I'm really not the carpenter emperor

Zheng Xiang abolished the commander-in-chief of the Annan capital established by the Ming Dynasty without authorization. He simply did not take the Ming Dynasty seriously. If this is the case, if there is no conquest, how can the rest of the four kingdoms be stable and submit?

Indeed, this Zheng Xiang is too jumpy, if he is not killed, the overseas colonies of Daming may not be able to suppress it even more.

Can you stand against one today and independently one tomorrow?

It's time to kill the chicken and respect the monkey with him!

Zhu Youxiao now finally knows why Zhu Di wanted to fight Annan at that time. The key is that the people in this place don't stop. If they don't fight, wouldn't they be telling other feudal states.You dance as you please, I don't care?

This will definitely not work, so fight.

However, the reason why Xuanzong lost Annan in the court had to be discussed in advance in the court. This time, the same mistakes must not be repeated, and the fight is over.

Since he said he wanted to fight, Zhu Youxiao planned to completely turn Annan into a province of Ming Dynasty.

The Ming army assembled in August of the 21st year of the Apocalypse, and set off from the capital to march. Since Zhang Shize could not return in the Far East, Hong Chengchou was sent this time.

Speaking of which, although Hong Laogou avoided the tragic ending of Jiang Qing being infamous for all generations in history, his life is not easy now.

First, he stayed in U-Tsang for ten years, and after returning for a few years, he was sent out to expand the territory. This time, his goal was Annan.

It is foreseeable that in the next five years, Lao Hong will never come back.

Of course, this time Zhu Youxiao didn't intend to let him come back so soon. The task given to him was to completely turn Annan into a province.

Among the Ming army led by Hong Chengchou, there were only about [-] elite Beijing troops, and the rest were local battalions and guard soldiers, that is, second-line troops.

Although there is still a gap between these troops and the Beijing army, fighting against those native soldiers in Annan is like a god descending from the earth, and they are not at the same level at all.

The current guard soldiers have been upgraded layer by layer, and have undergone many rectifications and reforms, which is very different from before.

Hong Chengchou led a Ming army of 12, falsely claiming 30. It took several months to march to Annan, but it took eighteen days before and after the battle.

Thanks to Zhu Youxiao's reward for military merits is too high, seeing those Annan soldiers of the Ming army, all eyes are shining with gold.

For them, this is military merit earned for nothing.

Cutting off the head of an Annan soldier is the same as cutting off the head of a Mongolian soldier before. What are you waiting for, the killing is over.

Zheng Xiang assembled Annan's so-called 20 army to fight a decisive battle with Hong Chengchou's main force of the Ming army, including some of their trump card arms-elephant soldiers.

It was Zheng Xiang's proud ace elephant soldier, which made the Ming army see a big joke.

Hong Chengchou found these tall elephant soldiers a few miles away in the binoculars, so he immediately ordered the firearms battalion to fire.

Frightened by the artillery, the elephants couldn't control themselves and trampled on each other, smashing the formation of Annan's army directly.

Hong Chengchou immediately ordered the army to press forward, and the battle ended like this.

When the Ming army rushed up, Annan's army had already been defeated by their own elephant soldiers. What the Ming army did was to chase and kill them all over the mountains and plains to compete for military merit.

Never has a fight been so easy.

Even the commander-in-chief of the army had to lament that since Jiannu was wiped out, Daming has never encountered a decent enemy again...

The Ming army invaded the interior of Annan like a broken bamboo all the way. The descendants of the Li family directly opened the door to offer the city. Lord Zheng's army was defeated in the first battle. As for Lord Ruan, he is currently trembling in the south.

It is only a matter of time before Annan's entire territory is recovered.

But for Hong Chengchou, the easiest way to come out this time is to beat Annan down.

It's easy to hit, but hard to hold!

How did they lose it before? They were beaten down, but Annan’s people are always rebelling. You can kill one or two groups, but you can’t kill everyone, can you?

Kill them all, who will you rule over?

Before coming out this time, the main issue discussed by the cabinet was not the combat policy, but how to occupy the entire territory of Annan once and for all.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao provided Hong Chengchou with a complete set of equipment, including the seals, official uniforms, and even the road construction team of the three divisions including the chief envoy and local government officials.

The military rations carried by the Annan Expeditionary Army lasted for two years, and there were 30 sets of spare military uniforms, and there were countless armored battles.

Everyone who went on the expedition said goodbye to their families before, because they didn't know when they would be able to return.

The country is too big, and this is one of the troubles. It may take several years to levy it casually.

For history, a few years is just a flick of a finger, but for these soldiers who went to war, how many years can they have in their lives.

The cabinet learned the reasons why Xuanzong abandoned Annan in the past, and found that it was mainly due to the poor connection with the mainland and the local people's ignorance of Ming and Han culture.

One of the solutions is to build roads!

The road construction team is one of Hong Chengchou's key protection objects. These road construction experts will be responsible for choosing where to start construction according to the local geographical conditions.

Even if it takes five or ten years to cultivate, it is still necessary to cultivate an official road that goes directly to the Ming Dynasty.

Once this official road is completed, it will be a great cause that will benefit the country forever!

The second solution is Sinicization!

However, whenever the Ming army occupied the area, they would immediately build government offices full of Ming characteristics, so that the local people could see the Ming flag flying above their heads as soon as they looked up!

Of the 12 Ming troops, none of them came back, and all were stationed in Annan to maintain local order.

The main purpose of maintaining order is to prevent the possible uproar caused by the next policy to Annan, because Zhu Youxiao wants to make Annan's native culture disappear!

Afterwards, Annan was not allowed to use their own characters, currency, language, etc., and all must use Ming's.

Won't?People from the government will teach you patiently.

If you don't want to learn, that's fine. Send your son to a government-run school for him to learn.

If you don't want to learn, you still scold people?

I'm sorry, you have to die!

As for the teachers who teach Chinese, this is simply too simple, and the students and scholars in China are very energetic.

Wasn't the policy of supporting education in the Southwest back then very successful? This time, we will follow the same pattern to teach Annan.

Those who have achieved fame and have been teaching in Annan for five years will be given priority in arranging domestic official positions when they go back, and those who want to stay in Annan can even be given priority in arranging official positions in the place where the teaching support is located.

If you are lucky, whoever comes first may be able to become the county magistrate of Annan Province directly!

Get this group of people out, and it will save them from always wanting to rule the government from afar and criticize the current affairs in the country, which will save Zhu Youxiao trouble!

This kind of task, Zhu Youxiao can only feel relieved if he entrusts it to the scheming Hong Chengchou, so Lao Hong has to go out for a few years.

Chapter 976 Focusing on Southeast Asia

"This Hong Chengchou..."

A few months later, Zhu Youxiao sat in the Xinuang Pavilion, threw the memorial in his hand on the imperial case, and said with a smile: "This Hong Chengchou is asking me for money and someone."

Wang Chengen was a little scared, and said, "Master, Mr. Hong may be really in trouble."

Zhu Youxiao glanced at Wang Chengen, and remembered Wei Zhongxian a little bit in his heart.

What I said just now, if Wei Zhongxian was by my side, I would definitely understand it directly, and then I would do it clearly in private.

Wang Chengen's ability to hang himself with Zhu Youjian in history is enough to prove his loyalty to the royal family, but his ability is not enough to fully trust him.

This is what Old Wei is capable of, ginger is still old and spicy...

Zhu Youxiao sighed, completely let go of the idea of ​​letting Wang Chengen go to Admiral Dongchang in his heart, and explained: "I didn't mean to blame Hong Chengchou, but I was saying that I understand what Hong Chengchou meant."

"He's not short of money, he's short of people, but he wants people and money. This is to reassure me."

Wang Chengen was taken aback for a moment, knowing in his heart that something was wrong with him, but he couldn't say anything else, it would only appear hypocritical.Sometimes saying a wrong word in front of the emperor can make a world of difference.

Accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger, the ancients never deceived me.

Zhu Youxiao exhaled deeply, and said word by word:

"Declared the decree, Hong Chengchou made great contributions to recovering Annan, added Zhuguo, and was named Governor of Annan, temporarily in charge of all military and political affairs in Annan."

"Annan's existing territory is all divided into the Annan Province of the Ming Dynasty, and it is placed under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Mansion of the Rear Army."

"The Ministry of Households allocated 500 million taels for the construction and operation of the three divisions and local government offices in various places in Annan."

"Take Xue Lian, Marquis of Yangwu, as the general of Dingnan, add the crown prince and Taibao, and lead [-] troops to Annan, and be in charge of the military affairs of the new guards and offices in Annan province."

"Han Yu is the governor of Annan, and he is appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of War. He will go with Xue Lian and be responsible for the cultural and political affairs of the entire Annan province."

After saying this, Zhu Youxiao specially instructed: "Tell Xue Lian and Han Yu that you want to take up Annan's burden with Hong Chengchou, and you must keep in mind the consequences of Wang Huazhen's disagreement with the governor in the past!"

Wang Chengen said hastily: "Go back to the emperor, the slaves and maidservants have recorded everything."

"Go down."

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On this day, Zhu Youxiao stood in Xinuang Pavilion with his hands behind his back, looking at the map of Southeast Asia hanging on the wall, and fell into deep thought.

Zhu Youxiao always felt that it would be a pity if he had reached such a high level of achievement in his 30s and did not do something for future generations.

Do something?

Naturally, it is to expand the territory, establish world hegemony, and lay the foundation for future generations!

But Zhu Youxiao sighed again immediately, and sat back on the dragon chair a little lonely. Hegemony is not so easy to establish.

World hegemony, just think about it, it would be pretty good to be able to establish a hegemony in the Far East.

Because the current Daming is still relatively stable in the mainland, and Manila is too far away, and the people there will riot every now and then, and there must be a squadron staying there to suppress it.

If Manila's unique coffee bean resources were not too profitable, Zhu Youxiao would have considered giving up that place.

But now it seems that Manila cannot give up and can only continue to increase its troops.

If you don't control these places when you have capital, you can get as much profit as possible. When you die, how long you can control it in the future is not certain.

Zhu Youxiao clearly understood in his heart that the current generation of great voyagers is reluctant to let their old books be tied to wolves, and if they don't pay close attention to development, it will be a waste of time.

After a little wavering, Zhu Youxiao made up his mind to continue to develop the colony.

A colony is a colony, and a territory is a territory. Zhu Youxiao clearly distinguishes these two concepts. A place like Manila can only be an overseas colony for the rest of its life.

Even if this kind of place is abandoned in the future, it will not cause any loss to the mainland, at most it will get a little less profit.

In the last ten years, Da Ming has made very high profits from the coffee beans in Manila.

Westerners do not know why, but they like drinking coffee more and more, and Manila is the largest producer of coffee beans in the Far East.

Until now, many people have begun to understand how outrageous the talent and generality of their Emperor Apocalypse is.

Yes, it's outrageous. At the beginning, many people didn't understand why they crossed the ocean and went to beat up that big fart island in Manila.

When Western countries came to sign trade agreements with Ming in batches in order to obtain coffee beans to supply the growing needs of their own nobles, they understood.

oh!It turns out that His Majesty has long known that there are tons of coffee beans in that place!

Of course, now the lords and big households of Ming Dynasty have also begun to drink coffee. When this thing was first introduced to Ming Dynasty, no one liked it. Even in the first five years, I only saw some people drinking it in Nanjing.

Later, I don’t know why, first Jiangnan, then Kifu, and now I can see coffee everywhere.

Even Zhu Youxiao must have a cup of coffee a day now.

Of course, when Zhu Youxiao hadn't crossed over, he always drank that kind of brewed small packet coffee, and the taste had already been fixed.

After switching to the current pure coffee beans, I didn't drink much in those years, and it took me a long time to get used to it before I started to like it.

Zhu Youxiao looked at the half cup of Manila black coffee left in the coffee cup he bought from the West, and understood why the aristocracy in the West loved this kind of thing so much.

The annual income from coffee alone is three to five times what Ming invested in the war to capture Manila. Now no one is saying that capturing overseas colonies is useless.

It is much more useful to simply sign a trade agreement and then sell goods.

It is precisely because Daming is not short of money at all now that it has the capital to continuously upgrade armor and guns for the domestic Beijing army and local armies.

Adhering to the basic policy of "If you want to get rich, build roads first", the local infrastructure in Daming is now very mature, such as Beijing, Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Xi'an, Taiyuan and other "provincial capital cities", the streets and city walls have been rebuilt. Extension and rammed earth paving.

The reason is naturally that the current infrastructure construction is also counted as the year-end official performance appraisal. Obtaining this kind of performance is obviously much easier than learning from Di Renjie.

All over the country, all the official roads have been re-paved with bricks and stones, which are firm and solid, which solves the problem of many rural people's difficulty in entering the city.

This kind of road is also quite helpful for the cavalry of the officers and soldiers to rush back and forth.

By the way, the Military Weapons Division is now changing its guns from shot to shot. Zhu Youxiaoyu approved them to build a large factory building in the suburbs of Beijing, and all departments have been built.

The Military Weapons Department is no longer called the Military Weapons Department, and has been replaced with a more avant-garde name - "Shuncheon Royal Research Institute", which is listed as "one institute, one institution" in the capital alongside the Suncheon Royal Martial Arts Academy.

This is the name given by Zhu Youxiao himself. The plaques are all written by himself, and he specially ordered the historian to record them in detail, in order to leave evidence for future generations that he attaches great importance to the development of scientific research.

Look at you scholars who hate me again!Now there is historical evidence to prove it!