The Ming Dynasty started with saving the eldest grandson

Chapter 264 The moving daimyo
After the New Year, Chen Jingke discovered that something was wrong in Fuqing. He was mysterious and was not at home several times when he came back.

When I asked the servants, they all said they went to burn incense.

He was very curious. Didn't this girl have a hobby of burning incense and worshiping Buddha before?

However, it is not surprising that aristocratic women like to burn incense.

As for why, of course it’s just leisure.

Women have a low status and cannot go out to do things.

If the family has money, they don't have to worry about food and drink. They have nothing to do every day, so they can only develop hobbies.

In this day and age, what else can you do besides burning incense and worshiping Buddha?

But he soon discovered that something was wrong. This girl was getting more and more depressed.

Could it be that reading Buddhist scriptures reveals mental illness?

She had believed this statement before, but now she couldn't help but be suspicious.

Fuqing said cautiously: "Tell me, is it really something about Marquis Yongchang that has made God unhappy?"

Unexpectedly, this matter actually stimulated Fuqing.

Now Chen Jingke couldn't sit still, and quickly grabbed his wife for a chat, and finally learned the truth of the matter.

"I didn't have you until I was twenty-nine."

Even if Fu Qinggui is a princess, it is difficult to avoid such things.

She just couldn't give birth, and secretly took medicine to treat it. Rumors said that she had a nose and eyes.

Who knew that Chen Yuan and Feng were also wronged: "We have never mentioned the child."

If you don’t want kids for a year, just wait.

Of course, others did not say that she would not give birth to anything, but they spread another story.

She did go to worship Buddha, and she did have a heart problem.

Chen Jingke suddenly realized what the crux was.

At that time, Xu Da happily set up several tables to invite friends to celebrate.

Chen Jingke paused for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said, "I've already told you, that was to deceive Marquis Yongchang. How could there be such a medicine in the world?"

"We have been working hard for several months and there is still no movement..."

Feng said: "Although I really want to have a grandson, I know the situation of our family very well. I can't blame the princess, so why would I rush her?"

"If you can give birth to a child for the Chen family at the age of thirty, your mother and I will burn incense."

Fu Qing nodded, but it was obvious that he still had doubts in his heart.

Chen Jingke knew that once she had doubts about such mysterious things, it would be difficult to get rid of them, so she could only find solutions elsewhere.

Feng also said helplessly: "Yes, our family is like this, and it will be difficult for our children to have heirs."

Some of the pressure comes from other people.

Chen Yuan shook his head and said: "What your mother said was not about divine punishment, but about our family..."

Xu Yungong returned to Beijing with the triumphant army at the end of last year, and only stayed for half a month before hurried to Liaodong with Lan Yu.

If you don’t get married when you reach the marriageable age, people will spread rumors. Is there something wrong with that?
Even if you don’t have children after half a year of marriage, people will still spread rumors. Is there something wrong with your health?

"Our family's fate cannot depend on the princess."

"Your grandfather's wife and concubine were only forty-two before you had me."

How to explain it scientifically?

"Let me tell you this, your great-grandfather had four wives and concubines, and you only had your grandfather when he was thirty-eight."

As a result, his wife was found to be pregnant during the Chinese New Year.

"Your mother is an orphan girl who was adopted by the family at that time."

She was similar in age to Xu Yungong's wife, who got pregnant within half a month. She tried hard for three or four months and there was no movement, so it was no wonder she was stressed.

Chen Jingke was speechless and quickly explained: "We didn't get pregnant before because we didn't want to. We only started working hard recently. How could it be so fast?"

Divine punishment.

Chen Jingke couldn't be more surprised. Is there such a thing?

For example, to reduce the pressure on her family.

All I can say is that genes are so mysterious.

But it’s not that I became stupid by reading Buddhist scriptures, it’s that I never got pregnant.

Fu Qing shook his head and said, "Xu Yungong only stayed for half a month when he returned to Beijing last time. My sister-in-law was pregnant last month."

Chen Jingke thought she was talking about 'God's punishment', so he quickly explained it again.

So he informed his parents about this and asked them not to rush their children.

"She had me as soon as she came to the house."

He told Fuqing about this, which finally relieved her psychological pressure and she was no longer suspicious every day.

Chen Jingke was afraid that she would be too idle and have random thoughts, so he urged her to continue writing The Legend of the Consort and also talked about the concept of the second part of "Pirates".

Let her think more about writing if she has nothing to do.

The matter was finally resolved for the time being, and Chen Jingke breathed a sigh of relief.

Soon he discovered why Fuqing was facing so much pressure.

Because not long after, Zhu Yuanzhang, Queen Ma, Zhu Biao, Xu Da and others asked him similar questions one after another.

Didn’t you say you’d wait until the princess turns 18 to have a child? Why hasn’t you made any move after so long?
Even big shots like them, who have so many things to do, would worry about this matter, let alone others.

I guess people in Fuqing often ask this question.

In this regard, Chen Jingke could only take the trouble to tell the family situation over and over again.

Sure enough, no one asked again, but perhaps only they themselves know whether they really believed it.

In short, this matter has come to an end, and Chen Jingke can finally return to work.

First, detailed information was sent back from Chu State, including land conditions, indigenous conditions, climate conditions, etc.

At the same time, another news was brought back. The first foothold has been built and subsequent immigration can begin.

Therefore, Chu King Zhu Zhen had already prepared to set off by boat with two thousand households and a large amount of grain, farm tools, cattle, ironware and other materials.

On the day of departure, Zhu Biao led the civil and military officials of the entire court to see him off.

Before boarding the ship, Zhu Biao said worriedly: "Sixth brother, take care of yourself. Big brother will wait for you to come back and reunite at the end of the year."

Zhu Zhen felt very comfortable.

Regardless of whether these words are true or just words, they are more popular than saying that you must take good care of Chu State and don't forget the imperial court.

It was not Chen Jingke's turn to show his face on such an occasion, but Zhu Zhen took the initiative to find him and said:
"Chen Bandu, is there anything else you want to say to me?"

Under the gaze of everyone, Chen Jingke simply said:
"King Chu, have a safe trip."

After that, Zhu Zhen boarded the ship and set off. The fleet would enter the sea from the Yangtze River and then go all the way south to Quanzhou.

After repairing and supplying supplies, we headed straight to Chu State.

After sending Zhu Zhen away, the court did not return to calm, but became even busier.

Nothing else.

Move the capital.

It took more than two years to build Luoyang City.

Moving the capital is no small matter, and many things need to be prepared in advance.

Prince Zhu Biao set off again to Luoyang to take charge.

This time he took the entire East Palace with him, and took half of the court officials with him.

These officials include personnel from the six departments and other yamen. Their purpose is to set up a racket in Luoyang.

Prepare for subsequent overall migration.

Then, Zhu Yuanzhang appointed officials of all sizes in Luoyang City.

Then some people migrated from Yingtian.

At the same time, some people also migrated from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Lianghu, Sichuan, Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou and other places to settle in Luoyang.

The total number reached 150,000.

These will be the first batch of people in Luoyang City.

This was not over yet, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Ying Tian to be split up again. This is actually what Chen Jingke meant: "Yingtian is too strong. As a capital master, there is no problem, but as a companion, he will steal Luoyang's limelight."

"And if the local governments are too strong, it is not conducive to centralization of power."

At this time, Yingtian's territory included Anhui, Jiangsu and Shanghai in later generations.

This is evident from its vast territory and strong economic strength.

In the future, Ming Dynasty will definitely develop industry and commerce, and the strength here will only be stronger.

At that time, it is really possible that the capital will overwhelm the national capital.

Moreover, local forces have too much say and will indeed affect the court's policies. In the end, he will get all the benefits.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang could not see the future, he knew from the present that Ying Tian was too strong and must be a hidden danger.

Naturally, the ministers will not object. They hope that Ming Dynasty will be stable more than anyone else.

So, Yingtian was divided into two.

The first is Jiangsu Provincial Government, which is Jiangsu Province. The provincial government is naturally Yingtian City (Nanjing).

The name of another province is more controversial, and many names have been chosen.

Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang made the decision, and Fengwancheng declared the Political Envoy Division, which was Fengwan Province, and the provincial government was placed in Fengyang.

Feng is taken from Fengyang, Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown.

Anhui is because this place is the boundary of the ancient Anhui kingdom, which means it has a long history.

Naturally, no one would object to this name.

At this time, Chen Jingke became restless again: "Your Majesty, Huguang has a huge territory..."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the map, and then Huguang turned into Hunan and Hubei.

Chen Jingke added: "Your Majesty, Shaanxi..."

Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened: "Shut up, half of Shaanxi is still in Beiyuan's hands. We will wait until we get it back."

"Kang Zang..."

"Do you want to force all the leaders of Kangzang to rebel? Or are you going to lead troops to conquer them?"

Chen Jingke closed his mouth angrily.

What I was thinking in my mind was, when the guns are built, look at how I can make those slave owners good at singing and dancing.

Although Ming Dynasty did not implement any new policies this round, the movement was not small at all.

Whether it is splitting up a province or moving the capital, it is a major event and cannot be neglected.

Correspondingly, the external front has slightly tempered its edge.

As for Nanyang, they did not have any thoughts about other vassal states.

The war in Indochina also came to an end, Annan was destroyed, and the occupation of the city existed in name only.

Other forces also realized that this was Sima Zhao's intention.

But it was too late.

They invited Daming here themselves. Don't they understand that it is easier to invite gods than to send them away?

They were more afraid of being attacked than driving away Ming Dynasty.

Now that Daming took the initiative to stop and announce that the operation was over, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

As for Annan and Champa... they are destroying themselves, and it is a good thing that the Ming Dynasty army comes.

The next thing was simple. Zhu Yuanzhang appointed Zhu Fan as the governor of Annan.

Then a large number of civil servants were sent to serve.

This is countless times better than Zhu Di in history.

Zhu Di sent people to attack Jiaozhi, and most of the officials sent here were recruited from the Guangdong and Guangxi areas.

These people are fluent in writing and have no promotion path. You can only imagine what they will do after they take office.

Corruption is prevalent in Cochin Province, and it can be said that no official is corrupt.

Zhu Di trusted the eunuchs and sent the eunuch Ma Qi to guard him.

After Ma Qi took office, he imposed exorbitant taxes and exploited the local people in various ways.

In the end, the government forced the people to rebel. The local people could not survive and rebelled one after another.

What's even more bizarre is that Ma Qi was afraid that the senior officials in Jiaozhi would be too powerful and refused to allocate troops to him.

The senior officials of Jiaozhi were forced to take several hundred old, weak, sick and disabled people to suppress the rebels.

In the end, the rebels became too large to be controlled, laying hidden dangers for the subsequent defeat of the Ming army with more than 100,000 casualties.

By the time of the Xuande Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty's Jiaozhi strategy completely failed and it officially lost its ownership of this land.

Everyone scolded Xuande for not being worthy of his name and abandoning Jiaozhi.

As everyone knows, all the troubles were laid by Zhu Di.

He spent twenty years successfully making people living in Indochina hate the Ming Dynasty.

By the time Xuande succeeded to the throne, things were irreversible.

Even if Xuande continued to send troops to defeat the rebel army, how could the Ming Dynasty maintain its rule after losing people's support?

Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang is not Zhu Di. He knows very well how to govern a place well.

What's more, there are also Empress Ma, Zhu Biao, Chen Jingke, Zhu Xiongying and others to make suggestions.

The officials he sent to Annan this time were all officials who had been systematically trained, and many of them were scholars who had been sent to Goryeo as envoys last year.

The person in charge of Jiaozhi is the experienced Zhu Fan.

Zhu Fan did not impose excessive taxes. On the contrary, his series of policies were all based on the cultivation of the people.

It is worth mentioning that Indochina was actually a semi-slave society in the past.

Ordinary people in the tribe are the private property of the tribal leader.

Leaders often sell their people to other forces...

These things can be said to be commonplace in the local area.

This custom can be traced back to the slang people before the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

That is the tribe where Mrs. Xian and Feng Ang belong.

Later, as the Liao people moved south, this living habit was also brought to Indochina.

After Zhu Fan arrived, he organized households and distributed land to the local people.

Although it encountered resistance from large local households, it successfully won the hearts of the people.

Then, he took the Ming Dynasty's new vassal law and implemented it on the spot.

The cars run on the same track, the books share the same text, and weights and measures are unified.

The Nam script, which had been circulating in Indochina for hundreds of years, had gradually been lost.

In other words, only experts who specialize in this kind of writing can understand it, and few ordinary people even know this kind of writing.

At the same time, in order to better develop the Indochina Peninsula and better manage Southeast Asia, Ming Dynasty announced the Qiongzhou development plan.

He gave Qiongzhou preferential policy treatment and immigrated to garrison troops.

Qiongzhou is Yazhou, the territory of the Central Plains Dynasty in the traditional sense.

When Ming Dynasty developed this place, there was basically no objection.

Even the Li people living there are very happy that Ming Dynasty developed this place.

After all, the policies given by the imperial court are quite generous.

The people were organized into households, land was distributed, farm tools and cattle seeds were distributed, and all taxes and corvee were exempted for five years.

In order to educate the local people, Ming Dynasty also sent a large number of scholars to open schools here.

These policies were something they didn't even dare to think about before.

Now that it is obtained so easily, there is no reason not to welcome it.

The people were appeased, and the navy was stationed here, taking care of each other with the Ming army stationed in Jiaozhi, shocking the entire Indo-China Peninsula.

At the same time, it is also a deterrent to the barbarians in Guangdong and Guangxi.

This is the overall strategy of Ming Dynasty in the south.

But it was a different story in the north. After the New Year, Lan Yu led his army deep into Mobei to look for the royal court of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)