Dominate the Country

"Quickly stand up."

Chen Ming's face was full of friendly smiles. He has always had a good habit. That is, before doing something, he should do a good investigation.

Did Dongfanghong say that: No investigation, no right to speak.

Chen felt that this was very true.

The truth is only in the hands of a few people, so officials like to come up with a trick on a whim, and most of these tricks are rubbish.

Chen Ming summoned the Johor Lord, seemingly on a whim, but in Chen Ming's heart, he was very clear about the embarrassing position of the Johor Lord in Johor, that is, his life is in the hands of others.

Speaking of it, Ibrahim is completely a puppet, without any power, but as a superficial tablet, he also has the qualifications to sell out the country.

"Are you still used to living in Nanjing? The Johor Earl's Mansion will be completed by the autumn of next year at the latest. You can live in it when you go to Nanjing again in the future." The Malay and other sultans are now living in the State Guesthouse. According to Chen Ming's previous plan, their mansions will never be completed, but now he has changed his mind. At least Ibrahim's mansion in front of him will be completed by the autumn of next year.

Ibrahim bowed again happily and said: "Thanks to your majesty's kindness, I have lived a good life in Nanjing. Your majesty gave me a house and rewarded me with preferential treatment. I am grateful and have no way to repay it!"

Although the location and scenery of the Johor Earl's Mansion under construction are definitely not as good as the State Guesthouse in Xuanwu Lake, the feeling is different.

The former is the host and the latter is the guest.

Ibrahim has a hidden idea in his heart that no one has told him. If his Earl's Mansion in Nanjing is built, Ibrahim will stay in the Earl's Mansion and not return to Johor.

If he stayed in the Earl's Mansion in Nanjing, the only person who could chop off his head was the emperor; but if he stayed in Johor, there would be countless people who could chop off his head.

Ibrahim was speaking the absolute truth now, from the bottom of his heart. His gratitude to Chen Ming was as hot as an erupting volcano.

Ibrahim enjoyed the first-class treatment of a state guest in the State Guest House.

—— From the first day they arrived in Nanjing, the rewards from the Imperial Palace and the Yanshou Palace had never stopped.

Beautiful women, fine wine, delicacies, silks, satins, gold and silver jewelry almost made Ibrahim reluctant to imagine the moment he left Nanjing.

Chen Ming smiled and said, "That's good, that's good!" The air column above Ibrahim's head was completely leaning towards him, which made Chen Ming more confident.

The person he chose would not be wrong.

"My dear, next summer and autumn, I will establish a Guozijian University in Nanjing." After the Sui Dynasty, this was the highest institution of learning in the ancient Chinese education system, the Central Official School, also known as Guozixue or Guozi Temple. In addition to this, Chen Ming will also establish Hanlin Academy University and Taixue University in the future. Regardless of whether the name sounds pleasant, it is of great significance, isn't it?

"This university will be a key institution managed by the court. If your son is willing, he can go to Guozijian. I will summon the wise and famous people of the universe, regardless of China and foreign countries, regardless of the East and the West, all of whom are based on knowledge, live in one place, and educate the world's talents..."

These are several top comprehensive universities that Chen Ming is going to establish.

The focus is not only on science, but also on politics.

Of course Ibrahim is willing, he envies Sulu Hou's experience. He also intends to send his sons to Nanjing. In addition to learning advanced culture, he wants to make friends with the nobles in Nanjing as much as possible, so that they can better cover their family with a protective layer.

No one will sit and wait for death when facing a desperate situation. Unless there is really no other way, they will seize any opportunity.

This is the case with Ibrahim. Whether it is living in Nanjing or sending his son to university, it is what he dreams of.

And there is a precedent for this. During the Ming Dynasty, the dual capital system was implemented, and there were imperial academies in Nanjing and Beijing respectively. During the Yongle period, the scale of the southern academy was grand, stretching for ten miles, with lights shining, and unprecedented grandeur. At that time, neighboring countries such as Goryeo, Japan, Ryukyu, and Siam "admired culture and education" and continuously sent students to study at the Nanjing Imperial Academy. And according to the conventions of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the children of officials could obtain the qualification to enter the academy by relying on the official positions of their fathers and grandfathers. Now it is also natural for the Johor Earl to send his son to the Imperial Academy.

Ibrahim knelt on the ground again, "Your Majesty, the grace of heaven is so great that I cannot repay you even if I die." Tears were about to flow out. Speaking in a somewhat stiff Chinese language, Ibrahim kowtowed while speaking, and the gold bricks under his feet made a banging sound.

In Ibrahim's eyes, Chen Ming is now like a holy angel, who rescued him from danger bit by bit.

In Chen Ming's plan, the latter's courses will of course include Chinese studies, so a large number of old figures who have been eliminated in the officialdom, as well as the great scholars after the compilation of "History of Ming Dynasty" and "History of Qing Dynasty", can be stuffed in, so that they can talk as much as they want. Is this also considered educating the people?

Chen Ming will also introduce some philosophers from the West through Newton, and let them talk as much as they want.

Here you can find the oldest ideas in China, and here you can also find the most novel ideas in China. The collision of the most conservative and the most unorthodox, the battle of the most orthodox and the most radical, Chen Ming also wants to know what it will look like in a few decades.

Will it produce a brilliant crystallization of human philosophical thought, or will it produce a strange flower?

But sending Ibrahim's son as a hostage was only a side dish, and Ibrahim was obviously very happy. This gave Chen Ming a deeper understanding of his situation in Johor. Chen Ming didn't know that in history, the Johor Sultanate's family was deprived of the last drop of power by the British-backed Temenggong, who sat firmly on the throne of the Johor Sultan with the support of the British and continued to prosper until the 21st century.

After organizing what he wanted to say, Chen Ming said to Ibrahim: "I met with you alone today because I have something to talk to you about..." Ibrahim was flattered by what Chen Ming said.

"I respectfully listen to your will..." Ibrahim knelt down hurriedly.

"Get up, get up." Chen Ming felt very comfortable, but he would not change his will because of this comfort. He personally reached out and helped Ibrahim up, "I plan to change the Singapore Garrison Regiment into the Malay Garrison Brigade, which will be responsible for the security affairs of the Malay Sultanates..."

"What do you think, my dear?" In other words, Chen Ming plans to take over the military power of the Malay Sultanates.

This matter will definitely cause a lot of trouble.

Ibrahim bowed his head deeply, not daring to speak, but his heart was full of shocking waves.

Malay Garrison Brigade?

Reorganization of the Singapore Garrison Regiment?

Is this going to take over the military power and swallow up the whole of Malaysia?

As the Sultan of Johor, he has no real power. The military strength of Johor is mainly concentrated in the hands of the Temenggong and the Viceroy. It doesn't matter whether it is taken over or not. On the contrary, if the local soldiers of Johor are really to be incorporated by the upper country, then his life will be immediately comfortable. By then, the vice-king and Temenggong will be on the same level as him, and Ibrahim, who also has the title of Johor Earl, is definitely more powerful than Temenggong and vice-king.

Ibrahim is also looking for Chen Han's organization. He knows that the garrison brigade mainly performs garrison tasks, which is a completely different concept from the field-type reorganized brigade. But this also means that the organization of the garrison brigade can be increased or reduced. As far as Ibrahim knows, the largest Chinese garrison brigade in the Nanyang region belongs to Mindanao. There are more than 10,000 Chinese soldiers in that garrison brigade, and there are thousands of Japanese. Even the security forces of the Black Ice Ocean join in from time to time, with a total force of no less than 20,000.

In Ibrahim's eyes, this is a force that can sweep the entire Nanyang. But China only used them to sweep Mindanao, and it hasn't even been swept clean. There is no way, Mindanao is too...

It can be said that if Mindanao itself had not brought huge economic benefits to Chen Han, that hellhole would really become the last place for the Nanyang monkeys to live. The terrain of Mindanao is too complicated.

Perhaps Chen Han can rule the entire island on the surface like Spain, but this ruling power only exists on the surface and cannot really go deep into it.

Mindanao is rich in coconuts and bananas, but this is not important. This hellhole is vast and sparsely populated. The total population of the local Moro and Visayan people is only a few hundred thousand, and large tracts of land can be opened up as arable land. Although the land bonds here are not very good to buy in China, coupled with the benefits generated by the iron, gold, copper, coal and other minerals here, it can naturally maintain a local garrison brigade and thousands of Japanese security guards.

The latter's fighting in the rainforest can not only add a lot of population to Chen Han's ruling area, but also export a lot of slaves to various places.

Chen Ming is willing to spend a lot of energy and financial resources on Mindanao, and what he wants is to completely grasp the loophole for the survival of the Nanyang natives.

In this case, the Malay garrison brigade must have 10,000 people, right?

Even if the Singapore garrison regiment has only 2,000 people, Ibrahim thinks it is not a problem to control the entire Malay land with its combat effectiveness.

And this is still the most basic situation.

What impressed Ibrahim the most was the treatment of Chinese soldiers. If the Johor native soldiers were incorporated into the garrison brigade, would they receive the same high salary as the Chinese soldiers, or their original salary? The original Malay native soldiers were paid very low or even no military salary. And if they were paid as high as the Chinese, where would the money come from? From China? Then the latter would immediately obey China, right?

The Singapore garrison regiment is the elite of the Chinese in Southeast Asia, not because of the latter's sweep of Johor and the blow to the entire Malay land during that period, but because of the importance of Singapore, which has not been fully opened to this day. Unlike the island of Tsengmu, Penang and Belitung Island, there have long been rumors in Southeast Asia that it is China's most important naval base. Since it is the most important naval base in China, the escort force there should obviously be the most elite.

If Ibrahim is a powerful sultan, he will definitely wonder whether the local garrison brigade is protecting him or kidnapping him when facing Chen Ming?

The Malay garrison brigade will then be stationed in the Malay Peninsula?

Singapore has lost one garrison regiment and there is still a second garrison regiment, which is no problem at all. But the missing garrison regiment has entered the heart of each sultanate.

If the Chinese put a battalion of a garrison regiment in each royal city, they can sweep the entire city at any time with just this one battalion. Everyone is living under the knife of the Chinese. Then the power is in them or in the Chinese?

But what can he do?

The emperor wants to play, what else can he do? Since he has already surrendered and accepted China's rule. Then, it is only natural for the Han army to enter the royal city, right?

And it is not me who should bleed in my heart, but Temenggong and the vice-king.

If the emperor can immediately recruit the local soldiers of Johor, then when he returns to Johor this time, everyone will stop laughing at the second brother.

Ibrahim almost laughed wildly in his heart and kowtowed with blood: "Your Majesty is wise, and I will obey the Holy Order!"

Chen Ming just looked at the air column above Ibrahim's head. Although it trembled a few times, the air column finally fell towards him.

Chen Ming laughed in his heart.

As long as Ibrahim's permission is obtained, Johor is indeed the best gap to open. And as long as a gap is opened, why worry that the Han army cannot be stationed in all the royal cities of Malay?

China's rights in the whole of Malaysia will be greatly increased, and the whole process of Hanization of Malaysia will also be greatly increased.

Chen Ming will let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sign a treaty with Ibrahim tomorrow, and then quickly control Johor.

No one will abandon himself to fulfill his enemy in the face of major interests.

Ibrahim really lost the "Johor righteousness" and took his own interests.

In this way, the Singapore Garrison Regiment entered the Johor Royal City, which was an unstoppable thing.

Chen Ming laughed happily.

He helped Ibrahim up again, took his hand, and said with great satisfaction: "I am very pleased that you can put the overall situation first." Ibrahim can be said to be a loyal court official and a loyal lackey of Chen Han for being able to do this.

Regardless of what Ibrahim thought in his heart at the moment, Chen Ming only looked at the results. Johor was originally a place heavily influenced by immigrants and Chinese businessmen. Now that it was swallowed up first, there was almost no possibility of regret.

And after Chen Ming started from here, he could swallow up the whole Malaysia little by little.

Ibrahim actually miscalculated some things. Chen Ming said that he wanted to form a Malay Garrison Brigade, but no one said that the Malay Garrison Regiment must control the whole of Malaysia?

This time in Nanjing, Chen Ming will bring up the issue of the "Malay Garrison Brigade" at an appropriate time, but his purpose is not to force all the sultans to join immediately, but to see who agrees and who opposes.

Chen Ming will not use force.

With Johor as a seesaw, Chen Ming will use visible and tangible reality to impress the hearts of those grassroots Malays.

Better life, better accommodation, better medical care, better education...

What makes Chen Ming even more happy is that the rapid acceleration of the Malay Hanization process comes entirely from his flash of inspiration. As a person with mediocre political feelings, as a person who has always relied on his knowledge before crossing to govern and change the country, Chen Ming is very happy about this change, which makes him feel a sense of accomplishment.