Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 362 Don’t say anything that is not conducive to unity

Although bicycles are good, it takes time for the people to accept them. The emperor took a bite of the meat first, took back a huge amount of money, and then left.

It's like hiring a developer to build a house.

No matter how much money you make from this property, you will definitely make a lot of money from the first package. You don’t have to take risks and you can make money and leave the market.

In recent years, the number of people in the capital has increased, the living environment has become more and more crowded, and the real estate industry has also developed accordingly.

The emperor took the lead and built many buildings to reduce overpopulation and excessive waste of land.

With current technology, it is more reasonable to build a four-story building.

But the people didn't buy it. They were used to living in courtyard houses. Who would want to live in a pigeon cage? The real estate company began to promote that living in a building was for the upper class.

After all-round publicity, the people believed it, but they didn't realize that the upper-class people still lived in courtyard houses.

Of course, if you want people to live in buildings, the central government must issue corresponding policies. All life situations are closely related to policies.

The central government decreed that the city should stop expanding and housing licenses would not be issued.

At the same time, we will forcefully demolish private buildings that have been built excessively, and carry out forced relocation and renovation projects in some good areas.

It was also decreed that the existing house licenses were not allowed to be transferred within twenty years, and no additions were allowed to the existing houses. Any additions would be regarded as illegal construction and would be demolished within a time limit.

Under a series of policies, real estate has naturally developed.

If you want to buy a house, you can only buy a building.

The emperor's only conscience is that house prices are well controlled and cheaper than courtyard houses. After all, it is a building without a land certificate. It is expensive and no one will buy it.

Because it is the capital, every community is strictly planned and must be approved by the Ministry of Industry. If the feng shui is broken, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry will also die.

The emperor was extremely concerned about the planning of large cities.

We must not only plan for the present, but also have a long-term vision and plan for the next hundred years.

For example, to build a four-story community, it is necessary to prepare for future technological advancements, renovate the land area into high-rise buildings, and rationally plan business areas, school areas, traffic issues, etc.

We cannot blindly expand, build blindly for money, and end up demolishing and building again, which is unreasonable everywhere.

Not only in the capital, but in all major cities across the country, random construction is not allowed. Construction can only be done after strict review by the Ministry of Industry and approval.

It's just a matter of using your brain. If you run a few more trails, you won't have to move much in a hundred years.

At this point, Kuai Xiang did a particularly good job. Ma Ang was in charge of the Ministry of Industry and was good at seeing from one to ten. He even carried out strict planning for each business district in the capital, trying to be as reasonable and evenly distributed as possible.

With the birth of buildings, property management and heating naturally appeared. Industries that have been criticized must have been born with the help of powerful people.

The emperor could stop it, but if he was given a hush money, he just pretended not to see it.

In order to save land, the Central Committee issued an order to divide several large residential areas, and no longer approved quadrangles. Some large courtyards were demolished, and even some gardens belonging to dignitaries were demolished. The abandoned ones and those that had not been built for a long time were all taken back.

Large cities across the country, with a population of more than one million, all implement the same policy, stopping land granting, building construction, and stopping the brutal expansion of cities.

It doesn't matter if the people are dissatisfied. As long as the residential buildings are put on a pedestal, the fools behind will follow suit and buy them.

Add financial attributes to the house, and the house will sell like crazy.

This is really not what Zhu Qiyu thought about, but what Wang Hao, a good student of Qiu Jun, thought about.

The real estate market in the Ming Dynasty can be said to be sluggish, mainly because the emperor did not want to make this money. The reason is very simple. Now it is time to engage in technology and make foreign money, and there is no time to make this small amount of money.

But as the Ottoman Empire and the Ming Dynasty turned against each other, after the bloody battle in Cairo.

Ming Dynasty's trade with Europe entered a decline.

If you want to maintain your financial statements, you can only focus on the country. Coincidentally, the number of domestic newborns has increased sharply, which will be the demographic dividend in the future.

With a little encouragement, the mother-in-law wants a house, but if she doesn't have a house, she can't find a daughter-in-law.

House prices will soar.

The rich plan for a rainy day, while the poor work hard to make money and buy a house for their son to marry, and the house will naturally sell out.

Wang Hao’s plan is to cultivate the real estate market and increase fiscal revenue to one billion in ten years.

Trade with Europe plummeted, Central Asia was at war, Ming products were unsaleable domestically, and Ming Dynasty fell into its first financial crisis.

So the best way to alleviate the crisis is real estate.

Although future generations hate houses, as long as they add financial attributes to the house, everyone will say that it is really good.

Real estate makes money quickly, but there is a practical problem.

A person engaged in scientific research earns 30 yuan a month, and a real estate developer earns 300 million yuan a month. Which one of them can have a psychological balance?

The strategy proposed by Wang Hao is that the central government will support the central government, seize 70% of the land, and then impose heavy taxes on real estate developers. At the same time, they will create a private rich list and include these people to serve as a shield for the central government to get rich.

To put it bluntly, it means picking up a group of white gloves and treating them as tool men.

Let them make money for the center and help the center get scolded.

As for White Gloves' future struggle with the central government, that is a matter for the future. The immediate crisis can be solved by real estate.

Therefore, from the financial crisis in the 26th year of Jingtai to today, the 29th year of Jingtai.

The financial crisis has not affected the normal life of the people, and fiscal revenue has been rising year by year.

It’s all thanks to real estate.

Real estate absorbs excess currency in the market and absorbs surplus private labor, like a reservoir, sucking in private money.

The transformation of real estate is also simple, using technology to replace real estate as a new pillar industry.

Li Xian proposed at the beginning that Ming Dynasty should walk on four legs.

All technologies are just a big thick leg.

Real estate serves as the second leg. The two transform into each other and can maintain a basic balance.

I have to admit that Wang Hao succeeded. He put Qiu Jun's economic theory into practice and achieved success.

But this year he went to Emperor Shu, believing that internal circulation would only bring Ming Dynasty back to the time when it was closed to the country, and that it needed to restore world peace and restore external circulation.

If Zhu Jianshen did not establish a country in North Africa, the Ming Dynasty would not be able to resume trade with Europe.

Because the Ming Dynasty's road to Africa was in the hands of Spain and Portugal, these two countries would never allow the Ming Dynasty merchant ships to kick them away and enter Europe.

Unless the Ming Dynasty destroys them, there will be obstacles along the way.

As for cooperation, the right to speak is in the hands of these two countries. They price Ming products so high that even European nobles cannot afford them, let alone ordinary people?

Therefore, in these years, Ming Dynasty would rather cooperate with the Ottomans and take a road transport than fully cooperate with Spain and Portugal.

Ming Dynasty now has two options: either hold its nose and cooperate with Spain and Portugal, and give up its pricing power.

Either we should cycle internally, wait for the domestic population to increase dramatically, and then enjoy the demographic dividend after ten years.

After breaking away from the world, Daming's development has obviously stalled. The main reason is that the market has become smaller and consumption power has been degraded. Manufacturers are unwilling to continue investing in innovation. Instead, they have begun to save money and prepare to sell off their factories.

This is understandable. The purpose of doing business is to make money, not to serve the country.

At the beginning of this year, the emperor issued a decree to reduce or reduce business taxes and expand the scale of investment. The central government used real money to invest in companies with potential.

To put it bluntly, the emperor pays for the less profitable part of the company. If there are companies that cannot support it, the emperor pays for it and supports the development of technology-based enterprises.

Technology-based companies are precisely the most money-consuming, and they basically all have the emperor's shares, otherwise ordinary people really can't afford to spend the money.

Wang Hao predicts that this crisis will not be completely over until trade with Europe is resumed.

In the twenty-seventh year of Jingtai, Wang Hao proposed another plan to the emperor, allowing private investors to invest in enterprises, that is, to engage in stocks and let retail investors invest.

In the 28th year of Jingtai's reign, the central government first introduced the Equity Law, and then established a stock market to attract private capital into enterprises, support their development, further expand employment, and stabilize fiscal revenue.

That's right, Daming has already started playing stocks.

In recent years, things have been going pretty well, with real estate and the stock market providing the bottom line for the financial crisis.

But Wang Hao still believes that the crisis is just hiding under water, pushed to the future, and will eventually break out. The solution is to expand the market, develop trade with Europe and Central Asia, let the market prosper, and consume a large amount of surplus commodities.

But there was no good news from Zhu Jianshen.

Instead, the emperor was ordering important ministers to discuss matters in Yangxin Hall.

"Is fighting okay?"

Zhu Qiyu said: "Since there is overproduction, there will be a war, and all walks of life will be stimulated."

"Your Majesty, Central Asia is in chaos. This is not a good time for the Ming Dynasty to enter." Li Bingdao.

"Johor opposite Malacca, Java opposite Luzon, I think these places can be occupied."

"The Ming Dynasty is no longer in control, so it will be enfeoffed."

"Use war to support the domestic economy."

The courtiers had no objection to this.

After all, real estate and the stock market are part of the internal cycle and cannot support the huge economic volume of Ming Dynasty.

Getting out is the most important step.

Turning on the war machine can consume the surplus production capacity of the private sector, and at the same time remove the people and reduce local pressure.

Although it may not be possible to restore prosperity, at least it is a solution.

"When Wang Yue takes over Bengal, head west and continue fighting!"

Zhu Qiyu looked helpless: "They were captured as slaves, occupied India, and divided them all up."

"When the Ming Dynasty's economy encountered obstacles, it had to either resume trade with Europe, or it could only expand its territory and use new territory to consume the remaining domestic production capacity."

But the court officials were not very supportive.

The Ming Dynasty lost money in its wars because it implemented a liquidation plan for the occupied areas, which made it impossible to colonize.

The best way is to keep people and use them as slaves to extract the value of their labor and create wealth for the Ming Dynasty.

But the princes believed that the local people were lazy and not useful as slaves. It was best to clean them up and leave a small number of them as slaves.

The discussion lasted for more than an hour, but no result was reached.

On the contrary, in the evening, Yu Qian entered the palace and had a long secret talk with the emperor.

The Ming Dynasty decided to open two battlefields and continue to open up new lands in the south. After Wang Yue occupied Bengal, he continued to the west.

Li Jin was transferred to the Altai Mountains, preparing to conquer the Junggar tribe.

The Ming Dynasty had been recuperating for many years, but it was time to launch chariots again and use war to alleviate the crisis.

On the first day of March, the envoys from various countries set off to return to Europe to report. Chen Jiayou was sent as an envoy again, bringing gifts from the Ming Dynasty to visit various countries again.

In September of the 29th year of Jingtai, the nomadic Torgut tribe on the Volga River returned eastward. They traveled thousands of miles back to the Western Regions and begged the Khan for surrender.

Li Jin personally received them, placed them in northern Xinjiang, and changed their residence to Turgut Prefecture, so that they could serve the Ming Dynasty with peace of mind.

This episode directly caused the Junggar tribe to flee north.

The Junggar tribe originally wanted to fight against the autumn wind, but as a result, the Ming Dynasty received 300,000 herdsmen and could form at least 30,000 cavalry. The Junggar tribe was worried about being broken and sinking in the sand, so they simply fled.

This made Li Jin very dissatisfied, and he was lukewarm towards the Torgut Department.

He even wanted to let the Turgut tribe plunder the northern Xinjiang, so he wanted to destroy this tribe in one go and use this achievement to gain the title of Duke.

Li Jin has no feelings for the Irtysh River. He feels that the people along the river are too poor. Even millions of square kilometers of territory are not as rich as a single province in Jiangsu.

It's all yellow sand grassland, nothing.

He did not agree with Li Bing's opinion. Occupying these useless wastelands was far inferior to pushing the territory to the Caspian Sea, which was really rich.

After the Junggar tribe withdrew, Li Jin was also unkind to the Turgut tribe. He recruited 50,000 men and trained 150,000 cavalry.

Just before the heavy snow fell, he led his troops out of the customs and went to the Junggar tribe to rob them.

The secret report of Torgut was sent to the central government.

"The collapse of the Golden Horde is imminent."

Zhu Qiyu said seriously: "After all, the Mongols are also Chinese and have the same roots as us. I am the Khan of Heaven on the grassland."

"I think we can recruit a group of Mongolians who want to return eastward and return to the embrace of the motherland."

The courtier rolled his eyes, you are the self-proclaimed Khan today, right?

But Ming Dynasty is indeed strong.

The return of the Turgut tribe to the east is the best evidence. Fan Guang established his authority on the coast of the Aral Sea. The Ming Dynasty often went west to plunder the grasslands and established a great reputation.

Therefore, the Turgut tribe was unwilling to be recruited by the Junggar tribe, and instead surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

Don’t forget, the Torgut Tribe and the Junggar Tribe have the same roots and are part of the four tribes of Oara. The Tumubao Incident only happened thirty years ago.

After Ye Xian died, they left the grassland and went west, surrendered to the Golden Horde, and herded cattle in the Volga River Basin.

The Golden Horde also had considerable strength. This time they returned eastward because the Golden Horde was on the verge of collapse. They were foreigners and were worried about being annexed by other large tribes, so they fled early and returned to the Ming Dynasty.

After all, they had only left the Ming Dynasty for more than 20 years. The older generation had a very good impression of the Ming Dynasty. In these years, after the Silk Road was restored, they also traded with the Ming Dynasty and occasionally heard news from their hometown.

Therefore, the Torgut tribe first contacted the Ming Dynasty. After getting the answer, they immediately returned eastward and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty's words make sense. Mongolia and we do have the same roots."

Han Yong said seriously: "My Ming Dynasty is getting stronger and stronger, and we are not afraid of people with ulterior motives coming in."

"And the Mongols are willing to return to the embrace of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty will have a steady stream of cavalry."

"The key thing is, if we want these lands, we need guides, and these are natural guides."

The courtier nodded.

Xiang Zhong snorted coldly: "Gentlemen, are you thinking too wonderfully?"

"These people are like tigers and wolves. They stabbed Ming Dynasty in the back, and they are even better."

"Does the center really dare to let these people out?"

"I mean, you can conquer them, but it's better to throw them to the battlefield to be consumed, and throw them to the African battlefield."

"Conquering them means preventing them from merging with other Mongolian tribes and increasing their strength."

"The world of the Han people is, after all, the world of the Han people."

These words made Zhu Qiyu unhappy: "Don't say anything that is not conducive to unity."

"This year North Korea has its first Jinshi, and Wushen has its first imperial examination. This shows that Sinicization is very successful."

"Xiang Qing, in a few years, Mongolians, Chao people, Zhen people, Miao people, Hui people, and Uyghur people will join the court as officials in the central government. Which ethnic group is not in my harem? Do you still want to wear colored clothes? Can you see through glasses?"

"We are all Chinese, just like you and me."

Xiang Zhong quickly kowtowed: "It was the minister who made a mistake."

He had been in charge of North Korea for four years, and he knew the emperor's policy very well. The emperor did not allow court people to marry each other, and the whipping was particularly harsh in North Korea.

In the development of Northeast China, immigrants from North Korea are given priority.

It has been 20 years since North Korea was recovered, and there are no pure-bred North Koreans left!

The emperor seems to be lenient towards North Korea, which is a blessing accumulated from North Korea's previous deference. Even so, there are no North Koreans left, they are all Han Chinese.

Sun Kefa killed the Korean nobles in North Korea.

Does the center know?

Everyone thought the emperor was a good man! All countries killed them, except North Korea.

Big mistake!

As long as they were not Han Chinese, the emperor would not let them go!

Look at the Japanese country. There are more than twenty Japanese generals who have been knighted. The imperial edict issued by the central government commends the Japanese generals in every possible way. The emperor loves the Japanese generals in every way.

But will any of the Japanese generals give birth to a son?

The Ming Dynasty mobilized at least one million troops in Japan. How many are still alive now?

The official figure is that 170 million people were recruited, 50 survived, and 24 were knighted, with the highest being a marquis.

But if you really look at it, there are no more than 20 Japanese soldiers alive.

If we want to continue to develop, we have to recruit troops from Japan.

The Japanese country is the only country in the surrounding area that has not been invaded by the Ming Dynasty. It is also the only country that is the most friendly to the Ming Dynasty.

Basically, whatever the Ming Dynasty had, they would reward the Japanese.

The Japanese country is the emperor's biological son, and the people of the country feel that the emperor is too kind to the Japanese country. How many generals are jealous?

But how much blood did Japan shed for the Ming Dynasty? Who knows?

The emperor only showed kindness, but did not say how much contribution the Japanese country had made to the Ming Dynasty, because don't say anything that is not conducive to unity!

In the end, the Japanese country will only bleed the last drop of blood, and then be kicked away by the emperor, occupy their territory, and slaughter the remaining people. Their spirits in heaven still have to say thank you to the emperor!

This is the emperor!

Let me tell you something unpleasant, how many years has it been since Ryukyu surrendered to the Ming Dynasty?

The King of Ryukyu died of illness a long time ago, and his son still doesn't even have a title. The emperor has long forgotten about them.

Among the thirty-six surnames of Ryukyu, who is still alive?

Ryukyu was surrendered by Xiang Zhong himself, and the King of Ryukyu was directly made a marquis. But what he didn't know was that his title was not recorded, which meant that he was not included in the central title list.

The emperor didn't grant him a title at all. There was only an imperial edict and no ironclad title. Who would recognize it? The imperial edict was not sealed by the cabinet, so it had no legal effect.

The original people of Ryukyu were either expropriated or killed.

Now the people of Ryukyu are all Fujianese!

Who knows these?

The King of Laos also surrendered and was granted the title of hereditary marquis. The government and the public may have forgotten the King of Laos by now.

His family, who farmed in Hunan, were all Hunan farmers.

Title? The center didn’t admit it at all.

As for the Baiyue countries, can we still find the indigenous people? Can't find it!

Why did the Japanese army suffer such heavy losses? They were massacred, even the savages in the deep mountains and forests were slaughtered.

Therefore, no one is allowed to enter Baiyue, Borneo and Luzon for ten years.

why?

There is blood everywhere, who dares to see it?

The remaining Japanese soldiers have turned into madmen, a group of butchers, so the emperor wants to open up south, because these butchers are time bombs and will explode if they are not used.

And these, the emperor will never say, nor will they appear in the files.

"Xiang Qing."

Zhu Qiyu said angrily: "This is a court meeting. It is better to talk than to think. The historian must record it."

"I know my mistake." Xiang Zhong kowtowed again.

"Han Qing's suggestion is very good. They are all Chinese. The Ming Dynasty has such a vast territory. Isn't it possible that even my own family can't be accommodated?"

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Just follow what Han Qing said, send envoys to the Golden Horde to lobby those tribes who are interested in returning, and persuade them to return to the motherland."

"Select the Mongolian envoys. They are all members of the same family, and their words are more effective than ours."

The matter is settled.

After going to court, Xiang Zhong went to the Yangxin Hall to pay his respects.

"Your Majesty, do you really want to use the Mongols from the west?" Xiang Zhong felt that these people were unreliable.

"Of course I'll use what I gave for free, and your method is not bad either."

"Consume it when it's used up. The war will last for a long time, and it won't be enough if there are too few people."

"Besides, Africa is short of men. After defeating the Ottomans, we still have to fight Spain and Portugal!"

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "When they come to surrender to us, the strength of other khanates will become weaker. When the Ming Dynasty conquers them, it will be much easier."

I know what you are thinking.

"Xiang Qing, haven't you noticed that the most useful people in the Western Expedition are the Mongols?"

Zhu Qiyu said: "The Mongols under Fan Guang and Yang Xin are brave and good at fighting. As long as we do not forcefully change their beliefs, they will serve us."

"Fan Guang's ability to dominate the Aral Sea relies on Meng people who are willing to endure hardship."

"What I mean is that after the collapse of the Golden Horde, we must seize the opportunity, recruit as many Mongolian tribes as possible to return to their ancestral land, and then use them for our use."

"The prince and I have made calculations. If we want to push the territory to the Ottomans, we will need at least two million soldiers, all of whom are elite soldiers."

Xiang Zhong frowned slightly: "Your Majesty, your two million soldiers are not one time, but several decades. In fact, with the transportation capacity of the Western Region, supporting a war of 300,000 troops is huge."

What he means is that it's not difficult.

Zhu Qiyu nodded slightly: "I am not young anymore. I must consider the matter of my sons' feudal state."

"If I were gone, the prince might not be able to shoulder this burden."

"Furthermore, the prince will also have a son. He also wants to entrust his son to others, but he may not be able to take care of his younger brothers."

After all, the grandson and the son were separated by one layer, and Zhu Qiyu wanted his son to be separated.

He came to call his family the ancestor instead of letting his grandchildren pioneer. They will only remember their father. How much will grandpa remember?

Zhu Jianqi is also weird. After five years of marriage, she has given birth to six daughters and no sons. The fourth child has three sons.

Among the many adult princes, he was the only one without a son.

It's not his problem, because he can have a daughter.

"Your Majesty, do you mean to expand westward next year?" Xiang Zhong felt that now was not a good opportunity to enter Central Asia.

"We still have to wait for the opportunity. After all, the King of Chu is the eye in this game. Only when his side is alive will the cards in my hand be easier to play."

In Africa, Cairo. The Ming army captured Cairo for the fifth time and burned the banks of the Nile into ruins for the fifth time.

The Ottomans were defeated three times by the Ming army. They were defeated every time and took more than 100,000 prisoners of war.

Guo Deng proposed to kill Osman to shock him.

But he was stopped by Zhu Jianshen, who sent people to Osman to negotiate with Osman.

The two countries are fighting and talking at the same time.

In the Fourth Battle of Cairo, the Ming Dynasty defeated the Ottomans for the fourth time.

Osman was obviously weak. Due to successive defeats, his rule over various countries was already shaky, and even small Greece dared to rebel.

The Ming Dynasty went around instigating conquered countries to rebel against the Ottomans, and the Ottomans got into trouble.

The Ottoman Emperor Mehmed II became seriously ill with anger. Before his death, he told his son to repair the Ming Dynasty and suppress domestic rebellions.

Coinciding with the Sixth Ming-Ao War, the Ming Dynasty won its fourth consecutive victory. Muhammad II died with hatred after hearing this.

Zhu Jianshen made the Ottoman Emperor angry to death, which was also a great achievement.

Bayezid II endured his hatred and was willing to negotiate with Ming Dynasty.

The defeat of this war was mainly caused by the Ming army's sneak attack on Cairo and the hasty organization of the warriors of the Ottoman Empire.

The interval between the third war and the fourth war was only one month.

The Ming army was on an expedition again, probably because they were physically exhausted and unable to go on an expedition. As a result, the Ming army not only came, it was stronger than before.

They completely defeated 70,000 Ottoman warriors, killed more than 10,000, and captured more than 30,000. The Ming army achieved a rare victory.

Zhu Jianshen's condition was very simple. All Ottoman interests in Africa belonged to the Ming Dynasty.

Bayezid felt that Ming Dynasty was too ambitious.

I originally wanted to gather the European countries and unite to deal with the Ming Dynasty, but I looked around and found that they were all enemies of the Ottomans.

The key is that the current international environment of the Ottomans is very bad. Neighboring Austria and Italy all have the ambition to tear off a piece of flesh. The weak Timur finally perished and was replaced by the Safavid Empire.

Three major powers surrounded Ottoman, and they all looked covetously at him.

Now the Ming Dynasty is setting fires everywhere in Europe, and the entire Europe regards the Ottomans as a common enemy.

In the Mingao War, the Ottomans lost four times in a row, letting the world see the defeat of the Ottomans.

Everyone wants to tear off a piece of meat.

But they didn't use their brains. Because the Ming Dynasty was in the Red Sea, it burned Cairo and fled into the Red Sea. The Ottoman Red Sea Fleet was killed again. Every time the Ottoman army came, they punched the cotton and couldn't catch it at all. The shadow of Ming Dynasty.

If you don't believe it, let Ming and Osman show off their horses and horses and fight openly to see who is stronger.

Negotiations lasted four months.

The two sides finally reached an agreement. The Ming Dynasty needed to spend one million silver coins to purchase Ottoman interests in Africa. The two countries would unconditionally release prisoners of war and restore diplomatic relations.

One million, buying all the Ottoman interests in Africa, is a very good deal.

But the envoys of the Ming Dynasty are still scolding us. We have won, so why should we spend money to buy it?

The Ming'ao War lasted for four and a half years, and Ming Dynasty finally won a difficult victory.

The center's number of soldiers increased from the promised 100 million to 160 million. There were also 3 Mongolian cavalry and Saurons, and they defeated the Ottomans four times.

This is also the reason why the gap between the third war and the fourth war was so short, because it was not a group of people sent in the fourth time, but the Sauron people who came to Africa from New Africa and defeated the Ottomans in one battle.

Even if they send the most elite Ottoman troops, the Saurons can teach them how to behave.

The total military expenditure of the Ming Dynasty was as high as 1200 million.

Of course, this includes immigration fees, factory construction fees, etc.

But this figure still made the central government extremely dissatisfied. With so much money, he still couldn't win, and everyone in the court called King Chu a waste.

"Report victory, report victory!"

Guo Deng couldn't hold back his tears: "We have won. After four and a half years, 17 athletes have their bones buried in Africa. We finally win!"

After the victory, the first order issued by Zhu Jianshen was to dig a canal and open up the main channel between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. In this way, Ming merchant ships would not have to go around Africa, but would directly pass through the Chu State and enter the Mediterranean.

This was the emperor's request. As long as the canal was opened, the Ming Dynasty would be able to continuously send troops to Europe and support Zhu Jianshen in occupying North Africa.

Zhu Jianshen could also see how important his Chu State would be after the canal was opened.

Asia-Europe transfer station.

As long as he closes the canal and hides in the Mediterranean, Ming will be unable to do anything to him. Or if he offends European countries, he will close the canal and hide in the Red Sea, and Europe will be unable to do anything to him.

This is the foundation of a king.

At the same time, after opening the canal, he can directly set up ships and capture the rich Tunisia, Morocco and other places in North Africa.

The focus is on Morocco, which is the main route to the Mediterranean Sea. It used to be in the hands of Spain. Now that he comes, it will be in the hands of me, Zhu Jianshen.

It is also very simple to dig a canal. There are Egyptian refugees everywhere, so use it.

These refugees are all thanks to the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Jianshen had no psychological burden, because this was how the Ming Dynasty fought, and he was considered kind. According to Guo Deng's strategy, they should have been slaughtered.

"Your Majesty, the Ming'ao War has been won, and I will return to the court." Guo Deng was a little reluctant to leave Zhu Jianshen.

Only then did I realize how keen the emperor's vision was.

In Ming'ao's six wars, the person who played the biggest role was not Guo Deng, but Zhu Jianshen. He was obviously young, but he was as steady as an old dog and accurately controlled the war situation.

Especially in the last battle, the Ming Dynasty could have exposed the great killer weapon of the Saurons in the fifth battle, but Zhu Jianshen did not. It was very difficult to win the fifth battle. After the Ming army burned Cairo, they withdrew from Cairo.

Wait until the Ottomans reoccupy Cairo.

The Ming army quietly appeared outside Cairo and launched the sixth battle. They used all elite Mongols and Saurons to beat Osman until he called him daddy.

"Then please trouble Marquis Guo to enter the palace and pay my respects to His Majesty on my behalf."

"My family members will not come here for the time being."

"When the palace is built and everything is arranged, we can pick him up."

If Zhu Jianshen wanted to dig a canal, he would have to fight with the Egyptian natives, and it would be inconvenient to relocate his family.

Moreover, it was better for the sons to learn from the emperor than to teach him himself.

He was very reluctant to let go of Guo Deng, but he definitely couldn't keep Guo Deng. His new state of Chu was so bad that Guo Deng definitely wanted to go back to Beijing to enjoy his happiness.

Moreover, Guo Deng will be honored as a Duke when he returns to China. Who wants to stay in this barren Africa?

That night, he hosted a banquet in honor of Guo Deng, and the two cherished each other.

Guo Deng will return to China on a treasure ship.

In this crucial battle, it is inevitable that Guo Deng will be crowned Duke, but he may never be able to come to Africa again. It would be great if he were a few years younger, so that he could see the place where he had fought.

On the other hand, Liu Ning, Zhou Xi and Zhu Jianshen are not going to let them go. They really need people here.

After the reconstruction here is completed, it will be sent back to Daming.

Zhu Jianshen wanted to tie these two people up. Although it was extremely difficult, he still wanted to give it a try.

In April of the 30th year of Jingtai, Guo Deng arrived in Tianjin.

The good news was sent to the capital one step ahead of him.

Chao Zhong was in high spirits. Although he spent a lot of money, he got the results he wanted. The Chu Zongguo was finally established.

Guo Dengrong was granted the title of Duke of Yingguo, and more than a dozen generals including Liu Ning and Zhou Xi were granted the title of earl.

"This canal is important."

"The construction period given by the King of Chu is twenty years. I think it is too long. It doesn't matter if I shorten it by five to seven years and exhaust all the Egyptians to death."

"I want to hurry up!"

Zhu Qiyu looked sinister: "With this canal, the Ming Dynasty's goods can be sent directly to the Mediterranean. Spain and Portugal still want to compete with me?"

"If you wait for two years, I will send over half a million troops and destroy a whole country!"

"Let them see my Ming Dynasty's strength!"

Guo Deng smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, the King of Chu defeated the Ottomans in six wars, which has shocked Europe. There has been a trend of fear of Ming in Europe."

"The main reason is those Jews you deported."

"After they returned to Europa, they spread all kinds of anti-Ming Dynasty ideas."

"Especially when our Ming Dynasty defeated Osman, Osman was also spreading this kind of thinking, which caused everyone in Europe to become wary of our Ming Dynasty."

"If you destroy another country, I'm afraid there will be no business left."

Guo Deng is not worried about the combat effectiveness of the Ming army.

As long as the Ming Dynasty pushed forward 500,000 elites, it would be no problem to destroy two countries, let alone Spain and Portugal.

"There are still few people in Ming Dynasty!"

"If there are three billion!"

"I will destroy Europa directly! And this is a shitty business! Let them all die!"

Zhu Qiyu was angry: "Guo Deng, guess what the population will be this year?"

"Eight hundred million?"

"Nine hundred and fifty million!"

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "This is because the growth rate has slowed down this year, otherwise it would have exceeded one billion."

"When today's children grow up, Ming's population may double a year."

"Xiang Zhong has calculated that if this growth rate is maintained, the population will reach three billion in twenty years!"

"Don't be so cool. Ming Dynasty has discovered a new continent, and there are more worlds still being explored."

"Don't talk about three billion people, ten billion can be accommodated."

Zhu Qiyu smiled brightly: "Xiang Zhong told me that there is no need to worry. As the population of Ming Dynasty increases, there is no need to rely on Europa."

Guo Deng thought it was a bomb.

How can we manage there are so many people? In the past, when someone instigated rebellion, hundreds of people in a village followed. If tens of thousands of people in a village all followed in rebellion, how could the Ming Dynasty survive?

"Changde is waiting for you. I've been waiting for you a few times."

"You go back first and spend time with your family."

"I will tell you again in a few days to tell you about the whole war."

Guo Deng left the palace after thanking him.

When I returned home, I happened to see the plaque being replaced. Apparently the emperor had already made preparations for it. Ying Guo Gong, because his great-grandfather Guo Ying was given the title of Ying Guo Gong, he was named Ying Guo Gong. This is Revitalize the family.

He would never agree to Zhu Jianshen's request to keep him in Africa.

The Duke is already a high-ranking nobleman. If he stays in Africa, can he still be made a prince?

He didn't dare to take it either.

His family has been a hero for generations, the emperor's confidant, he has served the emperor for thirty years, how can he serve another child?

Besides, his family is in the capital, and he has two biological sons.

Chang De was waiting at the door and saw him coming up to him quickly: "Your Majesty, isn't it difficult for you?"

"How do you say that?" Guo Deng was stunned.

Changde breathed a sigh of relief: "Our Can'er broke the vase that His Majesty cherished."

"What?" Old Guo Deng's face darkened: "I said His Majesty's eyes are wrong when he looks at me. Why is he in the palace?"

"That bastard King Shang has been leading our two brats crazy all day long. I even suspect that it was King Shang who did it and it was my son who was responsible for it."

Chang De helped him take off his coat and said, "Among the princes, he is the most bastard, and the second bastard is Xiao Twenty."

"I entered the palace a few days ago, and he actually hid in my car and came out of the palace. I caught him and whipped him. Afterwards, he took revenge on our Bing'er. What a little bastard."

Guo Deng's eyelids twitched as he listened.

The emperor's son was careless, so why did he lead his son as well?

"Don't let them enter the palace to play in the future." Guo Deng was unhappy.

"Do you think I am willing to let them enter the palace?"

"Your Majesty, he feels that the children of the noble family are difficult to manage, so he asked them to go to the Wenhua Palace to study with the princes."

"The result is not good. How can these bastards do good things together? Your Majesty really made a miscalculation."

"I heard that last month, the little boy of the Gu'an family was singing loudly in the Wenhua Palace. He was caught by the emperor. The emperor asked him to sing all afternoon, and all the noble sons sang with him."

"It's such a big fuss. People say that Fang Han's son is a dandy."

Speaking of this, Chang De had a smile on his face: "Our family is quite easy to worry about. Zhu Youtang of the King of Chu's family is also the king of children. Even Little Twenty was teased by him."

"Your Majesty, just let them do whatever they want?" Guo Deng was a little speechless.

"The World Games will be held this year, and His Majesty has no time to deal with them. Let's wait until His Majesty is free and see how to tease them."

Chang De couldn't help laughing: "Back then, my fourth son was so good at dancing that he didn't even look down on me, the royal aunt. Look at how honest my fourth son is now."

The fourth child was the naughtiest when he was a child. When Guo Deng was in Beijing, the fourth child went to the house to become a disciple and used glue to stick his sleeves to the table. At that time, he took turns giving the fourth child a fat beating.

It's better now. My son is also hated by people and dogs.

Who do these bastards look like? Their fathers are top talents, so why are their sons top bastards?

"Call Can'er and Bing'er, I will take care of them myself." Guo Deng was angry.

And in the palace.

People in the Wenhua Hall cried for their father and mother.

A young boy was hung up and whipped. This was Shenying's son Shenzhou.

This guy is not a good guy either. He has been a playboy since he was a child, and he was able to rob women at the age of ten. The woman was also a bully, so she grabbed Shenzhou and beat her up.

Because of this incident, Shenzhou became famous in the capital.

I am twelve years old this year, and I am studying in the Wenhua Hall with the nobles. The emperor's son, grandson, grandson, and hundreds of children from the clan are all studying in the Wenhua Hall.

Seeing these dudes, the teachers are all big.

Fortunately, the emperor made a rule: if you don't obey, you will be beaten. If you are unhappy, you will be beaten. If you want to be beaten, you will be beaten.

No, Shenzhou has been howling miserably for half an hour, and the more he screams, the more he gets beaten.

Shenzhou was beaten, and there was laughter below.

However, there was a child who ignored all the excitement and studied seriously. His name was Tao Shenzhi, and he was the son of Tao Jin. He was one of the few who satisfied the teacher.

Tao Shenzhi's original name was Tao Fu. Knowing that he was eager to learn, the emperor named him Shenzhi.

He is the same age as Shenzhou, but he is a hundred times stronger than Shenzhou.

The emperor was very concerned about the education of his noble children. He kept them by his side to teach them, and when they grew up, he served as bodyguards around them, and he trained them all as confidants.

Africa has just achieved victory.

Wang Yue also presented good news, and the Ming Dynasty occupied the entire territory of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

It is still being cleaned up.

After Zhu Qiyu read the good news, Long Yan was overjoyed, and he was granted the title of Duke of Yue and Burma. Generals such as Ou Xin and Li Zhen also generously rewarded him, and many of them were promoted to counts.

At the same time, split the trio and each lead an army to capture India.

Song Cheng, Tao Cheng, Shenying, Tao Jin, Fan Sheng, Yu Mian, and Liu Chengkuan each led their troops to Sein. Zhu Yong went to attack Palembang, Mu Cong led his troops to attack Java, and Tao Lu led his troops to attack Sula. Power.

The Ming Dynasty has no way to advance westward, so it will take India and all the islands in the south to speed up the pace of enfeoffing the princes.

After receiving the good news, Lao Qi's successor will also be put on the agenda.

Sri Lanka will become the springboard for the Ming Dynasty to invade South India. The ordnance factory will be located here, and the Ming Dynasty will also move a group of people there first.

India also needs to provide sufficient slaves for the China River.

Guo Mao also completed his preliminary exploration of Australia and immigrated to new lands.

"Lao Qi, are you confident that you can be a good king?" Zhu Qiyu looked at his son who didn't pay much attention to him.

"Reporting to my father, Su Di is next to the Ming Dynasty. If there is any difficulty, I can ask for help from the Ming Dynasty at any time, so I am not afraid." Zhu Jianchao said seriously.

"You can't always think of asking for help from the Ming Dynasty."

"More considerations need to be made on how to strengthen yourself and entrust the past. The territory is not static. You must be prepared to bear the wind and rain independently."

Zhu Qiyu said seriously: "It's the same for you. When you get to the feudal country, no one will protect you from the wind and rain. You just have to protect others from the wind and rain."

"It's not easy to be the emperor. You will know that when you become the emperor."

"Lao Jiu, the southern islands of Luzon have been cleared. You and Lao Qi will divide them up together."

"Fourth."

Zhu Qiyu looked at his favorite son: "The New World has been roughly explored, and I will give you a choice now."

"Do you want to go to the New World and be one of the five kings, or do you want to be the emperor of Eastern Europe?"

With that said, Zhu Qiyu walked to the world map and pointed to the current Principality of Moscow: "This is Eastern Europe, the Golden Horde, right here."

"The Caspian Sea is one of the richest regions in the world, because it is filled with oil. It is also the hub of the East and the West and the richest place."

"But there are also disadvantages. When you are the emperor of Eastern Europe, there will be no ocean."

"You'll never have an ice-free port to make a seaport."

"It's not that I'm restricting your westward march, but it's that without my support behind your back, you can't defeat those countries in Western Europe. If the Ottomans are not strong, won't they just bully the Arabs?"

"And when you go to the New Land, all you think about is survival. Just survive and you'll be fine."

Zhu Jianji didn't expect that his father would give him a choice.

But neither place satisfied him.

Eastern Europe is not a rich place, but a buffer zone between the Ming Dynasty and Europe. It is definitely not easy to be a transit agent.

The key is that his father is old and not dead. If he wants to usurp Ming Dynasty territory, he has to wait until his father dies.

Western Europe is definitely difficult to fight. Without the Ming Dynasty as a backer, even if it wins, it will not be able to annex its territory.

As for Xindi, let alone Xindi. He had read all the memorials sent by Guo Mao. Xindi was definitely a terrible place. Building it from scratch was the hardest and most boring.

There are no natural enemies, but the biggest natural enemy is loneliness.

"My son wants to go to Eastern Europe!" Zhu Jianjian made his choice.

"Have you thought about it?" Zhu Qiyu squinted his eyes: "This matter is of great importance. You'd better go back and think about it for a while before telling me."

"I have thought about it. I am willing to go to Eastern Europe, become the emperor of Eastern Europe, and act as a buffer zone between Western Europe and the Ming Dynasty!" Zhu Jianjian knelt on the ground.

Zhu Qiyu helped him up: "You are my Hulagu!"

"Then the batch of enfeoffments next year will not include you. When the situation in Central Asia stabilizes, I will help you win your enfeoffment!"

Zhu Jianji is the best of his adult sons, even better than Zhu Jianqi.

If he goes to Eastern Europe, he might actually be able to achieve better results.

"Thank you, Father!"

The princes looked at the fourth child with envy, worry, and some were relieved.

Zhu Jianjian is excellent, but there is no obviously weak empire in the entire Eurasian continent, and the weakest is India.

Ming Dynasty has already begun to attack India.

According to Zhu Qiyu's plan, all his sons will be emperors in the world and replace the local indigenous people with Han people.

He took the throne for thirty years, and spent thirty years to make the Ming Dynasty strong and rich, and then he would embark on the road of expansion.

He planned to spend thirty years to complete the enfeoffment of all his sons.

The whole world is surnamed Han.

"Since the fourth child is not going, it is not good to call the new land Shang Land. It will be called Zhou Land. Second child, I will make you the King of Zhou and the third child King Cheng. You two will go and reclaim the new continent."

"There are still three places available. If anyone wants to go, just let me know."

"If you two don't want to go to the New World and want to go somewhere else, tell me."

"I'll give you a few days to think about it."

Zhu Qiyu didn't say anything.

Give your sons a chance to choose and see what their ideals are.

(End of this chapter)