The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 565 Bei Yuan's Counterattack

The name of this thing sounds like it is useless.

But in fact, even the current Daming is not very clear about how much influence he has in today's world.

As far as the whole world is concerned, Daming naturally ranks first among the relatively powerful forces.

And the next thing is the Timur Empire, which is constantly developing upwards.

The stronger Ottoman Empire.

The Ottoman Empire was located at the intersection of Eastern and Western civilizations, and had mastered the land communication lines of Eastern and Western civilizations for six centuries, and it did not perish until modern times.

The opposite is naturally the Byzantine Empire.

This is an extremely ancient empire, established in [-] A.D., it has been thousands of years so far.

Facing the nascent Ottoman Empire, the ancient and decadent Byzantine Empire is obviously more difficult to contend with, and has been losing ground on marginal battlefields.

Compared with the newborn Ottoman Empire and the ancient Byzantine Empire, although Timur has an extremely strong ruling power, he also has the most powerful cavalry in the world.

But the terrible ruling system is Timur's biggest hidden danger.

The dominance of the Mongolian khanates is constantly declining, and the defeat of the Kipchak Khanate by the Principality of Moscow also means the beginning of the decline of Mongolian dominance.

The Hundred Years' War between Britain and France was still going on, and the outbreak of the Black Death had greatly reduced the population of the whole of Europe, but the economy was on the rise.

And the Renaissance had begun in Italy.

Throughout Europe, the influence of the church has always remained extremely strong.

The Maya in America is gradually going into decline, and the Inca Empire is slowly rising.

Being poisoned means India of later generations, where the Karji and Tugrik dynasties of the Delhi Sultanate ruled successively, and their national power was strong.

It's just that there is an army of the Timur Empire on the border.

On the African side, the Kingdom of Mali began to grow stronger, Egypt was ruled by the Mamluk dynasty, and the Marin dynasty in Morocco was splitting.

Looking at the entire world, today's Ming Dynasty is undoubtedly the most powerful, no matter in terms of economic aggregate, military strength, development, system, people's livelihood, etc., it crushes the world.

Daming, Fengtian Palace, Early Dynasty.

"The Japanese country has evil neighbors, a surly gang, and their nature is benevolent and ungrateful. They are cunning and aggressive, stingy and licentious, profuse in etiquette and hypocrisy, and they are cunning and rampant."

"Although it has inherited the kindness of China from generation to generation, it does not think about repaying it. In the early years of Hongwu, pirates and bandits were raised, harassing Linhai, occupying land by force, harming living beings, and destroying city walls."

"Being outraged by the situation, Zhi'an Sheji, sounding the golden drum, punished and killed the Japanese slaves. The people also cut trees and uncovered poles, and joined the conquest one after another. Once they succeeded, the Japanese pirates abandoned their swords and armor, and surrendered."

"However, that Japanese slave is extremely abominable. Taking advantage of the quarrel, he is ungrateful, disregarding the covenant of peace, and secretly harming my son, Daming."

"The ministers above play, imploring the Taisun Palace to issue an order to deal a head-on blow to the Japanese country and restore the majesty of our Ming Dynasty."

In front of the Fengtian Hall, a doctor of imperial history spoke eloquently, shouting loudly and imposingly.

The ministers in the hall were filled with righteous indignation and responded one after another.

Zhu Ying stood in the hall with a calm expression.

Sure enough, everyone who reads has a few brushes, and this principle is really a set.

In fact, regarding today's court meeting, the main thing is to go through a cutscene.

Because the matter of the silver mine had already exploded in Daming, from high-ranking officials and aristocrats to horse traders, almost all of them were involved in the minds of this Japanese silver mine.

This matter has not been published in the residence newspaper, but the gossip is the most touching.

At this point, after discussing with Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Ying and Zhu Yuanzhang felt that there was no need to continue the peace covenant with Japan.

So I made a simple arrangement at the court meeting.

Naturally, the censor was almost flattered, he notified in advance, prepared a speech, and then brought this matter up.

According to the rules, Zhu Ying needs to be reserved at this time, otherwise it will appear that there is no sense of ceremony if she is too direct.

"Wo Kingdom can be regarded as a little sincere, and sent the mastermind behind the assassination of the prince."

After Zhu Ying finished speaking, the censor immediately kowtowed and said, "This is all a conspiracy of those Japanese people. The difference is so far away. Who knows if he is a scapegoat."

"Assassination of my eldest son of the Ming Dynasty already shows that the Wa Kingdom is either unable to control it, or it has been secretly planned for a long time. No matter what kind of situation, it is necessary for my Ming Dynasty to redefine the world for it."

Zhu Ying nodded, then looked at the officials, and asked, "But I still have other suggestions from Xiang Zuo."

All civil and military officials shook their heads.

Who doesn't know that this morning's discussion of this matter is just a formality, and the outcome of the matter has already been decided long ago.

Soon, the matter about the Wa country was already determined in the court.

This time, there will be no chance for Wa country to explain.

Of course, Daming would not say to mobilize a large number of troops to attack the Wa country, but only tens of thousands of people would go there.

Qin Wangfu.

Zhu Xing asked the eunuch next to him nervously, "Do you think His Highness Taisun will really let me lead the army to Japan?"

Originally, there was no need to communicate with the eunuch about such a matter.

It's just that Zhu Xi is a little worried about gains and losses now.

Because of the previous incident, even though Zhu Yuanzhang had forgiven Zhu Xi for the sake of Zhu Biao's death, this guy's side concubine smashed the only jade pendant left by Empress Ma to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Deng's death only dispelled Zhu Yuanzhang's hatred, but could not solve Zhu Yuanzhang's disappointment with this son.

Later, he led the army once, but with Zhu Ying's overseas feudal vassalization, the military power in his hand was taken back again.

With Zhu Yuanzhang around, no vassal king would dare to make a fuss. Zhu Yuanzhang's deterrent power was the shadow of many vassal kings when they were young. Even the second son, Zhu Yu, was also afraid of his father.

The eunuch was at a loss when he heard King Qin's words.

If it involves some court affairs, interfering indiscriminately is asking for death.

I had no choice but to kneel down and kowtow: "My lord, I don't know, I don't know."

Seeing this, Zhu Xi waved his hand in disappointment, telling him to back down.

The eunuch seemed to have escaped the hurdle of life and death by luck, and left in a hurry, fearing that he would be left behind if he was too late.

There are not a few eunuchs in the court who were executed because of their involvement in royal affairs.

Zhu Xi was left alone, pacing back and forth in the yard, thinking wildly in his mind.

After an unknown amount of time, there was another rush of footsteps outside the courtyard.

Zhu Xi didn't care so much, and he didn't care about his appearance as King Qin, so he hurried to open the door by himself.

Outside the door, several eunuchs came with orders.

Zhu Xi hurriedly greeted him.

Seeing this, the eunuch did not hesitate, and directly opened the decree and said, "According to your majesty's decree, Qin King Zhu Xi is specially appointed as the supervisor, leading [-] troops, and is responsible for investigating the assassination of the son of Yancheng, an overseas vassal state."

In front of the eunuch's door, Zhu Xi had nothing to care about.

He walked over a few steps directly, took the edict from the eunuch, and read it carefully again.

The eunuchs who delivered the decree were also accustomed to this, and when the decree left their hands, their straight backs immediately bowed down to show their respect to the King of Qin.

When the decree was handed down before, they represented His Majesty's face. Now that there is no decree, it is natural to restore the status of eunuch.

These actions of the King of Qin are not in accordance with the rules, but this is an internal matter of the royal family, and it is not their turn to gossip.

Even if His Majesty knew about it, it was nothing more than a few reprimands.

There was an unstoppable smile on Zhu Xi's face.

After so long, it's finally over.

The life in this capital is really too disturbing.

It's not in any other way, it's just that he is suppressed by his father, so he has to be cautious when doing anything.

As the head of the kings, the current Zhu Xi is still the patriarchal order of the clan's mansion, which also prevented Zhu Xi from strolling out. He wanted to express his intention to go overseas to establish a vassal state several times before, but he was directly rejected.

Now it is finally fulfilled.

Perhaps this kind of thinking will not be understood by others, and only the feudal lords themselves know how happy it is to be able to leave the territory of the Ming Dynasty and go overseas under the current situation.

On the vast grassland, Zhu Di sits resting on a rock without any image.

The conquests over the past few months made Zhu Di's expression a little more tired, but the light in his eyes did not decrease in the slightest.

While resting, Zhu Di glanced at the resting soldiers.

After continuous fighting and replenishment, there are now only more than [-] people in the team of [-] people, and the number of Han people in it is less than half.

Most of them became the cavalry of various tribes in the grassland.

It is also this long-term fighting that has allowed some immature recruits to grow rapidly, and the combat effectiveness of a team of 7000 people is even higher than the previous [-] people.

However, Zhu Di's life is not easy.

With the counterattack of the whole Bei Yuan and the alliance of all tribes, he could no longer go deep into the belly of the grassland.

If you go in hastily, it is easy to be surrounded and killed.

"Zhang Yu, let me know. After a stick of incense, the army will be reorganized and retreat to the grassland military base."

"After fighting for several months, it's time for the soldiers to take a rest."

After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Di called his general Zhang Yu to give instructions.

Not long after, there was a burst of cheers from among the army.

Mongolia and Japan are not in the same concept at all.

Here, the arquebus does not play a big role, let alone the siege weapon artillery.

The grassland is the place where the Mongols were born and raised. The vast and boundless plain has almost no shelter.

The only way to start a war here is to have a large number of cavalry.

Of course, a powerful infantry regiment can also advance slowly, but this kind of loss is extremely large, and a large amount of rations will be consumed every day. Once the logistics cannot keep up, they can only retreat.

The method of the Zhuying Grassland military base is to reduce consumption and use strong material and financial resources to drag down the grassland.

And at the same time, it caused turmoil in the entire grassland, making it unable to plunder the border of Ming Dynasty.

The most obvious point is that since the establishment of the grassland military base, there has been no Daqiufeng, and all the borders with Ming Dynasty have been swept away by Zhu Di, Lan Yu and others.

This forced many steppe tribes to migrate deep into the steppe.

The method sounds simple, but only the current Daming has the strength to execute it.

After all, the money and food consumed here is a huge amount.

Just this year alone, the total loss has exceeded the amount of 700 million treasure notes.

Think about how much Daming's annual income was at the beginning, but it was only more than 1000 million. If it were changed to before, it would completely drag down his own finances.

After the embargo, the trade at the border is also gradually decreasing, but the life of the tribes who have surrendered in Liaodong is not bad, and normal trade is also going on.

Many other tribes can only find a way to sell them to the surrendered tribes in Liaodong at a lower price in exchange for meager rations.

In the end, these livestock or livestock products, furs, etc. will still flow into Daming.

Zhu Di and Lan Yu led more than 2 cavalry to attack everywhere on the grassland.

This number sounds like a lot, but compared to the vast grassland, it seems a bit insignificant.

Even after several months of mopping up, most of the time was actually spent on the road, and when the mopping up started, many tribes heard the news and started to migrate.

And on Beiyuan's side, it has been brewing.

The army was secretly preparing for a more direct attack on the grassland military base.

The reason why Zhu Di chose to turn around the base was also because he felt the danger.

The most powerful armor of the Ming Dynasty is difficult to wear on the grasslands, and it is generally light leather armor.

Heavy armor will affect the speed of the cavalry. If the speed cannot keep up, it is tantamount to handing over life and death to the enemy.

It is based on the current grassland battles, more in the form of Mongolian cavalry, and Zhu Di Sapphire's side is also all cavalry.

It was about an hour or so after Zhu Di left.

Several Mongolian cavalry came to the station.

The traces of the army's garrison cannot be eliminated. Feeling the temperature left by the bonfire on the ground for a while, the leader of the Mongolian commander said in Mongolian: "It's not too far, we can catch up."

Then immediately turned around and retreated.

As several Mongolians galloped, a large layer of black shadows appeared in the distance.

Looking closer, tens of thousands of cavalry are stationed.

This is the commander-in-chief of the military department under Beiyuan.

Different from the prairie tribes, even now, the Northern Yuan is operating the same system as the previous Mongolian Yuan, implementing the system of three provinces and six ministries.

This is also the reason why Daming always wanted to completely eliminate Bei Yuan.

Beiyuan's side is not only full of Mongols, after being driven into the grassland by Zhu Yuanzhang, there are still a large number of Han scholars working for Beiyuan.

The system of the Northern Yuan Dynasty was also inherited from the Song Dynasty, which was completely different from the primitive barbaric rule on the grasslands. If they found an opportunity to invade the Central Plains, it would be easy to open up the situation, and it would also be easy to get the support of some local families.

Therefore, the elimination of Beiyuan is the first thing for Daming to bear the brunt.

(End of this chapter)