The seven years of the Great Ming Dao are just around the corner, plus the previous Ming Jiazi year, the founding of the Ming Dynasty will be almost eight years. These eight years are not long, but they are definitely not short. What has happened in the past eight years can be described as earth-shaking.

However, within the ruling group of the Ming Dynasty, it has been relatively calm for eight years. There are too many interests at home and abroad, abroad is a new world, and at home it is a comprehensive evolution of production relations to capitalism. The combined efforts of the two naturally bring huge benefits that are sufficient for distribution among all parties.

If the interests are sufficient, then everyone will naturally be happy and peaceful, at least until their ambitions are further inflated, and nothing will happen.

But at the end of the sixth year of the Great Tomorrow Dao, the peaceful days were obviously coming to an end.

In the west of the Ming Dynasty and the Tianzhu Kingdom in the south, there was some news of disharmony!

The news that has just come from the west is related to Zhu Sijiu and Guo Kan. Zhu Sijiu proposed to the Tiandao Taoist who accompanied the army to the west to abandon his wife Hou, and at the same time marry Guo Kan's daughter as his wife! The two generals on the Western Front of the Ming Dynasty are actually about to become sons-in-law.

Xu Ziyuan, the governor of Tianshan Province in the northwest who had just arrived last spring, also reported to the imperial court that Zhu Sijiu had plundered troops in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, breaking up hundreds of tribes and plundering more than 200,000 natives from the Western Regions as slaves, all of whom had moved with the army to Daqing County, Ili Prefecture, and 50,000 of them were still Zhu Sijiu's own slaves. Only the sparsely populated Tianshan Province with barren towns was left to Xu Ziyuan.

What's more, Zhu Sijiu also recruited teenagers among his slaves in the Western Regions, recruited them as scouts, and practiced martial arts day and night. There are now at least 3,000 Scouts. And the number is growing.

In addition, Zhu Sijiu's Hakka retainers are also the most among the Qionghualou brothers. It is known as "800 guests under Zhu Gongmen". That is, there were 800 doormen. Raising a door guest is not a taboo in Chen Ming Dynasty, but the number of eight hundred door guests is really a bit much.

You must know that the bigwigs among the Qionghualou brothers, Monk Liu, Land Rover, and tall men, are only forty or fifty diners. Ren Daoxing and Ren Yijiang, father and son, have less than 100 people together.

Mingzhou President Huang Zhishen has more Hakka retainers. After a thousand, but he already has the fiefdom of the Principality of the United States, and most of the more than a thousand Hakka retainers were recruited before going to Mingzhou. Before, Huang Zhishen only had more than 100 customers, and many of them were shopkeepers who did business for the Huang family.

"Three thousand dead soldiers and eight hundred guests...... Ren Laodao just shook his head, "If you want to put it on any other day in the past, I'm afraid you will be charged with rebellion!" ”

"It's hard to say," Ren Yijiang shook his head with a wry smile, "Tian Mengwei, Wei Xinling, and Zhao Pingyuan, who are not three thousand guests?" Earlier. Those princes of the Western Zhou Dynasty could take land to build a state, who would not have a tribal retainers? He Zhu Sijiu is now the king of the county, and it is not a matter of time before he becomes the king? If you don't recruit some retainers now and raise some warriors, how can you build a country when the time comes? ”

"What about the 50,000 slaves of the Western Regions? Can they all be transported to Nanmingzhou? Ren Daoxing picked up the wine glass on the tray in front of him, took a sip of soju, shook his head and said, "In my opinion, this Zhu Si Jiu is not looking down on the territory of Nanmingzhou!" ”

In fact, not many people can look at the territory of Nanmingzhou. It's too far and too wild, and it's just about slowly developing it and leaving it to your children and grandchildren to play. Go on your own, but not many people have this appetite. However, no one has said that you don't want Nanmingzhou to seal the country, but to go elsewhere to establish a country.

Ren Yijiang thought about it and nodded. "Probably so...... Just hand over Xu Ziyuan's excerpt tomorrow. Let's see what the saint does, right? ”

What Zhu Sijiu did in the Western Regions, Chen Dexing must have known through the two lines of the Great Righteous Instructor and the Heavenly Taoist Sect. But there has been no response, apparently by default. Maybe he really wants Zhu Sijiu to go to the west to build a country?

It's really hard for the Cabinet Office to take care of this. Just report it directly.

"Send everything to the top, what else does the saint want you to do?" Ren Daoxing seems to be very disdainful of his son's attitude towards playing ball. "You have to have an attitude towards this kind of thing. Whether you want to suppress or support, you have to think clearly. Don't ask the saint when the time comes, you can't say anything. ”

"Zhu Sijiu is the confidant of the saint......"

Ren Yijiang was a little embarrassed. He knew that Zhu Sijiu's method in the Western Regions was definitely not to seize Chen Dexing's throne, but to find a better territory in the West to build a country...... But if this matter is not Chen Dexing's intention, then it will be a little troublesome!

"You should oppose Zhu Sijiu!" Ren Daoxing frowned deeply, and simply said clearly, "If Huang Million is still sitting in the phase, he will definitely oppose it!" Whether the relationship between the saint and Zhu Sijiu is good or bad, whether there is a tacit understanding between them is another matter. But as a prime minister, you should act impartially. Zhu Sijiu's slaughter of the Western Regions, plundering slaves, and recruiting child soldiers were all detrimental to the country. You should be clear about it. However, he divorced his wife and married Guo Kan's daughter, but it has little to do with you, you don't have to object, just mention it. ”

Ren Daoxing is right, Huang Zhishen can live in peace for many years, so that Chen Dexing can save worry and effort, because he can be impartial. Right is right, wrong is wrong. As a ruler, you must judge from the perspective of what is beneficial to the country, and you must uphold the country's law.

And Zhu Sijiu's murder, plundering slaves, and raising private soldiers in the Western Regions, although it can hardly be said to be a violation of national law -- Chen Ming's army has always had a tradition of plundering foreign races as slaves, and this is legal! As a reserve feudal king, it is also legal to recruit private soldiers, otherwise how can you go to the fiefdom and become a country? But Zhu Sijiu's behavior was absolutely excessive.

"Actually, Zhu Sijiu's matter is still easy to handle. The saint does not want to ruin the brotherhood, and he is even more unwilling to kill the hero. Most of them will push the boat down the river, remove Zhu Sijiu from the post of general of the expedition to the west, and at the same time allow him to establish a state in the Western Regions. Perhaps it will also sponsor gold and silver weapons and allow them to recruit troops in the interior. However, as a ruler, you must not make such an opinion. If the saint thinks that you have any collusion with Zhu Sijiu, I'm afraid that you will have to go to Mingzhou to be with Huang Million......"

Ren Daoxing made a point, which made Ren Yijiang's forehead sweat coldly. If it weren't for his father's reminder, he would probably excuse Zhu Sijiu at the imperial meeting.

"Son, you are the prime minister, and you can't be too enthusiastic with the generals who are leading the troops outside."

It's a big circle. Ren Yijiang finally understood that the old man was reminding himself not to say good things for the general.

"Your Excellency. The child understood. ”

He's not a fool, he's been told that by his father. It's already clear.

Ren Yijiang smiled bitterly: "The prime minister is a wicked person, and the saint is a good person." ”

"Son, I'm afraid the waves in the south are even more troublesome."

Ren Daoxing suddenly changed the topic.

"The brothers in the west are fake, and some of them have their own Monk Liu and Land Rover, who are brothers, to teach lessons. But Nan Bian's father and brother are real, that is Chen Ming's family affair, and at the same time, it is also a state affair. My father and my eldest brother have a twist, which is really embarrassing......"

Ren Daoxing stroked his beard and talked about the twists of Chen Huaiqing and Chen Defang.

Speaking of which, the cause was the recent Battle of the Maldives. Before this naval battle. Chen Defang is nothing more than a marionette of his father, Chen Huaiqing. has neither prestige nor teamwork, and it seems that he has no ability. is lucky to be Chen Dexing's brother.

In fact, even Chen Dexing himself doesn't attach much importance to this brother, and he hasn't even given him a knighthood. Chen Defang is just the crown prince of Tianzhu Great Britain, and no one takes him too seriously.

But after the first war in the Maldives, Chen Defang suddenly seemed to have everything. 6,000 to 100,000! has a great reputation, who dares to say that he has no ability? After the war, many privateer captains even took refuge with men and ships. He also served as an officer in the British Navy. Moreover, Chen Defang also pulled up a black army of more than 13,000 people, although I don't know if I can fight, but it seems quite scary to look at them.

In addition, Chen Defang also found a beloved woman after the naval battle in the Maldives. It's still a hybrid of a black slave and a white woman, and his name is Goodit. After returning to Riverside Mansion, Tran Tak Fong announced in a high-profile manner that Goodit was his only concubine...... However, Chen Huaiqing resolutely opposed his son Nagudit as a side concubine. The father and son had a dispute over this trivial matter.

Ren Yijiang stroked his beard, his brows already twisted.

He didn't believe that Chen Huaiqing and Chen Defang would make trouble for a black and white bastard. Chen Huaiqing has dozens of his own side concubines. Aren't the two most favored "Polo" also Yiren women? Now why doesn't he let his son take a side concubine? Moreover, why did Chen Defang have to accept that woman as a side concubine? This woman is most likely a plaything of Chen Defang. Is it possible to have a conflict with her father for her?

It seems that there must be something else behind this! But what is this secret?

After being silent for a while, Ren Yijiang suddenly said softly: "Prince Ying has always been a filial son, and now he is in conflict with King Ying, there must be a reason. Most of this king's family affairs are still for power. The crown prince's position as crown prince is secure, and the saint will not allow other brothers to take the throne of the crown prince. But if the king wants to give other sons fiefs or other benefits, the saints can't take care of it. But the sons of the King of England have so many ......"

Ren Yijiang suddenly aggravated his tone, his words were like a hammer, and he smashed on the key point at once, "It's not that the king of England has many sons, but Tianzhu is big and Britain is small!" ”

At this moment, Ren Yijiang's face was already gloomy, Tianzhu Great Britain is indeed in trouble, Chen Huaiqing has accepted too many concubines and given birth to too many sons over the years. A big family has been born. As these sons grew up, the question of how to arrange them was a problem. If each son was given a fief, then Tran would have less land at his disposal in the future. But if it is not a fief, then will Chen Huaiqing's concubines, especially the Polo sisters, blow the pillow wind in the old man's ears?

Of course, there is no way to satisfy both father and son. It is to make a big plate, and seize the land to Chen Huaiqing's concubine in addition to the territory allocated by Chen Dexing to Great Britain. But in this way, Great Britain will be the leader of Tianzhu in the future. Can the Ming Sage agree?

And the cabinet is not good at expressing its position on this matter, Ren Yijiang thinks about it, if Chen Shengren asks, he will reply with "family and everything". It's a big deal to send another important minister to Tianzhu to say peace to the two fathers and sons.

Prince Chen Defang, who was having a falling out with his father, was heading west along the Ganges River by boat. Originally, he always had a gentle smile on his face, but as if he was frozen by the ice and snow in the Himalayas, his eyebrows were deeply locked, and he shook his head slightly from time to time.

Chen Defang was not worried that his younger brother had no way out, unlike what Ren Yijiang thought of, he was not worried about his father sealing too much land to his brother. He now had a team and prestige, and this time he was sure to win the battle against the Delhi Sultanate along the Ganges—in the Battle of the Maldives, he had obtained more than 13,000 "black masters", most of whom were slave oarsmen trained by Arab maritime merchants. The ability to row and control the boat is much better than the Tianzhu untouchable oarsman who was temporarily captured by the Sultan of Delhi. And there are also some black warriors who can participate in hand-to-hand combat, Chen Defang equipped them with black leather armor, black helmets, black shields, and large horizontal knives inlaid with black iron and steel. It's scary to look at them all in the dark!

In addition to these blacks, Chen Defang also recruited more than 4,000 Han pirates - not all of them were mixed with him, and a small number were killed by Selassie. Solomon had taken him to the Atlantic—mostly water warfare. Among them, there is also a Lei Batian, who has the style of a famous general. Even Wang Shuifei of the Nanyang Fleet said that he was "self-taught and talented". In addition, Tran also got a resourceful coffee-colored military, Goodett. Solomon.

There was Lei Batian commanding the navy, Gooditt helping to give advice, and 4,000 Han pirates and 13,000 black "old soldiers". Chen Defang can also defeat the landlubber army of the Delhi Sultanate even if he is lying down. Because the naval army of the Delhi Sultanate is also improvised, and most of the elite soldiers of the Delhi Sultan come from the mountains and grasslands, and they will not fight water wars at all.

And after winning the Ganges water battle this time, Tran's momentum will be even greater! How can the brothers who are still little dolls fight with him? It's just a fiefdom, and the old man still takes it back without discussion when he dies.

Now what really gives Chen Defang a headache is that Chen Huaiqing is going to be a monk! It's not because of Goodit's affair that I'm at home. Instead, he was instigated by the two "Polo" to become the Great Treasure Heavenly Sage Dharma King, and he also spent a lot of money to rebuild Nalanda Temple, Chaojie Temple, Flying Temple and Dabodhi Temple (the four major temples of Tianzhu Mahayana Buddhism), and also prepared to establish the Great British Xijing in Fahrenheit (the ancient city of India) on the south bank of the Ganges River near Nalanda Temple.

It is clear that the intention is to control Tianzhu with the great revival of Buddhism -- after repairing and controlling the four major temples of Mahayana Buddhism, Chen Huaiqing, the great treasure of the Heavenly Sage, will be able to rightfully become the head of Tianzhu Buddhism. And Tianzhu Buddhism is also very likely to become a super force above the kings of Tianzhu with Chen Huaiqing's efforts!

Moreover, Chen Huaiqing also wanted to pass on the throne of the Great Treasure Heavenly Saint Dharma King to his descendants in the form of reincarnation within the clan...... (To be continued......)