"Your Majesty Xu Huizu has met His Royal Highness King Su." Xu Huizu knelt on the ground and said.
"Wei Guogong, get up quickly." Su Wang Zhu Ping took a step forward, held Xu Huizu's arm and said. The two of them gave in a few words, and Xu Huizu stood up.
After Xu Huizu gave birth to a child in Miaojin, he set out from the capital on April 21 and went to Chuzhou Racecourse to take a thousand horses to the health center in Xi'an. After arriving in Xi'an, he discussed with Xia Yuanji, the prefect, and decided to first
The Qin Dusi and the Sanqin Xingdusi went around and talked about other things, so they came to Ganzhou to pay homage to Su Wang Zhu Ping.
Zhu Yun was one year older than Yunxi and the same age as Yunwen. He was sent to Ganzhou as king at the age of sixteen. Zhu Yuanzhang originally wanted to send him to Suzhou, but there was still some chaos in Suzhou at the time, so he stayed temporarily.
Ganzhou, I don’t want this temporary moment to become permanent.
After talking about the national ceremony, the next step is the private ceremony. Zhu Yuan is considered to be quite capable among Zhu Yuanzhang's sons. When he was in Beijing, he had a good relationship with Xu Huizu. Moreover, three daughters of the Xu family married the prince as his wife, and one married the emperor as his concubine.
, Zhu Ping did not dare to offend him, so he did not dare to act like a prince, not to mention that he also asked Xu Huizu to exchange private greetings with him.
After the greetings were completed, the guests and hosts took their seats. Xu Huizu said: "Your Highness, your Majesty also knows the purpose of sending me to the northwest. Your Majesty wants to visit Sanqinxingdusi. As the landlord here, your Highness must ask for your help."
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"I know that it is my duty to prepare for the war against Timur. I am not as busy as Wu Jie, the commander-in-chief of the Sanqin Xingdu Division, so I will definitely cooperate with you."
"But I have something to ask of Brother Yungong." Zhu Ting said.
"If Your Highness has something to ask me to do, I will be obliged to do it, as long as I can do it." Xu Huizu said.
"It's not a big deal. After defeating Timur, can you tell His Majesty to let him return to Beijing?" Zhu Zheng said.
"Ah?" Xu Huizu was a little surprised. Is Zhu Qi so unwilling to stay in the northwest?
"If you feel that it is difficult to speak up, just tell your Majesty: I have told you privately that I want to return to the capital, but if it doesn't work, I can just seal me to a slightly richer place. Please ask your majesty to change my seal to a place west of Tongguan." Zhu said.
He said again.
This place in the northwest is really terrible! This is Zhu Zhen's biggest feeling after arriving in the northwest. Especially since he still controls Ganzhou, not Xi'an, and Hanzhong, which is a relatively wealthy place in the Three Qin Dynasty.
He has stayed here for nine years and never wants to leave here. In his opinion, when it comes to fiefdoms, there is no one worse than him. Although his actual power in Sanqin Xingdusi is similar to that of a real fiefdom, he does not
I would like to stay here.
"Okay, Your Highness, after the war with Timur is over, I will definitely make a request to His Majesty to allow His Majesty to return to the capital." Xu Huizu did not dare to refuse, so he could only say.
"Thank you so much, brother Yungong." Zhu Zhen said.
"How dare I accept His Highness's word of thanks?" Xu Huizu said immediately.
"If I say you can afford it, then you can afford it," Zhu Ting said.
After talking about this matter, it was already getting late today, and Zhu Zhen didn't say anything else. He placed Xu Huizu in his palace, had dinner and rested.
Early the next morning, Xu Huizu got up and practiced martial arts first. He felt hungry, but Zhu Ping didn't see anyone coming over to treat him to a meal.
He was very puzzled and went to Zhu Kai's study to see him.
After hearing what he said, Zhu Zhen put his hand on his forehead and said, "I forgot, you just came from the south and you need to eat three meals a day. Let them cook immediately."
"Does His Highness only eat two meals a day now?" Xu Huizu asked. He knew that many places in the north only eat two meals a day, but he had also trained in the north before, and those princes who were assigned to the local area still had three meals a day.
meal.
"I have been here for a long time, and I have gradually gotten used to it. What's more, there is very little food here. Almost 30 to 40% of the food has to be transported from Hanzhong or Hetao, which is extremely expensive. In order to save food, Gu Ye has to set an example.
"In fact, in Gu's opinion, the reason why they eat two meals a day is because the land is barren and they are too poor. If they were rich, they would eat three meals like the southerners," said Zhu Zheng.
Xu Huizu had the same intention as Zhu Ping, but he was really hungry and could not speak. Zhu Ping also saw his dilemma and said with a smile: "When the army of the Three Qin Dynasties was fighting, they also had three meals a day. When the people were busy farming,
Eat an extra meal at night. It’s normal for southerners to not be used to it when they first arrive in the north. You don’t have to be like Gu.”
Xu Huizu stopped worrying and bowed to thank him.
"You don't have to thank me. I'm hungry as you said. I'll have three meals with you in the next few days." Zhu Zhen smiled again.
In the northwest, pasta is the main food. Although there is rice transferred from Bashu and other places, the quantity is too small. Zhu Zhen himself is reluctant to eat more. He plans to treat Xu Huizu to eat rice at noon and evening, and make pasta for breakfast.
After a while, the two of them had breakfast together, left Prince Su's Mansion, and walked around the city.
Ganzhou is the largest city in the Sanqin Xingdu Division, and it is considered one of the few cities in the entire Sanqin. However, in Xu Huizu's opinion, it is not as prosperous as some counties in the south of the Yangtze River. Whether it is restaurants, hotels, grocery stores or other shops,
The quantities are very small.
There are also few ordinary people in the city. Zhu Zhen said that there are only a few thousand ordinary households not counting military households. Therefore, even though there are not many shops in the city, there are fewer customers in the shops.
While Xu Huizu was walking around, looking at the people walking on both sides of the road, he suddenly thought of something and asked: "Your Highness, how many sexy people are there in Ganzhou?"
"Why aren't there many?" Zhu Ting pointed to the people on the side of the road: "Aren't these all lustful people?"
"Well, they are Buddhists, how can they be Semu people?" Xu Huizu asked in surprise.
"Can't Buddhists be people of color? What you said is wrong."
Zhu Ping said: "Back then, the Mongols were divided into four classes. The Mongols were the first class, the people in the Western Regions, Xixia, the Far West, Uszang and other places were the second class Semu people, and the people in the Jin Kingdom were the third class Han people.
, the people in Song and Dali are the fourth-class southerners.”
"The land of the Three Qin Dynasties was Hexi, which was in the country of Xixia. Xixia believed in Buddhism and built Buddhist temples on a large scale in Hexi. The Baojue Temple (Zhangye Grand Buddha Temple) in Ganzhou was built by the Xixia people. Originally there were no
What you call the Semu people who believe in the Tianfang Religion. All the Semu people who believe in the Tianfang Religion were left here after the Mongols returned from the Western Expedition, and there are not many of them."
"The Semu people in the Central Plains are all people with eyes of other colors and looks very different from the Han people. You may not have understood the Mongolian standards for classifying Semu people back then, so you think that these people in front of you are not Semu people.
Bar."
"It's true. I always thought that only people with non-black eyes are Semu people. But although these people are Semu people in Meng Yuan, they are easier to manage. They are not like the Semu people in the Central Plains." Xu Hui said.
"It's true that as long as you win over the abbot of the temple, these people will be easy to manage and obedient, even more obedient than the Han people who don't believe in Buddhism. But they have no enterprising spirit and don't work as hard as the Han people."
"It's not possible to fight. Recruiting them into the garrison is too ineffective. But because there are too few Han people here, we can only use some of them as soldiers." Zhu Zhen said.
"What about those Huihuisemu people?" Xu Huizu asked.
"They are not easy to control, and the rest is fine. But they just shout about eating beef all day long, and they always try to spread the Tianfang religion secretly."
"How could I have so much beef for them to eat? I could only issue an order that anyone found to be slaughtering cattle without permission would be put to death, so that they would stop shouting to eat beef."
"It's not possible to let them spread the Tianfang religion. If they all believe in the Tianfang religion, how can I manage them? Let the local Buddhist temple keep an eye on them. If there is a Semu person who dares to preach privately, report it to me, and I will send troops to arrest them.
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"Your Majesty's work in promoting Buddhism is really good. If the people believe in Buddhism, they will no longer believe in Tianfang Sect." Zhu Zheng said.
The two of them talked as they walked and reached the city gate. Although Ganzhou City was desolate, as an important town in the northwest, the city was built very grandly, and in terms of scale, it was comparable to the cities in the Central Plains.
Xu Huizu looked up and found some differences from the cities in the Central Plains. He pointed and asked: "Your Highness, what are these things for?"
Zhu Ping looked at his hand and said: "Oh, it was built under the guidance of those Huihuisemu people. It is the west side's city-building method. I thought there was some truth in it, so I let them build it."
Xu Huizu asked to go up and take a look. Naturally, Zhu Hao would not stop him and took him up for a spin.
When they came down, Xu Huizu said: "I didn't expect that people in the West are not all barbarians. This city building is quite unique."
"I have heard from people who have been to the west. After crossing the desolate place, they are actually somewhat prosperous and civilized, and they are not completely barbarians." Zhu Ting said.
The two continued walking and soon arrived in front of Ganzhou Baojue Temple.
Zhu Ping introduced: "When Baojue Temple in Ganzhou was first built, it was a Xixia Buddhist temple, which was different from Buddhism and Lamaism in the Central Plains. After the Mongols destroyed Xixia, they turned it into a Lamaist temple in order to win over the Tibetans.
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"When the Mongols destroyed Xixia, because the Xixia people killed Temujin, the Mongols were very ruthless and almost massacred the Xixia people, so there was no obstacle for it to become a Lamaist temple."
"After Song Gongzong was captured by the Mongols, they also placed him here as a lama. His son Zhao Wanpu later continued to be a lama here. He was killed after Han Shantong raised an army to overthrow the Mongols. Now there is still a statue of Song Gongzong in the temple.
and some things left behind by his son when he became a lama."
"Baojue Temple is the largest temple in the northwest, and there are few temples in the Central Plains that can compare with it."
Xu Huizu raised his head and looked at the facade of Baojue Temple. It was indeed very majestic and worthy of the title of the largest temple in the northwest.
The two of them took a tour inside, and it was already noon when they came out. Zhu Zhen took him back to the palace for dinner, and then went around in the afternoon.