The Ming Dynasty inherited the mantle of the former Song Dynasty, and since Jingkang, the former Song Dynasty intermittently fought with the Jin State and Mongolia in the north for a hundred years, and there were several bloody battles in the annals of history. Although the www.biquge.info Great Song Dynasty was defeated and retreated, it finally held the southeast territory, but the price of all this was that the Great Song Dynasty had to maintain a large number of troops, and many people were also killed in this war.

At the turn of the Song and Ming dynasties, a large number of young men died in several major battles with Mongolia. Ye Yingwu had to maintain the elite route, largely because the number of young Ding Zhuang was too small, after all, there was still enough manpower left to ensure normal farming.

So now Ye Yingwu wants to build a straight road, he needs a large number of people Ding Zhuang, which is not consistent with the existing national conditions of the Ming Dynasty at all, even if there is enough gold and silver support, it will work the people, once the people's grievances are aroused, what Ye Yingwu will lose at that time is likely to be the whole world.

Zhao Yunshu's worries were not unreasonable, but Ye Yingwu just looked up at her silently, and after a long time, he said in a deep voice: "Who said that someone wants to use the people of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Suddenly realizing something, Zhao Yunshu looked back at the outside of the study.

The Zhenla servants were standing respectfully in the shade of the trees, and there were Ming soldiers guarding them on the periphery, obviously not at ease with these Zhenla people.

"Chenla, Bo Ni, Japo, Annam." Ye Yingwu said softly, "The people here are just the people of the losers, not the people of the Ming Dynasty." If you talk about the loot and slaves of the Ming Dynasty, it is said that it is over. These many people are pulled to build a straight road, and who can say that it is a waste of money and labor? All that needs to be done is to ask the villages and towns in various places to send a small number of people to supervise the work, and the imperial court will give them a salary, and I am afraid that no one will refuse this work. ”

"But ······" Zhao Yunshu hesitated for a moment, and finally didn't say anything.

She also came out of the troubled times at the turn of the Song and Ming dynasties, and in just a few months, she has seen too much of the reality of the cold and warm world and the life of people in the troubled world, so she is no longer the Princess Xin'an who was raised in the deep palace and cared for by Zhao Yu like a pearl in the palm of her hand.

The vanquished and the subservient are not qualified to dictate their lives and futures.

Whether to survive or not depends on the grace of the victor, and now it seems that Ye Yingwu obviously does not intend to spill his grace on the people of Nanyang.

What kind of delicious and lazy virtues these monkeys in Nanyang are, Ye Yingwu knows it clearly, not to mention that their descendants have the blood of the Chinese people on their hands, and this hatred Ye Yingwu doesn't mind counting it on their ancestors. So Ye Yingwu didn't care at all about his ruthlessness and cold-bloodedness at this moment.

He is not a virgin, and neither is Zhao Yunshu.

In the entire court of the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that there is no such rare species. And Ye Yingwu also knew very well that once he made up his mind, those people in the court would not have an opinion.

And the profit-seeking merchants since ancient times will not be merciful, they will only care about what tangible benefits can be brought to them after the straight road is repaired, for even a little benefit, they probably don't care how many lives of the Nanyang natives are buried in the middle.

"Zulong repaired the straight road, and later Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty repaired the northern gallop road, although it was a loss of money for a while, but these roads are still the backbone of the official roads everywhere." Ye Yingwu said in a deep voice, "Compared with Zulong and Emperor Yang of Sui, there is enough money and food now, there is no need to loot the people, and there is enough labor, so I will not repeat the mistakes of the country." What's more, the construction of straight roads and galloping roads is a great achievement. ”

Zhao Yunshu didn't say anything, just reached out and gently held Ye Yingwu's hand.

At this moment, Liang Yanwu walked in quickly, I have to say that Ye Yingwu's chief staff is still very local, wearing a real local robe, ventilated and very cool, not to mention, it seems that Liang Yanwu has a little more honor.

Ye Yingwu couldn't help but smile and said first: "Yixuan, you are dressed like this, plus you have been running outside and getting a lot of tanning these days, people who know you know that you are Liang Yixuan, and people who don't know me probably really think that the real people are here." ”

Liang Yanwu hurriedly bowed his hand: "My subordinates have seen His Royal Highness and the Princess." ”

"Okay, you don't need to be so polite Liang Yixuan, besides, you have to follow the local customs when you dress up, and the etiquette of a real person is." Ye Yingwu quipped.

Liang Yanwu nodded: "My subordinates have been searching all over Zhenla for the past few days, and it is easy for the Han people to be alerted if they dress up, so it is inevitable that they will follow the customs." ”

"Aiqing has a heart," Ye Yingwu said in approval, while handing Liang Yanwu a full piece of paper that had just been written on the table, "This time the search for the Zhenla treasury and the private collection of the Zhenla lord has gained a lot, plus the compensation of three million taels of silver from the Mongolian Tartars, it can be regarded as a huge amount of money." After thinking about it, it was time to use this money to implement this matter. Yixuan, you came just in time, let your people also help me analyze and see if there is anything that needs to be added. ”

Liang Yanwu hurriedly took the paper, just glanced at it, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Straight? ”

Ye Yingwu nodded, but obviously didn't want to explain too much: "You take it first." ”

Liang Yanwu exhaled lightly, carefully folded the heavy paper and put it into his arms, and then said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, news has come from the west, and the monarch of the Delhi Sultanate, Balban, has replied that he is very much looking forward to the alliance with the Ming Dynasty, and asks His Highness to determine the location of the alliance." ”

"This Balepan is an acquaintance." Ye Yingwu rubbed his chin lightly, "How much do Jin Yiwei know about Baleban?" ”

Shaking his head, Liang Yanwu said helplessly: "I don't know much. The Delhi Sultanate was established on the land of the original Tianzhu, since the Han and Tang Dynasties, Tianzhu was through the Western Regions, since the former Song Dynasty, Guanzhong fell, Jiangnan and Tianzhu cut off contact, our merchant ships to and from the Western Ocean, at most to reach the south of Srivijaya and Tianzhu, rarely go north to Tianzhu area, so before His Royal Highness went to the South Seas, Jinyiwei did not know anything about the Delhi Sultanate. ”

This did not surprise Ye Yingwu, after all, Jinyiwei was not established for a long time, and the main energy was in the north, and all the organizations in Nanyang had just been established, so it was naturally difficult for the tentacles to extend to the Delhi Sultanate within a few months.

"All I know about the Delhi Sultanate now is that the lord of the country, Balban, ascended to the throne a year ago, but this person is very virtuous, and the country is well organized, not to mention, there was a war with the Mongol Tatar Ilkhanate on the border before, and there were many casualties on both sides, and there was a draw." Liang Yanwu continued, "And the Ilkhanate doesn't seem to have a place to start with this Delhi Sultanate for a while. ”

Ye Yingwu snorted, if he could easily deal with the Delhi Sultanate, with the greedy character of the Mongol Tatars, it would be impossible to carve up such a large piece of fat with an inferior people like Zhenla, whom they didn't care about at all.

However, the Delhi Sultanate actually had the ability to draw with the Ilkhanate, and he had underestimated this ****** country that only occupied half of India. You must know that among the four major Mongolian khanates, the Ilkhanate is the most powerful one, and it is also because of the relationship with the Mongolian sect that belongs to the descendants of Tulei, so the Ilkhanate is the closest khanate to the Mongolian sect, and it is also the one that the Ming Dynasty and the Mongolian sect are at war, and it is the most unlikely khanate.

The Mongols also know very well that no matter whether the Ming Dynasty goes north or south, the Mongolian Honzong and the Ilkhanate will help contain it, so if Ye Yingwu wants to stabilize the rear in the Northern Expedition in the future, he must find a way to contain the Ilkhanate.

And now the Delhi Sultanate has become the only candidate.

However, the strong national strength shown by the Delhi Sultanate still made Ye Yingwu a little jealous, "driving the wolf and devouring the tiger" has never been a good strategy, it is very likely to lead to the fire, and when the time comes, the rise of a Delhi Sultanate that is stronger than the Ilkhanate is not a good thing for the Ming Dynasty.

"Let the Jinyi guard keep an eye on this Delhi sultanate." Ye Yingwu said in a deep voice, "If I remember correctly, the previous Tianzhu believed in Tianzhu Buddhism or Brahmanism, but now it has become a sultanate and has converted to halal, even if their lord is capable, the domestic religious contradictions will inevitably be indispensable, and this can be used as a breakthrough." I only need the Delhi Sultanate to contain the Ilkhanate for the Ming Dynasty, and I don't need to be able to defeat the Ilkhanate. ”

Liang Yanwu's face changed slightly, but he nodded immediately. Ye Yingwu was silent for a moment, and his fingers tapped lightly on the table: "You don't have to worry about this Yixuan, I am personally responsible." ”

Liang Yanwu was not disappointed, but breathed a sigh of relief, he was not a person who was very keen on power, otherwise he would not have been a noble position like Ye Yingwu's staff with his head shut. Jinyiwei, as a killer and secret force loyal to Ye Yingwu, Liang Yanwu didn't want to wade into this troubled water, not to mention that this was the stability of Guan Daming's rule and influence in the entire South Seas and even the West, and it was related to the life and death of another country, and Liang Yanwu asked himself if he was able to bear such a burden.

"The matter of the alliance, you and Jiang Tie discuss it in detail, and reply to Baleban." Ye Yingwu said in a deep voice, "You can choose it on the border between the two countries to show my reliance and trust in the Delhi Sultanate." ”

"Obey." Liang Yanwu hurriedly responded.

Ye Yingwu waved his hand to make him stand back, chuckled and leaned back in his chair again.

For the Delhi Sultanate, Ye Yingwu did not intend to let him go, although the Delhi Sultanate at this time had the ability to fight with the Mongol Tatars without falling behind, but in fact, only controlled the Delhi Sultanate of North India, which was still a rare weak time in Indian history, and when the Mughal Empire rose in the future, only the heavy artillery of the European colonizers could blast the country open.

And what Ye Yingwu wants Jinyiwei to do is to secretly incite the religious contradictions and ******** of the Delhi Sultanate, as a relatively qualified traverser, Ye Yingwu naturally knows that as long as these two contradictions can be used, they will be fatal to a strong country, not to mention the Delhi Sultanate, which is suffering from internal and external troubles. When the time comes to deal with a ruined country, Da Ming will still be able to capture it.

But until then, let the Delhi Sultanate disgust the Ilkhanate.

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South Seas, Luzon.

Luzon is the choke point from Quanzhou to the South China Sea and then to the West, and passing ships often choose to dock and replenish in Luzon. But Luzon is also one of the many island countries in the South Seas, and the situation is similar to that of Bo Ni and Japo, where merchant ships can replenish some fresh water and simple food at most, which is very inconvenient.

As the Ming Dynasty made every effort to develop Yizhou Island, Yizhou was operated as an important hub for sea supply, ship repair, and even trade, so merchant ships often chose to go south directly after resting in Yizhou, and would not detour around Luzon. This also made Luzon gradually lose its original prosperity in these months, and returned to the silence and tranquility of nature.

It's just that this calm didn't last long, and this time the Luzon natives ushered in not merchant ships that exchanged grain and fresh water with them with smiles, but heavily armed warships.

On October 15 of the third year of the Ming Dynasty, the Nanyang Navy Division landed in Luzon.

"These Nanyang monkeys are really noisy." Standing on a rock, Zhang Gui held a knife in his hand, and couldn't help frowning and said, Under the rock, a large number of unclothed Luzon natives were put on by the sailors and soldiers and escorted to the sea.

Following the sailors, there were hundreds of huge merchant ships, and these businessmen who smelled the smell of money and smelled the wind from Quanzhou stood on the beach one by one.

As if anticipating what fate awaited them, these Luzon natives were desperately struggling, but the only thing that responded to them was the long whip in the hands of the sailor soldiers, which left bloody whip marks on their bodies. Zhang Gui doesn't care about the life or death of these natives, as long as he gets them to the beach, he can complete the task by himself, and those businessmen don't care much, after all, one or two of so many natives die and die, there is no need to turn against the sailor for this matter.

Moreover, they could not think of any more effective way to stop the roaring of these uncivilized natives than whipping.

"His Royal Highness attaches great importance to Luzon." Wang Da, who was standing beside Zhang Gui, said in a deep voice, "Especially the place of Baguio, it is said that the imperial court has allocated silver to establish the largest town and wharf port in the entire Nanyang here. ”

Zhang Gui looked back at the huge open space surrounded by mountains behind him, couldn't help frowning, and said a little helplessly: "This is a good place with beautiful mountains and rivers, but then again, if the imperial court wants to build a town in the middle of such barren mountains and mountains, I'm afraid it's not so easy, when will Xie Jun and Xie Shangshu be so generous, this is not his character." ”

Picking the door seems to be a common problem of the household department of the past dynasties, not to mention that Xie Fang has been in charge of Ye Yingwu's money and food since Ye Yingwu Xingzhou, and later served as the household secretary, because the southern and northern wars consumed a lot, coupled with the operation of Yizhou and the construction of the shipyard, Xie Fang was busy in the dark, and tried every means to save money from the mouths of these generals and officials.

Xie Fang is upright, and sometimes he is even a little stubborn, which is recognized by the government and the opposition. Generally, he insists on things that have to be carried out to the end, so while admiring this Hubu Shangshu, many officials and generals will not raise the bar with him, and they will also try to reduce expenses for the imperial court, and also reduce some burdens for Xie Fangde.

After all, this Hubu Shangshu has a straight face every day, and everyone is uncomfortable in their hearts.

If you want to let Zhang Gui take the Nanyang Navy to kill people and break the country, he will definitely not say a word, and leave with a knife, but if you want to let him find a way to get money from Xie Fangde to build a city in this Nanyang barren mountains and mountains, Zhang Gui is really worried that he will not be chased and killed by Xie Fangde with a knife full of yamen.

"Your Highness has been the shopkeeper and left us such a chore." Wang Da had also come back to his senses and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

At the beginning, Ye Yingwu said it easily, because of the fact that Bai Nutao almost wiped out the whole army in front of him, he was eager to make meritorious service and atone for his crimes, so he agreed to come down, after all, to deal with some Luzon natives, the Nanyang Navy Division pulled it up so mightily, there are indeed some chickens with knives, there is nothing to worry about. However, Ye Yingwu's subsequent order finally made them feel the malice of His Royal Highness King Ming.

It's better to hit twenty more sticks.

Zhang Gui set his sights on the beach, but immediately denied his own idea: "These merchants now only have slaves in their eyes that can be sold, for them, it is enough to have a dock to moor ships, and it is more difficult to cheat the silver in their hands and build a dock than to ascend to the sky." ”

Suddenly remembering something, Wang Da tugged on Zhang Gui's sleeve: "Lao Zhang, do you still remember what His Highness commanded?" ”

"Huh?" Zhang Gui looked at this difficult brother a little listlessly.

After hesitating for a moment, Wang Da said in a deep voice: "Your Highness said very clearly at that time, if you search well in the mountains around Baguio, there will be a surprise. ”

"Surprise?" Zhang Gui was stunned. (To be continued.) )