"Your Highness, all the nobles in the Zhenla capital were executed by the Duke of Liang."

"Got it. Let's go down."

"Yes, sir."

Zhu Ying waved his hands in boredom.

It was he who hinted to Lan Yu to execute the Zhenla nobles.

Zhenla has become corrupt, and only its complete destruction can usher in new life.

In fact, the biggest challenge to the rule of a region is these former nobles. Whether it is resistance or uprising, they are always involved.

Only by executing all the nobles and leaving only the commoners would it be like painting on a blank sheet of paper.

In the future, Zhenla will usher in a new rule, a large number of Chinese schools will be established, and all the people will be forced to learn Chinese.

Of course, not all of the nobles would die. Many would be sentenced to forced labor, that is, become serfs to grow food.

Food is the foundation of a country. Without adequate food and clothing, no matter how fast the economy soars, it will be a castle in the air.

The Ming Dynasty’s conquests also required logistics.

Zhu Ying has no intention of letting go of the entire Nanyang. From now on, it will become the granary of the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, the Ming Dynasty also introduced the latest migration policy.

This time it was not a forced migration as in previous history, but an inducement with benefits.

Any Ming citizen who was willing to go to the three major provinces of Champa, Annan, and Zhenla and hold Ming household registration could get 50 acres of good land each and be exempt from taxes for three years.

In the palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang was playing chess with Fu Youde.

"Old Fu, you are so old, but you still like to do this. Aren't you tired?" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile, seemingly unintentionally.

Fu Youde's heart skipped a beat, he was frightened, but he immediately realized that the day had changed, and the position had also changed.

He doesn't need to worry so much anymore.

"Your Majesty, I don't want to do this either, but things are like this now. I want to find a way out for my family. When the Crown Prince's intention was spread, the useless young people in the family came to me, and I had no way to refuse."

"Your Majesty, you have a great grandson like the Crown Prince, who can take on the responsibility. There are few people in my family who can take on the responsibility, so they can only torment me, an old man."

Listening to Fu Youde praising his eldest grandson, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't hide the smile on his face. No matter how many times he heard it, it made him happy every time.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Fu Youde's graying hair and couldn't help but sigh: "We are all old and can't compare with young people. We have always refused to admit that we are old, but now we have to admit it."

"As for overseas conquests, I think there's no need for you to get involved. Your two sons are pretty good, so just let them go on their own. You can't rely on an old man like you for everything."

"There are only a few old guys left with us now, so let's stay in the capital and enjoy our lives."

Zhu Yuanzhang's words made Fu Youde think a lot. In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang really had no other ideas. After all, the current Ming Dynasty could accommodate these old ministers.

This was also because the eldest grandson developed the Ming Dynasty well, which made Zhu Yuanzhang feel that there was no need to kill so many people. Otherwise, he would have to take these old friends who had once fought with him to conquer the world with him.

"I will obey your Majesty." Fu Youde thought for a long time and still didn't know what your Majesty meant, so he agreed immediately.

Fu Youde and Chang Yuchun are equally famous and are known as the "two tiger generals" under Zhu Yuanzhang.

It can be said that in terms of bravery, Xu Da, Feng Sheng, Li Wenzhong and others are all inferior to Fu Youde, and only Chang Yuchun can be compared with him.

He joined Zhu Yuanzhang's army halfway, so he was never considered a direct descendant.

However, up to now, most of the former founding heroes have died of old age, illness, battle, or were killed by Zhu Yuanzhang. Now there are not many left, so he has become conspicuous.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "You went to the Western Regions and Tibet before. Dasun also wants to bring them under the direct rule of the Ming Dynasty. The Western Regions are easy to deal with because they have always been unruly and undisciplined. It is also easier to govern them. However, Tibet is a bit tricky."

"We have never been to that place. We set up U-Tsang before and let them manage themselves. After all, it was considered as submission. Now that the eldest grandson wants to rule directly, it will be much more troublesome."

"We have received information from U-Tsang that the ancient myths that Dasun created are not very effective. On the surface, they all agree to it, but they strictly forbid it in private. It is said that if anyone dares to spread it, the bald donkeys over there will kill them. So far, the effect is very poor."

"You also know that there are many religious believers in Tubo. Many crazy people even said they would abandon our Ming Dynasty. Dozens of officials sent there were assassinated. It is clear that they want to rebel."

"The Tubo people are in collusion with each other and resist the entry of our Central Plains mythology. This is not a solution."

"Recently, the imperial court has been preparing to build a railway to Tubo. Given the current situation, it will be extremely difficult to build. Therefore, before building the railway, the Tubo problem must be solved."

Fu Youde had already understood what Zhu Yuanzhang had said, and he knew that he wanted him to do this.

This was not a good thing. The news of Zhenla had spread. Lan Yu had slaughtered many Zhenla nobles there, almost killing all the nobles in Angkor, the capital of Zhenla.

Now that His Majesty said this, Fu Youde understood that he wanted him to be the knife and carry out a large-scale massacre of Tubo.

"In this case, I am willing to go to Tibet and help Your Majesty solve the problems in your heart." Fu Youde said respectfully.

At this point, his own thoughts are no longer important, and it is impossible for him to disobey His Majesty's order.

When Fu Youde returned home, he told his two sons the news.

Then he instructed: "Going overseas should be handled as soon as possible. The conditions negotiated with those noble families can be appropriately compromised. There is no need to be so strict."

The eldest son Fu Zhong said in a deep voice: "Father, you can't refuse? There are many Tubo chieftains. Such a large-scale killing will inevitably cause a large-scale rebellion. The court should not let father go at such an old age if it wants to spread the doctrine."

The third son, Fu Rang, also said, "Yes, father, the imperial court is clearly trying to clean up the entire Tubo. Let's not talk about the war for now. The Tubo plateau alone is a huge obstacle for our army. Many people find it difficult to adapt to the plateau."

Tubo is not very powerful now, and it is not a unified country, but it will be very troublesome for the Ming army to attack it.

The key lies in altitude sickness.

Once the Ming army penetrated deep into Tibet, they would suffer from a lot of altitude sickness, and their combat effectiveness would become extremely low.

Even when Timur marched into Tibet, he did not go deep into the plateau area, but wandered around the edge.

In this day and age, altitude sickness can be fatal, and there is no good way to deal with it.

Fu Zhong and Fu Rang also knew about this situation, so they wanted to dissuade their father.

Fu Youde shook his head and said, "Do you want me to disobey your majesty's order? There are only a few people in the court who can lead the army to Tubo. Your majesty has already talked to me about it, and it is impossible for me to go back on my word now."

"If the imperial court wants to build a railway in Tibet, it must first pacify Tibet. Now that the imperial court has given us such a great favor, allowing us to go overseas to establish a country, it is only natural for us to work for the imperial court now."

"I have been asking for resignation from His Majesty in the past few days, and now I am begging to go overseas to establish a country, so how can I refuse His Majesty's request to go to Tibet?"

Fu Zhong said in a deep voice: "We have given up the opportunity to go overseas and found a country. Can Your Majesty please take back your order?"

Fu Youde patted his eldest son's shoulder and said, "I know you are filial, but this concerns the foundation of my Fu family. When I went to attend the grand court meeting, I already knew that something would be waiting for me. If it were in the past, it would have been considered a crime of deceiving the emperor. It's just that the situation is good now."

"Don't think too much, just prepare yourself."

Having said this, the two sons said no more and bowed, "Yes, father."

The pacification of Tubo was a major event for the imperial court.

When Zhu Ying heard that the old man chose Fu Youde, he didn't say anything.

Someone had to go eventually. Fu Youde resigned many times after returning from the grassland, but when the overseas education order was issued, he jumped out again.

Therefore, it is understandable that the old man let him go.

If we want to solve the problem of education of Tubo, there is no other means in this era, we must completely pacify it.

After all, unlike the grasslands, Buddhism in Tubo has been combined with politics, while the Ming Dynasty is now promoting the ancient mythology system, which creates a natural contradiction.

In Chinese schools everywhere, whether it is within the Ming Dynasty, or in the grasslands, Zhenla, Japan, Annan, Champa, including the recently conquered Zhenla.

In addition to conventional enlightenment teaching, promoting the Honghuang mythology system is also an important key.

After every class, the teachers of these schools would read the ancient mythology system to the students.

The current Honghuang mythology has been improved many times by Yao Guangxiao and Zhu Ying, and has formed many small stories contained in it.

The fact that ancient myths are so popular in later generations is simply a dimensionality reduction attack in today's era of ignorance among the people.

Anyone who hears about the ancient myths for the first time will have their worldview reshaped by this huge mythological system. It is hard for ordinary people not to believe in such a strictly forbidden structure of gods.

The Ming Dynasty spread the mythological system not to spread faith, but in more ways than one, it was to shatter faith.

Because when telling this mythological system, there is never any requirement to believe in any particular god, which is actually a kind of cultural invasion.

Once the Central Plains mythology system is accepted, the belief in current gods will become weak in the hearts of most people, and subconsciously, they will naturally accept the Ming Dynasty's idea of ​​divine right of kings.

The main reason why Tubo showed great resistance when they came into contact with the Central Plains mythology was the influence of Buddhism on their politics.

This will fundamentally reduce the ruling power of the Tubo chieftains.

They have lived in plateau areas for a long time and do not have any altitude sickness. With these advantages, they can completely resist the Ming Dynasty.

Not just Tubo.

The Central Plains mythology system was also strictly prohibited in Siam, which was close to Zhenla, or it could be said that almost all countries were resisting it.

The reason why Zhu Ying's ancient mythology was resisted by other sects was that he overturned the table of faith.

In this day and age, especially in Asia, the most popular religious belief is naturally Buddhism.

However, in the Central Plains mythology system, Buddhism is not supreme. Although it has a prominent position, the saying "Buddha is originally Taoism" will cause believers who are exposed to this idea to become shaken.

Zhu Ying did not directly advocate the use of force before because of the problems of post-war rule.

Now that the prehistoric mythology system has matured, it is natural to take a two-pronged approach from both the physical and spiritual aspects.

To date, the Honghuang mythology system has achieved very good results.

For example, Annan today is a good example.

Annan has always been in the Central Plains circle since ancient times. It was only with the emergence of Nom in recent years that there were signs of it breaking away.

As the Ming Dynasty unified Annan, it naturally abolished the Nom script and moved closer to the Central Plains in terms of customs.

In just a few years, the Chinese Academy has already begun to show initial results, which has a lot to do with the popular ancient mythology.

In an age of lack of spiritual entertainment, primitive myths and other vernacular novels can easily fascinate people.

Yes, even in later generations, prehistoric myths had such a great influence, let alone now.

As the scope of activities of Ming Dynasty merchants continued to expand, the influence of Honghuang mythology was also gradually expanding.

Many countries, such as those in Central Asia, welcomed merchants from the Ming Dynasty, but privately designated the ancient myths as banned books and prohibited their dissemination among the people in the country.

However, many nobles are very fond of ancient myths.

At this time, the envoys from Samarkand finally arrived in Ming Dynasty.

Wilkin was the mastermind behind this attack on Samarkand.

He was previously a minister of the Western Chagatai Khanate. After the Western Chagatai Khanate was captured by Timur, he defected to Timur.

Over the years, he gradually gained Timur's trust, and with his good ability to get things done, he was considered one of Timur's confidants.

This time he came to Ming Dynasty, he also had a secret mission, which was to obtain the secret recipe of Ming Dynasty's train.

Originally, Timur was planning to ask Pirmahema to come again, but considering the current relationship with the Ming Dynasty, he asked Wilkin to come instead.

Wilkin knew that if he could bring back the secret formula for the train, he and his family would gain greater power and wealth.

Although Wilkin was fluent in Chinese, this was his first time to actually come to the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

His originally proud heart was about to be shattered as he got closer to the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

After passing through Zhengyang Gate and entering the capital of the Ming Dynasty, his pride in Samarkand had completely collapsed.

"It turns out that there really is such a great capital in this world."

The prosperity and vastness of the buildings made Wilkin stand there in a daze.

Officials from the Ministry of Rites who were there to welcome Timur's envoy also arrived.

After all, it is a big country comparable to the Ming Dynasty, so naturally it will not be as casual in reception as other small countries.

The person who came was Zhang Jian, Langzhong of the Ministry of Rites.

When Zhang Jian saw his surprised look, he knew that the other party was shocked by the grandeur of the capital.

He was not surprised, after all, everyone would be the same.

Wilkin came to his senses and was no longer arrogant. He bowed slightly to Zhang Jian to express his respect for the Ming Dynasty.