Chapter 823: Countermeasures

"Your Highness," how could Yang Shen not know the importance of Dongyong to the entire Yongguo, even if it was the current southern capital, it could not replace Dongyong's important position in the entire Yongguo. "The battle in the world is not only in military strength, but also in people's hearts."

"The strength of the imperial court is far inferior to that of the first emperor. But the people's hearts are stable, but they are far better than when the first emperors were in. ”

When Zhengde is there, where is the saying that people's hearts are stable. The civil officials and Zhengde had a fierce confrontation, otherwise it would not have evolved in the end, and some people led by Yang Tinghe strongly opposed Zhu Houhuang's accession to the throne. Anyway, the shortcomings of civil officials and scholars, but there is one thing that cannot be denied, the emperor and these scholars share the world, and Zhengde wants to oppose this fact, he wants to restore the pattern of the emperor and the nobles sharing the world in the early stage of the dynasty.

"Doctors in the world, I'm afraid they don't want to see the master of Beijing, so His Royal Highness wants to win the world, not only to defeat the court in military strength, but also to win the court in righteousness. The one who was attacked without guilt was not His Highness, this is His Highness's righteousness. ”

Zhu Houhuang hesitated a little and said: "Those scholars will not treat Lonely, what is the use of these nonsense?" ”

Yang Shen said: "These are not for them to listen to, but for the people of Dongyong." ”

Dongyong's political structure does not have a place for those civil officials to stand at all, so naturally it will not be liked by those local officials.

The so-called gentry did not exist at all in the political structure of Yongguo. Those who really have face on the ground are those who have knighthoods. Before, Zhu Houhuang still wanted to crack down on the local heroes, but looking at the current situation, the loopholes in this place are unavoidable. So the restrictions have been relaxed, but those who can be influential in the local area are all people with titles, and these people with titles are either military merits or money, and they can use money to sell their titles.

It just doesn't have the status of a reader.

Even in the government, although the Prime Minister's Office is powerful, among the upper echelons of the country, the power of military generals is far better than that of civilian officials. This kind of state structure, how can it satisfy the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty. Hell they will support King Yong.

But the hearts of the people are back, not only to consider the hearts of the Ming Dynasty, but also to consider the hearts of the people of Dongyong.

Da Ming is not an ordinary small country, and he has a special relationship with Dongyong.

The rise of Dongyong is actually with the help of the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise why Zhu Houhuang has not grown up, those large and small countries have bowed to the Yongguo, they bow their heads not to Dongyong, but to the Ming Dynasty after Dongyong, so the group of people who founded the Yongguo still have feelings for the Ming Dynasty, Wang Yangming's attitude is by no means his own attitude, there are a large number of people's attitude. They are absolutely in Dongyong's current situation, it is very good, thriving, as long as they manage it well, in the future, the power of Yongguo, even if it is worse than Da Ming, will not be worse? Why bother to fight with the Ming Dynasty, I don't know the outcome of the war, it's better to say if you win, once you lose, I'm afraid that the Yongguo will collapse.

The barefoot are not afraid to wear shoes, but now everyone has put on shoes. I don't want to fight like a barefoot.

After Yang Shen ascended to the position of Prime Minister of Dongyong, he attracted a large number of forces who wanted to go north, but the Jingnan faction never had an absolute advantage.

If you want to have a big battle with the Ming Dynasty, you must unite the hearts of the insiders.

It is necessary to let the people of Dongyong know why they want to fight this battle, what is the reason why they have to fight, if they don't fight, they will be beaten by the imperial court, this kind of moral superiority, in order to unite people's hearts and make him believe that the battle of Jingjing is to protect their current lives.

War with the Ming Dynasty, it will definitely not be like attacking the Danmu country, only partial mobilization is required, this big war, all the forces of Dongyong must be done, Dongyong is afraid that every strong man must participate in the war, such a war has no moral advantage, it is difficult to persuade the people to work hard.

This is a national war.

"Your Highness thinks that you can't resist Yang Yiqing just by relying on the strength of our army in Dongyong?" Yang Shen said.

Zhu Houhuang closed his eyes and said, "Although Dongyong only has three battalions of troops, it is now known in advance. If he does not send hundreds of thousands of troops, I am afraid that he will not be able to capture Dongyong. "When Shi Lang attacked Taiwan, he used more than 400 warships and more than 30,000 soldiers. And Zhu Houhuang's business in Dongyong far exceeds that of Ming Zheng.

During the Ming and Zheng periods, the focus was only on a part of Tainan near Dayuan, and Zhu Houhuang's business in Dongyong was based on Beigang, Dayuan's two centers of gravity, connected by sea and land official roads, with a population of more than one million.

This is also because of the special demographic structure of Dongyong.

Most of the people of Dongyong came from immigration.

Among the immigrants, there are few old, weak, sick and disabled, so the current population structure of Dongyong shows several characteristics, that is, there are more strong men, fewer old people, and more children under the age of ten, and fewer children above the age of ten. These children were born after the people settled in Dongyong, and they were born in the veritable Yong generation. If you wait a few more years, there will be a big explosion in the population of Dongyong.

It's just that war never comes when you think.

"Your Highness thinks, Wang Zhi, is Huang Shilong a mediocre general? Isn't it enough to entrust Dongyong with the great responsibility? Yang Shen said.

Zhu Houhuang thought for a while and said, "If the two of them are not competent, Gu doesn't know who to entrust the state affairs to." ”

Although Wang Zhi is not as good as Yu Dayou, he is also a general carefully cultivated by Zhu Houhuang, who was single-handedly promoted by Zhu Houhuang, and is definitely trustworthy, and Wang Zhi has been stationed in Malacca all the year round, and his experience in defensive operations is no worse than Yu Dayou. Yu Dayou couldn't be transferred back from Java for a while, and Wang Zhi was already the best choice.

And Huang Shilong is even more so.

If Xu Dong was still alive, Zhu Houhuang would naturally trust Xu Dong more. It is not that Xu Dong's ability is above Huang Shilong, but that Xu Dong's prestige is above Huang Shilong and can convince the public. And using Huang Shilong to fight against the Daming Water Master, Zhu Houhuang also felt that it was very suitable.

Huang Shilong defected from the Ming army, he was too familiar with the tricks of the Ming army's sailors, and because of his familiarity, Huang Shilong's use to deal with the Ming army's sailors was the most suitable.

"Then Dongyong is safe, His Royal Highness should pay more attention to the national situation, rather than Dongyong Island, although Dongyong Island is the foundation of the country, but the country's development to the present, it is not that it cannot be maintained except for Dongyong." Yang Shen said: "The minister thinks that His Royal Highness should pay attention to how many troops my Yongguo can send to fight with the imperial court." ”

"The two prefectures of Dongyong should be able to recruit 100,000 people at a ratio of two dings, and His Highness should order the Privy Council to prepare for conscription." Yang Shen said.

"Your Highness, 100,000 conscriptions, the Privy Council can do it." Wu Ming said: "It's just that the firearms are not well prepared, and these 100,000 soldiers can use cold weapons." ”

Zhu Houhuang's conscription system has burst out of strength, although in addition to the two provinces of Dongyong, other provinces, whether it is Luzon, Kuching, Nandu, Malacca, Da Nang, Songqiu, Jiugang, etc., can not do this kind of standard of drawing, because these places have a large number of indigenous tribes, once there are too many strong men, it is likely to make the natives everywhere rampant. Moreover, especially in Luzon, there are a large number of slave estates in various parts of the southern capital, and Zhu Houhuang does not dare to draw too many troops, otherwise the battle with the Ming Dynasty, regardless of the victory or defeat for the time being, I am afraid that the first war has not yet been fought, and the grassroots governments of these provinces have been swallowed up by these slave owners.

Therefore, the focus of the draw is the two mansions of Dongyong.

"Your Highness, there is still a place where a large number of troops can be mobilized. It's Annan. Yang Shen said: "During the civil war in Annam, the troops used by both sides were more than two or three hundred thousand, and even when the Li Dynasty was victorious, the number of troops in the whole country was around 100,000, and now the strength of Annam is far from reaching the limit. In a battle with the Ming Dynasty, you must do your best, so His Royal Highness will definitely mobilize all the troops of Annan. ”

No matter how tense Dongyong's troops were, they were stationed in Thang Long to control the situation.