After selling three rose stones in Luoyang, Wang Chongdu, Li Zuqia and others left Beijing, rushing back to organize gold diggers to go to Australia.
At this time, the Military Intelligence Department received a telegram.
A telegram from Han Shizhong!
Shi Yuangong had retired and returned to his hometown, and Ma Kuo took over his post.
Ma Kuo, Zhang Guangdao, Li Bao and others hurried to the side hall of Chuigong Hall to attend the imperial meeting with the cabinet ministers.
Ma Kuo, who is usually responsible for intelligence summary and analysis, gave a basic introduction to everyone: "Pailu Khan of the Kelie tribe was injured during the breakout and died soon after returning to the tribe. This man had more than thirty sons..."
Historically, Beilu Khan had forty sons. In this time and space, he died before he could have so many sons.
One of the sons, Wang Han, was only thirteen or fourteen years old at this time.
"When Beilu Khan unified the Kerei tribe, many tribes were not conquered by force. In order to consolidate his rule, Beilu Khan granted various titles to various disciples and sent his sons to rule various tribes. There were increasing conflicts with some small tribes under his rule.
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"This time there was a rebellion from a small tribe. They took advantage of Beilu Khan's invasion of Mongolia and revealed Beilu Khan's whereabouts to the Mongols. The Mongols took advantage of the fact that the Kelei tribe had not yet completed its assembly, and launched an ambush and raid to defeat the Kelei tribe.
.Beilu Khan’s wife and several sons were all captured..."
"Beilu Khan died of serious injuries after breaking through the siege. His eldest son Tuoli and his brother Juer Khan gathered troops to resist. They fought many times with the Mongols and ceded territory to negotiate for peace."
"The Mongolian army retreated. Tuoli claimed to inherit the throne of Beilu Khan and sent an envoy to Han Shizhong to ask for the title. His brothers refused to accept it, so he killed more than 20 of them in one breath, and took the opportunity to annex his brothers' tribes and pastures...
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The ministers were shocked when they heard this. He was a ruthless man. He killed more than twenty brothers at will.
"Tuoli's uncle Jurhan was cunning and did not go to the alliance hosted by Tuoli. After learning that Tuoli had killed more than twenty brothers, Jurhan immediately united all the ministries to send troops. Tuoli had just annexed his brothers' tribes.
, the hearts of the people were unstable, the morale of the army was in confusion, they were completely defeated, and they took refuge with the Mongols with their remaining troops."
"Mongolia sent troops to help Tuoli regain the throne of Khan, and took the opportunity to cut off a large area of grassland in the Kelei tribe."
"Ju'er Khan was defeated by the Tuoli and Mongolian coalition forces, and took the remaining troops south to seek refuge with Han Shizhong, and asked the Ming Dynasty to send troops to help..."
The Juer Khan here is of course not Yelu Dashi, but the younger brother of Beilu Khan, the former chief of the Kelie tribe.
Ma Kuo pointed to the map of Mobei and said: "Mobei is now dominated by the Mongolian tribes, and the Kelei tribe has been beaten to pieces. Although Tuoli borrowed troops from Mongolia and nominally unified the Kelei tribe again, he
Killing brothers and cutting the territory twice is very unpopular among the Kled tribe."
In fact, in addition to Tuoli's uncle Juerhan who defected to Han Shizhong, Tuoli's other brother also joined forces and led the remaining troops to the west to defect to the Naiman tribe north of the Anxi Protectorate.
The Naiman tribe has always wanted to get involved in Mobei, and it is very likely that they will send troops next year. They can help and assassinate them back to seize the power of the Klei tribe.
The Ming court did not know this news yet.
The ministers looked at the map and listened to Ma Kuo's explanation, and soon understood the situation in Mobei.
Li Bao said: "This series of changes happened so fast that Han Shizhong and Yue Fei had no time to stop it. If we sit back and do nothing, the Mongols are very likely to unify Mobei."
Historically, the traitors of the Klei tribe led the Tatar tribe to ambush and raid, tearing the Klei tribe into pieces. At that time, the Mongolian tribes were also suppressed by the Jin Kingdom and the Tatar tribe, and they could barely protect themselves but were unable to expand.
Now that the Tatar tribe and the Jin Kingdom are gone, the stronger Mongolian tribes will naturally not let go of the opportunity when faced with the fragmented Klei tribe.
After some discussion, Ju Ming made a decision: "Next year, the troops will be divided into three routes to go north, Yue Fei in the east, Han Shizhong in the middle, and Liu Qi in the west. Yue Fei will directly attack the Mongolian tribes. Han Shizhong and Liu Qi will attack the Ke Lie tribe first, and then move eastward.
Cooperate with Yue Feihui to fight. Li Yanxian will still be the commander, but Mobei is too far away, so Li Yanxian can just sit in Linhuang and dispatch from the rear. The specific method of fighting will be decided by the frontline generals."
Li Yanxian took the order.
As the head coach, he failed to achieve full success in Xinjiang and was recalled to Beijing after failing to win Ili.
This time he served as the head coach again, and he only stayed in Monan. Basically, he came back after earning some military glory. From now on, he would no longer lead troops like Zhang Guangdao and Li Bao.
The cabinet ministers dispersed one after another and returned to their respective yamen to discuss specific plans.
As for Yue Fei and Han Shizhong, after conquering Mobei, they both had to be promoted and returned to Beijing. They had served as guardians in Monan for ten years, and they could not continue doing so, otherwise they would become warlords sooner or later.
If there is any big war in the future, such as the destruction of Western Liao or something like that, it is likely that Yue Fei or Han Shizhong will be the commander-in-chief. The two of them will take turns, and they will not go to the front line to lead troops again after they win a few more battles in the Western Regions.
Readers don't like to watch wars, so I won't write about the detailed battles in Mobei.
Of course, before the Ming Dynasty sent troops, it had to send envoys first.
After all, the Mongolian and Kelei tribes were both vassal states conferred by the Ming Dynasty, so it would be unethical to deal with them without saying a word.
Two groups of envoys headed north respectively.
A group of envoys ran to reprimand the Mongolian tribe and asked them to return the territory that the Kled tribe had invaded this year.
A group of envoys went to Ke Le's tribe, denounced Tuoli for killing more than 20 brothers, and ordered Tuoli to come to Luoyang in person next year to plead guilty.
The other party is definitely not willing, so don't blame Ming for sending troops.
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But it was said that Li Zuqia was passing through Chuzhou, and after some deception, more than a hundred tribesmen were willing to go to sea with him.
They are all descendants of the Li family who were implicated in the Huainan case. Many have lost their qualifications for the imperial examination, and the remaining ones are also due to family decline.
The treasure-hunting trio also sent people back to their hometowns in Shanxi, each recruiting dozens of fellow villagers.
The crew members under their command are also recruiting their fellow countrymen to go to sea. There are more than 600 people from the same ethnic group and hometown of these people. Coupled with the poor people in Fujian and Guangdong provinces who were attracted by gold, the number of people who went to Australia in the first wave was unexpected.
The number reached more than 1,300 people.
The treasure-hunting trio's boats are not enough to carry, after all, they still have to bring a lot of supplies.
As a result, they recruited two more Fujian and Guangdong maritime merchants to form a fleet of 15 ships.
By the way, in Fujian and Guangdong provinces, those coastal Danan people have disappeared.
If given a choice, who would want to remain a bastard?
Some Dan people went to Taiwan to farm and fish at the same time.
Some Dan people went to Jiaozhi, and some went to Nanyu Kingdom. These people were all recruited by Zhu Kang.
Zhu Kang was very crazy about recruiting immigrants, recruiting five to six hundred immigrants from Fujian and Guangdong every year. If the imperial court had not banned the Han people from Guangxi from relocating, Zhu Kang would probably still have his sights on Guangxi.
There were even some talents from Fujian and Guangdong who had failed many times and took the initiative to go to the Southern Henan Kingdom to seek refuge with Zhu Kang, because they could really be reused if they went there.
They built Confucian temples and martial arts temples in Southern Yu, promoted various books of the Ming Dynasty, and planned to establish an imperial examination system in the future.
Today's Nanyu Kingdom has two administrative systems.
A system imitating the Ming Dynasty, forcibly promoting Confucianism, supporting Buddhism and Taoism, and used it to govern Zhu Kang's direct jurisdiction.
The old system of Champa continues, Brahmanism and Buddhism are popular, and there are many princes and hereditary nobles.
Sooner or later, civil strife will break out, and Zhu Kang will have to fight a few more times to suppress the disobedient princes.
Of course, there are also some princes and nobles who actively accept Chinese culture.
To put it bluntly, they are Mu Qiang and Wei Qiang. They imitate the dress of the Han people and pursue various fashion trends of the Han people. At the same time, they continue to believe in Brahmanism and Buddhism, and have little interest in Confucianism and Taoism.
This kind of princes of the local state will not take the initiative to rebel as long as Zhu Kang does not send troops to fight.
It is said that it is a Tubang prince, but in fact it only covers the territory of one or two counties.
Even Zhu Kang's direct territory was only as large as three or four counties. It relied on revenue from maritime trade and tribute from the feudal states to barely maintain military expenses.
However, Zhu Kang still had a lot of inventory. When he fought against Jinnah, he not only grabbed a lot of goods, but also received Jinnah's war compensation. In addition, when he sent troops south from Cochin, he also left with a large amount of money and food.
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When there are more and more Han people in the directly-administered territory and the land is almost not enough, Zhu Kang will send troops again.
The first one to fight is King Bintonglong (the prince of the Tubang), because Bintonglong is a very prosperous trading port.
We can't just fight blindly, otherwise the princes of the country will definitely get together.
You can first increase King Bintonglong's tribute, and then use the excuse of disobeying the king's orders to conquer. The other princes are already jealous of the port, and they may even take pleasure in its misfortune.
Or he could sow discord between King Bintonglong and the prince, causing them to fight among themselves, father and son, and brothers. The fight would become a mess before Zhu Kang took action.
By turning Bintonglong into a direct-administered territory, seizing the port profits there, and allocating the land to Han immigrants, Zhu Kang's strength in Southern Yu could be doubled.
"Raise the sail!"
The fleet heading south to Australia replenished fresh water at Bintonglong, and gradually sailed away with full sails.
Although it was under the rule of Tubang princes, there were already some Chinese-style buildings in the port, all of which were shops opened by maritime merchants from Fujian and Guangdong provinces.
The ports and wharves are even more incredible.
Eight out of ten merchant ships docked in the port are ships owned by Han merchants. Many Han merchants and crews can also be seen coming and going on the pier.
Since Srivijaya destroyed the country, Han maritime merchants have rapidly taken over the market share.
Their commercial warfare methods were simple and crude. All major maritime and mainland merchants joined forces to lower prices, forcing foreign ships to China to sell goods at low prices.
Over the past few years, there have been fewer and fewer foreign merchant ships visiting China.
Arab and Seljuk maritime merchants often sold their goods in India and Ceylon, and at most they sailed their ships to the Strait of Malacca. And most of the Nanyang maritime merchants were forced to take the Indian route.
The trade route from Guangzhou to Nanyang has been occupied by Han maritime merchants!
The situation now has changed somewhat.
After forcing foreign maritime merchants away, the Ming Dynasty maritime merchants began to become violently involved. With more and more ships going out to sea, it was no longer possible for the merchants to monopolize, which led to the prosperity of the sea-going ship leasing business.
That is, the shipowners themselves do not sell goods, or sell less goods. They divide the ship's hold into many parts and rent it to small businessmen who have no money to buy ships and want to engage in maritime trade. As long as they do not encounter shipwrecks, they can make a profit without losing money.
It is possible that in the same cabin, the goods inside belong to a dozen different small businessmen.
This model existed in the Northern Song Dynasty, but it was not mainstream.
Nowadays, it is becoming more and more common. Some people even scrape together a hundred or two hundred bucks from here and there to rent space and buy goods to go out to sea. When there are too many similar goods, they often lose everything; but if you are lucky, it is possible to
That's five times or ten times the profit.
When the treasure-hunting trio went to Australia this time, there were more than a dozen gold diggers who owed a lot of debt from sea trade.
