Lianhua returned to the harem for a few months and lived peacefully.
The queen arranged her in the Silver Moon Palace, not far to the east of the Qianqing Palace. The palace is small and exquisite, not large in area, but it is exquisite and warm. When Lianhua slept on the couch for the first night, she was so warm that she didn't want to move.
What's more, there is Zhu Yunwen. That night we slept together again, so beautiful that we doubted it was a sweet dream.
The emperor ignored the palace rules and only went to Silver Moon Palace every night. Everyone had seen his infatuation of going to Tianxi Temple every day for three years, rain or shine. They expected that it would be useless to talk more, but no one criticized him. The Queen Mother was a little dissatisfied with the deserted harem, and planned to let her son take in more concubines, but Zhu Yunwen refused without any room for negotiation, so the Queen Mother had no choice but to give up. Fortunately, the queen and the eldest princess came to accompany her every day, and their wives came to the palace in an endless stream. Hongyuan was extremely grateful and came to visit her often, so the queen mother did not worry about being lonely. Lotus greets you morning and evening, be respectful and cautious. The Queen Mother sighed and said no more.
It's not yet dawn, and Zhu Yunwen is going to court. Lianhua was a little dazed and couldn't open her eyes. She felt Zhu Yunwen get up and murmured, "Are you leaving?"
Zhu Yunwen leaned over and kissed him gently: "Well. It's still early. You can sleep a little longer. There is a Japanese envoy today. I'll go and see him."
Lianhua was startled and lost all sleep: "Japanese envoy?"
Zhu Yunwen didn't expect her to react so strongly, and quickly comforted him: "It's okay, I'm just here to pay tribute. I have no hostility towards North Korea." Lianhua still looked at him with some worry. Yes, after all, the three men in the family were murdered by Japanese pirates, and they felt guilty.
Zhu Yun smiled and said, "Don't worry, I trust you, husband!" After saying that, he pushed Lianhua back to lie down, tucked the corners of the quilt, and said softly: "Go on to sleep." Lianhua closed her eyes obediently, but her chest kept rising and falling. Zhu Yunwen knew that she was in agitated mood and couldn't bear it, so he comforted her: "It's okay, wait for me when I come back in the afternoon."
Lianhua nodded and opened her eyes when she heard Zhu Yunwen's footsteps leaving. She stared at his slender back, unable to calm down in her heart.
Zhu Yunwen arrived at Fengtian Hall and hundreds of officials went to court.
Qi Tai reported on the war situation in Shandong. After the battle of Chunjiahe City, the Yan army occupied the territory from the west of Dezhou in Shandong to Hebei. However, Sheng Yong made up his mind to hold on, but the Yan army could no longer plunder the land and occupy the city. The two sides were in a stalemate. Qi Tai estimated that the weather was getting colder and the Yan army would have difficulty supplying supplies, so they would have to return to Peiping sooner or later. It's just that Datong has been captured by the Yan army at this time, and the Yan army is obviously having an easier time this winter.
Zhu Yunwen frowned slightly as he listened, feeling a little irritable in his heart. The civil war lasted for more than two years and was extremely draining. Food and military pay flowed out like water, and all the troops from the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion were also sent out. The wealth that Taizu had saved for thirty years was about to be exhausted, but he still could not see the light of the end, as if he was stuck in a quagmire with no end.
How sad would it be to know that the emperor's grandfather knew something under the spring? What did he mean when he said "Lao Si Lao Si" when he was dying
Zhu Yunwen waved his hand, not wanting to talk about the war anymore.
Huang Zicheng also reported to the wealthy households in Songjiang and Suzhou prefectures to jointly express his gratitude to the court for tax reductions and to express his gratitude to the court for canceling the discriminatory policy against the literati in these two places.
Zhu Yuanzhang was angry that Suzhou and Songjiang had helped Zhang Shicheng in the generals' melee at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, so he imposed heavy taxes on these two places after he ascended the throne. At that time, the cultivated land in the two provinces only accounted for one percent of the country's total, but they paid one-tenth of the country's land taxes. Zhu Yuanzhang was also afraid that the literati in the two places would gain power as officials, so he specially formulated a rule that even if he passed the imperial examination in these two places, he would not be allowed to hold official positions above the minister's level. Scholars in both places have been suffering from this for a long time. Think about it, this is equivalent to the difference between the current college entrance examination admission scores and the two times difference, but you will not be admitted to Peking University and Tsinghua University, forever! Then what energy do the candidates have
Huang Zicheng kept talking for a long time, all singing praises of gratitude. Zhu Yunwen was a little distracted listening to it.
At this time, Chen Di, the Minister of Rites, said: "Zu'a, the Japanese envoy, has asked for an audience. He is waiting outside the Meridian Gate."
Zhu Yunwen pondered for a moment and said calmly: "Xuan!"
"Announce the Japanese envoy Zua, the rich man comes to the palace!"
"Announce the Japanese envoy Zua, the rich man comes to the palace!"
The calls came from the hall one after another, resounding throughout the sky.
After a while, two short figures appeared at the entrance of Fengtian Hall, waiting there hesitantly and seemingly trembling. Wang Zhi stepped forward and whispered a few words, shook his head for a while, and led the two of them into the hall.
All the officials looked at each other. Many people remembered the scene when Princess Yining of North Korea went to the palace a few years ago. At the entrance of Fengtian Hall, the skirt of the Korean palace dress fluttered in light blue, and the clear eyes were as bright as stars in the slanting morning light.
When Zua and Feifu came to the golden throne, Zhu Yunwen glanced at them lightly.
Both of them were dressed in straight blue cloth, with walking belts of the same color tied around their waists. One is barefoot, short and thin, with a samurai haircut; the other is barefoot, wearing wooden clogs, short and fat, with a shiny face. The two of them panicked under the emperor's sight. Their legs weakened and they knelt down on the ground. They said in a trembling voice: "Long live my emperor!"
Chen Di, the Minister of Rites, stepped forward to relieve the siege and asked the barefooted man first: "What is your surname?" Seeing his surprise, he sighed softly and asked again: "What is your name?"
The barefoot one understood: "My name is Zua."
But Chen Di had seen clogs before: "Are you fat?"
Fei Fu nodded: "Yes, sir." Yu Zi kept trembling.
The accents of the two of them were indescribably weird, as if they were scraping iron or filing. Zhu Yunwen suddenly remembered "the emperor and his ministers were barefooted, talking and croaking frogs", and when he thought of Zhu Yuanzhang, he couldn't help but feel sad.
Chen Di then asked the two of them, trying to be as simple and understandable as possible: "What are you two doing here?"
Zua said: "I am a samurai of General Ashikaga. The general asked me to come." Pointing to Feifu: "He is a businessman and leads the way." Zua said, taking out a blue cloth package and carefully opening it layer by layer. Inside is the credentials. Zu'a presented it to Chen Di. Chen Di turned around to present it to the emperor. Zhu Yunwen said calmly: "Read it!"
Chen Di opened it, cleared his throat and read aloud: "I, the third generation general of the Muromachi Shogunate of Japan, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, bow to His Majesty the Emperor and say: Since I have received His Majesty's decree, I am panic-stricken and personally cooperate with the Great Lord Jing'an of Korea. Suppressed the bandits. Relying on God's grace, they returned in triumph. Now the remnants of the Fujiwara family of Isaki Island on Tsushima Island and the original Matsuura family of Kitakyushu have been brought back to Japan's main state. I must strictly control them and never allow them to become bandits again. His Majesty the Emperor. Xun Amutai was also captured a month ago, and his head was specially presented to His Majesty. His Majesty the Emperor Fu Wang granted his vassal the title of King of Japan and opened up coastal trade, in order to express the earnest admiration of all Japanese people to the Celestial Empire. Japan paid tribute every year. , serve in the East China Sea. I shed tears of gratitude, and Fu Wei bows again."
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu has good writing skills. He can write a national letter basically smoothly and his words are humble and sincere. Zhu Yunwen listened with a slight smile on his face. All the officials were talking about it, and they felt that the Japanese general was not bad, but the emperor personally wanted the head of a Japanese pirate named Amutaiyou. I don't know why. Could it be that he offended the King of Qi in Shandong
Zu'a held a lacquer box in both hands, Chen Di opened the lid and took a look, his face turned pale, and presented it to the emperor. Zhu Yunwen glanced at it and motioned to Zhang Yuanheng to take it.
Zhu Yunwen pondered for a while and said slowly: "General Ashikaga expresses his sincerity to me, and I commend him for his diligence. I canonize Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the third generation general of the Muromachi Shogunate of Japan, as the king of Japan, grant the gold seal, and grant the king nine chapters. Open the coastal trade of Zhejiang." See you. Zu'a seemed to understand, and then told Chen Di: "Chen Qing replied to the King of Japan, and then made it clear to the envoy."
At this time, how could Zhu Yunwen and all the officials have imagined that Yingtian Mansion, where the Japanese king was enthroned, would be massacred by Japanese invaders more than 540 years later, killing 300,000 people in the ancient city of Jinling in one go
In this way, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, paid tribute as a vassal, and received the imperial crown and gold seal from the Ming Dynasty. With this, Japan returned to the circle of Chinese civilization and was successfully incorporated into the East Asian international order centered on the Ming Dynasty at that time. Japan's economy was able to develop rapidly. This sect-vassal relationship lasted on and off for 150 years, until the domestic political situation in Japan changed in 1551 AD (the Muromachi shogunate was unable to control the situation in Japan, and Japan entered the Warring States Period).
During these 150 years, Japan transported copper, sulfur, swords, and fans to the Ming Dynasty; and brought back raw silk, yarn, porcelain, books, paintings, and copper coins. Yongle copper coins served as Japan's standard currency for a long time.
The Ming Dynasty did not impose tariffs on trade with Japan, but instead borne considerable warehousing and transportation fees. Japanese merchants made huge profits, so much so that they flocked to the place and became overcrowded. In the third year of Yongle (AD 1405), the Ming Dynasty had to limit the number of trades, and the Ministry of Rites issued "kanhefu", that is, trade quotas, which were called "kanhe trade" in history.
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu called himself "Official Minister" and after being canonized, he called himself "Official King of Japan". He was "sincere and fearful" of the Ming Emperor and offered various tributes such as gold, horses, fans, screens and swords. Many Japanese historians deny this historical fact, which is really puzzling. History, can what happened in the past be changed
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Lotus was waiting in the Silver Moon Palace, and this day seemed extremely long. It was finally past noon, and the sun's shadow was setting in the west, but Zhu Yunwen never came.
The sky gradually darkened, and finally the little eunuch Agui announced at the door: "The Holy One has arrived!" Lotus felt happy and hurried to the door to welcome him. But he saw Zhu Yunwen wearing a moon-white scholar's robe again, holding his hand with a smile and walking out.
Lianhua was stunned for a moment, then followed him all the way, walking farther and farther, and finally arrived at the Royal Garden.
Zhang Yuanheng led a large group of guards around the imperial garden, with a posture that no outsiders were allowed in. Zhu Yunwen led the lotus through the crowd and walked for a long time to an open space in the middle of the garden.
It was swept extremely clean, and the cobblestone floor was spotless, as if it had just been sprinkled with water, and the air was slightly humid. In the middle is an incense table, offering water, fruits and a copper tripod incense burner. It just so happened that a full moon was in the sky, the silver glow was shining, and the garden looked like a mist.
Lianhua understood a little, and was led by Zhu Yunwen towards him in a daze. The three memorial tablets on the case are "Cao Mengji, the loyal and righteous Marquis of the Ming Dynasty", "Cao Min, the brave uncle of the Ming Dynasty" and "Cao Xiu, the Ninghe Jun of the Ming Dynasty". The handwriting is thin, strong and sharp, and was written by Zhu Yunwen himself.
Lotus's eyes were filled with tears, and she stretched out her hand to caress them gently, as if caressing her father's elder brother and younger brother at home, with infinite tenderness and love.
Zhu Yunwen watched quietly for a long time, held the lotus flower, and knelt down in front of the incense table.
Lian Hua was stunned. He was the Son of Heaven. How could he kneel to his father and brother? Looking sideways, Zhu Yun looked at her with clear eyes and pointed at the moon-white robe on his body. Only then did Lianhua understand why he had changed into the bright yellow imperial robe, and couldn't help but burst into tears.
Zhu Yunwen said warmly: "I, Zhu Yunwen, am Lianhua's husband. I salute my husband and uncle here! My brother, you have also met my brother-in-law!" He bowed respectfully three times. Lotus stared blankly, unable to move.
Zhu Yunwen continued: "Three of our great enemies, Yunwen has already taken their heads here; the Japanese pirates from Izaki Island on Tsushima Island have also returned to Japan and will no longer disturb the Korean people. You three can rest in peace!" Get up! He took a lacquer box and placed it in front of Lotus, then opened the lid.
Lotus looked intently. Under the cold moonlight, a Japanese pirate's head was seen in a lacquer box, with eyes wide open, several deep knife marks on the face, and the flesh rolled up; the lips and jaw under Rendan's beard were also scarred, and the original appearance could no longer be seen.
Lotus looked pale and let out a long breath. Zhu Yunwen shook her hand, turned around and retreated to a distance, waiting quietly.
Lotus tremblingly picked up the lacquer box and slowly placed it on the incense table. Three sticks of sandalwood were lit and inserted into the copper tripod respectfully. Tears rolled down one by one, and I don’t know when they had flowed all over my face.
Staring at the spiritual tablets of the three people, Lian Hua remembered that snowy afternoon, Seoul, which was like a world of glass, when she first heard the bad news in the Ideological Hall of Gyeongbokgung Palace; she remembered the sorrow and anger when she wiped the corpse with her own hands in the mortuary; she thought of the forty-year wake-up call. The determination in the red and swollen eyes for nine days; thinking of the tombstones standing in the cold wind on the Cao family cemetery...
Lianhua murmured: "Yes, you can rest in peace!"
The moonlight illuminated the curls of fragrant mist, and in the blurred tearful eyes, the characters "Loyalty Hou Xianyong Boning" and "Jun" turned into three smiling faces. The father was as kind as before, the elder brother was as loving as before, and the younger brother was as brilliant as when he left.
Tears poured down. Farewell, my father, brother and little brother!
Zhu Yunwen stared quietly for a long time, and at some point, his eyes became moist.