Before Chen Dexing's rise, Chen Huaiqing had only one wife and two sons. And now, he has twenty-seven concubines. Excluding the brothers Chen Defang and Chen Dexing, there are 21 sons born and surviving in these years, and there are 23 daughters.

In less than ten years, a huge family was created by Chen Huaiqing! However, this does not mean that Lao Chen is a shameless old pervert, but the norm of this era. The number of wives and concubines and heirs is a sign of the rise of a family. The higher the status of the head of the family and the more wealth he has, the more he must accept wives and concubines and have more children...... Especially if the body is very strong.

It's not just for personal pleasure, it's also a responsibility for the family legacy. And our King Chen Daying is a very responsible traditional Chinese scholar. Therefore, as his status grew, so did his concubines and heirs. It has been so much that it makes his eldest son Chen Defang have a headache.

"The king now holds Bengal, the banks of the Ganges, and the land around Delhi. It is already extremely vast, and there are many rich and comfortable lands. If it is compared to the middle earth, it should be the sum of Jiangnan, Lianghuai, Jinghu, Liangguang and Fujian. Such a family and country should be unique among the Ming clans. The saint is not to blame for his uneasiness. ”

Chen Huaiqing's "paper fan" military advisor was still shaking his head and tail to analyze Chen Dexing's psychology, Tianzhu Great Britain is indeed a little too big...... This is also the most common problem under the sub-envelope system. In particular, the development of some feudal states that were divided into distant regions was often not under the control of the suzerain. Sometimes the feudal kingdom perishes because of poor management, and sometimes it goes too big.

Chen Huaiqing's Great Britain is obviously a well-run feudal country that is overly big. Although the war with the Delhi Sultanate had inflicted many losses on the British, the Brahmin states of Southern Tianzhu were now allied.

But the British Kingdom still controlled large swaths of the Ganges Valley and Bengal. Moreover, it also divided the kingdoms of France (ruling Neporo), Ladakh (around Kashmir), Guge (around Himachal Pradesh in later India), and the Grand Duchy of Akhon (around Assam) to the north. is a vassal of the British Crown) and other five kingdoms are firmly controlled. The current Great Britain seems to be the leader of the alliance of the Tianzhu Huaxia Kingdoms!

"If I want to dominate the kingdoms of Tianzhu, I will not be tolerated by the saints, and the king and the saints will inevitably turn against each other."

Shi Xiuwen paused for a moment, as if he was considering the words, "But if the king pushes his own favor." Conferring the saint's brother to seal the country, Britain will naturally not be able to dominate the heavens. However, the bloodline descendants of the great king can occupy the absolute majority of the heavenly zhu...... The king's concubines are all the concubines of saints, and they have a country, which is justified. ”

is indeed a matter of course, isn't Chen Dexing himself worried about the feudal state of his concubine now? Chen Dexing's concubine can seal the country, but his cousin can't have a country? Moreover, the kingdom of these cousins is not built on Chen Dexing's territory, and they divide Chen Huaiqing's inheritance. It's just that it's hard for Chen Defang to divide the seal like this......

Not to mention that Chen Huaiqing can continue to have children. is the twenty-one prince at present, if everyone gets a small fiefdom, two-thirds of the territory of Great Britain can be divided.

Chen Huaiqing didn't plan for his eldest son at all - the palm of his hand is meat, and the back of his hand is also meat!

"Except for Shi'er, who became a monk and became the Great Treasure Heavenly Holy Dharma King, the remaining twenty children can be crowned princes." Chen Huaiqing stood up and paced in the main hall. "These are twenty princes, and the lands north and east of the Ganges are sealed off! It is directly under the jurisdiction of the south bank of the Ganges River. Leave it to Fang'er in the future...... If Fang'er wants more land, she can only take it herself! ”

Shi Xiuwen bowed. "The king is wise, after all, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a fellow mother of the saint, even if the saint does not miss the friendship of brothers, he must take into account the love of mother and son."

Chen Huaiqing raised his eyebrows slightly and stopped, "Let the queen return to China to be a lobbyist?" ”

Shi Xiuwen nodded. "The only thing to worry about is the queen."

Chen Huaiqing laughed, "If you are so resourceful...... In this way, two-thirds of Tianzhu will be able to enter the hands of my Great Britain! ”

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Chen Dexing's policy of overseas feudalism was actually used to break the limits of the Chinese empire's domination, which had such troubles. For places far from the capital, there will always be the problem of unfavorable control. In order to reduce the cost of ruling the frontier areas and improve efficiency, the central government often had to appoint powerful feudal officials.

And these feudal officials will often give the central government of the empire a headache. The Anshi Rebellion, which turned the Tang Empire from prosperity to decline in history, was actually a rebellion of powerful feudal officials. In other words, this is a rather bad consequence after the Tang Empire reached the maximum limit of expansion.

The Chen Ming Empire founded by Chen Dexing was no exception, and by the seventh year of Heavenly Dao, it seemed that it had reached the end of the empire's expansion.

In the north of Yanshan, the grassland of Jinlian River, the flags are displayed, and the camp tent is extended. In the center is a gold-topped bright yellow tent, in which Chen Dexing is reclining on the soft couch and watching the music. The purpose of his coming to the Jinlianchuan grassland was to meet with the Mongolian Haidu Khan, and by the way, to show the great military might of the Ming Army to Haidu.

At this time, there was only one eleven or twelve-year-old tall Dao Gu who was serving in the big tent, who was Chen Dexing's disciple Kubalun. The tall little girl sat upright on the edge of Chen Dexing's couch, and when she saw Chen Dexing finish reading a piece of music, she took it with both hands, and then handed over another piece that Chen Dexing had not read.

"Slow to death......"

Chen Dexing suddenly spoke out in annoyance. The flicker on the side was stunned for a moment, looked at Chen Dexing, and asked, "Isn't the student's movement slow?" ”

"Not about you!" Chen Dexing's voice was still slightly annoyed. It's Monk Liu who is slow! I don't know if I'm getting older and want to take care of my life. The speed of this patriarch and important minister to the west was very slow, and he set off slowly after the New Year of the seventh year of the Heavenly Dao, with more than 20 wives and concubines, hundreds of doormen, and hundreds of slaves, all the way to the mountains and rivers. After walking for three months, he has not left the boundary of Gansu Province......

At this rate, I am afraid that it will not be until the autumn of this year to arrive in Ili and seize Zhu Sijiu's military power!

"A whole year!" Chen Dexing snorted coldly, "Fortunately, Sijiu has no objections, if he really has any bad intentions, one year will be enough for him to take the entire Tianshan Province!" ”

Yes, Zhu Sijiu, who was "three thousand scouts and eight hundred guests", is still a general of the Western Expeditionary Army. It is currently the three infantry divisions under the Western Expeditionary Army. Three cavalry divisions (one infantry division and one cavalry division remained in Tianshan Province and were no longer in the Western Army sequence), as well as the three divisions of the Ming vassals Guo Kan, Yan Zhongji, and Liu Quan, the supreme commander of nearly 120,000 troops. In addition, there are tens of thousands of soldiers in Tianshan Province, and Zhu Sijiu also has the right to dispatch and command.

If there is anything different about him than he was a few months ago. That is, the number of visitors has increased by another 600, and the number of Scouts has exceeded 5,000.

In addition, Zhu Sijiu also sent a report to the General Staff Headquarters, saying that he would look for an opportunity to attack the Lianghe River Valley. Maybe we've already sent troops...... He has such authority! Although the front-line generals did not have the right to declare war, they had full command in wartime. As long as they think they have a chance, they can attack!

It is very necessary to give such full powers to the commander-in-chief of the front. There were no telegrams, telephones, or anything like that. There are tens of thousands of miles from Yili to Beijing, and it takes nearly 20 days to rush 600 miles...... And that's still in good weather. If there is any heavy snow that closes the mountains and roads, I don't know when it will be delivered. If the commander-in-chief of the front line did not have full powers, there would be no way to fight this battle.

Of course. Chen Dexing is not without a way to restrain Zhu Sijiu. Guo Kan, Yan Zhongji, Liu Cheng and other three vassal armies he couldn't control. But the six divisions of the Ming Army under Zhu Sijiu can still be controlled. The officers of these six divisions all graduated from the Army Military Academy and took up their posts with letters of appointment from the Personnel Bureau of the War Department. Moreover, all officers who directly lead the army must be rotated regularly -- standardized officer training and standardized army have made the officer rotation system possible in the Ming army.

As the commander-in-chief, Zhu Sijiu can only appoint his own staff members and dismiss the commanders of various divisions -- the person who is replaced must be an active officer of the Ming Army, and there are restrictions on what rank can be an officer. Even if those people are grateful to Zhu Sijiu for his promotion, they will not follow him to rebel, they are not Hakka retainers who rely on Zhu Sijiu for food.

Moreover, there is also a system of righteous instructors in the Western Expeditionary Army, which is not subject to Zhu Sijiu's control. The Daming Secret Agent Bureau also planted secret agents in the Western Expeditionary Army and Tianshan Province, and Zhu Sijiu's every move. can't get rid of Chen Dexing's eyeliner.

It's just that it takes at least 20 days for these eyeliners to make a small report to Chen Dexing, and if Chen Dexing is stationed in Jiangdu or patrols Jinlian River, it will take 30 days to deliver the report. However, so far, the small reports received by Chen Dexing only say that Zhu Sijiu is domineering, and no one says that he is plotting to rebel.

The standard for rebellion here is relatively loose in Chen Ming, and a county king with troops can only say that "it is not appropriate" to raise more than 1,000 guests. It's not enough to rebel. The Ming Empire alone has hundreds of thousands of army field troops, and more than 1,000 disciples are simply not enough. Moreover, doormen and private soldiers are not the same thing, most doormen are not thugs, but dog-headed military advisors who handle political and business affairs or give advice for Zhu Sijiu. And Zhu Sijiu's scouts are all children, and they may be able to develop a force in five years, but it is useless now.

Therefore, Chen Dexing didn't want to make the matter of removing Zhu Sijiu too ugly -- if he didn't use Monk Liu, the veteran. Instead, he used the righteous instructor and secret agent system to arrest Zhu Sijiu's words.

This is a big shock in the military and political circles of the Ming Dynasty!

As for the commander of the three armies, it is not a sin here for Chen Dexing, he himself is a martial artist, and he knows how many things the boss has to deal with in all aspects, and he is definitely not something that a good gentleman can deal with. How not to be arrogant, the bureaucracy will not take you seriously at all, all kinds of delays and all kinds of prevarication come up together, and serious ones can get the front line without food!

Zhu Sijiu is fierce enough to be domineering, he can be suppressed in all aspects, and wherever his army passes, the officials have not complained bitterly. However, his soldiers were well fed, clothed, and warmed all the way, and the sick and wounded could also be well cared for. And the methods of suppressing and killing people are also spicy enough, and the people in the Western Regions occupied by him call him "Zhu Butcher" behind his back, and it is said that the three-year-old child did not dare to cry when he heard that Zhu Butcher was coming.

Such a murderer is quite appetizing to Chen Dexing, but unfortunately he can't be used anymore. And Monk Liu's temper is much better, and now that he is old and twilight, there is no problem for him to sit in the Western Regions, but there will definitely be no good news coming back.

Chen Dexing sighed, handed back the recital that Monk Liu handed to report the itinerary, and took another piece from Ku Ballun's hand. It was submitted by the General Staff of the Ming Army, and the report was on the progress of the Tianzhu War. It is nothing more than a confused prince commanding more than 100,000 elite soldiers to turn a battle that should have been a great victory into a crushing victory. And at the end of this report, there are also some vague references to some problems within Great Britain. The schism between the King and the Prince became more and more pronounced.

The British king not only vigorously supported Buddhism, wanting Buddhism to override the Tianzhu kingdoms, but also wanted to allocate the territory of Bengal and the north bank of the Ganges River to his concubines. The British prince Tran Tak Fong rewarded the soldiers in Delhi and distributed all the Iqta estates between the Yamuna and Ganges rivers to all levels of the British army.

"It's not good to fight, but the ability to buy people's hearts is not bad, this father and son will sooner or later break the Tianzhu Great Britain......"

Chen Dexing shook his head slightly and made his comments softly. Although the Tianzhu States were vassals of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty's control over them was limited. The current Ming Empire is too vast, and if you count all the vassal states, it has almost encompassed most of the world. How much territory can the Ming court really effectively control? If you can control it, what else do you want to do in separate packages?

In fact, the imperial court of the Ming Empire could not grasp all the major events that happened on its frontier in time. For example, what Zhu Sijiu is doing, Chen Dexing doesn't know anything.

On the bank of the Ili River in the Western Regions, a huge civil and wooden castle opened at this time, and the soldiers of the brigade were driving out of the castle and driving west along the Ili River. This army was all officers and soldiers marching on horseback. Most of them are one person and two horses, and some are one person and three horses, under the guidance of the sun and moon military flag, they are marching mightily. In the marching brigade there were also eight horses towing artillery, and four carts pulled by packs. At the end of the army, there were many herders who drove herds of cattle and sheep with them.

And the commander of this mighty army is not someone else, it is the king of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the army general, the general of the Western Expeditionary Army, the governor of the military and political affairs west of Tianshan Province, and Zhu Sijiu who acts cheaply! (To be continued.) )