1048 Traces of King Thalong
When he heard this, the King of Tang showed a look of gratitude and then replied: "Your Majesty Longye, I know that my army is invented. Now that I have captured such a large place, my troops are already seriously insufficient. So I ordered the Baigang Army to continue to fight south. Now I guess it's almost time to reach the entrance to the sea!"
Hearing this, Zhu Yousong was a little surprised. He looked at the Jinyi Guard beside him, and after hesitating for a while, he finally asked: "The White Petal Army costs a lot, right?"
On the way he came, he naturally had a rough understanding of the situation of the Tang King. He knew that the army that Master Min had trained in Yunnan, including the cost of this expedition, was all the money for the Tang King's Mansion. Later, the entire army of Bai Gan Army drove over, which cost a lot. Zhu Yousong himself estimated that at least the Fu Palace would not be able to take it out! He was naturally even more surprised when he heard that Bai Gan Army was still fighting for the Tang King and couldn't help asking the previous question.
Before the Tang King answered, Zhu Yousong sighed again: "The Tang King's Mansion has really much savings!"
Hearing this, the King of Tang smiled, and Zhu Yousong didn't know where he said the wrong thing. After a while, the King of Tang replied: "The Tang Palace has no gold and silver, even if there is one, it is impossible to stay. Let me tell you the truth. The accumulation of the Tang Palace in the past dynasties was almost used up after the Mubang was captured. Thanks to the grace of His Majesty, all the grain fields given before could be auctioned, and this part of the money supported almost the capture of Awa and disappeared. The remaining expenses were replaced by others!"
If we put it strictly, the vassal kings will be re-entrusted overseas and have another fiefdom. If the imperial court really wants to take back the grain fields they gave before, they will be helpless even if the vassal kings are weak. However, Emperor Chongzhen did not do this, but still believed that these grain fields belong to the vassal kings. After the auction, the property was considered to be the vassal kings. This made the Tang King grateful. It was also seen from it that the emperor's sincerity that he became the leader of the overseas veto.
Of course, he didn't know that one of the reasons why Emperor Chongzhen did this was indeed to support the overseas feudal kings and try to support them; another reason was that there was a lot of donated fields in the grain fields of the vassal kings. Through this method, the court could transfer the contradictions between the devotees on the vassal kings. If there was any problem, just look for the vassal kings.
However, Zhu Yousong's focus was not here, and he was even more surprised by another situation. He saw him quickly asked King Tang: "Can other things be replaced? What?"
"Food!" King Tang said with a smile as if he were right, "There is nothing else here, only food. I let them have a variety of food, and they cook three times a year, and there is more food."
Speaking of this, he stopped and added: "In addition, a city was marked out at the entrance of the sea, which is not considered Tang State, and the court directly sent local officials to govern it. In the future, the imperial army and navy will be stationed there to defend the enemies coming from the sea for our Tang State."
"Nephew, tell me, the emperor attaches so much importance to overseas feudal divisions. What else can we say about the vassal kings?" said the Tang King, and seriously advised Zhu Yousong, "After you go back, you should tell your father, don't worry about the vassal state not being established. The emperor will be fully considering it for us."
Zhu Yousong nodded in this regard and agreed very much. Speaking of the Tang Kingdom, it can be said that it was the emperor who helped the Tang King. Even after capturing Dongwu, he thought about the Tang King. Knowing that his army was not enough to take on the heavy responsibility, he took the initiative to take the most dangerous place on the beach, and the Tang King did not need to worry about it. The court guarded it, and the Tang King's territory was just hidden behind it. Where can I find such a good thing in all dynasties?
This time he came here, in such a short time, he learned about him, or something his father was very concerned about. The Tang King was indeed a man of all words in the Tang Kingdom, and was not a puppet; there was another thing, there was no need to worry about spending money but not being able to defeat the vassal state, and thus losing both people and money.
While they were talking, they had already sat in the palace, and there were no need for the orders of the Tang King, and there were eunuchs and palace maids to serve them.
Zhu Yousong was in a good mood when eating fruits unique to the Tang Kingdom. For him, he was more willing to enfeoff overseas than to die in Luoyang, and would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail! Now, after checking the results on the spot, he felt that he could explain to his father and fulfill his wishes smoothly.
A dragon fruit was eaten into my stomach. Zhu Yousong took the towel handed over by the palace maid and wiped his mouth. He smiled and said to the King of Tang: "Nephew, I heard that the rest of the hole was cut by the Bai Gan Army. The Tang Kingdom will soon be stable. Your Highness should be able to rest assured!"
Hearing this, King Tang smiled and nodded, but soon, he frowned slightly again. This made Zhu Yousong, who was looking at him, stunned. Why, is there any hidden secrets in it? Could it be that the court really has any other means?
Thinking of this, his face suddenly became ugly. If he was still controlled by the court, how different is it from being a vassal king in the Ming Dynasty?
The Tang King naturally saw Zhu Yousong's expression. After thinking about it for a moment, he realized that he might have misunderstood. He did not dare to be careless about the matters given by the emperor. He quickly explained: "The Tang Kingdom has something else that makes Gu a little worried, but although he can't say he can rest assured, it's not much."
After he said this, Zhu Yousong couldn't help but wonder. Could it be that he was wrong? He wanted to ask, but he felt that it seemed that he was not very easy to ask when he was escorted by the Jinyi Guard.
But what made him relieved was that the Tang King took the initiative to explain to him: "Mengmi's decisive battle that day, our army won. But although King Dongwudalong broke his arm, he could not see anyone in his life, and he never saw the corpse in his life, and he was never seen. Therefore, Gu was a little confused and didn't know whether he was dead or alive? If he died, it would be fine, and he would die anywhere. But he was afraid that he would still be alive and secretly thought about restoring the country."
Speaking of this, he smiled again and said with a relaxed expression: "But Gu is not afraid. Behind Gu, there is a court behind Gu. Gu doesn't believe it anymore. Can he still make trouble? But if he causes trouble, he will always bring some trouble to Gu."
Although Zhu Yousong had no experience in this statement, he could think of it. The original king of Dongwu was missing, so he would really mind it. But the King of Tang was right. There was a court behind the Tang Kingdom, so why were he afraid of him!
However, based on politeness, he still asked: "It's been a long time since the war between Meng and Mi. How could such a big living person have no news?"
Hearing this, King Tang hesitated for a moment before answering: "It's not that there is no news at all. There are rumors that he fled west. Gu had tracked him down, but there was no evidence!"
Speaking of this, he smiled and said, "The Tang Kingdom is now in a mess, and Gu has no interest or strength to investigate rumors. After the Tang Kingdom is completely stable and Gu's army has enough ability, he may send people to the west to investigate. Otherwise, King Long will go there, and those tribal barbarian countries in the west want to conceal, Gu will be helpless."
The court could not send troops to solve such a problem, otherwise the court's army would be full and had nothing to do! The King of Tang understood this, so he didn't even mention it. If it weren't for Prince Fu's words, he wouldn't even say what he planned.
The two of them said something for a long time, and then the King of Tang arranged for someone to be a guide for Zhu Yousong and asked him to go casually in the Tang Kingdom. Finally, he said: "I am so busy that I won't accompany my nephew. There are still dangers in the remote areas, but in most places, my nephew can go and take a look. It's rare to come once, so it's good to take a walk."
When Zhu Yousong heard this, he was exactly what he wanted and immediately thanked him.
Starting the next day, he did go shopping everywhere, and even left Awa and walked around the prosperous areas of the Tang Kingdom.
Along the way, of course, he also met Han people. He heard what they said, and sometimes he also asked something. All the situations came to a conclusion. What the King of Tang told him before was true!
Today, the Tang Kingdom has a small population. If the original Dongwu people resisted fiercely, such as those who used swords and guns, the army would directly suppress them. If some other resistance, they would be taken directly to Yunnan to build roads. Of course, those far away places would be left in the Tang Kingdom to serve hard labor.
Therefore, Zhu Yousong went to many places and found that the original Dongwu people were mostly children and women. Young people were mostly people who came to make a living from the Ming Dynasty after hearing the news. The King of Tang saw that many Ming people settled in the Tang Dynasty, and these Ming people lived comfortably when there were more women and few men.
Zhu Yousong was sure that after ten or twenty years, the Tang Kingdom would be the Tang Kingdom of Ming people, and there would be no difference here from the mainland of Ming Dynasty. It would be comfortable to be a vassal king in such a place, and would not feel like being in a foreign country where barbarians were surrounded by barbarians.
Of course he would not know that Emperor Chongzhen introduced the feudal kings' feudal overseas national policy, and in fact, there was another thing he learned from previous experiences and lessons.
At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the country was strong and conquered the land of Annan and incorporated Annan into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
But at that time, the court just sent local officials to govern, and the majority of the people in Annan were always occupied by natives.
There is a problem here. The local officials sent by the Ming Dynasty to govern Annan did not truly treat Annan as the land of the Ming Dynasty for management. In other words, being an official for thousands of miles is just for wealth, and he has no intention of managing it well. After arriving in Annan, he levies heavy taxes. As a result, before Annan was assimilated by the Ming Dynasty, the local people began to rebel. With a large number of people and powerful people, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty was no longer the beginning of its founding. In the end, Annan separated from the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
Now, after the feudal king has become feudal, he will have to be a vassal state for generations and become the masters of himself. Naturally, he will not exploit the government without any scruples and unscrupulously like the officials of the court. At the same time, the large number of officials and troops brought from the mainland, as well as other Ming populations, can greatly accelerate the process of assimilating the local people.
In this way, the customs, culture, etc. of the vassal states will be the same as those in the mainland of the Ming Dynasty. After several years, mutual recognition will be high. If there is anything, the expansion of the territory of the Ming Dynasty will be natural. Just like the Zhou Dynasty was granted the title of princes, and then the Central Plains will eventually become a country.
Zhu Yousong was not until June when the land of Dongwu was really hot, which made him a little fat man unable to stand it. He then returned to the mainland of the Ming Dynasty from the Tang Kingdom and reported to his father.
At the same time, in the western Mongolia near Tianshan, where the Great Khan of the Hoshuote tribe was located, Eziertu entered the tent excitedly, saluted Gushi Khan, who was sitting there, and asked: "Uncle Khan, my nephew is interrogating those prisoners of Tsarist Russia!"
Before this, the small army of Tsarist Russia came to harass the Hoshuot army again, and was taken away by Eziertu's flintlock cavalry that he trained. More than half of them were killed on the spot, seven were captured, four of which became injured and died, leaving only three. Then, he personally interrogated the three prisoners, thinking of knowing more about the situation of Tsarist Russia. Suddenly, he was called by Gushi Khan, and the interest in interrogation was never lost.
The reason for this is that, one is that Mongolia in the western region is mostly harassed by Tsarist Russia, and has always adopted a tolerant attitude in the past, but in this way, I am fed up with it. This time, I caught three prisoners and must have to vent my anger. Second, he found that he trained according to the methods learned in the Ming Dynasty's new army, and the strength of the army was indeed strengthened. At least, no one was afraid of fighting against these Tsarist Russian troops that had previously thought were extremely vicious, so he won a battle.
Just after Eqiertu asked, he found that there was a lama sitting on the side of the big tent. At this moment, he couldn't help but be stunned. There was a lama coming from Tibet, why didn't he hear it?
Though thinking about this, he knew that Shu Khan respected the Lama very much, so he greeted him respectfully.
Gu Shihan was very happy to see it. After looking at the lama, he turned his head to look at Eziertu, who had turned to him and said, "I think it's time to call you here!"
When Eziertu heard this, he was a little stunned, but immediately remembered what Gushihan was pointing. He didn't think it was before, but when Gushihan was about to leave and he wanted to stand alone, he couldn't help but get nervous and said quickly: "Uncle Khan, my nephew feels...I feel that it's not ready yet!"
When Gu Shihan heard this, he smiled for a while, looked at the lama again, stood up, walked slowly to Eqiertu and stood still, reached out to pat his shoulder, and said seriously: "The eagles on the grassland have grown up and are about to fly by themselves. I have been watching for more than half a year, and I believe you can take over this sweat position!"
Hearing this, Eziertu was a little happy and proud at first, but then, he felt a little unsure and wanted to say it again.
Chapter completed!