MTL - Chastity Layman-Chapter 1352 deprive the prince

  Chapter 1352 Defeat the king

   Driven by enough interests, businessmen from all over the world went crazy and showed their talents.

  A small spice, but it involves countless countries and businessmen.

   As an upstream production area, Qin Lang and the others certainly have sufficient advantages, but Luzon itself does not produce much spices, so he hopes to form an alliance to gain more voice in it.

  Of course, sugar from the Qin family is also an important spice nowadays, and so is tea from Datang.

  The entire pepper market requires at least millions of catties a year, and even the Central Plains Datang alone has a huge demand for pepper, so if this spice alliance can be established, the Qin family will benefit greatly in the future.

  In the depths of the southern ocean of Luzon, there is a Spice Islands, which later known as the Moluccas, is almost the only place where cloves and nutmeg are produced at this time.

However, the natives here are weak. Qin Lang has basically conquered the entire Luzon Islands. The southernmost island of Mindanao, Hainan Port, is only a thousand miles away from North Maluku Island in the north of the Moluccas. The Qin family is in The newly built Ningbo Port in the north of Borneo is only two thousand miles away.

   Although this distance is not close, it is not too far.

   After all, this is the sea, not land, let alone two thousand miles deep in the mountains and jungles.

The most important reason for the underdevelopment of Luzon and the Luzon Islands is that they are not close to trade routes, so they are remote and closed. As for the Maluku Islands further south, although they are rich in spices, pepper, cloves, and nutmeg, they are only In the past, spice merchants from countries such as Gantoli used to buy them. Regardless of the fact that Gantoli and Javanese merchants made a lot of money in the spice trade, the natives of the Maluku Islands who produced spices did not make much money.

   On the Spice Islands, spices aren't worth much.

  The real moneymakers are the spice merchants who monopolize the market.

There are tens of thousands of islands in the entire Great Sunda Islands, but only the two islands of Sumatra and Java in the west are close to the main route and are relatively stronger. Two regional maritime powers have emerged, and the larger island such as Borneo, and The big island of Sulawesi in the east is still in a rather backward society if it is not close to the shipping line.

  Borneo still has a Boni country, which came from the west back then, but on the islands to the east, the aboriginals are quite backward, and many of them are even primitive societies, who drink blood like hair.

  After the Qin family conquered the big island of Luzon, they marched all the way south. The further south they went, the weaker the natives they encountered, the more scattered the society, and the more backward the production technology.

  Without spices, these archipelagos will still be primitive even after a thousand years.

   But now, it is indeed worthwhile for the Qin family to spend manpower, material and financial resources to develop a southern route, open up the Spice Islands, and establish strongholds and spice plantations on several major islands.

The Queen never thought that Qin Lang could diverge his thoughts to the distant Maluku Islands because of a cup of **** and osmanthus tea. Which son or grandson was sent to guard it.

   "Saburo now occupies Mora, what do you plan to do next?" the queen asked.

The location of Mora Port is superior, and it is an important node on the trade route, not to mention that it is connected to the Nujiang River. Although it cannot be traced along the river to Xichang Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, it can go deep into the southeast of Pyu Kingdom, and even lead to the Black Tooth Governor's Mansion along the river valley, Yinsheng Dudufu is also possible.

  With such geographical and transportation conditions, this place will naturally become an important trading port, as well as an important sales area for the Qin family.

  The queen asked naturally such a good place, the court may not give it to the Qin family again, and whether the Qin family will hand over to the court again.

   "I have already written a letter to the imperial court for the Port of Mora. After the Shangguan Dudu arrives, I will hand over the port and the surrounding areas to him."

   "Give it up?" the Queen smiled.

   "I can't be greedy. The imperial court has already given me a port of Michen and four territories of 100,000 mu. I can't go too far."

   "Comora was taken by you."

"That's right, but it was also because the imperial court's southern army defeated King Pyu's army in the north. I also took advantage of the situation. Besides, after we conquered Baduwa, we gained a lot. We got money, food and population. There are many, and this land is reserved for the imperial court."

The queen took a sip of her **** osmanthus tea, "The 20,000-acre territory next to the Port of Mora is still too far behind that of a Baduwa country. I plan to write to the imperial court to ask for credit for Sanlang. The Bilu Island outside Hong Kong was awarded to the Qin family as a fief."

Bilu Island is a barrier to the sea of ​​Muola Port. The island is very large, covering an area of ​​500,000 mu. It faces the sea in the south, and the east and west sides are the two outlets of the Nujiang River. The condition of the island is good.

Of course, there is still a huge gap with the Port of Mora. After all, this is an island with a coastline and a river. And on the opposite side there is a port of Morada.

  Qin Lang smiled, but did not object.

  Exchanging a Baduwa vassal state of a few hundred miles for a Bilu Island of 500,000 mu, Qin Lang is definitely not taking advantage.

  Letting Fan Lin go to test the emperor's attitude is also good. The purpose of sending troops this time is to show the emperor's strength.

   Let's test the depth.

   "What do you plan to do next?"

   "Back to Luzon."

"Just go back?" The queen suddenly felt a little reluctant. During this period of time, she left Linyi and left everything behind, and was able to accompany Qin Lang across the sea, day and night. Some days.

"You can't stay here all the time, can you? Since the emperor has sent a governor, and I heard that the Nanyang Navy has also sent an expedition fleet, it has already passed Lion Harbor, and it will arrive soon, so I don't have to stay any longer."

This time, the muscles that should be displayed have also been shown. They took advantage of the fire to destroy the two vassals, and the money and population they robbed were enough. After all, this place is not the center of development in Luzon. It is a transit port.

"San Lang really watched the imperial court destroy the Pyu country all the way? According to this momentum, I am afraid that the Pyu country will be destroyed next year, and in another three to five years, it will be able to control the entire Pyu country in a stable manner. Sanlang is not worried, the emperor of Luoyang At that time, with the power of the great victory in the Southern Conquest, we will draw our hands and take advantage of the trend to conquer Luzon in the south?"

   "This is something I have been avoiding, but if the emperor insists on going his own way, then he can only take one step at a time."

  The queen took Qin Lang's hand and leaned on his shoulder, "No matter what the future holds, Linyi will always advance and retreat with Luzon."

  Qin Lang smiled, "Thank you, if one day, the imperial court wants to attack Linyi, Lu Song will never stand by and watch, we will help each other."

"good!"

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  Luoyang.

  In Xuanzheng Hall, Emperor Li Yin's head hurt again.

  The pain was unbearable, and beads of sweat dripped down. The pain was so extreme that the emperor hit his head on the table.

  Among the bang bang, none of the palace attendants dared to approach, because the emperor had directly chopped off several of them when he bumped his head against the table and against the wall to persuade the palace servants.

  The emperor at that time was like crazy, drawing his sword and slashing wildly.

  So at this time, everyone retreated silently to the door, keeping a distance, and no one dared to step forward to persuade them.

   Afterwards, the emperor would never blame them for not persuading them.

   The bang bang sound lasted for a while, and finally gradually stopped.

  The emperor was pale, lying on the table as if he was exhausted.

   Opened his eyes, but the emperor's vision was blurred.

  The situation got worse than last time.

   "Come on!"

  The emperor shouted weakly, and the servant Gao Hu stepped forward cautiously, "The servant is here."

   "Gao Hu, read me the memorial that I haven't finished reading just now."

   Gao Hu stepped forward cautiously, and picked up a memorial that was spread out.

  He quickly glanced at it first, and found that it was the memorial presented by the Privy Council.

Xiao Siye, who was formerly in charge of the Privy Council, has now been promoted to the Privy Council envoy and leader of the upper court. This is the grandnephew of Empress Xiao of the Sui Dynasty. He followed Sui Yang Emperor when he was young, and then followed his aunt Xiao Hou to the East Turks. After the East Turks perished, He returned to the Tang Dynasty with Empress Xiao, and he was a fierce general who could fight.

Of course, the most important thing that he can be promoted to be a privy envoy is not because he can fight. There are many others with higher meritorious qualifications than him. The cousin was favored by the emperor again, and she was the imperial concubine and full of capacity.

   It is precisely because of this relationship that Xiao Siye became the first person in power in the Privy Council, and his elder brother Xiao Chen has just replaced Wei Xuanzhen as a servant.

  The Xiao family has replaced the Wei family and has become the most favored family in front of the emperor.

"The governor of Anxi went up to the governor of Kunling, the king of Kunling, the Khan who died in Xingxi, and the surname Li Mishe conspired to rebel. King of Chijun, Khan of the Inheritance, bestowed the surname of Li Buzhen on the crusade..."

   "Mishe was defeated and died in battle, Zi Yuanqing became a khan on his own..."

   "Buzhen's pursuit was deep, and on a snowy night, Yuan Qing suddenly led a fine cavalry to attack the camp, and charged straight into Buzhen's tent, unstoppable.

  The two guards died in the first battle, and they were also the two county kings of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions, and even the two khans specially appointed by the court.

Although in the later period of Zhenguan, the imperial court divided and wooed the Western Turks, merged the weak and separated the strong, and destroyed Gaochang, Kucha and other countries forcefully, so that the Western Turks were not as good as before, and the ten surnames were weak, but the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse , so even if the Western Turks surrendered, the imperial court has always been on guard.

   Tried all means to divide and win over, and finally conferred the titles of two descendants of Datou who had descended to the Tang Dynasty, Ren Xingxiu Khan and Successor Jue Khan.

  At the same time, the Turkic tribes with ten surnames were also divided into boundaries, and they were granted the titles of governor and governor, and they were divided layer by layer.

  The effect is good. Anyway, the Western Regions have been quite stable these years, allowing the imperial court to continue to advance westward. In the north of the Tianshan Mountains, the four major military towns of Suiye, Yili, Dawan, and Persia have also been established.

After the imperial court eliminated Helu and Yibishekui, they chose Buzhen and Mishe to serve as khans, just to prevent the Western Turks from having a chance to unify the various ministries. At the same time, they also liked Buzhen and Mishe as cousins , but it has long been an endless feud.

  The two returned to the Western Regions to serve as khans and guardians. They were indeed hostile to each other, which caused the two sides to hate each other and were no longer united until Buzhen reported to the Anxi Metropolitan Governor's Mansion that Mishe had conspired against each other.

The matter of Mi She's rebellion is a bit far-fetched. It just did something against the regulations of the imperial court. Framed.

   After the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion reported the matter to the Privy Council of the imperial court, the emperor knew that there was a problem, but deliberately turned a blind eye to it.

The emperor's mind was very simple. He took the opportunity to take down the Misha, and even took the opportunity to provoke another internal strife among the ten surnames of the western Turkic hatchback. , Beiting.

  The development of the matter was indeed as the emperor hoped. Bu Zhen actively responded to the imperial edict and led his troops to attack Mi She.

  Both sides come and go, but there is an imperial court pulling sideways behind, Mi She is accused of rebellion, and is beaten by groups, so he can only retreat steadily, and then beheaded by Bu Zhen.

   It's just that Bu Zhen didn't expect that Mi She's son Yuan Qing is a fierce man.

Of course, what Bu Zhen didn't expect was that after he killed Mi She, the imperial court began to turn around and deal with him. Not only did the imperial court immediately stop chasing and beating Mi She's remnants, they even secretly provided Yuan Qing with He even gave them a large amount of military equipment on purpose for them to steal.

   Ever since, it happened that Yuan Qing lured Buzhen deeply, and then raided his army, defeated Buzhen, and defeated his army. In fact, Buzhen did not go deep alone, because he agreed with the Anxi and Beiting armies to march together, and split up to encircle and suppress Yuanqing.

   Even their marching route and stationing location were secretly leaked to Yuan Qing.

   Mi shot died, Buzhen died again.

The two Western Turkic Khans died in battle one after another, and the ten surnames of the East and West hatchbacks also suffered heavy losses in this civil war. More importantly, with the death of the two Khans, the owners of the hatchbacks have weakened again, while Tuqishi, Ge The two departments of Luolu have even surpassed them in strength.

  The emperor kneaded his head, closed his eyes and listened to Gao Hu read to him.

   "I read, you write."

"Tell Xiao Siye that Yuanqing and his son conspired to rebel, deprived him of the title of the county king and Khan, and took back the surname bestowed on the country. Go to the title of Khan, take back the country's surname..."

   Gao Hu recorded with a vermilion pen, his hands were trembling, he never thought that a **** like him could actually criticize on behalf of the emperor Zhu.

   "Decree that Anxi and Beiting, Mengchi Duhufu, and Kunling Duhufu should all be withdrawn and merged into Anxi and Beiting respectively. From now on, the imperial court will directly control the ministries of the hatchback..."

  (end of this chapter)