How to reform the king's knighthood? Those who can be kings have soldiers and generals, and will the king's lord cause a war between the suzerainty and the vassal state?

This is indeed a problem! Although Chen Dexing was able to easily get rid of Zhu Sijiu and his Great Qing Kingdom. But there was certainly no way for him to get rid of those really powerful vassal states without paying a heavy price.

For example, the British Kingdom behind the British prince Chen Defang, who is playing chess with him at this time, is very difficult to handle! Not only because King Chen Huaiqing is Chen Dexing's pro-Laozi, but also because the British Kingdom is not small, and it is a big country with a wealth of seventy or eighty million yuan a year! Although the number of high-class brahmins was small, the financial resources of seventy or eighty million yuan a year were enough to employ a large army.

According to Chen Defang's report, Chen Huaiqing has now realized that those veterans who have become special brahmins are not very capable of fighting, so he is preparing to build a mercenary army. The army would be staffed by elite Brahmins (Han Chinese and Han Chinese descendants) as officers, and soldiers would employ members of the Kshatriya caste of Tianzhu and casteless hill people from the Himalayas. Of course, it is not excluded that Han Chinese from the Ming Dynasty were hired as officers and soldiers. According to Chen Huaiqing's assumption, the number of British land forces in the future should always be maintained at about 200,000. The equipment and establishment refer to the Ming army, using Tianzhu's own weapons and armor. Moreover, he would follow the example of the Ming Dynasty and open a military academy in Fahrenheit City to recruit special Brahmins.

A country with 200,000 troops, even those 200,000 troops are weak. But it's not something that the Ming Empire can easily handle! Unless the British Kingdom obviously betrayed the Chinese world and aroused the public indignation of the Tianzhu Chinese countries, it would be difficult for the Ming Empire to mobilize troops to attack and crusade.

If you want to build a big country with 200,000 troops, you must invest less than 100,000 troops, right? Considering the distance between Tianzhu and the Ming mainland. The cost of this battle will be at least hundreds of millions of silver coins!

Therefore, the Ming Empire could not be too strict with the vassal states and the vassal kings, and could not demand absolute loyalty from the vassal kings. In particular, those feudal states that were far away and not weak in strength could not be firmly controlled by the Ming Dynasty - if they could really be firmly controlled. What other feudal states were established? It is not enough to send the bureaucracy directly.

It's just that the cost of doing that is probably much greater than the benefit. And they had to run the risk of independence in the colonies or rebellion by the heads of the bureaucracy abroad...... In fact, it is only a matter of time before independence is made!

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty could not treat the vassal state as a province, let alone treat the king of the vassal state as the governor of a province. There must be a set of methods that are relatively flexible and acceptable to the whole of the vassal state. In particular, the entire vassal kingdom should not be turned into an enemy because of the personal fault of the feudal king.

For example, the current Qing king Zhu Sijiu did make mistakes, but Chen Dexing couldn't collapse the entire Qing kingdom because of this. After all, this Qing Kingdom did not belong to Zhu Sijiu alone, but was fought by 100,000 soldiers of the Western Army. And for the Chinese world, the existence of the Qing Kingdom is also of great value.

It is necessary to have a firm grip on a region as vast as Europa, Western Asia and North Africa, which is so populous and terrainically complex. It is simply impossible to rely on the two small colonies of Hong Kong and Macao. The two colonies, if they die, are just stationing 10,000 Ming expeditionary forces and hiring tens of thousands of white troops as thugs.

And the Qing Kingdom, which was entrenched in Asia Minor and Constantinople, can now mobilize an army of 100,000 steel armor, and a hundred years later, it will be no problem to mobilize an army of 300,000! With such power, Europa will not even want to turn over in another five hundred years!

This Great Qing Kingdom is simply a sharp knife in the chest of Europa in the Chinese world! As long as the Great Qing Kingdom can develop, this knife can be pierced anytime and anywhere! No matter how inappropriate Zhu Sijiu's actions were. It's done right! Not only is it right, but it is also a great contribution to China and the Ming Dynasty.

If Chen Dexing used troops without authorization because of Zhu Sijiu, he would have demolished the Taiwan of the Great Qing Kingdom. That's the etiquette collapse. Because the highest goal of "Chen Li" is not to maintain the Chen Ming Dynasty for thousands of generations, but to let China rule the world.

Therefore, Zhu Sijiu's plan to "dye yellow" Asia Minor and Constantinople is in line with "Chen Li". And it is also in the interests of the Ming Empire.

The placement of tens of thousands of sons and daughters of the Western Army in Asia Minor is actually a foreign investment! With these stallions, a hundred years later, there will be 3 million Han soldiers from Asia Minor and 300,000 Han iron troops to threaten the continent of Europa.

Now take out tens of thousands of people. If Europa can't turn over for hundreds or even millennia, this investment is really a good deal. It's so cost-effective that Chen Dexing can't refuse...... I don't do any such dealings. Are you embarrassed to say that you are colonial?

However, Zhu Sijiu must be punished, otherwise everyone will follow suit by the generals who led the troops on the front line. The army of the Ming Empire is still not scattered?

Therefore, while reducing the authority of the front-line commander, Chen Dexing still had to give Zhu Sijiu an appropriate punishment - a "Chen Li" is not only a restriction on a vassal monarch like Zhu Sijiu, but also a protection for them. Even Chen Dexing could not punish the vassal kings indiscriminately.

But what kind of punishment should be given to Zhu Sijiu? Or...... Come to a forced seclusion, arrest Daming and go to the trap, and let Zhu Sijiu's son with a doll named Chuyi take over as the "Shunzhi" king of the Qing Dynasty?

It seems like a solution! But I have to find a reliable regent for Zhu Chuyi......

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With a snap, the chess pieces landed lightly on the chessboard. A chess game turned into a mess. The black and white chess pieces are entangled, and there is no rule at all.

Chen Defang, who was playing against Chen Dexing, looked at the chessboard, then looked at Chen Dexing, who was frowning thoughtfully, and shook his head with a wry smile. Playing chess with Chen Dasheng is really a nerve-wracking errand. This sage is a stinky chess basket, and he likes to think while playing chess, and sometimes he is simply playing indiscriminately. But he couldn't kill him with three strokes and five divisions by two, leaving no one behind - this was easy for Chen Defang, and he played Go very well. But Chen Dasheng's face still has to be taken into account, especially now that Chen Defang and the old man are in a trouble, if there is no support from this younger brother, his crown prince throne may be replaced by the old man.

Chen Dexing seemed to have discovered a messy chessboard at this time. He smiled bitterly and said, "My chess skills have never grown, and my eldest brother is so tired that I have become a stinky chess basket together." ”

Chen Defang smiled faintly. There was a rare flattering voice in the tone: "Second brother, you are taking the world as a game." is playing the big game of chess in the world, and the foolish brother is just fiddling with black and white on the chessboard. Just enjoy yourself. ”

Chen Dexing smiled: "You are also the prince now." His expression was faint, and he seemed to put his mind on the chess game again: "You left Delhi and ignored a bunch of things and ran away from Fort Xindu, could it be just to play chess with me?" ”

Chen Defang smiled: "Am I still the prince?" There are our fathers and so many big officials in major national affairs. I, the prince, are now eating, drinking, and having fun......"

Chen Dexing laughed: "It's not good to eat, drink and have fun?" When you become the king of England in the future, you will know how difficult it is to govern the country. ”

Chen Defang smiled bitterly: "There are more than thirty grandfathers now, wait until I become the king." I'm afraid that the British princess will be in the hundreds...... I don't know where to seal my own son. ”

Chen Dexing smiled: "Your son? Chu'er? Isn't he the grandson of Yingtai? In the future, when you become the king of England, he should be the crown prince. ”

Unlike Chen Dexing, who has a large number of sons-in-law, Chen Defang has only one son-in-law (and a concubine), Chen Changchu, who was born in the first year of Tiandao, is only eight years old this year, but he has already been crowned grandson. is the second heir to the throne of the British king - although Chen Huaiqing has more than 30 sons, he has never considered letting his concubine be the second heir to the throne...... Because he knew that Chen Dexing would not agree!

"Of course Chu'er doesn't have to worry," Chen Defang shook his head with a wry smile, Chen Changchu is the eldest son and grandson of the Anfeng Chen family, and his position is very solid. "I'm talking about Boer. He didn't even enter the jade. ”

Chen Bo, not Chen Changbo! In other words, Chen Huaiqing does not recognize him as his grandson and a member of the British royal family.

Chen Dexing shook his head slowly: "The old man is a little stubborn, but it's okay. I put Bo'er in the jade of the Ming Dynasty. ”

The adoption of a brother's or cousin's son as one's concubine is in accordance with the provisions of the Chen Li, but only with the written consent of the mother-in-law.

Moreover, as soon as he entered the family tree and became a concubine, he would have corresponding rights and obligations -- that is, if Chen Bo became Chen Dexing's concubine. It is possible to inherit the throne of the Ming Dynasty! His power over the throne of the Ming Dynasty will be higher than that of all of Chen Dexing's daughters.

However, considering Li Cuixian's fertility. The children born to her are all very healthy "Little King Kong", and the possibility of Chen Bo getting involved in the throne is basically non-existent.

So Chen Dexing knows. Li Cuixian, who is super shrewd with her own little abacus, will never object to this matter. And she will also regard this Chen Changbo as her own...... Because, after Chen Defang passed his concubine to Chen Dexing, there was only one single seedling in the family.

In case Chen Changchu has three strengths and two weaknesses, then the person who inherits the throne of the British king is either Chen Defang's daughter, but this is only theoretically possible, and it is difficult to convince the public in practice (Chen Defang's cousins are not convinced). Either Chen Defang can only adopt his nephew or cousin, then the son born to Chen Dexing and Li Cuixian is the first choice - the son-in-law of the Ming sage, the prince of the Ming Empire, who would dare to disagree if he became the heir of the British king?

Now adopting Chen Bo is to leave a passage for his son to enter the Bodhi Palace in Huarenheit City.

"That's great!" Chen Defang excitedly arched his hand at his younger brother, "Second brother, you can solve a big problem for the foolish brother!" ”

In fact, there are two big problems, one is Chen Changbo's way out; The second cut off the possibility of Chen Huaiqing's concubine entering the Bodhi Palace - even if Chen Changchu is gone, Chen Defang can adopt Chen Dexing's son, instead of letting his concubine be his heir.

Chen Dexing waved his hand: "This matter is a trivial matter, you and I are brothers, and your son is my son." A Prince of Daming always has to be crowned, and if there is a chance in the future, he can also be the king. Hmm, let's find a place in Mingzhou...... Huang Zhishen gave me an excerpt a while ago, saying that there was a large island to the east of his fiefdom, which was named New Taiwan Island by the Atlantic Fleet, and there were farms and pastures belonging to the Atlantic Fleet on the island, where indigenous slaves labored. The development seems to be good, so it's better to give Bo'er a feudal country. ”

The island of New Taiwan is the island of Spain, where Haiti and Dominica are located. Because the geographical location is right on the shipping route from Macao to Mingzhou, it was occupied by the Atlantic Fleet as a base. The natives of the island were also unlucky, and were captured as slaves by the marines sent by the Atlantic Fleet! Either farming and raising cattle or building a house on the island, it was very miserable. And sooner or later it will be rumored to have terrible smallpox......

However, a fleet occupies an island of tens of thousands of square kilometers, and it still wields civil power, and many white women who have recently married the wives of the officers and men of the fleet have moved there with their children. Something is not quite right, so it's time to put a monarch there.

Chen Defang just shook his head, "If you can let Bo'er get an identity, the foolish brother is already very content, how dare you hope for the land of Mingzhou?" He paused, and then said, "Actually, Brother Fool has already discussed Bo'er's future with Goodit. Since there is no place for him here in Tianzhu, the foolish brother wants him to go to Africa to create a world. ”

Going to Africa? Chen Dexing was stunned, went to Egypt to be a pharaoh? Land Rover also mentioned it on the excerpt and wanted to go to Egypt......

Chen Defang's tone was steady and eloquent: "Goodite is from Africa, and Boer is also half African, so naturally he should go to Africa to open up territory." As for the specific territory, the foolish brother looks at Mali in West Africa well. It's a land of gold! ”

Chen Dexing nodded slowly and did not speak.

In his opinion, Africa is a bit of value for North Africa and South Africa, the former is close to the Mediterranean, and now it is the center of the Tianfang civilization, which has been quite developed since ancient times. The latter is mainly grassland terrain, the temperature is relatively low, it is not a miasma land, it is more suitable for the development of agriculture and animal husbandry, and the population is sparse - it seems that it is not the ancestor of Mandela, but a yellow-skinned native, backward and unspeakable, and looks easy to disappear...... Extinguish! Plus, South Africa seems to be a great place to produce gold! Chen Dexing plans to get his hands on this piece of land.

As for West Africa and East Africa, where the Black Millet is entrenched, they are all wild lands, and they are also places where the climate is hot and humid, and various diseases and plagues are rampant. Except for the coastal areas and the arid areas near the Sahara Desert, no other places seem to be suitable for Han Chinese habitation. Chen Defang didn't know what medicine he had taken wrong, and wanted his son to go there as king. However, there is nothing wrong with this, let him go...... (To be continued.) )