At this time, Portugal and the Netherlands were uniting with the local regimes to squeeze each other's power, first Portugal and Johor defeated Aceh together, and then the Netherlands united with Johor against Portugal and Aceh. Although they rejected the arrival of the Ming Dynasty from the heart, they still pretended to be very welcoming on the surface, and went to the old port to congratulate Wang Yanzuo and Shi Daxuan.

In view of the chaotic situation on the Malay Peninsula, the Ming cabinet unanimously agreed that the strategy of watching the fire from the other side of the strait should be adopted, and the disputes between European countries and local vassals should not be prematurely involved. However, in Zhu Youxiao's view, since the Ming Dynasty is a suzerain, it should have the majesty of a suzerain, and there must be zero tolerance for foreign forces. Soon Zheng Zhilong received a secret order to increase the toll to ten times the original amount, and all foreign ships that did not cooperate were sunk. Wang Yanzuo and Shi Daxuan joined forces with envoys from Siam, Chenla, and Champa to visit Johor, Aceh, and other Sudanese states, and obtained Penang, the Lion City, and large areas of land along the coast of Malacca from them. Subsequently, Zhu Youxiao migrated people from Dongying, Nan'an, Luzon and other places, built castles in the local area, cultivated farmland, and became the most powerful local government in Malacca.

Zhu Youxiao returned to the old port with such great pains, first, to control the Strait of Malacca and include the South China Sea and the surrounding islands into the territory of the Ming Dynasty; The second is to unite the forces of Siam and Chenla to eliminate foreign forces and turn the whole of Southeast Asia into a Buddhist country, but there is a complicated situation in Fanbang inside, and there are strong European enemies with strong ships and guns outside, and Zhu Youxiao knows that it is difficult to accomplish it with Wang Yanzuo and Shi Daxuan alone. To this end, he first appointed Zheng Xie as the governor of Malacca of Huayuan Trading Company, and then calculated how to appoint a prince of the clan to garrison the Lion City.

Zheng Xie was originally a branch of Zheng He in Niushou Mountain, Nanjing, when Zhu Youxiao passed through Nanjing and paid homage to Zheng He's tomb, and ordered to admit a group of Zheng descendants to Taixue for further study, Zheng Xie was one of them. Flashing Zheng Xie is talented and intelligent, and his appearance is extremely handsome, and he soon became the pride of the sky. When he heard the emperor's sigh that "there is no Zheng He after Zheng He", he was determined to inherit the legacy of his ancestors, abandoned his pen from Rong to enter Ningbo Maritime College, and a few years later was promoted to captain and became a capable general under Nan Juyi. Before he left Beijing, Zhu Youxiao specially held a banquet in Yinghai, first, for this strong man who was about to go to Nanyang to practice, and secondly, to explain some things that were inconvenient to make public.

After three rounds of drinking, Zhu Youxiao motioned for others to step back, called Zheng Xie to him, and asked softly

"You are the financial officer appointed by me, the road to Malacca is far away, and the South Seas are full of dangers, so you must protect yourself in advance in order to achieve far-reaching goals, and you must be cautious in handling your relationship with outsiders."

The emperor raised his face, and Zheng Xie knew that this matter was not trivial, so he replied humbly

"The minister is not afraid of the difficult and dangerous road, I only hope that this will not dishonor the king's life and repay the grace of the saint."

Zhu Youxiao nodded slightly and said very seriously

"There are many regimes on the Malayan Peninsula and the island of Sumatra, among which Johor and Aceh are the strongest, but they are both Sudanese states and have sharp contradictions with Siam, Chenla and other countries. In addition, the old maritime empires of Portugal and Spain believe in Catholicism, while England and the Netherlands believe in Protestantism, and there are constant internal disputes.

When you go to Malacca, you are nominally the local governor of Huayuan Trading Company, and you must use the trade facilitation to win over Buddhist countries such as Siam and Chenla, as well as Protestant forces such as England and the Netherlands, and help the Ming Dynasty control the Strait of Malacca in the shortest possible time. ”

Zheng Xie sounded very difficult about this plan to drive wolves into soldiers, although he was a rising star among the Ming elites, Zheng He's experience of seven trips to the West had not completely invaded his bone marrow, and if he wanted to restore the feat of his ancestors, courage alone was not enough. However, the task given to him by Zhu Youxiao is to occupy Penang and Lion City, coupled with the old port controlled by Wang Yanzuo, the north and south echo to form absolute control over the Strait of Malacca, and the subsequent task will be settled by a ruthless man in history. This ruthless man not only has to have a martial arts strategy, but also has a certain political status, and only Zhu Youzhen can think about it.

Zhu Youzhen was originally the Chongzhen Emperor in history, and a "History of the Ming Dynasty" of the Manchurian people slandered him for nothing, as if he was a faint monarch with great ambitions and talents, and was rigid and self-serving. As the saying goes, "the flow of pills stops at the Ou Moment, and the rumors stop at the wise man", the Daming Company he took over has long been riddled with holes, and it is not easy to hold on for 17 years, and he finally apologized for his death to show his loyalty, which is morally thousands of times stronger than that puppet Manchukuo.

Previously, Zhu Youxiao ordered him to marry the princess of Siam, and with this nepotism, he could naturally get the full support of Siam. In order to cater to history as much as possible, Zhu Youxiao ordered Zhang Yan to choose a princess for him as an imperial sister-in-law, and selected Zhou Yufeng, the daughter of Zhou Kui, a native of Loutang, Jiading, under various coincidences.

Seeing this "Queen of Zhou" for the first time, Zhu Youxiao felt that she was thin and weak, had a rigorous temperament, and although she could be harmonious and concubine, she was not suitable for the world of motherhood. Especially her father Zhou Kui, who has a philistine face between his fat head and big ears, which makes people look very uncomfortable, in order to take care of Zhu Youzhen's feelings, Zhu Youxiao named him Jiadingbo.

About this Zhou Kui, there are records in the history books. At the beginning, Li Zicheng's troops came to the city, Emperor Chongzhen asked the ministers to donate salaries, as the ruler of the country, he only promised to donate 10,000 taels of silver, and afterwards Chongzhen asked him to donate 20,000 yuan, Zhou Kui complained to his daughter, saying how honest and thrifty he was, and asked the queen to return the money to him. After Li Zicheng entered Beijing, Zhou Kui's family was beheaded and confiscated, and it is said that there were more than 500,000 taels of silver alone, and countless other property.

At this time, Zhu Youzhen had already entered the military aircraft department, and learned about the money and food of military horses with Sun Chengzong, Xiong Tingbi, Zhu Kuiyuan, Li Banghua, Yan Mingtai and others every day, so he naturally knew the emperor's expectations for himself. Soon after he got married, he took the princess into the palace to meet him, and he was accompanied by the family of Liu Youfu.

Seeing that King Xin was becoming more and more mature, and now he was married to the main room, Zhu Youxiao was deeply pleased, and held him in his arms after the ceremony. In the past ten years, he has been like a brother and a father, caring for his younger brothers and sisters, and his love for calves is well known. I remember that in the winter of the first year of Changtai, it snowed a lot in Beijing, and Xiao Zhu was greedy to wet his shoes and socks, and his feet were frozen like ice lumps. That day, it was just in time for Zhu Youxiao to invite the concubines of the harem to make shabu shabu, he was afraid that the emperor's brother would be punished if he knew about it, and he didn't dare to squeak when he stomped his feet in pain. After Zhu Youxiao found out, he immediately helped him take off his shoes and socks, and put two popsicles-like feet into his arms to keep warm, which became a good story for a while.

When the brothers met, they naturally stopped talking about wine, and everyone saw that the emperor was in a very good mood, and they just rightly said some interesting things between concubines to gag, and Zhu Youxiao laughed from ear to ear when he heard it. Suddenly, he got up and touched the bulging belly of Princess Zhu Huiyan, the fifth sister of the emperor, and then patted Liu Youfu's shoulder and said

"I heard that after the fifth sister of the emperor gave birth, you will go to the Hami garrison for three years, so I am very pleased that as the son of heaven, I can come forward, and I am ashamed of this brother!"

Liu Youfu knew that the emperor was just polite, so he hurriedly knelt down and replied

"The saint is serious, the minister has the honor to serve the princess is already the emperor's grace, and now he can guard the Western Regions for the Ming Empire, and the minister should fulfill his duties and live up to his mission."

Zhu Youxiao pretended to be drunk, helped Liu Youfu up, pressed him on the stool, and said after filling the wine glass for him personally

"The Western Regions is a good place, and there are many people who have made achievements there, such as Zhang Qian, the Marquis of Bowang in the Han Dynasty, Guo Xin, the iron-blooded king of the Tang Dynasty, and Chen Cheng and Fu An in this dynasty. You are a concubine but still want to find a marquis with military merits, and you will definitely be rich in the history books in the future. ”

When others heard this, they couldn't help but congratulate Liu Youfu, and the shrewd Zhu Youzhen could tell that the emperor was agitating the general, so he naturally said not to be outdone

"The younger brother has been taken care of by the emperor's brother and sister-in-law since he was a child, and when he grows up, he has been in a high position and has never made a contribution to the size of the Ming Dynasty. Now that even the horses have to go to the border to guard, how can the courtiers feel at ease to be a useless person with a lustful voice and horses. ”

Seeing that Zhu Youzhen was emotional, everyone was afraid that he would say the wrong thing with the strength of wine, so they hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade him. Zhu Youxiao pretended not to know and followed his words

"You see, my brother has really grown up. But now that you are a family man, if you want to go to the border, you have to ask the two brothers-in-law if they agree. ”

Zhu Youxiao's words not only calmed Zhu Youzhen's emotions, but also raised the value of Zhou Yufeng and Ganya, and everyone was happy. Zhang Yan knew her husband's intentions, and her husband said casually

"It's really big and bad to teach the bad, back then, when the concubine was pregnant, Long Live Lord once personally conquered Liaodong. Now that the princess is pregnant, King Xin is also in a hurry to run out. ”

As soon as Zhang Yan's voice fell, Zhu Youxiao continued tacitly

"The first emperor has a young son, I hope that the princess can fill in the Zhu family's lineage again, and after the melon is ripe and landed, the fifth brother can take Princess Gan to Nanyang and go back to her mother's house by the way. The little prince will be handed over to Princess Zhou to be appeased, and there is something wrong on the road of the province's boat and car, and I will crown you as the prince according to your military merits after returning from the war. ”

After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, everyone raised their glasses to say hello to the Xinwang family, and the soft and gorgeous royal song and dance sounded, looking at the willow waist of the female technicians, Zhu Youxiao knew that Malacca was surging, and he secretly said in his heart

"Prince Gong, can you hold up the sails of Malacca for the Chinese nation?"