Ma'erhazi took a deep breath, as if he was swallowing something invisible into his stomach. He raised his hand to stop the noisy Tatars, and said to Hu Xi in Chinese, "Hu Shangshu, please come in."
Hu Xi immediately responded, "Please."
The group of people entered the courtyard where the Tatars lived, and the captain of the Jinyi Guards arranged people at the gate and the living room door. Hu Xi walked into the living room with Ma Erhazi alone.
Having been an official for so many years, Hu Hui knew very well what was happening in the north.
From the Hongwu to Wude years, the Ming army fought countless battles with the Mongolian tribes in the north. The officers and soldiers penetrated deep into the grasslands and attacked the Mongolian tribes many times. However, during the reign of Ming emperors, they not only resorted to violence, but also tried to deal with the Mongols; even Emperor Taizu sent envoys northward many times.
The court had no choi
After lunch, Zhu Gaoxu invited the ministers to sit around the table in the northwest corner and asked the palace maid Xiaohe to make tea.As expected, the Minister of Rites Hu Yi soon mentioned the Tatars. "The Dali Temple sentenced Hatu to death, but the Tatar envoys were still willing to pledge their loyalty and receive titles. When I visited the envoy Maerhazi, I noticed that they seemed to only care about the remnants of the Tatars in the northwest passing through the country."Hu Yi hesitated for a moment and then said, "If I am right, Benyari Khan's son is in Hamiwei. Should we still agree to let the Tatars pass through?"Qi Tai and Gao Xianning didn't say anything, they seemed to be thinking about something. "Well..." Zhu Gaoxu just made a meaningless sound.If the Ming Dynasty did not want to return the son of the Mongol Khan, there was no need to agree to let the remnants of the Tatars pass through. All we need to do is send people to the Ham
At the turn of summer and autumn, the climate in the south is no different from summer, but the autumn atmosphere is already evident on the northern grasslands. The water grass near Bui'er Lake gradually loses its beautiful green color and appears yellow from a distance, and the grass begins to produce seeds.The Tatar tribes that had been relocated by the Ming army's northern expedition a few years ago had long since returned to their respective pastures. The Asut tribe, where Alutai was, returned to the lush grassy area near Buyuer Lake. The eunuch Huang Yan was naturally among them.He was lingering on the fishing shore, bored, sometimes sitting cross-legged, sometimes lying on the barren sand.Tatars often eat meat and dairy products, so Huang Yan not only did not gain weight, but became even thinner. The cloth he wore was so dirty that the original color could not be seen. The animal skins hung on his body made him look like a beggar. His face was tanne
In early July, Zhu Gaoxu's large team arrived at Fengyang, the capital of the Central Capital. They will stay in the city for two nights, and after Zhu Gaoxu leads the civil and military officials to the imperial mausoleum to offer sacrifices tomorrow, the team will set out to continue their journey northward the day after tomorrow.There is an imperial city in the city, because Fengyang is the hometown of the Zhu family and the place where the ancestral tombs are located. However, there is basically no emperor living here. When Zhu Gaoxu came to worship his ancestors, he of course lived in his own imperial city.The imperial city of Zhongdu was well built. Although the materials used were wood and jade, and the scale was not as good as that of the imperial city in the capital, it had all the necessary palace buildings, including the towers and three main halls with glazed tile double-eaved roofs. After Zhu Gaoxu entered the imperial city by car, he felt that it w
"Chen Xianzhen's voice." Eunuch Cao Fu looked embarrassed and timid. "Before Youshi, I met her once."walked forward, following the sound of the pipa and the woman's singing that trembled in the cool air . Cao Fu immediately called to several Jinyi guards who were on duty nearby and followed Zhu Gaoxu.Among the dark houses hanging on the top of the hill, lanterns gave off pale light, which became dimmer as we walked further. Only the sound of playing and singing added a bit of vitality to the silent night.Zhu Gaoxu had never heard this piece of music before, but the lyrics were from the original text of "Pipa Xing", so he was very familiar with it.Zhu Gaoxu had almost forgotten Chen Xianzhen, whom he had not seen for several years. Now that a poem by Bai Juyi was sung, Zhu Gaoxu immediately understood Chen Xianzhen's mood before they met, and he understood her deeply, which seemed a bit magical.Several people came to the outside of a corridor
Early in the morning, Yao Ji followed the emperor and officials to pay homage to the imperial mausoleum. The round trip and ceremony took several hours, and it was already noon when they returned to the imperial city of Zhongdu.After lunch, Yao Ji changed out of her blue-bottomed wide robe and the heavy phoenix crown, and then asked someone to find an old eunuch who lived in a nearby place to lead the way to meet Mrs. Guo's residence. The followers carried a box, which was a gift prepared for visiting Guo Yan. There were silk, new copper coins, some rouge and powder, and various supplies in it.Everyone walked into a courtyard, and when Yao Ji saw Guo Yan coming out to greet them, she was immediately a little surprised.Guo Yan had changed a lot after not seeing her for a few years. She seemed to have aged a lot, her skin was pale and dull, and there were fine lines on her face, and the skin around her nose was obviously sagging. She wore plain clothes and
Yao Ji looked at eunuch Cao Fu calmly. Cao Fu lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then said, "After the emperor summoned Chen Xianzhen, he waited for almost two seconds."Mu Zhen's voice said, "What is she doing, dressing up?"Cao Fu shook his head, bent down and said, "Self-search. The Concubine De in the Imperial Concubine's Palace did the search herself. It took so long, I'm afraid every corner has been touched, so Concubine De can handle this matter."Yao Ji felt vaguely happy when she heard this. She understood that no matter how favored Chen Xianzhen was, he would never be able to gain Gao Xu's true trust, and how long could he only be fresh? Gao Xu was originally very courageous, but now he is the emperor after all.Thinking of this, Yao Ji looked sideways slightly, and sure enough, she saw Mu Zhen also seemed to have a slight smile on her face. The imperial concubine was very generous, but Yao Ji felt that under her clean and beautiful sm
The large group of troops went northwards and when they reached a river junction, they left the banks of the Wo River and marched along a canal. The canal had been dredged recently, and some new soil and silt were piled up on the banks, and the saplings on the banks were also newly planted.Zhu Gaoxu rode away from the team, and the imperial concubines such as Yao Ji and Mu Zhen also changed into tight clothes and rode with him. There were no cities around, and the horse team passed by several villages and went back to the river bank along the dirt road.This place belongs to the Henan Provincial Administration Commissioner's Office, and the terrain is very flat. However, the surrounding vegetation is very rich, and the small woods, crops and ridges block people's vision. There are harvested wheat piles and yellow rice fields on the land.It is autumn, with clear and cool weather and a breeze.When people reached the main road on the bank of the canal,
People walked along the canal and gradually reached the west of Kaifeng City. The Yellow River was just ahead. The cavalry of the central army protected Zhu Gaoxu and other officials, and they rode their horses to the south bank of the river first.The river bank was built very high and thick, and there were several parallel protective dikes. Zhu Gaoxu abandoned his horse and walked up the steps on the embankment. The civil and military officials had to follow him up the slope. After a while, some officials who were not in good physical condition were out of breath.After a long time, everyone finally walked onto a river bank. Zhu Gaoxu took a long breath and looked around. After a while, he looked down at the soil under his feet and found many branches and sacks in the soil.At this time, Gao Xianning said, "Your Majesty, that is the material left by the willow roller. There must have been a river breach in this place, causing a flood, so the water control