Yunxi was very satisfied with Zhang Xiaodong's attitude. It's not that Yunxi didn't like casual people, but although Yunxi had met him before, Yunxi was still the grandson of the emperor at that time, and now Yunxi is the emperor. So this was Zhang Xiaodong's first official meeting with the new leader, which was of course different from meeting Yunxi when he was the grandson of the emperor.
If the first official meeting with the new leader is not respectful enough, then Yunxi will not dare to use it. On the surface, he doesn't care much. What can he think about Yunxi in his heart?
Of course, Yunxi doesn't have to lower his head to see if a person is respectful. No one will bow his head in front of Yunxi, and he can't be polite. In that case, Yunxi can directly beat the minister to the end, and no one can pick him. Make no mistake.
Yunxi received side information. For example, what was his behavior when he walked all the way from Fengtianmen, what was his behavior when he was standing outside Qianqing Palace, whether he made any subconscious actions in front of Yunxi, etc.
Yunxi already knew this through Wang Xi before Zhang Xiaodong walked in. Wang Xi had been following Yunxi for many years, and he knew what to do without Yunxi's instructions.
So Yunxi looked at it for a while and then said with a smile: "Zhang Aiqing, please sit down, why do you have to stand all the time."
Zhang Xiaodong gave way for a while and then sat down.
Then Yunxi said: "Zhang Aiqing, you came here in the morning. I'm afraid you stayed at an inn outside the city last night?" Yunxi first chatted.
Zhang Xiaodong replied: "To answer your Majesty's question, I arrived at the post station outside the capital yesterday evening. I saw that I could not pay my respects to your majesty even after entering the city. I also couldn't see other people without permission before I paid my respects to your majesty, so I stayed at the post station for one night. .”
"The minister got up before Mao Toki arrived today, and then he waited for the city gate to be opened and came in to pay homage to His Majesty."
Yunxi subconsciously looked at the engraving. It was almost noon now, which meant that it took Zhang Xiaodong almost three hours to arrive at the palace from the inn outside the city.
Zhang Xiaodong continued: "Then I rode to Fengtian Gate and asked my soldiers to take the horse to find a place to settle. I then entered the palace to pay homage to His Majesty."
Then there was the matter of Zhang Xiaodong waiting for a long time, walking for a long time, and then came to Qianqing Palace to meet Yunxi.
Speaking of the long time it took Zhang Xiaodong to get from Chengtianmen to Qianqing Palace, Yunxi remembered a short story about the Forbidden City and Gyeongbokgung Palace.
After the Second Opium War in the late Manchu Qing Dynasty, they were forced to allow foreign envoys to be permanently stationed in Beijing, so the British naturally sent people to serve as ministers. Later, North Korea was also forced to open a country and allowed foreign envoys to be stationed in Seoul. There was a former The British minister who served as minister in Peiping was transferred to Seoul to serve as minister.
When the envoy was in Peiping, he once went to see Cixi. He walked through door after door, palace after palace, and then he met Cixi. After saying a few words, he came out. But it also took a long time.
Later, when the envoy went to visit Li Xu, the last king of North Korea, in Seoul, he only walked for a short time before meeting Li Xu, then said a few words and walked for a short while before leaving Gyeongbokgung Palace. .
The envoy later said: "If you want to conquer China, it will take fifty years or even a hundred years; but if you want to conquer Korea, five or ten years will be enough!"
Later, after Japan won the Russo-Japanese War, it officially annexed North Korea only five years later.
In fact, this little joke is nothing, but the reason Yunxi remembers it very clearly is because he saw it on South Korea's own TV series. I forgot the name Yunxi, but the content is about the last king of North Korea, Li Xu, Yunxi in his previous life.
I watched this TV series because I like history. I didn’t watch other Korean dramas about Yun Hee’s past life at all.
Yunxi thought of this story, and it was a bit funny. Although he couldn't laugh out loud, he still had a smile on his face. Fortunately, Zhang Xiaodong had not had much contact with Yunxi before, and Yunxi was smiling just now, so he didn't think anything of it.
However, Wang Xi and other close eunuchs were a little strange.
This story couldn't be told to Zhang Xiaodong, so Yunxi said a few other words to Zhang Xiaodong, and then asked: "Zhang Aiqing, do you know why I called you to the capital?"
When Zhang Xiaodong heard this, he knew the important point was coming, and his already very nervous spirit became even more nervous.
As for why Yunxi asked him to come to the capital, he still knows a little bit. He is a commander. Although the Ming Dynasty has more than 300 actual commanders, so the commander does not seem to be a high official, but he is also a local official.
An important minister.
He is also a relatively senior military commander. He once served as the commander-in-chief of the capital, but was later demoted to the commander-in-chief because he was implicated. He also has his own connections in the capital.
When he stayed at the inn the night before, he knew something about it from his connections in the capital, but he didn't know the details. He didn't have connections with civil servants, and his connections with military generals were not close enough to honor nobles and to talk about martial arts.
None of the students in the hall are familiar with it, so I only heard third-hand information and don’t know it truly.
Zhang Xiaodong thought for a while and felt that Yunxi had Jinyiwei in his hands. It was impossible that the people in the capital didn't know anything. He came from the early years of Hongwu, and he still had fresh memories of the Jinyiwei's power.
So in the end he thought it was better to tell half truths and half lies, so he said: "Your Majesty, I have heard some rumors, which seems to be related to the previous envoy of Srivijaya who came to ask for help."
Yunxi was really fooled by Zhang Xiaodong, and said: "It is indeed related to this. I have decided to send envoys to Manju Boyi to ask him to stop his troops. If Manju Boyi is unwilling to stop his troops, then I will
Let’s send troops to promote our Ming Dynasty’s power and quell the disputes among the vassal states.”
"Although I want to settle the disputes between the vassal states, Majapahit is also a formal vassal state after all, so a little punishment is enough. The 6th Division only went to Srivijaya to expel Majapahit's army. The main task is the navy to play the leading role."
In fact, it was Yunxi who heard that Majapayi had defeated the Mongol and Yuan armies during the Kublai Khan era, and was afraid that the Ming Dynasty's 6th Army would not fight well, so he did not send the 6th Division to fight in Majapahit's homeland. As Yunxi overseas
In the first battle of the intervention war, we must win a good victory in order to silence the civil servants who oppose sending troops overseas.
"I just remembered that the emperor once said that Zhang Aiqing was an expert in naval warfare, so I decided to make Zhang Aiqing the president of the navy and add a deputy general."
Zhang Xiaodong immediately stood up and bowed and said: "I thank the Lord for your kindness."
Zhang Xiaodong thanked him a few more times, and then asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, which general is the commander-in-chief?" When he heard that he was adding a deputy general, he knew that there was a commander-in-chief above him, otherwise he should be adding a general, or giving him a general.
The rank of general.
Yunxi said: "I considered Zhang Aiqing that you have been fighting on the water for most of your life and have never commanded six battles, so I appointed Dongguan Bo He Rong as the commander-in-chief. He Rong also fought on the water and was a veteran general, so I sent him
command."
Zhang Xiaodong responded and felt relieved. He was afraid that the president above was a layman, so the battle would not be easy to fight. Although the navy was not as good as the 6th Division, Zhang Xiaodong had been at sea for these years and knew that even someone like Fuso was very powerful among the vassal states.
Although China was already a very large country, the total size of its navy was less than one-tenth of that of the Ming Dynasty, let alone Majapahit, whom I had never heard of before.
Therefore, it is not easy to lose, unless someone plots against you. But he also knows that the officials of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to being very afraid of the Mongolian tribes and Fusang, other vassal states feel that as soon as the Ming Dynasty's heavenly soldiers arrive, they will lose.
It should be broken with one blow. If the war does not go smoothly due to the commander's blind command, then he will definitely be impeached.
And he didn't quite know what Yunxi would think, so he was relieved to hear that the commander-in-chief was an expert in water warfare. As for what happened in the 6th battle, it had nothing to do with him.
Then Zhang Xiaodong noticed that Yunxi took this matter very seriously. Zhang Xiaodong listened to Yunxi and only planned to send one or two naval troops to garrison. The 6th Division, which was only three or four guards, actually sent
A prince served as the commander-in-chief. In Zhu Yuanzhang's time, he was the commander-in-chief of the capital.
Yunxi didn't know what Zhang Xiaodong was thinking, so he went on to tell him the guiding ideology of the Nanyang War.
Yunxi said: "If the Majapahit Kingdom insists on resisting the heavenly troops, then there is no need to hold back. All Majapahit's navy must be annihilated, so that the Majapahit Kingdom and the vassal states in Nanyang will know that our Ming Dynasty's power cannot be tolerated."
Ignore."
"The naval officers and soldiers of Majapahit who fell into the water must be rescued in order to show that our Ming Dynasty is a country of benevolence and righteousness. However, they are enemies of our Ming Dynasty and must be punished. All the Majapahit navy officers and soldiers who were rescued must be rescued.
The division officers and soldiers were sent to Guangxi and sentenced to exile." How could Yunxi, who cherished human resources so much, tolerate the waste of human resources?
"Also, although they will not fight in Majapahit's homeland, the Majapahit soldiers in Srivijaya will also be eliminated. If any of these soldiers are captured, they will also be sentenced to exile and exiled to Guangxi."
Yunxi also planned to contact Zhu Zanyi and organize the exiled Majapayi 6th Division officers and soldiers into an army, and use them as cannon fodder to clear the way in future wars. Otherwise, if a lot of Ming soldiers died, Yunxi would
Very distressed.
Yunxi asked some more things. Zhang Xiaodong nodded and took out a small notebook to write it down. His attitude was very correct. Yunxi also knew that Zhang Xiaodong was literate, so he was not surprised.
Yunxi considered that Zhang Xiaodong was already one of the oldest and most experienced people in the Ming Dynasty Navy, and seeing that although he was over sixty years old, his body was still strong and he could still be used, so he decided to win over him.
.So he asked: "I remember that you have three sons. What is the name of the eldest son and what is his current position?"
Zhang Xiaodong said: "Your Majesty, my eldest son is named Zhang Guoyong, and he is now a member of the Suzhou Guard."
Yunxi was a little confused: "I remember that there is no navy in Suzhou Guard, so why are they in Suzhou Guard?"
Zhang Xiaodong said: "Your Majesty, my eldest son fainted when he got on the ship. I had no choice but to send him to Suzhou Guards to join the 6th Division." Even as respectful as Zhang Xiaodong, he felt embarrassed when talking about this matter.
Yunxi smiled and said: "So that's it. How many years has he been a Qianhu?"
Zhang Xiaodong said: "Your Majesty, it has been three years. My eldest son also participated in the Battle of Yuerhai with the army and was promoted to the rank of Trial Hundred Household due to his merit."
Yunxi said: "Then he is still a person who has experienced the war. Since he has been a Qianhu for three years, I will give him a favor and promote him to command Qianshi."
Zhang Xiaodong immediately knelt down and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty."
