My Daming New Empire

This way of holding a knife in one hand and sugar in the other is the best way to deal with these loose and accustomed semi-nomadic people.

Tatars and Oirats were conquered in this way, and the tribes of the Western Regions could not last long.

More importantly, Zheng Heng promised to disclose the hydraulic spinning technology to the tribes in the Western Regions, so that the cotton in the Western Regions would not have to be transported to Daming to be sold as in the past, which was time-consuming and laborious.

They can directly weave cloth locally, and then the cloth can be shipped to Daming, and even sold directly to the West.

Cloth is cheap in Ming Dynasty, but it is extremely expensive in the West. You must know that most people in the West at this time can only wear linen clothes except silk, and the price of cotton cloth is astonishingly high.

Zheng Heng's move is tantamount to giving the various ministries of the Western Regions a great source of wealth.

Of course, he dared to agree to all of this with Zhu Zhanji's permission.

For Zhu Zhanji, the profit of cotton cloth is not what Daming pays attention to. What Daming really pays attention to is how to maintain the long-term rule here.

Cotton cloth is only the first step. In the future, there will be many technologies that Da Ming can pass on to the rest of the world through the Western Regions, so that all the ministries in the Western Regions cannot escape the control of Da Ming.

A rule maintained by the military cannot last long, but a rule maintained by economic control can last for a long time.

Zheng Heng is very clear about what is most important to him, even though Zhu Di entrusts him with great power, he dare not be arrogant.Come to the palace where Zhu Di stayed on time every day to report on work, big and small affairs, never self-centered.

The letter Zheng Neng wrote to him came to him in May along with the envoy sent by Zhu Zhanji.

Now Zheng Neng is still assisting Zhu Zhanji in Beijing to train the noble children. As long as he is appointed governor, Zheng Neng can also come to the Western Regions to join him.

Zheng Heng did a great job, and Zhu Di felt relieved. Apart from having fun with beauties every day, he was thinking about what kind of management organization to establish in the Western Regions.

Thousands of miles from Hulumos to Samarkand, there are no large forces here now. The demise of the Timur Kingdom made most tribes surrender to Ming.

It is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to regard these alien races as its own. Even if the rule here is maintained, it is only for the benefit and for the long-term stability of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Daming will not intervene in the civil affairs management here, it will only be thankless.

Like Datang, it is enough to establish a military government and maintain awe.

As for whether this government will break away from Daming's control in the future, Zhu Di is not worried about it.

What's more, with the means of my grandson, there must be a better way.

He lived leisurely in Samarkand for more than three months. On the first day of September, Zhu Di officially issued an imperial decree to establish the River Governor's Mansion in Samarkand.

With Zheng Heng as the governor and Mu Xin as the vice-governor, he has jurisdiction over [-] cavalry and all ministries in the Western Regions.

There are two areas under the direct management of the Governor's Mansion in Hezhong, one is Samarkand and the other is Suiye City. The two cities will also become the trading centers of the Western Regions.

The commercial tax of the two cities is military expenses, and the direct management of the land provides military rations for the army. The families of the [-] cavalry will be relocated here within two years from the court's money and effort.

There is a large amount of fertile land around these two cities. It is no problem to feed millions of people, not to mention hundreds of thousands of people.

And the tribes of the Western Regions will pay Daming 10 to [-] taels of silver every year according to the size of the tribe within three years.These taxes can be offset in kind, no matter cotton cloth, horses, cattle and sheep, Daming needs it.

And Daming will support various ministries to grow cotton locally, develop textiles, and trade with Daming.

The most important thing is that as long as you pay taxes to Daming, you can enjoy the protection of Daming from invasion by other tribes.

As for the affairs of the tribes, Daming will not intervene, and the tribes still decide on their own.

Such an arrangement does not harm the interests of the tribes. Ten thousand taels of silver or even one hundred thousand silver per year is an astonishing amount for a person, but it is not worth mentioning for a country.

Most countries in the Western Regions produce gold, and 1 taels of silver is only a thousand taels of gold, which is not a burden for them.

Just by being able to trade with Daming, they can gain far more than that.

Just when Zhu Di was about to leave Samarkand, Lin San, Tang Saier and his wife, who had come all the way from the north, were summoned by Zhu Di.

Zhu Di didn't know about Lin San, Tang Sai'er and his wife until Samarkand, and he didn't know that his grandson had already played a secret game in the north.

This was a surprise to Zhu Di. If Da Ming wanted to gain a foothold in the river, he needed to appoint a 10 cavalry unit to deter the ministries.

For this arrangement, Da Ming needs to spend millions of dollars to complete this goal.

But now, Zhu Zhanji only spent a few thousand horses and ordnance, and tens of thousands of people can spontaneously come to the extreme west to open up territories for the Ming Dynasty, which far exceeds Zhu Di's expectations.

But based on this alone, Zhu Di may not necessarily meet Lin San and Tang Sai'er. One of them is the emperor, and the other is just ordinary people.

Even if Lin San and his wife are here to show their loyalty to Zhu Di, it would be nice to arrange for a minister to meet them.

The reason why Zhu Di met them was because he knew that Lin San was the Holy Son of the White Lotus Sect, and Tang Saier was revered as the Holy Mother.

Zhu Zhanji's plan of killing two birds with one stone not only gave Daming a group of loyal people, but also reduced the source of disasters of the White Lotus Sect in Daming, which made Zhu Di very happy.

That's why I'm interested in meeting the couple.

But after seeing him, Zhu Di couldn't help being a little disappointed.

This White Lotus Sect is nothing more than some folk fools fooling people. This ordinary villager and village woman was actually chosen as the Holy Son and the Holy Mother.

He didn't know that if his grandson hadn't been one step ahead, Da Ming would have caused a great chaos last year because of them.

Lin San and his wife's meeting with Zhu Di was only secondary, and their main purpose was to meet Zheng Heng, the Governor of Hezhong.

Tang Saier and Zheng Heng are old acquaintances. In March last year, Tang Saier went to Beiming Mountain to receive ordnance, and he had met Zheng Heng back then.

Zheng Heng also knew the whole story of the construction of Tanglin City, and knew that Zhu Zhanji not only wanted to maintain a deterrent in the Hezhong area, but also wanted to put all the unowned wasteland in the extreme north under the rule of Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, although Tang Lincheng is weak now, it is worthy of attention.

As the governor, he cannot always be on top, and he cannot do without the support of trustworthy compatriots like Tang Lincheng.

He supported Lin San and his wife with a batch of gunpowder. As for the musket, he dared not give it to them because he did not get Zhu Zhanji's consent.However, he also promised that in the future, he would send a troop of ten thousand cavalry to the north to help Tanglin City defend.

However, Tang Lincheng is also obliged to assist the army in raising food and grass when the army is going out.

Of course, Tang Lincheng couldn't do it now. They only had 4000 people in total. Apart from digging gold mines, they couldn't even get enough people to farm the land.

But it will be fine in autumn and winter. The family members from Shandong will be able to arrive in Tanglin City before this winter. By next year, Tanglin City's power will be greatly enhanced.

When Zhu Di returned to the court, all the tribes sent a large number of envoys to see him off.

They have to send Zhu Di to Hulumos all the time, and prepare their own food and grass.

At this time, Zhang Xin, who had been fighting outside for more than three months, was content to wait for Zhu Di's holy car in the holy city of Mashhad in Persia.

Since his expedition in May, Zhang Xin has marched to the southwest with a clear goal, and he was given two tasks by Zhu Di this time.

One is to kill the vital forces of the Timur country, and the other is to plunder wealth.

For Zhu Di, the land here is worthless, and the purpose of conquering the Timur kingdom is wealth and peace.