Daming: At the beginning, recognize Zhu Yuanzhang as grandfather!

Chapter 108 Good stuff!
Wenhua Hall.

This is Zhu Xiongying's first promotion to the palace.

The matter discussed was, of course, planning to add a tea-horse market on the Annan border.

But this time the object of exchange is not horses, but silver and food.

The ministers had mixed reactions to this.

For example, Li Jinglong, Zhan Hui, and Zhao Mian all stood up to support Zhu Xiongying, while some of them persuaded Zhu Xiongying to think carefully.

Zhu Xiongying didn't want to argue with them, and he didn't need to explain them, he just let them know.

In the end, Li Jinglong and Xia Yuanji stayed and accompanied him to meet Annan's envoys.

Annan is the Vietnam of later generations.

The name Annan comes from the Annan Protectorate in the Tang Dynasty. Annan has been the territory of China since the Qin Dynasty.

But Annan was dishonest.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, civil wars continued. Annan took the opportunity to break away from the territory of China, and once sent troops northward, crossing the border of the Yuan Dynasty for more than [-] miles, and occupied a large area of ​​land. Zhu Yuanzhang ordered it to be returned.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang adopted a policy of appeasement considering that the north had not yet been pacified, and he did not want to rush to raise troops and increase the burden on the people.

The Chen dynasty in Annan had paid tribute to the Ming court since the beginning of Hongwu, and Zhu Yuanzhang also named Chen Riying the king of Annan, and the two countries established a suzerain-vassal relationship.

The current king, Chen Yun, ordered the soldiers and civilians not to obey the clothes of the northerners (Chinese), and to imitate the national languages ​​of Zhan (Champo) and Lao (Laos).

Therefore, Annan's desire to escape from Daming's control is clearly revealed.

Annan's envoys naturally did not dare to neglect the emperor grandson's summons.

Soon.

A man dressed almost the same as Daming's official robe, with a thin build and a long beard came in.

The man respectfully walked to the front of the hall, knelt down on his knees, and prostrated himself at Zhu Xiongying's feet: "Foreign minister, Chen Tianping, see His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness!"

Chen Tianping is the younger brother of the current king of Annan, Chen Min. This time, as an envoy, he came to celebrate the birthday of Emperor Hongwu.

"Get up!"

Zhu Xiongying waved his hand: "Give Chen Qing a seat!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Chen Tianping's expression was respectful and his manners were decent, making it impossible to fault him, especially his fluent mandarin. Although the local accent was heavy, his flaws were not hidden.

Zhu Xiongying nodded and said, "On Longevity Day, Annan traveled thousands of miles to give birthday presents. I'm interested."

"Should be!"

Chen Tianping laughed flatteringly: "Annan has had diplomatic relations with Daming for generations, and I, Annan, have always regarded Daming as orthodox. Emperor Hongwu's birthday is the birthday of the father of the subjects of the world. It is a great honor for Annan to come to pay his respects!"

Zhu Xiongying smiled and said: "If Gu remembers correctly, Annan was originally the old land of the Han family, how could he have diplomatic relations with the Ming Dynasty?"

As soon as these words came out, Chen Tianping immediately turned pale with shock.

Today, he was summoned by the new grandson of the emperor. He was already worried. He didn't know that so many envoys from many countries were gone, but he was summoned. Could it be that he did something wrong?
The meaning of what the emperor grandson said just now is already obvious.

That is, Annan was originally the territory of Ming Dynasty, and there was no such thing as diplomatic relations from generation to generation.

"This……"

Chen Tianping was speechless for a moment, and couldn't speak.

Because of the facts that Huang Dasun said, but what did he mean by this?

Annan finally took advantage of the turmoil at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and broke away from the Central Plains. However, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Annan hurriedly paid tribute to the Ming court, and Zhu Yuanzhang also recognized the existence of Nan'an Kingdom.

Huang Dasun suddenly summoned him to say this, what exactly does it mean?
"His Royal Highness!"

Chen Tianping quickly stood up, bowed down and said: "The small country of Annan is indeed the old land of the Yuan Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty replaced the Yuan Dynasty, and the sun and the moon changed. This is caused by the law of heaven and the aspiration of the people!"

"The sun and the moon change to a new chapter. Emperor Hongwu treated me kindly to Annan, and cherished people far away. I, Annan, went up to the monarch and down to the subjects. I am grateful, and I hope His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun will learn from me!"

After finishing speaking, Chen Tianping kowtowed again and prostrated himself at Zhu Xiongying's feet.

Zhu Xiongying remained calm, but felt a little emotional in his heart.

A simple sentence by myself made Annan's envoy panicked and bowed down again and again.

Why?

It's not because of Daming's strength!

Daming's military front makes the surrounding small countries fearful, but once the Ming Dynasty declines, they will be like wild dogs, trying to tear a few pieces of meat from the lion's body of Daming.

Annan and later Zhu Di recovered it.

But for the wild boar skin in the future, let it go out on its own again, and let it turn its head and bite itself a few bites.

Of course Zhu Xiongying will not let such a thing happen again.

But now is not a good time to recover Annan.

The old man pays attention to people's livelihood, and will not be as aggressive as Meng Yuan, so at this moment of restoring people's livelihood, he will definitely not agree to send troops to Annan.

Moreover, once Annan is recovered, management and enlightenment will be another big problem.

Just like Zhu Di later, he didn't do a good job in this area.

So Zhu Xiongying was not in a hurry.

Just like what he said to the old man, it wants to use commercial means to squeeze Annan, make Annan a low-level labor force of Daming, and then feed back Daming.

As long as Daming is strong enough, if he wants to regain these small countries around him, he can do nothing.

Zhu Xiongying smiled and said: "Chen Qing, don't be nervous, I'm just correcting the mistakes you just said."

Hearing this, Chen Tianping secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and bowed again: "His Majesty the grandson is wise, the minister made a mistake just now, and the minister and An Nan have absolutely no disrespect towards Daming, sincerity, the world can learn from it!"

"Okay, get up!"

After Zhu Xiongying's voice fell, Chen Tianping dared to stand up again.

Looking at Chen Tianping, who was sweating profusely, Zhu Xiongying said: "It's because of your Annan's sincerity towards me, Daming, that's why I called you here this time to discuss good things with you!"

good thing?

Chen Tianping was startled when he heard the words, and quickly said: "Please show me your Majesty the Emperor Taisun!"

Zhu Xiongying smiled, and said: "Speak to Grandpa Huang alone, rain is at the junction of Annan and my Ming Dynasty, and a tea-horse exchange market will be established, so that the people of Annan can enjoy the prosperity of my Ming Dynasty!"

"Really?"

Chen Tianping couldn't believe his ears.

It is the wish of many small neighboring countries to establish a tea-horse exchange market with Ming Dynasty.

You must know that Ming's tea, salt, iron, silk, porcelain and other things are fetishes in the eyes of the surrounding small countries, making them coveted.

But it is not that simple to get these things from Daming.

So every time, they take advantage of the opportunity of paying tribute,
These things were exchanged from Daming and shipped back to the country, and once these things returned to the country, they became things that the powerful, even the royal family, scrambled to snatch.

This method gradually reached its peak in Ming Dynasty and became the famous tribute trade of Ming Dynasty.

But there is only one chance to pay tribute every few years, which makes them cherish it very much.

Therefore, the surrounding small countries all very much want to open a tea-horse exchange market with Daming in order to exchange things from Daming.

However, Daming despises them.

Only the tea and horse trade was opened on the Tibetan side, because Daming needed their war horses.

Chen Tianping never thought that such a great thing would happen to him.

This made the panic on his face long gone, replaced by excitement, his face flushed with excitement.

"My lord, on behalf of my king, I would like to thank His Royal Highness for your kindness!"

Chen Tianping bowed down again and kowtowed.

Zhu Xiongying said with a smile: "This time, Gu finally won it with Grandpa Huang. You should cherish it and create all favorable conditions to ensure the smooth development of the tea-horse trade!"

Chen Tianping hurriedly replied loudly: "Your Highness, please rest assured, I will go back and report to my king, and I will do my best not to disappoint Your Highness!"

"it is good."

Zhu Xiongying nodded, looked at Xia Yuanji, and said, "Yuanji, Gu wants to send you to supervise the construction of the tea-horse trade market in Annan this time, is there a problem?"

Hearing this, Xia Yuanji's eyes lit up, he stood up quickly, cupped his hands and said, "I will live up to your Highness's instructions!"

He could feel that His Royal Highness wanted to train him.

The last disaster relief in Henan, after learning that His Royal Highness Taisun was behind the scenes, I was already in admiration.

This time His Royal Highness entrusted him with an important task, of course he accepted without hesitation, and he also knew that this would be an excellent opportunity for him to accumulate political achievements.

He believed in the grandson, and he keenly felt that His Highness the grandson would be his noble person...

……

After finishing the early morning things, it was already noon.

Zhu Yuanzhang had already sent someone over to ask Zhu Xiongying to have lunch with him.

When Zhu Xiongying changed into regular clothes and entered the imperial dining room, Zhu Yuanzhang was already waiting for him.

The food on the table was beyond Zhu Xiongying's surprise, because there were many kinds of dishes.

Salted duck, grilled shiitake mushrooms, Beaulieu vegetables, frog legs, chicken breasts with bamboo shoots, boiled puffer fish, stuffed belly, frozen fish in ginger vinegar, raw beef, and boiled pork.

"Grandpa, there are so many dishes!" Zhu Xiongying said in surprise.

Because Zhu Yuanzhang is said to be the most frugal emperor in Chinese history, every time he eats, he eats very simple meals, sometimes even a bowl of porridge, a little pickle and a sesame seed cake.

Unexpectedly, today's dishes are so rich.

"What are you looking at, sit down and eat."

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be in a good mood after the Wanshou Festival, and beckoned Zhu Xiongying to sit down.

Zhu Xiongying sat down as promised.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Dasun, do you think there are too many dishes and you can't finish them?"

Zhu Xiongying nodded.

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed loudly and said: "Today is your first day to be promoted to the palace. I guess you are very hungry. I remember that when we went to court for the first time, we were so hungry that we ate it all at once. I ordered three bowls of rice!"

"Eat, eat quickly!"

Zhu Yuanzhang greeted with a smile.

"Ah."

Zhu Xiongying nodded, and he was no longer polite. Firstly, he was really hungry, and secondly, he knew that there was no need to be restrained in front of the old man. The more restrained the old man was, the less happy he would be.

Seeing that Zhu Xiongying was eating, and it was delicious, Zhu Yuanzhang grinned, and put a piece of raw beef into Zhu Xiongying's bowl: "Eat, eat more!"

"Thank you grandpa!"

Zhu Xiongying ate his food, and said to the old man, "Grandpa, you eat too!"

"Grandpa has been lying down for a whole day, and he is not hungry!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Xiongying with a smile, only moving his chopsticks occasionally.

Seeing that Zhu Xiongying was almost finished eating, Zhu Yuanzhang said leisurely: "Da Sun, just now Qian Tang and Liu Sanwu came to see us."

Hearing this, Zhu Xiongying stopped his chopsticks and said, "What did they say?"

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Xiongying, and said leisurely: "We can hear what they mean. They said that the plan you proposed to establish a tea-horse market in Annan was a little ill-considered. You also said that when you were in the hall today, Dasun, , did not give them a chance to speak at all, and insisted on going their own way."

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be talking about homework.

Zhu Xiongying frowned slightly, and said: "Sun'er thinks that whenever new things or new systems appear, they will definitely be criticized, but if they are criticized, they will stop moving forward and be swayed by inherent ideas. , stick to the old ways, that will only stop and do nothing.”

"And grandpa, didn't you say that the ministers should assist the emperor to complete the task of managing the country, and should not be an obstacle to the emperor. There is no need to persuade them, as long as they follow their wishes?"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his eyeballs moved slightly.

Have we ever said that?
It doesn't matter whether you say it or not, because Zhu Yuanzhang did it himself.

At that time, the dismissal of Zhongshu Sheng was not because he felt that Zhongshu Sheng had too much power, and even influenced his own decision?
English fruit class me.

Zhu Yuanzhang finally felt the meaning of this word clearly.

The original prince Zhu Biao was different from Zhu Yuanzhang, but now this grandson looks more and more like himself.

Intergenerational relatives.

As the old saying goes, sincerity does not deceive me.

Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking in his heart, but asked calmly on his face: "Dasun, you know that those literati are the best at writing and writing. If you offend them, aren't you afraid that you will leave a stigma in future generations?"

"Not afraid!"

Zhu Xiongying shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter if my grandson is made useless by them after a hundred years? The common people all have a steelyard in their hearts, whoever treats them well, they will clear it up more than anyone else! History will eventually give a fair judgment on right and wrong. in conclusion!"

"My grandson will be like the grandfather of the emperor in the future, and be an emperor who is praised by all people, not an emperor who is praised in the pen and ink of literati!"

"it is good!"

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed: "It's our grandson!"

What the old man didn't know was that in later generations, he was the one who was hacked the worst.

The originally heroic and tall appearance was smeared and turned into a shoehorn face full of pockmarks, ugly,
May I ask, if it was really so ugly, how could Marshal Guo have taken a fancy to him back then?Then why don't his descendants have a shoehorn face?On the contrary, they are all so upright?
There are also many unofficial stories that Zhu Yuanzhang killed Xu Da by sending roast goose, so why does Zhu Yuanzhang still care about Xu Da's sons?

It can be seen from this that later generations will do everything they can to discredit the old man.

The key is that for a long period of time, most people believed this, but as Zhu Xiongying said, as time goes by, history will eventually give a fair conclusion!

In addition to the wild boar skin, part of all this is due to the factors of the official, gentry and landlord group.

Because Zhu Yuanzhang's heart is for the people, the people can even arrest the officials, gentry and landlords and go to Beijing for questioning. This is something that has never happened in the past dynasties. Therefore, after Zhu Yuanzhang's death, there will naturally be officials, gentry and landlords who will secretly smear him.

Zhu Yuanzhang himself obviously had some premonitions, so he asked such a question.

Hearing his grandson's answer, Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be recognized, and he felt happy.

At this time, Zhu Xiongying had almost eaten, and said to Zhu Yuanzhang with a smile: "Grandpa, it seems that we haven't been out of the palace for a while, why don't we go out in the afternoon, and my grandson will show you something good!"

(End of this chapter)