When the great scholars from Korea came to the Ming Dynasty, Yunxi could not guarantee that the great scholars from the Ming Dynasty would be better than them, but there would definitely be something better than them. After the exchange, he would definitely invite several great scholars from the Ming Dynasty to go to North Korea to continue the exchange.
The great Confucian scholars in North Korea were teaching Zhu Bo, and people who went to North Korea in the Ming Dynasty were able to come into contact with Zhu Bo, and then influenced him, and even became a real and unknown teacher. This made him close to the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, the second goal may not be achieved, and Yunxi is mentally prepared for this, but even if it is not achieved, it doesn't matter. It is just a casual move and has no impact on the overall situation.
Qin Song didn't know the cause and effect, so he didn't guess Yun Xi's purpose for a while, but he also knew that there must be a big plan for calling him here and giving such a solemn order, so he immediately agreed: "Yes, Your Majesty. I will leave immediately after I leave."
Inform this person.”
"You must pay attention to this matter. In addition to spying on military intelligence in the northwest this year, you must also recruit a few more people in the capital who are good at Confucianism, and then find ways to make them famous in the capital and become great Confucians." Yunxi said again.
Qin Song stood up and agreed: "I obey your order."
"What are you doing standing up? Sit down, sit down." Yunhe said with a smile.
When Qin Song sat down again, Yun He ordered him again: "Although Confucianism is important, it is not as important as the military affairs in the northwest. How are the Jinyiwei's detailed arrangements for the northwest now?" If the battle with Samarkand fails, the Ming Dynasty will
It was dangerous. He could only concentrate on organizing the "Guanzhong Defense War" and could not take care of anything else except building factories. So the first priority was the battle with Samarkand. It happened that he called Qin Song into the palace because of Confucianism.
, just in time to ask about this.
"Your Majesty, there are currently thirteen guards in Samarkand. They are ambushing various cities in the country, pretending to be vendors and craftsmen, and one person has joined their yamen as an errand."
"However, the rules of Samarkand are completely different from those of the Ming Dynasty. Even those who work as yamen servants are confused and cannot get confidential information."
"Although Timur led his troops back to the city of Samarkand, many of the recruited tribal leaders did not return to their tribes. The author believes that Timur will fight in the spring, but it is impossible to know where he will attack. Samarkand
The Han Kingdom wanted to send troops to the east or to join the Samarkand Kingdom. A Mongolian tribe did not want to use Li Mantis as a chariot, so they secretly told Shami Chagan, and only the Jin Yiwei and His Highness the King of Qin knew about it."
"Your Majesty, please punish me if you do something bad." Qin Song said.
It is not easy to send people to the Kingdom of Samarkand to spy on intelligence. Firstly, the appearance of the people from the Western Regions is quite different from that of the Han people. Secondly, although the Kingdom of Samarkand implements a policy of religious freedom, it does not prohibit the spread of other religions but only prohibits the spread of other religions.
Preaching, but it is difficult for non-Tianfang believers to get along in the yamen. The only person who worked in the yamen was the one who pretended to be a Tianfang believer and got in.
But Yunxi is very wary of this. If religion is indoctrinated for a long time, even if it is false at first, it may become true later. And how Ming Dynasty treats Tianfang Sect is well known to the world. Be careful not to rebel if you become a Tianfang believer.
Normally. He would rather the efficiency of gathering information be lower than letting them all believe in the Tianfang Sect.
So Yunxi said: "The people of the Ming Dynasty are very different from the people of Samarkand. It is normal not to detect anything. I will not blame you."
"In the future, you don't have to let Xi Zuo inquire about secrets. You only need to pay attention to collecting things that everyone knows from the people. You don't need to leave too many people in Samarkand. Five or six people are enough. If you want to inquire about secrets, just leave it to them.
Also try your best to control it."
There were many Mongolians under Timur's rule. Although many people converted to Tianfang religion, it did not mean that they ignored the feelings of the same nation. There were always people who thought that they were all Mongolians.
Try to spread the news inside. Moreover, the agents who can lurk in Samarkand are all talented people. They are at least proficient in Khwarizm, a branch of the Turkic language now spoken in Samarkand. Some of them also understand Uighur language.
Altaic or Tatar can even write various Turkic scripts with completely different grammars. They are very useful and it would not be good if they were wasted in Samarkand.
"This, I obey the order." Qin Song was not satisfied with this, as if he said that the Jin Yiwei was incompetent. But reality is stronger than people, Jin Yiwei did not do well, and the battle with Samarkand was imminent. Even if he arranges for manpower to go there now,
It was too late, so I had to agree.
Yunxi also knew that he was not satisfied, and said again: "Qin Song, it's because I remembered that it was already the beginning of the second year when I sent someone to Samarkand to do detailed work. It has only been four years since this year, and Samarkand has nothing to do with it."
The appearance of the population, cultural customs, or language are all different from those of the Ming Dynasty, so the Jinyiwei has not made much progress, but it is not because the Jinyiwei is incompetent."
"I'm ashamed," Qin Song said quickly. Although Yunxi was right, he couldn't admit it.
Yunxi said a few more words, and Qin Song saw that nothing happened and wanted to leave. But Yunxi whispered to him again: "..., you can prepare these places in advance."
"These places, Your Majesty, I obey your order." Qin Song was very surprised when he heard the names of these places, but after all these years of service as an official, he finally got it, and he immediately agreed.
"This time we will arrange detailed arrangements in Samarkand because it is too late so it is difficult to find out any news. After the New Year, you can send people to these places and you will have enough time to make arrangements."
Having said this, Yunxi had nothing to do before he gave any instructions. He ordered Wang Xi to bring something as a reward and asked Qin Song to retreat.
In the next few days, Yunxi drank and chatted with the royal princes to improve their relationship and occasionally discussed some matters. At the same time, he accompanied his wife, concubines and children in the palace. Among them, Miner took up the most time for Yunxi. She was very lonely when Yunxi was not in the capital during the New Year last year.
, this year, he simply stuck to Yunxi's side. Unless he was sleeping, even if Yunxi met the princes, he would insist on following him. Xiyao's attempt to stop him would not work. Yunxi thought that they were all brothers of the same race, so let Min'er meet him.
It was okay to arrive, so I took her with me.
On this day, Yunxi went to Prince Wu's Mansion to talk to Yunzhi. On the way, he met Yunzhi. She glanced behind Yunxi and said with a smile: "Brother, where are you going? Why are you carrying such a person besides Min'er?"
How many people?”
"Go and talk to the second brother." Yunxi also smiled: "The second brother also brought the children to the capital to celebrate the New Year, so I also took them to play with my nieces and nephews."
"My sister is going too." Yun Zhi thought at first that it was Yun He who summoned the prince into the palace, but when she heard that he was leaving the palace to go to Prince Wu's Mansion, she immediately said.
"I will not wander outside the palace today. I will stay in Prince Wu's Mansion for a few hours and then come back."
"That's better than staying in the palace. My mother is always nagging, especially when my sister turns fifteen during the Chinese New Year. She always talks about making her look like a princess, and she also talks to the emperor's brother and sister-in-law about it.
My sister is choosing a prince-in-law. I don’t like to hear it, and I can’t refute it, so I can only hide.”
Yun He laughed loudly. "Actually, what the concubine said is right. You are already fifteen, and it's time to prepare for your marriage."
"Second sister is already nineteen this year, and she hasn't gotten married yet."
"Don't compare yourself with your second sister. Her situation is different. Later, she was delayed by the imperial brother for another year. Otherwise, she would have gotten married in the second half of the year before last."
"Then I won't get married so early!" Yunzhi saw that Yunxi's attitude seemed to be serious, and she was a little flustered and said hurriedly.
Seeing that she was anxious, Yunxi hurriedly said: "Don't worry, brother will definitely not let you get married too early. But it is really time to start a fight now. Otherwise, in two years, all the young talents who are about the same age as you will be engaged. Yes. If Yang Feng hadn't happened to be widowed, your second sister would have been really difficult to deal with."
"Then Brother Emperor, you have to promise my sister that Brother Emperor will never force my sister on someone whom my sister doesn't like."
"Don't worry, if you don't like it, my brother will never force you." Yunxi promised.
While talking, the two of them had already arrived at Qianqing Gate and hurriedly got on the carriage and headed to Prince Wu's Mansion.
On the carriage, Yunxi said again: "But how do you treat others yourself? Brother, I can't call all the young talents of the right age in the capital into the palace, let you choose one by one."
"This," even though Yun Zhi was already very bold and open, her face turned red when she heard this. In fact, when she said just now, "Brother Huang must not force his sister on someone he doesn't like." He just lowered his head and said it with a red face. At this moment when he heard Yunxi's words, he didn't know how to answer, so he turned his head with a red face and pretended to look at the scenery.
Seeing that she was so shy, Yunxi couldn't make fun of her anymore, so he could only turn to other topics and said: "Fourth sister, do you believe in Buddhism or Taoism?"
"Some believe in Buddhism." Yunzhi replied: "My sister's mother-in-law believes in Buddhism and worships Guanyin Bodhisattva. Therefore, my sister also has some belief in Buddhism. When there is nothing in the palace, she copies scriptures and asks her sister-in-law to send someone to the big temple in the capital to abide by it. Recite it in front of the Buddha and then bring it back and put it under the pillow. My sister feels that she sleeps better when she puts the sutra book under her pillow than when she doesn’t."
"This is all psychological effect." Yunxi blurted out.
"What is psychological effect?" Yunzhi was puzzled.
"This means that if you believe it, it will work. If you don't believe it, it will not work." Yunxi didn't know how to explain it. He could only say this: "Because you believe in Guanyin Bodhisattva, you will sleep better if you put Buddhist scriptures under your pillow. If you don't believe it, , it won’t be useful.”
"If you don't believe it, Buddha will naturally not bless you, so it's useless, right?" Yunzhi said.
Yunxi argued with her a few more words, and found that it was difficult for him to explain the matter clearly. He thought for a while and said, "You can do this when you go back: give the Buddhist scriptures to your personal maid and tell her to choose whatever she wants within ten days." For five days, press the Buddhist scriptures under your pillow. For the remaining five days, press a book at random without pressing the Buddhist scriptures. But I won’t tell you whether you press it or not. Write down which days you slept well and which days you slept well in these ten days. No, let the maid tell you which days the Buddhist scriptures were pressed. If they don't match up completely, it will be enough to prove that the emperor's brother is right."
"This method is really novel. My sister has never heard of it, so she will do it according to this method when she returns home." Yunzhi said.
The brother and sister talked about Buddhism for a while. Yunzhi suddenly thought of something and said, "Brother, why don't you repair Mount Putuo?"
"It turns out that the reason why grandpa abandoned Mount Putuo was because he moved the border to ban the sea. But now that the emperor has abolished the ban on sea, it is no longer necessary to abandon Mount Putuo. Why not order its restoration?"
"The concubine mentioned it," Yunxi said. According to the tradition that has been established since the Song Dynasty, Mount Putuo is the dojo of Guanyin Bodhisattva in the South China Sea. Since Yunzhi's mother believes in Guanyin Bodhisattva, she will certainly care about it.
Yunzhi did not deny it, nodded and said: "It is indeed my sister's mother who talked about it in private."
"The reason why my brother doesn't restore Mount Putuo is because he wants to put Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva's dojo elsewhere." Yunxi continued.
"Where should I put it?" Yunzhi was curious.
"The Guanyin of the South China Sea will naturally be placed in the South China Sea. But this matter is not urgent yet." Yunxi showed an incomprehensible smile.