Chapter 513: Hard and Soft
"It's not a secret, the emperor has ordered the official to form the Daming Naval Division, and in less than two years, my Great Ming Naval Division will gallop on the vast ocean, I don't know if the two of them are interested in the Naval Division or the Xiaowu Army."
Seeing that Dogesa and Lunders looked stunned, Li Yuntian knew that the two were shocked by their own mentions, so he smiled and revealed a top-secret information to the two.
In fact, Emperor Xuande did not say anything about the formation of the Ming Water Division, and the reason why Li Yuntian wanted to say this was to show that the Ming Dynasty had the heart to win the city.
The reason is simple, the geographical location of Champa is very important, located at the southern tip of the Indochina Peninsula, if the Ming sailors want to go south to the Strait of Malacca, then Champa will be a pivotal transit point.
However, this is not to say that Li Yuntian is opening the river in his mouth, now that the ships at sea of the Ming Dynasty are in his hands, he is reorganizing those ships and personnel, and he will only ask for a holy decree from Emperor Xuande, then those ships will be transformed into a fleet of sailors.
Li Yuntian had already planned, and after the second overseas trade was over, he would mention to Emperor Xuande the matter of forming a water division, and in the face of huge overseas trade profits, how could Emperor Xuande not agree?
"Lord Commander, do you really want us to join the Sailor or the Warrior Army? Is it a false position? Lundus was the first to recover from the shock, and looked at Li Yuntian in disbelief, in his opinion, he was a foreigner, how could Li Yuntian really let him enter the army of the Ming Dynasty? Nine times out of ten, give him a title and then empty his power.
"Haha......" Li Yuntian saw that Lunds' eyes were full of vigilance, and immediately laughed, "Chief Lundus, this official has a habit, that is, don't use suspicious people, don't use people, as long as the official uses people, then the official will fully believe them." ”
"Then the chief soldier, dare to give us military power?" Lunders was slightly stunned when he saw this, and then asked in a deep voice.
"As long as you become a general in the army, then this officer will naturally give you military power!" Li Yuntian didn't hesitate at all, and looked at him solemnly, "At that time, this official can hand over the soldiers of Zhancheng to you to command!" ”
"Lord Commander, do you mean that the soldiers of Champa can also enter the Sailor Division and the Xiaowu Army?" At this time, Dogesa on the side couldn't help but ask, with a look of surprise on his face.
After experiencing the battle to quell the Jiaozhi rebellion, he knew that the Xiaowu Army was the most elite unit of the Ming army, and this army actually recruited Champa soldiers, wasn't Li Yuntian afraid that he and Lundes would lead the Champa soldiers to rebel?
"Not only the people of Zhancheng, but also the people of Jiaozhi can also join the sailors and the Xiaowu army." Li Yuntian nodded affirmatively, and said loudly, "But there is a premise, that is, those people can meet the recruitment requirements of the Navy Division and the Xiaowu Army, and as long as they enter the Xiaowu Army, then this official will treat them equally, and they will definitely not favor one over the other!" ”
Dogsa and Lunders couldn't help but glance at each other when they heard this, the two of them never thought that Li Yuntian would actually give them military power, and for a while it was a little hard to believe that this was true.
"After the city is included in my Ming Dynasty, Prince De'en'an will inherit the title of King of Zhancheng and become the king of my Ming Dynasty, and he will serve in front of the capital in front of the king." Li Yuntian saw that the two fell into silence, knowing that they were in a state of mind at this time, so he smiled and said something for the two that they hadn't mentioned yet.
As the two major chieftains of the Champa State, Dogesa and Lundes naturally want to win the corresponding benefits for Prince Deen'an, who is only seven years old, and Li Yuntian is absolutely satisfied with them, but he is just a county king with a different surname, and it is quite cost-effective to exchange it for Zhancheng, and Emperor Xuande will definitely agree to do so, this is to open up the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and its merits will be passed on to future generations.
When Dogesa heard that Prince Deen'an was going to Daming Capital, his brows couldn't help frowning slightly, and the corners of his mouth squirmed to fight for De'an to stay in Champang, but then he gave up this idea: Prince D'En'an can be said to be the crown prince of Champa and the symbol of Champong, Li Yuntian naturally would not let Prince D'En'an stay in Champong, so as not to be used by people with ill intentions.
Moreover, as Prince Dernan grows up to become more and more assertive, it will be troublesome for him to do anything out of the ordinary, so Prince D'Enan must leave the city.
"Lord General Soldier, the lower officer has one more thing to ask for, I hope Lord General can agree." After pondering for a while, Dogsa looked up at Li Yuntian and said with a stern expression.
"Chief Dogesa, please speak, as long as this official can do his best." Li Yuntian suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart when he heard this, it seemed that Dogesa had been persuaded by himself, so he agreed with a smile.
"Lord General Soldier, the little girl and the adult have been together for many days, and they admire the adult very much, and I hope that the adult can accept her as a concubine and give her a good home, so that the lower official will be relieved." Dogsa bowed his hand at Li Yuntian, bowed to Li Yuntian seriously, and intentionally or unintentionally accentuated the pronunciation of the word "rest assured".
"Concubine?" Li Yuntian really didn't expect Dogesa to put forward such a condition, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned, but he quickly reacted, Dogesa wanted to ensure the interests of those chieftains in Zhancheng by marrying him, after all, except for Li Yuntian, they had no one to rely on in the court.
"Okay, I promise you." Therefore, Li Yuntian agreed after thinking about it, otherwise Dogesa and Lunders and others would probably not believe him, and then the matter of occupying the city would undoubtedly be much trickier.
"Lord Commander, when Prince Deen'an asks Daming to be included, it will be the day when the adult and the little girl will marry." Dogsa's heart suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, marriage was the most important social relationship in ancient times, often one glory and one loss, he was really afraid that Li Yuntian would refuse just now, in that case, the situation would become very troublesome.
"It's a deal!" Li Yuntian heard this, and the corners of his mouth showed a helpless wry smile, and then he bowed his hand to Dogesa and settled this matter with him.
To tell the truth, Li Yuntian didn't want to use Wu Qian's lifelong events to make this transaction, but now in order to smoothly classify the city into the Ming Dynasty, he had no other way, and he needed Dogesa and Lunds to coordinate the interests of the upper class of the city from it, so he had to sacrifice Wu Qian's happiness.
As Li Yuntian secretly reached a deal with Dogesa and Lundes, Dogesa and Lunders left Jiaozhou City the next day and returned to Zhancheng to deal with the merger of Zhancheng into Daming.
At the same time, Li Yuntian used 800 li to expedite the matter of Dogesa's proposal to let him take Wu Qian as a concubine to Emperor Xuande, and asked Emperor Xuande to decide.
Obviously, it is not convenient for Li Yuntian to accept Wu Qian as a concubine now, after all, Wu Qian is the pearl of the great chief of Zhancheng, and Zhancheng is still a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, if he accepts Wu Qian like this, then in the eyes of those who have a heart, it is inevitable that there will be the crime of fornicating with the feudal country, and there will inevitably be some waves in the future, so he asked Emperor Xuande for advice.
As long as Emperor Xuande agrees with this family matter, then Li Yuntian will also have a killer weapon, and if someone wants to make waves at that time, this killer weapon will give the other party a fatal blow.
In mid-May, Emperor Xuande agreed that Li Yuntian's edict to accept Wu Qian as a concubine was sent to Li Yuntian's hands, originally Li Yuntian alarmed Emperor Xuande with this matter, according to common sense, Emperor Xuande should give Li Yuntian and Wu Qian marriage, but now due to the complexity of the shape of the city, Emperor Xuande also dealt with this matter in a low-key manner.
With Emperor Xuande's edict, Li Yuntian has no worries, and can accept Wu Qian in a righteous and bright manner, and now he is waiting for the good news from Zhancheng, and he will be able to breathe a sigh of relief at that time.
At the beginning of June, Dogesa sent news from Duohai City, asking Li Yuntian to go south to come to Duohai City, and he had already prepared Li Yuntian and Wu Qian's family affairs.
Li Yuntian couldn't help but let out a long breath after receiving this news, although Dogesa did not say it explicitly, but it was obvious that he and Lunders had coordinated the relationship between the upper class of the Champa country, so that Prince Deen'an could set off for Beijing to present the recital of Champa to the Ming Dynasty.
Early the next morning, Li Yuntian set off from Jiaozhou City to Jianchang Port in Jianchang Prefecture, where he would take a sea boat to Duohai City on the grounds of inspecting the expanded Duohai Port.
Since the Ming army landed at Duohai Port last year, Li Yuntian ordered the expansion of Duohai Port, which more than doubled the size of the already huge Duohai Port, and the Ming army built a military camp in Duohai Port with 2,000 people stationed to protect the safety of the port.
Li Yuntian's arrival caused a sensation in Duohai City, and after more than a year of restoration, the city ravaged by the Jiaozhi rebels finally regained its vitality, and unlike before, there were many more Ming merchants in the city, running various businesses.
On the fifth day of Li Yuntian's arrival in Duohai City, his and Wu Qian's family affairs were held in the city, and all the military and political officials of Duohai City were present, and the scene was very festive and lively.
At the end of June, Prince De'an personally led a team to Daming on a Daming ship that stopped at many harbors, preparing to go to the Holy Front to present a table to Emperor Xuande and ask Emperor Xuande to allow the annexation of the city to the Ming Dynasty.
In Li Yuntian's somewhat anxious waiting, time passed little by little, and in a blink of an eye, it was Layue, just when he thought that Emperor Xuande's holy decree to accept Champa to join the Ming Dynasty would not arrive in Zhancheng until the next year, the messenger of the Ming Dynasty suddenly took Emperor Xuande's holy decree to the port by sea.
Emperor Xuande had already agreed to Prince De'en'an's request, accepted the annexation of Champa to the Ming Dynasty, and ordered Li Yuntian to be in charge of relevant matters and annex Champa to Jiaozhi.
This task was too simple for Li Yuntian, and after two years of painstaking management, the situation in Champa was firmly in his hands, and the officials of the yamen of the various state capitals of Champa were basically appointed by him, not only following his orders but also operating normally.
Therefore, what he has to do now is to announce the holy decree of Emperor Xuande to the people of Zhancheng, and legally govern the military and political affairs of Zhancheng.
Originally, Li Yuntian still wanted to sit in Zhancheng for a year and a half, but Emperor Xuande did not give him this opportunity, just before the Chinese New Year, he received a holy decree from Emperor Xuande, so that he would return to the court immediately after the New Year, and now the rebellion in Jiaozhi has already been eliminated, and the Xiaowu army should also return to the capital to accept Emperor Xuande's reward.
Therefore, after the Lantern Festival in the sixth year of Xuande, Li Yuntian led 20,000 Xiaowu troops to embark on the return journey back to Beijing, leaving Jiaozhi, where he had lived for more than three years.