People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 421 King Yan’s ambition! !

When Lan Yu and the others were in Nanyang, they were already very prosperous.

The imperial court actually did some things. For example, King Zhou in Kaifeng Mansion had already transported fifty ships of grain and grass, about hundreds of thousands of kilograms, to Peking.

To be honest, King Yan was a little shocked when he met his younger brother King Zhou.

Because the old man once issued a very strict decree and did not allow the feudal lord to leave his fiefdom. If he left, it would be equivalent to breaking the law.

The original King of Zhou was punished to go to jail in Yunnan because he went to Fengyang to visit his father-in-law.

This incident had a great impact on King Zhou.

So of course when King Zhou received the order, he was surprised. He thought it was another temptation.

After repeated confirmations, he discovered that this was the order given to him by the old man himself, and then he dared to set off to deliver food and grass.

After King Zhou arrived in Peiping, he met his long-lost brother. After visiting the defenses built by King Yan, he realized that his brother was in Peiping. Although he had great power, he should be under great pressure.

Could it be that the emperor had begun to appoint the feudal kings to do things at this time?

King Zhou said, "Brother, have you noticed that my father is very different from before?"

It's just that there's no one to guard this cell, it's just a little bigger.

Now that the King of Zhou can come to Peiping from Kaifeng, this sends a huge signal.

After discussing these matters, the two brothers made up their minds to make good use of the current power of the great struggle to complete their contribution to the Ming Dynasty and fulfill their responsibilities as vassal kings.

You want to ask me whether I can eliminate all the Tatars from the Mongolian grassland tribes within this battle. I have no way to answer you. I can only say that I do not have such ability, but as long as they dare to step into our Han people Territory, they will pay the price with blood, this is what I can guarantee. "

Zhu Di knew what he wanted to say, which was nothing more than that he could actually use the feudal prince to transport grain and grass and let the feudal prince participate in the affairs of the court.

But because of the emperor's suspicion, they had no chance.

Now the two brothers are finally reunited, and both of them cherish this time.

King Zhou saw these feats of King Yan, and the two of them first chatted about some daily life, mainly about their young life in the capital, life in the palace, life beside their father, and the fun of studying with the princes.

Although this is a bit harmful to the interests of our jobs, it is understandable for the Ming Dynasty. Now the king of Tibet can come out to do things. On this point, I very much agree. It can be seen from here that even if the imperial court has reduced Our treatment, at least gives us a hope. In the future, our children will not be able to let their tempers come to them, but let them learn more and see more. Only in this way can they have more good lives in the future. Pass. "

After the two chatted for a long time, they finally got to the point.

King Yan said: "Although I always heard Mr. Chen say when I went to the capital, our Ming Dynasty is beginning to be different. Just like the reforms that have begun now, it seems that they are just political reforms, but they have a great impact on us vassals. It's quite big. First of all, the fact that he no longer has the title of nobility after five generations is different from the old man's previous idea of ​​allowing all our descendants to enjoy endless offerings. This also makes our children have to be obedient. He must be cultivated well, otherwise he may not be eligible to inherit the title in the future.

At this time, King Zhou asked again, "Brother, what do you think of these Mongolian steppe tribes invading the south now? Fifty ships of grain and grass have been delivered. Behind me, I saw many grain transport teams heading towards Coming from the north, it is basically certain that under the control of Mr. Chen and our big brother, the whole world is mobilizing. You don’t have to worry about food, grass and weapons. Are you confident that you can defeat them in one go? "

The biggest dilemma for all feudal kings is that they can only stay in their own fiefdoms for the rest of their lives, as if they are in prison.

This is a milestone for them.

Although both of them are already forty years old, they have only been together for a short period of time.

Being a leisurely vassal king in the Central Plains is quite comfortable sometimes, at least you don't have to worry about so many things.

Isn't this what he has always been afraid of?

But as feudal lords, they have no worries about eating and drinking. Sometimes they feel bored and want to enjoy the beautiful rivers and mountains.

King Yan clasped his left hand behind his back, looked north, and pointed forward with his right hand: "Second brother, are you sure that all the Mongolian grassland tribes in the north are gathered together? Do you know how vast the grassland outside is? ? Ten thousand people scattered on that grassland are like a handful of sand scattered on the lake, without causing any waves.

This was said very domineeringly.

Even King Zhou felt his blood boiling when he heard his brother's words.

King Yan was actually very calm. He was embarrassed to say that he had no way to clear out all the Tatars from all the Mongolian grassland tribes. That was impossible.

After killing batch after batch, these alien races are like spring breeze blowing and they will never be killed.

As long as you don't occupy that area and you can't defend them, those beautiful aquatic plants will be able to cultivate batches of alien races.

After King Yan listened to Chen Han's lecture on the impact of climate on dynasty changes and the fate of dynasties and countries, he understood that once climate change occurred among the grassland tribes, they would inevitably go south.

Before Little Glacier came, being able to give them the biggest blow was already the limit of what Ming could do.

Although it is not possible to completely eliminate the nomadic tribes on the northern grasslands, it can at least guarantee a window of more than ten years.

This window period allows Chen Han and others to implement the national policy of reclamation. Although they cannot completely turn pasture into high-quality fields and grow food, they can push the city forward step by step and connect the roads bit by bit to facilitate Transportation will facilitate the transportation of grain and grass, and facilitate the mobilization of soldiers. Then the vast grassland will no longer be a place for the Mongolian grassland tribes to gallop, and it may become the pasture of the Ming Dynasty.

After King Yan said this to King Zhou, King Zhou was very emotional, "It's hard to imagine how such a young man could have such a bold idea. How much money would be wasted if we push to the north? No matter how much manpower is wasted, I am afraid that what will be built will be empty cities one after another. Even if there are people stationed, the logistics supplies that are thousands of miles long will consume the Ming Dynasty's national strength. Now our Ming Dynasty has strong troops and horses, and we can naturally provide it, but once our Ming Dynasty appears. If there is a fluctuation, like the previous dynasties, then we have no choice but to withdraw our troops.

At that time, the Tang Dynasty went deep into the Western Regions and established the Anxi Protectorate, but what could be done? When the Tang Dynasty was at its peak, it could supply grain and grass there and contain the development of the countries in the Western Regions. However, when the Tang Dynasty fluctuated, without the supply of grain and grass, the Tang army had no choice but to starve to death in the Western Regions. This kind of thing has happened many times in history. Even if we use the city to push forward step by step, it is just Fan Zhongyan's idealization. Will our Ming Dynasty's national power have to be consumed on this vast grassland, and the rewards will be in where? "

King Zhou has been living in the Central Plains, so he has never been in contact with the grassland. He does not know how these nomadic tribes live in the grassland. But he knows one thing. Everyone needs to eat. Once the national power of the court cannot support it, such long-distance transportation will not be able to transport food. To make up for it, then all this is empty talk.

Even the built city may become a haven for foreigners. Isn't this a waste?
After hearing this, King Yan laughed loudly, "My Ming Dynasty is different from the previous dynasty. Did the previous dynasty have cement roads? Did the previous dynasty have red brick and steel houses? Did the previous dynasty have those rubber tires? Who wouldn't know what you said? But do you know how much transportation has been facilitated by technology now? You have been staying in the Central Plains fiefdom, and you have not seen how many steps Mr. Chen's current reforms have pushed our Ming Dynasty forward. You may not know that transportation lines are now only available. With cement, you can be protected and you can make great strides.

You may not know that our Ming Dynasty has acquired so much gold and silver from Japan that we can no longer spend it all. The reason why we build cities and connect them to form huge castles is nothing more than to limit the mobility of those nomadic tribes.

As for the grain issue you mentioned, after watching the granary construction and grain system that Mr. Chen showed us, I feel that this is not a problem at all.

As long as you carefully study Mr. Chen's current reform measures, you will find that all of this is no longer a problem after technological advancement.

As long as we do what Mr. Chen said, the north will be able to use our high-tech weapons to contain those cavalry without hoarding much troops. Have you seen muskets? "

King Zhou shook his head. Where can the Central Plains see so many advanced weapons now? The Central Plains is too peaceful now. Without war, there would be no access to the new technologies of reform.

King Yan stretched out his hand and said, "Bring me the gun."

A guard on the side immediately handed the musket in his hand to King Yan.

King Yan held the musket and handed it to King Zhou, "Do you know what this is?"

Although King Zhou had never been exposed to firearms, he knew that there had been prototypes of firearms since the Song Dynasty. By the Yuan Dynasty, muskets had become very common.

Although the musket that King Yan is holding is very different from the sudden musket, they are similar.

"Isn't this just a firearm?" King Zhou's words did not contain much expectation for such a thing.

Firearms have been around for a long time, but they have never been able to replace cold weapons because the reloading speed is too slow and the accuracy is not enough. Therefore, they can only be used for small-scale attacks to deter the enemy, but they cannot Real weapons to use.

Zhu Di laughed, "Since you know, let you take a look at how powerful our Suifa gun is now. Let's go to the shooting range."

King Yan still abides by the rules and cannot shoot at will.

After all, if this kind of thing hits a person, it will be a bloody hole, which will kill people. It is very dangerous. As a prince, he must set an example.

After bringing King Zhou to the shooting range, King Yan pointed to a gong target with a red circle about a hundred steps away from the shooting range, "Do you think I can hit it with one shot?"

King Zhou looked at it and said: "There must be at least about a hundred meters here. It's too far away. It's impossible to hit. The iron ball hits an arc. I still know this. When the wind blows, it changes direction. , such a long distance is simply impossible. I heard that firearms can only hit objects within forty to fifty steps, and they are not very lethal."

Bang! !

King Zhou was still showing off his knowledge, but King Yan had already fired.

All I could see was that the target in the distance made a crisp sound.

After the gong was hit, it made a very clear sound.

Although it didn't hit the bullseye directly, this shot directly caused the gong as big as a basin to spin in place.

King Zhou was very surprised when he saw it.

"Why is this... so powerful?"

King Yan said with a smile: "This is why you have been staying in the fiefdom and don't know how advanced technology is now. Do you know that these things have begun to be put into mass use? According to Mr. Chen, as long as each of our soldiers can skillfully use flint By firing a gun, a thousand people can chase tens of thousands.

It didn't work in the past because of slow filling, low power, and poor accuracy. But it's different now. Now with fixed-loading paper shells, filling is fast, and skilled soldiers can fire at least fifty rounds continuously within a quarter of an hour.

With this density, how many flesh and blood bodies do you think would dare to resist? "

As soon as these words came out, King Zhou was so frightened that his eyes almost dropped, "Is it so powerful?"

"That's right! You don't know how powerful our Ming Dynasty's technology is now, so you have been staying in your fiefdom and you don't understand many things. Only when you step out will you know the changes in the Ming Dynasty. What has become.

Brother, I’m going to tell you right now, our Ming Dynasty has been transformed. The muskets in our hands are the biggest nightmare for those cavalry.

You can knock him down with one shot from more than a hundred meters away. How many cavalry do you think dare to use their own flesh and blood to fight with our Ming Dynasty?

This is what I said about the confidence to dare to fight with hundreds of thousands of them with only 30,000 troops.

Originally on the grassland, the open grassland was their main battle formation, where they took advantage of the cavalry. However, now, we can fight them with a musket phalanx of 20,000 people and a cavalry phalanx of 5,000 people. .

And I dare to guarantee that the vote will achieve great results. "

After these words came out, King Zhou was a little confused for a moment when he looked at his very confident brother.

He really was stuck a few decades ago.

At that time, which Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty did not exhaust the national power?

Those alien races on the grassland rode back and forth like the wind, and the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty could not catch their figures, and sometimes they suffered heavy losses.

And even if we win, it will be a miserable victory, and it is difficult to achieve an overwhelming advantage...

(End of this chapter)