My Daming New Empire

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Xu Chai Lao is Zhu Zhanji's agent in Luzon, so Duma Han, the eldest son of the Eastern King, is Zhu Zhanji's agent in Sulu Kingdom.

Eastern King Batu Ge Bahala is 52 years old this year. People in tropical areas have a short life expectancy. He is the oldest and most respected person among the three kings, but Zhu Zhanji knows that his life span is not long.

Xiwang Mahara Gemading controls the archipelago including Jolo Island, but these small islands are limited in size, and the islanders have no disputes, so their power is the weakest.

Although the power of Dong Wang Batu Geba Labu is not small, occupying the eastern region including the Palawan Islands and Borneo, but the power is scattered, and the several children are not in harmony with each other.

More importantly, his power was threatened by Boni Kingdom and Manjapahit Kingdom, but Zhu Zhanji had no idea of ​​helping him.

Zhu Zhanji wished that these small Nanyang countries would continue to fight each other. The harder they fought, the greater the benefits that Ming could gain as an arbitrator.

As for the power of the East King, it is mainly in the west of Mindanao, which is the Zamboanga Peninsula and Basilan in later generations.

Because of the support of the other two kings, he also had an absolute advantage in the face of Jimacilang, and his power expanded to the entire western region of Mindanao, and the local indigenous tribes were more supportive of his rule.

On the contrary, the tribes of Jima Cilang fought more fiercely with each other. If it weren't for the absolute certainty, the East King would have unified Mindanao long ago.

When Zhu Zhanji arrived, the three kings were already preparing to go north to Daming together to meet the current Emperor of Ming, and wanted to merge Sulu Kingdom into Daming in order to gain Daming's support.

The several visits by Zheng He's fleet had already let them know that if Daming leaked a little from his fingers, they wouldn't be able to finish it.

Among other things, as long as Daming can give them a few big ships, they can conquer most of the surrounding tribes.

Not to mention warships of [-] shi, they couldn't even build sea ships of [-] shi. The largest sea ships used for trade are still [-] shi cargo ships bought from Xu Chailao.

And this [-] stone sea boat is also the largest sea boat that Xu Chai Lao can produce.

Because there is no wood suitable for shipbuilding in the Nanyang islands, these woods have to be purchased from Daming and Jiaozhi.

This gap is by no means a simple gap in the size of the ship, but a gap in the entire production technology between heaven and earth.

Zhu Zhanji first made countless hype promises to them, but in fact there were no substantive promises, and finally discouraged them from going to Daming to meet Zhu Di this year.

Zhu Zhanji asked them to wait for a year or two, and when he returned, he would take them to Daming.

The reason why he didn't want them to go now was that he wanted to take advantage of the two years to let Governor Ma Han control the forces that now belonged to the Eastern King.

Zhu Zhanji is quite satisfied with Du Mahan, the prince who has a heart for Ming Dynasty, since his contact with Du Mahan during the period after arriving in Luzon Mansion.

Du Mahan is 34 years old this year, only younger than his father, and he is unanimously respected by everyone in the current Eastern King's sphere of influence.

He is physically strong, fierce in battle, and resourceful.Among all the natives that Zhu Zhanji has come into contact with, he speaks the best Chinese and knows the most about the history of Ming Dynasty. He is a leadership talent worth looking forward to.

In particular, this person is ambitious, well versed in government affairs, and more knowledgeable.Although Zhu Zhanji doesn't have much dealings with him, he can also see that he is a talent.

And through other channels to understand him, Zhu Zhanji determined that this is an object worthy of support.

As long as there is Zhu Zhanji's support, it is very possible for him to conquer the entire Mindanao Island in two years.

Of course, Zhu Zhanji will not provide him with muskets. After all, he is not from Daming, and he will have to observe for a long time.

But weapons such as steel knives and iron spears eliminated by Ming Dynasty are considered relatively advanced weapons in the Nanyang Islands.

Here, except for leaders who are equipped with Arabian scimitars and Ming's iron knives, the soldiers basically use bronze and brass weapons.

Although bronze and brass are more valuable, they are not enough as weapons for killing people.

But these small countries in Southeast Asia have no choice. They have countless gold mines, copper mines, and tin mines, but they just don't have large iron mines and coal mines.

Even if there are iron ore and coal mines, their iron and steel smelting technology is far from enough to melt steel, and they can only obtain ironware through imports.

Whether it is a sword, a spear, or even a kitchen knife for cutting vegetables, a dagger, and a sickle, they all need to be imported.

Of course Zhu Zhanji knew that there were iron and coal mines in Sumatra and Borneo, but he would not tell these people.

Once the person to be supported has been determined, the next step is to send someone to win him over.

The most suitable candidate for this matter is Huang Yuan, but it is appropriate to face his own Huang Yuan.Facing a prince of his "country", Huang Yuan's position is still a bit low.

If this governor Ma Han didn't know Huang Yuan's great future, and saw that Daming sent a small official to talk to him, he would have thought that Zhu Zhanji looked down on him.

For the servant, no matter whether it is Wang Jinghong or Jin Kuo, it is enough.But they are internal servants, and they are not authorized by the emperor like Zheng He, and have the right to communicate. Letting these internal servants come forward will only make the civil servants grasp the handle and can't eat it.

But the head of the civil service, the right Shangshu Jin Chun of the Ministry of Rites, the old guy Zhu Zhanji has never been able to figure it out. He executes any order of Zhu Zhanji very well and never delays, but he always likes to ask clearly. It is necessary to break the casserole and ask the end.

Like setting up the Luzon Mansion on Luzon Island, granting Xu Chai Lao the prefect of the Luzon Mansion, and then appointing officials to assist Xu Chai Lao to set up the management framework of the government.Without his help, it would have been impossible to arrange everything in a few days.

With the help of the old guy, Xu Chai told him all the manpower and material resources on hand. In just two days, he assigned thousands of people under Xu Chai according to their different abilities. Various tasks.

Then, more than 20 people were selected from the accompanying literati to assume the functions of the government office. After three days of observation and adjustment, everything was straightened out.

It is impossible for anyone to do it as well as him, including Zhu Zhanji himself.

At any rate, the matter of Xu Chai Lao was settled from the beginning. Zhu Zhanji persuaded Zhu Di, and Zhu Di didn't care about sealing a real prefect overseas.

Zhu Di agreed, and there must be no obstacles here in the Ministry of Officials.Official robes are ready-made, just engrave an official seal.

Of course, Jin Chun will not object to such established facts, so he works with his heart.

However, it is Zhu Zhanji's personal behavior to win over Governor Ma Han. If he wants Jin Chun to help, he must tell him all the ins and outs.And Zhu Zhanji didn't want to leave a scheming impression in front of him, and supporting his family and starting a war, Jin Chun, an old stubborn, might not necessarily agree.

After thinking about it, Zhu Zhanji decided to let Xie Jin do it.

Although Xie Jin's official position is not obvious now, among the more famous celebrities abroad in the Ming Dynasty, he must be at least in the top ten.

He was a well-known great talent in the Ming Dynasty. Many foreign people don't know who the Minister of the Ministry of Officials is, but they have definitely heard of Xie Jin's name.

And he is also the teacher that Zhu Zhanji has always "respected". After Zhu Zhanji becomes the emperor, he will be the emperor's teacher.

Anyone who knows his name knows that Zhu Di deliberately suppressed his current official position and left it to assist Zhu Zhanji in the future.

When Zhu Zhanji ascends the throne, even if it is impossible to directly serve as the grand master, a Shangshu will not be able to escape.

When Zhu Zhanji told Xie Jin about this matter, Xie Jin immediately agreed without saying a word.

Although his personality is flawed, he still has abilities.It belongs to the type with relatively low EQ but very high IQ.

He can't do intrigue, arrange one thing for him, he will definitely not break things

What's more, he also has a shrewd and capable nephew, and a reliable son to help him.

Zhu Zhanji didn't believe it. With his reputation, he couldn't do well in this matter.

After coming to Jolo Island for two days, Zhu Zhanji has been busy with socializing.Although the so-called princes and officials of Sulu Kingdom are just the same positions as tribal leaders and tribal elders, they still control hundreds of small islands and a large-scale force of nearly 200 million people.

Every major power that wants to control the entire Nanyang must not be negligent, because relevant decisions in any one place will have a chain reaction that will affect other regions.

Zhu Zhanji did not put on a superior attitude. Although he still put on the airs of the grandson of the Ming Dynasty, his attitude was mainly based on affinity.