Silently ordered people to distribute it according to the order of the guests, and all the overseas Chinese took it to their hands and looked at it, and then opened the cover and took a look, only to see two lines of eye-catching big characters written in block letters on the title page: "The holder of this passport is a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, please take care of and protect the military and political yamen of various countries," and then the first page is the identity document, each person in his hand, are written with their own name, place of origin, age, gender and other personal information, issued by the Ministry of Household Affairs of the Ming Dynasty, the household registration is guaranteed by the political secretary, and the validity period of the passport and so on. Turning to the second page, it is the time of their departure, the reason, the country they traveled to after leaving the country, etc., they only then knew that they wanted the detailed information of each person, not only to check the details, but also to give them this identity certificate!

When they turned to the back cover, they all burst into tears, and they couldn't help themselves, because there was a passage that everyone would never forget: "Please remember, you are a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, no matter where you are, when you encounter injustice and injury, you can ask for help from the nearest Ming military and political yamen!" The motherland will always be your strongest backing! ”

There was no need to say anything more, and he looked at them with a silent smile.

After a short silence, I don't know who shouted first, and then everyone shouted excitedly: "Long live the Ming Dynasty, long live the motherland!" ”

If it is said that the overseas Chinese donated military rations before, it was only from the perspective of self-interest, but now, after seeing this small passport and the heavy promises on it, a kind of patriotic sentiment that is integrated with the blood of the motherland and 'born is a Ming person, and death is a Ming ghost', stirred in the hearts of these overseas tycoons who have been through the wind and frost for a long time and their hearts are as hard as iron. is like a child who has been away from home for many years and finally returns to his mother's arms, just like a child who has been bullied since childhood and finally gets the protection of his father, one by one old tears, and even cried bitterly

The hearts of overseas Chinese are scheming, and they will always return to the Ming Dynasty.

The banquet didn't end until very late, and those who were calm and self-contained on weekdays were all drunk, without exception, and silently ordered someone to help them to the guest room prepared early to rest, believing that everyone would have a good dream tonight.

In such an exciting atmosphere, Shen Mo naturally drank no less, and even Wu Baipeng, who joined in later, was also half drunk, sat there crookedly, and only gave a thumbs up to Shen Moshu: "With a small book, you can win the hearts of overseas Chinese in Nanyang." And I believe that they will be more patriotic than the native people, high, really high! ”

Shen Mo wiped his hot face with wet wipes, poured sobering soup for Wu Baipeng, drank a big bowl himself, and said leisurely: "It's just a matter of setting things right, in the past, the imperial court strictly controlled household registration, and when people left their hometowns for hundreds of miles, they needed the government to issue customs clearance guides, and as for going out to sea and entering the sea, it was strictly forbidden." But how? People's hearts are like water, and the people are like smoke! The northern displaced people are like grass, fleeing from the countryside; Fujian, Guangdong, and Lishu in the south have crossed the ocean and moved to the South Seas to live. The government does not think of a way to make the people live and work in peace and contentment, and make a comeback, but always tries to find a way to persecute those who have left their homeland, which is to regard the people as enemies, and the people naturally treat them as enemies! ”

"Yes, the people are not crops in the field, they have feet and thoughts, and they can't live in their hometown, so they will naturally choose to migrate, and they can't be blocked!" Wu Baipeng nodded, he has been in Guangdong for many years, and he has the deepest feeling about this, and said: "There is a way that is better than sparse, there are already hundreds of thousands of Chinese living in Nanyang, these people are smart and hardworking, tenacious, in just a few decades, they have mastered more than half of the land and wealth in Nanyang, why should we keep them out of the country!" ”

"yes, we have to change our mindset." Shen Mo bowed his head and said: "In the past, the imperial court always believed that after the people went abroad, it would be the loss of population, which would shake the foundation of the rule. But in fact, when the people left China, he was still a descendant of Yan and Huang, so why don't we change our perspective and think that 'wherever the Chinese go, they are all China'? ”

"What a Chinese person is, everywhere he goes, it's China!" Wu Baipeng praised excitedly: "If we want to make Nanyang forever a Ming domain, it is not enough to rely on force and skill, we have to rely on these overseas Chinese!" With their support, we are like an uncle with roots, so that we can stand up for a long time in the land of Nanyang! ”

"That's a great point." Shen Mo also replied to him: "I didn't misunderstand it, the first Nanyang Jingshu is indeed none other than you!" ”

"The subordinates are terrified." Wu Baipeng smiled, he became more and more interested in his new errand, took out the envelope from his sleeve and said, "This is given to the two of us by Zheng Song." ”

Shen Mo glanced at it, and said with a faint smile: "One hundred and fifty thousand taels, this guy is quite courageous," said and bounced back in front of Wu Baipeng and said: "Take it to reward the soldiers, let them show the prestige of the court." ”

"Yes" Wu Baipeng put the envelope away again and said softly: "My lord, the next official will leave tomorrow, what else do you have to say?" ”

"Brother Yaoshan is a person who can take on big things, I am very relieved." Shen Mo smiled and said, "But there are a few words that have to be long-winded." ”

"My lord, please advise." Wu Baipeng is colorful.

"You have to remember that you are a Nanyang strategy, and you must always stand on the height of the overall situation." Shen Mo also said with a straight face: "So you have to figure out the relationship between us and the countries of the South Seas, what goals we want to achieve in the South Seas, and who is our real enemy?" ”

Wu Baipeng nodded, and listened to Shen Mo continue: "First of all, it is true that these countries have always been vassals of China, but since Xuande, the Ming Dynasty has not shown military might in this region, so it is inevitable that they will not be so respectful. Zheng Kaiyang said, they 'listen to the seal and don't listen to the tune', I think it's a bit too much, they are those Yelang arrogant, thinking that they are very powerful frogs at the bottom of the well. So you must fight beautifully, don't be afraid to kill too much, and kill to have a deterrent effect. Not only for Annan, but also for all the countries of the South Seas, if anyone is disobedient, this is their fate! ”

Hearing the silent and murderous words, Wu Baipeng shuddered, this is the old Shen Ge he is familiar with.

"However, if you want these countries to accept the rule of the Ming Dynasty, you can't just kill people." Shen Mo's tone softened slightly, and he said slowly: "During the Chengzu period, Annan once became a province of the Ming Dynasty, but why did you give it up later?" I think there are three reasons, one is that the imperial court did not get enough benefits from here, but carried a heavy burden, so it thought that the occupation of this place was in vain, and naturally it would not cherish it; second, he was too careless in appointing officials, and then neglected supervision, and as a result, the rule here was dark and the people's morale was lost; The third is that the proportion of Chinese people in the common people is too small, so the foundation of rule is shallow, just like the Meng Yuan back then, once something happens, it is very passive. These lessons must be learned. ”

Wu Baipeng took the pen and paper and wrote down every sentence that Shen Mo said.

"But before you think about how to treat these countries, you have to remember this premise without management and understanding." He said silently: "Our real enemies in Nanyang are actually not the so-called big powers such as Myanmar and Annam, who have always been vassals of the Ming Dynasty, and they do not have the courage to openly oppose the imperial court. Our real enemies to the west are the Francophiles, the Spaniards, and the future Dutch, the British, the great powers of Europa, who are now vying for supremacy, but will appear again and again in the future, and compete with us for control of the South Seas! ”

Silence is a little too worried, as the first batch of Ming officials who opened their eyes to the world, Wu Baipeng already knows a lot about European countries, and since he knew about the occupation of the world by Spain and Franco, he no longer dared to underestimate those Western Yi

"You must keep in mind that these Nanyang countries are not our enemies, but our vassals, the natural subordinates of the Ming Dynasty, even if we don't run it, in the future we will fight the Europeans, and they will be neutral at best. But if we use troops against these countries at will, or if we mismanage them in the future, such as oppressing their princes and nobles or the common people too much, we will push them into a hostile position, and give the Western powers an opportunity to take advantage of them. As he spoke, he took a sip of strong tea and said: "Therefore, we must not regard these countries as a major danger, but treat this place as a national territory, so that when we clash with the great powers in the future, Nanyang will become our stable rear." ”

"To do this, you should follow three principles." Shen Mo raised three fingers and said: "First, the army of the Ming Dynasty only protects the interests of the Ming Dynasty, and does not participate in the internal struggles of various countries, because that will cause disgust among all countries; Second, the garrison in Nanyang is not an ornament, but every battle must be famous, and before the expedition, we should first meet with the princes, state the reason for the expedition, and then order them to send troops to follow, even if it is only symbolic, so as to prevent us from being isolated; Thirdly, any means that are conducive to our long-term rule here are good means, and they should not be taken into account, but they should be used. For example, we have set up Chinese-language schools in various localities, recruited soldiers with high salaries among local youths, and urged officers and soldiers and overseas Chinese to recruit local wives and concubines, have more children, and so on."

Wu Baipeng was originally very serious about making records, but when he heard Shen Mo say the last sentence, his hand shook, it was an ink ball, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Is it also a national policy to find more Nanyang women?" ”

"Don't laugh," Shen Mo said with a serious face, "If you are not of my race, their hearts will be different." Only if I have the blood of Daming in my body, I will die for Daming! Although there are now more than 700,000 overseas Chinese in Nanyang, and it is believed that it will soon exceed 1 million, compared with 20 or 30 million local people, it is still too small and too few, but immigrants from the country will attract opposition from the imperial court and local governments, and the natives of Nanyang will also be rejected, and it is not easy to integrate. But if we have a child with a local woman, he will be proud of his Chinese roots. Not only this child, but even his mother can become a Daming person and enjoy all the treatment of overseas Chinese, and as long as he goes back to his ancestral hometown in China, he can be officially included in the Ming household registration, and he can even participate in the imperial examination in China."

In this way, only one child is needed to add two Chinese people in Nanyang, and their mother family will also be close to the Ming Dynasty, between the Chinese and the locals, and between the Nanyang and the country, so there will be a closer connection! This is much more effective than immigration! After saying so much in one breath, he drank saliva silently, looked at Wu Baipeng, who was stupid, and said: "First of all, you have to take the lead in doing a good job in this matter, although the body of Nanyang women is light and dark, not as fair as the women of Middle Earth, but their bodies are graceful, their faces are delicate, their personalities are hot, their eyes are good, and they are incomparable to Ming women.

"Poof" Wu Baipeng vomited blood and said: "My lord, this is asking me to sharpen my iron pestle into a needle" and said angrily: "If you talk about taking the lead, you, the overseer, should lead by example." ”

"Is this" Shen Mo smiled bitterly: "My family has always sighed that my affairs in the Hetao have not been settled, how dare he add new debts?" ”

"Since that's the case," he said so, Wu Baipeng had no choice but to stop climbing his companion and said: "The lower official will be reluctant to make it difficult" The soldiers were very fast, and the army quickly marched, 30,000 Ming troops, with Zheng Song's 30,000 Mo Dynasty troops as the forerunner, plus 40,000 people who were requisitioned, and the mighty army was known as 100,000 Northern Expedition.

At this time, the news that the Ming army landed in Da Nang and helped the Southern and Northern Expeditions had spread all over the southeast peninsula, and the situation in Annam had changed abruptly. Before the army had advanced, many ministers who had rebelled secretly sent people over, expressing their willingness to return at any time to help the Heavenly Soldiers crusade against the Northern Dynasty.

Even Burma and several other countries have expressed their willingness to send troops to help eliminate the reactionary forces in North Korea as soon as possible.

Seeing that the situation was becoming more and more unfavorable, the Mo Dynasty was naturally worried, but reunification was in sight, and they were unwilling to give up the good situation, and finally after a fierce quarrel, they still decided to give it a go, in their words, that is, we have more than 100,000 troops, and we still have an advantage in numbers, how can we surrender without a fight?

Therefore, it is also necessary to prepare for the final resistance, and the king of Qian, Mo Jingdian, ordered the soldiers and people of the four towns to build a triple fortress outside the city of Daluo, starting from the West Lake in Zhaoyue, passing through the coconut bridge to Qingchi, and forcing the northwest of the Qi River. The base is several zhang tall and shenglongcheng, twenty zhang wide, and stubborn three. There are trees, bamboos and trees, stretching for dozens of miles, as a garrison plan. At the same time, he sent the general Ruan Ti to lead the subordinate guards and the soldiers of the four towns to the Anmo border to fight with the Li army.

Zheng Song commanded the Li army to feint and retreat, and introduced the Mo army into the ambush of the Ming Dynasty army, and the Mo army was beheaded more than 1,000 people, captured more than 600 people, and retreated in embarrassment.

At the end of the fifth year of Longqing, the coalition forces launched a general attack on the Mo Dynasty after careful preparations.