On the Manchu side, because Dolgon initiated a change of submission order against all Persians in the territory, a large number of Persians rebelled fiercely, so that the entire Manchu territory was bloody.

As for the Ming Dynasty, as early as when Dolgon issued a shaving order, Zhu Cicheng ordered the spies to pay close attention.

From the shaving order to the easy obedience order, prying the nerves of the Persians who believe in the true god, thus triggering a fierce resistance, in less than half a month, Zhu Ci learned the news.

"Hahahaha, Dolgon really has a deep heart, and he really did it!" Zhu Ci stumbled and laughed loudly.

No one knows that since the Manchus moved westward and destroyed the Persian Empire, Zhu Ci hesitant expected that the Persians might have this day, after all, although Dolgon moved west to the Middle East with the Manchus, he was still Dolgon, and he was still that kind of character, and it was not surprising that he would come up with a bloody way like shaving his hair and making it easy to obey like history to completely stabilize his rule.

It's just that the unlucky people have changed from Han Chinese to Persians.

Zhu Ci couldn't help but rejoice, the Han people did not have to go through such a tragic situation, the Ming Dynasty not only did not perish under his rule, but became more and more powerful, not only the Northern Expedition was successful, but also drove the Manchurians to the Middle East to harm others.

"The Emperor had expected Dolgon to do this?" Li Yan asked in surprise.

Zhu Ci staggered back to Li Yan with a mysterious smile and did not explain.

Li Yan didn't ask the bottom line, but pondered for a moment, and then asked: "Didn't the emperor want to take this opportunity to send troops to destroy the Manchu Qing in the Middle East?" ”

There is no doubt that the current Manchu Qing because of the matter of shaving their hair and changing the order, especially the change of obedience, caused a fierce resistance from the Persians, and the entire territory was in chaos, and the blood flowed like a river.

Zhu Ci shook his head and said: "No, at this time, I will not send troops to attack the Manchurians, I just want to keep them and continue to toss that part of the Middle East, it is better to kill the people of all ethnic groups there to lose their temper and kill them like a river of blood, so as to lay a solid foundation in advance when the Ming Dynasty really rules there in the future." ”

Zhu Ci's words revealed that one day in the future he would send troops to attack the Manchus, and the Ming Dynasty would also rule the territory currently ruled by the Manchus, but not now, or even in recent years.

Li Yan thought about it for a while, and didn't fully understand why keeping the Manchurians to toss that piece of land could lay a solid foundation for the future rule of the Ming Dynasty, but he didn't doubt Zhu Ci's words.

It's no wonder that Li Yan can't figure it out, it's a pity that Li Yan has not been to that place in the Middle East, let alone the complexity.

Li Yan did not continue to trace this matter.

"However, Daming has been silent for more than two years, maybe it's time to continue to expand the territory!" Zhu Ci said suddenly.

Not only has the Ming Dynasty been silent for more than two years, but more importantly, the Ming Dynasty has completely digested the Korea, the Japanese Kingdom, the Mongolian tribes, Xinjiang and Tibetan areas that were captured more than two years ago, and now it has completely freed up its energy, and with the merger of Confucianism and Taoism in the Ming Dynasty, Taoism has risen in an all-round way, Zhu Ci felt that the time had come.

Li Yan's expression perked up, and he immediately asked, "Then where does the emperor plan to continue to open up the frontier?" ”

At present, the Ming Dynasty is bounded by the Tsarist Empire to the north, the Manchu and Cossack Khanates to the west, the Kingdom of Nepal, the Kingdom of Bhutan and the Mughal Empire to the southwest, the Taungoo Dynasty of Burma, the Ayutthaya Dynasty of Siam, and the Nanzhang Kingdom and the Zhendian Kingdom to the southeast, and the Haohan Pacific Ocean to the east.

Zhu Cijiao has made it clear that he will not send troops to attack the Manchus, so if he does not attack the Manchus, there is naturally no need to attack the Cossack Khanate, so he will not expand his territory to the west for the time being, and the Mughal Empire in the southwest, separated by the Tibetan Snow Mountains and the Himalayas, the road is difficult to travel, and it is impossible to attack, and the east is the mighty Pacific Ocean, and it is impossible to expand to the east for the time being, so the only way to expand is to go north or south!

Going north through the Mongolian steppe to attack the Siberian permafrost of the Tsarist Empire, where it seems that the territory is extremely vast, and the Tsarist army is not large, it must be relatively easy to take, but it is all frozen permafrost, and even food cannot be grown, Li Yan is not optimistic about that place.

And to the south, the land of the Nanban is hot and the jungle is dense, but after all, there are a lot of places where you can grow grain, rice, corn, etc. are all excellent planting, which is quite valuable, Li Yan is more inclined to go south.

"Let's go south!" Zhu Ci hesitated and decided.

The reason why he did not choose the Siberian permafrost, which is easier to take, but chose to go south first to win the four Southeast Asian countries, is not that Zhu Ciji feels that the value of Siberia is not as high as that of Southeast Asia, Li Yan does not know the endless resources contained under the Siberian permafrost, but Zhu Ciji knows it very well.

It's just because the northern railway of the Ming Dynasty has just been built to the Mongolian steppe, and there is still a long distance from the Siberian border of Tsarist Russia, but in the south, because of the large population, since the imperial court ordered the whole people to participate in the construction, a large number of migrant workers have participated in the construction, and two have already been built, one to Yunnan, and the other to the railway of Annam Hanoi, and the transportation of troops and materials is more aspect.

Since the railways in the south have been repaired, and the railways in the north have not been repaired, it is natural to go south first!

"The emperor is wise!" Li Yan also supported the southward march first, and immediately agreed.

As Zhu Ciji and Li Yan discussed, they prepared to march south and sweep the four countries in Southeast Asia.

The next day, the Jinluan Hall was in the morning.

"The emperor has arrived!"

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"Flat!" After Zhu Ci staggered up the stairs, he did not sit directly on the dragon chair, but stood facing the hundred officials.

After the hundred officials got up, Zhu Ci didn't talk nonsense, and directly opened his mouth to announce.

"The Kingdom of Burma, the Kingdom of Siam, the Kingdom of Nanzhang, the Kingdom of Zhendian, etc., do not obey the king, and the crime is extremely heinous! I have decided to send troops to fight on the same day, what do you think! ”

As soon as Zhu Ci announced, except for Li Yan, the other officials immediately widened their eyes and their faces were full of shock.

However, before they could react, Li Yan stood up first.

"Minister Li Yan, second!" Li Yan continued: "During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the Kingdom of Burma has sent troops to invade my Ming Dynasty several times, the most powerful one sent 300,000 troops, more than 40 counties of the Ming Dynasty were occupied by it, and the people were devastated, although they were later defeated by my Ming Dynasty, but the people of the Ming Dynasty have been killed and injured countless times, for so many years, the king of Myanmar has not come to the Ming Dynasty to ask for guilt, it is indeed a great crime, and it must be crusaded!" ”

Zhu Ci nodded approvingly and said, "Well, Aiqing is right, it's very much in line with my heart!" ”

Zhu Ci sang and harmonized, and by the time the hundred officials reacted, the matter had already been decided.

"The ministers seconded it!" After many officials reacted, they immediately spoke out in agreement.

There were also some officials who wanted to oppose it, such as Liu Zongzhou and Huang Daozhou.

Liu Zongzhou's face twitched slightly, of course he knew that the so-called invasion of the Kingdom of Myanmar by the Ming Dynasty was an excuse, not to mention that after the defeat of Myanmar that year, not only all the land was returned, but Myanmar also declared itself a vassal to the Ming Dynasty, and the matter had actually been settled, and just now, Li Yan actually said that the king of Myanmar had not come to Daming in person to ask for guilt for so many years, which was simply a crime that he wanted to add.

Besides, what did the Kingdom of Burma do had to do with Siam, Nanzhang and Zhendian Kingdom, the emperor actually wanted to send troops to fight together.

It's too obvious, okay, the emperor just moved the idea of continuing to expand the territory again, when he Liu Zongzhou didn't know?

Most of the people who were thinking about opposition were some elderly Confucian scholars, and these people looked at their spiritual leaders, Liu Zongzhou and Huang Daozhou.

Liu Zongzhou and Huang Daozhou found out about this situation, and each sighed secretly, to see what use they had, the emperor proposed it, Li Yan and so many officials came out to agree again, even if they took the lead in opposing it, there must be no change, and it is imperative for the emperor to send troops to attack the four countries in Southeast Asia.

Knowing the final result, Liu Zongzhou and Huang Daozhou were too lazy to come out and speak, so let's move the troops, anyway, over the years, North Korea, the Japanese Kingdom and so on have also been destroyed a lot, with the current strength of the Ming Dynasty, this time it will not hurt the muscles and bones to destroy the four countries.

What Liu Zongzhou and Huang Daozhou didn't know was that they, who had always strongly opposed the Ming Dynasty's use of troops to destroy the country, had gradually become numb to the fact that the Ming Dynasty sent troops to destroy other countries at this moment.

No two people took the lead in opposing it, and other officials who had opposing thoughts also endured not standing up to oppose it.

So much so that the entire court did not even have any objections.

Zhu Ci saw this scene and nodded with great satisfaction.

"Since there is no objection from Zhong Aiqing, the matter of sending troops to crusade against Burma and other four countries has been decided. I announced that with Zhou Cao, the commander of the Second Army, as the commander, and Ma Yue'e and the Red Lady as the deputy commanders, the Second Army, the Fourteenth Army, the Seventeenth Army, the Twenty-fifth Army, and the four armies of 80,000 regular troops, and another 200,000 garrisons were mobilized to coordinate the crusade against the Four Kingdoms! ”

"My Emperor Shengming!" Li Yan was the first to respond, and other officials followed.

The participation of Ma Yue'e and the Red Lady is the first time that Zhu Cijiao has asked a female general to participate in the battle of destroying the country.

Ma Yue'e is Qin Liangyu's granddaughter, and once commanded the famous white pole soldiers under Qin Liangyu, and the most powerful white pole soldiers are jungle warfare.

And the Red Lady, who was once one of the generals under Li Zicheng, has experienced a hundred battles, and is even more beautiful than Ma Yue, so she is naturally an excellent candidate.

With the assistance of three people, Zhu Ci's Southeast Asian strategy will not have any major problems.

With the issuance of the holy decree, the various participating armies and large quantities of supplies began to be transported to Yunnan by train, and the dark clouds of war gradually approached the whole of Southeast Asia.