"We finally escaped and ascended to heaven!" Zahir said to Zahid. They fled from the Bahmani Sultanate for two days without their lives. When they left Delhi, the 3,000 soldiers left were no longer 1,000, and their losses were extremely high.
Big, but finally escaped.
"Yes, I finally escaped." Zahid looked back to the northeast and whispered: "Since I escaped, sooner or later, I will avenge Sudan!"
"The war in India has come to an end." Yun said to himself, holding a letter from India in his hand.
"Your Majesty, is the war in India over?" At this time, Lian Zining, who served as Xia's auxiliary officer, happened to come over and put the memorial he criticized on Yun's table. Hearing this, he asked.
Yun didn't pay attention to his slightly inappropriate inquiry and replied: "That's true. The army captured the city of Delhi as early as the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, captured Said, the king of the Delhi Sultanate alive, and executed him on the 30th of the twelfth lunar month.
.After that, they followed my will and divided the land captured by the Ming Dynasty in this battle except Bengal into three governor-general areas, which were handed over to Qin Song, Zhang Wuji and Mu Ang as governors to govern the people. Afterwards, the Bahmani Sultanate
Please surrender. Lanzhen and others were concerned about the complicated situation in their country and decided not to deprive the country of its monarch's power for the time being. Instead, he was appointed governor of Bahmani, but under Muang's control. As for other parts of India, because the land captured now has been
It is very vast, equal to the population and land of several southeastern provinces combined. It is already difficult to manage, so we will not capture it for the time being. Therefore, the war in India has come to an end."
'It's finally over.' Lian Zining sighed in his heart. The preparations for the war against India began in the middle of the 14th year of Jianye, officially started in the first month of the 15th year of Jianye, and have continued until the end of February of the 16th year of Jianye.
The war was finally over. This war, which lasted for nearly two years and involved more than 600,000 troops from the vassal states, was the second largest war after the Battle of Igo since Taizu raised his army. However, the Battle of Igo
Although 800,000 troops were deployed in the war, it only lasted a few months, unlike the Battle of India, which lasted for a year. It took four years of preparation for the Battle of Yiwu to ensure military supplies, but the Battle of India only lasted less than a year.
Years of preparation time. If it were not for the fact that many things could be obtained locally in India, even with the strength of the Ming Dynasty, it would be difficult to supply such a large amount of military supplies for a long time. Even with local supplements from India, it would be extremely important to the national strength of the Ming Dynasty.
Big consumption.
"Your Majesty, may I ask, but did you get a lot of gold and silver from India?" Lian Zining took a deep breath and asked again.
"Of course there is a lot of wealth." Yun thought of the numbers mentioned by Lan Zhen in the secret book and couldn't help but grinned. Even though gold and silver were shipped back from the Hanzhou continent every year, Yun saw it for the first time.
He was also shocked when he folded the secret. He couldn't help but sigh: "Indians really love gold so much. This is just the gold obtained by confiscating the rich households of the Tianfang religion. Most of the rich Brahman religious households have not been confiscated."
It has exceeded the total amount of gold shipped from the Han continent in consecutive years. If all the rich people in India were to ransack their homes, there is no telling how much precious gold could be obtained.' Yun thought at that time, and even couldn't help breathing heavily.
It seems that the next moment he will give Lan Zhen and others an order, asking them not to withdraw their troops from India for the time being, and then they will plunder all the rich people in India.
"Calm down, calm down. The people of the Ming Dynasty are civilized people, and of course I am also a civilized person. The purpose of attacking India this time is to spread the advanced Central Plains civilization to India, and to rescue the persecuted Brahmans from the oppression of Tianfang believers, and
They were not there to rob, these gold and silver were the reward that the Ming Dynasty army deserved for rescuing the Brahmans. Even if you want to get more gold and silver from the Indians, you have to use civilized methods, such as dumping low-priced industrial products.
Do not sell it to India, or classify several necessities as items owned by the governor-general, and Indians are not allowed to sell them. Yes, it must be done in a civilized way." Yun calmed down for a while before suppressing the desire in his heart.
"That's great." Of course Lian Zining didn't know Yun's psychological activities. He let out a sigh of relief after hearing the answer. "Your Majesty, the hundreds of thousands of troops consumed a lot of cloth, armor, gunpowder, etc.
Months of preparation were not enough, so we could only buy cloth from the private sector on a large scale, which caused the price of cloth to rise. After discussing with Governor Li and others, I could only retreat when each guard station replaced their armor, and put these pieces away.
The armor was appropriated for the soldiers on the march; the guards equipped with firecrackers and artillery could only reduce the number of times of training on the use of firecrackers and artillery... In this way, these items were collected."
"But the armor also needs to be replaced and the gunpowder needs to be distributed. It can't be delayed forever. Now, when the soldiers return from India, some of the items they brought back can be returned, and there is enough gold and silver to buy cloth and other items.
What’s wrong.”
"Lian Qing, it is true that a lot of gold and silver will be sent back from India, but it is enough to return the items brought back by the soldiers on the expedition, but we cannot purchase large quantities of cloth from the private sector." Hearing Lian Zining's words, Yun frowned.
He frowned and said.
"Why?" Lian Zining asked in confusion.
"Well, dear, have you noticed that food is cheap during the autumn harvest and expensive during the spring famine?" Yun thought for a while and decided to give him an analogy.
"Of course I know."
"Then what's the reason? Does Aiqing understand?"
"Because during the spring famine, there was little food, and everyone needed it, and it could be sold even if the price increased, so food was expensive; during the autumn harvest, there was a lot of food, and there were fewer people than the food. It was difficult to sell the food without lowering the price, so the price had to be lowered.
I understand what your Majesty means. Your Majesty means that if the imperial court buys cloth and other items on a large scale, the cloth will be like food during the spring famine." Lian Zining is very smart. Although he is very old, he understood it immediately.
What did Yun want to say?
"What Ai Qing said is true. Cloth, like other things, is a necessity for the people. The imperial court has gold and silver from India, but the people do not have such a windfall. If the price of cloth increases, it will be detrimental to the people. Therefore, I advise
Don’t buy too much cloth and other items from the private sector.” In fact, even without the gold and silver from India, he was not short of money and still had a lot of money in his internal treasury. But he wanted to prevent the price of necessities from rising too much and causing social unrest.
, so he said that there was not enough money. Even if he knew that inflation was conducive to the development of industry and commerce, he could only do this.
"I understand." Lian Zining bowed and agreed. But he then added: "But the gunpowder must be prepared as soon as possible, and the armor must be prepared at least for the several guards in the north."
"Gunpowder and armor are not necessary items for the people. The price increase will have little impact. They can be purchased in large quantities from the private sector." Yun ordered. "In a while, I will call the Minister of Revenue and the people from the Governor's Office to discuss it.
How much armor and gunpowder are needed, and how much money will it cost? The price increase must be taken into account."
"Yes." Lian Zining agreed again, discussed a few more things with Yun, bowed and returned to his seat to continue voting for the memorial.
However, Yun was aroused by Lian Zining's last few words. Just ten days ago, news came from the military town in the north that the Mongolians on the grassland seemed to be moving. In fact, the Mongolians were restless last autumn.
, people went south to plunder villages one after another. Although the losses were not big, it was a rare thing in recent years. Then it stopped for a few months in winter, and now that spring has begun, the Mongols are about to start moving again.
Yun was very angry at the Mongolians for taking advantage of the situation. They should have learned that the Ming Dynasty sent heavy troops to conquer India, and felt that they were unable to conquer the grasslands, so they frequently went south to plunder. "Huh, I want you to know that the Ming Dynasty has the ability to win two battles at the same time.
With the strength of war, even if hundreds of thousands of troops are far away in India, they can still send troops and provide enough food, wages and weapons to attack the grasslands!'
"However, who will be the commander of the army in this battle? Most of the generals who are good at fighting are in India, and those who stay in the Central Plains are slightly worse. I will send a lot of troops this time, and I don't trust them. I want to
No, leave it to the vassal king? The fifteenth uncle and the seventeenth uncle are still in Liaoxi and Daning. It is not necessary. It is okay to let them be deputy generals and command 680,000 soldiers, but they cannot be the chief generals. It is best to prevent something.
The best way is to have all the conditions to prevent this from happening." Yun said to himself again.
He thought for a while, but couldn't think of a suitable candidate, so he put it aside for the time being and thought about it again when there was nothing else at hand. Anyway, there was no rush to send out the army, and he still had time.
After criticizing for a while, Yun finished criticizing all the memorials on the table. He glanced sideways and saw that it was already noon. He stood up and said a few words to the fourth auxiliary officer, and told the young eunuch to announce that there was a big happy event today.
He came to prepare a sumptuous lunch for the officials, and then left the Qianqing Palace.
"Guan family, are you going to Kunning Palace?" Lu Yi, the eunuch who accompanied him, asked.
"Where are you going to Kunning Palace? You are getting more and more clueless. Go to Chengqian Palace." Yun laughed and cursed.
"Officer, you usually go to Kunning Palace. I just ask questions as usual." Lu Yi muttered.
"I'm still not convinced that you didn't tell me! I went to Chengqian Palace today just because, that's all. I won't explain to you any more, so go to Chengqian Palace quickly." Yun said again.
"Yes, yes." Lu Yi agreed aggrievedly, and ordered someone to bring a walking stick and carry Yun to Chengqian Palace. But Zai Yun couldn't see his expression, and neither could the other eunuchs.
At that moment, Lu Yi showed a smile on his face.
Bu Chu soon arrived at Chengqian Palace. Yun got off Bu Chu, ignored the servants who knelt down to say goodbye, walked into the palace and shouted: "Hold the piano!"
"I would like to send my greetings to you husband." Baoqin hurried over and asked him after greeting him: "Husband, why did you come to my residence at this time today? What happened?" She suddenly panicked: "Could it be..."
Before she could finish her words, Yun cut her off with a smile: "Don't worry, it's not what you think, it's about Wen."