East Factory Governor

Chapter 781 The Rich Chongzhen

An Nanguo is currently in the midst of a Zheng-Ruan dispute, the north is controlled by the Zheng family, and the south is controlled by the Ruan family. So far, the Zheng family has represented Annan as a vassal to Daming, but the Ruan family in the south may be blocked by the Zheng family. , and did not express his attitude to Daming.

Qin Shuhuai didn't necessarily want to conquer the entire territory of Annan, but if the system judged that only the Zheng family was a vassal to Annan, then he would have to take some action.

But among the small countries in South Asia, Myanmar is the most difficult to deal with.

From the Jiajing period to the Wanli period, the Ming Dynasty and Myanmar experienced a war that lasted for about half a century, known as the "Ming-Burmese War" in history.In this war, the Ming army lost more than they won, not only failed to make Burma submit, but also lost more than [-] square kilometers of land, which really made the empire lose face.

However, considering the situation of internal and external troubles and the disarmament of the late Ming Dynasty, this is not surprising.

Today's Myanmar is under the rule of the Toungoo Dynasty, the most powerful dynasty in Myanmar's history. Its territory not only includes the whole of Myanmar, but also includes Mupang, Mengyang, Mengmi and other areas in southwest Yunnan that belonged to Ming Dynasty.

So far, Burma has refused to surrender to Ming Dynasty.

In history, until the Qianlong period, after several wars, Myanmar did not really surrender to the Central Plains.

This is a tough opponent.

It is foreseeable that Myanmar will never pay tribute if it does not use troops against Myanmar.What is helpless is that Myanmar really claimed a minister with Daming during the Hongwu period.

Obviously, if the system tasks are to be completed, the next "Ming-Burmese War" must be launched.

Qin Shuhuai had no choice but to do so.

As a time traveler, Qin Shuhuai naturally knew why he couldn't win against Burma before.

Putting aside all the military and political factors, the most important factor why Burma is difficult to fight is that the Ming army did not have a strong navy, and this did not change until the Qianlong period.

What are sailors for?
Landing combat!

If it is impossible to land at the port in southern Myanmar, then the army can only start from Yunnan and other places by land and attack northern Myanmar first.

What is the terrain of northern Myanmar?Mountains, boundless mountains, and boundless virgin forests.

Moreover, in order to resist the Central Plains, they do not know how many fortifications have been built here throughout the ages.

Just imagine, the Burmese who were born and raised here, as long as they garrison heavy troops here, relying on their familiarity with the local area and strong fortifications to guard against danger, how powerful an army can be to fight there?
Anyway, the Yuan Dynasty couldn't beat it, the Ming Dynasty couldn't win it, and the Qing Dynasty couldn't beat it either!

However, what if there is a large-scale landing operation to cooperate?

As long as two more offensive lines are opened in the coastal areas of southern Myanmar, the Burmese army will inevitably divide its forces into three groups and defend on three sides. In the past, they only needed to station a large number of troops in the dangerous area of ​​​​North Myanmar.

In terms of head-to-head encounters, Qin Shuhuai has never been afraid of anyone!
Then the problem is coming.

In order to land in Burma and fight, the Daming Navy must first dominate the South Asian ocean.

Therefore, the first enemy is the arrogant Dutch!

The former sea coachman, and now the most powerful empire in East Asia, will inevitably usher in a fight at sea!

A fight that determines the ownership of the South Asian Ocean.

This time, Qin Shuhuai was not only planning to crush the fleet of the Dutch East India Company and take back several ports in Dongfan (Taiwan) that they had occupied, but also planning to control all important routes in South Asia.

For example, the route from Dongfan to Java is currently the exclusive route of the Dutch.The annual profit brought by this route alone is enough to feed all the fleets of the East Dutch India Company in South Asia, and there is even a surplus.

But dreams are beautiful, and if he wants to really achieve this, Daming still needs to accumulate energy for a while.

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The success of the Northern Expedition is of far-reaching significance. Now the imperial court, from the six ministries to the cabinet, is discussing the matter of rewards for meritorious deeds all day long.However, because the Northern Expedition Army had both official troops, demon sects, and martial arts allied forces, the composition was complicated, which also made the work of awarding rewards more complicated.

For example, for the Devil's Cult, you don't want to reward them, can't you?But reward, you can't add an official to him, can you?And it’s not enough to simply hand out some money, so some false titles have to be awarded. How to give such false titles is something to be particular about. Now a group of old scholars in the Ministry of Rites are thinking about this every day.

However, some rewards can come slowly, but the rewards for the army can be distributed quickly.

After another year, Chongzhen now has no shortage of money.

Because of the New Deal, Chongzhen received a total of 830 million taels of taxes in five years!Although it was the second year of the New Deal, the small target of [-] million taels had not yet been reached, but this figure would definitely make Chongzhen look like an upstart.

However, the expenditure of the imperial court is also large now.

Think about it, the expenditures of officials and soldiers all over the world have tripled!
Moreover, in order to implement the New Deal, various government offices have been established across the country, such as the Customs Office, the Customs Wharf, the Mentoring Office, the Taxation Department, etc., which one does not need a lot of money?
However, after deducting all expenses, Chongzhen's five-year treasury still had a surplus of more than 800 million taels!
As far as this money is concerned, according to Qin Shuhuai's plan, a large proportion of it was originally intended to be used for education, official roads and various infrastructures, but Chongzhen was so poor that he hardly did much in this year This issue.

It's not that he's really stingy, what he wants is that he doesn't panic when he has money in his hands, and he saves such a sum of money in the treasury first. As for the "infrastructure construction" Qin Shuhuai said, it won't be too late for a year, right?

Qin Shuhuai probably knew Chongzhen's psychology, so he didn't say anything. After all, if he was Chongzhen, he would probably do the same thing!

So, after the return of the Northern Expeditionary Army, Chongzhen immediately took out 400 million taels of military silver!

It was also announced that the families of all soldiers killed in battle or seriously injured and disabled could receive five taels of pension per month for ten consecutive years.

This is only for the part of the soldiers who came back, as for those who went to North Korea, he has other rewards.

All of a sudden, each soldier received a reward of eight or ninety taels of silver.

In addition to the rewards from the previous few times, as well as the monthly military pay, it is not uncommon for you to pick out a soldier at random and get a silver bill of 100 taels or even a larger denomination with a wave of his hand!
Let's put it this way, if these big soldiers now disarm and return to the fields, they will be decent enough to set up a family and marry a daughter-in-law.

To put it in the past, who would dare to think?
But is this money enough?
not enough!

Then serve as a soldier for another seven or eight years. They believe that if they take off their armor at that time, they will have no worries for the rest of their lives. , You can enjoy regular silver ranging from 3 taels to 10 taels per month.

This treatment not only moved the soldiers of the imperial court, but also the soldiers of the Wulin coalition army.

So even though the Northern Expedition was over, before Qin Shuhuai ordered the disbandment, all soldiers and horses were stationed in place, and no one mentioned going home.

Of course, no one dared to mention it.

Because they are soldiers now, the thinking of orders and prohibitions has already penetrated into their bones after experiencing so many baptisms of blood and fire.

As long as Qin Shuhuai doesn't order to disband, they will exist forever.

(End of this chapter)