Although Ortai had already expected it, the news that Mulinde brought still shocked him. It seemed that Prince Yong was in control of power and that the news that Jianxing was banned would not be false. Although the Ming Dynasty was an enemy country, the news they spread was naturally as Mulinde said to shake the morale of the Qing army, but this matter was probably true.

He sighed in his heart and told Mulin not to tell others about this, but this arrangement is just better than nothing. Because Ortai knew that the news would not be hidden for long, and the Ming Dynasty was already hyping up, so it would probably not take long for others to know.

Let Mulin go to rest, Ortai thought for a while, walked to the table and took out the memorial and started writing. He wrote this memorial very difficult. He changed it for a long time before he finished writing it. Then he read it carefully, copied it again, and then sealed it with hot paint, which made people send it to Gansu in an urgent manner for 800 miles.

The changes in the Qing court broke Zhu Yicheng's original plan, which made Zhu Yicheng's original intention to annihilate the main force of the Qing army in Shanxi and Guanzhong in one fell swoop. Although he finally took Guanzhong and Shanxi, and now only Yunnan is left in the southwest provinces, it is destined to conquer Yunnan with the Ming army's arrangement in Guizhou and Sichuan.

However, the scorched earth policy adopted by Ortai in Shanxi caught the Ming Dynasty off guard. Not only was it impossible to directly eliminate the Ortai tribe with Ma Gongcheng's ministry as the main force, but because of this situation, the Ming army could only stabilize the place and at the same time stepped up the rescue and relief of Shanxi.

These things made Zhu Yicheng secretly annoyed, and he felt depressed that he was empty with one punch. In addition, Shanxi was involved in a wide range, which also caused the Ming Dynasty to involve a lot of energy. Fortunately, as time went by, Wang Fan and Wang Fan used the support of various businesses to continuously import food into Shanxi. Sun Jiagan, who was governor of Shanxi, also survived the most difficult beginning. With the help of Dong Ming and others, he barely stabilized the situation in Shanxi.

When the news came, Zhu Yicheng, who had been paying attention to this matter, finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although the court was just a relief and the court could only allow the people of Shanxi to survive due to disasters, and there was still a lot to do next, but after all, everything was changing to a positive direction.

According to the judgment of the Military Affairs Office, Shanxi's great energy damage this time would definitely not work if it was to recover completely within two or three years. Moreover, the Qing army in Datong was still eyeing it. Ma Gongshen's army not only had to suppress the local area to prevent accidents, but also prevent the Qing army from moving south again and stabilizing the situation.

For these bad things, there are not no good things. Shortly after the rescue and relief began in Shanxi, a good news came from Nanyang.

Previously, Wang Dong led the Ming fleet to capture Luzon, and now Luzon has become the land of the Ming Dynasty. According to the plan, after solving Luzon, the second goal of the Ming Dynasty was Johor, but the plan did not change quickly. After conquering Luzon, because the situation in Luzon was complicated, the Ming fleet considered the court's complete control of Luzon, Wang Dong decided to clean up Luzon after asking Zhu Yicheng.

To put it bluntly, this cleaning was a sweeping. It was based on the Luzon Island and the tribes of the islands around Luzon were cleaned up to ensure the future ruling foundation of the Ming Dynasty in Luzon. After several months of this, it was finally basically swept away. At the same time, the Ming Dynasty also set up new military ports in northern and eastern Luzon in addition to Manila for naval stationing, and at the same time, it deepened the interior of Luzon Island.

After doing all this, Wang Dong once again gathered a fleet to send troops to Johor. Compared to Luzon, Johor is small, but Johor is more difficult than Luzon. This is not only military, but also political, because although Luzon is large, it is a mess, and the Spanish are the colonists of Luzon. As for these natives, they are just tools for the Spanish to use for rule.

But Johor is different. Johor is a complete country. Although its territory and population are not as good as Luzon, their combat effectiveness is extremely strong. Over the years, due to Johor's special geographical location, it is not the only one who has the idea of ​​Johor. Whether it is the Portuguese Kingdom that first came to the Far East, the Netherlands, Spain, Britain, France, etc. that came later, they all have a strong interest in Johor, and have sent troops to Johor, intending to conquer this place in one fell swoop.

However, due to Johor's tenacious resistance and mutual restraint between countries, no country has been able to completely conquer Johor until now. In desperation, the countries could only reach an agreement in private to negotiate with Johor, which made Johor a relatively special existence.

This was also before, when George Churchill tried to convince the Ming Dynasty to convince Johor to exchange for the Ming Dynasty's power at the cost of gaining Johor. However, this request was directly rejected by Zhu Yicheng, and William Adams also clearly told George Churchill that as the overlord of the East, the Ming Dynasty would never allow Johor to fall into the hands of other countries like this. It was inevitable that the Ming Dynasty would control Johor. If Britain did not want to start a war with the Ming Dynasty, then don't have the idea of ​​Johor again.

It is precisely for this reason that George Churchill finally settled down and replaced Johor with Brunei. This has been recognized by the Ming Dynasty. After assisting the Ming Dynasty to take over Luzon, the British East India Company could not wait to start sending troops to Brunei. Unfortunately, Brunei was small but difficult to fight. The British fleet failed to attack several times but was stubbornly resisted by Brunei. In his helplessness, he could only seek help from the Ming Dynasty and contacted the Portuguese Far East Fleet, intending to attack Brunei again.

Let’s not talk about the British. Anyway, the Ming Dynasty’s promise has been completed. As for whether it can be fought or not, it is the British’s own business. Unless the British show sincerity, the Ming Dynasty would never interfere in Brunei.

Johor is an important goal of the Ming Dynasty after taking Luzon. But after understanding the situation in Johor, Wang Dong also knew very well that it was not impossible for the Ming Dynasty to win Johor by fighting Luzon. However, after occupying this place, the Ming Dynasty will face Johor's tenacious counterattack, which will cause contradictions to the Ming Dynasty's notice in Johor and the future policy of controlling the straits.

Therefore, in the face of the Ming Dynasty of Johor, a policy was adopted. Since the Johor Kingdom was originally a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and the current king was not from the blood of the Johor royal family. This king was just the prime minister of the former king and took office by usurping the throne, so from this point of view, the throne of the Johor King was not justified.

Furthermore, after the Ming Dynasty restored the country, Johor never sent envoys to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, which also gave the Ming Dynasty a reason to send troops as a legitimate one. Wang Dong immediately launched a military service to restore the former royal family of Johor and attacked the vassal states and disobeyed the unjust officials of the country. In addition, Johor originally had many Chinese living in Johor. Over the years, these Chinese had long integrated with the locals in Johor. Under their propaganda, Dayi naturally stood on the side of the Ming Dynasty, and the current Johor King is just an ambitious traitor.

In addition, Wang Dong also found an orphan from the people who claimed to be the Johor royal family. As for the authenticity of this ignorant baby, it is not important to Wang Dong. What is important is that with such a chess piece in hand, the Ming Dynasty could naturally unite the people of Johor and the ministers, generals, and even the army loyal to the former royal family, and then deal with the current Johor king and revive the real Johor royal family in name.

This is true. With the Ming Dynasty holding up the banner of righteousness and the former royal heirs in hand, Johor, which was originally a solid piece, quickly collapsed from the inside. Especially when the Ming Dynasty fleet appeared in Johor, bombarded the city with cannons, and sent land troops to attack the Johor Kingdom, the usurper had fewer and fewer supporters, and at the same time, more people turned to the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to the real king they believed to be.

The early preparations took several months, but when the war broke out, it soon came to fruition. When the Ming soldiers set foot on the land of Johor, less than half a month later, the betrayed kings were killed by their confidants, and his head became a gift to the real king.
Chapter completed!