Chapter 74 The sound of the wind in the southern expedition

Zhu Qizhen smiled softly and said, "Don't be a little girl. Good men are determined to be in all directions. You don't have to go to Nanyang for a while. You and my father and son still have time to get together, so why do you need to do this?"

Zhu Qizhen also knew that many integrations could not be completed in Nanjing. The time when the prince left Nanjing and went to Nanyang was already counting down.

As for the army that the prince would gather in Guangzhou, Jiaozhou, or Jiading, it was the prince's choice.

After the prince saluted, he hurriedly retreated.

He returned to his palace and lay on the bed, breathing a long sigh as if he had sucked his bones.

Although he had not started yet, he had already felt all the troubles and rushed over.

The prince just relaxed for a moment and started working.

Various preparations were enough to keep him busy.

What happened next was as expected by the prince.

Soon, news came from Guangdong that the tribute envoy of the Tamura Kingdom came to Guangzhou. Bai Ang, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, asked the court for instructions on what to do?

The Ming Dynasty wanted to be decent, and the two countries would not be killed even if they had fought each other. Not to mention that there was no war yet.

Zhu Qizhen ordered him to come to Nanjing.

The tribute envoy soon arrived in Nanjing.

Zhu Qizhen summoned him in the Forbidden City in Nanjing. In the face of the minister, he severely scolded the Danmu Tribute Envoy, and did not give the Danmu Tribute Envoy the skill of speaking at all, such as the wolf ambition, destroying our vassal state, offending the power of heaven, etc., and a piece of ancient brain hit the tribute envoy and warned him that he must withdraw from the Manchu Boyi and re-establish the Manchu Boyi Envoy from the court. Otherwise, don't say that he was unpredictable.

Then he sent a general from Han to throw the tribute envoy out.

I guess I don’t know what happened from the beginning to the end.

The prince knew it.

Although the imperial court's mission to Southeast Asia could be forced to advance with Zhu Qizhen's authority, it also had to consider the influence of some Shilin.

Therefore, this time, the Danmu tribute envoy was summoned not to Danmu, but to send signals to the outside world, so that the Ming Dynasty officials knew what the emperor meant.

It's really effective.

Soon the news that the Ming Dynasty was about to conquer the Nanyang and re-establish the Manzhe Boyi Kingdom spread.

For a time, there was a lot of discussion in the officialdom.

Of course, there were voices of opposition, and they used the lessons of the Yuan Dynasty's predecessors to conquer Java, and opposed it by Emperor Taizu's ancestral system that separated the mountains and bound the sea.

But generally speaking, not many people oppose it.

This is certainly because after Zhu Qizhen's subsequent purges, few ministers dared to stubbornly oppose Zhu Qizhen's decision.

There is also the military victory of the Ming Dynasty over the years.

Although there were times when the Ming Dynasty fought against the outside world in recent years, there were many defeats, but generally speaking, most of them were victories, and there were no strategic major defeats. Occasionally, they could be saved.

Moreover, Zhu Qizhen's financial reforms, generally speaking, foreign wars will not be affected at all unless they are close to the border, such as the northwest region.

So no one cares much.

In their opinion, it was nothing more than another big victory.

There are even many voices supporting the war.

Zhu Qizhen had not met it yet, but the prince had already met it.

Look, when the prince was busy, Liu Daxia came over to see the prince.

As soon as he saw the prince, he tactfully conveyed some people's requests.

The prince was also surprised and said, "What's going on?"

Liu Daxia was very busy during this period. On the one hand, he had to help the prince prepare for various affairs of the southern expedition. On the other hand, he had a secret task, which was to connect with the connections left by Cao Nai.

Both of these characters, Liu Daxia, did well.

The connections left by Cao Nai are basically controlled by Liu Daxia. This matter was conveyed through the network of relationships left by Cao Nai.

However, many gentry in Jiangnan wanted to arrange people to participate in this southern expedition.

This surprised the prince. If such a situation occurs in Hebei, the prince does not think there is anything wrong.

After all, many Hebei men regard military merit as their level of advancement. With so many years, the Ming Dynasty has not suffered any major defeats, and the chance of real death is actually not high.

Therefore, once you hear that there is a war in some places, all the people who want to be transferred must go through the back door of the Privy Council. Even this time, the same is true.

Although Zhu Qizhen did not say it clearly, it has been confirmed that this southern expedition was mainly composed of southerners. This is also to adapt to the tropical climate.

Many Hebei generals knew about these, but they still wanted to be transferred to the Southern Expedition Army, and some even asked for the prince.

But this is not the case in Jiangnan at all?

How could these scholars who have pens want to compete for jobs with Qiu Ba?

Liu Daxia said: "I couldn't understand it at first, but after a closer look, I found out what was going on."

The prince said, "Oh, please help Mr. Liu solve his doubts for the orphan."

Liu Daxia said: "The world is bustling for profit, and the world is bustling for profit. Now the same is true, but it is the gentry of Jiangnan who is jealous of Nanyang. He wants to use Your Highness to make a move in Nanyang."

The prince frowned when he heard this, and obviously did not understand the truth. After all, the prince's energy was not very familiar with the military and political aspects, and he had no intention of understanding it.

He thought to himself: "Would anyone in Nanyang not allow Jiangnan merchants to do business?"

Seeing that the prince was like this, Liu Daxia could only tell in detail and said: "There are three sea routes in the Daming River. It can be said that most sea merchants follow these three river routes. The first is the Donghai Road, which is from Jiangnan, Ningbo to Ryukyu, and then to Japan and Haixi. This is also the route that Zhejiang sea routes are often taken from Fujian to Yizhou, Luzon, and then to Kuching and Malacca. This route is the route that Fujian merchants often take. The third is from the coast of Guangdong, west to Jiaozhi, Jiading, and then along the coastline to Malacca. This sea route is what Your Highness often walks."

When the prince heard this, he nodded and signaled that he knew all of this.

The boundless ocean does not mean that ships can sail at will in the boundless ocean. Even ships in later generations have waterways, let alone this era.

First of all, the navigation technology of this era was not too developed. Although there was the technology of crossing the ocean without relying on the coast, many times, merchant ships required safety.

Therefore, most commercial waterways travel along the coastline.

Let’s not talk about these three sea routes from Ningbo to Japan. The second one from a modern perspective is from Quanzhou to the Philippines, to Kalimantan Island, and then to Singapore. The third one is from Guangdong to Beibu Gulf, heading south along the Vietnam coastline and directly to Singapore.

There are not other waterways, but these three are the most important ones.

Liu Daxia continued: "It's just that there are some changes over the years, but Japan's business is not easy to do. Northern merchants go directly from Shandong, Tianjin to Haidong, and then to Japan, which is much closer than them. Moreover, Shaofu controls Japan, and northern merchants are closer to Shaofu."

"So in Zhejiang businessmen in Japan, they just operate in dismal places."

"The second channel is mostly the business of Fujian people, and it is the most difficult thing for Fujian people to mess with on the sea, while the third channel is controlled by the Xian family. Therefore, they can only sell goods from Jiangnan to Fujian or Guangdong, and cannot go directly to Nanyang to do business."

The prince was also a little embarrassed when he heard this.

In fact, among these three channels, the most prosperous channel is the one that goes south along the coastline from Guangxi. Even the name of voyage to the West is determined from this channel.

Because from this channel, I first left the Ming Dynasty from the west.

The nickname of Xian Jing, the Sea Dragon King, was not given for nothing. It is also clear how Xian Jing's wealth gathered.

The prince may not have instructed Xian Jing to do this. But the prince acquiesced to do this. If the prince was not behind the scenes, how could Xian Jing, a prince consort, monopolize a waterway?

Do you really think that those who do business at sea are all good men and women?

All maritime merchants are openly maritime merchants and do not mind becoming pirates in private. The identity of the prince consort is still a sign in the Ming Dynasty, but it is nothing at sea.
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