The three pieces of land mentioned by Luo Dagong are the three provinces of southern Thailand that have been noisy in later generations, with long and narrow terrain, with the sea on both sides, the Gulf of Siam on one side and the Andaman Sea on the other, of which the Andaman Sea belongs to the Indian Ocean.

"After taking the three places of Pattani, Songkhla, and Yuluo......" Zhu Cihong said thoughtfully, "we will enter Tianzhu Yang!" ”

Luo Dagong said: "Your Majesty, now is the perfect time to enter Tianzhuyang. ”

"Really?" Zhu Cihong hesitated.

The Ming Dynasty had a great advantage in the Pacific Ocean, because the war between Spain and England and France had not yet ended, and it was not possible to put a large number of navies into the Pacific Ocean for the time being.

Moreover, after the Battle of Kagoshima Bay, the pattern of naval warfare has changed profoundly, just as it has been after the Battle of Sinop in history...... All nations are going to rebuild their main fleets. This is equivalent to everyone being on the same starting line, which is of course an advantage for the behemoth of Daming. So for the time being, no one will challenge Daming in the North Pacific.

But the Indian Ocean is very crowded...... It's crowded all the time!

The Heavenly Sect is unwilling to lose its hegemony, the Ottomans and the Mughals are eyeing each other, Portugal, the Netherlands, and England are competing for hegemony, France is still squeezing into it, and with one more Ming Dynasty, I am afraid it will also be crowded.

Luo Dagong said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently received a report from the Siam Governor's Office that the envoys of the Mughal State of Tianzhu visited and mentioned the matter of cooperating with our dynasty against the Bukhara Khanate...... Apparently meant to be good friends with me. ”

"What? Against the Bukhara Khanate? Zhu Cihong was a little confused when he heard it.

Isn't this Bukhara Khanate in Central Asia? Where did you provoke the Indians?

"Your Majesty," said Luo Dagong, "the Bukhara Khanate and the Mughal dynasty of Tianzhu are a feud. The Mughal dynasty came from the Timurid dynasty, which in turn was destroyed by the Uzbek Khanate, the predecessor of the Bukhara Khanate, and now the ancestral land of the Mughal dynasty is controlled by the Bukhara Khanate. The emir of the Mughal Dynasty, Aurang Zeb, was known as Alam Gir, which means the conqueror of the world, and he wanted to take the ancestral land in the north and the heavens in the south. ”

"Conqueror of the World?" Zhu Cihong smiled, "It's not a small tone...... Then why didn't he conquer Bukhara and contact us? ”

"This is because the conquerors of this world are not likely to fight," said Luo Dagong, "who was once defeated by the Bukhara Khanate." Now seeing that the vassal of our dynasty, the Dzungar tribe, defeated the Bukhara Khanate, he has the idea of unity. ”

"Then he is not afraid that the monks of Dzungar will go south to Tianzhu after conquering Bukhara?" Zhu Cihong asked.

"I don't seem to be afraid......," Luo Dagong smiled, "This matter has nothing to do with us, so it's better to take the opportunity to contact Tianzhu." As long as you form an alliance with the Mughal Dynasty in Tianzhu, you will have no problem entering Tianzhu Ocean. ”

"Well," said Zhu Cihong, "who can do it?" ”

Luo Dagong said: "Peng Ziqin, the superintendent in Siam, can be the envoy...... After the mission to Tianzhu, he can also be allowed to take a trip to Ottoman and Europe. Recently, the situation in Europe has changed a lot, the British protectorate has changed, and the war between Spain and France and Britain seems to have been decided. ”

actually went all the way from the issue of crusading against Dashun to the situation in Europe, jumping far enough!

Zhu Cihong nodded and said, "It's indeed time for a mission to visit Europe!" Grand Duke, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will make an envoy strategy as soon as possible, and I will take a look at it. ”

"Commandment."

Zhu Cihong said again: "Wei Shoufu, arrange Xixing Wuhan!" I haven't been to Wuhan for many years, and this time I'm going to stay in Wuhan for a few more days to scare Li Guo. ”

"Commandment."

Zhu Cihong said to Wu Sanfu again: "It is not good for the second general Shang and Kong to preside over the Qishan side, so let Jiang Hao go out and serve as the commander of the Qishan army." Then he ordered Shuofang and Anbei to send 5,000 elite soldiers each, and Jiang Huang led them on the road.

As for Sichuan, Zeng Ying is still the coach, and he is the envoy of the festival.

The Yunnan-Guizhou side set up a governor, with Mu Tianbo as the governor, and then Yang Zhan as the commander of the Yunnan-Guizhou army. Allocated military funds, Zhun Mu Tianbo and Yang Zhan recruited Tusi troops in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Hunan to conscript.

As for Huguang, a governor was also set up, with Cao Youyi as the commander, and the Xiangyang Army and the Jingzhou Army under it, with Yan Yingyuan and Qi Yuanbi serving as commanders respectively. ”

Zhu Cihong raised his voice: "This is the seven-way crusade army of Qishan, Guanzhong, Xiangyang, Jingzhou, Sichuandong, Yungui, and Siam...... Claimed to be 700,000! Coupled with my personal expedition, Li Guo is going to be terrified this time! ”

700,000!

It's really quite bragging, not counting the strength of the outer domain, now the Ming Dynasty plus the total strength of the towns under it, the navy and the army are not as much as 700,000!

......

Yunnan, Kunming, Wuhua Palace.

The news of the success of the Ming Dynasty and the general of the seven road soldiers totaling 700,000 Pingchuan and Yunnan came almost from the front and back.

Li Guo, the son of Dashun, suddenly had a feeling of impending disaster!

"Great military division, do you calculate the amount, does the Ming Dynasty really have 700,000 soldiers and horses?" Li Laiheng, the prince of Fujun, also came from Ava, and now he asked Song Xiance to count them on his fingers.

"Your Highness, don't panic," Song Xiance was confident, "In the past, Long Live was still known as a million people from time to time, in fact, how could there be so many?" The minister estimated that Emperor Zhu falsely claimed 700,000 this time, but in fact it was 500,000 at most. ”

500,000 is not a lot!

Li Guo shook his head again and again, "How is it good?" How good is that? ”

"Father, since ancient times, soldiers have come to block, and water has come to cover the earth." Li Laiheng said, "What is there to fear if the enemy has 500,000? ”

Li Guo looked at his son: "My son wants to lead the army and fight against the Zhu family?" ”

"No," Li Laiheng said, "Erchen suggested that his father expand his army to resist Zhu Ming!" ”

Expansion?

Li Guo thought to himself: The current 250,000 military households are already a little unaffordable, so expand the army...... Do you still have food to eat?

"How to expand the army?" Qin Wang Sun Kewang asked.

Li Laiheng said: "First, let the boys who have reached the age of 15 in the government soldiers enlist in the army, train intensively, and form a children's army, just like Zhu Ming's youth army...... In this way, the army can be expanded to 2,780,000.

Then recruit 70,000 or 80,000 new soldiers, and make up a total of 350,000 government soldiers, although not as much as Zhu Ming's 500,000, but it is enough to compete. ”

There are 250,000 soldiers in Dashun, but 50,000 of them are officials, and the number of people who can really go into battle is around 200,000, which is a bit small, but the expansion of the army by 150,000 at once seems to be a bit fierce.

"One soldier is 40 stones, and 150,000 is 6 million stones!" Niu Jinxing shook his head, "Even if it is calculated as one mu and five buckets of rent, you have to take out 12 million mu...... Where to find these 12 million acres? ”

"What's so hard to find?" Li Laiheng said, "You can grant the land leased to the peasant households to the government soldiers, and let the peasant households pay rent to the government soldiers." ”

Not to mention, the mobilization ability of the Great Shun Dynasty is very amazing!

Because after the Dashun Dynasty implemented the two fundamental national policies of enclosing land to raise soldiers and planning and dictating fields, it took the land and population of the whole country into its hands.

Even if the land granted by the dictation is not private land, but public land. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with the imperial court transferring these lands to the government soldiers as posts, but the current 250,000 government soldiers have almost accounted for one-third of Dashun's land, if you add another 12 million mu...... I am afraid that half of the land in the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou in Dashun will be returned to the government soldiers.

"The land is all returned to the government soldiers, and the rent received by the court is less." Niu Jinxing still shook his head, "At present, I am afraid that this battle will be protracted, and it is necessary to give the government soldiers annual rations." If there are really 350,000 people in service, the annual ration alone will cost 2.1 million stone! Coupled with the annual example, 5 million stones can't be stopped! ”

"Then let's add a pie!" Li Laiheng said.

"Extra Pai?" Li Guo thought to himself: What a familiar word!

"Yes!" Li Laiheng said, "You have to add it!" No addition...... Dashun Dynasty is afraid that it will be gone! ”

Niu Jinxing said: "It is too heavy to pay the regular land rent and at least 15 million stones to pay the regular land rent and distribute at least 15 million stones, and to give millions of pieces of cloth again!" ”

"It's okay!" Li Laiheng said, "The Ming Dynasty collected a tax of 10,000,000 taels a year, and we only had 15 million stone rice and a few million pieces of cloth, what is there!" If it is not collected, the Ming Dynasty will seize Sichuan and Yunnan, and the people will be even more miserable! ”

Li Guo nodded: "That's what I said...... For the sake of the people, do so! ”