Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

"Nanyang, what a wonderful place."

Zhang Haogu sighed softly.

When a series of developments in Nanyang were reported to the capital, Zhang Haogu expressed the above emotions.

It is true that the Ming Dynasty was rich and rich in land and resources, but there are always some things that are not special products.

The loss of the Western Regions and the interruption of the Silk Road made Daming miss many things.

This is not only about the special products of the Western Regions or even the special products of Central Asia and the Middle East, but more importantly, the connection between Ming and the West can only rely on waterways now.

This is undoubtedly a great loss for Ming. After all, the Central Plains dynasty, which has always been strong, can connect to the West by controlling the Western Regions, and obtain a stable channel that can communicate with the West, South Asia, and the Middle East, and thus obtain a series of key points. information.

Today, Daming has no control over the Western Regions, and the Silk Road on the road has been cut off. Although the sea has been opened, the Maritime Silk Road is still being explored. The giant Ming is equivalent to a congenital atrophy of one foot and half of the other foot. Disabled, undoubtedly a disabled giant.

No way, after the Taizu, the Emperor Taizong was Feng Tianjing, whose basic status was not stable, and the basic position was stabilized only after development.However, repeated Western politics also consumed the country's energy, and the country had to rest and recuperate. However, Renzong's reign was too short, and Emperor Xuanzong's reign was only ten years, and then Daming had the most famous emperor in the ages.

Since then, the fortunes of the Ming Dynasty have turned from prosperity to decline, the Western Regions have been unable to open up, and the ban on the sea has also caused Ming to lose the sea trade channel, which in turn caused Daming to fall into a downward trend of internal friction.

It's not that Ming's monarchs are smart, but some problems can only be turned a blind eye. The simplest one is that the court has no money, and its military equipment is sluggish.

He holds the information on Nanyang in his hand, but Zhang Haogu's thoughts have drifted to the Western Regions.

The Western Regions must be taken down. Daming cannot be a semi-disabled giant, and the significance of the Western Regions to the imperial court is by no means a few orchids dancing around or some grape cantaloupe. It is a golden channel connecting the West. , is the Silk Road.

But now Monan Mongolia has been conquered, and the imperial court has even fought all the way to the foot of the Ural Mountains, so it is not in a hurry to deal with Yarkand.
Zhang Haogu temporarily put down his attention on the Western Regions, and picked up a piece of information about Nanyang again: "Sugar cane, cloves, and nutmeg are all good things. Nanyang is suitable for growing these. Sooner or later, the land of Nanyang will be the imperial court." plantation."

Huang Zongxi said: "The small countries in Nanyang now know that the imperial court needs rubber, sugar cane, and spices, so they have opened up many plantations themselves. In addition to the ones opened by my Ming businessman, it can be said that there are plantations everywhere in Nanyang."

Nodding his head slightly, Zhang Haogu shook the information in his hand: "How is the Nanyang Development Company talking with the natives in the Spice Islands?"

Huang Zongxi said: "Everything is going well. At present, the Nanyang Development Company has replaced the Dutch people. Apart from the original plantations, the Nanyang Development Company has cooperated with the local aborigines to open up more spice plantations."

Zhang Haogu said with a smile: "The land of the West is also short of spices. Pepper, nutmeg, cloves. These spices are completely imported from the land of the West. Without the spice islands in the South Seas, they can only rely on the plunder of the West in the Americas by the West. Have you got the Taixi market? Let the Taixi people be hungry first, and when the imperial court opens up the sea route to Taixi, sell them the spices from Nanyang.”

The land of Taixi is very developed, at least civilization and technology are very developed, but the same things they lack are also obvious, there is no rich oil, no rich coal and iron ore, but relying on navigation, colonization and plunder, they still become a powerful country.

They walked in front of Da Ming, but they didn't necessarily go fast if they walked early, and it didn't take long for Da Ming to keep up with their footsteps.

Putting down the information in his hand, Zhang Haogu pondered for a moment and said: "Taichong, please remember that the land of Nanyang is an important foundation for the future development of the imperial court. How the Nanyang people view the imperial court will determine the ownership of Nanyang. Therefore, business travel in Nanyang We must maintain the face of the imperial court, let Governor Qian pay attention, some things that are inconvenient for the imperial court have to be handed over to the local people."

Zhang Haogu knew very well that with the continuous development of Nanyang by the imperial court, no matter in the face of the huge benefits or the possibility of future development, some thoughts that should not have arisen in the land of Nanyang will definitely arise.

The imperial government's aid to the development of Nanyang is not just charity. Da Ming can share benefits with Nanyang countries and help them become rich, but this is based on the premise that Da Ming dominates everything; Da Ming can join hands with Nanyang countries Together, Nanyang will also have a strong industrial level and national strength, but this is also based on the premise that Ming is the leader.

In the land of Nanyang, the disputes among the countries, the situation between the nobles, the royal family, the common people and the merchants is already complicated. Da Ming will not be deeply involved in these, but he must always keep abreast of the movements of Nanyang. Zhang Haogu does not want to raise a group of white-eyed wolves. .

Seeing Huang Zongxi's astonished expression, Zhang Haogu smiled: "Tai Chong, look at it, the situation in Nanyang is complicated, the imperial court is suppressing it, and they have just started to make money, so many things have not surfaced. superior."

"When the money is getting more and more, and the court doesn't take much care of it, some messy things should happen. There is nothing rare in this world. If there are more people who are sensible and know the current affairs, the court will be more at ease Now, I don’t have to stare at Nanyang like that.”

With the help of Daming, the land of Nanyang has begun to develop, and it has entered a stage of rapid development in a short period of time.

The port is under rapid construction, plantations and mines have been established one by one, and the Southeast Asian countries have ushered in a certain amount of prosperity visible to the naked eye, which is a real benefit.

Unlike the people of the Netherlands who only cared about their own interests, Daming's thinking that everyone can earn money together, and everyone can be prosperous and develop, undoubtedly made the Southeast Asian countries grateful to Daming.

A plantation brings not only the benefits of the plantation itself, but also represents at least a stable livelihood for the people in a village.

And a mine feeds more than just a village.

Fishing villages on the coast can become ports, but if the people in the interior want to develop, they need a large amount of capital investment.

Now the Nanyang countries that hold large sums of aid from Ming Dynasty are all throwing money, throwing money in large sums.

The assistance given by the Ming court and the wealth brought by the merchants of the Ming Dynasty made Nanyang enter a stage of rapid development early on.

And the scatter of precious banknotes also made the Daming banknotes integrated into all aspects of Nanyang.

No way, what you hold in your hand is the Daming Treasure Banknote, so if you want to spend money and trade, you can only use the Daming Treasure Banknote, not to mention that the merchants of the Ming Dynasty will not trade with gold and silver, and all trade transactions use the Daming Treasure Banknotes, gold, silver and jewelry in the hands of the Southeast Asian countries can only be regarded as valuables at this time, but they can no longer be counted as money.

And the popularization of Daming treasure banknotes in Nanyang is the biggest gain for Daming right now.

Just when Daming banknotes gradually entered every household in Nanyang, people got used to using treasure banknotes instead of gold and silver, and at the same time gradually gave up bartering, Daming also launched a series of construction projects in Batavia.

The most noticeable thing is the steel factory.

It is only in the initial stage of construction, but the occupied area of ​​the iron and steel factory has attracted the attention of others. The iron and steel factory built completely according to the needs of Daming industry will become the largest iron and steel enterprise in Nanyang in the future, meeting the needs of civilian and military industries.

The appearance of this steel factory not only surprised the Southeast Asian countries with Ming's industrial capabilities, but also shocked Banten, a small country right next to Batavia.

Banten, a small country, was once prosperous. When it was the most powerful, Banten occupied the western part of Java, the southern part of Sumatra, and the western part of Borneo. It was not only powerful, but also developed in commerce and trade. It was once a trade hub in Southeast Asia. The center has close trade with the East, Indochina, India, Persia, etc.

But that was the time of prosperity. Today's Banten has only a little territory in the west of Java Island.

With the invasion of the Netherlands and the internal strife in Banten for the throne, Banten fell into a dangerous situation of internal and external difficulties.

It can be said that if it hadn't been for the arrival of Ming Dynasty to drive away the Dutch people and help Banten sweep away the foreign enemies, the remaining sites in Banten would have been torn apart.

And without foreign enemies, the internal turmoil in Banten has not disappeared, and the participation of many forces has caused frequent internal turmoil in Banten.

Because it used to be the largest trade distribution center in Nanyang and the natural superiority of its seaport in the northwest region, Banten received a lot of aid from Daming. On the one hand, it was used to expand Jakarta, and on the other hand, it was also used to stabilize the country and develop its military power. Play blue threat.

With the assistance of Ming Dynasty, the domestic and foreign situation of Wandan has finally improved, but the Lord of Wandan has been exhausted physically and mentally due to the state affairs and the intrigue with many domestic forces.

The Lord of Banten knows very well that once he dies, Banten will fall into civil strife again, and whether Matalam or Palingpan will covet Banten's land, Banten's wealth, Banten will definitely be destroyed by these The country is torn apart!
At that time, not only will the foundation be lost, but the citizens of Banten will become slaves of other countries, and everything in Banten will cease to exist.

Why!
Why do those nobles keep making trouble for themselves to prevent Wan Dan from being integrated?
Why can they stay out of the matter, even if the war comes, they can surrender safely and preserve their wealth, but the royal family and the people are about to be overthrown?

The Lord of Wandan can't tolerate his family's foundation being wiped out like this, and he can't allow it to see the dawn after so much difficulty. After his own death, the Wandan Kingdom, which was barely integrated together, will face a situation where the ruler is weak and the ministers are strong, and the four directions are in turmoil. .

After much deliberation, Lord Wan Dan came up with a ruthless plan to take the bottom off.

First of all, the Lord Wandan packaged himself as an admiration for the culture of the Central Plains and the Ming Dynasty. He not only spent a lot of money to replace the decorations in the palace with the style of the Ming Dynasty, but also declared that he would build the palace and Wangchengying into the appearance of the Ming Dynasty. .

Not only that, the Lord Wandan also promoted the Central Plains culture in the country, encouraging officials and common people to speak Chinese and practice Han etiquette. He also welcomed the arrival of Ming businessmen, and even built a college to learn Central Plains culture in Wangcheng himself. And hired a teacher from Daming for his sons to learn everything about Daming in all aspects.

Such a move undoubtedly dazzled the nobles in Wandan and the enemies outside, and they couldn't figure out what the Lord Wandan wanted to do for a while.

At this time, the Lord Wandan made the latest operation. On the one hand, he wrote to Qian Longxi in Batavia, hoping to get Qian Longxi's protection, and at the same time declared that he admired the culture of the Central Plains and wanted to go to Daming lived the last days of his life and so on.

This series of operations can be said to be ruthless. The Lord Wandan is equivalent to abandoning everything and choosing to trust the Ming court, hoping that the Ming court will embrace his foundation.

As long as the Ming court wanted to take action, with Wan Dan's current situation, Daming would have to change his surname if he moved his mouth on this piece of land.

After Qian Longxi, who worked hard in Batavia, received the letter from Lord Wandan, he thought for a while and understood what King Wandan thought: "He is going to completely surrender to the imperial court, which is a good thing. Yes. For Nanyang right now, this is equivalent to a thunderclap."

"Since he has this idea, the governor will help him."

"Send someone to send back the news that the Lord of Wandan has entered the pilgrimage to see what the court thinks. Then prepare a team of people. This governor will go to Wandan to meet the Lord of Wandan."

Although most of Ming's three towns in Nanyang have withdrawn, Batavia still has one town left behind, waiting for Qian Longxi to recruit enough men before withdrawing, so as not to have no suitable manpower in Nanyang when the court needs it.

This town of soldiers and horses still belongs to the sequence of Nanyang Development Company.

Soon, a school of soldiers and horses gathered to escort Qian Longxi to Wandan.

And the action of Daming Nanyang Development Company is undoubtedly a warning to those who are interested, don't think about attacking the Wandan royal family, Daming can watch it.

When Qian Longxi arrived at Wandan King City, the Lord of Wandan took his children and officials out of the city to greet him in person, and Qian Longxi also discovered the actual situation of the Lord of Wandan. The lamp is exhausted, and he is only in his 30s, but he is not as energetic as an old man who knows his destiny. How long can he last for this terminally ill appearance?

What would Wandan look like without the Lord Wandan?
Qian Longxi roughly understood the thoughts of Lord Wandan.

When he arrived in the palace, Lord Wandan showed a wry smile: "Lord Qian, you have also seen that I can't last long now. My children may not be able to keep this family business, and I will need you to take care of it when the time comes." gone."

Qian Longxi nodded slightly: "Is the lord planning to go to the capital?"

The Lord Wan Dan said: "Xiao Wang admires the Heavenly Kingdom, and hopes to die in the Shang Kingdom, which is also Xiao Wang's last wish."

There wasn't much talk between the two, but Qian Longxi already understood what King Wandan meant.

"Since this is the case, the old man is willing to contribute and help the king."

"Then thank you, Mr. Qian. After Xiao Wang leaves, I will entrust Mr. Qian to take care of everything in the country."

After the conversation, Qian Longxi chose to stay in Banten for a period of time, and the Lord of Banten also summoned noble ministers from all over Banten to announce in the palace that he was going to Daming.

Wearing the python suit given by the Ming Dynasty and wearing the seal ribbon, the Lord of Wandan sat cross-legged on the throne, with a calm expression on his face, without any anxiety about the imminent limit: "I have admired the Shang Kingdom since I was a child, and admired the culture of the Shang Kingdom. But At that time, the situation in Banten was critical, and I had to inherit the throne to stabilize the situation."

"Right now, Wandan has stabilized, and I have worked hard enough. I plan to give up the throne to the crown prince, and I will go to Daming to spend my last time."

"You are all my confidants and the pillars of Wan Dan. After this king leaves, Wan Dan and the crown prince, please take care of them."

Listening to the plain words of the Lord Wandan and looking at the old face, the nobles and ministers of Wandan cried so hard that they knelt down and wailed loudly. The crown prince who is about to succeed to the throne still feels sorry for himself for working so hard for so long.

Soon, the news that Wandan Kingdom was going to Ming Dynasty spread all over Wandan, and the people of Wandan couldn't help crying bitterly in amazement. The Lord of Wandan is undoubtedly a hardworking king. Since he took the throne, he has devoted himself to The development of Wandan is also very good for the people, but now this kind king is going to die, and he is going to Daming to spend his last days.

But the crown prince is the most despised at this time, he is still young, has no prestige, and is not capable enough. Now Wandan is supported by his father, how can his father leave Wandan at this time?
Although Daming is beautiful, it is not their home!
Looking at the puzzled crown prince, the Lord Wandan showed a kind smile: "The Kingdom of Wandan will be handed over to you in the future. You must work hard to support the foundation of Wandan."

"The teachers I hired for you all have real talents and knowledge. If you don't understand something, you can ask them and trust them; if you feel that they have different ideas, there are also generals I left for you. They control the royal city. Your army will help you regain control of the situation; if the generals are no longer reliable, then seek the help of Mr. Qian, and Mr. Qian will protect your safety."

The crown prince looked at a loss: "But, father, if the teacher, the general, and Mr. Qian are no longer reliable, what should I do?"

Lord Wandan was stunned for a moment, sighed helplessly, and then smiled wryly: "At that time, at that time, take your most loyal and reliable person to Shangguo, the emperor of Daming will help you to judge."

After saying this, the tired Lord Wandan waved his hand to let the crown prince go out. He was already very tired and needed to rest. He had to maintain enough physical and mental strength to arrive at Daming alive and appear in front of the Emperor Daming alive.

After several days of deliberation, the news that the king will abdicate and go to Daming to spend his later years in peace spreads all over Wan Dan.

Seeing that the fire was coming, when all the noble ministers and generals gathered in Wandan King City, the Lord of Wandan announced the news of his abdication in front of the ministers, generals and common people's soldiers. Danxin's king.

Seeing the noble ministers and generals kowtow to the crown prince to acknowledge the transition of kingship, the Lord of Wandan also heaved a sigh of relief. He tried his best to do what he could do for Wandan.

As for the rest, leave everything to God.