Chapter 266 Half a piece of jade

Hu Yi and others returned to Beijing.A minister of the Ministry of Revenue entered the city without much show and did not attract people's attention.

He Fu was also waiting under the imperial city tower to open the door when he was going to court, and then he heard someone mention this matter in a low voice.

It was like a sentence like "I didn't have any meals, but after I finished speaking, it was sank to the sea and did not cause any more trouble.

But He Fu's eyelids suddenly jumped up and walked to the palace, but they were not well.

The Zhonghe Shao music was played in the hall, and every time the chime was ringing, He Fu felt his heart tremble slightly.Maybe you have too much concern?

At this time, the musician was singing: The sun and the moon are bright, and peace is celebrated in all directions and all seas.In the dragon tower and phoenix pavilion, the fan opens the curtain and rolls up the emperor.The holy will feel the spirit of heaven and earth, protect your life and increase your blessings.King Xiangguang is born with a spirit, and he is promoted to the throne of treasure, and Yongkang Ning...

Somehow, the joy of this grand palace sounded more terrifying than the roar of the war drums on the battle formation.

Finally, after the morning court, He Fu spent the day in a daze and left the Five Army Governor's Office with the excuse early in the afternoon.Anyway, the whole day passed peacefully, and it seemed nothing was wrong?

He Fu, surrounded by the guards of honor, rode his horse towards the mansion. At this moment, a man wearing a big hat was stopped by the guard, and the guard soldier shouted: What are you doing?

The man said: I am sending a letter.Governor He respectfully invites him to personally initiate the ceremony.

The guard soldiers were about to scold him, but He Fu said: Let him come here.

The man with big hat only showed half of his face and handed a letter with both hands.

He Fu looked at the paint seal, tore open the envelope, and expanded it... He hadn't read much about the content yet, and just saw the handwriting, he immediately took the letter and put it in his arms.

He Fu looked at the man with big hat again, and then rode away without saying a word.

He Fu rode his horse to a tavern and dismounted, and only greeted a nearby servant and followed him in.As soon as he entered the restaurant, he ignored the waiter's greeting and said a few words to the slave.

The man wearing a red official robe, He Fu was immediately led to the private room inside by the waiter.He took out the letter and read it carefully several times, and confirmed that the words on it were indeed written by his younger brother He Lu!

The content in the letter is very simple. It is written that He Lu encountered some difficult things. Fortunately, he was helped by the King of Han, and Hu Yi and others did not see him. Now that he has settled down, everything is good, please rest assured, brother.

Soon, the man with big hat was taken into the door.He Fu waved his hand and asked the slave to go out.Then he walked to the door and closed the door with his own hands.

It was afternoon, and there were not many people in the restaurant, but the noisy sounds came into the private room.

This kind of place is not secret enough, but it is very suitable for conversation, because you can't hear the sound of speaking clearly when you are a little far away.

The man stood there, took off his hat, clasped his fists and said: My surname is Chen, and I am a general in the Han Palace.The last general will pay homage to Governor He.

Chen Bar sits.He Fu pointed to the chair opposite the square table.

After Chen Barma sat down, He Fu immediately asked in a deep voice: Did the King of Han ask you to send a letter?

Chen Basen said: I was ordered by the King of Han to escort several officials and eunuchs back to Beijing, and just happened to send a letter to the prince.

He Fu's face was stiff. He asked in a low voice when he owed his body, saying, "Hao Hu Yi found someone?"

Chen Bashang nodded and said in a deep voice: Emperor Jianwen is gone. He accidentally fell off the cliff when he escaped. There is a living person in the hands of the King of Han.Because Hu Yi owed our prince a favor, he didn't ask about this at all, and he might not report it after returning to the court.

He Fu frowned and said: Where are the living people?

President Chen said: I am still in Yunnan, our prince has settled down.

He Fu asked three questions in total and immediately stood up: Don’t stay here for a long time. Please give me a word to Mr. Chen to meet His Highness the King of Han.The last general owes His Highness the King of Han a favor, and he will never dare to forget it.

Chen took out half of the jade and held it up in both hands: The prince gave Governor He some gifts, please hold them away.

Thank you Your Highness.He Fu took it immediately.

There is a shop with a main door open upstairs on Jubaomen Jade Street.Our prince hopes that Governor He will write a reply letter.Chen Bar held his fists and saluted, and after that, he opened the door and went out.

He Fu continued to stay in the private room and was about to wait for a while.

He glanced at an oil lamp on the table, stretched out the letter paper and lit it, watching the paper burnt into ashes.He Fu held half of the jade in his hand, rubbed and played with it for a long time, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

When he heard about Hu Yi in the morning, he was worried.Now he was holding half of the jade and looking at the paper ash on the ground, feeling that things had become more complicated, but somehow, his heart fell a lot.

Perhaps the most worrying thing is not the bad result; it is an unknown guess.

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In late February in Yunnan, you can wear single clothes as long as it is sunny.

Since the second year of Yongle, Zhu Gaoxu has had more frequent contacts with the Chen Mansion. Although he always travels lightly and his guards are mostly covered with armor and cloth, he may still be unable to hide it from the world.

Caihaizi's pear orchard, the garden behind it is called Chenyuan, but most people don't know this name.

On the shore of the pond in the garden, the willow trees seem to have grown many new branches and leaves in spring. The slender leaves hang to the water surface, and the breeze blows out ripples.

In the hall of the house behind the pond, there are two cracked stones on the wooden floor.The stones are dark outside.

Chen Xu said in a slow-paced voice: This object is hard, and ordinary weapon cannot be opened. The craftsman burned it with fire, then poured cold water to make it crack. Your Highness, please see, there is indeed green jade inside, which is called jade?

Zhu Gaoxu touched it with his fingers and looked carefully for a while: Unexpectedly, jade could be found so soon.

Chen Xu smiled and said: We are destined to be with jade. At that time, His Highness only said that the jade was in the toast place near Myanmar, but did not say where it was; it happened to be in the Meng Yangxuan Fushi Office. Our people followed the envoy from the Yunnan Dusi to go to the Mengyang Xuanwei envoy to inquire about buying strange stones, so soon a nearby village sent this item.

Zhu Gaoxu nodded: During the Hongwu period, Si family was re-entrusted to the Mengyang Xuanwei Envoy Office. This time, the envoy of the Dusi happened to see the Sixing Method.God really helps me.

After saying that, he turned his eyes to the coffee table again, looking at the red and blue gems. Chen Xu said: These gems were purchased from Mubang Military and Civilian Xuanwei Office. It is said that gems were discovered here many years ago.

The output of jade is even greater, so let’s start the mine of Mengyang Xuanwei Department.Zhu Gaoxu said, is that village right at Mengyang Xuanwei Seminary?

Chen Xu shook his head gently and said: The village is between Mengyang and Naga Mountain, more than ten miles away from the capital city.

Zhu Gaoxu walked a few steps, turned around and looked at Chen Xu's wrist, and saw that there was nothing on her wrist, which was as white as mutton fat, and she usually wore very little jewelry.

Chen Xu's face turned slightly red, and he even shrank his slender hands into his sleeves.

She spoke carefully: Your Highness is really willing to share half of each of the Shen family?

I do what I say.Zhu Gaoxu nodded without hesitation.

He didn't know what Chen Xu was thinking, but seeing that she seemed unwilling to get close to her in her subtle movements, he stopped forcing her.

Many people say that Zhu Gaoxu is debauchery, but when he thinks back, he has never done anything to bully men and dominate women except for Chen Xu's anger last time.

Zhu Gaoxu asked: Can these two stones be made of jade bracelets?

Chen Xu replied softly: It should be OK, I will ask someone to try it.

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu clasped his fists and said: Then I won’t bother you anymore. I will send someone to Chen Mansion in two days.

Chen Xu's hand held in front of his abdomen, stretched out one, bent down gently, and said, "I respectfully send Your Highness out."

...When he returned to the Han Palace, Zhu Gaoxu immediately summoned the Chief Secretary Qian Xun and others to ask about the situation in Myanmar, and first drew a map of Meng Yangxuan and Fushi.

The drawings at this time are really impossible to be detailed, but you just need to understand the road terrain.

According to the way Qian Xun walked, when they arrived at Dali Prefecture City, they had to go from Dali Prefecture to Yongchang Prefecture to the west.

This section of the road is very rugged, but there are already official roads, so Yongchang Prefecture can establish a prefecture.

Yongchang Prefecture is already in the Nujiang River Basin.

Then cross the Nujiang River and the south of Hengduan Mountain, and arrive at the Qianhu House in Tengchong, which also has an official road.

Tengchong Qianhu Institution is the most remote place where the Ming army is stationed. Walking forward, it is all in chieftain system.

After leaving Tengchong Qianhu House, follow the valley road to the southwest, the mountain is much smoother after turning north, and this road can reach Mengyang Xuanwei Envoy...

The document from the capital company sent to the Han Wang Mansion in the past two days stated that Si denied the annexation of villages in various places and said that occasional attacks were also personal grudges and armed fights.

Si also wrote a letter to the court to express his loyalty to the Ming court and memorialized him to the Yunnan Prefecture City first.

Zhu Gaoxu has always believed that in such places where mountains and roads are high and far, soldiers are not familiar with the local language and terrain, so it is not the best way to directly use troops; it is better to win over local people.

He then discussed with Qian Xun and others, and quickly drafted a general strategy.

Try to make friends with Sijia and give them some money regularly to allow Yunnan to send someone Meng Yangxuanwei to open a mine.

Zhu Gaoxu's men dug out the raw materials of jade and escorted them to the Qianhu House in Tengchong.

Set up a warehouse transfer there.

The ore was finally transported to Yongchang Fucheng, which was a relatively stable place; the ore was roughly processed in Yongchang Fucheng, and then escorted to Kunming City to make fine jewelry and jade.

After that, you can use the sales channels of merchants such as the Shen family.

As long as this financial path is opened up, you can deal with everything in the future calmly.

Zhu Gaoxu did what he said and wrote a letter to inform Chen Xu's strategy. After receiving an undisputed reply, he immediately sent guards to travel again, asking the chief Qian Xun to be responsible for negotiating with Si.

The Ming Dynasty called the Pingmian Xuanwei Division, Mengyang Xuanwei Division and other places Luchuan. The natives there were languages ​​with the natives in the prefectures in the west of Yunnan, and were suspected to be of the same clan.

There were many local officials from the Ming Dynasty in Yongchang Prefecture and other places. As long as some local officials were found to accompany him, it would be much more convenient for officials from the Han Palace to communicate with Sijia.

Zhu Gaoxu was ready to test Sijia's attitude first before deciding on his next plan.