Shang Keai came and went, and when he came he was a mourner, wearing sackcloth and mourning, crying like his own father had died. When I left, I no longer had to wear hemp, nor could I wear filial piety, and I didn’t dare to cry. Because Duduo had “resurrected from the dead”, he, the messenger of mourning, would have nothing to repay...
This thing seemed ridiculous at first, but after Shang Keai calmed down, he quickly understood Emperor Zhu’s intention—Zhu Cixiang wanted to postpone the resolution of the problem outside the customs for a while!
Now the Ming Dynasty has a lot of enemies. It needs to fight on multiple fronts, so both national strength and military strength are a bit tight. Therefore, Emperor Zhu could only let the enemies line up to be beaten and eliminated one by one. The remnants of the Qing Dynasty outside the pass are relatively difficult to deal with among such enemies, and they have not yet broken up with the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, among the enemies that Emperor Zhu needed to eliminate or defeat, the remnants of the Qing Dynasty ranked low.
But being ranked low does not mean that you will never get your turn.
The reason why Zhu Cixiang used the excuse of "not recognizing Duduo's death" to postpone the war outside the customs was because he wanted to maintain his golden brand of keeping his word.
Because Zhu Cixiang is trustworthy, once he canonizes Doni as the Lord outside the Pass, he cannot just find an excuse to remove him from his post and then send troops to attack him. It is indeed easy to impose crimes, but feudal lords and feudal bureaucrats Their eyes are sharp, right and wrong, and they are at ease with people's hearts.
If Zhu Cixi breaks his promise with Dhoni, what will others think? Even if they are still respectful on the outside, there must be knots in their hearts. The relationship between Emperor Zhu and the bureaucrats and feudal warlords below him is hardly as harmonious as it is now - now the Jiedu envoys, Daduhu, Xuanwei envoys, garrison envoys, etc. under Emperor Zhu not only have no dissent, And he still had great trust in the Ming Dynasty.
Except for Duduo, as long as everyone else is summoned by the imperial edict, they will immediately go to Hajj. No one will worry about leaving without returning...
This harmonious relationship between the central government and the separatist forces was very important to Emperor Zhu's huge empire - the country was too big to have all officials exiled, so the harmony and trust between the emperor and his vassals was determined. How far can an empire go.
As for the issue of reducing the vassal state, Zhu Cixi also had arrangements, but he did not use conspiracy and power to reduce the vassal state, but used the spirit of contract to reduce the vassal state - he and most of the Jiedushi, Daduhu and Xuanwei envoys below A contract was signed, stipulating their term of office and the number of hereditary generations.
Among them, Wu Sangui's Anxi Town is hereditary - that is, it is passed down from generation to generation, and most of the guardians are named Wu!
Hexi Town, also owned by Wu Sangui, was owned for life - as soon as Wu Sangui arrived, the court would appoint another Jiedu envoy.
Shuofang Town, which was owned by Tang Wang Zhu Yujian, also lasted for one generation - Zhu Yujian had no sons for a long time, so there was no problem of hereditary Jiedu envoys.
The Anbei Town of the acting king Zhu Cijiong is hereditary, and the treatment is the same as that of Anxi Town! This was the result of Prince Zhu's tenure as the "Loan King" in Luliang Mountain and Northern Shaanxi. Prince Zhu's hard work was so great that Zhu Cihong had to acknowledge it.
Gao Jie's Peiping Army and Huang Degong's Daning Army were both inherited from two generations - they are both very old, and if they want to die in one generation, they may have little energy. Moreover, both the armies of Peiping and Daning are now in the entrepreneurial stage. All industries are difficult and they need to work hard.
As for the Beiting Army, Emperor Zhu was seeking to split it up. He hoped to use the Ili grassland and Zhungar grassland owned by the Beiting Army to form a new Beiting Army, and then let the Zhungar tribe establish a new Khanate.
Jing Haijun, who is south of Annan, also has the treatment of hereditary disregard. Although Zhu Cizhao is not a thing, he is so lucky that he can run away and bring Annan back to the embrace of the Celestial Empire. What else is there to say? Moreover, Emperor Zhu had no way to send troops to Siam now and could only rely on General Zhang Yong of the Jing Navy to send troops to support the Siam capital Ayutthaya City.
The Jiedushi of the Jin'ou Army was elected for a term of five years. Like the governors and prefects of the Ming Dynasty, they could be re-elected as long as Emperor Zhu approved.
The Anton Army owned by Duduo is a relatively special existence. The issue of tenure has been vaguely dealt with and has never been clarified...
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"Your Majesty, is Doduo really cheating his death?"
On the day Shang Keai left Nanjing, someone asked the question of Duduo's life and death at the meeting between the two Imperial Households.
The person who asked this question was actually the commander of the Jin Yiwei, Zhu Chunjie.
"Shuai Zhu Wei," Zhu Cixiang glanced at him, "Does Jin Yiwei not know whether Duduo is dead or not?"
"Your Majesty," Zhu Chunjie looked confused, "As far as I know, he is indeed dead... He died of illness on the fifth day of the first lunar month in Jianzhou City by Xingkai Lake. There should be no mistake."
Of course it's not wrong. Jin Yiwei helped buy the nanmu coffin that Dodo slept in - Jabs is now the richest man in Manchuria. When Dodo fell ill, he donated medicinal materials and invited famous doctors. Knowing Dodo Myrrh was saved and a high-quality nanmu coffin was purchased from the Ming Dynasty and shipped to the Northeast. He really looks more like a dutiful son than Doni! Can the news of Duduo's death obtained from him be false?
Zhu Cihong nodded: "Isn't that okay?" He turned his attention to Li Ruolian, the Minister of War, "The Ministry of War will send someone to negotiate with Doni... As long as he agrees to divide the Anton Army into three, and By handing over the Liaodong Capital District, I will recognize Duduo's death."
Still doing it like this? Li Ruolian couldn't believe his ears. Duduo was obviously dead, but the emperor refused to admit it. He had to force Duduo to continue to "live" and blackmail Duoni... The most skillful person in the history of the Ming Dynasty The troubled emperor is none other than you!
"Your Majesty," said Military Advisor Wu Sanfu, "I'm afraid Doni won't agree to this condition, right?"
"I know he won't agree," Zhu Cixiang shook his head, "but are we sure we can quickly take the land outside the customs now? If we admit that Duduo will die, then the matter of the Anton branch town cannot be delayed... .How can we turn a blind eye if Doniwan takes risks and proclaims himself an emperor and builds a country outside the customs?"
Chief Assistant Lu Zhenfei didn't understand what he heard and asked Zhu Cihong: "Your Majesty, if you don't admit that Duduo is dead, will Duoni rebel?"
"Of course!" Zhu Cixiang smiled, "Donnie has to prepare well before he can counterattack! And...how is he going to counterattack? Shanhaiguan is in his hands, does he dare to come in?"
"You don't dare, you absolutely don't." Wu Sanfu shook his head repeatedly, "How dare you bring him up for us to fight?"
"Then why is he protesting?" Zhu Cixiang smiled, "As long as I don't admit that Duduo is dead, Anton will have no problems with town division and succession."
Lu Zhenfei said: "But this can't delay it for a few years!"
Emperor Zhu sneered; "I don't want to delay it for a few years... just until the Satsuma clan collapses!"
"Is Satsuma Domain that important?" Qian Qianyi, Minister of Rites, asked.
"It's very important!" Zheng Zhilong, the Minister of Revenue, took over the topic, "In the past few months, we have lost fifty or sixty big bird ships... Japanese trade has also been completely interrupted, and it is not safe to go to North Korea! Therefore, we must capture the Satsuma Domain as soon as possible and solve the Spanish fleet base in Kagoshima Bay."
The Spanish fleet is now clearly unable to come, and the majestic formation cannot defeat the combined fleet of the British, French, Dutch and Portuguese, but it is still very powerful to break up the diplomatic relations.
The big bird ships of the Ming Dynasty were slow and had few crew members. They were most afraid of being blocked and robbed by armed Galen ships.
"How are the navy and army prepared?" Emperor Zhu asked.
"That's almost it," Wu Sanfu said. "In the past few months, thirty-one armed galenic ships have joined the coalition fleet. We still have twenty-seven armed galenic ships of our own, and there are thirteen gift ships from Britain and France. Articles, also joined the coalition fleet... seventy-one in total!
About half of them have been sent out to escort, and the remaining 36 are concentrated in the Wusong River and lined up to install the revolving bombardment cannon. Now they are almost all installed. "
The so-called gyrating bombardment gun is actually a bombardment gun (Hongxing Seven-year-old 24-pound short-barreled gun) mounted on a circular rail that can rotate 360 degrees - this design is not Zhu Cixiang's golden finger, but It has been around for a long time. In this era, large-scale armed Galen ships would have several large-caliber cannons, and a considerable number of them were mounted on rails.
