Chapter 707: Covering the ears and stealing the bell

Before noon, Zhu Gaoxu stayed in Rouyi Hall and did not step out.During this period, he did not see the Chen family, Queen Annan again.

Zhu Gaoxu was reading recent memorials all morning, but most of them were not reviewed, but handed them over to the cabinet for processing; even so, it took half a day.

There is another memorial from the envoy of the foreign vassals, which Zhu Gaoxu paid attention to.

The death notice sent by the Japanese envoy was signed by the Japanese Crown Prince Yoshiki, which was reported to the death of his father Yoshiman.

Genyoshi (Ashikaga Yoshiman) once accepted the title of King of Japan by Emperor Jianwen of the Ming Dynasty and conducted a trade in the Ming Dynasty through tribute.

(The so-called kenhe trade is understood by Zhu Gaoxu as an official trade with a political color. It means that the Japanese country sends envoys and merchants to the capital to pay tribute, and the court will give the merchants the goods needed and issue licenses and visas; the import of goods by Japanese merchants holding visas is recognized as legal by the Japanese government. However, the cycle is very long, and the Japanese country stipulates that the kenhe trade of the Ming Dynasty is ten years.)

Because the two countries have fewer exchanges, the records of Japanese documents on the court are far less detailed than those of the North Korean.

Fortunately, Zhu Gaoxu was very diligent after ascending the throne.

Although he did not succeed to the throne as the crown prince, he found many previous documents and files to review, and was particularly interested in foreign records.

So Zhu Gaoxu also has some general understanding of Japan...

The relationship between Japan and the Ming Dynasty was relatively poor during the Hongwu period.

At that time, Japan was in the stage of civil war in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the Southern Dynasties had a great advantage in the early stages; therefore, the Ming Dynasty abolished Prince Huailiang, the leader of the Southern Dynasties, and was the actual ruler of Japan.

Taizu took the initiative to deal with Huailiang, hoping that the Japanese government could ban pirates and Japanese pirates.

But Huailiang killed the envoys of the Ming Dynasty and ignored the Japanese pirates.

In addition, the Ming Dynasty court unilaterally believed that the Japanese envoys were involved in the case of Hu Weiyong's rebellion.

Taizu was so angry that he once threatened to conquer Japan.

But in the end, the Ming Dynasty may have considered that the sea route was too far, and coupled with the lessons of the failure of the Yuan army to conquer Japan, there was no war between the two countries.But the relationship was interrupted.

At the end of Hongwu, the leader of the Northern Dynasties and Yuan Yiman, the leader of the Northern Dynasties, conquered the Southern Dynasties and began to gradually unify the Japanese country.

The information of the Ming Dynasty court was lagging behind, and I still thought that Huailiang of the Southern Dynasty was the ruler, so I thought that the person who claimed to be the general of the Japanese general, Genyi, was not qualified to communicate with the Ming Dynasty, so I rejected Genyi's request for tribute.

During the Jianwen period, the Ming Dynasty court finally figured out the situation.

The ministers of the Jianwen court understood what general was the power of Japan!

So the emperor enthroned Yuan Yoshima (Ashikaga Yoshima) as the king of Japan and asked Japan to crack down on pirates and ban Japanese pirates.

But then the Jingnan Campaign occurred in the Ming Dynasty, and the documents for the exchanges between the two countries were not found.Zhu Gaoxu didn't know much about Japan's diplomatic relations during this period.

At the beginning of Yongle, the two countries re-established their relationship tomorrow. Yuan Yiman was more respectful to Emperor Yongle than Huailiang. According to the request of the Ming court, he sent troops to attack the Japanese pirates.The two countries began to explore and cooperate.

Then the Ming Dynasty broke out again, that is, Zhu Gaoxu's uprising of the army, and the relationship between the two countries was interrupted again.When Zhu Gaoxu ascended the throne, Yuan Yiman, who admired and favored the Ming Dynasty, died.

Zhu Gaoxu's first contact with Japan was this document to report the mourning.

He asked Hou Xian: This Genyoshi claims to be the crown prince, and should be the new shogun of Japan?

Hou was obviously not very clear about the situation in Japan, and the eunuchs seemed to be mainly concerned about the West.Hou Xian bowed and said: The emperor forgives the crime, I am not very clear about it.

Zhu Gaoxu did not blame him, and personally approved with a red pen: Hu Yi received Japanese envoys and arranged a banquet for horses within seven days.

The so-called horse-droop banquet is a welcome banquet; when foreigners leave, there will be a horse-droop banquet, that is, a farewell banquet.

The teachings of the philosopher Confucius: It is a great saying that friends come from afar, and people are familiar with them. Therefore, no matter whether they are enemies or allies, as long as they send envoys, the Ming Dynasty will entertain you.

The Ming Dynasty also paid attention to hierarchical etiquette. Unless a foreign king came to the capital in person, the emperor would not come forward to entertain him and could only let the ministers come forward.

Before, when Zhu Gaoxu met the envoys of Annan, he was always on irregular occasions; the ministers were responsible for formal reception and banquets.

Zhu Gaoxu also said: The Sili Supervisor recommended an internal official to report it. When the Japanese envoys return to their country, I will have a team of envoys to go to Japan to learn more about the local situation.

Hou Xian hurriedly bowed and said, "I obey the order."

Zhu Gaoxu had lunch in Rouyi Hall and rested for a while.In the afternoon, I mainly review the government affairs of the previous few months.

As the night went by, just as many people in the palace had already understood the habit, Zhu Gaoxu went to the palace of the imperial concubine Miaojin in order.

The Palace of Imperial Concubine is located west of the Kunning Palace area of ​​the Ganqing Palace, also known as the Xiyi Palace.

Miao Jin came to greet her. When Zhu Gaoxu helped her up, his eyes couldn't help but start looking at the beautiful outline of her skirt.

Even though Miaojin was dressed neatly, her wide robe still couldn't hide the beautiful curve.

There were many palace maids around, and Zhu Gaoxu's unscrupulous gaze made Miao Jin blush.

At a certain moment, she changed her etiquette and lowered her eyebrows and looked up at Zhu Gaoxu.

Her charming almond eyes, a slightly arrogant slender corner of her eyes, and a blushing shy face, did not restrain Zhu Gaoxu, but instead made him feel unique.

Zhu Gaoxu knew in his heart that Miao Jin still had a knot about her identity.

Although when Zhu Gaoxu ascended the throne, he used various mansion reports and official documents to confirm that Miao Jin was the adopted daughter of Empress Renxiao Xu; after all, many people who knew her before were there, and the words of Empress Renxiao's adopted daughter in the palace were just a cover-up of the bell.

She is a person with a noble heart and may not be able to let go of this easily.

From dinner to nightfall, many palace maids served the two, and Miaojin abides by the etiquette.

Zhu Gaoxu did not force it, and kept his words and deeds appropriately, but he was obviously familiar with the two people, so it was a bit strange to get along like this.

The lights in the palace have been lit up, and the sky outside the door has long been pitch black.

Miao Jin's beautiful face, flowing eyes, and the shape of her skirt's silk tightening when she sat down, all made Zhu Gaoxu a little impetuous, and just wanted to go to the bedroom to indulge himself.

But Miao Jin had no intention of going to bed, and the palace maids around him were still standing by.Zhu Gaoxu had no choice but to continue talking to her.

At this time, Miaojin stood up and bent her knees and said, "The Lord, the Lord, a little marquis."

She went to another room, as if to get something.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at her back sideways without blinking.

When Miaojin walked, her waist seemed to be twisting, but she didn't mean it. It was really the shape of her hips and waist, which made her have to do this when she walked.

When Zhu Gaoxu came to his senses, he saw that the palace maid standing beside him also blushed.

After a while, Miaojin walked out and took out a booklet that was two fingers thick.

Her expression became very fast, and she suddenly became a little humble. After I finished writing this book, I have not added or deleted it carefully, and the name is not thought about...

Zhu Gaoxu took it and saw that the cover reads: The Daily Record of the King of Han.

Why not call daily negotiable?Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile.

Miao Jin said: Daily notes are the responsibility of officials of the Hanlin Academy. They are all major events, and they were abolished during the Yongle period.What I remember is mostly trivial matters, and the words are not very meticulous; I think this is more appropriate to memorize words, so that readers can know that this book is not an official article, it can only be regarded as anecdotes and interesting things, not as serious.

It makes sense.Zhu Gaoxu nodded.The book is very thick and the content is quite rich.He looked around the front and took a look at it first.

Sure enough, Miao Jin was right. The language in the book was not classical Chinese, but vernacular.It feels a bit like the word selection and sentence formation in "Water Margin".

I can’t finish watching it overnight, and I will return it to the imperial concubine after I finish watching it.Zhu Gaoxu took a photo of the book and said.

Miao Jin nodded and said: Yes.Her expression suddenly became a little nervous.

There are indeed considerable risks in describing the living superiors.

Like Sima Qian, who wrote "Records of the Grand Historian", because he wrote about Emperor Wu of Han and did not fully praise him, he furious. The emperor directly castrated himself and wanted to destroy Sima Qian's book.

Those who study history usually can only compile history books from the previous dynasty, and the same is true.

Miao Jin's father was a censor, and she should understand the importance of this. No wonder she looks a little uneasy.However, Miao Jin is still very brave and has the backbone of a civil servant.

Zhu Gaoxu said: Even an emperor cannot be perfect, I should be able to accept it.Don’t worry, the imperial concubine, as long as it doesn’t have ulterior motives.Of course, the imperial concubine cannot do that, and most of them tend to praise her.

Miao Jin bowed and said: The emperor is kind, I dare to do this.

Zhu Gaoxu opened his mouth, yawned, and said: I am tired.

So Miaojin ordered the palace maids to fetch water and serve Zhu Gaoxu to take a bath and change his clothes.

When Zhu Gaoxu entered her bedroom, she held off all the slaves and closed the doors and windows to cover them.

There are no mosquitoes in spring, but there are still two layers of curtains hanging on the big bed.

Zhu Gaoxu seemed a little impatient. Although he knew everything about her, he hadn't seen her for a long time and felt different excitement.

Miao Jin's face turned redder, but only the two of them were left. She had to be more generous and whispered: I have something to do, can Gao Xu not be behind me? You look at my face.Zhu Gaoxu casually said: Miaojin likes me to look at you?Miao Jin's voice became smaller and smaller, and she whispered: I felt ashamed at first, but I became more moved later.Zhu Gaoxu said: Then don’t reject some of my requests, I won’t go too far.Miaojin bit her lips and said softly: Don’t you mind?Zhu Gaoxu said: If you can't get close to you as much as possible, you won't be happy.If you don’t want to get close to you, how can you be so obsessed?

After hearing this, she lowered her head and said nothing.Everything in the palace has become trance, and tonight will surely be a selfless spring night.