The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 643 The Plan of the Four Feudal Kings

Zhu Ying suddenly discovered that the grassland soldiers are really easy to use.

Use them to intervene in the situation in the Middle East without affecting Daming at all.

In this way, Ming does not need to be directly involved in the war to be affected.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied with such a plan.

"Can these [-] soldiers withstand Timur's attack?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a smile.

Zhu Ying replied: "Of course it is impossible, but it can bring a lot of pressure to Timur's army in the early stage. Judging from the current intelligence, Timur's army is not only strong in combat power, but also very powerful in firearms. "

"Their ballistas and artillery are irresistible to the Sultan of Delhi. Although the Mongolian soldiers are not bad, they will naturally retreat steadily under the firearms."

Zhu Ying's tone was relaxed, and this wave was equivalent to consuming a lot of Mongolian soldiers.

The Mongolian soldiers died, so the Tughluk dynasty would pay more pensions, and everyone is happy.

As long as the money is in place, there will naturally be many tribes on Beiyuan's side who are willing to participate in the war.

Others don't like to deal with the Mongols, but they don't have so many fears when dealing with Daming. Zhu Ying is not worried at all that this business of hers will let the Mongols do it alone.

If there are Mongols who bypass the Beiyuan Employment Guild and go it alone, they will directly launch sanctions. Not only will they be removed from the guild, but their tribes will also be sanctioned.

How can a well-built platform be easily destroyed by others.

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a while and said, "3 taels of gold may seem like a lot, but in fact it's only 30 guan. It's not like your grandson."

Zhu Ying gave a thumbs up; "The one who knows me is also Grandpa."

"This is a low price for Tugluk. In fact, my grandson didn't intend to make too much money from soldiers. This will affect my Ming's reputation, and it will be difficult to do other places in the future."

"Now the grandson has prepared many firearms that have been eliminated, and they are now on the way to Delhi Sultan."

"Firearms are consumables. At this time, the Delhi Sultan will accept the highest price. This is where the real money is made."

"This deal is not only sold to Sultan Mahmud, but also the governors of those places. They must be willing to pay a lot of money to buy and protect their territories."

"I also prepared a lot of students who graduated from the Daming Military Academy to go with them to help the Delhi Sultan train recruits and better control firearms."

At this point, Zhu Yuanzhang still doesn't understand Dasun's thoughts.

"You are going to drag Timur into the quagmire of war, and use the Delhi Sultan to make Timur continue to invest in troops."

Zhu Yuanzhang had to admit that this was a genius idea.

This is the same as Daming and Timur fighting in the air.

The reason why Timur sent 30 troops was to take down the entire Delhi-Sultan area in one go.

The position of the Sultan of Delhi is very critical. He borders the Tubo area indirectly controlled by Ming Dynasty, and sandwiches the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

Once the Sultan of Delhi is completely taken down, Timur will be able to deter Daming and the grassland area.

At the same time, the 30 army also demonstrated its own force value very well.

Timur wants to launch a blitzkrieg, but Zhu Ying certainly won't let him do so.

Asking people to give people, asking firearms to give firearms, anyway, it is dragging Timur into the quagmire of the Delhi Sultan.

Want to win the Sultan of Delhi next spring?

Go dream.

Zhu Ying wanted to let Timur know what would happen if he didn't give Daming face.

Especially the firearms.

In the past two years, Zhu Ying has vigorously developed the Gunpowder Department, especially the firearms manufacturing workshop below, and has added more than 200 new ones.

A school was set up to train firearms craftsmen.

The current status of firearms craftsmen is not low. Not only can they eat official food like officials, but they also have many benefits.

For example, the arrangement of the house, as long as the work reaches a certain number of years and completes the assessment tasks arranged by the Gunpowder Department, the title deed of the house can be obtained.

In each gunpowder workshop, there are schools for children and clinics for free treatment.

It means that as long as you enter the Gunpowder Workshop, you will have nothing to worry about in your life.

In today's era, eating and drinking without worrying is the good wish of almost all the people at the bottom.

This wish can be fulfilled as long as you can enter the Gunpowder Workshop.

Almost all the people are very enthusiastic about this.

As long as there is an announcement of enrollment in the Firearms School, there will be an endless stream of applicants, forming a long queue, so there is no need to worry about not being able to enroll.

Daming itself is very deficient in copper and iron minerals, which can support the manufacture of firearms today, which is inseparable from the Wa Kingdom.

Even though the vassal kings in the Wa Kingdom evaded taxes and sold mines privately, in today's market, the biggest buyer is naturally Daming.

Even though some money was spent, these mineral deposits still flowed into Daming.

That is, when the year was about to arrive, Zhu Yuanzhang's decree reached the hands of the vassal kings of the Wa Kingdom.

Zhu Ying's move can be said to be a real drudgery.

Immediately, several feudal lords panicked.

The four feudal lords who originally had conflicts had to gather together to discuss countermeasures.

"Brothers, are we really going to call out [-] elite soldiers and return to Daming?"

The first to speak was Qi Wang Zhu Yu.

As the youngest younger brother, and also the weakest in terms of generals and military strength, Qi Wang Zhu Mi really didn't want to reduce his [-] soldiers by [-].

This is on someone else's territory, and there is a threat of war at any time. The role of [-] elite soldiers is very important.

Zhu Yan snorted coldly: "Could it be that you still want to go against your father's edict, Seventh?"

Qi Wang Zhu Yu felt a little bit wronged: "Third brother, if we are like this, why are we still getting together? Just send troops."

At this time Zhu Di came out to talk: "The soldiers must be transferred back. The imperial father's decree has been issued, so no one can disobey it."

"But how to transfer and which soldiers to transfer, there is another explanation. The decree did not specify which troops to transfer, so naturally there can be more reservations here."

Qi Wang Zhu Yu heard the words and couldn't help but said: "This will not offend the emperor."

Zhu Yan immediately scolded: "Stupid."

"According to our military deployment system in the Ming Dynasty, the Ministry of War has always issued documents specifying the transfer of specific guards and their generals, but this time following the imperial father's decree, there is no detailed document from the Ministry of War."

"That's like saying let's make up our own minds. Could it be that you want to send the soldiers you can fight the most back to Daming?"

This time Zhu Yan did not go to Zhu Di, because the direction of today's discussion is to consider the overall interests of the four vassal kings.

Although the current four vassal kings have conflicts among themselves, especially some issues related to the ownership of the vassal states, even if there is no conflict in the army, there are still constant scolding wars.

But on the whole, the four major feudal lords can be regarded as all prosperous and all lost.

Everyone is the prince and vassal of Daming, and they all live here in Wa Kingdom.

I don't know how to say it in the future, at least the current inheritance is here.

Not only for oneself, but also for future generations, hereditary inheritance.

Zhu Xun coughed lightly, and the few people stopped talking, waiting for the second brother Zhu Xun to speak.

Since the eldest brother Zhu Biao left, the second brother Zhu Xi is the oldest.

Daming pays attention to dignity and order, so Zhu Xi is the most able to speak out on the bright side, whether it is Zhu Yu, Zhu Di, or Zhu Yu, they all have to give some face.

"As for the matter of troop deployment, everyone can figure it out for themselves. Since the fourth brother has already pointed out the reason for it, I won't say more."

"The serious matter we will discuss this time is still related to the mine. This time, the emperor took away our troops. Everyone knows that this is a warning from the emperor."

"Recently, including me, it's been a little bit late."

"A dozen more mines have been opened, but the tax paid is not much different from before. Of course, this will arouse the anger of the father."

"Then in terms of taxation, try to restrain yourself as much as possible."

Qi Wang Zhu Yu said helplessly: "Second brother, the sea merchants we are shipping now used to work with the grandson, and now the business of mines has basically been covered by the grandson."

"The last time I contacted other sea merchants to do this business, they immediately shut up after hearing the news."

"In this way, how can we hide the amount of our shipments from the grandson and the emperor, I am afraid that the books in their hands are clearer than our own."

Zhu Ying controls a large amount of commercial intelligence, which is a very frightening thing no matter which dynasty it is in history.

The transaction of mineral deposits could not be concealed from Zhu Ying's intelligence channel, because they could only be sold to Daming in the end.

Daming is the only one in the world who can purchase mineral deposits on a large scale.

Even if other countries need it, they can't eat so much goods.

If it was in the past, it could still be sold to the grassland through the trade routes of Korea, but now the business of the grassland has basically been covered by Ming Dynasty.

What's more, such acts of treason cannot be done by vassal kings.

If a certain vassal has such behavior, then it must be impossible to hide it from the other three vassals.

Once the report is reported to the master of the capital, 100% will be deprived of the vassal state and demoted to a commoner, which is really not worth the loss.

These bottom line issues are beyond the reach of vassals.

"Have you ever thought about why our business has been going so smoothly even though we can't hide it from the grandson?"

"This shows that the grandson didn't control this matter too much, or he acquiesced in it. It's just that everyone has gone too far recently, and this is what has been beaten."

"It seems to be the imperial father's decree, but it is actually the meaning of the grandson. Now that the Ming Dynasty has developed to such a strong and prosperous state, the imperial father has already obeyed the grandson's words."

Zhu Di directly clarified the words.

In fact, these words are meant to be heard by King Qi Zhu.

Compared with his elder brothers, Qi Wang Zhu Yu obviously lacked a lot of political acumen.

Zhu Yu is still a little confused now.

He felt that the brothers had talked for a long time, as if they hadn't said anything.

In the final analysis, we still need to mobilize troops, and reduce the amount of private appropriation of mines.

It doesn't seem very complicated, why do you feel that it is very complicated when you say it from the mouths of several brothers?

At this time, Zhu Yu simply kept his mouth shut and listened to his brothers chatting.

Anyway, as far as the current vassal state is concerned, his scale is the smallest, and they are fighting like a raging fire, and it has nothing to do with him.

"Fourth, how is the contact between the big and small Ryukyu countries? There is no problem now." Zhu Xi asked suddenly.

Zhu Di replied: "Things are not going very well. Except that Zhongshan is willing to agree to cooperate with us, Shannan and Shanbei do not agree."

"It is said that such a thing must be approved by the Ming court."

Zhu Yan sneered and said: "It seems that they still haven't figured out their position. Since they don't want to cooperate with us, then there is no need to keep them."

"Prepare as soon as possible to help Zhongshan to annex the other two countries, which will be more convenient for us to act."

"I just said at the beginning that there are too many conflicts among the three countries, and it is easier to do bad things. It is much easier than one country."

Zhu Xi nodded slightly: "Then let's settle it like this."

Then he turned his head to look at Zhu Yu, and said, "Lao Qi, you have been idle recently, so you should be responsible for this matter."

Zhu Mian turned to look at Zhu Di, and Zhu Mian glanced at him, and could only nod helplessly.

It is said that he is idle because he did not participate in the scramble for mineral deposits. Basically, all the mineral deposits discovered on the border of the vassal state were given up.

It doesn't matter if you don't let it go, Zhu Yu doesn't have the courage to fight with any brother.

In terms of status and status since childhood, everyone is not on the same level.

In the 23rd year of Hongwu, when Zhu Di made great achievements, Zhu Yu still followed the fourth brother to listen to the command.

Not to mention the second and third brothers, they were often bullied when they were young, and this belongs to the series of childhood shadows.

So Zhu Yu simply lay flat in the Wa country, guarding his own one-acre three-point land, and no one helped to maintain neutrality.

The days can be regarded as happy and unrestrained.

"Okay, I will send my confidantes to deal with this matter. It's just about the soldiers and ships. I'm going to ask my brothers to help me a lot."

Zhu Xi nodded and said: "Two thousand soldiers per person, three boats, and eight thousand soldiers are more than enough to deal with two small countries."

The vassal kings naturally had no objections.

Regarding the development of overseas military forces, it was decided two months ago.

The mining of mineral deposits has made the hands of several vassals rich enough to describe it. A large amount of money has been idled all of a sudden, and the palace is almost unable to put it down.

Because of the particularity of the current mineral deposits of the Wa Kingdom, they are restricted from developing their military forces unscrupulously, which may easily lead to conflicts with the Wa Kingdom, which will lead to greater conflicts.

So several feudal lords came up with the idea of ​​developing overseas power.

This is also an idea that came from Zhu Ying's means, and it was unanimously agreed by everyone after Zhu Di proposed it.

His eyes quickly turned to the big and small Ryukyu countries.

The Ryukyu Kingdom has a special geographical location. They can invest money in development, and then use it as a springboard to participate in the trade of the Western and Southeast Asia.

(End of this chapter)