The Ming Dynasty started with saving the eldest grandson

Chapter 218: Return to the country

Back at his residence, Zhu Xiongying found Zhu Fan and asked about Tuman Bayu's naturalization.

Zhu Fan said disdainfully: "They are just barbarians, so why bother? Their rebellion is unpredictable. If they are naturalized and then rebel, it will also damage the face of the imperial court."

Chen Jingke shook his head repeatedly and said, "What King Jin said is wrong."

Zhu Fan still respected him very much and said, "Oh, what is Jing Ke's advice?"

Chen Jingke knew that Zhu Fan was a very arrogant and opinionated person, and it would be difficult to convince him head-on.

He decided to take a roundabout way to persuade him, so he said:

"The King of Jin wants to establish a kingdom in Suiyechuan, which has been ruled by foreigners for thousands of years and has only truly belonged to the Central Plains Dynasty for a few decades."

"So the locals don't have much yearning for the Central Plains."

“And that’s the most suitable place for human habitation within a radius of thousands of miles.”

"All the bigger tribes want to settle there."

"Although I don't know how many tribes live there, there should be dozens, and the total number is at least four to five million people."

"And Suiyechuan now belongs to the Timur Khanate. The leader of the country, Timur, is talented and has no less than 400,000 people who control the strings."

"How are you going to attack this place, and how are you going to govern it?"

Zhu Fan should have been thinking about this issue for a long time. He said without thinking:

"The Tamerlane Khanate was formed by the union of many tribes. The tribes surrendered to him because he had the strongest military strength."

"I just have to defeat him head-on a few times to make the tribes realize his vulnerability."

"Then he adopts a strategy of dividing and co-opting to drive a wedge between him and the various tribes..."

Having said this, he suddenly understood what Chen Jingke meant. When dealing with foreign races, we should differentiate and win over them, rather than blindly discriminate and suppress them.

But he still has different opinions: "The Ming Dynasty is different from Suiyechuan. This is the home ground of our Han people. No matter how chaotic the barbarians are, they can't make waves."

"In Suiye River, we are playing away from home, so naturally we have to win over them."

After hearing his words, Chen Jingke thought of a word, the value of united front.

Whoever has united front value will receive preferential treatment. Those who have no united front value are just idiots.

Where does the value of united front come from?

If it is fought through resistance, obedient people will have no united front value.

He had suffered enough from this kind of thinking in his previous life, but he didn't expect to encounter it after traveling through time.

Taking a deep breath, suppressing the irritability in his heart, he asked:

"How are you going to govern that land after the Timur Khanate is defeated?"

"Drive away all the foreign races, move millions of people from the Central Plains, and then slowly multiply?"

Zhu Fan shook his head and said: "No, the aliens there are powerful. If we drive them all away, we will force them to unite against me."

"No matter how strong I am, I won't be able to bear it."

"I will first stabilize them, assimilate them through culture, and make them my people."

"Then twist all the forces into one rope to conquer more lands."

Chen Jingke said: "Look, you know the truth... If Ming Dynasty wants to conquer more land, it needs to be unified internally."

"It is true that some tribes of barbarians and barbarians are rebellious and capricious, but there are also tribes who hope to become obedient people of the Ming Dynasty and live a peaceful life."

"We also need to treat them differently."

"After decades of this, there will be no barbarians in the Ming Dynasty, and they will all be obedient people of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Xiongying kept nodding, this is the reason.

Zhu Fan also fell into deep thought and nodded slowly after a long time: "You're right, but I'm too narrow-minded."

Chen Jingke struck while the iron was hot and said: "Besides, what is the purpose of establishing a country? Just to be the king? What next?"

"Can our ideal be higher? To govern the country in order and make the country peaceful and the people safe?"

"Barbarians are people too, and they are also subjects of the country. If we don't govern them well, how can we talk about peace and prosperity for the country and the people?"

"Others can discriminate against them, but the monarch cannot..."

Chen Jingke gave a long speech. The theme was very simple. He should not discriminate against the barbarians and must educate them.

Zhu Fan disagreed with some words, but generally speaking, he agreed with this concept.

On the contrary, Zhu Xiongying said with a deep understanding:

"Well said, it is the responsibility of the imperial court to educate the barbarians so that they understand etiquette, uprightness, and abide by the law. How can we ignore it?"

"I will write to Grandpa Huang and ask him to allow the barbarians to naturalize."

Chen Jingke stopped him and said, "Don't worry, naturalizing barbarians is easy to say, but it can cause trouble if you don't do it properly."

Zhu Xiongying asked: "Then what do you think we should do?"

Zhu Fan also looked over, hoping to learn something.

Chen Jingke replied: "People are selfish. For the leaders of the barbarian tribes, the people are their private property."

“Naturalization is tantamount to confiscation of their property.”

"Not all tribal leaders can think about the people as well as Bayu."

"If this cannot be resolved, I'm afraid many tribal leaders will not agree to naturalization."

Zhu Fan interjected: "That's true, and they mostly live in deep mountains. It would be very troublesome to send out a large army to annihilate them."

"This is also the reason why there has been no good way to deal with them throughout the ages."

Chen Jingke said: "There are actually ways, but few dynasties are willing to do it."

Zhu Fan asked: "Oh, I don't know what the method is?"

Chen Jingke replied: "This method is divided into three steps. The first step is to divide and pull together."

"Those who are willing to submit to the imperial court must submit their household registration list, and then the imperial court will grant the title of chieftain to the tribal leader."

"The next step is the second and most important step, education."

"Now the people at the lowest level of the barbarian tribes only know that there are chieftains, but they don't know that there is an emperor."

"They will listen to whatever the chieftain says."

"Without the support of the people, it would be very difficult for the court to govern the barbarian tribes."

“So the step of educating is particularly important.”

"The imperial court can promise not to care about their internal affairs, but will send officials to civilize the barbarians."

"Let them understand justice, understand etiquette, and know the law..."

"The chieftains of each department must cooperate with the work of the civilized officials, otherwise their duties will be abolished."

"It only takes ten or twenty years to let the barbarians at the lowest level know who is the master of the world."

"In this way, all the people's hearts return to the imperial court."

"Then we can take the final step, to change our ways and return to our old ways."

Gai Tu Gui Liu, you can understand what it means by just looking at the words without any explanation.

Zhu Fan couldn't help but applaud the case: "Okay, what a three-step method, what a good way to change the country and return to the countryside. There is no way to solve the problem in the world."

Zhu Xiongying's expression remained the same as before, even wanting to laugh a little.

I just like to see you making a fuss and looking ignorant.

Look at me, how calm I am.

If Chen Jingke can't solve the problem, he must be lazy.

Afterwards, Zhu Fan sent people to investigate Bayu's identity, but he couldn't say what he said.

As for the Yamen’s identity certificate, it’s not impossible to fake it, so it’s better to be careful and verify it.

Zhu Xiongying wrote a letter in his own handwriting and told Zhu Yuanzhang the strategy to appease and civilize the barbarians.

A few days later, an imperial edict was sent from Yingtian, making the grandson fully responsible for the matter.

King Zhu Fan of Jin and officials at all levels must cooperate fully. Everyone was a little surprised by this order.

How talented was Zhu Xiongying that Zhu Yuanzhang actually entrusted him with such an important matter?

Only Zhu Fan and Chen Jingke knew that they were going to let Taisun take the stage in advance.

Zhu Biao's body is indeed very helpless.

At first, Zhu Yuanzhang and the others wanted to give it a try, what if the condition was not that serious?

After all, Zhu Biao is still young. He uses Chen Jingke's tailor-made recuperation method and looks like a normal person.

The result was naturally a basin of cold water poured on everyone.

Once he consumes his mind too much, Zhu Biao will develop symptoms such as headache, dizziness, and nausea.

It was precisely because of his trial that Zhu Yuanzhang had to push his grandson to the stage in advance.

Otherwise, it would be disrespectful to push the grandson out while the prince is still alive.

Zhu Biao himself is very open-minded...at least on the surface.

Along with this imperial edict came the imperial newspaper.

The headline on the front page was the flying shuttle designed by Chen Jingke, which was verified by Empress Ma personally and required all local government offices to implement it.

If it is a particularly big change, the yamen will definitely complain.

The people were not rich, and a loom was worth a lot of money. It was not something that could be afforded just by replacing it.

Most people would rather use the old style than the new one.

But this time it was just a modification of the shuttle, the cost was almost zero, and there was no resistance to promotion.

Naturally, the yamen likes to do this kind of good thing.

Therefore, shuttles are spreading in Ming Dynasty at an alarming speed.

At this time, no one realizes how much wealth this small change will bring after the sea is opened.

Now, after receiving the imperial edict, Zhu Xiongying was very happy.

He knew exactly what this meant.

As long as he can successfully complete this matter and return his great achievements to the court, he can transform from a paper grandson into a real grandson.

So he was naturally very concerned about this matter.

Bayou was immediately summoned.

Bayou also already knew that this young boy was the legendary grandson.

These past few days I have been both happy and frightened.

Seeing Zhu Xiongying again, he immediately saluted and paid homage: "Bayu, a barbarian, pays homage to your grandson."

Zhu Xiongying had a solemn look on his face and said, "Master Ba, no courtesy."

After he stood up, he said again: "I already know your purpose of coming, and I am very relieved that you are loyal to your fists."

Chen Jingke supported from the side and said: "Your Majesty has ordered the grandson to have full authority to handle the naturalization of barbarians."

Bayou was a little surprised. The emperor actually entrusted such an important matter to a young man?

But at this time, he couldn't think too much and quickly bowed down again:

"Your majesty is wise, Bayu is willing to bring his whole family to naturalize, and I would like your grandson's approval."

Zhu Xiongying said calmly: "Captain Ba, don't worry, your naturalization is of great importance, I need to investigate clearly..."

Although his words were a little immature, he still had the initiative and was able to control Bayu very well.

Let Bayou fully understand that his grandson is young but cannot be bullied.

He couldn't help but think of all the previous rumors, and sighed, he is indeed the destined grandson.

With this grandson here, Ming Dynasty will be worry-free for the next fifty years.

This strengthened his determination to naturalize.

At the same time, a little selfishness arose. If he could take this opportunity to hold his grandson's thigh tightly, he might be able to accomplish something in the future.

As a result, he respected Zhu Xiongying even more.

When Zhu Xiongying asked, he wanted to know which tribes were willing to become naturalized.

He immediately asked for orders and was willing to go to various ministries to inquire about the situation.

Zhu Xiongying wanted this result, and he was very happy to see him so successful, but he said calmly:

"This is the leader of Xinba...many tribal leaders have doubts about naturalization."

"Chief Ba can invite them out of the mountain on my behalf and choose a safe place. I will go there in person to meet with them and discuss the matter together."

This means that he, as Taisun's envoy, can persuade various ministries.

Bayou was naturally overjoyed and immediately promised to complete the task.

Afterwards, he took Zhu Xiongying's envoys to various barbarian tribes in Jiangxi to promote the imperial court's will.

But Zhu Xiongying was still not satisfied. What he wanted was not just Jiangxi, but all the barbarians in the entire south to be naturalized.

Chen Jingke knew that he was ambitious and wanted to show off his talents, so he comforted him:

"Haste makes waste, don't be in a hurry, come one place at a time."

"It will be much easier to solve the problem in Jiangxi first and make it a model before going to other places."

"Besides, we can also use Jiangxi Chieftain to contact tribal leaders in other places."

"You just need to sit at home and wait for the tribal leaders who are interested in the court to come to perform Hajj."

Zhu Xiongying was still very convinced of him and suppressed his restless heart.

But they didn't really sit around and wait. Some things still needed to be prepared in advance.

For example, Chen Jingke proposed that all naturalized barbarians should be given a Chinese name and be issued an identity plaque.

"Taking a Chinese name is part of Chineseization, and it is a very important step..."

"As for why they were given identity tags...they still have to live in their own tribe most of the time and use their original names."

"After a long time, you may forget your Chinese name."

"It's different when you have an identity card. When you see the card, you can think of your Chinese name."

"The sign can also always remind them that they are already people of the Ming Dynasty, and there is an emperor above them."

"It's best to make this brand more elaborate. The leader's brand should be made of gold, the officials should use copper pieces, and the ordinary people should use iron pieces."

Zhu Xiongying and Zhu Fan were both convinced.

However, Zhu Fan made a suggestion: "The number of naturalized barbarians will not be small. Whether it is copper or iron, the demand is very large, and casting is difficult."

"The chieftains and officials use gold and copper to make them, and ordinary people use wood to carve them. At worst, they use more expensive wood."

Zhu Xiongying also agreed: "There is a lot of camphor wood in the shipyard, and the leftover materials are enough to make identity cards."

"Moreover, camphor wood also has the effect of repelling insects. People carry it with them and it can also prevent mosquito bites."

Chen Jingke also knew that he was out of consideration and changed his opinion.

There are three types of identity cards. Leaders use gold, officials use copper, and ordinary people use camphor wood.

One side is engraved with household registration information, and the other side is the name of the holder.

The brand is not big and can be hung around the waist or hung around the neck as a necklace.

After designing the shape, Zhu Xiongying ordered people to go to the Ningbo Shipyard to use wood to make the identity plate.

After a month and a half, Bayu finally returned and brought good news.

Thirteen tribal leaders are willing to lead their troops to become naturalized citizens.

But they hope to meet their grandson and get the promise in person.

Zhu Xiongying was well prepared and immediately invited the leaders of various tribes to come to Nanchang for a meeting.

(End of this chapter)