Chapter 39 Ye Shen asks for help

It is not just an improvement of personal status, but an idea of opening peace for the world and eliminating border troubles for the Ming Dynasty.

This sense of accomplishment is far better than being promoted and getting rich.

He is reluctant to follow King Yan to the south, even if King Yan Bian Zhuang stabs the tiger, what if he finally ascends to the throne? King Yan will definitely give up the grassland, even after the victory, it will take a long time to return to the grassland, or even never return.

So where did he go to realize his life's work?

What Lian Zining said to King Yan was the truth. But to be honest, not without selfishness.

Now that Lian Zining saw that King Yan had moved his mind, Lian Zining said, "Your Highness, in my opinion, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

King Yan said, "Oh, what chance?"

Lian Zining said, "The opportunity to dominate the Western Regions of the Grassland."

King Yan said, "What kind of opportunity is this? Even if I hadn't fought this battle, wouldn't I have been able to do it?"

Lian Zining said, "Your Highness, do you really think you can do it?"

King Yan frowned slightly, as if he felt that he had neglected something, took a sip of tea, and said, "Tell me carefully."

Lian Zining said: "The western regions of the grassland are unified, with a population of more than 10 million, and according to the rules of nomadic warfare, there can be hundreds of thousands of cavalry. Such strength is enough to destroy the country. Therefore, no matter who is in power, the imperial court will never allow such a powerful vassal state. Whether it's a clan vassal king, or not. It's all the same."

What does King Yan want to say?

Finally, he sighed and said, "Indeed."

Yan Wang subconsciously ignored these things. Now that I was reminded by Lian Zining, I had to admit that this was a problem.

The Ming Dynasty sealed the vassal state in order to defend the frontier, not to let the vassal king threaten the imperial court. Even in the original planning of the Ming Dynasty, in the northwest direction, there were at least three princes. That is, the king of Qin, the king of Jin, and the king of Yan. Even if everything goes well, there will be a few princes. Let them keep each other at bay. It is impossible to let these places be in the hands of a prince.

Checks and balances of power, which no emperor in ancient China understood, but whether or not he could play it was another matter.

It can only be said that after the death of the crown prince, the center of gravity of the court deviated from the formality, and the court did not restrict King Yan. In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang and him are biological father and son. Relationships are naturally close to each other. Many things are not so conspicuous, but once the civil strife of the Ming Dynasty ends. The new emperor is a nephew, but it's completely different.

Lian Zining said: "Your Highness, the civil war in the Central Plains cannot be determined in a day, this period of time, we only need to break the thorns and sweep the Western Regions, and no matter how the imperial court changes in the future, we will be invincible." Don't miss the time."

King Yan took a deep breath and said, "There are problems with it as well. To fight, soldiers, food, and weapons are required, and everything in the Yan Kingdom depends on Guannai. It's not enough to fight a big battle now."

Lian Zining said, "I am willing to take a trip to Beijing for His Highness."

King Yan said, "It's okay, just ask sir."

Lian Zining said, "Please rest assured, Your Highness. The minister will certainly live up to his mission. But what is Your Highness's idea?"

King Yan said, "I only have three bottom lines, and I can't cut off trade with Guannai. I want to borrow Changchun for 30 years, and I want a complete set of factory and mine equipment from the production of steel to firearms, as well as personnel guidance."

When Lian Zining heard King Yan say this, there seemed to be something strange in his eyes, and he said, "Yes."

The trade within the customs cannot be broken, without the trade within the customs, there is no market for many things produced by Yanwang, and there will be problems in the economy. If you haven't tasted the benefits before, that's it. Now the benefits have been tasted. Naturally, I don't give up easily.

Borrowed Changchun for 30 years.

The reason why it is borrowed, King Yan knows very well that Changchun cannot be in hand for a long time. Because it's too close to Liaodong. Especially when Yanwang made a strategic breakthrough in the northwest, it was too far away from the core area of Yanwang.

But King Yan needs Changchun as a strategic buffer, and the grain production area, although there is very little grain produced in Changchun, but for King Yan's side, it is also a small supplement.

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The latter point made Lian Zining a little puzzled.

But Lian Zining knew very well that these three conditions had their own meanings, and they should not have been temporarily thought up by King Yan. That is to say, before Lian Zining came, King Yan had actually made a decision.

After King Yan sent Lian Zining away, Queen Yan came out from behind and said, "Amitabha, you have finally let go."

King Yan said, "If you don't put it down, you can't do it. It's not like you haven't seen your father-in-law's letters, and the world has become different."

Xu Da's letter is none other than Xu Da's judgment on future wars. Firearms will definitely be better than cold weapons. The wars of the future will be centered on firearms. Yan Wang actually feels this point.

After all, the Shenji Battalion in history was pioneered by King Yan.

It's just that King Yan doesn't feel it so deeply. He only felt the usefulness of firearms, and did not raise this usefulness to a theoretical level. Of course, this is also the height of firearms in history that has not reached the height of He Xi.

To be honest, He Xi did not create any new firearms.

It doesn't matter if it's a firebolt, there's other artillery or something. It's not an innovation, after all, there are prototypes, and He Xi is just modifying them on the prototype. The only innovation is probably the flintlock pistol. In reality, however, the firearms of the flintlock mechanism were not absent.

What He Xi did was nothing more than technical integration.

He Xi's only change to the Daming firearm is probably to increase the reliability of the firearm.

The guns and artillery produced after He Xi improved the production process have a high redundancy. It is almost impossible to blow up the chamber with a firecracker. Anyway, before He Xi arrived, it was common for firearms to explode. But nowadays, it is unlikely that the fire will blow up.

After all, the performance of many steels in the manufacture of steam engines is much higher than that of firecracker steel.

When the steam engine tackled the problem, the strength of the steel was improved a lot by the way.

Moreover, the power of black powder is also limited, as long as it is not used in a destructive way, or it is detonated by filling a barrel of gunpowder, it will generally not explode.

It's the same with artillery. However, the artillery, because it needs to be lighter, is not as solid as the firearm, but as long as it is fired many times in a row according to the factory instructions, it will not explode when it stops. Even if it is far beyond this limit, it may not explode, but the probability will be higher and higher.

Of course, now the Ming Dynasty has not fought a battle to blow up the artillery.

It is precisely because of the reliability of firearms that many generals have changed their view of firearms.

After all, military reliability is the most important.

How did King Yan use the Divine Machine Camp in history. It is to put the Shenji Battalion outside the position, let them finish shooting, and then withdraw in. As for why the soldiers didn't open fire inside the formation. It is estimated that he is worried that once the chamber is blown up, the army will collapse without a fight.

As a result, many firearms-based tactics are unlikely to be developed.

King Yan finally decided to give up going south, in fact, he knew that after Ye Shen's battle, he keenly felt that the title of the king of the cavalry battlefield seemed to be unable to be kept. 100,000 elite cavalry was a force that could destroy the country. But is it still today?

King Yan didn't know.

King Yan naturally refused to risk his life. But not to take risks is also to be beneficial.

The benefit that Yanwang wants is the production capacity of firearms.

It's just that King Yan still has limitations in many things. He didn't see that the real qualitative change in firearms was not the progress of steel technology and a firearms workshop, but a series of profound changes behind it.

Princess Yan didn't dare what King Yan thought, in her opinion, it was good for the family to be peaceful. As for being emperor? Who wants to be whom?

Princess Yan suddenly thought of something and asked, "Can Lian Zining achieve his mission if he goes here?"

King Yan sneered and said, "I don't understand his thoughts, besides, he is He Xi's most proud disciple, I'm afraid he has something to do with his teacher. And Xiongying is afraid that I can't ask for this meaning. It's not us who should be anxious, it's them."

Beijing should be in a hurry, after all, as long as Yanwang goes south, Beijing will be caught between two sides

Hit the situation.

King Yan also has some regrets for the current situation in his heart. King Yan secretly said in his heart, "Father, if you pass the throne to me. It's not going to be what it is."