The eunuchs and soldiers of the Jinyiwei surrounded the imperial carriage and walked to the Wulong Bridge. The carriage stopped for a while, and Pei Youzhen got out of the car.

As soon as the team crossed the Five Dragon Bridge, they looked at Chengtian Gate. Pei Youzhen didn’t have to go to the palace at this time, and it was right for him to say goodbye to the emperor here.

The imperial carriage drove again, and Pei Youzhen stood beside the road, bowing to the carriage. He found that many civil and military eunuchs accompanying him had strange eyes. No matter what kind of mood people were in, they paid great attention to Pei Youzhen; after all, he had just ridden with the emperor.

He was a man who was not good-looking and looked like a farmer. He once taught those illiterate and rough martial artists to read in the Han Palace. How could he have thought that he would have the honor and status he is today?

Pei Youzhen was slightly ecstatic and soon came back to her senses. She clasped her fists at the eunuch of the Sili Prison behind the Luang Carriage and said, "Please stay with you, Eunuch Wang."

Wang Gui was also very proud of his face, so he came over immediately and said angrily: "What can we do to serve Mr. Pei?"

"I dare not, but I dare." Pei Youzhen said. People like him who have low background seem to have a problem, that is, they are often not confident enough, and when facing people with some status, their posture is often too low; even if the other party is just a castrator.

Wang Gui turned his head and looked at the team passing by the Wulong Bridge one after another, showed a deliberate smile, waiting for Pei Youzhen.

Pei Youzhen said, "The Lord has just been in the car and talked about something with me. I want to check the related old files so that if the Lord talks about this matter again and again, I have nothing to say. The ancient and modern Tongjiku will not go to the main hall and Wenyuan Pavilion Kuan Building. I want to go there often to check some books in the past few days. I hope that the prince will say hello to the eunuch guards in the gatehouse, so I will have less trouble."

Wang Gui said: "No problem, our family will remember this matter in our hearts."

Pei Youzhen said: "Zheng He and Wang Jinghong's voyage to the West may have recorded some matters that should be stored in the Sili Supervisory Bureau. Can you borrow the files about Zhenla, Siam, and Champa?"

Wang Gui said happily: "Our family has to ask everyone to find it first. I will send it to the Ministry of War tomorrow afternoon, how about it?"

Pei Youzhen bowed and said, "Thank you, Eunuch Wang."

Wang Gui said: "Mr. Pei is doing the errand of the emperor. It is a matter of our family to do it for convenience. Goodbye."

Pei Youzhen also turned around and walked back, thinking for a while as she walked.

He went to North Korea with a boat and sent a trip to Japan. It was about to be late next month, and there was still more than a month. In the past month, he was going to do two things, one was the thing he had just talked with Wang Gui, and the other was to find musicians from the Jiaofangsi to re-edit the song. Pei Youzhen was an official of the Ministry of War and could not control the Jiaofangsi, but he had to say that it was an imperial edict, and things would definitely be convenient.

When Pei Youzhen returned to the study of the Ministry of War, she habitually sat in meditation for a while. This is very popular among civil servants, and it is called retreating and self-reflection. Pei Youzhen tried her best to learn how to become an official, and gradually formed a habit.

He had no intention of thinking about whether there were any omissions in his performance in front of the emperor today.

Pei Youzhen suddenly remembered what she said a few days ago with Hou Hai in a restaurant outside the imperial city.

Hou Hai said that we are the confidants of the priests, but we do not speak enough in the temple. Why? There are too few old officials in the Han Palace, and those people in the court were left too many; we are trusted by the priests, but we have no reputation among all the officials. As an official, we are at most favored ministers and cannot be considered ministers.

Look at Xia Yuanji, he often has the opposite view of the emperor, but his words are effective. Those who are in high positions and powerful in the court, such as Jian Yi, Ru Yi, Lu Zhen, and Hu Guang, think he is reliable. To put it bluntly, even if Xie Jin says something, his voice is louder than us. He is at least as talented as a scholar in Jiangxi...

Pei Youzhen thought about it and felt that what Hou Hai said made sense. But he thought about his background. If he hadn't been to the emperor by chance, what other minister could he be?

After thinking about it, Pei Youzhen still believed that the right way to get the right ability to be recognized by the emperor first.

As for the new and old policies, Pei Youzhen really doesn't care much. He is neither the steady and steady of Xia Yuanji nor Hu Yi's ambitions; he believes that compared with the ministers in the court, the only difference is not only the party members.

For several consecutive days, Pei Youzhen read all the files that he could find. The records of those countries in Nanyang were rarely cared about in the court before; if the officials responsible for managing the old files had not followed the rules and took them out to dry from time to time, it would have been probably destroyed by insects now.

However, the emperor did not talk about the matter in Southeast Asia again, and Pei Youzhen gradually felt that he probably had a waste of work. But it didn't matter, as it was said that he was prepared for any trouble.

It was not until more than half a month later that the eunuch Wang Gui suddenly came to the Ministry of War and found Pei Youzhen.

Wang Gui seemed a little anxious and said, "What other tea should I drink? Hurry up and go to Donghunting Pavilion with our house. The emperor is waiting to see you."

Pei Youzhen hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"

Wang Gui said: "The emperor was discussing major issues with several ministers. He asked about the entanglements in Annan, Cham, Zhenla and other places. No one could explain them clearly. Rubutang, who is usually very proficient in foreign vassals, did not explain them clearly. Our family just inserted a sentence next to it, perhaps the Minister of War, Mr. Pei, knew very well. Then the emperor immediately issued an order and asked our family to come and pass on Mr. Pei to come in."

Pei Youzhen looked down at the official robe on his body, then reached out to hold on to the black hat, and said, "Please, Eunuch Wang."

The two set off immediately. The courtiers went to the East Nuan Pavilion from Qianbulang Office, which was really far away; the two tried to walk as fast as possible, and they had walked for a long time. They had to go to Chengtian Gate, Duanmen, and Meridian Gate first, and then pass the East Corner Gate next to Fengtian Gate, pass the three gates next to the three halls, and then enter the Ganqing Gate... Then they walked up to the slanting corridor and came outside the East Nuan Pavilion.

Wang Gui asked Pei Youzhen to follow him into the door. The two of them arrived at the place and bypassed a partition. Sure enough, they saw several ministers inside.

When Pei Youzhen performed the bowing ceremony, he heard Zhu Gaoxu's voice saying, "Pe Youzhen is exempt from rituals. I want to know the affairs of Chameng, what do you know about the relationship between Siam (Thai), Zhen La (all Cambodia, southern Laos, southern Vietnam), and Chameng (central and southern Vietnam). "

"I think that if you want to clarify the relationship between the countries in the south, Annan is indispensable." Pei Youzhen got up from the ground and said.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "It's very good."

Pei Youzhen pondered for a moment, clasped his fists and said, "I have reported to the emperor. For hundreds of years, Zhen La Kingdom has actually made enemies on the east and west sides, and at the same time has long-term grudges with Siam and Champa, and has attacked each other. The same is true for Champa, which has fought against Zhen La Kingdom in the west and Annan Kingdom in the north. Annan Kingdom has fought against the Central Plains court in the north and Champa in the south at different times.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhenla mainly faced the attack of the newly-starred Ayutthaya dynasty in Siam (also known as the Ayutthaya dynasty), and its offensive against Cham City had been reduced. By the Yongle period, because Annan was destroyed by our dynasty, Cham City had already surrendered to our dynasty. After regaining the lost land in the north occupied by Annan, Cham City turned to the west to attack Zhenla.

At this time, the relationship between the four countries was Annan, and the war was calmed down between Champa, and Zhen La was facing the attack from Siam, Champa."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Mr. Pei made it clear and simple."

Pei Youzhen was greatly encouraged and said, "There have been too deep a grudge between Annan and Chameng in the past few decades. The temporary peace is just because our army intervenes. Once the situation changes slightly, the two countries will soon break out again.

Because since the beginning of Hongwu, the two countries have attacked each other many times, and countless soldiers and civilians have been killed or injured, which is a bloody feud. Chameng once captured the capital of Annan, Shenglong, three times, and looted and slaughtered.

During the period of chaos in Annan, the Hu family also captured the capital of Chameng, Vijaya (Naihua), ransacked the city, and occupied a large area of ​​land including Da Nang and Hoi An. After the Hu family was captured by the Ming Dynasty's official army, Chameng took back everything and occupied the Hue area of ​​Annan."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "During the Yongle period, our dynasty established the Jiaozhi Administrator's Office in Annan Kingdom, and the entire territory of Annan Kingdom was once under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty. Since Champa had already earned his respects, why did he still occupy Shunzhou, Huazhou and other places?"

Pei Youzhen worshiped and said, "The Lord is clear about it. There was a dispute in the land of Hue (North of Da Nang), but it was originally the land of Chameng Kingdom.

During the Yuan Dynasty, the Yuan army threatened Annan. Annan country adjusted its national policy, formed an alliance in the south and fought against the enemy in the north. So Annan country married a princess of the Chen family to the king of Chameng. At that time, Chameng was also afraid of the Yuan army, so he used the land of Hue as a betrothal gift to form an alliance between the two countries.

But later the Yuan army gave up the plan to expedition to Annan. As soon as the external threat disappeared, the old grievances of the two countries immediately intensified due to a trivial matter and war broke out again. It was roughly because Princess Annan was not buried alive and was taken back to Shenglong; Chameng Kingdom believed that it was an insult to the royal family, so it sent troops to fight in the north.

The land of Hue has changed hands several times, but now no one can tell whose land should be. Also, due to the "Advancement of Annan Kingdom", Chameng Kingdom wanted to take advantage of the situation and help the Ming Dynasty's official army attack the Hu family very hard, so the Ming Dynasty court did not care about the gains and losses of two cities and one place."

"So that's it." Zhu Gaoxu nodded, "Has there been any mistakes in what you said?"

Pei Youzhen thought about it and said with a fist: "I read all the old files of the Wenyuan Pavilion and the Wenyuan Pavilion and the Lishu file, and summarized them. If there are any details or omissions, there should be no differences."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I am very pleased to do my best to do my country's affairs. However, the affairs of Japan are more urgent. The army will go out to sea later this month. You can hand over the archives you have to the Minister of War Qi Tai, and take care of the matter in front of you first."

Pei Youzhen bowed and said, "I obey the order."

He retreated to the official team and found that after he became popular today, his colleagues' reaction seemed a little cold. Even Qi Tai only cast a look of praise and did not polite Pei Youzhen in public.

Pei Youzhen felt a little moved for a moment, but she couldn't capture what she was feeling at this time.
Chapter completed!