"Your Majesty, calm down, this is just a delaying tactic!"
Seeing that Zhu Gaoying wanted to hold him to account, Su Wu quickly interrupted.
"One year, as long as we buy one year for the Ming Dynasty, the vassal kings and foreigners have nothing to fear!"
"One year, do you know how far those feudal kings can develop me in this year?"
Zhu Gaoyan felt that Su Wu had underestimated the strength of those vassal kings. They had developed in their respective territories for decades. If they wanted to recruit troops, they would just send out a notice and tens of thousands of people would flock to them.
"Your Majesty, please listen to me slowly."
"The key to this plan is to redistribute the fiefdom!"
Su Wu spoke eloquently and slowly displayed a plan in his mind in front of Zhu Gaoyan.
"Your Majesty can re-divide the fiefdoms and let these vassal kings choose on their own!"
With the several policies mentioned before, these methods will definitely compete to choose those economic, military, and strategic locations.
And the location they chose must be at the border of the Ming Dynasty, which is not adjacent to each other.
"However, the most important key is that at the beginning, the enfeoffment must be small and limited to one state!"
"And make sure you are busy when inheriting, so that every child has at least one county fief!"
"The lords' territories are self-sufficient and pay tribute to the central government at regular intervals!"
"Of course, there must be some vassal kings who have seen the clues and will not be fooled, but they will not inform other vassal kings out of good intentions!"
"Um!"
Zhu Gaoying suppressed the anger in his heart and nodded.
"As a result, those methods of re-selecting territories will definitely not be able to form an army within this year!"
"At the same time, a vassal king with power and ambition will inevitably not form an alliance with those foreign tribes. Instead, he will go to war with foreign tribes, which will further weaken the strength of their army!"
Yes, Zhu Gaoyen knew what Su Wu said, but there were still some vassal kings who guarded the border and had powerful armies. What should they do?
After a year, the Ming Dynasty recovered its strength and sent troops to confront them head-on?
Otherwise, we need to allow them to develop and grow?
"We know your Majesty's concerns, but what your Majesty has in mind is not the land that those vassal kings have conquered?"
Having said this, Zhu Gaoyan seemed to have a clear understanding of what Su Wu meant.
"The land they conquered is theirs, and the land your Majesty conquered belongs to your Majesty!"
Su Wu didn't believe that these vassal kings could conquer such a huge territory in just one year!
When your majesty's imperial army goes out for battle, everything they pass will be our Ming Dynasty territory!
I, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, opened up the vast territory and bypassed the territories of these vassal states, leaving them with no land to fight against!
By that time, these vassal kings had nowhere to use the topic, and if the vassal kings' troops wanted to leave their territory, they had to obtain the consent of the Ming Emperor.
"At this time, the territory of the feudal kings can no longer be expanded, and they just have to divide the territory, so they will divide the territory of the feudal kings into smaller and smaller areas!"
"As long as Your Majesty conquers all the surrounding land within ten years, then by the second generation, or at the latest the third generation, these vassal kings will have no land to divide. Your Majesty only needs to make a little move to peel off their land. !”
"good!"
After hearing this, Zhu Gaoyan couldn't help but clap his hands and applaud.
"Haha, okay, this is a great plan!"
In this way, even if the vassal king develops and grows, it is no longer a concern.
Besides, in a few years, will their territory be able to develop into the size of a province? It would be great to be able to grow to the size of two states, not to mention that the border areas are all barren and cold places!
"My Ming Dynasty is so lucky to be able to get help from Su Aiqing! It's my Ming Dynasty's luck!"
"Haha, Your Majesty is so complimentary!"
Zhu Gaoying and Su Wu had returned to their tents and slept peacefully.
At this time, the hussar general drove through the night and arrived near the mountain stronghold before early morning.
The imperial army has surrounded the stronghold heavily!
"Is this the den of those bandits?"
Originally, it would take some effort to find these bandits, but who would have thought that the group of people who defeated the lunatic during the night attack would happily betray their lair for a small pill!
It was really hard to find anywhere without wearing iron shoes, and it took no effort to get there. Before these bandits were aware of it, the hussar general immediately gave the order. Take advantage of the darkness and complete the encirclement and suppression before dawn!
"The cavalry is outside, the archers are inside, all the infantry follow me, and we attack the stronghold together!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
The shouts of the sergeants resounded through the sky, and the bandits who were still sleeping were startled by the sudden sound.
"What's going on? Why is it so noisy outside?"
"have no idea!"
"What happened!"
"Mad, it's so noisy early in the morning!"
"What kind of mother is that bastard, how dare you look at my sweet dream and see if I don't chop him up!"
For a time, the entire village was in an uproar, and no one noticed the approaching danger.
"No, no, no, the officers and soldiers are coming to surround us!"
The Third Master: "?"
"What did you say? Say it again!"
The boss directly grabbed the gangster's neck and asked sternly.
"Little... little one, I just heard the sound and walked down the mountain. I looked at the soldiers. They were walking towards the mountain stronghold with shining knives!"
Originally, this little guy was captured by the officers and soldiers, and because their boss was grabbing him by the neck, his legs were already weak from fear, and he couldn't speak very fluently.
"snort!"
The second master frowned. How could there be officers and soldiers? They had only been on this mountain for a short time, and they had never committed any robbery or murder before. How did those officers and soldiers find them?
Are you full after eating?
Isn't it because of those people before?
Thinking of this, the second boss clenched his fists.
"Damn it, it must have been the previous group of guys who lured them out. If we had known, we shouldn't have been greedy for money and provided them with food and accommodation!"
"Why does everything good turn out like this!"
"How many of them are there?"
"I can't count them. I saw a dense group of them, and there seemed to be a group of horse soldiers at the foot of the mountain!"
It’s over!
Hearing these words, several owners of the village were completely in despair.
Originally, they thought it was a small group of troops who would be able to get through with a little effort, but what they didn't expect was that it turned out to be the main force of an army!
At this moment, a loud and powerful voice suddenly came from the entrance of the cottage, telling the reason why they were wiped out this time.
"The bold traitor actually dares to collude with the rebellious ministers and traitors to harm His Majesty and plot against our great Ming Dynasty!"
"Kill all these bandits, leaving no one behind!"
At this time, all the bandits are crying. What you are talking about has nothing to do with us! (End of chapter)
