My Daming New Empire

Zheng He said this to prove the importance of the descendants of the Pu family, but he didn't know that Zhu Zhanji actually knew the details of the West better than him.

Zhu Zhanji has visited Mecca, Jerusalem, or Damascus.

Zhu Zhanji sneered and said: "Tianfang... country, I know the Timur Kingdom, the Ottoman Empire, the Mamluk Dynasty, the Moorish Kingdom, including the Delhi Sultanate, and the various small countries that the Semites took root on the small islands in the South Seas. , Who is the king of Tianfang Kingdom? How many troops does he have? Is the territory as large as a province of my Ming Dynasty?"

Zheng He's eyes widened, looking at Zhu Zhanji in front of him, feeling panicked.

He didn't know why Zhu Zhanji had never been to Xiyang, and why he was so familiar with the situation in Xiyang.Even he knew the location of the Holy City last time he went to the West, and the Ottoman Empire and the Mamluk Dynasty only knew it last time.

As for the country of Moore, even he heard of it for the first time.

He didn't dare to hide anything, so he cupped his fists and said, "Your Highness, Tian Fangguo's statement is indeed wrong, and this subject was also on an envoy last time, and I heard some of it from someone."

Zhu Zhanji leaned on the railing, waved again to the people on the shore, and then turned around and said: "Since the Abbasid Dynasty was broken by the Turks, the Semitic people have been torn apart and fled everywhere. This is the so-called development gold." The era is actually nothing but a group of rootless people who have lost their homes."

Zheng He felt a little confused when he heard it, and couldn't help asking: "What does your Highness say? What is the golden age?"

Zhu Zhanji didn't bother to explain the words from later generations, so he said: "Since the Abbasid Dynasty, the Semites have never had a powerful empire. The current Timur Kingdom, Ottoman Empire, and Mamulu The Ke Dynasty left this land for the local Muhammad family. They can be called a city-state at most, not a country at all. Therefore, this descendant of the Pu family is of no use to my Ming Dynasty. Ping Tianfang is just a matter of little effort!"

Zheng He took a deep breath, and said as calmly as possible: "Since Your Highness does not want the descendants of the Pu family to join the fleet, I will let this matter go and never mention it again. However, Tianfang is a holy place, and it did not offend me, Daming. I hope His Highness think twice."

"Now I know that I am from Daming..." Zhu Zhanji turned sideways, looked at Zheng He who seemed to be a few years older for a moment, and said calmly: "Although you are a foreign race in terms of blood, the Chinese nation has never treated you as Blood ties talk about alienating me. As long as there are common customs, common language, and common goals, they are my Chinese descendants. If there is nothing wrong with the journey, you can go to Xie Jin and ask him to comment on the "Nation and Nation" that I wrote when I was ten years old. Find it and see."

"Yes, if His Highness is fine, I will go and arrange the itinerary after arriving at the shore."

Zhu Zhanji asked again: "What's the second thing?"

Zheng He thought about it, hesitated for a while and said: "I wanted to invite His Highness to pay homage to the Holy Tomb of Lingshan tomorrow..."

Zhu Zhanji asked with some interest: "Which sage is buried in the Holy Tomb of Lingshan?"

"It's Sha Shiye and I, Gao Shi."

Zhu Zhanji had never heard of this name, but when he heard the weird transliteration, he immediately remembered a message he had read about the Quanzhou Semites.

During the reign of Tang Wude, Prophet Muhammad sent four sages to China to preach, one sage preached in Guangzhou; two sages preached in Yangzhou;

He shook his head and said, "I won't go. I'm not like Duke Dian, who believes in both Green Religion and Buddhism. I only believe in Taoism!"

"It's because the subordinates are greedy. They always want to find the way of the Wanzu family through different researches."

It's ridiculous... Zhu Zhanji smiled, and didn't bother to tell him, and said: "Although I don't like the descendants of the Pu family, I don't reject other Semites. If the Duke of Dian wants to support them, he can also Arrange some people to join the fleet. In addition, after departing from Quanzhou, you will bring out the information you have collected about the Western Regions, and we will study together and exchange information."

Zheng He nodded, responded, and turned away.

Zhu Zhanji sneered, turned around and waved his hands thinking about the people on both sides of the river, and then asked Li Liang, "What do you think?"

Li Liang didn't know Zhu Zhanji's intentions, so he said softly and ambiguously: "Dian Kingdom Duke has too many thoughts and worries. He is not of my race..."

"Go and call Zhao Yongliang, Sun Lin, and Feng Xiaonian."

Zhu Zhanji didn't bother to analyze Zheng He's mentality with Li Liang, and his impression of Zheng He was greatly reduced now.

Not to mention his loyalty, but in terms of being a human being, to sum it up in one sentence, he is a little ignorant of current affairs.

Now that he has taken refuge in himself, not to mention asking him to be loyal, but at least he can't be against himself.But now, for a descendant of the Pu family, he dared to ask Zhu Di for an imperial order behind his back.

Although he is now granted the title of Duke of Dian, his main right is the naval director entrusted to him by Zhu Zhanji.Wanting to make him lose his rights is just a matter of one sentence.

And his greatest achievement is going to the West, and Zhu Zhanji can't find someone to replace him.Both Hou Xian and Wang Jinghong can replace him, and they are more loyal.

Although Hou Xian is a Tibetan, but because he grew up in the palace, he has no preference for his own ethnicity.

He has been working hard for the prosperity of Ming Dynasty, and brought all the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau area under the banner of Ming Dynasty.And has been active in today's southern Tibet, that is, northern India in later generations, and Bangladesh, in order to make it a loyal vassal state of Ming Dynasty.

And Wang Jinghong is a Han Chinese. Although he was Zheng He's deputy at the beginning, he has developed now and is the same as Zheng He's fleet envoy.

He doesn't have Zheng He's compassionate heart, or the mentality of abusing a good person, and he does things more vigorously.

Let him replace Zheng He's position, he may not be worse than Zheng He.

The only thing that Hou Xian and Wang Jinghong are worse than Zheng He is vision, and his sense of identity in the Western Regions.

Zhu Zhanji's flagship gradually approached the Fashi Wharf outside Quanzhou City, but because of the large size of the ship, it would take a while to dock.

Zhao Yongliang and Sun Lin walked through the crowd of naval soldiers on the deck who were busy lowering their sails, and climbed up the wooden stairs.

Zhu Zhanji first said to Sun Lin and Feng Xiaonian: "After you two got off the ship, use the power of the Advisory Department and Jin Yiwei to cooperate with each other to find out the movements of the Semites in Quanzhou. They borrowed 100 million taels of silver. I know what their intentions are. Especially the movements of the descendants of the Pu family, check it out for me. Didn’t they ransack the house at that time? Do you want to know where the funds come from?”

The two answered in a low voice, and Zhu Zhanji said to Zhao Yongliang again: "Everyone in the Habayashi guards is waiting to disembark, except for 3000 guards, and the rest are waiting to blockade Quanzhou. I hope no one will come to make lonely mistakes!"

Zhao Yongliang bowed and cupped his fists and asked, "Your Highness, what level of blockade?"

The blockade of the city gate is divided into three levels. Simply put, the first level is to set up card verification, which is a warning.The second level is to block various arteries and target specific groups and groups of people.The third level is no one, everyone, etc. are not allowed to pass.

Looking at the cheering crowd on the shore, Zhu Zhanji said: "Level [-] is enough, don't let the people panic. Let you come forward instead of Xue Lu, you should understand my intentions."

Zhao Yongliang himself felt that he was talking too much, so he answered in a low voice, the three of them glanced at each other, and left with some excitement.Now that the ship is about to stop, they have to arrange plans and assign personnel immediately, and the time is tight.

But if there is something to do, there will be credit for it, so the three of them are in high spirits.

Zhu Zhanji, the great-grandson, arrived in Quanzhou, and his guard Habayashi Wei blocked Quanzhou. That was a proper move, and the people would not make a fuss.

But if Xue Lu led the 2-man Shenji Battalion reorganized young army to come forward, then the problem would be serious.

Xue Lu has been a soldier all his life, and he never blinks an eye. Zhu Zhanji is afraid that if he comes forward, he will intensify the situation.

Now he just suspected that the Semitic people had some tricks, and it would be overkill for Xue Lu to come forward.

And now that he was going to sea, he didn't want to make a big fuss. There were a lot of people who were really going to be killed, which made people doubt the credibility of the imperial court.

He was not afraid that civil servants would say that he was bloodthirsty, and he was not afraid that Zhu Di would have opinions. Because of the Pu family, Zhu Di didn't like these Semitic people either.

But he was only afraid that this move would affect the loan of the internal supervisor and the expansion of the bank, because this involved an important link, that is, the issue of credit.

Since ancient times, the imperial power has been the greatest, whether it is a hundred officials or the common people, they all respect the imperial power.

But this kind of respect is based on fear, fear, not trust.

The commercial development of the country, the West has developed on the basis of credit since the ancient Roman period.

But in the East, not to mention the emperor, even a small official may bankrupt a wealthy businessman.

The official rank crushes people to death, the official word is two mouthfuls, and no amount of money is worth a word from the upper class of the powerful society.

Now the Semitic people have borrowed millions of taels of silver in goods. If you do something to them at this time, it will only make people think that Zhu Zhanji is crossing the river and demolishing the bridge.

Then, in the future, who would dare to do business with the internal supervisor, who would dare to lend money and goods to the court, and who would dare to deposit money in the bank?