"The number of bandits is as high as tens of thousands, is Yang Jungong going to use these more than 1,000 heads to do a perfunctory thing?" Zhang Xianzhong said coldly.

Zhang Xianzhong is now holding back the fire in his belly, he is stationed in Jiaozhi, but now he is scolded by Zhu Youxiao for the Jiaozhi rebellion, he can't wait to attack Guangnan immediately at this moment, and vent the hatred in his heart.

"My lord, since the Duke of Yangjun received His Majesty's will, he immediately ordered the army to enter the mountains to clear it, but the bandits are cunning, hidden in the deep mountains, their whereabouts are difficult to identify, it will take time to completely clear them, this is only the first batch, and the follow-up bandit heads will be delivered soon." The Quang Nam envoy explained.

"I don't care what means Yang Jungong uses, if the thieves can't be cleared within the time specified by His Majesty, I will personally lead the troops south to clear them." Zhang Xianzhong said coldly.

"I hope that the adults will have some time, this is a gift from the Yang County Gong to the adults, and I hope the adults will accept it with a smile." Guangnan pointed to a large box in front of him.

"Regarding the matter of the Jiaozhi bandits, Your Majesty has already issued a decree to punish us and others, if it is not resolved, I will not be able to protect myself, I dare not accept the courtesy of the Yang County Prince, I only hope that the Yang County Commander can clear the thieves as soon as possible." Zhang Xianzhong refused.

"Definitely, definitely, the army has entered the mountains, and news should come soon. This will definitely not embarrass adults. The Quang Nam envoy hurriedly said.

……

On 9 October, the British Parliament brazenly promulgated the "Navigation Regulations," stipulating that British imports are only allowed to be transported by British ships or ships of the original producing countries, and exports are only allowed to be transported by British ships.

It was the first bill passed by the Parliament of the English Republic led by Cromwell to protect the monopoly of seafaring trade in Britain, and it had a far-reaching impact, triggering not only the Anglo-Dutch War, but also the background of the American Revolutionary War.

Of course, Zhu Youxiao did not know the British "Navigation Regulations" now, and the impact of the "Navigation Regulations" on the empire was very small. Zhu Youxiao's current focus is on Quang Nam and Alaska.

Until the end of November, Quang Nam sent a total of tens of thousands of heads. But this number is far from the number of rebels, Zhang Xianzhong fought with the rebels several times, although the rebels fled into Annam, but Zhang Xianzhong knew that the number of rebels was now between two and thirty thousand.

At the beginning of December, Zhu Youxiao ordered an attack on Quang Nam. The terrain of Guangnan is complicated, and after Zhu Youxiao destroyed the Annan Kingdom that year, he did not take advantage of the situation to destroy Guangnan, which was to take into account the topography and other problems of Guangnan. But this time the situation was completely different, Zhu Youxiao was already impatient, and he found that if Guangnan was not destroyed, it would be difficult for Jiaozhi Province to be peaceful.

In late December, Zhang Xianzhong led an army of 20,000 to approach Hengshan and hoard north of the Lingjiang River in Hengshan.

On 30 December, the navy of the Canton Governor's Office easily annihilated the navy of the Guangnan Army in the South China Sea.

On the 3rd day of the first month of the 32nd year of the Apocalypse, the 20,000-strong army of the Guangzhou Governor's Office landed in Hue and attacked Hue. In order to resist the attack of the Truong clan, the Nguyen clan established friendship with the Europeans, and Quang Nam not only purchased a large number of firearms from Europe, but also had the ability to produce copper cannons with the help of the Grape people.

Although the Guangnan Army was equipped with a large number of firearms, there was still a very big gap between them and the Ming Army in terms of firearms, and the flintlock guns of the Guangnan Army could not resist the Ming Army's Apocalypse Guns at all. Under the city of Hue, the Ming army defeated the Quang Nam army without much effort.

On the 5th of January, the Ming army captured the city of Hue. The capture of Hue City made the whole Quang Nam cut into two sections. At the request of Zhu Youxiao, the two countries of Cham and Chenla sent troops to Guangnan at the same time.

Quang Nam was defeated on all fronts, and the northern defense line, which was regarded as impregnable by Quang Nam, surrendered without a fight. Zhang Xianzhong led an army of 20,000 troops across the northern defense line of Quang Nam and went all the way south to clear the remnants of Quang Nam. At the same time, the Ming army in Hue City also went all the way south to pursue Nguyen Phuc Binh.

On the 19th of January, the Ming army and the Cham army completed the siege of Phu An Province, the last stronghold in Quang Nam. On the 20th of January, Ruan Phuc was forced to surrender to the Ming army in a desperate situation.

Less than a month before and after the war against Quang Nam, the Ming army occupied the whole of Quang Nam. In this war, the Ming army relied on its superiority in weapons and equipment to quickly resolve the battle and solve the problem of Quang Nam at the lowest cost.

After the end of the war in Guangnan, Zhu Youxiao summoned Zhang Xianzhong and Wei Zaode, the governor of Jiaozhi, in Beijing. Wei Zaode, a famous traitor at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the reason why Zhu Youxiao used Wei Zaode in Jiaozhi was that Zhu Youxiao was ready to use extraordinary means in Jiaozhi.

"Although the army has recaptured the entire Cochin, but this is just the beginning, I don't want to go back to the old path, I want a stable and prosperous Cochin, I wonder what good plan the two of you have?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"The Cochin people account for more than eighty percent of the people in one place, while the other ethnic groups account for only two percent, and the rebellions of the Cochin are mostly caused by the Cochin people, and the minister believes that in order to solve the problem of the Cochin forever, it is necessary to weaken the influence of the Cochin people in the local area." After Wei Zaode finished speaking, he raised his head slightly and glanced at Zhu Youxiao.

Wei Aiqing continued. Zhu Youxiao nodded with satisfaction.

Seeing Zhu Youxiao's expression, Wei Zaode knew that the words had reached Zhu Youxiao's heart. Wei Zaode is talented but not virtuous, and the most powerful thing is that he is good at figuring out the holy will, he continued: "The minister thinks that not only should the population be migrated from the empire itself to Jiaozhi, but also in the Jiaozhi locality, the minister thinks that other ethnic groups should be supported and the Jiaozhi people should be suppressed. ”

"How to support? How to snap pressure? Zhu Youxiao asked.

"The appointment of officials of other ethnic groups at the grassroots level, the distribution of land to other ethnic groups, and other measures, intensified the contradictions between the Jiaozhi people and other local ethnic groups, and the empire can use the strength of other ethnic groups to suppress the Jiaozhi people, and after twenty or thirty years, the Jiaozhi people will definitely not be what they are today, then the Jiaozhi people can be determined." Wei Zaode said.

"Twenty or thirty years is too long, the empire's investment is too great, I don't have so much time, material and financial resources to support you, I can only give you ten years at most to solve the problem of the Jiaozhi people. As long as you don't rebel, no matter what you are doing in Jiaozhi, I will forgive you, even if Jiaozhi is full of corpses, I will support you. Zhu Youxiao thought about it and said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty! The ministers will surely solve the problem of cochin within ten years. Wei Zaode and Zhang Xianzhong bowed together.

"Zhang Aiqing, you only have five years, the matter of Jiaozhi is done, I have my own reuse, if you can't do it, you are ready to retire."

"No. The minister will certainly make achievements that will satisfy His Majesty within five years. Zhang Xianzhong said with a swear.

……

Zhu Youxiao needed a stable Indochina Peninsula and a stable granary, which was crucial for the empire. Food security was the lifeblood of the empire as a whole, and now the empire transported large quantities of grain from Indochina to the empire by sea to alleviate the food crisis caused by the Xiaoice period.

(End of chapter)