Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 216: The Envoy of Clavijo to the East ([-])
In September of the eighth year of Yongle, after our mission left the city of Samarkand with the Ming Dynasty Angel, we rode eastward for more than half a month and then entered the Beiting Province, which was under the direct administration of the Ming Dynasty.

During this half-month trip, the food and drink for all of us were provided by various tribes along the way.

These tribes were herdsmen under the rule of Shaharul, but they treated the Great Angel with great respect.

I was very surprised at first, but later I learned the reason.

To put it simply, Shaharul could become the Great Khan, and these herdsmen adjacent to the Ming Dynasty were spared from the war, all because of the gift of the Ming Dynasty Prince.

In the first month of the fifth year of Yongle, Timur was killed by the artillery of the Ming Empire. During his lifetime, he divided the territory among his descendants and designated his eldest grandson Ma Heima as the next Great Khan.

But when he died, his descendants immediately began to fight for the throne.

Because Mahima was far away in the western border of the country, the city of Samarkand was captured by Khalil, another grandson of Tamerlane, who occupied the city and proclaimed himself the Great Khan.

Mahima led his army to fight for the throne, but was defeated by Khalil and returned to the fiefdom, where he was later killed by his subordinates.

The prince of the Ming Empire seemed to have known for a long time that there would be civil strife in his parliament after Timur's death, so he asked Emperor Yongle to send 30 troops to assist Timur's fourth son, Shaharul, in his fight for the throne and pacify the situation. Domestic rebellion.

The reason why the Ming Empire wanted to assist Shaharu was because after Shaharu learned about the Ming Dynasty's move to depose the King of Ceylon Mountain, he sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty with gifts to ask for an audience with the Ming Emperor, and presented a letter of willingness to surrender to the Ming Dynasty and be his vassal forever. Play table.

Emperor Yongle was hesitant, and the ministers opposed aiding the Timur Khanate. It was the Ming Prince who defied all opinions and prompted the emperor to send troops.

As far as I know, apart from the 20 regular soldiers, the remaining [-] or so Ming soldiers who went abroad were all auxiliary soldiers. They were recruits recruited from border provinces such as Jiaozhi, Beiting, Anxi, and Puchang.

In October of the fifth year of Yongle, Khalil was detained by a rebel general. With the help of Ming army soldiers, Shaharul expelled the rebel general and captured the city of Samarkand.

After that, Shaharul spent more than a year with the help of Ming army soldiers to quell the civil strife and sealed Khalil to the Black City of Isa.

In December of the sixth year of Yongle, all the territory of the original Timur Khanate, except for the Western Persia region, was transferred to Shaharul.

Subsequently, Shaharul moved the capital south to the city of Hareb to facilitate control of the Persian area in the west.

Because of this, the Angel of the Ming Dynasty is more accustomed to calling Shaharul King Halie, while the official text of the Ming Dynasty calls Timur's Kingdom the Kingdom of Halie.

In order to show respect for the Ming Empire, from now on, I will call the Timur Kingdom the Khalie Kingdom according to the name of the Ming people.

The Ming army helped Shaharu put down the rebellion and regain his territory, losing 13 auxiliary troops and thousands of regular soldiers.

In order to express his gratitude to the Ming soldiers who sacrificed their lives, Shaharul followed the example of Emperor Yongle who set up a monument to the heroic spirits of the Ming Dynasty in Mount Ceylon. He erected a three-foot-high monument to the heroic spirits of the Ming Dynasty in the square in front of the newly built palace in Hale City. monument.

The inscription uses Chinese characters, Turkic characters, Persian characters, and Mongolian characters to describe the reasons why the Ming army assisted the Khali Kingdom, as well as the detailed process of capturing the city of Samarkand and defeating the rebels. I hope that future generations will never forget the kindness of the Ming Dynasty forever. Become a vassal to the Ming Dynasty.

The Halie Kingdom is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. It is a state under the rule of the Ming Dynasty and is also a part of the Ming Dynasty from a legal perspective.

Therefore, the sacrificed native soldiers of the Khali Kingdom and the native soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were all heroes of the Ming Dynasty. To show respect, Shaharul engraved the list of the sacrificed native soldiers of the Hali Kingdom below the list of the native soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

The reason why the envoy I led did not see this stone monument on the way to the Kingdom of Harad was because our group did not pass through the city of Harad, and the city was still under construction, making it difficult for us to enter.

In addition, the western region of the Harlequin Kingdom was not very stable. At that time, few people would take the initiative to mention the Ming army's assistance to us.

Only in the eastern part of the Harel Kingdom, in the vast area adjacent to the Ming Dynasty, did we hear many stories about the soldiers of the Ming army conquering cities and territories, helping Shaharul seize the city, and put down the rebellion.

This may explain why Shaharul treated the great angel with great respect.

Shaharul followed the advice of the Ming Prince, and after quelling rebellions in various parts of the country, he devoted his energy to domestic construction, hoping to restore the damage caused by his father's wars.

He took various measures to develop agriculture, handicrafts and commerce, built irrigation projects, opened up new trade routes, set up inns everywhere, and rebuilt and built important cities.There is another point that I must emphasize. Shaharul followed the example of the Ming Dynasty and established academies throughout the country to teach literature and art to the children of the country's nobles, large and small ranchers, and landlords.

Moreover, he sent people to hire teachers from the Ming Dynasty many times to teach Chinese language and Chinese characters to his people, and various systems followed the example of the Ming Dynasty.

Perhaps, this is the reason why the Kingdom of Khaled is becoming more and more powerful.

At this time, I began to think, if my country becomes a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty like the Kingdom of Halie, and imitates the Ming Dynasty in everything, will it gradually rise in the future and even become the overlord of the Western Continent?
With longing for the future, I followed the Ming Dynasty envoy across the desert and over the mountains, and arrived at Ili City, the provincial capital of Beiting Province of the Ming Dynasty.

After entering the suburbs of Ili City, our group changed into a comfortable and spacious four-wheel carriage under the arrangement of the Great Angel.

This kind of carriage is equipped with shock-absorbing parts, and the wheels are covered with a layer of wear-resistant but soft rubber sleeves. The Ming Dynasty people called this rubber sleeves tires.

The carriage of the four-wheel carriage is very spacious and can accommodate six people at the same time. There are windows that can be opened on the left and right sides, and the entrance to the carriage is in the front.

The envoy of the Ming Dynasty needed to rest in Ili City for two days, so our group had enough time to understand and understand this big city.

It's a pity that while the Qingyao ambassador sent people to protect us, he also strictly ordered us not to run around, otherwise I would know how big Ili City is.

Ili City is so big that we walked along the main road inside the city wall and looked around. After walking for a long time, we only walked half of the way.

Later, after getting to know more about it, I learned that most of the merchants coming and going in the city were ordinary people living scattered around the Ili River Valley, and merchants who traveled north and south selling local specialties.

In addition to businessmen and local residents, there are also many students from all over Beiting Province who come here to study.

In Yili City, there is a majestic Beiting Academy and a vast Yili Regular Academy.

Ordinary people in the Ming Empire must pass the imperial examination if they want to be officials. The prerequisite for participating in the imperial examination is to attend a private school.

There is also a Chenghuang Temple in the city, and the gods enshrined in the temple actually came from the canonization of the Ming Emperor!
Yes, dear readers, my wording is very accurate and there are no typos here.

This god indeed came from the canonization of the Ming Emperor. He did not exist since ancient times.

Three years ago, a noble general named Zhang led troops to guard the city and protect the people in the city from war. Unfortunately, the general died in the battle to defend the city.

Later, the Ming Emperor issued an imperial edict and conferred the title of City God on the late general, so that he could become a god after his death, enjoy the worship of the people of Ili City from generation to generation, and protect the people of Ili City from the suffering of war.

Dear readers, are you also very surprised that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty can actually make gods?
In our western continent, gods have always given power to kings. Have we ever seen a ruler of a large empire have the power to confer gods?

Therefore, I believe more and more firmly that the Ming Emperor can help my country rise and even defeat the Ottoman Kingdom and become the overlord of the Western Continent.

At first, I thought that Yili City was the provincial capital of Beiting Province in the Ming Dynasty, and its population was naturally larger than that of ordinary cities.

Later, I heard a talkative resident in the city say that this city was a new city that was completed only in the sixth year of Yongle.

According to the population ranking list of cities in Beiting released by the Ming Dynasty in October this year, as of April of the eighth year of Yongle reign, there were more than 31 people under the rule of Yili City.

Among them, the permanent population in the main urban area is more than 300, and the remaining more than 20 people live in the suburbs.

In other words, this is a large city with a total population of more than 30, which is more than the population of Paris, the largest city on the Western continent!
In all my life, I have never seen such a huge city, never!

You can imagine how shocked our delegation felt when they saw such a majestic city!
If I had to sum it up in one sentence, it would be - this city should only exist in heaven!

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