Jicanghai

At the beginning of the spring of the second year, news spread that several islands in the East China Sea would become their own country. They were officially named Jihai Kingdom, and the capital of the country was located in Jihai City.Jin Duanyang was quite nervous when he heard the news, which made people look into it again.But there was no more news about Shen Yingdao, and Quiet fell into dead silence again. The person who was respected by the world as the Minghuang of the East China Sea never had the slightest intention of making friends with or going to war with the Central Plains.

The only exception is that Wei Shuangqiao and Yu Jinfeng met again unexpectedly on Bailu Island, and added another contract to the previous contract, which was an agreement to set Bailu Island as a cargo transfer point for the Central Plains and the South China Sea.If many merchant ships in the Central Plains are unable to sail to the South China Sea, they can directly deliver goods to the caravans of the Jihai Kingdom on Bailu Island, and then transfer them to the countries in the South China Sea.This matter was just done in accordance with the previous practice, and there was nothing to criticize, so it went smoothly.

In the mid-spring of this year, Mingran chatted with Wenren Yu Ye Zhiliang, and mentioned the bison tendon that had successfully captured Ye Zhiliang. This thing's Bison Island.This island is not on Wen Renyu's map of the East China Sea, it is only vaguely rumored to be in the east of Shenying Island.Wen Renyu immediately volunteered to look for the island, and if he could find it, he would keep it for himself, and he could get a lot of bison tendon for him to play with in the future.

Mingran had exactly this intention, and immediately agreed when he heard the words, and meant to follow him to have a look.But he has not recovered at this time, his skill has only recovered by [-]% to [-]%, and he is constantly suffering from illness, so no one dares to promise him.In the end, those two men had to lead a part of the Mingxiang Army, and set sail for the vast sea to the east.

Wen Renyu was already one of the four major generals of the East China Sea Mingxiang Army, the other three were Feng Chengzhu, Wei Shuangqiao, and Xie Jue. Yi Tan was still a Marquis of Duyu and had not been promoted.Ye Zhiliang didn't know much about military affairs and had no interest in military affairs, so he only took a part-time job in the army in Wen Renyu's tent, and was secretly in charge of spying and delivering news, but he followed Wen Renyu wherever he went, very sticky.The two of them shared adversity, Wen Renyu couldn't hold back his face and couldn't get rid of him, gradually got used to it, and got along with him quite tacitly.

As a result, the two ran far away and did not find the legendary bison island. Instead, they passed several other small islands along the road. The island was rich in products, and there were even several salt mines. Some of them were lost at unknown times. People from the Central Plains who came here live here, Wen Renyu conveniently took it away, and unceremoniously assigned it to the territory of the Jihai Kingdom, and finally made up for the regret a little bit.The two of them were worried that there were not many people available in the country, so they didn't dare to stay for a long time, and returned to Shenying Island after half a year.

Here, Mingran was being made a little unhappy by a courtier.

Starting from summer, for some reason, the governor of Yunjing began to look for the bad luck of the old ministers of Cangpei Kingdom who were left in Yunjing, and accused them of conspiracy and restoration. The master was actually the Marquis of Yongjiang from the Zhuluan Kingdom in the past, and anyone who was so bold would smuggle out to sea to seek refuge in the Jihai Kingdom.

Of course, the smuggling boats would soon be intercepted by Wei Shuangqiao's soldiers who were in charge of patrolling the east coast, and they begged Wei Shuangqiao earnestly. Wait a minute, ask him to spread this word to Shenying Island no matter what.

The Jihai Kingdom is indeed short of manpower, so Mingran ordered Wei Shuangqiao to bring people here to select the best ones. If they don't need them, if they don't want to go back to the Central Plains, they will be allocated land and houses as citizens of the Jihai Kingdom.

Among these courtiers was a former doctor Yushitai, who behaved very well and normal at first, but after staying for two or three months, Xu Shi saw that Mingran was taciturn and sick, and it seemed easy to deal with, so he always The problem broke out and gradually became rampant. First, other officials were impeached several times, but they were shelved.Later, the court actually wrote a proposal directly, asking His Majesty to bring back the servants who are currently detained in Pingjing to Donghai, and it is best to bring back those veterans who accompanied the king to suffer in Pingjing.He didn't say clearly what to do next, he only said that as an old minister of Zhuluan Kingdom, he has been tossing and turning for a long time because of this matter, if he just watched the king's humiliation in other countries but remained indifferent and did not help, it would be against the law of nature and human ethics. Unfaithful, unfilial, unkind, unrighteous.He boldly wrote the letter this time because of his loyalty, Your Majesty should not feel offended by his subjects, the lord of the country must be good at accepting advice to be a qualified lord of the country.

Mingran thought it was really unqualified, heard the words and lightly put his memorial on the case, remained silent, and only glanced at Xie Jue.He usually claims that it is inconvenient to speak, so he has very little to say to these courtiers, and now he is unhappy and can justifiably keep silent.

The remaining generals of the Ming Xiang Army were all busy outside, but Xie Jue was in charge of guarding Jiehai City and followed Ming Ran to court.He was angry when he heard people mention the former king, and when he received Mingran's hint, before the former Yushitai doctor could finish his impassioned speech, he went over and chopped off his head with a knife, which shocked a group of courtiers to tremble and even accused him. He couldn't even utter the savage words, because Mingran looked at his lover very tenderly, with a look of approval on his face.

Xie Jue said coldly to the fresh and hot head that just came out of the pot: "A subjugated king who abandoned his wife and son, what right does he have to make people miss him! Let's go to the Palace of the King of Hell as companions!" Mingran waved his hand and asked people to pack up the corpse and throw it out, not even bothering to say the word "burial".

So Xie Jue made the decision for him with great consideration: "Throw it out, chop it up and feed it to the dogs, it will drain every inch of land and money in the sea country, and there is no place to bury him."

Mingran's subordinates and officials have always been a little indifferent, although they approve the papers and listen to important reports, and if things are done well, the rewards are surprisingly generous, but they don't pay much attention to them in leisure time.The courtiers are not fools, they can understand at a glance with high eyebrows and low eyes, a group of people are afraid of nonsense and dare not say a word, and they all become virtuous ministers who are conscientious and frugal in a short time.

So everyone is dissatisfied with this doctor Yushitai, thinking that we have fallen to such a point, it is not easy to beg for food under the eaves, but he can't change the bad habits of the past. If he doesn't do it, he will still be supported by the people of Yunjing, and now he has such a deadly idea. It's just right to cut him off. Apart from the horrible death, it's really satisfying!

Ye Zhiliang, who just came back, heard this letter and immediately made a final decision: "It must be a spy sent by that shameless person, specially to come here to disgust people. No one in this world is more shameless than him! Just wait, there must be future ones." trick."

Since he claims to be able to read physiognomy, it is not uncommon for him to be straightforward, and it really is a prophecy.

Jin Duanyang has always wanted to take advantage of Haiguo. According to his observations during the peace talks with Mingran in Luzhou last time, this person may have never been short of money since he was a child. Can afford to let go.As long as he can get him out for a talk, as long as his request is within a reasonable range, and if he cries about the difficulty of people's livelihood, and understands it with emotion and reason, he may not necessarily care about the past.

After thinking about it, he remembered that his birthday happened to be on the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, so he called the Minister of Rites and decided to celebrate his fortieth birthday for himself.

The Minister of Rites was very surprised: "Your Majesty, you are 38 years old this year, and you have not yet reached the age of forty. This is not suitable for etiquette..."

Jin Duanyang sighed: "It's two years old. I'm not old, but my heart is old. You send the news that I'm going to spend my whole life, and the Western Regions, Northern Xinjiang, Central Sichuan, and Southern Guangdong will all be sent. Let them all come. Zhao He, I see who has the nerve to come here empty-handed. And... the most difficult to invite, the Emperor Ming of the East China Sea. I have shown him many times in the past two years, but he has always pretended to be deaf and dumb. But this time I will not take the opportunity. When he comes, the Marquis of Dingnan and I are not caring. When will our vast sea transportation really start to move? The group of unscrupulous people in the household department and those greedy merchants are almost driving me crazy. Alas, you said that he has a grudge with Yu Hou, and it has nothing to do with me, really!"

He evaded it very cleanly, but the courtiers didn't think so. They thought to themselves, didn't you destroy that lord's homeland at the beginning, and now the former lord still has to sleep with him from time to time, why doesn't it have anything to do with you?

His Majesty the Emperor walked around in the imperial study room, and after half an hour, he finally took a picture of the dragon case and said: "Yes, I can only let go of this old face and do some shameless things, maybe there will be a turnaround." leeway."

A few days later, the envoy of Cangpei Kingdom rushed to the East China Sea with a letter written by His Majesty the Emperor. He knew that he could not reach the boundaries of the Twin Islands, so he directly sent the letter to Wei Shuangqiao, saying that this letter was very important and must be forwarded to Ming Dynasty. In the hands of the emperor.

The words in Emperor Cangpei's letter are very polite and elegant, which means that although Emperor Ming has lived in the East China Sea for a long time, his ancestral grave is still near Yunjing County.Once you have been at sea for several years, this ancestral grave must also lack offerings and sacrifices.His Majesty the Emperor has always treated the Emperor Ming like his own brother, and his brother's parents are his own parents, so it is impossible to move the immortal bones of his parents outside the city of Pingjing for the convenience of frequent sacrifices in the future.Another brother, I happen to be forty this year. After working so hard for so many years, I should have some fun. I hope you can come and join me. Then I have many good things to give you, and many things to discuss with you. So come on, I'm waiting for you.

In fact, it can be summed up in one sentence: "If you dare not come, I will dig your ancestral grave."

After Mingran read the letter, he guessed that Jin Duanyang wanted to use the name of birthday to gain some benefits for himself.Although he didn't care about the complicated etiquette of sacrificing ancestors, he couldn't just let people dig up his ancestors' graves. It seemed that he couldn't do without this trip.It's just that he didn't want to set foot on that land again, so he wrote back to Jin Duanyang, asking him to choose another place for the meeting, preferably to find an island or peninsula at the border between East China Sea and Cangpei, which is convenient for both parties.

Half a month after Yu Jinfeng heard the news, he was so angry that he also dropped the paperweight: "What is he going to do! If you have something to discuss, you can't discuss it. If you open your mouth and dig graves, you won't be afraid of being struck by lightning."

He usually stays in the fief and doesn't go to Pingjing, because he is afraid of accidentally being plotted by His Majesty Jin, so he has to make up his mind to go to Pingjing to ask Jin Duanyang to see Jin Duanyang, and discuss the matter with him.

Jin Duanyang squinted at him: "Don't you want to see him? When he comes, I will say a few good words for you, maybe he will forgive you, and make up the old relationship with you. Wouldn't everyone be happy?"

Yu Jinfeng didn't believe his words at all. What's the best way to restore the old, he was afraid that the two Mingxiang armies would go to war right away, so he said seriously: "Your Majesty's words are wrong, I have no intention of rebuilding the old friendship with Emperor Donghai Ming, even if these Your Majesty must have seen clearly all the exchanges between Bailu Island's waterway and Jihai Country in [-], and everything was done according to the contract, and there was no overstepping of any involvement."

Jin Duanyang thought to himself, who is being fooled by these words, you don't involve it on the surface, but you are involved in a mess in your heart, thinking that I don't know!He walked back and forth a few times pretending to be deep, and sighed: "But I miss him so much, even if we can't talk about the Beidou Strait, even if we can meet each other, it's fine to talk about lovesickness."

He looked at Yu Jinfeng's expression, saw that the corners of his eyes seemed to twitch a few times, and felt overwhelmed with joy, and suddenly leaned in front of him, and said with a low laugh, "Dingnanhou, in the past, I never saw you come to Pingjing when I invited you in every possible way. Once, when you heard the news this time, you rushed over at full speed, aren't you afraid that I will kill him secretly?"

Yu Jinfeng said: "I believe that Your Majesty is upright and upright, and will definitely not do such a trick."

Jin Duanyang stared, and then sighed: "Of course I won't, but the other party is indeed wary. Although he agreed to come, he made a request. He doesn't want to go to Pingjing and wants me to choose an island or a peninsula to meet. I chose to choose, and the location of Tianwuya Island at the junction of Qilu is more suitable. When the tide is high, the sea will separate the island from the land, and when the tide ebbs, the island can be connected with the land. And my father went on a tour to There, several temples and palaces were built on the island, and the incense is still very strong. If I propose to commemorate my father's kindness and therefore go to the island to celebrate my birthday, it will be considered a name, what do you think?"

Yu Jinfeng was silent, and after a while persuaded: "The distance between Jihai Kingdom and the Central Plains is too far away, and the journey is inconvenient. Your Majesty, it is not easy for you to travel. If it is not necessary, you can save some trouble. If you have important matters, you can exchange letters."

Jin Duanyang squinted at him: "After all, Yu Hou is still worried about me. But if I entrust this matter to you to arrange, will you be at ease?"

In desperation, Yu Jinfeng was about to ask who would get the money, but Jin Duanyang said, "Building a pontoon bridge, repairing temples and palaces, even if it's your congratulatory gift, I won't ask for another half of the silver. Although I have been the emperor for many years, but In fact, he is the least particular person, you can make it whatever you want, I am not afraid of being wronged."