The dark tide near Gyeonggi is turbulent, and no matter how much it does, it will not affect the province of Yunnan, which is far southwest of the Ming Dynasty. The streets and alleys of the capital city of Kunming are mostly amazed by outsiders. No, in the lobby of a restaurant, two obviously outsiders sat in a corner drinking and chatting.

A short man took a bite of food and said with emotion: "When I came here five years ago, I remember that there were many beggars on the street, and I could see starvation on the road from time to time!" Look at the present, basically the beggars have disappeared, even those coolies that can be seen everywhere, and they can't be seen, this is a really big change! ”

"That's right, it's true when you say it, it used to be dirty and messy, if it weren't for the big caravan coming, I would definitely not have come! But now that I look at it, it seems that my previous impression has changed! The dwarf's companion, a little white face, also sighed.

Hearing their conversation, the local diners obviously showed a proud expression, and a tall man at the table next to him couldn't help but interject at first: "Dongwu often calls, although Kunming is far away, but there are many people who escape, and it is normal to see beggars on the street!" In bad years, it is not uncommon for some people to starve to death. But these are all before, it's the old yellow calendar, since two years ago, it's been different! ”

As soon as he heard this, the dwarf was a little puzzled, and asked suspiciously, "What?" I heard that Meng Mi, Meng Yang, and Mu Bang are all occupied by Dongwu, and those Dongwu people have been bullying, haven't there been fugitives in the past two years? Is it ......?"

"That's not what it means!" The tall man immediately waved his hand and interrupted, "Although there are still fugitives, don't you know, the old generation of the Min Pavilion patrols Yunnan, collects fugitives, provides disaster relief, and overwhelms the Mu Wangfu, all of this you see now is the change brought by the elder after the elder of the pavilion came!" ”

Of course, they have heard of this kind of major event of the old Min Pavilion patrolling Yunnan. Hearing that this was the reason, Xiao Baimian asked a little puzzled: "How does the elder of the pavilion accept the fugitives and provide disaster relief?" Where did the court get the money? ”

"Where the money comes from, I don't know." The tall man shook his head and said, "Anyway, the old man of the pavilion is rich, and he selects a strong army from the disaster victims and fugitives, and the second-class group cultivates the wasteland and fields, even if those are old and weak, they have a job to do." Anyway, we in Kunming, since the elder came here, we haven't starved to death much. ”

"Train the army?" The dwarf also interjected and asked, "Didn't the Tusi Rebellion in Yunguichuan be suppressed by Governor Zhu, why do you still train the army?" Is it to prepare for the recovery of Mengyang, Mengmi and Mubang? ”

Before, after these areas were captured by Dongwu's side, there was no reaction from the Ming side. It is rumored that the imperial court is busy with the border defense of the northern lands, and there is no money to fight, so it can only watch Dongwu scourge those places. Originally, I thought that I would wait for the Dongwu army to fight further and lengthen their supply lines, maybe the imperial army would make a move.

Now it seems that this rumor is not true. At least the imperial court has money and is still training the army, so it is really possible to counterattack and recover those places that day.

All in all, it's not that Da Ming can't beat Dongwu, it's a question of whether he has money or not. If you have money, you can hurt Dongwu and make him dare not look north. There is no money, and the place is occupied by Dongwu, but there is no way to counterattack.

In the original history, the corruption at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the rampant thieves, and the rampant construction of prisoners, at this time, the imperial court because of the lack of money, and levy more liao salary, that there is still room to manage the southwest border. It is also for this reason that places such as Mengyang, Mengmi, and Mubang eventually remained occupied by Dong Wu, and in later generations, they also became the territory of Burma.

The topic of everyone in the lobby of the restaurant, unconsciously, turned to money. They really couldn't figure it out, even if the imperial court had eased its finances a little in the past year, how could the imperial court transfer so much money in this southwest region of the Ming Dynasty?

Naturally, they don't know that it's because of the owner. At this time, as the gold lord of Yunnan, Zhu Yujian, the king of Tang, stood on the point platform of the military camp and watched the soldiers on the school field training.

There are nearly 10,000 soldiers, although there are not as many cavalry as in the north, but the number of 10,000 still consumes a lot of money and food for daily training, and all this money and food are borne by Zhu Yujian alone.

Although this is the case, Zhu Yujian is not distressed at all. Relying on the savings of Tang Wangfu for so many years, these expenses are not too much for him. As long as you can train elite soldiers and lay down a piece of the world for him, no matter how much money you pay, it will be worth it.

Seeing tens of thousands of soldiers practicing with orders, the blood in Zhu Yujian's bones had already been activated. At this time, if he wants to be a vassal king for a lifetime like a pig, it is really better to be the king of a small border country! Not to mention, as long as you put your mind to it, even if it is a small border country, it can be developed into a big country!

For nearly two years, he has been by Min Hongxue's side, watching Min Hongxue select soldiers from the fugitives and disaster victims for training, starting from scratch. Now in front of the army, Zhu Yujian is confident that he has this eyesight, and if he compares with the army under Mu Wangfu, he will definitely be able to beat them. The word elite general, he thinks is the definition of the army in front of him.

Listening to the thunderous roar of the soldiers, Zhu Yujian couldn't hold back the thoughts in his heart. In fact, this idea was conceived two months ago, and it has been held back until now.

He watched for another quarter of an hour or so, then got off the stage and went to find Min Hongxue.

"Your Highness, aren't you in the barracks watching them train?" When Min Hongxue saw King Tang coming, he asked with a little curiosity.

This time, Zhu Yujian was bold and said straight to the point: "Elder Ge, looking at this army alone, it is enough to defeat the army of Dongwu. It's time to send troops to attack Dongwu, right? ”

Hearing this, Min Hongxue pondered for a moment, and then said seriously: "Your Highness, although Dongwu is a small barbarian country, his strength cannot be ignored. It's best to be prepared and decide again! Your Highness still has land that has not been auctioned, and in terms of money and food, it should be enough to consume, right? ”

"It's not about the money!" When Zhu Yujian heard this, he immediately shook his head, and then emphasized again, "Gu Wei thinks that now this army, supplemented by the army of Tusi from all walks of life, has no problem defeating Dongwu. In that case, why bother to prepare? ”

Speaking of this, he was afraid that Min Hongxue would not agree, so he immediately explained: "We have also learned about Dongwu's spying in the early stage, the topography of various places, the deployment of Dongwu's army, and so on. With a strong army in hand, the terrain is familiar, and the crusade against injustice, the so-called favorable time, place and people, in fact, are all in our control, as long as we fight, our army will win! ”

Tang Wang said this, and it is indeed the truth. Thanks to the goal set from the beginning, it was to capture Donggo. Therefore, the meticulous work sent in advance has been continuously passed back in the past two years. As for the situation in Dongwu, I don't want to say that I have a thorough understanding here, at least the basic situation has been mastered.

Min Hongxue also had to admit that Zhu Yujian had some truth in what he said, but he still shook his head and said: "Your Highness, the emperor has an order to deliberately transfer the latest militaristic heavy weapons such as flintlock pistols to equip His Highness's army first." Now the flintlock pistol has not yet arrived, and there is no training, and it will take time. ”

Speaking of this, he paused and said: "Now the imperial court is implementing the reform of the military system of the guard, and it also involves the reform of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. This is the major policy of the country and the most important thing. Although Yunnan is far away from Beijing, this matter must be prepared immediately. For a while, the official couldn't pull out. ”

Hearing these words, Zhu Yujian hurriedly replied: "Lone is not distressed about the money to buy a flintlock pistol, really, Lone definitely doesn't mean that." If the elder can't come out, he can go alone and lead the army. Of course, Lone didn't mean to lead the army in the territory of Daming, but to lead the army after going to Dongwu's side......"

There are some things that are taboo, such as the vassal king leading the troops! Although Zhu Yujian was personally allowed by the emperor, he still had certain scruples, and he had to explain the matter of military power again and again.

"By the way, the elder is here just now, waiting for the flintlock pistols of the imperial court to be transported, just in time to train flintlock pikemen. The troops consumed by Lone on the front line can just be replenished! When Zhu Yujian said this, his thoughts were springing up, and his mouth was full of lotus, "Hasn't the imperial court been short of food?" If you lay down Dongwu as soon as possible, you will be able to provide food to the mother country as soon as possible, and you can also deter the surrounding areas, so that those small countries that are obedient to the Ming Yang will obediently pay tribute to food. Gu made an example as soon as possible, and it can also give confidence to other vassal kings, so that they can also learn from Lone, feudal overseas as soon as possible, and solve the problem of land annexation and vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty! ”

He said it almost nakedly, this urgent thought of his, Min Hongxue could feel it just by looking at it and listening to it. At this time, Zhu Yujian's thoughts, Min Hongxue can also understand. I have to say that after getting along with each other for a long time, Zhu Yujian knows what he is worried about and what the court needs.

Beside Min Hongxue, there was still one person standing at this time, that is, Mubang Ba Dengding. After hearing this, he also interjected and said: "Dongwu's side, we have secretly provoked a lot of civil strife, and King Talong has been busy quelling the civil strife, if he is given enough time, I am afraid that those local forces will be pacified by him." It is better to discuss the matter of Dongwu sooner rather than later! ”

"That's right!" Zhu Yujian listened, and immediately responded to Ba Dengding's words, he knew that Ba Dengding also hoped to fight as soon as possible, "Lone's side, I have already selected a lot of capable officials on weekdays, as long as I can lay down Dongwu, I can quickly stabilize the place, Lone believes, there should be no problem!" ”

Min Hongxue listened and was silent.

Theoretically speaking, the army currently being trained is actually Zhu Yujian's army. It's just that there was no such precedent before, and to attack Dongwu, Min Hongxue's support was required, so Zhu Yujian had to obtain Min Hongxue's consent.

Seeing Min Hongxue's appearance, Zhu Yujian and Ba Dengding looked at each other, and couldn't help but feel a little panicked in their hearts, saying so much, they were afraid that Min Hongxue would not agree.

After waiting for a long time, Min Hongxue finally spoke: "In this way, this army can go to Yongchang Mansion first, and go to Tengchongwei for the reason of reforming." As soon as the official decree of the imperial court arrives, it can send troops out of Yongchang, Mengyang, Mengmi, and Mubang, and then threaten Ava. After the Fusiliers and other armies were replenished, they captured Ava in one fell swoop. What does Your Highness think of this strategy? “

Relatively speaking, in the three places of Mengyang, Mengmi and Mubang, after years of war, the people's livelihood has withered, and Dongwu does not pay much attention to these places. In addition, it originally belonged to the Ming Dynasty, so it would be relatively less difficult for the Ming Dynasty to send troops to recover these places. In addition, Ava was the granary of Dongwu, and King Taron moved his capital to Ava in 1635 in the original history, which shows the importance of Ava.

Min Hongxue's strategy, whether it is in the eyes of Ba Dengding, a Mubang person, or Zhu Yujian, who made up for the news of Dongwu in this year, is a steady strategy, and there should be no problems. So, Zhu Yujian immediately agreed.

So, after Zhu Yujian and Min Hongxue discussed some details, Zhu Yujian and Ba Dengding each made a statement to Emperor Chongzhen in the chat group.

After Emperor Chongzhen saw this report, he didn't feel anything wrong. For Dong Wu, later known as Burma, he had the impression that his king had handed over the Yongli Emperor to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Moreover, he still remembered that Dong Wu also slaughtered a lot of Han people at that time.

As soon as I thought of this, Emperor Chongzhen thought of the Wanli period in the Wanli period, Sanxuan Liufu was robbed by Dongwu tens of thousands, and later Dongwu heard the news that the imperial army would go south, fearing that its people would be the internal response, and they were imprisoned by the river, set fire to death, and abandoned the corpses to cover the wild Saijiang. Emperor Chongzhen didn't think much about it, so he agreed to King Tang's request, and a holy decree quickly left Beijing and went straight to Yunnan.

The reason why Min Hongxue or Jingshi both asked for a holy decree was because this matter was too big, and secondly, because among the members of the chat group around Min Hongxue, only Tang King Zhu Yujian and Mubang Renba climbed to the top. Because of their ass problems, they lack a sense of trust.

On the Yunnan side, the army began to move defenses, and the grain and grass materials were not carried out openly, but only through the way of merchant sales, low-key to Yongchang Mansion to concentrate food and materials. Otherwise, those who are interested will definitely think of starting a war. Because of the reform of the military system of the guard, can you send out a large army and bring countless money and food?

Before the arrival of the holy decree, Min Hongxue also began to make some preparations for this war, and successively summoned Tusi from all over the country to announce the new policy of the imperial court. It is estimated that when the holy decree arrives in Kunming, it will be the turn of the Tusi on the border of Dongwu and Yunnan to gather in Qincha. It was only then that the will was made clear and they were ordered to cooperate in the attack on Dongwu.

The Battle of Dongwu is about to start, and Emperor Chongzhen can't help but worry about the reform of the military system of the guard, and at the same time, he also puts part of his mind on Dongwu's side. The only thing he can do is to learn about the situation on Dongwu's side through the chat group system.

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