Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 229 Daming's Domination over the World

The value of silver coins is greater than that of copper coins, and the mining of silver mines and the production of silver coins are all in the hands of the Ming court.

Under the same value system, the Ming court is equivalent to having the right to define currency.

All countries that do business with Ming Dynasty will be restricted by Ming currency from now on.

Of course, the implementation of the silver coin system does not mean the abolition of other currencies.

The most widely circulated copper coin is still in use, but it will be changed to a new style in the future.

And gold coins of greater value will also be issued on a large scale, specially used to pay for large amounts of trade.

Daming's currency reform this time has completely pushed Jiangnan's business to another level.

A large number of currency banks have sprung up in places such as Yingtianfu and Suzhou.

The circulation of currency has become more rapid and convenient, and many rich people have begun to look for new growth points for their wealth.

And at this time.

Daming's two voyages to the West within a year, through generous returns, made these Jiangnan businessmen keenly aware of the breath of profit.

Zhu Han and Tang He's two voyages to the West brought back a large number of slaves, horses, medicinal materials, spices, etc.

Although the cost of the two voyages to the West was very high, the goods brought back were enough to quadruple the cost.

In particular, Zhu Wenzheng, King Jingnan of the Ming Dynasty, sent someone to report to the court that he had controlled all the Nanyang Spice Islands in his hands.

This news made businessmen even more crazy.

You must know that in today's Ming Dynasty, the price of a catty of pepper is one tael of silver!

If they could send a fleet from Daming to the South Seas to bring back a shipment of spices, they would be able to earn several times the profit immediately.

Stimulated by such huge profits, various banks and banks have participated in large and small sea trade.

In just a few months, at least one million taels of silver entered the accounts of major shipbuilders.

Zhu Han was naturally very clear about all this.

It can be said that this is one of the purposes of his personal voyages.

Now that Da Ming has three important footholds in Southeast Asia, East India and Persia, Da Ming's fleet will no longer be a businessman with a blind eye like before.

The military power of Ming Dynasty in these three places will become the best security guarantee for merchants.

As long as safety and profits can be guaranteed, then no one will be able to get a hand in the interests of this ocean, except Daming.

However, on this sea, there are also many fleets belonging to Arab and Persian merchants.

In order to suppress and control these Persians and Arabs, under the impetus of Zhu Han, the Ming court passed a new decree.

Any ship that wants to anchor in these three places must be inspected by Daming.

In this way, Ming Dynasty will gradually establish its dominance over the sea.

Kunming, Yunnan.

The thin drizzle was pattering down.

The whole city was silent.

Tens of thousands of soldiers in armor were waiting solemnly, each with a very solemn look on their faces.

In a palace in Kunming city.

It was originally the palace of King Liang of the Yuan Dynasty.

It is now the residence of Chen Youliang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, in Yunnan.

Two days ago, Chen Youliang was still feasting the soldiers in this palace, singing and dancing.

but.

In today's palace, there is only mess all over the place.

Countless rare treasures were smashed to the ground.

A large group of eunuchs and court ladies knelt on the ground trembling, not daring to breathe.

Chen Youliang sat on the dragon chair slumped with a sword in his hand.

In front of him are all civil and military officials kneeling.

In front of all the civil and military officials, there was a thin young man kneeling.

""Father calm down, the child deserves to die! "

This boy is Chen Youliang's son, Chen Li.

When Chen Youliang led the army to go out, he left his prince in Chengdu to supervise the country.

Chen Youliang originally thought that Sichuan's defense line was impenetrable, and Chengdu was the rear city, so it was enough for his prince to stay there to calm people's hearts.

But Chen Youliang never expected it.

Xu Da of the Ming army actually led an elite soldier to sneak into Sichuan from the mountainous area in the north.

After the Ming army entered Sichuan, it first captured Guanghan, and then rushed all the way to Chengdu.

As the crown prince, Chen Li, who is Xu Da's opponent?
Just a face to face, the army in the hands of the crown prince of the Han Dynasty was defeated.

After losing the protection of the army, Chengdu is naturally unable to keep it.

Without any choice.

Chen Li, the crown prince of the Han Dynasty, could only lead some people to flee in a hurry.

Chen Youliang, who had vented his anger just now, became violent again when he heard his son's voice.

Chen Youliang moved forward fiercely, and kicked his son several steps away with a flying kick.

"Why do not you go to hell!"

"Even if you only need to hold on for three days, you can wait for reinforcements!"

"I, Chen Youliang, the first hero, how did I give birth to such a pig-like son like you!"

The more Chen Youliang talked, the more frustrated he became, he raised the sword in his hand and wanted to chop off at Chen Li's head.

Seeing this, Zou Pusheng, Chen Youren and others standing next to him quickly got up and grabbed Chen Youliang's arm.

"Your Majesty, calm down!"

"Your Majesty, take care!"

"The crown prince is young, His Majesty calm down!"

...

Finally, under the persuasion of these people, Chen Youliang finally calmed down.

"Wang Bao from Badong, Liu Quan'an from northern Sichuan, where are their soldiers and horses now!?"

Chen Youliang let out a long breath, sat on a chair in the palace and asked.

The two men he mentioned were generals of the Chen Han regime, one was stationed in the east and the other in the north.

According to reason.

Chengdu is being attacked by the enemy, soldiers and horses from these two directions should quickly go to rescue Chengdu.

Zou Pusheng and Chen Youren looked at each other.

"Your Majesty, neither of these two people has made any movement."

"However, there are rumors that they seem to have surrendered to the Ming army."

Chen Youliang didn't believe these two generals surrendered to the Ming army at first.

But only two days passed.

Very reliable news came from Sichuan.

Under the leadership of Xu Da, the Ming army successively took over the territory of Badong and northern Sichuan.

And there was no fighting in it.

This means that the two generals of the Chen Han regime must be the Ming army who really surrendered.

Chen Youliang was furious again when he learned of this situation.

Originally, he also planned to use the soldiers and horses in Yunnan as the main force, and let Wang Bao and Liu Quanan's soldiers and horses respond in the rear, so that it is possible to take back Chengdu.

But now these two generals have surrendered to the Ming army.

The established army of the Chen Han regime in Sichuan no longer exists.

If Chen Youliang dared to lead his army from Yunnan to Sichuan at this time, he would plunge headlong into the encirclement of the Ming army.

Even, as long as Chen Youliang's army stepped into Sichuan, Xu Da would not need to lead the Ming army to attack, and most of the soldiers would surrender or flee.

because.

In Chen Youliang's army, almost most of the soldiers left their families in Sichuan.

Now that Sichuan has become the territory of the Ming army, these soldiers and their families will no longer be able to get together.

There are big rivers and mountains between Yunnan and Sichuan, and these soldiers don't dare to have the idea of ​​fleeing back to Sichuan easily.

But if they were allowed to set foot on the land of Sichuan, the Ming army only needed to wave their fingers lightly, and most of Chen Youliang's soldiers would completely collapse.

After learning of this situation, Chen Youliang was so anxious that he fell ill.

Chen Han's [-] troops who stayed in Kunming suddenly panicked.

The city of Kunming was almost shocked three times a day.

Some gossip began to spread among the soldiers, which horrified everyone.

Some people explained that the army killed all the family members of the Han soldiers who stayed in Sichuan.

Others said that the Ming army was not so brutal, and they concentrated the families of the soldiers under surveillance. They heard that if anyone returned to surrender, his family members could be slowed down.

In addition to these, there are many rumors that the Ming army has stationed troops in the north of the Jinsha River and is about to invade Yunnan at any time.

For these true and false news, the soldiers of Chen Han's army have no ability to distinguish at all.

Many courageous people have even started to quietly prepare to escape.

In order to contain this very unfavorable situation.

Chen Youliang issued several orders one after another, and any soldier who dared to discuss the news would be punished for disturbing the morale of the army.

but.

The more severely Chen Youliang was punished in the army, the more panicked the soldiers became.

In less than ten days, more than 2000 people fled.

Even if most of them were captured and beheaded, they still couldn't stop those who wanted to escape.

In order to deal with this situation, Chen Youliang almost racked his brains.

But still haven't figured out an effective way.

As Chen Youliang's military adviser, Zou Pusheng immediately offered Chen Youliang a strategy.

"Kunming is too close to Sichuan. Soldiers fleeing, even if they don't know the way, they can return to Sichuan with a little inquiry."

"If this goes on like this, without the Ming army attacking, our army will collapse completely. For the present plan, the only way is to stop the soldiers from fleeing back to Sichuan!"

Zou Pusheng's words made Chen Youliang see a life-saving straw.

"Mr. Zou, tell me quickly, what can you do?" Chen Youliang grabbed Zou Pusheng's arm and asked.

This is the first time that Chen Youliang called Zou Pusheng Mr. Zou Pusheng.

But now that the situation is critical, Zou Pusheng is no longer in the mood to care about these things.

"Your Majesty, as I said just now, it is precisely because Kunming is too close to Sichuan. If we lead the soldiers to go south and keep them far away from Sichuan, they will no longer think about escaping!" Zou Pusheng said with a sinister face. .

Hearing this, Chen Youliang was shocked immediately.

"What, still going south?"

Chen Youliang feels that Yunnan is already very remote, and Kunming is already a big city in the south.

If you leave Kunming and continue south, there are only a few sporadic small cities that can be stationed.

Except for those small towns, the rest of the place is full of dense forests and high mountains.

At that time, it will be very difficult to feed [-] farmers, not to mention feeding [-] troops.

Chen Youliang even wondered whether Zou Pusheng had already been bought by the Ming army, and that he was planning to use a poisonous scheme to kill himself.

However, Zou Pusheng's subsequent words dispelled Chen Youliang's idea.

"Your Majesty's soldiers are here, and no one is dead!" Zou Pusheng said with a broken heart.

Chen Youliang suddenly realized.

That's right, his only confidence now is the soldiers under him.

Chengdu is now lost.

If you lose all the soldiers in your hands, the land in Yunnan will not be kept.

In this case, the only way to go is to keep the soldiers in your hands first.

"Where do you think we should go, sir?" Chen Youliang asked hastily.

You must know that the place to the south of Kunming is too big. If you don't mention a specific location, Chen Youliang doesn't know where he should go.

"The further south Kunming goes, the higher the mountains and dense forests, and there are so many snakes, insects, rats and ants that it is impossible to survive. If we want to lead these soldiers to open up a situation, we can only go southwest and regroup the soldiers who escaped from Duan Gong that year. The old road." Zou Pusheng said.

Upon hearing this, Chen Youliang felt uneasy again.

How embarrassing Duan Gong was when he fled back then, I could have laughed at Duan Gong at that time.

It's only been a few years.

He was about to repeat Duan Gong's mistakes.

To Chen Youliang, this was a slap in the face.

"Must it be so?" Chen Youliang asked with difficulty.

"The farther we go, the soldiers have no support, and they will inevitably unite. When we go far, they will let go of the family members and children in Sichuan, and let them remarry and have children, so that people can be united again."

I have to say that Zou Pusheng is really a bachelor character who is very suitable for rebellion.

His own wife, concubine and children were also captured by the Ming army in Sichuan.

However, when this guy was thinking about it, he never thought about these wives, concubines and children.

As the saying goes, wives are like clothes, and brothers are like brothers.

Chen Youliang actually has such a personality.

"Okay, then do as Mr. said!"

Chen Youliang immediately made up his mind.

Since Duan Gongli led more than 1 remnants and defeated generals, he was able to escape.

Then, if Chen Youliang's [-] soldiers and horses also arrive in Tianzhu Continent, wouldn't they be able to do more?

What's more, the Delhi Sultanate on the Tianzhu continent just abandoned itself not long ago.

Chen Youliang has made up his mind that when he arrives in Tianzhu, he must first look for the bad luck of the Delhi Sultanate.

but.

The marching route planned by Zou Pusheng is destined to be full of various hardships.

Whether it was the continuous mountain of savages or the snakes, insects, rats and ants all over the surrounding area, Chen Youliang's soldiers and horses would be severely tested.

As the loser in the competition in the Central Plains, this is the suffering that Chen Youliang must bear.

. . . . . . .

Western Regions.

Huozhou City at the foot of Tianshan Mountain.

After the Mongolian Yuan army led by Wang Baobao captured Huozhou City, they immediately moved the capital of Dayuan here.

As the most prosperous city in the Western Regions.

Huozhou City not only has a tall city wall, but also has businessmen from all walks of life traveling from south to north.

Wang Baobao only needs to send a few officials to collect business taxes at the city gate, and he can support tens of thousands of soldiers and officials.

Among these merchants, many were from Lanzhou, Ming Dynasty.

For these people, Wang Baobao treated them equally.

Wang Baobao did not treat these Han merchants differently, whether it was the collection of commercial taxes or the safety of pedestrians and goods.

As such.

Huozhou City's business is not inferior to before.

Seeing Wang Baobao's appearance of loving the people like a son in Huozhou, the Wala generals under him were all unhappy.

As the Oirats of Moxi Mongolia, their barbarism is much more serious than that of Wang Baobao, a Sinicized Mongol.

Almost everyone in the Oirats regards looting on the battlefield as an honor.

They originally regarded the territory of the Chagatai Khanate as their robbery paradise.

Now the territory of the Chagatai Khanate has become the territory of Wang Baobao, and the Oirats can no longer rob unscrupulously.

The Wala generals headed by Haohai are naturally dissatisfied with Dawei.

but.

Wang Baobao actually knew very well about the inner thoughts of the Wala people.

Wang Baobao understands that these Wala people are wild and difficult to train, so to let them understand the principle of governing the local area and collecting taxes is simply playing the piano to the cow.

So in order to satisfy the desire of these Oirats to rob.

Wang Baobao finally formulated a very suitable strategy for them.

(End of this chapter)