Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 209 The troublemaker

Zhu Zhanhe's eyes narrowed.

He wouldn't be surprised if this sentence came from the mouths of those generals, or even from the old man. But when it came from Chen Xun's mouth, Zhu Zhanhe felt a bit of vigilance in his heart.

It's very simple. His status as a new scholar is enough to make Zhu Zhanhe wary, not to mention that Chen Xun is this year's top scholar in the new science.

This year's civil servants, and even the entire world's scholars have been suppressed very hard. Others don't know this, how can Zhu Zhanhe not know?

After all, he can be said to be the instigator.

However, this time he was wrong.

"Zhan He, do you know him?" The father and son had a deep love for each other, and Zhu Zhanji came to Zhu Zhanhe's side without any chance of getting involved.

"We know..." Zhu Zhanhe nodded meaningfully.

"Just met."

Zhu Zhanhe said something like this, which made Zhu Zhanji a little confused as to how to answer the question.

If it were someone else, it wouldn't matter. After all, Zhu Zhanji was the emperor's eldest grandson, and he was still the emperor's grandson. Although he was not as good as his father Zhu Gaochi in officialdom, he was still somewhat good at it.

But facing Zhu Zhanhe, can he still use those words?
"It seems that His Royal Highness is quite hostile to me." Regarding Zhu Zhanhe's attitude, Chen Xun was not as groveling as others, and even seemed a bit free and easy.

"However, His Royal Highness may need time to get used to it, because I am planning to inform His Majesty in the near future, please go to Yunnan."

Chen Xun's words can be said to have shocked everyone.

Zhu Zhanhe's eyes narrowed.

Judging from the expressions of the people around him and his cousin, they didn't know about Chen Xun's invitation to Yunnan, which meant that nothing had leaked out before.

You have to say that although Zhu Zhanji is the emperor's grandson, he is still only the emperor's grandson, not the prince, and he doesn't know too many things. What about the people around him?

Today is the New Year's Eve banquet, and all the people here are officials of fifth rank or above, who can get close to people like Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhanhe, even if they are not cabinet bachelors like Jin Youzi and household officials like Xia Yuanji. Shangshu, he is also a minister or something.

These people don't know, which means that this matter is most likely decided by Chen Xun himself. Whether it succeeds or not is another matter.

Apart from this reason, Zhu Zhanhe could not think of other reasons.

The old man sent him there on purpose?Zhu Zhanhe didn't think that he had basically no impression of this person. At least he was not a famous official in the Yongle period, so there should be no possibility of being favored by the old man.

"Zhan He."

Just when the atmosphere was tense, a voice broke the situation and attracted everyone's attention.

Zhu Zhanhe stood up and walked in the direction of the old man.

Next to Zhu Zhanhe's vacant seat, Xia Yuanji moved quietly twice.

"What do you want to do?"

When he said this, Xia Yuanji's eyes narrowed, giving people a sense of...

A cold breath.

"Xia Shangshu misunderstood." Chen Xun smiled casually and bowed.

Chen Xun was still just a scholar. Although he had the title of No. [-] Scholar, he did not have an official position, so he had to bow to Xia Yuanji when he saw him.

This is also the reason why he wanted to go to Yunnan.

"I don't have any unfavorable thoughts against His Highness the Crown Prince. I just feel that although His Highness the Crown Prince's actions are radical, they have to be said to be very effective."

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince first rose to prominence when he was dealing with Japanese pirates in the seventh year of Yongle, and it has been six years since the seventh year of Yongle."

"In the past six years, what kind of changes have taken place in Daming, others don't know, how can Xia Shangshu not know?"

Xia Yuanji was silent when he heard this.

Indeed, others may not know about the changes in the Ming Dynasty, but he, the Minister of Household Affairs, knows it best, because the Ministry of Household Affairs is responsible for not only the money and food of the Ming Dynasty, but also the household registration of the Ming Dynasty.

But the problem is that Chen Xun is a scholar.

Scholars have always been considered by default to be civil servants and of the prince's lineage. They are the group that is most incompatible with Zhu Zhanhe, and even in tit-for-tat opposition.

How many officials died at the hands of Zhu Zhanhe?How many officials died because of Zhu Zhanhe?

Maybe not a few people know this number, but one thing is basically known to everyone.

Regardless of whether they died by Zhu Zhanhe's hands or because of Zhu Zhanhe, if those people were added together, the entire Ming Dynasty would be affected.

"what's the topic?"

While the two were talking, Zhu Zhanhe had already returned from saluting the old man.

"Nothing." Xia Yuanji bowed slightly towards Zhu Zhanhe.

"His Royal Highness, we will get to the main topic soon. Wei Zhe is the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. He will be busy soon, so he will leave first."

Zhu Zhanhe didn't pay attention, nodded directly, and made a gesture of waving his hands to chase people away.

"Go, go, go, hurry up!"

"You have to look for me every time I come to Beijing. Do you really think of me as your Xia Yuanji's wealth boy?"

Xia Yuanji smiled, did not speak, but winked at Zhu Zhanhe, then turned and left.

Zhu Zhanhe was stunned, followed Xia Yuanji's gaze, and raised his eyebrows.

It's a bit interesting. The person Xia Yuanji pointed out to him was the same person as Jin Youzi pointed out.

Which country's envoy is this?How could Xia Yuanji and Jin Youzi both notice it and remind themselves to be careful?
"What's wrong?" Zhu Gaoxu also came over, his seat was next to his son.

"Nothing..." Zhu Zhanhe shook his head slightly.

"It seems that someone wants to target me, but I don't know the identity of the other party yet."

Zhu Gaoxu paused after hearing this, and then followed his son's gaze.

……

The arrival of Zhu Gaoxu and his son attracted people's attention, but they did not pay special attention to it because it was already known to everyone.

It took Zhu Gaoxu and his son almost three months to travel from Yunnan to Yingtian. Those local officials who were not well-informed could be forgiven for not knowing. Everyone who can attend today's dinner is a human being. knew?
Soon, Zhu Gaosui also came. He was behind Zhu Gaoxu and his son, but he just bowed to the old man in a polite manner and did not cause much reaction.

Anyway, there is no comparison with Zhu Gaoxu and his son.

Sitting opposite Zhu Gaojiu and his son, Zhu Gaojiu did not look at the father and son the whole time, but just lowered his head.

If he doesn't look for others, no one will look for him, which looks really pitiful.

Seeing this, Zhu Zhanhe just smiled and didn't say anything.

Everyone has to pay for what they do. He, Zhu Zhanhe, even the old man has bought it, and he, Zhu Gaosui, is naturally no exception.

No one cared about a vassal king who had lost his power. Zhu Gaosui was not very popular in the first place, and naturally no one paid much attention to him now.

However, not being noticed does not mean that the person has lost everything.

……

The main protagonists all arrived, and the banquet soon entered the next stage: envoys from various countries paid their respects, and it was also the time to pay tribute.

This year Zhu Zhanhe didn't jump out like last year. Last time he was completely in the mood. Coupled with the old man's commission, this time the old man didn't say anything, so he was naturally not interested.

At this point, there is not much difference between this year and previous years. That is, the number and value of tributes from various countries have increased a lot compared to previous years, and many countries have even doubled them.

This is showing favor.

You must know that paying tribute is very troublesome. The Ming Dynasty usually formulates rewards based on the quantity and value of tribute paid by those people in previous years.

Why are the rewards always worth more than twice as much as the tributes?The reason is that rewards are prepared in advance. As long as the amount of tribute cannot be lower than the amount of the gift contributed by the other party, the Ministry of Rites will give a rough estimate most of the time, and then hand it over to the Ministry of Household to solve the problem of rewards.

Finally, after the envoys come to Beijing and pay tribute, the Ministry of Rites will give corresponding rewards in accordance with regulations.

But now, so many countries have increased the amount of their tribute, you said that if there is a small fluctuation, as long as it is within [-]%, there is no problem.

But if doubled...

This most likely means that Ming Dynasty is not prepared enough.

With the current power of the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible for these countries to unite to embarrass the Ming Dynasty, unless they are tired of living and want to follow the old path of Japan and Siam.

Then, there is only one explanation left, please.

Of course, it is not ruled out that some countries secretly want to embarrass the Ming Dynasty, but they dare not say it openly, and they have to shirk the Ming Dynasty's rewards and make some grand remarks.

For example, these are all tributes, which are what the subordinate country should do. Another example is that the tributes are not given for rewards.

It's very hypocritical, but it must be said.

Zhu Zhanhe is not interested in this, because he does not belong to Yingtian now, so he naturally has no interest in this kind of link, but if you really want to talk about it, it is not not at all.

First, he had to pay attention to which country the envoy Jin Youzi and Xia Yuanji had signaled to him just now was from.

Secondly, he is a little curious about the reactions of North Korea and Oiratia, countries that he made trouble with last year, this year.

As for Siam…

They can't come this year because after the Siamese capital Sukhothai was breached, all the Siamese royal family perished in a sea of ​​fire.

Although it is impossible to make detailed statistics on whether there are any fish that slipped through the net because of the fire attack, but even if there are, it is impossible to participate in this year's tribute.

If you really participate, wouldn't it be a sheep in a tiger's mouth?
In fact, Chen Xun's words still make sense: In this world, only Wu can be safe.

If it hadn't been for what happened with Zhu Gaosui and Li Zhen, North Korea would undoubtedly be the number one lackluster of the Ming Dynasty, so North Korea would be the first to stand up this year.

Last year they were the first to stand up because they had been like this in previous years, but this year it was not entirely the case. They still had to prove something to themselves.

This year's North Korean envoy is no longer Li Chen, but a person Zhu Zhanhe doesn't know, but this person has obviously been given instructions before setting off.

The attitude was impeccable and even more respectful than in previous years. The number of tribute gifts had doubled, and these extra tribute gifts were not coming under the banner of tribute, but because the Ming Dynasty was responsible for paying tribute to the Japanese country last year. Two ships of the supply fleet ran aground on Tsushima, which was compensation.

There is indeed something about this fleet, but it has nothing to do with North Korea. It is entirely because of the low tide that Wang Jinghong's judgment went wrong.

The ebb tide was predicted, but the ebb tide was beyond imagination.

The wooden hull was damaged due to the grounding, and it was still on Tsushima Island. This obviously had nothing to do with North Korea, but North Korea took it over.

The meaning is obvious.

After Korea, it was not Wala, but Zhang Fu.

On this special day, Zhang Fu, who was stationed in the Japanese country, also came back, but it was only for a short period of time. He should have to go back in less than three days.

Zhang Fu reported on his situation in Japan this year and the current situation in Japan, and then withdrew.

Zhu Zhanhe didn't feel this at all, for no other reason. This was far different from when he conquered the Japanese country.

Even if you don't compare with him, the God of Killing, you can't compare with Qian Yong and Zhu Sanfeng.

Zhang Fu is still the same Zhang Fu. He has no qualms about rushing into battle and killing enemies, but killing prisoners and civilians... he really can't do it.

After Zhang Fu came Oara. They were the countries closest to the Ming Dynasty except North Korea. Other countries such as Siam and Nanzhang were forced to push southward because of Zhu Zhanhe's control of Laowosi and Babai Dadiansi. .

Wala also changed envoys this year. It was no longer Mahamu's son Tuo Huan, but a man from Xianyi Wang Taiping.

Wala now has three kings standing side by side, namely Shuning King Mahamu, Xianyi King Taiping and Anle King Tupolo.

Mahamu is not of the blood of the Golden Family, even if he is the most powerful, but as long as he is not profusely sweating, then it is impossible for him to cover the sky in Oala.

Wala has also become more peaceful this year. Although there are some cases of cross-border grazing, it is only a very small number. At a glance, it is clear that it is the common people who were forced by the nobles to have no choice but to do this.

In fact, if you think about it, life on the grasslands was really difficult during the period leading up to the Little Ice Age.

It wasn't until the fourth wave of people appeared that Zhu Zhanhe finally cheered up.

Finally arrived at the wave of people that Jin Youzi and Xia Yuanji reminded him before.

"King Manlajia pays homage to His Majesty the Ming Emperor, and His Majesty pays homage to Jin'an."

???

Manlajia?king?

Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhanhe was filled with questions?

Manlajia?Isn't this the country across the Strait of Malacca?It seems like you didn’t try to tease them, right?Why are you so angry with yourself?
Zhu Zhanhe couldn't understand, but he wasn't in a hurry. Everything would come to light anyway, and he wasn't afraid.

One of them worshiped the Ming Dynasty in the first year of Yongle, and managed to gain a foothold through the prestige of the Ming Dynasty. It was not until Zheng He brought people there in the seventh year of Yongle that Man Lajia completely gained a foothold.

What kind of storm can a small country that can't even do with Siam make waves?
"Well, Ma Bao brought people to your place before in the seventh year of Yongle, right? He even helped you solve the Siam problem at that time."

Zhu Di didn't know if he had met the king of Manlajia beforehand, but he knew everything about him from the moment he met him.

"You come to worship in person this year, which shows your sincerity."

"I wonder how your development has been in the past two years?"

(End of this chapter)