I'm really not doing business

Chapter 470 Three Stages of Returning Farmland

Zhu Yijun's open-sea investment is a typical old farmer's thinking, just like Zhang Juzheng and others stubbornly chose a slower method of asset growth instead of a simpler and faster financial method to solve the problem of silver waste.

Shenshi Bank believes that the return rate of subsequent investments will fall, so it allocates risks downward, and allocates part of the risks of sea-opening investments from the trading bank to the speculators of the trading bank.

But Zhu Yijun still insisted on opening the sea, and this time it was still 1000 million silver.

In the 535th year of Hongwu's reign, the number of official land under the Ming Dynasty was more than 63 million hectares, accounting for 25% of the world's acres. Just six years later, in the first year of Yongle, it had become half official land and half civilian land. By the 105th year of Hongzhi, The proportion of official land fell further, to %, to million hectares.

In the eighth year of Wanli, the proportion of official land in the Ming Dynasty was 14.4%, that is, there were a total of 118.16 million hectares of official land. These official lands included the imperial village, the land granted by the princes, the academic fields, the horse pastures, the official fields, the military fields and the civilian fields. etc. names.

It had been nine years since the Ming Dynasty had implemented the Qing Dynasty and returned the land to the land. By December of the ninth year of Wanli, there was only this little official land in total, and the rest was all civilian land.

"Is the continued investment to increase the proportion of official gardens?" Zhang Juzheng thought for a moment and understood why His Majesty wanted to invest more.

At this time, the number and scale of Ming Dynasty plantations and the proportion of government-run plantations were declining. Among the 170 million hectares of overseas plantations, only 90.1 hectares were official gardens, accounting for only 53%. Compared with before, the rate of decline was increasing. , the number and scale of private plantations are still expanding.

"That's true." Zhu Yijun nodded and said. The means of production belong to the imperial court, and Nanyang is the back garden of the Ming Dynasty. If the proportion of official gardens drops to 30%, coupled with the objective environment of plantations isolated overseas, Nanyang may become a threat. The pirate dens on the Ming Dynasty's sea frontier, not the Ming Dynasty's back garden.

Zhang Juzheng never expected war, but he was never afraid of war.

"Sir, there is no need to worry." Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "I am really rich, even richer than the national fund."

"Your Majesty, the government factories and factories need craftsmen. There is no need to completely return the land. I think it is better to maintain it." Zhang Juzheng said immediately.

What a beautiful political ideal this is. His Majesty, who is at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, is extremely ambitious. As the emperor's master, Zhang Juzheng should encourage him at this time, rather than throw cold water on him. Zhang Juzheng is a very powerful minister, and he knows one thing very clearly. When an ideal country shines into reality, it often leads to an abyss.

"The number is too small, and the number of craftsmen produced by the official factory is still too small." Zhu Yijun, like Zhang Juzheng, is extremely stubborn.

In the ninth year of Wanli, there were 118.16 million hectares of official land. In the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, there were 535 million hectares of official land. This is definitely not because Zhang Juzheng was incompetent and could figure out the cadastre. This was the only one in the Ming Dynasty. The reason why the proportion of fields is high is because Zhu Yuanzhang was Taizu and the master of development. Just like the current overseas plantations, more than half of them are government-run plantations.

The income from internal funds mainly comes from imperial estates, commercial tax sharing, tariff sharing and gold and silver. Its overall scale is highly consistent with the Ming Dynasty's national money and commercial tax.

"From the perspective of taxes, the proportion of land tax in Ming Dynasty has further declined, from 70% last year to 59.2% this year. The proportion is declining very fast. Soon, luxury households in Ming Dynasty will react." Zhang Juzheng said He believed that overly drastic measures would be conducive to the stability of the country.

The Songjiang School's liberal advocacy has some merits. When most Zhashe households realize the huge profits from industry and commerce, they will automatically transform, and the land in the countryside will naturally return to the hands of farmers.

Zhu Yijun discovered that Zhang Juzheng was old.

The Huangzhuang's business only earns 372 million silver per year from Guojiao. This is still one of the items in the Huangzhuang. The main thing of the Huangzhuang is expensive, selling ambergris, corals, large pearls, and exquisite gold. From silver jewelry, luxury furniture and other items, Huangzhuang earned a total of 320 million silver in the ninth year of Wanli. In addition, the five hinterland cities and the four major overseas cities earned 220 million silver this year. The plantation accounts are divided It is 120 million silver, and the golden flower silver is 1032 million silver, for a total of million silver.

Zhang Juzheng’s New Deal + Zhu Yijun’s New Deal = Wanli’s New Deal.

Zhang Juzheng was very clear about his state. He said with a smile: "This is as it should be. Your Majesty is already at the peak of his spring and autumn. He is wise and wise, knows his evil ways, and is wise and wise. He is at your side."

"That's okay." Zhang Juzheng smiled, as long as your Majesty has money. If you really don't have the money to spend the national money, you can go to the internal funds to beg for food. It's better than during the Jiajing period, when the internal funds and the national funds were begging for each other. It's better to have a clean face in your pocket. Much more.

"Sir, is it time to return the fields?" Zhu Yijun asked.

Return the fields? The last person who dared to do this was Jia Sidao.

To maintain stability, Zhang Juzheng never thinks this is a derogatory term.

"What you said is reasonable, but I still want to return the land." Zhu Yijun agreed with Zhang Juzheng's statement. He paused and continued: "Cooperate with the census of Dingkou and deny the legality of the contract of sale, so that the poor coolies can settle down."

The land movement before the ninth year of Wanli was mainly about clearing the land, which was to find out whose hands the land belonged to, and collect taxes from them. The cadastral (fish scale book) was used to collect taxes, and the return of the land was done only by those who were killed by the emperor. The Xu family in Songjiang, the Kong family in Yanzhou, the Yang family in Xindu, etc. did not pursue excessive claims for the remaining acres.

Zhang Juzheng further said: "Your Majesty, turmoil is the greatest harm to the poor and coolies, because the people have almost no ability to bear risks, while the powerful and powerful have enough ability to withstand risks, just like the rural sages in the north during the war. The Jin gentry can move, but during the Japanese rebellion, the powerful forces in the southeast can move inward, but the people can only be trapped in dire straits. "

However, when it is prosperous, the suffering of the people is not as bad as the decline of the world, and one ten thousandth of the suffering when the heroes rise together. Every change of dynasty is inevitably accompanied by a rapid decline in population. The vast majority of people are not the sons of destiny. In the cycle of dynasties, , endless people have become withered bones. Although every turmoil will redistribute the means of production, which seems to solve part of the merger problem, but what is the cost?

There are tens of thousands of Ande Guangsha, sheltering the world with joy.

"Official, factory and group construction are already underway." Zhang Juzheng insisted.

Zhang Juzheng can understand His Majesty's mood. As an emperor who is deeply involved in agriculture and mulberry, he cares about the people of the world. While he deeply hates the Ming Dynasty's annexation, the invisible hand allows the Ming Dynasty's luxury households to transform into industry and commerce instead of digging in the soil. Food promotes the development of industry and commerce in Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yijun's support for the New Deal is unreserved. In a word, those who make mistakes will be punished. This is his attitude.

Zhu Yijun thinks about this issue from the perspective of the proportion of means of production.

Land clearing, official administration, rectification of education and politics, and strengthening the army were Zhang Juzheng's tasks. Opening up the sea, establishing official factories and corps, and reforming business and taxation were the new policies of the Ming emperor.

The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who refused to even pay a few taels of money to pay homage to the Buddha at the singing party, was the richest man in the Ming Dynasty. The wealth of Wang Chonggu, a top meat eater, was not worth mentioning in front of the emperor, a behemoth.

Zhu Yijun was not like Song Shenzong Zhao Xu. On the one hand, he supported Wang Anshi's charge into the battle, and on the other hand, he supported Han Qi, Empress Dowager Sima Guang and other conservatives to check and balance Wang Anshi's reform.

In Zhang Juzheng's view, being able to achieve this step has greatly exceeded his expectations.

The result of this will be an uproar, but Zhang Juzheng can understand why His Majesty mentioned this issue at this moment. The reason is very simple. Anda Khan has been beheaded, and there is no substantial military threat to the north. It is time to continue to move the blade inward. .

"Since Ding You took up his official position and returned to the court, Mr. Zhu Yijun seems to have rarely had anything to say." Zhu Yijun chose to speak directly.

Prosperity, people suffer; death, people suffer.

During the month when he was recovering from illness, Zhang Juzheng also thought for a month about his position in the court, and finally placed himself in an auxiliary position. His Majesty's growth made him happy, but His Majesty always felt sorry for the civil servants in his heart. There is a natural bias, and this bias is for self-preservation.

"Then invest." Zhang Juzheng took a deep breath and asked: "Is there still money in the internal funds? According to the previous, the Quanchu, Quanjin, and Quanzhe guilds each contributed 350 million silver, and the national and internal funds each contributed million. Silver, there is still money in the national funds, which is enough for expenditure, but what about the internal funds?”

Whether he wants to return the land is equivalent to Zhu Yijun asking Zhang Juzheng if he wants to rebel together.

"It's very good. It's already very good. It's much better than what I originally imagined."

It's not that Zhang Juzheng has the old age of old age, but that Zhang Juzheng has a kind of conservatism that is content with the status quo, and he is not as sharp-edged and enterprising as before.

Qingzhang is not a complete land movement. Its motive is for taxation. Qingzhang has serious limitations. Shandong, Henan, and Sichuan are all problems for Qingzhang. In some places with strong right-wing forces, land Qingzhang The resistance is huge.

So far, land annexation in the Ming Dynasty is still serious, and the uneven tax and grain burden still exists. Moreover, due to unclear cadastre, many tax and grain burdens have been passed on to ordinary farmers in various names, and the poor coolies have been cruelly exploited. The situation has not been fundamentally improved.

This is not an illusion. Zhang Juzheng has not proposed any reform measures for a long time. Instead, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of War, and Wang Chonggu have begun to charge into battle.

This is what Your Majesty originally criticized Confucianism, and now it also applies to Your Majesty.

"Your Majesty, the Northern Song Dynasty was full of refugees and there were more than 440 million Xiang troops. If not for the sweep of the Jin Kingdom, the Northern Song Dynasty could barely maintain itself. And the Ming Dynasty has million guards on nine sides. Although they are unable to conquer, they are more than enough to defend the territory." Zhang Juzheng made a big detour. The circle reminded His Majesty not to take too big a step.

Wu Guifang's Emancipation Proclamation denies the legality of the bond of sale, cooperates with the census of population, and returns the land to resettle the refugees. In terms of system design, it seems that there is no problem, but Zhang Juzheng's opposition is also based on practice and experience.

Sometimes, doing nothing is also a kind of wisdom.

"I still think it is necessary." Of course Zhu Yijun could understand Zhang Juzheng's objection, but the thorough land movement and land to the tiller were of great significance to the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Yijun felt it was necessary.

The prerequisite for industrialization is thorough land reform. This is an experience that Zhu Yijun knows but Zhang Juzheng does not. Therefore, Zhang Juzheng is not very clear about what the emperor wants to do. The steam engine is indeed the fireworks that ignite everything, but it will also be fleeting. If you want to make This flame turns into a raging flame, and more people need to hold up the torch together.

The high degree of annexation of land brought about a tenant system that was not essentially different from slavery. Tenants were almost equal to slaves. If you want to ignite the industrial fire of the Ming Dynasty, the first thing to do is to change the production relations and release the tenants from the land. come out.

Only in this way can tenants get rid of their status as slaves, truly own land and property, and improve production enthusiasm and productivity. Only sufficient development of agriculture can provide sufficient material basis for industrialization. At the same time, tenants can get rid of their own Only under the constraints of the contract of renunciation can we have children and provide a sufficient industrial population.

Zhang Juzheng could not understand His Majesty's insistence, but he thought for a moment and shook his head and said: "Your Majesty thinks it is necessary, then do it. I think we can start from Songjiang Prefecture first, and then go from Songjiang Prefecture to Nanya, and from Nanya to Zhejiang , Shandong, we are slowly planning to return the land, hoping to complete it in ten or twenty years.”

The difficulty of returning the land is much higher than that of Qingzhang, and the process of returning the land requires practice and exploration, so what Zhang Juzheng means is: if the emperor thinks it is necessary, then do it, he will execute it, and he can do his best to cause infamy in the future. Take responsibility.

The pilot program was conducted in Songjiang Prefecture. The governor of Songjiang was Shen Shixing, a disciple of Zhang Juzheng and a die-hard Zhang Dang. The pilot program was conducted in Songjiang Prefecture, and Zhang Juzheng had no intention of passing the buck.

Anyway, Ming Dynasty has enough redundancy for trial and error. If it makes a mistake, it can at best turn over the sesame cakes and pretend that it has never been done before. It does not mean that it will be immediately popularized and implemented nationwide.

"If it is to be carried out, I have three strategies: upper, middle and lower." Since Zhang Juzheng agreed with His Majesty, he immediately chose to advise and return the land on the basis of clearing the abbot.

"Sir, you didn't agree before. Now you have immediately come up with three strategies: upper, middle and lower. This is already prepared!" Zhu Yijun was stunned. Zhang Juzheng just compromised. Now he is ready to offer suggestions. It's not like he was already prepared. Zhu Yijun Eat those two stone lions at the door!
"I have indeed been prepared for it." Zhang Juzheng stood up, walked to the museum shelf behind the long desk, picked up a memorial, and handed it to Feng Bao, who handed it to His Majesty.

The cover of this memorial has been oxidized and yellowed. Zhang Juzheng initiated the land reclamation. He spent nine years on the land reclamation. Of course, he thought about the principle of "everyone who tills the land owns the land". He did not just think about it, but thought about it day and night. But he did not have the determination to carry it out in the end. He did not want to cause a commotion in the world. But now that Your Majesty has taken the lead, the world belongs to your Zhu family. If your Zhu family does not feel sorry for it, why should Zhang Juzheng feel sorry for it!
Zhu Yijun opened the memorial and read it for a long time before closing it. He put the memorial into his sleeve and wanted to take it back and study it carefully. He was about to take a break during the New Year. Even if he wanted to discuss returning the land, it would be after the new year. .

Zhang Juzheng still has something in his stomach, and if he is forced to do anything, he can still get it out.

This was Zhu Yijun's first thought after reading the memorial.

Zhang Juzheng's memorial has three national policies: upper, middle and lower. Instead of distinguishing between upper, middle and lower, it is better to describe them in terms of process, which is more accurate.

The first stage, the abolition of slavery, requires the complete abolition of lowly status. Census of Dingkou is the process of formulating the yellow book. After the yellow book is drawn up, it is announced that the lowly status is abolished, and the lowly status such as advocate, superior, slave, pawn, and slave is abolished. After obtaining citizenship, everyone will be treated equally in terms of legal status. If this step is not achieved, then everything will be out of the question. As long as the yamen still supports the deed of sale, the so-called return of land is a joke.

Scholars, farmers, industry and merchants are considered good, while servants and those who promote excellence are regarded as despicable.

Those with a lowly status will remain lowly for generations. They are not allowed to change their profession or change their status. Moreover, they cannot take the imperial examination. Anyone with an irregular family background is not allowed to take the exam.

This was also Zhang Juzheng's last resort. The court did not interfere too much. It only gave tenants and other tenants equal status in the law and allowed the invisible hand to regulate the means of production and production relations. This kind of court bore the least infamy and was also the slowest. Yes, we can only give it to time.

In the second stage, rent reduction, the imperial court stipulated that the amount of rent demanded by landlords from tenants should not exceed 25% of the land's output. If it exceeded, they would be punished. Depending on the situation, the cadastre copied by the highest registered family would be released to the people. Plow.

Fangling means that the court sells land to the public. It is also part of the rent reduction stage. It means that the court uses various means such as silver, ship leads, tickets, etc. to buy land from landlords, and then sells it to the people. The land price is divided into ten years by the people who purchased the land. pay off.

This was Zhang Juzheng's middle strategy. The court would not take it for nothing, but it would use silver or other equivalents to replace the acres in the hands of the landlords, and then sell them to the people. Then the court would recover the land price through additional levies and complete the land transfer.

This middle strategy seems so perfect, but in fact, it must be full of loopholes in its execution. Whether it is public sale and release of land, or land price paid in installments over ten years, as long as Zheshe households collude with the local government, it will further become a Tools for mergers.

This is Zhang Juzheng's best strategy, Etian.

In the third stage, Etian, no one is allowed to own more than 100 acres of land deeds in their name, otherwise it will be lost in vain. After the land deeds are lost, the land deeds will be converted into official land and used by the Secretary to resettle the refugees. The cadastre cannot be bought or sold. (110 households per mile) is a unit and is collectively owned.

It seems that there are three strategies: upper, middle and lower. In fact, the three processes, combined with the actual situation of the Ming Dynasty, can reach the second stage, and we can already shout for the blessing of our ancestors.

It is difficult to return the farmland. Zhang Juzheng is very aware of the difficulty, so he wrote nearly 10,000 words in a eloquent manner. Moreover, this is his simple plan, not a specific practice. On the day of practice, he will encounter more problems. Zhang Juzheng does not know that in his lifetime , can we achieve the second stage?

"Sir, you are a great talent." Zhu Yijun put away the memorial and said sincerely.

Zhang Juzheng bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty is Hongyi."

His content is nothing new. In fact, it is a variation of Jia Sidao's official field method in the late Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, the Southern Song Dynasty was in danger. Jia Sidao was too impatient and made chicken feathers all over the ground. Jia Sidao was escorted by his county captain Zheng Huchen. After being killed, the Southern Song Dynasty died four years later.

In fact, Zhang Juzheng had already been doing this in the second year of Wanli. For example, in the second year of Wanli, the court decided that ships going to sea would be exchanged for 10,000 acres of fertile land with a boat guide, and the lower fields would be discounted by one-quarter, and the middle fields would be discounted by one-half. Songjiang Mansion has been redeemed, but the original main purpose was to supply the navy's needs.

Now Zhang Juzheng's New Deal has a completely different purpose. The content in this memorial is universal.

"Sir, I won't mention this matter today. Are you not going to write this memorial?" Zhu Yijun asked very seriously.

Zhang Juzheng bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, Ming Dynasty is already doing very well."

In Zhang Juzheng's view, there is no need to go to that step. The resurgence of the Ming Dynasty has become a foregone conclusion. If you do too much, you will make many mistakes. If the Ming Dynasty is really torn apart because of the implementation of the New Deal, that is not a situation that Zhang Juzheng wants to see.

"The most important thing now is to eat!" Zhu Yijun stood up and said with a smile on his face.

The sky is big and the earth is big, dry rice is the biggest.

Zhu Yijun had lunch at the Quanchu Guild Hall, returned to Tonghe Palace, and went to the Beitucheng Camp to parade the military horses. As the sun set, the Ming Emperor returned to Tonghe Palace and received the eunuch's report from the Director of Ceremonies. The emperor's gate memorial is sparse.

Every year before the Chinese New Year, Zhu Yijun meets with foreign officials, county magistrates, elders and common people. From a few foreign officials in the first year of Wanli, to nearly a thousand people now.

These memorials helped Zhu Yijun understand the current situation of the Ming Dynasty.

In the past few days before the New Year, Zhu Yijun was not relaxed. He was going to Daxing Nanhaizi to meet the family members of Duntai Yuanhou, to inspect the Yongding Woolen Factory, to meet the kiln workers at the Xishan Coal Bureau, and then to take the queen to the nursing home. It is customary for the almshouses to check on the poor coolies spending their winters.

On the 21st day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhu Yijun made a special trip to Da Sima Mansion. Tan Lun's condition was getting worse and worse. Zhu Yijun waited for half an hour, but had no choice but to leave before Tan Lun woke up.

Tan Lun was waiting for the triumphant return of the Beijing camp, but the chief medical officer said that it would be difficult for Tan Lun to survive this winter.

In the dead of night, Zhu Yijun opened Zhang Juzheng's "Returning the Land" and read it for a long time. Zhang Juzheng had no idea what impact the thorough land movement would have on the Ming Dynasty, just like the distribution of the second volume of Class Theory that he had not been able to write. Same, so he didn't play.

But Zhang Juzheng felt that it was right and that it was the direction, so he kept thinking that breaking the feudal production relations that had existed for thousands of years and releasing the productivity of tenant farmers was no longer deviant, but treasonous.

"Your Majesty, it's time to rest." Wang Yaozhuo walked in with a gust of fragrant wind and said with a smile, his eyebrows were watery and full of affection.

Wang Yaozhuo, the last hope of the Ming Emperor's harem, has never been so difficult to compete with state affairs since ancient times.

"Nanya slave revolution, they shouted to eradicate the nobles and slaves, and level the rich and the poor. I don't know if they can do it, but I know that the method of returning the land, sir, is possible." Zhu Yijun solemnly collected the memorial. When he got up, he had already asked the eunuch, the eunuch to copy several copies, and sent them to the courtiers.

The new policies of the tenth year of Wanli were to conduct a census of Dingkou, abolish the humble status, and return land to the land.

Wang Yaozhuo could understand that her husband would always mention this to her. Wang Yaozhuo never got involved in politics, but she knew very well that her husband was the master of the world. He cared about the people, was polite to the virtuous, believed in rewards and punishments, Diligent master.

"Your Majesty, do whatever you think you should do." Wang Yaozhuo exhaled like a blue breath and whispered: "Husband, I learned some tricks from my old nanny, let me show you to my husband."

"Oh?" Zhu Yijun raised his eyebrows. Since the other party had issued a PK application, Zhu Yijun had no reason to avoid the fight.

After Zhu Xuanshu was born on July 7, Wang Yaozhuo has been undergoing postpartum recovery and is obviously recovering well.

The next morning, Zhu Yijun woke up from his sleep on time, looked at the exhausted Wang Yaozhuo, and left quietly. A farewell was better than a wedding. Wang Yaozhuo played a little crazy last night and was very tired. Zhu Yijun I had to attend the last court meeting of the year, so I got up early.

Wang Yaozhuo knew in a daze that her husband was gone and the big stove beside her suddenly disappeared. Of course she could feel it. She was so tired that she couldn't open her eyes and couldn't break free from the seal of the quilt. She fell asleep again, only leaving Zhu Yijun's The pillow was held in my arms.

"Mang Yinglong died, and there was civil strife in Dongyu. We have a division in Yunnan, so we should take more precautions and be prepared for danger. Mang Yingli has despised me for a long time and will not attack until the war in the Strait of Malacca is over." Zeng Shengwu, Minister of the Ministry of War, said it first. The military affairs before the Chinese New Year.

Only by advancing by sea can we completely eliminate Taungoo's will to resist. This was something that Tan Lun had already determined when he was here.

When Mang Yinglong was there, Mang Yingli made many remarks that despised the Ming Dynasty. For example, he often said to his left and right: The Ming Dynasty is in trouble both internally and externally. If I become king one day, I will take it lightly. Such nonsense.

When Mang Yinglong was alive, he didn't dare to tease Daming easily, but Mang Yingli really dared.

"The Governor-General's Offices of Nagasaki, Ryukyu, Luzon, and Old Port have sent congratulations on the New Year." Wan Shihe, the Minister of Rites, cheerfully took out four copies of the memorial. These were sent by the four Governor-General's Offices, which can be regarded as an expression of respect. .

Wan Shihe looked at the courtiers and explained with a smile: "The main reason is that there is good news from the old port. There is civil strife in the Governor's Palace of Goa. Yingyang Hou Zhang Yuanxun took advantage of the civil strife to march decisively and conquer the twelve villages. Now the results are as follows. The Governor's Palace is located in the Strait of Malacca, leaving only the city of Malacca, which is isolated and difficult to support. "

"Okay! Okay." Zeng Shengwu's eyes lit up and he looked at the map of Kantu. The city of Malacca and the surrounding small fortresses are extremely difficult to conquer. Zhang Yuanxun's strategy is to flood the city with floods and attack key areas easily. The castle has already been pulled out, and the rest is the most difficult.

The Ming Dynasty knew the importance of the Strait of Malacca, and the Governor-General of Goa also knew that the Governor-General of Goa and the Governor-General of Diu joined forces to resist the enemy.

The remaining twelve forts in this city are the hardest nut to crack. According to Zhang Yuanxun's plan, it will take at least three to six months to conquer the twelve forts of Malacca and finally capture the city of Malacca.

Internal strife broke out in the Goa Governor's Palace, which directly accelerated this process.

The reason for the internal strife is that some people want to stay and some people want to leave.

The two-year war caused great divisions within the Governor's Office of Goa. The Ming Dynasty was extremely determined to take the Strait of Malacca, but the Portuguese and Spanish mainlands were too far away to provide direct military support. Since they were bound to lose it, it would be better to leave early.

As the resistance of the Portuguese army and subordinates gradually weakened, when food and fresh water began to become scarce, the differences were gradually amplified, and finally internal strife broke out. Zhang Yuanxun, who received the news, decisively attacked and destroyed the twelve forts in one fell swoop. Only Malacca is left as an isolated city.

This isolated city no longer affects the Ming Dynasty's merchant ships' passage through the sea. In other words, the Ming Dynasty has completely controlled the Strait of Malacca.

"It's better to pull out this nail before we can use troops against Taungu." Zeng Shengwu looked at the map of Kanyu and said with a little pity.

With such a nail driven into the throat, it is easy to use force, and life or death is uncertain.

He was a young Sima in Jingtang from the Sichuan governor. When Jiu Si was pacified, he had a very good understanding of the contradictions in the southwest. It was the idea of ​​Zeng Shengwu, a young Sima, to completely eliminate any future troubles.

Zeng Shengwu is a conservative.

(End of this chapter)