The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 610 The Timurid Empire Declares War

Timur detained envoys from various countries, on the one hand, he felt that his army was strong enough.

On the other hand, he lacked slaves.

With the construction of cement roads, a large number of slaves on the side of the Timur Empire died, and the daily consumption was huge and terrifying.

The post stations around Samarkand have already been laid, but the border area is quite different.

For this reason, Timur can only build a single road leading to the border.

But this requires more slaves.

The inner city of Samarkand.

This is the gathering place for nobles, merchants and slaves are not eligible to enter.

Pierma Heima and his older brother, Ma Heima Sultan, walked in this majestic city.

The aristocratic robes made of oriental silk, together with all kinds of jewelry they carry, and the exquisite long sword equipped at the waist, let the passing nobles stop and bow to salute after seeing it.

"You said that in the far east, the kings of Daming lived with millions of people. Do they really have such a big city?"

"Do you know that when I come back this time, I have already defeated the poisoned king, captured a large number of their nobles, and brought enough slaves to Grandpa."

"Could it be that the Ming army is more powerful than the poisoned army?"

Because of some specific relationship, Pierma Heima, who originally led the army to defeat the poisonous man in history, went to Daming, and it was his elder brother Ma Heima Sultan who led the army.

Ma Heima Sultan's character is even more violent, coupled with the capable cavalry of Timur's army, there is no possibility of resistance on the side of the poisoned side.

The bloodthirsty Sultan Heima massacred the city crazily. If Timur hadn't ordered to bring back more slaves, I'm afraid the killing would have been even more severe.

When he came back, he saw the concrete road built and knew the secret recipe brought back by his younger brother Pierma Heima. He was very happy because it meant that his army would be able to reach the battlefield faster.

As the future prince and current heir of the Timur Empire, Sultan Mahema has this strength and prestige.

When he was very young, he showed a fierceness similar to Timur, and he was very liked by Timur, and he personally gave him a lot of military power.

Pierma Heima heard his brother's question, nodded and said: "The Ming army is really powerful, their artillery is no worse than ours, and the most important thing is their firecrackers, which are farther than ours. Stronger damage."

"When I came back from there, I have seen the power of the Ming army's firecrackers. Even light armor can be pierced within [-] steps. It has unimaginable power."

"The improvement of these firecrackers was all led by the grandson of Ming Dynasty."

"Actually, we shouldn't detain Ming's envoys. This makes us have a powerful enemy out of thin air."

Hearing this, Ma Heima Sultan stopped in his tracks.

Wei Wei thought for a while and said, "It's what Grandpa meant. You know, Grandpa has always followed the rule of law for the powerful Ming Dynasty, but Grandpa just doesn't want Daming to make trouble when we are fighting in all directions."

"Now we have an army of more than 200 million. I heard that Daming's army is only more than 100 million. There is no need to worry about that much anymore."

"When the Golden Horde is captured by us, the next step is to see how to conquer Ming Dynasty."

"You know, grandpa has always yearned for the prosperity of Daming. There is a lot of gold and food that can't be eaten. It is also the place that our ancestor Genghis Khan most wanted to occupy."

"At this point, even I cannot go against Grandpa's wishes."

Pi'erma Heima thought for a while and asked, "Is Grandpa ready to fully march to the west?"

There is an Eastern Chagatai Khanate stuck between the Timurid Empire and Ming Dynasty.

Although Timur has always won more victories than defeated the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, but he has no strength to completely conquer, and the land that has been conquered is often easily taken back.

Because they were all Mongolian cavalry, Timur didn't want to lose too much.

There is no need to worry about Da Ming at the moment, but it is not the time to attack Da Ming.

Sultan Mahema nodded: "The Ottoman Empire defeated the European coalition forces on the battlefield and occupied most of the Balkan land. Nearly [-] crusaders were captured. Except for [-] noble knights who were redeemed by huge sums of money, the rest were almost All were killed."

"The Byzantine Empire is no longer capable of stopping the expansion of the Ottoman Empire, and they are very arrogant now, especially the Ottoman envoys. This time they came to Samarkand to ask Grandpa to directly submit to the Ottoman Empire."

"You know Grandpa's temper is also because of this reason, so Grandpa will directly detain all the envoys, including the envoys of Daming, and will no longer be a minister to anyone."

Pirma Heima was busy with the construction of waterways and roads and the distribution of post stations before, so when he came back, he found out that Grandpa Timur had lost his temper, detained all the envoys of various countries, and declared war on all countries .

It turned out that the envoys of the Ottoman Empire were too arrogant.

Sultan Mahema continued: "Actually, Grandpa didn't say that all the envoys would be detained, but only the envoys of the Ottoman Empire."

"The result is that the envoy said that grandpa was originally a servant of Daming, and now it should be a matter of course for him to become a servant of Osman."

Hearing this, Pierma Heima was speechless.

Who gave the envoys of the Ottoman Empire such courage, and still felt that they had defeated the European coalition forces, so they ignored Samarkand.

Pierma Heima knew very well at this time that in the next stage of foreign wars, the entire Timurid Empire must start facing the direction of the Ottoman Empire.

They will definitely be taught a very profound lesson.

But thinking of the envoys of Daming, Pierma Heima still said: "When I was in Daming, I went as an envoy of the Timurid Dynasty and received preferential treatment from Daming. Not only did it give me a good life, but also the secret recipe of cement It was also given to me directly by the grandson of Ming Dynasty."

"Although we don't have any relationship with Daming now, I still want the envoys of Daming to have a better life at least."

Pierma Heima knew very well what kind of treatment he would receive in Samarkand.

Especially under the wrath of grandpa.

Hearing this, Sultan Ma Heima didn't care.

It is definitely not possible to let people go without authorization, and it is a trivial matter to take care of them. Grandpa Timur's anger is mainly related to the envoys of the Ottoman Empire, and the other envoys are incidental.

After the two brothers agreed, they went to the prison where the envoy was held.

Unlike Daming, there is no dungeon in Samarkand, but a separate prison.

There are a large number of wooden cages here, whether it is to imprison ferocious animals or slaves, these wooden cages are used.

Zhou Rongliang, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, was in the wooden cage at the moment, almost collapsed.

He didn't expect that the envoy of the Ottoman Empire would be so stupid and go directly to stimulate Timur.

Unexpectedly, Timur was so angry that he imprisoned all the envoys.

It is said to be incarcerated, but in fact it is no different from slavery. In just two days here, he suffered a lot of whipping.

With a barbed long whip, every time it hits, the skin will be ripped apart, and the flesh will be dripping.

Then pour the salt water directly.

As an envoy of the Ming Dynasty, he and other members were whipped three or four times symbolically, and his entire back was already in a burning pain.

The Ottoman envoys were almost all whipped to death.

There were only one or two lying on their stomachs in the wooden cage, and the slight ups and downs proved that they were still alive.

At this time.

Pierma Heima and Sultan Ma Heima had already arrived here. After seeing the officer on duty, soldiers immediately came to release the envoys of Ming Dynasty from their wooden cages.

They will be imprisoned in the room instead, and can be treated by a doctor, and there will be two meals a day.

This is all that Pierma Heima can do.

Daming, May of the 29th year of Hongwu.

It's another year, the day when the Daming Capital Military Academy enrolls students.

All the people with the fame of scholar and above started to get up before dawn and rushed to the registration point set up in the suburbs outside the city.

Now it is very different from the past. At the beginning, people looked down on soldiers. Daming Military Academy needed publicity to recruit people, and most of them were serving soldiers.

Now everyone is very clear that the soldiers' salaries have become very generous, and as long as they successfully graduate from the Daming Military Academy, they can start with a small flag at least.

The officialdom is already very introverted now. Whether it is a Juren or a Jinshi, it does not mean that you can become an official with fame and fame. You also need to practice in the smallest yamen.

That's right.

No matter who it is now, they must start from the most basic ninth-rank officials. Except for the emperor's special move, no one is allowed to violate this latest regulation.

This ninth-rank official is not the ninth-rank official of the capital.

The first thing you need to do to enter the government is to go to the local area. If you do not perform well in the local area, it means that you may stay there for the rest of your life.

This is hard to accept for today's scholars and Juren.

Of course, even the smallest ninth-rank official now has a much richer salary than before. At least it is true that he has no worries about food and clothing, which is enough to support a large family.

The biggest problem is that with Zhu Yingda's promotion of free education and the improvement of printing technology, the knowledge barriers of the previous class were directly broken.

Bookstores have been set up in more than 1000 county towns throughout the Ming Dynasty.

There are all the books related to the assessment here. As long as you pass the children's test, you can read and copy it for free.

With the reform of the assessment content, the children's test has become much simpler than before.

No matter what kind of exam it is, there is no age limit, that is to say, even if you are 40 or [-] years old, you can take the children's exam.

This also caused the number of scholars in the entire Ming Dynasty to soar wildly.

It is also for this reason that the privileges of being a scholar who once belonged to the scholar are basically all cancelled. The land that was once granted to these scholars still belongs to the individual and will not be taken back.

At this time, people discovered that becoming an official seemed easy, but it became extremely complicated.

In comparison, Daming Military Academy is much easier.

It used to be a disgrace to be a soldier, but now it is an honor.

This is why Daming Military Academy is so popular.

"This year, roughly how many people signed up."

At the enrollment point, Zhu Ying came to check the situation in casual clothes, and there were several long queues outside.

The person in charge of recruiting students at Daming Military Academy is He Rong, the son of He Zhen.

In the 20th year of Hongwu, He Zhen resigned from his official position and was granted the title of Duke of Dongguan with a salary of [-] shi.

He Rong inherited the title of his father He Zhen as Duke of Dongguan.

Now he is willing to serve in the Daming Military Academy.

This time, He Rong was in charge of the entire recruitment process.

"Reporting to Your Highness, this minister has asked people to roughly estimate that there are more than 3000 people, but this time the college's enrollment plan is only 4000 people."

Zhu Ying nodded slightly after listening.

This is equivalent to saying that nearly 2 people outside will be eliminated.

Daming Military Academy recruits students based on annual rankings, and there is no fixed score.

Among them, the assessment aspects are war chess deduction, military strategy, riding and archery, and the six arts of a gentleman.

As for the literacy test, there is no need, because the minimum to be able to participate in the registration is a scholar, and there is no need to talk about literacy.

The assessment of more than 2 people will take almost three days.

During these three days, the imperial court was responsible for the issue of food and accommodation.

This enrollment site used to be a large camp that could accommodate tens of thousands of people, which is equivalent to experiencing military life in advance.

Nor does it mean that more than 2 people will live there.

On the first day, thousands of people will be directly eliminated, and the rest can live.

Zhu Ying's visit this time is not only to watch the freshmen's assessment, but the most important thing is to give a speech to the graduates of the Military Academy.

Last year's more than 3000 people, after a year of training, are considered to have graduated this year.

The problem of distribution is similar to that of officials, and will be directly distributed to guards in various places in Ming Dynasty.

A small number of outstanding students, probably dozens of them, will be directly named a hundred households.

The rest is the general flag and the small flag.

Since the establishment of Daming Military Academy, this is already the third batch of students.

A total of nearly 8000 people have graduated.

This also means that Zhu Ying has more than 8000 middle-level officers who are equivalent to his direct descendants under the control of the military power of the Tianxiawei.

In this way, the military power is infiltrated and replaced, gradually expanding its own influence.

When Zhu Ying stood on the stage in front of the graduated students, more than 3000 people greeted them with fanatical gazes in their eyes.

In the past [-] months, Zhu Ying has come to give a general lecture to the students at least once a month.

In addition to letting these students get to know themselves and be familiar with themselves, it is more about education in loyalty.

Obviously, Zhu Ying, who has rich teaching experience in her previous life, can make all the students excited every time.

Under such circumstances, Zhu Ying's control over military power has reached the extreme.

Among the military power, the biggest problem is the tiger talisman.

Even the emperor himself needs tiger charms to mobilize the army, because the soldiers underneath don't even know who the emperor is.

Now Zhu Ying is going to eliminate this link.

When enough students graduated from the Daming Military Academy, all mid-level officers in the army were students who graduated from the Daming Military Academy.

And Zhu Ying's appearance will probably be engraved in their minds for a lifetime.

Even if there is no Tiger Talisman, as long as Zhu Ying himself stands there, he will also have the power to dispatch the army.

Zhu Ying will continue this system.

(End of this chapter)