my days with tyrants

Chapter 309 Go Forward, Kings!
Yang Feng and Zhu Di solved Ma He's problem in this way.

"However, I think it would be best to change his name.

After all, he supported Zhu Yunqi before, and secretly transferred the navy to help Zhu Yunqi defend the city, and later went to Fujian to confuse the place to resist the court.

It's also noticeable.

How about changing his surname, for example, to Zheng He, so that there will be no Ma He, only Zheng He, who will remember it after a long time, so as to avoid those crazy people who always think of Ma He as doing things, Associated with the king, after all everyone knows that Ma He is the king's confidant. "

Yang Feng said.

"Then according to the ambassador, let him change his surname to Zheng!"

Zhu Di said with a smile.

But it's really necessary.

After all, the role he played before must be hidden, but Ma He is his confidant, in fact, the eunuch bestowed on him by Lao Zhu, if he continues to use the name Ma He, later generations will immediately look at this period of history. He thinks about it, but changing his surname to Zheng He will easily become blurred in a few decades.

Zheng He……

Zheng He has nothing to do with him!
His confidant is Ma He, this one is Zheng He.

As for why this Zheng He led the navy, and where did Ma He, who originally led the navy, go?
Unless you specialize in history, who would bother with this kind of problem?
Yang Feng also nodded in satisfaction.

In this way, Ma He became Zheng He.

As for Liu Rong and Yang Qing, they are all insignificant characters. Liu Rongcai is just an ordinary military household guarding Yanshan, his father is a hundred household, and Yang Qing is just one of Zheng He's subordinates.How could such a person affect Zhu Yunqi's level, so they were nothing more than pawns during Zhu Yunqi's rebellion, so there is no need to delve into it.Because Liu Rong wanted to confront each other, he would leave a mark on the record, but Yang Qing would not even stay. At most, he said that Zheng He arranged for Zhu Yunqi to go south by boat.

As for the captain is Yang Qing, another trusted eunuch under King Yan...

Who cares who the captain is?

In short, after a series of operations, the role played by King Yan in this rebellion was basically infinitely downplayed, but he played an important role in bringing order out of chaos.

First of all, Master Daoyan, the abbot of his family temple, went north to report a change.

And this is important.

This is the first step in uncovering the truth about the murder of the emperor.

Then it was Liu Rong who fled back, and finally brought the real culprit.

King Yan's achievements are great!

"Ha ha!"

Then the two looked at each other and smiled.

Now that Zhu Yunqi had already fled south, there was no need to worry about it. He just went to Guangzhou and settled it later. It just so happened that the He family and Wang Bi settled it together.Yang Feng and others continued to go south. After returning to the capital, the rest has nothing to do with Yang Feng. Anyway, the queen is temporarily in charge of the country, but in fact, the next thing about the court is the little princess and her brothers, especially Zhu Di and the king of Liao. .In fact, there is nothing else, because Lao Zhu must be buried immediately, and not only Lao Zhu, but also his grandson has to download it quickly. Unlike Lao Zhu who has been in the icehouse, Zhu Yunxi has been pulled by his brother as a talisman , even if there are anti-corrosion measures, it won't last.

So after Lao Zhu was buried, he must be buried again immediately.

Then he had to repair the mausoleum for him.

Fortunately, while burying Lao Zhu while repairing his, it doesn't need to be too high-standard, just feel free.

He couldn't wait.

And during the funeral of Lao Zhu, all the localities also turned their backs, because they still didn't care about the management, so they casually issued a decree, telling the officials and gentry everywhere not to have doubts, just do things honestly, and then the officials and gentry everywhere also Believe it.

Including Fujian, under the leadership of Zheng He, chose to let go of the originally closed checkpoints and re-accepted the imperial court's order. He himself failed to intercept He Rong's fleet and then went north. Unprepared Zhu Di is really honest.In short, Zheng He led the navy back to Taicang, and then continued to lead the navy. Talents like him are rare, at least for now, there is really no substitute for Ming.

This is not the navy generals of the imperial court, they are at most just wandering around the sea, and this is going back and forth across the Pacific Ocean.

This is true navigator.

In the era of great navigation, that is also a top master.

Yang Feng himself doesn't necessarily have his abilities.

Commanding the fleet, crossing the Pacific Ocean, and then interacting with the natives in the Americas, completing the task of collecting various crops, and then crossing the Pacific Ocean to return, experienced all kinds of difficulties and dangers during the period, and it was by no means a simple round trip.

He needs to have various abilities.

Navigation, military affairs, astronomy, and even the ideological work of his subordinates.

People like this have to be tolerated.

Mount Wutai.

The third floor of the embassy.

"My lords!"

Yang Feng looked at the princes who were sitting.

All the vassal kings have arrived, even King Jingjiang. At this time, King Jingjiang is Zhu Shouqian's son Zhu Zanyi. As soon as he succeeded to the throne, he let his cousin take over.The main reason is that Zhu Yunwen’s escape caused a lot of criticism from the people to His Majesty the Emperor, so he hurriedly let this cousin inherit the title, showing that he is a brother and brother. Anyway, Lao Zhu had already made this nephew his son when he was alive, and let him He went to various vassals to study there.

But this time King Jingjiang went to Beijing, apart from burial for his uncle, it was more of a refuge.

Zhu Yunwen has arrived in Guangzhou.

Then continue to serve as a state supervisor, asking Guangdong, Guangxi, Annan and other places to listen to him.

Of course, Wang Bi received the edict of the state supervisor.

In this way, the pressure is on King Jingjiang's side. If he accepts the imperial edict, he will be tantamount to betraying the imperial court, and the imperial army will go south to attack. He is the first to face the war in Guilin.If he does not accept the edict of Jian Guo, it means that he surrenders to the capital, and Wang Bi's army goes north, and he will be the first to face the flames of war.

In this case, run away!

Anyway, he was going to Beijing to be buried, so it can be said that he was justified in running away.

"Prince Jingjiang, sit down quickly!"

Yang Feng put on a Zhou Chaoxian style and said to King Jingjiang who was standing there.

"Xiao Wang is just a county king, how dare he stand side by side with all the uncles, wait for the outcome of the discussion, and Xiao Wang will just obey."

The latter said quickly.

"If I tell you to sit, you can sit!"

King Chu shouted.

King Qi who was still standing beside him smiled foolishly.

Of course he had to come, even if he came to join in, it would still be a position, but he was still followed by the princess, and the princess glared at him, and King Qi quickly shut up in fear, looking very docile.

King Jingjiang had no choice but to sit down at the bottom with a smiling face.

Then the little princess came over with Zhang Ying and Chun Ji and hung a huge map behind Yang Feng.

"Today Yang is acting as an intermediary to mediate the disputes between the Ming imperial family. The empress was supposed to participate, but the empress is about to give birth and dare not interfere, so she entrusts Princess Hanshan to take the place. How you discuss it has nothing to do with Yang. Yang is just an intermediary. As a proof, the result of your negotiation is the final result."

Yang Feng said.

"My king doesn't need to discuss, I will hand over all the guards of the Qi Fan, and the whole family will go to Beijing.

They are all poor villages, how can they compare to the colorful world of the capital, as long as the imperial court doesn’t lose my Qi Fan’s salary every year, and my family’s land and shops are reserved for us, so as not to delay the king’s medical treatment. "

Princess Qi said very simply.

"Princess Wang really has a deep love for her husband and wife."

Yang Feng sighed.

Princess Qi smiled slightly, and then wiped her husband's mouth.

Sure enough, the husband and wife are deeply in love.

All the kings cursed shamelessly.

"We are the same as Lu Fan, but the son has not yet reached the title, which is a bit troublesome."

Princess Lu said.

"Don't worry, sister-in-law. After the birth of the new monarch, the empress will use the Empress Dowager Jian Guo to decree that her son will inherit the title, and her sister-in-law will be the queen concubine."

said the little princess.

Princess Lu nodded with satisfaction.

What she wanted was the princess, after all, she was not the one who gave birth to the son, and she had no children, but having the status of the princess meant that she would still be the head of Prince Lu's mansion in the future.After entering Beijing, even if King Lu became an adult, he was just a vassal with no soldiers and no power, and he couldn't get rid of her palm at all, not to mention that she had Yang Feng's backing, and her brothers also held military power.

What she wants is to continue to control Lu Wangfu.

"I choose to stay in the capital, and I will become a feudal clan if I don't need it."

King Shen said.

It can be seen that he is actually not very willing, but he has no choice.

"Anyone who doesn't want to be a fan."

The little princess looked at King Tang and the others.

The latter quickly expressed his attitude, and Tang Yi'an Ying chose not to be a fan.

"It doesn't matter if it's just the feudal clan, but the feudal land will still be given to you, with a family of [-] mu, but the imperial court will take over the management of the property and pay you taxes every year. In addition, you will be given to build a palace in the capital."

said the little princess.

The vassal fields of the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty originally had their own management and the imperial court managed the business. The former arranged for his subordinates to collect rent in various villages, but the rent should be set by the court, because there were too many rent collections by the vassal kings in the late Ming Dynasty. Gao was reprimanded by the emperor.But even if this is too high, it is actually lower than the gentry's income, but it does not mean that it is comfortable to plant the fields of the vassal kings. It is true that the rents of the vassal kings are not high, but the managers themselves still have to make money.

In short, it is almost the same as that of a gentleman.

As for the management of the imperial court, the local officials pay a fixed number every year according to the number of vassal fields in the jurisdiction.

As for how much...

Take as much as you are given!

Is it interesting that the majestic vassals compete with the common people for profit?

For example, Fu Wang is often not available.

As for repairing the palace, it is very cheap now, mainly due to the large amount of cement used, and the use of wrought iron bars and bamboo bars. In short, the cost will not be too high, but the life span will be shorter.

but……

Then it's none of the court's business.

That being the case, those vassal kings who were not interested in fiefs chose to go to Beijing one after another.

King Ning, King Su, King Han, King Gu, King Dai, King Min...

King Min didn't want to go back to Yunnan either, he would have to be bullied by Mu Sheng when he returned to Yunnan, and Mu Sheng's attitude was unclear at the moment, maybe he supported Zhu Yunqi or the court, anyway, he didn't want to go back.So in the end, only the eight kings of Yan, Zhou, Jin, Qin, Chu, Shu, Qing, and Liao chose not to enter Beijing. As for King Jingjiang, of course he chose to enter Beijing.

"Everyone, the outside world is very big, and there are many good places, why don't you go out and have a break?"

Yang Feng said.

The princes smiled slightly.

What a fart!

Let's be an apartment honestly!

"In this way, there are only six elder brothers and two nephews left, but His Majesty has already decided that there will be no vassals in this line."

The little princess pointed to the line on the map.

This line is actually the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty. It starts from the Liaodong side wall, goes all the way to Shanhaiguan, and then goes west to Jiayuguan. According to this line, King Liao, King Yan, King Qin, King Qing, King Zhou, and King Shu are all included, and the rest Whether the king of Chu needs another explanation, after all, he is in Annan, but the king of Jin is definitely outside, after all, he has moved to Shuofang now.

"Sister, tell me straight!"

King Liao said sadly.

"Daddy has already made arrangements for the fourth brother, so I don't need to say more about it. As for my brother's Guangning is indeed within this line, there are two options. One is to move the domain to Daning and take over the fiefdom of the king of Ning. As for the property of the Liao domain It is still reserved. Second, in addition to the chief envoys in the Ming Dynasty, all of them are in charge of the envoys, and they can choose a place for management, such as Nanyang, Western Regions, or other places, just like the fourth brother. On the one hand, control the position. The current chief ministers of the Ming Dynasty are all except the commanders, and all the land that has been conquered will be your feudal country. In the future, just like North Korea and Japan, you will only be called ministers and pay tribute, but you can decide all state affairs by yourself. "

said the little princess.

"The ones that were shot down were all your own?"

Shu Wang said.

"Yes, the ones that were shot down were all my own."

said the little princess.

"However, if there are no soldiers and no food, how can we develop a little business?"

King Zhou said.

It's only been a few years and he's about to move for the second time.

"Your Majesty, before this, you were still Da Ming's strategist. Naturally, you brought along the Ming's army. I told Your Majesty before that you can go south to manage India. Before that, you were still controlling Wu Si with Zhou King Zang, Duogan and other capitals. Therefore, you can mobilize the soldiers and horses of these capitals. They like to go to India to make a fortune. You can even temporarily keep the current fiefdom. After all, even if you move the domain, you have to have enough time. Control the jurisdictions, mobilize troops and horses from these jurisdictions, and follow you south to lay down territory for yourself. As for the military expenses during the period, the imperial court will naturally not ignore it. Isn't the king of Yan's westward expedition also spending the imperial court's military expenses?"

Yang Feng said.

that's it.

Of course, he didn't expect King Zhou to really have the ability to go south from the plateau to India.

It's too daunting.

But in this process, Wu Sizang and Duogan, who were originally just guards, could truly be included in the Ming Dynasty's rule. Besides, the King of Zhou would not suffer a loss. He really wanted to go south to India and he could actually do it.

It is indeed difficult to walk through the Yadong Mountain Pass, but you can walk...

Well, it's exaggerated wherever he goes.

But it's none of Yang Feng's business, anyway, the Tao has been drawn out for him, it's up to him whether he can leave or not, and even if he stays in Xining, the court will not drive him out.The line of the little princess is indeed included, but neither Yang Feng nor the little princess really counted King Zhou in the ranks of relocation. It would be good to have someone to stay in his place. For the past two years, King Zhou has also relied on Qingyan Only hold on.

The King of Zhou looked at the map silently, obviously looking smug. After all, Zhu Di's success was right in front of him. In front of Zhu Di was the vast Western Region, but in front of him was also a vast land...

It is indeed vast.

He looked out over a land waiting to be conquered by him.

But it's just a majestic mountain range with an altitude of nearly [-] in the middle.

(End of this chapter)