Ming Dynasty, the third year of Yongle, August.

Capital.

Qinhuai River, flower boats.

The sounds of stringed instruments are pleasing to the ears, along with the soft Wu dialect and light songs.

"Mr. Fang, take a look at this."

The swaying candlelight and the sound were already barely audible after passing through the boat window, but someone on the boat still carefully opened the window and looked around.

Seeing that there were no boats nearby, he propped up the window sill and sat by the window to admire the moon.

"What's the latest today?"

The old man on the boat took the piece of paper handed over by the young man and asked.

"Yes, sir, the latest. This morning's court."

The young man handed over the paper and sat back down to make tea.

The old man stretched out his arms, his brows furrowed.

[The imperial edict ordered the lazy people in Zhejiang and the beggars in Suzhou to change their nationality to good people.]

【The decree set up two Yunnan Xuanfu Envoys and five Chief Officials. Due to the vast areas of Dagula (now Pegu, Myanmar) and Dimasa (now Nagaland, India), each was given a Xuanfu Envoy; Xiaogula, Chashan, Diban, Menglun, and Bajiata were each given a Chief Official. Po Nalang was appointed as the Xuanfu Envoy of Dagula, Lawangpa as the Xuanfu Envoy of Dimasa, and Zhang Zao and others as Chief Officials of Xiaogula and other places】

[Feng Halima——The Buddha of the West, the Great and Free, who possesses all virtues, the most excellent perfect enlightenment and wonderful wisdom in all directions, and is good at protecting the country and teaching the Tathagata, the great Dharma King.]

【The U-Tsang monk Zhaba Jiancan was conferred the title of the Initiation Master Chanhua King.】

【Two horse temples were set up in Shaanxi and Gansu. Each temple governed six supervisors, and each temple had two supervisors: the Gansu horse temple had Qilian and Ganquan; the Shaanxi horse temple had Changle and Lingwu. Each supervisor governed four gardens, and the gardens were divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower, depending on the size of the land. The upper garden had 10,000 horses, the middle garden had 7,000 horses, and the lower garden had 4,000 horses.】

【Two Yuanma Temples were set up in Beijing and Liaodong, with the same configuration as above. 】

[The Ryukyus are about to send their children to study in traditional Chinese culture. 】

"The late emperor hated these people in Zhejiang so much that he was furious, but the current emperor has changed their nationality."

The person sitting in the shadow by the window flicked the fan in his hand and chuckled.

"The royal family is now unfathomable."

The young man stirred the charcoal that had only burned a corner, turned it over, and fanned it with a small fan. The flame in the small clay stove suddenly became brighter.

It was vaguely visible that there were quite a few people sitting in the cabin.

"I'm afraid it's not the current emperor who is profound."

"The eldest prince?"

"The whole city was searched a while ago. Among the thousand people, there were people from eastern Zhejiang. The eldest prince asked the people from the Pacification Office to take them away."

"We didn't kill him, but it gave them an opportunity?"

Someone asked hatefully.

"That's not the case. I'm afraid it was a mistake. The people in East Zhejiang have wanted to withdraw their hands and return to shore a long time ago. The Xu family has been at the beach for some time, and now they have finally made contact."

Mr. Fang finished reading the paper, folded it several times, and stuffed it directly into the small clay stove.

"Who knows about this matter of Dagula?"

The person at the window was a little impatient. Seeing that there was no movement outside, he turned back to the cabin and asked anxiously.

"I don't know, inexplicably, voluntarily surrender?"

"Is there really such a thing as true destiny? The five places in the chief's office were brought here by the two big places."

"If you believe it, you have it; if you don't believe it, you don't have it."

"It's just that paying tribute can bring benefits. Don't you have to bring your family with you to ask for benefits?"

"That's not what they said, and I don't see them going anywhere else to ask for it!"

"It will only become more and more stable in the future. Once the big bait of the Crown Prince's job field is thrown out, humph, there are far fewer people tonight than last time."

"Halima from Tibet led monks from afar to pray for the late emperor and the late empress, and even begged for a higher title. Isn't this obvious enough?"

"What do you mean, Lord Zhou? Do you want to change your ways?"

"Master Zhang, we have been under the control of Jiangnan for a long time. When the two prefectures of Suzhou and Songjiang suffered from floods, they never gave any food to the victims, but they bought land and people. Now that the list is divided into north and south, there will be more and more northerners in the court. If this continues, it is hard to say how much place we will have in the court."

"Hmph, don't forget, Master Zhou, who supported you when you were studying. Who has helped you to rise to prominence over the years?"

"A wise bird chooses a good tree to roost in! A wise man dies for his friend! This wood is rotten to the core, and we, we still want to die together with the wood?"

"You really know how to flatter yourself. You are clearly in Cao's camp but your heart is with Han. You still call yourself a confidant! Humph!"

"Shut up, it's rare for us to get together, why are you arguing?"

Mr. Fang shouted loudly.

Everyone in the cabin suddenly became quiet, and the only sound they could hear was the gurgling sound of the kettle on the small clay stove.

Wait for the young man to get the water and start making tea.

Mr. Fang spoke again.

"Can we get a few of our people in Shaanxi and Gansu? The emperor might want to attack the north. The Imperial College has been established now, and the marquises have gone to the capital to teach. In a few years, the people they teach will naturally take up positions in the court. You should arrange for people to take up positions first. It doesn't matter whether the position is big or small."

"Yuanma Temple will have a third-rank Yuanma Temple Minister, a fourth-rank Shaoqing, a sixth-rank Temple Secretary, a seventh-rank Supervisor, and an eighth-rank Supervisor Deputy. Only the Supervisor and the Deputy Supervisor can make plans together."

A man with a hoarse voice immediately replied.

"Fighting for the position of Temple Secretary is too small and will not help at all."

"Yes, sir. I'll try my best. It may not work in the capital."

"There must be someone in the capital, no matter what."

"Yes, sir."

"After the Ryukyu people entered the Imperial College, someone was sent to approach them. The emperor would not do anything without a purpose. The Ryukyu people asked and the emperor immediately agreed. No one knows what kind of relationship they had before. Does anyone know?"

"The eldest princess's own fleet went to Japan two years ago. Li Jinglong got involved in this matter."

"There must be something wrong here, you guys check it out."

"All the palace staff have been decimated in the past two years, and now even the petty eunuchs can't afford to pay any more."

"This time, Ryukyu sent eunuchs as tribute, but the eldest prince refused. Our people advised the court not to accept the gifts, fearing that it would discourage them from naturalizing. The eldest prince did not accept them. He said that the emperor had said that this trend should not be tolerated. If they were sent once, they would be sent twice. He refused the first time to prevent Ryukyu from offering innocent people as tribute in order to curry favor. Moreover, no matter which country sends gifts, he will definitely not accept them."

"So, the eunuchs in this palace have returned..."

"Then report the matter of King Qi to the emperor. Let them kill each other."

"So early?"

"If not now, when?! The emperor has been putting off the issue of reducing the number of vassal states. I always feel that something is going on, something big!"

"The eldest prince's wife won't come out now."

"Having a child is like the gate of hell."

"Let's talk about the eldest prince's wife later. If she has another son, she will have three grandchildren. The eldest grandchild is already grown up. Even if a woman can take her place, it will be useless."

"The eldest grandson is very smart."

"The people around him are all members of the Xu family. The Queen is very protective of him."

"The Second Prince doesn't seem to have any intention of seizing the throne. Otherwise—"

"It's late now. Let's stop here and find out more about the Ryukyu incident first."

"it is good."

[Small science: It is true that in the fourth year of Yongle, Zhu Di refused the eunuchs sent by Ryukyu, and it is also true that the court officials asked Zhu Di to accept them. Seeing Zhu Di's insistence, the court officials took a step back, saying that since the people were eunuchs, it would be a virtue to accept them, but Zhu Di firmly refused and sent the people back, saying that if other countries also eunuch people and send them to him, he would decide whether to accept them or not. Zhu Di finally said: Sending real things is fine, eunuchs will never be accepted.

Zhu Di was actually very normal and upright. As for the court officials, scholars who valued benevolence, could they not think of the consequences of accepting eunuchs? But they only exaggerated the consequences of not accepting them. Hahaha!!!】

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