It is very laborious and time-consuming to deal with Zhu Biao's posthumous title and the title of prince to Yunwen, Yunhen and Yunxi. Yunxi is not as good as when he was born on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and the court affairs also have to be dealt with. So my head feels very tired.?
After finally canonizing the three brothers, the four sisters also wanted to be canonized as princesses. Yunxi felt that according to ancient rituals, since she was a princess, she had to be canonized with the title of a country, province, or provincial capital. Zhu Yuanzhang posthumously conferred the title of two of his own. My elder sisters were both titled Princess Taiyuan and Princess Cao respectively. My eldest daughter, the only child born to Empress Ma, was also titled Princess Ning.
But now there are so many names of countries to be canonized, and there are only thirteen provinces, and the same is true for provincial capitals.
Yunxi then used the two-character "fengguo" in the Han Dynasty to add titles, and named Zhu Yunying, the princess of Jiangdu, as the eldest princess of Jiangdu, Yunlan as the eldest princess of Zhongshan, Yun Yun as the eldest princess of Changshan, and Yun Zhi as the eldest princess of Huainan.
Cao Xing, the guest of honor of the former Princess Jiangdu, was naturally promoted to the Prince Consort Commandery.
Speaking of which, it’s a good thing that the Ming Dynasty had no princesses of Yunxu’s generation, otherwise I wouldn’t know what to call them. The emperor’s aunt was called the eldest princess, the emperor’s sister was called the eldest princess, and the emperor’s daughter was called the eldest princess. Princess, she really doesn't have the title of the emperor's aunt.
After finishing the work of sealing several sisters, Yunxi was originally thinking about sending envoys to 5, and at the same time he had to start preparing to send troops, but there is one more important thing than this that must be done now, then It was the formal sealing of three princes who already had feudal kingdoms.
It can be said that Yunxi has been tinkering with this matter since he came to the court last year after he officially succeeded to the throne. Now everything is finally ready and it can be sealed.
Of course, Yunxi asked the people in the Ministry of Rites to prepare the ceremony for the three princes to be crowned, and at the same time he invited Song Sheng and He Fu, who had arrived in the capital not long ago, two people who would serve as left prime ministers in Qin and Min in the future, to enter the palace. Come and meet.
After all, Song Sheng and He Fu have been officially appointed as left ministers of the feudal state, and they can also be regarded as foreign ministers. Arrangements for them to enter the palace to meet the emperor must be made by the Ministry of Rites. Yunxi can just wait in the Qianqing Palace.
While waiting for Song Sheng and He Fu to meet, Yun He remembered that the Ministry of Rites was really busy during this period: since the first month, he would first meet with the envoys of the vassal state, then the ministers' banquet and the ordered women's banquet, and then Yunxi was preparing to worship heaven and earth, then Yunxi was to worship ancestors, then Yunxi was to confer Zhu Biao as Taizong, then Yunxi was to confer titles on his brothers and sisters, and now he was arranging to confer titles with three vassal kings. He was really busy with things, and there was basically no Chinese New Year holiday, which made Yunxi feel a little guilty for the officials of the Ministry of Rites.
But Yunxi immediately figured it out on his own. The Ministry of Rites is busier during the Chinese New Year. Except for the imperial examinations, it is busy at other times. They waited for the three vassal princes to be arranged. Then they had a long time to rest from the feudal affairs, so Yunxi no longer felt guilty towards them.
Chen Di, the Minister of Rites, had no idea that Yunxi had made such a turn in his heart. When he saw Yunxi, he bowed and said: "Your Majesty, He Fu, the left prime minister of the Min vassal state, and Song Sheng, the left prime minister of the Qin vassal state, have already arrive."
Yunxi nodded and said, "Xuan, let them come in."
Chen Di was stunned and asked: "Which one will be announced first?"
Yunxi said: "Since everyone is here, let's announce it together!"
Chen Di stopped asking, went out and brought in the two left prime ministers, and then left by himself.
After He Fu and Song Sheng came in, they immediately knelt down to Yun He and said, "Your Majesty, Song Sheng (He Fu) has met."
Hearing this, Yunxi said: "I'm free of ceremony." The two of them kowtowed one after another before getting up.
Yunxi looked at them. He Fu and Song Sheng were both met by Yunxi, but because they had been guarding the west for a long time, they only met a few times.
Now Yunxi is looking at them. Song Sheng is already over fifty. He has been fighting with Zhu Yuanzhang since his father's time. He was a commander in Hongwu's early years. Although he has never been awarded a title, he is still a general; He Fu is younger.
, now about a little over forty, was also an important general in the Mesozoic era of the Ming Dynasty.
Yunxi first exchanged greetings and asked how their children were doing.
Song Sheng said: "Your Majesty, I have three sons. The eldest son is in the right guard of the government army as a commanding officer. The second son and the third son are with me in the northwest."
Yunxi had long known that his eldest son was an official in the capital, but he still pretended to be surprised and said: "It turns out that the eldest son of General Song is in the capital. I am not sure about this." Then he said: "Last time, the right guard of the government army was in the capital.
Commander Liu Zhen also praised Song Xuan, their commander in the guard, as a very outstanding talent. Could it be that he is the eldest son of General Song?"
Song Sheng still bowed his head and said respectfully: "I don't dare to accept Master Liu's praise from my son."
Yunxi praised him a few more times, then stopped.
Then he talked to He Fu. He Fu's family was relatively simple, with only two sons and one daughter. Because of the constant war, he got married late and the children were still young. Yunxi then said: "General He's children are all with his mother now."
In the capital, right? The barbarian land in the southwest will definitely be difficult to deal with at the beginning, so General He might as well leave the child in the capital to be taught by a famous teacher."
He Fu dared to say no, so he could only agree. But now that Yun Hei has spoken, the future of his children is probably not bad.
Then Yunxi got down to business. Yunxi said: "Both generals are from the west of Jiuzhen, and the places where they went to serve as left ministers are places that they are very familiar with."
"I have never been to the northwest or southwest, but I also know that the land there is barren, the people are mostly rebellious, and most of them are non-Muslims, and there are many rebellions."
"Although King Qin guarded Chang'an before, he was always some distance away from the real northwest; although King Min guarded Kunming, he was younger and had never fought a war. Therefore, the affairs of these two vassal states are left to you.
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He Fu and Song Sheng naturally knelt down immediately and said, "How dare you be Your Majesty's request! How dare we fail to do our best!"
This time Yunxi asked the eunuch to help them up, and then continued: "If the King of Qin and the King of Min have something wrong with the handling of the war, you must try your best to persuade them."
"In addition, there is also the Right Chancellor appointed by me. Although he is not a pedantic person, he is also ignorant of military affairs. During the war, whatever opinions they have do not matter."
"I also know that civil servants always like to talk about persuading people with virtue. Although the civil servants I send are not pedantic people, they still have some habits of civil servants. But they don't know that the people of the Ming Dynasty are different from the people of the Ming Dynasty.
Naturally, you can’t use the same method. Just use your thunderous methods and don’t pay attention to what they say!”
He Fu and Song Sheng listened to Yunxi's words and thought secretly in their hearts. Although Yunxi seemed to trust them, he just said that they should ignore the words of the king and right minister during the war. The implicit meaning was also
That is to say, when there is no war at ordinary times, even if it is something related to the army, I am afraid that I cannot ignore the king's words.
What's more, Yunxi had asked their children before. Although it was right for a general to leave his children in the capital, he still felt it was not good. But they would never say it.
Yunxi said a few more words and let them go down.
Then Yunxi called his close confidant, Yang Shiqi from Zhongshushe, and said, "Go and draw up an edict and be promoted to the commander of the right guard of the government army. Song Xuan, the commander-in-chief, will be the commander."
Yang Shiqi took the order and came down.
Yunxi called Qin Song over again and said to him: "Go and investigate He Fu's two sons carefully. I heard that his eldest son is also seventeen years old. Go and arrange for someone to investigate. If it is still possible,
, just tell me." Yunxi thought that if He Fu's eldest son still succeeded, he would make up for the twelve guards, and then he would be drafted into the martial arts hall.
In fact, He Fu and Song Sheng had some misunderstandings about Yunxi. To say that their previous guess was reliable, Yunxi was afraid that civil officials would interfere in the war, and he was also afraid that the military generals would have their own way. The northwest and southwest were far away from the capital, so he also
It is beyond our reach. If something happens, it will probably take two months to find out. Precaution is always important.
But they were wrong about the latter guess. Yunxi had no intention of keeping hostages. Yunxi might have watched too many dark TV dramas, and there were many examples in history. He always felt that keeping hostages was of little significance. Really
People who do big things don't care about children, so his words don't mean to keep hostages.
Yunxi really just wanted to praise their children and give them some promotions to show that he valued them.
In the final analysis, they still have little contact with Yunxi and do not understand Yunxi's way of doing things. If Yunxi's close confidants would not have such misunderstandings. Yunxi once personally pointed to the section of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" where Liu Bei threw the child
He said to his cronies: "Look at Liu Bei. He only had a son when he was over 40 years old. In order to bribe the general, he even ignored his children. This shows that there is a type of people in the world who don't care about anything for their own purposes."
Yunxi once pointed out in the "Historical Records" that Liu Bang threw his son and daughter out of the car twice in order to escape for his life because he thought the car was running too slowly, and said similar things. Therefore, Yunxi's cronies all
I know that Yunxi doesn't trust hostages.
And as Yunxi became emperor, every word he said was questioned, so most of the officials in the capital knew what hostages Yunxi didn't trust.
It's just that Song Sheng and He Fu didn't know about it since they were in Beijing for a short period of time. However, Song Sheng's eldest son Song Xuan had been in Beijing for a short period of time and knew about it, so there was no misunderstanding.
By the way, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a favorite of Yunxi, and after being adapted from "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it can be read as an abridged version plus a translated version and a story version of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", so now all the officials in the capital have one person.
Everyone even has several copies, and even wealthy households like to keep one in their homes.
And this hobby is still slowly spreading outside the capital, so "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has sold hundreds of thousands of copies. Even the copper movable type carved at the beginning is estimated to have almost paid back, and its sales volume is second only to the imperial examination.
The official designated book, Luo Guanzhong is beaming every day when he walks.
At this time in history, Luo Guanzhong was already terminally ill and close to death, but now he seems to be in good health and not sick at all. Every day, he writes dramas about popularizing the law based on typical cases in the "Da Gao", and contributes to the construction of a legal society in the Ming Dynasty.
He Fu returned home and was talking to his wife, Mrs. Xu. Not long after sitting there, he heard the boy come to announce: "Master, Master Gu Cheng is here."
He Fu immediately went out to greet him. Gu Cheng saw He Fu and exchanged a few words. He Fu pretended to complain: "I have been in the capital for a few days, and none of your old friends have come to visit me. It really makes me sad!"
Fu and Gu Cheng were both military commanders in Southwest China, and their relationship was very close.
Gu Cheng punched him and said, "Why are you still pretending to be in front of me? You haven't been transferred to the capital. Who in the capital doesn't know that you are the king of Min, with a bright future."
"Since you are still a foreigner and such an important foreigner, how dare we come to visit you before His Majesty receives you?"
He Fu also knew that what Gu Cheng said was right and didn't say anything. Speaking of which, Yun Xi was the emperor now, and his power to intimidate civil and military officials was much lower than that of Zhu Yuanzhang. Otherwise, they would not have had the conversation just now.
I dare not say it out loud, even in my own home.
Then they walked into the living room to talk. Gu Cheng was much older than He Fu. He was already sixty this year, but his body was still very strong.
While drinking, the two chatted about things in the capital, especially He Fu's inquiries about Yunxi. Gu Cheng was the capital of Hongwu's Thirty Years Congress, and it had been more than a year now, and he was on good terms with He Fu, so He
Fu asked him.
Gu Chengcheng carefully explained some of Yun Xi's ways of doing things, such as being generous to subordinates, familiar with people's sentiments, relatively approachable and other advantages.
Of course, since it is a friend asking, the shortcomings will naturally be mentioned. For officials, Yunxi has a low tolerance for officials' deception, low tolerance for officials to fool him, stubbornness, etc. are all shortcomings. However, his relationship with military commanders is not the same.
It's big, so generals generally have good senses about Yunxi.
Gu Cheng mentioned some of what Yun Xi had said by the way. He Fu had just heard of the others, but when he heard Yun Xi talk about Liu Bang throwing away the child, he paid attention.
He Fu didn't know how to read, and naturally he had never read "Historical Records". But he liked to listen to books and watch plays. Although there was no such part in the play about Liu Bang, he still knew Liu Bang. When he heard Yunxi bring out Liu Bang
He said that he did not believe in the proton, and then he realized that he had misunderstood Yunxi's meaning.
He thought carefully and felt that Yunxi meant to promote their family, and he suddenly felt embarrassed: he had misunderstood the emperor's intention, and he really deserved death!
Gu Cheng was very familiar with him, so when he saw a slight change in his expression, he asked what was wrong. Naturally, He Fu couldn't tell the truth, so he said he was worried that he was not in the capital and his eldest son was seventeen, so it was time to talk about marriage.
But I'm afraid it will be difficult to find a good marriage without me.
Gu Cheng immediately said: "If you can trust me, brother, I will find a marriage for you. Of course, as brothers and sisters, I will write to you to ask what you mean."
Of course He Fu would not disbelieve him, so he said: "In that case, I will ask my brother."
Of course, Gu Cheng agreed with a heartbeat. Then the two of them talked some more, and Gu Cheng said goodbye and left. Although they had a lot of alcohol when they left, they were all a little too drunk, and Gu Cheng's followers did not dare to let Gu Cheng
