Chapter 718, Gonggai Three Emperors, Degao Five Emperors
"Your Majesty, great victory, great victory~"
Xiao Huangmen came panting, holding in his hand the good news that had just been delivered from Tianjin.
Xiao Jing, who was beside Emperor Hongzhi, did not dare to neglect, and quickly went over to take it, and respectfully handed it to Emperor Hongzhi's hand.
Emperor Hongzhi picked up the good news and read it quickly. A smile soon appeared on his face.
"Haha, okay, Zhang Mao and Liu Jin are doing well here in Nanyang."
Emperor Hongzhi was so happy. This good news was jointly signed by Zhang Mao, Liu Jin, Wang Shouren and Yang Yun. It will provide detailed information about the Ming army's war in Malacca and Siam in Nanyang.
Almost effortlessly, he easily agreed to Malacca and Siam, forcing them to cede territory and pay compensation. Malacca would compensate the Ming Dynasty 17 million taels of silver, and Siam would compensate the Ming Dynasty 50 million taels of silver, if interest is included.
, a total compensation of hundreds of millions of taels of silver was made.
Coupled with the ceded land, Ming Dynasty has a land in the Malay Peninsula, in the throat of Southeast Asia. With this land, Ming Dynasty can control Siam, Myanmar, Cambodia, and dominate Jinzhou and Java.
, Bo Ni, and the east side can also echo the Nanyang Province, and the entire Nanyang has completely fallen under the control of the Ming Dynasty.
"Liu Jin still makes people feel comfortable in his work. He gets the maximum reward with the minimum effort. No matter how much money he has, the navy does not have to worry about military expenses."
Emperor Hongzhi was really convinced that Liu Jin would make money.
Not only can he do business, but also the war between countries. In the past, it was a loss-making business and called militarism. But it was different with Liu Jin.
Every war was fought to obtain the maximum benefit at the minimum cost. Territories were ceded and compensation was paid. Each time, Emperor Hongzhi's pockets instantly became bulging.
Now it's time to worry about the money in the internal funds. There is too much money and I don't know how to spend it.
However, Emperor Hongzhi now has a stupid way, which is to deposit it into the First Bank of the Ming Dynasty and simply earn interest. Emperor Hongzhi is very satisfied.
"Everyone, let's take a look~"
After reading the report, Emperor Hongzhi also gave the good news to Xiao Jing and motioned for him to pass it on to all the ministers.
Liu Jian, the chief minister of the cabinet, was the first to read it, and he also read it ten lines at a time. He couldn't help but open his mouth slightly.
"This Liu Jin is really like a goose plucking his hair. As long as he has been to places? Even if it is a mosquito leg? He has to scrape out a piece of flesh. The small country here in Malacca actually forced it to sign such an agreement.
? Compensate 17 million taels of silver to Ming Dynasty."
"How come a small country has so much money?"
"Elegance is wiped out, and the image of Ming Dynasty that has been operating for hundreds of years is gone."
"But? This is indeed a lot of benefits for our Ming Dynasty. With money, we can do things easily? Malacca is a strategic place. With Malacca, our Ming Dynasty will control this choke point."
Liu Jin couldn't help but sigh in his heart, only Liu Jin could think of such an agreement? If they go there? Most of them will just reprimand them and then ask them to verbally apologize to Ming Dynasty.
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After all, for traditional Confucians like them, face is more important than anything else, and this is especially true for Ming Dynasty's face. As for other things, it is not important.
Everyone read the good news one by one, and everyone couldn't help but widen their eyes.
"Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty~"
Then everyone quickly congratulated Emperor Hongzhi in unison.
No matter what, this was a victory, a great victory. It not only taught Malacca and Siam a severe lesson, but also gained a new piece of land.
Of course, what is more important is the huge amount of war reparations received.
Capital with interest? Calculate war compensation of hundreds of millions of taels? What is this concept?
This means that almost everyone in the Ming Dynasty can get almost one tael of silver compensation from this war? Such a huge amount of wealth can be said to have made the Ming Dynasty rich overnight.
You must know that in the past, the Ming Dynasty's national treasury received less than four million taels of silver in taxes per year. Now it has received such a huge compensation all at once, hundreds of millions of taels of silver. Although it was paid in installments over many years,
It was also enough for Ming Dynasty to continuously obtain huge wealth.
In addition to land and gold and silver, Ming Dynasty's actions in Nanyang also greatly shocked the countries in Nanyang.
Even Siam, the most powerful country in the southeastern peninsula, was defeated by the Ming army's attack. A small country like Malacca surrendered directly under a barrage of artillery fire.
Annan and Champa were directly destroyed by the Ming Dynasty and became the Jiaozhi and Xianglin provinces of the Ming Dynasty. Facing such a powerful Ming Dynasty, all the Southeast Asian countries in the entire Nanyang region finally felt the terror of the wrath of thunder.
The power of the Ming Dynasty was truly felt by the countries in Southeast Asia. In the past few months, the countries that had imposed heavy taxes on the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty have all restrained themselves, fearing that they would be attacked by the Ming army because of the tax issue.
As for the pirates, thieves and bandits in the Nanyang region, they have disappeared without a trace, and they dare not encounter the swords of the Ming army at this time.
"Haha~"
Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help laughing happily when he heard everyone's congratulations.
Well, Liu Jin is right. Put aside the so-called face and focus on interests to the outside world. This will make things more comfortable.
If it remains the same as before, if you tell them about the relationship between the suzerain and vassal states, they will regard you as their enemy and think that although the Ming Dynasty is great, it is only superficial and you are strong on the outside but weak on the inside.
It's better now. Throw away those imaginary things and only talk about benefits, only practical benefits, and everything will be very comfortable.
Isn’t this compensation money worth a lot of money?
Or is it that the compensation land is not fertile?
"Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty~"
"Your Majesty is a man of great talent and strategy, and his civil and military skills are as good as those of the three emperors and the five emperors of virtue. Even the Emperors of Qin, Han, Wu, Tang Zong, and Song Zu are far behind your Majesty..."
Some ministers stood up and slapped Emperor Hongzhi's flattery indiscriminately, so much so that Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but blush slightly, but he enjoyed this feeling very much.
In fact, people are all the same. Even if he is an emperor, he is inevitably like this.
Those who become emperors also hope to compare themselves with the emperors of the ages. Now some ministers compare Emperor Hongzhi with Emperor Qin, Han Wu, Emperor Tang and Song Zulai, which makes him enjoy it very much.
Of course, although there is an element of flattery in this, judging from the current territory of the Ming Dynasty, it seems that Emperor Hongzhi's achievements are not much worse than those of these emperors.
At least, the current Ming Dynasty is no longer the Ming Dynasty in the traditional sense. It has gone out of its original trajectory and is developing towards a new era. Its territory is constantly expanding, and the area under its jurisdiction is getting larger and larger.
The current Ming army is no worse than the powerful armies in history. In the past few years, they have won great victories every time in successive battles. Their own losses are minimal, but they are always able to obtain huge rewards.
So this flattery is not too much.
"Haha, this is the blessing of our ancestors, the result of the concerted efforts of our Ming Dynasty's monarchs and ministers, and the concerted efforts of our subjects. I dare not take the greatest credit. This credit belongs to all our subjects."
Emperor Hongzhi blushed slightly and said very modestly.
This is an old saying. If there is any merit, it is due to the blessing of the ancestors, the hard work of the ministers, and the hard work of the people of the Ming Dynasty. He has no merit in becoming the emperor. This is the case for emperors in all dynasties.
This is a humble statement.
"Publish my decree and send this great victory to all parts of the Ming Dynasty in the form of reports. The whole country of the Ming Dynasty will celebrate with joy."
"Yes~"
When the ministers heard this, they nodded quickly.
"Your Majesty, Liu Jin suggested establishing a new province in this newly acquired land on the Malay Peninsula. He also suggested building another city here in Malacca~"
"There may not be enough officials in this area. I would also like to ask Your Majesty to issue an order to appoint people from all over the country. These people will be sent to various provinces in Southeast Asia to serve as officials to consolidate the borders of our Ming Dynasty."
Wang Hao, the Minister of Personnel, couldn't help but feel a headache. He had just finished discussing the matter of Xianglin and Jiaozhi. It's better for you to come up with a new province for me. Now it's better and I can live again.
"Leave this matter to Wang Aiqing."
Emperor Hongzhi nodded and agreed. He was in a really good mood now.
Forget about expanding the territory, the key is that the money can't be spent all. A steady stream of money flows into the Ming Dynasty, from Annan to Champa, then to Malacca and Siam. The losses of the Ming army are almost negligible, but they are
Huge fruits of war were obtained.
This really gave him a taste of the sweetness.
"The world is very big. These are just the Nanyang countries. Liu Jin and Zhang Mao will definitely not come back for a while. There are still some Nanyang countries that have not been dealt with. When the time comes, these Nanyang countries will be sorted out. This money
You can easily bring back tens of millions of silver."
"The key is that in the future, compensation will be returned to the Ming Dynasty every year, so there is no need to worry about military expenditures."
"Well, we must continue to expand the navy and the army. No matter how big the world is and how many countries there are, will we still 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.
Think about what kind of life I lived in the past, it was very frustrating.
In order to save money and save money, the palace was not willing to repair it. If it wanted to do something, the minister immediately gave back everything he had as soon as he said he had no money.
"After defeating the countries in the Southern Ocean, the next step is to deal with the countries in the Western Regions."
Soon, Emperor Hongzhi looked at the huge world map, and also looked at the Western Regions.
"Conquering 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."
