My Daming New Empire

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But Iskandar Shah has been affected by it for decades, and now even if he wants to change it, he can't change it.

Whether to be a prince in name only or rise up in rebellion, even Paramisura is not sure.

He winked at Iskandar Shah, and Iskandar Shah immediately asked all the serving servants to retreat, leaving only father and son in the room.

"Iskandar Shah, if Daming firmly implements the Sinicization policy, what will you choose?"

Iskandarsa pondered for a long time, shook his head and said, "Father, I don't know. I know we should resist. Malaka is our Malaka, but Daming is too big. They are just warriors staying here. It will crush our Malaka."

"No, it is absolutely impossible to directly confront. Although Da Ming is huge, they are too far away from us. His Highness the Grandson will not stay here forever, and those officials who will be stationed here should also be exiled. And this In the process, we can have more room for manipulation. We must learn to endure humiliation, and only in this way can we have tomorrow."

Bailimisura lowered his voice, held his son's hand and continued: "Da Ming has never been monolithic. There are conflicts between their civil servants and generals, and conflicts between their internal prisons, and between internal prisons and military generals. There are also contradictions. Although our Malaka is small, but the brothers are united. Although Da Ming is big, their interests have never been the same. Relying on Da Ming's support, we will get the security and development we want. We wait patiently. The conflict between them will definitely erupt."

"Your Majesty the Sultan, the Second Prince and Mr. Zheng have arrived."

Hearing the guard's report, Iskandar Shah immediately helped his father to sit up, and then helped him to face the door.

The development of Malaga is inseparable from the support of Zheng He. Without Zheng He, Daming would not necessarily choose Malaka as his transit and processing point.

If there is no Ming Fleet stationed here, it will drive local consumption.If the Ming Fleet did not regard Malaka as an important base for the trade between Ming and Nanyang, it would be impossible for Malaka to expand step by step without people and money.

In the past decade or so, the population of Malaga has grown from a few thousand to more than 3.From less than five villages, it has grown to a radius of hundreds of miles, with a permanent population of more than [-].

These are all thanks to Zheng He.

Therefore, Malaka has always treated Zheng He very respectfully, and never looked down on him because he is an eunuch.

Before their father and son reached the gate of the courtyard, they saw Zheng He walking in with his entourage and their old friend Ha San.

"Zheng Zongbing is here to welcome you. Forgive me for my sin!" The father and son of Bailimisula first bowed down.

Zheng He didn't accept their full salute, turned half of his body, and returned a salute to them. "Old Sultan, you are welcome, we are all old friends..."

Of course, Bailimisura and his son did not accept his full salute. The two sides introduced each other, greeted each other, and then entered the hall together.

After the two parties sat down, they waited for the maid to serve the tea brought from Daming, and Bailimisura took the lead to bring the tea bowl. "I heard that during his return to Daming, the Chief Soldier led his army to punish Dongying Kingdom, and directly invaded Dongying's royal city, and captured their lord to Daming. Canonize Your Excellency as Duke of Dian."

Zheng He raised his glass and said with a smile: "This matter is not an achievement of He Zhi. The commander-in-chief is His Highness Taisun, and the deputy commanders are Yi Xin, Zhu Zhen, and Liu Sheng. He just acted as a housekeeper for His Highness Taisun. The Duke is also His Majesty's great love, and has nothing to do with Dongying."

Paramisura asked: "Is this battle really planned by His Highness?"

"It deserves its name."

Paramisura was startled inwardly, but pretended to be curious and asked: "I don't know His Highness has such a talent, and I would like to thank the Chief Soldier for reminding me about this matter. I had a quick meeting with His Highness yesterday, and today he is going to entertain the generals from Nanyang." , I won’t have a chance to meet until tomorrow. I also hope that the commander-in-chief can support us more, and we should also do what we like, so that His Highness can have a happy time in Malaga.”

Zheng He is now thinking of easing the relationship with Zhu Zhanji, so he is not willing to talk about him behind his back. "You don't have to be polite, the Sultan. Your Highness is a world-renowned talent, and it is beyond my courtiers' ability to talk about it. Please forgive me."

"This is my slip of the tongue, please forgive me." Paramisura already understood that even Zheng He didn't dare to talk about it behind his back. His Highness is really not a character who is easy to calculate.He said worriedly: "General Soldier... No, His Excellency Ding Guogong..."

Zheng He said with a smile: "I am still the eunuch of the imperial envoy, we are old friends, and it is more intimate to call me the title of general."

Bailimisura nodded, and asked again: "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, I wonder if you have heard about the actions of His Highness the Grandson today?"

"But His Highness's Sinicization?"

Bailimisura said: "That's exactly what happened."

Zheng He laughed loudly and said, "Your Majesty met with His Highness early this morning, and then looked at the various plans His Highness arranged for a long time. This is the way of righteousness and benevolent government."

Seeing that Zheng He's excitement didn't seem to be fake, Bailimisura was reluctant in every way, but it was difficult to speak at this time.

He looked at Zheng He's entourage, except for Ha San who was a little disapproving, everyone else showed excitement or approval of Taisun's plan.

He immediately understood that although Zheng He was of a different race, he was raised by Zhu Di since he was a child and taught him to read and learn martial arts.Although Zheng He sympathized with them, he was still loyal to Daming and the royal family.

What he thought was a disaster of destroying the country, to him, was a national policy that was beneficial to Ming Dynasty.

He was a little discouraged, if even Zheng He supported this plan, then he couldn't find anyone who could speak for him and have status.

Now it seems that the only way to go is to bear the burden of humiliation.

It's not that he hasn't thought about packing up his family business and developing elsewhere, but when he goes to other places, he doesn't want to live on the breath of others.

Rather than relying on those small forces, it is better to rely on Daming, at least this backer is stronger.

Now he urgently needs to find a Ming insider who is familiar with this plan, and more importantly, he needs to know who does not approve of Taisun's plan, so that he can know who to win over.

Zheng He is a bit too rigid and upright.Now that we know that he is loyal to Daming, he can only be bullied by a gentleman, but he cannot be wooed by evil ways.

Paramisura's eyes swept around among the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and he had an idea in his mind.He laughed and said, "We meet again after a long absence today, and we won't talk about state affairs. The mosque started to be built in Yongle 12 years ago, and it was finally completed last year. You didn't see the whole picture last time. Today is just to make up for your regrets."

Zheng He smiled and said, "That's exactly what I mean."

Paramisura gave the order, and after a while the guards prepared the carriage, and everyone moved to the outer city, the mosque on the other side of the Malaka River.

There are no horses in Malaga, and the few horses are bought at high prices from other regions, so here are basically ox carts or rickshaws.

There are several carriages in the palace, but they are all small, and they can only take two people.

Paramesura and Zheng He were in the same carriage, but Iskandar Shah purposely got into the same carriage with Hassan.

When the fleet arrived last time, Iskandar Sha did not notice this Hasan.In his opinion, this imam is just a small role on a boat to go to the West.

However, the two met and talked, so naturally they had something to say at this time.

The two chatted for a while, and Iskandar Shah deliberately pretended to sigh worriedly and frowned.

Ha San is also a person who is very good at observing words and expressions. Looking at his appearance, he couldn't help asking: "Is the prince worried about His Highness's Sinicization plan?"

Iskandar Sha pretended to have no intentions and said: "The imam has been to Malaka, and he should know that our Malaka believed in Shiva at the beginning. Because it is not compatible with Siam, which believes in Buddhism, under their persecution, we believe in Shiva. It was only then that we gave up Shivaism. Later, after concluding with the commander-in-chief, when we sailed to the West last time, we Malaka converted to the Green religion as a whole. But this time His Highness’s plan will make us Malaka give up our belief Green religion..."

Ha San was not from the real power class of Ming Dynasty, so he only heard about Zhu Zhanji's plan, but he didn't know the inside story.Hearing this, he couldn't help being surprised and said: "Isn't it only for Malaka people to learn to speak Daming dialect and write Ming characters?"

Hearing what Ha San said, Iskandar Saaya knew that he was just a peripheral figure.If it weren't for his good relationship with Zheng He, he would be a small character at all.

So he deliberately said something more serious. "Don't the Imam know that His Royal Highness asked me, Malaka, to ban all books except Daming books, and to turn them in within one month. If you don't turn it in, you will be sent to prison if you report it after the deadline, and the whistleblower will be rewarded. "

Ha San was taken aback when he heard the words, and then became furious. "Should even Qulen be banned?"

"Da Ming now wants all our Malaka people to learn to speak Daming dialect and write Ming characters. Before long, I'm afraid no one will be able to understand even a copy of the Qur'an in front of them."

"Has there ever been a ban on preaching?"

"That's not true, but preventing people from learning Arabic and writing Arabic characters is not the same as prohibiting missionary work?"

Ha San lost his composure. He traveled from Baghdad to Chang'an just to spread the glory of Allah.If you can't even speak Arabic and write Arabic, then how can you preach!

He opened the window of the carriage, summoned the servants who accompanied him, and asked him to immediately inquire about the specific terms of Zhu Zhanji's order.