Not long after Zhang Fu withdrew, Yunxi, who was about to comment on the memorial, heard Wang Xi say: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Jingjiang has entered the palace to pay homage to Your Majesty."
Yunxi, who had just stood up, sat down again and asked Wang Xi to send Zhu Zanyi over. After a while, Zhu Zanyi came in and saluted and said hello, and Yunxi also agreed according to the rules.
However, Yunxi did not talk to him about business immediately. Instead, he first asked: "Zanyi, have you told someone about Chen Tianping's murder?"
Tian called him into the palace and told him that Chen Tianping had passed away and had been assassinated.
Of course, Zhu Zanyi would not feel sad. Chen Tianping was not his relative. Although they were married, they were not very familiar with each other. And there was no need for him to pretend to be particularly sad in front of Yunxi, so he accepted the news calmly.
But then he hesitated for a long time on whether to tell Chen Liping about this. He had already lost an engaged princess before. If Chen Liping died again, he would have a reputation as a wife-suppressant and would definitely not be able to marry him in the future.
For a wife with a high family status, the family status of the main concubine may not be as good as that of his concubine. This is not a good thing for him.
Therefore, Zhu Zanyi did not make a decision at that time, but said to go back and think about it again. Therefore, Yunxi asked after seeing him again.
"Uncle, my nephew has already asked someone to tell her. However, my nephew did not tell her rashly. Instead, he had asked the servants in her house to make some preparations, and specially invited Twenty-Two
Grandma (Princess An) went to talk to her about this."
"Contrary to my nephew's expectation, according to Grandma Twenty-two, Chen turned out to be very strong. Although she cried a lot, she recovered quickly, and in turn persuaded Grandma Twenty-two not to worry about her.
." Zhu Zanyi said.
"Oh?" Yunxi was a little surprised. But after he thought about it carefully, he felt that it was actually reasonable. A woman who could follow Chen Tianping around the deep mountains and forests for two years, and later ran to the Ming Dynasty, was indeed not a particularly fragile person.
"But no matter what, people should take more care of her these days. My uncle will also ask the imperial doctor from the imperial hospital to check her pulse every day in case there is something wrong with her body." Yunxi said.
"Yes, uncle." Zhu Zanyi said.
"We are talking about family matters. How do we use the word 'yes'? You can say 'got it' or other words, but don't use the word 'yes'. The word 'yes' is used when talking about political affairs."
Yunxi said again.
"I know, uncle." Zhu Zanyi learned it quickly.
The two chatted for a few more words, and Yunxi sat up straight, picked up the tea cup and drank tea slowly. Zhu Zanyi also knew Yunxi's habits, and immediately sat upright.
"Zanyi, do you know why my uncle asked you to come to the palace today?" Yunxi said to Zhu Zanyi after drinking the cup of tea.
"Uncle, you should be discussing the future affairs of Annan Kingdom with your nephew," Zhu Zanyi said.
"You have guessed it." Yunxi said in a calm tone.
"Yeah. My nephew guessed it after Chen Tianping was assassinated."
"The Chen family only has a single child, Chen Tianping. If he dies, the Annan Chen Dynasty will have no heir. In this way, after Annan is pacified in the future, my uncle can use this as an excuse to let his nephew who married the princess of the Chen Dynasty inherit the throne of Annan."
"Not only did my nephew guess this, but actually many people in the court had guessed it. Looking back now, my uncle deliberately used high-sounding reasons to ask Chen Tianping to go to Guangxi. Because Guangxi is on the border of Annan, the Annan people must have spies there. You can assassinate him." Zhu Zanyi said.
Before Chen Tianping's death, no one thought about Yun Xi's intentions; but after Chen Tianping's death, many people recalled what happened before and guessed Yun Xi's intentions. Everyone just did not doubt that Yun Xi asked the local government to cooperate. It was just an assassination by Annan's assassins.
"Then do you think it will be good or bad for you to be the king of Annan in the future?" Yunxi asked.
"Uncle, my nephew is actually not willing to go to Annan to become the king. Annan has been independent since the late Tang Dynasty and has always been an independent country. Although the country calls itself Little China, it does not consider itself to be a citizen of China, and the people do not It has been civilized for a long time and is not easy to manage." Zhu Zanyi said.
"It is precisely because the local area is not easy to govern that I asked you to be the king there. If the local area is easy to govern and the people are as good as the people in the Central Plains, I will order the establishment of the Annan Chief Envoy." Yunxi said.
"But even if you send your nephew as the king, you may not be able to stabilize Annan." Zhu Zanyi said.
"No, as long as you are sent as the king, Annan will be able to be stabilized." Yunxi said with a very confident tone.
"Well, uncle and nephew themselves don't have such great confidence." Zhu Zanyi said.
"Uncle, let me tell you this. Why do you think Annan was still difficult to govern even when it was under the jurisdiction of the Central Plains?" Yunxi asked in a persuasive manner.
"My nephew thinks it's probably because the place is remote and the people are unruly and unruly." Zhu Zanyi said.
"It's true that the place is remote, but it's not true that the people are unruly. Look at the barbarians in Yunnan, who are even more unruly. Why can they still maintain their rule?" Yunxi said.
"Do you think, uncle, why Annan has been so difficult to govern?" Zhu Zanyi asked.
"Didn't you say the answer just now? It's far, too far away from the Central Plains. But the far distance my uncle said doesn't just mean the superficial distance, but the many problems it brings."
"Take the Tang Dynasty as an example. The capital was in Chang'an, and the emperor was often in Chang'an or Luoyang. It took almost a month for a thing to spread from Annan to Chang'an and Luoyang, and another month to spread it back again. The round trip took two months. when."
"Two months is enough time for many things to change. Originally, there were only signs of rebellion among the people. After two months, the situation may have reached a point where it is about to break out. Strategies based on the situation two months ago are not only useless. It might even be harmful."
"But how dare the local officials not carry out the emperor's decree? Disobeying the emperor's decree is a sin of losing one's head. So his Majesty's decree was passed down, adding fuel to the fire, and the people rebelled."
"There is no need to wait for the emperor's decree to suppress the rebellion, but what happens after the rebellion is put down? The same thing happens again. So the land of Annan keeps falling and revolting, making it difficult to govern." Yunxi said.
"But it's different when the feudal king is garrisoned. The feudal king is stationed in the local area and can respond to the local people's conditions in a timely manner. Unsuitable systems can also be changed immediately. In this way, Annan may not be difficult to govern."
Yunxi was based on the situation in which the Ming Dynasty gained and lost Annan during the same period in history. Wasn't this the case after Zhu Di established the Chief Envoy of Cochin in history? In Annan, the system of the Central Plains was blindly copied, and the local people and The gentry did not adapt to this; besides, there were not many good people who were willing to go to Annan to serve as officials. So just like the power of the six eastern countries at the end of the Qin Dynasty, people in Annan continued to rebel. Not only did the taxes collected from the local area go into it, The imperial court still had to do a lot of work. During the Xuande period, the imperial court finally couldn't bear it anymore and gave up Jiaozhi to let it regain its independence.
Therefore, Yunxi did not pursue unification from the beginning. Instead, he appointed a king there and let the king gradually make the people of Annan the same as those of the Central Plains. At that time, it would be up to the emperor at that time to decide whether to establish the Chief Envoy of Jiaozhi.
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Yunxi had said this theory since he first emerged, but he had never analyzed it in this way, so after thinking about it, Zhu Zanyi felt that what he said made sense.
And even if he is still unwilling to take over as the king of Annan, it is impossible to become the king of a place with more barbarians. Because he is only engaged to the princess of the Chen Dynasty and will get married next year, so he can only be the king.
So Zhu Zanyi pretended to be persuaded by Yunxi and said: "Since my uncle said so, my nephew will become the king of Annan and try to see if he can govern Annan well. But my nephew told me in advance. If it still doesn't work, my nephew will
My uncle has no choice but to deny his nephew after he fled back from Annan in embarrassment."
"Don't worry, even if you work hard to promote the Chinese language, you will definitely be able to govern the local area well. If you really can't stabilize Annan, then you will inevitably have a prince position after you return to the country." Yunxi breathed a sigh of relief. If Zhu Zanyi is determined not to
If he is willing to go to Annan to become the king, he will be in a difficult position.
Then Yunhe breathed a sigh of relief and felt thirsty: he had talked a lot just now, and he didn't drink a sip of tea. He quickly raised the teacup, blew lightly, and took a sip.
Zhu Zanyi also raised the tea cup and took a sip. Then he seemed to have thought of something and said: "Uncle, the army will be mobilized, and it will be completed in about October. With Annan's national strength, the Li family is unpopular in the country, and it will be almost ready in the twelfth lunar month.
Then Annan can be pacified."
"But according to etiquette, my nephew has not yet married Mr. Chen by then. Will this make the people of Annan even more reluctant to accept their nephew as their king? So, is it possible that my nephew and Mr. Chen will hold an early wedding?"
"No, everything must be done according to etiquette. Your marriage to Chen is very important. Compared with not being accepted by the people of Annan at that time, the problem of etiquette errors is bigger. There are many scholars in Annan. If the etiquette of your marriage to Chen is different,
Omissions make it even more difficult for scholars to accept it. What ordinary people understand is not determined by what the local scholars say. So as long as the scholars accept it, the people will definitely accept it in the future." Yunxi said. In the history of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, there was no
Is that so, as the Manchu rule lasted longer and longer, the people became accustomed to the braids on the back of their heads, and did not even know that the person sitting on the throne was a foreigner.
The two of them talked for a while and had lunch together. Zhu Zanyi resigned and left the palace. Before he came to open the palace, Yunxi finally said to him: "Although some courtiers have guessed that uncle intends to make you the king of Annan, but
After all, we haven’t made it clear yet, so don’t tell anyone about it for the time being.”