The first month passed quickly, and the information from Lan Yu also reached the capital.
Even though Zhu Ying was prepared, she couldn't help but be a little stunned when she saw the contents of the intelligence.
In just one month, Lan Yu captured almost the entire Orissa Federation. Five thousand versus thirty thousand, twenty thousand versus one hundred thousand.
There were a lot of exaggerated battles, and the Ming army's battle losses were pitifully low.
In the most recent battle, the Orissa Federation gathered an army of 400,000 people, but was severely beaten by Lan Yu's army of 100,000 people, and only 300,000 people were captured.
"Millions of people, it sounds scary, but I didn't expect that it would turn into a pile of paste after a fight."
Zhu Yuanzhang ate roasted sweet potatoes and said that every time winter comes, he craves this stuff.
Eating sweet potatoes by fire seems to have become a must-have every winter.
Zhu Ying also picked up a roasted sweet potato and said: "There are still a few people going to Tianzhu. Originally, I thought about letting a few imperial uncles go there, or others. After all, Tianzhu's territory is not small, let alone
Said there are so many people."
"The number of people in the entire Tianzhu region is not much different from that of the Ming Dynasty. Now because of Dongsheng Shenzhou, not many people want to go there."
Zhu Yuanzhang took a bite of the sweet potato and said, "That's not a big deal. We don't have to follow anyone, even if it's your imperial uncles. If you don't want them to go, then arrange to go to Tianzhu. Do you dare to say anything?
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Zhu Ying's domineering words made Zhu Ying dumbfounded. Even if the old man had such momentum, he should think about those imperial uncles.
The personal relationship between the Second Emperor's Uncle Zhu Xi and the Third Emperor's Uncle Zhu Fan and Zhu Ying was quite good.
Now they must be asking to come to Dongsheng Shenzhou, not Tianzhu.
I didn't have a choice before, but it's different now.
Even if he was really sent there, he would be sent to Zhu Di.
"Stop doing those things that make people hate you. Let the imperial uncles go wherever they want. There should be many princes in Tianzhu who want to found a country, so it won't be a waste of space."
Zhu Ying smiled and said.
The current situation in the Ming Dynasty no longer allows direct rule over a place as big as Tianzhu, and with a population of 90 million, it is also very troublesome to rule.
It would be better to divide Tianzhu into a dozen or even twenty or thirty vassal states, which would last longer.
As for the education, let's forget it for the time being. Let's follow the current situation in Tianzhu and only educate a small number of people at the upper level.
"Okay, Dasun, you can make arrangements, but we heard news from Jin Yiwei that Zhang Sanfeng seems to have come to the capital. Please help us invite him to the palace."
Zhu Yuanzhang was not very interested in Tianzhu. After all, it was too far away and he would only be able to collect some taxes and so on.
On the contrary, it was Zhang Sanfeng whom Zhu Yuanzhang cared more about.
At the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Sanfeng lived in seclusion and avoided imperial edicts. He was famous among both the government and the public.
At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang had issued many imperial edicts to ask Zhang Sanfeng to come to the court, but unfortunately no one could be found.
Originally, this incident was considered a thing of the past. Unexpectedly, because of Dongsheng Shenzhou, Zhang Sanfeng came directly to the capital.
This aroused Zhu Yuanzhang's interest.
Zhu Ying is also very interested in strange people like Zhang Sanfeng. Not to mention anything else, just the fact that Zhang Sanfeng was born in the seventh year of Chunyou in the Southern Song Dynasty, and it has been 153 years, is surprising enough.
According to historical records, Zhang Sanfeng died in the second year of Tianshun and lived to be 212 years old.
In other words, Zhang Sanfeng witnessed the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty and experienced the entire Yuan Dynasty from its establishment to its demise.
"Has Jin Yiwei found him?"
Zhu Ying asked curiously.
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head: "I haven't really found it. If I had found it, there would be no need for my grandson to make a trip."
"I just heard that among the Taoist priests who came to the capital, someone seemed to have spotted Zhang Sanfeng. I still need to inquire carefully about the details."
Hearing this, Zhu Ying was a little disappointed. He thought he had really found Zhang Sanfeng.
In fact, Zhu Ying still somewhat believed in the fact that Zhang Sanfeng had lived to be 152 years old. After all, he had resurrected himself from the dead, and it didn't seem to be a big deal if someone could live for more than 200 years.
Therefore, Zhu Ying is still looking forward to meeting Zhang Sanfeng to see if he was really born in the Southern Song Dynasty and lived through the entire Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.
"The great grandson governed the Ming Dynasty and is now the most prosperous and wise king. I think Zhang Sanfeng also wanted to meet the great grandson."
"Others may not be able to find it, but if the eldest grandson goes there, it may not be possible."
Zhu Yuanzhang said that he felt that the eldest grandson should be destined to Zhang Sanfeng. Doesn't Taoism pay attention to fate?
Zhu Ying didn't refuse. He didn't have much to do now, so he might as well try to find out.
The next day, Zhu Ying left the palace.
Because Song Zhong went to deal with the local Jinyiwei affairs, Zhu Ying was now surrounded by Jinyiwei Qianhu Shi Di.
And Zuo Xiaoyu, who was born in Liyuan.
Originally, Zhu Ying wanted to take the sisters from the Western Regions with her, but this time she was traveling in casual clothes, and the sisters were too recognizable and easily attracted attention, so she took Zuo Xiaoyu with her.
"Your Highness, where should we go?" Zuo Xiaoyu said excitedly.
Although the palace is nice, with fine clothes and fine food, it is still like a big prison.
Therefore, Zuo Xiaoyu was certainly very happy to be able to come out and play with Zhu Ying this time.
"I told you, don't call me Your Highness outside, call me Young Master."
Although Zhu Ying is twenty-eight years old this year, she is not anxious about her appearance. If you just look at her face, she would give the impression that she is in her early twenties.
"Okay, young master." Zuo Xiaoyu pouted slightly, and Zhu Ying's heart moved when she saw her delicate face.
Such appearance, if placed in future generations, would definitely lead to random killings.
As the great grandson of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Ying naturally did not need to engage in marriage or anything like that. He represented the greatest power, so his concubines were all here for their appearance.
"Let's go to the Liyuan to listen to a little song first." Zhu Ying couldn't help but said, there was no need for him to wrong himself.
Listening to these words, Zuo Xiaoyu's face turned slightly red.
"When the young master leaves the palace, isn't he going to see the old immortal Zhang? Why are he going to the Liyuan to listen to music?"
Zhu Ying smiled and said: "Old Immortal Zhang comes and goes without a trace, and it's not like he can be found in a short time."
In fact, Zhu Ying had already inquired about Jin Yiwei. Although there was some news about Zhang Sanfeng's appearance, no one confirmed it or saw it with his own eyes.
The source of the news was a Taoist priest from Wudang Mountain, who confirmed that he saw the founder Zhang Sanfeng on the street.
But he couldn't catch him after chasing him. The news spread among the Taoist priests, was also known by the Jin Yiwei, and finally reached Zhu Yuanzhang.
Whether it is true or false, or whether the Taoist priest saw it wrongly, no one can tell.
Therefore, if Zhu Ying came to see her, it would only depend on fate.
In the Liyuan, about half an hour later, Zhu Ying came out with Xiaoyu.
After listening to the music, Zhu Ying felt refreshed and began to walk around the capital.
The capital has changed a lot now, which makes Zhu Ying feel a little strange.
With the development of cement technology in recent years, many old places have been rebuilt, giving the streets a brand new feel.
In addition to Zhengyang Avenue, even other shops are full of shops.
At present, the entire population of Nanjing may have exceeded two million, which does not include the large floating population.
Therefore, no matter where we are, even in the cold weather, it is still very lively.
Zhu Ying was wandering around the capital aimlessly like this, but Zuo Xiaoyu had no intention of stopping at all.
Whenever I see something fun or delicious, I just buy it all.
Originally, there was only one Jin Yiwei Qianhu Shi Di beside Zhu Ying, and the other Jin Yiwei were naturally hidden in the dark.
But as Zuo Xiaoyu bought more and more things, gradually there were more people behind Zhu Ying.
There was no way, we couldn't let His Highness Taisun carry the things himself, and it was obvious that Shi Di couldn't carry it anymore, so after receiving His Highness Taisun's permission, he simply called the secret guards out to help him carry it.
Jingshi has a wide variety of products, covering almost all products from all over the world.
For merchants from other places, their own country's goods can often be sold at very high prices in the capital, such as spices, ivory, glass products, etc.
As for the people in the capital, they also have many curious needs.
Originally, in the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, women were supposed to stay at home and never step out. However, with the continuous influx of a large number of foreign businessmen, including many other women, this caused the culture of the Ming Dynasty to become obsolete to a certain extent.
So conservative.
After all, we can't just see foreign women wandering the streets every day, as if there were no women in the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, some red tape rules are gradually being broken.
Among them, there is also the Ming Dynasty’s school education, which is also gender-neutral, so the status of women has been improved to a certain extent.
Nowadays, even women can do many jobs and do not need to rely on men to survive.
Of course, in the dynasty era, it was impossible to promote women's independence, and it was still the mainstream idea for women to get married.
Sunset is earlier in winter.
Zhu Ying didn't meet Zhang Sanfeng after walking around for a whole day. It was extremely difficult to find someone in this huge sea of people.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked Zhu Ying to come because he wanted to try his luck.
As for whether Zhang Sanfeng is in the capital or not, no one can say for sure.
At the end of the day, Zhu Ying was quite satisfied with the current situation of the capital. Every street could see the existence of the Public Security Bureau. They replaced the original Five Cities Military and Horse Division to maintain the low-level security of the capital.
Outsiders, whether they come from other countries or other provinces, are relatively well-behaved when they come here. Even though Zuo Xiaoyu's beauty is coveted by some people, there have never been any disciples.
Even some young men from rich families only looked at them a few more times, and nothing happened to bully others.
After nightfall, Zhu Ying did not return to the palace.
The capital is also very lively at night, and red lanterns can be seen hanging everywhere, lighting up the entire capital.
The most lively place is of course the Qinhuai River. It is so romantic to recite poems and write poems in the wind, flowers, snow and moon.
After taking Zuo Xiaoyu to experience it, it was late at night.
At this time Zhu Yingcai returned to the palace.
And tonight, naturally the person sleeping in bed is Zuo Xiaoyu.
As a grandson, Zhu Ying couldn't try his luck on the street every day. Since he didn't find it in a day, he had to forget it.
Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little sorry. After all, many people wanted to meet this long-lived man and maybe get some secrets of longevity.
In fact, in Zhu Ying's opinion, it's a good thing that he didn't find it.
Throughout the history of the Ming Dynasty, emperors of all dynasties were extremely pursuing Zhang Sanfeng. Almost all the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were looking for Zhang Sanfeng and granted him official titles one after another.
The history of the Ming Dynasty specially compiled a biography of him, and Zhang Sanfeng's deeds were recorded in "The Biography of Fang Ji".
The history of the Ming Dynasty records Zhang Sanfeng's appearance as "slender and majestic, with a turtle-shaped crane back, big ears and round eyes, and a beard like a halberd."
At this time, a piece of good news reached the capital.
That was Arutai coming out of the forest and begging for surrender to the Ming Dynasty.
There is nothing we can do about this. With the gradual arrival of the Little Ice Age, the current winter is really getting colder every year.
In the big forest, there are almost no living creatures in winter, so the survival of these tribes following Arutai is a huge problem.
If we don't think of a way, 70% to 80% of the grassland people will starve to death in this forest.
In fact, the nobles headed by Arutai did not want to surrender, but the opinions of the middle and lower classes were already very strong. Under such circumstances, a mutiny was almost certain.
Therefore, Arutai was forced to have no choice but to beg for surrender to the Ming Dynasty, even if he lost his status as a noble.
Of course, he also heard that Benya Shili lived a good life in the capital. At least he had enough to eat and drink, even though he was imprisoned.
After Arutai surrendered, it meant that the entire grassland completely fell into the hands of the Ming Dynasty.
As for the news about Wala, basically no one knows about it. Maybe they are living further north.
The next focus of the Ming Dynasty will be on Tianzhu and Dongsheng Shenzhou.
At Huang Guan's suggestion, Zhu Ying prepared to explore the road first with a small lucky boat.
The small fortune ship is a sailboat that is one size smaller than the treasure ship. Because it is not a big deal, it can be driven without the help of monsoon winds.
The size of its hull is already considered the largest among sailboats. Although it has a small name, it is relative to a treasure ship. In fact, it is a behemoth in ocean navigation. Most ocean-going ships are not as big as a small fortune ship. They are also called Ming Dynasty ships.
The navy's battleship.
According to the map Wang Tianlu brought back, ships can pass through the East China Sea under the Bering Strait and reach Dongsheng Shenzhou.
Therefore, Zhu Ying formed a fleet of 200 small blessing ships and headed to the Bering Strait after the beginning of spring, heading for Dongsheng Shenzhou.
This time, in addition to 10,000 soldiers, there were also 5,000 horses.
After ruling the grassland, the Ming Dynasty had no shortage of horses. The reason why there were five thousand horses was mainly because of the endurance of the small fortune ship.
If the round trip can go smoothly, new routes will be opened up smoothly.
At that time, the princes of the Ming Dynasty will set off one after another to divide the territory in Dongsheng Shenzhou.