Yunxi took a sip of tea, told him about the local customs, spread out the map and asked: "Where is the place you can control now?"

Yunzhen picked up the pen, drew a big circle on the map, and drew a few lines, and said: "This is the place I control now."

Yunxi lowered his head and looked. "The north has occupied the area around Xingkai Lake, the west has almost completely controlled the area along the Suifen River, and the southwest is along the Tumen River. It's probably Hunchun City, but it's the east."

It's not very pretty, and there's nothing iconic about it. But it's pretty good if it extends over three hundred miles.'

Yun Xi was relatively satisfied. The Ming Dynasty had no basis in the current jurisdiction of Yong Fan. Although it had ruled there during the Tang Dynasty, hundreds of years had passed. Even if there were Han people remaining at that time, it had already become Jurchens. It was completely a raw land. Yun Xi

It has not been easy to create such a situation in the past few years. After all, he is different from Westerners. Westerners only want to make money. Of course, they can nominally control the population of a large area of ​​land in a few months. He and Yunzhen pursue the pursuit of new land expansion.

Absolute control, at least to the village, and a slower speed is normal.

"Yunxi, you did a great job. You led tens of thousands of people to occupy such a large area of ​​land in three years, which is worthy of praise." Yunxi said with a smile.

"Brother, this is also for myself. Who doesn't want his fiefdom to be larger?" Yun Zhen replied with a smile.

"Since your situation is so good, Brother Huang can tell you something."

"Next year the imperial court will go to war with the Kingdom of Samarkand in the northwest. The scale of this battle will not be small. I will recruit soldiers from your vassal state to participate in the war. There is no need to have many soldiers, just three or four thousand people."

Yunxi lowered his head and pondered, and did not speak for a while. Yunxi then said: "You don't have to send your guardsmen. My brother allows you to send Jurchen soldiers. This will also be good for you."

"Most of the Jurchens in your fiefdom have never seen the world. They don't know how strong the Ming Dynasty is. If you send them here, you will know that the Ming Dynasty is far stronger than they imagined. They will definitely surrender to you even more after they return."

Yunzhen thought for a while and felt that the imperial court's intention to recruit officers and soldiers from the vassal king was the right one and could not refuse. The following paragraph also made sense. He could indeed use the imperial court's power to frighten these bumpkins, so he agreed: "Brother Emperor

How dare I refuse my order? Next year I will send five thousand troops to the northwest."

"Okay." Yunxi smiled happily. He had already persuaded several princes to send troops to the northwest next year, and Yunxi was the one who agreed most readily.

It was already noon when they were talking. Wang Xi walked in quietly again and said something in Yunxi's ear. Yunxi glanced sideways at Kelu, stood up and smiled at Yunxi: "Look how fast time flies.

It's noon now. Come on, let's go have a meal."

"It just so happens that I'm hungry too." Yunzhen also stood up with a smile and left Qianqing Palace with him surrounded by eunuchs.

After a while they came to Kunning Palace and happened to meet Min'er and others who were playing. They saw Yunxi walking in and saluted. Miner smiled and said a few words to Yunxi, pointed at Yunxi and asked: "

Dad, who is this?"

"Don't point at others like that, it's very impolite." Yunxi gave him a lesson first, and then said: "This is your fourth uncle, why don't you salute quickly."

After hearing this, Xianqin immediately saluted: "I have met His Royal Highness King Yong (fourth emperor brother)." Bao Qingze said carelessly: "Fourth nephew." Min'er also imitated Xianqin: "I have met my fourth uncle.

.”

Yunzhen first saluted Baoqing because he thought it was funny, and then returned the gift to Xianqin Miner. He then took out gifts and gave them to them. Baoqing, Miner and Xianqin hurriedly took them.

Yunxi stood aside and watched with a smile as they finished greeting each other and said: "It's already late, let's go have a meal. Aunt Baoqing, are you going to have a meal here with your nephew or go back and have it with the concubine?"

meal?"

"Mom hasn't eaten much these days and has been lazy all day long, especially at noon. It's good to have two meals out of ten. So she told me to eat outside in the palace at noon to save the trouble twice.

Baoqing said nonchalantly.

Yunxi nodded and said nothing. He just took her hand and led them into the dining hall.

Xiyao was naturally waiting here with Yunzhen's two wives. Not only her, but also Xiyi, who had just given birth to a child less than a month ago, was also there. When she saw Yunzhen walking in, she hurriedly got up to greet him.

"Can you hold your own when you come from the main hall?" Yunxi asked immediately after answering the ceremony. Xiyi's body was weak, so he had to worry.

"Look what my husband said, although I am weak, I am not made of mud that will melt when wet. I can withstand the wind and cold." Xiyi said with a smile.

"Then you have to pay attention. It's okay to have Yunxi and the others here today. You can't leave the main hall at will in the future." Yunxi still asked worriedly.

"I know, husband." Xiyi agreed with a smile.

After saying a few words, everyone sat down, and the people in the imperial dining room immediately brought the food up, and the family began to eat.

At the banquet, Yunxi very enthusiastically persuaded Yunxi to drink. Although it was just a lighter rice wine, it was still wine. Yunxi secretly wondered: "Brother Huang has never liked drinking, why are you urging him to drink like this today?"

However, he would not ask, but would happily drink with Yunxi, so that the host and the guest enjoyed themselves.

After a while, Xiyao and others finished their meal and saw that Yunxi was still drinking with Yunxi. He stood up and said with a smile: "Husband, fourth uncle, you are drinking here. I will take my brothers and sisters back to talk. I won't disturb your enjoyment of drinking."

"

"Sister-in-law, please help yourself and don't worry about my brother." Seeing that Yunxi didn't express anything, Yunxi hurriedly said.

Xiyao said a few more polite words and returned to the main hall with Princess Yong, Wu Xiaolu and others.

Yunxi drank with him for a while, put down his glass and said, "Hey, brother sometimes really envy you vassal kings."

"What did the emperor say?"

"Brother is telling the truth. Your fiefdoms are all small places. There are not many people and the place is not big. Although the food and clothing are simple, there are not as many things to deal with as my brother."

"The huge Ming Dynasty has a population of tens of millions in more than a dozen provinces. There are countless things to deal with every day, and countless memorials need to be answered. My brother is so busy every day. If it weren't for the establishment of the fourth auxiliary officer, I wouldn't have even left the palace.

There is no time left."

Yunxi couldn't answer this, so he could only remain silent. Fortunately, Yunxi didn't mean to let him answer, and just said it himself.

Yunxi complained for a while and then said: "Let's talk about this enemy. Except for Yiwu who was sealed by Shang Bing, other places are facing uncivilized barbarians. Their power is weak. Even if you don't have a few people in your hands, you don't have to worry about them at all.

I can defeat you."

"Even if Shang Bing's conferred Yiwu is about to face the Kingdom of Samarkand, my brother will not ignore it. He will also recruit troops and food from the Central Plains to fight against the Kingdom of Samarkand."

"But the imperial court has not had enough money and food in recent years. From the end of last year to the beginning of this year, the war in Annan was spent like water; in recent years, my brother's reforms have created some new government offices, which also cost money; and countless firearms have been added.

, and the money has been decreasing.”

"There will be another war with the Kingdom of Samarkand next year, and the imperial treasury will gradually be unable to support it." Yunxi talked a lot.

"Brother Emperor, since the expenses are so high, let's be more frugal first. Anyway, there will be no such war with Samarkand in the future. Next year, we will save a little more to save this money, and then restore it to the original state the year after that." Yun said.

He persuaded.

"But where can we save money? The cost of firearms is high, but there is going to be a war soon, so we can't save the money for equipping the guards with firearms, right? How can the newly established official positions in the newly established yamen be abolished as soon as they are established?" Yun Hei

said.

"With a country as big as Ming Dynasty, there are always places where we can save money."

"You put it like that, brother has thought of a way to save money, but it's just not easy to talk to you. But for the war with Samarkand next year, he can't care about it."

Yunxi said: "Brother pays you the money every year, can you reduce it next year?"
Chapter completed!