Chapter 1036 1031 [The Ming Dynasty is expanding in all directions]
Ju Ming soon found out about what Yang Yao had done in Jambi - someone had snitched on him.
Zhu Song was ordered to move the governor's palace to Jambi City, and he found out what happened without asking much. Yang Yao even left him a share of the loot.
Faced with the offer of gold and silver, Zhu Song declined on the spot and sent someone back to the mainland to send a secret message to the emperor.
What Ju Ming did is very interesting.
First, the contents of the secret message should not be disclosed and the courtiers should not know about Yang Yao's mischief.
Second, Yang Yao was made an earl, but the officers and soldiers in the army, including Yang Yao, did not receive any material rewards. Yang Yao himself was fined three months' salary and his military rank was reduced by two ranks.
Third, Zhu Song's official title was upgraded to one level, he was given 100 gold coins, 500 silver coins, a brocade robe, and he continued to stay in Jambi as the governor.
Fourth, send censors to Jambi and Malacca to rectify civil and military disciplines.
Fifth, more than a dozen vassal states were enshrined in one breath, except for Balingbang (Palembang), which hinted that Yang Yao could continue to conquer there.
Sixth, ordered the immediate construction of several warships and increased Yang Yao's gunboats to twenty.
Seventh, commend the Fujian and Guangdong civil and military officials who helped organize immigration.
Around midsummer, Yang Yao received the emperor's results.
He was surprised, happy and angry. He was surprised because the emperor knew about it, happy because the emperor did not pursue it too much, and angry because Zhu Song secretly impeached himself!
A huge contradiction arose between the civil and military affairs of Jambi.
In the days that followed, Yang Yao made no secret of his disgust for Zhu Song. Even the soldiers and officials who had received the benefits felt that Governor Zhu Song was too ignorant.
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The destruction of Srivijaya not only caused drastic changes in the situation in Southeast Asia, but also profoundly affected India, Arabia, Egypt and West Asia.
Maritime trade between the East and the West was decided by the Ming Dynasty.
If Yang Yao didn't embezzle money wantonly, Ju Ming even wanted to make him a marquis. Although the war was not intense, its impact was far-reaching and he deserved the title of marquis.
Srivijaya is just a weak fat man.
After more than a hundred years of decline, Srivijaya only has a navy that can still suppress other countries. Its army is rotten to the core. Even when the palm-sized Kingdom next door called for independence, it was able to attack many times.
The Sriwijaya army retreated to suppress it.
It has been torn apart internally for a long time. Not only are the subordinate countries tending to be independent, but even the mainland is controlled by the lords.
This Nanyang overlord was actually destroyed by Yang Yao with more than a thousand sailors, which shocked countless people.
The imperial court's support for Jambi's civil and military officials was limited to sending additional warships, land forces and immigrants. At this time, Ju Ming had set his sights on the Western Regions.
News of Yelu Dashi's death had already reached Luoyang.
However, floods in the south were severe last year, Ningxia had only been recovered for a few years, and human resources were relatively scarce. Ju Ming decided to postpone sending troops for another year.
The military rations are already being transported to the Hexi Corridor, and merchants are conducting Kaizhong trade - that is, private merchants organize manpower to transport the grain to Shazhou and sell it to the government at a low price. While making a small profit, they can also get a share of the salt quota.
This method of transporting food to the central government can only solve part of the military rations, and the court will have to take action when the war actually starts.
Shazhou is frantically building military warehouses, waiting for food to be transported and stored there. It will serve as a logistics base for conquering the Western Regions.
The strategic plan formulated by the Privy Council was to attack Yizhou (Hami) first, and then Gaochang (Turpan).
In the first stage, we can only reach Gaochang as far as possible, otherwise the logistics will not be able to keep up.
After occupying Yizhou and Gaochang, it will take at least two years to migrate and consolidate the territory. A group of local nobles and farmers must also be retained. As long as they accept the rule obediently, they will not be killed and let them provide logistics supplies for the Ming army.
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The situation in Xiliao was extremely tense.
Yelu Dashi's last words were to kill the king of Gaochang and his descendants to avoid a fire in the backyard when the two countries went to war.
Last spring, Queen Xiao Ta Buyan of Western Liao Dynasty succeeded to the throne and immediately sent Xiao Chala Abu to Gaochang. Xiao Ta Buyan did not become the regent mother, but became the monarch of Western Liao as a queen, waiting for her son to come of age.
Return state affairs.
Xiao Chala'abu arrested and executed the king of Gaochang on the charge of colluding with the Ming Dynasty and conspiring to rebel. However, in order to stabilize the Gaochang nobles, he did not kill the king's descendants and only escorted the Gaochang royal family to Hu Sihan'er (the capital of Western Liao Dynasty).
The Gaochang Kingdom was completely destroyed, and even the vassal states of Xiliao could not succeed.
Xiao Chala'abu was appointed as the governor of Gaochang, directly under the jurisdiction of Gaochang (Turpan) and Yizhou (Hami). He worked intensively to strengthen the defense of Yizhou City, transferred more troops and grain to Yizhou City, and also built many buildings near Yizhou City.
He built a castle and tried to block the invasion of Ming Dynasty here.
At the same time, Xiaota Buyan began to sort out his household registration.
It has been almost ten years since the founding of Xiliao. Yelu Dashi has been busy expanding and has not even straightened out the basic household registration work.
For the time being, Xiaota Buyan can only conduct inventory in the Gyeonggi area (Husihan'er and surrounding areas). After a household registration census, there are more than 84,000 households in the Gyeonggi region of Western Liaoning. Based on this, the new tax system is strictly implemented.
Consolidate Xiliao’s basic base.
"Will the Ming Dynasty really send troops?" Xiao Ta Buyan was worried.
Xiao Orila said: "Since the late emperor left a will, the Ming Kingdom will most likely send troops, and it is estimated that it will be within three years. If after three years, Her Majesty the Queen has stabilized the country, it will be even more difficult for the Ming Kingdom to attack again.
Already."
Xiao Ta sighed: "Three years. It's been a year and a half now, and the Ming army may come next year. Are you sure you can stop the Ming army?"
Xiao Weili quickly knelt down and expressed his stance: "I am all willing to fight to the death!"
"We, mother and son, have to rely on the general." Xiao Ta was unsure.
She has a private letter from Emperor Zhu in her hand. When Yelu Dashi was dying, he asked his wife to circulate it to the generals when they were defeated on the front line.
But Xiaota Buyan was unwilling to surrender easily. She would not accept her fate until at least the Ming army broke through the mountain pass to the west of Yili and the border of Xiliao was unsafe to defend.
Even if the entire territory of Gaochang Kingdom is lost, Xiaota Buyan will still persevere.
No, you can still move the capital!
Abandoning Hu Sihan Er, he moved to Hezhong Prefecture with hundreds of officials and troops, relying on Congling to block the Ming army to the east.
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The Ming Dynasty was expanding everywhere, and was about to attack the Western Regions, and also captured Jambi in Nanyang.
In the direction of western Sichuan, two roads advance in parallel.
The Southern Route Army successfully captured the Xishan Yechuan tribes (big and small Jinchuan). There were dozens of Tubo tribes there, and the Ming army killed them all. The tribes were still unable to unite, and some small tribes even took the initiative to lead the way.
The Northern Route Army successfully captured Songpan and also the Jiuzhaigou Valley side.
In the next few years, the entire western Sichuan Plateau was slowly eaten away. Each time the Ming army sent out not many troops, because they were all scattered Tibetan tribes, and there was not even a unified Tibetan regime. The logistics supplies could only be supported by Sichuan Province.
In the past, Sichuan's finances were mostly used to recycle iron money.
Now that the iron money has been recovered, Sichuan has a huge tax surplus, which can be retained in the province for military expansion.
The generals in Sichuan did not have to fight big battles. Instead, they bullied the surrounding tribes and accumulated military exploits one after another in small battles. Civil servants also accumulated political achievements, raised money and food for the army, organized immigration, etc.
The Western Sichuan Plateau has not yet been completely pacified, and the Sichuan civil and military forces even have a new battle plan.
They reported it to the Cabinet and the Ministry of War, and have received approval to go south again next year to completely eliminate the Mahu tribe (Mabian, Suijiang, and Leibo counties) that has been crippled.
As for the Shimen tribes farther south (Yanjin, Daguan, Yiliang, Zhaotong, Ludian, Qiaojia, Huize, and Dongchuan), due to their remoteness and complex terrain and climate, Ju Ming planned to appoint chieftains to rule first.
It would be best to destroy the Dali Kingdom and establish Yunnan Province, and then send troops from Yunnan to gradually expand northward. It may take two to three hundred years to restore the country.
What is the current situation in Dali?
The fight for heirs between the Eight Insects is getting more and more intense. Neither the king nor the prime minister can control it, and internal war may break out at any time.
Once civil strife breaks out in the Dali Kingdom and Duan Yu is forced to become a monk, the Ming Dynasty will have an excuse to send troops. The reason for the expedition is: the ministers and princes of the Dali Kingdom are unfaithful and unfilial, so the imperial court wants to take back the Chinese homeland and govern it personally!
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India has an overseas territory called the Andaman Islands, named after the Malay name for the Indian monkey god.
During the Tang Dynasty, China called this place "the country of Luo people". This means that they don't wear clothes. They don't want the clothes sold by merchants, but use all supplies to exchange for iron tools. The skin color of the islanders is not dark, and they are of medium build. They should
Specifically refers to the Malay race along the coast of the island.
During the Song Dynasty, China called this place the "Yantuo Barbarian Kingdom". The foreign Malay islanders were probably assimilated, and their skin became dark and their height was even lower than that of Japan. There are records of cannibalism and grinding shells into knives.
, the staple food is banana, potato, fish, shrimp, wild boar and jackfruit.
The Ming Dynasty built a port here, called Monkey Port, which was under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Malacca - now changed to the Governor of Jambi.
Merchant ships from various countries coming through the Strait of Malacca can replenish fresh water at Monkey Port, and then cross the Bay of Bengal to Ceylon.
When six second-generation officials landed on the island, Lin Riyan, the commander of Monkey Port, was watching the wild boar's tusks.
Lin Riyan was from southern Fujian. When Li Bao regained Fujian, he and his father led the navy to join the Ming Dynasty.
He was originally working in the navy of the Ming Dynasty, but he was convicted for collaborating with his superiors to engage in smuggling. His superiors had been beheaded, and Lin Riyan could serve as a commander in the remote Monkey Port.
Now he only has one small warship under his command, and everyone from the soldiers to the crew has committed crimes.
There are no officials at the port, only a few civil servants who have also been assigned.
"Commander, another ship is coming." A civil servant came to inform.
Lin Riyan yawned and said: "Supply them with fresh water as usual, and buy some drinks by the way. You can take care of it yourself."
Lin Riyan had given up hope of returning to his hometown. When he picked up his wife, he didn't even take his children with him. He left his children in his hometown to be taken care of by his brothers.
This broken place makes people completely lose their thoughts and just hope that they can return to their roots after death.
The supply ship comes once a year and brings enough rice and salt.
If you want to drink, you must buy it from passing ships. Therefore, Lin Ri strictly set the rules. If he wants to replenish fresh water in this port, those merchant ships must sell him wine.
Lu You was startled before he landed: "Are they all Kunlun slaves working?"
Fan Chengda muttered: "The Kunlun slaves here are so short."
There are still some parts of the port under construction, and the workers are all dwarf black people captured from the island. If we only talk about race, they are dwarf black people like the mainstream Kunlun slaves in Guangzhou, but the dwarf black people here are even shorter.
The average height is less than 1.2 meters, and a strong adult man's height is no more than 1.5 meters.
Li Zuqia sighed with emotion: "This is the real country of dwarves. There is no record in "Arabian Nights". If you didn't go to sea yourself, how would you know that there are such short black people in the world?"
Wang Lianqing had already taken out a pen and paper and planned to draw the short black people.
They went to visit Lin Riyan. After chatting for a while, Lu You asked: "Commander Lin, why don't you give those Kunlun slaves clothes? At least women should wear them."
Lin Riyan sighed: "Those who have been given clothes don't wear them themselves. Do you think I want to see the two black lumps on my chest swinging around all day long? It's really dirty eyes!"
Those short black women used leaves to make skirts to cover their shame, but there was no covering for their entire upper body.
