The next thing to consider is the selection of the 'accompanying prince' and the candidate for the right minister.
Although Yunxi used a very elegant term: "accompanying prince", the civil and military ministers who already knew Yunxi knew that Yunxi's original intention was to entrust a prince to the Kingdom of Sri Lanka.
Most civil and military officials agreed with Yunxi's idea, or at least did not oppose it. Anyway, the envoys of the Srivijaya Kingdom said that they were willing to annex. Even the civil officials who were most opposed to enfeoffment had become one of the national policies.
Can't object either.
There is no one around Yunxi who opposes the enfeoffment. Yunxi has only been on the throne for a short period of time, and he still cannot fully control the imperial court, but he can still control it around him.
Fang Xiaoru said: "Your Majesty, King Jingjiang's fiefdom is Guilin, which is the closest to the Three Buddhas Kingdom in Southeast Asia. It is better to ask King Jingjiang to accompany him."
Yunxi shook his head and said: "I have another appointment for King Jingjiang. Let's choose another king." Yunxi had already decided on the mission of King Jingjiang. How could it change due to unexpected events?
Since Yunxi rejected King Jingjiang, although some people had some doubts about this, most people began to consider recommending other candidates.
Jian Yi said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, His Majesty the King of Xiang, is fond of learning and loves to talk about war. He is a man of great talent. Your Majesty, it is better for you to accompany the King of Xiang."
"King of Xiang?" Yunxi pondered. He had not considered the King of Xiang before, but mainly considered the unconsecrated King Shen Zhu Mo and King An Zhu Ying. But after Jian Yi mentioned Zhu Bai, he felt that Zhu Bai was actually good.
However, after Yunxi pondered for a while, he felt that he still did not regard Zhu Bai as the king of the Three Buddhas Qi Kingdom. Zhu Bai believed in Taoism and called himself Zixuzi, while the Three Buddhas Qi Kingdom was mainly based on Buddhism.
In Yunxi's plan, Buddhism is the object of unity. What if Zhu Bai promotes Taoism after he takes office? You can't remove Zhu Bai for religious reasons, right? In that case, all civil and military officials will not accept it, and Yunxi also has
It may leave the impression of going back on one's word, which is not good.
So Yunxi said: "No, I have other great uses for the King of Xiang, let's discuss it later."
The ministers present were silent for a while. Xie Jin felt that he had guessed Yunxi's thoughts and said: "Your Majesty, His Highness Prince Shen has not yet been ennobled, and he is smart, so why not accompany His Highness Prince Shen."
Yunxi said: "His Royal Highness King Shen," and then Yunxi thought about it again and made sure that he had not missed anything to consider about Zhu Mo, and said: "Then I will accompany you as His Royal Highness King Shen."
After confirming the 'accompanying prince', it was time to prepare the candidate for right minister. For this candidate, the civil servants completely went out of their way to recommend people close to them.
Officials at this time actually didn’t think it was a good job to be a prime minister in a vassal state. The places where Yun Xi was sent were not good places, and the conditions were probably not good either. There were monarchs in charge of them, so in fact, people were not willing to go there.
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However, being the prime minister of the vassal state represents Yunxi's trust, and Yunxi has expressed explicitly or implicitly that the people who serve as the left and right ministers of the vassal state will be of great use after they return, so the people around Yunxi recommend him.
My friend is this official.
As for them, they are by Yunxi's side. If Yunxi wants them to be the ministers of the vassal state, there is no need to recommend them. But it is obvious that among these Zhongshushe people, Yunxi does not think there is anyone who is very suitable.
However, Yunxi actually thinks that Yang Shiqi is more suitable, but Yang Shiqi has just become an official, has too little qualifications and has little experience, so it is better to train him around him.
Fang Xiaoru said: "Your Majesty, Guanglu Temple has a beard edict. He is respectful and sensible, and he has the qualifications to be a local official, so he can do it."
Yunxi was noncommittal and waited for the next person's recommendation. He knew that the person recommended by Fang Xiaoru was definitely not in line with Yunxi's choice for right minister.
Xie Jin said: "Your Majesty, Dong Lun, the Minister of Rites, has outstanding talents and can do this." Xie Jin was very good to his only friend.
Chen Xingshan said: "Your Majesty, Chen Zhi, the head of the Ministry of War, is very experienced and knows the military well, so he can do it."
Yunxi said: "Chen Zhi,..." and then Fang Xiaoru said: "Fang Qing, it seems to me that Huzhao is a wise man, but when he goes to the land of Nanyang, I am afraid that the people in the north are not acclimated to the soil and water, so they still stay in the capital.
Become an official."
After Yunxi vetoed the beard edict with such a reason, he said to Xie Jin: "Dong Lun is outstanding, I have other great uses." Just kidding, you have only one good friend of Xie Jin, so you sent him to another place.
You have been impeached without even a single helper, so Yunxi can't go into battle personally every time.
Then Yunxi pondered for a moment, but still felt that Chen Zhi had no experience as a local official and was not suitable, so he rejected this recommended candidate.
After another moment of silence, Qitai said: "Your Majesty, how about taking Zheng Ci, the governor of Andongwei, as an example?"
"Zheng Ci, like the minister, was a Jinshi in the eighteenth year of Hongwu and was awarded the title of Supervisory Censor. The late emperor once asked Zheng Ci to go to Longjiang to organize the exiled people to join the army, and he was able to live in many places."
"Then he was promoted to Chief Secretary of Huguang and served as a councilor. He promoted advantages and eliminated disadvantages, and many Miao people were afraid of him. Then he moved to Peiping to serve as a councilor, and was repeatedly praised by His Highness King Yan. Later, he was implicated and demoted to Dy Anton."
"Just last month, His Royal Highness the King of Yan and His Highness the King of Chu successively requested Zheng Ci to be the Chief Historian of the Palace, but His Majesty has yet to reply."
"Zheng Ci," Qi Tai said this, and Yunxi also remembered that there was such a person. Although Zheng Ci was not praised by Zhu Yuanzhang like Qi Tai and others, Zheng Ci basically did everything in every position.
It was done extremely well, and every boss who had experienced it was full of praise for Zheng Ci.
Moreover, Zheng Ci had been a local official for a long time, and there were many barbarians in the area where he served. He had rich experience in dealing with matters related to barbarians, so he was a suitable candidate.
So Yunxi said: "I also know Zheng Ci. He is good at comforting the barbarians and understands contingency changes. He is a suitable candidate. Let Zheng Ci be the chief historian of Prince Shen's palace."
At this time, the prince had not been officially crowned the king of Sanfoqi Kingdom, and it was not easy to directly canonize him. Therefore, Huaying and Zheng Ci were temporarily assigned to King Shen in the name of the royal family chief.
The candidate has been determined, and Yunxi immediately issued an order: 'I order Tongzhi Huaying, the commander of the Guangzhou Right Guard, the governor of Guangdong, Zheng Ci, the governor of the Andong Guard, and Zhang Xiaodong, the commander of the Jinshan Guard, to go to Beijing immediately from the date of the order, without any mistakes.'
After the matter was decided, Yunxi immediately relaxed a lot and thought to himself: "This group of people is really very efficient. It only took half a day to decide. If I had to think about it myself, I would have to think about the choice of the king for many days.
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The matter had been decided, and Yunxi let them go because it was still the Chinese New Year and it was difficult to keep them working in the palace.