"Henry is indeed my good son!"
After hearing his granddaughter Maria Theresa finish talking about Henry's life aspirations, Zhu Cixiang nodded with emotion, glanced at Turkmen Khan and the Black Prince of Sanlan Kingdom, and said with a smile: "You are also good... too. The Ming Dynasty can open up territories thousands of miles away from home! If the Ming Dynasty can have good descendants like you, it will last for thousands of generations and never be covered in dust. I will give each of you a hereditary and irreplaceable county king. From now on, you and your When your descendants enter, they will become the princes of the Ming Dynasty, and when they leave, they will become the counties of foreign lands!"
Although a hereditary and irreplaceable prince is very noble, it is indeed what Turkmen Khan and the Black Prince deserve!
Zhu Hefu and Zhu Heyi were overjoyed when they heard this, and they all stood up to salute and thank Emperor Zhu.
Zhu Cixiang smiled and waved his hand, gesturing for them to sit down without ceremony.
Seeing the two people sitting down, Emperor Zhu then said to Zhu Cizhao: "Fourth brother, you said in the memorial that you will not go back to the south in the future?"
"I won't go back," Zhu Cizhao shook his head, "Now that Yijin has grown up, and there is Cinchona to keep him safe, I have nothing to worry about. I want to go to Jingzhou to retire now."
"Going to Jingzhou?" Zhu Cizhong was stunned for a moment, and then he understood what Zhu Cizhao was thinking and said with a smile, "I didn't expect you, the Fourth, would never forget her... When it comes to special love, you are better than me and the Third , Lao Wu is much stronger!"
Zhu Cizhao shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "How can I compare with the eldest brother and the third brother? Even the fifth brother is better than me... I don't think about anything else now, I just want to take good care of myself in old age."
Zhu Cixi said with a smile: "Our brothers are all good. Only with our brothers working together in the Ming Dynasty can we achieve the prosperous situation it is today. The third year and I are older, and we did not fall into the hands of the rebels. Only then did we catch up with the journey to revive the Ming Dynasty." .
With the help of Zuo Fei, you gathered some of Zuo Liangyu's remaining soldiers, and used them to Ping'an Nan, destroy the city of Champa, subjugate Chenla, and rescue Siam. Later, you led the Nanyang armies to wipe out Malacca and Sumatra... for I, the Ming Dynasty, opened up territories and conquered the vassals, and I have made great contributions! "
Zhu Cizhao actually didn't have much ability. He was far behind the two brothers Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cijiong. But with the help of Zuo Mengmei, Zhang Yong and others, and with the support of Zhu Cixiang, he also became a pioneer who pioneered thousands of miles of frontiers - in the history books of later generations, he was amazing! He joined the army with his hair tied up, conquered the west and south, and fought thousands of miles, from Yunnan to Sumatra... Anyone who has read "History of the Ming Dynasty. The Biography of King Luo Wu" must have thought that he was such an awesome commander. If he had been born earlier, he would have been twenty Years later, there would be no chaos during the Ming Dynasty.
What kind of rebels built the Yi Dynasty, what kind of rogue bandits rebelled, how could they all be destroyed once the King of Luo came out?
Of course, if Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cijiong had been born twenty years earlier, there might not have been anything to do with King Luo Wu... The chaos in the middle and decline of the Ming Dynasty was due to the birth of Zhu Cihong, Zhu Cijiong, Zhu Cizhao, and Zhu Cihuan. late.
By the way, that Zhu Cihuan looks very powerful too!
He is not Minamoto Yoritomo... He has a tougher life than Minamoto Yoritomo. After he killed Shimazu Noyoshi, he stood up and took charge. Now he is the real King Kei.
Moreover, King Qing has a long lifespan and can live for a long time, so he will also cause many major events in the New World that are worthy of being recorded in history!
Therefore, in later history, Zhu Cihuan was also praised as being on par with Zhu Cihong, Zhu Cijiong, and Zhu Cizhao, and together they were called the "Four Men of Ming Dynasty and ZTE" or the "Four Kings of Ming Dynasty and ZTE".
At the end of the fifty-second year of Hongxing, the four kings of Ming Dynasty and Zhongxing had all gathered in Yingtian Mansion... and they could finally discuss the future of the Celestial Alliance together!
Emperor Zhu smiled and said to Zhu Cizhao: "Lao Wu... don't be so depressed. Although our brothers are all old and can take care of themselves, our bodies and bones are still good, and we can still serve our Ming Dynasty." The world is well arranged and arranged, think about it!
Fifth child, the third and fourth children will come to the Red Castle tonight. Let’s have a good get-together! "
Zhu Cizhao nodded and said, "Okay...it's been so many years since we last met, so we need to get together!"
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Because the four brothers Zhu Cihong, Zhu Cijiong, Zhu Cizhao, and Zhu Cihuan are all recognized as filial sons, and they are all in mourning period now, they cannot indulge in corruption... Therefore, the banquet at the Red Fort tonight is very simple, and everyone is in mourning. I didn’t drink, and there were no singing or dancing to entertain, so I just made a dozen dishes casually. Most of it is stock footage, very bland.
But the person serving at the banquet was very impressive...it was actually Zhu Anu, the Queen Mother of the Zhungeer Kingdom! She was the nominal granddaughter of Chongzhen, so of course she had to go to mourning. After arriving at Yingtian, he insisted on entering the palace to serve Zhu Cihong for a few days. Zhu Cixiang couldn't bear to refuse, so he let her enter the palace and take turns serving the elderly Ajige.
It was said that he was serving, but in fact, it was just a show of accompanying Emperor Zhu. Zhu Cixiang and her were called master and slave, but they had the same affection as father and daughter.
The reason why Zhu Anu is here today is actually because Zhu Anu is also a representative of a big country in the Chinese circle. She is the Queen Mother of the Jungar Kingdom!
"Anu," Zhu Cixiang looked at his goddaughter and said with a smile, "Tell me first... what do the Zhungeers think?"
Zhungeer is not a pro-vassal, but its military strength is still very strong! Over the past twenty years, together with Xichu, they have been at the forefront of the confrontation with the Rakshasa Kingdom, the Kazakhs, and the Uzbeks. Wars and conflicts have continued, and of course their military strength has been continuously tempered.
"Father," Zhu Anu, who is over forty years old and has developed the aura of a king who has lived among men for a long time, frowned and said thoughtfully, "the Zhungeer people are not of my race, and their minds must be different. ! But the daughter can still subdue them. As long as the daughter is still there, the Jungle Kingdom can be used by the Celestial Empire... If the daughter is gone, the Jungle Kingdom will definitely be fearful of power and unethical!"
"Don't be afraid..." Zhu Cijiong said calmly, "With the Republic of Western Chu here, Zhungeer can't change the world..."
Zhu Cixiang looked at Zhu Cijiong and then at Zhu Anu, "Then who is the minor leader of the Western Regions? Xichu or Zhungeer?"
"Of course it's Xichu!" Zhu Cijiong said, "The Republic of Xichu is a vassal state, while Zhungeer is a foreign nation."
Zhu Anu shook his head and said, "Three uncles are wrong. Western Chu is not a country of monarchs. The sovereignty lies with the people. How can there be any talk of being close to the vassal?"
Zhu Cixiang smiled: "Otherwise, Zhun Geer and Xi Chu will take turns as the minor leaders of the Western Region!"
Zhungeer and Xichu are both ambitious! If one of them becomes the overlord of the Western Region, it will not be easy to control them.
Therefore, Ming Dynasty's Western Region policy must be to maintain the balance between the two countries... and at the same time, avoid merging the two countries. The Western Chu is the Zhuxia and the Zhungeer is the national composition of the Mongolia, which can prevent the two countries from merging in the future!
Anu smiled and said: "With this arrangement made by my father, my daughter can appease the nobles of Jungar."
Zhu Cijiong understood Zhu Cixiang's thoughts, so he nodded and said nothing more.
"Fifth brother," Zhu Cixiang looked at his fifth brother Zhu Cihuan again, "Who will be the leader of Xinzhou Continent?"
"Of course it's the United States!" Zhu Cihuan replied with a smile, "How can Qingguo compare with the United States? Just eat some soup and be satisfied."
The relationship between Qingguo and the United States is actually a replica of Zhungeer and Xichu!
The foundation of Qingguo is the Japanese samurai after all!
The foundation of the United States is the gun-toting mob from the Ming Dynasty.
Both groups are capable of fighting, but they find it difficult to integrate... This is why Zhu Cixiang always allowed Japanese samurai to immigrate to Qingguo (Jiaqingguo) in large numbers.
Zhu Cihong does not want the United States and Qing State to merge into one country in the future... and turning the elites of the United States and the elites of Qing State into two completely different types of people will certainly prevent these two countries from producing too many people. Friendship.
"Forget it, the small alliance leader in the direction of Xinzhou is a rich man!" Zhu Cixiang thought for a while, "The military equipment in the north mainly relies on a few vassal towns, and there are no small alliance leaders... Now it can be seen that the small alliance leaders in the south are left There is no one left. Fourth brother, tell me who is suitable?"
