After saying a few more words, Yun Xi asked Fu An what he said in detail, and said loudly: "Fu An, you went to Samarkand eight years ago, and you were detained by Timur but you were loyal and unyielding to be the contemporary Su Wu, I am very relieved, I must reward you." ”

"Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and says, the military department will give Fu An in the matter, and the envoy to Samarkand City will give ,......, one hundred taels of gold, and grant the rank of Jiayi doctor, and he will be admirable." Chen Ji took out the holy decree and read it.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Fu An knelt down and thanked him.

Xu Huizu looked surprised. Doctor Jiayi is a civil official of the three products, and it can only be rewarded to the official of the three products, and His Majesty awarded him the doctor of the Jiayi, which shows that he wants to appoint him as the official position of the three products. Although he thought that Fu An would definitely be promoted, he didn't expect to be promoted to the third rank all of a sudden.

'Zheng Sanpin, what kind of official position will that be? The Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, who was promoted to the Siyi Pavilion, is only the fourth grade, could it be the waiter of the Ministry of Rites? ’

Not only him, but Fu An himself and Chen Ji were also very surprised, speculating about the official positions that would be arranged.

Yun Xi didn't let the suspense last long, and he quickly revealed: "Fu Aiqing, I plan to set up a new yamen, called Lifan Yuan, and the envoy of the academy will be designated as the third grade, and you will serve as it." You were originally an official in the Siyi Pavilion, and you have traveled in the Western countries for the past eight years, so you are suitable for this official position. ”

"After the establishment of the temple, all matters related to the country that originally belonged to the Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites were handed over to the temple, and the Siyi Hall was also assigned to the jurisdiction of the temple."

"Your Majesty, this, there is no omission in these matters now under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple, why does Your Majesty want to establish a new yamen of Lifan Yuan?" Chen Ji said before Fu An.

"The Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple were originally in charge of etiquette, sacrifices, banquets and other things, and it is not justifiable to govern exchanges with Fanguo, but the imperial court was initially established, and there are not many Fanguo, so for the time being, the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple will govern and reduce the number of officials and yamen."

"But now that there are more and more countries in the Ming Dynasty, it is becoming more and more difficult for the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple to govern these things, so I decided to add the Imperial Court to govern the affairs of exchanges with Fanguo." Yoon-hee explained.

From the beginning to the end of the Ming Dynasty in history, although there were more than 70 countries at the most, but in addition to Korea, Annam, and Ryukyu, the other countries basically came to the Ming Dynasty to eat mixed rice, and basically did not see it after the Xuande Dynasty, and did not establish a binding tributary system at all, so it was not established, and there was no need to set up an institution specifically to govern these countries, but in order to facilitate exchanges, the Siyi Pavilion was set up to train translators.

Ke Yunxi was determined to strengthen his control over the Fan Kingdom, and had established or was about to establish closer ties with most of the Fan States, and at this time there were many Fan States in the Ming Dynasty, and the scope involved was also broader, so it was necessary to set up an independent yamen.

Moreover, as the nominal head of the six ministries, the Ministry of Rites must be recognized by the ministers as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and although Yunxi has the final right to appoint and dismiss, he does not dare to easily violate this convention. And since this person is a person of high moral character, even Yun Xi's cronies may not completely obey his orders, and some of Yun Xi's methods that are not above board may not be followed, and Yun Xi has nothing to do about it. The establishment of a lower-level institute can appoint and dismiss officials completely according to one's own preferences, and it is more convenient to operate.

Of course, the people present couldn't guess Yun Xi's thoughts, because he was reasonable, and Chen Ji no longer objected. Fu An gave in, and saw that Yunxi was not pretending, so he bowed down to thank him.

"In my vision, there are five divisions under the Lifan Yuan, one of which is the Mongolian and Tibetan Division, which governs the affairs of the Mongols and Tibetans. Oh, since the kingdom of Fan, which submitted to the Ming Dynasty, has become more and more westward, it is not appropriate to call the people of the West the people of the West. I renamed them Tibetans, taking the meaning of Uszang. ”

"The second is the Tokai Division, which has jurisdiction over the affairs of Korea, Fuso, Ryukyu, Ainu, and other countries. The third is the Nanyang Division, which has jurisdiction over Siam and other Nanyang state affairs. The fourth is the Western Division, which has jurisdiction over all kinds of state affairs in the West. The fifth is the Interpretation Department, which was rebuilt from the Siyi Pavilion and specializes in cultivating translators and foreign affairs talents. ”

"The rank of the seal officer of each department is set at the fifth grade, which is the same as that of the Maritime Affairs Institute."

"All the matters related to these barbarian kingdoms of the Ministry of Rites will be handed over to the management of the Lifan Academy, and they will only be in charge of the affairs of the inner feudal domain."

"Aiqing thinks my idea is appropriate?" Yun Xi finally looked at Fu An and said.

"Your Majesty's thoughts are very appropriate, but the countries of India should belong to that division, please show your Majesty." Fu An said. He sensed the problem. India is a Western country according to the traditional Chinese thinking, but the first Indian country to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty came from the sea, and when he was in Samarkand, he learned that India was south of Uszang, and he didn't know how to calculate it.

"This," Yun Xi hesitated. He had other plans for India, which he deliberately omitted, but at this time, Fu An pointed out that he couldn't help but answer, thought about it and said: "Those who come to pay tribute from the sea will be assigned to the Nanyang Division, and those who come from the land to pay tribute will be assigned to the Western Division." ”

Yun Xi's disposal plan seems to be a temporary arrangement, and the problem has not been solved at all. But Fu An didn't dare to ask anymore, and bowed down to agree.

Yun Xi got off the Luohan bed and walked over, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Fu Aiqing, according to my original meaning, you have been in Samarkand City for more than eight years, and you can serve as the right minister of the Qin Domain. However, I felt that you were suitable to be in charge of the Rybanin, and finally decided to transfer you to the Privan as an envoy. ”

"Are there any other people who accompanied you on the mission to Samarkand?"

"In addition to the ministers, there are fifteen people in the city." Fu An replied.

"Send three people back to Samarkand to assist the King of Qin in dealing with the affairs of the Western Kingdoms; In addition, the Dai Domain and the Jin Domain also sent one person each to assist. In addition, I plan to send envoys to the Golden Horde and even to Poland-Lithuania, and you will send three more envoys to lead the envoys to the West through the White Horde and the Blue Horde. ”

"I will also summon merchants in the Western Regions who are willing to do business in places like the Golden Horde, and let them follow the envoys to the West. I will inform the King of Qin of this matter and ask him to assist. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Fu An agreed.

Yun Xi smiled and patted him on the shoulder again, it is difficult to say whether Fu An should be the envoy of the Fan Yuan or not, whether it is in line with his own wishes, there are such words at the bottom, if he does not meet his own wishes, he will be sent to the three western vassal states as the right minister, anyway, the three right ministers have not been appointed.

After saying a few more words, Fu An saw that there was nothing to tell him to ask for retirement. But Yunxi left him behind, and said with a smile: "You know all the messengers that Timur brought from Samarkand, right?" ”

"We all know each other, but we don't know each other."

"It's good to know. Now that you know Khorezm, you can leave it for me to translate their words. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Fu An could only agree.