My Daming New Empire

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The human heart is never truly satisfied.

In the absence of perfect institutional constraints, we can only establish a relatively complete system to stabilize this framework.

Such as encapsulation.

Since Liang Daoming was elected as the new king 20 years ago, nearly [-] Chinese have migrated from Guangnan, Nanhai and other places.

According to the agreement between the indigenous tribes and the Chinese at the time around the Old Port, all the land here belongs to the Chinese.

Located on the lower reaches of the Musi River, the Old Port has the largest plain area in the Southeast Asia region, full of fertile land, enough to feed tens of millions of people in later generations.

With these lands, Chinese people thrive here and become one of the wealthiest areas in Southeast Asia.

In today's Nanyang region, there are only some areas rich in gold mines, and the lives of the people can be better than the Chinese in the old port.

Because of the support of Ming Dynasty, although Majapahit has the nominal right to rule the old port, in addition to paying tribute to Majapahit every year, it has considerable independence.

Speaking of this, one has to mention Daming's generosity and short-sightedness.

In order to gain a good reputation and maintain the face of the heaven and the kingdom, although Daming accepted the Old Port as its own territory in name, it was only for the Chinese living here and had no claim on the territory here.

Paramisura of Malaka was originally the prince of Sanfoqi. When he went to Daming to worship in the ninth year of Yongle, he asked Zhu Di for the old port.

However, for the sake of local peace, Zhu Di rejected Paramisura's request, and admitted that the sovereignty of the old port should belong to Majapahit, who had destroyed Srivijaya.

Mavardana, the king of Majapahit, was very grateful for this. In the 13th year of Yongle, that is, the year before last, he sent a prince to Yingtian Mansion to thank Zhu Di for safeguarding their sovereignty.

In short, in today's Nanyang region, the sovereignty of many places is in chaos like the old port.

After the Sanfoqi was destroyed, the new Sanfoqi was established, and Majapahit actually could not control it, so the new Sanfoqi had to hand over grain and minerals every year.

Paramesura, Majapahit, Shi Jinqing, and Ming Dynasty all have management or sovereignty over this place.

Zhu Ayo is still in this situation because Daming doesn't pay attention to it.

When the fleet entered the Musi River, the local Chinese beat gongs and drums to welcome Zhu Zhanji and his party.

Shi Jinqing brought his second daughter Shi Erjie and youngest son Shi Jisun, as well as all the civil and military officials from the old port, as well as the tribal leaders and elders of Srivijaya, to welcome them to the mouth of the sea.

Shi Jinqing is nearly 60 years old this year. Although he is old, he still has a heroic spirit and is a vigorous and resolute figure.

In contrast, his son Shi Jisun was submissive, which made Zhu Zhanji feel a bit like a father and son.

However, the current civil affairs power in Jiugang is actually in the hands of Second Sister Shi, which makes Zhu Zhanji treat this unattractive middle-aged woman a little differently.

Now is not the later generations, nor was it before the Tang Dynasty. Since the Song Dynasty, the status of women has been very low.

Even in a foreign country, the status of a woman is not high. Second Sister Shi can control the power of the Old Port. This woman is not easy.

When the ship arrived at the old port, Zhu Zhanji really felt the enthusiasm of the local Chinese for his great-grandson.

Although these people left their homes and came thousands of miles away to make a living, they still regarded themselves as Ming people.

They burst out with great enthusiasm for seeing the grandson of the empire in a foreign country, and organized the whole city to welcome Zhu Zhanji.

Everyone burst into tears when they saw Zhu Zhanji. The fanatical Zhu Zhanji told them to die. I am afraid that many people will commit suicide directly.

Seeing them, Zhu Zhanji felt that he was more responsible for them.

For several consecutive days, Zhu Zhanji participated in various receptions and entertainments in the old port city, and met representatives from all walks of life.

From officials in the Old Port, to condolences to the stationed soldiers, from meeting the tribal leaders in the Old Port, to meeting representatives of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

Zhu Zhanji is very busy.

Zhu Zhanji is busy, and his subordinates are not easy.Especially managers like Huang Yuan and Sun Lin worked harder than Zhu Zhanji.

Jin Chun, Xie Jin, Huang Yuan and the others want to form a new leadership framework for Daming in the Nanyang region.Since Daming wants to strengthen its control over Nanyang, the original model must be changed and strengthened.

Sun Lin, Zhuang Jing, and Pang Ying are also busy building a tighter intelligence network. From the previous one-person, one-line spectator, to the current multi-person, multi-line cross-intelligence network, they still have a lot to do.

At this time, some actions of Ha San caught Sun Lin's attention.

"On the eighth day of April, on the first day Ha San arrived in Malaga, he followed the governor to meet with Bailimisura and his son. On the second day, he and Iskandar Shah met alone in the mosque for another hour, because At that time, our insiders did not pay special attention to him, so we did not monitor him.

Since then, Ha San has had close contact with the big cannibal in Malaka, and his whereabouts are secretive.It wasn't until April [-]th that a group of soldiers from my Ming Dynasty was checking books from other countries in Talan Village, and was stopped by Ha San in the middle, and he officially entered our sight.

Since then, our Counseling Department has specially sent two eunuchs to monitor Ha San.But because he talks with outsiders, he always uses big words, so there is not much useful information, but he knows that he has some actions behind his back.

Until we went to the old port, we found that Ha San had accepted 30 taels of gold from Iskandar Shah.And after he arrived in the old port, he has been wandering between various mosques, and is seeking to contact Shi Jisun.

Although there is no clear evidence, it has been confirmed that Ha San is planning to do something wrong.So what to do next depends on the order of the admiral. "

Sun Lin is the young supervisor of the Xingqing Palace, and the admiral is the counselor, so the subordinates usually don't call him the young supervisor, but directly call him the admiral.

After listening to his subordinate's report, he pondered for a while and said, "There is no one in the Counseling Department who is proficient in Dashi, and even following him is useless. Although this person is only the abbot of a mosque, he is also the one who rewards the envoy." He is a man of meritorious service, and has an inseparable relationship with the director. Moreover, he has a close relationship with hundreds of big food merchants in Quanzhou. I will report this matter to His Highness to see how he arranges it."

Coming out of the Three Buddha Qi Royal Courtyard where the grandson stayed, Sun Lin got into a two-wheeled carriage, and under the protection of twenty guards, he headed for the caramel factory in the northern suburbs.

This caramel factory is the largest sugar factory in Old Port, built by local Chinese, and the sugar it produces is mainly sold to Daming.

Since last year, the internal supervisor has stopped the import of granulated sugar, and all the brown sugar and white sugar here have been preserved in the official factory in Malaga.

Knowing that this is the largest sugar factory in Nanyang, Zhu Zhanji asked to come and visit it.

After Sun Lin arrived at the sugar factory, he just parked the carriage next to Zhu Zhanji's dragon chariot, and didn't go in to disturb Zhu Zhanji. He still stayed in the carriage to handle official business.

He has to read hundreds of official documents every day, and he has to give instructions on each official document.But he likes this kind of busyness, and even more enjoys the feeling of hiding behind the scenes and controlling everything.

Near noon, Zhu Zhanji came out of the sugar factory and saw Sun Lin.He got into the carriage, surrounded by everyone, let Sun Lin get on his dragon chariot.

Sun Lin basically stayed in the room every day, and if he took the initiative to come out today, he must be looking for him for something.

When Long Nian left the sugar factory slowly, Zhu Zhanji waved to everyone, turned his head and said, "It's rare to see you go out, what's the matter with me?"

Sun Lin reported to Zhu Zhanji about Ha San in detail, and then said: "Although Ha San is just a small person, he has close relations with many officials of our Ming Dynasty and has some reputation among the big cannibals. So how to deal with it?" He still wants His Highness to make up his mind."

"Are you sure there is something wrong with Ha San?"

"Your Highness, the courtiers have no evidence."

Zhu Zhanji pondered for a moment, then laughed. "Gu Yuan thought that the locals would jump out first, but he didn't expect that Ha San, who came with us from Daming, jumped out. Gu didn't care about his reputation. Since he suspected him, he ordered Jin Yiwei to arrest him first. stand up."

He said to Li Liang who was sitting on the lower skirt of the dragon carriage, "Let Feng Xiaonian meet Gu."

The Information Department is only responsible for arresting and collecting information, but not for arresting or interrogating. Although this matter was discovered by the Information Department, Jin Yiwei still needs to be dispatched. "

Feng Xiaonian received the order and immediately led the four small banners of Jinyiwei and a group of 25 Habayashi guards, and rushed back to the city on horseback to arrest Ha San.