my days with tyrants

Zhu Di finally got his wish and captured Bayezid...

Of course, the latter cannot escape the eyes of the sky, and the observers on the hot air balloons are all staring at him.

As for his meeting with Zhu Di, there was nothing special about it. As a smart man, he simply knelt at Zhu Di's feet, willing to surrender to Daming.

But it's too late.

Zhu Di would not leave such a hero behind.

No matter whether he goes east or west, he cannot keep a powerful Osman.

Bayezid is no longer qualified to pay tribute to Daming, but his sons, the pashas and beys under him can all do it. An infinitely split Ottoman is really harmless, so with Timur Similarly, he imprisoned Bayezid in a mountain castle in Armenia. The Armenian prince happily accepted the task of guarding him, and the poor Lightning Sultan was sent to Armenia in this way.

As for the concubine following him...

Of course it was awarded to Fancha.

So the latter also realized his ideal shamelessly. How could such a barbarian have any moral concepts.

But this war is not over. After all, Zhu Di’s hungry wolf-like guys are still waiting to loot the Ottoman cities ahead. Ankara and Bursa are waiting for them, so after tidying up the battlefield and rearranging the tasks , Zhu Di immediately gave the order to pursue, and his huge army chased the fleeing Ottomans forward and broke through Sivas.In Sivas, the troops were divided into three groups. Zhu Di led the Chinese army to attack Ankara, Black Sheep and Jalayir went south to sweep the tribes on the west bank of the Euphrates River, and Tuotuo lost led the Qincha cavalry to sweep the north, and finally the three armies joined forces in Bursa.

In this way, Zhu Di led his subordinates, Yue Jibie, Zhao Shengjun, Kurds, and Armenians, and began his march toward the Sea of ​​Marmara.

And at this time on the Qincha grassland, Timur, who finally collected enough food, also started his journey back east...

At this time, the number of direct descendants brought out by his subordinates from Hezhong and Khorasan was less than [-].

But Digga remained loyal to him, so he still had the latter's ten thousand cavalry, plus some mess.

A total of less than [-].

And morale is low.

In addition, Zhu Gaoxu and Guilichi have joined forces, and they are nomadic in the Ural River, so they will keep attacking Timur like maggots with bones.

In fact, Ye Digai was at the end of his rope. His Nogai Grassland had been wiped clean by Zhu Gaoxu and Guilichi. Even the women had been taken away by the camel caravan transporting military supplies, and Shadi Behan ran to the Crimea. Then ignore him and Timur. In fact, they have already left their group. The Russians and other ethnic groups in the north hate him because of his plundering.

He can only die if he stays in the Chincha Grassland. If he follows Timur, he may still have hope of turning around.

After Timur retreated, the vast plains of Eastern Europe finally returned to tranquility...

Well, not really.

Because the Russians happily discovered that the Golden Horde that used to ride on their heads has been abolished like this?

Then they rush to grab the site!
And Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania, who was defeated last time, was also pleasantly surprised to find that he could also advance into the Volga River?
And the Poles.

Moldovans.

……

When a giant beast fell, all the beasts around saw the delicious food in front of them.

Shadibie was already powerless to do anything else. He hid in the Crimea with some remnants of defeated soldiers. In theory, he still controlled the Kipchak Grassland, but in fact he was at most the Crimean Khanate, so he had to He was anxiously waiting for the news from the south, for fear that Tuotuo would return someday.

Of course, he also knew that the latter would definitely return.

So he also started hooking up with Vytautas, after all, he had no chance of surrendering.

In this case, it is not bad to collude with Vytautas and play Pianan in the Crimea, but after Tuotuo lost his way back to the Kipchak grassland, he must take back the land that originally belonged to the Golden Horde, so that his old friend Vytaut Tars became the enemy.The latter now basically controls the banks of the Dnieper River that originally belonged to the Golden Horde, and has even taken the opportunity to advance to the Don River, which happens to be united with Shadibe. King's return.

At this point, the entire Golden Horde fell apart.

Siberia has surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, Kazan has surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, the Nogai Grassland has been swept away by Zhu Gaoxu into no man's land, the Qingzhang Grassland has long belonged to the Ming Dynasty, and the Russian city-states, headed by the Grand Duke of Moscow, are happily attacking each other. After all, this involves the question of who is the boss. The Eastern European princes headed by Vytautas are dividing up the land along the Dnieper River.

The Golden Horde that once suppressed the entire Eastern Europe and made the Eastern European countries tremble has only a shell left.

"It's also pretty sad."

In Shule City, Ambassador Yang sighed with emotion.

In his hand he held an urgent message from his concubine.

Timur returned to the river, but only brought back less than 5 people, and did not go south along the Caspian Sea, but went straight to the Aral Sea, and then went downstream along the Syr Darya, but stopped at Erdara. And sent Shahru and several grandsons to Khorasan and Samarkand, including Persia and other places to gather troops to Shymkent, to lead an army of 80 to conquer Daming.But the emir of Turkic City secretly sent someone to deliver a letter to her, saying that Timur was seriously ill, maybe injured, and was already bedridden. Red continued to harass.

Great loss.

Otherwise, it would not have rushed to the Syr Darya instead of continuing south to the Amu Darya and returning to Samarkand.

He was afraid that Samarkand would be like this, and civil unrest was likely.

And some of the Kipchaks who followed fled on the road.

After all, for these Kipchak people, following Timur to the river is to depend on others, and it is better to run away than to follow this loser to a future that is destined to have no good results.

Nomads can live anywhere.

Going to find Yue is someone else's defection, and going to Chengji Tula to defect to them. Anyway, they all have the same belief, the same language, and maybe even their ancestors.

Timur has lost.

He is already a loser.

Also conquer Daming?
He couldn't even kill Zhu Gaoxu's [-] Ming army, and he had to be exported by others all the way.

With this strength, you are still bragging about conquering the Ming Dynasty. In the past, if you didn’t know the strength of the Ming army, everyone would believe it after being coaxed by you.

But now, after fighting the Ming army for so long, I already know how terrible these enemies are. How could I still believe your nonsense, saying that after fighting for so long, which battles have you won?Even in the decisive battle with Zhu Gaoxu, if you beat someone with [-] to [-], in the end, the casualties were almost three times that of him, and you lost all the war elephants. You can't even beat Zhu Di's son, and you still fantasize about defeating Zhu Di?You can't even defeat Zhu Di, and you still fantasize about the hundred times stronger Daming behind him?

Are you dementia?
In fact, not only the Kipchak people, but also the Hezhong and Khorasan people who followed him also regarded him as dementia.

Anyway, he was already bedridden, so just watch him dreaming.

"Ambassador, it seems that this Timur is finished, but if he really dies, what should be done with the river and other places?"

Ma Heima, king of Shule, said with a smile.

Strictly speaking, he and Timur are still relatives, and the latter married his sister.

Yang Feng smiled, and then took out a secret letter and handed it to him. Ma Heima took it and looked at it somewhat flattered, and then suddenly smiled too.

"Let me just say that with Shaharu's intelligence, he wouldn't go crazy with his father."

he said with a smile.

"You send someone to tell those emirs that Daming is not interested in their land. As long as they surrender, they will still be the masters of the land. They all have official positions in Daming, just like you here, as chieftains or hereditary commanders of Daming. But since they surrendered to Daming, the people of Daming must be well protected with them in the future, especially the merchants of Daming. Don’t be short of tribute and taxes, anyway, they had to pay Timur in the past anyway, I guarantee that Daming received much less than Timur, otherwise there is no need for them, they are safe and secure in their own What happened in the past on the territory will continue in the future.

Even if Ming Dynasty fought in the Western Regions in the future, they would not be needed.

In fact, there is no battle to fight. "

Yang Feng said.

"That's right. During the ambassador's expedition to the west, no one in the Western Regions dared not surrender to Daming."

Ma Heima nodded and said.

"There will be no more people who refuse to submit to Daming, but I'm afraid your subordinates should be careful about the rebellion."

Yang Feng looked at a group of prisoners who were being beheaded and said.

These were because of rumors that Timur was going to fight over, so he rebelled and expelled Ma Heima and the Ming army, but they were jointly wiped out by Ma Heima and Shulewei.

These are captured captives.

This kind of crime will definitely be dealt with hard, with all beheaded, and all women and children sold into slavery.

"Don't worry, the ambassador. I am loyal to Daming. If I dare to rebel, I will kill as many as I have. They will not dare to have any dissent."

Ma Heima said.

These are actually mainly because the squeeze is too hard.

Shule is not only the residence of the Shule Xuanwei Envoy, but also the location of his county palace, which is also the residence of Shulewei. The imperial court even has a tax office here, and even a civil service system. Xuanwei envoys, even chief officials, also have a civil service system, especially schools. The descendants of chieftains must go to school to study the Four Books and Five Classics. The rules set by the ancestor emperor.

Including what to learn is also determined by Emperor Taizu, all of which cannot be changed.

And all these expenses need to be paid out of the chieftain's tax, and it's not like Ming's chieftains don't pay taxes.

It's just a tax package.

The chieftain pays a total amount to the imperial court every year, how many stones of grain, this is a tax, and the tribute is calculated separately. All chieftains pay taxes. The fact that the chieftains did not pay taxes in the late Ming Dynasty was because the officials were unable to collect them, but it was still possible to beat Yang Yinglong. Taxes were collected from the chieftains in Guizhou to supplement military supplies, and in the end these burdens fell on the subjects of the chieftains.And the chieftains want fine clothes and good food, and a county king like Ma Heima has to build a palace, and his children and grandchildren are still spending time in the capital, because he is the eldest son of a county king, at least he must have the same pomp, and the annual cost cannot be compared The king of the Zhu family is missing.

Compare each other.

In fact, it is common for these guys to compare each other. After all, they really can't stand it when they come to the world of flowers in the capital.

In the end, under the rule of the king of Shule County, the people were already in dire straits.

Moreover, he is also a genuine member of the Golden Family, and every year the members of the Golden Family in the capital have to spend money to hold a party or something.

It also costs money to celebrate the birthday of the queen mother, queen, and princess.

If you don't have money, you can only squeeze the subjects. In short, in just three years, the king of Shule County has already made the subjects rebel.

"Yes, you can't be soft on these unruly people. If you dare to make trouble, you can kill them. You can rest assured that as long as you are loyal to Daming, you don't need to care about other things. No one can push you down. You followed me through life and death to get such a fief That's all, do you still have to live by the face of troublemakers?
You are their master, and they should support you.

But your soldiers have to be firmly grasped, it is best not to recruit soldiers from your subjects, hire those retired veterans from Ming Dynasty, or hire from your fellow Mongolians, these eat and drink you, of course only give You worked your ass off.The subjects are unreliable. They might listen to some elders. You can use mercenaries. Now the Ottoman sultans use mercenaries, and they specifically pick out those who have different beliefs. As for your subjects, it is forbidden for them to use or hold firearms .

Armor is even more prohibited.

If possible, even spears, long knives, crossbows, and hard bows are prohibited, and some weak bows for hunting are reserved, as long as they cannot penetrate armor.

Then your mercenaries all buy the best plate armor.

So who can rebel?

If all the subjects are incapable of fighting, you can suppress them by raising hundreds of mercenaries. The current generation is like this. You can prevent their next generation from fighting, and you don’t have to worry about anything else. As long as I am still in Ming Dynasty , no one can move your seat.Those of your descendants who don’t need to succeed to the throne are all studying hard at school, and can become officials in the imperial examinations in Daming. You are the king of the county, and your descendants will be promoted quickly. For several generations, your family is a family of important officials in the court, and no one dared to touch you, the county king, at that time.

Rest with the country.

As long as the Ming Dynasty survives, your rule here will remain unchanged.

You can also tell those subjects that suffering now is for sweetness in the future, as long as there are more and more merchants in the future, this place will become more and more prosperous.

You can't eat a fat man in one bite.

We have to take it step by step.

They suffer a little now, but their children and grandchildren can enjoy happiness! "

Yang Feng said sincerely.

Then after a few hundred years, he will become the king of India who is going to kill Nehru with a pistol and slay the rape for the king of England.

This is the most effective means of domination.

Raising a few high-level princes is much cheaper than raising everyone, and even these high-level princes can make money for Daming.

"Ambassador, I listen to you. Today I will order everyone to hand over their armor. Anyone who hides it will kill the whole family."

Ma Heima said.