my days with tyrants

Chapter 161 You have to be stunned

"Actually, you still have a choice."

Yang Feng said.

"Please transfer your domain?"

Zhu Di sneered.

"The world is really big.

The current Ming Dynasty is indeed not small, but it is still very small in the whole world, let alone compared with the places conquered by the Mongols, it is much smaller than the Tang Dynasty.

Even if the Tang Dynasty was counted by the place where troops were stationed, the farthest was Suiye.

Where is the broken leaf?
Going west from Jiayuguan is almost equivalent to the distance from Jiayuguan to the capital.

But this is still not the limit of the conquest of the Tang Dynasty army, it is only the garrison of the Tang Dynasty. Later, Talas, who was defeated by the Tang Army, had to travel thousands of miles west, and the small countries such as the Stone Kingdom, which surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, continued to move forward.

As for the Western Expedition of the Mongols, this is even more incomparable. The farthest Mongolian Expedition reached is equivalent to adding another one from the capital to Suiye, and it is still ruled by the descendants of Batu.Therefore, the area under Daming's current control is really small, and there is still a vast world outside, so why not be obsessed with this area of ​​Daming?Why not go out, like Batu and others, to lay down a vast territory of your own? "

Yang Feng said.

It is said that among Zhu Yuanzhang's sons, only Zhu Di has this kind of ambition.

but……

Ambition alone is useless!

"Batou has his own tribe. The ambassador wants me to use the three guards to open up thousands of miles? What's more, how many of the three guards are willing to abandon their wives and children and fight through thorns and thorns with me?"

Zhu Di said.

Ambition requires support!
He has an empire as a support, so of course he can start his ambitions, but now that he can hardly keep his fief, what can he use for his ambitions?Batu's subordinates are the tribe assigned to him, but Zhu Di only has three guards, and for the three guards, instead of following him to open up foreign lands, it is better to find old connections and call out guards!

That was indeed his bodyguard.

But his guards are not his tribe, they are only ordered to protect him.

Even spying on him.

Follow him to open up foreign lands?
Just those guards who have been guarding him for less than two years and are already abandoning him?
What a joke!

We are farming people and not nomadic people.

Not to mention opening up foreign lands together, even Zhu Yunqi's only imperial decree in history can also reduce his guards, even before Jing Nan, his guards even ran to inform.The relationship between the vassal king and the guard is not master-slave. The guard must be loyal to the emperor before being loyal to the vassal king. Between the emperor and the vassal king, the emperor is their master.Therefore, when the feudal lord intends to rebel, the guards must immediately stop or even take down the feudal lord. This is the duty of the guard. Such a subordinate relationship is impossible to follow him to abandon his homeland and open up foreign lands.

The farming people themselves are also different from the nomadic peoples who migrate and move.

It is no different from their nomadic pastoralism in the eastern grasslands.

But farming peoples are different.

That is to abandon the fertile soil left by the ancestors and to develop in the barren land.

"That's your Highness's own business. I'm just pointing out the way for you. As for how to get there, it's your own business. I'm not your nanny."

Yang Feng said.

In fact, in good conscience, Zhu Di's most realistic choice now is to fight his nephew.

Really, this is the most realistic.

Only with the backing of the Ming Empire, can he have everything he currently has. With a powerful army and sufficient supplies, he can be invincible. Without this backing, he is nothing, so in this empire, He is the strongest.

He cannot leave the empire.

Only within the system of this empire can he have the strength to compete with his nephew.

As for the pancake painted by Yang Feng, it is purely a real pancake, which is meaningless to Zhu Di at this stage, and he has no possibility to choose at all, and there is no time to accumulate strength now, after all, his father is seventy years old. Who knows that it will be gone one day, and as long as his nephew succeeds to the throne, it is inevitable that he will cut down the feudal clan, but it is more realistic to grab the position of the crown prince while his father is still alive.

Give it a go!
What if it works?
Besides, it couldn't be worse if it failed.

Zhu Yunxi's cutting of the feudal clan was carried out no matter what.

If he fails, he will cut down the domain, and if he does not fight, he will also cut down the domain.

Zhu Di stood silently on the tower, looking out at the city that was celebrating victory.

"Is it true what the ambassador said about America?"

Zheng He asked suddenly.

"Ah, I'm not sleepy when you say this.

True, absolutely true.

Moreover, starting from Fusang is also the most convenient route. If it is faster, you can cross the ocean in two or three months, and then go south along the coastline until you reach a very warm place, where you can go ashore and trade with the natives.

But it’s really hard to say which native tribe the corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes I’m talking about come from. I can only give you pictures of these things, all of which are drawn by master painters.But there is one more thing, my pictures are from later generations, they are selected from generation to generation, so I am not sure what it looks like now.

But these are indeed their food.

As for returning, take the route to Luzon in the south, and then turn back. If the whole process goes well, it will be completed in about one or two years. "

Yang Feng said.

It has been two years, and the Kuroshio route is very fast.

Hasekura Changchang traveled from Sendai to Atapulco in three months.

"As long as there are pictures, you can always find them.

Can the ambassador tell you more, such as the current situation of the natives, such as the windy season at sea, especially the diseases you mentioned, the sooner the better. "

Zheng He said with a smile.

"Very happy to."

……

"Your fourth brother really wants to fight."

On the carriage going back, Yang Feng said with a deep face.

Zhu Di is going to America.

Otherwise Zheng He would not have asked these things.

Using to develop the Americas, bring back those new crops to reach the peak of his prestige, and prove to his father that he is the destiny and the choice that all people look up to, but it should be more than these, after all, these are false and cannot change his strength. disadvantaged.

Fighting for the throne is not about choosing idols, it really depends on strength.

It's useless for show.

So he should have other, deeper plans that are still unknown.

"But my father won't change people. If my father would choose him, he would have already chosen him. My father initially chose Yunxuan and didn't choose him. Now Yunxie's position is stable and he is very popular. At most, he will be with him. You are close, but these will not make my father change, my father is very disciplined in this kind of thing, the throne must belong to the crown prince."

said the little princess.

"That's up to him."

Yang Feng said.

It is indeed very difficult for Zhu Yuanzhang to change people, but relying on this competition, it is necessary to gather the hearts of his subordinates and then fight when necessary, otherwise the hearts will really disperse.After all, Zhu Di's cronies followed him in order to seek wealth and status. No matter whether he succeeded or not, he had to at least let his cronies see hope, and he had to be stunned.He didn't even froze, and he didn't show any intention of fighting, so his cronies were not stupid, so why should they follow him.

Only follow him if he has a dream, and he chooses who will follow him as a salted fish.

But the most important thing for him now is to restore those cronies and stabilize those cronies who are shaking.

Otherwise, there is no need to wait to cut down the vassal.

It took less than two years for this development trend, and all his subordinates were eccentric.

What can he do then?
Only by stabilizing these cronies can he ensure that he has enough power, and it would be even more perfect if he can make his cronies give up their hearts on him, so he probably wants to go to America to show his cronies that his destiny belongs...

What if a miracle can be done?
It is entirely possible that Zheng He's voyage to the East brought some fantasy bonuses, which cast a layer of mystery on Zhu Di's destiny. After all, people in this era still believe in this, and this is obviously in line with Yao Guangxiao, a monster monk. style of.

"Do you want to tell Yunxi?"

asked the little princess.

"Of course I will!"

Yang Feng said.

Telling or not telling is the same.

Zhu Di's return from this trip has already declared the war between his uncle and nephew. Zhu Yunxi is very aware of this and will not have too many fantasies about his uncle, but this is Zhu Yuanzhang's intention, and His Majesty the Emperor wants this effect now.

Let his son be the whetstone of his grandson.

Poor Zhu Di!

"Who are you rooting for?"

the little princess asked curiously.

"I don't support anyone. It's none of my business whether your Zhu family becomes the emperor. I don't want anything from your Zhu family. As long as you don't disturb me, your fourth brother is very talented. He will expand the territory when he is the emperor. I like it." Expansion of territory, but your nephew was taught by me, it will make Daming more like what I want, and I also like Daming like I want.

But the relationship between your fourth brother and me will definitely continue the relationship between me and your father, that is, he always wants to kill me, but because he knows he can't kill me, he can only tolerate me.

Your nephew probably doesn't want to kill me.

After all, he knows my principles of doing things, but he still can't disturb me, I still do what I like.

In short, it doesn't matter who they are the emperor, I can do whatever I have to do. "

Yang Feng said.

When Zhu Di becomes emperor, it will be the new generation of Zhu Yuanzhang.

So his situation is no different from now.

People can't kill him so they have to tolerate him, but they will try their best to restrain him, especially to limit the spread of his heresies, so as to prevent him from bewitching more pure people. Zhu Di is not much different from his father in thought, even better than his father. More conservative, and compared to his father, he cares less about the common people.

Behind Zhu Di's great talent and general plan, it is actually a heavy burden for the common people of Ming Dynasty.

The envoys who paid tribute recorded that there were people who died of starvation near the capital.

In the final analysis, the ambition of the emperor must of course be realized by stepping on the livelihood of the common people.

At present, Zhu Yunxi is more economical.

After all, he has been influenced by Yang Feng, especially his aunt from the very beginning. It is impossible for someone like his aunt to make money without talking about it, and he also likes business, and has even started to learn bank management from his aunt.Therefore, Zhu Yunxi will be an excellent ruler of success, and his ambition to expand the territory is definitely not as good as his uncle's. Of course, the cost must be calculated for those who focus on the economy. economy.

In short, both uncles and nephews have their own merits!

"Like my dad, this is really not good!"

The little princess said deeply.

This is very important!

It's not just her, everyone doesn't like another emperor like her father. Everyone has been trembling under the shadow of Zhu Yuanzhang for more than 20 years, and they really don't want to continue.

"You should let your father hear this!"

Yang Feng was speechless.

"Ha, so what if you hear it, he said it himself. His own actions are all due to the troubled times and he has to be stricter. As for future generations, there is no need to follow suit. He also knows that he is too strict so that no one likes him."

said the little princess.

"Emperor, that's not what people like."

Yang Feng said.

……

The next day, an urgent courier delivered His Majesty's imperial decree, allowing King Yan to go to Beijing to offer prisoners.

That afternoon the fleet took advantage of the tide and set sail.

As for Yang Feng and others, of course they also followed the fleet entering Beijing.

These are actually only the Yang Wenbu, that is, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang naval forces that originally participated in the conquest of the Japanese kingdom, plus some Fujian and Guangdong warships, while the maritime and Shandong naval forces led by Zhu Shou are still in Fusang. After all, the war is not over in theory.Only when Zhu Yuanzhang made the final judgment on the Wa Kingdom, and the Wa Kingdom accepted the ruling, would the war be considered as the end. Therefore, a large part of the Japanese conscript army remained in Fusang to maintain the offensive against the Wa Kingdom.As for Yang Wenbu, after completing the captive offering, he had to go south to Guangzhou, and after joining the Guangdong navy, he began to conquer Annan. Now the king of Chu has arrived in Nanning to take over the Annan army.

It has to be said that the Ming army, especially the Ming army at sea, has been in high-intensity combat in recent years.

Although real naval battles are rare.

For the Japanese country, it is to abuse the food, and the warships equipped with rapid-fire guns are surrounded by shells and beaten violently.

But it's always been on a mission.

His Majesty the Emperor is also in a hurry now. It can be said that he is going on non-stop conquests. After changing his past prudence, he wants to lay down as much territory as possible for his children and grandchildren while he is alive, and then make arrangements. It is also a painstaking effort.However, because they always have the sharp weapon of treasure money in their hands, coupled with sufficient food, the people of Ming Dynasty did not feel too much pressure, but the key is that the cost of war is not high...

It was too easy to win.

Moreover, the problem of Japanese pirates was completely solved, and a stable production environment was obtained along the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Especially along the coast of Zhejiang, even the fishing industry has begun to prosper again.

"The key to Annan is the Baiteng River, as long as your fleet gets through this line, the war will basically be more than half won.

But the key to Bai Tengjiang is not to be ambushed.

The north side of this waterway is full of high mountains and forests, and the south side is densely covered with water networks like Hongze Lake, all of which are hidden waterways, so no matter which side can hide a large number of ambushes.Everywhere for hundreds of miles can become an ambush circle. You don’t know when a large number of enemies will suddenly appear and intercept your fleet, and you can’t pursue them even if they withdraw. After all, chasing is tantamount to being divided and surrounded.

So me and your grandson have prepared for you a weapon that can be called a magic weapon. "

Yang Feng said.

"A magic weapon?"

Yang Wen said in astonishment.

"Yes, you will know when you arrive in the capital."

Yang Feng said with a smile.

(I found that this disease wears out the body very much, even if all the symptoms are gone, the body still recovers slowly.

Very false. )
(End of this chapter)