Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 551

First, he killed the former governor of Manila, Salvador, and the Spanish captives, and then sent the governor of Malacca, Botto, and the captives to mine in Ceylon.

Zhu Youjian will then deal with the more than 400 million taels of silver left by El Salvador.

According to the rules of the army, the army is the Ming army, and all property obtained must be handed over to the court.

However, Zhu Youjian was different from ordinary emperors in that he did not embezzle all the more than 400 million taels of gold and silver.

He put 200 million taels of gold and silver into the system warehouse, which will be used as the salary of the Dragon Banner Special Forces in the future.

With more than 200 million taels of silver remaining, he decided to use all of it to reward all soldiers in the Nanyang War.

After capturing Batavia, Malacca, and Ceylon, Ming should have rewarded the soldiers.

If only the soldiers are allowed to fight, and the court does nothing, what is the difference between this and the previous Emperor Chongzhen.

Only if you let them see the benefits of fighting, they will work hard for you.

The imperial court is so indifferent, the system summoner will of course not have any ideas.

The purpose of their summoning is to share the worries and sorrows of the host, and fight for the host.

But there are still many soldiers who are not summoned soldiers, they are all Ming people or soldiers.

Although they all respect Zhu Youjian and are absolutely loyal to Daming, who doesn't love Yinzi.

After Zhu Youjian collected 200 million taels of silver and gold into the system warehouse, he immediately issued a decree to reward the soldiers.

The general will be awarded 50 taels per person, the soldiers will be rewarded with 20 taels per person, and the wounded soldiers will be rewarded with [-] taels per person.

If a general is killed in battle, an additional 500 taels of pension will be added, and the parents and children will be raised by the court.

Soldiers who died in battle, in addition to rewards, will directly add 200 taels of pensions, and elderly parents with young children will be supported by the court.

If the parents are in good health and the woman is an adult, the imperial court will arrange jobs for them directly.

For those soldiers and non-commissioned officers who performed well, such as hundreds of thousands of households, not only will they be rewarded, but they will also be promoted to a higher level.

The main generals and deputy generals in each army, etc., this time only the rewards are not sealed.

But their military merits will be accumulated and superimposed, which is for their military merits to be crowned kings and marquises in the future.

After Zhu Youjian's edict came out, the soldiers of the Ming army cheered happily, even Qi Jiguang, Zheng Chenggong and other generals were equally happy.

They knew that they were all strong contenders to be crowned king.

Under normal circumstances, as long as there are battles, military merits will continue to accumulate.

By the time Daming has settled down the world, their chances of being crowned kings will be the greatest.

No matter which dynasty he is in, if a military general wants to be promoted, playing for his country is his only chance to advance step by step.

The morale of the soldiers who got the silver and promoted to one rank was high at this time, and they really wanted the Holy Majesty to issue an order to send troops to fight immediately.

Sending troops to fight now, not only can you get money, but you can also have the possibility of being promoted.

When Zhu Youjian was thinking about his next plan in the room, Cao Zhengchun quietly walked into the room and said with a mean smile:
"Your Majesty, your move is really good. All the soldiers are clamoring to send troops to fight, and their morale is very high. It seems that no one is willing to make trouble with money, even if it is exchanged with their lives, they don't care."

Zhu Youjian looked up at Cao Zhengchun. This great eunuch was summoned. If he hadn't been summoned, he would be an old fox.

"Cao Zhengchun, don't misinterpret the minds of my Ming soldiers, they love money.

But the loyalty of serving the country is even more precious, and they will all be the heroes of the Ming Dynasty in opening up the territory.

Without them fighting for the country, Ming Dynasty might not exist now, so don't criticize them behind their backs. "

Zhu Youjian knew that even if the soldiers were not rewarded, they would still serve the country loyally. Of course, it would be better to have money.

But they didn't all fight for money. If Cao Zhengchun's words were heard by the soldiers, it would dampen their enthusiasm.

Seeing that the emperor's face was not good-looking, Cao Zhengchun knew that he was talking too much, so he hurriedly bowed and saluted:

"Your Majesty is wise, I am stupid, I will not say such things again in the future."

Zhu Youjian nodded slightly:

"Cao Zhengchun, are the Fanzi and Jin Yiwei that I asked you and Qinglong to send out to be in place now?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Dongchang Fanzi and Jinyiwei are already in place, and they will quietly send the things to the place according to the instructions of the Holy One."

Zhu Youjian was still very assured of Cao Zhengchun's ability to handle affairs, he nodded and said:
"Pass down my oral order to let Zheng Chenggong send warships to send rewards to the soldiers to Huangming Island and Ceylon, and distribute them to the remaining soldiers."

"According to the purpose"

Manila Governor's Palace.

The newly appointed Spanish governor in Manila, Coquera, is discussing the situation around Manila with some resident generals.

At this time, he had not received news that Malacca, Ceylon, and Batavia were occupied by the Ming army.

The former governor, Salvador, was worried that he would not be able to leave. For his own sake, he did not tell Coquera the information he had received.

The Manila Navy Captain and Navy Commander thought he knew, and did not tell him this situation after he took office.

Today they received a report from their subordinates that three Spanish merchant ships were detained by the section of the Strait of Malacca controlled by Daming.

"Your Excellency, in the past when our merchant ships passed through the Strait of Malacca, the Dutch charged us relatively low fees.

After Ming took control of the Straits of Malacca, they raised their charges to the west.

Because the Spanish merchant ships refused to pay the fee to Daming, three merchant ships have already been detained by them.

Your Excellency, please find a way to let them let our merchant ships transit. "

Coquella was confused by the captain's statement, he didn't understand what it meant, and asked hastily:

"Colonel Leiden, what are you talking about? Why do we have to pay to Daming when we pass through Malacca? It's simply unreasonable..."

It turns out that Malacca was also controlled by Spain, even the Portuguese.

But after the strong rise of the Netherlands, they took control of Malacca from the Portuguese and the Spaniards.

In order to balance the interests of the three parties, the Dutch finally made some concessions, only charging a small part of the tolls between their two countries.

Seeing that the new governor seems to be unfamiliar with the situation in Malacca, the commander of the Spanish navy is also a little confused.

"Master Governor, didn't the previous Governor tell you about the situation here? Batavia, controlled by the Netherlands, has been occupied by the Ming army. They replaced the Netherlands to collect tolls in the Strait of Malacca."

"What? That's impossible, right? The Netherlands is in full swing now. How can there be a navy to compete with them in the Ming Dynasty? Is your intelligence wrong?"

When Navy Admiral Raiden mentioned the Straits of Malacca, Coquila still did not believe that Batavia was under the control of the Ming army.

At that time, the intelligence was not as developed as it is now, and they could not obtain the wars in thousands of miles of seas in time.

When Leiden saw the governor's bewildered look, he was even more sure that Salvador hadn't told Coquera the truth.

What caused the problem in the handover of the two governors, Leiden didn't know.

He was just about to ask what happened, when suddenly a soldier ran into the governor's mansion in a panic.

"Report to the governor, the Ming army has attacked in two directions, and has now captured Malacca and Ceylon..."

(End of this chapter)