Rule the Ming Dynasty Alone

Originally, the dynasty was taboo against fighting on multiple fronts, but even the powerful Qin knew how to engage in far-distance and close-attack strategies.

It's just that time is running out, and there is not much time left for China, and he always remembers the teaching that the development of great people is the last word.

The Southwest Strategy is related to whether the Ming Dynasty can connect directly to the Indian Ocean and the West. This strategy cannot be stopped, so it is necessary to immediately resolve the resistance of the Baigu Kingdom.

The problem in Baigu is actually more serious than that in Yishain. There are many mountains and forests in the southwest, Zhangqi and poisonous insects, but Baigu is located in the south of Myanmar.

Although the Ming Dynasty stationed 200,000 troops in Yunnan, the imperial court could also increase its troops in Yunnan at any time, but Yunnan did not border the Baigu Kingdom, and this time it required cross-border operations.

Not to mention whether the Yunnan Army can defeat the Baigu Army, which is good at fighting in mountains and forests, even the army's food transportation is a big problem, so this is destined to be a long-distance campaign with many difficulties.

Zhu Youtang's writing seems vigorous and powerful, and he naturally knows that there are various objective difficulties.

The Baigu Kingdom stood up so openly and clearly to oppose it. If the Ming Dynasty did not make a strong response immediately, the resistance on the Ming-Myanmar Highway would only become greater.

In fact, the best way to solve Baigu's resistance is to follow the example of the conquest of the Haixi Jurchen Alchuka Tribe and ask foreign aid to help him conquer this small kingdom, and the most suitable candidate is Siam.

Siam has fertile land, and now Guangdong has introduced Siamese rice from Siam. This is actually the agricultural country with the strongest comprehensive strength in Indochina.

Of course, he is now transferring the issue to the Military Aircraft Department, hoping that the Military Aircraft Department can come up with a better strategy and eliminate the Baigu Kingdom that blocks the Ming-Burma Highway policy.

The lights in Dongnuan Pavilion were burning brightly, and it was like daylight here.

A pair of white and tender hands gently held the ancient ink and slowly ground it in the inkstone with just the right amount of force. The color of the ink pool gradually becomes darker and brighter, and it also emits a faint fragrance of ink.

Zhu Youtang put down the pen in his hand and looked at his instructions with satisfaction.

No matter what kind of resistance it encountered, no matter how many Burmese principalities jumped out to oppose it, it could not prevent the Ming Dynasty from becoming a maritime country dominating the three oceans.

Dominating the three oceans and dominating the world will be his highest pursuit during his reign.

Perhaps because he had decided to use the power of thunder to attack the small Baigu Kingdom, the anger in his heart slowly dissipated, and his eyes gradually softened.

The extremely tense atmosphere in the air was relieved at this time.

"Your Majesty, the look in your eyes just now was so scary!" Niu Mengmeng saw Zhu Youtang's face relaxed and said cautiously.

When the two maids accompanying him saw Zhu Mengmeng speaking so straightforwardly, they couldn't help but look at Niu Mengmeng worriedly, and at the same time secretly observed the emperor who could decide life and death with one word.

Zhu Youtang was slightly stunned at first, and then denied it calmly: "Is it true?"

"Your Majesty, it's true. I was so scared that I didn't even dare to breathe!" Niu Mengmeng still had an innocent and bright temper after all, showing a trademark expression that said "I won't lie to you."

Zhu Youtang raised his head and glanced at this upright and beautiful palace maid. He was tolerant of the palace maid who was the first to stand up to defend her authority. He also knew that she was one of the few people who dared to tell the truth in front of him.

He suddenly discovered that Dongfang Dao predicted that he would be prone to anger this year, not necessarily because the Ming Dynasty suffered more difficulties and challenges, but because of the change in his emperor's mentality after he came to power.

At the beginning of his succession to the throne, he lost his prestige because he was too cowardly as the wardrobe prince. When he took over the throne, he faced the eyes of many forces, so at that time, not to mention losing his temper at every turn, even his words were carefully considered.

It's just that now, the powerful and civil servant groups in the capital have been purged by themselves. Even the Jiangnan Group, which is extremely wealthy, has also been attacked by himself. Now the whole country is listening to him.

Tonight, just facing Bai Guguo's disrespectful remarks, he was already furious and wanted to immediately wipe out the small southwest public area.

Zhu Youtang also began to review and reflect on himself, but naturally he could not admit his mistakes personally. Instead, he pretended to be relaxed and said: "If you don't do anything wrong, can I punish you unreasonably?"

"Xiu Huan told my slave that she didn't do anything wrong, but you bullied her into crying every time!" Niu Mengmeng actually had a fearless character, but he said it very straightforwardly.

The two little maids standing under the light looked at each other, not expecting such explosive information.

Zhu Youtang thought that he was indeed strong and unreasonable towards the Japanese girl, so he couldn't help but touch his nose in embarrassment and change the subject: "How are you teaching her Chinese?"

Although Ouchi Saeiko has longed for Ming culture since she was a child, due to the environment in which she grew up, although she can write Chinese, she cannot speak Chinese fluently.

After entering the palace, Zhu Youtang also noticed this, and asked Zhu Mengmeng, who was quite gifted in language, to teach her during the day, which was also a kind of care for her.

But I don’t know if it’s because Niu Mengmeng’s affinity is too strong, or because Ouchi Saeiko is actually a woman who can’t control her mouth. She even told Niu Mengmeng about bullying her.

Of course, there is no shame in spreading the word about this kind of thing that promotes the glory of Chinese men.

"She can speak eloquently now and can even sing nursery rhymes from our Ming Dynasty!" Niu Mengmeng's attention was distracted and she suddenly said very proudly.

Zhu Youtang looked at the very impressive palace maid in front of him and praised her: "When you leave the palace at the age of twenty-five, I will give you a big house!"

"Okay!" Niu Mengmeng's eyes lit up slightly and he nodded excitedly.

Zhu Youtang looked at the excited palace maid, but he knew that each palace maid had different pursuits, and Niu Mengmeng still yearned for the free world outside.

This was an episode in the process of browsing national intelligence. In fact, Zhu Youtang often learned about the harem through Niu Mengmeng, and the brief exchanges calmed down.

The Ming Dynasty was a vast empire, but it was impossible for the whole country to have smooth weather.

Zhu Youtang realized that his emotional management had deteriorated, so when he encountered some unsatisfactory things next, he was not filled with anger as he had just been.

In nearly six years, starting from the initial salt policy, he not only greatly improved the financial problems of the Ming Dynasty, but also reduced the burden on the people and provided them with more employment opportunities.

Although it failed to bring the Ming Dynasty into the industrial age, it was still pursuing the development of the country steadily and now has the foundation for outward expansion.

At this stage, there are actually not many worries in the country. If there is a natural disaster or banditry, all we need to do is dispatch resources and troops there.

Just when I was opening the information sent by the Governor-General of the East China Sea, I couldn't help but sigh, and the fire in my heart immediately started to burn a little.

"Your Majesty, the eel and chicken soup has been cooked. Please drink it while it's hot!" Fortunately, Liu Jin brought the soup over and said cautiously and happily.

After being trained by Zhu Youtang, the imperial dining room has obviously made great progress. The king eel caught from the north of Taiye Lake was cut into sections, added with chicken, dangshen, angelica, wolfberry and other traditional Chinese medicine ingredients, and cooked into a human dish. tasty.

Zhu Youtang looked at the thick soup filled with unique fragrance, and the haze just now was swept away, and he put down the information at hand.

He actually likes the taste of wild game, but the eel and chicken soup produced by the imperial dining room really makes people feel energetic, as if he has really attracted the eel king's century-old essence.

Having seen the miraculous effects of eel and chicken soup, I even gave up fishing for entertainment these days and instead fished for king eel endlessly every day.

"Your Majesty, please use it slowly!" Liu Jin said cautiously as he brought the soup over.

Zhu Youtang knew that the king eel caught tonight was the biggest. When he smelled the fragrant smell, he knew that tonight would be another night of fierce competition.

As the night progressed, the entire capital seemed to be asleep in the vast darkness, and the Qianqing Palace also lacked the movement of some palace maids.

After Zhu Youtang finished his day's government affairs, he stretched and moved his body, and then led the palace maid back to the back bedroom to prepare for rest.

The bead curtain rustled, and the beauty in the dragon bed came into view.

As usual for concubines, she did not warm the bed. When she saw Zhu Youtang coming in, the woman hurriedly knelt down to greet him regardless of the thin clothes on her body.

The woman is about seventeen or eighteen years old. She has a delicate angelic face, a pair of very smart big eyes, her legs are very strong, and her lower abdomen does not have any fat.

Huh?

When Zhu Youtang saw the woman kneeling at his feet, he remembered that he turned over the cards tonight, and it was Ouchi Saeiko.

Although Ouchi Saeiko has married to China, she still adheres to the Japanese tradition of respecting her husband: "Your Majesty is welcome to take care of your concubine tonight!"

"Xiuyuan, you speak Chinese very well!" Zhu Youtang listened to this somewhat weird welcome, but still showed a relatively friendly attitude.

Although he knew from intelligence that Ouchi Saeiko had practiced martial arts since she was a child and was a woman with a relatively strong personality, practice has proven that this Japanese woman seems to have a submissive side in her heart.

At first, he seemed quite stubborn, but after being favored by me several times, he is now even better behaved than a kitten.

Ouchi Saeiko seemed very excited to receive the praise, but she said modestly: "Your Majesty is so exaggerated, I am very happy, but my Chinese is not very good, but I will definitely work hard to communicate well with Your Majesty!"

Zhu Youtang looked at this woman who suddenly became more talkative and found that this woman was not as cold as he initially thought. Instead, she seemed like a gentle woman who could please her husband in everything.

When Ouchi Saeiko saw Zhu Youtang looking at her body, she immediately took off her clothes knowingly, then lay down obediently on the dragon bed and closed her eyes: "Your Majesty, please be my concubine!"

Zhu Youtang felt quite helpless when he saw the shy yet proactive woman. He just looked at the other woman's legs spread wide, and the eel king was particularly powerful tonight, so he naturally wanted to show off the power of Chinese men.

The crescent moon hung high in the night sky, and there was only the occasional barking of dogs in the entire world.

The sight returned to the Qianqing Palace. The war here had ended. Ouchi Saeiko once stuck out her tongue and gasped for air.

Zhu Youtang thought of the talented and fun-loving Fan Jinling, but now Ouchi Sayingko was actually even worse. She had surrendered before she could really exert her strength.

It's just that women have strong adaptability. She seemed to be contentedly clinging to her body, like an extremely docile kitten.

Zhu Youtang was closing his eyes and concentrating on the battle. He found that the woman next to him began to be dishonest. His Majesty opened a topic with a crisp voice: "Your Majesty, can you send troops to help our Ouchi clan clean up the pirates?"

In fact, even if Ouchi Saeiko didn't take the initiative to speak, he still had to solve the piracy problem in Kyushu Island and Japan that made him a little irritated just now.

Due to the natural disaster and man-made disaster last year, the entire Kyushu Island and western Honshu Island fell into a food crisis, which required rice relief from Ming Dynasty.

The reason why the Ming Dynasty occupied the entire island of Kyushu so easily was actually inseparable from this food crisis. After all, only the Ming Dynasty could solve the food problem for all of them.

Facing the Kyushu Island that had just been occupied but had to subsidize a large amount of rice grain, there was actually opposition within the Ming Dynasty. In particular, some Kedao officials even went to Shu to stop it.

Zhu Youtang will naturally ignore these short-sighted guys. Kyushu Island does need continued investment in the short term, but it will definitely be able to feed back the Ming Dynasty's finances in the long term.

He directly allocated a batch of grain from Jiangnan to Kyushu Island, thereby alleviating the food crisis on the entire Kyushu Island and saving the lives of many low-level Japanese people.

It was originally thought that the situation would be greatly improved in the spring of this year, but the war directly led to rampant pirates on Kyushu Island and the western part of Honshu Island.

In the latest agreement, the development of the Ouchi family's maritime power was prohibited, resulting in the dignified Ouchi family being bullied by Japanese pirates.

The pirate situation on Kyushu Island is actually even worse. Although many aborigines sincerely surrender to the Ming Dynasty, there are also Japanese nobles who enslave the aborigines, and these people have chosen to become pirates.

Relying on the foundation they have accumulated over the years, they are also entrenched in the small islands near Kyushu Island, forming a medium-sized maritime force.

"Are you still an Ouchi clan?" Zhu Youtang naturally knew nothing about Japanese traditions, so he glanced at her lightly and asked.

Ouchi Saeiko glanced at Zhu Youtang secretly, as if she had made up her mind: "If Your Majesty is willing to send troops, I will call you Zhu Saeiko from now on, and I will be your Majesty's woman wholeheartedly!"

"Then let's see how you perform tonight!" Zhu Youtang smiled evilly and gave an ambiguous answer.

Dana Saeiko turned around, Japan is an extremely patriarchal society, and she obviously knows much more than the traditional women of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youtang also fell into the gentle land. Faced with Zhu Shayingzi who turned into a witch, he finally relaxed.

The value of seafood in this era was not high, take maritime trade as an example.

The merchants of the Ming Dynasty exchanged one pound of polished rice for five pounds of Japanese dried fish. The Japanese fishermen must have been very happy. In the generally accepted measurement of value, rice is more expensive than dried fish.

But now the Ming Dynasty needs a longer-term vision. This dispatch of troops to combat the active Japanese pirates not only protects the fishing industry on Kyushu Island, but also promotes the Ming Dynasty's absolute maritime hegemony.

Japanese pirates are now bullying Japanese fishermen, but no one can guarantee that they will not take advantage of Ming Dynasty merchant ships, or even become a threat to Ming Dynasty's maritime hegemony in the future.

This is why this operation to eradicate pirates is actually imperative, but it cannot allow the Japanese pirates who escaped from Kyushu Island to grow bigger.

But if the encirclement and suppression of Japanese pirates this time can be regarded as a new front, the Ming Dynasty is no longer a two-front war, but is actually a three-front war.

Tonight, Zhu Youtang kept counting one, two, three, but his opponent was too weak after all. Even if it was a three-line battle or three battles, the Chinese man would eventually meet the gods and kill the gods.

Even if it is a three-front battle, China does not need to be afraid now. If the Ming Dynasty cannot rest and recuperate, then it can only fight to support war. (End of chapter)