Zhu Zaiji and Wang Qing were stunned, and then fell into ecstasy, such a large sum of money is enough to launch a huge fleet for an expedition, with Wang Yue and Zhu Houxi's troops, the odds of victory will be greatly increased.

And victory is what they need most now.

One of the most important cores of Zhu Zaiji's drastic reform is to establish a complete system of governance, and from top to bottom, it is necessary to increase the number of officials by at least 50,000. Originally, at the prefectural and county levels, the situation in which one person had the final say had to be changed, and a complete set of officials should be added below to be responsible for specific affairs.

In addition, he also planned to expand the system of accountability and supervision, not only to supervise the imperial court, but also to all provinces, prefectures and counties...... In this way, the number of officials that need to be increased is even greater.

Although a sound management system can bring efficiency improvement and create more wealth, the premise is to get enough money to maintain the operation of the system.

It costs money to reform the rule of officials, it costs money to build railways on a large scale, and it costs money to use troops abroad!

After taking charge of state affairs, Zhu Zaiji realized why his father was talking about not enough money to spend every day.

An emperor wants to make a difference, even a mountain of gold is not enough.

Zhu Zaiji's solution to the problem is also very simple, that is, to issue bonds, whether to build railways or to use troops abroad, or to pay debts...... Zhu Zaiji's head is big, master, father-in-law, your old man must win, otherwise our Ming Dynasty will go bankrupt!

Zhu Zaiji thought in his heart, and what was Wang Yue doing at this moment?

He was digging sweet potatoes, and he was digging with Zhu Houxi, the scorching sun was on his head, his face was oily, the hoe in his hand, the hoe in his hand, the hoe of a thousand catties, the dignified son of heaven, worried about the sun.

Wang Yue didn't care about Zhu Houxi, he exerted all his strength, struggled to dig forward, and pieces of sweet potatoes emerged from the soil.

Wang Yue was satisfied, and when he arrived at the ground, he took out a large watermelon from under a pile of grass, and after smashing it open, the bright red flesh and abundant juice were called a temptation.

He grabbed a piece and chewed it heavily, the sweet juice moistening his body, it was so comfortable.

"Your Majesty, hurry up, you can eat it at the end, if you are too slow, I will eat it all!"

"The surname is Wang!"

Zhu Houxi jumped like thunder, gritting his teeth, but there was no way, who let him do farm work This proposal was said by him first, and Wang Yue was arrested.

Before he started, Zhu Houxi was still full of confidence, thinking that when he was in Beijing, he had planted tobacco and sweet potatoes, which must be better than Wang Yue, but he forgot that when Wang Yue was in Beijing, he had fed beef cattle.

Truckloads of feed, buckets of water, Wang Yue is much more powerful than Zhu Houxi. In addition, Zhu Houxi has neglected to exercise in the past two years, and after going to the ground, he immediately showed timidity.

When he finished shaving a ridge, there was only a small piece of watermelon left.

"Wang Fugui, you are getting more and more excessive!"

Zhu Houxi said angrily while nibbling on the watermelon.

Wang Yue basked the eight-pack abs on his stomach and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, how about I tell you a story?" ”

Zhu Houxi snorted coldly: "Do you want to be sarcastic again?" ”

"I don't mean that, I just want to imagine what would happen to Da Ming if we didn't succeed in changing the law?"

Zhu Houxi frowned, "What else, those civil officials continue to be in power and continue to fight, and the country's situation is getting worse and worse...... There may be people like Zhang Ge Lao who will come forward, but I don't think there is any hope to turn the tide. ”

"That'...... Will Da Ming be like Zhao Song? ”

Zhu Houxi smiled, "Who knows, since ancient times, there has not been a three-hundred-year prosperous era, maybe the Ming Dynasty will also die!" I just don't know who can replace the Ming Dynasty, if it's the Mongols, then the fun will be great. ”

Wang Yue suddenly said: "Is it possible, it will be Xiyi?" ”

"Xiyi?" Zhu Houxi shook his head, thinking too much, right? What do they have to do?

"Your Majesty, let's imagine that one day, our Central Plains will decline, and the Xiyi will run rampant, rob our wealth, kill our people, and divide the sphere of influence on the territory of the Ming Dynasty, turning us into a piece of fish and ......."

Zhu Houxi laughed and said, "Wang Yue, our descendants will be so unproductive?" ”

Wang Yue said: "It's just a hypothesis, Your Majesty might as well think about it...... What will be the result? ”

"Nothing!" Zhu Houxi snorted coldly: "Xiyi is barbaric, and their sect doesn't treat other people as human beings at all, killing, enslaving, and even destroying the country and exterminating the species, they can't do anything!" ”

Wang Yue said again: "Then Your Majesty thinks, is there any hope for us to finally expel Xiyi!" ”

"That's nature!" Zhu Houxi said unceremoniously: "Didn't Emperor Taizu expel Meng Yuan?" I believe that even if there will be decades of gloom, with the blood of my Han family, I will definitely be able to expel Hu Lu and restore China, which I am full of confidence! ”

Wang Yue was stunned for a moment, it seemed that this was really the case, and history would repeat itself.

"Your Majesty, have you thought about what will happen if you get up from the trough?"

Zhu Houxi thought about it again and again, and sighed: "I have checked the actual record, it is definitely not easy, the grandfather was full of clothes and food, gave fields and grain, and accumulated troops. Whether it is Zhang Shicheng in the east or Chen Youliang in the west, their troops are above Taizu, in the battle of Poyang Lake, how many soldiers lost their lives, they really fought with their lives! ”

"Your Majesty, have you ever wondered why they are willing to fight to the death for Grandpa Tai!"

"This ......" Zhu Houxi muttered: "It can't be said that it is working hard for Taizu, I have been clearing the fields and acres in the past few years, and I have gradually understood that those people are working hard for themselves." ”

"How so?" Wang Yue asked.

Zhu Houxi threw aside the watermelon peel in his hand and said hurriedly: "After Zhang Shicheng defeated the million-yuan army, he indulged in pleasure and followed his subordinates to sing songs night and night, morning and evening, and had no ambitions. As for Chen Youliang, although he has a lot of warships and armor in his hands, he has long lost the support of the people by oppressing the people, extorting money, and corrupting the military discipline of his subordinates. ”

"Our grandfather is different, he not only gave the people land, but also governed the army strictly, and he did not commit any crimes in autumn. That's why our Ming army can defend Hongdu for eighty-five days. It is not so much that they are loyal and brave in battle, but that they are afraid of Chen Youliang's victory and afraid that the Yuan army will come back...... They're fighting for themselves! ”

Wang Yue stroked his palms and laughed, "Your Majesty has finally enlightened...... Think about it, why after Taizu, the combat effectiveness of our Ming army is declining? Millions of military households, precarious, starving, civilian, military generals, are all exploiting them. Some people went to the steppe to cultivate for the Mongols, and the land rent was lower than that of the Ming Dynasty...... In such a situation, how much difference is it between being squeezed by the Mongols or being squeezed by the officials and landlords of the Ming Dynasty? ”

"At least these people won't fight to the death for the Ming Dynasty, they have no heart to fight, and when something happens, they naturally want to escape, and the grandson will give you all his life!"

Zhu Houxi took a breath on a hot day, why did he feel a little cold!

Although this is a hypothesis, the more I think about it, the more reliable it feels! Or rather, it's very reliable. The decay of the Ming Dynasty is something he doesn't want to see, and falling into the hands of Xiyi is something he never wants to see.

"Wang Yue, let's imagine again, if it is really like what you said, how will the people of the future drive Xiyi away? Will you learn from Taizu? ”

Wang Yue smiled: "That's natural, but I think it will be more thorough." ”

"How?"

"I guess they're going to do away with all the oppression, and the military and the people are one; They will destroy all the rentier strata and use every ounce of national power on the edge of the sword; They will promote equality between men and women, thus mobilizing half of the population; All the princes and generals will be swept away, even if they are leaders, they will be fed and clothed like ordinary people, and they will even go to the field to farm...... Only in this way can everyone be aroused, and those insidious, cunning, and brutal Xiyi can be eliminated. ”

Zhu Houxi nodded again and again when he heard this, and he agreed, but soon his face changed color.

"The surname Wang, you are giving me a set, let me dig sweet potatoes honestly, his heart can be punished!"

Zhu Houxi screamed and wanted to tear Wang Yue apart. However, he was really not Wang Yue's opponent, he was out of breath for a long time, and he couldn't catch up with Wang Yue, so he had to give up.

"Your Majesty, the minister didn't joke with you, doesn't Your Majesty want to personally verify whether this set of things is useful? We can write down our experience and pass it on to future generations. If one day Daming really faces a crisis, maybe your descendants will be able to use it! ”

Zhu Houxi said disdainfully: "If it is really passed on, most of the royal people will not do it, and they will only cheapen others." ”

"So Your Majesty doesn't want to write it?"

"Who said that!" Zhu Houxi snorted coldly: "Put the Zhu family aside, this is a way to deal with Xiyi, I am also the father of the world, I can't help but leave something for future generations." ”

As he spoke, Zhu Houxi got up from the ground, grabbed a hoe, and went to harvest sweet potatoes.

……

Didn't Wang Yue want to use troops against the Habsburgs? What is he doing?

Two words: farming!

Wang Yue knew too well that the most important thing for the labor expedition was supply, and with the current national strength of the Ming Dynasty, he couldn't afford it at all, even if he got food from India and other places, it wouldn't work.

What about warfare?

No kidding, if you lose once, you lose it all.

If you want to truly achieve ultimate victory, you must have a solid base.

You have to have food, you have to be able to produce weapons.

Especially after defeating Abyssinia, there is finally a huge space to play. Wang Yue instructed Gayer to purge the local nobles, give the people arable land, and teach them to farm.

I have to say that Africa is so blessed with the exception of a few deserts, as long as there is a water source, sowing seeds into it, it doesn't take much trouble to thrive.

If you are too lazy to farm, you can't go hungry, pick wild fruits, hunt animals, in short, there are ways to fill your stomach.

But it is precisely because it is too easy to live that the development of civilization here is slow, and most places are still in a tribal state, even if there is a country, it is very primitive.

But then again, although you can gather and hunt, it doesn't mean that you can really have no worries about food and clothing, especially since the population is expanding and the climate is abnormal, there will still be a large-scale famine.

After Wang Yue vigorously promoted farming, the effect was very good.

There was resistance at first, but with the harvest, the locals became red-eyed...... An acre of land can harvest hundreds of catties of sweet potatoes, and as long as three months, you can enjoy the joy of a bumper harvest, and you can plant three crops a year, and from then on, you can completely get rid of hunger. After having the remaining products, you can also exchange them for money, who doesn't want to live a prosperous life!

From Abyssinia, large tracts of land were planted with crops, and the fields were full of busy figures.

This is true for the people, and the military is no exception.

Wang Yue mobilized tens of thousands of his subordinates to cultivate land and raise livestock.

Ming Jun doesn't like sweet potatoes, it's okay to eat some occasionally, but if you eat it every day, you will scold your mother...... Wang Yue is not worried, he uses these sweet potatoes to feed livestock, especially the big fat pigs.

Now the army has raised 5,000 heads, and at least three days can be guaranteed to eat a meal of meat.

The soldiers' appetites have become tricky, they don't like to eat lobster and crabs from the Red Sea, and they don't care about sea fish, and nothing compares to a bowl of soft and rich braised pork!

In addition to imported livestock such as cattle and sheep, Wang Yue also raised more than 10,000 war horses...... In order to solve the problem of livestock diseases, he also set up a special veterinary station.

Of course, there are other textile mills, feed mills, garment factories, shops, caravanserais, banks, baths, restaurants, restaurants, racetracks, etc...... Anything you can think of, it's all available.

What's even more remarkable is that as the whole army marched north, Wang Yue's hand finally reached Egypt and reached both sides of the Nile!

It's one of the best places in Africa to farm.

After the Ottomans occupied Egypt, they did not know how to develop local resources at all, and such a good land was still pasture, which was wasted to an outrageous extent.

Wang Yue decisively ordered the establishment of a military camp on the east bank of the Nile.

This time, he will not plant sweet potatoes, he will grow wheat and cotton, and strive to be able to wear a military uniform made of Egyptian cotton next year.

Wang Yue's toss is not tight, roughly calculated, the Ming army can catch 10,000 catties of fish every day, and plant nearly 200,000 acres of sweet potatoes and other crops. There are thousands of pigs and sheep, more than 10,000 horses, and countless chickens, ducks, geese and dogs.

Basically, in addition to staple food and weapons, tens of thousands of troops are already completely self-sufficient!

Don't look at Zhu Houxi when he sees Wang Yue, it's like a cockfight, but he admires Wang Yue from the bottom of his heart. When it comes to any single item, Wang Yue is not the strongest.

But when it comes to the comprehensive layout, in the entire Ming Dynasty, no one can compare to him.

Is it so easy to go on an expedition?

Take those ships as an example, the continuous voyage has already had a layer of shellfish parasitism at the bottom of the ship, and the speed of the ship has dropped significantly, if it were not for Wang Yue to build a ship repair shop, there would be no way to maintain it, let alone combat effectiveness.

What is a rainy day?

Just when the Ming army was adapting to the climate and accumulating a lot, a fleet crossed the ocean and rushed over.

"I thought that kid had forgotten his father!"

Zhu Houxi snorted angrily.

Wang Yue shrugged his shoulders, the ghost knows if he forgot about you, maybe it was for my father-in-law!

Just after the gangplank was set up, the first figure to come down from the deck was actually a thin woman, she saw Wang Yue on the dock, and flew directly over, Wang Yue's eyes widened, and the speed was even faster than her.

The old husband and wife hugged each other tightly, and circled around the coast......

"Madam, you, why didn't you tell me!"

Sun Yu wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, puffed out his cheeks and said, "If I say it, will you still let me come?" It's been more than two years since you left, have you forgotten that you still have a home? ”

Wang Yue's face turned red rarely, "Madam, let's talk slowly, Your Majesty is still here!" ”

Sun Yu shook his head, "I don't care about Your Majesty!" I'm here to see my man. She reached out and touched Wang Yue's cheek, and said angrily, "Master, why are you so dark and thin?" No, I'm going to cook something delicious with you now, and I'm going to make my lord white and fat again. ”

Zhu Houxi, who was behind him, heard this, so he simply turned his head and left, he shouldn't have come over, he was depressed with this mouthful of dog food!