Chapter 605: The Annan royal family who became a puppet
Hu Ji Yao was not executed directly, but was treated as a criminal and escorted to the capital of the Ming Dynasty for interrogation.
This is Ye Sheng's insistence.
Even King Annan and the Supreme Emperor Annan did not dare to have any intention of violating it.
Of course, the so-called Supreme Emperor Annan was not officially canonized by the Ming Dynasty. In other words, the so-called Supreme Emperor Annan was created by Annan himself.
Originally, Annan was independent, so these were nothing, and the Ming Dynasty could not control them.
But it's different now. The Ming Dynasty has taken control of Annan. So what do you mean by the so-called Annan Emperor?
Ye Sheng directly denied the so-called rule of Emperor Annan, and officially announced in the Dongdu Palace that only King Annan was recognized by the Ming Dynasty.
This made Chen Yong, the Supreme Emperor of Annan, immediately confused, and he immediately wanted to report to Emperor Ming.
But Ye Sheng didn't care about this.
In fact, as a military commander, Ye Sheng didn't know much about these political things. In fact, Zhu Ying's intention was behind this.
If you want to completely control Annan, it seems that abolishing the Annan royal family is both nominal and immoral, so you can only make it a puppet.
Without the support of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Yong, the Supreme Emperor of Annan, was suddenly reduced to an ordinary member of the royal family. All the officials found that the situation seemed to have changed a lot.
Except for a few Annan ministers who were loyal to Chen Yong, everyone else was trembling with fear.
Three days.
These ministers who were loyal to Chen Yong died in various accidents.
For example, he died of choking on drinking water, fell to death while riding a horse, died of serious illness, etc.
This also made Chen Yong realize that his situation was already more dangerous.
At this time, he began to miss Hu Ji Yao.
Although Hu Ji-yao emptied the court, he still had great power. Even if Hu Ji-yao rebelled, he would not be affected by any disturbance here.
But he also knew that, to a large extent, Daming had given up on him.
Under such circumstances, it is probably impossible that Ye Sheng, a marquis, could have done such a thing without the support of the entire Ming army without a signal from the Ming court.
Next, in the name of the young King of Annan, Ye Sheng asked Liu Sheng to be the prime minister of Annan and take charge of Annan's political affairs.
In this aspect, it is tantamount to completely eclipsing the Annan royal family.
The so-called King Annan has become a puppet.
Of course, even if he is a puppet, he can still live in the palace without deposing King Annan, and he will not be short of food, clothing, housing and transportation.
Annan's imperial guards were all replaced by the Ming army.
These senior Annan ministers with high positions in the imperial court also begged for their remains and returned to their hometowns to provide for their old age.
The people from the Chamber of Commerce who had followed Chen Sheng to Annan turned into various ministers.
Including Li Xiucai.
Oh, now we can no longer call him Li Xiucai, he should be called Li Shangshu.
Li Xiucai has been appointed to the post of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Annan, which can be said to be inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people.
"I really didn't expect that I would be here today."
Li Zhengxiang sighed and said.
Li Zhengxiang is Li Xiucai's real name, and he has almost forgotten his real name.
When he was in the Western Regions, he had many false names. Later, when he followed Liu Sheng back to the Ming Dynasty, most of them were called Li Xiucai.
And today, when the appointment letter came down, there were three big characters on it: Li Zhengxiang.
Only then did I realize that this was my name.
"Master Shangshu, please change your clothes. We are about to go to court." The servant next to him whispered carefully.
Li Zhengxiang turned around, his waist straightened at this moment, and his hands slowly spread out, allowing his servants to serve him.
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When the news of Annan's victory reached Ming Dynasty, it was already May.
It was immediately published in the Capital Newspaper.
In the Di newspaper, there was not only news about the victory over the rebellion against Annan, but also a large space was used to introduce Annan.
For example, the food situation in Annan makes it easy to have a good harvest.
For example, Annan’s maritime trade has great prospects, etc.
At the same time, a message was announced that preferential treatment policies for relocation to Annan will be released soon.
The next day, a new notice was published in the capital's newspaper. As long as the common people, literati, nobles, etc., who were willing to move to overseas vassal areas, would receive great preferential treatment.
Wage, salary, land gifts, priority for official employment, etc.
And it is clearly stated above that the Ming Dynasty recognized household registrations that moved overseas.
In this regard, the most excited people are not the common people and literati, but the businessmen.
No matter what the situation is, after a businessman makes money, his first thought is to change his household registration.
Worker status is definitely not enough. What they yearn for most is official status.
In this regard, marriage is usually used to change the household registration of one's descendants.
Now the court has directly pointed out a clear path.
As long as you can obtain official status overseas, your official status can also be recognized in Ming Dynasty.
Compared with today's Ming Dynasty, it is so difficult to obtain official status and take the test for merit.
But it’s completely different overseas.
Just talking about Annan, anyone with a little bit of intelligence can imagine that it is at a time when everything is in dire need and there is a huge shortage of people.
The imperial court's intention was also very obvious, that is, it wanted more Han people to migrate there and enhance the Ming Dynasty's influence in the local area.
As long as you get through it, it will be very easy to become an official.
Where can anyone be as rigorous as Ming Dynasty outside? At worst, we will spend money to smooth things over.
Not only the businessmen, but also some low-level officials are also ready to take action.
As the difficulty of promotion in the Ming Dynasty continued to increase, and there were regulatory regulations from all aspects, although officials had no worries about food and clothing, it was much more difficult to make a fortune.
This is especially true when it comes to greed for money.
From the capital to the status, all aspects of the system are constantly being improved. Officials are not yet familiar with this supervision system, and it is difficult to find a place to start for the time being.
After all, the management system established by Zhu Ying was quite advanced and surpassed contemporary cognition. If you want to find loopholes in it all at once and carry out silent corruption, it will be a long-term and slow process.
Officials have been involved in official circles for a long time, and most of them can make some guesses about Annan's situation.
If you first go to Annan to become an official, promotion is inevitable. The court has also made it clear that candidates who are candidates to go to Annan will be promoted from one to three levels depending on the specific circumstances.
Annan also has a system of three provinces and six ministries.
The position of minister is unlikely, but the position of minister of various ministries is still very promising.
Moreover, there must be a large shortage of local prefectures and county towns. Under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, there must be more advantages than Annan.
For a time, the household department suddenly became even busier.
Nowadays, the Yamen of the Household Registration Department under the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Affairs is almost overcrowded. Every morning when I go there, there is a long queue, which even affects pedestrians on the street.
Those queuing up here are either going to Japan or Annan.
The capital is so lively, and other places are even more so.
For example, Guangxi is close to Annan, so it is more convenient to come and go. When the news was conveyed, it was already completely full.
They all want to go to Annan to do something.
Zhu Ying was very satisfied with this situation.
If you want to truly rule a place, first of all, the proportion of Han people in the population must be relatively high.
For the Ming Dynasty, it was easy to conquer, but governance was a more troublesome and complicated problem.
The real integration of a place into the direct rule of the Ming Dynasty has always been implemented slowly over many years.
Annan was a county town belonging to the Central Plains Dynasty for a long time. The main reason why it was separated was because there were too few Han people willing to move there.
When the proportion of local Han people is far lower than that of other ethnic groups, naturally there is no so-called loyalty.
As long as there is any turmoil in the Central Plains Dynasty, these populous families will naturally break away from the Central Plains Dynasty immediately, instead of truly considering themselves a member of the Central Plains Dynasty.
In Annan in the future, even if there is still the so-called Annan royal family, as long as the number of Han people is large enough, there is no need to worry about the possibility of being divided.
"Japan and Annan will definitely become the territory of our Ming Dynasty in the future."
"This method proposed by the Great Sun is quite good. In fact, we did not want our descendants to fight against these small countries. I feel that it is a thankless task and a waste of the Ming Dynasty's national power."
"Now that we are like this, we can completely expand the territory of our Ming Dynasty. Similar to other small countries, we can also directly annex them."
Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely excited. He felt the possibility of Ming Dynasty's continuous expansion.
Zhu Yuanzhang, as the founding emperor, was of course very aware of the internal conflicts within the Ming Dynasty.
In order to stabilize the foundation of the old Zhu family, he himself wanted to establish some unconquerable countries so that the Ming Dynasty could continue.
And now, through Dasun's operations, not only has the war not lost money, but it has become quite profitable.
Especially the migration of Han people has always been a headache for Zhu Yuanzhang.
You must know that during the twenty years of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang personally arranged many large-scale migrations, and this kind of migration never stopped.
In order to better rule the entire Ming Dynasty.
Even with the internal migration, the dissatisfaction of the people was very high, and there were even many rebellions. Although they were quickly suppressed, it also shows that most of the people were passive and forced.
Now it's completely different. Zhu Ying used inducements and publicity in the capital's residence newspaper, so that everyone not only had no resistance to the migration, but instead became proactive and enthusiastic.
Even some prominent Chinese surnames have the idea of migrating on a large scale.
As a result, the sharp class contradictions in the Ming Dynasty were constantly attenuating, and basically all of them were transferred to the outside.
It has greatly reduced the pressure of the current population explosion in Ming Dynasty.
"Grandpa, as long as this method is feasible in Japan and Annan, we can copy it according to this situation in the future, and the same is true for other places."
"Our Ming Dynasty's territory will only get bigger and bigger."
There was a hint of sigh in Zhu Ying's tone.
In fact, for the court, or for the royal family, the merger of these small countries did not significantly increase the national power of the Ming Dynasty.
To put it simply, it is to make the connection between the suzerain country and the subordinate country closer.
But look at it from another angle.
First of all, the vassal kings after the Ming Dynasty had a place to go, and they did not have to compete for fiefdoms within the Ming Dynasty.
The surrounding stability was in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and its dominance and influence became even stronger.
For people with household registration in Daming, there are also more options for choosing a way out.
This gradually assimilated routine can be continuously replicated and strengthened.
For example, the Western Region today has been greatly impacted.
If it weren't for Zhu Yuanzhang's ban on the sea, it would have been difficult for Zhu Ying's Qunying Chamber of Commerce to develop.
Due to the abandonment of the land Silk Road in the Western Regions, the number of caravans traveling between them has become scarce. Coupled with the prosperity of the maritime trade industry, it can be said that it has completely withered.
The Beiyuan Mercenary Association now has tens of thousands of members, all of whom are cavalry on the grassland.
Through the association, they began to be hired by Ming merchants, causing great chaos throughout the Western Regions.
Tens of thousands of grassland cavalry, without the constraints of the Ming Dynasty, were able to move sideways in the Western Regions. This also led to a huge upset in the business situation of the Western Regions.
In the face of sufficient interests, there are no kind-hearted merchants. With the protection of powerful force, the Ming Dynasty caravan posed a great danger to the rule of the local chieftain nobles and small country monarchs in the Western Regions.
In just over half a year, several small countries in the Western Regions that often opposed the Ming Dynasty have been destroyed.
Among them, there are countless nobles in the Western Regions who have declined.
These news will not be published in the Capital Newspaper, which means that the entire Western Region is already feeling blocked.
Only when the chaos in the entire Western Region reaches a certain level, will Zhu Ying or the Ming Dynasty take action.
Many well-informed caravans generally knew this situation and immediately spent a lot of money to go to the Western Regions to accumulate the most primitive capital.
This situation is similar not only in the Western Regions, but also in the neighboring Tubo region.
The smart businessman has now begun to lead the prairie cavalry south to Tibet.
Civilization coupled with barbarism, like an unparalleled fire, completely ignited the Western Regions and Tubo.
A large number of monarchs from the small Tubo kingdoms in the Western Regions continued to send envoys to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, hoping to obtain the protection of the imperial court.
It's just that once Pandora's box is opened, it can't be closed so easily.
Not to mention anything else, behind these caravans are also inextricably complicated relationships with the ministers of the imperial court, and the chain of interests conveyed is already involved in internal funds.
How come you can stop if you stop?
Moreover, the current Ming Dynasty needs a large number of people for infrastructure construction. The price of the population in the headquarters is too high. Obtaining the population from outside will not only reduce the construction cost, but also mean huge benefits.
Let’s just talk about the Western Regions, the border between Tubo and Ming Dynasty.
There was a lot of tooth decay.
Even in a small town on the border, there may be more than a dozen dental shops operating on the street.
The Ming Dynasty prohibited the slave trade, but if it is a formal introduction job, it is naturally within the protection of the Ming Dynasty's laws.