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In the past two days, Nanjing has successively welcomed the tributary envoys of the Ryukyus, Champa and Siam.

In addition, the Zheng and Ruan clans of Jiaozhi also sent envoys to pay tribute.

The intention of the Zheng clan and the Ruan clan in Jiaozhi is self-evident, the Great Qin pacified Liangguang and destroyed the last two regimes of the Zhu family, among which in the process of destroying Zhu Youlang, Gaoping's Mo family provided a lot of logistical supplies to the Qin army.

This fact made Zheng and Nguyen very uneasy, and it was only natural that they hastily sent envoys to Nanjing.

In addition to paying tribute, Siam further south also took the opportunity to sue the Dongwu Kingdom (Donghu State), hoping that Great Qin would administer justice to Siam.

Over the past 100 years, Siam has been repeatedly invaded by the Cave Kingdom in the north, and most of the country's territory has been lost, leaving only the capital Ayutthaya Province, and it has been forced to submit to the Cave Kingdom.

A large part of Siam's ancestors originally lived in Yunnan and moved south to Siam to escape the Mongol invasion. The culture has been greatly influenced by Chinese culture and Indian culture, and he has always had a strong affection for China. In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, it was also paid tribute one year before the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

The historical records of the Ming Dynasty describe Siam as follows: its country, Zhou Qianli, strong customs, accustomed to water warfare. The general is wrapped in holy iron, and the sword cannot enter. The Holy Iron Person, the human skull also.

King, Zori. The official is divided into ten classes. From the king to the common people, everything depends on his wife. The ambition of the woman is better than that of the man. Women and private Chinese, then the husband drinks wine together, Tian is not strange, saying: "I am a beautiful woman, and I am also pleased by the Chinese." ”

From these accounts, it is not difficult to see that the Luo Xian people admired the Chinese kingdom, and even the wife slept with the Chinese, and the husband drank wine together, and it was an honor for his wife to be favored by the Chinese.

As the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire, after receiving the complaint from the younger brother, His Majesty the Great Qin Emperor naturally wanted to express it.

For this matter, Qin Mu specially summoned the three auxiliary ministers of the cabinet, as well as Huang Zhenlin and Gan Nan, to the Huagai Palace. Discuss countermeasures.

The country of Dongwu is the future Myanmar, now the most powerful country on the Indochina Peninsula, it is currently in its heyday, the territory includes the later Myanmar and Laos, most of Thailand, the entire Indochina Peninsula has been occupied by the country of Donggo.

It even drove the Portuguese invaders out of its territory, and among the countless small countries in Southeast Asia, the only country capable of driving away the Western colonizers with strong ships and guns was Dongwu.

Sima An and the others were all old and sophisticated people, and seeing that Qin Mu was so eager to "seek justice" for Siam, of course he could guess that he was a drunkard and did not mean to drink.

In the canopy hall. A wisp of sandalwood, a few cups of tea, the weather in mid-spring is extremely pleasant, the palace maids and eunuchs are quietly standing by the palace, Qin Mu gently brushes the black dragon robe, and slowly asks: "What are the opinions of the ministers on the affairs of the cave country?" ”

Huang Zhenlin said first: "Your Majesty, putting aside the matter of Siam, the king of Dongwu, Talong, sent nearly 20,000 troops into Yunnan. If it weren't for his intervention, the Yunnan matter would not have dragged on until today. Although Ta Long has now withdrawn his army, he is still guilty of the Great Qin. Although it is far away, it must be punished, otherwise how can I have great Qin Tianwei? ”

Sima An couldn't help but cough lightly, in fact, everyone knew that the west of Chuxiong in Yunnan had not been able to solve it. It wasn't for any other reason, but Qin Mu's meaning;

He instructed Cui Feng, the general of the expedition to the south, and let the various Tusi in Yunnan take the lead. Fight each other to weaken these toasts, and pave the way for Yunnan's land reform and long-term peace and stability in the future.

Li Yuan and Lu Zhenfei were silent, as cabinet ministers, they have always been cautious in their words and deeds, they don't care too much about what Huang Zhenlin means, what they care about is what Qin Mu thinks about it.

Qin Mu beckoned to Jin Lei, the resident of the house, and motioned for him to bring a map.

The living house is one of the emperor's close ministers, the emperor's palace is serving, and the line is from the line, mainly responsible for recording the emperor's words and deeds, and at the end of each quarter, the record will be sorted out and sent to the history museum, as the material for the future repair of the emperor's record.

What Jin Gongnan brought was a map of the world, and Qin Mu pointed to the map and said: "Since ancient times, the main threats to my China have come from the nomads in the north. But what I can tell you is that as firearms continue to advance, the nomadic cavalry will gradually lose their advantage, and the threat from the north will gradually diminish.

Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the rebellion of the Japanese in the southeast, and then the Hongyi in the West continue to advance our coast, the ocean is no longer the natural barrier of China, but the source of the threat. ”

When Qin Mu said this, he naturally wanted to set a tone and let the ministers focus more on the south.

In other words, the focus is not only on the country of Dongwu, but on the layout of the whole of Nanyang as a game of chess.

For today's ambitions, the ministers have a clear understanding, and their enthusiasm for expanding the territory is not inferior to the first emperor.

And they also know that today is not like Ming Hongwu, who values fame rather than profit.

He not only values his name, but also attaches importance to real profits, and has never done anything to make money at a loss.

Si Anma said calmly: "As His Majesty said, the threat from the sea in my Huaxia is increasing day by day, and the minister agrees with this, and my Great Qin adheres to the national policy of not suppressing commerce in the former Song Dynasty, and a large part of the source of finance and taxation comes from the sea. ”

Sima An's point is so far, the inner meaning is that the threat of Great Qin not only comes from the sea, but also the benefits of wealth and goods come from the sea.

From a practical point of view, the benefits that can be brought by the northern grasslands are far inferior to those of the southern islands.

The southern islands not only have fertile land, suitable for farming, but also crop three times a year. Other economic products are also abundant, which are far from being matched by the northern grasslands, which can only be grazing.

Moreover, whether or not the southern islands can be controlled is related to the security of the Maritime Silk Road, that is, the security of the economic lifeline of Great Qin.

As the first and auxiliary minister of the Great Qin Empire, Sima An knew Qin Mu very well, and often followed his train of thought in private, and had already come to a conclusion: His Majesty the Great Qin Emperor intended to sweep away many small feudal states in the south and accomplish a greater cause than the First Emperor.

Lu Zhenfei said faintly: "Your Majesty, it took several years for the First Emperor to send an army of 500,000 to pacify Lingnan, and Your Majesty must know the reason. ”

Qin Mu said: "Those who are worried about the old Lu Pavilion are also worried about me. However, the world has changed over time, and today's world is not the world of the first emperor at that time. I will not send 500,000 troops south, and if so, I would rather not look south, so as not to waste money and labor. ”

Gannan said: "When the first emperor went south, the land route was inconvenient, so although he sent an army of 500,000, it was still difficult. Looking at today's Xiyi, a few ships and hundreds of people can conquer the Nanyang Islands and take them for themselves.

Now that I am a great Qin water master, why is it weaker than Xiyi? What Xiyi can do all the way to do lightly, can't I, Daqin, do it? ”

Gannan's words can be said to express Qin Mu's intentions, like the Dutch almost controlled the entire Java Island, how many troops did they have? How many men did Spain use to colonize Luzon?

As long as the method is used correctly, there is absolutely no imaginary difficulty in occupying the Nanyang Islands, and there is no need to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops like the first emperor of the year to conquer Lingnan.

Li Yuan said: "Your Majesty, the Great Qin Sheji has been decided, the domestic people's livelihood has yet to be restored, and the Nanyang Islands should be planned slowly, not in a hurry." ”

"Everything has to be done within one's means, and I know that. If the land conquest is not actively invaded by the foreign Yi, there will be no large-scale use of troops in the next few years to give the people a rest and recuperation.

However, the navy is not the case, and I can sue Sùer and others that I have invested a huge amount of money in the construction of the navy, not to support them with the strength of the whole country, but to let them support the people of the whole country. ”

Li Yuan and Lu Zhenfei couldn't help but exchange glances, they knew very well that Qin Mu's words were definitely not impossible.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He went to the West, and some people said that it was a waste of money for the people. However, Xia Yuanji, the head of the household department at that time, said a sentence: There is no shortage of today's country, and it all depends on Zheng He to go to the West.

The Yongle Dynasty just finished the four-year civil war, the large area of land from Beijing to Nanjing was scorched, and then the city of Beijing was built on a large scale, 500,000 troops marched to Mongolia five times, and 800,000 troops marched south to Jiaozhi, spending money everywhere like flowing water, Yongle Dynasty not only did not suffer from poverty, but was the most powerful period of the Ming Dynasty.

And the income of the early Ming Dynasty has always been only a few million taels, can Emperor Yongle be able to conjure up money out of thin air?

From the words of Xia Yuanji, the head of the household department at that time, it is not difficult to see the internal cause. Therefore, it is not too exaggerated to say that Qin Mu wants to support the people of the country with the navy.

In other words, if the naval attack on the Nanyang Islands is handled properly, not only is it not a matter of labor and money, but it may bring a lot of wealth to Daqin.

Therefore, it is untenable to oppose the development of the southeastern islands on the grounds of labor and money, but countries like Cochin, Dongwu, and Siam are mostly deep mountains and old forests, and Lu Zhenfei feels that it is very difficult to conquer and rule, and this kind of cognition has been deeply rooted in his bones, so he seems very hesitant.

Huang Zhenlin said: "Xia Guan has been to Nanyang, the islands of Nanyang, most of them are small states of Yuer, some soldiers are less than 1,000, and the people are less than 10,000. Facts have proved that the number of troops used by Xiyi to conquer an island is only a few hundred."

Lu Zhenfei interrupted him and said: "Since ancient times, those who have raised unknown teachers have all ended in failure, and Your Majesty should be cautious. ”

Qin Mu closed his eyes slightly, and said slowly: "Being famous or not depends on how the whole country views that land. If it is considered dispensable, then the name becomes nameless, because the whole country does not want to do it.

I have made it very clear before that in the future, the enemy of Great Qin will come from the southeast sea; The economic lifeline of Great Qin is also in the southeast sea, which the people have not yet fully understood, but as ministers of the DPRK and China, you must have a forward-looking vision, otherwise"

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PS: The most difficult part of the southeast lies in the unification of thought, this chapter is to pave the way for the unification of the thinking of the ministers of the DPRK and China, if you also think that the idea of unification is the root of the problem, please vote for me a monthly pass, ask for a monthly pass! (To be continued......)