Chapter 44: The Beginning of the Battle of Annam

Why is this happening?

Because the land was vast and sparsely populated at that time, even if the place was laid, the management cost was huge, and even the gains outweighed the losses. In this case, it is most cost-effective to ask for some purely economic benefits.

And that's the case with Myanmar.

Without denying that the core area of Myanmar is already quite prosperous. After all, Myanmar is also a part of the radiation of ancient Indian civilization, and its history is quite long.

However, with the exception of a few places, many of them are vast and sparsely populated, and are divided into different places by nature, and it is not easy to assign people to manage them.

Even lose money.

In fact, why did the Ming court admit that they were vassals of the Ming Dynasty before.

It's really Zhu Yuanzhang who just started to say that it is not enough to get a wide land. But it costs a lot, and the gains outweigh the losses. As for the so-called tribute handed over by the Tusi in various places, the Ming court did not look down on it.

In terms of economic interests, it is best not to make trouble for the Ming court. That's the biggest benefit.

Anything else, the Ming court never thought about it.

In response to this situation, He Xi believes that if you want to conquer Burma, the best way is to attack the city, attack the heart, delay the war, and fight quickly.

Therefore, He Xi finally decided to select more than 10,000 soldiers from the south and send them to Yunnan, all of whom were southerners. They have a lot to adapt to where the climate in Myanmar is.

The more important thing was not to fight, but to persuade these Tusi to switch to the imperial court.

As a result, more than 10,000 people, who have been fighting in Burma for a long time, can even be said to supervise the war, leading a group of obedient toasts to fight other disobedient toasts, while the people behind are building roads day after day.

In this way, little by little, it is encroaching towards the south.

It looks unfavorable, and it doesn't have the courage to swallow thousands of miles like a tiger. But on the whole, it went well. The most important thing is to save money.

Anyway, if you don't kill the last Tusi soldier, the Great Tomorrow Soldier will not end. And the best weapon of the Ming soldiers is not actually the fire gun, but the industrial products produced by the Ming Dynasty. What was transported from Nanjing to the front line had several times the price as soon as it changed hands.

It's enough to make these toast soldiers feel that it's worth it. Why do it yourself.

It must be known that if a Ming soldier dies, there will be at least a pension of 100 yuan. Minimal. Moreover, when a Tusi soldier died, there was no change in the imperial court account books, and it was all handled by Tusi himself.

However, this kind of lukewarm style of play. It is destined to dissatisfy many people in the army, because they cannot make meritorious contributions.

In addition, several princes refused to leave Nanjing for a long time, because they were dissatisfied with the fief, especially Zhu Yuntong, that is, Zhu Xiongying's younger brother. He doesn't look down on many overseas fiefdoms. But for Annan, it has been coveted for a long time. After all, Annan was once the land of China, and all kinds of customs were called Little China.

It's much better to live there than to start from scratch overseas.

How could he not intervene?

In addition, there is also He Xi's promotion of vernacular literature, which has promoted the development of the newspaper industry. After the reunification of the world, He Xi promoted education, and the most common promotion of vernacular literature was newspapers.

The original newspaper existed only in Beijing and Nanjing, but now exists in almost every provincial capital.

He has read the statistics, there are more than 1,000 kinds of newspapers and periodicals issued by the Ming Dynasty, of course, many of them are still breathing, and they can hardly come up in one breath, so they are gone.

Most of them are in the vernacular.

This also makes the press feel a little uncontrollable, after all, the Ming Dynasty only needs to manage no more than a dozen newspapers, but now there are so many at once, and they can't manage it at all.

In addition, words are really not something that ordinary people can get up.

And many old literati were the most resistant to He Xi's new policy. However, their literary brilliance and literary accomplishment are treasures of this era, and these people naturally have a place in the rapidly advancing press industry.

In short, this thing, which has developed so rapidly, is the result of all aspects of the situation piling up in one

As a result,

This made He Xi smile a little bitterly.

He Xi said, "Brother Yao, what do you think I should do?"

Yao Guangxiao said, "Now, do you have any other way to go?"

He Xi said, "Brother Yao is right. I have no other way to go."

At this moment, He Xi seems to have reached the peak of power. But He Xi himself knew that he was already in a state of remorse.

Since the Dingguo meeting, Zhu Xiongying seems to have become invisible all of a sudden. On many major issues, he does not express his opinion, but only respects the opinion of the cabinet.

And in the cabinet, naturally no one dared to confront He Xi.

He Xi's power seems to be unmatched by anyone in the world. But in fact, the reason for this result is that Zhu Xiongying went to face and asked for lining.

After all, after the Dingguo meeting, Zhu Xiongying is the Son of Heaven recognized by the world. With the return of these participants to their hometowns, the news that Daming has re-stabilized has spread to the world. But everything is Zhu Xiongying as the core.

And not He Xi.

There is no way around it. After all, in the hearts of the people of the whole world, the emperor and the country, these two concepts are highly overlapping, and even the emperor is the country, and the country is the feeling of the emperor.

Loyalty to the monarch and loyalty to the country, although there is a difference. But in many things, many times it is the same.

When the country is stable, Zhu Xiongying's foundation will be solid. Not to mention, in terms of military power, He Xi has certain concessions to Zhu Xiongying.

And what he is doing now, is it a good thing?

No, after three years in charge, even dogs are suspicious. Not to mention the first assistant. What's more, the first assistant who uses the knife against the world.

Reshuffle the world, even if He Xi pays attention to the method, he doesn't know how many people he has offended. The more He Xi does, the more people oppose He Xi, and the more people support Zhu Xiongying.

Why does Zhu Xiongying need to block He Xi?

What's more, what He Xi wants to do is also what Zhu Xiongying wants to do.

He Xi is an invisible enemy in front of him, and it seems that no one dares to openly oppose He Xi, but whenever there is an opportunity, countless people will emerge and oppose He Xi. It's like this one thing.

He Xi can't have a trace of weakness.

Because as soon as he reveals his weakness, he will encounter more enemies. He Xi understands very well that he does not have no opponents, but that most people do not see the hope of victory. It's just waiting.

Once someone feels that they can defeat He Xi. Then things will not be easy.

At least there is a turmoil in the government and the opposition.

He Xi hopes that the world will be peaceful, at least until He Xi completes the restructuring of the entire world. But the more you hope for peace, the more you can't back down. Both internally and externally.

After all, people are cheap bones, and the easiest thing is to get an inch.

Therefore, He Xi is going to prepare for two battles. One internally, one externally.

In foreign wars, some restless people are released to bite people. After all, the last thing the Ming Dynasty is afraid of is war. Now the Ming Dynasty's force is one step beyond the whole world. King Yan has won many battles against Timur, and it is definitely not that Timur can't do it.

It's that King Yan is too powerful.

For the same thing, He Xi never felt that the Ming army would not be able to win foreign wars. He Xi was thinking about something else.

After He Xi made up his mind, he immediately made a preemptive strike and announced a war against Annan to set things right.

The first thing He Xi summoned was Ye Shen, not to let Ye Shen take command, but to ask him to recommend a general.

The person recommended by Ye Shen was none other than him. It was Zhang Ming.

After all, Zhang Ming is the descendant of He Xi's lineage, and he also performed well in the war between the north and the south, and now he is also the head of the first army, he is considered a high-level general, and his title has reached the viscount.

Not a senior title though. But from an outcast to a viscount, it has only been a few years, and it can be regarded as a legend.

In Ye Shen's opinion, it doesn't take much force to fight Annan at all, and it is enough to send an army south.

He Xi could only shake his head at this.

Ye Shen is still not politically sensitive.

Fight Annan, will you only fight Annan? No, and the fight against Annan is to renew the life of the Annan royal family? It's not, it's an internal queue, and it's fruitful.

It's not always good to go too far and let yourself pick all the fruit.

However, Ye Shen's idea of cultivating a lineage, He Xi still supported it.

Therefore, it was decided to attack from the sea with Zhang Ming as the vanguard, and Fangguan as the secondary. Fang Guan is also a veteran, and this is also his last battle.

His best years are in Nanyang. I missed the battle between the north and the south, and now I don't have any knighthood. Moreover, the Nanyang Governor's Mansion has now been under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

The local forces in Nanyang must also be purged to a certain extent, needless to say the Lu family. Lu Zhongheng is gone, and the Lu family doesn't have to deal with it. And the Fang family, there is a party riding the wind, and Fang Guan can't help but make some pacification.

Transfer him from Nanyang to fight a battle, get some credit, and then you can retire.

It can be regarded as the last care of He Xi, the original partner.

Zhang Ming was first put into the battlefield and made meritorious contributions in the future, and it is only natural that the army sent later will be directly under Zhang Ming's command. If Zhang Ming can make the merit of pacifying Annan, He Xi will not mind giving Zhang Ming a British duke.

However, if you want to have an Annan, it is not enough. After all, with the increase in the strength of the Ming army. Daming Wuxun is also becoming more and more valuable. The merit of destroying the country may have been worth a national prince before, but in this era, it may not be.

When it comes to the military, He Xi doesn't have to worry too much. Foreign wars are handled by the Privy Council. Ye Shen will star, it is unlikely that he will lose the battle.

He Xi is not worried about anything else, it should be the internal war, to be precise, it is the purge of Guangdong, He Xi must make an example of a hundred and be ruthless to Guangdong.

Let the people below know that he is under him, but there are no fewer dead. Don't think that in the past few years, he has been quiet, just think that he is a vegetarian.