After hearing this, Yunxi immediately took the memorial from Wang Xi, opened it and read it. After a while, he smiled and said: "Zanyi really did not disappoint me as an uncle. On the 26th of the twelfth lunar month
, he led his troops to capture Nanding City."
"Congratulations to the official family." Zhu Zhen said immediately.
It happened that the cross talk on the stage had finished at this time, and Yunxi had just spoken a little too loudly. People who didn't hear clearly asked quickly: "What were the officials talking about just now?" What they heard was that Zhu Zanyi led troops to capture Nanding.
, also hurriedly congratulated. Seeing this, Wang Xi hurriedly winked at the eunuch responsible for arranging the performance, and the eunuch stopped the next person who was about to perform on the stage.
Yunxi smiled and said: "You should not congratulate me, but congratulate Zanyi."
"How can we congratulate Zan Yi now that he is not here? In any case, Zan Yi is both the official's nephew and His Majesty's minister. He has made great achievements in leading the troops in the war, so of course we must congratulate the official." Someone said.
Yunxi laughed and talked with them for a while before he stopped, sat down again, and watched the next performance.
Yunxi read the memorial carefully. He saw what was written in the memorial: "..., on the night of the 25th of the twelfth lunar month in the fourth year of the previous year, the Annan garrison stationed in Nanding City came out of the city to attack the camp and burned 30% of the army's food and grass.
..., Fortunately, Tongshi Shiren He Wenchang responded to the situation and led the Miao soldiers of the Third Department of Education of Yunnan and the Minwang Palace musketeer Qianhu to rescue the grain and grass camp and block Annan's soldiers..., Qianhu Yezigao of the grain and grass camp to protect the people
Liangcao led his troops in a bloody battle with the Annan people and died in the battle; his son Ye Yiwei lived with him in a thousand households and almost died in the battle..."
Yunxi suddenly said "Ah" again, which aroused confusion among everyone around him. He quickly lowered his head and continued to look at the memorial, thinking about things about Ye Gao.
Ye Zigao is Baoqin's biological father. In his opinion, the relationship between father and daughter is good, but he died in battle like this. How should he explain to Baoqin?
It was not that he had not considered the death of his concubine's relatives in the war. After all, he had sent so many of his concubine's family members in the army. It was very common for someone to die in battle. He had to estimate who should be granted title and how to talk to the concubine.
, but he never thought that Ye Zigao, who was theoretically the safest and served as the grain officer, would die in battle.
"You should not overappreciate famous imperial weapons. Although Ye Gao has made great contributions, he is not worthy of an earl. Even being posthumously named a commander is too high. Most of the praise is because he is the father of Bao Qin and is deliberately written high. But the posthumous title is too high."
There is no harm in raising the title to a higher level, so let him be granted the title of commander. It would be more appropriate for Ye Yiwei to grant a hereditary title to a thousand households, so he decided according to Zan Yi's opinion.'
'As for how to explain to Baoqin, it is better for me to tell Baoqin myself after I return to Beijing. I will tell her personally that if she is angry in her heart, she will express it on the spot, so that I will not be here to hold it in my heart, and let her and me be separated.
Already.'
Yunxi had made up his mind and told Wang Xi: "Send the order. The news of Ye Yiwei's death in the battle is not allowed to reach the capital. Every letter written by Ye Yiwei to the capital must be checked. All letters containing the news of Ye Zigao's death in the battle must be checked."
Don’t send it.”
"Send an order to Zhang Wen and Zan Yi to ask Ye Yiwei to come to Guangzhou and not participate in the next battle against Annan."
"Yes, official." Wang Xi agreed and stepped back to deliver the order.
Yunxi breathed a sigh of relief, put the memorial into his sleeves and raised his head to continue watching the performance.
After watching for a while, Yunxi said to Zhu Xianyao: "Xianyao, how is the port construction in Puluo Zhongcheng now?"
"It can berth large ships, but there are not many such piers. It is still difficult for the navy assigned to me to berth at the pier. Most of the time, it can only park at Palembang."
"And a shipyard that can repair large ships has not yet been built. Large ships are different from small ships. Small ships can be repaired by skilled shipwrights, but large ships involve too many things and require a special shipyard, which has not been built yet."
he replied.
"Speed up the construction of shipyards and ports." Yunxi said: "You also know that your Puluo Zhongcheng is very important. It is at the throat from the West to Southeast Asia, but it must be managed well. I will send navy to further explore in the future.
To the west, you may need to anchor at ports in and outside Puluo."
"What? Your Majesty, will you continue to entrust princes in the West in the future?" Zhu Xianyao asked in surprise.
Yunxi didn't answer, but thought in his heart: 'Of course we have to enfeoff the princes in the West. If we don't enfeoff in the West, how can there be so many places to settle the princes? Besides, if we enfeoff in the West, we won't disturb the Central Plains anyway, so why not?'
'And India is very rich, and we must hold it in our hands in the future, regardless of whether it is enfeoffed or not.'
Yunxi thought for a while and was about to tell him, when he suddenly saw a figure flash past. Turning his head, he saw that it was Zhu Youdou who walked in from the gate. He had just sat down on his seat and was very listless and depressed.
Yunxi hurriedly walked over and sat next to him, smiling and saying, "Just came back from the toilet?"
"Brother Emperor, you have been teased about your younger brother. I'm already exhausted." Zhu Youdou said weakly.
Yunxi laughed a few times and said, "Okay, I won't make fun of you anymore. I see that even though you went out a few times just now, you listened to every opera without missing a beat."
"I finally came to Guangzhou, and of course I had to take a closer look at the local operas. Although I didn't understand many of their lyrics, I could guess exactly what they were based on. They corresponded to the operas in Beijing and Kaifeng.
, learn from each other's strong points and offset their weaknesses." He said seriously.
Yunxi chatted a few words about Cantonese opera with him, and then said: "It just so happens that you came to Guangzhou this year. Brother Huang has something to ask of you."
"In two days, the emperor will invite some opera actors and storytellers from Annan to let you watch their operas and listen to their favorite jokes. Then you first make up a few ordinary people in Annan who were oppressed by the officials of the Hu Dynasty. Tomorrow
After the soldiers arrived, they made decisions for the people and punished corrupt officials."
"Secondly, write a story in which several protagonists have great talents, but the Hu Dynasty did not use them. After the Ming Dynasty came, Zhu Zanyi recognized people and assigned them well, promoted them to important positions, and allowed them to display their lifelong ambitions."
"My younger brother knows that he just wants to promote the story that the Ming Dynasty is good and the Hu family and his son are bad. This is easy to say and hard to say. It's easy to say, just adapt the similar operas in China according to the customs of the local people; it's hard to say.
, it’s not easy to write an opera that touches people’s hearts and makes all viewers cry.” Zhu Youdun said.
"Write a few easy ones first, make do. You will keep this in mind when you return to Kaifeng, and then write a book that can be passed down to future generations." Yunxi said.
Zhu Youdou agreed and said: "Brother, are you in a hurry about this? Most of the land in Annan has not been occupied yet, and it is still growing. There is no need to fool it with crude things first."
Yun He was about to speak, but at this moment, Wang Xi walked up behind him and said softly: "Your Majesty, another good news from Annan."