After walking out of the palace gate, Zhu Gaochi took Zhang Xin by the hand and planned to walk around the palace twice. However, Zhang Xin's belly was big at this time, so it was not suitable for her to walk too far.

"Calling the uncles here so early? Can they come?"

Zhang Xin asked.

"Whether you can come or not, we'll know after we confess. It's better to talk about it sooner rather than later."

Now that various affairs in the country are in full swing, Zhu Gaochi feels that why not use people from the Zhu family if possible.

Another thing is that not everyone is as courageous as his father.

Although all the princes were sent back to their respective fiefdoms, they could not sleep well until the stone of reducing their fiefdoms fell.

So we just defended it here, but didn't dare to put in any effort to catch them.

I’m afraid some people will take advantage of this.

"Wouldn't it be better to wait until the matter in the East China Sea is settled?"

Zhang Xin felt it was a bit hasty.

The imperial court has just made the beginning in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, and there are still tough battles to fight. The several princes stationed in the north who have fought in wars cannot be moved, and the rest have never fought in a war, so I am afraid that some of them will be lost.

I didn't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me.

As the news spread, my father-in-law was blamed even more.

"No. The people outside are ready to make a move."

Zhu Gaochi shook his head.

To say that the situation is tense right now is an exaggeration.

I can't say I'm not nervous.

"Something going on in the north?"

Zhang Xin couldn't remember what went wrong during this period of time.

"No, this time it's a small country over in Siam."

Zhu Gaochi also just found out about it this morning.

This small country was particularly interesting, so he told Zhang Xin the whole story.

To the north of Siam, there is a small country called Babai, also known as Babai Dadian. It was named after the fact that its tribal chief had eight hundred wives, and each of the eight hundred daughters-in-law led a village.

Tribute began in the 21st year of Hongwu. The previous emperor set up a Xuanwei Office in the local area. When Zhu Di ascended the throne, he set up two military and civilian Xuanwei Offices, with non-commissioned officers as Xuanwei envoys, and asked them to pay tribute every five years.

But now Zhu Di sent people to recruit the eunuchs from the Mengding and Mengyang tribes, and they passed through Babai Dadian.

They actually dared to block the road and prevent the people sent by Zhu Di from passing. Zhu Di also sent an imperial edict, but they remained indifferent.

"Eight hundred wives? Will he die early?"

Zhang Xin only captured the most interesting point.

It is said that the emperor slept with all of his three thousand concubines one by one, and ten years would pass after he slept with them all.

These eight hundred wives each lead a village, so the distance between them must be quite close. Would it take the king all day and night to sleep with all of them?

"...Dahua, you...people just say that, but they are actually all female leaders!"

Zhu Gaochi was both angry and amused.

"Oh, female leader, then go on."

Zhang Xin showed no shame as if she had thought of something wrong, and calmly allowed Zhu Gaochi to continue.

"It's nothing. Anyway, Xiping Hou Mu Sheng should have already set out on the expedition by now."

After being interrupted by Zhang Xin, all the heaviness that Zhu Gaochi had originally felt disappeared.

"Besides this one, which other one is there?"

Zhang Xin is still waiting for further news.

"Gone."

Zhu Gaochi spread his hands.

"Uh, that's it?"

Zhang Xin's eyes widened. How come he never knew that Zhu Gaochi was so uneasy? It was just a small fortified country.

"If there is one, there will be two. Big flower!"

Zhu Gaochi really didn't expect Zhang Xin to react like this. He was very arrogant and seemed to not take countries outside the Ming Dynasty seriously.

This tsundere little look is so attractive no matter how you look at it!

"I thought something happened in Tatar. We are not afraid of those in the south."

Zhang Xin did not look down on the people in the south, but during the Yongle Dynasty, the Hongxi Dynasty, the Xuande Dynasty, and the Zhengtong Period, the biggest concern was always the Mongols in the north.

The south has always been a small-scale conflict.

In the south, Annan is worth mentioning.

No, Annan should be in turmoil soon, but Xiping Hou Mu Sheng went to this Eight Hundred Kingdoms...

"No matter how scared you are, bees are more annoying than flies."

"Oh, Uncle Seventeen has been idle for a while, so why not go to Annan and go out to sea."

Zhang Xin suggested.

After my father-in-law conquered Annan, just like in his previous life, he could not find any descendants of the Chen family, so it was natural for him to incorporate Annan into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

The summarized figures show that Annan had a total of 48 prefectures and counties, 180 counties, and 3.12 million households.

Just the mouth smells delicious.

But later, repeated rebellions made life miserable for the people, and the common people had no sense of belonging.

It would be better to let King Ning go to Annan and settle down in advance.

Recently, Prince Ning has been ordered around by his father-in-law, running around the country, while Princess Ning has been staying in the capital.

Zhang Xin likes Princess Ning.

But in her previous life, she died not long after arriving at her fiefdom in Nanchang. It was said that she could not adapt to the local climate and died of illness.

After the death of Princess Ning, Prince Ning became a little free. Plus, the situation at that time did not allow him to do anything, so he became obsessed with literature, Taoism, miscellaneous studies, and also women.

In the last life, I had six sons and fourteen daughters.

In this life, Zhang Xin wants to find a new place for Princess Ning.

Change your luck.

"I haven't decided whether to let Uncle Seventeen or Uncle Eleven go. What do you think?"

Zhu Gaochi hadn't thought it through yet, so he kept leaving the matter unresolved.

"Uncle Seventeen! Whether it's suitable or not, I think it's more important to let Uncle Seventeen set an example for the uncles first."

Zhang Xin did not hesitate.

"Hiss - Dahua's idea is right -"

Zhu Gaochi felt as if the clouds and mist had been lifted.

Prince Ning was the first among the vassal princes to follow Zhu Di, but at this point, he could not return to his fiefdom and no new fiefdom was granted to him.

Prince Ning and they all knew that it was because Prince Ning was delayed at sea, and when he returned he was sent by Zhu Di to work in various places.

But the princes outside don’t know!!!

They may also think that Prince Ning followed Zhu Di so early and did not get any benefits, so they should get none.

"You are the one in charge and you are confused! In my opinion, it would be better to set up a customs office in Annan and let Uncle Seventeen be in charge of it."

"Great! That must be Uncle Seventeen! Let's go! I'll go back and write a letter to Dad."

"Didn't they say a while ago that they would set up post houses in Fujian, Zhejiang, and Guangdong to receive tribute envoys? Don't forget that Annan also set up one in advance."

Zhang Xin reminded.

Too many things that had not been done in the Hongwu Dynasty or in the previous life were done in the Yongle Dynasty.

But I don’t have any experience, so I just patch things up as I go along.

This time Annan can rely on a precedent.

"Okay, I remember. The post station in Fujian is called Laiyuan, the post station in Zhejiang is called Anyuan, and the post station in Guangdong is called Huaiyuan. What is the one in Annan called, Fuyuan?"

"This is your highness's strength! Just let your highness make the decision. It's not far away anyway."

“Hahahaha – it’s such a pleasure to have friends coming from afar!”

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