In the next few days, Yunxi selected a few guardhouses to stay in Annan and assigned them to Zanyi. He also instructed Zanyi on how to deal with some government affairs. The only thing left was to organize his wedding.
As early as the day Yunxi decided to hold Zhu Chanyi's wedding on February 20th, he ordered Chen Qia and others to start publicizing his wedding in all the cities in Annan.
The gentry in Annan had long known that Zhu Chanyi had been engaged to Chen Tianping's sister in the capital of Ming Dynasty before sending troops to attack Annan. They were originally worried that he would regret the engagement, but they saw the words "Princess Jimo Chen" written on the notice.
Finally, he put his heart into his stomach: since he still wants to marry Chen Tianping's sister as his official wife, it shows that the local gentry in Annan still has to be valued.
Of course, the hearts of those who still cherished the Chen Dynasty fell to the bottom. Since Zhu Zanyi wanted to marry Chen Tianping's sister, she would become the king in Annan. These people became restless.
Yunxi was well aware of the movements of the Annan gentry through the Jinyi guards deployed before the war and the local people who were determined to follow the Ming Dynasty after the war. In response to this situation, he found Zhu Chanyi and Chen Qia and said to them: "Now it seems that you still have
We cannot deal with the local gentry immediately."
"We need to classify them according to whether they miss the Chen Dynasty or not. Those who still miss the Ming Dynasty should be eradicated, those who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty should be praised, and those who are in between should be cautious. Uncle, I won't go into details. You also know."
"Wait two years and eradicate the remnants of the Chen Dynasty before attacking the local gentry."
Seeing them nodding, Yunxi also smiled and said: "But there is one more thing that needs to be noted. You two cannot both be vicious to the gentry. One of you has to be a bad person and the other a bad person."
Zhu Zanyi and Chen Qia looked at each other, and Zhu Zanyi asked: "Uncle, what is black face and what is white face?"
Yunxi was stunned for a moment before he realized that at this time, there was no distinction between black face, red face and white face in opera. He then explained: "It is, well, one treats the gentry harshly and treats them cruelly, and the other treats the gentry cruelly and treats them warmly."
Words of comfort or help to reduce punishments can make the gentry feel grateful to those who hear the words of comfort, and they will not take desperate risks. In other words,..."
Yunxi gave a rough explanation based on his own understanding of the matter. Zhu Zanyi understood the words and said with a smile: "Uncle, nephew, I know." Looking at Chen Qia's expression, he should have understood.
Yunxi took a breath and said: "Chen Qia, you are the local king, so you will play the bad guy. Zanyi, you will play the white face."
"Chen Qia, you can't always be the king and prime minister in Annan. I will definitely promote you to the imperial court in a few years. It's useless for you to be too nice to them here in Annan."
"I understand." Chen Qian immediately bowed and agreed. He understood without Yunxi's explanation.
"It's good that you understand." Yunxi said: "I am still quite optimistic about your talents, but you don't have much experience in politics. You have been the king here for a few years, and after you returned, you became the chief envoy of the same place and the chief of the Yamen in the capital.
He can serve as an official."
"Uncle, as you said, my place has become a place for officials of the imperial court to practice their skills." Zhu Zanyi smiled and said: "This is not possible. Uncle, I also need capable ministers here."
"I know, I will choose many ministers who can be used." Yunxi also said with a smile.
After hearing these words from the two of them, although he knew they were meant to comfort him, Chen Qia still felt much better.
Yunxi said a few more words to them, and then said to Chen Qian: "Chen Qian, please step aside. I have a few words to tell Zan Yi about the wedding."
Chen Qia did not doubt that he was there, bowed and bowed and left; but as soon as he left, before Zhu Zanyi could speak, he heard Yunxi say: "Immediately transfer all the civil and military officials loyal to the Hu Dynasty and distribute them to various places.
Kill them secretly."
"Because these people gained our trust in the beginning, most of them have very important positions. If any descendants of the Chen Dynasty rebelled, it would be very harmful if they responded. It is better to get rid of them first."
"As for being assigned to different places, we are afraid that many people will suddenly die and cause panic. It will be much better if we are assigned to four places and there is no good information."
"Uncle, I'm afraid this is not good." Zhu Zanyi said: "Firstly, if many people are transferred now, it may not be easy to accept the place; secondly, even if they are divided into various places, news of many people's deaths will suddenly come sooner or later.
It will still cause panic among the local people, causing people who had no intention of defecting to the rebels to do so."
"My nephew feels that it is better to find a few people who are die-hard loyal to the Chen Dynasty and execute them fair and square. The rest of the people should not be moved and slowly transferred to less important positions. This must be safe." He carefully put forward his opinion.
"You're right, I was too impatient. I'll just do what you say." Yunxi thought for a while and said.
After hearing that his suggestion was approved by Yunxi, and His Majesty's expression was relatively calm, Zhu Zanyi thought for a while and bravely said: "Uncle, my nephew has something he doesn't know whether to say or not."
"Since you have asked this question, what do you think should be said or not? Do you want to remonstrate with my uncle? Go ahead, my uncle will never blame you." Yunxi said.
"Uncle, my nephew feels that since the army has arrived to conquer Annan, my uncle has been too eager."
"This kind of war to destroy the country is quite normal even if Annan is a small country and it lasts for one or two years. However, although my uncle has never forced an army to join the army, my nephew can still see his eagerness in the correspondence."
"Uncle, as the saying goes, haste makes waste. Be hasty when you should be hasty, be slow when you should be slow. I'm afraid it's not good to just be too hasty."
"In the past, my uncle was not so eager to deal with government affairs in the capital. Why is he so eager to conquer Annan this time?" Zhu Zenyi finally raised his own doubts. And this is not his only doubt, it is shared by countless civil and military officials in Annan.
doubts.
Yunxi sighed and said: "Uncle, I won't hide it from you. The reason why I am so eager is that, firstly, Annan's location is very important and it is an important place that shelters Guangxi and Yunnan, so there is no room for loss; secondly, I mainly want to use this place
After everything is done, hurry back and prepare for the battle against Samarkand."
"You also know about the Samarkand spy case that was interrogated in Guangzhou City. You should also have guessed that I already knew the result before the public trial. But you may not have guessed that as early as the public trial of the abortion case, I already knew the result.
Know all this."
"There are some evidences that I have hidden but not disclosed. These hidden but not disclosed evidences can show that Timur will send troops to attack the Ming Dynasty next year."
"I am not an arrogant emperor. It is not easy for our Ming emperor to be arrogant after the Mongols destroyed the Song Dynasty. After questioning people traveling to the northwest and envoys from foreign countries, I learned that the country of Samarkand is very powerful and difficult to deal with.
The northwest is also depopulated and the products are not abundant, making it difficult to fight wars."
"So I want to return quickly to prepare for this battle."
"But uncle, even if the Samarkand Kingdom is strong, if they attack instead of the Ming Dynasty's army, it doesn't have to be like this." Zhu Zanyi asked.
"I not only want to defend the current place, but also capture the country of Samarkand." Yunxi said.
This was his real purpose. After Timur's death, Samarkand's army might collapse in the face of the Ming Dynasty's army. He wanted the army to take advantage of the situation and pursue them to the city of Samarkand, destroying the strongest Tianfang Sect in one fell swoop.
The foundation of the country, and even occupied the area in the middle of the river.
Otherwise, it is actually not difficult to block the army of Samarkand, and there is no need to make so many preparations. Because Timur will die in one or two years, and once he is dead, there will be no threat from the army of Samarkand.
Even if he did not die, Yunxi believed that the generals of the Ming Dynasty could at least stop him.
Zhu Zanyi actually didn't know where Samarkand was, let alone how far it was from Jiayuguan. Hearing what Yunxi said, he had nothing to say. He just said: "If uncle is in a hurry to prepare, there is no need to come to Annan.
After the battle is over, you can return to the capital."
"Isn't it because you are the first to rule a country and Zhang Wen is ill again, so I am worried." Yunxi smiled and said, "But when I came to Annan and saw that you handled the matter well, my uncle was relieved. There is no need."
Spend more time in Annan.”
"But your uncle still has to attend your wedding. After your wedding is over, your uncle will set off back to the capital."
"My uncle personally attended the wedding, and my two aunts personally organized it. This is my uncle's first post since he succeeded to the throne. I'm really flattered." Zhu Zanyi said with a smile.
"Not yet." Yunxi also said with a smile: "There are so many of your uncles and uncles attending the wedding this year. Since the emperor canonized the second uncle, third uncle and others as kings, they are the ones who got married that year.
No, it’s not easy to have so many people celebrating your wedding this year.”
"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty." Zhu Zanyi joked with exaggerated movements.
"Then you must serve the Ming Dynasty wholeheartedly to be worthy of this grace." Yunxi said half-jokingly.
