Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 370 Zhu Di returns
half a month later.

In the evening, the setting sun slanted.

The front yard of Mo Qiaosi, Shuntian Prefecture.

Zhu Gaoxu, who had just taken off his explosion-proof armor and put on his regular clothes, received a secret letter personally delivered by Liu Jingzhong.

Zhu Gaoxu tore off the intact wax seal, took out the letter paper, and read it carefully, with a satisfied smile on his face.

This secret letter came from Datong and was sent by the Jinyi secret guards around Yu Qian.

After Zhu Gaoxu promulgated the imperial edict of compulsory sinicization, along with the Di newspaper reaching Yu Qian's hands, there was also an official document from the Ministry of Punishment, which was the approval document for the execution of the execution of Gedong and Segexi.

After Yu Qian read the newspaper and the approval document, he immediately rushed to Ningxia Mansion without any hesitation.

When Yu Qian arrived in Ningxia City, Ningxia Prefectural Governor Liu Lun and other local officials had just received the report within three days.

After Yu Qian showed the imperial court's approval of the Gedong brothers, he ordered thousands of people around Ningxia City to be gathered outside the execution ground to watch the hanging of Segedong and Segxi.

Before the execution, the officials discussed matters in the duty room.

Liu Lun, a fellow magistrate of Ningxia, was worried that Yu Qian's actions might arouse rebellion among the naturalized people who settled in the area.

Yu Qian was not afraid. He only said that he would act according to the orders of the imperial court. If anyone dared to cause trouble, he would be punished with death.

Wang Fang of the Ningxia Police Security Bureau saw that the Third Division of the Imperial Court had added a "crime of alienating officials and people" when revising the "Da Ming Code" in the Di newspaper, and asked Yu Qian if this "crime of alienating officials and people" was related to naturalized people. Yu Qian only said In response, he made a sentence - All our citizens of the Ming Dynasty must abide by the laws and regulations of the Ming Dynasty, and the naturalized people are no exception.

After the Segedong brothers were hanged, Wang Fang stood on the execution ground and used the official loudspeaker made by Mo Qiaosi to tell all the people watching the execution that all the people of the Ming Dynasty must abide by the laws of the Ming Dynasty. Those who violate the prohibitions will be punished. Segedong and Segesi will end up there.

"Have there been any unusual movements in Nie Liehu and Ba Tu Luba recently?"

Zhu Gaoxu stuffed the secret letter back into the envelope, handed it to Liu Jingzhong, and asked as he walked out of the courtyard.

Liu Jingzhong bowed and followed, and replied respectfully: "According to reports, in order to comply with the imperial decree, these two people have changed their surnames and names to Chinese, and asked their servants to all use Chinese surnames and names, and learn to use Chinese characters, Chinese.”

He did not wait for Zhu Gaoxu to ask questions, but added very sensibly: "Uncle Xianyi takes Wan as his surname, and takes the Chinese name Lie. Uncle Anle takes An as his surname, and takes the Han name Lu. At present, the two uncles have submitted their documents to the Ministry of Rites Application for remake of ID badge.”

Although Nieliehu is young, he is the former leader of the Walaklie tribe. Even though he only has a few dozen servants under his command now, he is still the Earl of the Ming Dynasty (for life).

"Kelie" means "ten thousand" in Chinese. Apparently Nieliehu took his own tribe's name as his Chinese surname and the "lie" in "Nieliehu" as his name.

But Ba Tu Lu Ba was more straightforward. He directly took "An" from "Anlebo" as his surname, and took the homophonic word "Lu" for "Lu" in "Ba Tu Lu Ba" as his name.

"Since the two of us know each other so well, I have to express something."

Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile on his lips: "Go to the Ministry of Rites and pass on my oral instructions. In view of the fact that the virtuous and righteous Bo Nie Liehu and An Lebo Tuluba actively responded to the imperial decree and changed their surnames to Han names, I will give the virtuous and righteous Bo Tulten Iron Certificates." If you give me a piece of Anlebo Anlu Iron Coupon, you can avoid death."

What he meant by this was that he asked the Ministry of Rites to make identity cards for Xian Yibo and An Lebo, and at the same time, make an iron coupon for each of them to avoid death.

"The slaves obey the order."

Liu Jingzhong quickly bowed and accepted the order.

After Liu Jingzhong left, Qingyao, who was following Zhu Gaoxu on the other side, said, "Your Majesty is kind and has given the virtuous Bo Yi and Bo An Le Bo iron certificates. These two people must be grateful to your Majesty."

The iron ticket to avoid death is commonly known as the gold medal to avoid death. Zhu Gaoxu said eloquently that if you save one death, you will definitely avoid one death.

Although the earl titles of Xianyibo and Anlebo were lifelong titles and could not be hereditary, the iron coupons for immunity from death could be passed on to future generations. This was a great honor bestowed upon them by Emperor Qianxi.

As long as two people abide by the law, even if their descendants accidentally commit a capital crime, they can use the iron coupon to avoid death. If the crime is only a crime that does not lead to death, such as beating others, the court will try its best to pay a fine. For the sake of the Lord, we require the perpetrators to pay compensation and apologize to the injured, and we will not cling to them.

In other words, the two earls who changed their names and their descendants now have an extra amulet given by Emperor Qianxi of the Ming Dynasty.

Thousands of gold buy horse bones, but that's it.

Zhu Gaoxu did not continue talking about this matter, but changed the topic and asked: "Qingyao, in your opinion, what is the feasibility of Jingxian County Bo Yanghong's request?"

A few days ago, the imperial court received a petition from Yang Hong, the commander of Shuofangdu, hoping that His Majesty Emperor Qianxi of the Ming Dynasty would allow him to implement the law forcing herdsmen to become monks and believe in Buddhism in the jurisdiction of Shuofangdu, in order to weaken the bloody nature of the herdsmen and implement policies that weaken the people.

"Your Majesty, I must be frank. In the past, the leaders of the grassland tribes forced their herdsmen to believe in Buddhism. Now the imperial court has established a capital department to directly manage the grasslands. If we continue the old system, we may lose the support of the people."

Qingyao thought for a moment and said: "I feel that there is no need to force the herdsmen to believe in Buddhism. Instead, we can build a temple with a golden dome, a solemn appearance, and a magnificent temple on the outskirts of each Qianhusuo city. The monks went to serve as the abbots of each temple, and one of the year-end inspection items was the number of herdsmen they accepted as disciples." It is still the consensus of the Ming Dynasty's high-level civil and military officials to implement the policy of "weakening the people and reducing the number of young people" for the grassland herdsmen.

After all, this policy has achieved quite good results since its implementation during the Yongle period.

The number of strong men in the grasslands is decreasing year by year. Now that the tribes in the desert have surrendered, even if there are tribes who rebel, it is only on a small scale and will not become a phenomenon at all.

The previous rebellion that Prince Zhu Zhanyu led his troops to put down was caused by a small tribe that was not convinced and was confined to a fixed pasture.

"Furthermore, any herdsmen who have committed bad behavior in the past, or who have violated imperial laws in the future and whose crimes are not serious enough to die, are allowed to be ordained and become monks, eat fasting and chant Buddha's name to atone for their sins. This move can reflect the court's lenient treatment of grassland herdsmen."

Seeing that Zhu Gaoxu was thoughtful, Qingyao added another sentence.

"This is a wonderful strategy, you can give it a try."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded slightly.

He paused, and then asked calmly: "Have the rumors of my plan to split the Nurgan Dusi and establish two actual Tudus and two provinces been released?"

"I arranged for manpower last night and released the news early today. I think some people will be impatient tonight and will discuss the matter privately."

Qingyao followed Zhu Gaoxu closely and answered in a low voice.

"What do you think?"

Zhu Gaoxu asked casually.

While the two were talking, they boarded the large and luxurious eight-wheeled carriage heading towards the capital.

Although Qingyao was an eunuch, he was more like an adviser like Yao Guangxiao, so Zhu Gaoxu would privately ask him for his views on certain political affairs.

When Qingyao entered the palace, he was strongly recommended by Zhu Gaoxu and took up the post of Royal Horse Supervisor and Young Supervisor from the beginning.

Zhu Di also knew Qingyao's true identity, so he went out of his way to show his honor by allowing him to become a minister before the emperor.

Therefore, Qingyao always calls himself "minister" when facing Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Di, and never calls himself "servant".

Moreover, Zhu Gaoxu followed Zhu Di's example, and when he occasionally went out of the city to ride in a huge and spacious eight-wheeled carriage, he would let his confidants like Qingyao ride with him.

Such treatment was only enjoyed by a handful of great eunuchs such as Zheng He and Wang Jinghong during the Yongle Dynasty.

"As early as the 20th year of Yongle, when the imperial court ordered a population census, the number of Han people in the Nurgandu jurisdiction reached more than 290 million."

In the spacious carriage, Qingyao sat three meters away from Zhu Gaoxu and said unhurriedly: "At the beginning of the 21st year of Yongle, the emperor once again issued an edict to relocate from Henan, Shandong, Shanxi and other places in three years. 180 million people passed there. In fact, it was not until October of the 25th year of Yongle that these 180 million people moved into the Nurgan area as scheduled."

"According to my estimate, the number of Han people in the Nurgan capital area should be more than 600 million. If we include the indigenous people under the jurisdiction of Jisiwei and the savages living in the mountains and forests, the entire Nurgan area should currently have 800 million people.”

"Although it is less than half of the current population of Jiangxi, during the Hongwu period, the population of Guangxi and Sichuan was only 200 million. They also established prefectures and counties and dispatched officials to manage civil affairs. I think it is necessary to split Nurgan and create three provinces That’s enough.”

When Zhu Gaoxu heard this and was about to speak, the carriage suddenly stopped.

He opened the curtains and saw Sai Hazhi, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, walking quickly with a report in his hand.

"I would like to report to your Majesty that the Emperor has returned! This is an urgent report from Tianjin. Please read it."

Zhu Gaoxu opened the memorial, took a closer look, and suddenly became happy.

Afterwards, Jinyiwei Commander Sheng Lei rushed over again.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of America has sent a secret letter in advance."

Zhu Gaoxu took the secret letter presented by Sheng Lei and saw Zhu Zhantang's private seal and wax seal on the envelope, so he opened it without hesitation.

He originally thought that Zhu Zhanyu would tell some bad news in the letter, but when he took a closer look, he found that what was sealed in the envelope turned out to be a folded design drawing of a small steam engine.

"Go back to Mo Qiaosi."

Zhu Gaoxu put away the drawings and gave the order decisively.

(End of this chapter)