Zhu Gaoxu stopped persuading, picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip of tea. At this time, he paid attention to Chen's face and eyes, and he immediately realized that his long speech seemed to be in vain.
Because he had long seen that Chen had already been loyal to the Ming Dynasty; and her son had also been learning Chinese since he could read. This was probably one of the reasons why Zhu Gaoxu insisted on supporting this queen.
(During the Yongle reign, the Ming army marched into Annan on a large scale, costing countless lives and military supplies. Although Zhu Gaoxu had always disapproved of the court's immediate direct rule over Annan, because he believed that since the Song Dynasty, Annan had gradually developed its own civilization and identity, and it would not be easy to re-sinicize; but since the Ming Dynasty had invested so much, he did not want the rulers of Annan to hate and reject the Ming Dynasty, causing the court to lose all its money.)<
The sky was clear in the morning. Zhu Gaoxu did not go to the north of the imperial city or attend the court. He went straight to the Rouyi Palace to work. During the northern expedition, there were many government affairs that Zhu Gaoxu did not ask about; at this time, he wanted to take a general look at the files to understand the government affairs recorded by the cabinet over the past few months.The eunuch on duty today to serve Zhu Gaoxu was Hou Xian, the junior eunuch of the Imperial Household Department. He was a eunuch with clear facial features and a square appearance.As soon as Zhu Gaoxu entered the Rouyi Palace, he looked into the backyard. But Hou Xian was not Cao Fu, and he didn't seem to know much about some things. Hou Xian brought a few eunuchs and delivered the latest memorials.Since the stack of memorials had already been placed on the table, Zhu Gaoxu planned to take a quick look at them and then send them to the Wuying Palace in the no
Before noon, Zhu Gaoxu stayed in Rouyi Palace without going out. During this time, he did not see Queen Chen of Annan again.Zhu Gaoxu spent the entire morning reading recent memorials, but he did not review most of them. Instead, he handed them over to the cabinet for processing; even so, it took half a day.There was another memorial from a foreign envoy that caught Zhu Gaoxu's attention. The funeral document sent by the Japanese envoy was signed by "Prince Minamoto Yoshimochi of Japan" and reported the death of his father Minamoto Yoshimitsu.Minamoto no Yoshimitsu (Ashikaga Yoshimitsu) once accepted the title of "King of Japan" from Emperor Jianwen of the Ming Dynasty and conducted Kango trade with the Ming Dynasty by paying tribute.(Zhu Gaoxu understood the so-called Kange trade as a kind of official trade with political overtones. Japan sent envoys and merchants to the capital to pay tribute, and the court granted the merchants the goods they ne
Minister of War Qi Tai returned to the capital with the emperor and has been back for three days.Qi Tai left the military office before the twelfth hour this afternoon. As soon as he returned to his home in the southwest of the imperial city, he saw Yang Yunniang washing clothes in the corner of the yard.Yunniang was the young lady arranged and awarded to him by the emperor. She looked very similar to someone he met many years ago.Qi Tai immediately stood beside the cave entrance, silently observing the young lady not far away. He felt very complicated, and even felt that time was hazy and unreal.Last year, after he brought Yunniang back home, he left the capital for official business and went to the north to prepare food and fodder. After that, he had a lot of things to do and didn't have time to think about his own affairs. More than half a year later, when Qi Tai returned to the capital and saw Yunniang, he felt so strange.It is said that
The next day, Yao Ji sent a letter out of the palace. The letter to her brother Yao Fang was sent by the eunuch to Qingshou Temple, outside Taiping Gate, the northeast gate of the inner city, because Yao Fang was still living in the temple.He lived in the temple for so long, but he never became a monk and made no contribution to Qingshou Temple.At first, the monks were in awe of Yao Fang because of his status as a royal relative. But when the new abbot, Monk Qinghui, failed to ask Yao Fang to save Qingyuan, he gradually realized that Yao Fang seemed to have been abandoned by the emperor, and the monks' attitude became more and more disrespectful.In addition, Yao Fang had been staying for nearly a year, and the monks finally began to get impatient with him. They only provided vegetarian meals because of his family background.Yao Fang also had no money, and by this time he had already lived like a beggar, and was very depressed every day. The Yao fam
Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Household Affairs, not only visited the "Fake Yard" with his own eyes, but also went to the Longjiang Bao Shipyard.Longjiang Port is located fifteen miles outside Waijinchuan Gate. Many sea-going ships docked in the pond (dockyard) have been given a new look. Most of the hard sails have been replaced with new ones, and craftsmen are repairing the slip ropes (pulleys), waterproof compartments, and decks. There are so many people in the harbor that it looks like it has turned into a market.And a temple called Jinghai Temple by the pond has almost become a palace for eunuchs dispatched from the palace. It is guarded by many royal guards and eunuchs inside and outside.The Holy Spirit asked people to compile craftsmen's books and repair ships. What on earth was going on? All the signs are very obvious. The Holy Lord will continue to carry out his voyages to the West as an important event during his reign.Xia Yuanji came to hi
It was no longer cold in the capital at the end of February, and it was especially warm in the East Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace.Charcoal is burning in the incense burner, but it is not for heating, but for incense. There is a hollow brass incense burner next to the wall. The craftsmanship is very exquisite and the surface is smooth. The palace people polished it until it was bright; the bright yellow color added a lot of luxury to the place.The Indian incense burning in the copper stove was a tribute from the envoys of Java Island. The smell is slightly pungent. It will not smell good at first, but after you get used to it, you will feel more comfortable.However, Zhu Gaoxu had already ignored the smell in the room, and his attention was distracted by other things. The ministers had not arrived yet, and Miaojin was talking to him.The imperial concubine Miaojin did not wear concubine's clothes, but she wore a purple cross-collar robe and a futou
The first person to stand out against Xia Yuanji was completely unexpected by Zhu Gaoxu. He was Zhao Ping, Marquis of Yongqing.After the death of a group of the most prestigious founding heroes at the beginning of the country, there were the Jingnan Campaign, the Annan Campaign, the Conquest of Crimes, and the Northern Expedition to Tatar soon after. The frequent wars in the Ming Dynasty kept the status of military generals high. Although the system had been changed during the Hongwu period, most military and political offices no longer allowed military generals to hold power, but the meritorious military generals still had the power of public opinion, and their words were always effective in the court; the participation of military generals in political discussions was not the original creation of Zhu Gaoxu.When Zhao Ping was in Yunnan, he dealt with many chieftains. He was not very good at fighting, but he was a scholar before joining the army and was said to
The palace has chosen an auspicious date and festival to enthrone two concubines in early March of the first year of Wude. Among them, Li Xianhui, a member of the royal family of Joseon, will be the Consort Zhuang, and Shen (Baoyeon) will be the Concubine Zhuang.The Joseon envoy Kang Sun-sin originally thought that he could return to his country to report after seeing Lee Hyun-hye being canonized. However, they were not told when to attend the "horse-mounting banquet"; Kang Sun-sin and Park Gyeong-mu had recently met with the Ming Emperor in the Yoyi Palace, but they did not mention when to leave.It looks like the trip will have to be delayed for a while.As expected, Kang Shunchen soon found out some other things.The officials of the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty were discussing with the Japanese envoys about sending a Ming Dynasty delegation to Japan to confer the title of King. The final number of people was determined to be 30. The court