my days with tyrants

Chapter 272 Zhu Yuanzhang's Obsession
"So, how long can His Majesty last?"

Ambassador Yang, who satisfied her mother for a while, lay on his belly, looked up at the starry sky, and said with great interest.

Old Zhu is still alive.

Although it is completely impossible to get up and deal with the government.

"It's hard to say, at least half a month ago, there was a critical illness, and the emperor's grandson, King Guangze and others were called over, but I don't know why, and it seemed that there was some wish that was unfulfilled, and I was relieved. In short The last urgent report I received was that His Majesty the Emperor was ready to eat, and he had already made a fuss in this situation once before.

He was about to die, but miraculously slowed down, making all the officials happy. "

Zhang Ying said.

"Wish not fulfilled?
Could it be because he hasn't seen Jiahe yet? "

Yang Feng said in horror.

Very likely.

At this time, Lao Zhu had nothing to worry about.

Even the Great Khan of Mongolia was exhibited to him in a cage.

However, Erebek was pardoned by him again, and then he was granted the title of Marquis of Chengen. Whenever there were foreign tribute envoys, Marquis Chengen would be in charge of receiving them. Very satisfied, after all, although he used to have the title of Great Khan, he was actually quite homeless, and he was not Emperor Yuanshun.

The blessing of the Great Khan was not enjoyed very much, but Guang was hunted down as the number one target of the Ming army.

Now that there is no need to worry about food and clothing, drinking and drinking in a bustling city, it is also quite comfortable to visit Jiaofangsi.

The latter was chartered by Lao Zhu.

Daming officials are strictly forbidden to go to the Jiaofang Division.

However, the imperial censor's memorial to impeach Cheng Enhou's access to the Jiaofang Division was rejected by Lao Zhu.

As for the struggle between the two grandsons for the throne, at least it seems to be over for now. Zhu Yunqi continues to study honestly. Zhu Yunxi has actually completely taken over the government, that is, he has not yet ascended the throne.Although the folk gentry were dissatisfied with the emperor's grandson, it was only dissatisfaction, and industrial and commercial people generally supported the emperor's grandson, and those who really disliked him were those so-called heirs of farming and studying.But whether he likes it or not, he can only accept it. After all, the Shenji Camp in the capital suppresses all dissatisfaction, and everything in the Ming Dynasty is developing in a direction that Zhu Yuanzhang is satisfied with.

That is to worry about his fourth son and Yang Feng, but now his fourth son has accepted the arrangement.

I went to the Western Regions.

The problem is solved.

And he also subdued all the countries in the Western Regions in one breath, I am very relieved!
This son is still like him after all.

As for Yang Feng...

It's useless for him to worry!
So according to his temper, it seems that his wish of not seeing Jiahe is unfulfilled.

"He couldn't take his last breath just because of this?"

Zhang Ying was speechless.

"It's hard to talk about this kind of thing. Sometimes people's obsession is very deep, so there's no news about Ma He?"

Yang Feng asked.

It's not impossible.

Lao Zhu is actually a peasant in the final analysis.

He is too obsessed with eating. When he is old, he sits on the world and has nothing to pursue. That is, the Jiahe that Yang Feng said, like this kind of willpower is very strong, and it is not an incurable disease, it is simply death of old age. Yes, if there is an obsession that has not been fulfilled, he can survive for a certain period of time even if he grits his teeth and sticks to a normal diet.

He is just too old.

It's not that he's old, seventy isn't that old, but the life overdrawn in the first half of his life is too serious, and it's hard for a person like him to live a long life.

So just seventy can be said to be close to exhaustion.

But as long as you stick to a normal diet by willpower, it doesn't mean you can't continue it.

"No, the ships sent by Guangdong have been waiting in Luzon. If the fleet returns, they will report to Guangzhou immediately, but at least we have received news that they have not returned yet.

Nothing really happened, right? "

Zhang Ying said.

"This one, I can only resign myself to fate!"

Yang Feng said.

Really can only resign to fate.

But this is the case with going to sea in this era. Going out is resigned to fate. Let alone a few months later than the scheduled time, even a few years later is not uncommon. This is the case in the era of great navigation. It even takes a few years to go to sea, return with a full load and then sink. There are all in front of the house.

Like the hapless Gothenburg.

It took nearly three years to complete a trade, during which 20.00% of the crew died, and after returning to Gothenburg, the tentacles sank under the gaze of the people who greeted them on the shore.

To go to sea is to resign yourself to fate.

Ambassador Yang's fleet carrying his adopted daughter, gold, silver and jewels sailed down the river, arousing frenzied crowds along the way...

After all, this is too exaggerated.

After going west for more than a year, it already needs to be transported by a fleet stretching dozens of miles.

Are you going on a western expedition or moving?
And it's still his own, that is to say, there will be tens of thousands of Ming troops in the future, and they don't include the ones they robbed, so how rich is the Western Region, can you rob so much wealth and women in one trip?
"To the west, the west is full of gold, the rivers flow with milk and honey, the cattle and sheep are boundless, and the land is vast and boundless. As long as you go, everyone can be a landlord. You can cultivate hundreds of thousands of acres and plant rice. You can also raise silkworms. Look at the piece of silk in my hand. This is where it is produced. There is everything you want. Here you are just tenants, and you can’t even marry a wife. Go there and you are all landlords. .

Wives and concubines are in groups! "

Ambassador Yang seemed to be a magic stick to lure the poor Europeans to join the Crusade. He held up the silk in one hand and his most beautiful adopted daughter in the other, and shouted to the onlookers.

Then there was an envious exclamation.

Then he performed the same show in all the cities he passed.

Anyway, kill or bury.

It has nothing to do with him to fool people.

Because those who want to go to the Western Regions are military households, at present, the civil registration has not been released spontaneously. What they want to go is to register at the various health offices, and then send them to the commanding department of the capital, and organize them as military households to go west.

There are also merchants.

Merchants can also lead the way.

In the future, the business group formed by Yang Feng will also be a businessman.

Then there are the officials selected by the imperial court. Although they are all commanders and envoys, there are also civilian officials.

In short, these are the things that go to the Western Regions at present.

Zhu Yunxi issued targets to the commanders and envoys in various places.

Depending on the situation, there is a commander who must gather a guard, and there is also a commander who must gather a few guards. Like those one or two thousand households with too few populations, there is no such thing as Huining. In short, the task of recruiting people is handed over to the commanders and envoys, but the military households in the Western Regions are different from those in the mainland, they do not need to pay military rations...

Not only do you not have to pay, but as long as you have the ability to open up wasteland, there is no limit.

You can drive as much as you like.

In addition, for all those who went west, the imperial court gave a sum of money to buy what they wanted to buy, not only the materials needed to immigrate to the Western Regions, but also slaves and maidservants. It is true that Ming civilians cannot buy slaves and maidservants, but this kind of military households who go to the frontier can.

In fact, this system is the feudalization designed by Yang Feng.

Land reclamation is indeed unlimited, but the amount cultivated by a family is limited. Looking at the endless fertile fields in front of them, what should I do if I cannot reclaim them due to the limitations of my family's ability?
Use slaves!

Where to get slaves?

Japan, North Korea, Annan...

Buy whatever you want.

After arriving there, they lead the slaves to open up wasteland, and then the slaves are responsible for farming. What real landlords need to do as military households is to fight. They are like European knights. In places like the Western Regions, they want to attract people and let them take root , which is the simplest and most effective way.

If you go, you will be a landlord, if you go, you will be a knight with a fief.

More modern social systems are useless.

That place is too big and the population is too small to afford anything else.

Even a disciplined army like the Shenjiying of the Ming army is very difficult at present. Although Zhu Di is eager to build such an army, in fact he can't do it at all, because if he wants to build a disciplined army like the Shenjiying, he must first have enough population settlement area.Because these soldiers have to train together for a long time, nomads can't enter this era because they don't have this kind of foundation. His nephew can realize it, but he can't.His nephew is in a city with a population of one million. Even if the surrounding cities are not counted, there are more than 20 military households in the capital alone, and his Yili is currently about 2 people, but if he guards himself If they do this together, he will have to face the problems of food transportation and local control.

He cannot live in large groups.

The population of tens of thousands of cities in southern Xinjiang is already the limit.

The largest is [-] households in Kashgar.

This is the limit.

because of productivity constraints.

On the contrary, this kind of fiefdom system can use the lowest maintenance cost to manage a fragmented control area whose output per unit area is not as good as that of the mainland, lacks contiguous plains, and can only rely on oasis irrigation.

This is also the main reason why the Western Regions are basically one city with one city lord, and there has never been a real unification. It is broken in the first place, and it is useless to unify.Timur is known as an empire, but in fact it is just an alliance united by faith. He sits on the largest city and plunders craftsmen from all over to control the manufacturing industry.The son was enfeoffed to control the main cities in the area, and then the emirs from all over the place had the final say, but he only needed to pay taxes to him, but he didn't care how to govern.It's not that they don't understand the benefits of a unified empire, but their conditions dictate that they can only divide it.

The same is true for Ming Dynasty in the Western Regions.

It is the fief system.

Go to have a fief, and then play the manor.

but……

The identity is a military household.

Therefore, if you dare to run back, you are a deserter.

Ambassador Yang doesn't care about killing or burying, he just brags and coaxes people there, and he can't come back if he is dissatisfied after he arrives. Regardless of the military households in the guard or the business group he is about to set up, the former is suppressed by the law. He is a woman and The indemnity is under pressure. In short, if you go, you must stay honestly.

Besides, it doesn't count as cheating them.

Now even Huining's reclamation team has adapted to the environment.

After all, it is a matter of initial adaptation.

After you get used to it, you will get used to it. Besides, home is already there anyway, so you have to get used to it if you are not used to it.

Yang Feng passed by next in Sichuan, of course not many people can be fooled. The commander of Sichuan only allocated one guard. At this time, the population of Sichuan is pitifully small, and there is a lot of wasteland. It is difficult for him to brag about it. Besides, Ambassador Yang He has a lot of bad records in this area. Everyone actually knows that he is quite good at fooling people. After all, he has learned a painful lesson from Hui Ning.On the contrary, his adoptive daughters were excited. For these girls who grew up in the Western Regions and were used to wind and sand every day, the Jialing River rafting and the endless green along the way were undoubtedly like a different world.They looked at everything along the coast with longing on the boat they took, and also showed their faces to the people along the coast, so they arrived in Chongqing.

chongqing.

"Your officer has met the ambassador!"

The prefect of Chongqing was waiting at the pier.

"Yang is just passing by, and he is not planning to enter the city, but there is a magistrate."

Yang Feng said.

He didn't go all the way into the city. After all, behind him is a fleet that stretches for tens of miles. Once he goes ashore and enters the city, it will easily cause chaos. These are thousands of righteous women, just like thousands of little yellow ducks, and they have not undergone any training. , I don’t understand the language, and they look different. Once they enter the city and attract crowds, it is easy to cause trouble.

Just stop at the shore and add some food and drink.

"Ambassador, I have urgent requests from the capital to hand over to the ambassador."

The prefect said.

He then took out an urgent official document of five hundred miles and handed it to Yang Feng.

Yang Feng took it and opened it suspiciously...

"what happened?"

Zhang Ying asked.

"Your emperor's decree tells me not to go back to the capital for the time being, go directly to Guangdong, and then take the navy fleet to Luzon to welcome Ma and them.

What is the use of such a thing? "

Yang Feng said.

Of course, it may also be that the grandson of the emperor wanted to appease his grandfather. After all, Lao Zhu is in such a state that it seems unfilial for him not to do anything, but this kind of thing can only be done by Yang Feng, who wants to welcome a boat on the sea If you are not in the team, you can only rely on Yang Feng's high-powered lens.

At least this thing can see far.

Moreover, the return route of Ma He's fleet was designed by Yang Feng. Although there is no real route at sea, but because it depends on ocean currents, it is at least within the width of ocean currents, but if you want to determine where it is within the width of ocean currents, you can only rely on Yang Feng's watch is positioned.

It's winter now, and there are no typhoons anymore.

"What should I do?"

Zhang Ying said.

"You take them to the capital, and I'll go to Guangdong to see, since he invited me to go, it must be interesting.

How to go to Guangzhou by taking the post station from here. "

Yang Feng said.

"Ambassadors can cross the river from here, take the post road to Bozhou and then to Guiyang, from Guiyang to Guangxi's Anlong Chang's lawsuit, the rest is to go straight to Guangzhou by water, but there are mountain roads along the way, and even many post roads can pass One horse, the road is not easy to walk. And they are all under the jurisdiction of the chieftains, but since the army crusade last year, these chieftains are still obedient, and the ambassador is invincible, so don’t care. Huguang takes the post road, it’s a little farther, but the road is much easier to walk.”

The magistrate hurriedly said.

"Let's go to Guiyang. The mountain road is no different from the flat land to me."

Yang Feng said.

Indeed, the mountain road was nothing to him, let alone the chieftain.

Going to Guizhou is to drift along the Beipan River, Hongshui River and Xijiang River.

You can only ride a horse or walk all the way to Huguang.

Or go rafting.

Anyway, just to fool around, maybe when he arrived in Guangzhou, Ma He's fleet had already returned.

(End of this chapter)