Because according to the military regulations of the Ming Dynasty, if they die in battle for the Ming Dynasty, their family members can also inherit these properties and identities.
The ocean-going fleet consisting of more than twenty warships is not huge at all in terms of scale.
But if you add the merchant fleet behind the battleship, you are really qualified to be proud of the world.
Behind the Ming warships was a merchant fleet composed of fifty or sixty merchant ships.
This was a merchant fleet composed of Hu and Han, which included not only Ming Dynasty’s own merchant ships, but also Persian merchant ships led by Persian merchant Maru Ali.
The Ming Dynasty's first voyage to the West did not intend to spend too much time on the Nanyang area that it was already familiar with. The main purpose was Tianzhu and Persia.
After giving some rewards to Malu Ali, he had completely turned to the Ming Dynasty.
"Brother, don't worry. Although we spent a lot of money this time, almost half of the Jiangnan Province's tax revenue for a year, it will definitely benefit future generations. The future of Ming Dynasty is not only on land, but also on the ocean.
, Now we are only the first step in the Western Ocean. As long as we make a good start and let everyone see that profits can be obtained hundreds of times and thousands of times on the ocean, then we may not need to spend a cent on the imperial court to organize operations across the ocean in the future.
Money." Zhu Han basically had no worries about this voyage to the West.
Not only had the Ming Dynasty prepared for several years in advance, but they also had Maru Ali, a determined Persian "smart" man. Even if there was a battle, the Ming Dynasty's ten warships were enough to blast the enemy into pieces with artillery.
Brother Zhu Yuanzhang stopped worrying after hearing Zhu Han's words.
After all, Zhu Hanke has never let him down in all these years.
After all the ceremonies to worship the gods of heaven, earth and sea were over, Tang He, the commander of Ming Dynasty's first voyage to the West, came to Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han to report.
"Your Majesty, the soldiers are ready. Please give the order to set off!"
During the Ming Dynasty's first voyage to the West, the Ming Dynasty was indeed in a dilemma when selecting its generals.
Because this operation spans thousands of miles of ocean, we need to face many dangerous situations that we have never encountered before.
A general whose status is not high enough cannot intimidate the entire army.
Most of the generals with high enough status are not familiar with naval warfare, and they are not willing to take risks at sea.
When everyone was afraid of the position of general in the Western Sea, the eldest brother Tang He took the initiative to take over the responsibility.
Tang He accumulated a lot of experience in maritime warfare when he led his army to annihilate Guozhen in the east of Zhejiang Province. In particular, he suffered several losses at the hands of Fang Guozhen, which made him study naval warfare assiduously for a long time.
Emperor Tian paid off his hard work. Tang He used his combat experience and the endless national power of the Ming Dynasty to finally capture Fang Guozhen alive and execute him in Hangzhou, thus stabilizing the Jiangnan region of the Ming Dynasty.
I originally thought that my naval combat experience would be put away and put to no use, but just in time, Zhu Han was planning a voyage to the West, and Tang He took the initiative to volunteer.
"Set sail and set off!"
After Zhu Yuanzhang personally toasted Tang He, an old brother, with a glass of wine, he ordered the Ming Dynasty's fleet to set off.
Tang He stood on his battleship, looking at the magnificent sea in front of him, his blood boiling in his heart.
He is now the highest-level founding duke of the Ming Dynasty, and his settlement can reach 8,000 households. However, according to the revised title system proposed by Zhu Han, although the princes and nobles of the Ming Dynasty can be hereditary, not all salary levels can.
passed down.
According to the founding dukedom of Tang He, when it was passed to his grandson, although the hereditary Duke Xin was still there, the salary he could receive was already at a very low standard.
Just relying on the current salary and land, a large number of Tang He's descendants will definitely go hungry.
The Ming Dynasty enacted strict laws to punish all occupation of private land and corruption and bribery. Tang He and other princes and nobles did not dare to use their minds in these aspects.
Therefore, not long ago, when Hu Dahai found a new continent after wandering thousands of miles on the sea, the Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang rewarded Hu Dahai generously. He directly rewarded Hu Dahai with 500,000 acres of fertile land, of course in the newly discovered continent.
Not in the Central Plains!
Moreover, these 500,000 acres of land are hereditary. Whether it is farming, grazing or mining and breeding, everything is decided by Hu Dahai and his descendants.
Tang He had heard that the new continent, full of savages, was full of gold and silver.
In order to earn a share of wealth for his descendants, Tang He was particularly concerned about this voyage to the West.
The Ming fleet led by Tang He set out from Zhenjiang.
First, it passed through the sea in Zhejiang and Fujian, and finally arrived in Quanzhou for some maintenance and replenishment of supplies.
The mighty and mighty navy of the Ming Dynasty shocked all the foreign merchant ships in Quanzhou Port.
These merchants from Southeast Asia, India, and Persia had a vague premonition that the vast and boundless sea was about to welcome its new owner.
The fleet set off from Quanzhou and then entered the vast and deep South China Sea.
The hydrological conditions in the South China Sea are completely different from those in the Jiangnan area. Not only is the seabed here very deep, but the climate is also very hot.
Many soldiers and sailors in the fleet have symptoms of discomfort.
Fortunately, these ocean-going ships are equipped with a large amount of cooling oil and essential oil.
These new drugs developed by Zhu Han have excellent curative effects on the symptoms of discomfort caused by the hot and humid environment on the sea.
The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty's Ocean Fleet used cooling oil and wind oil essence, and at the same time they were grateful to His Royal Highness for these inventions.
Tang He led the fleet to continue sailing in the South China Sea. Whenever he encountered some small islands, Tang He would order ships to approach them for recording and investigation.
Not only will the location of these islands, their products, and residents be counted, but they will also be carved with stones as monuments on the islands before leaving.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "The land of the Ming Dynasty is illuminated by the sun and the moon!"
Although Tang He ordered his soldiers to do this, he didn't know what Zhu Han's purpose was for him to do this.
Because in the eyes of Tang He and other Ming soldiers, although these small islands in the South China Sea have no official government, the fishermen from Guangdong and Hainan of the Ming Dynasty often come to fish and rest, so it is natural that they are the territory of the Ming Dynasty. There is no need to go to such trouble.
Carve a stone and erect a monument on it.
It's your own thing, why do you need to emphasize it so much?
Besides, there are only Jiaozhi and Linyi around. It is not an exaggeration to say that these two small and poor countries are savages. Do they still have the guts to snatch the ownership of these islands from the Ming Dynasty?
Of course Tang He didn't know that Zhu Han was planning the layout in advance to be sure of the future.
The purpose was to prevent future generations from having unfilial descendants in the unlikely event that the Ming Dynasty consolidated its hegemony in Southeast Asia and left no legal backup.
Tang He led the Ming fleet along these Southeast Asian islands and finally arrived at Malacca marked on the chart.
Most of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty came to this place for the first time. When approaching Malacca, many naval officers had not experienced such a long voyage, and many of them had already developed anxiety problems.
Many people have all kinds of anxieties and delusions, and even feel that they have arrived at the end of the world, and if they continue forward, they may fall into some abyss.
The anxiety caused by long sea voyages sometimes causes crew members to behave irrationally.
Tang He was not at all panicked by this situation. This issue was already recorded in the navigation manual given to him by Zhu Han.
It also records how to deal with the anxiety of these crew members.
Tang He used the navigation manual given by Zhu Han to easily resolve the anxiety in the army.
But Tang He also knew that the long sea voyage had gradually depressed the mood of the soldiers. If they could not relax properly, it would be detrimental to the subsequent voyage.
Because according to the navigation manual Zhu Han gave him, after crossing Malacca, they would enter another ocean, and the wind and waves in the sea would be even more dangerous.
That is their final destination this time, the West.
What people called the Western Ocean in this era actually refers to the Indian Ocean.
The influence of the Central Plains Dynasty was based on Malacca, and it basically had no influence on the forces in the Indian Ocean.
It can be said that once it enters the Indian Ocean, the fleet led by Tang He will not have any allies to rely on.
So when he docked in Malacca to rest, Tang He listened to the advice of his guide Malu Ali.
Orders were given so that the soldiers could go ashore to buy things and relax.
The men who have been at sea for so long, and they are all strong young men, after setting foot on land, the first thing they think about is naturally women. Moreover, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty fleet spent generously, and soon they were at the Strait of Malacca.
This small port town has made a name for itself.
Thousands of indigenous beauties threw themselves into the arms of the Ming Dynasty's naval officers.
Because of the arrival of thousands of Ming Dynasty soldiers and sailors, the small town of Malacca called Uka suddenly prospered.
And everyone knows that Ming Dynasty is a powerful and wealthy country. As long as they serve them well, there will be endless wealth.
As a small port town, Uka is naturally familiar with its business wisdom.
However, just relying on the soldiers and sailors of the Ming Dynasty to make money is too slow for some people.
The dozens of huge merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty must have been loaded with priceless gold, silver and goods.
Suleiman III, the lord of Uka City, was already greedy for the Ming Dynasty fleet.
As a small city on the Strait of Malacca, Uka City is not like Cochin in the north, Angkor and other countries have a full understanding of the power of the Ming Dynasty.
Suleiman III felt that Uka City was thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty. As long as he secretly planned to contact the surrounding pirates and city-states to ambush the Ming Dynasty fleet, no one would be able to detect the mastermind behind it.
Although Uka City is a port and commerce is its economic lifeline, blocking roads and robbing people at sea and becoming a pirate is another way to make a fortune.
Suleiman III, who was greedy for the Ming Dynasty's wealth, ordered to contact the surrounding pirates and several city-states that believed in Allah.
They prepared to ambush the Ming Dynasty fleet in the narrow strait after it left Uka City.
Because the pirates of these city-states who believe in Allah have extremely high-performance arson boats and fast dhows, they can launch attacks unimpeded in the narrow straits.
As long as the Ming army's warships can be destroyed with arson ships, merchant ships carrying huge cargo can be plundered at will.
In order to explore the naval strength of the Ming Dynasty, Suleiman III brought fine wine and barbecue to the Ming Dynasty fleet for three consecutive days. Tang He also felt very appreciative of this rather sensible city lord of the small Nanyang country, and every meal and drink was not free of charge.
, and gave Suleiman III a lot of porcelain and mint cooling oil from the Ming Dynasty.
These items that Tang He thought were quite cheap were actually coveted treasures in the eyes of Suleiman III. When he thought that dozens of Ming army cargo ships were loaded with such treasures, Suleiman III's
The last bit of vigilance was gone.
In particular, there were only a few thousand sailors and soldiers on the dozens of large ships of the Ming army, which made Suleiman III no longer afraid.
According to Suleiman III's past knowledge, nearly half of the sailors on the ship were slaves and had no fighting ability at all.
After all, anyone who becomes a slave is a slave, and there is no need to die in battle.
If you calculate it this way, in Suleiman's eyes, the Ming army is equivalent to a three-year-old child holding a gold brick and dangling it in front of his eyes.
If he did not eat the big fat sheep of the Ming fleet, Suleiman III believed that God would definitely punish him.
Suleiman III immediately sent people to contact various pirates and several city-states. Even before the battle began, they had already discussed a plan to divide the spoils.
As the initiator and the largest force, Suleiman III will receive 40% of the loot, and the remaining 60% will be distributed by more than a dozen pirates and city-states.
As for the captured Ming soldiers and sailors, in order to prevent the news from leaking out, Suleiman III would sell them all to the Delhi Sultanate as slaves.
After all, Suleiman III saw that these Ming soldiers and sailors were all strong and fair-skinned, and they were all considered superior in Tianzhu. He could sell them to Tianzhu at a high price.
Suleiman III gathered a combined pirate fleet of more than 20,000 people and thousands of large and small ships.
When Tang He led the Ming Dynasty fleet to leave Uka City and sail northwest along the Strait of Malacca, Suleiman III and his pirate fleet were ready for an ambush.
Tang He never imagined that the Ming Dynasty fleet he led was obviously the strongest maritime combat force built with huge national resources, but some people would think it was a weakling that was vulnerable to attack.
These city-states and pirates in Southeast Asia are still at a level where their combat effectiveness is calculated based on their numbers.
They did not know that Suleiman III's foolish decision would completely dissipate the glory of Allah in Southeast Asia.
Tang He led his fleet and sailed very smoothly after leaving Uka City in Malacca. The stormy season here had just passed not long ago.
In addition, there are long stretches of land and islands on both sides of the Strait of Malacca, so the wind and waves in the Strait of Malacca are very small, so navigation is naturally extremely smooth.
"General Tang, as long as you cross the Strait of Malacca, enter the Indian Ocean, sail north along the coastline, and sail another 2,000 miles, you will reach Bangladesh, where Duan Gong, the vassal of the Ming Dynasty, occupies a piece of land. We can
Get fresh water and supplies there." Maru Ali said, standing next to Tang He.
Although Malu Ali obtained the official position and slave trade franchise of the Ming Dynasty, after seeing the power of the Ming Dynasty, he was still full of awe for Tang and the highest-ranking princes and nobles.
