The story told by Lama Ilaguk and Cewang Alabutan is definitely two versions of the "Legend of Shang" told to foreigners by Zhang Ying and Tuhai. After all, both sides have failed, so of course it is impossible for them to plagiarize each other.
Moreover, the purpose of telling stories by the two sides is different. The purpose of Zhang Ying and Tu Hai's storytelling is to promote the threat theory of Shang, which is actually the threat theory of Ming Dynasty! They wanted the foreigners to make more bets in the Americas, thereby forcing Ming to make heavy bets in the New World... In fact, they were provoking fire and war in the New World in order to reduce their own pressure.
The story told by Lama Ilaguk was made up by Zhu Heji himself in order to attract venture capital for the colonization plan of the New World. He never thought of making up a story about Shang Fangguo at the beginning. He only planned to use the gold of the New World as the theme to make money, no, to make money. But later he learned that the Westerners had discovered the colonists sent by the Ming Dynasty to the New World, and Zhou Peigong, the "compensation counselor", cleverly used "Shang's story" to deceive the foreign devils. So he simply took advantage of the situation, modified the script, and added the plot of "conquering the Shang Dynasty" in order to cooperate with Zhou Peigong's strategy, and at the same time make the New World colonization project more attractive. A place that allows a country with a population of one million to survive and develop for two thousand years cannot be a barren land with nothing but gold.
As for whether the lie will be discovered... Zhu Hejie is not worried at all. Because there are real gold mountains in the New World. Isn’t that Fugui Bay San Francisco? It’s already called San Francisco, how can we still have no gold? And wasn’t there the California Gold Rush in American history? As long as the gold is real, it's okay to exaggerate in other aspects.
When it comes to attracting venture capital, how can you not brag a little bit?
In addition, in addition to gold, the West Coast of the United States also has very good agriculture. As far as Zhu Heji knows, from California all the way north to Vancouver, Canada, there are areas with very developed agriculture. So not only is it not a barren land, it is also a truly chosen country. It is definitely a good place where you can suffocate for your dreams!
And in such a good place, Emperor Zhu would certainly not eat alone. Let’s share the blessings and realize the dreams together! This is necessary, otherwise Zhu Heji will allocate his power to the Americas to "dream", and those heroes and princes below will still keep their power in the Ming Dynasty, and the balance will be lost.
So these days, Zhu Heji's top priority is to get his heroes and princes to suffocate for the dream of the New World... After suffocating for a while, he has to gather people to form a group to colonize the New World and dig gold mines!
Let everyone hand over the people they control. This is the most important power!
Because what Ming Dynasty lacks most now is population!
And the heroes and princes below control a large population through tribes, clans, disciples, and old friends... and these populations are also people with strong martial virtues and a relatively high degree of organization. If they were allowed to expand their power in the Ming Dynasty, they would soon develop into a powerful group like the Eastern Han Dynasty.
This is not what Emperor Zhu wants to see.
Therefore, it is definitely a win-win situation that benefits both parties.
Moreover, Emperor Zhu also left a back-up... Whether it was the United States before or the Shangfang Kingdom now, they were two kings with one king and one khan. Moreover, these two kings are not simply two kings in one house, but two kings with two teams. These two groups still belong to two cultures, one is mainly farming and the other is mainly nomadic.
The two teams of King and Khan were able to stick together for warmth when facing the joint oppression of the white people's New Spain, New France and New England. Once the external pressure disappeared, it could easily be divided into two, forming the Shang Kingdom with the northern western coastal areas and the Rocky Mountains as its territory and the American Khanate with the central plains of North America as its territory.
In addition, Zhu Heji also went to great lengths to plant the genes of division for the future Shang Kingdom and the American Khanate.
From the time when the current Shang Fang Kingdom was established, Zhu Heji began to lay the groundwork for future division. In addition to the arrangement of two houses, one king and one khan, Zhu Heji also implemented the enfeoffment system under one king and one khan, enfeoffing the five titles of Hou, Dian, Nan, Wei and Bangbo... This is amazing They are all nobles who govern the land and the people! However, they had to encircle the land themselves, and the people had to be pulled out of the Ming Dynasty itself.
According to the conditions set by Emperor Zhu, the fifth-class title corresponds to Ming immigrants from 500 to 100 households. Anyone who can bring out five hundred households is considered a marquis. Anyone who is a Xibohou or a Nanbohou can be sealed. Anyone who can bring four hundred families to the New World will be granted a title. If you take three hundred households, you will be given a baron. If you can only bring two hundred households, give them to a Weijue. If you can only take out a hundred households, then you can only seal a Bang Bo.
Anyone who can be knighted, Emperor Zhu will let them enclose land or pasture in the New World... As for where to enclose, of course it will be on a first come first served basis! If you go early, you might be able to circle a big gold mine, and you'll be rich. If you arrive too late, you might only be able to capture a farm or pasture, and your New World will be in vain.
As for those princes and princes who could not attract anyone, if they wanted to go to the New World, Emperor Zhu would of course support it. However, no titles can be given to them, but official positions can be assigned to them, including Yin, Zai, Qing, Shi, Mu, Ling, etc. The rules are the same as in the enclosure. If you go early, you will get a high official, and if you go late, you will get a minor official... Of course, you have to pass an exam before going to determine whether you are qualified!
As for civilians, if they wanted to seek a title or official position in the New World, Emperor Zhu would also welcome them. The conditions were the same as those of meritorious officials and princes' children. It's just that Zhu Heji is not currently promoting the "Legend of Shang" and the gold in the New World with great fanfare... It is best to keep these things hidden, lest the Westerners quickly increase their troops to the American continent.
It is for this reason that today's ceremony for the canonization of the King of Shang and the Khan of the Yin family, as well as the titles of the king and the Khan, was not carried out with great fanfare, but was held quietly behind closed doors in the Forbidden City in Nanjing.
When Cewang Alabutan and others arrived, the king and Khan had already completed the sealing process, and Emperor Zhu was in the process of conferring marquisships on the people below.
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"Chaozhou Su Zhanyang came forward to accept the seal!"
Following a shout from a loud-voiced attendant, a young man in his early twenties, with a tiger-like head, bushy eyebrows and big eyes, came out from a group of nobles wearing purple python robes, holding an ivory wat slab, and walking boldly, He walked onto the platform of the Huangji Hall, then knelt down respectfully on a futon in front of Zhu Heji's throne, and said loudly: "I, Chaozhou Su Hu, respectfully greet the emperor, long live, long live, long live my emperor. Long live."
"Hahaha, Ah Yang, you have grown so big in the blink of an eye. Well... you are the son of Su Li, the step-son of the eldest concubine, and also the brother-in-law of Ah Mei. Can you go to Fugui Bay to take charge? I feel relieved.”
It turns out that this young man is the son of Dadu Su Suli, and Dadu Su is Da Boling’s ex-husband. After she followed Zhu Heji and became famous, she found Dadu Su’s children who were living in various places and arranged them. All right.
However, because these children did not catch up with the wave of the anti-Qing and restoration of the Ming Dynasty, they were not knighted. Only the oldest young man named Su Zhanhui took the title of Su Li and became a marquis, which was not hereditary.
Fortunately, there were many figures among Su Li's distant brothers and nephews, and they were also close to Concubine Ye, forming a huge Su family general.
So this time Zhu Heji asked Da Boling to come forward and choose Su Zhanyang among Su Li's sons to represent the Su family and assist Zhu Yimei in the New World. This guy had just graduated from the Army Academy. His military rank was only that of a sergeant, and the highest military position he had ever held was a deputy sergeant. But it can't be said that he has a good background and the family power behind him is also strong. The Su family will drink water and remember their origins! They all owed a debt of gratitude to Da Boling and Su Li. Now that Su Li's son was going to the New World to assist Da Boling's son, it would be unreasonable for them not to give more support to the soldiers and servants.
A group of Su family generals worked together and mobilized the Chaohui clan who were related to them. They easily gathered 500 households, enough for Su Zhanyang to be granted the title of Marquis of the New World.
"Ayang, your surname is Su, and the Marquis of Jizhou Suhu is also surnamed Su. I will let you attack the Marquis of Jizhou... After you arrive in the New World, pick a good place near Fugui Bay, and pick a place with good views. Encircle the land where gold can be mined, and build a Jizhou in the Shang Fang Kingdom as a fiefdom for you!"
Zhu Heji smiled and took the gold seal of the Marquis of Jizhou that had been engraved by Nalan Xingde, the minister at his side, and handed it to Su Zhanyang with his own hands. The Housu family of Jizhou, which had been separated for more than two thousand years, has been restored!
"Your Majesty, Su Zhanyang, thanks you for your kindness!" After kowtowing once more to express his gratitude, Su Zhanyang knelt down in front of Zhu Heji and took the plate with the gold seal in both hands.
Zhu Heji waved to a handsome young man standing next to him, "Third brother, come here."
"yes."
The young man responded, took a few steps forward, arrived in front of Zhu Heji, and bowed to Zhu Heji: "Father, what are your instructions for summoning your son?"
The young man turned out to be Zhu Yimei, the third son of Zhu Heji. His biological mother was the eldest concubine Ye Yuling. He was already a young man of thirteen or fourteen years old and was studying at Jinling Academy in Nanjing. Although his grades can only be considered mediocre, his skills at being reincarnated are really good, so he will soon get an enviable and good job.
Zhu Heji pointed at Su Zhanyang, who was equally good at reincarnation and identifying his stepmother, and said to his son, "Do you know him?"
"Of course I know him, he is brother Zhan Yang." Zhu Yimei replied with a smile.
Although Su Zhanyang did not grow up with Zhu Heji and Da Boling, he often went to the palace and became very familiar with Zhu Heji's children. He also recognized Zhu Heji as the deed master under the arrangement of Da Boling. , so he can be regarded as Zhu Yimei’s close brother.
Zhu Heji smiled and said: "Lao San, before you came to the country, I asked him to help you look after the territory of Fugui Bay... When you grow up in the future, how about you two brothers conquering the world together? "
"Okay!" Zhu Yimei nodded and glanced at his "brother Zhan Yang", "Father, I want to grow up quickly so that I can go to the New World to open up territory for the Ming Dynasty!"
"Okay!" Zhu Heji said to Su Zhanyang again, "Zhanyang, since Yimei trusts you so much, then I will appoint you as the Grand Master of the Shang Prince's Palace, and be responsible for building the Tokyo Chaoge Palace, the capital of the Shang Prince."
Su Zhanyang hurriedly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Su Zhanyang, respectfully accepts the imperial edict."
Zhu Heji waved his hand and asked Zhu Yimei and Su Zhanyang to step aside.
At this time, Nalanxingde came close to Zhu Heji's ear and whispered: "Your Majesty, Cewang Alabutan and Celingdunduobu have arrived."
"Xuan!" As Zhu Heji spoke, he waved to Anu, who was standing on the white marble platform, holding his son Zhu Celing, and called them to his side.
Cewang Alabutan and Celingdun Dobu were quickly led to Emperor Zhu by Lama Ilaguk. Both of them bowed in accordance with the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, and then bent down and stood with their backs in front of Emperor Zhu. In front of you.
Seeing the honest appearance of the two Mongolian warriors who were about the same size as a big bear, Zhu Heji smiled and pointed at Ce Ling Dun Dobu and asked Anu beside him, "Anu, is he the big Ce Ling you mentioned?"
"That's him," Anu said with a smile, "Anu wants him to assist us...my little Celing, my lord, do you think he can do it?"
Emperor Zhu smiled and said: "I think it's good, big Celing assists little Celing... that's great!" He turned to look at Celing Dunduobu, "big Celing, you are willing to assist me... ….Will your adopted son, Xiao Ce Ling, help him manage the territorial tribes in the New World?”
Cering Dunduobu was stunned. He was the bravest warrior among the younger generation of the quasi-division. He was preparing to fight in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, but he had never thought of going to the New World.
Seeing that he was speechless, Anu said to him in Mongolian: "Da Celing, the New World has the largest grassland in the world and the largest number of cattle in the world, all waiting for you to lead the Mongolian warriors to conquer... ...If you are willing to take your five hundred families of herdsmen across the ocean to the New World, I will let you be the Marquis of Qianhu, and then the Zaisang and Grand Master of Yin Jiahan. Before Xiao Celing came to the country, The Yin family's sweat tent will be jointly managed by you, Jin'emu, and Dugar Alabutan!
In addition, I can equip your people with the best flintlocks, cannons and breastplates, so that they can become invincible warriors galloping across the grasslands of the New World! "
When he heard about the world's largest grassland, the largest number of cattle, the best flintlocks, the best artillery and breastplates, Cering Dundorbu was finally moved. His status in the Choros family is not high, ranking behind the sons of Galdan and the brothers and nephews of Cewan Alabutan. It is impossible for him to inherit the throne of Khan, and there is no possibility of controlling the actual power of the Khanate. In comparison, it is more promising to go to the New World!
Thinking of this, Cering Dunduobu immediately knelt on the ground and said loudly to Zhu Heji: "Great Emperor, I am willing to go to the New World to assist..."
He didn't hear Zhu Celing's sweat number clearly just now, so he got stuck at this point.
Zhu Heji reminded him with a smile: "The Khan of the Yin family... Zhu Yimei changed his title to King of Shang and became the head of the Great Shang Kingdom. Xiao Celing took the name of Yin from the Shang Dynasty and changed his title to the Khan of the Yin family. He is currently the leader of the Great Shang Kingdom. Vice Lord Shang. After conquering the grasslands of the New World in the future, he will then become the Lord of the grasslands and be on an equal footing with King Shang."
It sounded like he was very provocative. Celing Dunduobu immediately patted his chest and said, "I am willing to die for the Yin family, and I will not hesitate to do so!"
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