Chapter 673: Good news enters Beijing
The 5,000 Ming army destroyed Siam, and Siam is a Western power, although Sulu's national strength is not small, but it does not dare to be arrogant in front of Siam, but this Western little overlord, after speaking, is over, not even gasping, the Siamese royal family, for ten generations, is now destroyed overnight, which is really eye-opening.
At this time, everyone knew that this Ming Dynasty was not a vegetarian, although they went to the West and were kind to their neighbors, but they also had the strength to thunder and never turn over.
Sulu Sultan Kiram is naturally worried, because speaking of which, there are many Han people in Sulu, and the treatment of Chinese businessmen and Chinese is not much better than that of Siam.
Although Sulu is an island country, don't forget that the Ming army attacked Siam with ships, that is to say, as long as there are 5,000 Ming troops, take ships, three months, you can destroy Sulu, and Kiram, the sultan, is afraid that it will also be destroyed.
How could Kiram not be afraid, so his mind was loose, and he consulted with the minister about treating Chinese merchants and Chinese people well, intending to follow Siam and give the Chinese a certain privileged status, but in this country, not everyone agrees, and some of the wealthy families of Sulu are strongly opposed, and their reason is very simple, that is, the Chinese merchants are rich and rival the country, and the wealth is all over the world, and the population is no longer a minority, and it has been pressed now, and it is still so, once they are treated favorably, with their financial resources, with their relationship with their mother country, With their network, it won't take a few years, in this Sulu country, I am afraid that Chinese businessmen will influence the political situation, is it Sulu people. Do you want to act according to the eyes of the Chinese?
In fact, their reasoning is not wrong, and from their standpoint, anti-China is not out of emotional malice. It's just that everyone understands that the Chinese are much stronger than the natives, and if they really compete fairly, there will be nothing to do with them natives, whether it is playing politics, business, or literature and art. They are no rivals, and if they want to maintain the independence of Sulu, they must be contained to the death. Discriminating against them, and even harvesting them every once in a while, sometimes directly inciting the lower classes to burn and loot, severely damaging their vitality.
This is not the policy pursued by Sulu alone. Although all the Western countries paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty. But for this Chinese, it has always been like this.
After a lot of fierce controversy, the Sultan finally made up his mind and personally issued an edict to invite some of the more famous Chinese merchants in the country to the palace, and the Sultan personally set up a banquet.
That's a signal. For the Sultan, once he got into trouble because of this. The bearer of this trouble is himself, those princes and nobles, can become the Wutai people of Siam, etc., and the rise of Chinese merchants, the danger hài to the interests of the local power, at least temporarily, the danger hài is not on the head of the sultan, as long as the trade-off of this interest is seen clearly, the sultan naturally chose the former.
This is true of Sulu, and the rest of the world, more or less the same, with their eyes on Siam.
And on the territory of Siam, a purge is underway.
The King of Siam was ambushed, and then, without warning, a group of Ming troops arrived in the province of River Kwai.
The leader of the team was Hao Fenglou, who was supposed to be drunk and dreaming of death in Siam.
The arrival of Hao Fenglou made the Siamese officials of the River Kwai very stunned, they did not say a word, and hurriedly went to the gate of the city to greet them.
It's just that a group of soldiers entered the city, Hao Fenglou was also dressed in military uniform, and he didn't even pay attention to them, and when he entered the city, hundreds of Ming troops were on standby, Hao Fenglou gave an order and said, "Take people." ”
Immediately, a group of officers and soldiers dispersed, and they actually knew everything about this Kwai River Mansion, and after a while, they began to search and arrest from house to house.
This River Kwai Mansion is not far from the royal capital, but here, there is a family, there Tai, it comes from here, the Li Tai family has a big business, and has always been the strong and powerful of the River Kwai Mansion, plus Li Tai's sister is the queen, and her status is even more prominent, but today, it is a disaster.
All the clansmen involved, all taken out, as many as hundreds, that Kwai River Mansion shook up and down, it didn't take long, the whole Siam was also shaken, said that this Lord Hao is really ruthless, although in Siam to adopt a soft policy, to Wutai these ministers are also reasonable, but to the royal family and Litai these people, it is extremely ruthless, the city occasionally heard the crackling sound of fire, most of them are stubborn resistance, and the Ming army did not hesitate to kill.
Hao Fenglou's move was really shocking, and he couldn't help but add some talking points.
It's just that Hao Fenglou came here, it's nothing more than nothing to do, and now the overall situation in Siam has been decided, and the real struggle should be in the court.
In fact, compared to the temple, although this Siam is also ups and downs, it is much simpler.
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A telegram was sent to the capital along with a human head Pegasus.
In fact, during this time, the cabinet and the six ministries were also anxious.
The Ming Dynasty has declared war, it is a declaration of war, and it is going to be fought, but as long as the crusade is issued, then the question of whether to fight or not to fight must be shelved, because there is no point in arguing, and now the face of the court is the most important, no matter what, the matter of Siam must be resolved.
Now it is at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the prestige of the Ming Dynasty is flourishing, it can be said that every battle will be won, whether it is against Jiaozhi, against Mobei with troops, almost never suffered a loss, this time Siam, must be the same.
But the Son of Heaven is happy, and it is his will to declare war, but specific affairs still have to be done.
The relationship between the ministries is not bad, but recently there is some tension, the military department here is the heaviest responsibility, once the division is unfavorable, you can't escape the responsibility of dereliction of duty, so the military department here, now every day in the pondering from everywhere to allocate money and food and soldiers and horses, ready to go to Jiaozhi, at any time, the soldiers and horses of the guards in Jiaozhi are only forty or fifty thousand, more than enough to defend and not enterprising enough, if the court does not send a hundred thousand military horses, there is no capital to take Zhenla, but the elite soldiers are there, but to recruit people, after all, there is still no money to escape a word of money, What's the use of no money and no food? The Ministry of War is now accounting for this matter every day, arguing with the household every day, but scolding the hillbilly surnamed Hao every day, this pair of father and son is also wonderful, boasting every day, saying that it must be a thousand miles, the court is waiting for the good news, scared, just a little bit of two, to wait for this good news, I don't know how many years, the cow they are blowing, the guide zhì Tianzi is full of confidence, so he promulgated the text, and then pondered carefully, unreliable, no, this surname Hao may not be counted on, or the court comes, said that it was the imperial court, but the palace decreed, and in the end, it was not the military department that was unlucky.
So the troops were dispatched, and then the squire of the military department became a frequent visitor to the household department, quite like an official stationed in Beijing, people didn't go to the military department at all, and when the hour arrived every day, they went directly to the household department, in a word, there was no silver.
The household department has been convicted since Xia Yuanji, and now the new household department Shangshu is the household servant, but he is also familiar with the ministry affairs, but the more familiar he is, the more he knows the situation of the household department, the curry is not actually without silver, but it is overstretched, the silver is given to you, others have to come to collect debts, you can't favor one over the other, this military matter, of course, is the most important, the household department is not trying its best to co-organize, but you must not let you want too light, otherwise you think that the household is to open the gold mountain?
In fact, the household department also knows the difficulties of the military department, and it is not easy to know that the other party is not easy, but when he is entangled by the military department, he can't help but want to scold people, think about it, and in the end, it seems that the pair of living treasure father and son in Langshan should be scolded.
There is no consensus between the military department and the household department, and it is all up to the Hao family to deal with it, everyone sits together, if it is said that something else, it is inevitable to raise the bar, but if the Hao family is used to make an opening statement, even if it is usually not smiling, and the ancient department of Shangshu who does not discuss the rights and wrongs of people can't help but be stunned, and sarcastically say a few words: "Such a small generation, don't say it, the one who harms the people will be the father and son." ”
It's even more lively in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and now this surnamed Hao is also fucking and really kicked his foot on the iron plate, they want to make a big move, so they instigate the palace, everyone doesn't dare to scold the Son of Heaven for using swords and soldiers, can't you scold your surname Hao. In fact, this is still secondary, the most important thing is that Xia Butang, the gentleman of the dynasty, was convicted because of the impeachment of the father and son, and this time, it really provoked public discussion, inside and outside the government and the opposition, the scolding is endless, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which is responsible for scolding, cannot lag behind, if they are backward, do they have the face to be worthy of the martyrs of all dynasties?
As a result, the envoys almost changed their scolding, all kinds of impeachment books, all kinds of variety, the content of which is no less than the news of a certain island in later generations, which involves the Hao family's crimes, which can be described as bizarre glass.
Fortunately, the Hao family is a 'relative of the emperor' after all, and these imperial envoys are the best at scolding Old Master Hao's 'dust' and other 'news', but it has not come out.
The palace is very calm about this, this kind of thing, I have seen a lot, public opinion is clear, after all, it is a gust of wind to pass, if you are angry about this, maybe you will also fulfill a few guys who sell straight names, and simply don't listen to it. (To be continued......)