Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 343: Ming Dynasty’s speed, taking back Balkhash Lake

"The King of Chu is going to become a vassal state. What do you think?"

The emperor just asked a plain question, but it sounded like thunder in their ears.

Ever since the kings killed the Japanese king, the emperor had a strong opinion of them.

Ten years have passed, and their salaries have not been restored, and their authority has been lost. Even the princesses and princesses are always summoned to the palace by the Empress Dowager and challenged in every possible way.

The emperor not only ignored this, but also issued an order to King De to strictly control the clan.

Empress Dowager Sun's longing for her sons turned into resentment and poured all her attention on them, making life extremely difficult for the clan.

If you exceed the rules even slightly, you will be criticized by the palace. However, none of the sons of King Wo Ling follow the rules. The palace does not care at all. We abide by the emotional rules, but your family members don't abide by them?

The Empress Dowager Sun also strictly ordered the princess to marry a commoner, and it was purely disgusting for the prince to marry a commoner's daughter.

But King Chu and King De were drafted and even married into official families.

The daughters of the Japanese king were all given the title of princess and married into high families.

Who can tell that the Emperor was responsible for the death of the Japanese King? It must be said that the emperor is really interested in his brother.

But look at the daughters of the Japanese king, who are all married to the emperor, not his own daughter.

"I dare not comment on the important events of the previous dynasty." King Zhao whispered back.

"The prince can participate in political affairs, say."

King Zhao glanced left and right, gritted his teeth and said: "It is a good thing for King Chu to succeed the vassal, and naturally I will support it."

"This Africa is the name on the map of Europa. They call themselves Europe, this land is called Africa, and ours is called Asia."

"I don't think the name sounds good. Ming Dynasty is China, where does Asia come from?"

Zhu Qiyu said: "Do you know that I expanded my territory, but I still haven't given the title of Chu land? I just want to turn this Africa into Chu land."

"Although he is the king of Chu, after the founding of the state, he will be the emperor of Chu."

King Zong did not expect the emperor to be so direct.

Zhu Qiyu put down the memorial, stood up and said: "Since the enfeoffment has been entrusted, you only need to abide by two things, and I don't care about the rest."

"First, it must use the currency of the Ming Dynasty; second, it must be the name of the Ming Dynasty."

"As for these two items, if you abide by them, you will be the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty. If you don't abide by them, you will be attacked by a group of people."

The kings were stunned, this is not a condition?

But after a few years, it will be discovered that the Ming Dynasty controls the economic lifeline of a country, and this country will only become a dependent country of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Qiyu is not worried about the problem of Chinese characters, because the people who are enfeoffed are the kings, the ministers he brings are all Ming Dynasty officials, the people who go are all Han people, and the local indigenous people will be slaughtered, so what is there to worry about?

The use of year names only proves the unification of the world.

King Zhao asked in a low voice: "If you don't come to pay tribute, you won't be attacked?"

"The tribute is just a false name. Times have changed. I don't want this false name."

"Since we belong to the same country, we naturally want to trade. We can exchange what we have with each other and trade with each other."

"Everything else is fine, as long as you don't lose the roots of Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "I will give the feudal country one hundred years to expand its territory. After one hundred years, the expansion will stop and the territory of the new country will be divided according to the national boundaries at that time."

It is clear that it is raising Gu.

If Ming people are interested in sex, then they will roll the world to death and let the world see how powerful Ming people are.

The kings discussed it, and it was not a bad thing to divide the states and build a country like this.

"Your Majesty, can a county king also divide states and establish a country?"

"The prince can do it too, but the territory of the prince is on the island, not on the mainland." Zhu Qiyu said.

If the county king also enfeoffs the land, there will not be enough land to occupy it.

He has too many sons, where are his grandchildren? They all have to be sealed. There is only so much land in the world, and it’s not enough.

As soon as he heard about the island, the prince was immediately reluctant. What was the meaning of a desolate island?

However, some wise people asked: "Is it possible to do this in Sri Lanka?"

"If it's an island, I'll give it to the king, but I'm afraid you won't be able to eat it."

Zhu Qiyu said: "Sooner or later, the Ming Dynasty will enter India. Do you think life will be easier on the side of the Ming Dynasty?"

"Go back and take a good look at the map. If you want to choose a place, report it to me. If you don't want to go out, then stay in the capital. Everything will remain as usual. I will grant you vassalship or not. There is no force."

The King of Han asked: "Your Majesty, can I get as many soldiers as the King of Chu when I am enfeoffed?"

"No, because the area entrusted by King Chu is adjacent to the Ottoman Empire. Osman is a big country that can compete with the Ming Dynasty. These soldiers may not be able to stop Osman. I estimate that we will have to send troops there later, unless you are willing to compete with Osman."

Zhu Qiyu pointed to a desert in the Middle East: "You can go here too."

Everyone kept shaking their heads, this place is full of desert, who wants it?

Fifty years later, you will find that this place is a fucking cornucopia, one of the richest places in the world.

"The Central Committee will allocate corresponding troops according to the local strength." Zhu Qiyu said a few more words and sent them away.

In fact, the Zong Wang can be given away without enfeoffment. He has so many sons that he can rule the world.

But eating alone is frowned upon.

Anyway, it all depends on his ability when he goes out. He is more optimistic about Zhu Jianshen. Zhu Jianshen will have no problem in establishing a unified dynasty.

Don't look at Africa with the eyes of future generations. Africa is also the foundation of kings and hegemons. Otherwise, why would it be in such chaos? It's terrifying to think about it.

In the hands of the Han people, no matter how bad the living environment is, it can be built into a top power. If Zhu Jianshen unified Africa, Zhu Jianshen could counterattack the Ming Dynasty.

Since Ming has become the overlord, it must have checks and balances. After being the overlord for two thousand years, Ming still has experience.

Prince Chu's Mansion.

Zhu Jianshen has been in constant contact with the bastards in the noble family recently. The bastards have no chance to inherit the family business and are studying in the martial arts hall. If he can recruit them to go to Chu, he will have hope for the great Chu.

He also did not select people, but only selected scholars and bastards from large families, as long as they had real talents and practical learning.

The emperor asked him to go around the country and let him choose talents.

At this point, the emperor is definitely interesting.

Empress Dowager Sun took out a sum of money from the coffin book and gave it to Zhu Jianshen to use it to recruit talents.

King De was not young anymore and was old enough to inherit the vassal. She wanted to discuss with the emperor and give Gushe Island to King De.

"Empress Dowager, let Prince De go see what Gushe Island looks like. If he likes it, I will give it to him."

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "What kind of treasure do you think the Japanese country is? There are earthquakes every day and people die every year. What is the value of that place?"

Queen Mother Sun was surprised: "Earthquake? But the Japanese king offended God?"

Zhu Qiyu rolled his eyes: "Let King De go have a look, and then let King De come back and report to you. If King De and King Xiu like it, I will divide the Japanese kingdom and give it all to them."

Tokuoh is a man who is greedy for pleasure, and Ezo Island is terrible, and he cannot like it.

We can't all be sent to Africa, then Zhu Jianshen will be the only one in the family. These few are incompetent. Zhu Jianshen treats his younger brothers as if they are playing.

We have to send someone capable to Africa to check and balance Zhu Jianshen.

Zhu Qiyu had to choose from his own sons.

Spring is warm and flowers are blooming in the capital, and war breaks out in Turpan again.

Mansu'er had 70,000 soldiers. After surviving a winter, only 40,000 were left. They were not dead, but had defected to the Junggar Khanate.

Life in Almaty was too difficult. It was difficult to live frugally, and the soldiers fell behind and ran away.

Especially the winter of the 21st year of Jingtai was the coldest winter. Many animals died and the herdsmen's life was even worse.

After spring began, he made great efforts to plunder Hami.

As a result, I was beaten to the point where I doubted my life.

Yu Qian was in charge personally, and under his command were Wang Yue, Fan Guang, Yang Xin, Kou Shen, Yuan Jie, Zhou Yu, Tao Jin, Shenying, Fang Neng, Fan Sheng and so on.

With a casual wave of his hand, Mansu'er's attack was defeated.

Mansu'er returned to Alma-Ata with his head full of knots. Many nobles in the tribe rebelled and took their headquarters west to join Said.

Of the 40,000 people who went there, 20,000 came back, and they all ran away.

As the weather got warmer, the Ming cavalry once again captured Turpan and attacked Almaty all the way west, forcing Mansu'er to retreat again.

Ah Shi is very smart, because he knows that Yu Qian, the coach of Ming Dynasty, will stay still.

Whoever is like that idiot Man Su'er insists on confronting Yu Qian head-on. He is an impure fool. In the end, he gets beaten all over his head. You will know that Lian Po is old and can still eat.

Ah Shi thought about it and just ran west.

But he kept eating Mansu'er's elites, and his military strength increased greatly. He really wanted to compete with Yu Qian, but after thinking about it, he decided not to do it.

He retreated to the north of the Tianshan Mountains, and even gave up the Junggar Basin at any time and retreated to the north of the Altai Mountains, leaving the stage completely to Yu Qian, allowing Yu Qian to fully display his military talent.

Yu Qian also worked hard and won Almaty.

The main force did not move and sent multiple troops to harass Mansu'er's rear, forcing Mansu'er to gallop day and night.

Man Su'er turned around and attacked the Ming army, and the Ming army fought head-on regardless of casualties.

It is obvious that Ming Dynasty occupies the heart south of Tianshan Mountain.

If the Junggar tribe does not move, Mansuer will not have the ability to make a comeback, and smart Ah Shi is waiting for the Ming Dynasty to build the north of the Tianshan Mountains, and they are coming to grab things.

Anyway, they occupy the most fertile basin and are not interested in the great desert south of the Tianshan Mountains.

The Ming army pursued for five hundred miles from Alma-Ata and reached the territory of the Timur Khanate, forcing Mansu'er to go to heaven with no way out.

Then he sent an envoy to persuade Mansu'er to surrender, but Mansu'er still had more than 10,000 remaining soldiers, but he refused to surrender to the Ming Dynasty.

Yu Qian sent troops to plunder and then continued to chase and fight.

In the end, the Ming army reached Zhambul and defeated more than a dozen armies of the Timur Khanate on the way. The Ming army swept away a few hundred people and as many as five or six thousand people.

Fan Guang personally commanded the army, and under his command were four generals: Zhou Yu, Shenying, Tao Jin, and Fang Neng.

After being stationed in Zhambul for a month, he released his troops to plunder the cities along the way, and then returned to Almaty with a full load.

The Timur Khanate was confused. Is this the Ming Dynasty? Not Mongolia?

We won’t go to your Ming Dynasty to plunder, how dare you plunder us? How poor we are!

You plunder, you plunder, why are you killing people?

Killing means killing. Why are you robbing a woman?

The saddest thing about Man Su'er is that he only had 3,000 men left. It was not that the Ming army was too fierce, but that the tribesmen were disloyal and were dazzled by wealth and ran away.

In the past few months, he had even experienced seventeen assassinations. The people in the tribe wanted to kill him and offer his head to the Ming Dynasty for reward.

He doesn't want to defect to his younger brother, and he can't afford to lose that person, so he just occupies a piece of territory here and develops slowly.

Man Su'er was very confident in his abilities, but was beaten all over by Daming.

Don't even look at what kind of magical lineup Ming Dynasty is.

In the days that followed, he vented his anger on the local tribes in Zhambul, letting you experience my Mansuer's military tactics.

In mid-August, Fan Guang returned to Almaty with a full load.

Yu Qian did not return eastward.

First establish rule in Almaty, garrison troops and govern, then reorganize the army, prepare for the northern expedition, defeat Junggar, and teach Ah Shi a lesson before returning eastward with peace of mind.

When Ah Shi heard that the army was coming, he immediately fled north and crossed the Altai Mountains. We didn't want this rich pasture anymore.

Yu Qian felt lonely and very angry.

If the Junggars don't fight, they will attack again when the Ming Dynasty is under construction, and that will be the biggest trouble.

The key is that Ming Dynasty will spend countless money to support such a war, and it will have to wait for at least two years to fight another one.

He also cannot be led by the Junggar tribe.

Simply, they sent their troops to the north and mobilized troops from the territory of the Ming Dynasty to station in the Altai Mountains. The Altai Mountains were used as the dividing line of the northern border to guard against the invasion of the Junggar tribe.

Ah Shu didn't care, the Ming Dynasty's front had to rely on food channels. As long as he endured and cut off the Ming Dynasty's food channels, the Ming Dynasty would naturally withdraw its troops.

He simply did not believe that the Ming Dynasty could repair the roads that the Eastern Chagatai Khanate had been unable to repair for a hundred years?

As a result, the Ming Central Committee deployed countless canned meats and transported them to Yili.

A large number of sheep were also transferred from Ningxia to provide food and grass along the route.

Don’t forget, the Ming Dynasty today is different from the one twenty years ago. There are several provinces in Mobei of the Ming Dynasty that raise more cattle and sheep than you can imagine.

Moreover, Ming Dynasty had been preparing for this war for many years, and a lot of materials were piled in Gansu.

The memorial was sent to the central government, and the central government issued an edict to transport the asphalt stored in the Yumen Oilfield to Turpan to start building asphalt tracks.

The central government issued a strict order that the construction must be completed before winter, regardless of how many slaves died.

The Northern Army mobilized 100,000 infantry troops, and after repairing the city, they stationed themselves in the city, built bastions, and defended the place.

The emperor sent Yu Qian there, and no department dared to give Yu Qian eye drops. As long as Yu Qian adjusted it, everything would be transported here as quickly as possible.

Wang Yue personally led his troops northward and crossed the Altai Mountains to pursue the Junggar tribe.

Ah Shi either didn't fight or fled north.

When Wang Yue retreated, he came over to bite him, but Wang Yue succeeded Yu Qian's handsomeness, so this kind of scene would not be difficult for him.

The two sides fought at the northern foot of the Altai Mountains.

Fan Guang once again led his troops to march westward, plundering cities and tribes along the way, capturing slaves, and building roads in the Western Regions.

Kou Shen returned to Gansu and built a road from Hami to Turpan, paving it as quickly as possible. He also transported slaves and asphalt to Almaty and laid it from here to Zhambul.

After the emperor saw Yu Qian's superiority, he transferred two million mature slaves from various places to pave roads in the Western Regions. This was just the first batch. Slaves from all over the world were transferred to the Western Regions to build roads regardless of the consequences.

He also transferred troops to the commander of Kang, driving slaves and infantry to garrison the city.

He also transported a large amount of timber stored in the capital to the Western Regions.

There were not enough slaves, so slaves in Hong Kong and Shanghai were ordered not to be sold, and all slaves were shipped to the Western Regions, and a large number of officials were transferred to the Western Regions.

North of the Altai Mountains.

Ah Shi was a little confused. They drove cattle and sheep to use as military rations, so they could fight in places where there were no military rations.

But the Ming army on the opposite side was also driving swarms of cattle and sheep, and they were all cavalry, and they also ate the damn beef and mutton.

The key point is that their beef and mutton are more delicious than theirs. The mutton stewed with spices is so fragrant that they are so greedy that they can't stop salivating.

Mongolians are suspicious of life. Are you here for tourism? The food is better than what we eat at home. This is a war, okay? Can you please respect us?

The most annoying thing is that the Ming army fought exactly like them. The cavalry did not dismount and drove people from nearby tribes to serve as infantry to attack others.

It's just that they don't need arrows and crossbows, they are all equipped with firearms.

They looted and killed more ruthlessly than the Mongols.

After all, the Mongols still wanted to keep some people as slaves, but the Ming Dynasty simply killed them all, as if bullets were free of charge.

Ah Shi tried his best, but he couldn't do anything to Wang Yue.

He didn't believe it anymore. Will the Ming army still be here when it snows? He even didn't believe that Ming Dynasty could establish a good defense line within three months and build this newly occupied area like an iron barrel.

South of the Altai Mountains, the Ming Dynasty did not engage in massacres. Instead, it opened a silver box and spent money to hire people to build roads.

In the past ten years, Gansu has been hoarding wood and stone.

After receiving the news, we immediately shipped it to Turpan.

The locals in Turpan collected the money and began to repair the defenses and start paving roads along the way. The slaves came quickly, and slaves from all over the country were all transported here.

Yu Qian is also in charge of the situation.

Fan Guang was stationed in Almaty, and Yang Xin was in the south of the Tianshan Mountains, recruiting people around the desert in the middle of the Tarim Basin to surrender. If they didn't obey, they would have no choice but to be slaughtered.

But in these places, people who had been enslaved for hundreds of years had no psychological pressure on surrendering to the Ming Dynasty, and they surrendered directly.

Yang Xin was smart and did not provoke the Yarkand Khanate in Kashgar.

Although Said is fighting in the west, if their hometown is attacked, they will definitely come back. Yang Xin does not want to provoke this powerful enemy.

The power reached Asu, south of the Tianshan Mountains, and Khotan, north of the Kunlun Mountains, and ended there.

Then people are asked to transport the materials, and Daming pays for them. As long as they are transported, everything is easy.

Driving slaves and natives to build roads along the desert.

As for Duositusi, he also wanted to take advantage. He fought more than ten battles with Yang Xin, but was repulsed by Yang Xin. Many thousands of households retreated to their bases and did not dare to come out to provoke Yang Xin. Yang Xin did not seek revenge. This year No time, wait for next year.

After Fan Guang returned to Zhambul, he spent money to recruit people while catching them.

This time everyone wants it, regardless of gender.

Mansu'er was the most unlucky, being driven away by Fan Guang again. The base he had just established was taken away by Fan Guang, who allowed Fan Guang to have more soldiers.

After Fan Guang left his troops to garrison Zhambul, he sent troops westward to capture Seran, the westernmost city of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, and then marched north to recover Lake Balkhash.

But he didn't want to occupy this city, he just wanted to arrest people.

And grab all the way to the west, including the young and strong.

Then he rode on horseback and drove them back to Daming.

Wang Yue confronted Ah Shi outside the Altai Mountains, Yang Xin consolidated the territory of the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions in the Tarim Basin, and Fan Guang captured people in the west.

Yu Qian was also in charge of the construction.

Yuan Jie took his slaves to build fortifications along the Altai Mountains, designing the number of forts and the number of troops, trying to make the line a dynamic long dragon, taking into account both the beginning and the end.

From the mainland, they kept transporting slaves to the Western Regions. The ships coming from the south were full of materials, and they were all sent to Gansu, regardless of cost.

The Central Committee issued an order to send people to Duosdusi to help with the construction of the Western Region.

The days passed by.

Ah Shi was waiting to take advantage of the Ming Dynasty. Sayid was attacking Samarkand, but he heard that Man Su'er had been defeated, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

When I heard that the Ming Dynasty was building a city outside Kashgar, I was frightened and immediately gave up the territory and returned to Kashgar.

On the way back, he heard many legends about the Ming Dynasty, saying that the Ming Dynasty was an evil ghost who went around arresting people. He also heard that Ming army forces appeared on the coast of the Aral Sea.

He thought it was impossible. No matter how bad Timur was, he couldn't let Ming pass through their entire hinterland, right?

But when he returned to Kashgar, the news he received scared him.

The Ming Dynasty built the cities of Asso and Khotan and built defenses along the way.

The most surprising thing is that the black road was built to Khotan, and large quantities of materials were transported from the mainland to fill the cities along the line.

He sent troops to see it, and they really saw the black road, but it was not as wide as Hami's. It was a two-way carriageway. "Why did it repair so fast?" Sayide was surprised and sent troops to attack, but Zhou Yu beat him back.

Not only has this road been built here, but this kind of road has also been built over Asu.

Sayid knew very well how difficult it was to build roads in this land. Why did the Ming Dynasty build such a road to heaven within two months?

Soon, he received news that Ming Dynasty had not built a road.

But many.

The farthest one was built to Zhambul.

The entire Western Region was built by the Ming Dynasty.

"Is this the speed of the Ming Dynasty? Why?" Sayid simply couldn't figure it out. It had been two hundred years since the founding of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate. Didn't he know how difficult it was to build roads?

Why did the Ming Dynasty build several main lines in three months?

He knew better than anyone how difficult those roads were to walk. It was even difficult to walk, let alone after the roads were built.

The more Sayid thought about it, the more frightened he became. The Ming Dynasty was able to defeat the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and build such a terrifying sky road not to occupy this place, but to go west.

Aral Sea!

Ming Dynasty’s goal is the Aral Sea!

He planned to abandon Kashgar and go to Samarkand, or go further west. He didn't want to go here anymore.

He didn't want to end up like Man Su'er.

What really scares Sayid is this road. If this road took ten years to build, it would be normal, but in three months, it is simply a miracle of the world!

The more Sayide came into contact with the Ming Dynasty, the more he felt fearful. The Ming army was not only strong, but also ruthless, and its plundering was even more ruthless than theirs.

He sent troops to attack Khotan once, and the Ming Dynasty went to Kashgar to plunder like a dog-skin plaster.

The most terrifying thing is that Ming took pleasure in killing people, robbing and killing people, setting fires everywhere, and then ran away.

Said also sent troops to kill the people in Khotan, but the Ming army didn't care at all. They just robbed them. Khotan was so stupid. All the Ming army's things were hidden.

In anger, Sayid looted along the way and killed all the people and animals outside the city on the southern line of Tarim.

Not only did the Ming army ignore it, they also sent troops to plunder Kashgar and threw incendiary bombs and bombs into all the cities near Kashgar.

Just as they massacred Ming's cities, Ming people massacred their cities as well.

In the end, Sayid discovered the key to the problem. There were no immigrants from the Ming Dynasty at all. These were all people from the Eastern Chagatai Khanate!

No wonder the Ming army doesn't care. If you kill your own people, what does it have to do with me?

Sayid cried.

The one who really cried was Ah Shi.

At the end of October, when heavy snow fell in the Western Region, Wang Yue withdrew, crossed the Altai Mountains, and returned to his base.

Ah Shi also came to attack, but found that he couldn't get in!

The Ming Dynasty set up a large number of gates and fortresses along the line, all of which were equipped with elite infantry troops. Even if there were a few ways to break in and loot, it didn't matter. They were all slaves killed anyway. It cost money to keep them in winter, so why not give them away? They have a ride.

The Ming army got into the castle, enjoyed the beauty, and began to make babies.

In anger, Ah Shi braved the heavy snow to attack the Western Region. He killed many people and grabbed nothing. What frightened him was that it took Ming Dynasty three months to build the entire Western Region's roads and fill all the cities. supplies and ordnance.

The Western Region was poor and it was impossible to transport enough food.

Then you can only suffer as a slave.

After the supplies were transported, the Ming Dynasty drove all the slaves out of the city and let them make a living on their own. Those who survived the winter would automatically become Ming people and be assigned land to settle down, marry and have children.

Even though the asphalt road has been built, it is not easy to transport supplies. The time is tight and the task is heavy. The things transported in are too little, which is enough to feed millions of people.

And generals can't just spend the winter, they must be served by women, otherwise these heroes will not even have a warm bed in winter, wouldn't they be alienated?

Generals and their families, the population exceeds one million.

Others are helpless.

Ah Shi was so angry that he jumped to his feet. The weather was too cold and he had to return to his base. However, he did not prepare enough food for the winter and did not have enough cotton-padded clothes.

This winter is colder than last year, and there is not even a warm house.

Many tribes fled to the Altai Mountains and asked to join the Ming Dynasty.

Naturally, there is no one to open and close the city. Who knows if you are cheating? Besides, wouldn't it be better if you died?

Many people cried outside the mountain pass, and their cries shook the earth.

The cries can be heard from here.

Yu Qian, who was also sitting in front of him, sighed slightly: "After this winter, the Junggar tribe will be reduced by half."

"Prince, this is a good thing." Wang Yue warmed his hands on the radiator.

They are different from the lower-level officers and soldiers. Their houses are specially built, have radiators, toilets, no shortage of coal, and sufficient food and drink expenses.

"Your Majesty also wants to take over the Junggar tribe for his own use. If he does, he will probably be offended to death." Yu Qian sighed.

The emperor was worried that his body could not bear the large temperature difference between day and night in the Western Regions, so he specially built a warm house for him, assigned him a medical team, and strictly ordered him not to leave the room.

Wang Yue chuckled, it was really comfortable to fight under Yu Qian's men.

Yu Qian's grasp of the battle situation is meticulous and meticulous. This is a handsome talent. He, Wang Yue, also hopes to learn a few points.

Although Wang Yue was young, he was lame and his treatment was no worse than that of Yu Qian.

"Ah Shi sent people in and saw the scene in the mountains. They were frightened. Haha, this is the speed of the Ming Dynasty."

Wang Yue was also very excited. He was also frightened when he came in.

"It took three months, spanning thousands of miles from east to west, and thousands of miles from north to south, to build such a great achievement. It is indeed the speed of the Ming Dynasty."

Yu Qian sighed: "But behind this, there is the blood of 25 million slaves."

"In order to prepare for this construction, Ming Dynasty stockpiled a huge amount of materials four years in advance. This year, it shut down the world for three months and worked hard to transport things to the Western Regions."

"The center transported 2500 million slaves, millions of indigenous people, and 1600 million people died on the road."

“The Ming Dynasty’s family has been completely depleted, and all the well-tamed official slaves are gone.”

Yu Qian looked out the glass window and said in a low voice: "There are still tens of millions of slaves alive, but because they have no food, they are driven out of the city and left to fend for themselves."

"These well-tamed slaves are very useful. They may become Mingren in the future. It's a pity now."

"This war took four years and cost over 100 million."

"Coupled with the various expenses, it is estimated to exceed 300 million."

"If His Majesty wants to fight for ten years, he will only need 30 million, which is enough, and there will be no need to kill so many people."

"It's all because of my fault."

Yu Qian was not in a good mood: "We haven't even counted the losses in this battle. I commanded 35 troops, and the losses exceeded ! This is the biggest loss since I commanded the troops to fight."

Because the emperor was worried that no one would succeed him as commander-in-chief after Yu Qian's death, he couldn't wait to attack the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and wanted to send troops out of the Western Regions as quickly as possible.

But the price is too high, 2500 million, million mature slaves, Ming Dynasty's family fortune has been emptied, and it will not be able to recover in ten years.

There are also a hundred thousand elites who were killed by guerrillas because they went out to arrest people. One hundred thousand people, they were all fed with real money.

This war seems vigorous, but behind it lies the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

At the center, the ministers of the cabinet were also complaining about the emperor.

"The family's wealth has been emptied out!"

“Isn’t the purpose of accumulating so much wealth just to expand the territory?”

Zhu Qiyu said angrily: "Let me ask you, if Yu Qian dies, who can hold the commander's seal? If there is another national war, who can stand up?"

"Slaves have indeed suffered too many losses. These slaves are all mature workers who have been building roads for many years. I want to turn them into Mingren. They have indeed suffered heavy losses."

"A lot of money was spent. The cattle and sheep from Ningxia and Rehe were canned and fed to the soldiers in the Western Regions."

"I admit, there is indeed a lot of money."

"The losses in this battle are also huge, unprecedented."

"But was the battle a serious one?"

"Are the countries in the Western Regions afraid? What Timur Khanate, what Golden Horde, are they afraid at this moment?"

"The first battle was fought with such majesty and shocked all countries. I feel it is not a loss."

Zhu Qiyu must be tough-talking. He has been angry these days and has blisters on his mouth.

That's 2500 million mature workers. If the wealth accumulated in the Ming Dynasty is used, they can build roads all the way to France.

Can you not feel bad?

I would like to send someone to pick her up, but this is a long road, and I have to walk back on both feet. How do I go there? There are 10 million people alive, and at least 500,000 troops must be sent to pick them up. How can the Ming Dynasty have so many cavalry? Even if there is, how many people will freeze to death?

Three hundred million. The Ming Dynasty’s fiscal year is stable at sixty million, which is the fiscal revenue for five years.

The internal funds are not as rich as in previous years. There is no place to collect wool. The main income is the seizure of the country.

This does not include the loss of local area. The loss of food and meat is huge. After all, with more than 20 million people gathered in one place, eating, drinking and urinating is a big problem.

Otherwise, how could we drive all the slaves and even the locals out of the city, because there is no food and we can’t afford it!

We cannot use waterways and rely on asphalt roads to transport food all the way. The loss of food is too great. In addition, the central government is exempt from agricultural taxes and does not have much grain reserves. The central government has to leave a sum of food for disaster relief.

The most important thing is that the elite lost 100,000 people, and there were 30,000 cavalry. The current Ming Dynasty can withstand such a huge loss.

"Your Majesty, what do you think of Xindi?" Li Xian broke the silence and complained no matter how much.

"Build a province, build a province in the Western Regions. Other tribes were forced to stay, and the homeland was returned. This is not a new province. It has been my land in the Central Plains since ancient times!"

Zhu Qiyu said: "I just took back my territory!"

"Next year, we will expand the asphalt road and build a city. All the original architectural styles will be bulldozed and rebuilt!"

"Didn't Kuai Xiang design many cities? Take them out and build them."

"Some things that shouldn't exist, let them never exist. Do you understand what I mean?"

Li Xian bowed and said, "I understand that although it is the Western Region, it is actually a new province. Since it is a blank piece of paper, let the central government splash ink on it. The new area will be the same as the inland area."

Zhu Qiyu was very wary of sects, so he was very satisfied with the complete military control this time.

"The style of the city must be highly consistent with that of the mainland, and the name must also be changed."

"Two million people were moved from the mainland."

“Immigration by conscription.”

"Relax the conditions and encourage women to marry and go to the Western Regions."

"Let the Academy of Agricultural Sciences conduct an inspection to see what is suitable for planting in the Western Regions? Plant what needs to be planted, protect what needs to be protected, and then open up many roads from the Western Regions to the inland."

"Yu Qian, Fan Guang, Wang Yue, etc. have all made great contributions, and they will be promoted according to their merit."

Zhu Qiyu didn't mention the promotion. The main reason was that the titles had already been awarded. It would be unfair to be awarded two titles for one meritorious service.

But Yu Qian could not be sealed.

"Give Yu Qian a jade talisman."

The second jade talisman of the Ming Dynasty was given to Yu Qian again.

The great victory in this war did not make the government and the opposition very happy. The losses were too great and it occupied a barren territory.

Qinghai has not been occupied yet. If Qinghai is occupied, the government and the public will probably cry. The place will be even poorer. Without a central support, no one will be able to eat.

It’s the end of the year in a blink of an eye.

This year, the people were not very happy. The price of meat had risen too much. Mainly due to the war, a large number of pigs, cattle and sheep were purchased by the military.

Meat, eggs, and milk have become common ingredients on people’s dinner tables.

Especially meat, a middle-income family basically eats it once every three days, mainly pork and mutton. In winter, it is mainly chicken, duck and goose.

This meat does not come for free, it needs to be fed with food.

The Ming Dynasty reclaimed the Northeast, which could provide half of the north's grain supply. Then, the grain in the two lakes' granaries could be used to feed livestock.

The consumption of food by animals is much higher than that by humans.

There is another big consumer of grain, which is wine-making. All the grain from Jiaozhi is sold to Guizhou and used for wine-making.

People in the Ming Dynasty love to drink, and they are very picky. They don't like non-grain wines, such as wine, fruit wine, etc. They don't like grain wines, liquor, beer, etc.

The wealthy Jiangnan grows less food and more high value-added products such as mulberry trees and olive trees.

This resulted in the grain output of the Ming Dynasty being three times that of the 12th year of Jingtai, but there was still not enough to eat, and people were still hungry.

The central government did not issue an order prohibiting eating meat and drinking alcohol. Because eating meat, eggs, and milk for a long time maintains high nutrition, the height of young people is obviously growing. As nutrition increases, Mingren's height will also increase.

During the war in the Western Regions, the Ming Dynasty purchased a large amount of grain and meat from the people, leading to a meat shortage.

There is no food shortage because there is Indian food to support it.

In various Indian countries, more than two million people starve to death every year, and more than five million slaves are sold to the Ming Dynasty.

However, the national strength of the Indian countries has not diminished because people can have children.

The Ming Dynasty could also be born. By the end of the 2.7nd year of Jingtai, the population exceeded million.

The central government's New Year's edict encourages people to have more children and provides large-scale tax exemptions to families with more than fifteen children.

Although meat is expensive and wine is expensive this year, the people are not having a comfortable life this year.

But this imperial edict ushered in the whole world to celebrate, more children are more blessings, more children are blessings.

The reason for issuing this edict.

Because the 23rd year of Jingtai was the tenth year of the development of Xinyizhou, and Xinyizhou gave blood to the Ming Dynasty for the first time.

New Jingzhou and New Yangzhou have been reclaimed, and the three provinces of Borneo have also been reclaimed. Only the remaining two provinces of Malacca and Luzon are still being reclaimed.

Starting this year, the new seven provinces are no longer a burden to the Ming Dynasty. They are basically self-sufficient and will be able to supply blood to the Ming Dynasty within the next three years.

The Ming Dynasty will continue to open up new lands. Not only the Ming Dynasty will open up new lands by itself, but it will also entrust the kings to go out and open up new lands together.

In the past, it was a country-by-place occupation, but now it has become a matrix occupation, and the speed is increasing, so there is an extreme shortage of people.

Within a hundred years, the world must be filled with Ming people.

There is no need for non-Han people to exist.

"Your Majesty, it is time for the new seven provinces to remove military control and establish governors instead. After another ten years of governors, they will be completely integrated into the Ming Dynasty."

Li Xian suggested: "It's time to withdraw the governors of North Korea and Xinyizhou."

"If Xinyizhou does not withdraw the governor, Liu Jian will be promoted to the governor of Xinyizhou for a term of three years. North Korea will withdraw the governor and restore the regular system."

Zhu Qiyu had high hopes for Xiang Zhong: "Geng Jiuchou went to Sanya to recuperate, so he transferred Xiang Zhong to the Ministry of Household Affairs and served as Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs."

North Korea has Luo Qi, Cheng Tong and other veterans, so there will be no trouble.

"If Xinyizhou can supply blood to the Ming Dynasty, life will be better this year."

"We have to continue fighting in the west."

"The Junggar tribe is eyeing the enemy from the north and we must defeat them."

"Kashgar is still in Sayid's hands. It must be taken over this year to form a closed loop in the Western Region."

Li Xian was opposed to this: "Your Majesty, we cannot mobilize troops in the Western Region for the time being. We should focus on construction. If Sayid is smart, he will abandon Kashgar."

"Da Ming also needs some time to recover."

"The veteran feels that if we build for one year, we can start the expedition next year or the year after that."

Zhu Qiyu frowned: "The Ming Dynasty has a strong foundation. Just transfer more slaves and leave the construction to the slaves."

"Your Majesty, what do you eat? Do you rely on blood transfusions from the mainland?"

Li Xian also wanted to talk about how much money was spent on the mainland last year, how much was lost on road transport, and so on.

Anyway, we just can't spend all our money in the Western Region. It would be a huge loss. This place is not a place where we can make money at first glance. It would be a huge loss.

"I want to ask Yu Qian what he thinks."

Zhu Qiyu also relented: "If Yu Qian thinks it is not appropriate to go to war, we will transfer Yu Qian back and let him be raised in the capital. When the war starts again, we will send him out again."

Li Xian rolled his eyes: "Your Majesty, the battle in the Western Regions is actually of no use to Prince Xing."

"In Zhambul, Fan Guang and Man Su'er fought against each other. Man Su'er only had three to five thousand men, but he was able to fight Fan Guang back and forth. This man is definitely a top general."

Zhu Qiyu was greedy: "It would be great if I could recruit the brothers Man Su'er and Sa Yide."

How can it be!

Both of these people are ambitious and cannot be tolerated as brothers. Are they willing to serve the Ming Dynasty?

Even if it is effective, do you dare to use it?

"Your Majesty, we have Yang Xin on the southern front, Wang Yue on the northern front, and Fan Guang on the western front. With such a lineup, can't we win a few tribes?"

Li Xian felt that the emperor paid too much attention to the khanates to the west.

Those khanates have long since declined, and the Mongols are no longer as brave as they once were.

"You think that's enough?" Zhu Qiyu was a little undecided.

"enough!"

Li Xian said bluntly: "Even if one of the three is present, it is enough. The old minister thinks that Fan Guang is enough. Wang Yue and Yang Xin are here at the same time. It is a waste."

Zhu Qiyu rolled his eyes: "Why don't we hit San Buran!"

"Stop it!" Li Xian said anxiously: "Your Majesty, you will rest and recuperate this year. No one will be attacked. No fighting."

"New Jingzhou and New Yangzhou have been built. All we need to do is push the front westward and cross the Basai River." Zhu Qiyu was greedy for land.

"Your Majesty, I am going to immigrate to Africa this year to prepare for the King of Chu to establish a vassal state." Li Xian was really anxious.

"The King of Chu is not in a hurry. He still has to persuade many people to come with him. Besides, why is he so anxious about becoming a feudal lord?"

"Transfer Wang Yue to the south and fight when the rainy season is over!"

"It just so happens that in summer Wang Yue fights in the northwest, and in winter he goes to Baiyue to fight."

perfect!

Zhu Qiyu didn't listen to Li Xian's advice. He covered his stomach and said, "I haven't eaten yet. I'm hungry. Li Qing, I won't let you eat. You go and do your work first."

"Your Majesty!" Li Xian was furious. Can't you just listen to some advice? What's the rush?

To the west of the Basai River is the fat meat on Daming's lips. Why are you in such a hurry to eat it?

(End of this chapter)