"Fourth brother, please listen to me." Zhu Su said.
"Teaching three of them to fight, and our Ming Dynasty only takes one... It can certainly greatly reduce the remaining strength of Timur's empire. But given the current situation, teaching this country to continue to reduce its strength will not do anything to our Ming Dynasty. It’s beneficial.”
"If the Golden Horde, the Ottoman Empire and other countries take advantage of this situation and we fight to the death with Tamerlane, wouldn't we be used as wedding clothes for these cheap countries?"
Zhu Di nodded after hearing this. If we are taken advantage of by these countries, it will create another powerful enemy for the great cause of the Western Expedition. How to make the remnants of Timur's empire weak and easy to control, but not so weak that it nourishes other countries, is indeed a huge problem.
"In this case, why don't we have to teach Timur the internal strife of the empire... their strength has been reduced enough now," Zhu Su said. "Since we are worried about the resurgence of their power, it is better to divide the country into three parts, with Mahemah, Khalil, and Alitaz each as a sultan."
"In this way, their strength is not lost, and they will not take advantage of other countries. They are also divided into three countries, and they will naturally scheming with each other. It should be noted that being divided into three countries has always been the most difficult to unify. If one country is too strong, the other two will The capitals of the countries must be connected with each other and fight against each other until their national strength fades and the status of a powerful country changes hands... They can also be taught to serve as ministers to the Ming Dynasty. In this way, the Ming Dynasty can coordinate in the middle and prevent one family from becoming the only one."
"Isn't this kind of allocation more skillful than just sealing one person?"
Zhu Di's eyes brightened slightly, he thought for a while, and then nodded. "This method is very good and wonderful."
"But...who do you want to assign this city of Samarkand to?" Zhu Di said. "This city is the capital of the Timurid Empire. If anyone sits in this city, it will be as if he is sitting in the orthodox position."
"And this palace... look at it, it's so gorgeous, but you can't take it away with you." Zhu Di pointed to the sculptures, murals, etc. surrounding the palace. "Such a palace worth hundreds of millions is not suitable for anyone... No matter who has this financial resources, he will definitely leap ahead of the other two."
"Is it possible that I should destroy this palace and take the property back to the country?"
"Of course not." Zhu Su shook his head decisively. If they destroy the palace, they will undoubtedly abandon themselves to the Central Asians. It is bound to arouse the hostility of many people. .
The Ming Dynasty planned to rule and educate this place for a long time. Destroying the palace was contrary to this plan and could not be done.
"Don't worry, Fourth Brother. In fact, I have already planned this matter." Zhu Su said. "We can collect this city as our Ming Dynasty Concession, and it will be under the direct jurisdiction of our Ming Dynasty and will not be distributed to other people."
"Not to mention that this place is the governor's palace of Kangju in the Tang Dynasty, my former homeland of China. It is natural for me, the Ming Dynasty, to inherit the country of the Han and Tang Dynasties and rule this place."
"Let's just say that this is the hub of the Silk Road, a place where money is made every day. If this wealth-making advantage is given to any one of Mahema Khalil Alitaz, wouldn't it mean that he is superior to the other two? Above others? This is not in the interests of our Ming Dynasty."
"And this palace... Such a palace, apart from me, the Ming Dynasty, who else has the virtue to live in it? The inheritance of that generation is chaotic. Although this palace looks a bit nouveau riche, it is also the work of many craftsmen. If those If barbarians who don’t respect inheritance come to take charge, they may one day be destroyed in the flames of war.”
"Such a treasure should be preserved... I have thought about how to deal with this palace city. After we can control this place, we can sell tickets and open it to tourists from the Ming Dynasty for them to visit. I, the Ming Dynasty scholars, should have a broad In terms of horizons, in the future, if someone travels around to gain knowledge before the imperial examination, they should also come to Kangju City to see and feel the exotic atmosphere."
"Okay." Zhu Di didn't want to hear Zhu Su's idea of opening the palace city into a tourist place. In his mind, these were just details... Anyway, no one would dare to live in this palace where the Sultan of the Timur Empire once lived. , just collect some martial arts as maintenance fees.
What interested Zhu Di was Zhu Su's idea of setting up Samarkand as a concession. He thought for a while and felt that it was indeed a good solution, so he agreed to the proposal and discussed with Zhu Su how to divide Timur's empire among the three people.
The final tentative decision is that Mahenma will go to the northern part of Timur's empire, and Khalil will go to Timur's empire.
In the western part of the empire, Alitaz divided the eastern part, and the Ming Dynasty set aside Kangju City (Samarkand) and some coastal ports in Persia as concessions.
"In this way, Mahema is responsible for resisting the Golden Horde, and Khalil is responsible for resisting the Black Sheep and the Ottoman Empire. The two of them have the support of noble warlords and have this strength... But in this way, Alitaz's Is his strength too weak? He relied on killing his grandfather Timur. Although this matter has not been put on the table, it will definitely be resented by many nobles and warlords. And those in the Timur Empire Warlords, most of them have
.Almost already being won over by Ma Heima and Khalil..."
"In this case, Alitaz is too weak. How can it take on the important task of containing the other two countries?"
"This... we can only take one step at a time." Zhu Su said. He also knew that among the three, Alitaz had the weakest foundation, but he was the most attached to Ming Dynasty. I deliberately placed him in the south, where there are the fewest foreign enemies, because I felt that his foundation was too weak. If there were any more powerful foreign enemies, I was afraid that he would not be able to survive for a few months before he could not recover.
However, despite this, Alitaz still seems too weak... We still need to think of some way to help boost his momentum.
What Zhu Su didn't expect was that before he and Zhu Di could figure out the matter of assisting Alitaz, Alitaz would deliver the goods to his door.
After holding a grand funeral for Timur, who was of course the "real" one and not the fake Sultan "Tamerlane" who was supported by the rebel Ulugh Beg, Zhu Su and Zhu Di sent Timur The huge inheritance of the empire was divided into three parts and distributed to Timur's three most filial grandsons.
Timur's "return to the truth" was carried out in a traditional burial ceremony. During the step of "the relatives wash the deceased's body with clean water", the expressions of admiration and reluctance of the three sultan's grandsons towards their grandfather were enough to make people sad. The most hard-hearted of people shed tears. For the Ming Dynasty, which generously held the funeral for the Sultan, the three grandchildren of the Sultan expressed their heartfelt gratitude. As for the fact that Tamerlane "died" at the hands of these wise men, the three grandsons of the sultan expressed no resentment. In the battle formation, the sword has no eyes and cannot be criticized with hatred. The Ming Dynasty held a funeral for the Sultan, which was the greatest respect for the Timur Empire.
Subsequently, Ma Heima moved to the northern part of the empire, was promoted to sultan, and sent envoys to Yingtianfu, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, to meet with the Ming Emperor. Since then, the northern part of Central Asia has been called the "Mahima Sultanate", and similarly, the west and south have been called the "Ming Khalil Sultanate" and the "Ming Alitaz Sultanate" respectively.
Samarkand was officially renamed "Kangju City" and became the place where Zhu Di's Western Expeditionary Army was stationed. The traces of Tamerlane, the conqueror of the generation, disappeared in the long river of history.
The night before the three sultans were about to return home, the weakest southern sultan, Alitaz, found Zhu Di.
"What? Alitaz wants to marry his daughter to the king as a concubine?" Zhu Di, who had become increasingly calm and steady, was still shocked when he heard Zhang Yu's report.
