As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, the days when Emperor Hongzhi assesses Prince Zhu Houzhao are also decreasing.

During this period, Chen Xi not only had to sort out the case that the prince had learned recently, but also had to make plans for the prince's studies in the next six months and hand them over to Emperor Hongzhi to read it himself... This is an edict from the palace. Emperor Hongzhi sincerely wanted to mobilize the enthusiasm of the lecturers of the Eastern Palace to encourage his son to become talented as soon as possible, so he even had to intervene in the teaching syllabus and review and ruling in advance.

But in fact, I didn’t know how the prince learned half a year later. Even if these syllabuses were formulated, they probably wouldn’t be used. But the king had his destiny, and the ministers had to follow.

Chen Xi is now familiar with writing the syllabus. Anyway, it is not really based on the above content. As long as you deal with it roughly and let the emperor know that you have taken responsibility for his son with your heart.

On August 13th, the day before the formal assessment, Xie Qian went to Zhan Shi Mansion to spread a message, saying that there was an emperor's banquet in the palace on August 15th, and officials of all ranks in Zhan Shi Mansion were invited.

This is the glory of the Zhan Shi Mansion, especially the minor officials in the Zhan Shi Mansion, who may never have the chance to see the emperor in their entire lives. Now, they can not only come to the palace to meet the saints, but also eat the palace banquet, drink nectar and jade liquid, and watch the performance of the Jifang Simao... I think about it and feel that life is no longer flawed.

After Xie Qian finished notifying the matter, he turned around and looked around. Finally, he pointed to Chen Xi, who was writing hard in a corner of the office, and called Chen Xi, who was a little unhappy.

Obviously, this old master Xie has something to trouble Chen Xi again.

"It's the matter of the envoy of Bolangji."

Xie Qian left the right path and explained his purpose directly, "After the end of the Quanzhou war, didn't you ask the Folang Ji people to prepare compensation and tribute? Now the people have returned and are about to go to the capital to redeem people..."

Chen Xi spread his hands out, as if he was saying, does this have anything to do with me?

Xie Qian's tone was not kind, "Those Folang Ji people recognized you, saying that you defeated them, and you also asked you to give the compensation to you in front of you... Your Majesty was a little unhappy after hearing this..."

Chen Xi smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty won't really mind the officials because of this, right?"

Xie Qian said: "It depends on whether you can do things... Since it is a request from the people of the foreign countries, your majesty will let you go as they want, but the specific details will be handed over to the Minister of Rites. He is the right envoy to negotiate with the people of the foreign countries. If you go, don't think you can't stop the master."

"This is an errand instructed by Your Majesty. I have a piece of advice here, don't damage the power of my Ming Dynasty. It is best to promote the wise and wise of our emperor... Otherwise, you will suffer your sins."

I still said I don’t mind... I was sent to do things well, and if I did it well, I would be punished if I did it wrong. What the hell is this?

However, Emperor Hongzhi and Xie Qian were not blamed for this matter. Whoever asked those who were stubborn and thought that he had caught the man should redeem him from him...

This is obviously an honor!

"When?" Chen Xi asked.

Xie Qian said: "It won't take too long. In a few days, the Folang Ji people will arrive in the capital. There will be arrangements at that time! No matter what, tomorrow's assessment and the day after tomorrow's banquet will not be delayed. You kid... If you don't do well tomorrow, alas!"

I swallowed it back halfway through the threatening words, and it was becoming increasingly difficult to do.

Chen Xi thought Xie Qian had finished talking about it, and was about to watch Xie Qian leave, but Xie Qian had no intention of leaving at all... He sorted out his clothes and hats, and seemed to be about to enter the palace in a while. He deliberately or unintentionally showed off his first-class official uniform with Chen Xi. It turned out that Xie Qian had just been added to the "Crown Prince Taibao". Perhaps Xie Qian's recent work was very consistent with Emperor Hongzhi's wishes, so he promoted him to a higher position. Now Xie Qian's position among the three cabinet ministers has risen sharply.

"There is another thing. Urianha sent people to form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty and resist the Tatars together." Xie Qian organized the language before continuing, "You know that the Tatars were too disrespectful to me, the Ming Dynasty this time. Your Majesty's intention is to teach the Tatars who have gone back on their word. Last time the Tatar envoy came, you handled it very well. This time, I'd send you to welcome the envoys of Urianha..."

Urianha was the name of the eastern Mongolian region in the Ming Dynasty, also known as the Duoyan Sanwei. The Urianha people were actually tribes of the eastern Mongolian tribes.

After the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongolians were divided into three tribes, among which those living in the Xiliao River and Laoha River were the Urianha tribe, those living in the Onen River, the Krulun River and the area south of Lake Baikal were the Tatar tribe, those living in the Kobdo River, the Erttis River Basin and the Junggar Basin were the Ola tribe.

After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, in order to stabilize the domestic situation as soon as possible and consolidate the rule, the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang adopted a policy of recruiting and pacifying the Mongolians, "the talented ones should be promoted in one go." Soon, the former King of the Yuan Liao, King Huining and Marshals of the Urianha tribe requested to be attached one after another. The Ming Taizu then set up the guards of the Yingzhou area of ​​the Daning Dusi in its area, and the commander commanders of the Taining, Duoyan and Fuyu at the location of the Urianha tribe.

Later, the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the Uryan Ha tribe was sometimes good and sometimes bad, and they paid tribute to the Ming court in good times. The leaders of various tribes served as military positions appointed by the Ming court, and were given seals, crowns, platinum, banknotes, and clothing. When the bad times, they attacked the borders of the northeast of the Ming Dynasty and robbed them.

In the early years of Hongzhi, the Urianha tribe often plundered Gubei, Kaiyuan, Guangning and Ningyuan and sent generals to repel the Ming court. Around the tenth year of Hongzhi, with the rise of the Tatar Chahar tribe, the Urianha tribe was constantly invaded by Dayan Khan, and the leaders of the three guards could only ask for help from the Ming court in the south.

In the past, the Ming Dynasty had a close relationship with the Tatars, mainly to prevent the invasion of the powerful Oirats. The Ming court needed to join forces with the Tatar tribe to keep warm. However, with the rise of Tatar Dayan Khan and Huo Sieve led troops to invade Beiguan, the honeymoon period between the Ming Dynasty and the Tatars officially ended, and the Ming Dynasty needed to find allies on the grassland again. The Oirats and the Tatars were infested with the Ming Dynasty, and the Urianha people were also invaded by the Tatars, which happened to be the targets that could be united, so they hit it off.

Chen Xi hesitated a little: "Old Master Xie seemed to have forgotten that the lower official did not understand the language on the grassland."

Xie Qian frowned and said, "If you don't understand, someone will naturally translate it on your behalf. You just need to accept this job... Hi, you don't know how to show your performance. You didn't think about what to do if the prince fails the assessment tomorrow, and Your Majesty will do after revoking your Eastern Palace lecturer? Young people, plan for the future!"

Chen Xi really wants to say that his plan for the future is to find a way out for himself first?

If this is true, I will have more ways to retreat. The Minister of Revenue asked me to go to the Ministry of Revenue to handle the work. The Imperial College wanted me to go to the Imperial College to teach. In addition to letting me receive envoys, you always arrange errands for me. Even if you can practice the "Da Ming Hui Dian", I will have my share.

But no matter what, diplomacy is nothing small, and it is a glorious thing to be able to participate in the welcome of envoys. Moreover, this is arranged by Mr. Xie himself, just take two more steps and you have to accept it.

Chen Xi bowed and accepted the order, thinking, you should leave now, right?

But unexpectedly, Xie Qian still had no plans to leave.

Xie Qian stretched his arms, moved his muscles and bones, and suddenly sighed: "My body is getting worse every day. In the past, even if he rode a horse, it would be fine, but now, he can't even get on the horse's back."

Chen Xiyaran...What do you always mean? Do you want me to pinch your shoulders and pound your legs?

Xie Qian said: "Your Majesty governs the country with culture, but over time, it will make the literature and martial arts decline. Your Majesty is preparing to hold a hunting after the Mid-Autumn Festival. Well... You are a civil servant, but Your Majesty's idea is that if civil servants can govern the country with culture and martial arts can be used to pacify the world, that is the best..."

When Chen Xi heard this, he vaguely felt something was wrong.

"...As for this hunt, the envoys of Florence and Urianha will attend. As the envoys to welcome you, you will be responsible for joining you. If you are asked to..."

Chen Xi quickly said, "What Mr. Xie means... Could it be that I want me to learn riding a horse, pulling a bow and shooting arrows, and bringing national prestige to the Ming Dynasty?"

Xie Qian looked at Chen Xi up and down, shook his head disdainfully: "Look at your little body, what kind of ability do you have?"

Chen Xi almost blurted out, of course I don’t have that ability, you don’t even think about it!

Xie Qian waved his hand slightly: "You boy will change the topic. What I mean is... Since you are here as an envoy, you can't take the lead and have no power to tie the chicken. At least you must strengthen your body and not be ridiculed by the Folangji people and the Urianha people..."

Chen Xi understood what was going on.

The Tatars' offenses in the border area were too much touched by Emperor Hongzhi, which made Zhu Youzhang begin to reflect on whether there was any problem with his governance.

Speaking of which, Emperor Hongzhi's policy of governing the country was nothing more than benevolent politics and civilized governance. His attitude towards neighboring countries was to win over them as much as possible. Even if there were minor conflicts, he would tolerate them and try to keep the country stable. Even when fighting against the northwest, he felt that the Hami people were too presumptuous, and his opponents were relatively weak, so he sent Ma Wensheng to recover the northwest, which greatly improved his face. As a result, he spent tens of millions of military funds, leaving the national treasury empty.

At present, Emperor Hongzhi felt that the Ming Dynasty was so cowardly. The Ola and the Tatars regarded the border as their ranch. They came and walked away as soon as they wanted to, so they wanted to show the military power of the Ming Dynasty in front of foreign envoys.

But he is more skilled than the bow and horse, and obviously he cannot compare with the Urianha people who grew up on the back of his horse. However, if he compares firearms, it is not enough to look at him in front of the Florians.

Do you have to compare with whom you have more people and find tens of thousands of soldiers to be listed in the enclosure and rely on the large number of people to intimidate the four barbarians?

But the problem is that Emperor Hongzhi held a hunting campaign, and he was a sick man himself. He then found a group of old and weak civil officials who were similar to the sick man to praise him. It would be difficult for foreigners not to laugh at him.

Or when the Urianha people saw that the Ming Dynasty was useless except for the strong city. Since the Tatars could rob it, let's rob it too. When the Philang Ji people saw it, they would hurry back and report that they would send more ships and troops to come... This country is very weak, but it is rich and it is very good to come here to rob it.

Chen Xi asked: "How to do it to be considered strengthening your body and not being ridiculed?"

Xie Qian said angrily: "You guy think about it yourself, and you have to explain it clearly? Also, the Folang machine cannon you found someone to transport it back has been seen by the Ministry of Works and thought there was no advantage at all. The Ministry of Works meant to destroy the cannon."

Chen Xi knew very well the power of the Folang machine cannon. On the city gate and city wall, it was not as good as the solid bullet-launched earth cannons cast by the Ming Dynasty. But if it was practical on the battlefield, the Folang machine cannon's advantage was not a small part.

Unfortunately, the people from the Ministry of Works did not see the power of the Folang machine cannon with their own eyes, and they were still stuck in the misunderstanding of what kind of large-caliber bird gun this is. They didn't even notice the treasure in their hands and wanted to destroy it?

Or is it that the people of the Ministry of Works do not want to admit that the weapons of the foreign vassals are more advanced than those of the Ming Dynasty, and they are worried that they will be blamed by the emperor, so they should quickly destroy the evidence of crime?

Chenxi Road: "The Xiaguan has witnessed the power of the Folang Jiren cannon in Quanzhou. Please think about this matter. If the Folang Jiren cannon is not advisable, why are all countries invaded by the Folang fleet? "

Xie Qian replied disdainfully: "Let my Ming warships pass by, and we can still destroy all countries of all sizes. But the mountains and rivers are far away, which is not advisable!"

Chen Xi thought to himself that the ships of the Ming Dynasty could destroy others in the past, but they were completely driven by the human sea tactics, not by the strong combat power of the army. Looking at the era of great navigation, how many Portugal and Spaniards were there? Each fleet sent out was only a few hundred people, but they could fight the world invincible and take the lead and destroy the whole way. Do you think their firearms are children's toys?

Chenxidao: "The people of Urianha have never seen the artillery of the Folangjiren, so they may be able to open their eyes."

Xie Qian's eyes showed a slight gleam... He was old and Chen Xi twitched a little, and he immediately understood the profound meaning, which was to play to his strengths and avoid his weaknesses.

The Mongols did not have artillery, so they could see how powerful the artillery was. The Folang Jiren was good at boat racing but did not have many cavalry, so they could see the spectacular scene of thousands of cavalry running in the Ming Dynasty.

Xie Qian pointed to Chenxi and smiled and said, "You guy has come up with a good idea, but what you want to show to the Urianha people is not the artillery of the Folang Jiren, but the artillery of the Ming Dynasty. Only in this way can we promote our country's power!"

Chen Xi thought to himself, what if you shoot a big iron ball and hit someone, even if you hit it accurately?

People in the grassland will not build a city for you to bombard!
Chapter completed!