Istanbul, Topkapi Palace.
In the square audience hall surrounded by a colonnade composed of twenty-two columns, Sultan Muhammad IV, the "conqueror" of the Ottoman Empire, who was confused when he was young and became even more confused as he got older, has now They were confused by the three princes and princesses of Ming Dynasty who did not look Chinese at all.
"Grand Vizier, are you kidding me? Why is there a black eunuch, a white slave girl without a headscarf or a veil, and a Mongolian coming to the audience hall? What I want to see today are not the two clansmen of the Ming Dynasty. The king and a noble Ming princess?"
When Muhammad IV was talking, his squinting little eyes never left the extremely beautiful "white slave girl"... He didn't remember that she was in his harem, maybe she was a new arrival. Bar? It’s so beautiful, even when it’s angry!
The almost dying Mustafa Koprulu (the younger brother of Ahmed Koprulu who beat Leopold I to death) heard Muhammad IV talking nonsense and quickly explained: "Your Majesty the Sultan, the three of them are the noble King Damingzong and the princess... The darker one is the black prince of Sanlan Kingdom!"
"The Black Prince of the Indian Ocean?" Mohammed IV took a breath. The Black Prince of the Indian Ocean was a very ferocious "Pirate King"!
"Yes, that's him!" Mustafa Koprulu said again as the "Mongolian", "This is Turkmen Khan, a brother of the King of Western Chu. Last year he led troops into Persia to support Hussein Shah , and I heard the unfortunate news of the death of the Ming Dynasty Emperor in Isfahan, so I wanted to use our country to go to the Ming Dynasty by sea to attend the funeral."
This Turkmen Khan was named Zhu Heyi. He was the son of Zhu Cijiong and a Mongolian Fujin. He inherited a family of thousands of Mongolian nomads. He had a good relationship with Choos Changshou, the son of Zhu Anu, and with the support of Changshou, he led his thousands of nomadic families south to conquer the Turkmen people.
Later, he somehow got involved with Shah Hussein of the Safi Dynasty of Persia. The latter was attacked by the Uzbeks in exile in Persia (who had escaped from Khwarezm) and failed one after another. Even the capital Isfahan was in danger, so they wanted to ask Zhu Heyi to send troops to help.
Zhu Heyi led his thousands of households and surrendered Turkmen, and borrowed some troops from Jungar, entered Persia, and wiped out the rebellious Uzbeks for Hussein Shah.
Just when he collected the money and planned to return to the Turkmen Desert, he received news of the death of Emperor Chongzhen. So he handed over the troops to his wife Zhong Qihai (the daughter of Anuktun), took him back to Turkmenistan, and led a few followers to the Ottoman Empire to find the Ming embassy for help - the Ming Empire did not have an embassy in Persia, so he only I can come to Istanbul.
And here in Istanbul, Zhu Hebu actually met two relatives who looked nothing like him...his cousin "Black Prince" Zhu Hebu, and his cousin "Snow White" "Maria.
Emperor Chongzhen really means to spread his seeds all over the world! His descendants can really meet relatives wherever they go.
"This beautiful and noble princess," Mustafa Koprulu finally told the Sultan, "is the granddaughter of the Ming Emperor, the granddaughter of Louis the Great of Rome, and the daughter of the Archduke of Austria. Her name is Maria Terre. Shavon Mancini!"
"Maria Theresa von Mancini..." Mohammed Sultan looked back at his Grand Vizier, "Do you think with this name and this appearance, she can be the leader of the Eastern Ming Empire?" Princess?"
yes! How can this be? Snow White is the great-granddaughter of Emperor Chongzhen...does this sound true?
"Your Majesty the Sultan," Mustafa Koprulu said with a wry smile, "She really is! Considering the current situation, I think you will give her enough courtesy. Maybe soon, we will need the Black Prince's Navy and Turkmen Khan’s cavalry! I don’t think you want them all to side with Emperor Louis..."
"Okay!" Mohammed IV still listened to the advice. He nodded, and then said to the three visiting people in blunt Chinese, "Your Highness the Prince, Your Highness the Khan, and Your Royal Highness the Princess, welcome to Istanbul... ....”
"Snow White" spoke fluent Turkish: "Your Majesty the Sultan, we just want to go to Muscat through your country as soon as possible, and then board a ship to the east!"
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"Fourth uncle, you have to show your condolences!"
"Fourth uncle, Grandpa Huang only passed away at the age of ninety. He was already a very old man!"
"Fourth uncle, please take care..."
"Grandpa, don't be too sad, you have to take good care of your health!"
At the Luo Wang Mansion on Temasek Island, at this time, Luo Wang Zhu Cizhao, who was already in his sixties and almost seventy years old, was dressed in mourning and listening to four middle-aged men who were also wearing mourning clothes with a sad look on his face.
Zhu Cizhao was not in good health, his face was ugly, and he was very thin... He had contracted malaria not long ago. If it hadn't been for the help of Jin Ji Na Shuang, he would have died before Emperor Chongzhen.
Because of his poor health, his grandson Zhu Yijin, the grandson of King Luo, as well as the "Kangaroo King" Zhu Hexi who came from the southern continent, and the "Asan King" Zhu Hedian who was named the King of Malacca, and who was named Palembang The king's friends, Zhu and Yin, were trying to persuade him not to attend the funeral.
Zhu Hexi had already settled in the United Kingdom of the Southern Continent. However, he did not establish his capital in the direct territory in the southeast of the Southern Continent. Instead, he lived in Goose City in the southwest of the Southern Continent. Goose City was developed by the British East India Company. We invested millions of taels in the city, recruited tens of thousands of immigrants from Daming, Annan, India and other places, and opened up a large number of farms and pastures around Echeng.
But the vigorous development movement ended in failure. The British East India Company was unable to make a profit from the Echeng Colony and eventually had to sell it to Zhu Heqian.
After Zhu Hexi arrived in Echeng, he didn't do much, and basically just went about his life quietly.
And "A Sanwang" Zhu Hedian has done a lot more! His original future was just a grand duke on the Malacca peninsula... but because his mother, Princess Nisha, was so popular, he has now become the king of Malacca!
Several principalities on the Malacca Peninsula, except for the part near Temasek Island, were divided to Temasek House and became the "direct government offices" of the Ming Empire (Yingtian House, Wuhan House, Tianjin House, and Beijing House were all directly under the jurisdiction of the government), the rest It was divided into two, and a small part in the north was assigned to the Phuket Kingdom and became the vassal state of Zhu Cizhao. The rest were given to the Kingdom of Malacca and became the vassal state of Zhu Hedong.
In addition, Sumatra Island opposite the Malacca Peninsula is divided into two, and the western part is the Kingdom of Aceh, which belongs to the Royal Family of Sulu. The rest were included in the Palembang Kingdom and granted to Zhu Heyin from Wu Ake.
After hearing the persuasion of his son and nephews, Zhu Cizhao, who was leaning on a deck chair, just waved his hand: "The fallen leaves are returning to their roots! I have been wandering all my life, and now that I am old, I just want to return to my hometown and retire in Jingzhou... ....”
Jingzhou is the place where Zhu Cizhao and Zuo Mengmei first met and got married, and it also holds the best memories of his life.
"Grandpa," Zhu Yijin looked at his grandfather and sighed, "Why are you doing this? It's been so many years..."
Zhu Cizhao looked at his grown-up grandson and said with a smile: "Yijin, you are now married and established, so I can rest assured. When I return to Yingtian, I will ask the emperor to let you succeed the king of Phuket." .... From now on, Phuket Kingdom will all depend on you. You don’t have to go back with me, just stay in Phuket Kingdom!”
After saying that, he looked at his three nephews again: "It's almost the Chinese New Year now, and in another month, the south wind will pick up. Let's hit the road together and go back to Nanjing!"
