Zhu Ying suddenly discovered that the grassland soldiers were really useful.
Use them to intervene in the situation in the Middle East without affecting Ming Dynasty at all.
In this way, Ming Dynasty did not need to directly participate in the war to be affected.
Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied with this plan.
"Can these fifty thousand soldiers withstand Timur's attack?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a smile.
Zhu Ying replied: "Of course it's impossible, but it can bring a lot of pressure to Timur's army in the early stage. Judging from the current intelligence, in addition to its strong combat power, Timur's army also has very powerful firearms. "
"Their crossbows and artillery are something the Sultan of Delhi cannot resist. Although the Mongolian soldiers are not bad, they will naturally be defeated by firearms."
Zhu Ying's tone was relaxed, this wave was equivalent to consuming a lot of Mongolian soldiers.
Now that the Mongol soldiers are dead, it would be nice if the Tughluq dynasty could provide more pensions, and everyone would be happy.
As long as the money is provided, there will naturally be many tribes in Beiyuan willing to participate in the war.
Others don't like to deal with the Mongols, but they don't have so much fear when dealing with the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Ying is not worried that his business will cause the Mongols to go it alone.
If you encounter any Mongolians who bypass the Beiyuan Mercenary Guild and work alone, you will directly launch sanctions. Not only will they be removed from the guild, but their tribes will also be sanctioned.
How can a well-built platform be easily destroyed by others?
Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment and then said: "Thirty thousand taels of gold may seem like a lot, but in fact it is only three hundred thousand guan of treasure notes. This is not like your temperament, Grandson."
Zhu Ying gave a thumbs up; "The one who knows me is my grandfather."
"This is a low price for Tughluq. In fact, Sun'er didn't plan to make too much money on soldiers. This will affect my reputation as a Ming Dynasty, and it will be difficult to work elsewhere in the future."
"Now my grandson has prepared many firearms that have been eliminated and are now on their way to the Sultan of Delhi."
"Firearms are consumables. At this time, no matter how high the price is, the Sultan of Delhi will accept it. This is where the real money is made."
"This sale is not only to Sultan Mahmud, but also to the governors of those places. They will definitely be willing to pay a lot of money to buy it and protect their territories."
"I have also prepared many students who graduated from the Ming Dynasty Military Academy to go with them to help the Sultan of Delhi train new recruits to better control firearms."
At this point, Zhu Yuanzhang still didn't understand what Da Sun was thinking.
"You are trying to drag Timur into the quagmire of war. Use the Sultan of Delhi to let Timur continue to invest troops."
Zhu Yuanzhang had to admit that this was a genius idea.
This is like Ming Dynasty and Timur fighting in the air.
The reason why Timur sent an army of 300,000 troops was because he wanted to take over the entire Delhi Sudan area in one go.
The position of the Sultan of Delhi was critical. He bordered the Tibetan region indirectly controlled by the Ming Dynasty and sandwiched the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.
Once the Delhi Sultan is completely captured, Timur will be able to intimidate the Ming Dynasty and the grassland areas.
At the same time, the 300,000-strong army also demonstrated its own force value very well.
Timur wanted to launch a blitzkrieg, but Zhu Ying would certainly not let him do so.
If you want people to give people, if you want firearms, you will give firearms. In short, you are dragging Timur into the quagmire of the Sultan of Delhi.
Want to win the Delhi Sultans in the beginning of next spring?
Just dream.
Zhu Ying wanted Timur to know what would happen if he didn't give Daming face.
Especially firearms.
In the past two years, Zhu Ying has vigorously developed the Gunpowder Department, especially the firearms manufacturing workshop below, which has now added more than 200 new ones.
A school dedicated to training firearms craftsmen was also set up.
Today's firearms craftsmen's status is not low. Not only can they receive the same official salary as officials, but they also have many benefits.
For example, it is the arrangement of the house, only
If you have to work for a certain number of years and complete the assessment tasks assigned by the Gunpowder Department, you will be able to obtain the title deed of the house.
In each gunpowder workshop, there are schools for children and clinics for free treatment.
It means that as long as you enter the gunpowder workshop, you will have nothing to worry about in your life.
In today's era, having food and drink without worries is a good wish of almost all the people at the bottom.
This wish can be realized as long as you can enter the gunpowder workshop.
Almost all the people are very enthusiastic about it.
As long as there is an announcement of enrollment in the firearms school, there will be an endless stream of people signing up, and there will be a long queue, so there is no need to worry about not being able to enroll.
The Ming Dynasty itself was very short of copper and iron minerals, which could support the manufacture of today's firearms, and were inseparable from the Japanese state.
Even though the vassal kings of Japan evaded taxes and sold mineral deposits privately, in today's market, the biggest buyer was naturally the Ming Dynasty.
Even after spending some money, these mineral deposits still flowed into the Ming Dynasty.
That is to say, when it was about to reach the end of the year, Zhu Yuanzhang's edict reached the hands of the Japanese vassal kings.
Zhu Ying's move can be said to be a real blow to the bottom of the pot.
This immediately caused several vassal kings to panic.
The four feudal kings, who originally had conflicts, had no choice but to gather together to discuss countermeasures.
"Brothers, do we really need to mobilize 10,000 elite soldiers to return to the Ming Dynasty?"
The first person to speak was Qi Wang Zhu Su.
As the youngest brother and the second most general in terms of military strength, King Zhu Su of Qi really didn't want to reduce his 50,000 troops to 10,000.
This is on someone else's territory, and there is always the threat of war. The role of ten thousand elite soldiers is very important.
Zhu Fan snorted coldly: "Is it possible, Lao Qi, that you still want to disobey your father's decree?"
King Zhu Su of Qi felt aggrieved: "Third brother, if this is what we are doing, why are we gathering together? We can just mobilize our troops."
Zhu Di came out to talk at this time: "The soldiers must be transferred back. Father's decree has been issued, so no one can violate it."
"But how to mobilize, and which troops to mobilize, there is another explanation. The edict does not specify which troops to mobilize, so naturally there can be more reservations here."
When Qi King Zhu Su heard this, he couldn't help but said: "This will not offend my father."
Zhu Fan immediately cursed: "Stupid."
"According to our Ming Dynasty's troop deployment system, the Ministry of War has always issued a document stating the specific transfer of guard posts and generals. However, this time, following my father's decree, there is no detailed document from the Ministry of War."
"This is tantamount to saying that we should make our own decisions. Could it be that you want to send your most capable soldiers back to the Ming Dynasty?"
This time Zhu Fan did not attack Zhu Di, because the direction of today's discussion was to take into account the overall interests of the four vassal kings.
Although the current four major vassal kings have conflicts among themselves, especially some issues involving the ownership of the vassal states, even if they do not cause military conflicts, they still continue to quarrel.
But on the whole, the four major vassal kings can now be regarded as prospering and losing.
Everyone is the prince and vassal king of the Ming Dynasty, and they all live here in the Japanese country.
I can’t tell what will happen in the future, at least the inheritance is here now.
Not only for oneself, but also for future generations and hereditary inheritance.
Zhu Ping coughed lightly, and the others stopped talking, waiting for Zhu Ping, the second brother, to speak.
Since the eldest brother Zhu Biao left, the second brother Zhu Fang has been the eldest.
The Ming Dynasty pays attention to dignity and order, so Zhu Xi is the most talkative in the Ming Dynasty. No matter it is Zhu Fan, Zhu Di or Zhu Shu, they must give some face.
"As for the troop deployment, everyone can figure it out for themselves. Since the fourth child has already pointed out the rationale, I won't say more."
"The serious matter we are talking about in this meeting is still related to the mineral deposits. This time my father has taken away our troops, everyone knows in their hearts that this is a gift from my father.
Our warning. "
"In recent times, including me, I have been a little over the top."
"A dozen more mines have been opened, but the taxes paid are not much different from before. This will of course arouse the anger of my father."
"Furthermore, when it comes to taxation, we must be as restrained as possible."
King Zhu Su of Qi said helplessly: "Second brother, the maritime merchants we ship now used to work with Taisun. Now the trading of mineral deposits has basically been taken over by Taisun."
"Last time I contacted other maritime merchants to do this business, they immediately shut up after hearing the news."
"How can we hide the amount of our shipments from my grandson and my father? I'm afraid they have better accounting records than we do."
Zhu Ying controls a large amount of business intelligence, which is a very scary thing no matter which dynasty it is in history.
The transaction of mineral deposits cannot be hidden from Zhu Ying's intelligence channels at all, because they can only be sold to the Ming Dynasty in the end.
In the world today, only the Ming Dynasty can purchase mineral deposits on a large scale.
Even if other countries need it, they cannot afford so many goods.
In the past, it could have been sold to the grasslands through Goryeo's trade routes, but now the business in the grasslands has basically been covered by the Ming Dynasty.
Besides, the vassal kings cannot do such traitorous behavior.
If a certain vassal king behaves like this, he will definitely not be able to hide it from the other three vassal princes.
Once the report is reported to the Imperial Father in the capital, it is 100% certain that he will be deprived of his vassal status and demoted to a commoner, which is really not worth the gain.
These bottom-line issues cannot be touched by the feudal kings.
"Have you ever thought about why our business has been going so smoothly even though we can't hide it from our grandson?"
"This shows that my grandson is not overly controlling this matter, or he is tacitly agreeing to it. It's just that everyone has gone too far recently, and this is why he was beaten."
"It seems to be my father's edict, but it is actually my grandson's wish. Now that the Ming Dynasty has developed to such a strong and prosperous state, my father has already obeyed my grandson's advice."
Zhu Di made it clear directly.
In fact, these words were meant for King Zhu Su of Qi.
Compared with his elder brothers, Qi King Zhu Shu obviously still lacked a lot of political acumen.
Zhu Shu is still a little confused now.
He felt that his brothers had been talking for a long time, but it was as if they had not said anything at all.
After going around and around, in the end, we still need to mobilize troops, and we need to reduce the amount of mineral deposits that we can embezzle.
It doesn't seem to be very complicated. Why does it feel so complicated when it comes from the mouths of several brothers?
At this time, Zhu Shu simply kept silent and listened to the chat among his brothers.
Anyway, as far as the current vassal states are concerned, their scale is the smallest. They are fighting fiercely, and it has nothing to do with them.
"Fourth, how's the communication going with the Ryukyu Kingdom? Is there no problem now?" Zhu Xi suddenly asked.
Zhu Di replied: "Things are not going very smoothly. Except for the fact that Zhongshan is willing to cooperate with us, Shannan and Shanbei do not agree."
"Such a thing must be done through the decree of the Ming Dynasty."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Fan sneered and said, "It seems that they still haven't figured out their position. Since they don't want to cooperate with us, there is no need to keep them."
"Prepare as soon as possible to help Zhongshan annex the other two countries. This will make it easier for us to do things."
"I said it at the beginning. There are too many contradictions in the three countries, and it is easier to do bad things. It would be much easier to do it in one country."
Zhu Xi nodded slightly: "Then let's settle it like this."
Then he turned to look at Zhu Su and said, "Old Qi, you have been idle lately, so just take charge of this matter."
Zhu Shu turned his head and looked at Zhu Di. Zhu Fan took one look and could only nod helplessly.
He said he was idle because he was not involved in the mining industry.
During the struggle, basically all the mineral deposits discovered on the border of the feudal kingdom were given away.
It won't work if you don't give in. Zhu Shu doesn't have the courage to fight with any of his brothers.
Since childhood, everyone has not been on the same level in terms of status.
In the 23rd year of Hongwu, when Zhu Di made great achievements, Zhu Su followed his fourth brother and listened to his orders.
Needless to say, the second brother and the third brother were bullied a lot when they were young. This is a childhood shadow series.
So Zhu Shu simply settled down in the Japanese country and guarded his one-third of an acre of land without anyone's help to remain neutral.
The days can be considered happy and carefree.
"Okay, I will send my confidants to deal with this matter. But regarding the soldiers and ships, I will ask my brothers to help me a lot."
Zhu Xi nodded and said: "Each person has two thousand soldiers and three ships. Eight thousand soldiers is more than enough to deal with two small countries."
Naturally, the feudal kings had no objections.
Regarding the development of overseas military forces, it was decided two months ago.
The mining of mineral deposits has made the hands of several feudal princes even more money than they can describe. A large amount of money has been idle all of a sudden, and the palace can hardly let it go.
Because of the particularity of Japan's current mineral deposits, they are restricted from developing their military forces unscrupulously, which can easily lead to conflicts with Japan, leading to greater conflicts.
Therefore, several vassal kings came up with the idea of developing overseas forces.
This idea also came from Zhu Ying's method, and it was unanimously agreed upon by Zhu Di after it was proposed.
His eyes quickly turned to the Ryukyu Kingdom and the Great Ryukyu Kingdom.
The Ryukyu Kingdom has a special geographical location. They can invest money in development and then use it as a springboard to participate in trade in the Western and Southern Oceans.
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