my days with tyrants

Chapter 370 The advantage is in me
Iron gate closed.

Of course, it is the iron gate in the river.

There are many people with this name. In fact, Zhu Di’s ear-beating team that blocked Timur was also called Tiemenguan.

"I'm sorry about your father's affairs!"

Ambassador Yang patted Shahru on the shoulder and said.

As for Shah Ruh, he is now the king of Daming Kangju.

Of course a loyal minister like him should be rewarded, although his father rebelled, but he immediately informed him.

So when his secret letter arrived in the capital, he was already the new king of Kangju, but the imperial decree could not be delivered in time due to the long distance, but now Ambassador Yang came with the Beijing camp, and of course he was also canonized as Kangju by the way. The imperial decree of King Ju brought him, he is now King Kangju of Daming, and he was named King of Pingxi County...

Since Jianwen can make his father the King of Pingxi County, of course the court can also make him King of Pingxi County.

As for everything else remaining the same, it is still the commander of the three capitals of Jizhihe, Congling, and Persia, but the original commander of the Persian capital must have been drawn out to the west.

Of course, Shah Ruh didn't care about this either.

Originally, this area was also the first lost by the Timur Empire in history. After he robbed the Sultan, he has been fighting with Western Persia, especially the Black and White Sheep and other forces, but he has never been able to really regain it. His death was brought by his grandson. Bing gradually grew up during the war with these forces in Hippos and then tried to stand on his own.He led the army to fight, but died halfway like his father, except that he died in Rey, south of Tehran. After his death, Abu Saeed Mirza, the grandson of Milan Shah, snatched it from his hand. The seat of the Sultan, but he could no longer stop the decline of the Timur Empire. He was finally defeated and captured by the Aries Turkmen and executed. This is the grandfather of the founding emperor of the Mughal Empire, Babur.

After his death, the Timurid Empire fell apart and was gradually annexed by Yue Jiren who went south.

"He is old and confused, and he is always dreaming of impossible dreams. After all, this world still depends on the strong and the weak.

Ming was the most powerful empire in the world.

What we small countries need to do is to follow Daming, enjoy peace under the protection of Daming, and drink fine wine and watch singing and dancing in peace, isn’t it good?We have to fight everywhere for some ambition, always thinking about conquering this and conquering that. In the past, we had no choice. If we didn't fight others, we had to be beaten by others.

Just like a wild beast, the strong prey on the weak and the strong can only keep biting.

But is this a good day?

He rode a horse every day and kept charging. There was no food, no comfortable palace, and he was often injured and sick, which made him miserable.

It can't compare to guarding those beauties in a comfortable palace, drinking wine, watching singing and dancing, going to the garden to see the beautiful scenery, and reading.

This is the life of man.

Like him, he built a huge palace full of gold and silver treasures, but he couldn't live there for a few days a year, and in the end he died of exhaustion in a dilapidated house.

Really old and confused. "

Shaharu sighed.

Of course, he just said that on purpose.

After all, the most important thing for him now is to gain Yang Feng's trust.

But judging from his original performance in history, he did have such an ideal. According to the description of several groups of envoys sent to him by Zhu Di in the original history, he is a person who likes to enjoy life and does not want to fight unless it is absolutely necessary. Including his relationship with the Ming Dynasty, he has always maintained a low profile, maintained a tribute to his ministers, and then maintained enough respect for the envoys of the Ming Dynasty.

"It's best for you to think like this. I told Ma Heima in Kashgar that the Ming Dynasty had a saying for the vassals loyal to the Ming Dynasty that they would live with the country. The emperor would give iron coupons to all the titles. The minted imperial decree, as long as the holders of the iron coupons do not rebel, they will live together with the country. If the Ming Dynasty does not die, his territory will not change. The iron coupons of you vassals in the Western Regions have also begun to be rewarded. The main reason why the empress was too young , you may not believe it, but now the queen gives you iron coupons.

All are on par with the country.

Under the protection of Ming Dynasty, your descendants will enjoy the glory and wealth from generation to generation.

When your subjects rebelled, Ming sent troops to wipe them out. When you were invaded by foreign enemies, Ming protected you.

Daming has no other requirements from you. A vassal state like yours doesn’t even need to pay taxes, as long as you pay tribute regularly. As for the property you pay for the tribute, it is nothing more than obtained from your subjects, and you can support them as much as you want. enjoy wealth. "

Yang Feng said.

Such a vassal is the best.

In the future, I will fool around and let Hezhong also learn from Shule, and come to Kuma with a knife and gun to release Nanshan.

In fact, in the foreseeable future, these vassals can be retained. It is nothing more than the transformation of India into a king, and their religious beliefs are not a problem.

Rulers are the same.

Religious belief is only a tool for them to maintain their rule.

They themselves know very well that this is a tool. If this tool is dispensable, then their beliefs are also dispensable. Those in India in the late British rule were as loyal to the British as the religious kings. There are even earth kings who take the initiative to lead the army to fight for Britain.When the British master was about to leave, these earth kings had the same nostalgia as the Hindu earth kings. They broke into Mountbatten's office with a pistol in their hands, and wanted to rape and kill Nehru for the British. That was an earth king like them.

The rulers are very clear about religious beliefs. On the one hand, there is the Ming emperor who can protect them from overriding the subjects and then suck the bones and suck the marrow from the subjects to maintain their rich clothes and food; But he wants to get rid of Daming and force him to give up his subjects of various interests.

Who will he choose?

brother?

Pooh!
Are you a pariah worthy to be a brother to a prince like me?

With this system, these vassals will not threaten Ming's rule in the Western Regions, but will become the loyal dogs of Ming Dynasty in the Western Regions. They will go the way that Ming wants them to go without asking for anything.

"Let's go, it's time for the king to go to your palace."

Yang Feng said with a smile.

Kneeling down to meet the guards at the iron gate, Ambassador Yang and their new king passed through the fortress of the gate in the river side by side.

And behind Ambassador Yang, there is an endless Ming army.

These soldiers on horses and camels were all carrying magic blunderbuss, or carrying Zhangba spears, and among them there were field cannons trailing one after another. But they are all on chariots. Of course, it is impossible for Yang Feng to let the carriage pass through the Wakhan Corridor. Even if the place is modern, it is very difficult for cars to pass. In this era, there is no road between Nanjiang and Hezhong, which can let the Ming army Jing The battalion's wagons passed.

There is only one road that can take a carriage.

From Dihua to the north, and then along the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains, so that four-wheeled carriages can probably pass.

As for Yang Feng insisting on marching in a four-wheeled carriage with the Jingying, it is purely because the Jingying is not a real cavalry, and does not have the ability of Zhu Di's men to ride around the world on horseback.

It is much more comfortable to ride in a four-wheeled carriage.

But all soldiers actually carried horses or camels.

From Shule, they changed into horses or camels and then passed through the Wakhan Corridor to Kunduz to meet up with Shahru who was greeted by his father. The latter was originally sent back to Herat to gather soldiers. Governor of Herat.Timur’s descendants are all entrusted. Milan Shah was the governor of Western Persia before, that is, Tabriz and other places, and Shahru belonged to Herat. Then he returned to Herat and ignored him. Father, when he learned that Yang Feng had arrived in Shule, he immediately sent someone to deliver a letter and led troops to Kunduz to meet him.

At the same time, he also solved the emirs of the cities of Khorasan.

The latter all chose to betray his father and follow him to continue to surrender to Ming Dynasty, including the emirs in Kabul and other places in the south.

Everyone surrendered to Daming and lived a comfortable life in the past few years.

Timur has dementia, and everyone is not dementia, so why go crazy with him?
And right now.

Lucky water.

The battleship Saijiang, with banners covering the sun.

Amidst the sound of war drums and horns, the governor of Jiangxi Military Affairs in a red robe, Hu Zizhao, the minister of the Ministry of War, hung a sword at his waist, and led a large group of civil servants and generals behind him to kneel in front of the city gate.

In front of him, Huang Zicheng, a cabinet scholar who came from Guangzhou, was reading the imperial edict.

As for the content of the imperial decree, of course it is to enumerate the crimes of a group of rebels in the capital, and then order Hu Zizhao to lead the heavenly soldiers to march down, wipe out the rebellious party in one fell swoop, and welcome His Majesty back to the palace again.After receiving the information sent back by He Feng, a group of loyal ministers and righteous men in Guangzhou were full of enthusiasm. After all, what they were really afraid of was Yang Feng. Now that Yang Feng has conquered Timur, Timur can be killed Yang Feng, at least he can keep Yang Feng in the Western Regions for more than a year.

It takes nearly half a year to walk alone.

Even if it was the last Western Expedition with Zhu Di, it took more than a year in total.

And how long will it take for them to rush to the capital from Jiangxi?
Hurry up in less than a month.

As for the siege...

"Zhongchang, with these [-]-jin cannons, not to mention the blue brick city walls of the capital, even copper and iron walls can be blasted away."

After reading the imperial decree, Huang Zicheng raised Hu Zizhao and pointed to a warship on the river.

This warship is not too big, but there is a super giant cannon tied on the deck. The 40-jin cannon they cast in Ji'an's cannon field weighs more than [-] jin, and it is completely cast with the highest quality bronze. A bombardment collapsed the city wall of Ji'an, and there were seven statues behind it.In fact, the loyal ministers and righteous men of the Jianwen Dynasty have now completely become an equipment party. They think that they could not beat Yang Feng in the past because of poor equipment.The bigger the cannon, the better, and the more advanced the musket, the better. They have already started to equip the navy's Lu Yong with flintlock guns, and the half armor of the imperial soldiers Yishui is smelted with the highest quality iron ore in northern Guangdong, so It also looks very majestic now.

"However, the strength is still not enough. Now our department is only [-]. If King Dingyuan's army can't arrive at Huihe in time, it may be very difficult to break through the capital."

Hua Rong, the commander-in-chief next to him, said.

His father was Hua Mao, the late Commander of the Guangdong Metropolitan Government. The Hua family inherited the Guangzhou Zuowei. After Jianwen went south, he naturally became the main general of the latter.

His father was posthumously named Marquis, and then he also inherited the title.

This time their imperial battalion was not the main force, but the real main force was Wang Bi's 20 army.

The latter is old and strong, and is currently in Hengyang. Next, he will go down the river like them, and then take Changsha and enter the Yangtze River and go straight to Wuchang.

Changsha is not a big problem.

In fact, the gentry in Changsha have long been waiting to open the door to welcome them.

But Wuchang can't, because Wang Bi and his son-in-law, the king of Chu, have returned to Wuchang. It's hard to say whether there will be a war between them. The main reason is that the fiefdom of the king of Chu has been controlled by Wang Bi. Wuchang, then Wang Bi continued to control Annan.

It's not impossible to talk about it.

The loyal ministers and righteous men of the Jianwen Dynasty knew very well that the key to their war against rebellion was not to fight. If they really fought, they would not be able to defeat the army controlled by the imperial court. .Because of Yang Feng's perverse behavior, the civil service system and the gentry are all anti-Yang, but they dare not stand up, and the hereditary generals of the guard are also uneasy, at least partly uneasy, so as long as they can show their strength and quickly control the capital, then The vast majority of places saw hope and joined the Jianwen Dynasty.

As long as the court gives what they all want...

Restoring the old imperial examinations, exempting gentry from taxes, continuing hereditary guards, liberalizing the banking industry...

Then these people will really resist Yang Feng, and then the Ming Dynasty will work together to resist Yang Feng, and at the same time use the princess and others under control to force Yang Feng to accept the reality.

Even if Yang Feng can't be killed, he can be forced out of Daming.

Yang Feng is very strong, so strong that people are desperate, but if the gentry all over the world work together and we no longer accept your rule, what can he do?
Is it possible to conquer the world piece by piece?
"Don't worry, Marquis Anfeng. The imperial court will fight against rebellion with obedience. I have the righteousness and the advantage. No matter in the capital or in other places, loyal ministers and righteous men are all eagerly waiting. When the army enters the capital this time, all the places will serve as food pots to welcome the army. When the army arrives in the capital At that time, it is the day when Zhongyi in the city opens the gates to greet them, no matter whether Wang Dajun of Dingyuan arrives in time, it will not hinder Master Wang from driving straight in."

Huang Zicheng said with a smile.

Of course, the main reason was that they didn't want Wang Bi to come to Beijing.

The relationship between the latter and the imperial court is basically equivalent to that of Huanhuan and Yuan Xiu. Wang Bi has an army of 20. In Guangxi, the upper reaches, the imperial court must first pass him no matter what they do. If Wang Bi’s army enters Beijing next, then Jianwen He really might not dare to go back to the capital, and if he did go back to the capital, he would probably be a puppet for him.He is the only remaining veteran among the veterans. He has enough prestige in the army itself, and with the merits of entering Beijing, he is fully capable of gaining the support of the guard system. At that time, what could Zhu Yunqi of the tens of thousands of imperial battalions have against him?

and so……

It must be the imperial camp advanced to the capital.

Then Zhu Yunwen returned to the capital under the protection of the imperial camp, and ordered Wang Bi to go north to prepare to face Yang Feng as the emperor.

"Gong, are you joking? Yang Feng only took away two of the six armies in the capital, and the fourth army stayed behind. There are still millions of people in the city. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers can be obtained. I only have [-], how can I go straight in?"

Hua Rong said in astonishment.

"Because righteousness lies with me!"

Huang Zicheng said with an expression of winning.

(End of this chapter)