Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king
Chapter 303: The Battle of Annan
Chapter 303: The Battle of Annan
Zhu Ying's eyes suddenly widened and he knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, you have destroyed the gentry. What class will you use to replace the gentry?"
If you want to destroy anything, you need a replacement, otherwise society will be in chaos.
Zhu Ying knew that these words would offend the emperor, but he still said: "Although there are lawless people among the gentry in the world, more and more people are supporting you. Your Majesty, Jiangnan is an important financial and taxation area of the Ming Dynasty. Can the gentry in Jiangnan say no?" "
"Your Majesty is going on a killing spree in the south of the Yangtze River. Have any of the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River ever opposed your majesty?"
"Although the gentry has limitations, it is the most loyal!"
"Because the gentry cannot rebel, they are completely incapable of rebellion!"
"In the past few years, you have vigorously encouraged the emergence of military aristocrats, hoping to use military aristocrats to check and balance the civil service group."
"But Your Majesty, where did the chaos in the Southern and Northern Dynasties come from? Then in the late Tang and Five Dynasties, the wars were so terrifying!"
"Controlling military force with civility is the key to long-term peace and stability."
Zhu Ying kowtowed vigorously: "I am from the gentry, and I understand the gentry best. The gentry may be greedy or possessive, but it will not shake His Majesty's rule!"
"When civilian officials are in power, they will not change the emperor, but when military generals are in power, they will definitely change the emperor!"
Zhu Ying burst into tears: "Your Majesty, I am your loyal dog. My honor, disgrace, wealth and honor all belong to you. I will not harm you!"
This was the first time that someone opposed the emperor's purge of the gentry.
Zhu Qiyu looked at him with a gloomy face.
"Your Majesty, I dare not lie to you, nor will I harm you!"
"Those who incite His Majesty and the gentry to go against you really want to harm you!"
"The roots of Ming Dynasty are the gentry!"
"If you destroy the foundation, you will destroy the country. Who will support you in the future?"
Feng Xiao coughed nearby and signaled Zhu Ying to stop talking.
"Let him speak." Zhu Qiyu glanced at Feng Xiao.
stand by.
The emperor also needs the support of the majority of people so that the throne can be secure.
Zhu Qiyu has always hated the gentry and wanted to replace the gentry with the military class and the citizen class.
However, will these two classes really support the emperor?
And, where is their support?Can the emperor secure his throne?
Zhu Qiyu had rarely thought about this issue, but Zhu Ying broke through this layer of window paper.
Zhu Ying kowtowed heavily: "Your Majesty, I know your thoughts. You want to make the country prosperous and long-lasting."
"Naturally, I thought of the gentry as the thief of national destiny."
"I just want to eradicate the gentry and turn the common people into small landlords."
"But Your Majesty, anyone can eradicate the gentry, except you!"
Zhu Ying really took the risk.
"You are the emperor, and the gentry supports orthodoxy! It is the Ming Dynasty! It is the emperor! It is you who upholds it!"
"I have said something arrogant. After the Tumubao Incident, there was no emperor in the court. Why would the courtiers welcome you to the throne?"
"Because all officials in the court are gentry! When they protect you, they are protecting their own interests!"
"The ones who truly support the Zhengshuo of the world are the gentry! The ones who are most afraid of chaos in the world are also the gentry! The ones who truly protect the emperor are the gentry!"
"Will the poor people you call support you?"
"I live in Shandong and deal with the people every day. I know that the people are inherently weak and they will only compromise. Even if they know that you are good to them, if you have something to do, can they help you solve the problem?"
"No way!"
"Even if you want to recruit them as soldiers, you have to give them enough benefits, otherwise they will be sneaky and will not sacrifice their lives for you!"
"Even if you go out of your way to be good to the people, they will take it for granted. They will not think about your kindness. Instead, they will only focus on their own one-third of an acre of land and their own rice bowl! This is Human heart!”
"On the contrary, if you raise taxes a little, they will spit on you and hate you."
"The people are weak, mercenary, and sneaky. They are not worthy of what you have to do for them!"
"Your Majesty, I know what you are thinking, but you have never dealt with those poor people. If you have seen them, you will know how disappointed you are!"
"These people are unreliable!"
"If you don't give them benefits, they won't support you!"
"Even if they support you, what's the use? They don't control the means of production, nor do they have the right to speak in society, so how can they support you?"
"If you give them benefits, they will become new gentry!"
"Your Majesty, aren't the ancestors of today's gentry also common people? It's just a matter of chance and chance!"
"In this world, exploitation and oppression will always exist and will not change because of you!"
Zhu Ying burst into tears: "Your Majesty, the military class is unreliable, and the peasant class is even less trustworthy!"
"The only people you can rely on are the gentry, Your Majesty!"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were cold: "Then you want to say, don't let me bother you anymore?"
"No!"
"I am by no means admonishing Your Majesty, but I hope that my sincerity will allow Your Majesty to see the facts clearly!"
"You can deal with the gentry, but you can never destroy the gentry!"
"The gentry are the cornerstone of your control of the world!"
"You cannot destroy your own foundation, Your Majesty!"
Zhu Ying's words are really shocking.
Zhu Qiyu has never thought about this issue. He has been supporting the military class and wants to break up the gentry and turn the peasants all over the world into small landlords.
In this way, short-term fairness can be achieved.
At least we can get 20 years of fairness.
However, Zhu Ying's words made it difficult for him to control himself. Have I done something wrong all along?
"My foundation is the gentry?" This argument was difficult for Zhu Qiyu to accept.
Those who steal the destiny of the country are the gentry.
When did they become the foundation of a dynasty?Has it become the cornerstone for the emperor to control the world?
"Your Majesty, where do all the court officials come from?"
"Where do the local grain chiefs and officials come from?"
"Who does Ming Dynasty rely on to control the grassroots?"
"Even more, who controls the Ming Dynasty's tax revenue? Your Majesty!"
Zhu Ying cried and said: "Your Majesty wants to reform the gentry, that's fine! Your Majesty wants to reform the gentry, that's fine too!"
"But we must not wipe out the gentry!"
"Even if we want to wipe out the gentry, we have to think carefully about who will be used to collect taxes? Who will be used to control the grassroots?"
“And be prepared for grassroots chaos.”
"What I am most worried about is the chaos at the grassroots level. Once the gentry is eradicated, the entire grassroots level of society will be completely in chaos. When your Majesty has strong troops, will he be able to kill all 6000 million citizens? Will there be another peace crisis?"
Zhu Ying kowtowed: "Although I am not in the center, those who encourage your Majesty to kill the gentry must be traitors. Please punish them!"
Gentlemen, are they so important?
Zhu Qiyu also considered that the money taken out from the gentry families would be enough to run the Ming Dynasty for ten years, and then he would just reorganize the basic structure.
But what Zhu Ying said made him feel helpless.
The gentry controlled the grassroots of the Ming Empire. Once the emperor took action, the gentry would not sit still and wait for death. There would be war everywhere and the whole country would be wiped out again. How much vitality did the Ming Dynasty have left?
This is a dead end.
Zhu Qiyu sat on the chair helplessly.
Zhu Ying kowtowed for a long time and found that the emperor made no sound. He was slightly relieved and the emperor listened.
"Get up first."
The emperor's voice came, Zhu Yingchang exhaled, survived!
Don't think Zhu Ying is stupid. He is going to Jiaozhi to serve as governor for one term. How far is Jiaozhi from the capital?I'm afraid I won't be able to see the emperor for three or four years.
How can we keep simplicity in the heart of the emperor?
He had to come up with a different perspective so that the emperor could remember Zhu Ying firmly.
If you want to do things locally, you must have the emperor's trust.
Look at Xiang Wenyao. He originally did well in Guizhou, but he lost the emperor's trust and was picked by Yue Zheng.
He, Zhu Ying, must identify himself as the emperor's loyal dog.
In this way, he can free his hands and feet wherever he goes.
At least if someone slandered him as a rebel, the emperor would give him a chance to explain. This opportunity alone was very important.
Therefore, Zhu Ying wants to put forward a point that the courtiers dare not mention. He is telling the emperor that I, Zhu Ying, am your loyal lackey, woof woof woof!
If Yu Qian dared to say these words, the emperor would kill him immediately;
In order to retain Zhu Qizhen, Yao Kui and others had exhausted the emperor's patience. Even if they wanted to say something, the emperor would not give them a chance.
So there are people in the court who can see it clearly, but they dare not say it or can't say it.
Among the local governors, Zhu Ying had the greatest achievements and was favored by the emperor, so he dared to speak.
In fact, if he hadn't said this, Hu Hui would have said it when he arrived in Nanjing.
The emperor did not take action against the gentry. Once he did, there would be people in Beijing and Nanjing who would advise him.
However, Zhu Ying seized this opportunity and begged the emperor for mercy. Jane was in the emperor's heart.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for not killing me!"
Zhu Ying kowtowed and thanked him.
"Am I the emperor who cannot listen to advice?"
Zhu Qiyu looked at him: "Although we have been separated for one or two years, my original intention has never changed."
"I can listen to any words of advice."
"Your Majesty's virtuous reputation means the world is prosperous." Zhu Ying kowtowed and stood up.
"Zhu Ying, you have led me into a trap."
Zhu Qiyu came to his senses: "When did I say that I would eradicate the gentry in the world?"
"Your Majesty, even the gentry in the area cannot be eradicated!"
Zhu Ying said seriously: "The grassroots level of the Ming Dynasty is in the hands of the gentry. If the gentry are eradicated, who will fill the grassroots level?"
"Here comes the center!"
Zhu Qiyu said: "I want to take back the tax power, and the central government will collect the tax personally."
The power to collect taxes was placed in the hands of local gentry, which was the weakness of the central government. Once local governments resisted taxation, it would be difficult to maintain the finances.
Moreover, he wanted to rebuild the grassroots and extend imperial power to the countryside.
Zhu Ying wants to say more.
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "I want to open the sea. If I don't cut off the gentry, I will open the sea rashly. Zhu Ying, who will be the biggest beneficiary?"
"You are right, the cornerstone of Ming Dynasty is the gentry."
"However, it can only be used as a cornerstone, not a stumbling block for me, let alone stand up and put pressure on my head!"
Zhu Ying understood that the emperor was worried that the gentry would become a wealthy family after having huge interests.
"Your Majesty can set heavy taxes and use heavy taxes to blackmail the gentry." Zhu Ying's method was the best.
There are financial groups all over the United States, but the government is still as stable as a mountain?Because the tax collection system is superior, the consortium is treated like wool.
When Emperor Taizu established the Ming Dynasty, he also followed this path, imposing heavy taxes on the gentry and treating them as fat sheep.
As a result, Emperor Taizong was in trouble and was forced to make compromises with the gentry in order to stabilize his throne.
The kings of later generations were all short-lived, which gave the gentry the opportunity to become big.
"Write your thoughts down."
"I obey the decree!" Zhu Ying stopped talking.
"Let's eat."
After breakfast, Zhu Ying was sent to write a memorial. While he was reading the memorial, he was thinking about the problems of the gentry.
In the evening, Xiang Zhong and Liang Yue entered the dragon boat to pay their respects.
The two of them were traveling from the sea.
First, the results of the battle were reported, as well as the training level of the navy. The most important thing was the combat power of the navy.
Zhu Qiyu listened carefully: "I want to form six major naval forces, with a quota of more than 60."
"One is the Bohai Sea Division, stationed in Tianjin, with a troop strength of [-], six treasure ships, a thousand large ships, and several medium and small ships."
"Xiang Zhong, I want you to serve as the chief military officer of the Bohai Sea Division. You will be responsible for all maritime affairs in the Bohai Bay and the three provinces of North Zhili, Liaoning, and Shandong."
"And you are allowed to build a garrison in Qingdao. If there is military affairs in the south, you can leave Qingdao to help the south."
"At the same time, a military port is also being built in Dalian so that it can assist North Korea at any time."
As soon as Xiang Zhong heard that there were six treasure ships, he knew that the emperor wanted to make a big move.
How powerful is it to control an army of [-] people?
But Xiang Zhong felt full of responsibility. He knelt on the ground and said, "I will work hard to take charge of the Bohai Sea Navy for Your Majesty."
"I will also set up a North Korean navy to be stationed on Tsushima Island, with a total amount of [-], to be responsible for the security of the entire east and west of North Korea."
"I haven't thought clearly about the choice of commander-in-chief yet."
"Change Songjiang Prefecture to Shanghai Prefecture, establish Shanghai Navy, with an actual strength of 15 troops, the same regulations as the Bohai Navy."
"Liang Yun, you come to serve as the chief military officer of the Shanghai Navy!"
"Responsible for the military affairs along the coast of Jiangsu, South Zhili, and Zhejiang."
"Change Haizhou in Jiangsu to Lianyungang and build a military port on the island of Lianyungang; build military ports in Yancheng and Fengliwai; build a military port in Zhoushan, Ningbo Prefecture; build military ports at Haimenwei in Taizhou Prefecture and Panshiweidu in Wenzhou Prefecture. "
"I place all the important tasks of the entire southeastern coast on your shoulders!"
Liang Yue knew that the emperor would give him a big surprise by hiding him for two years.
Sure enough, the entire navy along the southeast coast is on Liang Yue. Liang Yue will soon make great achievements, and it will be a matter of time before he is crowned Duke.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your important position!" Liang Yue kowtowed.
"Build the Fujian Navy in Fujian, and build military ports in all coastal prefectures, with an actual number of 7 people."
The candidate Zhu Qiyu has not been decided yet.
The reason why there are so few people is mainly because there is no war in Fujian for the time being, and they will increase after they expand into Taiwan.
"On the coasts of Guangdong and Guangxi, establish the South China Sea Navy, stationed in Guangzhou and Gaibao Island (Annan), and build military ports all along the coasts of Guangdong and Guangxi, with an actual amount of 15."
The coastal areas of Guangdong and Guangxi are very important. Zhu Qiyu actually wanted Fang Ying to do it.
However, Fang Ying was still supervising Guangdong and Guangxi, and had no choice but to mobilize people from the central government.
We have to send a capable minister, not all lords.
"After I regain Jiaozhi, I will also build a Jiaozhi Navy with a real quota of [-] to be responsible for the military affairs of the entire Indo-China Peninsula!"
The six major naval divisions have a troop strength of 67.
This number will grow in the future.
The two chief military officers now appointed are Liang Yue and Xiang Zhong.
Xiang Zhong felt slightly disappointed. Next, the Bohai Sea Navy would have the least war, and he would have the least chance to make meritorious deeds.
"They say they are the six major naval forces, but in fact you only have more than 2 people."
Zhu Qiyu laughed at himself and said: "The top priority now is, first, the Japanese pirates on the southeast coast, and the second, using Tsushima Island as a springboard to enter the Japanese country."
"So, Xiang Zhong and Liang Yuan, you two have the heaviest burden on your shoulders."
Xiang Zhong's eyes lit up. As long as he did well, the Nanhai Navy would still have his hand in the future.
From the number of troops, we know that the two major navies of the South China Sea and Shanghai will be the top priority in the future.
The navy went south with him.
Zhu Qiyu stopped in Jinan Mansion for seven days before the dragon boat sailed south.
in late October.
Lu Gao's memorial came. After Lu Gao's investigation, it was found that King La Meixuan of Siam was indeed bragging. Siam did have land with a yield of 30 shi per mu, but it was very small. As for the land with a yield of 18 shi per mu, it was not. There is a lot of land in Siam with an output of 4 stones per mu.
However, there was indeed no great famine in Siam.
The people of Siam are lazy and not engaged in production, but they do not go hungry, which shows that the land is suitable for farming.
There were not many important ministers accompanying him, but they were all young talents valued by the emperor, such as He Qiaoxin, He Yi, Qiu Jun, Peng Shao and others.
"Your Majesty, according to what Commander Lu said, the Siamese people do not cultivate intensively, and there are even many uncultivated fields, so they are no longer hungry."
Qiu Jun was speechless: "I see that what the King of Siam said is actually true, it's just that the people didn't work hard."
Zhu Qiyu nodded: "What do you think?"
Qiu Jun rolled his eyes: "Of course I'll shoot him down."
Zhu Qiyu laughed: "By the way, why didn't the cabinet approve it?"
He was thinking, how can we border Siam?
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid the cabinet thinks it should be suppressed, so the reply is a waste of pen and ink." Qiu Junjing said the truth.
Zhu Qiyu did not feel dissatisfied: "The cabinet is becoming more and more lazy, and they are fooling me by not approving the reply, haha."
"Your Majesty, the King of Siam wants to donate rice seeds, what do you think?" He Qiaoxin said.
He Qiaoxin is the son of He Wenyuan. This man is so extraordinary that even Hu Hui and Yu Qian are full of praise for him.
"Take it, Siam is short of horses, let Taipu Temple give some Mongolian horses, a hundred horses."
How good is Zhu Qiyu now?
The horse farms within the Ming Dynasty are being demolished one after another, and the pastures must be converted into cultivated land.
In Rehe, Ningxia, Hanzhou, Shanxi and other places, more than a dozen large racecourses and more than 100 small racecourses have been set up. After Ma Wensheng took office, he made a new plan for the racecourses.
Today, the Ming Dynasty has more than 40 fine horses, 12 stallions, and over a million draft and draft horses.
Of course, so many horses were not bought.
But the capture of war.
There are more cattle and sheep, and many, many sheep will be killed by the end of this year, and these sheep will be made into bacon and stored.
"Your Majesty, how about giving me a horse?" Qiu Jun asked with a smile.
"Why are you so stingy? You still want to do business with Siam. Give more good horses and let them buy horses from us..."
Qiu Jun knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, horses must not be sold lightly!"
"Siam is rich in rice. If we sell them war horses and firearms, they will become the overlord of Central and South China. How difficult will it be for the Ming Dynasty to conquer them?"
He Qiaoxin, He Yi and Peng Shao followed suit.
"Well, give me some good horses, and then give me some bad horses."
"Your Majesty is wise!" Qiu Jun kowtowed.
"Tell Lu Gao that I am not interested in elephants. I have no longer used elephants. Ask them to bring more rice and fruits."
Feng Xiao asked the people in charge of the ceremonial department to draw up the imperial edict.
"Urge Xia Xun, it's time for Jiaozhi to return to the embrace of the Ming Dynasty. Before the next rainy season comes, I want the entire Annan!"
Zhu Qiyu was a little dissatisfied with Xia Xun watching the fire from across the bank.
If Annan is not annexed quickly, the road to Siam will not be opened. Without the coercion of the heavenly soldiers, Siam will not be afraid of the Ming Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, there is only a corner of the Champa Kingdom left. What should we do after we annex Annan?" He Qiaoxin spoke.
"The royal family of Champa is quite respectful."
Zhu Qiyu muttered: "Just come back to the Ming Dynasty, pick a place, make him a count, and raise him."
"Your Majesty, it is the ancestral system of Taizu, and no knighthood can be awarded except for military merit!"
Qiu Jun objected: "Moreover, the Champa Kingdom has little territory left, but it wants to confer a hereditary and irreplaceable earl. The Ming Dynasty has suffered a loss!"
He Qiaoxin also said: "The Ming Dynasty is so difficult to confer a title of earl. The generals fought hard to get it back. How many titles should be given to the Champa royal family? What about other royal families in the future? Should they all be given titles? In that case, the title of Ming Dynasty Is it still valuable?”
Zhu Qiyu pondered: "What do you think?"
"Your Majesty, I thought I would confer a military honor and take him back to the capital to raise him in honor." He Qiaoxin was quite capable of fooling people.
Wu Xun is a casual official and is not hereditary.
The key point is that if the Champa royal family is dissatisfied and flees back to the country to start a rebellion, the Ming Dynasty will still have a headache.
He Yi, who had been silent all this time, sneered twice: "Your Majesty, why don't you just cut the grass and get rid of the root?" Zhu Qiyu looked at him: "Go on."
"When we regain Cochin, we can bribe General Annan to seize the territory belonging to the Champa Kingdom and slaughter the whole family of the Champa King!"
He Yi sneered and said: "If the Champa Kingdom lasts for a hundred years, the royal family must have a lot of money. Why not take it for your own use and use it as military supplies?"
"Master He, the king of Champa is quite respectful to the Ming Dynasty..." Peng Shao whispered.
"Respectful? Why didn't he help when Ming Dynasty lost Jiaozhi?"
"My Ming Dynasty is powerful, so he will naturally be respectful!"
"When my Ming Dynasty declines, will they still be respectful?"
He Yi said sternly: "Your Majesty once said that those who are not from my ethnic group will have different hearts."
"Since the king of Champa is respectful, why doesn't he fully Chineseize it? Use Chinese characters to give Chinese names? Why never donate rice seeds to Champa? What are their intentions?"
"Hmph! I thought that the Champa King was just pretending to be submissive!"
"What's the point of the imperial court raising such a moth?"
"It's better to use the Annan Army to put an end to this matter!"
He Yi is really cruel.
But to Zhu Qiyu's appetite, he nodded: "Then the people in Champa will miss their king?"
"Your Majesty is kind!"
"I think we can induce the Annan Army to go south and cause trouble to the entire Champa Kingdom, and then we can pacify the Annan Army."
"As a result, the entire Champa Kingdom was in ruins."
"Those people are not even alive. Those who survive will be grateful to the Ming Dynasty. Wouldn't it be nice for the Ming Dynasty to take over their land and accommodate their people?"
"In this way, there will be no more stubborn forces to trouble us, Champa will become a piece of white land, and we will be able to fully integrate into the Ming Dynasty."
He Yi knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, please accept it!"
Zhu Qiyu stood up and helped him up with his own hands: "I am very pleased that you can put your mind right."
"I am the parent of the Han people, and my heart will always be with the Han people!"
"You are a Han official, so your heart should naturally be towards our own people, so you are a good official!"
"We are a family. Being kind to outsiders is cruel to yourself!"
Qiu Jun listened and rolled his eyes wildly. Isn't it too obvious for you?Can't you just pretend?
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Qiu Jun knelt down and shouted.
Ming Dynasty has been practicing Han chauvinism.
never changed.
"I am a Han Chinese in life, and a Han ghost in death."
"So I destroyed Champa City with just one word, but I have a clear conscience."
"Because I am a Han! We must fight in an upright manner. If we fall behind, we will be beaten. That's right!"
He Yi kowtowed respectfully, with a calm face.
"I need officials like you."
Zhu Qiyu laughed: "He Yi, write your thoughts into a memorial and send it to the central government. The cabinet will issue an order and send it to Annan and give it to Xia Xun."
"The minister obeys the order!"
He Yi also wanted to be promoted. He knew the emperor's pulse and naturally had to follow his advice.
I would like to ask all the officials in the court, who is not proud of the Han people?
It’s just that it’s never been exposed.
"Send some guards to visit the people."
"I want to see the real situation among the people."
"Tell the guards not to be deceived. Some things were done by local officials."
"I don't want to see these fake things, I want to see the real thing."
"Also, whoever dares to hide the truth and collude with local officials should get out of the palace as soon as possible. His father doesn't have to do it anymore. He can go back to his hometown to retire."
Zhu Qiyu just wanted to see the real people, the real Ming Dynasty.
The days on the water are very boring.
As for the chance encounter with a boatman performing an art show, don't even think about it. Whichever river the emperor walks on, the entire river is under martial law and it is impossible for anyone to show up.
The escort navy, the horse troops on both sides of the strait, and the local guardsmen were not vegetarians.
And in North Korea.
Wang Yue received the approval from the central government.
Across the Bohai Bay, information is transmitted by sea, shortening the distance from North Korea to the hub.
The Central Committee asked him to organize the Korean people into households, reset their household registrations, and redistribute the land. He also asked Sun Kefa to severely punish the Korean gentry and use North Korea's wealth to relieve North Korea's difficulties.
Then a group of gentry were transferred from the Ming Dynasty to North Korea and settled down.
This group of gentry had to leave from Jiangnan.
A group of people were moved from the north to the court.
The rainy season in Annan is over.
The political situation in Annan has also become stable. Li Sicheng failed in his political struggle. Rumors spread that Li Sicheng was crazy. Now Ding Lie is in charge.
Ding Lie had already sent envoys to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty, asking the Ming Dynasty to return the northern part of Annan to Annan.
Xia Xun is still in Hongji.
Hongji has been built as a military port base.
Now the two prefectures in Guangxi have been completely divided, and heavy troops have been deployed along the river.
The name of the city is also a continuation of the name of the Yongle Dynasty, all written in Han script, and the Ming Dynasty dragon flag is inserted.
The basic structure of the official system in various places has been completed.
Including the Guangxi Administrative Office, it has been transferred from Guilin to Nanning.
70 Guangxi natives were placed in the newly built two prefectures. 20 people were forcibly demobilized and returned to their fields due to crimes. These people retired from the army and entered local positions.
Because he was guilty, he did not serve as a civil servant, but only held official positions such as local officials, etc., but his retirement pension was paid as usual.
They were all assigned fields locally, and their daughters-in-law were also assigned, and even Annan slaves were allotted to them. If they did not want to be servants, the bank would provide a loan to start a small business.
The Central Committee has issued strict orders that meritorious ministers must be properly placed.
The main concern is that these people will be dissatisfied and rebel among the people.
Throughout the summer, Fang Ying was reorganizing the military system.
Eliminate all those who are living in the army waiting to die, greedy for life and afraid of death, and eliminate them from the army.
The Guangxi Army has 47 soldiers left.
The population of Guangxi has doubled in this year to more than 700 million, of which 190 million are infants.
They are all children of soldiers.
The central government even encouraged soldiers to have children and gave them a silver coin as a childbirth subsidy.
This has led to a rapid increase in the rate of concubinage in the military and the increase in the rate of childbirth.
Xia Xun didn't see through the central idea at first.
But recently, he saw through it.
The Central Committee is obviously worried that the combat effectiveness of the Guangxi wolf soldiers will drop sharply because their lives have improved, so they will use the method of encouraging fertility to make them poor!
Don't think that giving a silver coin as a subsidy for having a child is a good thing.
Just this one silver coin is not enough for a child to spend a year!
What's more, Guangxi has become a place where Ming Dynasty's commerce is developed. Various infant and child industries are developing crazily and are draining the wolf soldiers' pockets.
Instead, the wolf soldiers were forced to perform meritorious deeds on the battlefield, earn military pay, and receive rewards. It would be best if they could go out and plunder.
Recently, the army is clamoring for Fang Ying to go to war.
Xia Xun shuddered after understanding this operation.
Heaven and earth are not benevolent and regard all things as cud dogs.
When the center regards Dingkou as an object, what is the difference between the center and the ruthless world?
The imperial edict urged by the center came.
Going south and occupying all of Annan became a matter of course.
Xia Xun further thought about it. When the emperor visited the south, some of the gentry from the south of the Yangtze River must be separated to rebuild Jiaozhi Province.
This is one link after another.
Annan's envoys came again and asked the Ming Dynasty to return northern Annan.
Even though they knew that the Ming Dynasty had even changed the name of the city, and the people of Annan were forced to take Han names and lose their household registration, the Annan court still spared no effort and sent people to negotiate.
And Bian Yong's son, Bian Yong, had just arrived in Hongji with the emperor's reward.
After having a secret talk with Xia Xun, Bian Yong crossed the river to Hanoi and canonized Li Sicheng as King of Annan.
During the canonization ceremony, Ding Lie's face twitched. The Emperor of the Central Plains didn't want Annan to stop!
Li Sicheng couldn't see anything strange.
He just respectfully accepted the imperial edict, then locked himself in the palace and refused to come out.
That night, Ding Lie found Bian Yong and got straight to the point.
"Master Ding, Your Majesty is thinking about King Annan." Bian Yongpi smiled.
"What conditions are needed before Ming Dynasty is willing to return the northern territory?"
Bian Yong looked at Ding Lie, was he still dreaming?
"When the Ming Dynasty marches south, Annan will not be captured without mercy!"
"If we really keep fighting, we won't be able to finish this battle within a few years!"
"Does the Ming Dynasty just want Annan to be reduced to a scorched earth?"
Ding Lie was really angry.
"Lord Ding, can I take these words to mean that Annan declared war on the Ming Dynasty?" Bian Yong asked.
Ding Lie immediately changed his color: "You!"
"If you dare to offend His Majesty Long Wei, let alone burn Annan into scorched earth, even if you want to flatten the land of Annan, the Ming Dynasty can do it."
Bian Yong smiled and said: "But, your Majesty is a holy king and takes great care of his country."
"If Annan sends out [-] ships of food, the Ming Dynasty can temporarily suspend the war."
Ding Lie was dumbfounded. I will transport the grain to you and let you beat me?
Bien Yong also did not stop in Hanoi.
After resting for a few days, he continued southward and was sent as an envoy to the Kingdom of Champa.
However, just a few days after Bian Yong left, on October [-]th, the Ming army stationed on the other side of the river began to mobilize. On October [-]th, the Ming army took a boat to go south.
Ding Lie sent an envoy to ask why the Ming army went south, but the Ming army did not respond.
He then sent troops to attack him.
The two sides exchanged fire.
Xia Xun has [-] wolf soldiers in his hands, all of whom are musketeers, and [-] soldiers are equipped with matchlocks.
Annan soldiers attacked once and were repelled once by Xia Xun.
It took three days for the first Ming army to land and seize the Annan army's retreat before allowing the large forces to land.
Xia Xun controlled the ferry.
Subsequently, Ming troops crossed the river one after another.
Fang Ying personally supervised the battle and led a total of 30 troops.
They were divided into six armies by Fang Ying, each with 3 troops. After crossing the river, they first controlled the cities east of Hanoi, including Haiyang, Guang'an, Haiphong, Jian'an, and Taiping.
The Xia Xun road surrounded Hanoi, the capital of Annan.
Fang Ying personally led 12 Chinese troops, arrived in Hanoi on October 27, and surrounded Hanoi.
If the fortified city of Hanoi were to be conquered forcefully, it would require a hundred thousand troops to besiege the city, and it would not be possible to defeat it within a few years.
Fang Ying was not in a hurry.
The Chinese army was divided again, and then divided into three armies, each with [-] troops, and went west to conquer the cities of Shanxi, Dongmu, Lesong, Langda, Wen'an, and Hanggai.
Make the western city border with the Ming Dynasty.
And attacked and plundered all the way south.
At the same time, Xia Xun led his troops south to attack Hedong, Hexi, and Henan, turning Hanoi into an isolated city.
Ding Lie, who was in charge, received a letter of defeat.
Everyone was dumbfounded. How could the Ming army be so fast?
After surrounding Hanoi, 33 Ming troops dispersed and began to attack and plunder all the nearby cities, occupying all the empty cities. As for those that were difficult to defeat, they trapped them into isolated cities and cut off Annan.
Annan's army was in the west and south, guarding Laos, Cambodia and Champa.
The Ming army moved south too fast, so Ding Lie did not mobilize his troops to return to defense, because if he returned to defense, it would give the Ming army an opportunity to encircle the point and send reinforcements.
The Ming army made it clear that they wanted to encircle the area for reinforcements and attack the Annan army who came to rescue them.
"Nan Shou!"
Dinh Lie made the most advantageous decision to abandon Hanoi and run south.
Although the Ming army quickly gained the advantage on the battlefield, the Annan army did not suffer any losses. Once Ding Lie moved south, the whole chess game came alive and the initiative returned to Ding Lie's hands.
Ding Lie defeated Li Sicheng, and the whole court was his voice. The benefits were highlighted, and there was no other voice. He ordered to go south, banned everything, immediately packed up his things, and prepared to go south.
Ding Lie was even more ruthless. He sent troops to plunder all the Annan people in the city and burned those who could not be taken away. He left these people who were crying for food to the Ming Dynasty and let the Ming Dynasty take care of them.
There were only [-] Ming troops besieging Hanoi, which was impossible to encircle.
In Ding Lie's hands, Annan's army numbered around 17 and successfully broke through.
After fighting a battle with the Ming army in Hedong, Ding Lie burned the city of Hedong, looted and burned large areas of cultivated land along the way, fortified the walls and cleared the fields, and spread rumors of massacres by the Ming army.
Originally Annan was his base, but Ding Lie didn't want it anymore and burned all his money and food, leaving a mess for Ming Dynasty.
Burning farmland and looting people were used to slow down the Ming army's march south.
Ding Lie is really amazing.
However, Ding Lie got rich, and the entire royal capital's wealth and 17 troops drove the carriages that spread for dozens of miles and meandered southward.
They burned cities along the way and continued to loot.
After fighting several battles, Ding Lie found that the Ming army was not strong, so he simply began to attack the cities occupied by the Ming army. Several cities changed hands, and he began to loot and burn them.
Burning, killing and looting along the way.
As a result, in Henan, we encountered a nail.
Xia Xun had just conquered Henan, and before he could catch his breath, he heard that the city behind had been robbed and burned by Ding Lie.
"Ding Lie is really a cruel person."
"It was the Ming Dynasty that made it possible for him!"
"If Ming Dynasty hadn't helped him eradicate dissidents, why would he be the only voice in the Annan court?"
"I didn't give him time to argue in court, but instead allowed him to take the initiative on the battlefield."
Xia Xun sighed: "Really decisive, if Ding Lie is allowed to escape and the western and southern armies are integrated, Annan's army will be as strong as more than 40 troops!"
"There will be a fierce battle by then. It's best to block him in the river and surround him for reinforcements!"
In the past, the Ming army attacked and Annan defended.
When Dinh Lie gave up Hanoi, the Ming army defended it and Annam attacked, thereby seizing the initiative.
Don’t forget, Ding Lie is a powerful minister, not an emperor. What does the life and death of the people have to do with him?Anyway, with Li Sicheng, the unlucky guy, he can be happy.
While Xia Xun was analyzing, his subordinates came to report that Annan's army was calling.
Ding Lie was very provocative, with Ming army heads hanging on the barrels of his guns, and he came in a menacing manner.
"Kaesong Field Battle!"
Xia Xun is not stupid, but he has just conquered the city. Several walls are damaged, and the defense of the city will be defeated.
Besides, the Ming army was at its peak.
Thirty thousand versus 17 is not without the ability to protect oneself.
When Ding Lie saw the Henan city gate opened, he suddenly felt that this Ming army was not simple. He also discovered that this Ming army had cavalry.
The cavalry protected the two wings and surrounded the infantry in the middle.
When approaching the Annan Army, the cavalry dispersed and the musketeers opened fire on the Annan Army.
When Annan's army counterattacked, the cavalry fired arrows to harass them, giving the musketeers time to refill their ammunition.
Round after round of musketry was completed.
Annan's army suffered few casualties, but its morale plummeted significantly.
They couldn't defeat the Ming army at all. They were all infantry, but the Ming army was protected by cavalry, which did not give Annan's cavalry a chance to counterattack.
When firing arrows at the cavalry, the infantrymen opened wooden shields to shield the cavalry from the arrows.
The Ming army formed a battle formation like a wheel, firing muskets round after round.
The beating made Annan's army angry and forced him to retreat.
He just retreated.
The urgent sound of horse hooves came from the city, and a group of fully armed cavalry galloped from the city. There were not many people, only about 2000 people.
But they are all good horses, well equipped, with crossbows, muskets, and even a spear with a hook hanging on them.
The cavalry galloped across the land, making a deafening sound.
Annan's army panicked immediately.
Ding Lie was dumbfounded. How could this Ming army be so strong?
If he wanted the infantry to leave the battlefield quickly, he could only send out his own cavalry. The number of Annan's cavalry was about [-], which was the source of power.
The horses of Annan are shorter than those of Mongolia.
Mongolian horses are short, and Annan horses are even shorter.
Compared with Mongolian horses, it feels like a father meeting his son.
The Annan cavalry is not weak either. These are the servants of the Annan nobles. They are all raised with money and are well-equipped.
However, their tactics were lagging behind.
When the two armies approached, Mingqi fired arrows first, and Anqi also shot back.
When they got closer, Ming Qi suddenly took out a musket. An Qi also knew about muskets, but they were still at the stage of using muskets. Ming Qi used a matchlock gun that could be aimed.
While stunned, Mingqi opened fire.
The muskets of Mingqi did not hit people, but horses!
Specifically targeted at horses.
An Qi was forced to turn his horse's head and refused to confront Ming Qi.
The Ming cavalry quickly spread out, formed small flags, and cut An Qi into pieces. Then some used muskets and some used wooden guns to cooperate with each other.
An Qi quickly fell into a disadvantage, and many cavalrymen were knocked off their horses. Then two wooden guns were like hooks, hooking a person, and the fast horse was dragged on the ground.
If you look closely, you will find that there is a hook-like white blade on the wooden gun.
The cooperation is very tacit.
Such a battle formation requires a lot of time to train and run in before it can achieve initial results, and cavalry training is very expensive.
"It's over!"
Ding Lie realized that something was wrong. He used hot weapons and cold weapons together. This was a new strategy thought up by Liao Zhuang.
The commander of the Ming Cavalry is surprisingly Liao Zhuang!
Ding Li ordered the troops to retreat.
But this is a battlefield.
The Ming army had the advantage, and Xia Xun ordered to ride forward to cover up and kill the Annan army.
After fighting for more than an hour, Annan's army was defeated miserably.
(End of this chapter)
Zhu Ying's eyes suddenly widened and he knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, you have destroyed the gentry. What class will you use to replace the gentry?"
If you want to destroy anything, you need a replacement, otherwise society will be in chaos.
Zhu Ying knew that these words would offend the emperor, but he still said: "Although there are lawless people among the gentry in the world, more and more people are supporting you. Your Majesty, Jiangnan is an important financial and taxation area of the Ming Dynasty. Can the gentry in Jiangnan say no?" "
"Your Majesty is going on a killing spree in the south of the Yangtze River. Have any of the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River ever opposed your majesty?"
"Although the gentry has limitations, it is the most loyal!"
"Because the gentry cannot rebel, they are completely incapable of rebellion!"
"In the past few years, you have vigorously encouraged the emergence of military aristocrats, hoping to use military aristocrats to check and balance the civil service group."
"But Your Majesty, where did the chaos in the Southern and Northern Dynasties come from? Then in the late Tang and Five Dynasties, the wars were so terrifying!"
"Controlling military force with civility is the key to long-term peace and stability."
Zhu Ying kowtowed vigorously: "I am from the gentry, and I understand the gentry best. The gentry may be greedy or possessive, but it will not shake His Majesty's rule!"
"When civilian officials are in power, they will not change the emperor, but when military generals are in power, they will definitely change the emperor!"
Zhu Ying burst into tears: "Your Majesty, I am your loyal dog. My honor, disgrace, wealth and honor all belong to you. I will not harm you!"
This was the first time that someone opposed the emperor's purge of the gentry.
Zhu Qiyu looked at him with a gloomy face.
"Your Majesty, I dare not lie to you, nor will I harm you!"
"Those who incite His Majesty and the gentry to go against you really want to harm you!"
"The roots of Ming Dynasty are the gentry!"
"If you destroy the foundation, you will destroy the country. Who will support you in the future?"
Feng Xiao coughed nearby and signaled Zhu Ying to stop talking.
"Let him speak." Zhu Qiyu glanced at Feng Xiao.
stand by.
The emperor also needs the support of the majority of people so that the throne can be secure.
Zhu Qiyu has always hated the gentry and wanted to replace the gentry with the military class and the citizen class.
However, will these two classes really support the emperor?
And, where is their support?Can the emperor secure his throne?
Zhu Qiyu had rarely thought about this issue, but Zhu Ying broke through this layer of window paper.
Zhu Ying kowtowed heavily: "Your Majesty, I know your thoughts. You want to make the country prosperous and long-lasting."
"Naturally, I thought of the gentry as the thief of national destiny."
"I just want to eradicate the gentry and turn the common people into small landlords."
"But Your Majesty, anyone can eradicate the gentry, except you!"
Zhu Ying really took the risk.
"You are the emperor, and the gentry supports orthodoxy! It is the Ming Dynasty! It is the emperor! It is you who upholds it!"
"I have said something arrogant. After the Tumubao Incident, there was no emperor in the court. Why would the courtiers welcome you to the throne?"
"Because all officials in the court are gentry! When they protect you, they are protecting their own interests!"
"The ones who truly support the Zhengshuo of the world are the gentry! The ones who are most afraid of chaos in the world are also the gentry! The ones who truly protect the emperor are the gentry!"
"Will the poor people you call support you?"
"I live in Shandong and deal with the people every day. I know that the people are inherently weak and they will only compromise. Even if they know that you are good to them, if you have something to do, can they help you solve the problem?"
"No way!"
"Even if you want to recruit them as soldiers, you have to give them enough benefits, otherwise they will be sneaky and will not sacrifice their lives for you!"
"Even if you go out of your way to be good to the people, they will take it for granted. They will not think about your kindness. Instead, they will only focus on their own one-third of an acre of land and their own rice bowl! This is Human heart!”
"On the contrary, if you raise taxes a little, they will spit on you and hate you."
"The people are weak, mercenary, and sneaky. They are not worthy of what you have to do for them!"
"Your Majesty, I know what you are thinking, but you have never dealt with those poor people. If you have seen them, you will know how disappointed you are!"
"These people are unreliable!"
"If you don't give them benefits, they won't support you!"
"Even if they support you, what's the use? They don't control the means of production, nor do they have the right to speak in society, so how can they support you?"
"If you give them benefits, they will become new gentry!"
"Your Majesty, aren't the ancestors of today's gentry also common people? It's just a matter of chance and chance!"
"In this world, exploitation and oppression will always exist and will not change because of you!"
Zhu Ying burst into tears: "Your Majesty, the military class is unreliable, and the peasant class is even less trustworthy!"
"The only people you can rely on are the gentry, Your Majesty!"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were cold: "Then you want to say, don't let me bother you anymore?"
"No!"
"I am by no means admonishing Your Majesty, but I hope that my sincerity will allow Your Majesty to see the facts clearly!"
"You can deal with the gentry, but you can never destroy the gentry!"
"The gentry are the cornerstone of your control of the world!"
"You cannot destroy your own foundation, Your Majesty!"
Zhu Ying's words are really shocking.
Zhu Qiyu has never thought about this issue. He has been supporting the military class and wants to break up the gentry and turn the peasants all over the world into small landlords.
In this way, short-term fairness can be achieved.
At least we can get 20 years of fairness.
However, Zhu Ying's words made it difficult for him to control himself. Have I done something wrong all along?
"My foundation is the gentry?" This argument was difficult for Zhu Qiyu to accept.
Those who steal the destiny of the country are the gentry.
When did they become the foundation of a dynasty?Has it become the cornerstone for the emperor to control the world?
"Your Majesty, where do all the court officials come from?"
"Where do the local grain chiefs and officials come from?"
"Who does Ming Dynasty rely on to control the grassroots?"
"Even more, who controls the Ming Dynasty's tax revenue? Your Majesty!"
Zhu Ying cried and said: "Your Majesty wants to reform the gentry, that's fine! Your Majesty wants to reform the gentry, that's fine too!"
"But we must not wipe out the gentry!"
"Even if we want to wipe out the gentry, we have to think carefully about who will be used to collect taxes? Who will be used to control the grassroots?"
“And be prepared for grassroots chaos.”
"What I am most worried about is the chaos at the grassroots level. Once the gentry is eradicated, the entire grassroots level of society will be completely in chaos. When your Majesty has strong troops, will he be able to kill all 6000 million citizens? Will there be another peace crisis?"
Zhu Ying kowtowed: "Although I am not in the center, those who encourage your Majesty to kill the gentry must be traitors. Please punish them!"
Gentlemen, are they so important?
Zhu Qiyu also considered that the money taken out from the gentry families would be enough to run the Ming Dynasty for ten years, and then he would just reorganize the basic structure.
But what Zhu Ying said made him feel helpless.
The gentry controlled the grassroots of the Ming Empire. Once the emperor took action, the gentry would not sit still and wait for death. There would be war everywhere and the whole country would be wiped out again. How much vitality did the Ming Dynasty have left?
This is a dead end.
Zhu Qiyu sat on the chair helplessly.
Zhu Ying kowtowed for a long time and found that the emperor made no sound. He was slightly relieved and the emperor listened.
"Get up first."
The emperor's voice came, Zhu Yingchang exhaled, survived!
Don't think Zhu Ying is stupid. He is going to Jiaozhi to serve as governor for one term. How far is Jiaozhi from the capital?I'm afraid I won't be able to see the emperor for three or four years.
How can we keep simplicity in the heart of the emperor?
He had to come up with a different perspective so that the emperor could remember Zhu Ying firmly.
If you want to do things locally, you must have the emperor's trust.
Look at Xiang Wenyao. He originally did well in Guizhou, but he lost the emperor's trust and was picked by Yue Zheng.
He, Zhu Ying, must identify himself as the emperor's loyal dog.
In this way, he can free his hands and feet wherever he goes.
At least if someone slandered him as a rebel, the emperor would give him a chance to explain. This opportunity alone was very important.
Therefore, Zhu Ying wants to put forward a point that the courtiers dare not mention. He is telling the emperor that I, Zhu Ying, am your loyal lackey, woof woof woof!
If Yu Qian dared to say these words, the emperor would kill him immediately;
In order to retain Zhu Qizhen, Yao Kui and others had exhausted the emperor's patience. Even if they wanted to say something, the emperor would not give them a chance.
So there are people in the court who can see it clearly, but they dare not say it or can't say it.
Among the local governors, Zhu Ying had the greatest achievements and was favored by the emperor, so he dared to speak.
In fact, if he hadn't said this, Hu Hui would have said it when he arrived in Nanjing.
The emperor did not take action against the gentry. Once he did, there would be people in Beijing and Nanjing who would advise him.
However, Zhu Ying seized this opportunity and begged the emperor for mercy. Jane was in the emperor's heart.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for not killing me!"
Zhu Ying kowtowed and thanked him.
"Am I the emperor who cannot listen to advice?"
Zhu Qiyu looked at him: "Although we have been separated for one or two years, my original intention has never changed."
"I can listen to any words of advice."
"Your Majesty's virtuous reputation means the world is prosperous." Zhu Ying kowtowed and stood up.
"Zhu Ying, you have led me into a trap."
Zhu Qiyu came to his senses: "When did I say that I would eradicate the gentry in the world?"
"Your Majesty, even the gentry in the area cannot be eradicated!"
Zhu Ying said seriously: "The grassroots level of the Ming Dynasty is in the hands of the gentry. If the gentry are eradicated, who will fill the grassroots level?"
"Here comes the center!"
Zhu Qiyu said: "I want to take back the tax power, and the central government will collect the tax personally."
The power to collect taxes was placed in the hands of local gentry, which was the weakness of the central government. Once local governments resisted taxation, it would be difficult to maintain the finances.
Moreover, he wanted to rebuild the grassroots and extend imperial power to the countryside.
Zhu Ying wants to say more.
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "I want to open the sea. If I don't cut off the gentry, I will open the sea rashly. Zhu Ying, who will be the biggest beneficiary?"
"You are right, the cornerstone of Ming Dynasty is the gentry."
"However, it can only be used as a cornerstone, not a stumbling block for me, let alone stand up and put pressure on my head!"
Zhu Ying understood that the emperor was worried that the gentry would become a wealthy family after having huge interests.
"Your Majesty can set heavy taxes and use heavy taxes to blackmail the gentry." Zhu Ying's method was the best.
There are financial groups all over the United States, but the government is still as stable as a mountain?Because the tax collection system is superior, the consortium is treated like wool.
When Emperor Taizu established the Ming Dynasty, he also followed this path, imposing heavy taxes on the gentry and treating them as fat sheep.
As a result, Emperor Taizong was in trouble and was forced to make compromises with the gentry in order to stabilize his throne.
The kings of later generations were all short-lived, which gave the gentry the opportunity to become big.
"Write your thoughts down."
"I obey the decree!" Zhu Ying stopped talking.
"Let's eat."
After breakfast, Zhu Ying was sent to write a memorial. While he was reading the memorial, he was thinking about the problems of the gentry.
In the evening, Xiang Zhong and Liang Yue entered the dragon boat to pay their respects.
The two of them were traveling from the sea.
First, the results of the battle were reported, as well as the training level of the navy. The most important thing was the combat power of the navy.
Zhu Qiyu listened carefully: "I want to form six major naval forces, with a quota of more than 60."
"One is the Bohai Sea Division, stationed in Tianjin, with a troop strength of [-], six treasure ships, a thousand large ships, and several medium and small ships."
"Xiang Zhong, I want you to serve as the chief military officer of the Bohai Sea Division. You will be responsible for all maritime affairs in the Bohai Bay and the three provinces of North Zhili, Liaoning, and Shandong."
"And you are allowed to build a garrison in Qingdao. If there is military affairs in the south, you can leave Qingdao to help the south."
"At the same time, a military port is also being built in Dalian so that it can assist North Korea at any time."
As soon as Xiang Zhong heard that there were six treasure ships, he knew that the emperor wanted to make a big move.
How powerful is it to control an army of [-] people?
But Xiang Zhong felt full of responsibility. He knelt on the ground and said, "I will work hard to take charge of the Bohai Sea Navy for Your Majesty."
"I will also set up a North Korean navy to be stationed on Tsushima Island, with a total amount of [-], to be responsible for the security of the entire east and west of North Korea."
"I haven't thought clearly about the choice of commander-in-chief yet."
"Change Songjiang Prefecture to Shanghai Prefecture, establish Shanghai Navy, with an actual strength of 15 troops, the same regulations as the Bohai Navy."
"Liang Yun, you come to serve as the chief military officer of the Shanghai Navy!"
"Responsible for the military affairs along the coast of Jiangsu, South Zhili, and Zhejiang."
"Change Haizhou in Jiangsu to Lianyungang and build a military port on the island of Lianyungang; build military ports in Yancheng and Fengliwai; build a military port in Zhoushan, Ningbo Prefecture; build military ports at Haimenwei in Taizhou Prefecture and Panshiweidu in Wenzhou Prefecture. "
"I place all the important tasks of the entire southeastern coast on your shoulders!"
Liang Yue knew that the emperor would give him a big surprise by hiding him for two years.
Sure enough, the entire navy along the southeast coast is on Liang Yue. Liang Yue will soon make great achievements, and it will be a matter of time before he is crowned Duke.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your important position!" Liang Yue kowtowed.
"Build the Fujian Navy in Fujian, and build military ports in all coastal prefectures, with an actual number of 7 people."
The candidate Zhu Qiyu has not been decided yet.
The reason why there are so few people is mainly because there is no war in Fujian for the time being, and they will increase after they expand into Taiwan.
"On the coasts of Guangdong and Guangxi, establish the South China Sea Navy, stationed in Guangzhou and Gaibao Island (Annan), and build military ports all along the coasts of Guangdong and Guangxi, with an actual amount of 15."
The coastal areas of Guangdong and Guangxi are very important. Zhu Qiyu actually wanted Fang Ying to do it.
However, Fang Ying was still supervising Guangdong and Guangxi, and had no choice but to mobilize people from the central government.
We have to send a capable minister, not all lords.
"After I regain Jiaozhi, I will also build a Jiaozhi Navy with a real quota of [-] to be responsible for the military affairs of the entire Indo-China Peninsula!"
The six major naval divisions have a troop strength of 67.
This number will grow in the future.
The two chief military officers now appointed are Liang Yue and Xiang Zhong.
Xiang Zhong felt slightly disappointed. Next, the Bohai Sea Navy would have the least war, and he would have the least chance to make meritorious deeds.
"They say they are the six major naval forces, but in fact you only have more than 2 people."
Zhu Qiyu laughed at himself and said: "The top priority now is, first, the Japanese pirates on the southeast coast, and the second, using Tsushima Island as a springboard to enter the Japanese country."
"So, Xiang Zhong and Liang Yuan, you two have the heaviest burden on your shoulders."
Xiang Zhong's eyes lit up. As long as he did well, the Nanhai Navy would still have his hand in the future.
From the number of troops, we know that the two major navies of the South China Sea and Shanghai will be the top priority in the future.
The navy went south with him.
Zhu Qiyu stopped in Jinan Mansion for seven days before the dragon boat sailed south.
in late October.
Lu Gao's memorial came. After Lu Gao's investigation, it was found that King La Meixuan of Siam was indeed bragging. Siam did have land with a yield of 30 shi per mu, but it was very small. As for the land with a yield of 18 shi per mu, it was not. There is a lot of land in Siam with an output of 4 stones per mu.
However, there was indeed no great famine in Siam.
The people of Siam are lazy and not engaged in production, but they do not go hungry, which shows that the land is suitable for farming.
There were not many important ministers accompanying him, but they were all young talents valued by the emperor, such as He Qiaoxin, He Yi, Qiu Jun, Peng Shao and others.
"Your Majesty, according to what Commander Lu said, the Siamese people do not cultivate intensively, and there are even many uncultivated fields, so they are no longer hungry."
Qiu Jun was speechless: "I see that what the King of Siam said is actually true, it's just that the people didn't work hard."
Zhu Qiyu nodded: "What do you think?"
Qiu Jun rolled his eyes: "Of course I'll shoot him down."
Zhu Qiyu laughed: "By the way, why didn't the cabinet approve it?"
He was thinking, how can we border Siam?
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid the cabinet thinks it should be suppressed, so the reply is a waste of pen and ink." Qiu Junjing said the truth.
Zhu Qiyu did not feel dissatisfied: "The cabinet is becoming more and more lazy, and they are fooling me by not approving the reply, haha."
"Your Majesty, the King of Siam wants to donate rice seeds, what do you think?" He Qiaoxin said.
He Qiaoxin is the son of He Wenyuan. This man is so extraordinary that even Hu Hui and Yu Qian are full of praise for him.
"Take it, Siam is short of horses, let Taipu Temple give some Mongolian horses, a hundred horses."
How good is Zhu Qiyu now?
The horse farms within the Ming Dynasty are being demolished one after another, and the pastures must be converted into cultivated land.
In Rehe, Ningxia, Hanzhou, Shanxi and other places, more than a dozen large racecourses and more than 100 small racecourses have been set up. After Ma Wensheng took office, he made a new plan for the racecourses.
Today, the Ming Dynasty has more than 40 fine horses, 12 stallions, and over a million draft and draft horses.
Of course, so many horses were not bought.
But the capture of war.
There are more cattle and sheep, and many, many sheep will be killed by the end of this year, and these sheep will be made into bacon and stored.
"Your Majesty, how about giving me a horse?" Qiu Jun asked with a smile.
"Why are you so stingy? You still want to do business with Siam. Give more good horses and let them buy horses from us..."
Qiu Jun knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, horses must not be sold lightly!"
"Siam is rich in rice. If we sell them war horses and firearms, they will become the overlord of Central and South China. How difficult will it be for the Ming Dynasty to conquer them?"
He Qiaoxin, He Yi and Peng Shao followed suit.
"Well, give me some good horses, and then give me some bad horses."
"Your Majesty is wise!" Qiu Jun kowtowed.
"Tell Lu Gao that I am not interested in elephants. I have no longer used elephants. Ask them to bring more rice and fruits."
Feng Xiao asked the people in charge of the ceremonial department to draw up the imperial edict.
"Urge Xia Xun, it's time for Jiaozhi to return to the embrace of the Ming Dynasty. Before the next rainy season comes, I want the entire Annan!"
Zhu Qiyu was a little dissatisfied with Xia Xun watching the fire from across the bank.
If Annan is not annexed quickly, the road to Siam will not be opened. Without the coercion of the heavenly soldiers, Siam will not be afraid of the Ming Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, there is only a corner of the Champa Kingdom left. What should we do after we annex Annan?" He Qiaoxin spoke.
"The royal family of Champa is quite respectful."
Zhu Qiyu muttered: "Just come back to the Ming Dynasty, pick a place, make him a count, and raise him."
"Your Majesty, it is the ancestral system of Taizu, and no knighthood can be awarded except for military merit!"
Qiu Jun objected: "Moreover, the Champa Kingdom has little territory left, but it wants to confer a hereditary and irreplaceable earl. The Ming Dynasty has suffered a loss!"
He Qiaoxin also said: "The Ming Dynasty is so difficult to confer a title of earl. The generals fought hard to get it back. How many titles should be given to the Champa royal family? What about other royal families in the future? Should they all be given titles? In that case, the title of Ming Dynasty Is it still valuable?”
Zhu Qiyu pondered: "What do you think?"
"Your Majesty, I thought I would confer a military honor and take him back to the capital to raise him in honor." He Qiaoxin was quite capable of fooling people.
Wu Xun is a casual official and is not hereditary.
The key point is that if the Champa royal family is dissatisfied and flees back to the country to start a rebellion, the Ming Dynasty will still have a headache.
He Yi, who had been silent all this time, sneered twice: "Your Majesty, why don't you just cut the grass and get rid of the root?" Zhu Qiyu looked at him: "Go on."
"When we regain Cochin, we can bribe General Annan to seize the territory belonging to the Champa Kingdom and slaughter the whole family of the Champa King!"
He Yi sneered and said: "If the Champa Kingdom lasts for a hundred years, the royal family must have a lot of money. Why not take it for your own use and use it as military supplies?"
"Master He, the king of Champa is quite respectful to the Ming Dynasty..." Peng Shao whispered.
"Respectful? Why didn't he help when Ming Dynasty lost Jiaozhi?"
"My Ming Dynasty is powerful, so he will naturally be respectful!"
"When my Ming Dynasty declines, will they still be respectful?"
He Yi said sternly: "Your Majesty once said that those who are not from my ethnic group will have different hearts."
"Since the king of Champa is respectful, why doesn't he fully Chineseize it? Use Chinese characters to give Chinese names? Why never donate rice seeds to Champa? What are their intentions?"
"Hmph! I thought that the Champa King was just pretending to be submissive!"
"What's the point of the imperial court raising such a moth?"
"It's better to use the Annan Army to put an end to this matter!"
He Yi is really cruel.
But to Zhu Qiyu's appetite, he nodded: "Then the people in Champa will miss their king?"
"Your Majesty is kind!"
"I think we can induce the Annan Army to go south and cause trouble to the entire Champa Kingdom, and then we can pacify the Annan Army."
"As a result, the entire Champa Kingdom was in ruins."
"Those people are not even alive. Those who survive will be grateful to the Ming Dynasty. Wouldn't it be nice for the Ming Dynasty to take over their land and accommodate their people?"
"In this way, there will be no more stubborn forces to trouble us, Champa will become a piece of white land, and we will be able to fully integrate into the Ming Dynasty."
He Yi knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, please accept it!"
Zhu Qiyu stood up and helped him up with his own hands: "I am very pleased that you can put your mind right."
"I am the parent of the Han people, and my heart will always be with the Han people!"
"You are a Han official, so your heart should naturally be towards our own people, so you are a good official!"
"We are a family. Being kind to outsiders is cruel to yourself!"
Qiu Jun listened and rolled his eyes wildly. Isn't it too obvious for you?Can't you just pretend?
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Qiu Jun knelt down and shouted.
Ming Dynasty has been practicing Han chauvinism.
never changed.
"I am a Han Chinese in life, and a Han ghost in death."
"So I destroyed Champa City with just one word, but I have a clear conscience."
"Because I am a Han! We must fight in an upright manner. If we fall behind, we will be beaten. That's right!"
He Yi kowtowed respectfully, with a calm face.
"I need officials like you."
Zhu Qiyu laughed: "He Yi, write your thoughts into a memorial and send it to the central government. The cabinet will issue an order and send it to Annan and give it to Xia Xun."
"The minister obeys the order!"
He Yi also wanted to be promoted. He knew the emperor's pulse and naturally had to follow his advice.
I would like to ask all the officials in the court, who is not proud of the Han people?
It’s just that it’s never been exposed.
"Send some guards to visit the people."
"I want to see the real situation among the people."
"Tell the guards not to be deceived. Some things were done by local officials."
"I don't want to see these fake things, I want to see the real thing."
"Also, whoever dares to hide the truth and collude with local officials should get out of the palace as soon as possible. His father doesn't have to do it anymore. He can go back to his hometown to retire."
Zhu Qiyu just wanted to see the real people, the real Ming Dynasty.
The days on the water are very boring.
As for the chance encounter with a boatman performing an art show, don't even think about it. Whichever river the emperor walks on, the entire river is under martial law and it is impossible for anyone to show up.
The escort navy, the horse troops on both sides of the strait, and the local guardsmen were not vegetarians.
And in North Korea.
Wang Yue received the approval from the central government.
Across the Bohai Bay, information is transmitted by sea, shortening the distance from North Korea to the hub.
The Central Committee asked him to organize the Korean people into households, reset their household registrations, and redistribute the land. He also asked Sun Kefa to severely punish the Korean gentry and use North Korea's wealth to relieve North Korea's difficulties.
Then a group of gentry were transferred from the Ming Dynasty to North Korea and settled down.
This group of gentry had to leave from Jiangnan.
A group of people were moved from the north to the court.
The rainy season in Annan is over.
The political situation in Annan has also become stable. Li Sicheng failed in his political struggle. Rumors spread that Li Sicheng was crazy. Now Ding Lie is in charge.
Ding Lie had already sent envoys to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty, asking the Ming Dynasty to return the northern part of Annan to Annan.
Xia Xun is still in Hongji.
Hongji has been built as a military port base.
Now the two prefectures in Guangxi have been completely divided, and heavy troops have been deployed along the river.
The name of the city is also a continuation of the name of the Yongle Dynasty, all written in Han script, and the Ming Dynasty dragon flag is inserted.
The basic structure of the official system in various places has been completed.
Including the Guangxi Administrative Office, it has been transferred from Guilin to Nanning.
70 Guangxi natives were placed in the newly built two prefectures. 20 people were forcibly demobilized and returned to their fields due to crimes. These people retired from the army and entered local positions.
Because he was guilty, he did not serve as a civil servant, but only held official positions such as local officials, etc., but his retirement pension was paid as usual.
They were all assigned fields locally, and their daughters-in-law were also assigned, and even Annan slaves were allotted to them. If they did not want to be servants, the bank would provide a loan to start a small business.
The Central Committee has issued strict orders that meritorious ministers must be properly placed.
The main concern is that these people will be dissatisfied and rebel among the people.
Throughout the summer, Fang Ying was reorganizing the military system.
Eliminate all those who are living in the army waiting to die, greedy for life and afraid of death, and eliminate them from the army.
The Guangxi Army has 47 soldiers left.
The population of Guangxi has doubled in this year to more than 700 million, of which 190 million are infants.
They are all children of soldiers.
The central government even encouraged soldiers to have children and gave them a silver coin as a childbirth subsidy.
This has led to a rapid increase in the rate of concubinage in the military and the increase in the rate of childbirth.
Xia Xun didn't see through the central idea at first.
But recently, he saw through it.
The Central Committee is obviously worried that the combat effectiveness of the Guangxi wolf soldiers will drop sharply because their lives have improved, so they will use the method of encouraging fertility to make them poor!
Don't think that giving a silver coin as a subsidy for having a child is a good thing.
Just this one silver coin is not enough for a child to spend a year!
What's more, Guangxi has become a place where Ming Dynasty's commerce is developed. Various infant and child industries are developing crazily and are draining the wolf soldiers' pockets.
Instead, the wolf soldiers were forced to perform meritorious deeds on the battlefield, earn military pay, and receive rewards. It would be best if they could go out and plunder.
Recently, the army is clamoring for Fang Ying to go to war.
Xia Xun shuddered after understanding this operation.
Heaven and earth are not benevolent and regard all things as cud dogs.
When the center regards Dingkou as an object, what is the difference between the center and the ruthless world?
The imperial edict urged by the center came.
Going south and occupying all of Annan became a matter of course.
Xia Xun further thought about it. When the emperor visited the south, some of the gentry from the south of the Yangtze River must be separated to rebuild Jiaozhi Province.
This is one link after another.
Annan's envoys came again and asked the Ming Dynasty to return northern Annan.
Even though they knew that the Ming Dynasty had even changed the name of the city, and the people of Annan were forced to take Han names and lose their household registration, the Annan court still spared no effort and sent people to negotiate.
And Bian Yong's son, Bian Yong, had just arrived in Hongji with the emperor's reward.
After having a secret talk with Xia Xun, Bian Yong crossed the river to Hanoi and canonized Li Sicheng as King of Annan.
During the canonization ceremony, Ding Lie's face twitched. The Emperor of the Central Plains didn't want Annan to stop!
Li Sicheng couldn't see anything strange.
He just respectfully accepted the imperial edict, then locked himself in the palace and refused to come out.
That night, Ding Lie found Bian Yong and got straight to the point.
"Master Ding, Your Majesty is thinking about King Annan." Bian Yongpi smiled.
"What conditions are needed before Ming Dynasty is willing to return the northern territory?"
Bian Yong looked at Ding Lie, was he still dreaming?
"When the Ming Dynasty marches south, Annan will not be captured without mercy!"
"If we really keep fighting, we won't be able to finish this battle within a few years!"
"Does the Ming Dynasty just want Annan to be reduced to a scorched earth?"
Ding Lie was really angry.
"Lord Ding, can I take these words to mean that Annan declared war on the Ming Dynasty?" Bian Yong asked.
Ding Lie immediately changed his color: "You!"
"If you dare to offend His Majesty Long Wei, let alone burn Annan into scorched earth, even if you want to flatten the land of Annan, the Ming Dynasty can do it."
Bian Yong smiled and said: "But, your Majesty is a holy king and takes great care of his country."
"If Annan sends out [-] ships of food, the Ming Dynasty can temporarily suspend the war."
Ding Lie was dumbfounded. I will transport the grain to you and let you beat me?
Bien Yong also did not stop in Hanoi.
After resting for a few days, he continued southward and was sent as an envoy to the Kingdom of Champa.
However, just a few days after Bian Yong left, on October [-]th, the Ming army stationed on the other side of the river began to mobilize. On October [-]th, the Ming army took a boat to go south.
Ding Lie sent an envoy to ask why the Ming army went south, but the Ming army did not respond.
He then sent troops to attack him.
The two sides exchanged fire.
Xia Xun has [-] wolf soldiers in his hands, all of whom are musketeers, and [-] soldiers are equipped with matchlocks.
Annan soldiers attacked once and were repelled once by Xia Xun.
It took three days for the first Ming army to land and seize the Annan army's retreat before allowing the large forces to land.
Xia Xun controlled the ferry.
Subsequently, Ming troops crossed the river one after another.
Fang Ying personally supervised the battle and led a total of 30 troops.
They were divided into six armies by Fang Ying, each with 3 troops. After crossing the river, they first controlled the cities east of Hanoi, including Haiyang, Guang'an, Haiphong, Jian'an, and Taiping.
The Xia Xun road surrounded Hanoi, the capital of Annan.
Fang Ying personally led 12 Chinese troops, arrived in Hanoi on October 27, and surrounded Hanoi.
If the fortified city of Hanoi were to be conquered forcefully, it would require a hundred thousand troops to besiege the city, and it would not be possible to defeat it within a few years.
Fang Ying was not in a hurry.
The Chinese army was divided again, and then divided into three armies, each with [-] troops, and went west to conquer the cities of Shanxi, Dongmu, Lesong, Langda, Wen'an, and Hanggai.
Make the western city border with the Ming Dynasty.
And attacked and plundered all the way south.
At the same time, Xia Xun led his troops south to attack Hedong, Hexi, and Henan, turning Hanoi into an isolated city.
Ding Lie, who was in charge, received a letter of defeat.
Everyone was dumbfounded. How could the Ming army be so fast?
After surrounding Hanoi, 33 Ming troops dispersed and began to attack and plunder all the nearby cities, occupying all the empty cities. As for those that were difficult to defeat, they trapped them into isolated cities and cut off Annan.
Annan's army was in the west and south, guarding Laos, Cambodia and Champa.
The Ming army moved south too fast, so Ding Lie did not mobilize his troops to return to defense, because if he returned to defense, it would give the Ming army an opportunity to encircle the point and send reinforcements.
The Ming army made it clear that they wanted to encircle the area for reinforcements and attack the Annan army who came to rescue them.
"Nan Shou!"
Dinh Lie made the most advantageous decision to abandon Hanoi and run south.
Although the Ming army quickly gained the advantage on the battlefield, the Annan army did not suffer any losses. Once Ding Lie moved south, the whole chess game came alive and the initiative returned to Ding Lie's hands.
Ding Lie defeated Li Sicheng, and the whole court was his voice. The benefits were highlighted, and there was no other voice. He ordered to go south, banned everything, immediately packed up his things, and prepared to go south.
Ding Lie was even more ruthless. He sent troops to plunder all the Annan people in the city and burned those who could not be taken away. He left these people who were crying for food to the Ming Dynasty and let the Ming Dynasty take care of them.
There were only [-] Ming troops besieging Hanoi, which was impossible to encircle.
In Ding Lie's hands, Annan's army numbered around 17 and successfully broke through.
After fighting a battle with the Ming army in Hedong, Ding Lie burned the city of Hedong, looted and burned large areas of cultivated land along the way, fortified the walls and cleared the fields, and spread rumors of massacres by the Ming army.
Originally Annan was his base, but Ding Lie didn't want it anymore and burned all his money and food, leaving a mess for Ming Dynasty.
Burning farmland and looting people were used to slow down the Ming army's march south.
Ding Lie is really amazing.
However, Ding Lie got rich, and the entire royal capital's wealth and 17 troops drove the carriages that spread for dozens of miles and meandered southward.
They burned cities along the way and continued to loot.
After fighting several battles, Ding Lie found that the Ming army was not strong, so he simply began to attack the cities occupied by the Ming army. Several cities changed hands, and he began to loot and burn them.
Burning, killing and looting along the way.
As a result, in Henan, we encountered a nail.
Xia Xun had just conquered Henan, and before he could catch his breath, he heard that the city behind had been robbed and burned by Ding Lie.
"Ding Lie is really a cruel person."
"It was the Ming Dynasty that made it possible for him!"
"If Ming Dynasty hadn't helped him eradicate dissidents, why would he be the only voice in the Annan court?"
"I didn't give him time to argue in court, but instead allowed him to take the initiative on the battlefield."
Xia Xun sighed: "Really decisive, if Ding Lie is allowed to escape and the western and southern armies are integrated, Annan's army will be as strong as more than 40 troops!"
"There will be a fierce battle by then. It's best to block him in the river and surround him for reinforcements!"
In the past, the Ming army attacked and Annan defended.
When Dinh Lie gave up Hanoi, the Ming army defended it and Annam attacked, thereby seizing the initiative.
Don’t forget, Ding Lie is a powerful minister, not an emperor. What does the life and death of the people have to do with him?Anyway, with Li Sicheng, the unlucky guy, he can be happy.
While Xia Xun was analyzing, his subordinates came to report that Annan's army was calling.
Ding Lie was very provocative, with Ming army heads hanging on the barrels of his guns, and he came in a menacing manner.
"Kaesong Field Battle!"
Xia Xun is not stupid, but he has just conquered the city. Several walls are damaged, and the defense of the city will be defeated.
Besides, the Ming army was at its peak.
Thirty thousand versus 17 is not without the ability to protect oneself.
When Ding Lie saw the Henan city gate opened, he suddenly felt that this Ming army was not simple. He also discovered that this Ming army had cavalry.
The cavalry protected the two wings and surrounded the infantry in the middle.
When approaching the Annan Army, the cavalry dispersed and the musketeers opened fire on the Annan Army.
When Annan's army counterattacked, the cavalry fired arrows to harass them, giving the musketeers time to refill their ammunition.
Round after round of musketry was completed.
Annan's army suffered few casualties, but its morale plummeted significantly.
They couldn't defeat the Ming army at all. They were all infantry, but the Ming army was protected by cavalry, which did not give Annan's cavalry a chance to counterattack.
When firing arrows at the cavalry, the infantrymen opened wooden shields to shield the cavalry from the arrows.
The Ming army formed a battle formation like a wheel, firing muskets round after round.
The beating made Annan's army angry and forced him to retreat.
He just retreated.
The urgent sound of horse hooves came from the city, and a group of fully armed cavalry galloped from the city. There were not many people, only about 2000 people.
But they are all good horses, well equipped, with crossbows, muskets, and even a spear with a hook hanging on them.
The cavalry galloped across the land, making a deafening sound.
Annan's army panicked immediately.
Ding Lie was dumbfounded. How could this Ming army be so strong?
If he wanted the infantry to leave the battlefield quickly, he could only send out his own cavalry. The number of Annan's cavalry was about [-], which was the source of power.
The horses of Annan are shorter than those of Mongolia.
Mongolian horses are short, and Annan horses are even shorter.
Compared with Mongolian horses, it feels like a father meeting his son.
The Annan cavalry is not weak either. These are the servants of the Annan nobles. They are all raised with money and are well-equipped.
However, their tactics were lagging behind.
When the two armies approached, Mingqi fired arrows first, and Anqi also shot back.
When they got closer, Ming Qi suddenly took out a musket. An Qi also knew about muskets, but they were still at the stage of using muskets. Ming Qi used a matchlock gun that could be aimed.
While stunned, Mingqi opened fire.
The muskets of Mingqi did not hit people, but horses!
Specifically targeted at horses.
An Qi was forced to turn his horse's head and refused to confront Ming Qi.
The Ming cavalry quickly spread out, formed small flags, and cut An Qi into pieces. Then some used muskets and some used wooden guns to cooperate with each other.
An Qi quickly fell into a disadvantage, and many cavalrymen were knocked off their horses. Then two wooden guns were like hooks, hooking a person, and the fast horse was dragged on the ground.
If you look closely, you will find that there is a hook-like white blade on the wooden gun.
The cooperation is very tacit.
Such a battle formation requires a lot of time to train and run in before it can achieve initial results, and cavalry training is very expensive.
"It's over!"
Ding Lie realized that something was wrong. He used hot weapons and cold weapons together. This was a new strategy thought up by Liao Zhuang.
The commander of the Ming Cavalry is surprisingly Liao Zhuang!
Ding Li ordered the troops to retreat.
But this is a battlefield.
The Ming army had the advantage, and Xia Xun ordered to ride forward to cover up and kill the Annan army.
After fighting for more than an hour, Annan's army was defeated miserably.
(End of this chapter)
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