Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1303 Three things in Nanyang
In the afternoon, Wang Yan returned to the palace, and sat alone in the study to deal with official business. Not long after, a guard reported outside the door, "Reporting to Jian Guo, Zhang Shilang has arrived."

Hearing the words, Wang Yan put away a secret copy of Jin Yiwei, and said, "Let him in."

Not long after, Zhang Huangyan was waited in by the guards. He bowed to Wang Yan, and then presented a note, "I see Jian Guo, this is the report just received by the Ministry of War."

Wang Yan took the booklet, stretched out his finger and asked Zhang Huangyan to sit by himself, and then unfolded it to see that it was about Jin Guo's beating newspaper.

The spies of the Kingdom of Jin only recently learned from merchants in the Western Regions that Wu Sangui led [-] elite soldiers to the Western Regions to fight against the Raksha people.

According to the information obtained from the spies, Jin Guo has been fighting in the Western Regions for more than two months, and it is estimated that the war is over.

Wu Sangui has been training troops in the Hanzhong Basin all these years, but he has made no achievements. After a long time, the Ming Dynasty paid less attention to him. Unexpectedly, he actually cheated and went to the Western Regions to help Sun Kewang.

"Where is the Jin Kingdom's western expedition hitting Hengluosi City, the hometown of the Tang Dynasty?" Wang Yan glanced quickly, with a look of displeasure on his face.

Wang Yan of Hengluo City still knows this, and it is the limit of the Central Plains' direction to the west.

This place should be restored by Mr. Wang, but unexpectedly, it was taken down by two mediocre men, Sun Kewang and Wu Sangui.

For anything, later generations will only remember the first person, that is, one day Wang Yan destroyed the Kingdom of Jin and went to the city of Hengluosi. The records of Hengluosi in the history books are Sun Kewang and Wu Sangui who restored this place, and most of them will not mention Wang Yan , made him a little unhappy, or jealous.

The Kingdom of Jin is tantamount to making a big splash, and domestic morale and popular support will further rise. Wang Yan frowned suddenly.

Zhang Huangyan explained, "This is information from mid-July. The current situation will not be known until further investigation by the spies."

According to the booklet, in May, Wu Sangui took [-] cavalry to the Western Regions, and the Kingdom of Jin was uniting with the countries of the Western Regions to fight against the Raksha Kingdom.

Wang Yan has some understanding of the Raksha Kingdom, and the territory is relatively large, but it is too far to the north, so there must not be many good lands, and the Ming Dynasty has lost consecutively to Xiyi in Nanyang, which makes him not optimistic about Raksha.

The information obtained from Guanzhong in mid-July may be about what happened in the Western Regions in June. Now that it is August, Wang Yan silently estimates that the war in the west of the fearful Jin Kingdom has ended.

It is impossible for Jin Guo to let himself fall into the situation of fighting on both sides, so it must be a quick battle on the western front.

Wu Sangui, Sun Kewang and his like have spread thousands of miles, jealousy makes people ugly, Wang can't bear it.If it wasn't for the fact that the Wude was attacking Jin Guo recently, Wang Yan would not hesitate to ask Hao Yaoqi and Liu Fangliang on the front line to create some troubles for Jin Guo and check Jin Guo's westward expansion.

At that moment, he pondered for a while, and said: "Spies should be sent to find out about this matter, and continue to report to Gu."

Zhang Huangyan nodded and said yes, Wang Yan thought for a while, and felt that he still couldn't give up this opportunity just because of the Wude, what if the Jin Kingdom hadn't finished yet?So he added: "Let the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies issue an order to Hao Yaoqi, asking him to find out what's going on in Hanzhong!"

"Yes, I'm going to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies right now." Zhang Huangyan stood up.

Wang Yan shook his head, "No hurry, I have something to ask Xuan."

Zhang Huangyan sat down again upon hearing the words, and Wang Yan moved a bit before continuing to say, "Is there anything new about Nanyang?"

Zhang Huangyan thought for a while, and then said: "Reporting to the Supervisor, the affairs in Nanyang are mainly handled by the Jinyiwei and the Lifan Academy. I don't know much about it, but there are a few new pieces of news recently."

The expansion of the Kingdom of Jin to the west made Wang Yan think of Nanyang for no reason, "Let's talk about it first, I just want to know more about it."

Zhang Huangyan nodded, cupped his hands and replied, "Your Highness, I have heard three important pieces of news recently, so let me tell you one by one."

Wang Yan nodded slightly, and Zhang Huangyan immediately said: "The first one is about Dongyu. After Ainengqi went south, he confronted the Dongyu army in the north of Awa. Both sides won and lost each other, but overall they were still at a disadvantage, but After the Bagu army in the south lost a battle, it is said that Jinyiwei has stepped up its assistance, and has now broken the siege of Daguang, and is gathering troops to go north. I estimate that the situation may change before this year. There will be a great battle, and by then, a winner should be determined."

Wang Yan also knew the news, but he didn't think that the pincer attack of Ainengqi and Bagu's army could defeat Dongyu.After all, Toungoo is also a country with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and a history of nearly a hundred years, so it still has a lot of heritage.

He estimated that the case of Toungoo might be dragged on for a few more years, but it didn't matter. The Ming Dynasty didn't invest much in Toungoo. The Ming Dynasty just provided some weapons, and it doesn't matter if they fight for a longer time, as long as Toungoo's internal affairs are in a mess and they don't come to provoke the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Yan nodded and asked, "What about the second one?"

"The other thing is that during the Jiajing period of our dynasty, Zhang Lian, a native of Raoping, Guangdong, rebelled. The bandit army of Zhang Lian's army was heavily injured, so he led the rest of his army to sail out to sea from the Yunxiao River, and then went south to seize Samfoqi Island (now Sumatra). Now his descendants send envoys to the imperial court to ask for the vassal, hoping to be canonized by the imperial court, but many officials in the imperial court regard him as a bandit, so they don't know how to make a decision for a while." Zhang Huang said: "This matter has just arrived at the Ministry of Rites. In a few days, it will be reported to the supervisor."

"Oh?" Wang Yan was quite interested, "Is there such a thing? But this is indeed a trouble. Since Zhang Lian is a bandit, the court officials will definitely reject it."

As he spoke, Wang Yan looked at Zhang Huang and said, "This one is, what do you think of it?"

Zhang Huangyan thought for a while and said: "Reporting to the supervisor, I feel that although Zhang Lian is a bandit, he has been dead for many years after all. The court does not need to care about their identities. Besides, even if they are bandits, the court can also order peace. I think that the Nanyang Sultan There are many countries, and if I want to gain a foothold in Nanyang, I really need this kind of local tyranny. Since they have come to surrender, there is no need for my dynasty to reject them, because I should focus on appeasement."

Wang Yan nodded, and slowly said: "Xuan Zhuo is reasonable, but after all, after the rebellion, Feilong's country name can't be used, so let's seal it as an uncle or set up a propaganda department, and the imperial court will directly govern it!"

This Flying Dragon Kingdom, after all, was rebels fleeing there, so there is no reason for it to be crowned as a king, and even the Uncle Kingdom should not be crowned, otherwise there will be bad effects, and it is best to set up a propaganda department to govern it.

Zhang Huangyan then continued, "The last thing is about the Spaniards. They have occupied Sulu for a long time, but according to reports from Nanyang, because the navy cut off the routes from Sulu to southern Luzon and eastern Borneo, Sulu Island It is already very difficult to supply the Spaniards on the island, and there have been many uprisings in Sulu because of the exploitation of the Spaniards. According to the news brought by members of the Sulu royal family who escaped from Sulu Island, I am afraid that the Spaniards will not last long. It is very possible to go out of the island and evacuate Sulu in the near future, and by then, the navy should have a big battle with the Spaniards."

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