Luck is a wonderful thing. Historically, the Manchu Qing Dynasty extinguished the Ming Dynasty, and in many events, it has shown the role of this wonderful thing.

Is there really any such thing as a gas number? Zhu Yongxing didn't understand, why didn't God have a long eye, why did he let civilization be destroyed by barbarism, why did he let China fall into darkness, and why did he let China go ignorant and backward from now on?

But now, luck seems to have been taken back by him, and China's luck is gradually in his hands. He even believed in the saying "Heaven and earth are all together, and heroes are not free".

"Zong Shouyi did a good job." After Zhu Yongxing received the report from Zong Shouyi, the governor of the Mei and Hehe rivers, he couldn't help blurting out praise and his spirit was also lifted.

Although Zhu Yongxing was the first to use the means of supporting puppets and controlling other countries in Annan, he taught this set of ideas, especially for maintaining the principle of maintaining the opening up of overseas territories, and kept writing letters. However, the action planned and implemented by Zong Shouyi this time still made Zhu Yongxing feel gratified and excited.

Chenla (the whole of present-day Cambodia, including parts of Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam) was previously sandwiched between Siam and Nam Nguyen, and became the stage for the two countries to compete for supremacy. Southern Nguyen failed, the royal family went into exile in Mingjing, and Northern Zheng took his place; The Siamese royal family was in turmoil and could no longer exert military pressure. Therefore, the current Zhenla has become the object of contention between the Ming Dynasty and Beizheng.

In terms of overall strength, the strength of the Ming Dynasty was strong, but from a local comparison, the number of garrisons of the Ming Dynasty in the Indochina Peninsula was insufficient. In particular, most of the naval divisions were transferred to the north, and most of the troops of Yunnan Province were concentrated on the Yunnan-Burma border, so in the Indochina Peninsula they could only rely on 5,000 or 6,000 men and horses from Mekong and Ha Tien provinces, as well as thousands of soldiers from the occupied areas of Annam.

Despite this, in the face of the strength of the Ming Dynasty, Beizheng still did not dare to provoke lightly. However, in the battle for Zhenla, it was possible to expand the territory and avoid conflicts with the Ming Dynasty as much as possible. After all, Zhenla is a weak country, and whoever gets it is who's whom, and it depends on who starts faster.

Based on such a form, Zong Shouyi forbears and slows down his plan to subdue Zhenla in one fell swoop without giving up the fight for Zhenla. After the battle for the throne broke out again in Chenla. Zong Shouyi ordered Yichuan Bogao Qilong to mobilize most of the troops, and united with the two thousand elite warriors of the central tribe of the Mengshan Ke tribe to send troops brazenly. And Beizheng also lost no time in intervening in the civil strife in Zhenla, hoping to expand its territory.

Decisive and ferocious, although the strength of the Ming army was less than that of Northern Zheng, it did not fall behind in momentum. Therefore, in this intervention action of taking advantage of the civil strife and sending troops, the Ming army and Northern Zheng were considered to have their own gains, and ended with a tacit understanding between the two sides.

From now on. Zhenla was divided into two, the Ming army supported the establishment of the hidden Qiu as the king, and the Northern Zheng supported the establishment of the hidden Qiu as the king, and each of them got a large piece of land and countless people.

is very smart, Zhu Yongxing is more and more impressed by the new Zheng Gen of Beizheng. The puppet seems to be less domineering and powerful than the annexation, but it has its own advantages, that is, it can minimize the resistance of the local people. It doesn't take too much force and too much time to stabilize order.

It can be seen that Zong Shouyi has a very sober and thorough understanding of the current large-scale shì. It's not the kind of official who covets the credit in front of him, but causes trouble behind the Lord. Without too much investment, such an ideal result was achieved, and Zhu Yongxing naturally appreciated it very much.

And Zheng Gen also supported the puppet, showing his composure and calmness. According to the current strength of the Zheng family, it is completely possible to directly incorporate Zhenla into the territory. But the consequence is to face the Ming Kingdom and Siam directly. The Ming Kingdom and Siam would also take this threat seriously. Retaining the name of Zhenla, and the troops stationed were not enough to make the Ming and Siam like a thorn in the back, just like retaining the buffer of the Champa state, Beizheng did not want to attract too much attention from the Ming State, let alone meet the Ming swordsmen.

Serve it respectfully. Standby? Zhu Yongxing judged that Northern Zheng had adopted the same strategy as most of the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty in history. When the Ming Kingdom was strong, they were as well-behaved as grandsons, and they exchanged respect for benefits; Once the Ming Kingdom is weakened, it will continue to make small moves, and there will even be people with big ambitions.

But Zhu Yongxing thought about it carefully and synthesized other information, and felt that this was not entirely the case. Beizheng had long been in contact with the Dutch, and the Dutch artillery was used in the third southern expedition, and with the help of Dutch warships, it seems to have become closer in recent times. Obviously, behind the forbearance and obedience, Beizheng seems to have signs of strengthening himself with the help of Xiyi.

In nearly half a century of vicious fighting between the north and the south, the maximum mobilized troops of Bei Zheng reached 100,000, while the standing forces of the vast and sparsely populated Nam Nguyen were only about 20,000. However, Nam Nguyen bought a large number of Xiyi firearms and introduced Portuguese cannon casting workshops. Relying on the advantage of firearms, if Nan Ruan had not been weakened by the Ming army and the French, according to the original history, Northern Zheng should not have won lightly.

It is believed that in the Civil War, Beizheng also realized the power of firearms, and now seeks further exchanges and cooperation with Xiyi, and the target is also obvious, which is the increasingly powerful and full of desire for expansion.

Although the comprehensive strength of Northern Zheng could not be compared with that of the Ming State, it was the only obstacle to the Ming State's expansion in the Indochina Peninsula. According to Zhu Yongxing's mode of thinking, Beizheng has been listed as the primary target of attack.

In fact, what excites Zhu Yongxing is not only the expansion of overseas territories, but also the harvest of money and grain. Regardless of whether the country is strong or weak, whether the people are rich or poor, in feudal society, the vast majority of kings and royal families are rich. This was the case with the exiled Nam Nguyen royal family, and so was Shui Zhenla, who was under the control of the Ming army. The food and money that Zong Shouyi looted can be regarded as solving Zhu Yongxing's urgent need.

Although Zhu Yongxing tried his best to come up with many ways to solve the financial problem, it took some time to achieve results, and the acquisition of this unexpected money and food would undoubtedly enable the imperial court to survive this relatively difficult period. According to the more traditional words, Zong Shouyi can be described as "deeply heartfelt". According to Zhu Yongxing's thinking, there will be when needed, what is this not luck?

"The people of the Northland should be able to survive this winter." Zhu Yongxing sighed and took up the pen to sign and seal the text of the relief.

The financial gap is in how to settle the people of the Northland, even if it is at least not starving to death and less freezing to death, it is also a great good deed of the imperial court. As for the military quartermaster, the household department has already calculated that it will be able to support it until the beginning of spring next year. With the implementation of various measures, the difficult period before the effect is over.

Zong Shouyi is good, very good. Zhu Yongxing is already the king of billions of trillions, according to feudal tradition, he is rich all over the world, and money is nothing to him, but looking at the list of seizures, he still increases the weight of Zong Shouyi in his heart, and the secondary position left for Zong Shouyi is also firm.

………… (To be continued......)