In this way, Yang Feng and Zhu Di solved Ma He's problem.
"However, I think it would be best to change his last name.
After all, he previously supported Zhu Yunwen and secretly mobilized water troops to help Zhu Yunwen defend the city. Later, he went to Fujian to seduce locals to resist the imperial court.
It's also very noticeable.
It's better to change his surname, for example, to Zheng. Then there will be no Ma He, but only Zheng He. Who will remember clearly after a long time? This will also avoid those random people who always think of what Ma He did.
Think of it with the King, after all everyone knows that Ma He is a close confidant of the King."
Yang Feng said.
"Then let the ambassador change his surname to Zheng!"
Zhu Di said with a smile.
But this is indeed necessary.
After all, the role he played before must be hidden, but Ma He is his confidant. In fact, he was the eunuch given to him by Lao Zhu. If he continues to use the name Ma He, future generations will immediately associate him with this period of history.
He thought about it, but changing his surname to Zheng He would easily become blurry after a few decades.
Zheng He……
Zheng He has nothing to do with him!
His cronies are Ma He, and this one is called Zheng He.
As for why Zheng He commanded the navy, and where did Ma He, who originally commanded the navy, go?
Unless someone specializes in history, who would bother with this kind of issue?
Yang Feng also nodded with satisfaction.
In this way, Ma He became Zheng He.
As for Liu Rong and Yang Qing, they are all small characters worth mentioning. Liu Rongcai is just an ordinary military household guarding Yanshan, his father is a hundred households, and Yang Qing is just a small minion under Zheng He.
How could such a person influence Zhu Yunwen's level? Therefore, they were nothing more than pawns in Zhu Yunwen's rebellion. There is no need to go into details. Liu Rong would leave a note on the record because he wanted to confront him, but Yang Qing
This kind of person would not even stay. At most, Zheng He would arrange a ship to pick up Zhu Yunwen and go south.
As for the captain, he is another trusted eunuch of King Yan, Yang Qing...
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 to the chaos.
First, Master Daoyan, the head of his family temple, went north to rebel.
And this is important.
This is the first step in uncovering the truth about the emperor's murder.
Then it was Liu Rong who escaped and finally brought the real culprit.
King Yan’s merits are great!
"Ha ha!"
Then the two looked at each other and smiled.
Since Zhu Yunwen had fled south, there was no need to worry about it anymore. He just went to Guangzhou and solved it later. He happened to be solved together with the He family and Wang Bi. Yang Feng and others continued south, and after returning to the capital, they were left with Yang.
It has nothing to do with Feng. Anyway, the queen is temporarily in charge of the country, but in fact, the affairs of the court will be presided over by 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 it’s not just Lao Zhu, his grandson also 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 with anti-corrosion measures, he can’t hold on.
Therefore, after Lao Zhu was buried, he must be buried again immediately.
Then we have to build his tomb.
Fortunately, it doesn't have to be too high-standard when burying Lao Zhu while repairing it, just casually feel free to do it.
He couldn't wait any longer.
And during the funeral of Lao Zhu, people from all over the country started to give up. Because they still couldn't care about it, they issued a decree casually, telling the officials and gentry everywhere not to have any doubts and just do things honestly. Then the officials and gentry all over the country just
Believed.
Including Fujian, under the leadership of Zheng He, chose to open up the originally closed checkpoints and re-accept the imperial decree. He himself failed to intercept He Rong's fleet and then headed north. It may also have been a deliberate failure. Anyway, he was Zhu Di's man, and Yang Feng also
Zhu Di was unprepared and was being honest. In short, Zheng He led the navy back to Taicang, and then continued to command the navy. Talents like him are rare, at least for now there is really no substitute for the Ming Dynasty.
These are not the naval generals of the imperial court. They only hang around offshore at most, but they are traveling back and forth across the Pacific Ocean.
This is a true navigator.
In the Age of Discovery, he was still a top master.
Yang Feng himself may not necessarily have what he has.
Commanding the fleet, crossing the Pacific, then interacting with the indigenous people in America, completing the task of collecting various crops, and then crossing back across the Pacific, the process was truly full of difficulties and dangers, 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 tolerant.
Mount Wutai.
The third floor of the embassy.
"My lords!"
Yang Feng looked at the vassal princes who were sitting down.
All the vassal kings have arrived, even King Jingjiang has arrived. The King of Jingjiang at this time is Zhu Shouqian's son Zhu Zanyi. He actually just took over the title. Historically, he didn't even take the title until the second year of Jianwen, but this time Zhu Yunxi
As soon as he succeeded to the throne, he let his cousin seize the title. Mainly because of Zhu Yunwen's escape, the people had a lot of criticism against His Majesty the Emperor, so he quickly let this cousin seize the title to show that he was a brother, friend and brother. Anyway, Lao Zhu was alive.
At that time, the nephew was given the title of Crown Prince, and he was also asked to study with various vassal kings.
However, this time King Jingjiang came to Beijing not only to bury his uncle, but also to seek refuge.
Zhu Yunwen has arrived in Guangzhou.
Then he continued to act as a supervisor and demanded that Guangdong, Guangxi, Annan and other places listen to him.
Of course Wang Bi accepted the imperial edict.
In this way, the pressure is on King Jingjiang. If he accepts the imperial edict, he will be tantamount to betraying the imperial court. The imperial army will go south to crusade. He will be the first to face war in Guilin. If he does not accept the imperial edict.
, which means that he surrendered to the capital, and Wang Bi's army marched north, and he was the first to face the flames of war.
In this case, run away quickly!
Anyway, he was in Beijing for a funeral, so his escape was justified.
"King Jingjiang, sit down quickly!"
Yang Feng put on the air of Zhou Chaoxian and said to the standing King Jingjiang.
"The little king is just the king of the county. How dare he stand side by side with all the uncles? I will wait for the outcome of the discussion and the little king will just obey."
The latter said quickly.
"Sit down if I ask you to!"
King Chu shouted.
Next to him, King Qi, who was still looking simple, smiled silly.
Of course he had to come, even if he came to join, it was still a position, but he was followed by the princess. 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 his smiling face.
Then the little princess came over with Zhang Ying and Chun Ji and hung a huge map behind Yang Feng.
"Today, Yang acted as the intermediary to mediate the disputes between the Ming Dynasty royal family. The queen was supposed to participate, but the queen was about to give birth and did not dare to interfere, so she entrusted Princess Hanshan to take her place. How you discuss this has nothing to do with Yang. Yang is just the intermediary. I will give it to you
Be a witness, the result of your negotiation will be the final result."
Yang Feng said.
"My lord, there is no need to negotiate. I, Qi Fan, will hand over all the guards and the whole family will enter the capital.
They are all remote areas, how can they compare with the colorful world of the capital city? As long as the imperial court does not deprive me of Qi Fan’s salary every year, my family’s fields and shops are reserved for us, so as not to delay the king’s medical treatment.”
Princess Qi said simply.
"Princess, the love between husband and wife is indeed deep."
Yang Feng sighed.
Princess Qi smiled slightly and then wiped her husband's mouth.
Sure enough, the couple is deeply in love.
All the kings secretly cursed him for being shameless.
"We are the same as Lu Fan, but the crown prince has not yet ascended the throne, which is a bit troublesome."
Princess Lu said.
"Don't worry, sister-in-law. After the new king is born, the queen will use the empress dowager as the supervisor of the country and decree that the son will ascend the throne and make my sister-in-law the princess."
said the little princess.
Princess Lu nodded with satisfaction.
What she wants is the princess. After all, the prince was not born to her, and she has no children. But having the status of princess means that she will still be the head of Prince Lu's palace in the future. Even if Prince Lu comes to Beijing, he will be nothing more than a soldier.
The powerless vassal king had no way of getting rid of her clutches, not to mention that she had Yang Feng backing her, and her brothers also held military power.
What she wants is to continue to control Prince Lu's Mansion.
"I choose to stay in the capital, and I will become a vassal if I don't have to."
King Shen said.
It can be seen that he is not very willing, but he has no choice.
"Anyone else will be granted a vassal status."
The little princess looked at Tang Wang and others.
The latter quickly expressed his attitude, and even Tang Yi and Anying chose not to accept the vassal status.
"It doesn't matter if it's not a vassal, but the vassal land will still be given to you, one hundred thousand acres per family, but the imperial court will take over the management of the property, pay you taxes every year, and build a royal palace for you in the capital."
said the little princess.
In the Ming Dynasty, the vassal fields of the vassal kings had their own management and the court management. The former arranged for his subordinates to collect rent in various villages, but the rent amount should be set by the court, because in the late Ming Dynasty, there were vassal kings who collected rent too much.
Gao was reprimanded by the emperor's decree. However, even if this was too high, it was actually lower than what the gentry paid. However, this did not mean that farming the land of the feudal king would be comfortable. The rent collected by the feudal king was indeed not high, but the managers themselves also had to make money.
of.
In short, it is almost the same as that of the gentry.
As for the affairs managed by the imperial court, local officials paid a fixed number every year based on the number of vassal fields in their jurisdiction.
As for how much...
Take as much as you are given!
Is it interesting for a noble lord to compete with ordinary people for profit?
For example, King Fu is often not available.
As for the construction of the palace, it is already very cheap now, mainly due to the extensive use of cement, and wrought iron bars and bamboo bars are also beginning to be used. In short, the cost is not too high, but the lifespan is short.
but……
Then it has nothing to do with the court.
In this case, those vassal kings who were not interested in fiefdoms 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 anymore. He would have to be bullied by Mu Sheng when he returned to Yunnan, and Mu Sheng's attitude is still unclear. He might support Zhu Yunwen or the court. In short, he didn't want to go back. So he finally chose not to go to Beijing.
There were only eight kings of Yan, Zhou, Jin, Qin, Chu, Shu, Qing and Liao. As for King Jingjiang, of course he chose to go to Beijing.
"Everyone, the world outside is big and there are many good places. Why not go out and have a try?"
Yang Feng said.
The feudal kings smiled slightly.
What a hell!
Let’s just be an apartment house!
"This leaves six brothers and two nephews, but Your Majesty has decided not to leave any vassal king within 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 Border Wall, goes all the way to Shanhaiguan, and then goes west to Jiayuguan. According to this line, the kings of Liao, Yan, Qin, Qing, Zhou, and Shu are all included, and the rest
The King of Chu needs another explanation, after all, he is in Annan, but the King of Jin must be outside, after all, he has now moved to Shuofang.
"Sister, just tell me!"
The King of Liao said sadly.
"Dad has already made arrangements for the fourth brother. Needless to say more about this. As for the elder brother's Guangning, it is indeed within this line, so there are two options. One is to move to Daning and take over the Ning King's fiefdom. As for the Liao vassal industry,
Still retained. Second, in addition to the existing chief envoys in the Ming Dynasty, all of them can choose a place to manage the strategy. It can be Nanyang, the Western Regions, or other places. Just like the fourth brother, he can use the strategy to manage it.
On the one hand, there is restraint in duties. In addition to the existing chief envoys in the Ming Dynasty, all the lands conquered by the Ming Dynasty will be used as your fiefdom. From now on, just like Korea and Japan, you will only claim your vassals and pay tribute, but you will decide all state affairs by yourself.
"
said the little princess.
"Everything you kill is yours?"
King Shu said.
"Yes, everything you kill is yours."
said the little princess.
"But without troops and food, how can we develop a strategy?"
King Zhou said.
It has only been a few years and he is about to move for the second time.
"Your Majesty, before this, you were still the manager of the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, you brought the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. I told the king before that you could go south to conquer India. Before that, you were still the king of Zhou to control Wusi.
Zang, Duogan and other capitals. Therefore, you can mobilize the soldiers and horses of these capitals. They would like to go to India to make a fortune if they want. You can even temporarily retain the current fiefdom. After all, even if you move to a vassal, you have to have enough time. As the king of Zhou
Control your jurisdiction, mobilize troops and horses from these jurisdictions, and follow you south to secure territory for yourself. As for the military expenses during the period, the court will naturally not ignore it. Doesn't King Yan's western expedition also cost the court's military expenses? "
Yang Feng said.
that's it.
Of course, he did not expect that the Zhou king would really be able to go south from the plateau to India.
This is too daunting.
But in this process, Wu Sizang and Duo Gan, who were originally just Ji Mi, were able to truly be included in the rule of the Ming Dynasty. Besides, the King of Zhou would not suffer any loss. He really wanted to go south to India and he could do it.
It is indeed difficult to walk through Yadong Pass, but you can go...
Well, he's quite exaggerated wherever he goes.
But it's none of Yang Feng's business. Anyway, the road has been drawn for him. It's up to him whether he can leave or not. Besides, even if he stays in Xining, the imperial court will not drive him out. The line for the little princess is indeed
Guilty, but neither Yang Feng nor the little princess really counted King Zhou among the migration ranks. It would be good if there were people staying in his place. King Zhou had relied entirely on Qingyan for the past two years.
King Zhou looked at the map silently, obviously looking complacent. After all, Zhu Di's success was right in front of him. In front of Zhu Di was the vast Western Region, and in front of him was also the vast land...
It is indeed vast.
Looking out over a land waiting for him to conquer.
But there is just a majestic mountain range with the highest altitude of nearly 9,000 across the middle.