Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 677 Unification of the country! (end)
Seeing everyone looking at him, Li Ming couldn't help but pursed his lips shyly.

He had been living in the shadows in the early years and was very unaccustomed to this kind of attention.

But now that he has decided to step out of the shadows and embrace the light, he can only force himself to adapt.

"I think this move is inappropriate..."

"Potatoes are a very high-yielding crop. Even if they are not grown in the Kangdu area, how can we give this sacred object to Ottoman?"

"This is unfair to the people of Kangdu and will cause a lot of trouble!"

In fact, Li Ming's objection had a greater selfish motive, which was the hatred of destroying the country.

Everyone in the military aircraft department knew about this, so they only listened casually to his reasons.

"Is there any other reason?"

"Have!"

"Ottoman retains the throne and the army. Once they no longer worry about food, it will be a big trouble for the Ming Dynasty in the future."

"Therefore, no matter from personal feelings or from the interests of our Ming Dynasty, I feel that we cannot give potato seeds to Osman."

"Your Majesty has finished answering!"

Lan Yu nodded when he heard this, and then looked at Zhang Zongjun.

"Please let Mr. Zhang talk about it."

Zhang Zongjun smiled calmly after hearing this.

"It's hard for me to explain my reasons, but I am firmly opposed to donating potatoes to the Ottomans. Even within decades, I won't let improved potato seeds cross the Tianshan Mountains!"

"This……"

As soon as Zhang Zongjun said these words, everyone fell silent.

Zhang Zongjun has a special status in the Military Aircraft Department. To a certain extent, he can represent His Majesty the Emperor's will and is His Majesty's nail and eyes left in the Military Aircraft Department.

Since Zhang Zongjun said it was inconvenient to talk, it is very likely that this matter involves His Majesty.

Although Lan Yu felt unhappy, she didn't dare to ask any more questions and just said angrily.

"Since Mr. Zhang is unwilling to say anything, let us each submit our reports and ask His Majesty the Emperor to make a decision."

Zhang Zongjun stood up immediately after hearing this and looked at Lan Yu solemnly.

"Dong Guo Liang, I advise you not to report this matter to His Majesty!"

"Once some things become a concern in daily life, they will not be good for Ming Dynasty and His Majesty..."

Lan Yu's expression changed several times when she heard this, and then she took Zhang Zongjun outside and found a secluded corridor to speak.

"Lao Zhang, what's going on?"

"Don't ask too many questions, Duke Liang, let alone report to His Majesty and embarrass Your Majesty..."

"How did I deal with overseas slaves in the early years? I want Duke Liang to hear about it, right?"

"There are some things I can't say, but as long as you know that's not all I mean."

"hiss……"

No matter how stupid Lan Yu is, she can tell that something is wrong. In the early years, Zhang Zongjun tortured overseas slaves, which caused a lot of abuse, and he was finally demoted from Beijing as a last resort.

If according to what Zhang Zongjun said just now, this matter is not entirely his decision, wouldn't it mean that His Majesty the Emperor also...

When Lan Yu thought of this, she didn't dare to think about it anymore and quickly stopped the topic.

"The old man understands!"

"Non-my family, its heart must be different!"

Zhang Zongjun smiled happily after hearing this.

"Yes!"

"Master Liang Guogong has hit the point!"

"His Majesty once said in the early years that this is the land of our Ming Dynasty, and we must give birth to the people of our Ming Dynasty. As for the people in this land now, we can only let time slowly eliminate them."

Lan Yu was shocked when she heard this, but she soon felt relieved and even a little excited, feeling that this was His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

If the emperor of the Ming Dynasty does not care about the people of the Ming Dynasty and thinks about doing good to the people of other countries all day long, then he is still a shitty emperor?
"it is good!"

"That's right!"

"I know what to do. I'll tear up this memorial when I get back, then transfer Ping Bao'er back and send someone else over!"

Not long after, Lan Yu and Zhang Zongjun returned to the military plane talking and laughing, never mentioning Ping Baoer's memorial.

Fu Youde lowered his head and thought for a moment, then he stopped mentioning it when he saw that neither of them mentioned it anymore. Feng Sheng was too lazy to meddle in such nosy matters and stopped chatting with others, which made him even more quiet.

Only Li Ming was a little confused and looked at Zhang Zongjun curiously, wondering what reason the old man used to persuade Lan Yu?
Although Li Ming did not want to give improved potato varieties to Osman, he did hope to introduce potatoes to the Kangdu area to alleviate the food shortage in the area.

As long as Kangdu can grow potatoes in large quantities, he is sure that within ten years, Kangdu will become the richest place in the world.

But no one else mentioned it, and he, a new member of the Military Aircraft Department, couldn't mention it. He could only wait for another opportunity later.

Li Ming studied at the Military Aircraft Department for a few days, thinking that his future life would be like this, but unexpectedly ten days later, he suddenly received a message from Jinling, which pushed him to a level that he had never dreamed of.

His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty actually approved his Pingxi Barbarian Strategy and asked him to personally preside over the matter!

At the same time, his position was also improved accordingly. The imperial court assigned him a residence and entourage, and his daughter-in-law also received a royal decree from the imperial court.

All of this shows that he has entered the upper echelons of the Ming Dynasty's officialdom, and it also indicates that his fate is tied to the Ming Dynasty.

Li Ming's first decision when he took power was to allocate two hundred pounds of gold to repair the Byzantine Cathedral and the Holy See in Rome.

Although these two hundred kilograms of gold were a bit insufficient to repair two cathedrals, they were still very precious to the declining Holy See.

Because Boyi IX could use this to show off to countries in the Western world, he had received the support of the powerful Ming Dynasty and no longer had to fear the threat of the lunatic King Charles VI of France!

Boyi IX immediately declared the Ming Dynasty as the guardian of God in the Holy See, and promoted the kindness and benevolence of the Ming Dynasty to the people of the West.

Boyi IX's remarks soon spread to France, causing dissatisfaction among French nobles.

In their impression, there are no good people from the East.

Whether it was the pagan Ottomans or the Mongols in earlier years, it was their nightmare.

However, at this time, there was a serious struggle for power within France, and it was difficult to form a unified voice. Therefore, it did not immediately send troops to arrest Boyi IX, but chose to continue to compete for the position of regent.

Relatively speaking, Henry V of England was much more normal. He immediately expressed his dissatisfaction with the Pope and spread the news that the Pope had received benefits from the Ming Dynasty in an attempt to drag the entire West into an abyss of eternal destruction.

But Henry V's remarks were quickly drowned out. It turned out that in order to express peace and goodwill, the Ming Dynasty began to provide relief to victims, repair churches, and treat poor people free of charge across Europe.

This series of measures, coupled with the propaganda of Boyi IX, made Henry V's opposition like a clown.

Henry V not only failed to shake the pope's position, but he encountered resistance from his own people because of his remarks against the pope and his actions to smear the Ming Dynasty.

But Henry V still did not give up. He has been sparing no effort to promote the Ming threat theory and secretly train the army.

Henry V's efforts were not in vain. After two months of hard training, his country finally ushered in the attack of the Ming fleet.

London falls and Henry V is captured...

After Henry V was captured by the Ming army, there was no voice of opposition in the whole of Europe. All the poor people oppressed by the European aristocrats were eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Ming army.

Because they heard from the missionaries that when the Ming army came, they would no longer have to endure the exploitation of their lords and could live a good life relying on their own hard work.

Li Ming planned the entire Europe for several months and finally sent troops at the beginning of winter.

As soon as the Ming army was dispatched, all the countries they met along the way surrendered without a fight. Many local people even cheered along the streets to celebrate the arrival of the Ming army.

The Ming army did not disappoint them and gave them endless food for free.

Under the command of Li Ming, the Ming army fought from the Ottomans to the English Channel in just one month, completely incorporating all of Europe into the Ming Dynasty's territory.

Even some small countries that resisted at all costs had no choice but to perish under the powerful firepower of the Ming Dynasty.

The remaining countries either surrendered voluntarily or were coerced into surrender by the people.

In short, whether they like it or not, they have actually become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

When the good news reached the capital, the civil and military officials cheered for joy, and the historians' eyes shone with excitement, extremely excited that they had witnessed history.

The people in the capital were also very excited. Tens of thousands of people spontaneously gathered outside the palace and shouted long live in the direction of the palace.

Zhu Yunxi stood quietly in front of the huge map as he listened to the shouts of the mountains outside the palace.

At this time, the map of the Ming Dynasty was already a behemoth that included the Eurasian continent and the North Pole. Beyond this red land, there was a huge Golden Continent, which was also planted with the red flag of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yunxi looked at the map filled with red flags, and his heart rose with great pride. He had finally reached a height that Genghis Khan had never reached in his life!
Next, it’s time to rule this huge area!The book has the same text!
Cars on the same track!
Unify currency, unify weights and measures, unify...

When Lao Zhu learned that the Ming army on land and the Ming army at sea were meeting at the western border, he came to the palace very excited. When he saw Da Sun standing alone in front of the giant map in a daze, Lao Zhu was very interested. He stepped forward and joked.

"Ni Sun, what are you thinking about again?"

Zhu Yunxi shook his head bitterly when he heard this.

"Don't worry about it. With the current population base of the Ming Dynasty, it would be great to fill up all these places!"

"In the next few decades of power, one national policy will be to recuperate and reproduce the population."

"I will increase the population of Ming Dynasty five times during my time in power!"

Lao Zhu secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. He was really afraid that Da Sun would be obsessed with this conquest game and couldn't help himself.

"Good grandson!"

"Sure enough, we saw the right person. We are very happy that you have such self-control!"

After Lao Zhu praised Zhu Yunxi, he couldn't help but look at the huge land below Europe.

"Dasun, why don't you attack this area?"

Zhu Yunxi looked at the African region in later generations, pondered for a while and said.

"We can't have it here. This is a park that our grandchildren can leave to future generations to let them know about the diversity of species."

"Uh uh..."

Lao Zhu was immediately speechless by these words. He thought to himself that this grandson was too loud. He wanted to use a land larger than the Ming Dynasty as a park?

"Is this where the black slaves they transported from the sea were caught?"

"Yes……"

When Lao Zhu heard this affirmative answer, he immediately understood in his heart. The reason why Sunni didn't attack here was because he used it as a slave breeding base, right?
However, the shortage of slaves in the Ming Dynasty is indeed quite large. There are hundreds of cargo ships full of slaves at the port every day, selling slaves from various countries to the Ming Dynasty.

Some of these people were bought back by workshop owners to work as slaves, some were bought back by landlords to farm, and some were bought back by other lords to cultivate wasteland.

It is said that Zhu Zhi bought a lot in the past few years, buying [-] to [-] yuan in succession, but he threw all of them into the bitter cold land of Liaodong to open up wasteland.

Just when Lao Zhu was maliciously speculating on Zhu Yunxi, Zhu Yunxi suddenly said depressedly.

"Grandpa Huang, my grandson used to only think about how to conquer these places, but not how to govern them."

"Now that such a large place and such a large population have suddenly been added, how can my grandson rule them?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Dasun in surprise when he heard this.

"Isn't the management of Qin Zaikang very good?"

Zhu Yunxi shook his head when he heard the words.

"Different!"

"Kangdu is trying to set an example for the Western world and let them know our benevolence and righteousness."

"Now that the entire West belongs to us, why are we still pretending to be like that?"

Lao Zhu was also confused when he heard this, because he had never thought about this problem.

However, Lao Zhu had a similar experience. When he unified the country, he had the same confusion. He didn't know how to govern such a huge country for a while.

Fortunately, with the help of Liu Bowen, Li Shanchang and others, we could barely cope.

"Grandson, if one person is short-term and ten people are wise, why don't you ask the officials for advice?"

Zhu Yunxi shook his head again when he heard this.

"no!"

"The civil servants in the court are all disciples of Confucianism. I'm afraid they will apply Confucian tactics to these foreign races."

"Grandpa Huang, let's talk privately. I don't want to make things easier for the people in the West at all. I just want to use our Ming people to replace the human race in the Western land bit by bit."

"hiss……"

Lao Zhu couldn't help but feel a toothache when he heard his grandson's ambition, thinking that this grandson really dared to think.He didn't even dare to think about this when he was fighting Bei Yuan. He only wanted to attack Bei Yuan while wooing them, so that they would gradually be used by the Ming Dynasty.

But when it came to his eldest grandson, he never thought about leaving a way for others to survive.

"Dasun, it's wrong for you to think like this. As for why it's wrong, we haven't figured it out yet..."

Zhu Yunxi didn't care what Lao Zhu thought. He just missed Zhang Zongjun suddenly. If Lao Yinbi was around, he would definitely be able to come up with a good idea for him.

"Come here, send an urgent telegram to Kangdu and ask Zhang Zongjun to return to Jinling as soon as possible..."

Before Zhu Yunxi could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Lao Zhu.

"Why did you ask him to come back?"

"Let him give me some advice!"

"The idea is not simple. Can't you just apply the same methods we used on Tusi to the Western world?"

"What?"

Seeing that Dasun still didn't understand, Lao Zhu couldn't help but break it up, crush it into pieces and tell him.

"First canonize them and recognize their right to rule. Then recruit their children to study in the Imperial College, assimilate them while taking them as hostages."

"After this continued for several generations, they became accustomed to the Ming Dynasty's canonization. Once someone proclaimed himself king, the chieftains who accepted our Ming Dynasty's canonization would not only not help him, but would also unite to beat him, thinking that he had broken the rules... "

"Then after a few years, the chieftains from all over the world will be summoned to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, so that they can see the majesty of the Ming Dynasty, and they will not dare to make mistakes for decades..."

Under Lao Zhu's teaching, Zhu Yunxi quickly understood Lao Zhu's management methods.

The so-called native rule of the land was just a transition for Lao Zhu. While he recognized the legal right of the chieftains to rule the local area, he spared no effort to immigrate to the local area, build cities, and radiate to the surrounding areas with the city as the center.

In Lao Zhu's words, now that there are few of us, of course we have to rely on the chieftain's management.When there are more Ming people than Fan people in the local area, we can change the land and return it to the local people, and set up county magistrates to govern the area for us.

When Zhu Yunxi heard the methods of a top-notch Machiavellian like Lao Zhu, he was not only impressed but admired.

"Thank you, Grandpa Huang, for clearing up the confusion. My grandson knows what to do!"

After Zhu Yunxi finished speaking, he confidently walked out of the hall and accepted the congratulations from the officials and people in the capital.

Lao Zhu sat on the threshold of the hall, smiling and declining Zhu Yunxi's invitation to ride together.

Lao Zhu didn't want to steal the limelight from his eldest grandson, but how could Zhu Yunxi have it all to himself?
"Grandpa Huang, this is not the glory of my grandson alone, but the glory of both of us!"

After Zhu Yunxi said this, regardless of whether Lao Zhu agreed or not, he stepped forward and forcibly dragged Lao Zhu up, then stuffed him into the saddle and sat down, and then he also sat down.

"You are such a rebellious grandson, you don't want us to be clean at all!"

Lao Zhu complained, but his heart felt like he had eaten honey.

When Qin Deshun and Wang De saw the two emperors, one old and one young, sitting down, they shouted "Get up" in unison.

Amidst the melodious sound of the two men taking off, 36 warriors in golden robes stood up carrying their carriages, crossed Danqi, passed through the river, and came to the crowded palace square to receive the worship of civil and military officials and the people of the capital.

"Long live His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Long live His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Long live Daming!"

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