my days with tyrants

Ambassador Yang provided these rulers with the most perfect governance model...

It must be understood that even they were precarious in the past. Ma Heima was the auspicious of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate system, and their system itself was the result of the civil strife in the Chagatai Khanate.

Chagatai Khanate split in civil strife.

Their branch is east, while Hezhong and Khorasan are west.

In his grandfather's time, East Chagatai was strong and even reconquered Hezhong, but in his uncle's time he lost because of the resistance of the nobles in West Chagatai.

And this rebellion was led by Timur and his good brother Hussein, who was later exterminated by him, and finally his uncle was defeated. It was Hugeda's uncle, only his father escaped, and after his uncle and Timur lost in the battle for hegemony in the Western Regions, he was supported by Hugeda again.

And all this for decades.

Countless nomadic Taiji of the Golden Family, countless emirs who originally ruled cities, all died in the reshuffle of the former Chagatai Khanate's civil strife.

The bottom layer is indeed worthless.

But in such a troubled world, nobles are like nothing.

His grandfather had a bunch of sons, only his father escaped in the end!

Hussein and Timur were originally neck and neck, but they were eventually wiped out.

In troubled times, no one can escape the fate of a mustard, and they can't see the sun of the next day at any time, but since Yang Feng and Zhu Di went west and brought the Western Regions into Ming Dynasty, they suddenly felt the long-lost stability. Stability comes at the cost of sacrificing the bottom, struggling with hunger and cold with heavy burdens, and supporting these chieftains and Ming officials, but what does this matter to the ruler?

For people like Ma Heima, is the lower class still considered human?Aren't those big animals that support themselves?
It is their duty to provide meat and blood for the masters.

In the past, I was afraid of their rebellion, and indeed there was a bottom line.

But now they are not afraid of their rebellion at all. If they dare to rebel, the Daming Wang Shi next to him will take action. The Daming Wang Shi will solve the problem of rebellion at the bottom for these rulers, and then give these rulers a stable life, so what Yang Feng said is right. , for these rulers, the most important thing is to continue to be loyal to Daming, and at the same time weaken their subjects to the greatest extent...

The weaker the better.

After all, the weaker you are, the lower the cost of suppression.

The weaker it is, the easier it is to squeeze.

When they are so weak that they all become half-dead sick men, even if these rulers suck their bones, they will not be able to resist.

and so……

Mandatory confiscation of all armor, killing the whole family for those who dare to hide it privately, handing over all bows that can shoot armor, only keeping those that cannot even penetrate leather armor, no polearms are allowed to be kept, and all weapons that can pierce armor are confiscated .

Now is the prosperous Ming Dynasty, and there is no threat of war, why do you keep your weapons?
pay.

Surrender all.

Especially for firearms, those who dare to hide them will kill the whole family, and even sit next to each other, who told you not to report it.

All the soldiers originally recruited by the subordinate people were disbanded, and they all went home to herd sheep and farm. Then they hired retired veterans from Daming and equipped them with a full set of plate armor to serve as the private guards of these chieftains. Le started, and then Yarkand, Yingjisha, and all the way to Khotan, all the chieftains started to collect armor and weapons, and disbanded the original army and recruited troops from outside.

Although there are indeed serious dissatisfaction among the people, the Western Expeditionary Corps led by Ambassador Yang is in Shule, so who would dare to resist under such circumstances.

Besides, most people actually accept it.

After all, they did enjoy peace. In this piece of land where there is a war every few years on average, and it is even common to kill each other on weekdays, because the rule of Da Ming has truly achieved peace. As long as Da Ming can maintain the peace here, ordinary people are fine. Keep interest in weapons and armor.In the past, they were all soldiers in essence, but now they don’t have to bear the obligation to fight after handing over these things, and they can farm and herd sheep in peace. Although life is still so hard, it is better than the precarious past.

In this way, Shule Xuanwei made his subordinates quickly put the swords and guns into the warehouse, and put the horse in the peace of Nanshan.

And at this time, the army led by Zhu Di also completed his sweep of Ottoman...

Bursa.

"So the opposite side is also yours?"

Standing by the seaside of Marmara, Zhu Di looked at the blue sea in front of him with a telescope.

"Your Highness, it's not just the opposite side. At present, most of the Balkans belong to us. Amasia, Rumelia, and Erdine all have my brothers as governors, leaving Constantinople and its surroundings. A small piece is still in the hands of the Romans.

Their walls are too strong for us to breach at present. "

said the Ottoman beside him.

This is Isa, the son of Bayezid. Originally, he joined his father in the war, but when his father was defeated, he ran fast and ran all the way back to Bursa, and then quickly called himself the Sultan.

After all, he has a bunch of brothers.

But then came Zhu Di's westward advance. After weighing the brother or the enemy, he was convinced that the enemy was more trustworthy than the brother, so facing Zhu Di's army, he simply chose to surrender. Facts have proved that he is indeed a smart man, because Zhu Di He graciously accepted his surrender.Even the title of Sultan, he can continue to use it in the future, but he needs to pay tribute to Ming Dynasty in the name of Ottoman Sultan, and then accept the canonization of Ming Dynasty.

He is also the king of the county.

As for how to deal with the territory of the Ottoman Empire, this is of course not up to Zhu Di to decide. After all, Ottoman's territory is a bit big.

But the area west of the Euphrates to the Strait must have been ruled by Isa.

"It's strong, but the guns are not big enough. I don't believe that the city walls can stop the siege guns."

Zhu Di said.

So Constantinople is already in his next goal.

The main reason is that he has discovered that this side is obviously richer than the Golden Horde. Behind him, thousands of camels are carrying countless gold and silver treasures, and they are transported to the east under the protection of others. This is what Issa gave him. and the contribution of the Ming emperor.Of course, you can just pick a few pieces for the Ming emperor, and most of them will have to be divided. Zhu Di will definitely take the largest part, but everyone else who participated in this Western Expedition will have a share. Zhu Di is not only supported by these messy forces. It is force, and he is more fair than Timur.Basically all the wealth that Timur plundered was transported to Samarkand for himself, but Zhu Di never took it for himself. He would share a part for everyone, even the weakest forces, as long as they followed him, they would all have a share.

That's hard to come by.

After the last Erzincan battle, even the Kurds shared some of the spoils. The Kurds, who had never expected such a good thing, were pleasantly surprised.

After all, in theory the Battle of Erzincan was to protect them.

It would be nice if they didn't pay to thank them, but they still have money points?

Of course, the main reason is that King Yan's vision is not comparable to that of Timur.

The latter was nothing more than a great chief, but King Yan came from Daming, and he could even give up the throne of Ming Dynasty, let alone some money.

Besides, there are so many good places to grab ahead.

"Your Majesty, the Trabzonspians beg to surrender."

Zhu Neng walked to his side and said.

"It's useless to be clever after all, it's not an honest surrender, but they are no longer qualified."

Zhu Di sneered.

The Trebzon people are very cunning, relying on their special position, in any case it is the last turn of the war, so they deliberately insisted not to surrender, and contacted the Aries Turkmen and Bayezid, showing that everyone The posture of concerted efforts, even promised to surrender to Bayezid, and promised to send [-] soldiers to fight, but when the battle actually started, not a single soldier was dispatched...

In fact, they may not even be able to make up two thousand soldiers.

The two thousand soldiers were more than 30 years ago. At that time, they did gather two thousand soldiers in order to show their strength to the Aries Turkmen. However, according to the recorded use of the army several times later, it was basically a few hundred people, including some Latin troops. mercenary.But their location is special. To attack from land, you have to climb over mountains that are almost still in the state of virgin forest. To attack from sea, you need a powerful navy. So for now, it is actually not easy for Zhu Di to attack them.

"Give it to Fancha, everything there belongs to them."

Zhu Di said.

mountains?

forest?

Fancha and his subordinates have lived in this environment for generations.

"Who are these people?"

Zhu Di looked at the warships on the sea and said.

These are row-oared warships, a total of more than a dozen ships, and many people can be seen on the deck, all looking towards this side.

"The Genoese, they have commercial bases in Constantinople and Trabzon, and control the trade from the Black Sea to the West, but the Venetians are the same as them. The Genoese have a good relationship with us, and they can go to the places we control. port, but the Venetians and we are enemies. They both have powerful navies, at least for now our navy is very difficult to defeat them, so we can only cooperate with Genoa, they earn huge amounts of gold coins from these trades every year. Among them A small number of commodities are shipped from the East, transported from Timur to Trabzon via Tabriz, and then loaded on a ship from Trabzon, and then enter the Mediterranean Sea to be shipped back here.

They probably didn't know how His Highness would treat them, so they didn't dare to go ashore. "

Issa said.

"Go, drag some field guns over here, and see if you can sink one of their ships."

Zhu Di said.

"My lord, the field artillery is not powerful enough. These ships are not small. At least they need siege artillery. However, it is better to use mortars or rockets at such a distance. Mortars use explosive shells. Once the shells are accurately shot, they will be able to kill them." Light it up, if the rockets hit their sails, they will almost ignite, although the mortars are not accurate, but they are now at sea, and they are almost fixed targets."

Zhu Neng said.

Field guns are just two catties of shells. Even if they can penetrate wooden boards, it is difficult to cause too much damage. The wooden boards of such large sea ships are thick enough, and they can't even penetrate them from a long distance. In fact, the lowest current Ming warships have to be The main force of such large guns as the thousand-jin rapid-fire gun has been replaced by six-jin shells, but the cannons of those giant battleships have already reached [-] catties, which is the real decisive battle at sea.

It is said that the four battleships in Guangdong, in order to ensure the victory over the imperial navy, began to load 24 catties of shells on board.

"Then change the mortar."

Zhu Di said.

Then he looked at the puzzled Issa.

"Do you want to squeeze more money out of them?"

He said.

"Well, of course I do."

Issa said with a smile.

"Is there any fort of yours just off the coast of Constantinople?"

Zhu Di said.

"Yes, Uskudar is across the sea from Constantinople, and it is now under our control."

Issa said.

"I left an artillery there, and they would carry enough heavy guns to sink these ships, and then you ordered that all ships passing through the strait must go there to collect vouchers and pay taxes, and without this voucher, all ports on the east coast of the Black Sea They are forbidden to trade, including your port, and then we collect half of the tax. If they land and try to attack this fort, then you are responsible for solving it. My people are only responsible for blocking the strait, and the ships entering the strait have to be in accordance with the law. Date to pay taxes.

After all, they are likely to trade elsewhere when they enter the Black Sea. "

Zhu Di said.

"Can your highness's cannon attack ships in the entire strait?"

Issa said somewhat in disbelief.

Of course he understands this kind of thing, but they didn't have this ability in the past. Although the Ottoman Empire has long controlled both sides of the Dardanelles, it was not until [-] that the construction of the Sultaniye Fortress was started, because even the Dardanelles The narrowest is only [-] kilometers, and they have no ability to control it. They don't have weapons with such a range, and they can't beat others in naval battles. They can't even control the narrowest Bosporus Strait.

"of course can."

Zhu Di said.

Of course, he was mainly preparing for the attack on Constantinople.

At this time, Zhu Neng brought the mortar team over, and a total of sixteen mortars were quickly lined up on the bank.

Zhu Di has already received ammunition replenishment. While chasing Timur, Zhu Gaoxu sent a convoy to resupply some ammunition for him, and will continue to resupply him. After all, no one on the Chincha Grassland has dared to be an enemy of Ming Dynasty at this time. that's it.

The Genoese on the sea looked at this side suspiciously, because the distance was about 300 meters, and they could not see the situation on the shore. They could only watch some people busy, and then they parked the boat there, quietly watching the mortar The team completes all preparations.Until the cannonballs trailing smoke trails flew into the sky with gunpowder smoke, and then fell in their astonished eyes, because of the distance measurement of modern telescopes, coupled with the extremely rich experience of these gunners...

Of course, the ships mainly of the Genoese were densely parked.

The concentrated attack of sixteen shells allowed three shells to accurately hit the largest ship, but one shell bounced off the deck and exploded as soon as it flew out of the ship's side. The other shell was caught by the sail, and then Exploding inside the sail, only one shell fell on the deck and then, under the blank gaze of the Genoese, it bounced and landed in a pile of their rigging with a burning wooden tube fuze, and then exploded into flames... …

"They can now be ordered ashore."

Zhu Di looked at the burning Genoa warship and said.