Since the establishment of the world, the emperor no longer has the trust in the nobles of Huaixi. Tang He even sensed a hint of hostility towards Huaixi nobles from the emperor.
In recent years, many Huaixi nobles have been dealt with under various pretexts. Even now, because of the involvement in Hu Weiyong's case, there are still a group of Huaixi nobles being imprisoned in prison, waiting to be punished.
Tang He knew why. It was simply that military generals were only suitable for expanding territory and conquering the world, and were not as suitable for governing the world as civilian officials. Now is the time when the world is settled and it needs to be carefully managed. On the contrary, the status of generals like Huaixi Xungui naturally plummeted.
If it weren't for Bei Yuan who was still lingering on, Huaixi Xungui's life might have been even more difficult than it is now. Moreover, when it was still a rebel army, the Ming Dynasty was able to defeat the Northern Yuan Dynasty in just a few years. Now that the country was established, it showed weakness in the war in Beiyuan. Although there is a reason why Bei Yuan fled north as soon as he found out that he could not defeat the Ming Dynasty, but whether there is any self-respect in Huaixi's noble support of Bei Yuan... That is a matter of benevolence and wisdom.
Although Tang He saw the crisis of Huaixi Xungui, he could not change it at all. I have no choice but to be on my own and try my best to protect myself.
However, now Tang He saw the way out for Huaixi Xungui.
Although the Ming Dynasty is the common master of the world, it is not the entire world. The world is so big and there are so many good places. As Han Du said, if the Ming Dynasty does not occupy these places, once they are occupied by others, it will definitely be a serious problem for the Ming Dynasty hundreds of years later.
Based on Tang He's understanding of the superiors, the superiors were the ones who couldn't get rid of the dirt in their eyes. There was no way they could just watch these good places being taken over by outsiders.
As long as the Ming Dynasty needs to continue to expand its territory, then the way out for Huaixi nobles will also come.
Lao Zhu glared at Tang He helplessly, "Do you think I don't want these places? But you don't even look at it, which one of these places is not thousands of miles away? Not to mention that there are still residual Yuan that has not been destroyed, even if it is not Without the residual Yuan, it is extremely difficult to go to these places."
Tang He was stunned when he heard this. Hearing what the superior meant, did he really want to give up? If we give up, wouldn't all the nobles of Huaixi be doomed? After finally finding a way out, Tang He was unwilling to give up and quickly made crazy hints to Handu.
When Han Du saw it, he smiled, coughed, and said, "These places are indeed far away, but it's not impossible to go on an expedition."
"How to go on an expedition?" Lao Zhu shook his head, "You said before that you didn't know anything about land warfare. I thought you were being modest, but I didn't expect that you really didn't know anything about it. Do you know what it means to go on an expedition thousands of miles away, and you must be a general? ? These places are thousands of miles away. If we want to go on an expedition, do you know what price the Ming Dynasty will have to pay?"
"If we set off by land, that's naturally the case. From thousands of miles away, just transporting food and grass is enough to bring down the Ming Dynasty." Han Du nodded and smiled, "But what if we don't go by land?"
Hearing this, Lao Zhu frowned slightly and said tentatively: "If you don't go by land, do you mean to rely on the navy?"
"That's right," Han Du looked excited and pointed at the map and said, "During the Southern Song Dynasty, there were merchant ships departing from Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Quanzhou and other places, traveling south along the offshore coast, as far as Sumatra."
He poked at the location on the map with his finger, "There is no reason that the places that the merchant ships of the Southern Song Dynasty can reach, my navy of the Ming Dynasty cannot reach."
Lao Zhu thought for a long time, glanced at Han Du in surprise, and had to admit, "The navy should be able to get there." Even Lao Zhu would not think that the navy of the Ming Dynasty was inferior to the merchant ships of the Southern Song Dynasty.
But then Lao Zhu shook his head and said: "What's the use of just the navy, even if we defeat it? Can we capture the entire place just by relying on the navy? Moreover, even the navy's expedition costs a lot of money." of."
Han Du explained: "Now that the Ming Dynasty's navy is weak, it is naturally impossible to capture them all. But we can first occupy a point along its coast to break the surface. When the Ming Dynasty accumulates enough strength, we can gradually advance inward."
The current strength of the Ming Navy is really insufficient, and even some Japanese pirates cannot be wiped out. Even when Japanese pirates harassed the sea areas from time to time, Ming Dynasty had no choice but to swallow the bitter pill.
If the Ming Dynasty Navy had enough strength, they would have wiped out the Japanese pirates long ago.
"As for the cost of the navy's expedition, I believe that if the navy can be used to open up the sea trade route, then just the tax will be used. Not only can the navy be fully supported, but it can even make a lot of money. Your Majesty, the Southern Song Dynasty used a Occasionally, the tax revenue from sea trade reached 160 million yuan per year at its peak. What kind of navy can't support such a lot of wealth?"
One hundred and sixty million strings. Even though it was not the first time he heard this number, Lao Zhu's heart still shook a few times.
If you are not a rich man, you don't know that firewood and rice are expensive. With the Ming Dynasty's annual tax of 2 to 3 million guan, it is really hard for Lao Zhu to imagine what an income of 160 million guan a year is. Even if Ming Dynasty had so much income one day, Lao Zhu would not know how to spend it.
Lao Zhu and Tang He looked at each other, and they both saw the movement in each other's eyes.
But Lao Zhu still understands the principle of eating one bite at a time.
When Han Du saw Lao Zhu's intention, he added more fire, "And these places in the world are not the only good places in the world. There are many places that are extremely beneficial to the Ming Dynasty. For example, here, here It’s not far from Daming. Isn’t Daming very short of copper? The copper mines here are very rich.”
And copper? Copper is money, and it’s not far from the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty itself was short of copper, and the surrounding vassal states transported copper coins away every year. Coupled with the fire gun made by Han Du, although it is very powerful, the consumption of copper is also very alarming.
Lao Zhu was worried about this originally. Now that he heard that there is a copper mine, where can he still bear it? I looked at the map again and again, wishing I could swallow it in one gulp right now.
After a long time, Lao Zhu raised his head and his expression returned to clarity.
Waving his hands, he said: "It's too early to say this now. The most urgent task now is to solve the problem of rations. Is the method you mentioned of using big boats for fishing feasible?"
"Your Majesty, won't you know if you can try it?" Han Du replied with a smile on his face. Hearing is false and seeing is believing. Even if I say that I have dried my mouth, I might as well let Lao Zhu see it with his own eyes.
