Chapter 787: Before the Negotiations

Just when Yu Dayou was sure of the victory of the old port.

Zhu Houhuang returned to the southern capital.

Not because of anything else, but because Aceh and Franc sent messengers respectively. Of course, there is not much sincerity in seeking peace, but there is only one intention.

However, Yang Shen didn't want to fight anymore, and Shaofu didn't want to fight anymore. Zhu Houhuang had to face internal problems.

First of all, the financial problem.

Zhu Houhuang was forced to change his strategic direction from external expansion to recuperation, which was not only overwhelmed by the people of Dongyong, but also because the financial support could not be supported.

And now that the war is going on, the savings of the past two years are almost gone.

Originally, Dongyong's finance was mainly based on sea trade, but the Ming Dynasty forbade the sea, the coastal wars were endless, and the prices were rolling upward, so the benefits obtained by Dongyong were greatly discounted in the Daming sea trade.

Therefore, there are two main financial revenues in Dongyong, one is tax income, Dongyong, Annan, and several places are also rich, and they can also collect a lot of silver every year.

It's just that the situation in Annan is more complicated, and it is impossible to collect too much silver from Annan, otherwise I am afraid that the people of Annan will not be willing.

So this financial road is not the main thing.

The other is the trade route, mainly the Japanese shipping route, but also the spice shipping route. The main profit of these two shipping lanes comes from the spice shipping lanes.

It's just that together with the war between the Franc machine and Dongyong, the trade between the two sides was immediately interrupted, and although Dongyong detoured through the Pacific channel of the Strait of Magellan, it was a little too far. The volume of transportation is not large. Not at all comparable to the Indian Ocean shipping lanes.

Therefore, Dongyong's financial revenue began to decline rapidly after the war. And it never ends.

And the value of Dongyong banknotes has also begun to shake, if it weren't for the Shaofu to deal with it in a more timely manner, now the banknotes don't know how much it has fallen.

Shaofu stabilized the value of the currency and used a large amount of goods, and silver, which naturally affected Dongyong's own reserves.

Originally, Zhu Houhuang said that he was recuperating in the past two years, but the project was not interrupted in private, not to mention anything else, just saying that it was a big project inside and outside the southern capital. Dongyong's savings are not much at all.

If Zhu Houhuang wants to save up and fight, he must use extraordinary methods to collect and scrape money, and he will never be able to fight without money.

Zhu Houhuang frowned and asked, "Is there really no way?" ”

Yang Shen sat in a wheelchair and said: "Your Highness, if you don't open up the waterway, Dongyong has always been in a situation of sitting in a troubled city, and it is impossible to have much development, so the enemy of Dongyong is not in the south, but in the north." ”

Zhu Houhuang did not speak.

After Yang Shen was appointed as the prime minister of Dongyong, there was immediately a trend of thought going north among Dongyong officials.

Originally, a large number of scholars from the Central Plains did not want the two sides to fall out, and a large number of moderation factions led by Wang Yangming were made. After Wang Yangming left office, Yang Shen took the position, he quickly won over the Nanyang officials, and the most important thing was to communicate with Shaofu, which set off a trend of thought to go north.

Here's why.

No matter how hard Dongyong cultivates, it is not as good as the cultivation of Jiangnan for hundreds of years, so even if Dongyong has some materials that can be exported, in terms of quantity, it is far less than the goods from Jiangnan.

The sea ban policy blocked Dongyong's large financial route. Shaofu feels the deepest.

However, Xu Song was not politically conscious.

Anyway, although he occupied most of Dongyong's finances, he didn't think about using the power of Yongguo to clear the obstacles.

But under Yang Shen's reminder, Xu Song suddenly came to his senses, and as an important minister, he had the right to express his opinions on social affairs, so he began to push it to Jingnan.

From the interests of the Shaofu. Even if it can't be done. As long as we occupy a few coastal provinces, we will be able to have enough supplies, and if we have enough supplies, we will be able to bring enough financial support.

With enough financial support, many things are easy to do.

Zhu Houhuang said: "Let's handle the affairs of the southeast first, and then talk about other things." ”

When a person comes to power, there is a person's way of thinking, which has never represented the interests of one person, even if Yang Shen wants to be selfish, but it also represents the interests of many people.

Zhu Houhuang can't deny it in one bite.

Therefore, Zhu Houhuang only needs Wang Gu to talk about him left and right.

A person has a personal opinion on the matter of appeasement, and Zhu Houhuang was a little hesitant in his heart, so he put it aside for the time being and did not use it.

Yang Shen said: "Your Highness, in the affairs of the south, the minister thinks that the most important thing is to divide the three forces of Franco, Aceh, and Danmu Kingdom. However, the battle of the Old Port, if it is won, will be able to separate the Danmu Kingdom and Aceh, so that they can't unite, but Aceh and Franc are united, but they don't know which one to win over and which one to fight? ”

In this era, the distance is too far to unite at all, for example, there is an old port to separate the two countries, so there is no need to worry about their union, in these two countries, they are not in the eyes of Zhu Houhuang.

The key to the matter is in the Franc machine.

Zhu Houhuang said: "Aceh is a small country, and if you dare to kill Han Min, you will never be able to spare him." Moreover, the relationship between us and Francois is very complicated, cooperation is beneficial to both sides, and division is harmful to both, so I would like to reach a peace agreement with Franco, a covenant to determine the long-term peace and stability of both sides. And our strategic direction is to turn to Aceh and Danmu countries. ”

Zhu Houhuang sighed in his heart, he didn't know that there were so many countries in Southeast Asia, he thought that this was a barren land, and the local people were just natives, wild people living in the jungle. But now Zhu Houhuang has to admit that his study of history is a little too poor. Therefore, Zhu Houhuang decided to moderate the Francophile and specifically conquer the territory of Indonesia in later generations. Zhu Houhuang decided that it would probably take decades.

Yang Shen's eyes lit up, and he said secretly in his heart: "Yes, as long as the rear is stabilized, it will be difficult to go north." As soon as Yang Shen thought of this, he nodded slightly and said, "Okay, but the minister will talk to the Francophile, but what do you want to talk about?" ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Let's talk about it first. More on that later. ”

Yang Shen immediately went to do it.

Tomei wandered back and forth in the southern capital.

In the past six months, there has been a lot of change in the southern capital, which is a large construction site, which has replaced Malacca as the commercial center of Nanyang.

A large number of Chinese merchant trade networks are centered in Nandu. With a lot of business opportunities comes a lot of people. However, the gathering place of these merchants is around the east gate of the southern capital, and the political center of Dongyong is in the northern city.

The southern capital formed two centers, the northern city and the eastern city.

Tomei wandered around the eastern city, where a large number of goods gathered, perhaps because of the war, a little depressed.

However, when Tomei saw this, he saw a lot of business opportunities, and he could make a good profit selling a lot of things from here to Goa.

Tomei said secretly: "The resumption of trade with Dongyong can bring a lot of benefits to Goa, but these benefits are not as good as the interests of Ming goods. ”

For Dongyong, the perception of the Franc machine is very complicated. The two sides can communicate. The differences between each other are all in interest, as long as there are enough interests for them

Yang Shen's eyes lit up, and he said secretly in his heart: "Yes, as long as the rear is stabilized, it will be difficult to go north." As soon as Yang Shen thought of this, he nodded slightly and said, "Okay, but the minister will talk to the Francophile, but what do you want to talk about?" ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Let's talk about it first. More on that later. ”

Yang Shen immediately went to do it.

Tomei wandered back and forth in the southern capital.

In the past six months, there has been a lot of change in the southern capital, which is a large construction site, which has replaced Malacca as the commercial center of Nanyang.

A large number of Chinese merchant trade networks are centered in Nandu. With a lot of business opportunities comes a lot of people. However, the gathering place of these merchants is around the east gate of the southern capital, and the political center of Dongyong is in the northern city.

The southern capital formed two centers, the northern city and the eastern city.

Tomei wandered around the eastern city, where a large number of goods gathered, perhaps because of the war, a little depressed.

But when Tomei saw this, he saw a lot of business opportunities, and he sold a lot of things from here to Goa.