Chapter 21 Chapter 127

In the early morning, chirping and chirping outside the window, the birds chirping. In the room, Xia Xun and Xiao Ying were still lying down, sleeping soundly. Dangdang The melodious bell rang, and Xia Xun immediately opened his eyes like a conditioned reflex. Could it be that Ji Gang is calling? Blinking his eyes, Xia Xun woke up, turned his head slightly, and then smiled, beside him was the lovely Sakura, not Ji Gang's ferocious and desperate face in the dream. Xiao Ying lay on her side like a bow, nestling in his arms, her smooth and naked body was slightly cool in the warmth, like a piece of warm jade.His big hands were resting on Xiao Sakura's round buttocks, which were plump, smooth, firm, soft, and elastic, and had always been a beauty he never tired of playing with.

Xia Xun's slight turn around awakened Xiao Ying. With her eyes still closed, Xiao Ying habitually approached him, wrapping her soft and tender arms around his neck, and said lazily: Are you awake?Elder brother is too lazy, I haven't got up early to do exercises these two days! woke up!Every time I hear this bell, I wake up! Xia Xun patted her buttocks with a smile, and said: "One piece, one relaxation, the way of civil and martial arts."You have to relax once in a while, don't worry, I will start practicing exercises tomorrow! Xia Xun lifted the quilt, looked at her flat and firm abdomen, and said with a chuckle, "Look, you haven't gotten fatter, and you haven't lost your shape!"

The bell came from the Yongle Great Bell. After the bell was cast, it was hung in the palace, and it would ring every morning. At this time, Yanjing City was not blocked by so many high-rise buildings in modern times, and there were not so many noisy voices in modern times. , so once it rang, everyone within a hundred miles could hear it. The posthouse where Xia Xun lived was not very far from the palace, so he could hear it very clearly. Xiao Ying is still sleepy, sleepy in spring and autumn, this is the season of drowsiness, not to mention that since Qiao Yun became pregnant, she can only bear Xia Xun's attack, and every time he has to be exhausted by Xia Xun, he is happy, Sakura became even more lazy.

She covered her mouth and yawned coquettishly, then leaned into Xia Xun's arms again, eyes still closed, and said softly: Since you don't get up early, let's sleep a little longer. Xia Xun let out a hum, rested her arms on her pillow, opened her eyes, but she was no longer sleepy. It is already April, and the emperor has no plans to return to Nanjing. Zhu Di loves this place very much. He used to be an emperor and could not stay here for too long. Now the imperial court has officially designated Yanjing as the future capital of the country. , he can live in a stately manner. Look at this, he will have to live in Yanjing for at least a few more months, and maybe he will return to Nanjing after the summer.

In the north, the transformation of Tatar is at a critical moment. It is a brain-dead behavior to engage in farming on the grasslands. Farming under such a geographical environment, even if it succeeds, will inevitably destroy the grassland environment. After a hundred years, soil erosion and desertification of the entire grassland will not benefit future generations, but will cause disaster for thousands of years. Therefore, the received Tatars still arrange them to engage in nomadic pastoralism, but on the one hand, they break down their ruling system, on the one hand, they strengthen their dependence on the farming nation, on the other hand, they carry out cultural education, and through the transformation of other aspects besides the production model, the They merged in step by step. This is a long-term process. For now, it is going well.

The Oala side, after being extremely weakened, is no longer a scourge. As expected, the Oirat tribes fought among themselves, even though they knew that it was easy for Da Ming to take advantage of it, and it was what Da Ming liked. choose. Princess Samuel, Mrs. Huo'a, Batu Polo, who is willing to hand over power generously? Even if they were far-sighted and willing to make such a sacrifice, who among the leaders of their tribe would agree?They were already too weak to compete with Daming, and they had to kill each other in this situation. They had long since lost their former glory.In order to win, they even sought help from leaders of local regimes such as Hami and Bieshabali who had been bullied by them in the past.

Therefore, it is impossible for Oala to unify Tatar more than ten years later, and then look south to the Central Plains, as it did in history. Now it is just to see when Ming can free up its hands to accept and transform it. In the south, the Annan War was temporarily over. Chen Jikuo was defeated by Zhang Fu, and finally he was captured alive and sent to Nanjing. At present, Jiaozhi will enter a period of peace. Time has changed, Xia Xun no longer insists on his previous views so much. Yes, Annan can be said to be a quagmire, a quagmire that dragged Daming into it, and the gains outweighed the losses.However, in the original history, why did Ming give up Annan?

The huge consumption and the loss outweighed the losses, of course it was a reason, but the main reason was that in the north at that time, Wala had already conquered the Tartars, unified the grasslands, and looked south to the Central Plains aggressively. The land continues to fight endlessly in the south.Now that the north is out of order, it is not impossible to set up counties in Annanyong. The politicians of Ming Dynasty are not a bunch of idiots, if possible, they will not give up the opportunity to expand the territory.For this, it is not possible to make a more accurate prediction for the time being, and it depends on the future development of the situation before making a choice.

The main section of the Grand Canal has been dredged, and this river of life has regained its vitality. More than 3,000 flat-bottomed barges can transport 5 million tons of grain (equivalent to 300 million catties of grain) every year. Together with sea transportation, it will become An important means to guarantee the water transportation of the Ming Dynasty. The transportation of grain from the south to the north is an inevitable trend of historical development. The current technical means and crop varieties cannot greatly increase the yield of crops in the north. Due to the weather, the planting time of crops in the north is very short, so we must rely on grain from the south to the north. Fortunately, but the imperial court is also trying to improve the development of agriculture in the north, and the yield per mu cannot be greatly increased, but there is a wasteland in the north that no one cultivates, so you can use your brains on the cultivated area.

Now Emperor Yongle has greatly reduced the agricultural tax in the north, and even exempted the agricultural tax in the surrounding areas of Yanjing to stimulate land reclamation and farming. Sai Hazhi has been promoted to the commander of Jinyiwei, and went to Tianjin to preside over the construction of the Jinyiwei Yamen and the expansion and training of Jinyiwei.Once Ji Gang died, the tree fell and the monkeys scattered, his Eight Great King Kong and many confidants were all finished, and a series of conspiracies against Xia Xun naturally ended without a problem. The busiest place right now is the south.

General scholars from the north, such as Liu Jingting, have already gone south, and started a fierce debate with scholars from the south.This matter was no longer to defend Xia Xun's personal reputation, but a collision of two thoughts. Xia Xun not only used northern shilin to compete with southern shilin, but also launched a mass movement extensively. He used propaganda methods such as storytellers and opera performances. Story books, storytelling, opera jokes, go deep into the folks to promote performances. At the beginning, Ji Gang tried to use Shilin to influence the officialdom and hit Xia Xun. This was from the outside to the inside, from the bottom up.Now Xia Xun is taking advantage of the opportunity of Shilin's fierce debate to use various propaganda methods in the entire Ming Dynasty, starting from the common people, starting from these people who are most likely to be changed and agitated, and also from the outside to the inside, from the bottom to the bottom. superior. The diehards among the southern scholars have now been submerged in the vast ocean of the people's movement, and there is no time to take him into consideration. The current situation of Shuangyu was as expected by Xia Xun. The relationship between them and the Zhedong Navy was deteriorating.This is not because someone wants to use Shuangyu as a breakthrough to deal with Xia Xun, but that Shuangyu Wei and Zhedong Navy have always had irreconcilable conflicts, which will inevitably explode after a long period of accumulation. A navy composed entirely of pirates has long-standing grievances with other eastern Zhejiang naval forces, and it alone controls the commercial power in the eastern Zhejiang sea area, and other forces have no way to intervene. This kind of contradiction cannot be solved at all. resolve. Xia Xun's attitude towards Shuangyu is very intriguing. In the past, as long as someone moved Shuangyu's finger, he would stand up for Shuangyu, but now he is prevaricating with various reasons. This kind of practice of keeping a low profile is not in line with Xia Xun's Has always been the character.But he had already blown the wind to Xu Hu through Su Ying, and those straight-hearted pirates didn't know Xia Xun's real plan. In addition to paying attention to these things, Xia Xun is of course also busy with many private affairs, and those private affairs are not enough for outsiders to understand. Xia Xun lay there, from the south to the north, from state affairs to family affairs, all kinds of things, thought about it carefully, and let out a slow breath: In about another year, I will be almost ready. Now There is only one opportunity missing. With so many people and such a huge operation, if there is no good opportunity, I am afraid that you will be exposed as soon as you take action. This opportunity is hard to find. Xia Xun thought hard for a long, long time, a strange light flashed in his eyes: If yes!This is a feasible way! Xiao Ying woke up at some time, and was looking at him with her cheeks on her cheeks. Her pair of seductive and criminal light blue eyes accurately caught the strange light flashing in his eyes, and she couldn't help asking: "Brother, what are you doing?" What are you thinking? The light in Xia Xun's eyes suddenly faded away, and without even a pause, he replied naturally: I'm thinking about life. Xiao Sakura curled her lips and said: Tch, when you show that look, you are planning something, don't think I don't know. Xia Xun smiled and said: "What's so strange about this, if you know what I'm planning, then that's your skill." Sakura said: Then how can I guess? She approached excitedly and asked: Then tell me, what are you planning? Xia Xun turned sideways and said in a low voice: Let me tell you, brother is setting up a big situation. Sakura turned around angrily, and pointed her butt at him in protest: Humph!You have no serious words with others! Xia Xun smiled, lay down slowly, and murmured to himself: When a fake is true, it is also a fake, who knows if it is serious or not?