Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 221 Chaowu Daxia, thunder strikes critically.

Seeing the map, the map mentioned in this idiom is actually the map of Dukang of Yan State, and the reason why Jing Ke was able to hide the dagger in the map was that the map had high strategic significance at that time, so he could use it as a treasure. Form personally dedicated the picture to Qin Wang Yingzheng.

Since the development of Huaxia, drawing methods such as scale, direction, distance, relative height, slope, height and distance conversion have been used, so the map technology is very close to modern times.

It's just that no matter what kind of method is used, it is inseparable from actual measurement. It requires specialized personnel to use tools to measure, so as to draw a more accurate map.

Now that this detailed map is presented in front of everyone, it is no wonder that everyone is surprised.

This map not only has signs of mountains and rivers, but also cities and road networks, which is no different from domestic maps, especially with the use of multiple colors on the map.

Zhu Youtang saw the shock of Li Si and other important ministers of the household department. He should be happy, but he sighed and said: "This is not the map of Annan, but the map of the Indochina Peninsula. I have ordered the internal book hall to combine The country map presented by the foreign vassal earlier was drawn, but you can see a lot of blank spaces, but it is actually due to the lack of data!"

Since I made up my mind to open up the cotton cloth market in the Indochina Peninsula, I have already begun to collect relevant information to draw the most complete map of the Indochina Peninsula so far.

Laos, Mengyang, Mupang, Myanmar, Dagu, Siam, Champa, etc. on the map have been clearly marked, allowing people to understand at a glance.

It is only due to the lack of some data, and some foreign domains do not have national maps, but they can only choose to leave some blanks. This is undoubtedly a small regret.

Although Zhu Youtang explained it in this way, the faces of Li Si, Minister of the Household Department, and others were still full of shock. They never expected to draw an almost complete Indochina Peninsula.

"Your Majesty, is this the territory of the Annan Li Dynasty?" Xu Qiong, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, asked in disbelief when he saw the snake-like area.

Wan An had squinted his eyes and looked at the map for a while, and then replied instead: "After Li Hao succeeded to the throne, he has been conquering all directions, and Champa in the south has suffered greatly from it. According to the information over the years, their territory has indeed been enlarged. Extended to the southernmost point!"

"Your Majesty, why Annan has been expanding southward along the east coast instead of expanding westward is very strange!" Du Ming, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, looked at the strange area and expressed his confusion.

Xu Qiong, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, nodded lightly to agree with this judgment. Wan An helped to explain: "The Annan Li Dynasty actually planned to go west, but it was defeated by Laos, but I don't know if it is because of this!"

As he spoke, his eyes fell on Zhu Youtang.

After getting along for this period of time, although I am several times older than Zhu Youtang, sometimes I feel that the other party is wiser than myself.

"It is true that they were defeated by Laos and could not expand westward. However, the Le Dynasty has been expanding southward along the east coast. Even though it has bypassed the territory of Laos, it has not expanded westward. In fact, it is blocked by the mountains and dense forests on the peninsula. Block! Anyone who lives by the sea knows that the coastline is affected by typhoons all year round, and the seaside area is easy to pass, so after the Le Dynasty army annexed most of Champa, it went all the way south smoothly!" Zhu Youtang also said When he came to the map, he looked at the map in front of him and said calmly.

This situation is not an isolated case. The most typical example is Chile in later generations, whose land length can extend from the northeast of Ming Dynasty to the end of the Indochina Peninsula.

Wan An and other important ministers have a kind of loyal thinking and behavior in their bones, and now seeing Zhu Youtang walking here, everyone suddenly seems a little shorter.

Jia Jun, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, seemed more pragmatic, and asked this map of the Indochina Peninsula that suddenly appeared: "Your Majesty is taking out this map now, but do you have other plans?"

Huh?
Wan An and other six officials found that Jia Jun's words made sense, and the map appeared abruptly, so they all turned to look at Zhu Youtang.

Zhu Youtang knew that the officials in the current position were unlikely to do anything to betray the country and seek glory, so he pointed lightly with his finger, like dropping a chess piece, and said: "The terrain here is the most dangerous, we just need to send troops to occupy Here, then we can divide the Li Dynasty into two."

Li Chao's southward expansion is certainly gratifying, but the [-] combat strength has not increased, and now the troops are so scattered that they have fallen into a huge loophole.

With Zhu Youtang's finger so lightly tapped, everyone present could not help but gasp.

Wan An and other officials were still worried about the war, but when they saw that the place Zhu Youtang pointed was the vital point of the Li Dynasty, they couldn't help swallowing secretly.

Zhu Youtang pointed to the territory of the Li Dynasty from north to south, and then added: "The Li Dynasty went south all the way, and the places they passed were frequently slaughtered, so the ministries in the south had already gritted their teeth with hatred for them, and even more so. Forge a bloody feud! Although there are [-] regular troops, the casualties in the battle for many years will not be too small, so the strength of the troops is really damaged! Now that the Li Dynasty has to take care of such a long territory, we only need to occupy the fortress with rare soldiers, and we can The army of the Li Dynasty will be divided into two. At that time, we will be overwhelmed by the southwestern army, and the Li Dynasty will not be able to return the army to the south in time. With the military talents of Wang Yue and Wang Zhi, it is not difficult to severely damage the Annan Li Dynasty!"

Although Annan has always promoted ZTE, history has already proved that "a long time will make the army tired."

If a powerful country like Ming Dynasty doesn't send troops, it's fine. Once it sends troops to the current Li Dynasty, it can be said that it will be worse.In addition, all the tribes in the Indochina Peninsula have long hated the Li Dynasty, so this time they will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

"Your Majesty, this strategy is very good!" Li Yu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, his eyes lit up slightly, and he seemed to express his emotion from the bottom of his heart.

When Wan An and other officials swallowed their saliva, they also nodded slightly in approval, and looked at the strategizing emperor in horror in front of them.

When this knife went down, it was almost seven inches above the snake.

The Li Dynasty was already the target of public criticism in the Indochina Peninsula, but if the connection between the north and the south is really cut off, then the Li Dynasty will definitely fall into chaos.

At this moment, everyone realized that the emperor in front of him was not only a master of power, but also had extraordinary strategies for military affairs.

Zhu Youtang was not complacent about it, but he knew that the successful implementation required the lives of soldiers, so he looked at Xu Qiong, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and said, "Xu Qing, you asked the head of the Ministry of Rites who had contacted Champa earlier to go south to be in charge of contacting Champa. , ask them to fully cooperate with us in cutting off the Li Dynasty!"

"Obey!" Xu Qiong, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, knew that Zhu Youtang had already made arrangements, so he solemnly stated his position.

Zhu Youtang's eyes fell on the area of ​​Annan's map, but he said with a little bitterness: "Annan's map seems to be the most detailed, but in fact it is missing, and the route is not as good as Zhang Fu's marching map back then!"

"Your Majesty, Zhang Fu's marching map must be archived in the Ministry of War, so just send someone to find it!" Jia Jun, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, was stunned for a moment, and then seriously reminded.

Zhu Youtang smiled bitterly, but shook his head lightly and said, "Don't talk about the marching map, I sent Liu Jin to the Ministry of War earlier to retrieve all the military files of Zhu Fu's campaign against Annan, but they are no longer missing!"

In Zhang Fu's four campaigns to pacify Annan, it can be said that he left a lot of valuable military materials, which have been sealed and stored in the database of the Ministry of War.

It's just that things are so weird. An important intangible wealth that originally belonged to the Ming Dynasty was sent to get it, but it turned out to be missing.

"How could such important military information disappear?" Jia Jun, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, stared, looking for the Minister of Military Affairs in shock.

Due to the vacancy of the Minister of the Ministry of War, and Lu Wen, the left servant of the Ministry of War, has not been valued by Zhu Youtang, so there are no members of the Yamen of the Ministry of War here.

Wan An and Liu Ji exchanged glances silently, but they already knew what was going on in their hearts. This was because Daming had Liu Daxia, the strongest soldier in the army.

Everyone in the world knows that Liu Daxia burned the files of Zheng He's voyages to the West, but they don't know that the most powerful driver in the history of Ming Dynasty also hid the military files of Zhang Fu's pacification of Annan four times.

Annan's land was relatively barren, so Li Hao chose the path of external expansion.It's just that this process was not smooth, and in the process of expanding westward, it was a disastrous defeat to Laos.

After Wang Zhi learned of Annan's fiasco, he thought it was a good opportunity to regain Annan, so he lobbied Xianzong and said: "The land of Annan was created by the Qin people and restored by the Han people. There is also the great achievement of the British Gongnan Conquest. Now that the Holy Son of Heaven is in power, and there is chaos in their country, we should take this opportunity to retake Jiaozhi!"

Xianzong was actually a bloody emperor, otherwise he wouldn't have said the words "smash his lair and eliminate his species".

Facing Annan who was lost by his grandfather, he also intends to bring Annan back to the territory of Ming Dynasty.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty can be said to be ushering in the most bloody moment. The Northeast will almost kill the Jianzhou Jurchen, and the Mongols in the north will not dare to invade the border. They also want to take the opportunity to recover the Southwest.

As the saying goes, "Know yourself and know the enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles without imperil." The military archives of the British Duke Zhang Fu who pacified Annan four times in that year are very important, and they are the best reference materials for Ming to attack Annan.

Xianzong sent people to the Ministry of War to ask for it. Although Liu Daxia, who was then the vehicle driving department of the Ministry of War, did not dispose of it like burning the files of Zheng He's voyages to the West, he also hid the Annan files.

Liu Daxia knew that his own voice of opposition was too weak, but he raised the banner of "Once the quarrel begins, the Southwest will be corrupted", and enlisted Yu Zijun, Minister of the Ministry of War, and others to oppose the imperial court's recovery of Annan.

In fact, the life of the people of the Le Dynasty is not satisfactory, especially because they have been burdened with huge military expenditures, and now the Le Dynasty army is defeated by Laos.If Daming's army fought back at that time, there was indeed a great possibility that Annan would be included in the territory of Ming Dynasty.

It was only Liu Daxia who hid the Annan archives, and the civil official group strongly opposed sending troops on the grounds of stability in the Southwest, which made Xianzong dismiss this idea.

It can also be seen from this incident that the young Xianzong actually had a heart to do things, but he met a group of civil officials who only wanted to share the blessing of peace.

So far, Daming lost a good opportunity to bring Annan back to the territory, and the most critical person in it was Liu Daxia, who was known as the three gentlemen of Hongzhi.

After many years, Daming wanted to start a war against Annan again, but was once again trapped by Liu Daxia hiding important Annan files.

Li Yu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, frowned slightly, and Dang even speculated: "When I was serving as the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, I heard that Liu Daxia, the commander of the military department at the time, hid the Annan file to prevent the former emperor from attacking Li. I am afraid that the Annan file was at that time It has been lost!"

"Your Majesty, I also heard about what Li Shangshu said! I just heard that Liu Daxia went into hiding, but he didn't burn him privately. Afterwards, he should be returned to the original place. Could it be that he didn't return it?" Du Ming, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment recalled the past. , is also speculative.

"If Liu Daxia really lost the Annan archives, he should be punished!" Jia Jun, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, knew the importance of historical materials, and immediately expressed his position angrily.

Du Ming, Minister of Rites, and Li Si, Minister of Household Affairs, have more or less heard about it. After all, concealing Annan's files and burning Zheng He's files on his voyages to the West have always been the behaviors of loyal officials in Qingliu officials.

Seeing that everyone's attention was on him, Zhu Youtang revealed the results of the investigation and said, "I have not been able to ask for it, and I also want to know the whereabouts of Annan's files, so I ordered Yin Songcheng of Shuntian Prefecture to investigate!"

Wan An and the others heard that Zhu Youtang had been handed over to Song Cheng for investigation, which not only showed that His Majesty had attached great importance to this matter, but also proved that the results of the investigation had credibility.

Now all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty know that Song Cheng is probably the only official who can truly achieve "a group of gentlemen and not the party".

Thinking of the results of Song Cheng's investigation, Zhu Youtang said bitterly: "As everyone guessed! The Annan file was lost during Liu Daxia's tenure. Since it has been many years, and Liu Daxia was very careful when hiding it at that time, it has not been found yet. Find the location of Annan's archives. I sent Jin Yiwei to search Liu Daxia's house in Beijing, but they did not find Annan's archives!"

"How dare he, Liu Daxia, dare to do such a thing that violated the imperial order back then?" Jia Jun, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, said angrily when he found out that Liu Daxia was hiding or burning privately.

Li Yu and other officials heard that Liu Daxia had hidden Annan's files earlier, but now that the imperial court was preparing to use troops against Annan, they realized how abominable Liu Daxia was, and they also didn't understand that a small military department was driving Silang How could China do such a rebellious thing.

Wan An and Liu Ji exchanged glances silently. The other officials may be outside the situation without knowing it, but they are in the situation and naturally know where Liu Daxia is so arrogant.

Liu Daxia was born in a family of officials, and when he was six years old, he went to Beijing with his father to meet Yang Pu, a fellow from his hometown. When Yang Pu, a scholar, saw Liu Daxia, he said, "Maybe this child will be able to reach my position in the future."

Yang Bo personally named Liu Daxia Daxia, and even betrothed a woman of the same age in the clan to Liu Daxia, so he was indirectly married to Liu Daxia, and Liu Daxia naturally belonged to the core members of the Huguang cronies.

In the original rules, Liu Daxia was the key cultivation target of the Huguang Township Party, and was even trained as a future Township Party leader.

It's just the imperial examination, which is about real talents and opportunities.

Liu Daxia has been intelligent since he was a child, and he also has very superior teaching resources, but when Tianshun became a Jinshi in the eighth year, he was already 27 years old.

Although he is still a young man, Yang Tinghe, a 19-year-old high school Jinshi, is the successor that the civil official group focuses on training, and Liu Daxia is actually a bit older.

Liu Daxia entered the Imperial Academy as a concubine, but when he saw his teacher Peng Shi, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War, he voluntarily gave up the opportunity to continue his qualifications in the Imperial Academy and chose to enter the Ministry of War to assist his teacher Peng hour.

Although this choice almost ruined his chance to enter the cabinet and pay homage to the prime minister, joining the Ministry of War as the head of the Ministry of War and controlling the real power greatly flattered his mentor Peng Shi.

It turned out that his political speculation was right.

In the fourth year of Chenghua, Chen Wen, the chief assistant of the cabinet, died, and Ci Peng Shi took over the position of chief assistant.

Liu Daxia's status has risen with the tide, so he was naturally promoted to Fang Siyuan Wai Lang, and in the ninth year of Chenghua, he was appointed as the driver of the fifth rank.

If he had chosen to stay in the Hanlin Academy to earn his qualifications, he would probably continue to climb in the position of reviewing the eighth rank of the Imperial Academy like Yang Tinghe, but now he has become a powerful figure in the Ministry of War, with the support of the first assistant teacher behind him. The core circle of the civil official group.

This is the case, whether it is Liu Daxia's private burning of Zheng He's voyage files, or Liu Daxia's concealment of Zhang Fu's attack on Annan's files, to many extent cannot do without the support of Peng Shi, the chief assistant at the time.

Of course, these things were ultimately done by Liu Daxia, and it was he who stood up to fight against the imperial power, but it was inseparable from his arrogant temperament.

Zhu Youtang actually hated Liu Daxia for delaying China's development, but he said indifferently on his face: "The Annan archives are of great importance today. I have already ordered Wang Zhi to go to Liu's house to obtain them. He will have news soon!"

Ordinarily, Liu Daxia burned the treasure map of Zheng He's voyages to the West and concealed Annan's archives. Such a person would not regret his death.However, Liu Daxia was protected by the civil service group, not only won a great reputation in the officialdom, but also was transferred to the Ministry of War with more power.

Later, he was arrested and imprisoned by the Emperor Xianzong for committing a crime, but Huai En, who was respected by the civil official group, tried his best to save him, and was only released after being sentenced to twenty sticks.

After being released from prison, Liu Daxia was afraid of being arrested by Emperor Xianzong, so he decided to leave the capital to avoid the limelight.The official was promoted to three ranks, and served as the chief minister of Fujian, the deputy envoy of the right to participate in politics and patrol the sea, and became the highest military officer in Fujian's sea.

But the glorious days didn't last long, and he left Fujian soon.It's not that he was demoted, but because his father died, so now he is keeping a filial piety in his hometown in Huguang.

Now that he wants to retrieve the Annan archives, no matter what mood Zhu Youtang is in, he needs to ask Liu Daxia where he hid back then, and formulate a more scientific combat deployment based on Zhang Fu's marching in those years.

Li Yu and other officials learned that Zhu Youtang had arranged for Wang Zhi to go to Liu Daxia's home. Although they were very angry with Liu Daxia's actions back then, they knew that the most urgent task now was to find Annan's archives to formulate a combat strategy against Annan.

Since a combat consensus has been reached, after confirming the troops to be dispatched and finalizing some details, they each returned to their posts to start preparing for the battle.

Under Zhu Youtang's iron-fisted rule, the iron fist that Xianzong was unable to unleash due to obstacles, is now being completed by Hongzhi, which represents China's thunderous strike.

(End of this chapter)