If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

Chapter 124 Bewitching the Four Kings
Now that the vassal king was able to regroup his troops, he would naturally not sit still and continue to raise pigs in his fiefdom.

During the Hongwu Dynasty, the vassal kings were able to lead troops to go north to attack the Mongols and suppress their respective fiefdoms.

According to Zhu Di's understanding of his brothers, especially his understanding of his character when he was the vassal king, he clearly knew that it would be fine if these vassal kings were detained in the palace, but if they were given military power and released, it would not be possible. Find something for them to do, and they will most likely be thinking about replicating Fengtian Jingnan.

Whether they have this ability is another matter, and whether they want to do so is another matter.

Zhu Di was very confident in himself, but even so, he didn't think he could be like his eldest brother and be able to suppress the brothers who had no special ideas when they held military power.

Although the vassal king's new policy introduced by Shen Qin could make these restless brothers less able to cause trouble, Zhu Di was still worried about them and wanted to find something for them to do.

Allowing the vassal king to lead troops to fight and open up territory for himself and expand his fiefdom became a big sweet carrot hanging in front of the vassal king, which could induce them to continue to develop their fiefdom and expand outward, without having the energy to move inward. Thinking about the uncomfortable dragon chair under Zhu Di's butt.

Therefore, not only Zhu Zhanjun and Zhu Gaosui were thinking about defeating North Korea and the Japanese state, but the three kings of Liaodong and King Ning, who had fought with the Mongols in the Liaodong area back then, were also thinking about defeating Monan Mongolia.

Of course, these vassal kings also know how much they have. They rely on their respective fiefdoms and the royal guards in their hands to crack down on the Mongolians who harass the local rangers, and suppress the local Mongolian harassment of the Ming Dynasty. There is no problem. I think It is still very difficult for them to defeat Monan Mongolia.

After all, the example of Zhu Di's personal expedition to the north was before them. It was the emperor's personal expedition, commanding an army of 10,000+ to attack the Mongols.

Although it is indeed not difficult for the Ming Dynasty to conquer Monan, it is basically the actual control area. After all, Zhu Di's army has already reached Mobei, but it is difficult for several vassal kings to completely conquer this area. , the tens of thousands of troops they have are definitely not enough.

Strictly speaking, there are no cities or strongholds in this area. Most of the area is grassland.

It is easy to send a large army over to intimidate the local tribes and make them bow their heads and pay tribute. However, if you want to completely solve the problem of this place and occupy it and turn it into actual territory, it cannot be solved by using the army.

However, these vassal kings did not think so long-term. They were still immersed in the joy of being able to lead the army again and lead troops to fight to expand their fiefdoms.

All they want now is to bring Zhu Zhanqun, the King of Zheng, and Zhu Gaosui, the King of Zhao, into their alliance, and gather the power of the six vassal kings to conquer Monan Mongolia.

It must be said that the wishful thinking of these vassal kings was very loud. Instead of looking for the closer King of Valley and King of Dai, they looked for Zhu Zhan, who was just a few fiefdoms away from Monan Mongolia. Jun, and Zhu Gaosui whose fiefdom was farther away, in order to let the two vassals contribute their efforts, and they would benefit from it.

After all, although a vassal king could expand his fiefdom, there was no such thing as expanding the territory across another vassal king's territory.

Of course, although these princes were very wishful thinking, they were also ready to propose a strategy of replacing their original fiefdoms with Zhu Zhanjun and Zhu Gaosui if they did not agree.In any case, these are the six guards and horses in the hands of the two vassal kings, especially Zhu Zhanjuan who has one more guard, for a total of seven guards and horses, which adds up to an army of almost [-].

If you add the four kings' own troops and horses, you can make up a total of nineteen guards. Calculated as 600 people per guard, this is an army of [-].

Of course, it is impossible for each vassal king to really send out all the troops and horses, and the family will not leave any wealth at all. The ability of these nineteen guards and horses to dispatch ten guards is considered the limit, but this is still an army that cannot be underestimated, enough to fight against Monan Mongolia poses a great threat.

However, Zhu Zhanjuan was still thinking about the invitations from King Ning and the Three Kings of Liaodong, but Zhu Gaosui felt that it was too far away and did not want to participate.

"Gao Sui, don't say that your uncle doesn't take care of you. Your King Zhao is in Nuergandusi. It's not like you haven't seen the map of Ming Dynasty. You yourself think it's too far, but if you're not here If you can get some benefits from our plan, how will you manage your fiefdom?" Perhaps it was because he was deceived by Zhu Di back then, but now Prince Ning seems to have some talent in deceiving people. Everything he said sounded like uncle thinking about you.

Of course, King Ning didn't know that Zhu Gaosui had reached a cooperation agreement with Zhu Zhantun. In his opinion, Zhu Gaosui seemed to be sent into exile. If he didn't establish a good relationship with the closest vassal kings, he would really be in trouble. Become a savage in Nuergan.

In the eyes of King Ning and the three kings of Liaodong, Nuergan was a land of barbarians, and it was useless to ask for anything. In addition, the land was vast and sparsely populated, so there was really nothing to produce, which meant that the barbarians could still fight.

Regarding this point, Prince Ning, who once controlled the Duoyan Three Guards, has the most say. His Duoyan Three Guards were the main force of the Yan army during the Jingnan period.

So he quickly drew Zhu Gaosui over, and in this way he was avenging the King of Yan who defrauded him of the three guards of Duoyan.

However, before Zhu Gaosui could speak, Zhu Zhanquan said: "Four uncles, Monan should be left to my grandfather to eat by himself. It is a poor place where no one wants money and no one wants money. If it weren't for the Mongols fighting at the door. They can threaten our Ming Dynasty borderland at all times, who has the patience to fight with them?

The six of us together can mobilize at least ten garrison troops. Why not go and defeat the Japanese country across the sea?This place is large enough, and the population is fairly dense. Although they are all barbarians who do not accept the king's rule, and the land in the country is also mountainous, there are gold mines in this place! "

Although Zhu Zhanju could conquer the Japanese country with his own strength, defeating it and being able to effectively govern it are two different things. He was impatient to spend decades trying to win over the Japanese people, so he might as well bring along several other vassals. The king divided up the Japanese kingdom together, and then happily dug for gold.

"Is there a gold mine?" Sure enough, when King Ning and the three kings of Liaodong heard that there was gold, their eyes lit up.

"Of course there is. The imperial court has already received reliable information. There are a large number of gold and silver mines on the land of Japan. Although the Datou imperial court has already made a reservation, except for the smaller gold and silver mountains in Datou, not all of them are in our pockets. Something?" Zhu Zhanjun once again bewitched the four princes in front of him just like he bewitched Xia Yuanji.

(End of this chapter)