In September of the 4th year of Hongxi, a large fleet of ships came to Jeju Island.

There were 80 ships in the fleet, of which about 30 were more than 2,000 large ships.

Zhu Gaoxu came to Jeju, accompanied by the second assistant Yang Pu, the former prince's teacher, Gao Xianning, the current waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Jiang Zhonglong, the waiter of the Ministry of Officials, Song Changlin, the eunuch Zhong Xian, the avant-garde commander of the government army Zhou Hu, the deputy general of the Zhejiang Navy Division Chen Zuo (the eldest son of Chen Xuan, the chief officer of Caoyun), and the deputy general of the Jiangnan Navy Division Gao Yong.

Chen Xuan was also the chief military officer of Caoyun in the history of the original Yongle, until the Xuande period (1433), when he died of illness in office.

His official position has two main functions, one is to help the Ming Dynasty transport grain, and the other is to supervise the transportation and repair the canal.

For example, the surplus grain from Jiaozhi Saigon and others in the Ming Dynasty is transported to Daming, whether it is transported to the old port, including to Tai O to support Xu Shi, it is all the business of the chief military officer of Caoyun.

This part of the naval division is basically not used for warfare, and the equipment is relatively poor, which is equivalent to logistics and transportation troops.

There are several sailors used to fight in the Ming Empire: Zhejiang Navy, Fujian Navy, Jiangnan Navy, Guangdong Navy, Jiaozhi Navy, Saigon Navy, Malacca Navy, etc., a total of seven sailors.

This time, Zhu Gaoxu was accompanied by a branch of the Jiangnan Naval Division, plus some of the Zhejiang Naval Division, about 2,000 people, and then brought a part of the avant-garde of the government army, about 2,000 people, a total of 5,000 soldiers and horses.

After the Ming Dynasty wanted to return to Jeju from Goryeo, he set up Jeju Prefecture, divided seven counties, and then publicized immigration, did not pay taxes for ten years, and the people who came from the Ming Dynasty were provided with cattle and seed farming tools by the imperial court, and they could plough as many fields as they could.

The land here is fertile, the climate is suitable, and after publicity, thousands of families have migrated one after another.

Originally, there were Koreans, Mongols and Han Chinese, so now the composition is more complicated, Han Chinese, Korean people, and Mongols.

After the Ming army got Jeju, it expanded the port west of Jeju, and when Zhu Gaochu came over, it was still under construction, because the Ming maritime trade was developed, and the ships in Jeju West Port were like clouds, and many officials who followed Zhu Gaoxu on the ship at that time were going to sea for the first time, and they were very shocked to see this scene.

Most of them were merchants from all over the world, who bought special products from Dongben or Goryeo, and then sold them to Damyeong or Nanyang, and then bought special products from Daming and Nanyang, and then sold them to Goryeo and Dongbon, and Jeju also became an important transit point because it was occupied and expanded by the Ming army.

The whole of Southeast Asia is now very prosperous in maritime commerce, and the ports are very busy.

After Zhu Gaoxu went ashore, the local prefect Hu Hu brought a group of officials to greet him.

Jeju Island has Jeju Left Guard and Right Guard, with a garrison of 10,000 troops, which belongs to the Gangnam Metropolitan Division.

"Minister, knock on Your Majesty." Hu Hui took the lead and the officials and generals stepped forward to pay respects.

"Don't waste time." Zhu Gaoxu smiled: "It's all free of courtesy." ”

Then he said, "Let's go and see the horse farm first." ”

Zhu Gaoxu's sudden arrival actually startled Hu Hu, because the emperor only informed him before he went ashore.

After coming, I went directly to see the horse farm, when it was in the hands of Goryeo, there were only a few thousand horses here, and after the Ming army took it back, it raised more than 20,000 horses.

Zhu Gaoxu went to the horse farm, found more than 100 families raising horses, and asked them on the spot, what are the difficulties, what are your thoughts, has the Ming Dynasty treated you badly?

These are all locals, most of them are of Mongolian descent, and after the Ming people came to raise horses, they asked them to raise more horses and set a minimum price to buy them.

This system was much stronger than in Goryeo.

Some of the policies were formulated by Zhu Gaoxu, and he just came to see how the officials below were implementing them.

After asking, the result was quite satisfied, and I watched the scene of thousands of horses galloping on the spot, and then went to the school to see if the local school was set up according to his requirements and what was taught.

As a result, when I arrived at the school, my face changed slightly.

Zhou Hu had already gone to the school when the emperor went to the horse farm, and then checked the students' books.

According to the requirements of the imperial court, Ming students now mainly study mathematics and geography, and the minor subjects are history, Analects, physical education, etc., like the locals and Mongolians have to learn Chinese.

But at Jeju School, Zhou Hu found some other Confucian books on the students' desks.

Hu Hu is also an important minister and a famous minister in the early Ming Dynasty in history, Zhu Gaoxu didn't expect him to do this kind of thing.

Hu Hu was not afraid, knelt on the ground and said that the local population is complex, there are Mongolians and Koreans, so they must first be taught to learn Chinese characters and Chinese before they can use various Confucian classics.

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while with a cold face: "Don't take it as an example." ”

Then he ordered the beheading of a local Korean teacher as a warning.

In October, Zhu Gaoxu arrived at the commission.

Ji Gang and the others were scared half to death, and they also didn't expect the emperor to come.

The members also had clans moving to the country, and they didn't expect that Zhu Gaoxu would run out of the imperial city and come to the members.

Zhu Gaoxu found another excuse and dismissed an official in the local area.

In mid-October, Chu's fleet entered the country of Sulu (Philippines) from the South China Sea.

Zhu Gaoxu's fleet was two miles away from the coastline of Sulu at the time, and their land could be faintly seen.

Zhu Gaoxu called the young Gao Xianning and Chen Zuo, and pointed in that direction: "After two years of recuperation, you can attack this country." ”

He also said to Song Changlin: "Starting this year, Jinyiwei can send a sneak to Sulu to investigate its population, economy, military and other conditions as a backup." ”

"What treasures does the country of Sulu have?" Gao Xianning subconsciously asked the emperor.

In his opinion, if the emperor wants to fight a certain country, he must go to loot.

"On the side of the couch, let others snore." Zhu Gaoxu said lightly: "Take advantage of its weakness and conquer it." ”

The civil and military forces were speechless, even if there was no reason to fight.

The flotilla continued to move forward.

Recently, I have had good luck, and it is close to winter, and it is all tailwind.

Soon entered the Sulu Sea, and at the end of October, I saw the coastline of the Bohai mud country.

"In two more years, we will conquer this country." Zhu Gaoxu said again.

Everyone doesn't ask this time, they are all on the side of Daming, there is no reason, just fight.

Chen Zuodao, deputy general of the naval division: "They are all small countries, and they can be broken by 10,000 troops." ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded: "If 10,000 people don't fight now, after a few years, the 200,000 army may not be able to defeat it." ”

"Why?" Yang Pu also asked strangely.

Zhou Hu hummed and said: "The population will become more and more, and the national strength will become stronger and stronger, is this not clear?" ”

He understands all the generals, Yang Pu and Gao Xianning silently snorted.

Zhu Gaoxu had a small number of people on the ship and brought a lot of supplies, so he did not go to the old port this time, and went directly to Guri Dibo (East Timor)

This side was originally a native settlement, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, there were Song people to come, so it was also a scattered place, and did not build a country, in the past, the history was under the jurisdiction of the Manchu Boyi State, but after Zhu Gaoxu transported people to Daao, this side was occupied by the Ming army, and a port was built for supply, and the Manjapahit Boyi naturally did not dare to hum, and it was not a good place in itself.

When Zhu Gaoxu arrived there, Zhang Fu of the old port was already waiting for him with a large number of sailors and supplies.

After the two armies converged, they passed through the Timor Sea and approached Tai O.

When I saw the western port of Tai O, it was already the beginning of the fifth year of Hung Xi.

The port was built by the Ming army to dock a large number of ships, but the progress was a bit slow.

Because only one military fort was built on the shore, more than 100 Ming troops were stationed, led by 100 households Lu Dashan, he captured more than 200 natives, went out to repair the port every day, and slowly swallowed it up.

The natives will run away from time to time, or be killed or wounded, as long as there are few, Xu Shishi will make up for him.

But last year, all the natives around him were almost caught, so there were only more than 100 natives on hand who were repairing the port wharf.

The Ming army has been working here for two or three years, but it is still not big enough.

But this time it was different, Zhang Fu came from the old port, brought more than 2,000 locals from Malacca, and helped build a wharf port in the future.

When Zhu Gaoxu set foot on the land of Tai O, he took a deep breath and thought: "As long as I occupy this place permanently, I will be a faint king again in the future, and the historians will have to blow it for me." ”

Lu Dashan was originally retired with Xu Shishi, but because he discovered gold with Xu Shishi, he was promoted to stay for two more years.

This time the emperor sent someone to replace him, he could follow the emperor back to Daming, officially retired, as a return for his contribution in Taiao, the emperor said on the spot, went back to arrange work, and served as the county lieutenant.

Lu Dashan was so excited that he knelt on the ground and didn't want to get up for a long time.

"Have you found any news of Zhu Di recently?" Zhu Gaoxu asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, no." Lu Dashan confessed honestly.

Zhu Gaoxu was silent.

The surrounding civil and military forces were also silent, His Majesty came all the way to Tai O, and it was funny if he couldn't see Zhu Di.

Yang Pu thought, this is fine, the emperor will not come up with it in the future.

He really couldn't stand the sea, he was always seasick in front, and he almost thought he was going to die on the ship, but fortunately, the emperor was in Jeju, and all the adults had rested, otherwise he was really not used to it.

After thinking about it, Zhu Gaoxu said, "Let's rest for two days first." ”

Jin Yiwei calmed Song Changlin didn't think so.

It is impossible for the emperor to come to Tai O for no reason, and the emperor must know where Zhu Di is.

But the emperor is thousands of miles away, how do he know where Zhu Di is?

But the next morning, a fast horse came from the east.

Lu Dashan immediately shouted: "Xu Qianhu sent someone. ”

Xu Shi sent a sentry to the port.

The sentry said: "Quick, I have found Zhu Di's location, and I will send it to the Beijing Division immediately." ”

"Hahaha." Lu Dashan was simply divine: "Such a coincidence? "Your Majesty just came, and you found Zhu Di's location?

Some time ago, Zhu Di brought people over, but after all, he didn't decide to attack Xu Shi, but he didn't want Xu Shi to find a position, so he finally retreated quietly and returned to Yancheng first.

But when he retreated to Yancheng, Zhu Di didn't know that there was no one in the team.

This person found Xu Shi and told Xu Shi that he was an undercover agent of Jingshi Jinyiwei, and he had been following Zhu Di for four years, and he couldn't find the Ming army before, but now he finally found Xu Shishi.

"What?" At that time, Xu Shishi couldn't believe it.

Xu Shishi was afraid that Jinyiwei would deceive him, so he sent someone to follow this Jinyiwei, and sure enough, he found where Yancheng was.

Xu Shi was overjoyed and immediately sent a sentry to the port.

But the port was not always accompanied by the Ming army, and the Ming army's supplies came from the direction of the old port.

It's January every year, and it's replenished twice in June.

Now in January, the sentry cavalry happened to come over and spread the news first, waiting for the Ming army to supply.

And Zhang Fu and Zhu Gaoxu, who were in charge of supply, happened to arrive in Tai O.

Yang Pu and the others were very shocked at the time, and they couldn't believe how the emperor could be so coincidental, just arrived in Tai O, and got the news of Zhu Di? Is this too godly?