The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

The larger the dynasty, the more susceptible it is to decay.

Zhu Ying knew this well, but compared with the increasingly powerful Ming Dynasty, this can only be said to be a flaw.

But in the same way, if these flaws are ignored, a minor illness will turn into a serious illness.

Zhu Ying called Song Zhong.

"I think you must know something about the local Jin Yiwei. Maybe you think it won't be a big problem."

"But you have to understand one thing. Recruits are the future of the Ming Dynasty and the foundation of the entire army. No matter how powerful a general is without the support of good soldiers, it is just talk on paper."

"Don't take my kindness as forgiveness for you."

Zhu Ying said coldly.

After Song Zhong heard this, he immediately fell to his knees on the ground.

"Your Majesty, I did hear something about it, but I didn't expect it to be so serious. I didn't know that they dared to intervene in the army."

"Please give me a chance, Your Highness, and I will definitely handle this matter."

Zhu Ying looked at Song Zhong: "What a joke, do you think you are just a member of the capital?"

"In all the provinces of the Ming Dynasty, especially the original thirteen provinces, wherever there is no problem, the guards are the ones who steal, but it is nothing more than this. Do you want me to disband all the local Jinyi guards?"

"I will give you half a year to deal with the problems within Jinyiwei from top to bottom."

"Kill those who deserve to be killed, and punish those who deserve to be punished. If half a year later, I investigate again and there is still such a phenomenon, then you should think carefully about where you should be buried."

Song Zhong did not expect that his grandson would be so determined this time. With a stern look on his face, he immediately said: "Your Highness, there are some people in the Jinyi Guards who do not obey my orders. I would like to ask your Highness to issue an edict. I have the power to make arbitrary decisions. If it cannot be completed within half a year." , I should raise my head to see you."

Zhu Ying looked at Song Zhong in surprise.

He knew what it meant.

In today's Jinyiwei organization, there are actually two major forces existing at the same time.

One faction is composed of old people led by Jiang Yu, and the other is composed of newcomers led by Song Zhong.

The good relationship between the grandfather and grandson does not mean that the people under them have a good relationship, but not everyone is related by blood. As long as there is interest, there will be competition.

Jiang Yu is the current commander-in-chief of Jinyiwei, that is, the top leader.

Song Zhong is the governor, equivalent to the second in command.

In the original Jin Yiwei, Song Zhong actually belonged to Jiang Yu, but after receiving Zhu Ying's appreciation, even though his status and position had not changed, in fact the situation was completely different.

As Song Zhong continued to promote his subordinates, the current situation in Jinyiwei Yamen was formed.

"You mean, there is something wrong with Jiang Yu here?" Zhu Ying asked calmly.

Song Zhong replied: "I am not referring to Commander Chiang, but there are many situations that even Commander Chiang does not know about. Many people below are acting in the name of Commander Chiang."

"The main members of the local Jinyi Guards are all descendants of nobles who have made contributions to the founding of the country. They come in through the door. The noble families involved probably include half of the imperial court."

"If I want to take action, I'm afraid there will be many obstacles here. Without His Majesty's decree, I think I won't be able to succeed."

Zhu Ying looked at Song Zhong.

After a while, he shouted to Guo Zhong: "Guo Zhong, come here with my sword."

It is said to be a treasured sword, but it is actually the most common long sword.

However, this ordinary long sword became not so ordinary because of Zhu Ying.

Because in his early years, Zhu Ying carried this long knife when he was doing business.

Now Zhu Ying naturally had no possibility of using the knife himself, so he kept the knife on display in Kunning Palace.

"I will give you the decree, and I will also give you my sword. If you still cannot satisfy me after half a year, just kill yourself with this sword."

Zhu Ying looked at the knife in his hand and remembered some things in the past. After sighing slightly, he threw the knife to Song Zhong.

Song Zhong firmly caught the blade with both hands and said respectfully: "Your Highness, please rest assured that I will definitely be able to complete what Your Highness has asked me to do."

Zhu Ying nodded and waved him away.

This was equivalent to a military order, but Zhu Ying could only cut off Song Zhong's escape route first.

As the Minister of the Ministry of War, Ru Yun could be said to be in the first line under the imperial power, but he had no way to deal with this matter himself. Instead, he wanted to talk to Zhu Ying.

It can be seen how complicated the people involved are.

To put it bluntly, I am afraid that some members of the royal family may be involved.

The Jinyiwei is an intelligence department and has always been directly under the emperor. However, the local Jinyiwei are far away from the capital and are relatively loose in control.

In fact, Jiang Wei knew these things, and Song Zhong also knew them, but they couldn't tell them.

Ru Yu wanted to say that it was because the mine was too big. Once it exploded, his military department would be the first to bear the brunt.

After the founding of the country, Lao Zhu has been committed to catching corruption among civil servants.

Zhu Ying, on the other hand, targeted corruption in the military.

Youdao is that greed is not enough. For money, many people don't care so much, as long as they can make money.

Just like the Guo Huan case back then, Song Zhong's death will offend many people.
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Siam Peninsula.

Although it is already winter, it is more comfortable here in Nanyang. It is not as hot as in the past and feels a little cooler.

Now on the Siam Peninsula, Lan Yu has gathered an army of 30, waiting for the arrival of the monsoon.

"Mr. Liang Guo, I don't know what the situation is in Tianzhu."

Cao Zhen looked at the sea and couldn't help but ask.

But Lan Yu didn't care much: "What could it be? I heard that boy Li Jinglong say that Tianzhu is like that, and the soldiers' combat effectiveness is very low."

"Besides, we have an army of 30. There is no place in the world where we cannot fight."

"My grandson also said that Tianzhu must be conquered. From now on, it will be the back garden of our Ming Dynasty like Nanyang."

"It is said that Tianzhu is rich in products and extremely prosperous. It is a good place to go."

Hearing what Lan Yu said, Cao Zhen couldn't say anything.

In fact, Cao Zhen's situation is normal. Because he has no contact at all, his eyesight is completely blank, so he is a little worried.

"The soldiers in Siam and Chenla have been performing well recently." Lan Yu asked smoothly.

Cao Zhen replied: "Don't worry, Duke Liang, most of these soldiers are just ordinary people. They didn't even have enough to eat often before."

"Now they are following us in the Ming Dynasty. In addition to the harder training, they can have enough to eat every day. For them, it is already a great gift."

Sapphire nodded.

He still values ​​​​Siam and Chenla soldiers more, because there are 30 troops in Siam and [-] in Chenla each.

Not just the 20 soldiers now.Lan Yu knew very well that for the time being, the imperial court would not send him more troops, but it would give him the power to train troops.

In other words, Sapphire can be recruited in the Siam and Chenla areas and then drilled.

Although Lan Yu has never been to Tianzhu, it can be known from simple maps and some information that Tianzhu is a place where many dynasties exist at the same time and the territory is very vast.

It's not a big problem to attack a country with 30 soldiers, but it becomes a big problem if the war continues.

Now, most of the army's logistics are also handled by Nanyang. The court is mainly responsible for armaments and firearms.

When the Tianzhu region is invaded, Siam and Chenla will be equivalent to Lan Yu's logistics side.

"Wind! Wind! Strong wind!!!"

Suddenly, loud shouts were heard in the military camp, and Lan Yu also felt the strong wind.

This is the monsoon, and it is also a strong wind that can drive treasure ships.

Only with such strong winds can the treasure ship's sails be provided with enough power to sail.

Everything is ready, the east wind has arrived.

Lan Yu did not hesitate, immediately organized the army, sailed the treasure ship, and headed for Tianzhu.
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Tibet.

After three months, Fu Youde led the army and almost pushed the entire Tibet sideways.

The battle against Tubo went more smoothly than Fu Youde had imagined.

Today's Tubo is no longer the powerful dynasty it was during the Tang Dynasty.

The Tubo dynasty collapsed and split into many political regimes, large and small, mainly including the Lhasa royal family, the Ali royal family, the Yaze royal family and the Yalongjua royal family.

The four kings continued to divide within themselves, and various large and small separatist regimes emerged.

For example, the Ali royal family divided into the Kingdom of Ladakh, Puran and Guge Kingdom.

The eastern region of Tubo is even more chaotic, where "the ethnic groups are scattered, with thousands of large families and hundreds of small families, and they are no longer unified."

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the Qinghai area once established the Xisiluo regime, but it was relatively short-lived.

During the long-term state of division, the entire Qinghai-Tibet Plateau formed three parts, namely Usizang, Kham and Amdo.

Wu Si Zang is divided into three parts: Qian Zang, Hou Zang and Ali.

The Uzangdu Command Department of the Ming Dynasty was not actually in the Uzang region in the current sense, but was in the north close to the border of the Western Region.

Nominally, the Uzangdu commanded the envoy and governed the entire Uzang region.

Fu Youde led the army to fight against Wu Zangqianzang and Ali.

Qianzang is Lhasa and Shannan area, and Ngari is on the northern Tibetan plateau.

These two places are also the most troublesome places and the places where altitude sickness is strongest.

The key reason why Fu Youde was able to overthrow Tibet within three months was not the use of troops, but the use of people.

He used the relationship between the major political powers to isolate all the Tibetan regimes in the Qianzang and Ali areas. After promising some benefits, these Tibetans living in the plateau areas organized their own troops to help Fu Youde cross the border. push.

In fact, for everything to go so smoothly, Fu Youde also needs to thank Timur.

A few years ago, Timur invaded and conquered the Delhi Sultanate that bordered Tubo, and then entered Tubo territory to burn, kill, and loot, leaving the entire Tubo territory torn apart.

At that time, those who took refuge with Timur's forces were the Qianzang and Ngari areas.

Then the grassland was pacified, Timur retreated from Tubo, and the remaining troops in the grassland have now been basically eliminated.

Therefore, too many Tubo chieftains did not dare to confront the Ming Dynasty.

Tubo is very poor now, and it is difficult for them to fight another war. Even the nobles have to worry about their daily meals.

This is the reason why Fu Youde can succeed.

Of course, this is also inseparable from the strength of the Ming army.

However, after the Tibet was pacified, Fu Youde's mission was not over. Next, he still needed to cooperate with the commander of Uzbekistan and the guards of the Delhi Sultanate to counterattack the Delhi Sultanate and restore the Tughluq dynasty.
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Samarkand.

Timur's plans for the Ming Dynasty almost all ended in failure.

Tamerlane was very angry when he experienced such a defeat for the first time, but anger did not solve the problem.

Timur began to gradually understand that the current Ming Dynasty was a very difficult existence for him to offend.

Especially in long-distance relationships, whoever launches an expedition will suffer.

So Timur once again set his sights on the Ottoman Empire.

The Sultan of the Ottoman Empire has been captured alive by Timur, but this does not mean the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.

Because Bayezid was captured so suddenly, he did not decide on a successor to the throne. His four sons began a war for the throne.

In fact, Bayezid has not yet been executed by Timur. He is just a prisoner and has been detained in Samarkand.

It was impossible for Timur to free him.

Because of the competition for the throne, areas such as Western Thrace, Macedonia, Sofia, Salonika and the entire northern Greece that the Ottoman Empire once conquered began to revolt and declared their separation from the Ottoman Empire.

Including Bulgaria and Serbia, which paid tribute.

It can be said that because of Bayezid, the entire Ottoman Empire is now in a state of fragmentation.

Originally, in history, Timur was thinking of ways to attack the Ming Dynasty, which gave the Ottoman Empire a chance to breathe.

Then Timur died of illness on the way to the Eastern Expedition, and the powerful Timur Empire became what it is now like the Ottoman Empire.

But now Timur did not dare to conquer the Ming Dynasty again, so he could only start thinking about the Ottoman Empire again.

This time Timur assembled an army of 15 and started his western expedition again.

Facing Timur's army, especially when even their king was captured, the Ottoman soldiers had an inherent fear of Timur's soldiers.

During this period, the Timurid Empire could be said to be its most powerful period. Even Zhu Ying could only carry out a slow pincer attack from the sea and land. How could these Turks resist?

Only in the early stages of the war, the entire battle situation was already one-sided.

After fighting the Ming Dynasty, Timur paid more attention to the development and use of firearms. Today's Timur cavalry are not the barbarians who only knew archery.

They have powerful artillery, muskets, and well-trained cavalry and infantry legions.

Cabest, who had suffered repeated defeats in the Ming Dynasty and almost lost his confidence, now finally regained his lost confidence in the battle against the Ottoman Empire.

"It's not that I'm too weak, but that Ming Dynasty is too strong."

Thinking of some of the past in the Ming Dynasty and comparing it with the current situation, Cabest sighed in his heart.

He never wanted to fight against Daming again. It was such a painful and torturous memory.