The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

The expeditionary force embarked and set off.

From the capital here, except for the soldiers in the early [-]s, the other nearly [-] are all talents in various fields.

Physician.

It's a very normal phenomenon to have a cold and a fever in the severe cold in the north, and there may be more troublesome things, so a doctor is naturally indispensable.

Including medicinal materials for reducing fever, dispelling cold, and antifreeze, etc., they should also be taken with them.

artisan.

Some are firearms craftsmen, and some others.

Firearms will inevitably have to be repaired, and the main thing they carry is the firecracker, and the heavy cannon is obviously not suitable.

There are some aborigines living in the entire northern border, but the number of them is pitifully small. Not to mention the firecrackers, the soldiers can easily take them down with a round of cold weapons.

The firecrackers are more to prevent wild animals, and after arriving in North America, they can effectively kill the enemy in the event of a conflict with the local aborigines.

Others have some special talents.

For example, in Qintianjian, there are those who understand Fengshui, and in Jinyiwei, who are talented in languages, and there are also those who are responsible for recording, drawing maps, and so on.

All in all, this configuration is perfect.

Huang Guan showed great strength here.

Xu Huizu went to Tubo to fight the tug-of-war. It was too far away from the capital, and the round-trip delay of the military report was too high. Moreover, in Xu Huizu's case, it was difficult to make any major changes in a short period of time.

Zhu Ying turned her attention to Nanyang again.

Public opinion is really a good thing. The emergence of the Di Bao, especially after the large-scale deployment of the entire Ming Dynasty, made it easier for the imperial court to control the hearts of the people.

It's still the same routine, it's almost like recruiting soldiers.

Zhu Yinglingzhi arrived at the Dibao Division and asked them to publicize the benefits of going to Nanyang.

For example, in Nanyang, you can pick up money everywhere, opportunities to make a fortune are everywhere, and the scenery is still very beautiful.

How many tens of thousands of treasures did the certain family earn during their trip to Nanyang?

How much does a certain worker earn for working in Nanyang for a month.

"Um, why do I suddenly have the feeling that I've tricked someone into the back of my country in northern Myanmar?"

Zhu Ying thought with some puzzlement.

Of course, this is all for better immigration.

Today's Nanyang can be different from that of future generations.

The first is the deterrent power of Daming over there, with the navy stationed in Linhai, and the vassal king Wu Wang sitting in charge.

As long as it is a household registration in Daming, it is three points higher than others there.

If there is a lawsuit, under normal circumstances the local government will favor the Daming people. They are only a vassal state, and they don't want to cause disputes.

Now Annan, Champa, and the coastal waters of Chenla are all under the jurisdiction of the Daming Navy.

How could the miscellaneous soldiers in Malacca be compared with the regular army of Daming? It was like a handover. When the navy of Daming arrived in Malacca, the local aborigines gave way out with great interest.

But after receiving the latest information, Zhu Ying was a little speechless.

Because of Daming's propaganda, many people went to Champa.

Due to the deterrence of the Daming Navy, it is difficult for the Champa government to do anything, so that it is powerless in governance.

Song Zhong and Zhu Yunqi united together and dealt a severe blow to the Champa nobles in order to open a Han school.

Especially some big nobles are the primary targets.

Although Zhanwangcha is not a puppet, most of the political power is in the hands of the nobles. After these nobles are defeated, Zhanwangcha also wants to take back power, Song Zhong and Zhu Yunqi naturally do not agree.

Simply support some small nobles to carry out the division.

Therefore, the current Champa can only be described with a random word.

Today, Champa is full of gangs and gangsters.

It was originally Caobang.

Those who couldn't get along in Ming Dynasty began to transfer on a large scale after tasting the sweetness of Champa.

Zhu Ying severely cracked down on the gangs within the Ming Dynasty, especially after the establishment of the Department of Public Security throughout the Ming Dynasty, many gangs had no room to survive.

Cao Gang is one of them.

Because the sea trade made money, the Cao Gang, which was originally engaged in inland water transport, also pooled some money to buy a ship. Most of the backbone followed the shipment and took it to Champa to sell, and soon earned the first pot of gold.

In Zhancheng, the leader of the Cao Gang was surprised to find that the government here is actually weak, and in many cases, it is completely based on money.

Whoever gives more money will get more convenience.

The leader of the Cao Gang suddenly realized that such a situation, isn't it a blessed place for the gang?
After returning to Daming, he immediately decided to take a large number of gang members to Champa.

Those who don't want to go with them, they will be refunded by giving some settling allowance.

In just less than two months, the Cao Gang quickly took root in Champa and began to gradually expand.

The size of its gang has rapidly expanded, and it is even more powerful than it was at the peak of Ming Dynasty.

This is incredible.

The Cao Gang colluded with some officials of the local government, and Daming didn't bother to care about it.

Therefore, Caobang was able to quickly establish its own personal connections.

Even stationed in the navy, King Wu has contacted.

It didn't take long for the news of the Cao Gang to reach the gang on Daming's side.

Their life in Daming was really difficult.

Except for some gangs with real backgrounds, most of the gangs are hard to develop under the attack of the Secretary of Public Security, and the brothers in the gangs can hardly afford to eat.

Regarding the matter of the Cao Gang going to Nanyang, the news spread quickly in the rivers and lakes.

At the beginning, some people laughed, how could there be any profit in such a barbaric land.

However, the face slap came too fast, and there was no time to react.

The news came back to Daming that the Cao Gang has grown to 3000 people in Nanyang, including a large number of barbarians, and has its own territory.

"3000 people, can he afford it?"

3000 people is a big gang. Before the gangs in Daming territory were not attacked, the general big gangs were only 5000 people.

Now in the territory of Daming, there are two or three people, and they are already very good.

Hearing that the Cao gang is doing well in Champa, the gangs in Daming naturally don't want to let this fragrant bun go.

They all started to raise money to buy a boat and find connections to go to sea.

In order to go to Champa.

There are dozens of gangs going to Champa one after another.

The current Champa can be said to have become the world of gangs.

Song Zhong came back to Daming after finishing his work in the Han School.

"Your Highness, the current Champa is like a chaotic world. These gangs will do anything in order to grab the territory, poisoning, sneak attack, assassination, they will do everything they can."

"When it got to the back, it went crazy and started fighting on the coastal pier, completely ignoring the surrounding situation."

"Fortunately, the navy sent troops to suppress it, otherwise the whole pier would be in chaos, and many foreign businessmen would be affected."

"Jin Kaishan, the commander of the garrison navy, called together all the gang leaders and re-established the rules, ordering them not to hurt innocent people, not to poison, and not to use firecrackers on a large scale to fight you."

"These lunatics took out all the cannons at that time. I don't know where they got so many matchlock guns. I also saw them. They were not produced by our Ming Dynasty."

"The Champa government is like a waste. Some yamen have dozens of people, not even a gang, and there are only two guns. I'm really worried that when they go to suppress, they will be killed by the gang above."

"Most of the high-ranking members of these gangs are from Daming, and King Zhan dared not send out troops, for fear of causing disputes with our Daming."

"His Royal Highness Wu took a lot of money from the gangs and helped to suppress the Champa government. However, Commander Jin set the rules. When these gangs did their work, they restrained a lot, at least it will not affect the merchants and residents."

"However, if you open a restaurant on the territory of these gangs, the owners of the shops have to hand over their members' money to ensure safety. The gangs have started to grab the territory everywhere, and there are some internal rules when they fight back and forth."

Listening to Song Zhong's narration, Zhu Ying has a sense of sight of young and Dangerous youngsters in Hong Kong.

However, the current situation in Zhancheng is more in line with Daming's interests.

Zhu Ying originally wanted to make Champa into chaos, but from another perspective, these gangs can also be regarded as immigrants.

"They fought hard, are there any serious casualties?" Zhu Ying asked casually.

He is more concerned about the situation of the Ming people there.

Song Zhong replied: "These gangs are also smart. Most of them have bought big ships, and they will also engage in maritime trade business while fighting for territory."

"The life of the local Zhan people is very poor, and they are willing to follow for a few dollars. The main casualties are those Zhan people, or sailors recruited from other countries."

"There is still slave trading over there. Those who came from Daming are also worried about their own safety. Those who are in other places are all to make some money. Why should they fight desperately with their own family, so they set a rule that they must not kill their compatriots unless they fight to the death. If you are captured, you can spend money to redeem him.”

"It is inevitable that there will be some casualties, but overall it is not bad."

Zhu Ying is quite satisfied with this.

Although our Daming has a large population, it is not lost so casually.

The apse of Kunning Palace.

The people living here are naturally Zhu Ying's concubines.

As the crown princess, Ye Yueqing lives in the main hall in the middle.

Currently, including Ye Yueqing, Zhu Ying already has seven concubines.

In terms of sleeping, it happens to be a rotation every seven days.

Except for Ye Yueqing, Xu Miaojin is Han.

The others are from Goryeo, Annan, Wa, Champa, and Chenla.

Goryeo, Annan, and Waguo are all Asian faces.

Both Chenla and Champa are of mixed Chinese and Western origin.

Have to admit, don't have a flavor.

In fact, normally speaking, in the stage of the crown prince, it is rare to have seven concubines like Zhu Ying.

If it is another prince, it is easy to be accused by civil servants of being obsessed with beauty.

Even Prince Zhu Biao has only one positive side.

The other princes are roughly the same, such as Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di, etc., even if they have become vassal princes, they did not talk about wantonly marrying concubines.

It's just that in the current situation, no minister dares to talk too much.

At the very beginning, when Zhu Ying hadn't rectified the officials, there were indeed officials who impeached Zhu Yuanzhang to impeach His Royal Highness Taisun for indulging in beauty.

Originally, this was considered a process for the officials, and whether His Majesty would punish the grandson had little to do with them.

But when he received this memorial, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious.

Our eldest grandson finally came back.

How much pain I have suffered outside.

Ten years of life and death are boundless.

Do you know how our grandson got here in the past ten years?

Now that you're back, why can't you enjoy it?

Zhu Yuanzhang did not call the speech officials before, so that they could exist as a supervisory role and say something that would not be a crime of speech.

But if it involves the grandson, then I'm sorry, we can only make an exception.

Immediately let Jin Yiwei beat up the speaker who impeached the grandson severely.

It won't be beaten to death, but at least you will have to lie in bed for several months, half your life is gone.

Zhu Ying didn't know about this, and since then, there has never been an impeachment of the grandson by the officials.

Everyone knows that the grandson is His Majesty's Ni Lin.

A letter was sent from the hand of the eunuch to the apse of Kunning Palace.

"Your Majesty, this is from Zhancheng, Nanyang, and the letter is sent by Empress Na Fei's father."

The eunuch respectfully handed the letter to Ye Yueqing.

As the master of the apse, Ye Yueqing has great power over the side concubine.

For the food and clothing expenses of the side concubines, maids and eunuchs, even if they leave the apse, they need Ye Yueqing's permission.

Except for Xu Miaojin, the other side concubines are all from other countries, so Ye Yueqing's consent and review are also required for the delivery of letters.

"You don't need to read it, send it to Concubine Na."

"Yes, ma'am."

In fact, from Ye Yueqing's point of view, although these side concubines married far away to the capital, although they gained glory and wealth, they also lost a lot of things.

In other aspects, Ye Yueqing has never cheated.

In the room on the left side of the apse.

Anania is copying and painting.

The painting used for imitation is said to be drawn by a painter from Obaro when he saw the treasure ship of the Ming Dynasty arrive at the wharf of the coastal port of Champa.

At the auction house on the capital's side, a sky-high price of [-] guan banknotes was sold.

The news reached Zhu Ying, who heard that the painting was about Champa, so she specially sent someone to buy it, and then gave it to Ananya, so as to miss her hometown.

Anania used a paintbrush to stick on the paint, looked at the scene on the left painting, and carefully daubed it on her own painting.

Most of this painting has been completed, and it looks similar to the one on the left from a distance, but there are many differences when you look closely.

This is not the first time Anania has copied. She has learned to paint before, but the technique of copying is from Europe, so there is a big difference.

The biggest difference is the color of the two paintings.

The paint used by Anania is obviously more vivid than the copied painting. In comparison, the tone of the original painting is a bit gray.

This is because Ming's pigments are better than those in Europe.

"Miss."

There was a knock on the door, but the door was not closed, but it was impossible for the eunuch to come in casually.

Ananya, who heard the voice, didn't pay attention, her hands trembled, and her strokes were crooked. Obviously, the painting was ruined.

But she wasn't angry either, and the left and right were also learning.

"come in."

"Yes, ma'am."

The eunuch outside the door walked in after getting permission, and then bowed and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, here is a family letter from Zhancheng, which is sent by your mother's father."

A trace of surprise flashed in Ananya's eyes, and she hurriedly said, "Take it quickly."

The eunuch handed over the letter respectfully, then took two steps back and stood at the door.

Anania said casually, "Go down first."

"Yes, ma'am."

Anania was very happy to receive the letter from home. She walked to the table under the window sill, opened the letter carefully, and unfolded it all.

The letter was written in Zhan script, and Ananya read it carefully.

It's just that the light in Ananya's eyes faded gradually as she watched.

The content of the letter is mainly about the current situation in Champa.

Now in Champa, many gangs have popped up suddenly, all founded by Ming people.

They have had a great impact on Champa, arbitrarily dividing the territory of each city in Champa and collecting protection fees.

The mutual competition has a great influence, and even the port is occupied.

He is the governor of the port, and now the power is greatly affected.

He hoped that his daughter could intercede, ask his grandson to help, and use the power of the Daming Navy to stabilize his power.

The reason why Ananya gradually became depressed was because she didn't see any concern for herself in her father's letter, and all her words were about how to maintain her power.

Not even a word of miss.

Anania put away the letter, the light in her originally shining eyes dimmed, and she felt a little depressed.

Looking out the window, Ananya was a little lost in thought.

She actually knew that her father had never cared much about her.

When he was very young, his father discovered his beauty and planned to use himself as a tool for marriage.

The reason it wasn't settled soon enough was because Dad was up for grabs.

Until King Zhan proposed to dedicate a princess to the grandson of Ming Dynasty, his father took himself out.

Now, as he wished, by mistake, he really became the concubine of the grandson of Ming Dynasty.

And my father, from an ordinary nobleman, became the governor of the coastal port of Champa.

Even though he is just a governor of the port, the territory under his jurisdiction seems to be small, but in fact he is the most popular official position in Champa.

Many nobles in Champa fought for it, because it involved most of the taxes in Champa, and it was the place with the most oil and water.

"As you wish, my father."

Ananya sighed, and carefully put the letter into the drawer of the dressing table.

Then he got up and walked outside.

If she wanted to ask her grandson for help, she first had to get Ye Yueqing's consent.

Just when Ananya was about to go out, a child ran over bouncing.

"Mother, mother, I heard that my grandfather has received a letter. I want to read it, I want to read it."

Behind the child, there were two court ladies running over.

Seeing Ananya, she quickly bowed her head and saluted: "Your Majesty."

This three-year-old child is Zhu Ying's child, Zhu Wenzhan, who was born to Zhu Ying by Anania.

"Mother still has to go to Auntie's place, please come back and watch."

Looking at Xiao Wenzhan, Ananya, who was a little downcast, suddenly brightened up.

Women are weak, but mothers are strong.

Anania thought a lot. She really wanted to help her father, not because of being a daughter, but because of her own child, the future King Zhan.

She knew that Zhu Yunwen, the grandson of the Ming Emperor, now occupied the former Wuli Kingdom and was canonized as a vassal.

She wants her child to be in charge of the whole city, so her father will be a very important help in the future.

"No, no, I'm going to watch."

Xiao Wenzhan suddenly became noisy, holding on to Anania's skirt and refusing to let go.

Anania had no choice but to take Xiao Wenzhan back to the room, and took out the letter from the dressing table to Xiao Wenzhan.

Xiao Wenzhan is very cute.

The big eyes inherited Anania's appearance, and the overall appearance was more oriental, with a bit of mixed blood.

Even if he is still a few months away from the age of three, he can tell that he will definitely be a handsome young man when he grows up.

Xiao Wenzhan was very happy to hold the letter.

In fact, he didn't even know many Chinese characters, let alone Zhanwen.

"Mother, what did grandfather say in the letter?" Xiao Wenzhan asked happily.

Ananya hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said, "Your grandfather said he missed you very much. I hope you grow up quickly, and then go to Champa to play with him."

Xiao Wenzhan said a little unhappy: "Why didn't my grandfather come to play with me?"

Ananya explained: "Because my grandfather is over there and also held an official position. Many people below eat with him. If he comes over, those people will be left alone."

Xiao Wenzhan was a little sullen: "Okay."

Ananiya touched Xiao Wenzhan's head and said, "You are too young now, we have to take a long boat ride to get to my grandfather's place."

Then he gestured: "When you grow to this height, mother will take you to play with your grandfather, okay?"

Xiao Wenzhan looked up at his mother's hand, and said with a smile: "Okay, I must eat well and grow up quickly. When I grow up to this height, mother must take me to play with my grandfather." .”

Anania said with a smile: "Mother would lie to you, but there are still some things in your grandfather's letter. Mother is going to your aunt's place. You can play by yourself first."

Xiao Wenzhan blinked his eyes and nodded sensiblely.

Anania didn't think much about it, put the letter back in the drawer, took Xiaowen out, and asked the maid to play with her.

But what she didn't know was that when she went to the main hall, Xiao Wenzhan ran back secretly, climbed up the stool nimbly, opened the drawer and took out the letter.

"Your Highness, Your Highness."

A maid's call came from outside.

Xiao Wenzhan put the letter in his arms and said proudly: "This is a letter from my grandfather, hum."

In Xiaowen's little head, he has already figured out how to show off to his brothers and sisters.

Because they have never received a letter from their grandfather, they have already had one.

In the main hall of Kunning Palace.

Anania explained her thoughts to Ye Yueqing.

She didn't hide anything, and basically said everything in the letter.

"Please help my sister."

Ye Yueqing nodded: "Since your father has difficulties, then just tell His Highness."

"His Royal Highness is busy during the day, and Concubine Xiang is supposed to attend bed today, you can just talk to her, and it will be changed."

Anania quickly said: "Thank you sister, I will go to Sister Xiangfei's place later."

With Ye Yueqing's consent, Ananya knew that the matter was basically settled.

Taisun treats them very well and will depend on many things.

evening.

After a busy day, Zhu Ying returned to the bedroom.

Unlike folk couples, no matter whether it is the grandson concubine Ye Yueqing or other concubines, they will not sleep in the same room every day.

Zhu Ying has her own bedroom, and when the time comes at night, the concubines will take turns to attend the bedroom.

Seeing Ananya in the bedroom, Zhu Ying was a little puzzled.

Because according to the order, it seems that it should be Xiangfei.

"Did I remember the date wrong?"

"Forget it, it's all good."