The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

The news of Benya being captured alive soon spread to the capital.

In order to let his father, Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, know the news as soon as possible, Zhu Han took the special military channel.

That is to start a train alone.

Of course, there will also be a lot of materials used for transportation, but the profits will not be as high as normal.

In the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy after receiving the news.

"Very good. It seems that this boy has reassured us. Originally we thought it would take some time, but we didn't expect it to be so soon."

"Benya Shili is the main figure in the residual Yuan. His being captured alive by us must be a huge blow to the entire Mongolia. Many Mongolians will consider whether the former Mongolian Yuan has been completely defeated."

"Those Mongolian tribes who are not living a happy life should know that the only way out now is to join the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Ying also smiled when he heard this and said: "Third uncle is really good at leading troops in battle. I heard that the main reason why Benya was lost and captured this time was because of the people Tamerlane left behind."

"They betrayed Canyuan, which is equivalent to betraying the Mongols. If they want to extend their hands to the grassland in the future, it will not be so easy to use the name of descendants of Genghis Khan. It is a pity that Arutai was not captured."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand: "This is not important anymore. Arutai is just a lost dog now. They ran into the big forest. It seems to be a good protection, but it is also a huge cage."

"After all, there is no rich pasture for their horses to enjoy in the big forest. After this winter, their horses will lose fat, and our horses will become stronger. By then, they will no longer be able to escape from the big forest. Come out."

"Maybe there is some food they can get in the big forest, but it can't feed hundreds of thousands of grassland people. The lack of food will make Arutai's prestige drop. By then, whether he surrenders to us or plans to die, Even if you give it a try, it’s not a big deal.”

Can grassland people living in the forest still be grassland people?

The power of the grasslands lies in their countless advantages in war horses. In today's era, scarce materials such as war horses have an extremely important impact on any country.

Almost all wars will involve cavalry, even the invention of the matchlock or even the flintlock gun. For at least hundreds of years, excellent horses were strategic materials.

And Ming Dynasty, which has captured the grassland, will have more powerful expedition capabilities.

"Koryeo is a big trouble for us right now. Whether it is the food he provides to Arutai or the connection with the Japanese country, this has greatly touched the majesty of the Ming Dynasty."

"Now that Arutai has entered the big forest, there is no need to rush to chase him. Just leave some people to guard him and prevent him from running out again. The big forest is so big. It will take a lot of time to catch them. More time and energy.”

"The next step is to deal with Goryeo. We should pacify Goryeo as soon as possible before the Japanese can seize Kyushu Island. Then we can deploy enough troops to deal with the Japanese."

"Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's plan will come to nothing."

Zhuying smiled happily.

Benya Shili was the prince of the Northern Yuan Dynasty and the current leader of the residual Yuan Dynasty. He had a high prestige in the Mongolian lineage.

Many Mongolians still have some illusions, thinking that as long as they can escape the pursuit of the Ming Dynasty for a short time, the grassland will still be their world.

I have to say that it is normal to have such thoughts. After all, the Central Plains has entered the grasslands many times throughout the ages, but the final results were not good. This is also the inherent knowledge of the grassland nobles.

However, they were so poorly informed that they had no idea that the times were already undergoing tremendous changes.

When the train appears, it means the arrival of a new era, and this era will greatly shorten the communication distance between people. It also means that power will be further extended along the train.

Many powerful dynasties in history tried to control more territory, but their final failure was not due to their own mistakes. The bigger factor was the speed of the soldiers and horses. This resulted in places far away from the political center unable to obtain effective control. control.

A huge price was spent, and in the end not only did the court have to provide money and food to make up for it, but greedy officials could easily avoid scrutiny from above and give birth to the existence of local emperors one after another.

But now it will be completely different.

"Grandpa, I plan to build a coal supply station from the East China Sea along the northern border, all the way to the northernmost point."

"Now that we have such capabilities, the land on the other side of the sea may be richer than we imagined."

Zhu Ying said.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little surprised: "Those people from the expeditionary force, have any news come back?"

Four years have passed since the ten-year expedition plan. If Zhu Ying had not mentioned it, Zhu Yuanzhang would have almost forgotten it.

Of course, this is also related to Lan Yu's eldest son.

When Lan Yu returned to Beijing, he lost his temper over this. However, letting Lan Yu's eldest son Lan Taiping go to participate in the expedition was not the intention of the court. He wanted to participate entirely, so Lan Yu could not say that he was involved. The court.

In the end, he just lost his temper and scolded him for being unfilial, but there was nothing he could do.

After all, everyone has left, and I don't know if they will come back. No matter how angry I am, there is no place to vent it.

"Of course he has not come back, but my grandson got some information from the West. Someone seems to have been to that place. Of course, the information is not very accurate, but now the expeditionary force has been gone for four years and has not come back. It is precisely because The fact that they didn’t come back shows that the land is indeed very big, much bigger than we imagined.”

Zhuying expressed her thoughts.

Of course this is complete nonsense, just to find a better excuse and reason.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while, and he felt that Da Sun's words made some sense.

At that time, 5 people went there, and these 5 people were very good. Even if they were placed in the army, they only needed to be tempered to become elite soldiers.

Four years was enough time to go a long way, and they still set out by boat back then.

You must know that this is enough for Li Jinglong to go back and forth from the West, and Li Jinglong still stops along the way.

If you think deeply, you will find that the place where the expeditionary force has arrived must be very far away.

Even though the risks of nature were great, Zhu Yuanzhang felt it was impossible to say that all [-] soldiers were lost on the road. This was not a sea march, and natural disasters could not wipe out the entire army. He could not imagine any danger on land.

Even if it is a big beast, it can only be reduced to food in front of the fire gun and [-] soldiers.

As for manpower, it is even more impossible.

For some small countries, [-] elite soldiers are completely a crisis that can destroy the country. Even if they are defeated, they cannot all be annihilated. Moreover, in such a large territory as the Central Plains, I have never heard of any danger in the north.

Those principalities living in the north did not have as many as 5 people in each country, and they did not have the courage to provoke the Ming Dynasty.The reason why we do not deal with these small countries living in the northern part of the grassland is simply because the place where it is cold all year round is really too barren.

Compared to these places, the Western Regions are considered wealthy.

"Although we don't understand why, Dasun, you are so concerned about Dongsheng Shenzhou, but our Ming Dynasty now has iron-clad ships, so building some supply depots is not a big deal." Zhu Yuanzhang replied.

He himself is not very willing to go on an expedition. In his opinion, whether it is the current Ming Dynasty, the grasslands that are about to be obtained, or even the Annan, Champa, Chenla, and Siam that have already been obtained, it will cost a lot of money. Strength to govern.

What's more, it won't take long for the Japanese country to be included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Now the population of the Ming Dynasty is indeed rising, but the territory of the Ming Dynasty has increased too fast. This has led to the fact that although the immigration situation is very good, it is still somewhat stretched when facing a larger area.

Just managing these places is already a headache for the current court. The number of official positions in the court is also constantly increasing. In order to better manage the new territories, Zhu Yuanzhang is currently preparing to add a separate department.

And Dasun now wants to develop somewhere further away.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care much about the issue of the Weeping Tree. There were two opinions on whether it was true or not. Zhu Yuanzhang naturally knew what Dasun meant. Perhaps he wanted to use the search for the Weeping Tree to develop further territories.

But this territory seemed to Zhu Yuanzhang to be too far away.

According to the latest intelligence, Majapahit, which was previously ignored by the imperial court, seems to have a population of millions, and its territory is much larger than that of Japan.

According to Da Sun's idea, it must also be included in the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

Many times Zhu Yuanzhang wondered whether the Ming Dynasty was now a bit militaristic. Is it really good to start a large-scale war like this?

However, looking at the financial statistics, Zhu Yuanzhang gave up the idea.

Annan, Champa, Chenla, and Siam alone, according to current court surveys and speculations, will provide the Ming Dynasty with food taxes of hundreds of millions of stones every year.

This is just a tax, not their output.

Moreover, these previous Nanyang countries still have great potential that can be tapped.

Previously, these places were controlled by nobles, and their water conservancy measures and fertile land development were not very efficient. Now that the Ming Dynasty has taken over, it means that in the next few years, the food produced in these places will show a certain skyrocketing level.

Perhaps in the future, we can provide the Ming Dynasty with hundreds of millions of grain taxes every year.

The huge supply of food will cause the price of food within the Ming Dynasty to continue to fall, and more people will be able to have enough to eat. The stability of people's lives also means the consolidation and strengthening of the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty.

A prosperous life will allow more families to have more children, which will also increase the population of the Ming Dynasty.

When these new generations grow up, they will also add more to Ming's army, and everything will form an excellent closed loop.

Instead of making Ming Dynasty weak, the intensifying war made Ming Dynasty stronger.

It seems that Da Sun always has a way to get better benefits from these small places that he looked down upon at first.

This is why Zhu Yuanzhang supported Zhu Ying in doing things that he felt were unreliable.

Kings are also human beings, and humans are not saints and sages, and no one can make mistakes.

Moreover, these failures did not have much impact on Ming Dynasty.

So if Da Sun wants to do it, then go for it.

"Thank you grandpa."

Zhuying responded with a smile.

In fact, in the eyes of many kings, his behavior was not doing his job properly.

In fact, judging from the current court, if he persists, even if the old man is a little angry, he will be helpless.

But it would be best to get the old man's consent.

After thinking about it, Zhu Ying finally explained a few words: "Sun'er feels that the things mentioned in the ancient books are not groundless, and some intelligence also supports such things."

"The Central Plains has a history of thousands of years since ancient times. Many powerful dynasties have been born on this land, but few dynasties can continue to prosper. The so-called eternal foundation is just a dream."

"The Ming Dynasty is a new dynasty. It has only been established for more than thirty years. In many aspects, it is still just established."

"Throughout history, a dynasty is often most prosperous when it first begins. As time goes by, it will gradually become bloated, decayed, and even destroyed."

"There is an old saying before the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty that there are only thousand-year-old families, but not thousand-year dynasties."

"Before the Ming Dynasty, the most prosperous dynasty was the Zhou Dynasty, which lasted for more than [-] years. My grandson naturally hopes that the Ming Dynasty can last for thousands of generations, but this is a very difficult thing. No dynasty has ever done it. .”

"So when my grandson was studying the history of these dynasties, he always wondered why the founding emperor was the strongest, but his descendants often couldn't surpass the founding emperor. Why? Is it because the descendants of the dynasty can't compare to the founding emperor?"

"Is it true that in every dynasty, only the founding emperor is the wisest person, the so-called man of destiny?"

"My grandson doesn't think so."

At this point, the foundation of imperial power was actually involved, and Zhu Yuanzhang's expression became serious.

He already felt some inspiration from what he just said.

Zhu Ying continued: "If the royal family is compared to a big ship, then the officials and the people are the sailors on the ship. The reason why they were able to move forward quickly at the beginning is because they knew that they could get greater benefits ahead."

"When these interests become fixed, it means that the ship will slowly slow down, and the final result will be destruction."

"But what if they knew that there were greater interests further away."

"The reason why Dou Wu, a poor soldier, caused the dynasty to perish is because such behavior will not bring more benefits to the dynasty, but will instead put a greater burden on the dynasty."

"If the place where my grandson goes on an expedition contains unimaginable wealth, and every expedition can bring huge benefits to the Ming Dynasty, then my grandson only hopes that the place will be bigger and better."