I am the king of the dead

Yu Qian looked at Li Yimin on the stage and remained silent.

Before Li Yimin killed his second brother and Ruan Thiying came to power, there were a total of 500 million people in Annan. This is an approximate figure, not counting the hermits and the people who went to the mountains.

However, during the three months in Annan, what Yu Qian saw was not only corpses but also corpses. It is estimated that there are still 900 million people in Annan who have to burn incense sticks in temples.

A place where there is obviously no shortage of food, but there are hungry people everywhere and bandits everywhere.

After Li Yongchang finished reading the imperial decree, Chen Mao picked up the sign on the table and threw it on the ground, saying loudly: "Execution!"

The executioner let go of the rope, and the guillotine fell like flying. Li Yimin's head fell in response, rolled a few times, and fell to the stage.

Li Yimin, who only had one head, blinked vigorously, and then a wild dog sprang out from nowhere, and took Li Yimin's head away.

After Li Yimin, nearly a thousand people were beheaded.

This is the condition Li Sicheng put forward, Li Yimin must die, because only Li Yimin dies, those powerful rightists and lackeys around Li Yimin can get a real trial and pay the price for their crimes.

Li Yimin's first lackey, the Mo family, was punished by the Ming army.

Li Sicheng kept holding on to the armrest of the grand teacher's chair, gritted his teeth, and watched without saying a word as heads fell to the ground one by one, and the entire execution ground flowed like rivers of blood.

A painter from the Daming Palace kept sketching this scene on the drawing paper. Li Yimin's head was taken away by a wild dog, the common people raised their arms and shouted, blood flowed profusely on the execution ground, and the prison officers were sitting in danger, etc. Outlines appear in the hands of the painter.

This scene seems cruel, but it is the greatest kindness and justice, the justice of punishing people and punishing crimes.

When everyone's heads fell to the ground, the sound of fireworks and firecrackers suddenly sounded in Shenglong City not far away. The guarded Ming army thought it was a gunshot, and their faces were extremely nervous. Knowing that the people of Shenglong City are celebrating the New Year.

It is a custom to light fireworks and firecrackers during the New Year, and Thang Long City naturally has such a custom. There are even lion dances on the streets, and lanterns and festoons in the city. But for Thang Long City, and for the people of Annan, today is really the New Year.

Among the beheaded Thang Long people, some were laughing wildly, some were frowning, and some were weeping. Life was different, and most of the people were ecstatic.

"Since Your Majesty decreed to behead Li Yimin, you keep your word. Guangnan Kingdom and Qinghua seven prefectures are naturalized to Daming today. I hope Daming can... treat Annan kindly." Li Sicheng's tense body finally relaxed as the fireworks rose all over the sky. down.

Yu Qian stood up and said with a smile: "From tomorrow onwards, there will be no Annan, only Jiaozhi."

Li Sicheng looked at the cheering people and said forcefully: "I hope so, from now on, there will be no Annan."

For Annan, becoming a Daming person from now on seems to be a good choice. After all, leaning against a big tree is good for enjoying the shade. Of course, the premise is that this tree is enough to shade the sun.

Li Sicheng took out his seal and ribbon of King Annan, and pressed it on the alliance letter.

Under Yuan Bin's command, the Tiqis checked the list of the dead one by one, and even Li Yimin's head, which had been gnawed to only half, was found by the Tiqis.

The Tiqis must ensure that His Majesty's will is carried out most thoroughly, even if their heads fall to the ground, they must confirm that they are completely dead, and conduct a final verification to verify their integrity.

Yuan Bin was busy until sunset before returning to Taiwei's Mansion, which was changing the number of cards.

Liu Pu's son, Liu Chengqing, wanted to move out of the Taiwei's Mansion, and Yuan Bin received an imperial edict. The Taiwei's Mansion was changed to Anyuan Hou's Mansion, and Liu Chengqing was still left as the Overseas Marquis Mansion.

After Annan in the county, there is no Annan, only Jiaozhi, which became the four places of Ming Dynasty. Logically speaking, this Liu Chengqing is obviously an overseas marquis, so he is not allowed to enter Ming Dynasty. Liu Chengqing's family should move to the land of Liuhe and Bahuang.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year in the tenth year of Jingtai, Annan changed its name to Jiaozhi.

So Liu Chengqing's Marquis Mansion was indeed and clearly built in the land of Liuhe overseas, it was not that Liu Chengqing did not follow the emperor's order to return to Ming Dynasty, but that Daming came to Anyuan Marquis Mansion.

This is Liu Pu knowing the destiny, doing his best to do things for Daming, and dying in exchange for the emperor's kindness.

Yuan Bin and Tang Xing were going to return to Guangzhou Mansion in a few days, so they harassed them for a few more days and did not move.

"You are..." Yuan Bin looked at the woman next to Tang Xing and shook his head. This bohemian Tang Xing hooked up with another woman after finishing his business.

Obviously, a man like Tang Xing really went and sowed seeds wherever he went, but after thinking about it for a while, Yuan Bin felt relieved, maybe who hooked up with whom.

Tang Xing spread his hands and said, "You are noble, you are amazing! That Zheng's daughter gave it away as soon as she said she would give it away. Aren't I being pestered and helpless?"

Yuan Bin could only shake his head when he saw the beautiful woman's willing face. After all, it was Tang Xing's private matter.

"I heard a rumor today, do you want to hear it?" Tang Xing said mysteriously.

Yuan Bin was stunned and said curiously: "Oh? Let's hear it."

Tang Xing said in a low voice: "The boss Li Yimin is not a thing, but the fourth brother Li Sicheng, tsk tsk, it is said that when Duke Jun invited Li Sicheng to be imprisoned in the city of Shenglong, envoys from all the southern countries sent to Qing Dynasty Huafu."

"Huh? What do they want?" Yuan Bin frowned, realizing that things were not simple.

Tang Xing sat up straight and shook his head repeatedly, saying, "Siam, Chenla, Laos, Burma, and Boni, these people naturally don't want to see Daming sailing thousands of miles in the Wanli Haitang, showing off his might, if even Annan loses Now, these people have nothing to resist."

"Either the fourth brother is a character. This group of people went to Tsinghua Mansion to participate in the grand event. Even Ding Lie was trying to persuade the fourth brother. The fourth only said a word, and then set off for Shenglong City."

"The fourth son said: The battle was fought in Annan."

Everyone in Annan thinks that the fourth is a person, Liu Pu, Tang Xing, and Yuan Bin also think that the fourth is a person, even Chen Mao and Yu Qian also think that the fourth is a person, and His Majesty also thinks that the fourth is a person.

This fourth child is really a character. He is very clear that the battle was fought in Annan, and if the fight continues, no matter whether he wins or loses, Annan will lose all his body.

Daming and Annan have the same culture, the same race, the same origin, and even the third-class Yue people, most of them are expatriates from the Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, Sui and Tang Dynasties.

"How do you know?" Yuan Bin asked full of doubts.

Tang Xing looked at the woman beside him, and said with a smile, "This is Ding Lie's daughter."

Yuan Bin laughed, shook his head, and continued writing the Tang newspaper.

At this time, Chen Mao and Yu Qian, looking at the map of Jiaozhi in front of them, kept making gestures and strokes.

"Li Yimin's death is to suppress bandits and beasts, and persuade the people to go down the mountain and get out of the forest." Looking at the dense forests and hilltops on the Kanyu map, Chen Mao can only feel that Li Yimin has really committed countless crimes.

Chen Mao has accumulated a wealth of experience in local governance in Fujian. He knows that the most urgent task now is to stabilize the people's livelihood. First of all, he must clean up the bandits and kill the beasts. You must know that the entire territory of Jiaozhi at this time, even in Shenglong City, can See the crocodile baring its teeth.

Persuading the people to go down the mountain is a meticulous job, and for Chen Mao, this is not a difficult task.

In summary, they are Antu herdsmen.

Yu Qian hesitated and said: "Duke Jun, Your Majesty let Duke Jun stay in Jiaozhi, it is really helpless. If the British Duke stayed in Jiaozhi back then, there would not be so many things."

Yunnan has the Guizhou government, so no matter how Luchuan repeats, Yunnan is the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Keeping Junguo's mansion in Jiaozhi is His Majesty's consideration for Annan's long-term stability.

This is not fair to Duke Jun's mansion, where people's toes are intertwined, naturally there is no Daming Shuntian Mansion and Nanya Fushuo, here is to guard the border for Daming.

You must know that if the honored soldiers of the Daming Lecture Hall want to lead the army, if they fail the exam in the first year, they will be guarded at the Kaiping Guard, and if they fail the exam, they will be guarded at the Jiaozhi Sanwei.

This is tantamount to exile.

"Take care of the king's world affairs, and win the fame before and after his life." Chen Mao said with a smile: "It's also very good to guard the border, and Jiaozhi is unique. There are probably three Zhejiang provinces, and the population is roughly the same as Zhejiang, so it's not a barren land. "

Cochin has three crops a year, it is indeed a unique natural environment, and it is also considered to be sparsely populated, three times the area of ​​Zhejiang, and the number of people is roughly the same as that of Zhejiang. It is not a barren land, rest and develop for a few years, Cochin will not too bad.

Yu Qian swiped his hand on the Kanyu map and said: "If you fight against the outside world, you must first settle the inside. After the interior of the [-]th Jiaozhi Mansion is stabilized, you must expand westward to solve the repeated problems in Luchuan in one fell swoop."

If you want to stabilize the southwestern direction of Ming Dynasty, you must rely on Annan County, which is the cornerstone of all stability. Then go south from Yunnan and Guizhou, and go west from Jiaozhi, only then can it be possible to completely stabilize Luchuan.

If Luchuan is stable, the seedlings in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guizhou will not be instigated to make trouble.

The purpose of Annan in Daming County is also the intention of pacifying Luchuan and the uprisings in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guizhou. Taking down Annan is the beginning of Daming's expansion of territory, not the end.

Chen Mao looked at the mountains and forests and said helplessly: "These trees are their best camouflage. It is difficult to enter Lunan."

Yu Qian took out an inscription book, and said solemnly: "This matter is not difficult. Lunan, Laos, Myanmar, Siam, Chenla and other places are rich in teak, and teak is the best wood for shipbuilding. Right now, the demand for it in Ming Dynasty is extremely high. They only need to buy teak wood in large quantities, and they will cut down all the trees themselves, and Lunan will have no dense forests to rely on."

This was all a rough plan before Annan County, and it was also part of the political, economic, and cultural victories of Ming Dynasty.

"How could they be willing to destroy the Great Wall because they are covered by dense forests? Isn't this letting them kill themselves?" Chen Mao asked with a frown after reading the inscription.

Didn't these Luchuan small country propaganda and consolation divisions dare to make trouble because of the dense forests and the inconvenience of the Ming army's marching?

I killed myself, logically, it is indeed a paradox, but it seems to be the case all over the world.

Chapter 786 The Triumph of the Army, Awarded for Merit

Luchuan has Mengyang Xuanwei Division in Lubei, Luchuan Pingmian Xuanwei Division, Mubang Xuanwei Division, and Lunan has Burma Xuanwei Division, Dagula Xuanwei Division, Eight Hundred Dadian Xuanwei Division, Di Massa Xuanwei Division, Laos Xuanwei Division, these are the eight Xuanwei Divisions of Daming in Luchuan.

These eight propaganda and comfort divisions have been going back and forth since the Hongwu period, jumping left and right. When the Ming Dynasty is strong, it lowers its eyebrows and prays for the protection of the Ming Dynasty. When the Ming Dynasty is weaker, it invades like fire, harassing Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi and other places. town.

Further south of Laos Xuanweisi is Siam, Chenla, and Champa.

Siam, Chenla, Champa, and Annan all have examples of killing Ming envoys and robbing Ming merchants.

Eight Xuanwei divisions and four vassal tributary states are so close to Daming, why do they dare to be so arrogant?

First, when Daming was strong, they would lie on the ground and beg for mercy, and most of them clamored when Daming was weak.In the Ming Dynasty, there was also the fantasies of Fengli [since the cultivation of Wende, why labor hard to send troops far away], and because the main military conflicts of the Ming Dynasty were concentrated in the north, the Ming Dynasty was unable to deal with them.

Secondly, it is the unique advantage of dense forests. These tropical rainforests are often covered by thousand-year-old trees, the roads are impassable, it is difficult to march, the miasma is dense and mosquitoes are everywhere, and the weather and place are favorable for people and other natural factors. It is difficult for the Ming Dynasty to conquer.

It can be said that the eight Xuanwei Divisions and the four vassal states dared to make such repeated jumps because they relied on the cover of dense forests, which was their greatest protection.

Yu Qian said with a strange expression: "Junguo is busy with military affairs on Fair Day, so I may not know it. All the teak used by Daming now comes from Lubei, Mengyang, Luchuan, Mubang and Burma."

"And the amount of transport is huge. There are large areas of barren land in Lubei and Myanmar. More than one million acres of forests have been turned into farmland. The dense forest is no longer there. If Daming continues to build ships like this, it is not impossible for the entire Luchuan to be fertile land."

I killed myself, this is not Yu Qian's speculation about the future, but a fact that is happening.

The changes in the industry of the Ming Dynasty are causing changes in Luchuan. This place, which has been quiet since ancient times, is undergoing earth-shaking changes.

The booming shipbuilding industry in Ming Dynasty had a huge demand for high-quality wood, and trees such as beech with a slightly soft texture could also be used for shipbuilding, which was barely usable.

If there is teak, of course teak must be used.

In order to meet the industrial needs of the Ming Dynasty, the dense forests of Luchuan are slowly but steadily disappearing.

And Daming is waiting for that day to come.

Only then did Chen Mao suddenly realize, and said with a smile, "So that's how it is."

Yu Qian pointed to the Red River Basin on the Kanyu map and said: "After cleaning up the banditry, we should organize civilians to dredge the Jiaozhi Waterway. Copper, tung oil, Sanqi and other materials from Yunnan and other places will flow down the Red River and be transported to Daming by waterway. Shibosi is more convenient, and the wood comes from the waterway, saving costs."

"The construction of Hue Shipping Department and Da Nang should be done as soon as possible."

Hue Prefecture is located at the southernmost tip of the fifteen Cochin Prefectures, and further south is Champa and Guangnan.

King Champa was captured and would be changed to Three Houses, and Guangnan Kingdom would also be changed to Guangnan Prefecture. All of these need to be sorted out after the Jiaozhi incident before making plans.

The Guangnan Kingdom of Champa and Nguyen is a dilapidated house that needs to be kicked to collapse. It is impossible for the army to surrender without reaching the other side.

Yu Qian didn't have the illusion of "since cultivating literature and virtue, why work hard to fight far away?" If he really cultivated literature and virtue, he could expand the territory and expand the territory, then King Jili would still be on the throne at this time.

This is all a matter of Jiaozhi's development plan. Both Chen Mao and Yu Qian knew that when they mentioned it at this time, they just emphasized that after Jiaozhi's political, economic, and cultural victories, Wanghua Luchuan must still be Wanghua Luchuan, so that there will be no future troubles.

Chen Mao stared blankly at Kanyu map, hesitated to speak, and said helplessly, "I'm afraid I won't see that day. I can only hope that I, Da Ming, will work hard and the younger generations will strive to be better."

I know best about my own body, Chen Mao can no longer ride a horse. When he entered the city, he rode an ox. Although he can last for a few more years, Chen Mao may not see the grand occasion of Wang Hualuchuan.

Chen Mao is particularly disgusted with the 24 years of Xingwen and Wu, which made the Ming army a mess.

The army is the most rigid place, because military orders are overwhelming, what the army needs is obedience and not so many ideas. The art of war says that it needs to move according to the times. If only it were that easy.

The 24 years of Xingwen and Wu made the Ming army, the most rigid place, fester from top to bottom. Chen Mao saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart.

His Majesty has been on the throne for more than ten years. In the past ten years, the military strength of the Ming Dynasty has been rapidly recovering. Unfortunately, Chen Mao can't see the day when the Ming army will be as brilliant as the sun again.

Chen Maoshou Jiaozhi is the day when he will never return to Daming. In fact, he has a lot to say, but in the end he only left a sentence of hard work, the younger generations will strive to be stronger, and don't destroy His Majesty's painstaking efforts.

Like Yang Hong, as a general, Chen Mao was inconvenient to express his political views too radically.

"Yes." Yu Qian looked at the map and said leisurely. He was comforting Chen Mao. Yu Qian, who had already seen through politics, knew that history is a spiral, and repetition is inevitable.

On the day when His Majesty's dragon controls the guests, those who hold grudges will definitely counterattack.

I just hope that when the time comes, it will not be as tragic as the orthodox 14th year.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year in the tenth year of Jingtai, An Nanguo was officially removed, and Jiaozhicheng announced the re-establishment of the Political Envoy Division.

After Tianming Festival, Mu Lin left Shenglong City with the Yunnan-Guizhou frontier army and returned to Yungui. Yuan Bin and Tang Xing took Li Sicheng one step ahead and returned to Daming to meet His Majesty.

One month later, the Qinghua army was disarmed and returned to the fields. Yu Qian, Zhang Mao, Zhu Yi, Shi Biao, Jiang Wan and others left Shenglong City and led the Beijing army to return triumphantly.

Zhu Qiyu got up early and came to Dianbai Harbor. Zhu Qiyu would greet the triumphant army in person. This is a tradition that has been formed since the Xuanfu battle.

Dianbai Port, as early as the time of Nanliang, Gaoliang County began to open up sea routes. After hundreds of years of development, it gradually formed: Gaozhou ships (produced in Bohe, along the coast of Diancheng), Guangdong ships, Chaozhou ships, Hainan ships , the Lingnan four ships of the four major ship systems.

The sails that covered the sky brought ivory, rhinoceros horn, jadeite, pearls, tortoiseshell, spices, etc. from Nanyang back to Daming, and a large number of tea, porcelain, silk, iron, pen, ink, paper and inkstone were brought to Nanyang. .

Today should have been the busiest time in Dianbai Port, but all the ships were waiting quietly at the port, without entering or leaving the port, loading or unloading cargo, because the Ming army triumphed today.

The 900-man Shendian guard presided over the peripheral defense to prevent people from taking the opportunity to cause chaos, while the [-]-ti cavalry guards waited in Guanlan Pavilion for the emperor of the Ming Dynasty who was triumphant.

The Guangzhou Shipping Department was established [-] miles away from Dianbai Harbor, and a round Wanguo City was built in Dianbai Harbor. Any foreign barbarian who entered Daming would live in Wanguo City and be guarded by the Shendian Guards. If there is no way to guide, if you go out of the city, you will be killed.

Standing on the Guanlan Pavilion, Zhu Qiyu looked at the sea, letting the salty sea breeze blow his clothes and rattle.

Today's weather is very good, the sky is as blue as a sapphire, cloudless, and the sea is as blue as washing. Occasionally, you can see fish jumping out of the water, or seabirds swooping down, rushing into the water and then jumping out of the water , flying farther and farther.

A whale jumped out of the water, and then fell heavily, attracting everyone's amazement.

"Your Majesty, I can see the masts of Haining and Lujiang." Xing'an bowed his head and said.