My Daming New Empire

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This is the external environment. Internally, in addition to strengthening education and publicity, he began to gradually shift his attention to the cultivation of heirs.

On February [-]th, at the Great Court Meeting, Zhu Zhanji officially promulgated the "Regulations on Changing the Army of the Ming Dynasty". Starting from March, all troops in the Ming Dynasty will be equipped with bursting guns.

And the original more than 500 million flintlock guns, except for a small part distributed to local militiamen and yamen servants, will all be transported outside the mainland of Daming, or sold to the vassal state of Daming, or distributed to Dongzhou and Nanzhou , the people of Xizhou, so that they can continue to maintain their advantage over the local natives without the protection of the army.

At the same time, those merchant ships and caravans that were not qualified to hold guns were also relaxed this time.Any Ming citizen without a criminal record can apply for a gun license.

This regulation has been opposed by many officials, who believe that the proliferation of guns will make it difficult for the people to discipline.

Of course Zhu Zhanji knows what the United States will be like in future generations, but he wants to test whether those corrupt officials and bully squires who oppress the people will be more honest if the people have guns in their hands.

Because of the existence of class, even if Zhu Zhanji now emphasizes the administration of officials, there are still many officials and gentry who oppress the people and do not treat the people as human beings.

The popularity of guns may solve some problems from the source.Because everyone has a gun in their hands, those who oppress the people will have to weigh it.

Of course, if the impact is too bad, Zhu Zhanji believes that he has the ability to ban guns at that time.After all, Daming's army is still very strong today, and the people's lives are good, and few of them are tired of their jobs and want to seek death.

In the past 40 years, Zhu Zhanji has not failed to implement the policies that Zhu Zhanji wants to implement.Despite opposition from many, it was eventually passed by Parliament.

There are quite a few military generals in the parliament. They believe in the strength of Daming's army and believe that no matter what kind of situation arises, the army can solve the problem.

Although some of those civil servants were unwilling, they did not dare to disobey Zhu Zhanji's will, and finally passed the regulation with just over two-thirds of the votes.

On February [-]th, Zhu Zhanji met with Huang Ting, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Red Sea Hou Ma and the easy-going Deputy Minister, and asked about the personnel and kinship relations among European countries.

Ma Sui, Marquis of the Red Sea, was the youngest son of Ma Huan, the former governor of Suez. He was stationed in Suez with his father since he was a child.Ma Huan also played an active role in the construction of the Suez Canal.

Because he has been developing overseas since he was young, he has rich diplomatic experience and vision.

At the age of 64, Ma Huan told Zhu Zhanji to return to his hometown. Zhu Zhanji promoted him to be the Lord of the Red Sea.

When Ma Huan passed away in the 26th year of Zhengtong, Ma Huan's eldest son had died young and had no offspring. The second and third sons were all bastards, so the youngest Ma Sui inherited the title.

After Ma Suizai returned to China in 19 years, he entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and quickly demonstrated his talent in the diplomatic field.

In the 32nd year of Zhengtong, Chen Cheng, the original foreign minister, passed away at the age of eighty, and Ma Sui was appointed as the new foreign minister by Zhu Zhanji with absolute advantage.

Over the years, Ming has made great achievements in the field of diplomacy. The countries in Southeast Asia and the Western Regions have obeyed Da Ming's words, and Ma Sui's contribution cannot be forgotten.

Therefore, although Huang Ting is Huang Yuan's son and Zhu Zhanji's son-in-law, Ma Sui's position as foreign minister is still as stable as Mount Tai.

Huang Ting reported to Zhu Zhanji his work achievements in Europe this time, and also made a detailed analysis of the relationship between Ottoman and Europe.

Because of the appearance of muskets, Ottoman, who was originally invincible, did not have much advantage in facing Europe in this time and space.

However, they still occupy Constantinople now, but they are only slightly at a disadvantage.

The hearts of the Europeans are not in harmony, and the threat from Ming Dynasty to them is too great, and they have no idea of ​​fighting against Osman, and they are currently maintaining a delicate balance.

After mentioning the plan to use Monte as a dark line to enter the upper class in Europe, Zhu Zhanji expressed his appreciation for the plan.

He also promised that if Monte really made great contributions, he would not be stingy with an official title.

In the end, he said to Ma Sui: "Although Zheng Hong's incident failed, it also highlights the shortcomings of the imperial court's policy on the border. I intend to change the current title succession system. The title can be inherited, but the title in the future will be related to the title. separate.

This system will affect the interests of border families in various places and is not conducive to stability.Therefore, in the future, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will strengthen its intervention in border areas and countries to maintain stability in various regions. "

As an old diplomat, Ma Sui certainly understood what Zhu Zhanji was worried about.

Just like the Hezhong area, although it is now the territory of Daming, the total population of Daming there is only one million.

These people are not comparable to a large local tribe, such as the Turpan Kingdom, which currently has a population of one million.The descendants of the Mongolian people also exceeded 500 million, the total population of the Uzbeks reached 800 million, and the Persians had more ethnic groups.

These people have a deep relationship with the Zheng family, and the Zheng family is unstable. Although they dare not rebel directly, they will inevitably play some small tricks behind the scenes.

Ma Sui nodded and said: "Because the trade of the Ministry of Internal Affairs directly stuck their throats, I didn't deploy too much in the Hezhong area in the past. If I want to step up intervention, I hope I can get the assistance of Ningyanghou."

"Precise play."

Ningyang Hou Chen Run is the second son of Zhu Zhanji's former young army admiral Chen Mao, and he married Zhu Zhanji's eldest daughter Zhu Xue.

His elder brother, Chen Sheng, became disabled after hunting and falling from a horse, and had no descendants. Chen Run inherited the title of Marquis of Ningyang after Chen Mao passed away.

Chen Sheng was trained by Chen Mao as a military general at the beginning, and Chen Run went as a civil servant. In the sixth year of Zhengtong, he was also awarded the second-class Jinshi.

After becoming the captain-in-law, he was arranged by Zhu Zhanji to enter the newly established Ministry of Internal Affairs at that time.At that time, there were still many internal prisons, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the civil servants was far inferior to the deep-rooted internal prisons.

Chen Run was not happy at the beginning, but after Zhu Zhanji did not increase the number of internal prisons, most of the internal prisons gradually aged and died, and the civil servants took charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Chen Run's power became more and more powerful.

Now he is the chief steward of the royal family, and he is in charge of more wealth than the household department.

In addition to funds, he is also in charge of the largest yamen and internal affairs office in Ming Dynasty, with more than [-] official officials and more than [-] households.

Ma Sui bowed in reply, and was just about to speak when he heard Li Liang trembling at the entrance of the hall, "Your Majesty,...His Royal Highness is not in good health..."

Ma Sui felt a roar in his ears, and turned his head in disregard of etiquette. The thin Li Liang rushed in with a flustered expression.

Zhu Zhanji on the dragon chair was still very calm, and said coldly, "What's going on?"

"His Royal Highness woke up a little uncomfortable this morning. After breakfast, he went back to his room and lay down. But just now, the servant found out that he passed out. Now the imperial doctor is treating him..."

Zhu Zhanji said: "What are you still treating in the palace, send it to the hospital quickly."

Zhu Jianshen, who was sitting under Zhu Zhanji's knees, stood up at this time, and said to Zhu Zhanji, "Emperor Ancestor, grandson, please escort father to the hospital."

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "Whenever there is a big event, you have to be calm, don't mess up. Go..."

After such a thing happened, Zhu Zhanji lost interest in discussing matters, and sent Ma Sui and Huang Ting out. "Zheng Hong will be escorted to Beijing tomorrow. You will also participate in his public trial and learn more about the situation in the Western Regions from him. It is time for the Western Regions to change."

In order to resist the invasion of the Green Sect, Zhu Zhanji has spared no effort in supporting Buddhism in the Western Regions over the years.

However, there are few people in Mengyuan, and many of them have already believed in the Green Sect, so even with the support of the imperial court, they are still at a disadvantage.

However, the environment here and the ethnic groups are complex, and Zhu Zhanji has not tried his best to suppress the green religion. Now it seems that this is his mistake.

In the early years, he should have carried out religious suppression without any scruples like the Nanyang region.

In the Southeast Asia region, from the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra, from Luzon to Sulu.From Borneo to Java, Zhu Zhanji has been implementing a tough ethnic policy over the years.

Since the establishment of the Truth Sect in the first year of Zhengtong, Zhu Zhanji regarded the Truth Sect and the three religions of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism as the sects recognized by Ming Dynasty, and other sects belonged to cults.

When this decree was promulgated, Zhu Zhanji was on guard against the Muslims in the northwest, and the armies in the northwest were on high alert.

However, Tubo became a tool in the hands of Ming Dynasty. Under the win over of the foreign minister at the time, Chen Xuan, Tubo vassals and followers of Tibetan Buddhism greatly deterred those few believers in the Green Sect from the southwest.

Most of them converted to other sects, or became unbelievers.And some diehards can only move westward under the control of the army, until they move to the middle of the river.

At that time, in order not to intensify the conflict, Zhu Zhanji let them survive there.