Among the Ming clan, there are two families that have attracted much attention, one is the Jin Palace, and the other is the Han Palace, which has been relegated to a commoner.

These two royal mansions are not in the ranks of this Nanzhou division, they will divide Xizhou alone.

Moreover, the division of these two families was also determined early.

The Han king Zhu Gaoxu was given a seal to the Great Plains region south of the forest in the central part of Xizhou, while the Jin Dynasty was divided into the southernmost region of Xizhou.

Compared to other palaces, which could only be equipped with 3,000 guards, they also exceeded the regulations, and each received 6,000 guards.

This is mainly because, in Xizhou, there are still a large number of Kunlun slaves, although they live in that land like savages, they don't have much combat power, but in terms of personal strength, they are very strong.

In late August, almost all the major palaces summoned by the emperor were all elites and gathered in Yingtianfu.

On the one hand, they are to participate in this Zen ceremony, and the other reason is to participate in the division of Nanzhou.

Since Zhu Yuanzhang's period sealed the world, it was the first time that so many princes gathered in the capital.

However, under Zhu Di's prestige, they didn't dare to fight for a better fief for themselves like Xungui, and after participating in Zhu Di and Zhu Zhanji one by one, they closed their doors.

Even the most desolate land may have mountains of gold and silver. In a land larger than several provinces, they are the honorary masters, which is much better than being confined in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

If they anger Zhu Di or Zhu Zhanji because of this, they will have no room for resistance in front of the family law.

For Xungui, Zhu Di still has to worry about it, but for them, everything is in one thought.

Zhu Jixi, the king of Jin, actually didn't want to go to Xizhou, which was the land of Kunlun Nu, and Kunlun Nu was lazy, aggressive, and worked secretly and treacherously, but he drew his sword in anger.

He is not the kind of majestic prince, he was imprisoned by his younger brother Zhu Jixi a few years ago, and almost starved to death. Now he is living a peaceful life.

However, he has several powerful younger brothers, whether they are the king of Pingyang or the king of Qingcheng, they all wish that Zhu Jixi would not dare to go to Xizhou, so that they can also take charge of Xizhou and dominate one side.

Moreover, under the command of the Jin Prince's Mansion, Zhu Zhanji first determined that the Cao Guogong Mansion was a vassal.

Although Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guo, was defeated in the Battle of Jingyan, he and his brothers Li Zengzhi and Li Fangying were all famous generals in the early Ming Dynasty.

Although the Cao Guo Mansion has declined over the years, the family has a big business, and there are more than a dozen family members who can lead the army to fight.

In recent years, they have received the support of Yang Zhangde, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and vigorously recruited pro-soldiers, and now the 300-pro-military camp is also second to none among the nobles of the Ming Dynasty.

In addition to the 300 relatives barracks, according to Zhu Zhanji's arrangement, the Duke's Mansion can recruit 1,500 relatives to go to Xizhou, plus their families, this is 10,000 people.

Zhu Jixi was afraid that the Cao Guogong Mansion would have different intentions, because Li Jinglong's eldest daughter was married to Zhu Jixi, who had been imprisoned to death.

Zhu Jixi and Zhu Jixi are on the same page, but his other two younger brothers have a very good relationship with Zhu Jixi. When he arrived in Xizhou, no one dared to say which side the Cao Guogong Mansion would lean towards.

Of course, this is a strong subordinate deliberately placed by Zhu Zhanji for them, the children of the Jin Dynasty's clan, and there are few successful ones.

The most powerful means are still Zhu Jixi, who was imprisoned in Luzon by him and died in the end.

Zhu Zhanji arranged for the Duke of Cao to go to Xizhou, not to deal with the Jin Palace, but in fact, to deal with Zhu Gaoxu, who occupied the central part of Xizhou.

Although Zhu Gaoxu has shortcomings in the government and is a general, it is precisely because of this ability that Zhu Zhanji is afraid that he will unify Xizhou and will not be able to shake off the tail.

This person has always been ambitious, and if he unifies Xizhou, there are abundant resources. Then if he opposes the imperial court according to this, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and it will be difficult for the imperial court to deal with him.

However, Zhu Zhanji couldn't suppress him too ruthlessly, because he wanted to use Zhu Gaoxu to contain Kunlun Nu.

He didn't want to let Kunlun Nu, who now had a population of less than one hundred, become a huge race in the next generation.

Their development was caused by the lack of population caused by the white people's exploitation of the Americas, and now they do not have this opportunity for development, but they still need to be strongly contained.

On August 27, Zhu Zhanji specially met with the young and strong people of the Jin Palace, the Han Palace, including the Cao Guo Mansion.

In the process of this interview, he did not let the historian participate, and only Chen Xuan, Yang Rong, Liu Sheng and other hawkish ministers accompanied him to meet him.

In front of dozens of cousins and cousins, Zhu Zhanji clearly proposed to limit the population of Kunlun slaves and restrict the slave trade. All the Kunlun slaves sold must also be all castrated.

Different targeting strategies must be implemented for the indigenous people of the Eastern Continent and for the indigenous people of the Western Continent.

The natives of Dongzhou are of the yellow race and can be assimilated. As long as they accept the culture of the Ming Dynasty and write the characters of the Ming Dynasty, they will gradually integrate into it in the future.

However, the dominant genes of Kunlun Nu make their descendants also have the ability to assimilate other ethnic groups.

Even if they speak Da Ming words and write Da Ming characters, it is difficult to see them as Da Ming people.

Zhu Gaoxu now has no extravagant hopes for the throne, this time he came back from the Western Regions, even Zhu Di, the big hero in his mind, has been set aside by Zhu Zhanji, and he has to give up the throne, where does he still have a little chance.

He didn't think that he could go against the imperial court in Xizhou, even if it was hundreds of thousands of immigrants, compared to the tens of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty, their strength was far behind.

What's more, he can take tens of thousands of people at most, and those people may not be of the same mind as him, and there are still Ming naval restrictions in the open sea.

Now he just wants to go to Xizhou to be a free and easy land king, develop trade there, and develop there.

Seeing the vast world outside with his own eyes, his vision has now been greatly improved, and he no longer stares at this benefit in front of him.

Zhu Zhanji's words made him realize another huge source of wealth, that is, the slave trade.

In the Western Continent, especially in the areas north of the rainforest and south of the desert, there are large numbers of Kunlun slaves.

They have no weapons, only a small tribe, and it couldn't be easier to capture them.

After castrating them, whether they are transported back to Daming or sold to Nanzhou, they can be exchanged for a large amount of materials.

He had heard that Nanzhou had a vast area and a sparse population, and he couldn't even find anyone to farm or mine.

Originally, when he was going to Xizhou, he would bring more farmers, but now, he feels that it is also very necessary to bring a group of doctors who are proficient in castration.

Li Jinglong was very excited, from the second year of Yongle to the twentieth year of Yongle, he has been confined in the mansion.

Now, the Li family finally has a chance to rise again.

With the help provided by Yang Zhangde, they have been actively preparing for the past few years, and all their children and grandchildren have practiced martial arts and learned the art of war.

He also poured out his family property, set up a guard battalion, and recruited peasant households. With some overt or covert help from Jinyiwei, they did the most adequate preparation for immigrating to Xizhou.

Yang Zhangde actually wanted to go to Xizhou with the Duke of Cao Guo's mansion the most, but he just knocked on the side and was warned by Zhu Zhanji.

He didn't dare to mention it again, so he retreated and wanted to go to Dongzhou.

Zhu Zhen went to Dongzhou to take charge of military affairs, Yang Rong went to Dongzhou to preside over civil affairs, plus the internal supervisor presided over trade, forming a bureau of separation of powers.

However, there is a lot of mine development involved in Dongzhou. From Mexico to Bolivia, it has more than half of the world's silver reserves and a quarter of its gold reserves.

Zhu Zhanji must firmly control the power of this distribution of interests in his own hands.

Therefore, it is in the interests of the imperial court for Yang Zhangde to go to Dongzhou to be responsible for coordination.

Moreover, Zhu Zhanji is also preparing to reform the Jinyi Guard, and this eagle dog of the royal family will also become an institution that monitors the whole world, just like the imperial court's envoys.

Zhu Zhanji attaches the most importance to Dongzhou, and he is ready to leave it to his children and grandchildren in the future.

In recent years, Zhu Zhanji has not been prepared to make a big move in China, and has focused on recuperation and infrastructure construction. Let Yang Zhangde go to Dongzhou to practice, and he will not make a mistake.

Recently, Yingtianfu has become very lively, and everyone is waiting for the arrival of the ninth day of the ninth month of September.

At the court meeting on the first day of September, Zhu Di personally attended, but he only presided over one thing, that is, to restore the title of the king of Han.

In addition to King Han, several of Zhu Zhanji's older brothers are also adults, and the sixth brother Zhu Zhanji is already sixteen years old.

At this court meeting, the five of them were also canonized.

Zhu Zhanjun was named King Zhengjing, Zhu Zhanyin was named King Qixian, and Zhu Zhanjun was named King Jingxian.

And Zhu Zhanji's two half-brothers, Zhu Zhanyong and Zhu Zhandong, were named King Yuejing and King Xiangxian respectively.

However, these names are only honorable, and their fiefs are not in the territory of Daming, but in Nanzhou.

is also with them, the current prince's mansion of the Ming Dynasty has seventeen after the Jin Wangfu and the Han Wangfu, otherwise, there are only fourteen in total.

Of the original more than 20 or so, one-third have been abolished.

These abolished clans were also arranged into the sub-feudal of Nanzhou this time, but only with the treatment of the Marquis' Mansion.

This is mainly to increase the strength of the clan, so as not to let them be hollowed out by the courtiers below in the future.

In addition to this means, all the clans, the noble family, and the main branch must stay in the capital.

Go to Nanzhou, the branch of Xizhou, all the children who are born, must all be sent back to Daming at the age of three, and after they are married at the age of sixteen, they can go to the fiefdom.

Any child who has not grown up in Daming will have no right to inherit.

And these children, when they reach the age of six, will be unified into the royal school to receive Ming patriotism education and science and technology education.

With such means, at least within a hundred years, some people can be prevented from having private intentions.

As for the future, Zhu Zhanji will not be able to manage such a long-term matter for the time being.

At that time, the development of science and technology in the Ming Dynasty will definitely enter a new era, and there will be frequent contacts around the country, even if some people have the heart of self-reliance, I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve.

Zhu Di recognized Zhu Zhanji's arrangements very much, and in many aspects, they were more perfect than he thought.

And at Zhu Zhanji's insistence, he chose an era name "orthodox" for Zhu Zhanji.

would choose this era name, which made Zhu Zhanji a little unexpected, he didn't expect that he would rob his son of the era name.

However, from this era name, it can also be seen that Zhu Di attaches great importance to the orthodoxy of the royal family. He succeeded in stealing the throne at the beginning, and in order to cover up his unorthodox position, he abolished almost all the policies formulated during the Zhu Yunwen period.

Even in the Taimiao, there is no tablet of Zhu Yunwen, who thinks that he is the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Now, he has chosen this era name for Zhu Zhanji, claiming to be orthodox, and his thoughts are well known to everyone.

Zhu Zhanji is actually very satisfied with this era name, at least much stronger than that Xuande. The name of Xuande is very childish when I hear it.

And just when the entire Ming Dynasty was preparing for Zhu Zhanji's accession to the throne, in the Jiajiang Industrial Zone, a "small case" occurred that alarmed Zhu Zhanji in the palace.

On the sixth day of August, Tang Boyong, the director of the eighth grade of Daming Special Steel Plant, never returned home after going to the Qinhuai River.

Two days later, his family and the Ministry of Industry discovered his disappearance and immediately searched everywhere, but he disappeared as if he had disappeared from the world.

At the beginning, Ying Tianfu took over the case, they checked the itinerary of the two of them, conducted a thorough investigation, and after no result, they alarmed the Criminal Department.

After the Criminal Department took over the case, it didn't find any clues, but it didn't find any clues, which is the biggest suspicion.

Any person, in front of the state apparatus, all his whereabouts will be cleared, leaving no trace of suspicion, can only mean that the matter has far exceeded the importance of his disappearance itself.

It was only at this time that the Criminal Department began to pay attention to it, and asked Jinyiwei to assist and began to investigate his family, social relations, and the nature of his work.

The two institutions joined forces, and no useful clues were found, and the person seemed to have disappeared from the world.

Just when everyone was at a loss, there was a news from Xiangyang Mansion.

On the second day after the guests left, when the guests were tidying up the house, they found a small piece of cloth in the gap between the kang and the wall, and the nine words "Help, Pashtun, Tang Boyong" were written with bloodstains.

This little two received all the past merchants all day long, and he was also well-informed, and when he saw this bloody letter, he didn't dare to hide it, and immediately reported to the official.

Yu Shiji, the prefect of Xiangyang, happened to set off from Xiangyang Mansion to Beijing, and he was promoted to the head of the Criminal Department, wanting to dare to arrive in the capital before the ninth day of the ninth month of September.

After carefully inquiring about the size of the caravan, Tongzhi Meng Huai sent fifty officials to chase after the caravan, and caught up with the caravan in Junzhou.

I never thought that although the number of this caravan was slightly smaller, all of them were extremely brave, and these servants were just ordinary officials, who were killed by the other party, and most of them were killed, and the other party abandoned the boat and went ashore and hid in the mountains and forests.

Meng Huai, who got the news, did not dare to slack off, and immediately reported to the Hubei Political Division, and urged the criminal prosecutor, the local Jinyi Guard, and the Xiangyang Guard to assist in the pursuit.

The news reached Ying Tianfu, and the Criminal Department and Jinyiwei knew that Tang Boyong was directly kidnapped, obviously wanting to take him away from Daming.

Although he is only the director of the Ministry of Industry, he is one of the technical talents of the special steel mill.

Nowadays, the steel smelting of steel mills and the ratio of characteristic steel are almost very clear to him.

The news was reported to Zhu Zhanji, and Zhu Zhanji immediately ordered the entire Hubei and Shaanxi, including all prefectures and counties in the northwest, to set up checkpoints to intercept the other side.

Now that the traces of the other party have been found, the origin of this caravan has also been investigated clearly. They obtained the contract through the Eastern Chahatai Khanate, from where they transported 500 stallions to the Chuzhou Horse Farm.

These people ostensibly came from the Eastern Chahatai Khanate, but in their name, they actually came from later Afghanistan.

Until then, they had also been under the administration of the Timurid state, and only a few tribes were attached to the Eastern Chakhatai Khanate.

Because they had never entered Ying Tianfu, when they first investigated, they were not suspected at all.

And there are Pashtuns in this group, and the reason for the kidnapping is obvious. It is very likely that the remnants of Ulugh Beg, who wanted to get the steelmaking methods of the Ming Dynasty, carried out the act directly.

Of course, it is also possible that the Eastern Chahatai Khanate itself deliberately used the Pashtuns to cover up its own purposes, and the mastermind behind it was one of the two families.

The documents of the sea fishing were conveyed, and the envoy representatives of the Eastern Chahatai Khanate were also imprisoned and investigated one by one by the Criminal Department and the Jinyi Guard.

Not only them, but also the merchants and envoys from the Western Regions, one by one, could not escape the suspicion, they were closely monitored, and they were not allowed to leave in the short term.

For the sake of an eight-grade principal, he is now directly confined to investigate a country's mission, and all the people in the Western Regions are monitored.

This act not only sparked protests from envoys from various countries, but even officials in the Ming Dynasty thought that Zhu Zhanji was making a fuss.

However, at this time, Zhu Zhanji was even stronger than Zhu Di, and all the protesting envoys were imprisoned, and those ministers who thought Zhu Zhanji was making a big fuss were also reprimanded and thought about it.

On the fifth day of September, Zhu Zhanji directly asked people to write an article, and published a plan for formulating a "Technical Secrecy Act" on the front page.

In this article, Zhu Zhanji explicitly proposed the establishment of a bill on technological secrecy as soon as possible, and listed the crime of technological secrecy and treason as equally serious crimes, and once investigated and punished, the three ethnic groups will be punished.

As soon as the newspaper was published on this day, it immediately caused an uproar, and to some extent, it cast a shadow over the Zen Ceremony to be held in a few days.

Successive dynasties have regarded Gewu as a strange skill, and now although there is a patent law, in addition to private merchants, craftsmen attach great importance to these, and ordinary officials do not think so.

Now, Zhu Zhanji regards technical secrecy as the most serious law establishment in the Ming Dynasty, and it surpasses the crime of homicide, isn't this a harsh government!

Even Zhu Di didn't think much of him was making such a fuss, and specially called Zhu Zhanji to ask questions.

Facing Zhu Di, Zhu Zhanji said calmly: "The future of my Ming development is in the industry, and maintaining the leading position of the industry is equivalent to maintaining the leading position of the Ming Dynasty." If those aliens got a new method of steelmaking and made a better musket than my Ming, at that time, what advantage would my Ming still have? ”

Zhu Di fought the Timurids, the Warats and the Tatars, and of course knew the importance of muskets. However, he still thought that Zhu Zhanji was a bit alarmist.

"That alien population is not as good as my Ming, like scattered sand, how can it catch up with my Ming."

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said: "The so-called thirty years of Hedong and thirty years of Hexi, if there is no restriction, no one knows who will become a strong enemy of my Ming Dynasty in the future." I learned mathematics and geometry from the extreme west, and there are many talents there, which should not be underestimated. If you want to maintain your advantage, you must strictly control it by legislation. ”

"But this is not good for your reputation, and now many civil servants think that the law is too harsh."

Zhu Zhanji sneered: "Grandson will take a good look at who dares to come out and kill chickens and monkeys." For the sake of technical secrecy, the grandson doesn't mind another big fight. ”

This is what Zhu Di is most interested in, and he immediately said with a smile: "If you go to fight the Eastern Chahatai Khanate, I will be the royal driver." ”

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Killing chickens with a knife, one Zheng Heng is enough." What's more, it has not yet been clarified whether it was the Eastern Chahatai Khanate or the remnants of the Ulugh Beg. ”

Afraid that Zhu Di would think too much, Zhu Zhanji added another sentence. "If you really want to fight, when the time comes, the imperial grandfather wants to go and play, and the grandson also agrees."

Hearing this, Zhu Di also knew that Zhu Zhanji had no suspicion of him, and his mood was much better. "You just let it go, with my grandfather and grandson pressing, no one can turn the sky."

The current name of the Eastern Chahatai Khanate is Yili Jiangli, and it is also composed of many ethnic groups, both white and yellow.

Their own internal power is relatively dispersed, and they are also intrigued with each other.

Although the Jinyi Guard and the Criminal Department did not directly find out their collusion with the caravan, they did find out a lot of privacy.

In order to maintain the tranquility of Yingtianfu, before the enthronement ceremony, even those who did not find out the problem are now controlled.

The sea capture document issued by the Criminal Department soon spread to the northwest, and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies also directly ordered the garrisons to check the major caravans

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In addition, each prefecture and county set up checkpoints, and the common people also spread to each other, and if a caravan member was captured, he would be rewarded with 20 taels of silver, and Tang Boyong would be rescued, and the dead would be rewarded with 100 taels of silver, and the living would be rewarded with 200 miles of silver.

Those caravan personnel are all aliens, with obvious characteristics, they can still rely on force to escape at first, but as long as they are exposed, rescue and attract a large number of pursuers, the encirclement is getting smaller and smaller.

In the Qinling Mountains from Junzhou to Shangzhou, the members of this group of caravans were left behind one by one, and Tang Boyong was rescued by the local guard in Shangnan because the other party was always reluctant to kill.

By September 11, the local guard in Shangzhou had captured the last four people in the mountains and forests, and none of the caravan remained, and all of them were killed or captured.

The living members were also fed tranquilizers, loaded onto a ship from Junzhou, and transported all the way to Yingtianfu for interrogation.

Tang Boyong himself did not expect that for his own sake, he would mobilize the armies of several provinces, and the entire northwest would be mobilized.

At this time, he really realized that his cheap life was so precious.