Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 719, Conquering the Three Sovereigns and the Five Degao Emperors
"Your Majesty, great victory, great victory~"

Little Huangmen walked over panting, holding in his hand the good news that had just been delivered from Tianjin.

Xiao Jing who was beside Emperor Hongzhi didn't dare to neglect, hurried over to take it, and handed it to Emperor Hongzhi respectfully.

Emperor Hongzhi picked up the good news and looked at ten lines at a glance, and looked at it quickly, and soon his face was filled with a smile.

"Haha, okay, Zhang Mao and Liu Jin are doing well here in Nanyang."

Emperor Hongzhi was very happy. This victory report was jointly signed by Zhang Mao, Liu Jin, Wang Shouren, and Yang Yun. It will clarify the Ming army's battles in Malacca and Siam in Nanyang in detail.

It was almost effortless to agree to Malacca and Siam, forcing them to cede land and pay compensation. Malacca compensated Ming [-] million taels of silver, and Siam compensated Ming [-] million taels of silver. If the interest is included , a total of hundreds of millions of taels of silver in compensation.

Coupled with the ceded land, Ming has a piece of land in the Malay Peninsula, at the throat of Nanyang. With this land, Ming can rule Siam, Burma, and Cambodia, and can be powerful in Jinzhou and Java. , Boni, the east side can also echo with the Nanyang Province, and the whole Nanyang is completely under the control of Daming.

"It's still Liu Jin who makes people feel comfortable doing things. He gets the most rewards with the least effort. With no matter how much money he has, the navy's military expenses don't have to worry about it."

Emperor Hongzhi's heart really blossomed, and Liu Jin would still make money.

Not only does he know how to do business, but wars between countries used to be a loss-making business, called militarism, but it's different when it comes to Liu Jin.

In every war, the greatest benefit was obtained at the smallest cost, and the land was ceded to pay compensation. Every time, Emperor Hongzhi's pocket became bulging instantly.

Now it's time to worry about the money in the inner money again, it's too much money, and I don't know how to spend it.

However, Emperor Hongzhi now has a stupid way, that is to deposit it in the First Bank of Daming, and simply earn interest, Emperor Hongzhi feels very satisfied.

"Everyone take a look~"

After reading it, Emperor Hongzhi also handed the news to Xiao Jing, signaling him to pass it on to all the ministers.

Liu Jian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, was the first to look at it, and he also read it at a glance, and he couldn't help opening his mouth slightly.

"This Liu Jin is really plucking geese. As long as he has been to a place, even if it is a mosquito leg, he will scrape a trace of flesh. The small country here in Malacca actually forced it to sign such an agreement. , to compensate Daming with [-] million taels of silver."

"How much silver does such a small country have?"

"The gentleness has swept the floor, and the image of Daming's century-old business has disappeared."

"However, for our Ming Dynasty, this is indeed a lot of benefits. With money, it is easy to do things, and Malacca is a strategic place. With Malacca, my Ming Dynasty can control this throat."

Liu Jin couldn't help sighing in his heart, only Liu Jin could come up with such an agreement, if they went, it would probably be just a reprimand, and then let them apologize verbally to Daming. .

After all, for traditional Confucians like them, face is more important than anything else, especially the face of Daming, and other things are not important.

Everyone read the news one by one, and all of them couldn't help but widen their eyes.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations, Your Majesty~"

Then everyone quickly congratulated Emperor Hongzhi in unison.

In any case, this is a victory, a big victory, not only a lesson for Malacca and Siam, but also a new piece of land.

Of course, the more important thing is to get huge war reparations.

What is the concept of war reparations of hundreds of millions of taels of silver even with interest?
This means that almost everyone in Daming can get about one tael of silver in compensation from this war. Such a huge amount of wealth can be said to make Daming rich overnight.

You must know that in the past, the annual tax silver of the Ming treasury was only less than four million taels of silver, but now it has received such a huge amount of compensation, hundreds of millions of taels of silver, although it has been divided into many years to pay off, but It is also enough for Daming to continuously obtain huge wealth.

In addition to land, gold and silver, Daming's actions in Nanyang this time also greatly shocked the Nanyang countries.

Even Siam, the most powerful country in the southeast peninsula, was defeated by the attack of the Ming army, and a small country like Malacca even surrendered directly under a round of artillery fire.

Annan and Zhancheng were directly annihilated by the Ming Dynasty, and became the Jiaozhi and Xianglin provinces of the Ming Dynasty. Facing such a powerful Ming Dynasty, the Nanyang countries in the entire Nanyang region finally felt the horror of thunder's wrath.

The power of Ming Dynasty really made the Nanyang countries feel it. In the past few months, the countries that originally imposed heavy taxes on the merchant ships of Ming Dynasty have all restrained themselves, for fear of being attacked by the Ming army because of the taxation problem.

As for the pirates, thieves, etc. in the Nanyang area, they disappeared and disappeared, let alone dared to touch the swords of the Ming army at this time.

"Haha~"

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard everyone's congratulations.

Well, what Liu Jin said was right. Putting aside the so-called face and talking about the interests of the outside world, it is comfortable to do things.

If it is still the same as before, you tell them about the relationship between the suzerain and the vassal state, but they will take you for a ride, and think that although you are a big Ming, you are vain, and you are strong on the outside but on the inside.

It's all right now, throw away those false things, only talk about benefits, only talk about actual benefits, and everything will be very comfortable.

Isn't the silver of compensation fragrant?

Or is it that the compensation land is not fertile?

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations, Your Majesty~"

"Your Majesty has a great talent, Wenzhiwugong, surpassed the three emperors, and the five emperors of virtue. Even the Qin Emperor, Hanwu, Tang Zong and Song Zu are far inferior to your majesty..."

A minister stood up and slapped Emperor Hongzhi's flattery, so that Emperor Hongzhi's old face couldn't help turning slightly red, but he enjoyed this feeling very much.

People, in fact, are all the same, even if he is an emperor, he will inevitably be like this.

The emperor also hopes that he can compare himself with the emperor of the ages in history. Now there are ministers who compare Emperor Hongzhi with Emperor Qin, Hanwu, Tang Zong and Song Zulai, which makes him very happy.

Of course, although there is an element of flattery in it, just from the current territory of Ming Dynasty, it seems that Emperor Hongzhi's achievements are not much worse than these emperors.

At least, the current Ming Dynasty is no longer the traditional Ming Dynasty. It has stepped out of the original track and is developing towards a brand new era.

The current Ming army is no different from the strong army in history. In the past few years of successive battles, each time it has won a big victory. Its own losses are minimal, but it can always get rich returns.

So this flattery is not too much.

"Haha, this is all thanks to the blessings of our ancestors. I am the result of the unity of the emperor and ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and the concerted efforts of the upper and lower subjects. I dare not claim the greatest credit. This credit belongs to all our subjects."

Emperor Hongzhi blushed and said very modestly.

This is an old saying, what credit is there, it is the blessing of the ancestors, the hard work of the courtiers, and the hard work of the people of Ming Dynasty. He has no credit for being the emperor, and the emperors of all dynasties have been like this. This is humility.

"Propagate my will, and send this great victory to all parts of Ming Dynasty in the form of a small report, and my whole country in Ming Dynasty will celebrate it."

"Yes~"

When the officials heard this, they nodded quickly.

"Your Majesty, in this newly acquired land on the Malay Peninsula, Liu Jin suggested to set up a new province separately, and also suggested to build another city here in Malacca~"

"The officials may not be enough. Please His Majesty issue another decree to recruit people from all over the world, and send these people to Nanyang provinces as officials to consolidate the frontiers of our Ming Dynasty."

Wang Jia, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, couldn't help having a headache. I just finished discussing the matter of Xianglin and Jiaozhi. You are doing well here, and you have created a new province for me. Now it's all right, and I'm back to work.

"Leave this matter to Wang Aiqing and you can handle it."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded in agreement, he is really in a good mood now.

It’s okay to expand the territory, but the key is that the money can’t be spent, and a steady stream of money flows into Ming Dynasty. From Annan to Champa, and then to Malacca and Siam, the losses of the Ming army are almost negligible, but it is Obtained a huge war fruit.

This made him really taste the sweetness.

"The world is very big. This is just the countries of Nanyang. Liu Jin and Zhang Mao will definitely not come back at this time. You can bring back tens of millions of silver at will."

"The key is that in the future, there will still be indemnities returned to Daming every year, so there is no need to worry about military expenses."

"Well, we must continue to expand the navy and the army. How big is the world and how many countries are there? Will you be afraid of running out of money in the future?"

Thinking of this, Emperor Hongzhi was very happy. He didn't have to worry about money, it was a great day.

Thinking about what kind of life I lived before, I was very aggrieved.

Saving food and money, the palace was reluctant to repair it, and wanted to do something, but the minister immediately returned everything he had when he said that he had no money.

"After defeating the countries in Southeast Asia, the next step is to clean up the countries in the Western Regions."

Soon, Emperor Hongzhi looked at the huge world map, and also looked at the land of the Western Regions.

"Fighting the Western Regions is not difficult, the key is how to govern the Western Regions in the future."

"The population is too small, and they are unwilling to migrate outside. This is a big problem. Without people, there is no way to rule these places stably. There are too many places that need immigration."

　Is there any good way to quickly increase the population?Everyone thinks it is necessary to accept concubines, how about accepting concubines from foreigners?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)