Fang Yuan's long journey through the Huguang-Yangtze River-Grand Canal waterway finally arrived in Beijing after a month.

This time to attack the southwestern provinces, Fang Yuan went out for more than a year, and Jing Jie and the princess went out of the city fifty miles to welcome him and returned triumphantly.

Fang Yuan was most concerned about the movements in the direction of the capital, Guangning City, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty in Liaodong in the past year.

On the way back to the palace, Fang Yuan couldn't wait to ask, and Jing Jie had already told the truth.

Guangning City was completed half a year ago, and according to Fang Yuan's instructions, the 50,000 people who participated in the construction were allocated 10 acres of land around Guangning City per capita. The Manchu Qing side in eastern Liaodong also sent back 150,000 people from western Liaoning and Shandong who had plundered according to the previous agreement.

Shandong's land distribution has long been over, so these people from Shandong can only be resettled in Liaodong. After years of conquest by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Liaoxi was vast and sparsely populated, with 150,000 people and five acres of land per capita.

Because Fang Yuan implemented the preferential policy of exempting land from land for two years, the Han people who secretly fled from Liaodong to Guangning City in western Liaoning were repeatedly banned, and the Manchu Qing could only send troops to guard the line of the Liao River, and it was strictly forbidden for any Han people to flee across the Liao River.

Because the Ming Dynasty recaptured Liaoxi, even the two tribes of Karaqin and Chahar in Mongolia began to move, sending envoys to the Ming Dynasty to repair, and wavering between the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The undercurrents of the Mongols and Han people in Liaodong were surging, but the Manchus were busy with internal strife and had no time to take care of them.

Dolgon, who was defeated in the Battle of Shanhaiguan and the Battle of Guangning, was forced to abdicate by the two yellow flags of the Huang Taiji series together with the two blue flags and the two red flags, and was already at an absolute disadvantage.

However, the Ming court complied with Fang Yuan's decree and resolutely refused to recognize the blessing of the two yellow flags, two red flags, and two blue flags at the invitation of Dolgon. Negotiations with the Manchus, diplomatic notes were sent, and only one party was given to Dorgon. And solemnly stated to the Manchu court that the Manchus could not change the emperor, otherwise the Ming Dynasty would intervene.

It was unthinkable that the Ming Dynasty would interfere with the attribution of the Manchu emperors ten years ago. But now the power of the Ming Dynasty is no longer the same, and there is even a Dolgon family that lures wolves into the house.

The ministers of the coup d'état, such as Sonny and Zilharang, were angry and annoyed, but they were helpless.

Because the main diplomatic object of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was the Ming Dynasty, if the Ming Dynasty did not recognize the emperor Fu Lin, and they forcibly supported Fu Lin to the throne, the Ming Dynasty's 50,000 iron cavalry in Guangning City and Shanhai Pass alone was enough to determine the strength of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Afraid of the interference of the Ming forces, Sonny and Zilharang could only recognize Dolgon as emperor. Dorgon was too ill to manage his government, so Sonny and Dodor were all in charge of the government.

The situation in western Liaoning as a whole is very good and thriving.

Fang Yuan was very happy to hear this, at least it proved that the Ming Dynasty was on the right track, and even without Fang Yuan, it was enough to have a huge deterrent to the Manchu Qing in Liaodong.

The princess sighed softly, "Horse, when I was just born, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was under the city of Beijing. In the past 20 years, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has been even more arrogant, and has entered the customs several times. Now the horses not only kept the Manchus out of Liaoxi, but even decided the ownership of the Manchu emperors. ”

"It's like a dream!"

Fang Yuan laughed and said, "Jiao'er, this is also a dream? The Manchu Qing Dynasty, a half-farming, half-fishing, and hunting people, has not yet been put in my eyes, and I have appointed the fourth child as the governor of Nanyang. ”

The princess was stunned and asked, "The fourth uncle was the governor of Minguang before, where did he come from?" ”

Fang Yuan said with a smile, "Jiao'er, my goal is to lay down a territory that extends from the Mongolian steppe in the north, Batavia in the south, the desert in the west, and Japan in the east, far surpassing the Ming Dynasty of the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty." ”

"The Governor of Nanyang is the governor who governs the south of Fujian and Guangzhou, the vast sea frontier, and the coastal countries. But all the countries that do not listen to the orders of the Ming Dynasty, just like Burma, will be exterminated until they submit! ”

The princess frowned and said, "Don Ma, these countries are all countries that Emperor Taizu strictly ordered not to be conquered, all of them are poor and remote places, all of them are uncivilized savages, and they don't produce silk or grain, what are you going to do with conquest?!" ”

Fang Yuan said with a smile, "In the territory of those countries, there are countless gold, silver and minerals, which are used to strengthen the army. It does not produce silk or grain, but produces coconut, durian, spices, and rubber! By the way, and most importantly, oil, which is an indispensable energy source for modern industry. ”

The princess didn't know what durian, rubber, and oil were, but when she saw that he was ambitious and excited, she obediently stopped and didn't bother him.

Jing Jie suddenly said, "Boss, after you went to the south, there was also a letter from the Shimazu family in Japan asking for help. The stakes are so high that I don't dare to make an arbitrary decision, so I can only send an envoy to stay in the capital temporarily. When the boss is known, he will summon the messenger again. ”

In Fang Yuan's impression, he hadn't heard from Japan for several years. Of course, the annual grain trade with the Shimazu family is still going on as usual. It's just that because of the import of a large number of Japanese swords, the Ming army's Japanese swords have also been saturated, and the Shimazu family can't get any exchange goods, so they can only pay the bill in silver.

Fang Yuan suddenly became interested, and hurriedly asked, "How is the civil war of the Wa Kingdom going?" ”

Jing Jie said, "Over the years, the Japanese Kanto and Kansai sides have each gathered dozens of Ming Dynasty, which was a stalemate in the war, and even the sailors of the Shimazu family were stronger than the sailors of the shogunate. However, because Zheng Sen's powerful sailors joined the shogunate's side, the Shimazu family's sailors were defeated in successive battles and almost wiped out. Zheng Sen's sailors also constantly shuttled the sea routes of Japan, transporting the shogunate's troops to the rear of Kansai, and constantly harassed the Shimazu family, who could not help but ask for help from us. ”

Fang Yuan was secretly amused when he heard this, Zheng Sen, who had been missing his whereabouts, really arrived in Japan with a powerful fleet. And this kid still has the same example, following Fang Yuan's method of harassing the Manchus, and also harassing the territory of the Kansai Daimyo.

The Ming Dynasty, Korea, and Japan were all over the place, and the civil war of the Ming Dynasty also changed the situation of the civil war in Japan.

Fang Yuan didn't care at all about who killed these Japanese, what he cared about most was what strategic benefits he could get from it, "What are the conditions for the Shimazu family to ask for help from the Ming Dynasty?!" ”

Jing Jie said truthfully, "The Shimazu family is willing to return the occupied Ryukyu Islands according to the previous promise with the boss. ”

Fang Yuan laughed and said, "The sailors of the Shimazu family have all been disabled by Zheng Sen, and the Ryukyu Islands will definitely not be able to defend it, Shimazu is really generous to others, this condition is not good." ”

Jing Jie asked, "Boss, the country of Japan is small and poor, the mountains and rivers are poor, and the perennial is either a volcano or an earthquake, what kind of oil and water do you want to scrape from Japan?" ”

Fang Yuan thought about it, the current Japan has no food, no technology, and there is really nothing to look at. However, the Shimazu family must be rescued, otherwise when the shogunate destroys the Shimazu family, they will unite with Zheng Sen's sailors. I am afraid that the plague that has been extinct for a long time will come again.

However, after rescuing Shimazu in vain, Fang Yuan felt that he had lost his capital, and after pondering for a while, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration, "That's right! Isn't there still that Iwami Ginzan?! ”

Jing Jie was stunned and asked, "What stone sees the silver mountain?" ”

Fang Yuan said, "Third child, you go and summon the envoy of the Shimazu family again." It is inconvenient for me to show up, so you put forward a condition to the messenger on my behalf. If you want the Ming Dynasty to send troops to help, you can. However, it must be secured by the mining rights of Iwami Ginzan for ten years. ”

Jing Jie suddenly said, "The boss wants to send craftsmen to Japan to mine silver?!" ”

Fang Yuan smiled, "Yes, it's not as fast as mining silver to make silver." Japan wants nothing at all, but the silver on this stone mountain is still eye-catching. ”

Jing Jie asked, "What if we help the Shimazu family defeat Zheng Sen, and the Shimazu family regrets it?" ”

Fang Yuan shook his head with a smile and said, "Third Brother, do you think that Fifth Brother doesn't even understand the reason for raising a Kou?!" ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, and they laughed in unison.