Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 328: The coalition forces of various countries invaded the Ming Dynasty. Did they treat me as a weakling?

This is a memorial sent by Zhu Ying, stating that Laos is unwilling to surrender and has driven away Ming merchants. Siam, Bago, Manchuria, Johor and other southeastern barbarian countries have driven away Ming merchants. Ava and Luchuan have imprisoned or killed Ming merchants. .

Zhu Ying guessed that various countries had formed an alliance to deal with the Ming Dynasty together.

Revolts continued in Xinyizhou, and the place began to deteriorate.

Jiaozhi was isolated by other countries. Qin Hong, the governor of Nanke Prefecture, said that Siam and Laos had frequent military mobilizations.

He also received the information that Lu Gao received in Siam. The Luchuan Kingdom had bribed the Yunnan chieftains, and the Yunnan chieftains would also cooperate to cause rebellion.

The entire southwest of Ming Dynasty faced huge threats.

After reading it, Zhu Qiyu's eyes were cold: "The Ming Dynasty did not massacre the city, but regarded the Ming Dynasty as a sick cat? If you dare to come, I will make sure you never come back!"

"The one with long sleeves and good dancing must be the King of Siam!"

"He must be leading the anti-Ming alliance!"

Zhu Qiyu gritted his teeth: "Inform the old master, Ye Sheng, Qiu Jun and others, and then send this secret memorial to the central government! Let the cabinet discuss it!"

"Your Majesty, the palace gate is about to be locked."

"It's urgent. Let the ministers stay at the front court and don't have to go home."

The Qianqing Palace is the dividing line, with the harem to the south and the former dynasty to the north. It is normal for officials to stay on duty in the former dynasty, and it is not considered a violation.

Feng Xiao sent people to convey the order.

Seeing the tip of the iceberg, his face changed slightly. He knew clearly that the emperor did not want to fight an unprepared war and invade Cambodia. He really needed to resettle the population, otherwise there would be no war in the south in recent years.

Ming Dynasty needs to open the entrance to the Western Regions and let Ming Dynasty return to the world stage.

But the war came in an instant, forcing Ming Dynasty to fight, which was a waste of national power.

The emperors of all countries are not fools.

The Ming Dynasty's national power is growing day by day, and the longer they delay, the more they can't defeat it. If they don't take advantage of the Ming Dynasty's unstable foothold to drive the Ming Dynasty out of Southeast Asia, they are also worried about following in the footsteps of Annan.

Hu Hui had been tired for a day and fell asleep while lying down with her clothes on. However, she was woken up by a servant and hurriedly entered the palace after hearing the emperor's imperial edict.

Obviously something big happened.

Otherwise, the emperor would not be so inconsiderate to his ministers. Could it be that the death of the Japanese King caused something?

It didn’t feel like it, so I thought about it all the way.

Ye Sheng was also confused. They had just returned from the palace.

I saw Qiu Jun, He Qiaoxin, and Peng Shao on the road.

Qiu Jun received the news: "It seems to be a message from Governor Zhu from the southeastern country's crusade against the Ming Dynasty."

Ye Sheng's face changed: "Give them the habit! They pay tribute once every ten years. The Ming Dynasty has many rewards. In recent years, the rewards have been continuous. They have taken advantage of them and turned against the Ming Dynasty. Damn it!"

"Mr. Ye Ge, now is not the time to be angry. The Ming Dynasty is at a critical stage of reform, and domestic affairs are more important than foreign countries." He Qiaoxin smiled bitterly.

Ye Sheng narrowed his eyes. The timing chosen by the southeastern vassal country was very good. Obviously there was a spy in the country, otherwise the countries would not have been able to unite and target the Ming Dynasty!

This is a means to divert internal conflicts. Isn't it obvious who is controlling it?

Entering the Qianqing Palace, I saw the emperor's face sinking like water.

Hu Bi looked at the copied memorial and frowned deeply: "What are these vassal states going to do? Take advantage of Ming's weakness to bite Ming?"

"If the Ming Dynasty had millions of powerful soldiers, they would slaughter all these countries!" Peng Shao was very angry.

Qiu Jun snorted coldly: "This kind of alliance is nothing more than loud thunder and small raindrops. We have 200,000 soldiers of the Ming Dynasty stationed in Jiaozhi. They are all the most elite Northern troops. Isn't it possible that we can't deal with a group of small country coalition forces?"

"We are not afraid of water fights anymore!"

"There are more than 700,000 navy troops and 100,000 battleships. Even if we just pile them up with people, we can pile them into the sea!"

This is Ming’s confidence.

Both land and sea armies can rule the roost.

He Qiaoxin didn't say anything. He was thinking about deep-seated political factors.

The death of Zhu Qizhen is inseparable from the Jiangnan gentry.

But this time using foreign conflicts to divert domestic conflicts made it clear that it was the work of the gentry, and they were really afraid of being killed by the emperor.

After all, the only people who could contact the southeastern countries were the gentry from the south of the Yangtze River who had been maritime merchants. These people only killed the chief culprits, the Jimo family property, and not all the people were killed, so they were all moved to Jiaozhi.

So comes revenge.

Let’s look at the imperial edict issued by the emperor. The order to rectify brothels is actually to rectify the officials. This will hit a large number of gentry. No gentry in the world can escape the iron fist of the emperor.

They did not dare to confront the emperor head-on, so they diverted the conflict and diverted the emperor's attention abroad.

This hand transfer of conflicts is wonderful.

"Your Majesty."

Zhu Qiyu's eyes were cold and he stood up slowly: "Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, I have been the only one who bullies others. This is the first time I have been beaten at the door of my house!"

Even Zhu Qizhen didn't fight bravely, but he just surrendered after being defeated.

"What did I tell those merchants when they went abroad?"

"I tell them that behind you is the Ming Dynasty and me. Whoever dares to bully you will sit on my neck and shit! I will make the decision for them!"

"I issued an imperial edict and warned more than a hundred vassal states of the Ming Dynasty!"

"But they took my words as farts!"

"Expelled the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, killed the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, rebelled against them!"

"If they want to fight, I will help them. As long as the war starts, I can decide how and when it will end!"

Zhu Qiyu's face was full of ferocity: "Who instigated this anti-Ming alliance? This person must die! His country must be destroyed! There is no room for negotiation!"

Ming Dynasty is not ready to fight this battle, but it does not mean that Ming Dynasty cannot fight. After the Guangxi Army retires, Ming Dynasty still has 1.5 million soldiers to fight, and this does not include the more than 600,000 naval troops.

At worst, the North can wait a few more years and deal with them first.

Hu Xi saluted: "If we don't hit these countries on the head, they will not know how powerful the Ming Dynasty is!"

"But the veteran believes that this battle should not be expanded. Just repel the enemy."

"Let us build our relations with peace of mind, and within five years at the latest, we will turn the trading place into a bridgehead for war. The Ming Dynasty will send out a million-strong army to wipe out all the vassal countries!"

At its peak, the Ming Dynasty had 148 vassal states.

Today there are about a hundred more.

"In order to fight against the outside world, we must first settle the internal affairs. Now is the critical moment for reform. As long as we survive these two years, the Ming Dynasty will be invincible."

Ye Sheng said: "Wei Chen also thinks that now is not a good time to start a war."

Qiu Jun and Peng Shao also agreed.

Zhu Qiyu looked at He Qiaoxin, who had been silent all this time: "What's your opinion?"

"I thought that the war was all about politics, and that the invasion of the Ming Dynasty by the coalition forces of the southeastern countries was actually just a counterattack by the gentry against the central government."

"As long as your Majesty regulates the gentry in the world, mere external troubles will not affect the overall situation."

He Qiaoxin said: "I thought that without fighting a single battle, we would withdraw from Cambodia, shrink to Cochin, and cut off maritime connections."

Before he finished speaking, Zhu Qiyu rejected it directly: "Do you want to lose my face?"

"More than 10,000 people were killed in the attack on Cambodia. Now we are retreating. How can I explain to their families?"

"Also, where will the people who were moved to Cochin be resettled without Cambodia?"

“Cambodia must not be lost!”

Zhu Qiyu has a firm attitude.

"Your Majesty, this is not a battle of wills. The right solution is to concentrate on rectifying the country." He Qiaoxin insisted.

Hu Xi said: "He Hanlin, you think too simply. If we retreat, they will advance. This is human nature."

"On the contrary, it will boost the enemy's morale, and the gain will outweigh the loss."

"If we drag it on until the rainy season comes, we will be at a disadvantage."

"Not only must we fight, but we must fight quickly and end the war before the rainy season comes!"

"We only want victory, not territory."

What these words meant to the emperor.

But Zhu Qiyu was not satisfied either: "I know what you, my beloved, are worried about."

"How many troops can the Southeastern Allied Forces send out?"

"My Northern Army is the most elite army in the world. Even though it only has 200,000 soldiers, they are all as good as ten. Even if the coalition forces have 5 million people, they still can't reach Jiaozhi!"

"Besides, I don't have the habit of being beaten passively!"

"I have a navy of 600,000 to 700,000 people, but I am not just doing it for a living!"

"This battle is not only to be fought, but also to be completely won!"

Everyone could see that the emperor was not angry, but very angry.

The good reform process was interrupted several times.

Yu Shiyue is also stupid, and this bad thing hasn't been found out yet!

Zhu Qiyu's eyes were fierce: "I understand that you are unwilling to fight, not because you are afraid of war, but because you feel sorry for the military expenses!"

"During Zheng He's time, the Su Mentaras fought with the Ming army and were defeated and fled. But Zheng He, that idiot, let them go after the fight, and even pretended to give them treasures. How stupid!"

"If I were Emperor Taizong, I would have issued an imperial decree to hang Zheng He up and whip him ten times, and have him go to Sumatra to collect one million taels of silver from me as war compensation!"

"I will pay for the military expenses!"

"To be precise, it's the defeat of the country!"

I knew that the emperor had some motive. It turned out that he wanted to take advantage of these poor countries.

Hu Xi and Ye Sheng rolled their eyes wildly: "Your Majesty, you only see victory, but you don't see how poor Sumen Tarara is!"

"Where can I get one million taels of silver in military expenses?"

"Eunuch Sanbao is also very helpless. If he could scrape out the oil and water, why wouldn't he want to do it?"

"Otherwise, why would we close the country? Foreign countries are too poor."

Qiu Jun and others also think so.

Zheng He is a top talent in all aspects. How can he not see profits? There just aren't any.

Zhu Qiyu sneered: "My lords, what do you think is wealth?"

When Qiu Jun heard this, he thought this was my major.

"Your Majesty, I believe that the essence of wealth is labor, and only through labor can wealth be created. I would say that silver is also made through labor. Without the labor of the entire society, then silver is worthless."

This is Qiu Jun's economic theory, which was proposed hundreds of years earlier than the West.

It is a pity that no one in history paid much attention to Qiu Jun's economic contribution.

Zhu Qiyu glanced at him appreciatively: "Yes, it is labor. Sumenda is poor, but they have people. If they capture people and make them slaves for us, won't they create wealth?"

"What's more, Sumatra is a land of gold. The natives have gold in their hands. Are you talking about the nobles who don't have gold?"

There is indeed gold. They trade with the Ming Dynasty in gold.

Zhu Qiyu snorted coldly: "So this battle must not only be fought, but also a big fight!"

"The Ming Dynasty wants to win. After the victory, it will demand 500 million silver coins from the allied countries. If it doesn't give it, its country will be destroyed and its people will be enslaved!"

As he spoke, he held out five fingers.

Hu Hui took a breath of air, you are robbing money. If they had so much money, we would not close the country.

"Your Majesty, where will the troops be mobilized from?"

Ye Sheng smiled bitterly: "Just looking at this posture, I am afraid that all the Southeast Yi people are participating. There are more than 60 small countries in the Southeast Yi countries, all of which are island lands. I am afraid that more than one million troops will be mobilized."

“Let’s not talk about whether we can support it financially, we don’t have that many people!”

"We have rashly occupied so many places. How much money will it cost for construction and immigration? Ming Dynasty cannot afford it!"

This is the truth.

Those countries are weak, but they can run away.

If people run away, how much will it cost to fight against Ming Dynasty one country at a time? There is no solution to the problem of distance.

Once you occupy the land, you have to build it. Look how much money has been invested in Cochin. Cochin is still like a bear.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty implemented a closed-door policy because they could not afford to offend these poor people who would blackmail the Ming Dynasty. Those who wore shoes were really afraid of those who were barefoot.

Zhu Qiyu smiled: "Ye Qing, do you imagine Southeast Yi as Wala?"

Ye Sheng was stunned.

"Seeing the strength of the Cambodian army, three generals, Guo Deng, and 90,000 men captured Cambodia in one month."

"Do you think those small island countries are stronger than Cambodia?"

What the emperor said seems to be the truth.

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "To be honest, I am not even willing to mobilize the Northern Army. They are the elites in the world. If they exchange twenty people for one, I will lose everything!"

These northern troops are all elite frontier troops. They have experienced many battles such as the Battle of Tumubao, the Battle of Oara, and the Battle of Tartar. They are definitely the elite among the elite.

The key point is that there are a lot of cavalry here. If you die under the horse, it will be a big loss.

"Tell me, how was your life in Ming Dynasty?"

He changed the subject.

Ye Sheng reported back: "Although it is not a prosperous age, at least the people in the world can have enough to eat. Not to mention full, it is good to be alive."

This is the truth.

"There are people who don't have enough to eat everywhere in the world, especially those who are underage."

"As the saying goes, if you are a young man, you will eat me to death."

"A commoner couple has five or six children. They can't raise enough to raise them, and they can't eat enough and starve to death."

"How many men are idle at home?"

"I plan to recruit two and a half million young men from the private sector, those over fifteen years old and under twenty years old, and those with large families will be recruited first."

Nowadays, there are more people and less land. A family of seven or eight men works on a few acres of land, which is just enough for food. They are everywhere trying to make money.

And these half-grown men are at the age where they are brave and fierce. They don't know how to write the word "death", but they are all good soldiers.

"Your Majesty, how can those boys from poor families be recruited into the army when they are skinny, naughty, and do not understand the rules?"

Of course you will lose weight if you don't eat enough, especially if you don't have any fat or water in your stomach, you can eat very well. Your stomach is like a bottomless pit, but you can still lose weight even if you eat so much.

Normally, we would not recruit such troops, and it would be uneconomical to spend a lot of money.

"It doesn't matter whether you are skinny or not. If you go to the army and eat for two months, you will grow bigger."

"The point is, there are tens of millions of such people in Ming Dynasty!"

To put it bluntly, I don’t feel bad even if I lose something.

It can also reduce local population.

What's left is another group of elite Southern troops.

The key is also to reduce local burdens, and these people can move directly to new places.

Hu Hu looked at the emperor in surprise. What is the emperor doing? What is the purpose of spending huge sums of money to train an elite army of the Confederacy?

"Your Majesty, how much money will two million people consume?" Ye Sheng felt horrified.

"The settlement fee is one yuan, and the military pay is based on the minimum standard. To spend six months in the army and go to the battlefield, it will cost at least five yuan."

Peng Shao counted on his fingers: "Two million people equals ten million silver coins."

"Added in equipment, marching subsidies, military expenses, pensions, etc., another 10 million will be needed."

"We haven't even fought yet, so we only have so much money."

"Your Majesty, this is too much!"

Ming Dynasty reached its financial peak last year, with revenue of 2300 million taels.

"What if these people bring me a profit of 100 million? Is that much?" Zhu Qiyu asked him.

is it possible?

Those countries are so poor that they can't even open the pot. How can they get so much money to compensate you?

Hu Xi and Ye Sheng looked at each other and thought it was a good deal.

What’s the value of land!

These lands are all grain-producing lands.

Why is the Ming Dynasty eager to attack Cambodia? Isn't it because it is eager to resettle the domestic population? If it can use 20 million to conquer the southeastern barbarians, even if it invests another 100 million, it will still be a profit.

But this requires long-term support from internal funds, since the emperor has so much money anyway.

"Your Majesty, what if we can't take it back?" Hu Xi was a little moved.

"Pay it forward. At least I can earn some face. Twenty million dollars buys me some face. Is it a loss?"

Who dares to say it’s a loss?

Hu Xi and Ye Sheng finally figured it out, and the emperor was determined to fight.

"Then domestic..."

"Domestic is domestic, and war is war. The two are not adjacent to each other. If a war is to be fought, domestic construction cannot stop!"

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "Then recruit the army first."

"The war must be delayed during the rainy season."

"Let's do this. Try to send the conscripted army to Guangxi before July. They will familiarize themselves with the climate in Guangxi for three months. After the rainy season in October, they will enter Cochin and familiarize themselves with the climate in Cochin for one month."

"The war starts in November or December!"

The first step is to defeat the Southeastern Allied Forces, and then use the new army to pacify the various countries.

"Your Majesty, this battle requires coordinating the land and water armies. I'm afraid we have to transport war horses, and we need cavalry for mobile warfare."

Hu Xi smiled bitterly and said, "Who do you think is handsome?"

The Annan horse is too small and cannot be used by tall Han people.

This is obvious, Yu Qian.

Fang Ying is not up to the task. Fang Ying is very difficult to command a hundred thousand elites. If he is asked to lead an army of hundreds of thousands to fight, he himself will be disrupted.

Zhu Qiyu frowned: "I don't want the elite of the Northern Army to be consumed."

"The weather will get hotter soon. The heat in Cochin is different from the heat in Beijing. The Northern Army may not be able to bear it."

"I want to order the Northern Army to be brought back."

Yu Kang led the Northern Army, which was currently stationed in Cambodia and Jiaozhi, ready to massacre cities and make money.

Seeing that the emperor avoided talking about the commander-in-chief, Hu Xi smiled bitterly and said: "If the Northern Army is transferred back, which army can be used?"

"Japanese army, Guizhou army, Korean army."

Zhu Qiyu said: "I will order Wang Yue to recruit troops in North Korea again, and recruit as many troops as there are."

Drawing Ding, this is the fastest way to Chinese language.

Look at those in Guangxi, they are all Han Chinese.

Good or bad are all relative. Look at how many Guangxi generals have emerged in the army? The former natives of Guangxi are now all wealthy households. Who doesn’t have wives and concubines? Which family is not die-hard loyal to the emperor?

Drawing Ding from North Korea, many North Korean ministers will be born. If they fight more wars, they will become die-hard loyalists to the emperor, and naturally become Han people, loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

"It's good to be happy with the Jurchen one. Send him south, tell him to fight this battle well, and I will give him a knighthood."

Duxi is the son of Li Manzhu, who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

"Every military force in the southern provinces will dispatch 10,000 troops to Jiaozhi for training and to adapt to the climate first."

"It's really troublesome to transport armaments from the capital."

"Establish an ordnance factory in Qiongzhou Prefecture, imitating the production in Wuhan, and supply Jiaozhi ordnance."

The Ming Dynasty's development of Qiongzhou was very average. After all, it was alone overseas and had nothing to offer, so it was naturally poor.

After this war, Qiongzhou Prefecture will become rich and the natives will be able to naturalize quickly.

From now on, Qiongzhou Prefecture will be the ordnance center.

"For such a mixed army, only Yu Qian can be the commander-in-chief."

"The decree was sent to Yu Qian, and he was given the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Pingyi Army. He was given the Emperor's Sword and the King's Order Flag to command the land and sea armies. He ordered the Jiaozhi Navy, the Nanhai Navy, the Fujian Navy, and the Shanghai Navy to obey the orders of the Commander-in-Chief of the Pingyi Army. .”

"Guo Deng, Li Zhen, Ou Xin, and Yu Kang stationed in Cambodia obey the orders of Duke Xing!"

"All Jiaozhi people obey the orders of Duke Xing, and war comes before immigration."

"If you pass the order again, Cambodia will be massacred immediately. Within one month, the Northern Army will return to Beijing!"

As for Yunnan, there will be chaos.

Zhu Qiyu's eyes were cold: "Two thousand Buddhist soldiers were dispatched from Wushen to go south to Yunnan, ten thousand cavalry were dispatched from Duosi, and thirty thousand troops were dispatched from Sichuan to guard Yunnan."

"No matter how strict we are to order the chieftains in Guizhou to mobilize 30,000 troops to support Yunnan, the chieftains who do not send troops will be regarded as rebels!"

"I give you the imperial edict to the Duke of Guizhou, and you must protect Yunnan."

"Strictly guard the border. If Luchuan attacks Yunnan, the Duke of Guizhou will focus on defense. During the counterattack, I allow the Mu family to be the vanguard."

"The troops were transferred from other provinces and returned to the command of Yunnan Governor Wang Wen."

"Send a message to Liang Yue that the Shanghai Navy will sail out to assist the Jiaozhi Navy and escort merchants back to China. If there is provocation on the way, counterattack is allowed."

Zhu Qiyu looked at Hu Hui: "Old Master, do you think there are any mistakes?"

Hu Xi frowned slightly and thought seriously: "Your Majesty, the Shanghai Navy cannot go to assist Jiaozhi. I am worried about changes in Luzon, Sulu, Balni and other countries."

"The Fujian navy cannot move. Once Borneo, Java and other countries attack Baozhou, or know that our military equipment is located in Qiongzhou Prefecture and attack Qiongzhou Prefecture, we will have no power to fight back."

"If the Tianjin navy is mobilized, we will worry about Japan's participation in the war."

"The most urgent task is to take over Ryukyu territory first, station troops there, and control the Japanese country from top to bottom, and prevent them from making any changes."

"Then defend Baozhou, and then look for opportunities to cooperate with Spain and Portugal to seek trade exports."       "The veteran is worried that this war will not end in a year or two. If maritime trade is lost due to the war, what else can the Ming Dynasty do to open the sea? What’s the meaning?”

Hu Hu is worthy of being an old man in seeking country.

Zhu Qiyu followed his advice: "Shanghai Navy and Fujian Navy will not be handed over to Duke Xing for the time being."

"Pass the edict to Xiang Zhong, and be sure to appease the Japanese country."

"If we continue to defend the island group south of Baozhou, we will never allow anyone to interrupt Baozhou's development."

Baozhoufu is the springboard to Luzon.

"My veteran estimate is that this battle will probably last ten years."

Hu Hui is so pessimistic mainly because it is too far away.

These countries were too poor. When the Ming army landed, they ran into the mountains. It was very difficult to force them to pay compensation for the defeat.

Zhu Qiyu didn't take it seriously: "Xing Guogong is guarding the south, I'm not worried."

"It doesn't matter if it's ten years or twenty years."

"I must express this tone!"

Hu Xi rolled his eyes, are you venting your anger? You covet other people's land.

However, these vassal countries really don’t know how high the sky is and want to test the strength of the superior country, so let’s send them on their way.

The memorial was passed to the cabinet.

The cabinet immediately exploded.

Especially the killings of Ming merchants by Luchuan and Awa made them feel contemptuous.

If you dare to kill even the merchants of Shangguo, isn't this a rebellion?

"These two countries must be destroyed and exterminated!" Li Xian said loudly.

Because the emperor put a red circle around these two countries.

No one in the court objected, and the feud with Luchuan should be finally settled.

Important ministers are discussing matters.

However, Yu Shiyue was scolded by the emperor's oral instructions. He immediately understood that the direction of the investigation was wrong. The emperor did not want to know how the Japanese spirit king died.

He changed the direction of the investigation, and Nangong's money piled up like a mountain. Where did the money come from?

A quick check revealed that it was a gift from a merchant.

Immediately arrest all the merchants who sent money to the Japanese King, interrogate why they sent the money, what their intentions were, etc., and take advantage of the situation to bring out the salt merchants.

The streets of the capital were very lively because the brothel madams were paraded through the streets.

This is the work of the Cabinet.

If they give the oppressed brothel girls a bad breath, these old bustards will even be sent to military camps.

It is also deserved.

Through a window, Zhang Lai'er watched a group of old bustards being paraded through the streets, with deep eyes and a faint sigh. If she hadn't had the amulet from Xichang, she would have been involved.

However, she was wearing the official uniform of the West Factory General Manager, and she had been promoted again.

"What are you looking at?" a man wearing a commander's robe asked her.

Zhang Lai'er's face was respectful. The man in front of him was the new commander, named Yuan Bin.

It's that Yuan Bin.

Yuan Bin looked at Zhang Lai'er's charming face and said, "You are no longer from the guild hall. Now you are the boss of the West Factory."

"I know." Zhang Lai'er knelt down on one knee and saluted respectfully.

Yuan Bin jumped from a death row prisoner to the commander of the West Factory.

But he has changed a lot. He used to be a die-hard loyalist to the Japanese king, accompanying him through the most difficult time in Mobei. During the years when the Japanese king was imprisoned in Nangong, he waited silently outside the palace.

When he finally waited, his whole family was ravaged to death by Cao Jixiang.

He was brought up by Zheng Youyi to work as an errand in the West Factory, and he lost his life.

In just three years, he went from being an ordinary worker to the position of commander of the West Factory.

He also personally settled his past.

Yuan Bin glanced in the direction of Nangong, and then went downstairs to the West Factory without looking back. The eunuch Zheng Youyi came to see him if he had something to do.

Yu Shiyue almost found him.

Fortunately, the emperor ordered Yu Shiyue to scold him back, and then he started to follow the emperor's wishes.

"The Emperor has a secret decree to build an ordnance factory in Qiongzhou Prefecture."

Zheng Youyi looked at Yuan Bin with no emotion or anger in his eyes: "This matter is so important, I don't need to talk about it, right?"

"In these years, the West Factory has not been out in the field. It is only responsible for finding the culprits and checking the scum among the factory guards."

"As for the construction of an ordnance factory and other important matters, the Emperor specially handed it over to the West Factory because of his trust in the West Factory. The governor has handed over this matter to Yuan Bin and Zhang Lai'er. You two are responsible for it. You must not betray the Emperor's favor. !”

Zhang Lai'er beamed with joy when he heard about the mission.

Yuan Bin knelt on the ground and accepted the task.

Craftsmen need to be selected from the Ordnance Bureau and the Military War Bureau to take charge of it, and blast furnaces and other things need to be built, which will take some time to prepare.

During this time, Yuan Bin transferred manpower from the West Factory and took people to select a location.

You can't just pick a place to build. Qiongzhou Prefecture has convenient sea transportation, which will also attract the covetousness of many countries. You must choose a safe place to build the factory, and it can't be too far from the port.

Zheng Youyi was very satisfied with the red pill case handled by Yuan Bin. He was also struggling. Yuan Bin knew too much. Should he kill someone and silence him?

But the emperor gave no instructions, and he hesitated for a moment.

Therefore, Yuan Bin was chosen to go to Qiongzhou Mansion, firstly to leave the capital and avoid being discovered; secondly, it would be easier to kill him if the emperor wanted to silence him.

But it's more about avoiding the limelight.

Yuan Bin was grateful.

The crowded Duke Xing's mansion was particularly lively today, with many dukes and civil servants visiting from all walks of life.

But no one can enter Yu Qian's mansion.

Yu Qian was nowhere to be seen.

At this moment, he was like a wounded cat, he felt the emperor's contempt!

The emperor gave him another chance to lead the army to fight.

And he did not set any restrictions, allowing him to select generals from various armies, and also allowed all the Martial Arts Hall and most of the Jinshi of the Hanlin Academy to accompany the army to learn how to fight.

The palace eunuchs, factory guards, and hundreds of people all had to go to fight with them.

The emperor was sure that he, Yu Qian, would not dare to rebel!

Yes, I don’t dare!

The emperor showed an extremely broad mind, and there was no doubt that he would rebel.

Even if you show even a hint of it, it makes me feel better!

Yu Qian felt despised, disdained, even ignored!

The emperor didn't treat him as anything at all!

He also frantically brought up the Chen You case and wanted to go out to lead the army and break out of the circle of the capital.

Now it seems that he realizes how ridiculous he is. He is just a clown, a clown who relieves the emperor's boredom.

The imperial edict that sent him to lead the army seemed more like a joke on him.

Yu Qian laughed at him for taking himself too seriously!

The emperor has absolute imperial power and is not afraid of anyone's rebellion, because you can't rebel!

If you, Yu Qian, rebel, I'm afraid you won't even be able to mobilize Yu Kang!

Then why should I doubt you? Little fool!

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Yu Qian lay on the table and cried like a pig.

The old man was so angry that he shed endless tears: "I take myself too seriously. No matter how great a feat you make, is it greater than Xu Da?"

"Was Emperor Taizu worried about Xu Da's rebellion?"

"Didn't Lan Yu, who sealed the wolf's life in Xu, also kill him whenever he asked?"

"I take myself too seriously!"

"It turns out the clown is me!"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Yu Qian, who was in his sixties, burst into tears.

He took himself too seriously, and he didn't take the emperor too seriously.

Do you think that because the emperor is not good at fighting, he cannot control you, Yu Qian?

Just look at the armies deployed by the emperor and you will know that there must be factions in the army. It is impossible for them to be completely united and follow Yu Qian in rebellion?

The most terrifying thing is that the power to mobilize troops lies in the hands of the emperor. Without the seal of the military aircraft department, no one has the right to mobilize the army.

Logistics is in Zhu Ying's hands.

Will Zhu Ying follow him and Yu Qian to rebel? Impossible.

Therefore, Yu Qian was just a tool in the emperor's hands.

At this moment, Yu Qian realized that he was just a fucking tool.

The emperor used it when he wanted and threw it away when he didn't want to use it.

This is his position.

After Yu Qian finished crying, he asked people to pack their bags and go to Jiaozhi.

Tool people are better than dead people.

When Fang Ying heard the news, she felt unhappy. He was the Duke of Jiaozhi, so he should be the one to fight the war in Jiaozhi.

Why let Yu Qian go to fight? Yu Qian is already the Duke of the country and has no title. Should he be made the king?

He never thought that he would not be able to command an army of hundreds of thousands.

Since he was awarded the title of Duke of Guangdong, he has drifted away.

His eldest son gave birth to another son and three daughters, who were engaged to Tao. The eldest daughter married Tao Lu, the second daughter married Marquis Yangwu, and the third daughter married Guo Jing's eldest son.

Guo Jing is Guo Deng's clan brother, and he is the emperor's confidant.

Like Song Jie, Guo Jing served as a guard in the palace for more than ten years before being released as a general. Now he is still guarding the emperor in Nanjing.

His two grandsons are still waiting for price.

After returning to the capital, Fang Ying was very flamboyant, spreading money everywhere, paying attention to ostentation, and having banquets every day. The emperor reprimanded him, but he did not know how to restrain himself.

Chen You's son, Chen Neng, wanted to marry his daughter to his eldest grandson Fang Shouxiang as a concubine.

It is also a joke for people to treat the Hou family's legitimate daughter as a concubine.

But Fang Ying looked down upon him. Chen Neng had all five poisons, had no talent at all, and didn't know how to advance or retreat. Such a person would be demoted sooner or later.

After Chen Neng was rejected, he went around talking bad about Fang Ying.

Fang Ying ignored this idiot. He would die from this mouth sooner or later.

It was stormy outside.

The palace was very quiet. The emperor had been absent from the capital for a year and a half. Empress Tang Yunyan was in charge of the harem and had great power.

She gave birth to another son for the emperor, and the eldest son was four years old.

When she heard that Zhu Qizhen died, she actually drank some wine that night. She knew very well that once Zhu Qizhen died, the emperor's throne would be as secure as a mountain.

And when the throne is completely stable, the prince will be replaced. Her son Zhu Jianqi will take the throne.

She is extremely smart and has experienced brutal political struggles. She pays special attention to her son's safety and is wary of anyone assassinating her son.

She also wanted to ensure the safety of the emperor's other heirs.

The emperor was not in the palace, and if anything happened, she would have to be blamed. She couldn't afford it.

She got the position of empress by tricking her, which made the emperor extremely displeased. Even Empress Dowager Wu, who had always loved her, ignored her.

Everything was gone except for the two sons.

So she was cautious.

The second prince is four years old and is about to reach the age of studying. He must seek to obtain the position of prince before the prince leaves the court to study in order to prevent changes.

For more than a year, she presided over the harem, turning a deaf ear to the affairs of the previous dynasty, and only raised the prince.

If the queen doesn't move, the concubines in the harem will naturally not dare to move.

The cabinet is still quarreling, believing that the money for the war should come from internal funds, and the Ministry of Household Affairs should be responsible for domestic construction.

The initial cost of this war is probably 200 million, and it will have to be spent later. Plus the recruitment of 2300 million people, the cost of fighting again is probably more than million.

It's a completely unfair fight, and you won't be able to recoup much of the cost.

So the Ministry of Accounts does not want to pay.

If the emperor has money, let the emperor pay it forward.

At this time, Li Bing had resigned from the post of governor of Rehe, and Wang Shu took over.

Originally, Wang Shu was supposed to be the governor of Rehe and Li Bing was the governor of Hanzhou. However, Hanzhou is still there, so Li Bing is the chief and Wang Shu is the assistant.

The Ming Dynasty wanted to establish the seventh ministry, the Ministry of Finance, referred to as the Ministry of Finance, and the first minister was Li Bing.

The governor of Rehe became Wang Shu, with Chen Tai as his assistant.

Chen Tai is really an architectural genius. He is credited with enriching the uses of the bastion, developing cement, developing new cement, firing green bricks for paving, and reducing the cost of green bricks.

Chen Tai was given twelve silver talismans during his three years in Rehe, which shows his merit.

In terms of seniority, neither Wang Shu nor Chen Tai are qualified to be this official. In the past, when Rehe was newly built, no one with insufficient qualifications would come to advise him. Now, Rehe is a piece of fat. Who doesn’t want to take a few bites? .

However, the emperor rejected all opinions and directly decided that Wang Shu's term would only be one year.

Then the governor was removed and power returned to the chief envoy.

Li Bing entered Beijing quietly.

The emperor helps him light a fire first. When the fire burns out, the demons and monsters will pop out. Then it will be the time for his finance department to establish its authority.

The brothels in the world will also be under the joint jurisdiction of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Finance.

And in Nanjing.

Zhu Jianshen was still begging the Queen Mother not to bury the Zhou family.

Empress Dowager Sun was troubled when she heard this: "How can she survive with that kind of heart disease? You should be prepared, and the emperor will choose a good fiefdom for you."

Zhu Jianshen's eyes were gloomy. He had grown up in such an extreme political environment since he was a child. He was mentally strong even if he wasn't crazy.

He is fourteen years old this year and must be measured, otherwise he will not survive.

"My grandson, the Ai family is old and can no longer protect us for a few more years. If we don't take advantage of the fact that the Ai family is still alive, you may not even have the chance to seek a fief."

Queen Mother Sun looked at her: "Go and tell the emperor which place you have chosen. He won't make it difficult for you."

Zhu Jianshen didn't understand why the imperial grandmother refused to save his mother?

But still thank you obediently.

Empress Dowager Sun looked at his back and sighed: "Your mother asked for too much. Should Zhen'er's posthumous son still be alive?"

There were leaks everywhere in Nangong, and Empress Dowager Sun knew what Zhou said.

So she made up her mind to bury the Zhou family.

Although she didn't know whether those women were carrying Zhu Qizhen's son, it was not Zhou's place to say this anyway, which made her very disgusted.

She believed that Zhou had no feelings for her son, so she died for her.

"King De is also a wolf."

Empress Dowager Sun snorted coldly: "Is it reliable to let him become the pillar of support outside the Ai family's palace?"

She must carefully consider the other open quota.

The news naturally reached Zhu Qiyu's ears.

Once Zhu Qizhen dies, his son will not be able to make trouble, especially since the posthumous title has been given and the dust has settled.

"Let Sun Jizong accompany the army in the southern expedition, give him a chance to make meritorious service and earn back his title." Zhu Qiyu naturally reciprocated the favor.

"Yu Shiyue is so stupid, he still can't find out until now!"

It's already obvious, throw dirty water on the salt dealer.

But Yu Shiyue is just slow.

After the cabinet seal, the edict was issued to various places. First, it was said that the Southeast Allied Forces attacked Ming Dynasty, and Ming Dynasty was forced to fight back.

The secret decree reached Jiaozhi.

Zhu Ying was too busy to keep his feet off the ground. Two hundred thousand Northern troops went south and were stationed in various places in Xinyizhou, and they also had to resettle immigrants.

None of the immigrants who came this year have houses to live in.

To build a house, allocate land.

The land in Jiaozhi is simply not enough to be allocated, so some forest land can only be allocated. They can only be resettled in Jiaozhi first, and then moved to Xinyizhou next year.

Building a house is not difficult. Cochin is full of wood and all you need to do is burn bricks.

Zhu Ying wanted to build a brick road to facilitate passage and march.

Let brick kilns be built in various places to bake bricks, and brick kilns opened everywhere.

Therefore, there is no shortage of wood and turning heads, and the houses can be built quickly. They can be temporarily settled, and the rations are provided by the government.

But the supply is not free, it must be exchanged for wood.

Go into the mountains to cut trees and exchange the wood for food and money.

The huge tropical rainforest in Cochin is declining rapidly. Tens of millions of people are logging in the mountains. If each person cuts down a tree, the forest is gone.

What's more, logging is done day and night. No matter how big the forest is, it can't support people logging all year round.

Large-scale logging has spawned a large number of furniture factories and lumber factories, which are more profitable than selling wood directly. They can be turned into various types of furniture and shipped back to the mainland for sale.

Houses are being built one after another, and the land is changing from forest to raw land and then to mature land.

The natives kept running higher and deeper into the mountains.

The area of ​​cultivated land in Jiaozhi is increasing, the population that can be settled is increasing, and cities are appearing in Jiaozhi one after another.

Each city is connected by blue brick roads.

Because the rainy season in Jiaozhi is long, the roads are paved with mellow soil, which becomes very muddy during the long rainy season. Laying brick roads can solve the problem of walking in the rainy season.

Zhu Ying gave priority to developing the direction leading to Xinyizhou, opening up the virgin forest, and connecting it with Xinyizhou.

Large numbers of late-arriving immigrants were also resettled here.

The envoys who were expelled back to the country, such as Bian Yong, Pan Benyu and others, stayed in Yuexun Prefecture and Zanggao Prefecture in Jiaozhi, responsible for leading people to cut down the forests leading to Xinyizhou.

Most of those who came later were tenant farmers. They were also born in farming in the south of the Yangtze River. It was not difficult for them to chop down trees with an axe.

The key is that these trees can be exchanged for food rations and money.

Zhu Ying sent a secret message to Guo Deng and the others, agreed on a time, and started immediately to slaughter Xinyizhou first, and then develop it after the rainy season.

The message was sent to various places.

Those stationed in Xinyizhou are all elites of the Northern Army. The death of these people would make even the emperor feel distressed.

These days were so comfortable that the Lao Cambodian women were sucking them dry.

After receiving the military order, they immediately put away their laziness. They all knew very well that if they massacred the city if they were not careful, they would be counterattacked, and it was not easy to make money.

February 19th.

Suddenly there was a violent storm in Xinyizhou, and the blood could turn the Lancang River red.

There were screams everywhere and the sound of gunshots was heard all the time.

On the same day, Xia Xun led the Zidian Army to march westward to open up a road for immigrants. Blood and blood flew in front of them, while immigrants from behind moved in.

Yu Kang ordered that the sword should not be sealed for seven days, and no one should kill each other. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed.

200,000 Northern troops, plus 150,000 Southern troops.

Among these 150,000, there are more than 70,000 Guangxi troops, 10,000 Guizhou troops, 30,000 Korean troops, and 30,000 Japanese troops, a total of 150,000, which are under the charge of General Guo Deng.

For seven days, Cambodia was wiped off the map.

One second they were greeting the Ming army, but in the next moment the Ming army transformed into tigers and wolves, taking out their muskets and shooting at them.

Seven days later, when Yu Kang counted the battle losses, his nose was almost crooked with anger. He had lost 247 people!

They were all greedy for success, chased into the mountains and were killed.

These people thought they were talented and brave, but they died and Yu Kang could not explain to the emperor.

After three days of rest, the Northern Army returned to Beijing by boat.

The Zidian Army took immigrants and stationed in cities where the smell of blood had not yet dissipated.

Guo Deng is also counting the number of casualties in the battle. He has lost more than a thousand people, mostly Korean soldiers. These Koreans can't even kill unarmed people, which is really speechless.

It was the fighting power of the Japanese army that impressed him.

These little dwarfs are born executioners.

After three days of rest, all armies went up the mountain to cut trees, including the new immigrants. Because the rainy season was coming, they quickly built houses to survive the rainy season.

At the same time, it also shrinks the living space of the mountain natives and accelerates their death in the rainy season.

As for the local rebellion in Cambodia, it is a joke in front of the elite.

The battle report was also sent to the center.

(End of this chapter)