Crown Prince Zhu Ruoji fought brilliantly, and his old father was very pleased and ordered a large reward to the three armies.
In this southern expedition, Mengyang, Mubang, and Myanmar's Three Propaganda and Comfort Envoys belong to Yunnan's "Three Propaganda and Six Comforts" and belong to Yunnan in terms of organizational structure.
With a stroke of his pen, Zhu Hengjia merged Mengyang, Mupang, and Myanmar into the province of Myanmar, and established the six prefectures of Mengyang, Mengmi, Mupang, Awa, Dagon, and Moulmein.
He appointed Li Guoxiang as the governor of Burma, Bao Shimei as the chief envoy of Burma, and Zhu Yangshi as the envoy of Burma. He also appointed Wen Anzhi, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, as the governor of the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Myanmar. In order to consolidate his rule, the wily Emperor Guangwu also appointed a large number of Burmese
He was demoted and played the old trick of using barbarians to control barbarians.
A few days ago, Li Guoxiang advocated the establishment of a press censorship section to suppress freedom of speech, which aroused public outrage among scholars and led to a mass attack. Zhu Hengjia had to put on a show and dismissed him and returned to his hometown. Now the situation has calmed down, and within a year, he was promoted to Burma
Although the governor is a bit remote, he is also a real frontier official. This emperor knows how to employ people, and will never treat his ministers who support his dictatorship badly!
In this southern expedition, Zhou Hezhi, the Marquis of Pingyi, made the greatest contribution. However, in order to establish the prestige of the crown prince, Zhu Hengjia deliberately downplayed the role of the navy and promoted the achievements of the land army. He only praised Zhou Hezhi a few words and rewarded him with a large amount of money and silk.
He was promoted to an official, but the generals of the Lu Division were promoted to a higher rank. Hui Zhiguan was granted the title of Meng Yangbo, Hu Maozhen was granted the title of Malai Bo, and the other generals all received rewards.
"Your Majesty is partial!"
Zhou Hezhi was muttering to himself when an imperial edict suddenly came. The emperor heard that his daughter-in-law had passed away, and gave his son Zhou Lingao a kinsman. She was Zhu Hui, the daughter of King Gui Zhu Hengkuo, Princess Yongchun. Who was Zhu Hengkuo?
Zhu Hengjia's younger brother was also a hero of the army in Guilin. After Zhu Hengjia became emperor, he made Zhu Heng a prince and invaded the line of King Gui.
What a blessing it is to be able to be related to the clan! Especially for someone from a pirate family like Zhou Hezhi, I had never dared to think about it before.
Once upon a time, he was also a hot-blooded man! At that time, Zheng Zhilong forced him to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. He met Zheng Zhilong with a knife and said: "Zhi Yijie is a warrior who fled to the sea. Today, the Dutch country is kind and will never die! It's a pity that you are so grateful to me."
After twenty years of prestige, once it falls to the ground, what a man to do! If you listen to Zhi's words, Xi Jia will drive to restore Ba Min, Zhi Yuan Shao will be the first to climb; if you must Kunfa to surrender, Zhi Yuan will die first to show that you dare not
"You are violating your morals." After saying this, he drew his sword and tried to wipe his neck to remonstrate.
Such a staunch person was moved to tears by a marriage grant from the emperor.
He called his son Zhou Lingao: "The Holy Lord married Princess Yongchun to you. This shows that he does not dislike our family's pirate background at all! You should remember the Holy Lord's heavenly grace, abide by the honour, and get along well with Princess Yongchun.
, Never bully the princess. If you can do this, you will be filial to your father. Remember?"
"Father, don't worry, my son has remembered it," Zhou Lingao responded quickly.
The situation in Myanmar gradually stabilized, and the emperor appointed Hui Zhiguan as the commander-in-chief of Myanmar's military affairs. He left 20,000 land divisions and 30,000 Burmese surrendered troops to him to guard Myanmar. He also left 5,000 naval divisions in Moulmein Port.
Zhou Lingao was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Mawlamyine Navy. Some of the remaining troops were led by Li Dingguo and returned to Yunnan; the other part was led by Zhu Ruoji and Shi Qiwen and returned to Beijing; the navy was led by Zhou Hezhi and returned by sea.
After not seeing Shi Qiwen for several years, Emperor Guangwu missed his old brother a little, so he asked Li Dingguo to guard Yunnan for Shi Qiwen and transferred Shi Qiwen back to Beijing.
Father and son are connected! It is a great blessing that his son comes home. Zhu Hengjia was also very happy at first, but soon he was like a solitary bird, happy and worried at the same time.
Without him, the Crown Prince's prestige is too high.
After the twenty-one-year-old Zhu Ruoji returned from the victorious expedition to Burma, his reputation in the court increased greatly, and more and more ministers attached themselves to the prince. The more dependents there were, the greater the reputation; the greater the reputation, the more dependents there were.
. As time went by, there were voices in the court saying that the prince's wisdom and martial prowess are not weaker than those of your majesty today. Given time, he will definitely be the emperor of the ages.
Ordinarily, a father should be happy when others praise his son. But since ancient times, the reason why emperors have been called widowers is because they are alone. In the face of power, family ties are frighteningly fragile. Without you, Tang Gaozu was forced to do so by Emperor Taizong.
Retired; Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty was so angry that Emperor Yang died.
The feudal emperors were most concerned about the crown prince, because they needed someone to inherit their political legacy; they were also most worried about the crown prince, fearing that they would not be able to wait and would rush to seize power.
Although Zhu Hengjia is old, he refuses to accept his old age and does not want to hand over power now. Not to mention that I feel young, so what if I am old? Until I die, no one can try to take away my position as the supreme leader of the 95th Five-Year Plan. Not even me.
Neither can my own son!
In fact, the fear of his son seizing power has always existed in the old father's subconscious mind.
As soon as the Southern Expedition was over, he did not let Li Dingguo return to Beijing, but asked him to succeed Shi Qiwen and take charge of the Yunnan military. On the surface, the emperor missed his old brother Shi Qiwen and wanted to see him. In fact, it was hidden that Zhu Hengjia did not trust Li Dingguo.
As for Li Dingguo, who was born as a bandit and stayed in Nanjing, what if he wanted to support his great achievements and staged a mutiny? Simply let him switch with Shi Qiwen and stay in Yunnan. As for Shi Qiwen, after all, he was an old minister from Conglong.
In terms of loyalty, I can rest assured.
In order to weaken the influence of the crown prince's conquest of Burma, Zhu Hengjia thought of his other two sons: Zhu Ruodeng, King of Hebei, and Zhu Ruofeng, King of Yu. These two sons are already fifteen years old, and Zhu Ruodeng is several months older than Zhu Ruofeng.
His Majesty the Emperor issued a decree and ordered Zhu Ruodeng to study at the Royal Army Academy of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Ruofeng to study at the Royal Naval Academy of the Ming Dynasty. Both academies were newly established by Zhu Hengjia to train aristocratic officers. The students only recruited the descendants of the Qi Dynasty and those with grades above five.
Children of officials.
As soon as this imperial edict was issued, some opportunistic ministers started burning the cold stoves of King Ji and King Yu again.
In the Purple Light Pavilion of the Forbidden City in Nanjing, Zhu Hengjia secretly summoned Ma Jixiang, the commander of the Imperial Guard, and asked intentionally or unintentionally: "What has the prince been busy with recently?"
As the emperor's minion, Ma Jixiang naturally has a thorough grasp of his master's thoughts. However, he has a deep understanding of the city and believes in the principle that "Jinyi guards should not have thoughts and only need to implement the emperor's will." He never asks questions that should not be asked.
He never says what needs to be said. This is why he is still alive after serving as the leader of the Jinyiwei for so many years.
"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince has been working diligently every day since he was entrusted with the Holy Order to help manage the Ministry of Household Affairs. Together with Zhang Xiaoqi, the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Cao Dengbo, the left minister, and Jiang Wende, the right minister, he has kept the household affairs in good order."
The old father was naturally happy that his son was making progress, and he couldn't help but smile on his face. Suddenly he asked, seemingly casually: "Who does the prince usually associate with?
"Your Majesty, the prince normally does errands in the household department, listens to scriptures and banquets, and interacts more with a few masters, but does not have much interaction with other ministers," Ma Jixiang bowed and reported.