The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 631

How did the smugglers on the grassland make a lot of money.

First of all, it is natural to transport contraband. The goods bought from the Ming Dynasty will immediately pay a premium of several times, or even ten times, when they arrive on the grassland.

The stronger the government controls, the higher the premium will naturally be.

The second is to buy spoils from the tribes on the grassland, and then sell them in the market on the Central Plains.

Make huge profits from it over and over again.

What did Zhu Ying do in the first place? She was also in the smuggling industry, and she was also the leader of the smuggling industry. Of course, she was very clear about the tricks in it.

In fact, these things are very simple to break apart, except that the civil official group keeps it from the emperor.

Could the top ten imperial merchants of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, even in the late Ming Dynasty, be able to fight against the imperial court?

No, what they rely on is to deceive the top and the bottom, spend money to win over the relevant officials, and block all the news. Everyone knows it, but the emperor doesn't know it.

Coupled with the lack of payment at the border, many soldiers at the border were miserable, and whoever paid the salary was the father, which naturally led to the corruption of the entire late Ming Dynasty.

Even though Daming is already riddled with holes, as long as there is payment, the border gate is really not something that the Manchu Qing can enter if they want to.

There is a saying in later generations: If there is a 50.00% profit, it will take risks; if there is a [-]% profit, it will dare to trample on all laws in the world; if there is a [-]% profit, it will dare to commit any crime.

And smuggling has far exceeded [-]%.

If you don't pay attention, you will set off a huge wave. Rather than earning it for others, it is better to earn it yourself.

Of course, it doesn't mean that Zhu Ying is still going to be a smuggler, isn't that poaching her own corner.

Only when the opportunity is right, use Daming's current resources to control the behavior of these grassland tribes.

For example, now, let the tribes of the grassland unite to fight against the growing Timurid Empire.

In history, Timur died during the Eastern Expedition, but Zhu Ying didn't want to gamble.

He has changed too much now, and who knows whether Timur will be affected. Even if he is not afraid of Timur's Eastern Expedition at all, it is not bad to use some means to attack him now.

"I hope Daming will keep his promise." Mahamu said seriously, obviously, he agreed to send troops.

A relaxed smile appeared on Yao Guangxiao's face: "My Daming's reputation is well-known, and this is not a matter of Khan's family. It involves the entire grassland. Please rest assured Khan."

The Junggar tribe is the leader of many tribes in Oara. Basically, what Mahamu agrees to, the other two tribes will not refuse unless their interests are too different.

For Mahamu, especially all the tribes in Wala, they are envious of everything about Beiyuan.

Bei Yuan's life became easier, and he could obtain a large amount of food, daily necessities, and even some precious goods from Daming without risking the autumn wind.

Ordinary grassland people want to have a good meal, and the nobles of the grassland are obsessed with Ming Dynasty porcelain, silk, and all kinds of luxury goods. This can only rely on the Central Plains Dynasty, and they have no products out ability.

In fact, recently, Mahamu is also very difficult to do, because there are already many small marginal tribes who have directly defected to Beiyuan.

If you want to join the Beiyuan Employment Association to pick up tasks, you don't just need to be a prairie citizen, you must have the permission of a tribe that has been registered in Beiyuan.

In name, Wala belonged to Beiyuan, and these tribes returned to Beiyuan's jurisdiction without any psychological pressure at all, let alone betrayal, it should be said that returning was closer.

The arrival of Yao Guangxiao happened to give Mahamu the opportunity to win over the various tribes of Oirat.

These days, anyone who cooperates with Daming basically makes a lot of money. Of course, Mahamu also wants to get on this boat.

To be honest, Zhu Ying actually didn't know much about these things, otherwise Yao Guangxiao would not be allowed to come over. To send Yao Guangxiao out for such a simple and horizontal matter is really like killing a chicken with a sledgehammer.

The next thing was a matter of course. The next day Wala basically agreed to everything. Yao Guangxiao sent a letter to the capital through Beiyuan, telling the grandson Zhu Ying that it had been dealt with properly.

"It seems that I still underestimated myself after all."

After Zhu Ying received the detailed contents of Yao Guangxiao's letter, she thought of it a little narcissistically.

Who would have thought that what once was Daming's most worrying border problem, now has time to become Daming's younger brother.

It has only been 29 years since the founding of Ming Dynasty.

Six years ago, Zhu Yuanzhang also vigorously canonized the frontier king, hoarded a large number of troops to defend the grassland, and even supported the three guards of Wuliangha to fight.

On the other hand, now, not only the trouble of Beiyuan has been solved, but also Wala behind him can be regarded as following Daming.

As for Daming, they didn't even need to pay any money, they just acted as a trading platform.

For property transactions on the prairie, not only is there no concept of losing money, there may be some profit.

Of course, Daming's capital-guaranteed operation is fine, and making money is really secondary.

If the emperors of the Song Dynasty saw this, wouldn't they vomit more than three liters of blood.

They made marriages and paid tribute again, but they still couldn't keep it in the end.

Now Daming doesn't get close, doesn't pay tribute, and at the same time makes the grassland people obedient, and at the same time earns their money, it's simply a fantasy.

In fact, even if it was five or six years ago, some officials thought it was a fabrication and a lie when they heard about it.

But now, it has become true.

"It was really a success?"

The news was quickly reported to Zhu Yuanzhang. After hearing it, Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little unreal.

The crisis in the grassland that he has been thinking about is now going to become a sharp knife in Daming's hands?

"Grandpa, it worked."

"Not only Oara, but Beiyuan also sent letters, willing to send troops to help the Eastern Chagatai Khanate."

"The Eastern Chagatai Khanate has now sent envoys to our Great Ming capital to discuss the specific details, and at the same time brought a large amount of property to express our gratitude."

"Now that the three parties are working together, Timur's Eastern Expedition may come to an end, and he will feel the pressure from the grassland."

There was a faint smile on the corner of Zhu Ying's mouth.

The Timur Empire was the only empire comparable to the Ming Dynasty. Under Timur's leadership and strong personal prestige, even though the entire political system had big loopholes, they were completely covered up.

The soldiers he led were as powerful and brutal as he was.

The consecutive war victories can be said to make the entire Timurid Empire flourish, otherwise they would not abandon their relationship with Ming and start a war against almost the whole world.

The crazy Timur is to let his army directly attack all the surrounding countries.

When other countries fought wars, they said that they were attacked by the enemy. Timur was different. He surrounded everyone by himself. This domineering alone was enough to make a large number of soldiers of the country fearful.

Daming and Timur could not go to war directly, but this did not affect Zhu Ying's use of Daming's influence now to urge the integration of grassland forces to conquer Timur.

The feeling of being the black hand behind the scenes is really comfortable.

Zhu Yuanzhang also feels such comfort now.

"On the grassland alone, we can't see that it can put too much pressure on Timur. It's like the Six Kingdoms' attack on Qin, and it's hard to make a big deal if you don't agree with each other. Moreover, the people of this grassland are more complicated than the six kingdoms back then. "

"It is composed of tribes one by one, and each big tribe has a lot of conflicts accumulated. Some tribes between Wala and Beiyuan are almost blood feuds, death feuds, and such things are indispensable."

"Although we don't know much about the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, it is naturally a mess inside when we think about it being oppressed and beaten by Timur. Maybe at the beginning, we can feel that there is a sense of unity, but after the end, it is roughly There will be an uneven distribution of spoils.”

"There are so many tribes, no one is submissive, and no one has the reputation to stand up and order the heroes. Heh, I'm afraid it's even more fragmented than the Six Kingdoms attacking Qin. At least the Six Kingdoms still have a commander in chief."

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile, he is not optimistic about what kind of great things these barbarians on the grassland can do.

Especially this joint approach.

Timur claims to be the Khan of the Second Day, although it sounds very unpleasant, but I have to admit that Timur himself does have almost the same personal charm as Genghis Khan.

Since Timur detained the Ming envoys, Zhu Yuanzhang has attached great importance to them, and has continued to send people to obtain information.

After gradually understanding Timur's family history, Zhu Yuanzhang still admired it somewhat.

This is a lot worse than myself, but the experience is similar.

Timur also came from an uprising, but it was different from Zhu Yuanzhang's choice. After initially taking control of the military power, Timur did not choose to resist to the end, but saw an opportunity to legally inherit the position of his uncle Haji.

Seeing this, he promptly expressed his vassalship to the invader Tughluk Timur Khan.

Although he failed many times later, with his political skills and military talent, Timur grew rapidly after the initial difficult period.

Timur itself is not a descendant of Genghis Khan, and the Xichagatai Khanate must maintain the legitimacy of its rule, at least in form.

Timur played the trick of narrowing the emperor to order the princes.

Now Timur naturally no longer needs a puppet king.

The most interesting thing is that Timur originally opposed the rule of the Mongols, but later found that other ethnic groups were more threatening to his rule than the Mongols.

The dragon slaying warriors became evil dragons, and Timur began to recruit and pay attention to the Mongolian army, and formed a large number of Mongolian cavalry.

It even imitated Genghis Khan's war strategy at the beginning and carried out massacres.

Including the current expedition to India, the same strategy of massacring the city was adopted.

This is the slogan for Khan shouting the next day.

As for such a character, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't think that some tribal alliances on the grassland could fight against them.

The strength of the war is very important, but the command is even more important.

A raging soldier, and a raging nest.

Zhu Yuanzhang is not optimistic that the Prairie Alliance can put a lot of pressure on Timur.

"That's for later. No matter how they fight or how they fight, we just wave the flag and cheer behind."

"It just so happens that the gunpowder department's firecrackers and artillery have been updated again. The original old-fashioned armaments should be destroyed. It feels too wasteful. When the troops are mobilized there, they will all be sold first."

"The envoys of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate have come, so let's sell them a batch first, so that we can make some money and then invest in the Gunpowder Department for research."

Zhu Ying said indifferently.

He hadn't thought about letting the grassland fight with Timur. For Daming, as long as there was a war on the grassland, it would be a good thing.

After transporting so much food, and the tribes in the grassland are making great efforts to raise children, there must be a place to consume it.

If it can really make the grassland continue to grow, then it will leave a big hidden danger for Daming.

Peace is built on strong strength, weak countries have no diplomacy.

One day when Daming is weak, no matter whether it is Wala or Beiyuan, tribes that have benefited from Daming, they will definitely bite a big mouthful of flesh and blood without hesitation.

How to keep the grassland from posing a threat to Daming is a problem.

In fact, the solution is not too difficult from the perspective of future generations, so let the grassland be kept at war.

To expand a little bit, it is to put the whole world in war, and only Ming Dynasty is the country in the safe zone.

Apart from Ming Dynasty, Timur, Ottoman, and Byzantium are the three most powerful empires.

But the current geographical location of Ming Dynasty is very unique, it can be said that it is far away from the war zone of the three empires.

At this time, the grassland has instead become Daming's umbrella.

The Ottomans and Byzantines in Europe had no way of fighting against Ming Dynasty, and the only one who could go to war was Timur, but it was also very difficult.

Timur and Daming are equal to a situation where whoever strikes first will suffer.

It is the right choice to weaken Timur through soft power.

Daming only needs to make a lot of war money.

After all, above the current sea area, Ming Dynasty is the undisputed number one power, no empire can compare with it, the gap is more than a star and a half.

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a while and said, "We have recently received a lot of news from the sea about the development of firearms. Many other countries also have unique ideas in the development of firearms."

"After several years of constant military expansion, our Daming Navy now has nearly 40 troops. Recently, we have been thinking about sending a navy to patrol the Nanyang and Western oceans."

"Firstly, it can strengthen the prestige of our Ming Dynasty in overseas countries and deter them, and secondly, it can also do some maritime trade business."

Regarding the expansion of Ming Dynasty's influence, Zhu Yuanzhang has realized that land is not only costly, but also very difficult, but it is much easier at sea in comparison.

Especially in the Nanyang area, the Navy's route has been cleared, of course, it is necessary to go to further places to see.

Zhu Yuanzhang has been listening to Dasun talking about the countries outside. In fact, Da Ming had only a vague understanding of the European region before. Now that he is interested, he also wants to send a fleet to sail.

Since ancient times, which emperor did not want all nations to come to court, and Zhu Yuanzhang is certainly no exception.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, the Central Plains Dynasty is the center of the whole world, and the whole world should submit to Ming Dynasty, even in name.

The appellation of Heavenly Dynasty Shangguo is not a simple honorific, but a real power.

Today's Ming Dynasty has made Zhu Yuanzhang feel that it is the pinnacle of many dynasties in history. Even the powerful Han and the prosperous Tang Dynasty have surpassed it.

That being the case, more countries should be surrendered.

(End of this chapter)