In the evening, Xie Jin returned to Dong's Mansion and talked about today's events with Dong Lun who had returned home from get off work. He praised Yunxi and said: "Your Majesty is really a discerning person. He immediately appointed me as the deputy editor-in-chief of "Taizu Records". Allow me to edit the Ming Dynasty Dadian and rewrite the History of the Yuan Dynasty in the future."
Dong Lun was very happy that Xie Jin was reused, but he was still a little worried about him and said: "Brother Xie, you must be careful when you are an official in the imperial city in the future. Today you wrote an essay without His Majesty's permission. This is inappropriate."
etiquette, and extremely inappropriate.”
"Fortunately, Your Majesty is generous enough not to argue with you. Otherwise, based on your actions today, I'm afraid you will no longer be reused by Your Majesty."
"There are countless readers in the world who are good at writing, and you are not the least of them."
Xie Jin said disdainfully: "How can others compare with me!"
After hearing what he said, Dong Lun didn't know what to say. He could only watch and help him resolve it later.
Xie Jin added: "But today I heard your Majesty recite a poem in the palace. It was quite good. I don't know who wrote it." As he said this, he recited the poem "Mo Shang Sang".
Dong Lun said: "It's indeed good. It describes the bitterness and bitterness of the educated scholars. It doesn't sound like His Majesty asked others to write it. Your Majesty has never taken the imperial examination, so he cannot write such poems."
Xie Jin said: "I heard that he is a scholar from Yongping Prefecture and Luanzhou who failed to pass the examination. I am waiting for Your Majesty to find this person. I must discuss poetry with him."
The next day was July 12th. Officials from the Ministry of Rites planned July 13th as an auspicious day for the vassal kings to return to their fiefdoms. Even if Yunxi wanted to gradually remove the vassal kings in the interior, he could not detain them all in the capital at once.
They had to take it step by step, so they agreed to return to the fiefdom. In particular, Jingjiang King Zhu Chanyi was the most important and needed to return to Guilin to deal with the local officials.
However, all the little princes who were between seven and twenty years old were left in the capital. Only Zhu Gaochi was allowed to return to the fiefdom on the grounds of "going home to visit his newborn eldest son", but he was asked to wait until Zhu Zhanji was one week old.
It’s time to return to Beijing.
When Yunxi was teaching four children to continue studying the "Three Character Classic" in the afternoon, Wang Xi walked in and said, "Your Majesty, Your Highness, King Yan, would like to see you."
Yunxi was a little surprised, but still said: "Please come in, Uncle Four." Then he said to Baoqing and the others: "You guys wait for a while, I will be back in a while."
Bao Qing and others nodded.
Yunxi originally thought of talking to Zhu Di in another palace, but he didn't expect Zhu Di to come very quickly. Zhu Di had already arrived before Yunxi left the palace.
Zhu Di smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I have come to pay homage to Your Majesty." Then he knelt down and saluted.
Yunxi hurried to help him, but as expected, Yunhe couldn't help Zhu Di, so Zhu Di fell to his knees and kowtowed.
Yunxi said: "Uncle Si Wang, aren't you trying to kill me?"
Zhu Di said: "Your Majesty is the emperor, how can you not bear it?"
Then Zhu Di stood up and greeted several little guys again, and the four little guys returned the greeting.
Min'er said: "Are you the fourth uncle? You are the oldest among the Ming vassal kings and the one who is also very capable?"
Zhu Di smiled and said: "Xiao Min'er, I am indeed the oldest in the Ming Dynasty clan, but there are many people who are more capable than me. Brother Ning and King Liao are both much better than me."
It was the first time that Yunxi saw Zhu Di like this. He was a little surprised, but he reacted and said with a smile: "Uncle Four, why should you be so humble?" The two of them laughed and walked to another palace.
After they sat down separately, Yunxi took a sip of tea and said, "Uncle Four Wangs doesn't go to the Three Treasures Palace for anything. What's the reason for entering the palace today?"
Zhu Di said: "Since His Majesty asked, I will tell you directly."
"I consider myself to be quite capable among the vassal kings...so please guard the border for the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Di's words today were also carefully considered. After discussion, Zhu Di's advisers agreed that Yunxi always likes people below to speak directly and does not like to be secretive; Yunxi also puts things out when he does things, although you may not necessarily
I don't know what his purpose is, but at least his actions are on the surface.
Therefore, Zhu Di was relatively direct in his speech, and he was neither humble nor overbearing, because the flattery started when he first entered the door.
Yunxi thought about it. For a ruthless man like Zhu Di, Yunxi certainly had a plan, and when good steel is used on the blade, it must be used where it is most needed.
Yunxi believed that the most suitable place for Zhu Di was the key location of the empire's sphere of influence, either the northwest Uzbekistan, Tangjik to Kazakhstan, the Bengal-Assam region, or Sumatra.
These three places are almost the westernmost places where the empire may maintain direct rule hundreds of years later, and their geographical location is also very important. There are no Han people in the area, so ruthless people like Zhu Di are needed to pacify the place.
But Yunxi cannot talk to Zhu Di directly. The Ming Dynasty cannot reach these places now. Even Sumatra Island will take a few years. Not to mention that if the regime on Sumatra Island ever surrenders to the Ming Dynasty, it will have to find a suitable one.
excuse.
Yunxi did not intend to change all the kings of the vassal states to have the surname Zhu, but it was necessary for important islands like Sumatra.
If Yunxi had told Zhu Di directly, Zhu Di would probably have thought that Yunxi was trying to frustrate him. So after Yunxi thought for a moment, he said half-truthfully: "Uncle Si Wang, you will definitely have a feudal state in the future. But in the end
Where, I haven’t decided yet.”
Zhu Di would be lying if he said he was not disappointed, but Yun Hei's answer could be regarded as the truth, and Zhu Di could not ask more about Yun Hei's considerations.
Next, the uncle and nephew chatted for a while. Although they could only talk to each other, they still had a lot of fun. They found that they had similar views on civil servants, Confucianism, and religion, and they were all used for exploitation.
Which one is easier to use?
Yunxi also humbly asked some questions about the humanities and geography of the north. Zhu Di didn't think it was a big deal and answered them one by one.
After a while, the sky was about to set to the west, and Yunxi left Zhu Di to have a meal.
Well, Yunxi couldn't finish the second half of the teaching task for the four children, so he had to postpone it to tomorrow, but Yunxi felt that it would be worth it if he could appease Zhu Di.
The next day, Yunxi personally sent more than a dozen princes back to the fiefdom, but he still reluctantly said goodbye to Ji Xi, Zhu Su and others who had a good relationship.
Yunxi actually wanted to have a good chat with these uncles and brothers, but he was too busy just after taking the throne and really didn't have time. But fortunately, everyone will come over on the anniversary of Zhu Yuanzhang's death next year, so he shouldn't be so busy by then.
, I can have time to have a good chat with them.
Of course, Shang Bing and the other three people have not left the capital. They still have to continue to deal with the details of the feudal state in the capital, almost until next year.
Also leaving the capital on the same day was Zhang Shu, who was going to Tieling to take up his post.
Before leaving, Yunxi told him: "Zhang Qing, you are going to Liaodong, firstly to increase your qualifications to lead troops there, and secondly to prepare for the future. I plan to wait for the British uncle to formally seal the country and use you as the commander-in-chief."
The Prime Minister of the Left King of the United Kingdom also headed the Liaodong Capital Division."
"Remember from now on, in Nuergandusi, first pick a more powerful tribe to attack, let them know how powerful I am in the Ming Dynasty. But in the future, we should not use weapons all the time. We should focus on Fusui and use troops as a supplement.
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"In addition, the soldiers of the Liaodong Xingdu Division are soldiers of the central court, not soldiers of the British feudal state. Don't get confused." Yunxi could only say so much about this point. Any more would hurt the family relationship.
But he believed Zhang Shu could understand.
Zhang Shu said: "I obey the order." He probably understood.
Yunxi then let Zhang Shu go.
On the way back to the palace, Yunxi kept thinking about it. In fact, the Northeast includes the coastal areas of Liaodong and Liaodong that have not been sealed off. It is not far by sea, and there are many large rivers in the territory for convenient transportation. Yunxi was actually reluctant to seal off the Northeast.
of.
But there are too few Han people in Liaodong in this era! Since the Tang Dynasty abandoned Liaodong after the An-Shi Rebellion, the number of Han people in Liaodong has been decreasing day by day. By the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, there was no one left.
Zhu Yuanzhang worked hard for 20 years before there were hundreds of thousands of Han people in Liaodong, as well as hundreds of thousands of domesticated indigenous people. The Northeast was cold, so it was not easy for people to take the initiative to open up wasteland in the Northeast in the early Ming Dynasty. If you don't grant a king here, you can use both soft and hard tactics.
If we educate the natives, there won't be many changes even a hundred years from now.
However, Yunxi had already decided that when Zhu Song and other kings who would be sealed in the Northeast died, he would implement the "Tianfa Order" in the Northeast, reduce the big country to a small one, and finally slowly bring it back to the center.
But you can't do this in the Western Region. Even if there are other countries in the west of the Western Region, there are also Afghanistan and Kashmir in the southwest. They have to be on guard. Small countries should be careful about being swallowed up. As for Min in the southwest, it doesn't matter whether they push it or not.
The number of princes in the royal family suddenly decreased by more than a dozen, and the capital city seemed empty. Although these princes rarely went out on weekdays and only invited their brothers to dinner in their own mansions, it still seemed a lot empty.
After the princes left, the study room dedicated to teaching the royal children was reopened.
But in fact there are not many people: Zhu Xiang's concubine who is over 20 years old has gone back, and there are seven or eight more; Zhu Fan's sons; Zhu Gaoxu;
Ji's other sons; Zhu Zhen's two concubines; Zhu Zhu's sons; Zhu Zhaohui, the only son of King Lu; and the eldest sons of Zhu Chun and Zhu Bai.
The other children of Zhu Yuanzhang's sons were still young and did not stay in the capital. Calculated in this way, including Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Yunjian, there are only more than 20 (it seems to be quite a lot) who stayed in the capital.
Yunxi invited the great Confucians in the court, Xu Zongshi, a priest of the Imperial Academy, and Fang Xiaoru, a member of the Zhongshushe, to teach them; he also asked the semi-retired Guo Ying to teach the art of war.
There are also several guards with strong martial arts skills who come to teach martial arts.
Yunxi was very worried about this group of royal children. Facts have proved that they have caused many harms to the people, so Yunxi specially came to give a speech on the first day of the reopening of classes.