Chapter 194 Zhu Han’s private interview in private [Please order the full version]

Therefore, my sister-in-law Wang was allowed to enter the palace frequently to meet Queen Ma, and chat with her about the rumors and gossip outside the palace.

The eldest sister-in-law, Wang, asked the queen to arrange a marriage for her eldest nephew to a high-class family.

After selecting several houses, my sister-in-law Wang finally met a suitable girl.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Wenzheng didn't seem to appreciate it. When he heard about the marriage, his face immediately fell and he said impatiently.

"Mother! How many times have I told you that I want to imitate Huo Qubing, the great hussar general of the time. The Huns are not destroyed, so why should we take care of our family!"

My sister-in-law, Mrs. Wang, had no idea about her son's impassioned words and immediately spat.

"Bah, the bigger the dog of yours gets, the more disobedient you become. Your aunt, the Queen, told me that Huo Qubing, the man you talk about every day, lived less than twenty years old. If you imitate him, you will let me live in vain.

I'm sending someone with black hair away, oh my mother!" said the sister-in-law, Wang, at the top of her lungs like a shrew.

Although Zhu Wenzheng was arrogant and domineering on the outside, any scoundrel or noble son would shy away from him when he saw him, but there was nothing he could do about his own mother.

"Mom, this is not the same thing at all." Zhu Wenzheng said helplessly.

"Bah, how come it's not the same thing? Could it be that by proposing a marriage to you and having a son, I will delay you from becoming an official and becoming a general?" Sister-in-law Wang said with disdain.

The stupid boy Zhu Wenzheng looked helpless and suddenly became mute.

Sister-in-law Wang immediately struck while the iron was hot and continued.

"The marriage I'm telling you about is the queen of the most famous person, the queen of the loyal king Lu Xiufu!" Sister-in-law Wang said with a proud face.

Sure enough, upon hearing these words, Zhu Wenzheng, who was originally absent-minded, looked shocked.

"Loyal King Lu Xiufu?"

Lu Xiufu was the loyal minister who threw himself into the sea and died for his country when the Southern Song Dynasty fell, carrying his young master Zhao Bing on his back.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, because the Ming Dynasty was founded by resisting the Yuan Dynasty and resisting the Mongols, Zhu Han suggested posthumously conferring honorary titles on all the national heroes of the previous dynasties, the Southern and Northern Song Dynasties, in order to rectify their origins and promote righteousness.

Moreover, Zhu Han also suggested that his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang send people to search for these loyal martyrs in the world and reward them with plaques and titles.

After several years of searching and verification, a total of more than a hundred loyal ministers and good generals were established.

Among them was Lu Xiufu, a loyal martyr of the generation. After the Battle of Yashan, Lu Xiufu’s youngest son managed to escape under the escort of his own soldiers, and led a small number of survivors of the Southern Song Dynasty to flee into the South China Sea and live a difficult life on a small island in the South China Sea.

Not long ago, these survivors of the Southern Song Dynasty who were struggling to survive in Nanyang followed the caravan to Yingtian Mansion. Among them, the descendants of Lu Xiufu used the official seal of the Southern Song Dynasty in their hands to prove that they were descendants of Lu Xiufu and received canonization and awards from the Ming Dynasty.

He was awarded the plaque of the House of Loyalty and Martyrs, the Marquis of Nanping, and a thousand households in the city.

Zhu Wenzheng studied many heroic deeds of Chinese martyrs at the Ming Dynasty Royal Military Academy, including the famous Yashan naval battle.

The Battle of Yashan not only has a grand and tragic significance, but the grandfather of the old Zhu family, Mr. Chen, was a Song soldier in the Battle of Yashan. So in this way, the ancestral roots of the old Zhu family are the anti-Yuan family.

Zhu Wenzheng knew all about the loyal ministers in the Yashan naval battle. Now that he heard that he was going to marry a descendant of the loyal Lu Xiufu, all his original grudges turned into expectations.

"This Marquis of Nanping, Lu Zhen, has a fiefdom in Nanyang. I heard that it is full of gold and spices. If you can marry him, you will get a generous dowry in the future."

My sister-in-law, Mrs. Wang, kept talking about her vision for the future.

In the mind of sister-in-law Wang, she only hopes that Zhu Wenzheng can grow up in peace and then get married and have children. Being an official or a general is not as practical as living a down-to-earth life.

Zhu Wenzheng didn't even hear what his mother said next.

He just thought that if he could really marry a descendant of Lu Xiufu, it would be a great blessing.

Early the next morning, someone was sent from the palace to summon Zhu Wenzheng to the palace.

Zhu Wenzheng and his wife Wang originally thought it was about his marriage to a descendant of Lu Xiufu.

But when he came to the palace, the only people who saw him were Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han.

"My nephew pays homage to your majesty, and pays homage to the emperor's uncle!"

Zhu Wenzheng quickly saluted respectfully.

Although he has a reputation for being unruly and unruly outside, in front of his two uncles he is as well-behaved as a little quail.

Although Zhu Wenzheng was only one or two years younger than Zhu Han, he never dared to show any slightness.

"Wen Zheng is now a grown man. Yesterday the Queen told us that she has arranged a marriage for you, and she is a descendant of the loyal king Lu Xiufu." Zhu Yuanzhang, the elder brother, spoke first.

"You see, isn't this a coincidence!" Zhu Han also followed up with a smile.

This thing is really a coincidence.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han were planning to canonize Zhu Wenzheng to Nanyang and become King of Jingnan, when they heard that Queen Ma Xiuying had arranged a marriage for him, and she was a descendant of Lu Xiufu from Nanyang.

After the Yashan naval battle that year, Lu Xiufu's youngest son led a small number of remaining troops to defeat the generals, and gained a small base in Nanyang.

Now they have come to Yingtian to submit to the Ming Dynasty. Although they have received titles and rewards, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han originally planned to let them return to Nanyang again to open up territory for the Ming Dynasty.

Because the territory currently occupied by Nanping Hou Lu Zhen and his companions is on the island of Java in Nanyang.

The territory that Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han planned to allocate to Zhu Wenzheng was centered on the island of Java in Southeast Asia.

"It is true that this matter exists, but it has not been decided yet." Zhu Wenzheng said a little shyly.

"There's no need to go to so much trouble. It's best for our old Zhu family to keep matters straight. Now that you're the boss, it's time to contribute to the country." Brother Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Wenzheng immediately raised his head in surprise.

"Uncle, where do you want me to join the army?"

Zhu Wenzheng had repeatedly asked Zhu Yuanzhang to let him go to the front lines of the battlefield.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang rejected these requests because he was still young and needed to learn and experience.

Now that Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to contribute to the country, Zhu Wenzheng was naturally excited.

A good man should aim for a thousand miles, kill his enemies to serve his country, and expand his territory.

"Although you act a little recklessly, you are definitely not a simple reckless man. I feel wronged by asking you to join the army and be a soldier." Zhu Han said next to him.

When Zhu Wenzheng heard this, he was immediately filled with expectations.

He felt that his two imperial uncles must entrust him with important responsibilities, and maybe let him take charge of the military affairs of Lanzhou Xingdu Division. After all, Zhu Wenzheng had heard that Xu Da fell ill in Lanzhou and had returned to Xi'an to recuperate.

Doesn’t one person need to be in charge of military affairs?

If you can't go to the Lanzhou Xingdusi, you can go to the Peipingdusi to help continue the crusade against Mobei. Zhu Wenzheng felt that if you go to the Peipingdusi, you must lead the elite to capture Wang Baobao alive in Mobei and replicate the great achievements of the hussar generals back then.

"We plan to make you the King of Jingnan. Tanghe has just captured the city of Uka, so it will be the place for you to raise your troops. Starting from Uka City, we will go south through the Southeast Asian territories such as Java Island. From here, it doesn't matter how many places go south.

, as long as you can conquer it, it will all be your fief! As for the vassal's travel expenses, recruitment of soldiers, food and ships, all expenses can be lent to you from the inner treasury first, until the fiefdom in Nanyang reaches a certain scale.

, and then use the grain, gold and spices from Nanyang to repay it!" Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly.

After Zhu Wenzheng heard the news, he was stunned on the spot.

He never imagined that what he was waiting for was such great good news.

"Canonized King of Nanyang?" Zhu Wenzheng stammered a little.

"What is the King of Nanyang? It's the King of Jingnan." Zhu Han immediately rolled his eyes.

Zhu Wenzheng, a brat like this, thinks of beauty. The concept of Nanyang is so big, including Luzon Island and other places, it belongs to the concept of Nanyang.

Brother Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to the screen behind him as he spoke.

A huge map of Southeast Asia has just been hung on this screen, with basically all the islands, large and small, clearly drawn.

"Not the entire Nanyang, but from here to the south of Wuka City, that is, from this line to the south. It's up to you to conquer the country by yourself!"

The line that brother Zhu Yuanzhang is pointing to is the equator line on the map.

"Such a big place!"

Zhu Wenzheng's blood boiled immediately.

At this time, he no longer wanted to fight the Mongols. He had already heard about this barbaric land in Southeast Asia.

I heard that there is fertile land all over Southeast Asia, and there are large quantities of valuable spices growing on trees along the roadside, and you can pick baskets of them at will.

You know, in Yingtianfu, one tael of spices can buy ten pounds of pork.

This is equivalent to the fact that what grows on the ground in Nanyang is not spices, but money trees.

Not only that, these Southeast Asian islands are also rich in gold, silver and copper mines.

The local indigenous residents are also barbaric and backward.

However, outsiders generally do not have local guides, are not familiar with the terrain and climate, and are extremely vulnerable to mosquitoes, rats, ants, and diseases.

The Lu family of the Marquis of Nanping, who were about to marry Zhu Wenzheng, had already lived in Nanyang for decades.

As long as Zhu Wenzheng is canonized as the King of Jingnan, his future father-in-law can serve as the pioneer guide for the King of Jingnan. Using the rich national power and military of the Ming Dynasty, it will be easy to eradicate and subjugate the indigenous barbarians.

After Wuka City was conquered by the Ming army, the surrounding Nanyang states were in a wait-and-see state.

They were all observing Ming's attitude towards the Nanyang territory. If Ming was tougher, they would be more submissive.

Therefore, Zhu Wenzheng must be sent to guard Nanyang as soon as possible.

In just one month, under the guidance of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han, Zhu Wenzheng completed the ceremony of canonizing the king of Jingnan, and then married the daughter of Nanping Hou Lu Zhen.

Lu Zhen, the Marquis of Nanping, stayed in Yingtian Mansion because of his old age. His eldest son Lu Ping served as the Sima of Jingnan Palace and followed Zhu Wenzheng to Nanyang to conquer the local barbarian natives.
To be continued...