The prince of Southern Xinjiang did not expect that Yu Zizhen would act so efficiently. Even when he moved into his own mansion, the prince of Southern Xinjiang, who had already prepared himself to continue being unwelcome, still looked dazed.
The envoys from Southern Xinjiang and his princess sister who had decided to return to Southern Xinjiang actually had more complicated feelings than the Southern Xinjiang prince who was treated with courtesy.
With such complicated feelings, they would hear the latest news about the marriage of the prince from southern Xinjiang every day when they opened their eyes.
According to the clerk from the post station who came to deliver the message to them, although the real powerful people and noble families would not let their legitimate daughters and granddaughters participate in the Southern Xinjiang Prince's concubine selection ceremony, several of their illegitimate daughters and granddaughters still came.
There were also families who had no capable people to support their families, and those with relatively low official ranks, who also sent their daughters and granddaughters who were suitable for them to attend the selection of concubines for the prince of southern Xinjiang.
These girls not only have outstanding looks, but also have their own unique personalities. Some are steady, some are gentle, some are lively, some are naive...it all depends on which type the Prince of Southern Xinjiang likes.
In addition, the meticulous Minister of the Ministry of Rites also sent a booklet about the family background of these girls to the Prince of Southern Xinjiang, so the selection of the princess for the Prince of Southern Xinjiang went very smoothly.
From the preliminary selection, to the re-selection, to the finalization of the candidate, and then to finalizing the marriage according to Chinese customs, the entire process took less than two months.
During this period, the Honglu Temple and the Imperial Palace made great efforts, and the Prince of Southern Xinjiang felt the long-lost respect, attention and care in a foreign country.
To put it bluntly, he finally lives like a human being again!
This dispelled most of his original uneasiness. After sending away the Southern Xinjiang envoys and his princess sister who could no longer find a reason to stay, the Southern Xinjiang prince lived a peaceful and happy life with his new wife.
As for the instructions given by the Southern Xinjiang envoy before his departure about gathering intelligence and planting secret agents, the Prince of Southern Xinjiang simply forgot about them.
Anyway, he probably won't be able to return to Southern Xinjiang in this lifetime, so why should he destroy the peaceful daily life of his current country for Southern Xinjiang?
He could live honestly in the capital of China, receive the salary of a prince, enjoy wealth and glory, and then have a few children with his wife to continue his bloodline. Isn't such a life great?
To take a step back, even if something unexpected happens and he is able to go back one day, then after he goes back, will his good father, the King of Southern Xinjiang, still give him the throne of the King of Southern Xinjiang just because he helped to plant secret agents and obtain intelligence?
If not, he might as well just be a rich and idle person in the capital of China.
At least in Da Qi, he doesn't have to worry about being suspected and framed by his brothers because of his father's attitude, nor does he have to worry about one of his brothers coming to power in the future and him being held accountable for the affairs of his maternal grandfather's family.
The Prince of Southern Xinjiang, who had already weighed the pros and cons, said that although he was still the Prince of Southern Xinjiang in identity, in fact, his heart had already completely belonged to China.
Yu Zizhen was relieved that he was so clear-headed, but he did not relax his real-time monitoring of him.
After all, human hearts are never static. Who knows if he will suddenly miss southern Xinjiang one day, change his mind, and start contributing to southern Xinjiang?
However, since this kind of surveillance is fully responsible by the Little Naiyin System, on the surface, the marriage proposal put forward by the three foreign countries has come to an end.
Yu Zizhen was very satisfied with the result as he did not have to sacrifice the marriages of a few people in the country to seek temporary stability, nor did he have to open his private treasury to raise food and fodder to lead the army in person.
In addition, the envoys from the three kingdoms came with a tentative and provocative attitude, and then left in a disgraced and unusually obedient manner. After the news of this extremely contrasting performance spread to Shu, Liaodong, and Baiyue, the authorities in the three places actually made great concessions to the envoys sent by Yu Zizhen on certain matters. This made Yu Zizhen and her trusted ministers even more surprised.
Thanks to the unremitting efforts of the envoys sent by Yu Zizhen, the rulers of Shu, Liaodong and Baiyue finally implemented Chinese laws that would harm the interests of the powerful classes in the three regions after Yu Zizhen secretly gave birth to the eldest son of the emperor.
The land nationalization policy and the abolition of the death-deed contract policy, which they had previously strongly opposed, were gradually tolerated by them as China became increasingly powerful.
Of course, Yu Zizhen did not let their sacrifice be in vain.
Yu Zizhen generously gave the hereditary title of prince to the leaders of the three places who made the biggest concessions.
Although according to Chinese law, these three princes have no fiefdoms, a title that can continue to benefit future generations is already very precious to them.
Yu Zizhen also gave preferential treatment to the trusted subordinates of the leaders of the three places, whose interests were also damaged.
In addition, Yu Zizhen also gave them the right to freely choose whether to settle in the capital, as well as additional places for their children to study in the Imperial College.
Of course, in return, these people must unconditionally accept China's rule and abide by China's laws.
Many people cannot understand the courtesy and preferential treatment that Yu Zizhen showed to the leaders of the three places and their trusted subordinates. In their opinion, Yu Zizhen is actually fully capable of conquering the three places by force, flattening them and then ruling them.
Instead of giving people a lot of benefits like she is doing now, she only mentioned such an insignificant condition: "All people in Shu, Liaodong, and Baiyue must unconditionally accept the rule of China and abide by the laws of China."
Yu Zizhen couldn't tell them that her most difficult task was to reduce the number of deaths in the world. In order to achieve this goal, she was willing to sacrifice some small benefits that were irrelevant to the overall situation.
Yu Zizhen herself felt that the condition she proposed would be difficult for those who were used to enjoying privileges to fulfill 100%.
She estimated that the leaders of the three places and their trusted subordinates were most likely like those who thought she was too polite and preferential to them, and did not take her condition seriously at all, so they agreed so readily.
But the problem is that she, Yu Zizhen, is not the kind of person who would be fooled by others.
Can she make others turn a deaf ear to her requests, or even if they listen to her, they will have the audacity to go against her will in actual implementation?
That is definitely not possible.
Since the leaders of the three places and their trusted subordinates have taken advantage of her, they will inevitably have to pay a price for this benefit.
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