Chapter 1687 The reason for the establishment of the governor and Yun Zhi
Zhu Xianyao nodded, but didn't say anything, just waiting for what he would say next. Lan Zhen smiled bitterly and spoke slowly.
"Your Highness, you should still remember that two years ago, at the end of the thirteenth year of Jianye's reign, envoys from several countries came from Fufu to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty received them on the first day of the first lunar month of the fourteenth year of Jianye's reign?"
Lan Zhen said.
"I have indeed heard about this, but what does this have to do with the emperor setting up a governor's palace in India to govern the people of the land? I also know where Fu Fu is, and it is eight poles away from India." Zhu Xianyao said. There were so many people just now.
Now, the discussion was still about important matters related to their vassal king. He and Zhu Gaoxu did not dare to call Yunxi more casually, and could only call him Your Majesty. Now that there were only two of them, he and Lan Zhen, Zhu Xianyao also called him the emperor brother.
"Fulu is indeed very far away from India, so it would not have anything to do with India. But the matters discussed by the envoys from several countries who came to Fulu that day have something to do with India." Lan Zhen added.
"What's the relationship? Could it be that the Fufu people are plotting against India? No, no, their country is too far away from India. No matter where they want to invade India, they will pass through other countries' soil, but they can't plot against India." Zhu Xianyao said to himself, partly.
, half said to Lan Zhen.
"The Fu Fu people do have a plot, but it is not India." Lan Zhen did not wait for Zhu Xianyao to interrupt again, and continued: "The Fu Fu people are plotting Egypt."
"Egypt?" Zhu Xianyao thought for a while before remembering this place. "Egypt's geographical location is indeed very important. It is said that it is located at the choke point of the sea from Fufu to Daming. It is already rich just by the business taxes passing by.
It's oily. This place is very close to Fu Fu, so it's normal for Fu Fu people to plot Egypt. But what does this have to do with the Ming Dynasty? What does it have to do with India? Could it be," Zhu Xianyao suddenly thought of something. "The emperor made an agreement with Fu Fu.
Are the people colluding with Egypt?"
"Your Highness is smart!" Lan Zhen said: "Your Majesty also intends to seize this very critical place in Egypt. But this place is too far away from the Ming Dynasty, so your Majesty conspired with Castile to seize it. Your Majesty will send
A prince married a princess of Castile and ruled Egypt together. The waterway from Egypt to the east would also be controlled by the Ming Dynasty in the future. However, it was too far to go to Egypt from the Central Plains or even from the Southeast Asia, and it was inconvenient.
India happens to be relatively close to Egypt and very wealthy, so His Majesty decided to use India as the starting point for the expedition to Egypt."
"That's why Your Majesty wants to set up a Governor-General's Palace in India to govern the people, instead of entrusting all the land to the prince. Your Highness is also a vassal king. If there is a large army passing through, would you be willing to provide for the army's expenses free of charge? Your Highness must not be willing, and you must not communicate with the court.
Nonsense. In this case, in order to make it more convenient for the army to expedition to Egypt, the Governor-General's Palace was established to govern the people. Your Majesty also said that after taking control of Egypt, if the Governor-General's Palace cannot manage the people well, he will cancel it and add a vassal king."
"I see. I mean, why did the emperor change his previous national policy? It turns out that this is the purpose." Zhu Xianyao said with some emotion: "The expedition to Egypt, the emperor's ambition is really too great, and he continues to attack the Han Dynasty in the east.
The people were sent away from the continent, and the princes such as An Wang and Yong Wang were granted the titles in the north. We have us in the South Seas and occupied India. This is already a huge place, but we still want to plot Egypt. It is really beyond the reach of ordinary people."
"Your Majesty is certainly beyond the reach of ordinary people." Lan Zhen said.
"You are right, I was wrong." Zhu Xianyao said with a smile: "Now that the doubts have been solved, I will not go around General Lan. I will go back to celebrate the New Year. I will wish General Lan a good year and wish him a good prince.
Bandai!"
"Thank you, Your Highness. I also wish Your Highness long blessings," Lan Zhen said.
"Will the blessings last?" After hearing this, Zhu Xianyao's expression dimmed again. He doesn't have a son now, and he may not have a son in the future. How could the blessings last? But he also knew that Lan Zhen did not stab him intentionally.
After muttering like this, he put a smile on his face again, joked with Lan Zhen and left the tent.
After he left, Lan Zhen wiped the sweat from her forehead and said: "I was really just thinking about how to make His Highness believe that setting up the Governor's Palace in India was for the expedition to Egypt, and forgot about other things. Fortunately, Your Highness didn't have an attack." He
As soon as the words "Long-lasting blessing" were uttered, I realized that something was wrong, but it would have been worse to apologize at that time, so I could only vaguely pass it on. Fortunately, Zhu Xianyao did not misunderstand what he meant.
Lan Zhen picked up a towel and wiped her face, sat back on the chair, and ordered the guards to pass the food. He was not a vassal king but a general of the imperial court. It might not be a good thing to have too much contact with his subordinates in fields other than military fields. So he might as well just
Celebrating the New Year with the guards, I went to each guard station in the afternoon and asked them to add more meat.
But the guard who went to deliver the meal had not returned yet, but another person came. This person walked into the tent and greeted Lan Zhen. He glanced around and saw no one else, and said, "Does King Pu believe what you say?"
"Looking at his expression, he must believe it."
"Is Prince Pu so easy to deceive?"
"What does it mean to be easy to lie? Brother Cao, I am telling the truth. Even if he is proficient in fortune-telling, no, it would be a good thing if he is proficient in fortune-telling. Then he can be completely sure that I am telling the truth." Lan
Zhendao.
"What you said is indeed the truth, but it is not the whole truth." The man named Brother Cao said with a smile. This man is of course one of the deputy generals appointed by Yunxi, Cao Xing. Yunxi regarded him as
Friends trust him more than others, so he also knows what Lan Zhen knows.
"Not even your Majesty dares to tell the whole truth. Your Majesty can say that you are worried that a vassal king will become big in India and it will be difficult to control it in the future?" Lan Zhen said: "Or maybe you don't intend to treat the local people in India as
Will the people of the Central Plains treat even the Brahmans as inferior? You can indeed tell the vassals about the latter point, but if the civil servants know about it, will your Majesty's reputation be lost?"
"And His Majesty's worries are not unreasonable. India is really too rich. If there is a vassal state that unifies India, no, even if it is to unify Northern India, the court will not be able to do anything due to its distance from the Central Plains. More importantly, if
There is a vassal state that unified India and broke with the imperial court. In order to consolidate its power, it may turn to the Tianfang Sect. We have all read the book about the deeds of the Ilkhanate that your Majesty asked people to read. After the Ilkhanate ruled Persia and other places, it made people famous.
The Tianfang religion was accepted at a dizzying speed, and most Mongolians became Tianfang believers. After a few generations, they were indistinguishable from the locals. His Majesty also wants to spread the civilization of the Central Plains to various places, not just to let the Han people spread around the world.
Take root. Don’t let this happen.”
"And the Central Plains also needs gold and silver. Your Majesty is constantly carrying out reforms, including reforms for the court, reforms for the army, and reforms for the people. He also needs to vigorously support the expansion of territory. What doesn't require money? If it weren't for the reform of the Han Dynasty,
The gold and silver from mainland China may not be able to sustain it. Since India is so rich, there is nothing wrong with scraping gold and silver from India back to the Central Plains. As for not treating the Indian people as the people of the Central Plains, there is nothing wrong with that. No matter where the Indians come from
It is said that it is different from the Ming Dynasty. Even those sanctimonious officials in the court, do they really regard Indians as their own people in their hearts? Ask them whether they recruit an Indian son-in-law or marry an Indian daughter-in-law, or they are from a very wealthy Kshatriya background.
Are you willing? I’m definitely not willing. So there’s nothing to say.”
"There is another reason that His Majesty did not tell me. It was my own guess, but I think it is almost the same. Why did you set up the Governor's Palace in India in the first place? Your Majesty did make some experiments to see if it could be done in places other than the Central Plains.
Implementing a governor-general system does not just mean enfeoffment. If it is a governor-general system, or even further, direct jurisdiction by the court, it will not cause trouble. Of course, your majesty is still willing to have direct jurisdiction. And why the experiment started in India is because the Indians are really
It is too easy to rule. As long as you form a good relationship with the upper-level Brahmans and Kshatriyas and do not force the Brahmins and Kshatriyas intolerable, you can rule India and not be overthrown. If India cannot even implement a governor-general
If it is controlled, it will be even less effective in other places.”
"That's all, I didn't say it was wrong, why are you doing this?" Cao Xing said with a smile.
Lan Zhen also laughed, took out two cups, raised a small pot and poured some into the two cups, pushed one of the cups to Cao Xing, and said: "I haven't been able to find anyone to say this in the past few days.
I feel depressed, and you happen to know it, so I will tell you."
"You do have wine here. I have always suspected that you have wine, but I have never been able to find it. Today, the secret was finally revealed." Cao Xing did not talk about the previous topic, raised his glass and took a sip, smiling.
"Why, do you want to confiscate it?"
"The battle is over. Even the soldiers can drink some wine tonight. What can I do without it? But you have reminded me. I have to go back quickly and replace all the confiscated wine, otherwise they will tear me apart.
The tent is here." Cao Xing took another sip and suddenly remembered the matter and said. As he spoke, he stood up, said to Lan Zhen, "Wait for me to eat in a while" and ran out of the room.
Tent. Lan Zhen also smiled and took a sip of wine, and said to the guard who had already brought the food: "Go get another one. General Cao will come to eat with us in a while."
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"Princess, what happened? What order did General Lan send?" Seeing Yun Zhi holding the document sent by Lan Zhen in her hand, she was stunned for a moment, and Zhang Wuji asked.
"We are all our own people, why do we call them such different people?" Yunzhi did not answer his question immediately, but said.
Hearing this, Zhang Wuji glanced around with some embarrassment before saying: "Madam."
"Ms. sir, you and I are husband and wife, and there are no outsiders, so please don't call us inappropriately." Facing the smiling eyes that immediately flashed around her, Yunzhi said without caring at all.
She didn't care, but Zhang Wuji couldn't help but couldn't care less, his face turned a little red, and in order to change the subject he said: "Madam, what are the orders of General Lan?"
"It's not General Lan's order, but Third Brother's order." Yunzhi said: "Third Brother did not appoint another vassal king in India this time. Instead, he divided the place except Bengal into three and appointed you separately.
Together with Yang Feng and Mu Ang, he serves as the governor and governs the people."
"Ah?" Hearing this, Zhang Wuji couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then blurted out: "What's going on, Your Majesty? Why did you suddenly stop adding vassal kings? Could it be that you want to stop adding vassal kings?"
"Don't talk nonsense!" Yunzhi immediately stopped what Zhang Wuji was about to say. Zhang Wuji also came to his senses and realized that he had made a mistake. He couldn't say such words casually, so he hurriedly covered his mouth.
But he didn't actually have to do that, because everyone present was a little shocked for a moment and didn't hear what he said. Although most of these people were just Yunzhi's guards, they also knew that His Majesty had already conferred many vassal titles, but suddenly he didn't do so in India.
It makes people can’t help but think about it.
"It's useless to think about this matter too much. Sir, since the third brother appointed you as the governor, and Lan Zhen asked us to go to Delhi City to discuss how to set up the governor's palace, we can only take care of the errands first. As for the rest, we will wait until we return to Delhi City.
, as a wife, I immediately wrote to the third brother and asked why." Yunzhi said again. She is Yunxi's most favored sister, which can be seen from the fact that she calls him 'third brother' instead of 'imperial brother'
Come out and dare to write a letter asking Yunxi.
"As for the Mingjiao believers who came with you, the wife is meant to stay here for the time being, not to be taken to Delhi. I think it is better for your jurisdiction to be closer to the Central Plains, and choose it next to Bengal instead of taking it to Delhi.
Over there in Delhi." Yunzhi said again.
"As you say." Zhang Wuji's head was in a mess at this time, and he agreed casually. (To be continued)