Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 1010: South Sea Storm (1)

From the moment he decided to let the Ming Dynasty engage in the great voyages of discovery, Zhu Youxiao had been conceiving and promoting how to enable the Ming Dynasty, with its complex national conditions, to gradually gain a foothold on the even more complex seas, and continuously gain benefits from the sea in order to feed back to the Ming Dynasty for primitive accumulation.

Therefore, there is a model of local and overseas development.

As for all things on the mainland, in the early stage, the focus must be on the northern coast. Only in this way can we ensure that the benefits from the sea can be firmly controlled by the central government and will not be stolen by the vested interest groups. When the foundation in the north is stable, we will gradually infiltrate and control the south according to the situation at that time, and use a central-led maritime system to include the north and south of the Ming mainland.

During this process, the navy of the Ming Dynasty will work hard to accumulate strength, waiting for the moment when they are needed to show their prowess, and then shock the Ming Dynasty both inside and outside!
For this reason, the Ming Dynasty's maritime structure was also quietly adjusted. It was not something that could be achieved in just a few years and then shock the world. It would require a longer period of sedimentation.

Overseas, it is much more direct.

Zhu Youxiao consciously sent a group of ruthless people to Dongfan, using Dongfan as a springboard and the Ming Dynasty's vassal system as a supplement. He asked them to make trouble and explore with extremely tempting promises. In a word, there is one principle: don't hesitate to grab the benefits, even if the central government can only take a part of the benefits, it is still worth it.

If you want people to do something, you have to ask them to get something in return.

Otherwise, who would do this dangerous job?

So there were Wei Zhongxian and his gang of eunuchs in the inner court, Li Hongji and his gang of warriors camped in Dongfan, and as for Zu Dashou and Zheng Zhilong and their gang, Zhu Youxiao never thought of asking them to stay in Dongfan, but asked them to go around Southeast Asia and make trouble. It was their ability to make trouble, and it would not be a loss for the Ming Dynasty if they died.

In addition, there was another group of people who were transferred to Guangdong and Guangxi by Zhu Youxiao. They were Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, Wang Ziyi, and Wang Jiayin, a group of ruthless people.

Even during this process, there were waves of people sent by Zhu Youxiao in various forms. These people all had one characteristic in mind: they were ruthless enough. However, the ruthless people needed in the Ming Dynasty must be controllable, and uncontrollable ones would not do. Asking them to stay in the Ming Dynasty would pose too great a hidden danger, but it would be different if they went outside the Ming Dynasty.

After all, the overseas model of this period, in addition to seizing resources and interests, also had to curb the expansion of the Western barbarians, buy time for the Ming Dynasty's maritime forces, explore overseas routes and other needs. These were all based on one premise, that is, when the maritime forces controlled by the Ming Dynasty central government could be supported.

Therefore, deep in Zhu Youxiao's heart, he was not surprised that in this process, some people would break away from the control of the Ming Dynasty and then establish their own regimes overseas. It was much better to have the meat rot in one's own pot than to let the Western barbarians snatch it all away.

When the coastal areas of Ming Dynasty were almost cleared and the framework of Ming Dynasty's maritime trade system was established, more and more people were willing to allow the Ming Dynasty Royal Navy to launch external offensives under this framework. This enabled overseas countries to enter a new stage, which was dominated by the system of governors-general stationed in the vassal states and the continuous advancement of the Ming Dynasty Royal Navy.

The end of this process was marked by the Ming Dynasty's control of Malacca.

As long as this strategic concept is realized, the small-scale overseas migration in the previous period will be transformed into large-scale overseas migration, and the overseas strategy of the Ming Dynasty will be able to enter a new era.

During this process, any force or country that does not submit to the central government will be caressed by the Ming Dynasty until they surrender.

During this stage, one thing will also be done simultaneously, which is to ask a ruthless person to leave Malacca to explore the sea areas beyond this and continue to confront the Western barbarian forces. In a nutshell, what the Western barbarians can do, the Ming Dynasty can also do, and what the Western barbarians cannot do well, the Ming Dynasty will do well.

Under this trend, the maritime order dominated by the Ming Dynasty, involving the political, military, economic, cultural and other fields, will all have the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty, requiring all forces along the way to accept it. If they don’t accept it, they will be beaten until they accept it! !

Once this overseas strategy can be realized, there will be a steady stream of resources gathered in Ming Dynasty to support Ming Dynasty to accelerate internal reforms and meet various needs for land expansion! !

It's easier said than done. You need to proceed steadily, one step at a time. If you take too big a step, you may get hurt.

……

Sulu. "Brother, if we do this and Duke Wei and the others find out, will we be punished?" Zheng Zhihu, wearing armor and carrying a sword, followed Zheng Zhilong, and said with worry between his brows.

"After all, our people robbed some Han merchants in the Brunei waters. In fact, they are the same as us. They are all members of the Ming navy."

"Who told you that they are the same as us?"

Zheng Zhilong stopped and said with a sharp look in his eyes: "We got it through war, and they bought it, so how can it be the same?"

Zheng Zhihu lowered his head.

Even though he is now the commander-in-chief, he dare not say anything in front of Zheng Zhilong. He knows that he can be where he is today thanks to his elder brother who worked hard in the front and planned in secret.

"A bunch of guys who can't stand up to the public think that they can do whatever they want just by getting some real money. I won't tolerate them." Zheng Zhilong snorted coldly.

"Because of them, I have delayed so many things for me. Besides, even if Duke Wei knew about it, we are not the only ones involved. Zu Dashou, Wu Xiang and his gang are much more ruthless than us."

"That familiarity surprised me a little."

"At first I was wondering why the emperor didn't keep them in Liaodong, but sent them to Dongfan with Duke Wei."

"I'm afraid these guys, when they were in Liaodong, they followed a group of people to do this kind of thing, but they did it secretly enough that they were not discovered."

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"Is there such a thing?"

Zheng Zhihu widened his eyes in disbelief.

"Is it weird?"

Zheng Zhilong sneered and said, "Think about it carefully. These guys followed us to Southeast Asia. Even though they have a large number of people, why can they expand so quickly?"

"If they really don't understand something, how can they do it?"

"You know, we are the ones who are most familiar with the sea. They are landlubbers in front of us. I am even thinking that in recent years, many of the arms they purchased from Dongfan were sold privately by them. Otherwise, why could vassal states like Sulu frequently harass the Spaniards?"

"So why are we here this time?"

Zheng Zhihu thought of something and looked at Zheng Zhilong in surprise.

"What they can do, we can do too."

Zheng Zhilong said coldly: "We should not only sell these places to Sulu, but also to other places, so that we can have more places to stay!!"

(End of this chapter)