Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 327
the twelfth lunar month.

Shuntian is much colder than Yingtian, this is Zhu Zhanhe's feeling.

From the death of Emperor Hongxi to the return of Zhu Zhanhe from the Timurid Empire, to the pacification of Shuntian, this year has almost passed.

There is no news about Yang Pu who went to Wala, but according to the forward report of the Ming army stationed at Jiesheng Gang, Yang Pu had already passed Sanfeng Mountain and had already suffered from hypothermia in Hulanhu.

It seems that the outcome will depend on this year’s New Year’s Eve.

"Okay, I understand." Zhu Zhanhe closed the folder and pushed it in front of Chen Xun.

"There are not many envoys this year, but we still have to do what we have to do well, Xia Yuanji."

"Your Highness." Xia Yuanji heard the sound and stood up.

"Take care of it and don't worry about money." Zhu Zhanhe nodded to Xia Yuanji with a smile.

"I'll have someone bring me some of the things I captured in Timur's empire later, so you can stop digging around all day long."

"Yes!" Xia Yuanji suddenly smiled.

There are not many envoys who have paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty this year. If the time in the ninth year of Yongle was the most prosperous time, then this year there are not even [-]% of the time in the ninth year of Yongle.

But this is normal.

Think about it, there are not many subordinate countries in the Ming Dynasty now. It's not that they have all escaped the control of the Ming Dynasty and no longer recognize the Ming Dynasty as the suzerain country, but they are all gone.

In the past, due to the relationship with the Western Seas, the Delhi Sudanese countries, Siam, Khmer and other countries in South and Southeast Asia were all dependent countries of the Ming Dynasty, and they would pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty at the end of the year.

But now?

"That's right." Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanhe suddenly thought of something.

"After the New Year, let Zheng Heng go to the Japanese country and bring Qian Yong back."

"Zheng Heng?" Chen Xun was stunned when he heard this.

"This……"

Zheng Heng, who was sent by the imperial court to guard Shijian Yinshan during Zhu Zhanhe's eastern expedition to Japan, could not bear the loneliness in the end and followed Zhu Zhanhe shamelessly into Ping'an Jing.

Also with him at that time was Chen Mao.

Zheng Heng and Chen Mao were, strictly speaking, people without a faction. They were loyal to the rulers of the Ming Dynasty, which was different from most military generals who had a favorable impression of the original lineage of the King of Han.

That's why Chen Xun hesitated.

"Don't worry, it's fine. I just want him to stay there for a year." Although Zhu Zhanhe smiled, he made his decision without any doubt.

Nowadays, although he controls the entire Shuntian, it can be said that he controls the entire Ming Dynasty, but it is not strong and he still needs to win people's hearts.

Compared with civil servants, military generals are obviously easier to get, and Zheng Heng shamelessly followed Zhu Zhanhe into Ping'an Jing and gained a lot of military glory. It is easier to start from here than other generals.

In addition, Zhu Zhanhe has other considerations, that is, he is currently short of people.

Nowadays, in Shuntian Mansion, there are very few civil servants who can be trusted by Zhu Zhanhe, only Chen Xun, Xia Yuanji and others.

The old civil servants have basically been eliminated, and the new Gongyang scholars have little experience, so it is difficult to entrust them with important tasks.

What's more, Zhu Zhanhe has no intention of letting Oala go, or it should be said that Oala's matter can be delayed for half a year, and he can wait until the weather warms up before taking action, but Yang Pu cannot.

Yang Pu was used because Zhu Zhanhe needed to let the Ming envoys die in Oara, so as to intensify the conflict and create a reason for himself to send troops.

Because he was going to die, he couldn't use people like Chen Xun, and in order to deal with the war that was very likely to happen next, he still needed more generals.

"Okay, that's it." Zhu Zhanhe looked at it, and after confirming that nothing was missing, he pushed back the folds.

"I've seen it all. Except for what I just said, I just do what you said."

"By the way, let me pass the imperial edict and summon Chen Mao to the palace."

"Also, send an edict to Guangdong and Guangxi to ask Liu Sheng to come back. As for the remnants of the White Lotus Sect in Guangdong and Guangxi, I will let Jin Ya pass."

"Yes!"

"I'm waiting to retire."

Seeing Chen Xun, Xia Yuanji and others retreat, Zhu Zhanhe pinched the corners of his eyes wearily.

Not to mention, being an emperor...well, he is not an emperor yet, but just handling government affairs is already very tiring.

It can be seen from this that being an emperor is really not a good thing, and being an emperor is not a relaxing, enjoyable and free-spirited career.

"What do you think?" Without taking much rest, Zhu Zhanhe knocked on the desk and attracted his brother's attention.

"Speak carefully." Zhu Gaoxu, who had been silent until now, also spoke.

He understood his eldest son's thoughts very well and specifically told him to call his third son here. It was self-evident what he wanted to do.

In fact, Zhu Zhanhe originally wanted to call Zhu Zhantan here at first, because Zhu Zhantan was the second son of King Wu, and he would be the one below him in the succession, but Zhu Zhantan's health was never very good. Well, we can only let the third son, Zhu Zhanluo, come.

As for Zhu Zhanqi, he is a concubine, and he still needs to manage Xiangzhou Prefecture.

"Brother, are you planning to..."

Zhu Zhanqing regained his composure and answered his elder brother's question seriously.

Listening to his brother's talk, Zhu Zhanhe nodded sometimes and said nothing.

Zhu Zhanluo still had too little experience and had not received any good teaching before. His views on government affairs were pretty good, but only good.

"Dad, please tell him..." Zhu Zhanhe yawned lazily and stood up.

Nowadays, he handles most of the things in Shuntian Mansion personally. It's not that he can't trust his father, but it's just different now.

In the past, if something happened in Xiangzhou Prefecture, something would happen. It was no big deal. But this was Shuntian Prefecture and the entire Ming Dynasty. Zhu Zhanhe could not help but be careless.

In addition, how to tame those officials and how to layout the north are all related to Zhu Zhanhe's next plans, and even to previous plans, and many of them are unknown to his father.

Therefore, he could only learn from Zhuge Liang and do everything personally.

"What do you want to do?"

As soon as he left Renshou Palace, Zhu Zhanhe heard an extremely cold voice before he could stretch his waist.

When he turned around, he saw that it was his cousin.

"What are you doing?" Zhu Zhanhe chuckled and asked knowingly.

He knew what his cousin wanted to ask, because before that, he had given enfeoffments to several sons of Emperor Hongxi.

Except for Zhu Zhanyong and Zhu Zhanyong, the other sons of Emperor Hongxi, that is, all the concubines, were enfeoffed, and their fiefdoms were either in the Northeast or in the Japanese country.

It's not an exaggeration to say he was exiled.

"His Royal Highness!"

Zhu Zhanji was about to speak, but a sound made him shut his mouth.

There are some things that even if everyone in the world knows about them, they cannot be said in front of others.

"Your Majesty the Crown Prince!" Zhu Heng quickly ran to Zhu Zhanhe, knelt down on one knee, and presented a bamboo tube at the same time.

"Halamang came eight hundred miles to hurry up! As an envoy of the Ming Dynasty, Yang Pu, a cabinet scholar who was sent to Wala as an envoy, was assassinated due to hypothermia in Hulanhu! Only 12 of his escorts escaped! They are heading towards the pass. Come!"

Zhu Zhanhe's eyes suddenly opened wide, and his eyes were filled with light.

(End of this chapter)