The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 791

From the warships in Qinzhou, the coastline near Annan Taiping is only [-] miles away, and it can be reached in two to three days with a favorable wind.

It is two hundred miles from the beach to Thang Long, and the cavalry will arrive in one to two days.

Thang Long is located on the Red River Plain with rich resources, and is close to the sea, with rich products and a thriving population. As the center of the feudal dynasty's founding and foundation, all dynasties of Annan made their capital here.

This is the place with the largest amount of Annan Plain, a land of high grain production for later generations, and it is very suitable for cavalry raids.

The Ruan family's Hue City is a thousand miles away from Qinzhou, and the warship can go there in about five to six days with the wind.

Hue City is closer to the sea, less than twenty miles away.

In the past, the Ming army marched from Guangxi. Ding Yi wanted to march from the sea this time. The only difficulty was finding a place to land.

The Red River Plain near Shenghua is just along the Red River.

The Red River originates in the central part of Yunnan Province in my country (called Yuan Jiang [Yuan Chiang]), and the source of the river is 2650 meters above sea level.The upper reaches of the Lishe River flow out of Weishan Yi and Hui Autonomous County in the north and at the mouth of the Sanjiang River, it is called the Yuanjiang River after receiving the Lvzhi River, a tributary on the east, and it is called the Honghe River after it flows to the territory of Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture in my country. North Bay of the Pacific Ocean.

This means that after Ding Yi's warship entered the Beibu Gulf of the Pacific Ocean from Qinzhou, except for the third-tier battleship, other ships could enter Annan from the Hanoi tributary.

Ding Shitou's soldiers and intelligence officers had already entered the Red River Plain a few months ago, looking for a landing point.

Chengzu didn't fight here. It may be that a large number of ships were used to sail to the west, and there were not enough warships to support them.

You must know that to move tens of thousands of troops, plus artillery, supplies, food and grass, Ding Yi must use at least two thousand ships.

At that time, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di confiscated an army of 30 and claimed to be 80. It would take tens of thousands of ships to go by sea. He certainly didn't have such ability, so he didn't go by sea.

But now Ding Yi has surrendered Zheng Zhilong's navy, plus his original ones, adding up the whole country, there is no problem with two thousand warships.

Zhao Dashan once asked him why he wanted to beat Annan now that the world was still uncertain.

Ding Yi said, one is to regain the homeland, and there will be prestige and merit bonuses.

Zhu Zhanji, who has the title of Renxuan Zhizhi, gave up Annan, and Ding Yi took it back. What an honor and meritorious service.

The second is that the sailors have nothing to do now, why do you raise so many sailors?Is there nothing to do with such a military force?Of course we have to fight, let the soldiers and horses move, otherwise everything will be ruined.

The third is to steal money. Ding Yi fights to get rich.

Fourth, Annan is a high-yielding area of ​​grain. Later generations, two-thirds of Vietnam\South is mountainous, and the arable land area is less than one-twentieth of our country, but it is the second largest grain-producing country in the world.

Because the rice on their side is cropped three times a year, and the land is fertile.

Occupying Annan, the domestic Guizhou, Yunnan and other places close to Annan will no longer be short of food, and can directly supply supplies nearby without the need for support from Huguang and other places.

Not to mention that during the Chengzu period, Annan paid 400 million shi in grain taxes to Daming.

In the past, when the Ming Dynasty conquered this place, they would not take away the local wealth, but wanted to show the style of the Ming Dynasty's state of etiquette.

Ding Yi is the one who wants to scrape three inches of land, so of course he wants to grab it.

Fifth, Ding Yi plans to grow sugar cane here, sell white sugar, and sell white sugar to Southeast Asia. This will be a very profitable business in the future.

And most importantly, after occupying Annan, Ding Yi's navy can threaten the entire Southeast Asia at close range, and Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and even India in later generations are all under his artillery and warships.

The Strait of Malacca, the lifeline of Asia's seas that is crucial to Asia in future generations, is also within easy reach.

Therefore, Annan must fight, sooner rather than later.

Liu Zong arrived in Guangdong in early February, and the weather was not very hot. Ding Shitou deliberately arranged for them to enter by land, from Guangdong to Fenmaoling, all the way through the mountains and ridges, which was tiring and bitter.

Several people in the capital have suffered this kind of hardship.

If it wasn't for Ding Yi's promise to them before coming, who would come to such a barren place if he would be considered a great achievement after returning and would have to be promoted heavily.

Guang Shiheng came in and walked less than ten days before he caught the disease. The local Hu Heng picked weeds and fed him. He vomited and had diarrhea for a few days, and almost died of vomiting, but he was lucky and survived.

They stopped and went, and the progress was slow. They only entered the local county government of the Houli Dynasty, and after identifying themselves as special envoys of the Ming Dynasty, they got the horse mule, but Hu Heng and others were stopped, and a team of soldiers and horses were sent to escort them to Shenglong.

The three of them suffered so much for so many days, and relying on their identities as the upper kingdoms of the heavens, they yelled at Zheng's soldiers and horses from time to time on the road. Hu Heng in front of him needed Daming's help to fight against Zheng's, so he naturally endured it. This Zheng's Those who suffer.

A few days later, because of the hot and cold food, the unbearable Zheng soldiers beat Zhou Zhong up. Only then did Liu Zongzhou and the others realize that Zheng's people were not as reasonable as Hu Heng's.

"What a barbarian." Liu Zongzhou said angrily.

"Educate these barbarians with benevolence and righteousness." Guang Shiheng agrees with him, because Guang Shiheng feels that after returning to the capital, Liu Zongzhou will be a cabinet assistant minister.

Liu Zongzhou opened his mouth and didn't say anything, sparing himself from slapping himself in the face.

In late February, they finally came to Thang Long City.

In 1407, the Ming army captured Thang Long, but the capital of the Hu Dynasty at that time was Thanh Hoa.

In 1592, Zheng Song, a general of the Later Le Dynasty, attacked the Mo Dynasty and regained Thang Long. Since then, his status has been hereditary, and he is known as the "Lord of Zheng". The power of the Zheng family is deeply rooted in Thang Long.

At this time, the emperor of the Hou Li Dynasty was the No.18 emperor, Li Zhenzong and Li Weiyou.

The emperor of the Hou Li Dynasty was a puppet emperor, who was only responsible for listening to the government and receiving envoys.

On February 23, Zheng Zhu Zheng Bing arranged for Liu Zong to meet with Li Weiyou on Wednesday.

After Liu Zongzhou entered the palace, he first denounced the bad treatment on the way with a high-ranking attitude, and then opened the imperial decree to publicize the will of the heaven and the state.

He demanded that the Later Li Dynasty return the four prefectures of Gaoping (Shilin, Guangyuan, Shanglang, and Xialang) to the Mo family, and that Annan should be given the title of "Annan Metropolitan Commander", and Li Weiyou should be appointed as the Annan Metropolitan Commander. Product, hereditary, silver seal.

Those who were previously sealed to the Mo family were sealed to the Li family.

The young Li Weiyou listened with a blank expression on his face, he must be running wild in his heart.

I must be cursing in my heart at this moment, you Ming people tell me there is no use, go tell Zheng Bing.

Of course he didn't dare to show his state of mind, and he still smiled: "The envoy from the superior is working hard, so take a good rest, the king will discuss with the ministers about the state's will before making a decision."

He called himself Xiao Wang, and he seemed unwilling to be demoted to the commander of the Annan capital.

Even he, the puppet emperor, is unwilling to be demoted, let alone the Lord Zheng Zheng Bing.

This guy Liu Zongzhou committed a crime, and he talked with Li Weiyou about life, philosophy, and reasoning with sincerity.

In the past, our Ming army took down here and ruled you. Later, we returned to you in the emperor's benevolence. You know that you are grateful, and you know that I am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Hurry up and agree.

It's okay if he doesn't say anything, many civil and military ministers and generals of the Hou Li Dynasty in the hall are all blowing their beards and staring.

Last year, the news that the capital city of the Ming Dynasty was breached by the rebels had already reached Annan. You all almost destroyed the country, and you still dare to gossip here.

Li Weiyou didn't make a statement that day, and arranged for the three of them to stay.

After the three of them left the hall, Zheng Bing summoned the civil and military ministers to discuss matters in the Jiangwu Hall on the right.

All civil servants expressed their opinions one after another, don't be rational about people, they should be kicked out, some people even said that the people of Ming were almost subjugated, and they should be beheaded as envoys.

Zheng Bing was scheming, fearing that the Ming army would retaliate, but the Ming people were almost subjugated, but not yet. Moreover, Ding Yi, the Ding Yi, who is now assisting the Ming government and holding great power, was also a local warlord.

Annan's country is now divided, and Zheng Yi didn't want to offend Mingren, so after discussion, he decided to accept Mingren's conditions.

After the court meeting was decided, a young eunuch hurried to the harem.

Soon came to Li Weiyou's place.

"Your Majesty." The little eunuch fell to his knees.

Li Weiyou waved his hand to signal him to come forward, the little eunuch ran to him, bowed his head and said a few words.

"Zheng Bing agreed?" Li Weiyou looked in disbelief.

He immediately came back to his senses, and said in a low voice, "Go outside the palace quickly and inform Mr. Ruan."

The little eunuch got up and left the palace.

After arriving outside the palace, I found a courtyard in Thang Long, and met Ruan Zhaohui, the Minister of Rites of the Houli Dynasty.

The official system of the Later Li Dynasty was completely imitated by the Ming Dynasty, with six departments and six departments, Chengxuan, and the Chasi.

The function of the Ministry of Rites is also the same as that of Ming Dynasty.

After Ruan Zhaohui got the news, he sent the little eunuch away, and quickly summoned a servant to give him an incomplete jade pendant.

The servant took the jade pendant to a shop in Shenglong City.

This shop is a pawn shop and has been open in Thang Long for more than two years.

The servant sent the jade pendant to the shop and asked, can this jade pendant be used as a jade pendant?

The owner of the shop obviously looked like a wise person. He took the jade pendant and looked at it. Although it was damaged, the quality was good, so he nodded: "Although there are flaws, the jade is of good quality. It can be worth five hundred Wen."

The shopkeeper took a package, which seemed to contain a lot of copper coins, and handed it to the servant.

The servant held it in his arms, hurried home, handed it to Ruan Zhaohui to open it, there were a lot of copper coins inside, with 50 taels of gold wrapped in it, Ruan Zhaohui smiled in satisfaction.

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Zong woke up from the same hall of the Ministry of Rites on Wednesday. After breakfast, before receiving any reply from Hou Lichao, the three of them planned to go for a stroll in the streets, and it must be rare for them to go abroad.

Liu Zongzhou didn't want to go at first, so he waited in the library for news.

Unable to stand Zhou Zhong and Guang Shiheng's persuasion, they accompanied him.

Shenglong Street is also very lively. The population of this meeting is estimated to be hundreds of thousands, which is not much worse than that of the capital.

The three of them looked at the appearance of the local streets and felt that they were far inferior to the capital city of Daming. The streets were still dirty, but all the buildings had the appearance of Daming.

"Learning to walk in Handan will only increase your laughter." Liu Zongzhou was complacent. These barbarians seem to have learned a little bit from our Celestial Kingdom.

The other two nodded in agreement.

The three chatted and looked around.

Unexpectedly, suddenly someone hurried past and hit the light for a moment.

(End of this chapter)