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Chapter 898 Celebration Banquet (1)

In the next few days, Yunxi had nothing else to do, so he traveled around Nam Dinh City with Li Shaer and Xiyi, and even took a boat trip to Thang Long City.

In Thang Long City, he reviewed the royal palace of Annam, looked at the collection of books accumulated by the Chen family and the Hu family over the past two hundred years, and finally gave instructions: "All books written in Chinese characters created by Annam people, all books that record Annan All the books on history, culture, and customs were transported away, and not a single one could be kept in Annan."

"Not only the royal family's collection of books, but after returning, an order was sent to Zan Yi, Li Jian and Chen Qia, and all the above-mentioned books collected by the people of Annan must be confiscated, most of them burned, and only one copy was sent to the capital. It must not be used in the capital. Preserved locally in Annan.”

If you want to destroy your country, you must first destroy its history. Yunxi was determined to burn the "Secret History of the Yuan Dynasty" which recorded the precious history of the Mongols, not to mention the history and culture of the Annan people.

Yunxi also decided to destroy all the paintings, calligraphy, porcelain, bronzes and other items collected by Hu Jiyou, which recorded the history and culture of Annan, regardless of the fact that these were things that could buy a courtyard house in Beijing in the future; the rest , Yunxi picked out a few things he liked to take away, and left the rest to Zhu Zanyi. However, Zanyi would not let all of them belong to him. He would reward some of the treasures to civil and military officials. If he hadn't waited for Yunxi After doing it once, he would have done this already.

Yunxi is having fun, but the civil and military officials are still busy. The celebration banquet is about to be held, and the scale of the celebration banquet requested by Yunxi this time is unprecedented. The people in charge of this matter are so busy every day that they have no time to rest. .

As for those who are not concerned about this matter, they are also wondering whether they can attend the celebration banquet and drink His Majesty's celebration wine that day. Many people repeatedly weigh their achievements and talk about it with others; a few who really have the connections People are still trying to get a 'ticket' on that day.

There are also a very small number of people, well, to be honest, there is only one person like this in the entire Annan Expeditionary Army. He has connections and his achievements are barely enough to attend the celebration banquet, but he has no interest in the celebration banquet, but he does not dare not to do so. When I went there, I could only accept the sign with a smile on my face, and had to prepare my luggage for that day.

On February 13th, Yunxi returned from Shenglong City and rested for a night. He got up early the next morning and reviewed several memorials sent from the capital. Seeing that the time was approaching, he led his guards to the banquet. He went to a room near the ground specially for him to rest, and sent someone to call the person in charge, Li Jian, and asked: "Is everything ready?"

"Your Majesty, the banquet for more than 3,000 people has been prepared, and the rewards have also been prepared. The imperial edicts written by Your Majesty in advance have also been counted several times, and no omissions have been missed." Li Jian replied.

"Where is the sample of the item I said I would prepare?" Yunxi asked again.

"Everything has been prepared. However," Li Jian said, "Your Majesty, we should still be cautious about this matter."

"I have made up my mind, I have no more words to say." Yunxi said again.

Li Jian did not dare to persuade him any more. Seeing that the emperor had no further instructions, he bowed and left.

Yunxi picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea, and said to himself: "I thought only the civil servants would object, but I didn't expect that even the generals would object. But the more this happens, the more I must implement it."





At this time, the banquet place, although there was still half an hour before the start, was already full and full of people.

For such an important celebration banquet, everyone was afraid that they would be late. Many people rushed over after breakfast to explain what happened in the general camp; not to mention that if they came early, they could talk to other military generals and expand their contacts, so everyone was Instead of sitting quietly in his seat, he held a very low-alcohol wine in his hand and talked with people he could meet.

"Cao Baihu." Tongshi Shiren He Wenchang found a person and chatted with him with a smile.

"Congratulations, Mr. Cao Zheng." Cao Zheng reluctantly raised his glass to signal him.

"Why didn't Cao Baihu come here with the adults from the same guard today?" He Wenchang asked, having nothing to say.

"I counted a number last night and fell asleep late without realizing it. I woke up a little late in the morning. They left early and didn't dare to wake me up, so they had to leave first." Cao Zheng said nonchalantly.

Although this reason is very strange, He Wenchang was already prepared for it. Cao Zheng always had strange theories that no one else had, and his mind was never on leading troops to fight. Otherwise, with his family background, it would be impossible for him to be only a hundred households.

So he smiled and said: "Cao Baihu has such a wonderful hobby. It happened that when I was in Nanding City, I copied an astronomical map and some astronomical geography books from a family. Why don't I give them to Cao Baihu? .”

He originally thought that Cao Zheng liked astronomy and geography very much and would be happy to accept it; but to his expectation, Cao Zheng immediately said: "No need, no reward for no merit, our friendship is also shallow, it is difficult to accept your things."

"What's more, according to the late emperor's decree, books and maps related to astronomy must be handed over to Qin Tianjian, and private collection is not allowed. It is better for He Sheren to hand them over to the imperial court and get some rewards."

He Wenchang was stunned and didn't know what to say next. Suddenly he heard a voice coming from beside him: "Cao Zheng, I've been looking for you for a long time. I thought you were asleep and haven't come yet. It turns out you are squinting here." He Wenchang turned his head. Turning around, I saw Xu Jingchang, who had been promoted to commander.

Cao Zheng's attitude towards him was completely different from that towards He Wenchang: "Jingchang, I'm not interested in chatting with everyone, so why bother to come forward and join in the fun? This place is quite nice."

"Then you can't sit here. Sit with me later. It's okay to add another person to my table. Or you can go and sit with the people from my guard." Xu Jingchang said.

"Okay. Wait a while." Cao Zheng said.

Xu Jingchang turned his head and took a look. Seeing that He Wenchang had left, he turned to Cao Zheng and said, "That person wanted to give you a book on astronomy and geography just now. Why didn't you want it?"

"When you are polite to others, you must ask for something. Although I, Cao Zheng, am not smart, I know that he must have something to ask of me, or my father. At least he wants to build a relationship with me, so that when something happens in the future, I will not be able to save face and refuse. Since I have no interest in an official career, I might as well not get involved in such things from the beginning," Cao Zheng said.

Xu Jingchang knew that Cao Zheng had no interest in becoming a civilian or military general. If his father hadn't forced him, he would not have joined the army as a hundred households. However, he still said: "Even if you don't want to have anything to do with him, you declined politely." That's good. After all, he is your majesty's assistant, so it's not impossible for him to give your family some eye drops in front of the emperor."

"I don't have the ability to talk about it and he got involved. In the end, I had to accept it. It's not like I haven't done this kind of thing before. So it's better for me to be straightforward. As for offending people, I don't care. ." Cao Zheng said.

"What's so direct?" Another person intervened. The two of them quickly looked over and saw that it was Xiping Hou Musheng. Although he led troops to guard Taiyuan, he also came to attend the celebration banquet today.

"It's nothing. Someone wanted to bribe me just now, but I refused outright." Cao Zheng said lightly after the greetings.

Mu Sheng did not ask further questions and said to them: "Your Majesty's reward this time is very generous. There are two people who gave the title to you, and one of them is Jingchang, your father. You have to give your father face, and you won't be able to do it when you get back." You must humiliate him; in addition, your Majesty will reward you with something unprecedented this year."

"What?" Xu Jingchang immediately asked curiously.

"I don't know either. Sun Ke was responsible for this matter. Mei Yin and Li Jian also knew about it, but they just didn't tell me." Mu Sheng said.

"Ah? So mysterious?" Cao Zheng also became curious: "Yes..."

But before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of trumpets, and then many waiters came up with appetizers and wine to distribute them.

"Let's sit back quickly. The banquet is about to start." Mu Sheng said quickly, dragging Xu Jingchang and Cao Zheng to his banquet. Cao Zheng didn't want to sit with them, but he had no choice but to follow.

After everything was ready and everyone was seated, Li Jian once again walked to the door of the room where Yunxi was and said: "Your Majesty, please summon the soldiers who have made meritorious service."

Yunxi agreed, asked Wang Xi to straighten his clothes so that they wouldn't get wrinkled, and walked out with his head held high.

As soon as he appeared at the banquet place, he heard a "crash" sound, and everyone present knelt down and shouted three times, "Long live the feast."

Yunxi naturally allowed them to stand up, and then said: "My dear friends, today is the day to celebrate our Ming Dynasty's pacification of Annan and to reward the ministers who have made meritorious services."

"Speaking of which, although Annan is a small country, it has a large population, a hot climate, and complex terrain. I never expected that the army could pacify Annan so quickly."

"But the soldiers gave me a surprise. Counting from October, it took only four months to conquer the two capitals, capture Hu Jiya and his son alive, and pacify Annan. I am very relieved."

"I mentioned the significance of attacking Annan with some soldiers in Haikang three months ago, so I won't say more about it today; since you soldiers are working so hard to serve our Ming Dynasty, I will never treat you badly."

"But before we officially start to reward the soldiers, I hope that all the loved ones present will think about the soldiers who were stained with blood for the Ming Dynasty and hold a stick of silence for them." After saying this, Yunxi bowed his head slightly and began to observe silence.

Everyone present looked at each other: they had never seen this form of silence. But since His Majesty said it, they followed His Majesty's example.

After lighting the incense, Yunxi raised his head and said: "In addition to mourning for them, I have also decided that all the soldiers who died for the Ming Dynasty will reward their sons with an additional ten guan of money, and also give them such an item."

With that said, Yunxi took something similar to a badge from Wang Xi and showed it to them.


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