Of course, all Zhu Hongyu wants is a good grown-up son.
The good saint-grandson will be spared!
Zhu Hongyu felt that if he had a thief like Zhu Zhanji who betrayed his father and did not feel sorry for him, he would be angry even if he died.
If Xuande's actions were known, Zhu Laosi's coffin might not be able to hold him down at all.
Xuande retreated and gave up all the territory that his grandfather had worked hard to conquer for most of his life. Zhu Zhanji was really willing to do so!
Even if the court is facing financial pressure, it is understandable that you abandon the grassland and Annan.
After all, rebellions continue in these places, the cost of governance is too high, and there is little benefit.
It is normal to cut losses and stop losses. It is not incomprehensible.
But if you abandon the territory in Nanyang and interrupt the voyage to the West, aren't you mentally ill?
The cost of ruling the Ming Dynasty in Nanyang was not high, and he was not unaware of the income from the Western Sea.
Emperor Xuande's operations are really confusing...
Is it possible that the Ming Dynasty during the Xuande period was still afraid of Japanese pirates?
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Zhu Hongyu sent troops in the first month of the eighth year since the liberation, and by the time he returned to Beijing, it was already the end of October.
After almost a year of fighting, there is a lot of backlogged government affairs.
Zhu Hongyu rubbed his eyebrows, ordered someone to serve him a cup of strong tea, and read the memorial.
Looking at the memorial and what he had previously ordered, a smile gradually appeared on Zhu Hongyu's face.
The first one on the list is the promotion of compulsory education that Zhu Hongyu ordered.
With the financial support of the imperial court and the joint efforts of local officials and gentry, the Ming Dynasty began to roll out compulsory education in various provincial capitals, as well as in important cities such as Yangzhou, Shanghai, Tianjin, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Huai'an, Luoyang, etc.
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Although it was stressful for the court to expand the scale of compulsory education so much at once, the pressure was not as great as imagined.
The population of the Ming Dynasty is now limited. Even after these years of recuperation, the total population of the Ming Dynasty this year is still some way away from exceeding 100 million.
The population of school age for compulsory education is not as large as imagined.
And what you need to know is that before this, the place where compulsory education was implemented by the imperial court was Nanjing.
Nanjing has a population of less than 3 million, and a population of at least 300,000 people of schooling age.
The current urbanization rate of Ming Dynasty is not as high as expected, and a large number of people still live scattered in the countryside.
The total population of the second batch of cities that implemented compulsory education is less than five million.
There is definitely pressure on the court.
Whether it’s books, teachers, or finance, they all face certain vacancies.
But the court can bear it with gritted teeth...
At present, the promotion of compulsory education is proceeding in an orderly manner.
The feedback results from all over the place are very good.
Many people were grateful to the imperial court for this move, and some even spontaneously wanted to build a shrine for the emperor and offer longevity tablets at home.
Then came the imperial court’s major infrastructure projects.
After receiving Zhu Hongyu's instructions, the imperial court's Construction Department planned a very complete infrastructure project schedule.
This includes promoting the overall cementation transformation of official roads in affluent areas such as Jiangnan and Guangdong and Guangxi, and directly carrying out cement road projects to counties.
Increase investment in building railways connecting various provincial capitals.
And preparations are underway to build a double-north railway line connecting Beidu - Datong - Guihua City - Hara Helin - and then Beihai.
As well as the two main railway lines connecting Xi'an to Suiye City in Central Asia.
If the imperial court wanted to really digest the grasslands and the Western Regions, or even march into Siberia or Central Asia, the railway must be built.
Although it may take ten to twenty years to build these two railways, it will take a long time.
But if we don't do it, the time required to build the railway will not be shortened in vain.
To do something, you have to do it.
You can’t just put it off and put it off just because it’s difficult or the amount of work is huge.
Anyway, now the imperial court captured a large number of prisoners of war in the Battle of Daihai, and also received a large number of laborers sent by Wu Zhou, who just happened to be used to build the railway between the grassland and the Western Regions.
The reason why the Ming Dynasty was preparing to build a railway to the Western Regions was because at the beginning of this year, when Zhu Hongyu had just led his troops to conquer the country, Wu Zhou wrote to the court and chose to give up the Western Regions.
And they are the main force that has entered the subcontinent, preparing to completely establish a foothold in the subcontinent.
The reason why they did this was also very clear. Wu Zhou did not want to bear the attack from both sides by the Mughal Empire and the Persian Empire, and was prepared to drag Ming Dynasty down to help them share the pressure.
Naturally, Daming would not refuse this.
It is logical to accept that after Wu Zhou cleaned up the Western Regions, it was equivalent to a blank sheet of paper.
The Ming Dynasty's Zhengxi Protectorate was established at the location of Dihua City, and Li Bai's hometown, Suiye City, was re-incorporated under the rule of the Han family.
Daming and Wu Zhou will use Congling as their boundary!
Now that the Western Region is in hand, Zhu Hongyu naturally wants to build the railway.
Otherwise, the subsequent cost of maintaining rule in the Western Regions will be too high.
In addition, there are a series of major projects such as repairing the Yellow River embankment and dredging canals.
The current Yellow River embankment is relatively dilapidated. It was dug up once by Li Zicheng in the late Ming Dynasty, and then again during the Manchu and Qing dynasties in order to quell the Yuyuan Army uprising in Shandong...
Since then, it has not been properly repaired.
The current Yellow River embankment still breaks from time to time, which has a great impact on the imperial court.
Today's mother river, the Yellow River, can really be said to be a loving mother with swords in her hands. She can slash at wandering people, and she can also deliver critical blows with her swords.
No one can bear it after a long time!
The imperial court has to allocate money to provide relief to the victims every year.
Originally, the imperial court's disaster relief policy for the Yellow River was immigration.
Now that the Yellow River Basin has burst, let's immigrate to places where it has not burst. Anyway, the Ming Dynasty now lacks nothing but land.
But now that the imperial court is rich, it is natural to vigorously repair the Yellow River embankment.
At the very least, we must stop the Yellow River from bursting out like this.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In addition, there is also the imperial court's promotion of the construction of libraries in various places, etc...
Zhu Hongyu was feeling dizzy as he kept flipping through the memorials.
However, he still couldn't help but look at these things.
At night, Zhu Hongyu was lying on the bed. He couldn't sleep for a while and began to think about the governance of the Western Regions.
He always understood that if the imperial court wanted to effectively rule a place, it must have a financial surplus in that place.
Otherwise, just relying on the imperial court to provide blood transfusions to the local area, no matter how large the territory he conquers, he will not be able to maintain it in the future.
Sooner or later, there will be an unworthy descendant like Xuande.
To govern the Western Regions, Zhu Hongyu's first thought was to grow cotton.
The place in the Western Region has high sunlight and a large temperature difference between day and night, so it is very suitable for growing fruits.
However, due to the current transportation conditions in the Ming Dynasty, before the railway is built, even if fruits are grown locally, they cannot be transported to the inland.
It's going to be ruined on the road!
Unless you simply make wine locally or make preserved fruit, and then transport the finished product to the mainland.
But the transportation conditions for these things are also very harsh.
Other than that, it’s just about growing cotton.
Cotton is not afraid of rotting even if it is transported for a long time.
And more importantly, growing cotton in the Western Regions can complement the booming textile industry in the Han region.
In this way, it will make the Western Regions inseparable from the Ming Dynasty and ensure that future generations of the Ming Dynasty will not lose the Western Regions.
But in the final analysis, the key is to build railways!
Zhu Hongyu is really paying more and more attention to railways now.
He now discovered that many places really needed to build railways.
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June of the eighth year after the Ming Dynasty was restored.
New World, San Francisco Camp!
An Shengqiang, Wei Wu and others were eager to wait until the supply fleet arrived.
The docks at the Port of San Francisco were cleaned up in advance, and water was even sprinkled to suppress dust.
One after another, warships, supply ships, and civilian ships that followed the fleet and came to the New World began to dock one after another.
A bewildered immigrant and gold digger stepped off the ship. Looking at the dock in front of him and the San Francisco Fortress not far away, his original uneasy mood stabilized.
Looking at everything in front of them, at least they can be sure that the imperial court really intends to run this place.
Even if they come to the New World, they are not alone.
"This...is this the New World?"
The short and stocky Wang Gu stood in the crowd, looking at everything in front of him eagerly.
"Where is the gold mine? I'm going to pan for gold!"
"Yeah, gold rush, gold rush!"
"..."
As soon as they got off the boat, Wang Gu and a group of his younger brothers started making a noise.
Anyone who dares to follow the imperial fleet to the New World to pan for gold at this time is not a peaceful owner.
They had just stepped onto the soil of the New World, and they could no longer hold back.
However, as soon as Wang Gu and others finished speaking, a thin stick as thick as a finger was slapped on his body.
"be honest."
"I'll wait for you to register first, clean up your personal hygiene, and arrange your accommodation, and then someone will take you to go gold mining."
"Before that, please give me some peace of mind and don't cause trouble!"
The person who beat them with a stick was an old official. He had received several groups of immigrants and gold diggers in this New World.
I know these people are not peaceful people.
Otherwise, I would not dare to go to the New World now to try to make a fortune.
If you don't want to cause any trouble, you can't be nice to these people.
It is best to follow the principle of doing things with less force when doing things.
The common people are all afraid of officials, and no matter how restless their boss is, they would not dare to go against an official.
Only by controlling them from the beginning can we manage them easily later, otherwise something will happen sooner or later.
Wang Gu was slapped with a stick and turned around to curse.
But when he saw the official robe of the man who beat him, he felt like a duck being pinched by the throat, and he couldn't say anything.
All we can do is be obedient and accept the government's arrangements.
A group of people were asked to line up and then go to the registration desk at the pier to register.
Register their name, place of origin, gender, age, skills they possess, and the purpose of coming to the New World.
Only after these things are clearly counted can we arrange their work.
Wang Gu, who usually does not hesitate to mess around, said honestly.
"My name is Wang Gu. I am from Denglai, Shandong. I am male. I am thirty-one years old. I know how to work as a mason and carpenter. I came to the New World to pan for gold."
The official in charge of registration recorded Wang Gu's information, then gave him a wooden plaque recording Wang Gu's name and appearance, and said.
"Put this thing away. If you leave the camp and come back, you need to check the wooden sign."
"Once the wooden sign is lost, it must be replaced as soon as possible. If there is no wooden sign, you can only be a savage outside the camp."
Wang Gu quickly nodded and bowed to please.
"Yes, yes, yes, little one understands!"
Afterwards, Wang Gu and his party were arranged to take a bath and change into new clothes.
They were also asked to get a haircut, and all of them became bald in the blink of an eye.
The environment on these days' immigration ships is no better than in the slums. Rats, cockroaches, and lice are everywhere. The environment on the ship is humid and hot, making it easy for bacteria to breed.
If immigrants are not cleaned up after disembarking from the ship, there is a high possibility that plague will breed.
The dirty hair shaved off by the immigrants and the dirty clothes they changed into were all processed together, and the dirty hair was burned and buried.
The dirty clothes were washed and dried before being sold to the Indians.
An old piece of clothing can be exchanged for a bison from the Indians, and the price is not low.
Although Wang Gu and others were reluctant to shave their heads, no one dared to resist.
I thought I would just be a monk for a while, and I would be able to grow my hair again in the future.
A group of people wore new clothes and were then arranged to have a meal.
Everyone had the same food, corn tortillas with eggs, fried shredded potatoes, and a bowl of beef soup for each person.
The beef soup is cooked with big chunks of beef!
As they ate the beef in the soup, the discomfort Wang Gu and others had just caused by shaving their heads disappeared in an instant.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! They really didn’t expect that beef can be eaten in the New World!
Although life in the Ming Dynasty is not bad now, most people can have enough to eat.
But meat is not something that can be eaten often, let alone beef.
Cattle are protected animals and are not allowed to be slaughtered at will.
If a farm cow dies, it must be reported to the government. Only after the government approves it can it be slaughtered and eaten.
The various procedures are very troublesome!
Wang Gu asked an official responsible for leading them with curiosity on his face.
"Sir, can you eat beef in this new world?"
The official had a cold face, but did not refuse to reply.
"Um!"
"There's not much else in the New World except for the bison."
"As soon as we leave the camp, there are herds of bison everywhere, and there is so much to eat. Now everyone is tired of eating beef. Instead, they are hungry for rice and noodles."
Wang Gu smacked his lips, although he didn't say anything.
But he clearly didn't believe it.
He didn't believe there were people in the world who could get tired of eating beef.
That's beef, fragrant beef.
If you let him eat it, he will never get tired of it for the rest of his life.
After eating, a group of people were assigned their accommodation.
The accommodation provided to them by the government was not a luxurious single room, but an eight-person dormitory.
If you want a single room, you can also spend money to sell a piece of land to the court to build a house yourself.
Or add money!
Eight-person rooms are standard configuration.
In addition, there are six-person rooms, four-person rooms, two-person rooms, single rooms, and even suites.
But the corresponding accommodation fees are getting higher and higher.
For the first ten days after their arrival in the New World, the government provided free food and lodging.
But after ten days, you have to pay for food and accommodation.
Where does the money come from?
Go pan for gold!
To be honest, the room and board fees charged by the government in San Francisco are a bit high.
After all, gold diggers spend almost 50% of their monthly income on food and accommodation.
Not to mention that in addition to food and accommodation, there are also expenses on medical care, entertainment, gold mining tools, etc.
Under the deliberate guidance of the imperial court, gold diggers could save at most 10% to 20% of their monthly income.
There are even people who are working as a moonlight clan while digging for gold.
However, if you live a relatively frugal life and do not entertain or get sick, you can actually save 50% to 60% in a month.
And their income from gold mining in San Francisco in one month is more than their income in one year in their hometown.
In today's San Francisco, money is not considered money at all due to the existence of gold mines.
But if they could bring the money they saved back to Ming Dynasty, then basically all of them would go straight to a well-off society.
Therefore, even if the imperial court charges high fees for food and accommodation in the New World, there are still people who want to go to the New World to pan for gold.
As soon as the group of them settled down, several people, including Wang Gu and other skilled people, were called out.
An official said to several people.
"According to your own accounts, you all have skills, some are carpenters, some are blacksmiths, and some are masons..."
"No matter where they are working, skilled craftsmen are in demand."
"Next, those of you with skills don't have to go digging for gold. The court has other arrangements for you."
"The imperial court needs to mobilize all of you who have skills to strengthen and repair the city defenses of the San Francisco Fortress and further expand the settlements near the fortress..."
After the official said this, everyone looked hesitant on their faces.
Seeing the hesitation on everyone's faces, the official opened his mouth to explain again.
"Don't worry, you will definitely make more money in the end from the work that the imperial court has arranged for you to do than gold mining."
Wang Gu and others felt relieved after hearing this.
They came to the New World to make money. If the court arranged for them to work in vain, they would definitely not be happy.
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Inside the office of the Governor-General of the New World.
Governor An Shengqiang and Wei Wu sat on one side. He Xia, the court official who came to take over the rotation of the garrison this time, and military general Zhao Wei sat on the other side.
An Shengqiang opened his mouth to explain the current situation in the New World to He Xia and Zhao Wei.
"After the Battle of El Paso, the Indians were defeated miserably. Red Hair sent a large number of spies to the north. At present, the existence of the imperial stronghold in the New World is most likely exposed."
"Since this period of time, we have intercepted and killed several sentries sent by the red-haired people, but it is only a matter of time before the location of the stronghold is exposed."
"After Hong Mao discovers the location of our Ming Dynasty stronghold, there is a high probability that he will send troops to attack it."
"In other words, the imperial court's stronghold in the New World currently lacks military strength."
"This garrison rotation, if possible, please postpone it as much as possible."
"If possible, you should not leave. We will temporarily increase the number of troops in the New World. When the situation becomes clear later, we can rotate the troops and return to the Ming Dynasty."
An Shengqiang said this, emphasizing the criticality of the current situation in the New World.
Wei Wu also echoed.
"Master An is right. As far as we can tell, the number of troops Hongmao can mobilize in the New World may be tens of thousands or even more."
"Once they send troops to invade, San Francisco will be in danger!"
He Xia and Zhao Wei on the other side heard this, but they did not agree with them.
Zhao Wei said.
"The military order issued by the Fifth Army Governor's Office to us is to send troops to the New World and rotate the garrison in the New World."
"Instead of leaving the rotated troops in the New World."
"Military laws are strict and military orders are as high as mountains. I will not be able to agree to the general's request."
"Please general, please don't make things difficult for me!"
He Xia also nodded and said.
"Yes, if we don't take the rotated troops back, we won't be able to do business when we return to the mainland of Ming Dynasty."
If the current situation in the New World is that Hong Mao has sent troops to kill them, and the military situation is urgent, maybe they will choose to agree to the request of An Shengqiang and Wei Wu.
However, isn’t the San Francisco campground fine and nothing is going on right now?
In this situation, which is not a military emergency, who dares to take the military order of the Fifth Army Commander's Office seriously?
He Xia and Zhao Wei's operation may be very rigid, but it is the most in line with the procedures.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In order to prevent military generals from becoming bigger, the Ming Dynasty has always used checks and balances.
The rotation of local garrison troops is one of the main methods.
It can be regarded as one of the few iron rules in the military.
No one dares to violate it!
When Wei Wu heard this, he could only sigh and said.
"Then this time when you go back in rotation, take fewer weapons and try to leave us as many weapons and ammunition as possible."
He Xia and Zhao Wei did not refuse Wei Wu's request.
Zhao Wei pondered for a while and then said.
"At the end of the day, we will order people to unload a few more rotating machine guns and artillery pieces from the warships. We will also try to keep as many of those gunpowder, shells and bullets as possible for the New World side."
"However, the general needs to issue a certificate and stamp his signature!"
"Otherwise, there will be a vacancy in the weapons on the warship, and the general will not be able to explain it when he returns."
The current Pacific Ocean can be said to be the private territory of the Ming Dynasty.
No one can go to the North Pacific route to cause trouble to the Ming Dynasty!
Ming army ships running the North Pacific route do not need to be equipped with too many weapons.
Since the situation in the New World is critical, Zhao Wei doesn't mind unloading his weapons and leaving them to the New World.
He Xia seemed to have remembered something and spoke.
"Having said that, those civilian ships also have a lot of guns and artillery for self-protection. If the New World really lacks weapons, they can requisition a batch from the civilian ships..."
Hearing this, An Shengqiang nodded and said.
"This is what we have to do for now."
The garrison rotation was finally finalized and ordered. After a farewell banquet, the original garrison troops in the New World boarded the return ship according to their establishment.
Many people have their arms full of golden tickets, full of yearning and ready to return to the Ming Dynasty.
The Royal Bank of the Ming Dynasty established a branch in the New World to provide gold and silver exchange, account balance transfer, transoceanic transfer, deposit collection, and small low-interest loans to the troops and immigrants in the New World.
After many gold diggers find gold, their first choice is to exchange it at the Royal Bank of the Ming Dynasty to exchange the gold they found into Ming silver dollars.
Then, through the transoceanic transfer business of Daming Royal Bank, you can transfer the money to your family in your hometown.
Of course, if the gold diggers wanted to save the gold themselves, the court would not care.
But if the gold you have saved is stolen or robbed, it will be difficult to get it back.
Money touches people's hearts, but many things are hard to talk about.
Who dares to carry a large amount of gold with them?
But if you deposit the gold you find in the bank, you don't have to worry about this.
If something unexpected happens, the loss will be borne by Daming Royal Bank.
As long as you deposit the money in the bank, even if something happens to you, the money will be delivered to your wife and children without having to worry about being robbed.
This is the credibility guarantee that Daming Royal Bank has built over such a long period of time.
Many people think that it is safer to deposit their money in the bank.
The newly arrived garrison moved into the barracks with great expectations.
They were also very jealous when they looked at the earnings of those seniors who had left after stationed in the New World for several years.
Stand on the pier and watch the fleet leave San Francisco.
An Shengqiang sighed and said.
"It seems that if the New World wants to continue to increase its troops, it still depends on the court's decision."
"I hope the princes of the imperial court will not object to the increase of troops in the New World!"
Wei Wu let out a dull sigh and said.
"From the current point of view, we should probably continue to strengthen military training for immigrants."
"Make sure that if something unexpected happens, those immigrants can also supplement the losses of the army."
An Shengqiang nodded in agreement. He looked at the magnificent sea in front of him and said.
"I've been feeling a little flustered lately, I'm afraid something is going to happen!"
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Mexico City, Governor's Palace of New Spain.
Major Rosen knocked on Governor Pizarro's door with excitement on his face.
Pizarro heard the knock on the door and got up from the bed of a beautiful mulatto girl with a look of displeasure.
He wrapped himself in a pajamas, held a cigar in his mouth with an annoyed look, and opened the door.
He opened the door and said.
"It's best if you can give me a good reason to disturb my rest late at night, otherwise I will send you to wash the butt of General El's beloved horse..."
Pizarro opened the door and saw Major Rosen standing at the door with a happy face.
"Major Rosen, what's the matter?"
Rosen was his close confidant in the army. Seeing that it was Rosen who was looking for him, Pizarro suppressed his anger and asked, but his expression was still bad.
Rosen seemed not to notice the displeasure on Pizarro's face and said directly.
"Your Majesty the Governor, good news, our people have found the location of Akito's camp in the New World!"
"The bad news is that Akito is very powerful in the New World!"
When Pizarro heard this, the impatience on his face quickly disappeared.
Instead, there was a touch of surprise.
He asked.
"What's the specific situation?"
Rosen said.
"The man we sent infiltrated into an Indian tribe. He followed the Indian tribe's migration and finally found the specific location of Mingren's camp."
"According to the current information, Akito's camp is on the west coast, near the mouth of the lower reaches of the American River."
"According to what the spies said, the Ming people built a large bastion in the New World. There are many city defense guns in the bastion."
"The Ming Dynasty had about three thousand troops stationed in the New World and six to seven thousand ordinary immigrants."
"But it is said that ordinary Ming people are also receiving military training. It can be said that all Ming people in the New World are soldiers."
"Moreover, on the west coast, there are a large number of Indian tribes that have accepted official positions conferred by the Ming people, and many Indian tribes are receiving military training from Ming people's officers."
"Those Ming people influence and control a large number of Indian armed forces!"
"The ruling order established by Spain in the New World is facing great challenges."
"This is absolutely unacceptable to us."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Pizarro's face became a little ugly when he heard this, but he still asked.
"In your opinion, do our troops now have the ability to attack Akito's stronghold in the New World?"
He didn't care about Mingren's coveting of the New World.
The New World is really too big. The Spaniards have been operating it for more than two hundred years, but to them, the entire New World still has a large area of mist.
The Ming Dynasty's intervention in the New World was unlikely to threaten the Spanish rule over New Spain in a short period of time.
Because the settlements of the Ming Dynasty are too far away from the core control area of the Spanish!
However, if Akito is very powerful in the New World, then his plan to force Akito to negotiate with Spain by attacking Akito's stronghold in the New World will come to nothing.
When Rosen heard this, he shook his head and said.
"Sir, I don't know!"
"Maybe you need to ask General El about this!"
Pizarro took a deep breath, forced a sincere smile on his face, and praised.
"Haha, you did a good job on this, Major Rosen!"
"It's getting late today. You should go back and rest first. I will ask someone to implement the reward that should be given to you as soon as possible."
"I believe it won't be long before I can call you Lieutenant Colonel Rosen."
When Rosen heard this, a touch of joy appeared on his face, and he said with a smile.
"I would like to thank the Governor for the promotion!"
Rosen received the answer and resigned with satisfaction.
…
The next day, Pizarro, the governor of New Spain, convened many high-level meetings in Mexico City.
At the meeting, he announced the news that Rosen had discovered.
"According to the news, Akito has arrived in the New World."
"The location and specific conditions of their stronghold in the New World have almost been discovered."
"The Ming people built a fortress on the west coast of the American River downstream. There were 3,000 troops stationed inside and 6,700 immigrants who were all soldiers."
"Moreover, they also indirectly influence and control a large number of Indian tribes, which has seriously threatened the safety of New Spain."
"We can no longer ignore this and watch Akito continue to grow bigger."
"General El, tell me, how many troops do we need to mobilize to remove Akito's stronghold in the New World?"
General El said with a serious face after hearing this.
"According to intelligence, the Akira people built a large bastion in their settlement."
"Everyone knows that a bastion is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If we don't have ten times the strength of the troops, I'm afraid it won't be possible to defeat it."
"Even if you don't count the ordinary immigrants of Ming people, and only count the regular army of Ming people, there are still 3,000 people."
"To be on the safe side, if we want to threaten Akito's bastion, we need at least 50,000 people."
"After all, we still have to guard against the possibility of the Indians suddenly getting involved!"
Pizarro spoke.
"We don't necessarily have to lay down a bastion."
"In other words, we don't need to lay down a bastion at all."
"As long as we can encircle the bastion so that Akito's settlements are temporarily unable to be self-sufficient in the new continent and must rely on local supplies."
"Our purpose is just to force Akito to return to the negotiating table and negotiate with us, not to expand the dispute between Akito and us."
What Pizarro wanted was for Ming Dynasty to resume trade with Spain, not to really offend Ming Dynasty to death.
In this case, controlling the scale of the war is what he must do.
Unexpectedly, after Pizarro finished speaking, General El next to him spoke.
"No, no, no! Mr. Governor, I think your thinking is wrong."
"If we want to force the Akito to resume trade with us, we must break through the bastion and even capture a certain number of Akito prisoners to use as blackmail."
"We must let the Ming Dynasty know that without our Spanish permission, they will not be able to settle in the New World. Only then will they be forced to resume trade with us."
"If we encircle the Mingren's bastion and fortress but do not attack, the Mingren may think that we cannot defeat their bastion."
"In this case, Akito will not pay attention to our request!"
"In this case, it is not certain whether Emperor Mingren will choose to surrender."
Pizarro nodded slightly when he heard this. He had to admit that what General El said was reasonable.
"If we want to attack Akito's bastion, will the fifty thousand men be too few?"
Pizarro asked.
After General El said this, he felt that 50,000 people was a bit too few.
When General El heard this, he stroked his beard with one hand and laughed very proudly.
"Hahaha, 50,000 people are enough. I have confidence in our young men."
Pizarro heard this and said nothing more.
Instead, he began to give orders to prepare for sending troops.
Fifty thousand people, crossing the entire New World, fighting from the east coast to the west coast, will consume an astronomical number of logistical supplies.
Given the current situation of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, planning must be done in advance.
Finally, after discussion between General El and Pizarro, the method they came up with was to take the sea route instead of the land route.
Through Spanish naval power, the Armada set out from Mexico City and headed south, around Cape Horn, and then all the way north to deliver its army to the west coast.
It's a bit of a detour, but it's still more realistic than having the infantry carry the logistics and travel from the east coast to the west coast to fight in the still-wild New World.
In the absence of railways, shipping is definitely the lowest-cost means of transportation.
There is no need to doubt this.
While discussing the march plan, Pizarro came up with the idea of building the Panama Canal more than once.
But it is a pity that with Spain's current national strength and engineering capabilities, it is completely impossible for them to do it.
Eight years after the Ming Dynasty was restored, at the end of 1674 AD, after half a year of preparation, the Spanish began their first large-scale expedition after arriving in the New World.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! A fleet carrying 50,000 Spanish troops set off from Mexico City in a mighty manner and headed south.
After rounding Cape Horn, the fleet continued northward toward San Francisco.
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At the same time, the fleet that went to the New World for rotational garrison also returned to the Ming Dynasty.
Also returning with the rotating fleet were gold-carrying ships from the New World.
A large amount of gold was sent back to the Ming Dynasty again!
After landing, He Xia and Zhao Wei quickly handed over the rotating troops to the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion for placement.
Then they went to the palace to see Zhu Hongyu, preparing to convey to the emperor the threats and challenges that Ming Dynasty was facing in the New World.
Zhu Hongyu met the two of them in his imperial study.
While he was looking through Daming's recent gold mining income statement in San Francisco, he ordered someone to give the two of them a seat.
From the current point of view, the imperial court's gold mining income in the New World has not decreased.
Not only has it not decreased, it has even tended to increase with the increase in gold mining manpower.
Zhu Hongyu was very satisfied with this.
The gold income from the New World really greatly supplemented the financial expenses of the Ming Dynasty.
He Xia said.
"Your Majesty, as far as I know, the situation in the New World is very tense right now."
"The existence of our Ming Dynasty's stronghold in the New World has been exposed, and we may face Hongmao's attack at any time."
"This is a joint memorial written by Governor An and General Wei of the New World. I will convey it to you on my behalf!"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Hongyu put down the report in his hand and picked up the reports from An Shengqiang and Wei Wu.
Seeing the two men's requests for help and additional troops in the memorial, Zhu Hongyu pondered for a while and then spoke.
"Well, I know about this, please step back first!"
"I will then discuss this matter with the cabinet and the Fifth Army Commander-in-Chief."
Zhu Hongyu has the final say on whether to send more troops to the New World.
But how much to increase the troops, where to draw them from, and how to ensure the logistics of the increase all require the Fifth Army Commander's Office to do the corresponding work.
The cabinet must also do corresponding coordination work, such as increasing the corresponding number of immigrants from the New World, etc...
After all, things like sending more troops to the New World will involve a lot of matters, and it is definitely not something Zhu Hongyu can decide on his own.
An emperor who pats his head and makes decisions at any time is not a good emperor!
Having such an emperor is definitely not a blessing to the country and nation.
Because many things cannot be decided by just patting your head.
Many things require rigorous investigation and evidence collection, and careful consideration before making the most correct choice.
He Xia and Zhao Wei resigned from the palace, and Zhu Hongyu ordered to convene the ministers of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, as well as the cabinet ministers, to enter the palace to discuss matters.
Zhu Hongyu didn't have to wait long before the ministers from the cabinet and the commander-in-chief of the five armies gathered in the imperial study.
Zhu Hongyu did not hesitate and bluntly raised the current situation in the New World.
He also expressed his decision to send more troops to the new continent.
"From the current point of view, increasing troops in the New World is a very necessary thing."
"What do you gentlemen think of this?"
Zhu Hongyu asked Guiwen, but he knew that absolutely no one, whether it was the cabinet or the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, would refuse to increase the number of troops in the New World.
Even if everything else is put aside, the Ming Dynasty cannot give up the annual gold mining profits in the New World.
Otherwise, if such a large amount of income is lost all at once, Ming Dynasty's finances will have a big problem!
For this large amount of gold income every year, even if Zhu Hongyu wanted to fight a cross-ocean war with the Spanish, no one in the Ming Dynasty would refuse.
Sure enough, as Zhu Hongyu expected, as soon as he said this, the ministers of the Ming Dynasty's cabinet and the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion all bowed down and said.
"My Holy Emperor!"
"It's all up to Your Majesty!"
"More troops, we must increase our troops. If Hong Mao dares to invade our San Francisco camp in the Ming Dynasty, then we will fight! Beat him if it hurts, beat him if he is afraid, and beat him until he is subdued!"