The restructuring and expansion of the armed forces was completed last month, and the main contents were the formation of battalions and regiments and the formation of a defense department.

Zhang Sanfeng, An Shan, He Jing (missionary officer), Lei Lin, Zhao Pengcheng and others became the first batch of members of the Ministry of National Defense, with An San as minister and He Jing as the general political officer.

In fact, it is equivalent to being promoted to the commander of the regiment, but they are not permanently stationed in a certain regiment.

The regiments are not organized in peacetime, but continue to train in battalions, and only in wartime will the regiment commanders of the Ministry of Defense be released and let them take a certain regiment to fight.

The advantage of this is that if the army is expanded in the future, it will be decentralized at the regiment level and at the brigade level, and it will be almost fixed when it is changed to the group army.

Yan Zheng can also take this opportunity to ensure that in the process of expanding the army, there will be no situation where military power will be lost.

Two days after he announced that he was going to hold the first Defense Department meeting, the newly appointed defense ministers came to the Red Room conference room in full costumes.

Yan Zheng was already waiting for them, and at this moment, in the middle of the long table in the conference room, there was a sand table, and this sand table was the map of Nanyang.

The only place where there is a star spike flag is the main island of northern Luzon, and a small flag on this island means a settlement point.

As for other places, there are only the names of the countries, and the various forces are also clearly divided.

Several ministers took off their hats, bowed and saluted, and were led by Yan Zheng to stand in front of this sand table.

"Everyone has also seen that Luzon is our base for going south to the South Seas, and if you want to conquer the South Seas, you must first conquer Luzon! At present, more than 300,000 immigrants have migrated to the main island of northern Luzon, although it costs a lot of materials to the national government, but these immigrants can also achieve output by the end of the year by relying on hoes! Wait until next year, when our agricultural machinery production capacity explodes, they will be able to achieve external supply!

So the Nanyang strategy can be taken to the next step! We want to use Luzon as a base to conquer Manraka, and according to the plan, we must conquer all of Manraka! In this way, Huaxia will be able to choke the throat of trade between the South Seas and the Indian Ocean, and monopolize the trade of the South Seas!

As long as Nanyang accepts the trade system of Huaxia and the rules we have formulated, then the wealth of the entire Nanyang will open its arms to us! Step by step, we can eliminate the big and small forces one by one, and realize the replacement of each island and one island! ”

Yan Zheng roughly explained his intentions, and the ministers could understand it, in short, it was time to fight the full!

An San looked at Manraka's position and said: "This place is really important, as long as this place is held, this sea area will be the final word of our Huaxia Kingdom!" ”

Zhang Sanfeng gestured with his teaching stick and said, "It's just a little farther away from Luzon!" Do you want to occupy a port on the way as a place for supplies? ”

"Then simply knock down the Mishima country!" Leylin laughed.

The three islands also belong to the Luzon Islands, and it is indeed a good strategic fulcrum between Luzon and Boni.

An San and Zhang Sanfeng's eyes were also cast on this island.

He Jing, the general political officer, said: "As long as there are suitable ports in the three island countries, it is indeed a more suitable supply point. ”

Zhao Pengcheng also agreed: "The three island countries have no depth, and it must not be difficult to conquer them completely!" ”

Yan Zheng listened to their analysis for a while, flipped through the bookshelf directly, took out a document and said: "Don't look at the big land of Mishima, there is also abundant gold on it!" ”

An San couldn't help but smile, it seems that Jun Shang has long been preparing to attack Mishima.

He glanced through it, and found that the provenance of the document did not seem to be the same as before, and the seal on the back was a kind of seal that he had never seen before.

It seems to be ...... The king's private seal! And the registration office says that the collection of these information comes from the Central Statistical Survey Department of Huaxia State.

This made him stunned, he knew that this low-key department, but he didn't think that this department had already expanded its intelligence work to Nanyang.

In fact, not only Nanyang, but also in the Ming Dynasty, the implementation is also very simple, as long as you reach a deal with the businessman, the development of one or two.

Although it is difficult to obtain top-secret information, it is better than nothing, and you can have a basic grasp of the changes in the situation in the South Seas.

After reading it, several ministers exchanged opinions with each other, and if they hit the Mishima country, it may trigger retaliation from the Sulu Sultanate, because the Mishima country is now subject to the Sulu Sultan.

At this time, the Sultan of Sulu was still quite strong, and together with the Sultanate of Sulu, he almost monopolized more than half of the spices in the South Seas.

However, they are also confident that with these goods in Nanyang, they have not yet been able to threaten the existence of Huaxia.

Soon, everyone reached a consensus and decided to destroy the Mishima nation.

Yan Zheng took out Manraga information again, and this information was more detailed.

The business of Guangdong merchants in Nanyang is indeed relatively extensive, and Manraka is the place where the Indian Ocean and the South Sea meet, so naturally there are many merchants engaged in trade.

Yan Zheng also saw this information, and only then did he know that X-religion and Hinduism were almost divided into Nanyang, and Confucian culture only extended to Annam.

From this point of view, the Central Plains Dynasty was indeed not interested in these places in Nanyang, unlike the Indian states at this time, which were desperately preaching.

And the full name of Manraka should now be called the Manraka Sultanate.

Judging from the intelligence, the population composition is quite complex, and the internal contradictions are also very acute, and there is a faint sense of the end of the dynasty.

According to Shangja, the Manraka king, Muhammad Shah, had been forcibly converting to various ethnic groups during his reign.

As a result, the contradictions between religions have always been fierce, resulting in the alienation of the ethnic groups within the Manchurians.

In recent years, in order to build more temples and get more gold offerings, the commercial tax has been ridiculously high.

The Cantonese merchants were no longer willing to go to Manraka, and it is said that the Indian merchants and Arab merchants above were also very resentful of the king.

In addition, the aristocracy of Manraka was too powerful, and the commoners of all ethnic groups were the targets of their oppression, and they lived in luxury, and they could seize a large amount of land by building temples at every turn.

After reading the information carefully, Ansan couldn't help but smile and said: "According to the statement in this newspaper, I am afraid that as long as we light a fire, all the strata of Manraka will rise up and overthrow the king and nobles!" ”

Yan Zheng nodded and said, "If the information is true, then it is true!" Our methods against Manraka cannot be the same as those of Luzon! Luzon is a direct whale swallow, but on the Manraka side, we don't have so much population and capacity for the time being, and we can only be eaten by immigrants little by little, so holding the strait and integrating the trade network is the ultimate goal of this operation. ”

Zhang Sanfeng said: "Then before the war, do you want to connect one or two and use their internal contradictions to make some trouble?" ”

"We should be good at connecting in series, and if we don't take advantage of such contradictions, wouldn't it seem stupid?" Yan Zheng said with a smile.

There are contradictions in all parts of the South Seas, and in general they are all religious contradictions, and the rest of the contradictions are not the main contradictions.

After exchanging views for a while, the ministers all agreed on the matter of sending troops to Manchuria, and were ready to use a mixed army to conquer Manchuria.

"The Point Guard Is Here"

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The next day, representatives of Cantonese businessmen also came to Meaux.

Under Huang Xin's recommendation, a Guangdong businessman who had been in Manraka for more than ten years came to the Red House.

As soon as they met, he knelt down and said: "Xiaomin knocks on the king, long live the king, long live the king!" ”

Huang Xin bowed to the side and arched his hand: "Your Excellency, this person is from Foshan, Guangdong, named Lai Changxing, who has been doing business in Manraka for many years!" ”

Yan Zheng looked at this person, nodded and said, "Get up!" What kind of business are you doing in Manraka? ”

Lai Changxing leaned over and said: "Back to the king, the villain went to sea at the age of sixteen, worked as a tailor in Manraka, and later had a small shop, and invested money to do some business, and slowly made a fortune!" ”

"So, you know everything about Manraka?"

"I don't dare to say it, but I know a little bit!"

Yan Zheng smiled: "That's good! After you go back, you secretly tell the merchants in the city that our Huaxia Kingdom is going to attack Manchuria, and as long as they help, the commercial tax will be collected according to Luzon, and they will be guaranteed freedom of belief! ”

"Xiaomin understands!"

"Also, if you go and tell the original Hindus, say that I am here to save them, and let them do something ...... that day," Yan Zheng added.

Lai Changxing was stunned for a moment and said, "Are the Han people who have reformed their religion also ...... ...... too"

"Let them change it back! If it is not changed, it will not belong to the object of the protection of the Eastern Qin. Yan Zheng said disdainfully.

Lai Changxing swallowed his saliva, hesitated for a while, and said, "That...... Your Majesty, after the king's division conquered Manraka, can the Han people in Manraka ...... Enjoy some perks? ”

"It's nature!" Yan Zhengyi said righteously: "I won't let you work in vain, and you are all expatriates, and this battle is also to bring justice to you!" ”

Huang Xin was smiling on the side, their Guangdong businessmen had long been impatient, and since the end of the operation against Nanjiang, they had seen the terrifying organizational power of Huaxia State.

They were originally afraid that the people of Nanyang would be muddy, but now they believe that there is nothing that Huaxia wants to do, and there is nothing that cannot be done!

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