Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

At that time, the Ming army was destroying the remaining Mongolian forces.

300 high-quality war horses made Lao Zhu extremely happy.

Wave your hand immediately!

Ah!

I am happy!

The two chief and deputy envoys were each rewarded with 60 taels of silver!

Lao Zhu was so generous that he had two sesame seed cakes and four side dishes for every meal.

In the 22nd year, Timur sent 205 war horses and regular tribute.

Lao Zhu gave back 400 taels of silver and some silk and other items.

The war horses from Timur's place are famous in history - Arabian horses.

This is one of the only three types of purebred horses in the world, a good thing that can rival a sweaty horse!

In two or three years, he got more than 500 good horses. Lao Zhu was really happy.

When he got excited, the person who was picking at Suo Suo became generous again.

So, Lao Zhu waved his hand!

In addition to the rewards given to Timur, we will reward eight more envoys, totaling 700 taels of silver, as well as embroidery, etc.

That's it, for a total of 1100 taels of silver, I got 205 horses, and they were Arabian horses.

Damn it!

Cabbage price!

Gentlemen, where can there be such a vassal who can't make ends meet and pretends to be fat?

Online waiting, urgent!

Let’s not talk about Arabian purebred horses. Just give me two hundred good Mongolian horses and I will give you 1100 taels of silver!

According to the current price of silver, it's only 16, I can get it.

I will also act like a fool in your mouth - a fool who pretends to be fat!

A dog that doesn’t even have basic intelligence!

Will bark!

……

After that, in 24 years, there were 670 horses.

You know, war horses have always been extremely expensive.

Not to mention peerless treasures like Arabian horses.

Even an ordinary war horse costs hundreds of taels of silver!

Even the cheapest Yunnan horse costs more than 20 taels of silver! (Dian horses have the best endurance, but are short and can only pull carts)

Then, Timur settled the surroundings and wanted to compete with Lao Zhu.

Therefore, in the next 25 and 26 years, there were only a few dozen camels. In order to paralyze the Ming Dynasty, the number of camels was increased.

Seeing Lao Zhu unresponsive, he also detained the Ming Dynasty's envoy.

Timur can't see clearly. Lao Zhu can't let this kid go astray!

So, the army was dispatched on a trip to the Western Regions...

Just a big stick...

Seeing that Lao Zhu was serious, Timur became honest and immediately selected 300 good horses from his own army and sent them to him.

And when Lao Zhu gets angry, things get serious!

So I gave him 50 taels of silver...

Uh!

Lao Zhu with a small belly and chicken intestines...

……

In 28 years, Timur sent 212 horses as tribute, and in 29 years, 240 horses.

Lao Zhu's anger hasn't subsided yet. Can I give you some money?

I want to eat fart!

Lao Zhu directly gave 5900 banknotes.

Well, Timur succeeded in making Zhu Yuanzhang unhappy.

Lao Zhu looked at his sesame seed cakes and two side dishes...

Go to your uncle!

Give you money?

You have a long face!

Let me give you some wipes!

……

Really, every time I see this paragraph, I can't help but laugh.

What can Ming Dynasty treasure money be used for?

It's still hard even when you wipe your butt!

At this time, the value of the treasure banknotes has dropped a hundred times——

5900 banknotes is only equivalent to 50 taels of silver!

【Suddenly I have an awakening——Is it...

From then on, until 1500, which was the Hongzhi period, Timur died, and the reward was 50 taels.

Ming Dynasty's custom of always returning gifts of 50 taels, could it come from here?

Also, 30 years after Hongwu, tribute horses from the Timur Empire no longer arrived in the capital, but were instead traded in Shaanxi-Gansu for tea and horse trade. 】

Dad will still be angry tomorrow, but Timur is scared!

After the envoy returned with a piece of stiff waste paper, he informed Zhu Yuanzhang of the conquest.

Timur was shocked and hurriedly sent more troops in the 29th year of Hongwu, and immediately sent 1095 war horses!

Lao Zhu's chicken intestines come up, whether you like them or not.

Want silver?

Go to your uncle!

We don’t have enough!

Besides, your anger has not gone away yet!

So, Lao Zhu directly replied with a piece of paper.

……

Even if Lao Zhu is angry, he can't really make people feel cold.

After all, after returning to a good horse from a thousand miles away, I got back a bunch of butt-wiping paper. After a long time, this kid will be dissatisfied!

So Lao Zhu told Timur to send horses to Ningxia from now on!

I know your filial piety, and I will allow you to go to Ningxia to exchange for some tea.

……

It was these horses that Lao Zhu immediately ordered Shaanxi and Gansu to establish a Taipus Temple in the 30th year of Hongwu in the second year.

That is, a full-time horse breeder!

Stallions are these sent by Timur!

Lao Zhu used Arabian horses to start breeding his own war horses for the Ming Dynasty.

To be honest, the Ming Dynasty is the only one that has no shortage of horses.

Not to mention horses, there will be no shortage of mules one day!

Shanxi, Shaanxi and Shandong have all been established as Ma Zheng.

The most famous horses, mules, and donkeys in the Ming Dynasty benefited from these Arabian horses sent by the Timur Empire.

……

A few years later, Zhu Yuanzhang passed away, and Zhu Di launched the Jingnan Campaign.

When Timur saw an opportunity, he once again cut off tribute and detained the Ming Dynasty's envoys who went to scold him.

Who is Zhu Di?

Emperor Yongle!

Can he pamper you?

When Zhu Di had his hands free, he started to deal with Timur!

This time, it's not as simple as showing off your muscles.

Zheng He makes his debut!

There are always some rumors that the Ming Dynasty only has 400 million land.

They never read a book or just open their mouths. They have no idea that Timur, a twenty-five-year-old boy, repeatedly disobeyed...

Zhu Di ordered Zheng He to lead the army to Horumos and stayed there for 52 days.

The Jin Yiwei led by Zheng He arrested many wealthy businessmen and officials, forcing Timur to surrender again!

Could it be that Lao Zheng relies on bragging?

Yes!

My Ming Dynasty loves peace so much!

Persuasion and education!

As for whether merchant ships will disappear, soldiers will be killed, and cities will be destroyed - it all depends on Zheng He's mood.

Anyway, in the records, there are only records of wealthy businessmen and officials being arrested.

As for whether they swam in a strait hundreds of miles wide and even reached the island where the Ming army docked, that's a matter of opinion...

Zheng He, a Buddhist, was so kind!

Ming Dynasty is such a money diplomacy!

This is what you said yourself!

Don't say that I, Daming, bully others.

Nothing!

Stop spewing shit and unfairly accusing good people!

……

Zhu Youjian's mind recalled bursts of memories.

His brows raised:

Facing such a powerful Ming Dynasty - only by letting it die can everyone be better off.

Could this be the consensus of some people at the time?

After all, the death of the Ming Dynasty was too outrageous!

Who can believe that the price of food in Jiangnan is generally recorded as seven coins of silver per stone.

(Except for the military disaster in the Southern Ming Dynasty, in the decades of the late Ming Dynasty, there were only two years in Jiangnan where disasters occurred and food prices rose.)

The price of food in the north was once as high as 24 taels of silver per stone!

Even ten taels of silver and one stone have become the norm!

The Grand Canal is always open to navigation!

The navigation career of the Ming Dynasty people was the greatest in history!

Why is food so cheap on one hand and so ridiculously expensive on the other?

Why are there no merchants transporting grain north?

This does not conform to business logic!

Unexpectedly, at that time, the territory surrounding the China Sea was still firmly in the hands of Ming people.

Even the Song Dynasty knew that grains were transported back from Southeast Asia, and there were even records of Champa rice in the Song Dynasty!

Why didn't the big businessmen of the Ming Dynasty know about such high profits and so many precedents?

Could it be that Ming Dynasty businessmen were stupid?

Dozens of times the profit, but no one is doing it!

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ps: I originally wanted to make four updates today to finish this speculation, but I didn’t finish it up later, so I’ll post it tomorrow.