As soon as he heard this, King Tang showed a grateful face, and then replied after hugging his fist in the direction of Jingshi: "Your Majesty Longen, knowing that the lone army has been created in a hurry, and now that it has conquered such a large place, the strength is already seriously insufficient, so he ordered the white pole army to continue to crusade southward, and now it is estimated that it is almost at the mouth of the sea!" ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yousong was a little surprised, he looked at the brocade guards beside him, and after hesitating for a while, he finally asked, "Then the cost of the White Pole Army is quite a lot, right?" “

On the way over, he naturally had a general understanding of the situation of King Tang. I knew that the army trained by Min Ge Lao in Yunnan before, including the cost of this expedition, was all paid by the Tang Palace. Later, the whole army of the White Pole Army drove over, and it cost a huge amount, Zhu Yousong estimated it in his heart, at least the Fuwang Mansion was afraid that he would not be able to take it out! At this time, when he heard that the White Pole Army was still fighting for King Tang, he was naturally even more surprised, and couldn't help but ask.

Without waiting for King Tang to answer, Zhu Yousong sighed again: "The savings of King Tang's Mansion are really a lot!" ”

Hearing this, Tang Wang smiled, laughing so much that Zhu Yousong didn't know where he had said the wrong thing. After a long while, Tang Wang replied: "Don't say that there is no gold and silver in Tang Wangfu, even if there is, it is impossible to stay." To tell you the truth, the accumulation of the Tang Wangfu over the past dynasties was almost used up as early as after the Mu Bang was laid. Thanks to His Majesty's grace, the grain fields previously given can be auctioned, and this part of the money will support almost Ava. The rest of the cost is replaced by others! “

If strictly speaking, if the vassal king is changed to overseas and has another fief, the imperial court really wants to take back the grain land given before without compensation, and there is nothing to be done about the vassal king's weakness. But Emperor Chongzhen did not do this, but still believed that these grain fields belonged to the vassal king, and after the auction, the property belonged to the vassal king. This made Tang Wang grateful in his heart. It was also from this that he saw the sincerity of the emperor, and he became the leader of the overseas division desperately.

Of course, he didn't know that one of the reasons why Emperor Chongzhen did this was indeed to support the overseas division of the vassal kings and give them as much support as possible; Another reason is that there are still many fields of sacrifice in the grain fields of the vassal king, and the court can deal with it in this way, so that the contradictions of those who donate can be transferred to the vassal king. If there is any problem, just go to the vassal king.

However, Zhu Yousong's focus is not here, he is more surprised by another situation. Seeing him, he hurriedly asked Tang Wang, "Can you replace it with something else?" What is it? ”

"Food!" Tang Wang smiled as a matter of course and said, "There is nothing else here, only food." Let them have a variety of grains, three crops a year, and there is a lot of food. ”

Speaking of this, he paused and then added: "In addition, there is a city that has been set aside at the mouth of the sea that is not considered the Tang State, and the imperial court will directly send local officials to govern it. In the future, imperial army and sailors will be stationed there to defend our Tang Kingdom against enemies coming from the sea. ”

"Virtuous nephew, tell me, the emperor attaches so much importance to overseas feudalism, what else do we have to say about those of us who are vassal kings?" King Tang said, Zhengse persuaded Zhu Yousong, "After you go back, you should inform your father that you don't have to worry about the vassal state not being established." The emperor will take it into consideration for us. ”

Regarding this, Zhu Yousong nodded and agreed. Let's talk about the Tang Kingdom, it can be said that the emperor helped the Tang King to lay down. Even after defeating Dongwu, for the sake of King Tang, knowing that his army was not enough to take on the heavy responsibility, he took the initiative to ask for the most dangerous place by the sea, and there was no need for King Tang to worry about it, and the court would guard it, and King Tang's territory was just hiding behind it. This kind of good thing, all dynasties, where to find it?

It was only in such a short time that he came here to learn about him, or rather about the things that his father was very concerned about. The king of Tang is indeed majestic and majestic in the Tang Kingdom, and he is not a puppet; In addition, there is no need to worry about the embarrassing situation of spending money, but not being able to defeat the feudal kingdom and leaving both people and money empty.

While speaking, they were already sitting in the palace, and they didn't need to be ordered by King Tang, and they had their own palace maids to serve.

Zhu Yousong ate the unique fruits of the Tang Kingdom and was in a very good mood. For him, he is more willing to divide the overseas than to die in Luoyang, and would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail! Now that the results of the on-site inspection are on-site, he already feels that if he can explain to his father, he will be able to successfully fulfill his wish.

A dragon fruit was eaten in his stomach, Zhu Yousong took the towel handed over by the palace maid and wiped his mouth, then said to King Tang with a smile: "My nephew heard that the rest of the cave will be taken by the white pole army, and the Tang Kingdom will soon be stable, and His Royal Highness should be able to sit back and relax!" ”

Hearing this, Tang Wang first smiled and nodded, but soon, he frowned slightly. This made Zhu Yousong, who was looking at him, a little stunned, what, is there anything unspeakable in it? Could it be that the imperial court really has some other means, right?

Thinking like this, his face suddenly became ugly. If he is really still controlled by the imperial court, how different is it from being a vassal king in the Ming Dynasty?

Tang Wang naturally saw Zhu Yousong's face, and after thinking about it for a while, he understood that he might have misunderstood. Regarding the things explained by the emperor, he didn't dare to be sloppy, and quickly explained: "Lone, the Tang Kingdom, there is indeed one thing that makes Lone a little worried, but although it can't be said to be worry-free, it's actually not much worse." ”

When he said this, Zhu Yousong couldn't help but feel very strange, could it be that he was wrong. He wanted to ask, but he felt that in the case of the brocade guard, it didn't seem to be easy to ask.

However, what relieved him was that Tang Wang took the initiative to explain to him: "On the day of the decisive battle of Mengmi, our army won a great victory. But although the king of Dongwu Taron broke an arm, he could not see anyone alive or dead, and he was never seen. Therefore, Lone Heart is a little bottomless, and I don't know if he is dead or alive? If he dies, it will be fine, and he will be able to die wherever he dies. But I'm afraid that he is still alive, and he is secretly thinking about the restoration of the country. “

Speaking of this, he smiled again, and said with a relaxed expression: "But Lone will not be afraid, behind Lone, there is a court." If you don't believe it, can he still turn the world upside down? It's just that if he makes trouble, he will always bring some trouble to Lone. ”

Regarding this statement, although Zhu Yousong has no experience, he can also think that the original king of this cave is missing, and he will indeed be more mindful in his heart. But the king of Tang is also right, there is a court behind the Tang Kingdom, what are you afraid of him!

However, based on politeness, he still asked: "It's been a long time since the Meng Mi War, how can such a big living person have no news at all?" ”

Hearing this, Tang Wang hesitated for a moment, and then replied: "It's not that there is no news at all, there are rumors that he fled to the west. Lone has tracked it down, but there is no real evidence! ”

Speaking of this, he smiled and said, "Tang Guo is in ruins now, and Gu doesn't have the interest and strength to track down the rumors. When the Tang Kingdom is completely stabilized and the lone army has enough ability, it may be possible to send people to the west to investigate. Otherwise, King Talong will go there, and those tribes and barbarians in the west want to hide it, and Lone is helpless. ”

For this kind of thing, it is impossible for the imperial court to send an army to solve it for him, otherwise the imperial court army will really be full and have nothing to do! King Tang understood this, so he didn't even mention it, if it wasn't for the prince of Fu Wang to talk about it, he wouldn't even say what he wanted to do.

The two of them talked for a long time, and then the Tang King arranged for someone to be Zhu Yousong's guide, so that he could walk casually in the Tang Kingdom, and finally said: "Lone is really busy to death, so I won't accompany my nephew." There may be dangers in the remote and savage areas, but in most places, the virtuous nephews can go and have a look. It's rare to come once, and it's good to take a walk and see more. ”

When Zhu Yousong heard it, it was exactly what he wanted, so he immediately thanked him.

From the next day, he really went shopping, and even left Ava and walked around the prosperous areas of the Tang Kingdom.

Along the way, of course, he also met Han Chinese, listened to what they said, and sometimes, he also asked something. All kinds of situations have come to a conclusion. What King Tang told him before was true!

Today's Tang State, the population is still very small, and if the original Dongwu Tu people resist fiercely, such as those who use knives and guns, the army will directly suppress them. If some others resisted, they would be taken directly to Yunnan to build roads. Of course, those places that were far away stayed in the Tang Kingdom to serve hard labor.

Because of this, Zhu Yousong traveled to many places and found that the original Dongwu natives were mostly children and women. And young people, most of them are people who come from Daming to beg for a living. The Tang King saw that many Ming people had settled in the Tang Kingdom, and when there were more women than men, these Ming people were also comfortable.

Zhu Yousong can be sure that after ten or twenty years, the Tang Kingdom will be the Tang Kingdom of the Ming people, and there will not be much difference between it and the Ming mainland. Being a vassal king in such a place is also comfortable, and there will be no feeling of being in a barbarian land, surrounded by barbarians.

Of course, he didn't know that Emperor Chongzhen introduced the national policy of feudal overseas for vassal kings, but in fact, another point was to learn from the previous lessons.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the country was strong, and it also conquered the land of Annan and incorporated Annan into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

But at that time, the imperial court only sent local officials to govern, and on the Annan side, the natives always accounted for the majority.

There is a problem here, the magistrates sent by the Ming Dynasty to govern Annan did not really manage Annan as the land of the Ming Dynasty. In other words, thousands of miles of officials are only for money, and they don't have any intention to govern well at all. After arriving in Annan, the conquest was violent, and as a result, Annan was not assimilated by the Ming Dynasty, and the local people began to rebel.

And now, after the feudal kings are feudal, they want to be in these feudal countries for generations, and they will be the masters themselves, so naturally they will not be as unscrupulous and unscrupulous as the court officials. At the same time, the large number of officials and troops brought by the vassal king from within, as well as the rest of the Ming population, could greatly speed up the process of assimilating the locals.

In this way, the customs, culture, etc., of the vassal kingdom will be the same as those in the interior of the Ming Dynasty. After a few years, there is a high degree of mutual recognition, and if there is something, the expansion of the Ming territory will also be natural. Just like the princes of Zhou, and then the Central Plains eventually became a country.

Zhu Yousong didn't go until June, when the land of Dongwu was really a little hot, and he couldn't stand it, a little fat man, that he returned to the mainland of the Ming Dynasty from the Tang Kingdom and went to his father to tell what he had seen.

At the same time, far away in the western Mongolia near the Tianshan Mountains, where the camp of the Great Khan of the Heshute Department was located, the Ozirtu entered the tent in a hurry, saluted the Gushi Khan who was sitting there, and asked: "Uncle Khan, my nephew is interrogating the prisoners of Tsarist Russia!" ”

Prior to this, a small army of Tsarist Russia came to harass the Heshute Department again, and the flintlock cavalry led by Ozirtu and trained by him came to the pot. More than half were killed on the spot, seven were taken prisoner, four of them died from their injuries, and only three remained. After that, he personally interrogated the three captives, wanting to know more about the situation in Tsarist Russia. Suddenly summoned by Gushi Khan, the interest in the interrogation was not half down.

The reason for this is that western Mongolia was mostly harassed by Tsarist Russia, and it had always adopted a tolerant attitude in the past, but in this way, it was fed up. This time, I caught three captives, and I must have to vent my anger. The second is that he found that he was trained according to the methods learned in the new army of the Ming Kingdom, and the strength of the army was indeed strengthened, at least against these Tsarist Russian troops who used to think that they were extremely vicious, no one was afraid, and they won the battle.

As soon as Ozirtu asked, he found that there was a lama sitting on the side of the big tent. Seeing this, I couldn't help but be flustered. There are lamas coming from Tibet, why haven't you heard of it?

Although he thought so, he knew that Shu Khan respected the lama very much, so he respectfully saluted.

Gushi Khan was very happy to see it, and after looking at the lama, he turned his head to look at Ozirtu, who had already turned to him, and said, "Calling you over, I think it's time!" ”

Upon hearing this, Ozirtu was slightly stunned, but immediately remembered what Gushi Khan was referring to. I didn't think it before, but at this time, when Gushi Khan was about to leave and he wanted to stand alone, he couldn't help but get nervous, and hurriedly said: "Uncle Khan, my nephew thinks ...... Feel not ready yet! ”

When Gushi Khan heard this, he smiled for a while, and after looking at the lama again, he stood up, slowly walked to the front of Ozirtu and stood still, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said seriously: "The young eagles on the grassland have grown up, and they will eventually soar by themselves. For most of the past six months, I have been watching, and I believe that you have been able to take over this sweat position! ”

Hearing this, Ozirtu was a little happy and proud at first, but then, he was a little bottomless in his heart, so he wanted to say more.

But Gu Shi Khan shook his head and said first: "The situation in Qinghai-Tibet is no longer optimistic, and as a great teacher, it is time for me to do my best." You don't have to be afraid, as long as you remember that there is someone behind you. ”