The expeditionary force boarded the ship and set off.
In addition to the more than 10,000 soldiers from the capital, the other nearly 8,000 are talents in various fields.
Physician.
It's extremely cold here in the north. Colds and fevers are extremely normal phenomena. There may be more troublesome things, so a doctor is naturally indispensable.
Including medicinal materials for reducing fever, dispelling cold, and anti-freeze, you must also bring them.
artisan.
Some are firearms craftsmen, and some in other fields.
Firearms will inevitably need to be repaired, and the main ones they carry are muskets. Cannons are obviously too heavy and are not suitable.
There are some indigenous people living in the entire northern border, but the number is pitifully small. Let alone firecrackers, the soldiers can easily defeat them with a cold weapon charge.
The fire gun is mainly used to prevent wild beasts, and after arriving in North America, it can effectively kill the enemy in the event of a conflict with the local indigenous people.
There are others with special talents.
For example, those in Qintian Prison know Feng Shui and Kanyu, those in Jinyiwei are more talented in languages, and there are also those in charge of recording, drawing maps, etc.
All in all, this configuration is very complete.
Here Touhuang sees great strength.
Xu Huizu went to Tubo to fight a tug-of-war. It was too far away from the capital, and the delay in military reporting was too high. Moreover, in Xu Huizu's situation, if he wanted to win steadily, it would be difficult to make any major changes in a short period of time.
Zhu Ying turned his attention to Nanyang again.
Public opinion is really a good thing. The emergence of Di Bao, especially after it spread on a large scale throughout the Ming Dynasty, made it easier for the court to control people's hearts.
It's still the same routine, just like recruiting soldiers.
Zhu Ying's order arrived at the Di Bao Department and asked them to publicize the benefits of going to Nanyang.
For example, in Nanyang, money can be picked up everywhere, opportunities to make a fortune are everywhere, and the scenery is very beautiful.
A certain family made tens of thousands of dollars from a trip to Nanyang.
How much does a certain worker earn a month working in Nanyang?
"Well, why do I suddenly feel like I've deceived people into northern Burma?"
Zhu Ying thought with some confusion.
Of course, this is all for better immigration.
Today's Nanyang is in a different situation from that of later generations.
The first is the deterrent power of the Ming Dynasty there, with the navy stationed near the sea and the vassal king Wu Wang sitting in charge.
As long as you have a household registration in the Ming Dynasty, you will be considered superior there.
If there was a lawsuit, the local government would normally favor the Ming people. They were just vassals and did not want to cause disputes.
Now the coastal waters of Annan, Champa, and Chenla are all under the jurisdiction of the Ming Navy.
How could the miscellaneous soldiers in Malacca be compared with the Ming Dynasty's regular army? It was like a handover. When the Ming Dynasty Navy arrived in Malacca, the local indigenous people knowingly gave way.
However, after receiving the latest information, Zhu Ying was speechless.
Because of Ming Dynasty's propaganda, many people went to occupy the city.
Due to the deterrence of the Ming Dynasty navy, it was difficult for the Champa government to do anything, so that it was unable to manage it.
Song Zhong and Zhu Yunwen joined forces to set up a Chinese school and dealt a severe blow to the Champa nobles.
Especially some big nobles are the primary targets.
Although Zhan Wangcha was not a puppet, most of the political power was in the hands of the nobles. After these nobles were eliminated, Zhan Wangcha also wanted to take back his power, but Song Zhong and Zhu Yunwen naturally refused.
Simply support some small nobles to carry out the division.
Therefore, the current Champa can only be described with a random word.
Nowadays, Champa City is full of gangs and mafia.
Initially it was Caobang.
Those who could not survive in the Ming Dynasty began to move on a large scale after tasting the benefits of Champa.
Zhu Ying cracked down heavily on the gangs within the Ming Dynasty. Especially after the establishment of the Public Security Department throughout the Ming Dynasty, many gangs disappeared.
storage space.
Caobang is one of them.
Because sea trade was profitable, the Caogang gang who originally engaged in inland water transport also pooled some money to buy ships. Most of the backbones followed the transportation and brought them to Champa to sell them, and soon earned their first pot of gold.
In Champa City, the leader of the Cao Gang was surprised to find that the government here was actually very weak, and in many cases, everything was done based on money.
Whoever gives more money will get more conveniences.
The leader of the Cao Gang suddenly realized that this situation was not a blessed place for the gang.
After returning to Daming, he immediately decided to go to Champa with a large number of gang members.
If you don't want to go along, you can quit the association if you pay some settlement fees.
In less than two months, Caobang quickly took root in Champa and began to gradually expand.
The size of his gang expanded rapidly and was actually more powerful than it was at the peak of the Ming Dynasty.
This is incredible.
The Ming Dynasty didn't bother to deal with the Cao Gang's collusion with some local officials.
As a result, Caobang was able to quickly establish his own personal relationships.
Even the navy stationed there had contacts with King Wu.
It didn't take long for the news of the Cao Gang to reach the gangs in Daming.
Their life in Ming Dynasty was really difficult.
Except for some with real backgrounds, most gangs have found it difficult to develop under the crackdown of the Department of Public Security, and the brothers in the gangs can hardly afford to eat.
As for the Caobang's trip to Nanyang, news spread quickly in the world.
Some people began to laugh at how there was any profit in such a barbarian land.
However, the slap in the face came so quickly that there was no time to react.
When the news came back to the Ming Dynasty, the Cao Gang had grown to a size of 3,000 people in Nanyang, including a large number of barbarians, and they even had their own territory.
"Can his Cao Gang afford to support three thousand people?"
Three thousand people is a big gang. When the gangs in the Ming Dynasty were not cracked down before, the average big gang only had four to five thousand people.
Now in the Ming Dynasty, there are two or three people, and they are already very good.
I heard that the Cao Gang was doing well in Champa, and the gangs in the Ming Dynasty naturally did not want to let go of this fragrant steamed bun.
They all started to raise money to buy boats and find connections to go to sea.
The purpose is to go to Champa.
Dozens of gangs came to Champa one after another.
Today's Champa can be said to be a world dominated by gangs.
After Song Zhong completed the affairs of the Han Academy, he returned to the Ming Dynasty.
"Your Highness, the current situation in Champa is like a turbulent time. These gangs will do anything to seize territory. They will use poisoning, sneak attacks, assassinations, they will do anything."
"When we got to the back, we went crazy and started fighting on the dock along the coast, completely ignoring the surrounding situation."
"Fortunately, the navy sent troops to suppress it, otherwise the entire dock would have been in chaos, and many foreign businessmen would have been affected."
"The stationed navy commander Jin Kaishan called all the gang leaders together, re-established the rules, and ordered them not to hurt innocent people, not to poison, and not to use firecrackers on a large scale."
"These lunatics had their cannons out at that time. I don't know where they got so many matchlocks. I also saw that they were not produced in our Ming Dynasty."
"The Champa government is like a waste. Some yamen have dozens of people. They are not even as good as a gang, and they don't have two guns. I'm really worried that when they go to suppress it, they will be killed by the gang above."
"Most of the top leaders of these gangs are from the Ming Dynasty. King Zhan did not dare to send out troops for fear of causing disputes with our Ming Dynasty."
"His Royal Highness King Wu collected a lot of money from gangs to help suppress the Champa government. However, Commander Jin set the rules. When these gangs took action, they restrained themselves a lot. At least they would no longer affect merchants and residents."
"But the owner of a restaurant or shop on the territory of these gangs,
Everyone had to hand over their members' money to ensure safety, so various gangs began to fight for territory, and there were some internal rules for fighting. "
Listening to Song Zhong's narration, Zhu Ying had a sense of déjà vu as the Young and Dangerous Boys of Hong Kong in later generations.
However, the current situation of occupying the city is more in line with the interests of Ming Dynasty.
Originally, Zhu Ying wanted to cause chaos in Champa, and from another perspective, these gangs could be regarded as immigrants.
"They fought hard, were there any serious casualties?" Zhu Ying asked casually.
He was more concerned about the situation of the Ming people there.
Song Zhong replied: "These gangs are also smart. Most of them have bought big ships. While fighting for territory, they also engage in maritime trade."
"The life of the local Zhan people is very poor. They are willing to do it for just a few dollars. The main casualties are those Zhan people or sailors recruited from other countries."
"There is also a slave trade there. Those who came from the Ming Dynasty are also worried about their own safety. Those who are in other places are just to make some money. Why bother fighting with your own family? Therefore, we have made a rule that you are not allowed to kill your compatriots without fighting to the death. If you are captured, you can spend money to ransom the person."
"There are inevitably some casualties, but overall it's pretty good."
Zhu Ying is quite satisfied with this.
Although our Ming Dynasty has a large population, it is not lost so casually.
.....
The back hall of Kunning Palace.
The people living here are naturally Zhu Ying's concubines.
As the Crown Princess, Ye Yueqing lived in the main hall in the middle.
Currently, including Ye Yueqing, Zhu Ying already has seven concubines.
In terms of sleeping, it happens to be a seven-day rotation.
Except for Ye Yueqing and Xu Miaojin, they are Han Chinese.
Others come from Goryeo, Annan, Japan, Champa, and Chenla.
Goryeo, Annan, Japan, and luckily here, they all have Asian faces.
Chenla and Champa are both of mixed Chinese and Western descent.
I have to admit, it has a different flavor.
In fact, normally speaking, in the princely stage, there are very few people like Zhu Ying who have seven concubines.
If it were another prince, it would be easy for civil servants to accuse him of being obsessed with beauty.
Even Prince Zhu Biao only has one side.
The other princes are roughly the same, such as Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, and Zhu Di. Even if they have become vassal princes, they have not said that they want to marry concubines.
But under the current situation, no minister dared to say anything.
At the beginning, when Zhu Ying had not rectified the Yanguan, some Yanguan did report to Zhu Yuanzhang to impeach His Highness Taisun for being obsessed with beauty.
Originally, this was just a process for Yan Guan. Whether His Majesty would punish the grandson had little to do with them.
But when he received this memorial, Zhu Yuanzhang became furious.
Our eldest grandson finally came back.
How much suffering you endured outside.
Ten years of life and death.
Do you know how our eldest grandson came here in the past ten years?
Now that you're back, why can't you enjoy it?
Zhu Yuanzhang did not hit the speech officials before, so that they could serve as supervisors and say things that would not be a crime of speech.
But when it comes to my grandson, I'm sorry, so we can only make an exception.
Immediately, he asked Jin Yiwei to severely beat the official who had submitted the impeachment report to the grandson.
It wouldn't be fatal, but at least he would have to lie in bed for several months, and half his life would be lost.
Zhu Ying didn't know about this. From then on, there was no case of officials impeaching the grandson.
Everyone knows that Taisun is His Majesty's reverse scale.
A letter was sent from the eunuch's hands to the back hall of Kunning Palace.
"Empress, this is sent from Champa, Nanyang. The sender is Na Fei's father."
The eunuch respectfully handed the letter into Ye Yueqing's hand.
As the master of the apse, Ye Yueqing faces the side
The concubine has great power.
For the food and clothing of the concubines, the maids and eunuchs, even if they want to leave the rear palace, need Ye Yueqing's permission.
Except for Xu Miaojin, the other concubines are from other countries, so the delivery of letters also requires Ye Yueqing's consent and review.
"No need to read it, just send it to Na Fei."
"Yes, concubine."
In fact, in Ye Yueqing's view, although these concubines gained glory and wealth when they married far away from the capital, they also lost a lot of things.
In other aspects, Ye Yueqing never skimped on anything.
In the room on the left side of the apse.
Ananya is copying and painting.
The painting used for copying was said to have been painted by a painter from Oparo when he saw the Ming Dynasty treasure ship arriving at the port dock along the coast of Champa.
At the auction house here in the capital, the price of seven thousand gold coins was sold for a sky-high price.
The news reached Zhu Ying's ears. He heard that the painting was about Champa, so he sent someone to buy it and give it to Ananya, so as to remember his hometown.
Ananya used a paintbrush to apply paint, looked at the scene on the left, and carefully applied it to her own painting.
This painting has been mostly completed. From a distance, it looks similar to the one on the left, but if you look closely, there are many differences.
This is not the first time Ananya has copied. She has learned painting before, but the technique of copying painting comes from Europe, so it is very different.
The biggest difference is the color of the two paintings.
The paints used by Anania were obviously brighter than those copied from the painting. In comparison, the tone of the original painting was a bit gray.
This is because the paints of the Ming Dynasty were better than those of Europe.
"Empress."
There was a knock on the door. In fact, the door was not closed, but it was impossible for the eunuch to come in casually.
Ananya, who heard the sound, didn't pay attention. Her hand shook and her strokes were crooked. Obviously, the painting was ruined.
But she wasn't angry, and she was still studying.
"come in."
"Yes, concubine."
The eunuch outside the door walked in after getting permission, then bowed and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, here is a letter from Champa, sent by your father."
A hint of surprise flashed in Ananya's eyes, and she quickly said: "Bring it here quickly."
The eunuch handed the letter respectfully, then took two steps back and stood at the door.
Ananya said casually: "You go down first."
"Yes, concubine."
Ananya was very happy to receive the letter from home. She walked to the table under the window sill, carefully opened the letter, and then unfolded it all.
The letter was written in divination script, and Ananya read it carefully.
But as she continued to watch, the luster in Ananya's eyes became weaker and weaker.
The content of the letter mainly talks about the current situation of occupying the city.
Nowadays, many gangs have suddenly appeared in Champa, all founded by people from the Ming Dynasty.
They had a great influence on Champa, arbitrarily dividing the territory of various cities in Champa and collecting protection fees.
The competition between them had a great influence, and even occupied the port.
He was the governor of the port and his power was now greatly affected.
He hoped that his daughter would intercede and ask his grandson to help, and use the power of the Ming Navy to consolidate his power.
The reason Ananya's mood gradually became depressed was because she didn't see any concern for herself in her father's letters. All the words were about how to maintain her power.
Not even a word of missing you.
Ananya put away the letter, her originally shining eyes dimmed, and she felt a little depressed.
Looking out the window, Ananya was in a trance.
She actually knew that her father never cared much about her.
When he was very young, his father discovered his beauty and planned to use himself as a marriage tool.
The reason why it was not decided quickly was because my father was waiting for a price.
Until King Zhan proposed to donate a princess to the great grandson of the Ming Dynasty, my father took it out himself.
Now, as he wished, he had really become the concubine of the great grandson of the Ming Dynasty due to some strange combination of circumstances.
And my father also jumped from an ordinary nobleman to the governor of the coastal port of Champa.
Even though he was just a port governor, he seemed to have a small area under his jurisdiction, but in fact he was the most popular official position in Champa.
Many big nobles in Champa competed for this, because it involved most of the taxes in Champa and was the most profitable place.
"As you wish, my father."
Ananya sighed and carefully placed the letter in the dresser drawer.
Then he got up and walked outside the house.
If she wants to ask her grandson for help, she must first get Ye Yueqing's consent.
Just when Ananya was about to go out, a child jumped over and ran over.
"Mother, mother, I heard that there is a letter from my grandfather. I want to read it, I want to read it."
Behind the child, there were two palace ladies running over.
When he saw Ananya, he quickly lowered his head and saluted: "Your Majesty."
This child, who will soon be three years old, is the child Ananya gave birth to Zhu Ying, Zhu Wenzhan.
"Mom, I still have to go to my aunt's place. Let's take a look after you come back, okay?"
Looking at Xiao Wenzhan, Ananya, who was originally a little depressed, suddenly felt brighter.
Women are weak by nature, but mothers are strong.
Ananya thought a lot. She really wanted to help her father, not only because she was her daughter, but also because of her own child, the future king of divination.
She knew that Zhu Yunwen, the grandson of the Ming Dynasty Emperor, now occupied the former Wuli Kingdom and was canonized as a vassal king.
She wants her children to take charge of the entire Champa, so her father will be a very important help in the future.
"No, no, I want to see it."
Xiao Wenzhan immediately started to make a noise, pulling on Ananya's skirt and refusing to let go.
Ananya had no choice but to take Xiao Wenzhan back to the room, take out a letter from the dressing table and give it to Xiao Wenzhan.
Xiao Wenzhan is very cute.
Her big eyes inherited Ananya's appearance, and her overall appearance was oriental, with a bit of a mixed-race feel.
Even though he is still a few months shy of three years old, you can tell that he will definitely be a handsome young man when he grows up.
Xiao Wenzhan was very happy holding the letter.
In fact, he didn't even know many Chinese characters, let alone Zhanwen.
"Mother, what did grandfather say in the letter?" Xiao Wenzhan asked happily.
Ananya paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "Your grandfather said that he misses you very much. He hopes that you will grow up quickly and go to Champa to play with him."
Xiao Wenzhan said unhappily: "Why doesn't grandpa come to play with me?"
Ananya explained: "Because my grandfather is there and has also held an official position. Many people below are eating with him. If he comes over, then no one will care about those people."
Xiao Wenzhan was a little unhappy: "Okay."
Ananya touched Xiao Wenzhan's head and said, "You are too young now. We have to take a long boat ride to get to my grandfather."
Then he gestured: "When you grow up to this height, mother will take you to play with your grandfather, okay?"
Xiao Wenzhan looked up at his mother's hand and said with a smile: "Okay, I will eat well and grow up quickly. When I grow to this height, my mother will definitely take me to play with my grandfather." .”
Ananya said with a smile: "How could my mother lie to you? But there are still some things in your grandfather's letter. My mother is going to your aunt's place. You can go and play by yourself first."
Xiao Wenzhan blinked his eyes and nodded sensibly.
Ananya didn't think much, put the letter back in the drawer, took Xiaowen out, and let the palace maid play with her.
Only
What she didn't know was that when she went to the main hall, Xiao Wenzhan ran back secretly, climbed up on the stool quickly, opened the drawer and took out the letter.
"Your Highness, Your Highness."
The call of the palace maid came from outside.
Xiao Wenzhan took the letter into his arms and said proudly, "This is my grandfather's letter, hum."
In Xiao Wenzhan's little mind, he had already thought about how to show off to his brothers and sisters.
Because they have never received a letter from their grandfather, they already have it.
....
In the main hall of Kunning Palace.
Ananya explained her thoughts to Ye Yueqing.
She didn't hide anything, basically everything in the letter was stated.
"Please help me, sister."
Ye Yueqing nodded: "Since your father has difficulties, just tell His Highness."
"Your Highness is busy during the day. Concubine Xiang is supposed to be sleeping with you today. Just tell her and we can change."
Ananya said quickly: "Thank you sister, I will go to Sister Xiangfei's place later."
With Ye Yueqing's consent, Ananya knew that the matter was basically settled.
Grandson is very kind to them and will rely on them for many things.
evening.
Zhu Ying returned to her bedroom after a busy day.
Unlike civil couples, neither the grandson Ye Yueqing nor the other concubines sleep in the same room every day.
Zhu Ying has her own separate bedroom. When the time comes in the evening, the concubines will take turns coming to sleep with her.
Seeing Ananya in the bedroom, Zhu Ying was a little puzzled.
Because according to the order, it seems that it should be Xiang Fei.
"Did I remember the wrong date?"
"Forget it, it's all good."
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