Daming: I was exposed by Zhu Di's Sims life!

Chapter 179 Destruction of the country!

Although Zhu Gaochi deprived him of the crown prince and abolished him as the king of Gan, the emperor did not make King Qi the crown prince.

However, King Qi was once again appointed as the supervisor of the country. In fact, there is only a thin line between him and the prince. Apart from the nominal gap, King Qi's actual power is no less than that of the prince in his heyday, or even better.

And the reason why Zhu Di didn't make King Qi the prince was because he didn't want to make things too embarrassing.

After all, in order to give Zhu Gaochi a decent resignation, the process of abolishing the prince is not to depose the prince directly, but to let Zhu Gaochi "resign due to illness". After three resignations and three stays, Zhu Gaochi was let down.

And since he resigned due to illness, it would be too ugly if King Qi took over directly.

Whether he has the title of "Prince" actually makes no difference to Zhu Gaoyi, besides, it is only a matter of time before the re-establishment of the Prince.

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His Majesty the Emperor held a grand banquet in Fengtian Hall in order to celebrate the great power of the Daming Navy overseas.According to the Ming system, it can be divided into large banquets, medium banquets, regular banquets, and small banquets. Generally, there are only festivals, such as Lichun, Lantern Festival, April [-], Dragon Boat Festival, Chongyang, Laba, or when suburban sacrifices or ancestral temples and palaces are completed. Opportunity to hold a "big banquet".

At the beginning, Zhu Gaoxuan and Zhang Fu quelled the Southwest Rebellion, made an expedition to Mobei to defeat Oala, and established Jianzhou Province in the Northeast to turn barbarians into Han... It was all a big feast.

Shang Baosi was in charge of the preparations for the grand banquet. First, the throne was set up in the hall, covered with yellow coats, and the Jinwu Guard set up 24 guards to stand by.The Secretary of Jiaofang set up nine music and songs in the hall, set up great music outside the hall, and dancers waited outside the hall.Guanglu Temple has a wine pavilion on the west side of the imperial seat, a dining pavilion on the east side of the imperial seat, and a rare and delicious pavilion on the east and west sides of the wine dining pavilion.

The imperial banquet was placed on the east and west sides of the throne. According to the rules, the crown prince's seat should be located in the east of the throne, facing west, and the kings would set up their seats facing each other from south to east.The ministers of the fourth rank and above are entertained in the hall, and the officials below the fifth rank are entertained outside the hall. In addition, a group of officials such as pot stewards, Shangjiu, and Shangshi are arranged to serve.

However, there is no crown prince in the capital now, only King Qi and King Gan, and the princes stay behind closed doors in the East Palace. Zhu Gaoxuan, who has the status of supervisor, naturally sits on the east side of the throne, which is the original position of the prince, which is reasonable and reasonable.

After the nine rounds of thanksgiving, the rituals and music were melodious, and the envoys from various countries who accompanied Zheng He to Beijing met with them one by one. In the four seas, they were all the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty.

"What do you think, fourth child?" Zhu Di played with the golden cup, waiting for a long time but still did not get a reply.

He looked at King Qi beside him, only to find that this guy was eating wildly, showing off the table full of delicacies in his mouth, and it was really embarrassing.

"Stinky boy!" Zhu Di scolded with a smile, "Look at your food, how come you look like you haven't eaten in eight lifetimes!"

Zhu Gaoxuan took out the napkin casually, wiped the corners of his mouth, and muttered: "I couldn't hold it back for a while, I couldn't hold it back. When I was fighting in Jianzhou, I crawled on the black land, lay on the ice, lay down in the snow, slept in the snow, and I, the coach, always set an example. I shared joys and sorrows with the sergeants, and what I ate were hard buckwheat pancakes, which were worse than what the soldiers ate, and I lost weight because of hunger, so why don’t you make up for it when you return to the capital?”

"What's going on in Jianzhou?" Zhu Di asked.

When it comes to business, Zhu Gaozhen said seriously: "The manpower we invested in Jianzhou is mainly used in farming, foundation engineering development, mining excavation, etc. From the results in the first half of this year, it can be seen that Jianzhou has already carried out farming. The naturalization envoys have been insisting on turning barbarians into Han. With the Chinese academy as the core, they assimilated the Jurchens. The first batch of Han household registrations issued in the first half of this year totaled more than [-] people. Troops were stationed to prevent the Jurchens Gou Ji Tiao Qiang rebelled and caused chaos, using the Jianzhou Fourth Division and the Han Academy to turn the barbarians into Han, and the progress was very smooth."

Zhu Di followed up and asked: "How many years do you think it will take if you want to completely tame Jianzhou Province and let Han Chinese civilization replace the Jurchens' thinking?"

Zhu Gaoyi thought for a while and said, "If you want to tame Jianzhou Province, it will only take a year or two. If you want to completely tame the Jurchens, it will take five years to get them used to being Han people. If you want to make the Han people civilized It will take at least ten years to replace the Jurchen ideology, and after this generation of Jurchens are dead, the new generation of Jurchens will grow up receiving the ideological education of the Han people, and then they will be truly domesticated."

"Ten years..." There was an indistinct sadness in Zhu Di's eyes.

Ten years is too long, and he doesn't have that much time left.

In the simulated life, Zhu Di remembers very clearly that he died of illness in Yumuchuan on his way back from the Northern Expedition in the 22nd year of Yongle.

It will take ten years for Jianzhou Province to be reduced to Han. After that, there will be Korea, Japan, and the more distant Western Ocean. He can't see that day.

Zhu Di was 63 years old when he died. He has counted the emperors of the Central Plains. This age can be said to have a long life, but he is still not reconciled. He still has a lot of things to do, but...

Time waits for no one.

Every morning when Zhu Di opened his eyes, he would feel a huge sense of emptiness in his heart. Another day passed, and his remaining time passed by a little bit. How much time did he have left to save Daming?

"Father?" Zhu Gaoxuan couldn't help but feel a little strange when he saw the old man distracted.

"Well, it's okay." Zhu Di came back to his senses, and waved to Zheng He on the other side, "Zheng He, come here."

Zheng He heard His Majesty's voice and came over to salute: "Your Majesty, do you have something to order?"

"Zheng He, I want to ask you something." Zhu Di said, "When do you plan to sail to the West again?"

Zheng He replied: "All according to His Majesty's orders."

"I'm asking you, not asking you to ask me."

"This...should wait for the envoys from Guli and other countries to return to the country first, lead the fleet to set off, send the envoys back and visit other countries, and finally depart from Changle Port." Zheng He said, "The specific time should wait until the next year."

"Let's put these things aside for now." Zhu Di shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to go to the West again in the past few years."

Zheng Heru was struck by lightning: "Why is this, Your Majesty?"

He also thought that the emperor felt that going to the West would cost too much and planned to stop exploring the West.

Zheng He was not actually a descendant of the Han Chinese. His ancestral home in the Western Regions was from an Arab aristocracy, and he later moved to Kunyang, Yunnan.

He has an ideal, hidden deep in his heart.

- Go on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca.

The holy city of Mecca is located in Tianfang Kingdom, later Saudi Arabia, tens of thousands of miles away from Ming Dynasty. Under normal circumstances, Zheng He’s wish to go on a pilgrimage is probably only a wish. If he wants to realize this wish, The easiest way is to reincarnate in the Arabian Peninsula in the next life.

What's more, although Zheng He's ancestors were Arab nobles, his childhood was actually not very good.

He spent his childhood in Yunnan, and he had a good time at first. Later, two people went on an expedition to Yunnan under the order of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of Ming Dynasty, and recovered Yunnan in less than a year. These two people, One is Fu Youde and the other is Lan Yu.

After this war, "Ma Sanbao", who was only 11 years old, became a prisoner of war inexplicably, and was also made a little eunuch inexplicably.

It can be said that his childhood started in hell.

Until later he met Zhu Di who was still the King of Yan at that time, and became a confidant of the King of Yan. He experienced meritorious service in the Battle of Jingnan, from an unknown little eunuch "Ma Sanbao" to a national surname "Zheng He" .

Although he lived a happy life, Zheng He still couldn't let go of his dream of "going on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca" in his heart. However, one day after Zhu Di ascended the throne, he finally discovered the possibility of realizing this ideal.

Go to sea!

The navy of the Ming Dynasty went to sea to sail to the west!
And Zheng He, as the envoy of the Navy, the best diplomat of the Ming Empire, while fulfilling the duties entrusted to him by His Majesty the Emperor, is also struggling to find the legendary holy city of Mecca.

Although Zheng He has gone to sea four times, he has never found the holy city, but he has never given up on the idea of ​​going on a pilgrimage. He believes that there is still a chance.

But now Zhu Di's words made Zheng He fall from heaven to hell.

Not going to the West?
What about trouble?

"No, you still have to go to sea, but it's a bit different from the previous ones." Zhu Di also knew that Zheng He misunderstood what he meant, so he explained it to appease him.

"What does Your Majesty mean?" Zheng He still didn't understand.

Zhu Di said: "This time you are not the envoy, but someone else."

"It turns out that this is the case, I understand." Zheng He was comforted in his heart, but he felt a little wronged, "Who does His Majesty plan to appoint as the envoy?"

He really couldn't figure it out, in terms of qualifications, experience, and status, who could be more suitable as an envoy than himself?

Traveling all over the West, all nations came to the DPRK, the reason why Ming was able to have such a prestige overseas is due to Zheng He, he is the most outstanding diplomat of Ming, and the most outstanding navigator of Ming.

He was always appointed as the chief envoy before, why now he wants to be someone else's adjutant, even though Zheng He has always been loyal to Zhu Di, he still feels a little uncomfortable.

Zhu Di said the name slowly: "King Qi."

"King Qi?"

Zheng He froze, "Your Majesty is joking?"

He looked at Zhu Gaoxuan with complicated eyes.

Hello King Qi!I regard you as a small boss, but you want to take my job?

Zhu Gaoxuan said cheerfully: "Zheng He, don't look at me with such eyes, I don't want to steal your job, it's just a cooperative relationship?"

"Cooperation?" Zheng He felt that he was being played around by the father and son, and he was a little confused, so, "What is the prince going to sea this time?"

It's just going out to sea, why did you send the prince who supervised the country, what is this for?

Zhu Gaoyi said calmly, "Destroy the country!"

(End of this chapter)