister of Rites; but unlike Geng Xuan who was very uneasy about this and didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing, Lian Zining was very happy. When he was just appointed by Yunxi as the Minister of Rites, he felt that the Ministry of Rites was not responsible for it.
It was all hypocritical and unwilling to accept it, but Yunxi entrusted him with an important task at that time, and he did not dare to resist the order, so he could only agree. If Yunxi intended to appoint Geng Xuan as the Minister of Rites, Lian Zining would be happy and immediately
Communicate with him.
After talking to Lian Zining, Wang Xi rushed to Lifanyuan again. Although Lifanyuan is also near the imperial city, the Yamen Gate is not as easy to find as the Ministry of Rites. Wang Xi has never been here before, and his little eunuch
I had never been here before, so I found Ribanyuan after asking several officers.
Standing in front of this quiet courtyard in a deep alley, Wang Xi felt inexplicably a little scared. This was the former residence of Korean Duke Li Shanchang. After Li Shanchang was killed, the entire mansion was razed to the ground. In the early years of Jianye's reign, Yun
He allowed his aunt Princess Lin'an and her two sons to return to Beijing with their family. They did not choose the location of their former residence, but chose another place to build a mansion. He allowed him to establish Lifanyuan, but all the places near the imperial city were already owned. Only
The former residences of these executed nobles were still vacant, so Yunxi chose a part of the former residence to build a government office.
Wang Xi straightened his clothes, bowed respectfully to the void, and muttered something. All the officials of the yamen built in places where people had died in the past have summed up a set of rituals, as if they were paying homage to the city god.
Of course, there are also people who are not afraid to go in and out without bowing, but Wang Xi is not among them. When he was saluting, a tall and thin man passed by him. Seeing him like this, he bowed to the void, and then continued to walk out.
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After finishing this trick, Wang Xi let out a breath and walked into the Lifanyuan Yamen with the two young eunuchs. He walked to the door and said to the officer: "Where is the envoy of Fu Yuan? There is an oral message from the Holy Emperor."
"I have met my father-in-law." The servant immediately recognized the eunuch's service representative's rank on him, bowed respectfully, and then said: "Father-in-law, envoy Fu Yuan has just left."
"Just left? When and how long has it been?" Wang Xi asked.
"Father, we were just one minute away. Didn't you see someone walking out of here just now?"
"That person who passed by just now is the envoy Fu Yuan?" Wang Xi called out, and immediately ordered the two young eunuchs: "Hurry up and catch up with the envoy Fu Yuan."
The two young eunuchs agreed and ran out in a hurry. Wang Xi also hurriedly walked out, following their footsteps.
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"Uncle Shi, how did your nephew's boxing go?" Zhu Bao stopped, took the hand towel handed over by the young eunuch, wiped his sweat, and said to Yun Xi.
"Not bad, not bad." Yunxi said with a smile. Although Zhu Bao's martial arts skills are not very good, his basic skills are very solid. Now he is not asked to fight with others, and he is fighting with boxing techniques that he has practiced countless times since he was a child. Of course he won't
Worse.
"Uncle Shi is so complimentary. When my father sees his nephew doing this boxing style, he always finds many faults." Zhu Bao was happy in his heart, but he still said.
"You are the eldest son of Yi De and the heir to the throne. Of course Yi De has very strict requirements on you. No matter how good you are in fighting, you still have to find faults. In fact, your boxing skills are not as good as those of Uncle Shi's master who taught Wen Yuan and the others.
That's bad." Yunxi said with a smile.
"Thank you for the compliment, Uncle Shi." Zhu Bao saluted happily again.
"Put on your clothes quickly." Yunxi said to him again. Zhu Bao agreed and walked into the hall. After a while, he came out fully dressed.
When he came out, he saw him leaning on a chair, taking a booklet from the hand of the young eunuch beside him and looking at it. Suddenly he remembered something, and hurriedly walked to Yunxi and said, "I have met Uncle Shi." Then he added:
"Uncle Shi, you are very grateful for the care you take of your nephew, but you cannot slack off in government affairs. If this is the case, my nephew will never be redeemed."
"Haha, do you think Uncle Shi spends all day with you and ignores the government affairs? How could this happen?" Yunxi laughed and said: "Every year from the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month to the 17th of the first lunar month, it is the day when the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee take a rest. There are also folk customs.
It is said that the twelfth lunar month is the year, so in the twelfth lunar month and the first lunar month, there are less things happening all over the country. Not only are the officials unwilling to report, but the people also don't know how to do anything. Therefore, Shishu doesn't have many political affairs to deal with. He goes to court every day.
I'll just give you some criticism and a memorial later. Only then will Uncle Shi have time to talk to you."
"But one, no, both yamen are busier as the Chinese New Year approaches. The first day is the day when I receive the foreign envoys. The Ministry of Rites and Lifan Yuan are responsible for the arrangements, but their busy feet are off the ground." He smiled again.
said.
"Oh," after hearing this, Zhu Bao realized that he was actually a foreigner, and hurriedly said: "Uncle Shi, Your Majesty, I should leave the imperial city to live in Fanguan to avoid suspicion."
"Why do you suddenly call yourself a lower official? Uncle Shi has said that you should be called me Uncle Shi. You don't need to live in Fanguan. Uncle Shi has never regarded Korea as a foreign vassal, but always as an internal vassal of the Ming Dynasty. Since it is
If you are a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, you don’t need to avoid suspicion, and there is no suspicion in North Korea to avoid. So you don’t need to live outside the imperial city, you can continue to live in the imperial city.”
"Yes, Uncle Shi." Zhu Bao himself was unwilling to live in Fanguan, but he was afraid of Yun Xi's taboos so he took the initiative. Since Yun Xi didn't care, he agreed.
"That's right." Yunxi smiled and said: "Uncle Shi doesn't regard North Korea as a foreign fan, and you shouldn't pretend to be a foreign fan either."
Zhu Bao was very happy when Yun Xi said these words. The culture of the Central Plains has always been admired by Korea, Annan, Japan, Ryukyu and other countries, among which Korea is the most admired. All Korean nobles are proud to speak fluent Chinese.
They are proud to be more familiar with Confucian classics than the scholars in the Central Plains, or simply put, they are proud to be like the Han people. For the royal family, a monarch like Zhu Fangyuan who participated in the founding of the country can still stay awake, but his sons are inevitable
He was deceived and lame, just like the emperor of the Central Plains was deceived and lame by Confucianism. He was also proud to be like the Han people. So Zhu Bao was very happy to hear Yun Xi say this.
"Your Majesty has a broad mind, and no emperor in the past dynasties can match it!" Zhu Bao praised him heartily, and added: "The unprecedented number of envoys from foreign countries who came to the capital to see His Majesty is proof of this!" In this sentence, the word "Shishu" is used.
It's not appropriate anymore, so I call you Your Majesty.
"Haha." Yunxi laughed a few times and said: "Uncle Shi is not as good as some emperors in ancient times. Sit down quickly, there is no need to praise Uncle Shi like this."
"Nephew, this is not flattering my uncle." Zhu Bao said seriously: "Before the Ming Dynasty, only the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty had the grand occasion of all nations coming to court. However, the Han Dynasty was so aggressive that it led to the decline of people's livelihood; Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty killed his brothers.
, Imprisoning the emperor's father, how can he compare to the uncle! Therefore, my nephew praised the uncle as the emperor of all dynasties, no one can compare with him."
"Sit down quickly. Stop praising Uncle Shi like this. Uncle Shi can't afford it." Yunxi said again. Zhu Yuan could praise Zhu Yuanzhang any way he wanted, but praising him would easily arouse people's discussion, although he could say it very frankly.
He definitely did not instigate Zhu Zhu to say this, but the officials may not believe it.
However, despite his words of dissuasion, Yunxi was still happy in his heart. Since he talked about the foreign envoys' visits, he talked about the customs and culture of the various foreign countries that met with the Ming Dynasty at this time.
"..., there are many small countries in the far west of the entire continent. Although these countries have similar cultures, just like the Ming Dynasty and North Korea, they are divided into many countries and attack each other. However, due to the influence of the church as mentioned before,
If they cause trouble, these countries will never be able to reunite again."
"One of them can be called the most powerful country, named Castile. It sent an envoy to Samarkand in the year before 2 BC, and later followed it to Yiwu and was captured by the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Through the battle of Yiwu
They know that the Ming Dynasty is the most powerful country in the world, and they pay tribute to me as their vassal."
"This nephew has heard about it," Zhu Zhu said: "The soldiers who returned from Yiwu talked about this country with my father, saying that the people in this country not only look different from the people of the Ming Dynasty, but also have a very different civilization. Nephew
At that time, after hearing what the soldier said, I really wanted to meet him."
"This is easy. This country has left an envoy in the capital. Uncle Shi will call him right away to let you meet." Yunxi said with a smile.
"Only one person?" Zhu Bao was obviously a little disappointed and murmured: "It would be great if there were many people. I am alone and have been in the Ming Dynasty for a long time. I can't see much."
"Uncle Shi, will this country still send envoys to the Ming Dynasty?" he asked again.
"This," Yunxi didn't know whether Castile would send an envoy to the Ming Dynasty. Just as he was thinking about how to answer this question, he heard a young eunuch whisper in his ear: "Your Majesty, the envoy of Lifanyuan, Fu
Please see An."
"Let him come in." Yunxi said immediately.
"Not long after, Fu An walked in, and Wang Xi was still walking beside him. Yunxi was a little surprised to see Wang Xi coming in with him, but he did not ask immediately. Instead, he asked Fu An: "Ai Qing, do you have anything to tell me in person?
?”
"Your Majesty," Fu An said with a tone of surprise: "The country of Castile sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty. Because your majesty has ordered that if this country sends an envoy again to report to your majesty immediately,
Therefore, I have come to report.” (To be continued)