Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 338 Two years later, the Southeastern Allied Forces were destroyed and the battle to quell Siam

Zhu Qiyu looked around: "Gu'an is like this, and all my daughters are like this. It will become custom-made in the future."

"Even if Changde gets married again, she won't need a princess palace."

Concubine Mao's face changed slightly. She had a daughter and was worried that her daughter would be offended by her husband's family.

"Didn't I say that? My husband's family will fund the construction of a mansion and live there alone. I won't be angry with my mother-in-law, nor will I be angry with the female officials in the palace."

"Two people close the door and live a small life by themselves."

"Gu'an, get up."

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Fang Han, you have seen him before. Although his talent is average, he is an honest man, unlike his father who likes luxury."

"Fang Ying is also sensible. Your future mother-in-law came to visit your mother in the harem yesterday. You should have seen her and she is easy to get along with."

"I've given you everything you need to think about it. If you marry her, you can live a good life."

"Besides, I'm still alive. Who dares to make my daughter angry?"

Gu'an wrinkled his nose, you are so angry with your daughter.

But thinking about getting married soon, tears fell from her eyes.

Empress Dowager Wu quickly patted her on the back: "Every daughter's family has this day. It's not like she won't come back after she gets married. The Imperial Grandmother misses you, so she issued an edict for you to return to the palace. If you miss the Imperial Grandmother, send a message to the palace." If you do, the Imperial Grandmother will order you to come back."

Gu'an cried even harder.

Crying children have milk to eat. She was worried that if Queen Mother Wu died, who would care about her? Naturally, she had to earn more benefits first.

"It has been a rule since ancient times that a prince consort should not be an official."

"Do you know why?"

Zhu Qiyu saw through her thoughts and said: "Because the emperor loves his daughter, if the prince-in-law takes charge of the army or takes power, he will be involved in political turmoil."

"Look at the princes-in-law of the Tang Dynasty. How many of them ended well?"

"So since the Ming Dynasty, princes-in-law are not allowed to command troops or serve as officials. They are not allowed to take concubines. Their families are not allowed to serve in official positions. It is best to choose them from among the common people."

"As a father, I hope that my daughter will live a peaceful life."

"Although your surname is Zhu, your heir is not surnamed Zhu. If something happens, I can still protect you. But when I am gone, who will protect you?"

"Gu'an, do you understand?"

Gu'an was short-sighted. He only thought that it would be beneficial to get more support from his parents' family in one go, and that his life would be easier in the future. He didn't really listen to the emperor's words.

Concubine Mao actually listened. Her little daughter would have an easy life with her brother taking care of her.

But there was only one person in Gu'an, her mother was a sinner, and her relationship with the emperor was not good, so she wanted to fly out of the palace quickly and go to her own little home.

Zhu Qiyu saw her reluctance and shook his head slightly: "If you must join the army, you can join the palace as a guard. It depends on your talent."

Upon hearing this, Gu'an's face flashed with joy.

Fang Ying would understand. If he marries a princess, he will never allow his second son's lineage to enter politics, because even if their lineage is killed, the princess's lineage will be preserved and its incense will continue.

Zhu Qiyu saw that this daughter was not a peaceful person.

After talking about the princess, Zhu Qiyu said again: "I know that you all have sons who are almost the same age as the eldest son, and you have thoughts that you shouldn't have."

When the concubine heard this, she knelt down.

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "This is human nature, who doesn't want to fight?"

"When I was the king of Xi, I also secretly thought, why am I not the prince?"

"But now the crown prince's position has been determined, and it will not change in the future."

Upon hearing this, Tan Yunxian and Hu Guiju looked gloomy. Only Empress Tang was overjoyed and quickly poured the emperor a glass of wine.

"I have plans for all my sons."

"The Ming Dynasty has conquered such a huge territory, and it has to be divided up."

"My sons will guard the borders for their elder brothers, continue to expand territories, and become kings of those new lands."

"The Ming Dynasty is like the Great Yuan Dynasty, occupying all the territory of the world. My sons are all real kings! Like the emperor of Zhou and the princes of the world."

Zhu Qiyu said it happily, but received little response.

The concubines are not willing to separate their flesh and blood.

Even Empress Dowager Wu did not want the emperor to be buried far away, let alone separate them from her son?

"Your Majesty, the food is getting cold. Let's talk while we eat." Empress Dowager Wu winked at her maid and served the concubines with food.

"The child is still young, let's wait until he is older."

Zhu Qiyu was helpless: "I will train each of my sons as heirs and make them useful talents. Let's eat."

Empress Tang carefully scanned the palace to see if she was cursing Zhu Jianqi to die early.

She ate the food, but it didn't taste good.

The emperor cultivated seventeen princes. If one of them was unwilling to inherit the vassal, wouldn't it be her son who would be unlucky?

That night, Zhu Qiyu was forced to open business, and Empress Tang stayed in the palace overnight.

"Your Majesty, do you really want to raise all your sons as princes?" Queen Tang asked after the joy.

"If you don't train him well, how can you succeed him as a vassal?"

"Although they are successors, they will not come back. They will thrive in the new earth. When they become the king of the new earth, they will be the emperor of the new earth."

Zhu Qiyu said: "As a father, I will naturally do my best to hone them into talents."

"Besides, no matter how capable the civil and military generals of North Korea and China are in fighting, they are still outsiders."

"If my son can fight, I can use him with confidence. When he gets older, he will go out to inherit the vassal. After all, this is Han land, so he can be the king in the fiefdom."

After Empress Tang gave birth to her two sons, her figure was out of shape, but she liked the soft Zhu Qiyu, but the stretch marks were ugly.

"Your Majesty, if any of the emperor's sons refuse to inherit the vassal, will it endanger the crown prince's position?" She looked at the emperor.

"I want to turn the Ming Dynasty into the Zhou Dynasty. The prince is the emperor of Zhou and controls the core of the Ming Dynasty. There are many vassal kings outside, all of whom are my sons."

"If one goes to succeed the vassal, the others will naturally go."

"Go when you are old enough, don't not go."

Zhu Qiyu said: "Don't worry, take care of the prince when you have time. Her biological father and mother are gone, and the empress dowager is not close to him or caring about him."

Empress Tang understood that she had to show off first, and then she would change the prince.

"Your Majesty, where do you want to entrust the crown prince to? The Japanese country?" Queen Tang asked.

Zhu Qiyu sat up and leaned on the soft cushion: "The Japanese country must be occupied and become the core place. It is the barrier of the Ming Dynasty."

"The overseas land is vast and boundless. I will pick a good place and entrust it to him."

"The prince has been well-behaved and obedient recently, and he has reached the age where he should get married. You should look for a good family for him, and don't treat him badly."

Empress Tang didn't hear the second half of the sentence and asked in confusion: "Is it vast? Is it bigger than the Ming Dynasty?"

"The Ming Dynasty? It only occupies a corner of the world. Xiyi donated the map. It is in the Yangxin Hall. You can take it and take a look at it tomorrow and you will know."

Empress Tang was really interested. It would be best to enfeoff all the clan members, so that her son's position as crown prince would be secure.

"The Empress Dowager is unwell. As a daughter-in-law, you have to go and serve her from time to time." Zhu Qiyu said this in a confused manner.

Is Queen Mother Sun in good health?

Immediately, Empress Tang's expression changed slightly. The Japanese Ling King was gone and it was Empress Dowager Sun's turn.

"Has the marriage in Changde not been decided yet?" She was a little worried about Changde.

Changde's mouth was unforgiving.

The key person, Chang De, regarded herself as the emperor's biological sister. She, Empress Tang, was an outsider, so she naturally had to serve her sister-in-law well.

"All the civil and military officials in the dynasty look down on me. I can't marry anyone who likes me." Zhu Qiyu was very angry.

"Is Changde interested in you? Who is it?" Women are gossips.

"Yu Qian."

Phew!

Empress Tang burst out laughing: "Changde is just teasing you. How old is Yu Qian? Even if she doesn't have a wife, she can't be a stepmother for her two eldest sons."

"It's just nonsense to go directly to be a grandma or grandma." Zhu Qiyu was not happy.

Marriage in Changde is also worrying.

"I have asked all the civil and military officials in the dynasty, but no one is interested in him. Even if there is someone who is interested in him, I will ask him to reconcile and marry Changde."

Zhu Qiyu lay down: "Stop talking about being angry, let's go to sleep."

"Your Majesty, what do you think of Wang Yue?" Women love to have sex with matchmakers.

"How can the love between husband and wife really make people divorce?" Zhu Qiyu was helpless.

Empress Tang rested her chin on Zhu Qiyu's chest: "I do have a candidate for my concubine, Guo Deng."

As she said that, she sat up excitedly: "Guo Deng is your favorite general, and he has no son. Although he is a few years older than Changde, he is capable. He can not only fight, but also write poetry. What do you think?" ?”

Writing poetry is romance, and women like romantic men.

Zhu Qiyu frowned slightly: "How old is he? He has no son. Is there something wrong with him?"

Empress Tang burst out laughing: "Your Majesty, how can you arrange people like this, or be a close confidant? Women are all infertile, how can men be wrong!"

"Who said that? He found so many women and couldn't give birth to a son. It's obvious that he is sick."

Zhu Qiyu said: "If you don't believe me, go ask the Taiyuan Hospital. Men can't have children even if they are sick. Don't always blame women."

"what?"

Empress Tang opened her mouth wide, as if her worldview had been destroyed: "How is that possible? It's all a woman's problem. Does it really have anything to do with men?"

"Yes, I have."

Zhu Qiyu also thought about Guo Deng, and gave him a woman to see if he could not have children. If not, forget it, he was sick.

If Chang De was wronged and Chang De came to the palace every day to make trouble, could he still send her on her way?

"Your Majesty, are you not teasing me?" Empress Tang asked the emperor.

"Why did I lie to you? I sent someone to try Guo Deng."

Zhu Qiyu felt that Guo Deng was really good, and Changde wanted to find someone to rely on. If she married Guo Deng, her eldest son would be Marquis of Yangwu. If she had a son with Guo Deng, he would be able to inherit Guo Deng's title of Duke Xiang.

"Your Majesty, Guo Deng has a daughter."

Zhu Qiyu was stunned: "Is there any?"

"Yes, but he died young. I asked about it when I invited the Guo family here."

"But can I still give birth now?" Zhu Qiyu calculated his age and found that he should be forty years old.

"Your Majesty, you'd better ask Changde for his opinion first." Empress Tang couldn't wait to kick Changde out of the palace.

"How about you ask? It's not convenient for me as a man to ask about this kind of thing."

Empress Tang rolled her eyes: "If you go and tell me, I will most likely be ridiculed by her. It's better for you to go and not bother the two masters."

"Is there anyone else?" Zhu Qiyu asked again.

"At present, there are many nobles in the court and not many widows."

If anyone knew that the Empress of Ming Dynasty was discussing whether to marry off the eldest princess after her capable ministers were widowed, their outlook would probably be shattered.

The next day it was morning.

Zhu Qiyu brought Chang Dexuan here, had a chat and expressed his thoughts.

"Guo Deng?"

Chang De looked suspicious and began to find fault with Guo Deng.

Zhu Qiyu was confused when he heard this: "Guo Deng is indeed a few years older than you, but he is capable and has the potential to become a Duke in the future."

"If you have a son with him, you can inherit the Duke's title."

"In this case, your eldest son will inherit the title of Marquis of Yangwu, and your second son will inherit the title of Guo Deng. Why not be beautiful?"

"Besides, although Guo Deng is a rough man, he likes reading. His poetry attainments are higher than mine. He is the most poetic person among the nobles."

"Although there is a little bit of mismatch for such a character like you, overall, it's okay."

Chang De rolled his eyes: "Isn't it just a little bit unworthy?"

"Yes, yes, who in the world can be worthy of my sister?" Zhu Qiyu felt that the job of keeping a matchmaker and pulling fibers was really difficult.

Zhu Qizhen is dead, and it is no longer useful to keep Changde in the palace. It is time to let him go and get married.

Moreover, while she is in the palace, the Queen Mother also has a protective amulet. After she leaves the palace, the next thing will be easier to handle.

These words made Chang De feel comfortable: "But I am Gu'an's aunt after all. Is it somewhat unethical to marry with Gu'an?"

accepted?

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Although the eldest sister is married for the second time, the daughter of the noble family Tianhuang is also my biological sister and one of the closest people to me in the world."

"Of course we can't be careless. After Gu'an gets married first, the eldest sister will marry again as the eldest princess. Then I will make you the eldest princess and ensure that you are in good graces."

Changde knew the rewards of serving the emperor in recent years.

Marrying Guo Deng is good.

Guo Deng is the emperor's confidant, and the key is that she has no children. She is still young and can still have children. As long as she gives birth to a son, she will have two titles with her. This deal is not a loss.

Zhu Qiyu stood in front of her: "Liang Yuejin presented the diamonds. I will pick the two largest ones and have two rings made, one for you and one for Gu'an."

"I will give you whatever you deserve, and I will prepare a dowry for you. You are my biological sister, and I have suffered so much for you these past few years."

Chang De choked up, it was not bitter, it was too bitter.

Zhu Qiyu helped her wipe away her tears: "During these days, you will be in the palace and help the queen manage the weddings of Gong'e and Gu'an. Then the queen will handle your wedding. I will let you marry in a glorious way."

"Concubine, thank you for your gift!" Changde was satisfied.

Zhu Qiyu helped her up and held her hand: "We are the only two people left in the world who are bleeding from my father's blood."

"I hope you marry well and live happily."

"This is true."

"I can forgive even the Japanese spirit king, how can I not cherish you?"

Changde burst into tears.

Zhu Qiyu said some soft words before coaxing her away.

Then Zhu Qiyu breathed a long sigh of relief and said with excitement: "Please invite the elders of the Guo family to discuss the marriage. The sooner the better."

The product that fell into my hands finally got married.

Changde conveyed the good news to Renshou Palace.

Queen Mother Sun was playing with the jadeite when she accidentally dropped it on the ground. The emperor was going to attack the Ai family!

"Mother, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?" Chang De didn't know whether he didn't see his face clearly or pretended not to see.

"nothing."

Empress Dowager Sun forced a smile: "Guo Deng is capable. His family has served the Ming Dynasty for generations, and he is also reliable. The Ai family has nothing to worry about."

But she was thinking in her heart that her daughter had to hold onto someone since she left the palace.

Prince!

The emperor's next step is to change the prince, so she must hold Zhu Jianshen in her hands so that the emperor will not harm her.

As soon as Changde left, she asked someone to announce the prince.

In the blink of an eye, Jingtai's twelve years have come to an end.

Good news came from Cochin, Laos was conquered, and the Ming army was fully occupying Laos.

Naturally, they organized the Cochin people to immigrate to Laos.

The first batch of 30,000 people from Henan arrived in Boni.

A big wedding was held in Gu'an years ago, and the palace maidens who had reached their age also got married one after another, and the palace released batches of dowries.

In the blink of an eye, it was March of the thirteenth year of Jingtai.

The first batch of martial arts enrollment has come to an end, and Fan Guang has already left Beijing to serve as the governor of Liangyun.

"When Wang Yue returns to Beijing, who can succeed him as governor of North Korea?" Zhu Qiyu asked.

In fact, there were many candidates, such as Yue Zheng, Xiang Wenyao, and He Wenyuan, who could all serve as governors. The problem was that Yue Zheng and Xiang Wenyao were corrupt and were punished by the emperor.

The emperor is still angry, so he probably won't use them to go to North Korea.

"The veteran recommended Xiang Zhong."

Li Xian understood the emperor's thoughts. The emperor actually wanted Chen Shao to make meritorious deeds, but Wang Yue was too powerful and suppressed Chen Shao.

So he sent another powerful man to let Xiang Zhong go. Even if Chen Shao couldn't get up, all the officials would do it to make the emperor laugh.

Zhu Qiyu rolled his eyes: "With Xiang Zhong gone, who will be in charge of the Tianjin Navy?"

That was a 150,000-strong naval force. Although Liang Yun had taken away some elites, it was still uneasy to have such a large army in the hands of one person.

"I think you can let Yue Zheng be in charge of the navy." Li Xian is good at doing favors.

Zhu Qiyu pondered slightly, Yue Zheng was greedy, but he was talented and his confidant and could be reused.

"If Chen Shao is transferred to command the navy and cooperates with Yue Zheng, the Tianjin navy will be well prepared."

Li Xian arranged it well, with civil servants and nobles matched, and supplemented by eunuchs, factory guards, and supervisory departments, military power would not be lost.

If Chen Shao had not been transferred away, Chen Shao would have hated him as his first assistant. Li Xian liked to play tricks on nobles.

"Can!"

Zhu Qiyu wanted Xiang Zhong to be a nobleman, but Xiang Zhong didn't want to go into a stinking pit. His son Xiang Jing was also a standout in the Imperial College, and he had no worries about failing the imperial examination.

Just become a governor and then join the cabinet.

Li Xian immediately wrote it down and transferred Wang Yue back to Beijing. Xiang Zhong succeeded him as governor of North Korea, and Yue Zheng and Chen Shao took charge of the Tianjin Navy.

"It would be too wasteful for Wang Yue to return to Beijing. The complete annexation of Balni and Luzon requires a capable minister to preside over it."

Zhu Qiyu pondered slightly: "Divide the entire Borneo into three provinces: Yanzhou, Qingzhou and Xuzhou. Think about the province names again. Luzon will also establish Luzon Province. If the land is not enough, expand further south."

"Wang Yue was appointed governor-general of the four provinces, in charge of all military, political and civil affairs in the four provinces."

Speaking of this, Zhu Qiyu asked Feng Xiao: "How is Uncle Ping Jiang's health? Can he go south?"

Pingjiang Bo Chen Yu was also the emperor's confidant.

The first persimmon was brought back by him.

In recent years, his health has been poor. He has been recuperating in Beijing and giving lectures in the martial arts hall.

"Back to your lord, Uncle Ping Jiang has been recuperating in Beijing in the past few years and his health has gotten much better." Feng Xiao reported back.

"Calm Jiang Bo out of the capital, and coordinate with Wang Yue to take charge of the army."

"Re-assign Xiang Wenyao to be the governor of any province."

"Song Wei has made great contributions in investigating the salt administration. After Song Wei thoroughly investigates the salt administration, he will transfer Song Wei to the south and serve as governor of a province."

"Transfer Zhang Gunan to serve as governor of a province."

The courtiers discussed in a low voice and felt that there was no problem, but Xiang Wenyao had suffered a lot. With his merits, he should return to the capital and join the cabinet.

"Guizhou will not withdraw its governor for the time being. Li Kuang is promoted to governor of Guizhou, and Tao Cheng is appointed commander-in-chief of Guizhou."

Yao Kui immediately spoke: "Your Majesty, if Zhang Gu and others are appointed governors of any province, it is because there are no Han people in these places and there is no great power. But Guizhou is different. Guizhou is Han territory. Although Li Kuang has merit, he is not enough." Serve as governor by leapfrogging his rank."

The court officials did not agree with Li Kuang's promotion to governor, and even Tao Cheng was not qualified to be the commander-in-chief of a province.

Zhu Qiyu looked at He Wenyuan.

He Wenyuan just returned to Beijing to join the cabinet after the New Year. Do he still have to go to Guizhou to suffer? How old is he? It’s 78! Can you come back?

"He Qing is too old. He should spend his remaining years in the capital."

Zhu Qiyu said: "Peng Shi, how about you go?"

Peng Shi's face turned bitter, knowing that he was a tool. When he was needed, he was transferred back to the cabinet, and when he was no longer needed, he was kicked out as governor.

Still kneeling on the ground: "Wei Chen is willing to go to Guizhou to serve."

"When Peng was transferred to Guizhou, he was the governor, and Li Kuang was the deputy governor. Zhu Yi was transferred to Guizhou to serve as the commander-in-chief, and Tao Cheng was appointed the deputy commander-in-chief."

Jiangxi has been reluctant to evacuate Zhu Yi, mainly because the emperor is in Nanjing and Jiangxi cannot be in chaos.

Now that the emperor is gone, it's time for Zhu Yi to make a move.

"Zhu Yi has done great service in stationing in Jiangxi, so he will give him a lifetime voucher." Zhu Qiyu is really stingy. He took back other people's lifetime vouchers and gave them to him for the rest of his life.

"Laos has been completely occupied. Zhu Yong has been transferred to serve as the commander-in-chief of Laos. The provinces will not be divided into provinces for the time being. The immigration will be completed first and then divided. Let's call it the Laos Special Administrative Region."

Zhu Yong has also been severely suppressed in recent years, and he must have wanted to make meritorious deeds when he was released.

"In the future, governors will be elected every three to four years. They should be removed or replaced at the end of the term. This is custom-made."

Zhu Qiyu said: "Xue Xuan is not in good health recently. He wants to become an official and return home."

"The construction of the two new prefectures in Guangxi from Annan has been completed. There is no need to set up another governor."

"Simply remove the governor of Guangxi and replace Xue Yuan as chief envoy."

"Xue Xuan returned to the cabinet and set up a school palace in the capital. He returned to the capital to give lectures, promote theories and cultivate talents."

The emperor really doesn't let anyone go.

This matter has also been settled.

While he was talking, a eunuch came to tell him that he was full of thorns and had great success.

Man Cijia was defeated by Wang Xin, Zhou Xi and others. The king and his nobles were captured and sent to Beijing.

The small countries that had good relations with the Ming Dynasty seemed to be gone.

Yangxin Palace was not too excited. They were used to it. If a small country like this was not completely occupied, it would not be a big deal.

However, the news from Liang Yue was more shocking. He had taken over the fortifications built by Portugal in Malacca and squeezed tens of millions of taels of silver from Spain and Portugal.

Now that Mancijia has been destroyed, the entire Strait of Malacca is completely controlled by the Ming Dynasty.

"Should Liang Yue be made a duke for his merits?" Zhu Qiyu was also worried. Liang Yue had indeed meritorious service, but he also made big mistakes.

Bo Ni and Lu Song were massacred, and their allies were also tricked. The problem is that we only get some superficial wealth, the territory is given up, and the losses are huge. There are merits and demerits.

"It shouldn't be sealed!"

Li Xian was categorical: "If Liang Yun had no major faults, his contribution to destroying the two countries independently would be enough to make him the Duke of the country."

"But he ruined Duke Xing's plan to fight against the Southeastern Allied Forces, and lost nearly 30,000 elites. If he was not held accountable, the central government would be extrajudicial."

Liang Yuan left more than 10,000 corpses in Luzon, resulting in a total loss of 30,000.

That's why the emperor sent Wang Yue to clean up this mess.

"Then give me the World Voucher."

Zhu Qiyu said: "Let Liang Yue continue his meritorious service in the new land. There is no need to return to the voyage. Just buy grain and grass from India and reclaim the new land."

The matter was settled.

Groups of half-grown men were recruited into the army. After training in the southern coastal provinces, they were able to use weapons and then sent to Borneo and Luzon.

When they arrive at the local area, they have to undergo a second training camp to adapt to the climate first and then learn how to fight.

The training period is three to six months.

After the two countries were destroyed, many houses were occupied by the natives. When the Ming Dynasty came again, they could just kill the natives and occupy the houses again.

Many people from the Central Plains felt extremely uncomfortable when they arrived in these two places.

Fortunately, a large number of doctors were sent in advance and the decoction was prepared, so the death rate was not high, otherwise the death rate would have been extremely high.

For example, when people from the north go to this place, they can't get out of bed for half a year, and they are seriously not adapted to the climate.

The central government had to stop immigration from the north, mainly from Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi. It was still difficult to adapt, but the mortality rate dropped.

When the rainy season comes again, there are already hundreds of thousands of Ming people in Balni and Luzon.

Wang Yue of North Korea was the first to receive the imperial edict.

The handover was completed in May, and I headed back to Beijing to report on my work, and then headed south to Jingzhou.

The governor-general offices of the four provinces were located in the royal capital of Bo Ni.

Along the way, Wang Yue was studying how to govern the four new provinces, and the more he thought about it, the more he thought about it. The land was full of uncivilized lands, and the uncivilized natives could not turn into Han lands without a hundred years of hard work.

In the palace, the emperor told him that the governor-general term of the four provinces was twenty years, and after twenty years, they must completely become inland provinces.

First of all, it is difficult for Ming people to adapt to environmental problems.

After adapting to the environment, we have to cultivate and kill the natives at the same time. How long will it take to complete this?

Wang Yue and Chen Yu discussed it, and the final result of the discussion was that there was no solution. It must be completed slowly over time, not overnight.

Thirteen years in Jingtai passed quickly, and winter arrived in the blink of an eye.

The mausoleum of the Japanese spirit king on Ezo Island has been completed, and he will be buried in the spring next year.

The asphalt road from Beijing to Nanjing has been built, and the roads from Nanjing to Jiangxi and Zhejiang have also been built.

An asphalt road was built from Yumen to Chang'an, Shaanxi Province, connecting it to the road to Beijing.

The road from Beijing to Kaifeng in Henan and Wuhan in Hubei will be opened.

The road from Jinan, Shandong to Xuzhou, Jiangsu will be built.

Hundreds of thousands of people are busy working in the four main oil fields every day, and the oil produced cannot keep up with the speed of road construction.

After the asphalt is boiled out, it is put into large iron drums and shipped to various places.

Kerosene lamps can be found in thousands of households. Cities such as Nanjing, Beijing, Wuhan, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Hefei, Shenyang, Tianjin, Chang'an, Taiyuan, Chengdu, Chongqing, Nanchang, Guangzhou, Guilin, Nanning and other cities are all cities that never sleep.

The city is filled with kerosene lamps, which burn at night and illuminate the entire city.

As the amount of asphalt required increased, the price of kerosene became lower and lower, and people started using it.

Almost every city in the country has a street that never sleeps.

The drought in the 13th year of Jingtai was still there, but the central government bought grain from India instead of requisitioning grain from the private sector, so it survived smoothly.

Autumn rains fell early at the beginning of autumn, which indicates that next year will be a good year.

Winter has arrived in the north, but the construction of bridges and roads in the south has not stopped.

On the battlefield in the Northeast, Wu Liangha was still lingering in the Huerha area. It was not that he did not go back, but that his territory was occupied by Jilin.

Last year, the grassland was too cold and many livestock froze to death. The Mongolian people who fished in the sea moved south. They wanted to go to Jilin for grazing, but Wang Lai killed more than a dozen of them.

Coupled with the three generals Yang Xin, Zhao Fu, and Mao Zhong, they would not let go of Wu Liangha.

In the past two years, the Huerha people have suffered the most. They were robbed by the Uliangha people and also by the Ming people. The population plummeted by 70%.

On the other hand, in the coastal areas of Heilongjiang, some farmland was opened up, and tens of thousands of young and old men, half-farmers and half-soldiers, were moved there, and all of them married natives as wives.

Fan Guang presided over the northwest, half fighting and half pacifying, and barely maintaining stability in the northwest.

Mansu'er and Kou Shen were doing business, and when they saw the asphalt road being paved, they also wanted to pave it in Turpan, but they quickly gave up the idea because it was a road paved for the Ming Dynasty.

The initial construction of Ningxia ended at the end of the year, and the general city structure was formed, but details still need to be slowly filled in.

There are also 2 million people in the population, with Han Chinese accounting for only one-third.

After Nianfu came to Chongqing Province, he completely wiped out the natives in Chongqing Province. The natives were recruited into soldiers and went to Boni to fight.

It took Guizhou a year to build another ring road and opened up multiple roads leading to Chongqing, Hunan, Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guangxi.

More than a million slaves were killed.

Three hundred thousand Han people were moved in, but half a million soldiers were taken away.

He also bought 20,000 women with colored eyes, 100,000 Indian women, and 100,000 Southeast Asian women, and gave them to them as concubines.

After Han Yong supervised Sichuan, he first focused on training troops and the second was building roads.

Sichuan has oil, so Han Yong used local oil to build roads in Sichuan and connect it with Chongqing.

After the weather gets cooler in Borneo.

Wang Yue set out for Borneo, and with him, there were soldiers training in Guangzhou to colonize Borneo.

The Ming Dynasty bought a total of 100,000 Dashi women, all of whom were Semu people. 20,000 went to Guizhou, 20,000 went to Xinyizhou, 20,000 were sent to Jiaozhi, 20,000 were sent to Borneo, and the remaining 20,000 were sent to Mainland.

The ordnance factory in Qiongzhou Prefecture has been fully completed, and all the ordnance needed in the southeast is shipped from Qiongzhou Prefecture.

The Huanzhou Ordnance Factory has also begun construction.

After years of construction, Jiaozhi has become completely like the mainland, because they are all from Jiangnan. If they change places, they are still their own people.

Except for the hot weather, everything else is adaptable.

According to Zhu Ying's memorial, Jiaozhi is expected to be self-sufficient in the fifteenth year of Jingtai, and to be able to provide food for the mainland in the eighteenth year of Jingtai.

And in the big city.

La Meixuan is like an ant on a hot pot, because after the Ming army occupied Bangkok last year and conquered several key areas, there was no sound.

After surviving the entire rainy season, until the weather turned cooler this year, the Ming army suddenly marched northward, aiming directly at the big city.

Guo Deng personally took command. He had received the imperial edict that the emperor wanted to marry Princess Changde to him. This made Guo Deng surprised, happy, and helpless.

After this battle, his title will be promoted.

While he was still young, he could have a son with the princess, so he wouldn't have to indulge in poetry and books, and could happily educate his son.

Second marriage is not important, what is important is status and power.

Siam destroyed the road heading north and placed traps along the way to slow down the Ming army.

But this was not a problem for the Ming army. Guo Deng asked people to drive away the Siamese, let them march in front, and let them repair the road.

In December of the thirteenth year of Jingtai, the army arrived in Dacheng.

La Meixuan sent troops to fight fiercely with the Ming army, but they collapsed in a single fight. The Ming Dynasty had many strange weapons, and was especially good at fire attacks.

Molotov cocktails were thrown into the battle formation as if they were free, but they still couldn't be destroyed.

Who made Daming have more gasoline?

Guo Deng's 50-strong army was equipped with incendiary bombs.

The Ming Dynasty did not lack armaments, but it lacked food. The food supply for the 100,000-strong army relied on food secretly purchased from various countries by the Imperial City Division.

Bangkok was built as a large granary, and grain was transported from Bangkok and supplied all the way.

"Is the city really going to be destroyed in my hands?"

La Meixuan was afraid of the Ming army's combat effectiveness.

The 700,000 people they threw out were also taken in by the Ming Dynasty. Many of them became slaves of the Ming Dynasty and were building roads for the Ming Dynasty.

The western part of Xinyizhou has been under construction again.

Just after the rainy season, Yu Qian led his army eastward and began to encroach on Siam's territory.

After Laos was conquered, Zhu Yong was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Laos Special Administrative Region and was not divided for the time being. While he was immigrating, he moved westward and encroached on the territory of Siam.

Cochin does the same.

But Siam, which was so anxious, could no longer care about foreign invasion.

The city was besieged, and Siam's people were extremely frightened. The remaining 500,000 coalition troops also wanted to escape control.

The Ming Dynasty destroyed the Three Kingdoms, but it strengthened Siam's strength. The troops borrowed by the Three Kingdoms will not return home.

Especially after learning that Bago City was also besieged, La Meixuan knew that the situation was over.

He did not intend to defend the city, but took the jewels and led his troops to flee north, and burned the city to prevent the south from wanting it.

God helped the Ming Dynasty. The newly burning fire was extinguished by a heavy rain. The Ming army entered the city in time and extinguished the small flames. This centuries-old royal capital was preserved.

Guo Deng occupied the big city and did not pursue northward.

Instead, he sent troops to conquer nearby cities and border Xinyizhou.

After receiving the news that Guo Deng had captured the city, Yu Qian immediately ordered not to pursue northward, waiting for Siam to get into trouble.

Five hundred thousand troops from various countries will definitely be divided, and Siam will be a scorched earth by then.

There is no need to be the villain.

As long as the southern part of Siam is managed well, Siam's defeat is certain.

At the same time, good news came from Bago. Bago was captured and the Bago royal family escaped from Bago City, but King Bago was captured.

"It's troublesome."

Yu Qian stared at the sand table, his face uncertain: "Look, the north of Siam is full of mountains and forests. If they go in, they will fight a protracted war."

"Mr. Xing, Siam has always been disobedient to discipline. Even if we capture the Siamese royal family, the rebellion will continue."

Xu Ning said: "Whether they go in, if they want to survive inside, they have to open up living space, saving us the trouble of reclaiming it."

"In your dreams."

Yu Qian said angrily: "Look at the map carefully. After they shrink in, they come out as soon as they want. We occupy the big city and it becomes an enemy in the dark and we are in the light. Do you think this war is easy to fight?"

"Our soldiers are not suitable for forest warfare."

"After they got in, if they wanted to go in and suppress the bandits, they wouldn't be able to do it for hundreds of years."

After Ayutthaya was captured, Siam became a quagmire of war.

"Uncle Dingxiang gives chase and catches them all," one student said.

Yu Qian snorted: "They are going to burn down the city. If they are determined to flee north, Guo Deng will catch them? This is a short-tailed survival, and then a scorched earth policy, see who can afford who."

"Guo Deng's approach is correct. Let's occupy the south first. The north is mountainous and plateau, which is not conducive to farming, so we will push it northward little by little."

"It's just a matter of time. As long as there is sufficient food and salary, it won't be a problem to take it down completely."

But the most difficult thing is food and salary.

Although this place produces grain, the roads are extremely poor and it is difficult to transport grain, but this is not the most difficult thing.

The most difficult thing is to preserve food. If there is too much humidity and heat, the food will rot quickly.

Yu Qian was silent in thought.

Regardless of the issue of food storage, we must first take advantage of this dry season to completely defeat the coalition forces.

The armies were organized, and Yu Qian personally led 50,000 troops out of Xinyizhou, crossed Biandan Mountain and went north to annex the eastern territory of Siam.

This territory is an area sandwiched between Jiaozhi, Laos, and Xinyizhou, and it can easily fall into the hands of the Ming Dynasty.

Hearing that one city after another was occupied, La Meixuan's face became even more ugly.

He ran to Sukhothai in one breath.

Sukhothai is the dynasty that was destroyed by Ayutthaya. This capital city was burned down by Emperor Taizu of Ayutthaya. Now he has fled here again, which is somewhat sad.

But Yu Qian was very fast, sending troops from Laos and Jiaozhi, and quickly swallowed up the territory of eastern Siam. With the Basak River as the line, everything east of it became a bright land.

In just one month, the connection between the two places was cut off, troops were stationed along the line, bastions were built, and the coalition's counterattack was repelled.

Yu Qian is much crueler than Liang Yue.

He first gave benefits and asked the people to come out to build the roads, and then recruited people to build the roads little by little. After the Siamese people got the benefits, more and more people came out, and the roads were quickly built.

Yu Qian immediately ordered the slaughter.

The population that cannot be accommodated in Xinyizhou continues to move here.

In order to speed up the process, he gave immigrants a lot of benefits. Those who arrived first were divided into slaves and women. The earlier they arrived, the more they got, and they also had free houses to live in.

When La Meixuan received the news, she immediately vomited blood.

Yu Qian has been in the southeast for more than a year, showing no signs of mountains and rivers. Suddenly, a battle broke the backbone of Siam and Ava.

Liang Yuan slaughtered them, but he was not thorough. A large number of people went into the mountains, causing endless troubles.

Yu Qian also slaughtered them, but few people fled into the mountains. At least large chunks of land were left idle. They were all cultivated and could be planted by Ming people.

The road has been repaired and weapons have been distributed. Just occupy it.

This shows the ability gap.

It is impossible for ordinary people to force people in occupied areas to build roads, and they may not come out if they are given benefits. Trust is built little by little.

Yu Qian was able to trick them out and organize people to build roads for the Ming Dynasty.

Slaughter them after repairing them.

Once and for all.

Before the immigration is over, the rainy season has begun.

La Meixuan couldn't bear the large territory falling into the hands of the Ming Dynasty, so she kept sending troops to counterattack. Even in the rainy season, she kept crossing the river to attack the Ming army.

They even sent troops to rush over and burn down the grain houses, destroying everything that was thrown away, so that Ming Dynasty could not get it.

If he can do it, so can Yu Qian.

Yu Qian also sent troops to harass them.

Moreover, Yu Qian's troops were small and scattered, and he could eat food from all directions. This was not the case in Siam. Siam had 500,000 coalition troops. To support such a large army, food problems soon occurred.

Especially after entering the rainy season, food shortages begin.

Soon, the 500,000 allied troops broke into chaos, began to kill each other, and looted wantonly. The large amount of treasures brought by the King of Siam became the object of competition.

La Meixuan was killed, most of the Siamese court officials were killed, and the female family members were ravaged to death by the coalition forces.

An army of 500,000 people collapsed, massacred and looted, Sukhothai was in chaos, and even the west of the Pasak River was in chaos.

Various warlords were spawned, and they started to engage in free-for-all.

When Yu Qian received the news, he breathed a sigh of relief, Siam is settled.

But it gave me another headache. It would be impossible to completely annex such a chaotic Siam in less than thirty-four years.

The good news has already been sent to the mainland.

It was June of the 14th year of Jingtai when the center received the good news.

"This is Yu Qian! This is the Military God of the Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Qiyu looked excited: "The southeastern barbarians are a serious problem for me. The southeastern coalition forces affect most of the Ming Dynasty's military strength."

"With an army of 450,000, we are alone overseas. The supply of food and grass is an extremely difficult problem!"

"The money spent every day is like running water!"

"If it weren't for Yu Qian's battle, I don't know how many years it would have taken!"

"Okay, as long as we defeat the Southeastern Allied Forces and occupy new lands, it's a trivial matter. We don't have to spend so much money!"

During the two years of the Southeast Yi rebellion, Zhu Qiyu spent 1700 million.

It’s so expensive to buy grain from India, and the losses are huge. Basically, one out of every ten shipments of grain will be lost, due to human beings eating horses’ chews and accidents.

Thanks to the Imperial City Division's efforts in various places, bribed high-level officials, and obtained food to feed the army.

It's easy to watch the army garrisoned.

Little do you know, every second is a waste of money.

No other dynasty can support so much money.

Zhu Qiyu opened up his internal funds and spent them as he pleased, in exchange for victory in this battle.

Fortunately, Yu Qian quickly captured the western territory of Siam. As a result, no matter how much grain Siam produced, it would not be able to supply the 500,000-strong army and the survival of millions of people.

It won't be long before the half-million-strong army collapses.

And relying on Xinyizhou and Xindi can support at least one-third of the military rations, which will leave three million.

Use these three million to immigrate and colonize, and in a few years this territory will become the inherent territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Well done.

"The drought has eased this year, which is a double blessing!"

Zhu Qiyu was very happy and generously rewarded the three armies of Baiyue: "Jia Yuqian was given the title of Zuozhuguo, he was granted the title of Taifu, and he was given the title of Duke of the First World. Jin Guodeng was made the Marquis of Dingxiang, Ou Xin was the Marquis of Pingle, and Li Zhen was the Marquis of Jiangning. , all three armies will receive heavy rewards."

"Xuan Guodeng returned to Beijing to get married."

"If there is no war in the south, we can start the westward expedition next year!"

He looked in the direction of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate: "Establish a province in the new territory, and establish Jingzhou and Yangzhou provinces. The names will be approved by the cabinet and will be changed at that time."

"Yu Qian is temporarily appointed as the governor of the second province of Xin, and has jurisdiction over the three provinces of Xin Jingzhou, Xin Yangzhou, and Xin Yizhou."

"The people who have not been resettled in Xinyizhou can move north and get more land."

Heilongjiang.

Three generals, Yang Xin, Zhao Fu, and Mao Zhong, attacked Wu Liangha, and Wu Liangha was defeated.

The savages rebelled and dispersed the four organizations, and the Ming Dynasty took advantage of them.

The four tribes abandoned 30,000 to 40,000 corpses and fled eastward.

The Hu'erha tribes had only one-third of their heyday population left, and were forced to defect to the Ming Dynasty. General Yang Xinsan continued to pursue them, and the four Uliangha tribes suffered numerous casualties.

Dai Qin fled to the edge of the Oran River and finally got rid of his pursuers.

There are only 140,000 people left in the Four Divisions. They are all like frightened birds, and they have already eaten up all their dry food.

"Chang Shengtian, are you going to punish me like this?"

Dai Qin burst into tears.

This place is uninhabited, the pasture is not fertile, and they have no cattle or sheep. If these people go to this place, what else can they do except starve to death?

"It's better to surrender to the Ming Dynasty." Xiri cried. He was the worst. There were not many people left in Horqin's tribe.

Boyan thought so too.

This place is desolate, there is no food, and it is extremely cold. There are 140,000 people there. How can there be any other way but to die here?

"Why don't we go back?" Si Qin suggested.

"We have no food, no cattle and sheep, how can we go back?"

Dai Qin said with a sad face: "Then Yang Xin chased him too hard. If he hadn't chased him so fiercely, we wouldn't have escaped."

To be honest, the losses of the four units are not big.

If the Hurha barbarians had not defected, the Ming army would have been unable to do anything to them.

Even after running thousands of miles, they only lost 60,000 people, which shows how elite this army is.

The problem is, I am hungry and have no food to eat, even a good man is afraid of going hungry for three days.

"The Ming Dynasty has ships. Let's send people to contact the Ming Dynasty. We are willing to surrender and agree to any conditions." Xiri cried.

Dai Qin still didn't want to be a dog for Ming Dynasty.

If you are willing, why would the Uliangha tribe have to run so far?

Dai Qin suddenly noticed something was wrong with Boyan's eyes: "You have annexed my tribe now, how can you get food to eat?"

"Without food to eat, the more people you have, the bigger the problem will be!"

“At this time, it’s time to cut through the metal!”

Dai Qin was on guard against Boyan.

Boyan thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case.

But suddenly there was a sharp pain in his chest, and Dai Qin stabbed his heart with a sharp knife. All he saw was Dai Qin's crazy smile: "If you die, the Chahar tribe will be mine!"

"You idiot!"

"With strong military strength, if you go to join the Ming Dynasty, you will have room for bargaining!"

"No matter what happens, I'll eat all your horses, and we can carry it over!"

"idiot!"

Pulling out the knife, Dai Qin saw Boyan fall, opened his arms and laughed loudly: "These 140,000 soldiers and horses are all mine!"

(End of this chapter)