Zhu Ying suddenly discovered that the grassland soldiers were really useful.
Use them to intervene in the situation in the Middle East without affecting the Ming Dynasty at all.
In this way, Ming Dynasty did not need to directly participate in the war to be affected.
Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied with this plan.
"Can these 50,000 soldiers withstand Timur's attack?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a smile.
Zhu Ying replied: "Of course it's impossible, but it can bring a lot of pressure to Timur's army in the early stage. Judging from the current intelligence, in addition to its strong combat power, Timur's army also has very powerful firearms.
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"Their catapults and artillery were beyond the ability of the Sultan of Delhi to resist. Although the Mongolian soldiers were not bad, they would naturally retreat under the influence of firearms."
Zhu Ying's tone was relaxed. This wave was equivalent to consuming a lot of Mongolian soldiers.
Now that the Mongol soldiers are dead, it would be nice if the Tughluq dynasty could provide more pensions, and everyone would be happy.
As long as the money is provided, there will naturally be many tribes in Beiyuan willing to participate in the war.
Others didn't like to deal with the Mongols, but they didn't have so much fear when dealing with the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Ying was not worried that his business would cause the Mongols to go it alone.
If there are any Mongolians who bypass the Beiyuan Mercenary Guild and work alone, sanctions will be launched directly. Not only will they be removed from the guild, but their tribes will also be sanctioned one after another.
How can a well-built platform be easily destroyed by others?
Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment and then said: "Thirty thousand taels of gold may seem like a lot, but in fact it is only three hundred thousand guan of treasure notes. This is not like your temperament, Grandson."
Zhu Ying gave a thumbs up; "He who knows me is my grandfather."
"This is considered a low price for Tughluq. In fact, Sun'er originally did not intend to make too much money from soldiers. This will affect my reputation in Ming Dynasty, and it will be difficult to work elsewhere in the future."
"Now my grandson has prepared many firearms that were once obsolete and are now on their way to the Sultan of Delhi."
"Firearms are consumables. At this time, no matter how high the price is, the Sultan of Delhi will accept it. This is where the real money is made."
"This sale is not only to Sultan Mahmud, but also to the governors of those places. They will definitely be willing to pay a lot of money to buy it and protect their territories."
"I have also prepared many students who graduated from the Ming Dynasty Military Academy to go with them to help the Sultan of Delhi train new recruits to better control firearms."
At this point, Zhu Yuanzhang still didn't understand what Da Sun was thinking.
"You are trying to drag Timur into the quagmire of war, and use the Sultan of Delhi to let Timur continue to invest troops."
Zhu Yuanzhang had to admit that this was a genius idea.
This is like Ming Dynasty and Tamerlane fighting in the air.
The reason why Timur sent an army of 300,000 troops was because he wanted to take over the entire Delhi Sudan area in one go.
The position of the Sultan of Delhi is very critical. It borders the Tibetan area indirectly controlled by the Ming Dynasty, and is sandwiched between the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.
Once the Delhi Sultan is completely captured, Timur will be able to intimidate the Ming Dynasty and the grassland areas.
At the same time, the 300,000-strong army also demonstrated its own force value very well.
Timur wanted to launch a blitzkrieg, but Zhu Ying would certainly not let him do so.
If you want people to give people, if you want firearms to give firearms, you are dragging Timur into the quagmire of the Sultan of Delhi.
Want to win the Delhi Sultans in the beginning of next spring?
Go ahead and dream.
Zhu Ying wanted Timur to know what would happen if he didn't give Daming face.
Especially firearms.
In the past two years, Zhu Ying has vigorously developed the Gunpowder Department, especially the firearms manufacturing workshop below, which has now added more than 200 new ones.
A school dedicated to training firearms craftsmen was also set up.
Today's firearms craftsmen's status is not low. Not only can they receive the same official salary as officials, but they also have many benefits.
For example, when it comes to the arrangement of a house, as long as you work for a certain number of years and complete the assessment tasks arranged by the Gunpowder Department, you can obtain the title deed of the house.
In each gunpowder workshop, there are schools for children and clinics for free treatment.
It means that as long as you enter the gunpowder workshop, you will have nothing to worry about in your life.
In today's era, having food and drink without worries is a good wish of almost all the people at the bottom.
This wish can be realized as long as you can enter the gunpowder workshop.
Almost all the people are very enthusiastic about it.
As long as there is an announcement of enrollment in the firearms school, there will be an endless stream of people signing up, and there will be a long queue, so there is no need to worry about not being able to enroll.
The Ming Dynasty itself was very short of copper and iron mineral deposits, which could support the manufacture of today's firearms, which was inseparable from the Japanese state.
Even though the vassal kings of Japan evaded taxes and sold mineral deposits privately, in today's market, the biggest buyer was naturally the Ming Dynasty.
Even after spending some money, these mineral deposits still flowed into the Ming Dynasty.
That is to say, when it was about to reach the end of the year, Zhu Yuanzhang's edict reached the hands of the various vassal kings of the Japanese country.
Zhu Ying's move can be said to be a real blow to the bottom of the pot.
This immediately caused several vassal kings to panic.
The four feudal kings, who originally had conflicts, had no choice but to gather together to discuss countermeasures.
"Brothers, do we really need to mobilize 10,000 elite soldiers to return to the Ming Dynasty?"
The first person to speak was Qi King Zhu Shu.
As the youngest brother, the second most general in terms of military strength, King Zhu Su of Qi really did not want to reduce his 50,000 troops to 10,000.
This is on someone else's territory, and there is always the threat of war. The role of ten thousand elite soldiers is very important.
Zhu Fan snorted coldly: "Is it possible, Lao Qi, that you still want to disobey your father's decree?"
King Zhu Su of Qi felt a little aggrieved: "Third brother, if this is what we are doing, why are we gathering together? We can just mobilize our troops."
Zhu Di came out to talk at this time: "The soldiers must be transferred back. Father's decree has been issued, so no one can violate it."
"But there is another explanation for how to mobilize and which troops to mobilize. The edict does not specify which troops to mobilize. Naturally, there can be more reservations here."
When Qi King Zhu Su heard this, he couldn't help but said: "This will not offend my father."
Zhu Fan immediately cursed: "Stupid."
"According to our Ming Dynasty's troop deployment system, the Ministry of War has always issued a document stating the specific transfer of guard posts and generals. However, this time, following my father's decree, there is no detailed document from the Ministry of War."
"This is tantamount to saying that we should make our own decisions. Could it be that you want to send your most capable soldiers back to the Ming Dynasty?"
This time Zhu Fan did not attack Zhu Di, because the direction of today's discussion was to take into account the overall interests of the four vassal kings.
Although the current four major vassal kings have conflicts among themselves, especially some issues involving the ownership of the vassal states, even if they do not cause military conflicts, they still continue to quarrel.
But on the whole, the four major vassal kings can be considered to have prospered and suffered losses.
Everyone is the prince and vassal king of the Ming Dynasty, and they all live here in the Japanese country.
I can’t tell what will happen in the future, but at least the inheritance is here now.
Not only for oneself, but also for future generations and hereditary inheritance.
Zhu Xi coughed lightly, and the others stopped talking, waiting for Zhu Xi, the second brother, to speak.
Since the eldest brother Zhu Biao left, the second brother Zhu Fang is the eldest.
The Ming Dynasty pays attention to dignity and order, so Zhu Xi is the most talkative in the Ming Dynasty. No matter it is Zhu Fan, Zhu Di or Zhu Shu, they all have to give some face.
"As for the matter of troop deployment, everyone can figure it out for themselves. Since the fourth child has already pointed out the rationale, I won't say more."
"The serious matter we are discussing in this meeting is still related to the mineral deposits. This time our father has taken away our troops, everyone knows that this is a warning given to us by our father."
"In recent times, including me, everything has gone a little too far."
"A dozen more mineral deposits have been opened, but the taxes paid are not much different from before. This will of course arouse the anger of my father."
"Then, when it comes to taxation, we must be as restrained as possible."
King Zhu Su of Qi said helplessly: "Second brother, the maritime merchants we ship now used to work with Taisun. Now the trading of mineral deposits has basically been rounded up by Taisun."
"Last time I contacted other maritime merchants to do this business, they just shut up immediately after hearing the news."
"How can we hide the amount of our shipments from my grandson and my father? I'm afraid they have better accounting records than we do."
Zhu Ying controls a large amount of business intelligence, which is a very shocking thing no matter which dynasty in history.
The transaction of mineral deposits could not be hidden from Zhu Ying's intelligence channels at all, because they could only be sold to the Ming Dynasty in the end.
In the world today, only the Ming Dynasty can purchase mineral deposits on a large scale.
Even if other countries need it, they cannot afford so many goods.
In the past, it could have been sold to the grasslands through Goryeo's trade routes, but now the business in the grasslands has basically been covered by the Ming Dynasty.
Besides, the vassal kings cannot do such traitorous behavior.
If a certain vassal king behaves like this, he will definitely not be able to hide it from the other three vassal princes.
Once the report is reported to the emperor in the capital, one hundred percent will be deprived of the vassal state and demoted to a commoner, which is really not worth the gain.
These bottom-line issues cannot be touched by the feudal kings.
"Have you ever thought about why our business has been going so smoothly even though we cannot hide it from our grandson?"
"This shows that Taisun is not overly controlling this matter, or he is tacitly agreeing to it. It's just that everyone has gone too far recently, and this is why he was beaten."
"It seems to be the decree from my father, but it is actually the wish of my grandson. Now that the Ming Dynasty has developed to such a strong and prosperous state, my father has already obeyed his advice."
Zhu Di made it clear directly.
In fact, these words were meant to be heard by King Zhu Su of Qi.
Compared with his elder brothers, Qi King Zhu Shu obviously still lacked a lot of political acumen.
Zhu Shu is still a little confused now.
He felt that his brothers had been talking for a long time, but it was as if they had not said anything at all.
After going around and around, in the final analysis, we still need to mobilize troops, and we need to reduce the amount of mineral deposits that we can embezzle.
It doesn't seem very complicated, but why does it feel so complicated when it comes from the mouths of several brothers?
At this time, Zhu Shu simply kept silent and listened to the conversation of his brothers.
Anyway, as far as the current vassal states are concerned, we are the smallest in scale, and they are fighting fiercely, but it has nothing to do with us.
"Fourth brother, how is the communication with the Ryukyu Kingdom and the Great Ryukyu Kingdom? Is there no problem now?" Zhu Xi suddenly asked.
Zhu Di replied: "Things are not going very smoothly. Except for the fact that Zhongshan is willing to cooperate with us, Shannan and Shanbei do not agree."
"Such a thing must be done through the decree of the Ming Dynasty."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Fan sneered and said: "It seems that they still haven't figured out their position. Since they don't want to cooperate with us, there is no need to keep them."
"Prepare as soon as possible to help Zhongshan annex the other two countries. This will also make it easier for us to act."
"I said it at the beginning. There are too many conflicts among the three countries, and it is easier to do bad things. It would be much easier to do it with one country."
Zhu Xi nodded slightly: "Then let's settle it like this."
Then he turned to look at Zhu Shu and said, "Old Qi, you have been idle recently, so just take charge of this matter."
Zhu Shu turned around and looked at Zhu Di. Zhu Fan took one look and could only nod helplessly.
It is said that he was idle because he did not participate in the competition for mineral deposits. Basically, all the mineral deposits discovered on the border of the feudal kingdom were given away.
It won't work if you don't give in. Zhu Shu doesn't have the courage to fight with any of his brothers.
Since childhood, everyone has not been on the same level in terms of status.
In the 23rd year of Hongwu's reign, when Zhu Di made great achievements, Zhu Su followed his fourth brother and followed his orders.
Needless to say, the second brother and the third brother were bullied a lot when they were young. This is a childhood shadow series.
So Zhu Shu simply settled down in the Japanese country and guarded his three-acre land without anyone's help to maintain neutrality.
The days were passed happily and carelessly.
"Okay, I will send my confidants to deal with this matter. But regarding the soldiers and ships, I will ask my brothers to help me a lot."
Zhu Xi nodded and said: "Each person has two thousand soldiers and three ships. A force of eight thousand is more than enough to deal with two small countries."
Naturally, the feudal princes had no objections.
Regarding the development of overseas military forces, it was decided two months ago.
The mining of mineral deposits has made the hands of several vassal princes even more money than they can describe. A large amount of money has been idle all of a sudden, and the palace can hardly let it go.
Because of the particularity of Japan's current mineral deposits, they are restricted from developing their military forces unscrupulously, which can easily lead to conflicts with Japan, leading to greater conflicts.
Therefore, several vassal kings came up with the idea of developing overseas power.
This idea also came from Zhu Ying's method, and it was unanimously agreed upon by Zhu Di after it was proposed.
His eyes quickly set his sights on the Ryukyu Kingdom and the Great Ryukyu Kingdom.
The Ryukyu Kingdom has a special geographical location. They can invest money in development and then use it as a springboard to participate in the trade of the Western and Southern Oceans.