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The well-known female scholar, Her Royal Highness Zhao Zhenfang, the Princess of the Empire, is currently in India.

To be precise, he went to Bangladesh with his husband to take office.

Zheng Sen became a political envoy at a young age, and then he was transferred to the center to hang out. As a son-in-law, he has already touched the ceiling. As the princes and princesses married and had children one after another, the number of clans increased, so Zheng Sen was granted the title of title and transferred to manage the clan mansion.

What is there to manage in the clan mansion?

Feeling really bored, Zheng Sen applied to be transferred overseas.

Successively became the governor of Pattani and Malacca, and both achieved remarkable achievements.

The first is the northwest coastal area of ​​Malacca, which belongs to the disputed territory of the two sultanates of Suluoge and Pahang. In order to compete for territory, the two countries often fought wars, and the losing party would always send envoys to Nanjing to sue, and the Nanjing court would let the Governor of Malacca be in charge of coordination.

The previous governors of Malacca were mainly committed to development and immigration.

When Zheng Sen took over, there were more than 80,000 Han Chinese in Malacca (including mixed descendants). He secretly provoked the two vassal states to fight, and then stepped forward to mediate. Then, the disputed areas were allocated to the two countries, and all the rest were allocated to Malacca. The area under the governor's jurisdiction of Malacca more than doubled.

Immediately, Zheng Sen was transferred to be the governor of Pattani, where the territory is much smaller, with only one port city and surrounding villages.

The queen of Beida Nian had no children. She was forced into exile in Yecheng, and it was the governor of Yecheng who helped her restore the country. She doesn't even have cronies in the country, and she is full of opposition parties. She must rely on the Chinese garrison to maintain her rule.

After the queen died, China officially sent a governor to take over.

The first governor, silently immigrated, strengthened the strength of the Han people, and united with the local native Chinese.

By the time of the second governor, the conflict between Tuhua and Tuhua could not be eased. The aboriginal aristocrats conspired to launch a rebellion, killing two Chinese officials and one soldier. The governor dispatched troops to quickly quell the rebellion, and at the same time carried out a major purge in Pattani.

The third governor, develop the territory with peace of mind.

Zheng Sen is the fourth Governor-General of Pattani. He is very lucky. Several predecessors have helped him lay the foundation for expansion.

Still using the method of alienation and instigation to make several princes fight among themselves, and then send someone to assassinate the Sultan of the Great Mud Kingdom. After the death of the sultan, the four princes accused each other of killing their father, which started a bloody palace coup.

When the time was right, Zheng Sen suddenly sent troops to quell the chaos, and then annexed the entire Great Ni Kingdom.

The reasons for the annexation are very strong, because the Great Ni Kingdom and the Pattani Governor-General were originally one, and the legal lineage of the Queen of Pattani is higher than that of the royal family of the Great Ni Kingdom. The prince who survived was thrown to Nanjing to become a rich man. The area of ​​the Governor-General of Beida Nian has been expanded by more than ten times under the hands of Zheng Sen!

Consecutive achievements in land expansion twice, plus Zheng Sen was originally a son-in-law and had already won the title of earl, so he was awarded the title of earl——Zhao Han has always been very stingy, especially overseas expansion. Not happy enough.

Subsequently, Zheng Sen was transferred to Chittagong.

The Bengal Empire has long since collapsed, and the former governor of Chittagong took advantage of the opportunity to take down various coastal ports. The Governor's District of Chittagong was also upgraded and renamed the Governor's District of Bangladesh, and Zheng Sen was the first Governor of Bangladesh.

In terms of importance, Bangladesh can be compared with Luzon.

The farming here is well developed and the grain output is astonishing. Moreover, with a large amount of century-old teak, it has become the largest and largest warship timber base in China!

When Zheng Sen came here, his first task was to build a shipyard!

Zhao Zhenfang and her husband have been separated for many years, and she couldn't bear the loneliness, so she also ran to Bangladesh to settle down.

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Dhaka, the residence of the Governor General of Bangladesh.

Before the old Bengal emperor died of illness, he expanded the palace here and wanted to build a palace covering an area of ​​130,000 square meters.

Now, the palace has become the governor's residence and military camp.

Zheng Sen and Zhao Zhenfang lived in the innermost, and the outer buildings became barracks for Chinese soldiers.

Early in the morning, Zhao Zhenfang finished dressing and took a carriage to the Buriganga River to attend the completion ceremony of the Tianfei Temple in Dhaka.

The carriage was sent by the nobles of Bengal, and the carriage was even wrapped in gold leaf.

In the whole of Bangladesh, except for the coastal ports, China only occupied Dhaka. The rest of the area is still in the hands of the Tubang princes, who will send taxes regularly, and then continue to be their own Tubawang.

For the Tubang princes, this kind of life is very comfortable, far easier than serving the brutal Bengal emperor.

Even where there is a rebellion, the Tubang princes will help China fight the war, and bear the cost of sending troops by themselves. Through war and looting, they can earn money and express their loyalty to the Chinese governor.

More than a hundred years ago, Bangladesh was very strong and resisted the attack of the founding army of the Mughals.

But after the country was destroyed, those who had the backbone died long ago, and have been submitting to the governor sent by the Mughal emperor. The Bengal emperor a few years ago was also an outsider to the Bengal princes. Now that China occupies this place, it is nothing more than a change of foreign rulers.

Regardless of religious factors, although they both belong to Islam, Bangladesh and Delhi belong to different sects. In contrast, Bangladeshis are more tolerant of the existence of Taoism, at least the religious leaders are not afraid of being robbed of followers.

The governor and his wife left the palace, surrounded by only thirty Datong soldiers.

The remaining two hundred guards are all Bangladeshi soldiers.

The officers were from Kshatriya, the soldiers were from Vaishya, and the core members even had flintlock guns. Walking on the street, they all held their heads high, proud of their status as the governor's bodyguard.

Mirza led the way on horseback. He was the youngest son of a Tubang prince, and his father was the first to surrender.

"Snapped!"

Mirza whipped out and hit a passerby who had already yielded, because the passerby didn't yield far enough.

Seeing the people flee in a hurry, Mirza couldn't help laughing.

Although Zheng Sen asked him to treat the common people kindly many times, Mirza believed that the majesty must be displayed at all times so that the common people can respect the governor.

Because he was loyal enough, the governor had promised to take him to Nanjing when he returned to China, and recommended him to enter Jinling University. As long as you get your graduation certificate, you can serve as a senior native official in the Governor's Palace when you return to Bangladesh.

Selling the country and seeking glory?

Mirza and other Bangladeshis have no such concept at all.

They have long been accustomed to being ruled by foreign races, so as long as their own interests are not violated, they are willing to submit to foreign races. If they can still get benefits, they are the most loyal lackeys, willing to do anything for alien rulers.

Forty minutes later, the Governor's team reached the river.

It used to be a swamp area where only a few fishermen lived. After the swamp was drained, it was specially used to resettle the Han people. At first, they were just merchants, and then gradually there were immigrants. Now the number of Han people is close to 2,000.

The 2,000 Han people were all merchants and craftsmen—hair shavers and shoe repairers were also counted as craftsmen.

There will definitely be Han Chinese farmers in the future, and the farmland will be distributed. As for the original owner of the cultivated land, he could just kill them, and some lackeys would help them.

Zheng Sen promoted a large number of foreign nobles and asked them to come to Dhaka to serve as officials. Instead, the local nobles in Dhaka were suppressed. The main conflict now has become a struggle between foreign nobles and local nobles.

"The governor is here, the lady is here!"

shouted a Chinese guard.

Mirza, who led the army to clear the way, also shouted in bad Chinese: "The governor is here, the lady is here!"

A group of Han merchants and craftsmen had already been waiting outside the Tianfei Temple, and at this moment they collectively bowed to the carriage. The Bengali people in the outer circle knelt down in unison. They were the workers who built the Tianfei Temple.

Zheng Sen led Zhao Zhenfang out of the car, and said with a smile, "Everyone is welcome."

All the Han people received the gifts and stood up straight, but the Bengali people still knelt and prostrated themselves on the ground, not even daring to look directly at the governor.

This set of etiquette was told to Zheng Sen by the previous governor of Chittagong when he handed over the work.

Throughout India in a broad sense, the hierarchy is strict, so don't try to break it. On the contrary, it is necessary to make good use of it, so as to facilitate the rule, otherwise there will be chaos.

When Zhao Zhenfang first came to Bangladesh, she was not used to it, but gradually she started to enjoy it.

Who doesn't want to be a master?

In the governor's mansion, Zhao Zhenfang had more than thirty servants who took care of her daily life.

It doesn't cost much to raise servants, just take care of food and housing, but those servants will be very grateful if they are rewarded with some clothes and copper coins. Ordinary servants do not need to be paid at all, because that is the privilege of senior servants, and only servants who are promoted to management are paid.

Of course, Zhao Zhenfang is kind-hearted and often helps the poor, especially beggars on the street. When she saw a beggar, she always thought of her childhood experience.

The tradition of giving from Hinduism makes Zhao Zhenfang's charity behavior more noble. This is in line with local customs and teachings, so the Bengali people respect Zhao Zhenfang more than Zheng Sen, and believe that the governor's wife is the reincarnation of a certain god.

"Bang bang bang bang..."

Not gunshots, but firecrackers.

It is not only to welcome the governor and his wife, but also to celebrate the completion of the Tianfei Temple.

The construction of Tianfei Temple outside Dhaka did not cause any storms. The main religious contradiction here is the contradiction between the majority of believers and the minority of Hindus, and the contradiction between local sects and foreign Sufi sects.

Zheng Sen implements the policy of religious freedom, but in fact he has a poisonous scheme, which has caused various religious sects to be beaten to death.

A middle-aged Taoist priest, with several apprentices, welcomed Zheng Sen and Zhao Zhenfang into the Tianfei Temple.

"Qin Daoist, the Tianfei Temple is a bit shabby, and there are not many Taoist priests in the temple." Zheng Sen joked.

Taoist Qin said: "Sincerity leads to spirituality, regardless of the size of the temple."

Zheng Sen suddenly asked: "How is the preaching going?"

Daoist Qin shook his head and smiled wryly: "The poor Taoist finally learned to speak the local dialect, but there are no locals who are willing to join the religion."

"Don't worry, take your time," Zheng Sen said, "Make use of the strengths of your Taoism, don't worry about the low-level civilians, and see if you can absorb the local nobles and wealthy businessmen."

While speaking, he had already walked to the main hall.

Zhao Zhenfang knelt down and prayed in front of Mazu, begging Mazu to send her grandson. Her second son gave birth to four children in a row, all of whom were daughters, and she had made up her mind to adopt one from her eldest son.

In some areas, Mazu also works part-time to deliver children...

A fast boat came on the river, and a messenger went to the Governor's Mansion in the city, and then rode to the Tianfei Temple.

"Governor, the court has urgent orders!"

Zheng Sen opened the seal and took a look, but he was asked to transfer troops.

The imperial court was preparing to take Ceylon and completely drive the Netherlands out of Asia. The governor of Bengal must summon 10,000 native soldiers and send them to Ceylon next year as cannon fodder. King Jin in South India also received an order to send 3,000 troops next year.