Zhu Gaochi's inspection of Annan was not peaceful.

Bandits are often encountered.

The small-scale bandits retreated when they saw the arrogance of Zhu Gaochi and others, but there were still powerful bandits who dared to provoke.

Most areas in Annan are similar to the Shuibo Liangshan Mountains in the Water Margin in the Central Plains. They are not suitable for large-scale armies and are easy to defend but difficult to attack.

There are very few bandits because they don't have enough food to eat, and most of them are indigenous peoples.

Even the Annan royal family had a headache over this.

Because there is no way to eliminate it completely.

"Brother, it was really amazing back then. If a large number of people moved to a place like this to grow food, how many people would be fed?"

"Even without high-yielding crops, the yields here are terrifying."

It was not that Zhu Gaochi had never fought before. Whether it was in the Japanese country or in Annan, he seemed very calm when encountering bandits, so he could easily defeat them.

After understanding the specific situation of Annan, he thought of his eldest brother Zhu Ying who had insisted on marching into Annan.

It can be said that without the eldest brother Zhu Ying, Annan today would not belong to the Ming Dynasty, and there would not be so many people opening up Annan.

For the Central Plains, the climate here is very difficult to adapt to, and diseases are easy to develop.

The hot weather makes people feel like their brains are buzzing every day.

When Zhu Gaochi came, he suffered from a severe cold due to wind-heat, but fortunately, the accompanying doctor was able to cure it after just a few doses of medicine.

When he first sent 50,000 elite troops to help the Annan royal family stationed there, Zhu Ying sent many doctors to Annan.

Firstly, it is to enrich the medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine, and secondly, it is to specialize in studying common diseases that are easy to contract in tropical jungle areas like Annan, and to develop special decoctions for treatment.

"His Royal Highness Taisun really seems to have divine help. He can accurately grasp the advantages of each region, and is trying his best to integrate it into the Ming Dynasty to make it more prosperous. I have to admire it."

Xia Yuanji also sighed and said.

He is most proficient in arithmetic and finance, and he understands Annan's key points very well.

In fact, Annan's grain production was not a rare thing in the Central Plains Dynasty, but few people thought that Annan should be included.

Speaking of Annan, most people think of rampant plague and miasma, but there is no sense of the image of food accumulation.

"Brother, let me govern Annan. What points do you think we should start from?"

Zhu Gaochi asked modestly. He admired Xia Yuanji's talent very much. He was a truly great talent.

Especially from Japan to Annan, Zhu Gaochi could clearly understand that Xia Yuanji was very thoughtful in all aspects.

At first I thought he was a talent in the accounting department and was good at money management.

Now I find that Xia Yuanji is more knowledgeable in all aspects.

The most important thing is that Xia Yuanji is different from ordinary talents. He can truly enter the lives of ordinary people at the lowest level to investigate, instead of telling some frivolous ideas, he cares more about the actual situation.

When Xia Yuanji heard this, he pondered slightly.

In the past six months, I have been traveling around Annan to learn about people's livelihood and local political conditions.

We are now on the way back, and we will be back to Thang Long, the eastern capital, in ten days and a half.

When you arrive at Thang Long, the eastern capital, it is the place where policies are truly governed.

Zhu Gaochi's questions also set a tone for future policy directions.

After pondering for a moment, Xia Yuanji said: "If you want to thoroughly govern Annan and bring Annan back to the Ming Dynasty, the first thing is about education."

After saying this, Xia Yuanji was suddenly shocked.

Then he sighed with a wry smile: "The prince and I have been traveling in Annan for more than half a year, and then I realized that the issue of education is the foundation. It is said that His Highness Taisun has never been to Annan, but he directed the establishment of a Chinese school from afar."

"And we are trying our best to cancel Annan's current character "Nan" and change it to my Central Plains Chinese character."

"His Highness Taisun has already been ahead of all of us in this regard. Looking back now, all we need to do is follow the policy set by His Highness Taisun and implement it smoothly."

"And His Highness Taisun has even thought about the follow-up arrangements. He is constantly moving the people of Ming Dynasty here, allocating fertile land, arranging doctors, and solving the people's living problems."

"I really can't think of anything else that needs to be added."

There was a hint of decadence in Xia Yuanji's tone.

The so-called victory in the midst of strategizing and decisive victory thousands of miles away is nothing more than this.

It seemed that he and the Crown Prince had worked hard for more than half a year just to prove the correctness of His Highness the Grand Sun's strategy, without even checking for omissions and filling in the gaps.

"Sir, there is no need to be like this. My eldest brother is an immortal, even if we mortals can compare with him."

"Let's look at the current Ming Dynasty. In just a few years, it has completely changed from what it used to be. It has directly transformed into the prosperous Ming Dynasty. Such a thing is unbelievable no matter which dynasty it was in history."

"Brother's strategy is very good, but we are responsible for the specific implementation. The past six months have not been in vain. At least we have a better understanding of how to complete Brother's arrangements."

Zhu Gaochi obviously thought more relaxedly.

Ever since he met Zhu Ying in Peiping, he had already understood Zhu Ying's talents.

Later, he became his eldest brother like a legend, and then came the various changes in the capital of the Ming Dynasty. If he wanted to compare his intelligence and intelligence with his eldest brother, he would have been beaten to pieces.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is right, I am just ignorant."

Xia Yuanji adjusted his mentality and thanked Zhu Gaochi.

As Zhu Gaochi said, no matter how good the policy is, it still needs people to implement it.

Often, it's not that the strategy doesn't work, it's that the people implementing the strategy don't implement it properly, which leads to more troubles and ultimately good ideas come to nothing.

The reason why Xia Yuanji fell into such a confused state was mainly because of his pride in his own talents. When he felt a more powerful presence, he would easily doubt himself.

This is also a common problem among most highly educated people.

After returning to Thang Long City, the eastern capital of Annan, Zhu Gaochi began to govern Annan in an all-round way.

At this time, Li Jinglong's ocean-going fleet landed on the coast of Chenla.

Chenla is close to Champa, and is separated from Annan mainly because of the Hengduan Mountains, so there is no contact between it and it does not belong to the Han cultural circle.

The powerful ocean-going fleet, just docked at the port along the coast of Chenla, gave these Khmers a powerful deterrent.

Anyone who sees such a tall treasure ship as a tower for the first time can hardly avoid the shock in their eyes. In this era, it can be said to be a real dimensionality reduction blow.

Especially in the eyes of ordinary people, this is simply a miracle of divine manifestation.

King Zhenla suddenly became extremely ill and lay on the bed in the palace, unable to move.

When the news reached the palace of Chenla, it was naturally the eldest prince of Chenla, Zhenlepa Piya, who came to greet him.

The most important thing is that the eldest prince of Zhenla, Shenlie Popiya, has received the news that his sister Sultana has become the most powerful grandson concubine of the Ming Dynasty.

Although Chenla does not belong to the Han cultural circle, it has had tribute exchanges with the Central Plains Dynasty in history.

After all, the power of the Central Plains dynasty was something that the monarchs of all surrounding countries had to ignore.

As early as the Sui Dynasty, Chenla sent ambassadors to pay tribute.

During the Tang Dynasty, there was still no break.

During the Zhenguan period, Zhenla had a good relationship with Tang Taizong. Tang Taizong gave many gifts in return, and Zhenla was not stingy.

Thirty-two precious white elephants alone were sent. They have been specially trained and can kneel and dance, and perform daily in the palace gardens during festivals.

Later, Chenla split into Lu Chenla in the north and Shui Chenla in the south. Both sides maintained good relations with the Central Plains Dynasty.

Prince Zhenla also led his entourage to visit the Tang Dynasty, and Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty awarded him the honorary title of "Captain Guoyi".

Soon after, the deputy king of Zhenla, Pomi, and the queen came to visit the Central Plains in person.

Emperor Daizong of the Tang Dynasty attached great importance to this visit. He received it with the courtesy of a state guest and specially gave him the Chinese name "Bin Han", which means an honored guest from the Central Plains, as a commemoration.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty and the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the land and water were reunited and became the current Khmer Empire, also known as the Angkor Dynasty.

This also ushered in the time when Chenla was at its most powerful and glorious, and its territory was the most vast in history.

At the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, Chenla had nearly 200,000 war elephants and a territory of 7,000 miles. It became a first-class powerful country in the South China Sea. Even most of the territory occupied by the city was under Chenla's control.

So far, the Angkor Dynasty has continued to rule for more than 600 years from the late Tang and early Song Dynasties to the thirty years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

The current fortune of the dynasty has slowly come to an end.

The prosperity of the dynasty has always been based on the blood and sweat of the people at the bottom. Due to the large-scale construction and foreign conquests, the blood and sweat of the people were drained, and people's uprisings and resistance in the conquered areas continued.

As a result, Chenla not only lost a lot of territory, but also lost many elite soldiers.

External worries are one thing, but internal worries are also not minor.

With the current serious illness of King Chenla, many internal forces are vying for power and profit, without caring about the people and the border. So much so that the eldest prince of Chenla, Shen Leipiya, can only find a way to seek help from the outside world.

"Is this the Ming Dynasty's fleet?"

At the coastal port, the eldest prince of Chenla, Senlepa Piya, came in advance with the palace guards to welcome the arrival of the Ming Dynasty's ocean fleet.

Like everyone else, when I saw the Ming Dynasty fleet, I felt a strong sense of suffocation.

In fact, the countries in Nanyang have long heard about the power of the Ming Dynasty. After all, the best-selling region for the Ming Dynasty's capital newspaper is none other than Nanyang.

I just heard that most of the nobles regarded some of the contents in the Ming Dynasty Capital Palace newspaper as stories, and even thought they were too exaggerated.
To be continued...