Hu Ji Yao was not executed directly, but was treated as a criminal and escorted to the capital of the Ming Dynasty for interrogation.

This is Ye Sheng's insistence.

Even King Annan and the Supreme Emperor Annan did not dare to have any intention of violating it.

Of course, the so-called Supreme Emperor Annan was not officially canonized by the Ming Dynasty. In other words, the so-called Supreme Emperor Annan was created by Annan himself.

Originally, Annan was independent, so these were nothing, and the Ming Dynasty could not control them.

But it's different now. The Ming Dynasty has taken control of Annan. So what do you mean by the so-called Annan Emperor?

Ye Sheng directly denied the so-called rule of Emperor Annan, and officially announced in the Dongdu Palace that only King Annan was recognized by the Ming Dynasty.

This made Chen Yong, the Supreme Emperor of Annan, immediately confused, and he immediately wanted to report to Emperor Ming.

But Ye Sheng didn't care about this.

In fact, as a military commander, Ye Sheng didn't know much about these political things. In fact, Zhu Ying's intention was behind this.

If you want to completely control Annan, it seems that abolishing the Annan royal family is both nominal and immoral, so you can only make it a puppet.

Without the support of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Yong, the Supreme Emperor of Annan, was suddenly reduced to an ordinary member of the royal family. All the officials found that the situation seemed to have changed a lot.

Except for a few Annan ministers who were loyal to Chen Yong, everyone else was trembling with fear.

Three days.

These ministers who were loyal to Chen Yong died in various accidents.

For example, he died of choking on drinking water, fell to death while riding a horse, died of serious illness, etc.

This also made Chen Yong realize that his situation was already more dangerous.

At this time, he began to miss Hu Ji Yao.

Although Hu Ji-yao emptied the court, he still had great power. Even if Hu Ji-yao rebelled, he would not be affected by any disturbance here.

But he also knew that, to a large extent, Daming had given up on him.

Under such circumstances, it is probably impossible that Ye Sheng, a marquis, could have done such a thing without the support of the entire Ming army without a signal from the Ming court.

Next, in the name of the young King of Annan, Ye Sheng asked Liu Sheng to be the prime minister of Annan and take charge of Annan's political affairs.

In this aspect, it is tantamount to completely eclipsing the Annan royal family.

The so-called King Annan has become a puppet.

Of course, even if he is a puppet, he can still live in the palace without deposing King Annan, and he will not be short of food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Annan's imperial guards were all replaced by the Ming army.

These senior Annan ministers with high positions in the imperial court also begged for their remains and returned to their hometowns to provide for their old age.

The people from the Chamber of Commerce who had followed Chen Sheng to Annan turned into various ministers.

Including Li Xiucai.

Oh, now we can no longer call him Li Xiucai, he should be called Li Shangshu.

Li Xiucai has been appointed to the post of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Annan, which can be said to be inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people.

"I really didn't expect that I would be here today."

Li Zhengxiang sighed and said.

Li Zhengxiang is Li Xiucai's real name, and he has almost forgotten his real name.

When he was in the Western Regions, he had many false names. Later, when he followed Liu Sheng back to the Ming Dynasty, most of them were called Li Xiucai.

And today, when the appointment letter came down, there were three big characters on it: Li Zhengxiang.

Only then did I realize that this was my name.

"Master Shangshu, please change your clothes. We are about to go to court." The servant next to him whispered carefully.

Li Zhengxiang turned around, his waist straightened at this moment, and his hands slowly spread out, allowing his servants to serve him.

...

When the news of Annan's victory reached Ming Dynasty, it was already May.

It was immediately published in the Capital Newspaper.

In the Di newspaper, there was not only news about the victory over the rebellion against Annan, but also a large space was used to introduce Annan.

For example, the food situation in Annan makes it easy to have a good harvest.

For example, Annan’s maritime trade has great prospects, etc.

At the same time, a message was announced that preferential treatment policies for relocation to Annan will be released soon.

The next day, a new notice was published in the capital's newspaper. As long as the common people, literati, nobles, etc., who were willing to move to overseas vassal areas, would receive great preferential treatment.

Wage, salary, land gifts, priority for official employment, etc.

And it is clearly stated above that the Ming Dynasty recognized household registrations that moved overseas.

In this regard, the most excited people are not the common people and literati, but the businessmen.

No matter what the situation is, after a businessman makes money, his first thought is to change his household registration.

Worker status is definitely not enough. What they yearn for most is official status.

In this regard, marriage is usually used to change the household registration of one's descendants.

Now the court has directly pointed out a clear path.

As long as you can obtain official status overseas, your official status can also be recognized in Ming Dynasty.

Compared with today's Ming Dynasty, it is so difficult to obtain official status and take the test for merit.

But it’s completely different overseas.

Just talking about Annan, anyone with a little bit of intelligence can imagine that it is at a time when everything is in dire need and there is a huge shortage of people.

The imperial court's intention was also very obvious, that is, it wanted more Han people to migrate there and enhance the Ming Dynasty's influence in the local area.

As long as you get through it, it will be very easy to become an official.

Where can anyone be as rigorous as Ming Dynasty outside? At worst, we will spend money to smooth things over.

Not only the businessmen, but also some low-level officials are also ready to take action.

As the difficulty of promotion in the Ming Dynasty continued to increase, and there were regulatory regulations from all aspects, although officials had no worries about food and clothing, it was much more difficult to make a fortune.

This is especially true when it comes to greed for money.

From the capital to the status, all aspects of the system are constantly being improved. Officials are not yet familiar with this supervision system, and it is difficult to find a place to start for the time being.

After all, the management system established by Zhu Ying was quite advanced and surpassed contemporary cognition. If you want to find loopholes in it all at once and carry out silent corruption, it will be a long-term and slow process.

Officials have been involved in official circles for a long time, and most of them can make some guesses about Annan's situation.

If you first go to Annan to become an official, promotion is inevitable. The court has also made it clear that candidates who are candidates to go to Annan will be promoted from one to three levels depending on the specific circumstances.

Annan also has a system of three provinces and six ministries.

The position of minister is unlikely, but the position of minister of various ministries is still very promising.

Moreover, there must be a large shortage of local prefectures and county towns. Under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, there must be more advantages than Annan.

For a time, the household department suddenly became even busier.

Nowadays, the Yamen of the Household Registration Department under the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Affairs is almost overcrowded. Every morning when I go there, there is a long queue, which even affects pedestrians on the street.

Those queuing up here are either going to Japan or Annan.

The capital is so lively, and other places are even more so.

For example, Guangxi is close to Annan, so it is more convenient to come and go. When the news was conveyed, it was already completely full.

They all want to go to Annan to do something.

Zhu Ying was very satisfied with this situation.

If you want to truly rule a place, first of all, the proportion of Han people in the population must be relatively high.

For the Ming Dynasty, it was easy to conquer, but governance was a more troublesome and complicated problem.

The real integration of a place into the direct rule of the Ming Dynasty has always been implemented slowly over many years.

Annan was a county town belonging to the Central Plains Dynasty for a long time. The main reason why it was separated was because there were too few Han people willing to move there.

When the proportion of local Han people is far lower than that of other ethnic groups, naturally there is no so-called loyalty.

As long as there is any turmoil in the Central Plains Dynasty, these populous families will naturally break away from the Central Plains Dynasty immediately, instead of truly considering themselves a member of the Central Plains Dynasty.

In Annan in the future, even if there is still the so-called Annan royal family, as long as the number of Han people is large enough, there is no need to worry about the possibility of being divided.

"Japan and Annan will definitely become the territory of our Ming Dynasty in the future."

"This method proposed by the Great Sun is quite good. In fact, we did not want our descendants to fight against these small countries. I feel that it is a thankless task and a waste of the Ming Dynasty's national power."

"Now that we are like this, we can completely expand the territory of our Ming Dynasty. Similar to other small countries, we can also directly annex them."
To be continued...