Chapter 462: Both Sides of the Malacca Strait
Yun Xi took the prince who could just speak to the Gongshen Temple and Yingling Temple did not cause much repercussions among the ministers, everyone had already guessed that Yun Xi would be like this, but they didn't expect it to be so early. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
But Yun Xi took Lan Siqi to the Gongren Temple, which made everyone talk about it, and both Wenchen and military generals were surprised. However, Yun Xi is famous after all, and he did not violate the rules set by Zhu Yuanzhang, so everyone can discuss and discuss in private, and no one will be guilty because of this.
But after that, Yun Xi on the spot, except for the two people who came to participate in the examination this year, caused a great repercussion among the civil officials, which touched the interests of the civil officials, and many people gave Yun Xi a discount regardless of Yun Xi's high prestige now.
Of course, Yun Xi also knew that his punishment was more severe, but in a country like Huaxia, overkill must be overcorrected, so Yun Xi gave such a severe punishment at that time.
However, because of this, Yunxi didn't pay attention to these twists and turns, just as if they didn't exist. However, if anyone who is qualified to meet him wants to admonish him in person, hehe, Yun Xi will definitely not be soft. But that didn't happen.
After that, Yun Xi passed a few days leisurely.
On the thirteenth day of the first month, after Yun Xi got up in the morning, he did not stay in the harem to accompany his wife and children as before, but went to the Qianqing Palace.
Of course, it was impossible for Yun Xi to let the guards go to Xuanren after arriving at the Qianqing Palace, so when he arrived at the Qianqing Palace, there were already two young men and a middle-aged man waiting here.
Yun Xi asked Huang Lu and Huang Fu to put the paper and pen maps to be used today, and after brewing four cups of hot tea, they stood aside, sat down and took a sip of a cup of hot tea and said: "Fourth uncle, Brother Gao Xu, Brother Xian Xuan, sit down, you don't have to be polite as a family." ”
If you really don't have to be polite, why don't you sit us down as soon as you come in.' Gao Xu and Xian Xu complained in their hearts. As for Zhu Di, who is over forty years old and has experienced ups and downs, he will no longer complain about this little thing.
After several people sat down, Yun Xi said: "A few days ago, I changed the title of Uncle Nineteen to the King of Song and the feudal domain of Luzon. Today, I want to officially give Brother Gao Xu and Brother Xian the feudal domain. ”
"The land of Manraka is located at the throat of the South China Sea from the Western Ocean, and the location is very important, Brother Xian, the imperial brother intends to crown you as the vassal king of this place."
"There is a place in the southernmost part of Manraka called Temasek, also known as Dragon's Tooth Gate or Sea City. The location of this place is extremely dangerous, so this is the capital of your fiefdom. ”
"The imperial brother consulted the documents of the past dynasties, and found that this place was once called Puluozhong in the "Foreign Biography of Wu Shi" written by the Eastern Wu military general Kang Tai during the Three Kingdoms period, so the imperial brother decided to change its name to Puluozhong and crown you as King Pu." This place is the Singapore of the later generations, and as the first port in the South Seas, Yun Xi will of course pay great attention to it.
It was only after receiving envoys from many countries that Yun Xi learned that the so-called 'Manraka' country was not established by the Manraka people, but by a former prince of Sriwijaya whose name Yun Xi did not remember. Not only that, but the territory controlled by this Manraka state was very small at this time, and most of Manraka was not under his rule.
Therefore, Yun Xi was glad that he did not rashly accept the tribute of Manraka, and decided to take this opportunity to add a prince to there.
After giving a brief introduction to the situation there, he continued, "The Imperial Brotherhood will let the army stationed in Sriwijaya cooperate with you to force down the former Sriwijaya prince. I think that he has only been in Manraka for three or four years, and his foundation is unstable, and he will most likely surrender. Even if he doesn't surrender, he is not afraid, and under the pretext that he has encroached on Manchuria, he will be destroyed. ”
"Then you control a part of Manraka. The Imperial Brotherhood will fund and support you to build the city as the capital in Puluo, and allocate 30% of the rebels in Shandong to you as your subordinates. But what happens after that depends on your own means. ”
At the end of the Luxie Rebellion, because of their participation in massacres or other violations of military discipline, there were more than 20,000 soldiers who remained in Jiangbei as coolies, and about 7,000 soldiers in Sancheng.
This number doesn't seem like much, but they still have families, and their families have also been exiled together, so the total number of people distributed to Xian Ye is about thirty or forty thousand, which is not a lot. Xian Hui recruited the half-grown children into the army and could raise an army of 10,000.
With the combat strength of the countries of the South Seas at this time, an army of 10,000 is enough to defeat more than 100,000 local natives if it is on flat terrain. If the army were to be scattered a little, a hundred men would be enough to crush them thousands. Historically, forty-six sailors from Portugal defeated more than 1,000 people on the island of Ceylon, and there was no reason for the Ming to do anything worse.
On the way here, Xian Yi guessed that Yun Xi called him over this time to officially seal him, mostly in a remote place, but he didn't expect it to be so remote.
He didn't want to go so far, but how could he dare to disobey Yun Xi's orders? I could only comfort myself: "At least I will be an independent vassal king in the future, and I don't have to stay in the Central Plains to see his face." ”
Yun Xi then instructed Xian Yi a few more words, and then turned his head to look at Gao Xu. Yun Xi glanced at Gao Xu a few times, and then said: "Gao Xu, the imperial brother plans to change the title of you to the King of Su and change the original place of the Three Buddhas to you. ”
Gao Xu was shocked: "Brother Huang, where is the twenty-first uncle?" ”
"Uncle Twenty-One has another appointment, and he will never be treated badly. The royal brother thought about it, and finally felt that you were more suitable to be the monarch of the land of the Three Buddhas. ”
"Brother Huang also allocated 30% of the former Shandong rebels to you, and after you arrived, you will discuss with Hua Ying, He Rong and others, and leave some soldiers of the land division of Liangguang and Guangzhou, based on these two divisions."
"The royal brother has also thought about it, and it is still necessary to encircle the local families, so it is best to give them one. Military power cannot be abandoned, so you can only use Hua Ying as the left minister to lead the army, and after you take office, you will choose a local outstanding person as the right minister. ”
"Liang Daoming and others have been in the local area for a long time, but they are Chinese and not local natives, so they can be enlarged. The imperial brother decided to leave Liang Daoming, Shi Jinqing and others in the local area to assist you for the time being. ”
Yun Xi instructed Gao Xu a lot. Geographically, Manraka may be more important, but Manraka is much smaller and the situation is simpler, just a small territory of Manraka and a large number of Malay natives who believe in the Celestial Religion.
However, the island of Sumatra is five times the size of the Malay Peninsula, and there are many countries, which are very complicated, so of course we need to pay more attention.
Yun Xi finally said: "Gao Xu, the entire island of Sumatra is not just one place of the Three Buddhas, there are also countries such as Suventana, Sumatra, and the orphans in the east, so don't just stare at the Three Buddhas. ”
Yun Xi's words were a tacit consent to Gao Xu's conquest of the whole island, even if Su Wendana was still a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty at this time.
Of course, Gao Xu also understood this sentence, and his eyes lit up. When he followed his mother to visit the Duke of Wei, he heard Xu Jingchang say that the area of the whole island of Sumatra is very large, which is roughly equivalent to the total area of Hebei plus mountain selenium plus Shandong, and if it can all belong to himself, it is also a big country.
So Gao Xu, who was originally unwilling, was willing to go to Sriwijaya.