Yunxi returned to Qianqing Palace, took out the master plan of what he wanted to accomplish, and said to himself: "The preparations for opening the sea in Shanghu County should be almost complete. Officials have also been sent there, and it will be time to submit a letter in two days to open the sea."
"We should postpone making some changes to the imperial examinations and adding a few more officials at the grassroots level until next year, the first year of the founding of the People's Republic of China. I have implemented a lot of new policies these days, so I still want to give the bureaucracy time to digest them."
"The thing that can be done the fastest now is North Korea's matter."
"In addition, we have to meet with the feudal envoys as soon as possible. It has been delayed for too long."
"After meeting with the feudal envoys, we will tinker with the technology."
Yunxi had made up his mind and said to Wang Xi: "Call Qin Song and Yang Ben, the chief guest officer of the Ministry of Rites, to come over."
It didn't take long for the two of them to arrive. Yunxi asked, "Qin Qing, Yang Qing, how are things going in North Korea? Has the North Korean envoy agreed?"
Qin Song said with joy on his face: "Your Majesty, I am about to come and talk to Your Majesty. The matter has been settled."
Yunxi asked: "It's done? They all agreed? How did it happen?"
Qin Song motioned to Yang Ben. Yang Ben was meeting Yunxi for the first time today. He was very nervous. The clothes all over his body were soaked with sweat, and he was stunned and didn't know what to say.
Seeing that he was nervous, Yunxi deliberately relaxed the atmosphere and said with a smile: "Why are you so sweaty?" This was imitating what Emperor Wen of Wei Cao Pi said when he first met Zhong Yu.
As expected, Yang Ben said smoothly: "Zhan Zhan is panicking and sweating profusely." Then he realized that the conversation between himself and Yun Xi was repeating the conversation in "Shishuo New Language". He suddenly felt a little funny and his nervous thoughts suddenly disappeared. Relieved a lot.
Yunxi asked: "Why did the North Korean envoy agree so easily?"
Yang Ben said: "I have been in Jinyiwei for several years and am good at predicting people's thoughts through their slight movements."
"When I was discussing with the North Korean envoy, the North Korean envoy Jin Hanlao heard what I said on the first day, and immediately made a big statement, and then stopped talking to me."
"But the next day, I wanted to postpone it for a day, but North Korea's deputy envoy An Chengjun secretly came to discuss it with me."
"Two days later, the North Korean envoy met with me again. Although he still said that he did not accept it and acted as if he was not in a hurry, he noticed that his arms were sweating and his cuffs were soaked. I accidentally touched the island's teacup."
"So I concluded that it must not be as easy as it looks, so I still took my time. Finally, the North Korean envoy said: 'I dare not be exclusive. Please send an envoy from the heaven to accompany me back home to inform our king.'"
Yunxi smiled and said: "If there is really no urgency, why should our country send envoys to follow him to North Korea? Why didn't he send someone back to ask for instructions, and then report the results to the Ming Dynasty? It can be seen that he is very anxious."
Qin Song said: "Perhaps I know that Mr. Li, the state affairs minister of North Korea, has issued a death order and must be canonized by me, the Ming Dynasty."
Yunxi said: "Since they ask for it, then send someone to go with them."
Then he turned to Yang Ben and said: "Let Yang Qing be the envoy and bring the imperial decree to confer Li Fangyuan, no, Zhu Fangyuan as the king of Korea."
Yang Ben knew that he was transferred to the position of chief guest doctor just to solve this matter, so he bowed and replied: "Yes, Your Majesty."
Yunxi said: "I will ask Zhongshu to draw up the decree later. And you go and send a message. Tomorrow I will receive envoys from various places." Then he asked Yang Ben to withdraw.
Later, Yunxi asked Qin Song: "How did Chang Mao's son appear in the capital? Have you found out?"
Qin Song said: "I am incompetent and have not yet fully investigated."
Yunxi knew that Jinyiwei was not very strong now and was still in the recovery stage; and the Chang family was considered to be a big tree with deep roots in the capital, so he should not be harsh.
So Yunxi said: "Don't worry, check it slowly."
However, the more Yunxi behaved like this, the more Qin Song felt that he was incompetent. If he could not find out temporarily outside the capital, he could still excuse himself, but in the capital, he was really too incompetent.
Qin Song blushed and said, "I will find out within three days!"
Seeing him like this, Yunxi knew that if he tried to persuade him again, it would be counterproductive, so he said: "Okay, then I will wait for your good news!"
In the meeting hall of the Ministry of Rites, An Chengjun said to Mr. Jin Han: "Will the king agree to change the surname to Zhu?" An Chengjun was very worried that if Li Fangyuan got angry and killed him. As for sending troops in every battle, it was not particularly important.
Jin Hanlao paced in the room and said, "How do I know? But, hey, let His Highness decide for himself."
"Go and tell Yang Ben, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, that you will return home tomorrow."
"His Highness can no longer bear it anymore. Most of the princes from various places are unwilling to recognize His Highness's throne, and the taxes from the imperial court are simply not enough to support him. If he cannot get recognition from various places and send the taxes, I'm afraid there will be another one in the capital.
It’s an extraordinary change.”
"This is no longer the time to argue. Spend as little time as possible to return to the capital and let His Highness make his own decision!"
But even though Mr. Jin Han said this, he was sure that Li Fangyuan would agree, because he had no choice! If he didn't agree, he would just wait to go to the capital of the Ming Dynasty to eat and die.
Samarkand, or what Manhara, the envoy of the Timur Empire, is writing.
I saw what was written in Turkic in his notebook: "They (specifying the officials of the empire) do not allow us to walk freely in the city, so it is difficult for me to know the specific way of life of their people. But from what I accidentally observed
He said that the country's commerce is not developed, and most people make a living by farming."
"In terms of commerce, it is unbelievable that their country monopolizes all foreign trade and does not allow private foreign trade. And it is carried out in an extremely strange way. Through other small countries sending items to the Ming Dynasty,
The monarch of the Ming Dynasty completed this in the form of gifts of items. However, the new emperor seems to want to change this situation."
"In terms of religion, the people of the Ming Dynasty were relatively tolerant, allowing Buddhism and Taoism, the native religion of the Ming Dynasty, to be spread at the same time. However, because during the Mongolian rule, people who believed in God had a higher status than other people, so their people were more disgusted
People who believe in God, even though this is all a Mongolian problem."
"In addition, the customs of True God Religion are also different from the customs of local people, which makes it more difficult for local people to believe in Allah. As far as I know, True God Religion spread here hundreds of years ago and has not been attacked.
It’s completely forbidden, but I can’t see much difference between their living habits and other local people in the so-called Huihui gathering area. They even eat Zhuo meat.”
"If the empire conquers this land in the future, in order to spread the greatness of Allah to every corner here, it can only carry out massacres and eliminate from the human body those who are unwilling to change their living habits. Then find the true meaning among the remaining people.
Those who believe in God support it, and then assimilate the rest.”
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"As for the political system, the newly appointed emperor seems to want to return the entire country's model to the state of the country more than a thousand years ago. Although this will reduce his power, he believes that this will make the country better."
"Frankly speaking, this is extremely conducive to the rule of border areas, but their country that implemented a similar system in history has experienced many rebellions, just like us. So it is not clear whether this is good or bad. I am
I really look forward to seeing the results in the future, but unfortunately it’s not possible.”
"I said last time that their academic circles are looking within themselves for the reasons why the country was destroyed by the Mongols more than a hundred years ago. This is really interesting. Because I don't quite understand their quotes from two thousand years ago.
Human beings, so I don’t know if they have achieved anything.”
…
"As for the most important question, about the new emperor, because I have not yet met the nineteen-year-old emperor, I cannot make a complete judgment. However, if such a young emperor is successful in all feudal countries (except
Feudalism in history textbooks), it is difficult to take over the entire empire, but it is actually very smooth in Eastern countries. This is worth learning."
"But at present, I can still make some judgments from some of the decrees he has issued since he took the throne. At present, he has issued many new decrees, but except for feudalism, none of them have touched the particularly sensitive issues of officials.
In part, instead, he introduced many policies to protect officers in every aspect of their lives."
"It can be seen that this emperor does not agree with some of the previous emperor's decrees and wants to change them, but he is very cautious and very smart. I suspect that some of the decrees he has issued now that the officials of the Ming Dynasty did not pay attention to are to prepare for future great events.
He will pave the way for large-scale reforms and wait until the ministers he personally appoints are stable in their departments before continuing the reforms."
Manlaha was about to continue writing when Feisi came in and said in Turkic: "Manlaha, I have some good news for you. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty has agreed to meet us tomorrow."
Manlaha put down his pen and said in Turkic: "That's really great. I can finally observe the young emperor of the Ming Dynasty up close."
Then Manlaha added: "But Feisi, I still want to warn you that you are not allowed to enter my room without my permission in the future."
Feisi said: "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm just happy because the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is finally willing to meet our son, and I have no other intention."
"And the reason why you are so defensive is probably because of your record. I have been here all over the place these days, and no one understands Turkic. You can rest assured."
Manlaha still said: "You still have to be on guard. Also, you don't understand Chinese, how did you know the news?"
Feisi replied: "Although I don't understand Chinese, I understand Mongolian, and there are too many translators here who understand Mongolian. I learned about it by speaking Mongolian with them."
Manlaha said: "Okay, let's start preparing to meet the Emperor of Ming Dynasty tomorrow."