As the emperor, Yun Xi naturally did not sit with the courtiers below, but sat on the high platform at a small table by himself.

Of course, he wouldn't just sit on a high platform and watch his courtiers drink and make trouble. Yun Xi called Li Jian, Xu Jingchang and the two of them up to give the seat and said a few words, and smiled at Xu Jingchang: "Now you have earned a hereditary title for your father." I heard that in the past, Huizu and Zengshou were not worried about you, and felt that you would not be better in the future, this time, you can use the facts to tell them: You are wrong. ”

He said to Li Jian again: "Uncle, now my aunt doesn't have to worry about the future of my cousins in the future." ”

Xu Jingchang listened to Yun Xi's words, and remembered that he had taken the Danshu iron coupon to show his uncle and father, and he was full of excitement, and he couldn't wait to go to Yongming City to tell his father immediately. He suppressed his excitement and said, "This is all Your Majesty Longen. ”

Li Jian also chimed in: "If there is no reward and punishment for His Majesty, it is impossible for the minister to be knighted." ”

"There is no need to say these words when you are alone in front of me, I have clear rewards and punishments, and you have to work hard to serve Da Ming yourself." Yun Xi said: "Although I appoint people on the basis of merit, I also have to show your meritocracy so that I can be promoted." ”

Even if the two of them listened to Yun Xi's words, they couldn't just admit it, and they still praised His Majesty Shengming again and again. Yun Xi just listened quietly and didn't speak, and when they finished speaking, they got down to business.

"Uncle, I have no choice but to appoint you as Zanyi's left minister. Speaking of which, it is not easy to choose the left and right kings of the vassal kingdom. If he is already in a high position now, he may think that he will think that he is derogatory when he comes to the vassal country as the left minister, and he may not really assist Zanyi; And most of the people who were not in a high position had no skills. ”

"I wasted a lot of brains in order to choose the left and right phases, and finally picked out the right phase, but the left phase was never settled, and finally I had to appoint my uncle as the left phase. My uncle is my own family, and I believe that my uncle can understand my last resort and do his best to assist Zanyi. ”

Yun Xi's words were all said about this, and Li Jian could only show understanding, and said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will definitely do his best to assist His Royal Highness King Jingjiang." ”

"Don't worry, now that you have been crowned a hereditary earl, I will transfer you back to the capital in three or five years and be crowned a hereditary marquis, and I will never treat you badly." Yun Xi said again.

Li Jian naturally thanked him again. After a while, he was about to say goodbye and leave, when he suddenly remembered something and asked: "Your Majesty, the minister remembers that His Royal Highness King Jingjiang also discussed with the minister a few days ago whether to change the title, and also made a compromise to His Majesty. The minister dares to ask His Majesty, will he change His Highness's title? ”

"I don't think I need to change it." Yun Xi said: "I think the name Jingjiang is good. Zanyi wanted to change it to a single-word title and change it to King Yue, but I thought it was better to mention the words Nanyue and Annan less. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that all the vassal kings in the world are single-character titles, only His Royal Highness the King of Jingjiang is a double-word title, even if His Royal Highness is a special one among the vassal kings in the world, it is best to be able to treat it uniformly, otherwise His Highness may have some mustard in his heart."

"Besides, even if he is not crowned as the king of Yue, the minister also has a title to be sealed. His Royal Highness can be renamed Jiaowang, and the country name is Jiaozhi. Wouldn't it be better to be called in ancient times and a single-word title. Li Jian said.

"Okay, then I will change the title of Zanyi to Jiaowang." Yun Xi said.

He also understands Zhu Zanyi's knot. In the entire Hongwu Dynasty, there is no clear statement whether King Jingjiang can be regarded as a prince or a county king, and Lao Zhu somehow has set strict standards in other aspects, only the canonization of his nephews is relatively vague.

King Jingjiang's annual salary is 5,000 stones, which is less than the 10,000 stones of the average prince, but more than the 2,000 stones of the county king; He also gave less land than the prince and more than the prince of the county. But at the same time, the official system of the Jingjiang Royal Mansion is similar to that of the prince, at the beginning there were kings, and later after the abolition of the king, there was a long history, which was not available to the county king; What's more, he also has three guards, and many mainland princes do not have as many soldiers and horses as him.

Therefore, after Yunxi succeeded to the throne, referring to Lao Zhu's canonization of his two nieces (the princess of Yu Lu), Zhu Zanyi was identified as the prince; And because he was closest to Annan, this time he was canonized as the king of a feudal domain. But his title is always two words, the same as the king of the county.

Now, it's time for Zanyi to go to the knot. Yun Xi thought.

The matter was agreed, Yun Xi had nothing to say to Li Jian, and Li Jian bowed and retired. Yun Xi turned his head to look at Jing Chang and chatted with him.

Yun Xi attaches great importance to Xu Jingchang. Originally, in his opinion, because there was basically no appearance of the Xu family in the history books after the Yongle Dynasty in the memory of his previous life, he thought that the Xu family had no talents who could support the family business after the death of Xu Huizu's generation, and it would only slowly wither, so he actually didn't pay much attention to the Xu family, and when he conquered the Manchu Boyi, he sent Xu Jingchang to go just because he couldn't get used to seeing the children of Xungui eating idle meals in the capital.

But what he didn't expect was that Xu Jingchang really made a contribution, and he got along well with his colleagues. Yun Xi only then mentioned the importance of him, and this time asked him to come to Annan to fight. Then this time, Xu Jingchang made another contribution, and this time the contribution was so great. Although there is luck, but my own ability also accounts for the majority.

Only then did Yun Xi mention his interest in the Xu family and attach importance to Xu Jingchang. At the same time, Yun Xi was also very puzzled: Since Xu Jingchang is quite capable, why didn't he show it in his previous life?

He thought about it before he thought: The Xu family is a family and two princes in the Yongle Dynasty, I'm afraid Zhu Di is also a little jealous. Especially after the annihilation of Qiu Fumobei's army and Zhu Neng's death, Zhang Fu was the only general who could stand alone among the heroes of Jingnan, and Zhu Di had to reuse many generals handed down from the Hongwu Dynasty, among which there should be many people who were related to the Xu family. Zhu Di himself is not in the right position, Xu Huizu once conspired to overthrow him, he is not normal if he doesn't guard against it, Xu Jingchang can only eat in the capital and wait for death, there is no chance to fight, and he can't show his talent.

Yun Xi and Xu Jingchang talked for a while, and after showing concern, they were about to ask him to step back, when he suddenly noticed that there was a person sitting next to Mu Sheng who he didn't recognize, and he was curious when he saw that the official uniform was only a hundred households. Thinking that Xu Jingchang was also sitting at the same table before he came up, he pointed to this person and asked, "Jingchang, who is this person?" Why are you sitting there? ”

Xu Jingchang looked back, and immediately turned his head and replied: "Your Majesty, this person is one of the hundred households of Wudewei in the capital, named Cao Zheng, and his father is Cao Xing, Marquis of Huaiyuan. ”

"I said, it turned out to be Cao Xing's son, no wonder I can sit at your table, I don't remember that he is one of the people who has a lot of credit." Yun Xi suddenly realized.

"How good is Cao Zheng's ability to command troops to fight?" He asked again.

"Your Majesty, in the opinion of Yichen, Cao Zheng still has the talent to lead troops to fight, but his heart is not here, and he has no credit."

Xu Jingchang's words box opened: "Your Majesty, Cao Zheng has not been interested in the two right paths of civil and military affairs since he was a child, and he neither likes to read, nor does he like to learn martial arts and military books. He has a very special hobby, he likes to think about strange things. ”

For example, he once stared at the ant nest for a long time, and wondered how the ants talked to each other; For example, he once bought a little white rabbit and went home to kill it, but he didn't eat meat, but to see if the rabbit's body was the same as a human. ”

After the age of thirteen or fourteen, he stopped thinking about it, but became fascinated by geography. It stands to reason that it is not a bad thing to be fascinated by geography, and it is a mediocrity to be ignorant of geography. But he was still different, and wanted to wonder how so much terrain was formed, and why there were mountains between heaven and earth. ”

What made Huaiyuanhou even more angry was that he actually pondered astronomy, muttering all day long why the sun, moon and stars hung in the sky and did not fall. This astronomy has always been the wonder of the people of Qin Tianjian, how can ordinary people do such a thing? ”

Xu Jingchang babbled a lot, he was thirsty, picked up the wine glass and took a sip of wine, and was about to say more, when he suddenly realized the emperor opposite, and suddenly panicked.

'Oh my God, what did I say?' His Majesty asked Cao Zheng how well he was fighting, and I told the truth, so why bother saying so much? It's because Your Majesty was too approachable just now, and told me about Aunt Miaojin, and I regarded him as an uncle for a while. Your Majesty has always hated the military generals who are indiscriminate, and when you hear that he is so unscrupulous, you still don't drive him out of the army? If Uncle Cao knew that it was because of my words, how would I still have the face to go to their house for the New Year? Xu Jingchang thought in his heart.

He wanted to open his mouth to make amends, but no matter how he thought about it, he felt that it was not good to say anything, so he just looked at Yun Xi with a nervous face, hoping that Yun Xi was not thinking about when to drive Cao Zheng out of the army.

How did he know that Yun Xi was very surprised in his heart at this time, very, very, very surprised.

I don't know how Yunxi was in ancient times, but judging from the history books he read, since the Han Dynasty at the latest, Chinese people have been light on theory and practical, for a certain natural phenomenon, few people will study why it is so, most people have mastered its laws and can use or avoid risks. For example, the invention of the geokinetic instrument. The geodynamic instrument was invented in the Han Dynasty, but no one thought about it anymore after someone came up with a set of theories of Shinto.

This is also the trickiest part of Yunxi's long-standing desire to develop technology. He can provide all kinds of convenience for scientific research, but without anyone to conduct reliable research, what he does is useless.

I finally found someone who could really be a scientist. I must not let him go. Yun Xi thought to herself.

After a long time, he forcibly suppressed his excitement and said to Xu Jingchang lightly: "I see, I know, you can step down." ”