Chapter 104: Zhu Man, King of Zhongxian County

After the last thing is over. The army sailed down.

The entire fleet has more than a hundred large and small ships.

Of the more than 100 ships, one-third were ships of the Ming Dynasty. It was entrusted by the imperial court to transport logistical materials. And the remaining ships, two-thirds of which transport people. The other third is transporting things that cannot be transshipped by merchants. For example, some grains, grasses, gunpowder, and so on.

This time I went south, not directly through the South China Sea, but westward. Head south along the coastline.

When the port of Annam was docked, the Annamite raised 5,000 stone of grain and grass. It can be regarded as responding to Daming's call this time. He Xi did not transport it, but directly entrusted this matter to the business behind him. Let them be transferred.

Arrived at Champa.

Champa sent several warships and more than 1,000 soldiers. There was also a small aristocratic leader who got on the boat and visited He Xi and Lu Zhongheng.

As mentioned earlier, Champa is an Indo-Catholic state. He Xi observed some of them, and these more than 1,000 soldiers were more like slaves than soldiers. After all, the private soldier can be very powerful, and the fish belly can be even more fishy. Some are not even different from farmers.

He Xi could only accept it.

After all, let them go into battle, it is estimated that they are not the opponents of the Javanese. But there is no problem in being a people's husband.

Along the way, Siam, Chenla and other countries have helped. It's just three to five hundred, which means a little bit. All the days are included in the logistics, and the further south you go, the more perfunctory these countries become. I just don't want to offend Daming. And Java can't reach them. It's just for show.

If Daming wants more, then there is none.

It took nearly two months to finally reach the Dragon's Tooth Gate.

This is where Singapore will be. The reason why it is called the Dragon's Tooth Gate is because there is a boulder that looks like a dragon's tooth in the channel here. It is used as a marker for shipping lanes by maritime merchants. It is because of this strait that it is called the Dragon's Tooth Gate. It is the strait between the main island of Singapore and the Malay Peninsula.

As soon as it arrived, the entire fleet stopped.

King Manchu and Yang Yu had already been on the island for a long time, and they had made considerable arrangements to welcome the army.

This place in Singapore is one of He Xi's alternatives in Nanyang, and when he sent Yang Yu to the south, he had already introduced Yang Yu to him. And after King Manchujia fell to the Ming Dynasty, Yang Yu also found that only this place was in the interests of everyone.

First of all, the port of Manchuka, that is, Malacca, is actually not bad, with a population of tens of thousands and relatively rich materials. If the army stays here, it will be the best. It's a pity that the king of Manthorn doesn't think it's any good.

After all, the defense capabilities of the city of Malacca. The Ming army broke through in minutes.

In front of the Ming army, King Manchu Jia is estimated to be uneasy. There is not the slightest sense of security at all.

Even if the Ming army has no other meaning, it does not prevent some careerists from wanting to use the Ming army to take the position. Therefore, the king of Manthorn will never agree.

And Singapore. That is, here in the Dragon's Tooth Gate.

First of all, the port is good, and Singapore in later generations is a world-class port. Being a world-class port means that the congenital conditions are good. Even later there was a makeover. It must also have the potential for transformation.

And the ships of this era, with the draft of the ships of later generations, are not at all an order of magnitude. The potential of a world-class port in the future could not be better used to house the army.

Secondly, this is a transportation artery after all. Connecting the South China Sea with the Strait of Malacca. It's also populated. However, there are not many people, and it is just a larger village in Daming. It is estimated that there are only a few thousand. After all, it is not that there is no population at all, and all infrastructure has to be built from scratch.

And then there's the island. Although, it finally gave King Manthorn some illusory sense of security. It's some distance from the full thorn plus. Even if the king of Manthorn Jia falls to the Ming Dynasty, it does not mean that he wants to dedicate the country to the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Yu thought about it, so he agreed.

After all, in Nanyang Daming needs the support of the local country, not to mention anything else. You can't be in a place like Nanyang, where all grain has to be shipped from China, right?

Let's not mention that.

As soon as the king of Manjinga arrived, He Xi first exchanged a few words with him, and then stood facing south and north, and said: "King Manjinga receives the order." ”

The king of the thorns was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know what to do. It was Yang Yu who reminded him to kneel down to receive the order.

Full of thorns and the king's full of grievances. He threw himself into the Ming Dynasty because of the situation, but the dignified princes suffered this kind of grievance. How can the heart get by? But at the moment the Ming army is in the port. He had no choice but to kneel down and take orders.

He Xi said: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: Within ten steps of my news, there will be loyalty, and the sky is far away in Nanyang, how can there be no loyal ministers." The -----, of the king of the thorns"

I wrote some words of praise with a smile. Finally, he said: "Give the surname Zhu, give the name full." Feng Zhongxian is the king of the county. All etiquette is the same as that of the king. Chin this. ”

This holy decree is He Xi's first cut and then prelude.

The decree cannot be said to be forged, but it has not been sealed by the cabinet and various departments. At best, it is a central purpose in the Central Plains, but where does the king of Manthorn know this? There is absolutely no problem in fooling the Nanyangs.

He Xi didn't mean to do so, the message delivery was very slow these years. When he went to Nanjing to ask for a decree, there must be some arguments in the imperial court, and when the process was completed, many things would be too late.

Before coming, He Xi asked for full power in Zhu Yuanzhang. Nanyang's affairs, He Xi can handle it himself. Although this decree has been reported before it is issued. But there are some taboos in this matter.

However, He Xi didn't care. As long as he can open up the situation in the South Seas. It's a small thing. If he can't fight the situation in the South Seas. The impact on him was much worse than the falsification of the decree.

King Manchu Jia, no, now it is obvious that Zhu Man, the king of Zhongjun, does not understand the etiquette of the imperial court at all, nor does he understand the political meaning behind this holy decree. He was even immersed in the humiliation of kneeling down to receive orders. But Yang Yu was very shocked.

As soon as this holy decree came out, Zhu Man was the clan.

It can even be said that he is the highest status among all the people in front of him. The only one who can manage him is the Nanjing Zongren Mansion. The king of the previous thorns, although he was a king. It is a prince, but in the Ming system, it is an extraterritorial barbarian, and many people feel annoyed when they look at it more. Now the king of Daming County has an extraordinary status. It must be known that there are not many Ming clans now, and they can almost be counted. In the reform of the Ming clan system, the position of the county king was almost eliminated. The prince's son, only one inherits the throne, and the others are either looking for their own way. Either to assist the elder brother. You won't be crowned the king of the county.

The only county king is probably the king of Jingjiang.

Even if King Jingjiang is full of hatred for Zhu Yuanzhang, he can be domineering within the imperial court system. Almost all the officials did not dare to do anything to King Jingjiang. Now Zhu Man lacks confidence after all, so he naturally doesn't dare to do this. But in terms of status, it is already comparable to the king of Jingjiang.

It's almost a one-step climb to the top.

And the Manchu Jia Kingdom, no, the Kingdom of the Great Ming Zhongjun will be the territory of the Ming Dynasty in the future, and a war against the territory of the King of the County of Xianzhong is almost equivalent to a war against the Ming Dynasty.

This canonization is simply an unbreakable covenant written into the Ming Rite Law.

Yang Yu instantly understood He Xi's intentions, but he was still bold and frightened. I think it's incredible.

The reason why Yang Yu thinks it is incredible is because in this era, the Ming people generally look down on foreign countries, feel barbarians, and think that they are clowns. But He Xi is just a fair measure of the strength of the Manchurian country.

Yes, the population of Manchurian Canada is not large, and I don't know if there are millions. After all, there is no such thing as a population in Manchuria. Such a scale, army, finances, needless to say. It's not much better.

But Da Ming needs to be full of thorns.

The Ming needed a staunch ally in the South Seas. A foothold is also needed.

But after all, Man Thorn Jia was forced to throw himself into the Ming Dynasty. In He Xi's opinion, once there is a change, King Manthorn will not hesitate to defect to Java. Or someone else.

So how can you make the king of Manchu Jia follow Da Ming with all his heart?

That's a heavy bet. But what kind of re-bet do you have to make?