Steam Daming: Stop calling me to supervise the country

Chapter 144 The Ten Years of Dongying
"Dongying is located overseas in the northeastern part of our country. Since the battle of Baijiangkou in the Tang Dynasty, after the severe defeat of Dongying, Dongying dispatched Tang envoys to learn the culture of the Tang Dynasty. Now many Japanese pirates in Dongying have become pirates, often harassing the coast of our country."

Zhang Xianqi didn't know much about Dongying, and he didn't even have direct contact with the people of Dongying.

Zhu Zhanchang took a sip of tea and said slowly, "Zhang Xianqi, if you were asked to go to Dongying as an envoy of our country, would you be willing?"

Zhang Xianqi was greatly surprised by the question with Zhu Zhanchang: "Your Highness, is our country going to send envoys to Dongying?"

"Yes, I have discussed it with my father."

"His Royal Highness is absolutely impossible. I am a country in the Central Plains of the Ming Dynasty, and the barbarians on the small overseas islands of the Eastern Ying. We send envoys to go there. From ancient times to the present, only weak countries send envoys to strong countries to study and pay tribute. How can the master of the Central Plains visit overseas."

"Didn't Emperor Wu of Han send Zhang Qian to the Western Regions as an envoy?"

Zhang Xianqi was at a loss for words.

Zhu Zhanchang continued to explain: "Of course it's not what you think. Your Majesty issued an order some time ago, asking people from Dongying, Jiaozhi and other countries in Korea to participate in our imperial examinations and learn our culture. Now go to Dongying. It's for that purpose."

"Found a school?"

"It is a thing that integrates diplomacy, teaching culture, and promoting Daming. I call it the embassy, ​​the Daming Embassy in Dongying."

Zhang Xianqi muttered to himself, "Embassy."

"His Royal Highness, foreigners are not enough to educate, these small countries are enough to treat them with courtesy, why are they enough to pay so much attention to." The cultural people of the Ming Dynasty looked down on these small countries around them. This is the education and guidance they received. cognition.

Zhu Zhanchang sighed and said, "Zhang Xianqi, others who should not be underestimated, although they are a small country now and bow their heads in front of me, Da Ming, but if you underestimate others, you may end up suffering the consequences."

Obviously, Zhang Xianqi will not change his opinion because of Zhu Zhanchang's two words.

People born in the Ming Dynasty seem to have a hard time understanding the misery when they were enslaved by Meng Yuan.

It is difficult for people in prosperous times to understand the suffering of troubled times.

If it weren't for the modern documentary Zhu Zhanchang, it is estimated that children of his age would not understand what happened back then. Even if there is so much historical evidence, there are still people who deliberately slander and slander the people who were persecuted at the beginning.

The words of Shubenshan are not as real as the documentaries. Zhu Zhanchang used to watch the documentaries of the massacre, but he did not dare to watch them when he was young, but when he grew up and watched them again, there was always an air in his chest that was difficult to express.

Zhu Zhanchang moved the brown tea in the teacup with his fingers, and said with a little anger: "During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, did you ever think that the people of the northern shepherds and Qianghu would slaughter me in China and slaughter the Central Plains; the prosperous Tang Tian Khan had expected that the future generations After the party sings and I appear, everyone can take turns to be the emperor in this world; it is the Hui and Song Dynasties in a remote corner. When he was splashing ink, he thought that Yuan would destroy the Liao and then kill the Central Plains, and he became the second of others. Foot sheep?"

When Zhu Zhanchang said he was angry, he slapped the table: "Where will the enemy come from next time, still from the grasslands? Or from Jianzhou Jurchen? From Korea? From Dongying? Or from the west across the oceans? I have a vast land and a long history. There have never been fewer people who want to take it as their own, and who want to enslave my people. Looking around the neighboring countries, there are still few people who are now eyeing them."

"What they lack is someone like Temujin, or when the emperor of the Central Plains changes, and there is a faint-hearted king and a minister in troubled times, they will recklessly invade China. We need to understand them and never despise them. In these places, potential enemies should never be taken lightly."

"If you fall behind, you will be beaten. If you don't think about moving forward, you will fall behind."

"Readers don't often say that they worry about the world before they are worried."

After some words, Zhu Zhanchang himself was rarely excited.

"His Royal Highness lives in peace and thinks about danger, and you will be ashamed first." Zhang Xianqi was shocked by Zhu Zhan's words. He knew that Zhu Zhan's brain was flexible, and whether it was a newspaper or a steam engine, it was unprecedented.

But in today's remarks, His Royal Highness's vision is far beyond his reach, and now the Yongle prosperous world is worried about the future.

What is this far-sighted, just know what will happen in the future.

"Zhang Xianqi, Dongying is an island country, located on the sea in the northeastern part of our country. The two countries have actually met for many years. Since the Tang Dynasty sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty, Dongying has visited the Central Plains many times. Presumably, they should all know about the landforms and humanities of the Central Plains, and even have detailed information. On the record, it can be seen that the spies of Dongying have sent people to take root in the Central Plains for a long time, but we know very little about them."

"You don't know, I don't know. I went to Honglu Temple and asked around, and the answers I got were similar to yours. The few people who can speak Dongying may know some, but its mountains and rivers, where is the port, where is it? It’s a city, we don’t know where to gather troops, where to produce grain, and if there is a war in the future, we don’t even know where to go to land, we’ll be blinded by the dark, and how to defend against foreign enemies.”

Zhang Xianqi understood Zhu Zhanchang's final idea. This is to let him go to Dongying to sort out all the information of Dongying and send it back, but isn't this a spy?He is a distinguished scholar, and if he were to be a spy, he would not be able to let go.

"His Royal Highness... do you want me to be a spy?" Zhang Xianqi hesitated for a while before asking.

"No, I want you to blatantly go to Dongying, struttingly walk on the land of Dongying, to learn about their customs, customs, landforms, rivers and seas, and I want you to promote the culture of Daming, from a cultural point of view, let some Dongying people Spontaneously approaching Ming.”

"Your Highness, can something like this be done?"

Zhu Zhanchang nodded: "I believe I can. I don't want you to be a spy hiding in the dark, but to be the ambassador representing Daming, the ambassador of Daming in Dongying."

If you are not a spy, you don't have to hide in Tibet, and you won't damage the character of a scholar.

"Why is it me, Your Highness?" Zhang Xianqi was a little curious.

"The ambassador has lived in Dongying for a long time, and he must be a loyal and upright minister. Those who give up their lives and can give advice first, and have enough ability to be harmonious. If a guy who doesn't know how to adapt is easy to be deceived by others, it will provoke conflicts between the two countries. Now, it is not the time to start the war, and you must be a jinshi, because you want to promote our Daming culture and make the people of Dongying think that you are a Daming person, and you are superior."

"So I choose you."

"First of all, I am afraid, I would like to serve Your Majesty and His Highness, but there is an old mother in the family who is inconvenient to move. If you travel far, I am afraid that you will not be able to fulfill the responsibility of being a son."

Zhu Zhanchang looked at the closed door: "Can you ask the old lady to go out for a while?"

Zhang Xianqi hesitated for a while, then brought his old mother out and sat on the stone chair.

The old lady had a kind smile, and she was actually less than 50 years old, but she was too tired and her face was older.

"The old lady has inconvenience in her legs and feet, so she can't bow down to the Fifth Highness, so please don't blame the Fifth Highness."

Zhu Zhanchang nodded amusedly, and then told Zhang Xianqi to be an ambassador in Dongying.

The old lady's turbid eyes shone with light.

Zheng Zhong and Zhu Zhanchang confirmed: "Your Highness, are you really not a spy?"

"The ambassador is not a spy, but represents Daming's face."

"It's fine if it's not a spy, my wife and I have a son, it's not easy for me to be a spy, and I'm wasting the culture that I have studied hard for more than ten years. I'm not a spy, but an upright official. Go." The old lady said excitedly.

"Mother, but you are not feeling well."

"Women's words, don't you tell the Fifth Highness to see a joke?" Zhang Xianqi's mother stopped him: "Mother has worked so hard for you to study, it is for you to show your talents, and for your history to leave a name, It's not for you to take care of my old wife, don't forget what your father said when he was dying, the Zhang family's man will either protect the country or enter the high hall to advise the country on good policies, the Fifth Highness looks at you, how dare you hesitate?"

The old lady severely reprimanded Zhang Xianqi in front of Zhu Zhanchang, and Zhang Xianqi lowered his head and did not speak.

Zhu Zhanchang secretly admired the strength of this old lady, or how could she have trained such a young jinshi from an ordinary family.

Zhang Xianqi was reprimanded for a while, and hurriedly saluted, "Your Highness, Xianqi is confused. It is a blessing for Xianqi to be valued by His Highness. Xianqi must do his best."

Zhu Zhanchang looked at Zhang Xianqi's mother: "In ancient times, Meng's mother moved three times, and her mother-in-law had tattoos. Compared with these two, the old lady is not inferior."

"His Royal Highness, how did you come to be a wife? The wife has no culture. She only knows that it is better to train her son to make him the pillar of the country, but I don't know when to start."

"As short as a month or so."

"Yo, you have to hurry up, Xianqi is not married yet, so I will go to see more tomorrow, no, go today." The old lady became anxious.

"Mother!" The big man Zhang Xianqi was a little embarrassed.

The old lady's words made the atmosphere a lot more pleasant. Zhu Zhanchang looked at the mother and son, and neither of them said a word about what rewards and positions they wanted to be ambassadors to Dongying.

They didn't ask, but I had to give it.

"When you go to Dongying, I will ask Honglu Temple to send two people who can speak the Dongying dialect to go with you. You have to learn it yourself. There are probably no less than [-] guards and entourages. This team is centered on you, and everything depends on you. It's not a light burden to carry."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your attention."

Zhu Zhanchang asked again: "What reward do you want, I will discuss with my father."

"My minister is frightened and dare not ask for a reward."

"How can a person who works hard not be rewarded."

"His Royal Highness, Xianqi can be fortunate enough to contribute to the country, and dare not ask for rewards." Zhang Xianqi declined again.

"My father has discussed with me. In the ten years of Dongying, you will either be a senior official in the border region, or you will be admitted to the cabinet. If you have any other requirements, you can put it forward."

Zhang Xianqi's whole body trembled with excitement, and the dragon gate where Yu Yue Longmen was right in front of him.

This time he made no false excuses.

"Sir, never give up."

Zhu Zhanchang got up to leave, turned around and put down a golden bean and said, "Buy some better outfits."

"In the future in Dongying, you will represent Daming!"

　Ask for a recommendation ticket, ask for a monthly ticket

　　
　
(End of this chapter)