For Wala, Daming was not an immediate threat.
Because at this time, no khan of any tribe would think that the grassland would be ruled by the Ming Dynasty. This has been the same thinking for thousands of years.
No one would have thought that Zhu Ying actually wanted to include the grassland into the direct territory of the Ming Dynasty.
Even if someone spreads this statement, the people in the grassland will only be crazy.
Why did Ming Dynasty come to such a bitter and cold place in a place as wealthy as Ming Dynasty?
You must know that even some areas that are better than those on the grassland are nothing more than places of exile in the eyes of people in the Ming Dynasty.
So now that there are constant battles on the grassland, everyone thinks it is temporary and will stop in a short time.
Perhaps Daming felt that Bei Yuan's threat was too much, just because Bei Yuan once lived in the Central Plains, so he wanted to break it.
Once the Northern Yuan Dynasty is destroyed, the grassland will still be the grassland of the past, and the Central Plains will also be the Central Plains of the past.
In fact, when the grassland military base was established, some Han people who served the Mongols on the grassland also had concerns, but no one cared about their thoughts.
Even if Wala sent troops to help Bei Yuan, it was just to get a better share of the pie, and even took this opportunity to annex some tribes, populations, and wealth belonging to Bei Yuan.
Compared with Beiyuan, the living environment in Wala is actually more worrying. After all, it is already closer to the north. The severe cold in winter freezes many people to death every year. Basically, even those with poor health cannot survive it.
There are also huge problems with food rations, and it is difficult to estimate the total population.
Today's grasslands are filled with bloody battles every day.
Be it blue jade or Zhu Di.
Facing the cavalry that constantly emerged from the grassland, it was difficult to say that they could maintain a complete victory.
The Mongols are not fools, and naturally they will not go head-to-head with the army. The main battle is still focused on the supply line.
And there was no way for the Ming Dynasty to gather a large army. Such a burden would be too heavy, and infantry was of little significance on the vast grasslands.
Once they see the infantry, the first reaction of the Mongolians is to run away. They have suffered too many losses before, so they will lose their lives in vain.
This resulted in only small-scale battles breaking out on the grassland, with the number of people ranging from hundreds to thousands.
The army of tens of thousands was completely invisible.
Even the Beiyuan Iron Cavalry were dispersed into small teams to carry out raids.
Zhuying has nothing to worry about.
As for the Huaixi nobles, they were constantly sent to the grasslands to join Lan Yu and Zhu Di.
Anyway, just fight and consume.
According to the current rising financial resources, material resources, manpower, food, etc. of the Ming Dynasty.
There is no problem in directly dragging him to the grassland.
After all, it is not allowed to recuperate.
In such an environment, there is no need to talk about a covenant, and the entire grassland has been in turmoil.
In ten years' time, if you look at him, how much temper will he still have?
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On the Japanese side.
King Zhu Fan of Jin and King Zhu Shu of Qi arrived in Yancheng one after another.
When they first arrived in Yancheng, Zhu Fan and Zhu Shu were shocked by the prosperity of Yancheng.
Because here, they saw the prosperity that only belonged to the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, it is far inferior to that of the capital, but compared with some relatively wealthy Jiangnan areas, it is more than enough.
There is no harm without comparison. Seeing Yan Cheng like this made Zhu Fan and Zhu Shu undoubtedly have a few more thoughts in their hearts.
"Thank you to the two uncles for your concern. My nephew's health is no longer serious."
Zhu Gaochi's face was still a bit pale, but his words were still somewhat energetic, and he looked like he was recovering from a serious illness.
Even the eunuch following behind him looked almost the same.
"These damn Japanese assassins actually assassinated my crown prince, the Ming Dynasty. They were simply audacious and lawless."
"Nephew, just wait. Since they have done the first grade, I can do the fifteenth grade."
"When I go back, I will definitely give you this bad breath."
Zhu Fan's tone was very angry, but within this anger, there was also a surprise that was easier to sense.
When the Ming Dynasty was previously restrained due to the treaty issue between the Ming Dynasty and Japan, Zhu Fan did not dare to send troops to conquer Japan privately.
It's different now. The Ming Crown Prince was assassinated, which is equivalent to giving a very good excuse.
This gave Zhu Fan an opportunity to use force.
Zhu Shu also said with concern at the side: "It's good to see that my nephew is okay. This Japanese country is far away from the Ming Dynasty, so we three uncles and nephews are here to support us. If anything happens, of course we still have to watch and help each other."
"Now that my nephew is in trouble and almost lost his life, I see that my uncle is feeling quite uncomfortable, just like my third brother. After my seventh uncle goes back, he will definitely make the Japanese country pay the price."
"But let them know that our Ming Dynasty is not someone they can offend."
Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but feel moved when he heard what his two uncles said.
In fact, I was cursing in my heart.
How could he not know the plans of the two imperial uncles? They just wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to plunder the Japanese country.
After all, Zhu Gaochi also understood that the development of the city of the two imperial uncles was extremely slow. Whether it was business or other aspects, it seemed to be relatively disorganized, and the public security was in a mess.
Most of the overseas businessmen gathered here, and the Japanese businessmen basically did not go there.
Whether it is Jincheng or Qicheng, the status of Japanese people is extremely low, almost no different from slaves.
Although the Ming Dynasty has long ago abolished the slavery system and prohibited trade involving slaves, this is overseas. As long as it is not done openly, who would care so much.
"With the care of my two uncles, my nephew feels much warmer here."
"Just don't let the two uncles suffer any loss because of the nephew's matter. If this is the case, the nephew will feel guilty."
"If there is anything my nephew can help with, I ask you two uncles to be polite and just speak up."
"My nephew will definitely try his best and there will never be any ambiguity."
Everyone can say nice things, and Zhu Gaochi will not stop the affairs of the two imperial uncles.
As the saying goes, the enemy in numbers cannot defeat the equal. Although I have never been to Jincheng and Yancheng, I can definitely guess the general situation.
I guess it didn't develop very smoothly.
With the help of ministers like Xia Yuanji and some benevolent government measures, it is naturally much more prosperous than the two cities look like.
Zhu Gaochi also understood that although the economy was developing well, the military strength controlled by the two imperial uncles was completely beyond his reach.
This is not a question of more soldiers and fewer soldiers.
In terms of numbers, the current strength of the three cities is probably about the same, but the leader is the most critical.
The third uncle's side is no worse than his father's. The seventh uncle's side may not be as famous, but it is not something that a teenage boy like himself can compare with. Moreover, there are no generals guarding the city. .
If you really want to compare it, maybe your own Yancheng has no resistance at all to the two imperial uncles.
It's not a level battle at all.
In the era of cold weapons, the commander is of great importance to an army. With the same strength, different generals leading the troops are completely different.
Zhu Fan and Zhu Yan just spent the night and hurried back.
This time is the time for them to show their full potential. If the interrogation on the Ming side is over and the terms with the Japanese country are negotiated, there is a high probability that they will not be able to use their troops again.
In terms of time, but
Very compact.
After returning to Jincheng, Zhu Fan immediately began to mobilize troops and horses, and in the name of seeking justice for his nephew, he did not hesitate to launch an expedition.
In fact, the situation of the Japanese country really had no resistance to Zhu Fan or the Ming Dynasty.
This is also a good development of the Japanese country after the Tang Dynasty. Before, a few hundred households could be called a country if they were surrounded by wooden railings.
Now it is considered to be at least a few thousand households.
A little more of a challenge.
But these are really not of much interest to the Ming Dynasty, where the number ranges from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands.
It's completely crushing.
The current Japanese state is not the same as when the Ming Dynasty first came, when it mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops and mobilized young people everywhere.
After the Peace Covenant, troops from other regions have naturally returned.
How can any effective resistance be formed in a short period of time?
It's just that for Zhu Fan, these small places are really extremely poor. Apart from the population, there is almost nothing to plunder. Even the so-called nobles cannot even compare with the rich people in the countryside of the Ming Dynasty.
This whole journey was just like a spring outing, quite boring.
"My lord, good news, great news."
Zhu Fan was beating some disobedient Japanese nobles out of boredom when a Qianhu came galloping over on a fast horse. Only when he saw a figure did he hear a voice.
"What kind of good news can there be in such a shabby place?"
Zhu Fan turned his head and glanced at the Qianhu, then struck the Japanese noble hard with a whip and said casually.
Qian Hu hurriedly dismounted, walked a few steps in front of Zhu Fan, clasped his fists and bowed, his face a little red, and his voice was more excited: "Prince Qi, we and the front troops discovered an open-pit silver mine a few miles away from the front."
"Good guy, you don't have to dig hard, you can just pick up the white money."
While talking, Qianhu took out a silver stone from his arms.
The exposed silver light is quite dazzling in the sunlight.
The Ming Dynasty was short of silver, and even Zhu Fan had never seen such silver stones before. He threw away his whip and ordered: "Hurry up and wait for me to go over and check."
Zhuying will not lie.
Of course he knew that Japan had always been rich in silver mines.
But in fact, even Zhu Ying had never been to the Japanese country in his previous life. Most of his understanding of the Japanese country came from some knowledge in books.
It's one thing to know this thing. The Japanese country is not big even if it is big, and it is not much small even if it is small.
But it is impossible for him to say that he can mark all the silver mines with a rough version of the map of Japan. This is too nonsense. In his previous life, he was not a top student with a photographic memory.
I'm afraid even a top student might not be able to understand such unpopular knowledge.
When the Japanese were conquered, the ministers tacitly agreed not to mention the issue of gold and silver.
Although when you went to fight against the Japanese country, you were rushing to do this, but if you go to dig up the grandson's old score, wouldn't you be impatient?
If you really want to bring up this topic in the court, let alone the royal guards, even His Majesty will have to think of some way to make you evaporate.
Fortunately, the Japanese expedition went relatively smoothly, and there were no major setbacks. What the Japanese victory brought about was the spread of the Ming Dynasty's reputation.
Therefore, in this aspect, Zhu Ying still established the majesty of his grandson.
There is an open space, which is already guarded by a large number of soldiers.
When Zhu Fan came here, he dismounted and squatted on the ground to look at the stones without any concern for his own dignity.
"It's really a silver mine. It's really a silver mine. My eldest nephew, he really didn't lie to us."
Holding the stone picked up from the ground, which still had a faint layer of silver reflected on it, Zhu Fan laughed crazily.
All the surrounding soldiers had extremely satisfied smiles on their faces.
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It indicates that everyone's military salary will be improved a lot in the future.
Since arriving in Japan, the soldiers have actually been dissatisfied with the place.
This place is too poor and there is absolutely no wealth to rob. In Zhu Ying's words, we can only engage in constructive plunder.
The so-called constructive plunder is to develop the economy here and then continue to make demands.
This situation is what Zhu Gaochi is doing, but for Zhu Fan and Zhu Su, this efficiency is too slow and there is no fun at all.
What they prefer is to grab directly.
It's just that these places, after being robbed once, are almost completely abandoned. So what kind of wealth can a small population create.
But when silver mines were discovered, it was completely different.
This portends a lot of money.
It doesn't matter if you are poor here. As long as you have enough money, you can go back to Ming Dynasty to spend money.
Regarding the restrictions on vassal kings, they did not say that vassal kings who founded overseas countries would not be allowed to return to the Ming Dynasty. This was still very different from the previous vassal king system.
And for soldiers, they can apply to return to Ming Dynasty to visit relatives in a few years.
What people are most afraid of is not having a target. Under such circumstances, the soldiers feel more at ease staying in the Japanese country.
Zhu Fan immediately summoned Jinyiwei's talents to assess the silver mines here.
Because Zhu Ying had said before that there were many silver mines in Japan, so when allocating talents, there were still some talents for geological exploration.
It can be said that the Jinyiwei organization contains talents from all walks of life. The capital's side is notorious just because it is more famous for investigation.
Jinyiwei's talents soon came over for an inspection.
After the initial inspection, Zhu Fan was reassured that this was a medium-sized silver mine.
The specific number will not be known until preliminary excavation, but this indicates that there will definitely be no shortage of mineral deposits inside.
