But just after he retreated, Yunxi suddenly asked Xiyao: "A few days ago, Wang Xi suddenly asked me to re-activate Wang Bu and Wang Jin. What do you think?"
"Reappoint Wang Bu and Wang Jin?"
There were a lot of oversights when the city's affairs were taken over, but things got better later."
"Now the eunuch in the palace, I see that no one can stir up all these things except him. Before the Chinese New Year last year, he was with her husband in Guangzhou, so I had to send the female officials around me to take care of everything in the imperial city. But in this way
It's just a matter of repaying it once in a while, it won't look good if it lasts a long time."
"If my husband goes to the northwest and wants to take Wang Xi with him and let Wang Bu and Wang Jin come out to take care of things again, I don't have any objections. I'm just worried..." She didn't finish her words.
Yunxi was not satisfied with her words: Xiyao didn't say anything. But he also understood that the eunuch leader was such a sensitive matter. Even if she was the queen, it was inconvenient for her to express her opinions clearly. Xiyao had always been very measured.
"That's what you said." After Yunxi said this, he didn't say anything else, but fell into deep thought again. It wasn't until a eunuch came to announce: "His Royal Highness Princess Guangling has returned to the palace!" He got up and went to help her.
Celebrate birthday.
It’s New Year’s Eve in two days. The palace is decorated as usual, with red lanterns hung high and exquisite carpets laid everywhere. All the palace residents have also put on new clothes, and everyone has a smile on their face.
With a smile, the festive atmosphere is heightened to the extreme.
Yunxi played with the children all day during the day, fell asleep an hour before the clan banquet, and then got up to host the banquet.
This year's banquet was still the same as the previous two years: the Zhengdan Gala. Because this can still be regarded as a new thing, and there were performances by several artists presented by the lords, it was still very enjoyable for everyone to watch. Yunxi did not have any
Whenever the feudal lord talks about business, he will be completely relaxed and chatting with everyone about the show performed on the stage.
After that, it was time to watch the New Year and set off firecrackers. After all this was done, Yunxi was very tired, but he still stood at the door of the palace. He raised his head and glanced at the moon in the sky, then lowered his head and muttered silently: "The new year has arrived. If the sky is really true,
There are gods, I hope you can protect the Ming Dynasty. This year is the most critical year for the Ming Dynasty."
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"There are so many fireworks in the sky, they are so beautiful!" A young man dressed in brocade clothes raised his head and looked at the fireworks in the sky with envy.
"Yes, the Ming Dynasty is indeed a big country. The fireworks set off in the capital during the New Year are not comparable to those in our country." Another man dressed similarly to him also sighed.
Just as they were talking, they heard a cough coming from behind them. They cleverly stopped talking and turned around. They saw a handsome man in his forties, wearing the costume of a Ming Dynasty prince, standing behind him and kneeling down quickly.
Said: "Your Highness, forgive me."
"You are right. The Ming Dynasty only set off more fireworks in the capital than all of North Korea. What is the crime?" Zhu Fangyuan took a step forward and walked to the best position to watch the fireworks.
The two guards were even more frightened after hearing this and kowtowed repeatedly.
"Everyone, get up! You have done nothing wrong. Why are you kowtowing? Let the people of Ming Dynasty see the joke?" Zhu Fangyuan said.
Zhu Fangyuan's status was too high. The Ming Dynasty had never received an envoy of the prince's level. The kings of those small countries in Southeast Asia could not be compared with the kings of Korea. It was not suitable for him to live in Fanguan, so Yunxi arranged for him to live in the Prince of Qin's Mansion.
The Prince of Qin's Mansion had already been cleaned up, but Shang Bing was not coming again, so it was just right to arrange for him to stay. It was inconvenient for Zhu Fangyuan to take many servants with him when he was away from home. In the Prince of Qin's Mansion, except for the people who personally served him, the rest were originally from the mansion.
Servant.
After hearing this, the two guards did not dare to kneel anymore and stood up quickly. The eunuch beside Zhu Fangyuan quickly winked at them, and they hurriedly retreated.
Zhu Fangyuan stood there and waited until there were very few fireworks in the sky before he lowered his head and suddenly said to the eunuch beside him: "Do you think I am right or wrong in coming to the Ming Dynasty this time?"
"I dare not say anything," the eunuch said hurriedly. Zhu Fangyuan was a ruthless character, and he did not dare to speak nonsense.
But Zhu Fangyuan forced him to say it. The eunuch did not dare not to say it, so he could only say: "Of course what the king did was right."
"Haha." Zhu Fangyuan laughed dryly and did not talk to him again. He just said to himself: "If the emperor of the Ming Dynasty wants to recruit Korean soldiers, he will have to pay something."
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Early the next morning, Yunxi got up with his head still awake.
"Well, Aunt Ji, don't wake me up so early. I don't need to go to school." Min'er muttered.
Yun He looked at her and smiled softly. They slept late last night and everyone slept together. If you are not allergic, you should think you are in your own bedroom when you sleep.
Yunxi tucked the quilt for her, walked out of the bedroom with the lightest steps, ordered the palace maid to change his clothes, and went to Qianqing Palace.
Zheng Yi and Chen Di, the Minister of Rites and Minister of Taichang Temple who had not changed in six years, were already waiting here. When they saw Yunxi, they immediately said: "Your Majesty, can you summon the envoys from the foreign countries?"
"No need, isn't it too early now? Besides, I haven't eaten yet." Yunxi smiled and said, "Why are you so anxious about summoning several envoys from foreign countries?"
Chen Di heard Yunxi's voice with contempt, and said quickly: "Your Majesty, overseas countries admire the Ming Dynasty and come to pay tribute. The Ming Dynasty is a kingdom, so it must treat each other with courtesy. Besides, this year there is a king of Korea coming to pay tribute.
, the king of Korea is a prince according to the etiquette system, and your majesty must not ignore it."
"I know." Of course Yunxi knew that the North Korean King Zhu Fangyuan was coming to pay tribute this year. He also issued an edict to announce his visit to Beijing. The most important person in this year's tribute was him. If Zhu Fangyuan hadn't come to pay tribute, Yunxi would not have been able to pay tribute.
They would not come so early. The other envoys would not be able to see Yunxi until their legs went numb.
"This time when Zhu Fangyuan is summoned to the capital, the first priority is to ask him to send troops to participate in the Northwest War. He cannot shirk this, but it is hard to say what other things I want him to agree to. How to persuade him to agree?" Yunxi was eating.
, while thinking.
Yunxi still attaches great importance to North Korea, not because of kimchi, let alone the land of the Korean peninsula, but because of the population under his command.
North Korea is very close to the Ming Dynasty culturally, and it is the two countries most similar to the Ming Dynasty to the Annan that once existed. The people are not very different from the people of the Ming Dynasty. Even if the language is different, it is easy to educate them.
Therefore, Yunxi always wanted to make Korea the same as the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty. Although Zhu Fangyuan was respectful, he was very cunning. The method he had agreed with Qin Song did not have much effect, so he had to take action personally this time.
After a while, Yunxi finished the meal, and the young eunuch came up to put away the dishes. Yunxi put on the formal attire for receiving envoys from the foreign countries, went to the main hall where he had received them in previous years, and told Chen Di: "Let Zhu Fangyuan come to see you.
"
"Zhu Fangyuan is here to see you!" the guards standing in the palace immediately shouted loudly. Then the guards standing in the corridor passed the message one by one, all the way to the room where the envoy from the Kingdom of Fan was resting.
Hearing the sound coming from outside, Zhu Fangyuan clasped his hands, closed his eyes and sat down again, stood up, and led his personal eunuch towards the door.
"Your Highness, your servants cannot go to see the Holy One." Chen Di said as he hurried over.
"Although he is a eunuch, he is also the deputy envoy on this mission to the Ming Dynasty. How can he not see the Holy Emperor?" Zhu Fangyuan said.
"This, there is no precedent for receiving eunuch envoys in this dynasty." Chen Di said.
"Although there is no precedent in this dynasty, there are precedents of using eunuchs as envoys in all dynasties. How can we deduce it because there is no precedent?" Zhu Fangyuan asked again.
"This," Chen Di couldn't think of anything to refute for a while, and was overwhelmed by Zhu Fangyuan's momentum. He didn't insist anymore and led the two of them to the main hall together.
After a while, the two of them walked into the main hall. Zhu Fangyuan only glanced at the imperial robe, and immediately knelt down and said: "I, Zhu Fangyuan, the king of Korea, have met His Majesty the Ming Dynasty, long live long live long live!" After saying this, he bowed to the ground and saluted.
His eunuch also said: "My servant Cui Yongjian has met His Majesty the Ming Emperor. Long live His Majesty!"
After Zhu Fang finished his journey and knelt down three times, Yunxi stood up from his chair and walked to him and said, "King Zhu, get up quickly. You don't have to pay such a big courtesy when you see me." He then asked the guards to help him up.
Of course Zhu Fangyuan declined, but he was helped up by the guards. After he stood up, he said: "Your Majesty, I congratulate you on a long life. I wish the Ming Dynasty will never be easy. I wish the Queen good luck, and I wish the Crown Prince..., I wish..."
"Your Majesty, the people in Korea are poor and cannot be compared with the Ming Dynasty. Fortunately, we still have some specialties. I pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty. Ten pieces of ginseng from Changbai Mountain, ten pieces of Chunchuan nephrite, and ten brushes made of weasel tail hair. Ten pieces of rat tail.
Although the brushes made from tail hair are not as good as those of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty envoys who went to Korea in previous years also praised the brushes very much, so I took the liberty to include this as a tribute."
"As long as you have your heart, it doesn't matter what the tribute is." Yunxi saw that the tribute was completely devoid of anything new, so he didn't care much. Instead, he pointed at the eunuch behind Zhu Fangyuan and said, "Is this person your servant?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, this person is my chamberlain. Because I have been caught by the wind and cold these past two days, I brought him to the palace to serve me. Chen Shangshu may have followed me to serve me." At this time, Chen Di was not in the house. It was Zheng.
Yi stood by and Zhu Fangyuan said without changing his expression. As he spoke, he coughed twice.
"What's going on with Chen Di? How can I let him bring his servants to see me? Even if he is sick now." Yunxi muttered a few words in his heart, but said nothing on his face and exchanged greetings with Zhu Fangyuan.
He then gave him a seat, and then returned to the throne and sat down. Zhu Fangyuan waited for Yunxi to sit down and bowed again, half sitting on the chair.
