Chapter 678: Xinjiang!
The Duke of Zhunger couldn't speak, Zhu Ci couldn't marry Princess Ah Mi'er because of his promise, did he let Zhu Ci stumble to destroy his promise, but Ah Mi'er and his parents were just to give the Zhunger people a psychological guarantee, if the Ming Emperor easily repented of his promise, then what kind of guarantee could the so-called harmony be?
The Duke of Zhunger was silent.
After a long time, the Duke of Zungar sighed, the Ming Emperor's heavy promise is not exactly what he and the Zungar people need, no matter how King Ding is also the brother of the Emperor Ming's mother, besides, according to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, King Ding did not marry a wife, Ah Mi'er married the princess's wife.
Although he is not from the Central Plains, he also knows that there is a saying in the Central Plains, it is better to be a phoenix than a phoenix, in terms of happiness, the prince's concubine is always much stronger than the ordinary concubine in the emperor's harem.
"Your Majesty, the minister wants to see the king first!" Zhungar said.
At least he had to see that King Ding's body was sound and free of any defects, otherwise he wouldn't be at ease to hand over Ah Mi'er to him.
"Good! King Ding and Ah Mi'er are talking in my imperial study, and I will take you there! Zhu Ci staggered, stood up, and walked in the direction of the imperial study with the Duke of Zhunger.
Coming to the door of the imperial study, Zhu Ci stopped the eunuch's report in time, and walked in with the Duke of Zhunger without alarming King Ding and Ah Mi'er chatting as much as possible.
In the imperial study, an hour has passed now, but Ah Mi'er is chatting with King Ding, usually Ah Mi'er is talking, King Ding is answering, but at this moment, King Ding's rare initiative is good, Ah Mi'er is telling a true story.
"Tell me, tell me, what happened." Ah Mi'er's little face was a little red, and she asked with some excitement pulling the clothes on King Ding's arm.
With a faint hint of imperceptible doting smile in Dingwang's softness, he was about to open his mouth and continue.
This scene happened to be seen by Zhu Cijiao and Zhungeer Gong who came in.
Whether it was Ah Mi'er's joy or the almost imperceptible doting in the depths of King Ding's expression, the Duke of Zhunger was extremely touched, and at this moment, he believed that Ah Mi'er would be happy with King Ding.
"Brother of the courtiers see the emperor!" King Ding stopped his words in time and saluted Zhu Ci, who had just come in.
Zhu Cilu and Zhungeer Gong walked in, although they did not let the eunuch report it, but they did not deliberately hide the footsteps, so when Zhu Ciji and Zhungeer Gong approached, King Ding noticed it.
"Flat!" Zhu Ci stumbled to the vicinity of King Ding and Princess Ah Mi'er.
Princess Ah Mi'er was opening her mouth wide and looked at Zhu Ci in surprise.
"You, you, you are the emperor!" Ah Mi'er stammered a little, and a pair of big smart eyes also widened.
"Hmm." Zhu Ci nodded indifferently and answered Princess Mi'er's question.
Princess Ah Mi'er regained her nervousness, her little heart beat faster, and her delicate little face was a little red.
"Ah, Mi'er, see the emperor!" Princess Ah Mi'er reacted and hurriedly saluted Zhu Ci.
"Get up, don't be polite!" Zhu Ci raised his hand and said.
Princess Amier stood up, and the tension in her heart did not decrease by half a point, but became more nervous. There is no way, the Ming Emperor in front of her is the object of her kiss, although she is a girl who grew up in the Gobi steppe, she can't stand the shyness at the moment.
Zhu Ci took a closer look at Princess Ah Mi'er.
Princess Ah Mi'er is dressed in an exotic Jungger princess costume, with smooth skin and a delicate little face that this is a stunning beauty, but this is in the Central Plains, Ah Mi'er's temptation to a man is even worse than that of ordinary stunning beauties, Zhu Ci's heart couldn't help but tremble slightly, but he was immediately pressed down again.
Zhu Ci admired the beauty, but he didn't necessarily want to get her, or that sentence, the Ming Dynasty has a population of more than 150 million, and there are countless hidden stunning beauties, so it is difficult for him to enter the harem if he encounters one, then he will not become a stallion.
He thinks that his energy is limited, and the harem queen and other five women also add a Chen Xiuxiu who makes him not know what to do, so many women are enough for him to be busy, and there is no need to find other women to enter the harem.
At the same time that Zhu Ci staggered at Princess Ah Mi'er, Princess Ah Mi'er was also secretly looking at Zhu Ci'er.
I have to say that Zhu Ci is handsome, he has been on the throne for many years, so that he has a majesty up and down his body, thinking that there are already many women in Zhu Ci's harem, she is likely to become a member of it soon, Princess Ah Mi'er is nervous, and her heart is complicated.
I don't know why, Princess Ah Mi'er thought of the nearby King Ding, compared with Zhu Ci and King Ding, Princess Ah Mi'er actually felt that King Ding was more gentle and approachable, and the majesty of the emperor on Zhu Ci made him not dare to be too casual.
King Ding also had a hint of complexity in his heart, but he didn't care.
"Brother Huang, what do you think of Princess Mi'er, can you get by?" Zhu Ci stumbled to look at King Ding and asked with a smile.
King Ding was slightly stunned and replied, "Brother Zhu doesn't dare to say anything, but Princess Ah Mi'er is very good." "Usually dull, King Ding won't explain too much, two words are very good has already explained his attitude, at least he must not hate Princess Mi'er.
"Ah Mi'er, what do you think of my imperial brother?" Zhu Ci looked at Princess Ah Mi'er again and asked.
"Huh?" Princess Ah Mi'er was a little at a loss, but looking at King Ding, she didn't know why her little face was slightly red, and she squeaked for a while before she held back two of her self.
Zhu Ci staggered, King Ding and Ah Mi'er really matched, and even the answer was so chic.
"Brother Huang, I think you should have heard of the promise I made to your imperial sisters-in-law, I don't want to marry other women, I want you to marry Ah Mi'er, as a show of Han Zhun family?" Zhu Ci asked, the meaning was already obvious, that is, to let King Ding and Ah Mi'er get married.
King Ding was a little stunned, and Princess Ah Mi'er's eyes widened in shock.
"Ah Mi'er, I can tell you, my imperial brother has not married any concubines, and I also know some of his temperament, and I will not accept other women back to the palace indiscriminately, if you marry him, maybe you can grow old with him for a lifetime, are you willing?" Zhu Ci hesitated and asked Princess Mi'er again.
Princess Ah Mi'er was at a loss for what to do, and looked at the Duke of Zhunger on the side.
The Duke of Zhunger nodded at Ah Mi'er, he had already told Emperor Ming about this.
"Ah, Mi'er, willing!" Princess Ah Mi'er replied in a low voice, and after speaking, she lowered her head, quite shy, but her attention was still focused, and her heart was also nervous, she was waiting for King Ding's answer.
It is true that for Zhu Ci and King Ding, Ah Mi'er undoubtedly prefers King Ding, at least she will not have any pressure by King Ding's side, and she can completely relax herself, but not in front of Zhu Ci Queen.
"Brother Huang, it's time for you to make a statement." Zhu Ci looked at King Ding again and said.
King Ding took a deep breath, although he was dull, but he was not stupid, he had already figured out what was the reason why the imperial brother Liang and Ah Mi'er had been in the imperial study for so long just now, yes, the royal brother made a promise, and promised several imperial sisters-in-law in the harem that he would not marry more women into the harem, how could he easily make peace with Princess Ah Mi'er, it turned out that he had this idea from the beginning.
glanced at Princess Ah Mi'er who lowered her head, and it happened that Princess Ah Mi'er also secretly glanced at King Ding, and happened to be seen by King Ding, King Ding smiled, and replied calmly: "Back to the emperor, my brother is willing!" ”
King Ding thought, he didn't hate Princess Ah Mi'er, and even liked it a little, for more than a year, the queen mother and the royal brother often worried about his marriage, maybe he should also marry a princess, Ah Mi'er is good!
Zhu Ciji and Zhungeer Gong looked at each other and smiled.
Immediately, Zhu Ci gave marriage to King Ding and Princess Ah Mi'er on the spot, and the wedding date was set for next month.
The news reached the Queen Mother, in fact, Zhu Ciji had told the Queen Mother in advance, and also won the consent of the Queen Mother.
Ah Mi'er is the pearl of Jungger, she looks like she is already captivating the country and the city, and her temperament is also lively and kind, she conquered the heart of the queen mother at once, and identified with this daughter-in-law from the bottom of her heart.
In the harem, the queen and other five daughters knew Zhu Ci's decision, and they were moved to soften.
A month passed quickly, and it was the day when King Ding and Princess Ah Mier got married.
Princess Ah Mier married from the Duke of Zhunger, this wedding is the largest wedding in Nanjing City except for the emperor and queen wedding nine years ago, the people of the city are happy, all know that King Ding married Princess Zhunger, from now on, Jungger is completely merged into the Ming Dynasty, Han Zhun family.
In the morning of the next day, the Duke of Zhunger was also listed, and Zhu Ci hung up a large map in the Jinluan Palace.
The above is the territory of the Ming Dynasty and the forces of the countries around the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty stretched from the Pacific Ocean in the east, to Malacca and other Indonesian islands in the south, to the Cossacks, Manchus, Mughal Empires and the two remaining small states in the west, and to Lake Baikal and the Russian Empire in the north.
There are dotted lines on the map to mark the provinces, and Junggar has changed its name to Xinjiang, which is also in the column, and is expressed by a dotted line.
It was the first time for the Duke of Zhunger to see the map of the Ming Dynasty, he knew that the Ming Dynasty was very large, but looking at the map renamed Xinjiang The original Zungar territory only accounted for a small part of the Ming Dynasty, and the Duke of Zunger was shocked again, and had a new understanding of the huge and strong of the Ming Dynasty.
Seeing Xinjiang, the Duke of Zhunger looked at the Tsarist Russian Empire in the north.
After hundreds of years of continuous expansion, the territory of the Tsarist Russian Empire has expanded to the Far Eastern Sea, bordering the Ming Dynasty on the Khing'an Mountains and the Nebuchuudi River.
The territory of the huge Tsarist Russian Empire does not look like a bear standing north of the Ming Dynasty.
Not only the Duke of Zhunger, but the ministers couldn't help but frown when they saw this scene, feeling a little uncomfortable. Although they know very well that almost all of them are cold and icy places, but after all, they are not immersed, and more importantly, the map only shows the territory, and a territory no smaller than the current Ming Dynasty The Tsarist Russian Empire stands in the north, dazzling!
And the word empire is equally glaring!
The emperor can only be used by the emperor in the Han civilization, and the bitter cold barbarians of Tsarist Russia actually used it, which is really a big rebellion.
The so-called world is not the king's land, the shore of the land is not the king's minister, there is a great tomorrow, the so-called empire, An dare to use the emperor word!
Not only the Tsarist Empire, but also the Mughal Empire, the Persian Empire and other countries that dared to call themselves empires.
At this moment, not only Li Yan, the chief assistant of the main battle to expand the territory, even if Liu Zongzhou and Huang Daozhou, the two conservative elders, have the idea of mobilizing troops, at least let those empires bring down the emperor character.
For the inexplicable birth of such a thought, Liu Zongzhou and Huang Daozhou were shocked, and secretly said that they were in love.
Perhaps it is the Ming Dynasty that has won successive battles over the years, Mongolia, Korea, the Wa Kingdom, the Ryukyu Kingdom, Annam, Tibet, Jungar, and Nanyang have been incorporated into the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming soldiers are unstoppable to give the courtiers strong self-confidence, as long as the Ming wants to do something, there is no unsuccessful.
Seeing several empires such as Tsarist Russia, the eyes of the ministers were aimed at the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which also bordered northwest Xinjiang of the Ming Dynasty at this moment
The Manchus were able to lay down a territory that was almost not less than the original Jungar in just a few years, and the ministers were surprised, and there was something strange in their expressions, when the Manchus were defeated by the Ming Dynasty again and again, forcing them to move west in order to avoid the Ming Dynasty's troops, but now, the Ming Dynasty was so quick to meet them again.
The ministers couldn't help but have some thoughts, considering whether to suggest that the emperor send troops to attack the Manchurians again and completely destroy them.
In the end, the Ming Dynasty had just incorporated Zhungeer into the Ming Dynasty, and there were still too many things to do, so it was naturally impossible for Liu Zongzhou and other conservatives to suggest sending troops to attack the Manchu Qing at this time, and Li Yan and others who advocated opening up the territory did not mention it.
Zhu Ciji had been paying attention to the reactions of the ministers, and was quite satisfied with the expressions of the ministers.
After some discussion, Zhu Ciji decided to develop and assimilate Xinjiang Jungar first.
Like Mongolia at the beginning, the Ming Dynasty planned to build cities on a large scale around the rich steppes of Zungar, and at the same time set up schools to teach Chinese characters to school-age children in Zungar, and included Xinjiang in compulsory education.
This obvious act of assimilation of Dzungar was not concealed from the Duke of Zhunger.
Listening to the policies of the Ming Dynasty and the ministers of the Ming Dynasty constantly formulating one after another about Zungar, the Duke of Zunger was silent from beginning to end, and he didn't feel anything, since he admitted in his heart that Zunger was a part of the Ming Dynasty, he could not prevent the Ming from assimilating the policies of Zunger, and Zunger did not have the strength to resist the Ming, since he could not resist, he could only passively accept it.
Zhungeergong's expression was also secretly seen by Zhu Cijiao, and Zhu Cijiao was also quite satisfied with Zhungeergong's attitude.
In fact, it is not difficult to understand that although there are different countries and ethnic groups at present, nationalism is not prevalent, and there is not so much resistance to assimilation.
Large-scale construction of cities in Dzungar naturally requires a lot of manpower.
Zhu Ciji decided to requisition manpower on the spot, so that nearly two million Jungger people personally participated in the construction, and received the same treatment as the people sent by the Ming Dynasty, working four hours a day, taking care of food and housing, and wages.
Undoubtedly, the wages offered by the Ming court were extremely generous, even if many people in the Central Plains of the Ming Dynasty wanted to earn this wage.
Zhungeer is in the Gobi steppe, and last year suffered a cold disaster, there was a shortage of food, Daming's move not only relieved the danger of the Jungger people, but also allowed the Jungger people to earn a lot of silver dollars, which can really buy a large number of Ming goods silver dollars.
Not only that, but there are more tax-free policies, and I believe that under such an arrangement, the life of the Jungar people will inevitably get better and better.
When the Ming Dynasty began to build and assimilate Zungar, the Manchus could not wait to start the destruction of the Persian Empire under the leadership of Dolgon.