Daming: I, Zhu Di, threatened to seize the heir apparent at the beginning!

Chapter 515 Song Zhong provokes every step of the way!

"Okay, don't send me away, just go back."

Yanjing Pier.

Zhu Di looked at the civil servants who came to see him off and explained: "Remember, once the naval fleet sets off, the funds required for war preparations must be allocated unimpeded..."

Although he didn't want to fight, what if it happened?
He won't give in this time.

Once a gunfire incident occurs, it is very likely that a small conflict will evolve into a major war.

At least it was a larger local war.

Based on war, tit for tat.

Then be prepared for war.

Don't really fight, Yanhua's military supplies will not be able to keep up.

Because of the lease agreement signed with the Japanese princes.

In recent years, Yanhua's strategic military material reserves have not been sufficient.

Thirty percent of the military supplies produced by the arsenal are used for daily training of the navy and army, and 10% are reserved as strategic supplies.

The remaining 40% was provided to the Japanese princes in the name of the Lend-Lease Act.

As for the remaining 20%...

On the surface, they were all sold to neighboring countries and regimes such as Champa, Ava Dynasty, and Southern Dynasty.

In fact, these regimes did nothing but arm their own praetorian guards.

It is simply reluctant to arm other armies under its regime with such expensive and powerful firearms.

What do these regimes say?

In fact, it's very rotten.

Equipping the Praetorian Guard is to maintain one's own rule.

And other local armies under its rule.

It's all very unstable now.

Of course, it is impossible for these kings to equip these local armies with powerful firearms.

On this point, the leaders of these small countries.

On the contrary, they were more 'smart' than the rulers of the late Manchu Qing Dynasty.

same.

The Imperial Guards, under the direct command of the royal power, were equipped with sophisticated weapons produced in Yanhua, and at the same time, they were taught by Yanhua Army instructors.

Although the royal power has been corrupted to the extreme.

But with the help of the central elite imperial army.

But he forced the lid of the powder keg, which was already full of sparks, to close.

However, the explosion is only a matter of time.

The longer it is pressed, the more powerful the explosion will be.

And this is exactly what Yanhua's strategy needs.

He, as well as Yanhua Civil and Military, are waiting for the powder keg of neighboring countries.

boom!
There was a loud, earth-shattering explosion.

In this way, with the help of the huge war and the strong hatred from the bottom, the elites of these countries can be cleaned as much as possible through the hands of the people at the bottom.

However, he has not made up his mind whether to really annex these territories.

The main reason is still the vassal system of the Ming Dynasty.

Except for the Ava dynasty.

Champa and the Southern Dynasties had long established a vassal relationship with the imperial court.

During the two years that his eldest brother was in power, Srivijaya suddenly secretly went to Ming Dynasty and established a vassal with Ming Dynasty.

Annex these places.

It means being an enemy of the imperial court.

……

The remaining 20% ​​was purchased by these kings from Yanhua at a high price.

Then he sold it to the princes and nobles of the subcontinent at a high price.

The rulers of these countries in South Asia were frightened by the aggressive and expansionist nature of the Japanese princes.

Likewise, he did not want the Japanese princes to completely carve up the subcontinent.

Therefore, the top and bottom leaders of Yanhua have always turned a blind eye to the behavior of the princes in Champa who acted as middlemen and resold Yanhua weapons.

Now the local forces in the subcontinent and the Japanese princes have basically formed an anxious state of evenly matched power.

On the Japanese side, the soldiers were of high quality and supported by the Yanhua Lend Act, so they had strong combat effectiveness.

But the disadvantages are also very obvious.

The reliable population is too small!

The Japanese princes headed by Hino Yeko took away nearly one million people from Xufu Province!
During shipping, more than 10% died of illness and shipwrecks.

In fact, it stands to reason that you can stop and rest at places such as Korea, Ryukyu, Penglai, Yanjing, and Borneo along the way.

And with complete transfer routes and supply points, so many people shouldn't have died.

At least, in these years, Yanhua has been migrating people from Daming Continent one after another, and only a few hundred people have died of illness.

The main reason is that among the shipwrecks that occurred one after another, the casualties were the largest.

But there are only more than a thousand people.

The Japanese suffered so many casualties.

The main reason is that the Japanese princes operated regardless of cost.

According to Yanhua's relocation regulations.

A seagoing ship can carry five hundred people at a time.

The Japanese princes dared to cram three times as many people into one ship!
Fifteen hundred people!

Ships almost turned into sardine cans!
Neither did the ambulance team accompanying the ship.

Once a plague breaks out, the whole ship will die.

And once a shipwreck occurs, almost the entire ship is destroyed, and no one survives.

It’s strange that the death rate is not high.

……

There are more than 900,000 people, belonging to seven or eight factions.

Each force, on average, has a population of hundreds of thousands.

With this small population, no matter how strong the combat effectiveness is, its endurance will ultimately be limited.

In order to improve their combat effectiveness, this group of Japanese people actually explored their war potential to meet the special environment and governance needs.

It actually developed a system similar to the Eight Banners system of the Manchu Qing Dynasty headed by Nurhachi.

All Japanese people are soldiers.

Hino Yeko's shogunate had a population of 180,000.

All were organized into paramilitary forces, with the elderly, children, and women staying at home, and varying numbers of 'cattle and horses' were distributed according to military exploits.

The so-called 'cattle and horses' are actually the submissive people of the subcontinent.

These docile people were slaves, engaged in high-intensity labor such as farming, textiles, and iron smelting, and could only get enough to eat.

the surplus value of its labor output.

Sixty percent has to be handed over.

Forty percent was left to the homes of Japanese people.

One hundred Japanese families formed a banner, and five banners formed a leadership.

Five pipe belts form a town!

The shogunate's power had eighteen towns in the subcontinent.

Although the military establishment calls it a town.

But apart from the name, it borrows from Yanhua. In terms of its core, it has nothing to do with Yanhua's military system.

It's just a variation of the Manchu Eight Banners system.

It has to be said that a special system like the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, which was both a military organization and an administrative organization, indeed maximized the potential for war.

Historically, the defeat of the Southern Ming Dynasty was due to a system like the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The Eight Banners system of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is clear from the organizational structure, and it can be seen that it has a strong mobilization ability.

Limited manpower and material resources can be maximized.

Nanming, where the small-scale peasant economy was in disarray, was fragmented at the bottom and intrigues at the top. There was no system that could mobilize people and materials like an arm.

Faced with such a small but extremely powerful force, it is understandable that they are retreating steadily.

As long as Nanming could truly sort out two or three provinces and achieve complete control over the mobilization of people and materials, it would be impossible for the Manchu Qing to gain a firm foothold.

……

At present, the military power of the Japanese princes in the subcontinent has been stretched to the limit.

The princes of the subcontinent's feudal states were at a disadvantage in terms of combat effectiveness.

But at least they managed to maintain the war situation by relying on population and local operations.

There is constant bloodshed on both sides.

The Japanese princes began to arm the obedient people under their rule, and used the obedient people as cannon fodder and pushed them to the front line.

And the princes of the feudal states.

He also started to work hard.

According to a report from the Military Intelligence Division, in just a few years.

A subcontinent with a population of approximately 15 million people.

At least half the population disappeared.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the population of the Central Plains dropped from 60 million to about 15 million.

The war in the subcontinent would continue for another dozen years.

There is no guarantee, the population will lose 70% to 80%!
Once the population drops to two to three million, it will probably take at least several decades to recover to the original level of 15 million.

You know, it took the Tang Dynasty several generations to restore the scale of the Sui Dynasty.

Moreover, this was only accomplished under a peaceful internal environment.

……

Zhu Di's family left Yanjing on a cruise ship, escorted by two Duke-class wooden warships converted to steam power.

Just when the patrol fleet sailed out of Yanjing Bay.

On the deck of a hybrid commercial ship.

Song Sansi looked at the patrol fleet passing by and couldn't help but frown slightly.

Even though it was the first time he saw the Yanhua royal family's cruise ship, he knew it.

Jin Yiwei had already reported the characteristics of this cruise ship to him.

Song Sansi frowned and looked at him suspiciously: "Why did King Yan leave Yanjing at this time?" Could it be that he is going back to Daming? No way? '

After landing.

Song Sansi quickly found out the destination of Zhu Di's patrol.

And, news of naval mobilization.

"Damn it! Damn it!"

Song Sansi immediately stamped her feet anxiously, "He is going to completely break up with the prince and have a fight!"

Song Sansi was extremely anxious. After hiring a carriage, he went straight to the navy camp.

He knew very well that once Yanhua let go, he would decide to fight.

The prince has no chance of winning.

Even if all the forces of the Ming Navy were concentrated, they would not be able to defeat the Yanhua Navy!

The Chen Dynasty has proved this with its destruction.

Song Sansi went to the navy camp and directly revealed his identity.

Soon, a major wearing a white navy uniform appeared at the gate on a bicycle.

After parking his bicycle, Ye Kai quickly came to Song Sansi and saluted: "Major Staff Officer Ye Kai of the Second Battle Fleet of the Navy!"

Song Sansi looked at Ye Kai.

Retired navy admiral, son of Ye Cheng!

As the leader of Jin Yiwei's Nanyang region, Ye Kai has already been included in Jin Yiwei's investigation files.

Song Sansi was very anxious and directly revealed his identity, "My name is Song Sansi. I was the former supreme commander of the Jinyi Guards in the Nanyang region. I used to be stationed in the Chen Dynasty. My father Song Zhong, I want to see Commander Yu Jingyu."

Ye Kai smiled and shook his head, "Controller Yu has been dismissed by the prince and went to Zuyi Province with the prince for inspection. Now the naval commander is temporarily replaced by Minister Lu of the Ministry of Navy!"

Song Sansi's face suddenly became even more embarrassed.

The internal organs were like burning fire.

Not anger. It's anxiety!
Cold sweat breaks out on the forehead.

King Zhu Di of Yan, when the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and Yan Hua took a turn for the worse, and the war was fierce and dangerous, he did not sit in Yanjing, but went to the Chen Dynasty with a high profile.

Zhu Di's tour was actually very low-key.

The common people know very little.

However, in Song Sansi's eyes, Zhu Di's tour was high-profile.

This means that once the two sides clashed with each other, King Yan Zhu Di had no time to stop it in time. No, King Yan's patrol meant that he had no intention of stopping it in time.

Now, before going on patrol, Yu Jing, the commander who had the most affection for the Ming Dynasty and the best relationship with the main force of the Songjiangkou Division of the Ming Dynasty, was dismissed.

Replace it with Lu Zhen, who was defeated by the Ming Dynasty, fled overseas, and became a pirate.

In Lu Zhen's heart, even though she had no hatred or resentment towards Daming.

I'm afraid you are not convinced, right?
This old guy is now commanding the most advanced and most powerful fleet in the world, which is going north.

In the event of a misfire.

This old guy will probably be very excited.

You don't mind a fight, do you?

The prince made a mistake!
King Zhu Di of Yan is basically based on war! Want to have a fight!
Otherwise, how could we have taken so many measures to push the situation into war!
"I want to see Minister Lu! Right now!" Song Sansi spoke quickly, with a hint of vibrato in her voice.

Ye Kai glanced coldly.

Are you scared now?

Why don't you feel scared when the prince takes advantage of the prince's filial piety and exerts extreme pressure?
Ye Kai thought coldly and made a gesture of invitation, "Please come with me."

……

"Song Qianhu, since you are a Jin Yiwei, and this place is an important military area for us, I hope Song Qianhu will follow me closely and not move around..."

Song Sansi followed Ye Kai and listened to Ye Kai's instructions in a bad tone.

His eyes were darting around.

Of course he is not in the mood to spy on the Yanhua naval camp now.

But he was indeed shocked by the well-equipped military camp.

Even if you just get a glimpse of it, the impact will be huge.

During the Ming Dynasty, whether it was the Beijing Camp or the Songjiangkou Division Camp, the camp facilities were completely incomparable to those of the Yanhua Naval Camp.

Well-established infrastructure for the military.

It determines that soldiers have a good living environment and training environment...

And these foundations are closely related to the strength of combat effectiveness.

……

"Logistics Ship No. 4, load it with projectiles and evacuate Pier 2 immediately!"

"Attention to the logistics ship No. 23, no one is allowed to use open flames in the gunpowder compartment. Attention, captain, No. 23 is loading this more powerful cotton-mixed gunpowder!"

……

Song Sansi followed Ye Kai along a tree-lined hardened road and arrived at the Navy Port Terminal.

The entire pier is very lively.

Song Sansi glanced at Ye Kai and moved his lips.

Finally, when the words came to his lips, he held back.

He originally wanted to inquire about cotton mixed with gunpowder.

This cotton-mixed gunpowder was said to have been invented by Yanhua just a few months ago.

The news that Jin Yiwei learned was that cotton wool was added to the gunpowder.

But he secretly experimented in Zuyi Province and it didn't work at all.

In fact, Song Sansi didn't know that the cotton wool mixed in the gunpowder was not ordinary cotton wool.

It's the layer of fine, fluffy 'fluff' on the cotton seeds. Not only that, but also a trace amount of sugar is added to the gunpowder.

The lint on cotton seeds has strong combustion-supporting characteristics.

In the propellant of muskets and artillery, adding velvet can increase the burning speed. The faster the gunpowder burns, the greater the energy accumulated in a closed space in a short period of time.

The greater the initial velocity of the projectile!

White sugar can increase the temperature during the burning process of gunpowder, and also increase the energy accumulation in a confined space.

……

"Report to the minister, bring Song Qianhu to you!"

Ye Kai's voice brought Song Sansi back from his thoughts.

Song Sansi watched.

An old man with short white hair, wearing a Yanhua navy uniform with three golden beans on his shoulder straps, shimmering in the sunlight, slowly turned around surrounded by a group of generals who also had golden shoulders.

The wrinkled face of the old man showed no anger but no dignity!
Song Sansi felt her heart tighten, and a pressure rushed towards her face.

I couldn't help but think to myself: "In the past, when the Central Plains failed, like a lost dog, he fled overseas and became a pirate. Now his power is even worse than that of his father." '

Lu Zhen is very arrogant now.

As the Minister of the Navy of Yanhua.

His status is almost equivalent to that of the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army Commander-in-Chief.

On the other hand, his father, as the victorious party, is now just a commander led by the Crown Prince Dong Gong Wei.

And all of this has something to do with King Zhu Di of Yan.

Song Sansi was anxious and stressed under the watchful eyes of a group of naval generals headed by Lu Zhen.

Trying to stay calm, he cupped his fists and said, "Nanyang Jinyi Guard Qianhu Song Sansi pays homage to Minister Lu and the generals."

Lu Zhen raised her hand in return and asked in a deep voice: "Song Qianhu wants to see us. What's the matter?"

What's going on, you old dog don't know!
Song Sansi cursed secretly, frowning and looking at the busy military port where combat supplies were being loaded, "Minister Lu, do you really want to go to war with the Ming Dynasty? Are you sure you can afford the consequences of going to war?"

Ye Kai couldn't help but sneered and shook his head.

This bossy man is worthy of being the prince's confidant.

Until now, I have not realized the consequences of a real war.

Once a war actually breaks out, the Ming Dynasty Navy will be completely destroyed!

By then, will he still be able to secure his position as Crown Prince?
I am afraid that the saliva of countless people in the Central Plains can drown the prince!
Provoking an originally unreasonable war and eventually losing it would do great damage to the prince's prestige.

It's like, before he even ascends the throne, he is lame in one leg!

Under such circumstances, Your Majesty dares to hand over the Ming Dynasty to Prince Zhu Biao?
Anyway, they, the naval staff, got together to discuss that once the gun went off, it would turn into a war and the Ming Navy would be destroyed.

The prince will never be able to inherit the throne again.

Because the current Ming Dynasty is very complicated!
The old and new forces are intertwined.

Yanhua's new trend has impacted the traditions of the Central Plains, the people, and countless people, and people's minds have changed!

His prestige was severely damaged. A lame prince could not face this situation after he ascended the throne.

There is only one way to secure the throne.

Completely fall to one side and use the supreme authority of the imperial power to completely eradicate the other faction.

So, which side will the prince, who was defeated by Yanhua and lame politically, turn to after he ascends the throne? Which side should be eradicated?
It will definitely move towards the conservatives and eradicate the reformists.

Completely eradicate the innovative measures within Ming Dynasty.

Your Majesty, are you willing to let the politically lame prince do this?
Moreover, their naval staff discussed the reason why the conservatives tried their best to encourage the prince to go to war with Yanhua before he ascended the throne.

Win or lose, the conservatives won.

Win!
The brotherhood between the prince and the prince also disappeared with this victory.

defeat!
There is a high probability that His Majesty will give up the crown prince and instead support the grandson to directly surpass the crown prince and ascend the throne in another generation.

Can the prince accept this situation?

They couldn't be sure of this.

But for sure.

Once the prince cannot accept it, then if he wants to be emperor, he will have to rely entirely on the conservatives, forcing his majesty not to dare to abolish the throne.

But it is tantamount to being completely kidnapped on a chariot by the conservatives.

"Song Qianhu came to see me just to say these cruel words to me?" Lu Zhenwei's serious voice sounded, "As for Song Qianhu's question, I will answer with one sentence from the prince. The prince has always said to us soldiers , Yanhua will never die on his knees!”

"You planned to bombard Tuqiao Village, which caused our princess to almost give birth prematurely. However, the court defended the evil conspirators in every possible way, and now you have replaced them. General Yu Tongyuan, who has always had a good impression of Yanhua, and the main force of the navy, rushed towards me with fierce fire. square……"

……

"If you want to fight, I will fight!"

"This is the unanimous attitude of our military and Yanhua!"

Song Sansi's hands and feet were cold. He was now extremely sure that Yanhua was indeed ready for war.

Regardless of his intimidation.

It was still the prince's extreme pressure.

It is impossible to shake Yanhua's attitude.

He took a deep breath, cupped his fists and said, "Minister Lu, I need a steam ship to get back to Jinling as soon as possible. I hope Minister Lu can provide it for me."

He now needs to return to Aurous Hill as soon as possible.

I hope I can bring Yanhua's attitude to the prince and convince him before the gun goes off.

And steam power is an expensive ship.

Only the Yanhua regime has it.

Businessmen are generally reluctant to spend high prices to build steam-powered ships.

Although the speed is fast.

However, compared with the low cost of hybrid ships, steam-powered ships are not favored by maritime merchants.

At least, until the cost of steam-powered ships does not drop significantly, the willingness of maritime merchants to equip steam-powered ships is very low.

Lu Zhen pondered for a moment and said, "We can provide you with a steam-powered ship!"

……

The day.

Song Sansi boarded a naval transport ship and set off with the navy.

……

Jilong Island.

bang bang bang...

About twenty miles outside the bay.

The main force of the Songjiangkou Division of the Ming Dynasty, composed of eighty hybrid warships, lined up on the sea and bombarded Jilong Island.

There are forts on the ridges on both sides of the bay.

Li Qi, the top civil affairs official in Penglai, stood on the watchtower of the fort with a telescope, looking at the sea and the direction from which the rumble of cannons came.

Behind him, three forts were arranged lengthwise on the ridge.

The thick, dark barrel of the gun exuded a slight chill under the bright sunlight.

for a long time.

Li Qi put down the telescope, turned around and asked, standing beside him, responsible for commanding the coastal defense artillery team, "Liu Guandai, if Song Zhong's navy attacks Jilong Island, do you have any way to block it out of the bay? "

"You have to know that although the industrial essence of Yanhua is in Yanjing, our Jilongyu Industrial Zone is also the second largest industrial zone in Yanhua. At the same time, Jilongyu is also the first foothold of the prince after he went to sea. The political significance is extraordinary. Once Song Zhong's troops are allowed to break into Jilong Island, the impact will be very bad not only economically but also politically. "

……

Although he is the consort.

But he was not sure whether he could prevent Song Zhong from entering Jilong Island.

The old man named Song has been obsessed with the desire for power over the years.

After turning to the crown prince, it is said that she is very close to the conservatives.

Liu Guandai pondered slightly and smiled bitterly: "Sir, I can only guarantee that if Song Zhong's troops want to break through our six forts, they will have to lose at least thirty warships. The coastal defense artillery is a passive defense. This determines that it is inevitable. There are loopholes..."

Since ancient times, military defense, passive defense, can never replace active defense.

No matter how powerful the coastal defense artillery is, it is impossible to stop so many warships of Song Zhong's department.

We can only use huge battle damage as a deterrent to force Song Zhong not to dare to attack...

When Li Qi frowned.

Twenty miles away.

On the flagship.

Song Zhong stared at the bay and coldly ordered: "Stop the bombardment, continue to approach ten miles, and be ready to rush into the bay!"

He wants to increase the pressure. It would be best if he could rush into the bay!
You know, Jilong Island has an extraordinary position in the heart of King Yan Zhu Di.

This was the first place Zhu Di, King of Yan, settled down when he went to sea.

If this thing is done, as long as the prince ascends the throne, Song Zhong will at least get a marquis, right?

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