My Daming New Empire

Zhu Zhanji wanted to find a target for Zhu Di to "make meritorious service", and of course it couldn't be an area like Chenla and Bagu where it was not easy for large troops to march.

This goal must be large, and the army must be easy to dispatch. The best goal is of course the Timurid Kingdom.

In the early years of Yongle, Timur wanted to conquer Daming, but he died not far from his home.

After his death, his descendants struggled for the throne. Only at this time did they release the envoys of the Ming Dynasty, Fu An, Yang Dewen, and others, and entrusted them with the wish of the Timurid Empire to reconcile with Ming Dynasty.

At that time, when Chen Cheng learned that the Timur Empire was falling into a civil war for the throne, he immediately suggested to Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, "Send envoys quickly, put out their fire, and declare the mighty virtue of the heavenly dynasty."

In the sixth year of Yongle, Zhu Di sent Guo Ji, who had been an envoy to the Timurid Empire, as an envoy to lead a delegation to bring Zhu Di's own letter.Mediate the dispute between the two factions of the civil war in the Timurid Empire - Hari and Shah Ruh.Shah Ruh, who succeeded in seizing the throne, finally released the imprisoned Harry, and granted Iraqi assassination as his fiefdom. The civil war that lasted for three years in the Timurid Empire was finally "reconciled".

In the seventh year of Yongle, Shah Ruh, who officially became King Timur, sent a mission to Nanjing to meet Zhu Di, presenting leopards, lions and other gifts.The two sides resumed the "suzerain-vassal" relationship in the Zhu Yuanzhang era.

But the sky is high and the emperor is far away, they are only superficially submissive, these years they have always only talked nicely, but without any sincerity.

Moreover, they have never stopped their aggression against India. The kings of India have been asking Daming for help, but Daming doesn't care about them.

The name India did not exist at this time. This name was only given during the British colonial period.Today on the Indian peninsula, there are hundreds of tribes and vassal kings. Their power is very scattered, and they often even kill each other, and they can't resist Timur's army at all.

After receiving requests for help from many vassal states in India, Zhu Di also issued an order to reprimand Shahru's envoy, but it was of no use at all.

In the past, the Timurid Empire was far away, and Da Ming had nothing to do with them, but now, Da Ming's fleet can directly sail to Krumos and attack them directly from the sea.

Of course, what is more important is that today's Daming Musket has made a qualitative and quantitative leap after solving the barrel problem. It only takes two or three years to produce millions of guns and arm all the troops and officials. , not a big deal at all.

With muskets, no matter whether the Timur Kingdom had camel troops or elephant soldiers, it was impossible for Ming to be an opponent.

Another important reason for choosing the Timurid Empire as an opponent is that it is a desert and hilly area without miasma.

Compared with the miasma in the Indochina Peninsula, it is simply a paradise.

As long as the water source problem is solved, a [-] army can be sent to directly attack their capital Herat.

And such a big country is also in line with Zhu Di's character of being very happy.

Of course, before that, the first thing to solve is the current shortage of gunpowder.

After questioning and answering with Li Qian, Zhu Zhanji has roughly figured out Zhu Di's real thoughts, and has a corresponding plan in his heart.

Let Li Liang reward Li Qian with a high-quality folding fan snatched from the royal family of Japan, and the two ended their conversation.

Although this kind of contact in public places does not seem to be secret, as long as their conversations are not heard by others, they will not be tabooed by Zhu Di.Zhu Zhanji and Li Qian knew this very well, exchanged their tone, and then separated.

Back in the Xingqing Palace, a group of women were looking at the more than 100 boxes of antiques and cultural relics of the Dongying royal family brought back by Li Liang, and of course some exquisite ornaments.

As a grandson, Zhu Zhanji can take these things for himself without any worries, and even choose the good ones.

Zhaoyi's noble concubine, Mrs. Zhang, had also received the news a long time ago, and at this time brought a group of concubines to fight the autumn wind.

Of course, Zhu Zhanji had already prepared gifts for them, and gave the lists of more than a dozen boxes of gold, silver and gemstone jewelry to the two Zhangs for distribution.

In addition to his own concubines, there are also Zhu Di's concubines, Zhu Gaochi's concubines, including his younger siblings, everyone has a share, and no one will be missed.

Concubine Zhaoyi found an opportunity to have a conversation with Zhu Zhanji on the steps at the entrance of the main hall of Xingqing Palace.

From her, Zhu Zhanji also confirmed Zhu Di's thoughts, and knew that Zhu Di wanted to drive himself to conquer, and went to Zhongnan to fight against Bagu and Nanzhang in person.

But because of the miasma there, he hasn't made up his mind yet.

Mrs. Zhang also asked him one thing, and that was muskets.

In addition to the Shenji Battalion, today's muskets are only equipped with [-] Battalions, Habayashi Guards and other Beijing guards.Because the speed of production is not fast, even the Jingwei has not been refitted yet, let alone the frontier soldiers and frontier guards.

Although Zhang Fu is a British prince, he can't get in the way of armaments.

What's more, now that Liu Sheng has completely surrendered to Zhu Zhanji, it is impossible for others to want muskets before the transformation of Shenjiying and Jingwei.

But everyone knows the power of muskets now, so Zhang Fu detoured to Zhu Zhanji through Concubine Zhaoyi.

His appetite is not very big, as long as a thousand guns, ten stones of gunpowder, and five stones of gunpowder are enough.

A thousand guns is a trivial matter, but Zhu Zhanji didn't want to agree to him directly, because he had to find out Zhu Di's thoughts first and consider the overall situation comprehensively.

What's more, the distribution of a thousand guns to Zhang Fu's private army cannot be said to be risk-free.This matter did not have Zhu Di's permission, and Zhu Zhanji did not dare to be the master.

Of course, Zhu Zhanji couldn't have too much contact with his grandfather's concubine. After the two chatted for a while, Concubine Zhaoyi arranged for a servant to carry several boxes of gifts to the harem.

Zhu Zhanji asked Jin Kuo to arrange a few young eunuchs to wait for the news at Fengtian Temple, and lay on a rocking chair, chatting with a group of wives and concubines, and teasing his children.

Mrs. Zhang finished distributing the gifts and entered the main hall, all the girls got up to salute one after another.

Mrs. Zhang waved her hand, sat beside Zhu Zhanji, and held her son's hand. "Several children, the older ones are all full moon, and they don't have names yet. As a father, you should worry about it."

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Boys are all praying characters, and they have to carry the characters next to the gold characters. There are not many choices. It is good to follow the genealogy. On the contrary, there are a few girls and their stomachs. The ones in the book, what does the father think?"

Mrs. Zhang said with a smile: "Girl's life is cheap. If you get a big name too early, you may lose your life. Let's start with a nickname..."

Zhu Zhanji also doesn't want to correct her thinking that men are superior to women. This is the case in this era, and everyone thinks this way. Zhu Zhanji advocates equality between men and women every day, how many people can he correct?

"What did the father say?"

"Your father originally wanted to name them rain, but rain belongs to water, and I'm afraid it will overwhelm your soil, so I want to wait until you come back before making up your mind."

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Grandpa Taizu was born with five characters, which meant mutual growth and mutual restraint. Even if they were not named after the word rain, wouldn't the name next to the gold character Qizhen be the same as the word next to the wooden character of Grandpa Huang? What a taboo! It’s good next to the word 雨, there are many words, and the name is easy to start, so let’s use this!”

After thinking for a while, Zhu Zhanji said again: "Let father write the characters, let Liangdi and the others choose them by themselves, and let them choose the characters themselves if they were born in their own womb."

Except for Hu Shanxiang who is already confinement, the other three women are not confinement yet, so naturally they are not here.

Hu Shanxiang laughed when he heard the words: "Your Highness, this is not in line with etiquette. The grandfather decided the word, and it should be your father who chooses. Otherwise, others will think that you don't feel sorry for your daughters, Your Highness."

"Xue, Shuang, Wu, Xia, Lu... There are many names next to the word rain. These two girls are my eldest daughter and second daughter. Let's name them Xue and Shuang..."

"Your Highness..." Liu Wan quickly ran over, and reported at the door: "Your Highness, Your Majesty issued an order to confer the title of Duke of Anyuan, Liu Sheng, with ten thousand mu of land..."

Zhu Zhanji interrupted him and asked: "Is it hereditary replacement or descending from generation to generation?"

"Descent from generation to generation."

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "Go on and listen, and report to me together in a while, don't just run away if you don't seal someone."

From hereditary replacement to descending from generation to generation, this is the influence of Zhu Zhanji.

The titles before the Ming Dynasty were greatly influenced by the Zhou Dynasty, and were generally hereditary.

This kind of reward seems to be not much different from descending from generation to generation, but in fact it has a great impact.Because this kind of knighthood will only leave a heavy financial burden on future generations and feed a lot of moths.

It is different to descend from generation to generation. In order to reproduce the glory of their ancestors, these nobles are forced to fight.