Chapter 470 Three Stages of Returning Farmland
Zhu Yijun’s overseas investment is a typical old farmer’s thinking, just like Zhang Juzheng and others stubbornly chose slower asset growth when solving the problem of silver waste before. method, rather than the simpler and faster financial method.
Shenshi Bank believes that the return rate of subsequent investments will fall, so it allocates risks downward, and allocates part of the risks of sea-opening investments from the trading bank to the speculators of the trading bank.
But Zhu Yijun still insisted on opening the sea, and this time it was still 10 million silver.
In the 28th year of Hongwu, the number of official lands in the Ming Dynasty was more than 5.35 million hectares, accounting for 63% of the world's acres. Just six years later, in the first year of Yongle, it had become half official land and half civilian land. By the 16th year of Hongzhi, the proportion of official land dropped further, to 25%, to 1.05 million hectares.
In the eighth year of Wanli, the proportion of official land in the Ming Dynasty was 14.4%, that is, there were a total of 1.1816 million hectares of official land. These official lands included the imperial village, the land granted by the princes, the academic fields, the horse pastures, and the official fields. Fields, military settlements and civilian settlements.
It has been nine years since the Ming Dynasty implemented the Qing Dynasty and returned the land to the land. By December of the ninth year of Wanli, there was only so much official land, and the rest was all civilian land.
"Is the continued investment to increase the proportion of official gardens?" Zhang Juzheng thought for a moment and understood why His Majesty wanted to invest more.
At this time, the number and scale of Ming Dynasty plantations and the proportion of government-run plantations were declining. Among the 1.7 million hectares of overseas plantations, only 901,000 hectares of cadastral land were official gardens, accounting for only 53%. Compared with before , the rate of decline is increasing, and the number and scale of private plantations are still expanding.
"It is true." Zhu Yijun nodded and said. The means of production belong to the imperial court, and Nanyang is the back garden of the Ming Dynasty. If the proportion of official gardens drops to 30%, coupled with the objective environment that the plantations are isolated overseas, , Nanyang may become a pirate nest threatening the Ming Dynasty's maritime territory, rather than the Ming Dynasty's back garden.
Zhu Yijun thinks about this issue from the perspective of the proportion of means of production.
"Then invest." Zhang Juzheng took a deep breath and asked: "Is there any money left in the internal funds? According to the previous, Quanchu, Quanjin, and Quanzhe Guildhall each contributed one million silver, and the national funds The national funds and internal funds are 3.5 million silver each. There is enough money for expenses. What about the internal funds?”
“Don’t worry, sir,” Zhu Yijun said with a smile, “I am really rich. , more money than the national treasury.”
The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who even refused to pay a few taels of money for Buddhist rituals at the singing party, was the richest man in the Ming Dynasty. The wealth of Wang Chonggu, a top meat eater, was lost in front of this behemoth. Not worth mentioning.
In the Huangzhuang business, Guojiao alone earns 1.24 million silver a year. This is still an item in the Huangzhuang. The main thing of the Huangzhuang is expensive, selling ambergris and coral. , large pearls, exquisite gold and silver jewelry, luxury furniture and other items, Huangzhuang earned a total of 3.72 million silver in the ninth year of Wanli. Plus five hinterland city shipping companies and four major overseas city shipping companies, this year's internal money was 320 million million silver, the plantation account was 2.2 million silver, and the gold flower silver was 1.2 million silver, for a total of 10.32 million silver.
The income from domestic funds mainly comes from the royal village, commercial tax sharing, tariff sharing and gold and silver. Its overall scale is highly consistent with the Ming Dynasty national money and commercial tax.
Land clearing, official administration, rectification of education and politics, and strengthening the army were Zhang Juzheng's actions. Opening up seas, building government factories, and reforming business and taxation were the new policies of the Ming emperor.
Zhang Juzheng’s New Deal + Zhu Yijun’s New Deal = Wanli’s New Deal.
Zhu Yijun was not like Song Shenzong Zhao Xu. On the one hand, he supported Wang Anshi's charge into the battle, and on the other hand, he supported Han Qi, Empress Dowager Sima Guang and other conservatives to check and balance Wang Anshi's reform.
Zhu Yijun's support for the New Deal is his unreserved support. In a word, he will punish those who make mistakes, such is his attitude.
"That's okay." Zhang Juzheng smiled, as long as your Majesty has money. If you really don't have the money to spend the national money, you can go to the internal funds to beg for food. It's better than during the Jiajing period, when the internal funds and the national funds were begging for each other. It's better to have a clean face in your pocket. Much more.
Zhu Yijun discovered that Zhang Juzheng was old.
It’s not that Zhang Juzheng has an old age, but that Zhang Juzheng has a kind of conservatism that is content with the status quo. He is not as sharp-edged and enterprising as before.
This is not an illusion. Zhang Juzheng has not proposed any reform measures for a long time. Instead, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of War, and Wang Chonggu have begun to charge into battle.
"Since Ding You became an official and returned to the court, Mr. Zhu Yijun seems to have rarely said anything to open up the matter." Zhu Yijun chose to speak directly.
Zhang Juzheng was very clear about his state. He said with a smile: "This is as it should be. Your Majesty is already at the peak of his spring and Autumn period. He is sage and wise, knows all about his treachery, and is wise and wise. Your Majesty is at your side. "
"It's very good, it's already very good, much better than what I originally imagined."
Zhang Juzheng also thought about it for a month during the month of medical rest. , he was thinking about his position in the court, and finally placed himself in an auxiliary position. He was delighted by His Majesty's growth, but His Majesty always had a natural prejudice against civil servants in his heart. This prejudice was for self-protection.
In Zhang Juzheng's view, being able to achieve this step has greatly exceeded his expectations.
"Sir, is it time to return the fields?" Zhu Yijun asked.
In the ninth year of Wanli, there were 1.1816 million hectares of official land. In the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, there were 5.35 million hectares of official land. This is definitely not because Zhang Juzheng was incompetent and could figure out the cadastre. This was the only one in the Ming Dynasty. The reason why the proportion of farmland is high is because Zhu Yuanzhang was Taizu and the master of development. Just like the current overseas plantations, more than half of them are government-run plantations.
The land movement before the ninth year of Wanli was mainly about clearing the land, which was to find out whose hands the land was in and collect taxes from them. The cadastral (fish scale book) was used to collect taxes and return the land. Except for the Songjiang Xu family, Yanzhou Kongfu, Xindu Yang family, etc. who were killed by the emperor, the rest of the land was not excessively pursued.
Qingzhang is not a complete land movement. Its motivation is for taxation. Qingzhang has serious limitations. Shandong, Henan, and Sichuan are all long-standing problems for Qingzhang. In some places, the right-wing forces are more powerful than others. Where the land is strong, there is great resistance to land clearing.
So far, land annexation in the Ming Dynasty is still serious, and the uneven tax and grain burden still exists. Moreover, due to unclear cadastre, many tax and grain burdens have been passed on to ordinary farmers in various names, and the poor The situation in which civilian coolies were cruelly exploited has not been fundamentally improved.
Whether he wants to return the land is equivalent to Zhu Yijun asking Zhang Juzheng if he wants to rebel together.
"Your Majesty, the government factories and factories need craftsmen. There is no need to completely return the land. I think it is better to maintain it." Zhang Juzheng said immediately.
Return the fields? The last person who dared to do this was Jia Sidao.
The result of this will be an uproar, but Zhang Juzheng can understand why His Majesty mentioned this issue at this moment. The reason is very simple. Anda Khan has been beheaded, and there is no substantial military threat to the north. It's time to continue cutting the blade inward.
Zhang Juzheng can understand His Majesty's mood. As an emperor who is deeply involved in agriculture and mulberry, he cares about the people of the world. While he deeply hates the Ming Dynasty's annexation, the invisible hand made the Ming Dynasty's luxury households transform into industry and commerce. Rather than digging for food in the soil, we promote the development of industry and commerce in Ming Dynasty.
Songjiang School’s liberal advocacy has some merits. When most Zhashe households realize the huge profits from industry and commerce, they will automatically transform, and the land in the countryside will naturally return to the hands of farmers. .
"From the perspective of taxes, the proportion of land tax in Ming Dynasty has further declined, from 70% last year to 59.2% this year. The proportion is declining very fast. Soon, luxury households in Ming Dynasty will react." Zhang Juzheng said He believed that overly drastic measures would be conducive to the stability of the country.
Zhang Juzheng further said: "Your Majesty, turmoil is the greatest harm to the poor and coolies, because the people have almost no ability to bear risks, while the powerful and powerful have enough ability to withstand risks, just like the chaos of war. At that time, the rural gentry in the north could move, but during the Japanese Rebellion, the powerful forces in the southeast could move inward, and the people could only be trapped in dire straits. "
In prosperity, the people suffer; in death, the people suffer. .
But when it is prosperous, the suffering of the people is not as bad as the decline of the world, and one ten thousandth of the suffering when the heroes rise together. Every change of dynasty is bound to be accompanied by a rapid decline in population. The vast majority of people are not destined by fate. Son, in the reincarnation of the dynasty, endless people have become withered bones. Although every turmoil will redistribute the means of production, which seems to solve part of the merger problem, but what is the cost?
To maintain stability, Zhang Juzheng never thinks this is a derogatory term.
Zhang Juzheng never expected war, but he was never afraid of war.
"What you said is reasonable, but I still want to return the land." Zhu Yijun agreed with Zhang Juzheng's statement. He paused and continued: "Work together with the Census of Dingkou and deny the legality of the deed of sale to let the poor The civilian coolies have settled down."
"The government-owned factory group construction is already underway," Zhang Juzheng insisted.
“The number is too small, and the number of craftsmen produced by the government factory is still too small.” Zhu Yijun, like Zhang Juzheng, is extremely stubborn.
There are tens of millions of mansions in Ande, which can shelter all the poor people in the world with joy.
What a beautiful political ideal this is. His Majesty is at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period and has great ambitions. As the emperor's master, Zhang Juzheng should encourage him at this time, rather than throw cold water on him. Zhang Juzheng is a very powerful minister, and he knows one thing very clearly. When an ideal country shines into reality, it often leads to an abyss.
This is what Your Majesty criticized Confucianism at the beginning, and this sentence also applies to Your Majesty now.
“Your Majesty, the Northern Song Dynasty was full of refugees and there were more than 4.4 million Xiang troops. If the Jin Kingdom had not swept across the country, the Northern Song Dynasty could have managed to maintain itself. The Ming Dynasty had 2.2 million guards on its nine sides. Although they were unable to conquer, they were more than enough to defend the territory. "Zhang Juzheng made a big circle to remind His Majesty that it is better not to take too big a step.
Wu Guifang’s Emancipation Proclamation denies the legality of the deed of sale, cooperates with the census of the population, and returns the land to resettle the refugees. In terms of system design, it seems that there is no problem, but Zhang Juzheng’s opposition is also based on practice and experience. .
Sometimes, doing nothing is also a kind of wisdom.
“I still think it is necessary.” Of course Zhu Yijun could understand Zhang Juzheng’s objection, but the thorough land movement and land to the tiller were of great significance to the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Yijun felt it was necessary.
The prerequisite for industrialization is thorough land reform. This is an experience that Zhu Yijun knows but Zhang Juzheng does not. Therefore, Zhang Juzheng is not very clear about what the emperor wants to do. The steam engine is indeed the spark that ignites everything, but it will also be fleeting. Soon, if we want this flame to turn into a raging flame, more people need to hold up the torch together.
The high degree of land annexation brought about a tenant system that was not essentially different from slavery. Tenants were almost equal to slaves. If you want to ignite the industrial fire of the Ming Dynasty, the first thing to change is the production relationship. Free the tenants from the land.
Only by doing this can tenants get rid of their status as slaves, truly own land and property, and improve production enthusiasm and productivity. Only sufficient development of agriculture can provide sufficient material foundation for industrialization. At the same time, , only when tenants get rid of the constraints of their own renouncements can they have children and provide a sufficient industrial population.
Zhang Juzheng could not understand His Majesty's insistence, but he thought for a moment and shook his head and said: "Your Majesty thinks it is necessary, then do it. I think you can start from Songjiang Mansion first, and then go from Songjiang Mansion to Nanya , from Nanya to Zhejiang and Shandong, and planned it slowly, hoping to complete the return of the land in ten or twenty years. ”
The difficulty of returning the land is much higher than that of Qingzhang, and the process of returning the land requires practice and exploration, so what Zhang Juzheng means is: if the emperor thinks it is necessary, then do it, he will execute it, and he can do his best to cause infamy in the future. Take responsibility.
The pilot project was conducted in Songjiang Prefecture. The governor of Songjiang was Shen Shixing, a disciple of Zhang Juzheng and a die-hard Zhang Dang. The pilot project was conducted in Songjiang Prefecture. Zhang Juzheng had no intention of passing the buck.
Anyway, Ming Dynasty has enough redundancy for trial and error. If it makes a mistake, it can only turn over the sesame cakes and pretend that it has never been done before. It does not mean that it will be immediately popularized and implemented nationwide.
"If it is to be carried out, I have three strategies: upper, middle and lower." Since Zhang Juzheng agreed with His Majesty, he immediately chose to advise and return the land on the basis of clearing the abbot.
"Sir, he didn't agree before, but now he immediately came up with three strategies: upper, middle and lower. This is already prepared!" Zhu Yijun was stunned, Zhang Juzheng just compromised, and he was ready to offer suggestions, wasn't he? Zhu Yijun was well prepared and ate the two stone lions at the door!
"I am indeed prepared." Zhang Juzheng stood up, walked to the museum shelf behind the long desk, picked up a memorial, and handed it to Feng Bao, who handed it to His Majesty.
The cover of this memorial has become somewhat oxidized and yellowed. The Qingzhang was initiated by Zhang Juzheng. During his nine years as president, he certainly thought about land to the tiller, and it was not that he thought about it day and night. But in the end he didn't have the determination to carry it out, and he didn't want to cause the world to boil over. But now that Your Majesty has started this, the world belongs to your old Zhu family, and your old Zhu family doesn’t feel sorry for you. Why should Zhang Juzheng feel sorry for him!
Zhu Yijun opened the memorial and read it for a long time before closing it. He put the memorial into his sleeve and wanted to take it back and study it carefully. He was about to take a break during the New Year, even if he wanted to discuss returning the land. , it’s also after the new year.
Zhang Juzheng still has something in his stomach, and if he is forced to do anything, he can still get it out.
This was Zhu Yijun's first thought after reading the memorial.
Zhang Juzheng's memorial has three national policies: upper, middle and lower. Instead of distinguishing between upper, middle and lower, it is better to describe it in terms of process, which is more accurate.
The first stage is the abolition of slavery. It is necessary to completely abolish the low status. Census of Dingkou is the process of formulating the yellow book. After the yellow book is drawn up, it is announced that the low status is abolished. After the abolition of the humble status, everyone will be treated equally in terms of legal status. If this step is not achieved, then everything will be out of the question. As long as the yamen still supports the sale of the body, the so-called return of the land is a joke.
Scholars, farmers, industry and merchants are considered good, while servants and those who promote excellence are regarded as base.
A person with a lowly status has been a lowly citizen for generations. They are not allowed to change careers or fake their status. Moreover, they are not allowed to take the imperial examination. Anyone with an irregular family background is not allowed to take the exam.
This was also Zhang Juzheng's last resort. The court did not interfere too much. It only gave the tenants and other tenants equal status in the law and let the invisible hand regulate the means of production and production relations. This kind of infamy was borne by the court. The least, and also the slowest, can only be left to time.
The second stage is rent reduction. The imperial court stipulates that the amount of rent demanded by landlords from tenants must not exceed 25% of the land's output. If it exceeds, they will be punished. It depends on the situation. The highest is the family of residence. The cadastral land was released to the people for self-cultivation.
Fangling means that the court sells land to the public, and it is also part of the rent reduction stage. It means that the court uses silver, ship leads, tickets and other means to buy land from landlords, and then sells it to the people. The price of the land is determined by the purchase price. The common people in the field must pay in ten years.
This is Zhang Juzheng's middle strategy. The court will not take it for free, nor will it lose it for free. It will use silver or other equivalents to replace the acres in the hands of the landlords, and then sell them to the people. Then the court will recover the land price through additional levies and complete the project. Land transfer.
This middle strategy seems so perfect, but in fact, it must be full of loopholes in its execution. Whether it is a public sale and release of land, or the land price is paid in installments over ten years, all Zhashe households and the local yamen If they work together, they will further become a tool for mergers and acquisitions.
This is Zhang Juzheng's best strategy, Etian.
The third stage, Etian, no one is allowed to have more than 100 acres of land deed in his name, otherwise it will be lost in vain. After the land deed is lost, it will be converted into official land and used by Yousi to resettle the refugees. Cadastral land cannot be bought or sold, and is collectively owned in units of a mile (110 households are one mile).
It seems that there are three strategies: upper, middle and lower. In fact, the three processes, combined with the actual situation of the Ming Dynasty, can reach the second stage, and we can already shout for the blessing of our ancestors.
It is difficult to return the fields. Zhang Juzheng is very aware of the difficulty, so he wrote nearly 10,000 words eloquently. Moreover, this is his simple plan, not a specific practice. On the day of practice, he will encounter more problems. , Zhang Juzheng is not sure whether he can achieve the second stage in his lifetime.
"Sir, you are a great talent." Zhu Yijun put away the memorial and said sincerely.
Zhang Juzheng bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty is Hongyi."
His content is nothing new. In fact, it is a variation of Jia Sidao's official field method in the late Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, the Southern Song Dynasty was in danger, Jia Si Jia Sidao was too impatient and made chicken feathers all over the ground. Jia Sidao was killed by Zheng Huchen, the county captain who escorted him. Four years later, the Southern Song Dynasty died.
In fact, Zhang Juzheng has already been doing this in the second year of Wanli. For example, in the second year of Wanli, the court agreed that for ships going to sea, a boat guide would be exchanged for 10,000 acres of fertile land. The lower fields would be discounted by a quarter, and the middle fields would be discounted At a half discount, Songjiang Mansion has been redeemed, but the original main purpose was to supply the navy's needs.
Now Zhang Juzheng’s New Deal has a completely different purpose. The content in this memorial is universal.
"Sir, I won't mention this matter today. Are you not going to write this memorial?" Zhu Yijun asked very seriously.
Zhang Juzheng bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty is already doing very well."
In Zhang Juzheng's view, there is no need to go to that step. The resurgence of the Ming Dynasty has become a foregone conclusion. If you do too much, you will make more mistakes. What if it really happens? The implementation of the New Deal caused the Ming Dynasty to fall into pieces. This was not the situation Zhang Juzheng wanted to see.
"The most important thing now is to eat!" Zhu Yijun stood up and said with a smile on his face.
The sky is big and the earth is big, dry rice is the biggest.
Zhu Yijun had lunch at the Quanchu Guild Hall. After returning to Tonghe Palace, he went to the Beitucheng Camp to parade the military horses. As the sun set, the Ming Emperor returned to Tonghe Palace and received the ceremony. The eunuch compiled the memorials of Huangjimen.
Every year before the Chinese New Year, Zhu Yijun meets with foreign officials, county magistrates, elders and common people. From a few foreign officials in the first year of Wanli, to nearly a thousand people now.
These memorials helped Zhu Yijun understand the current situation of the Ming Dynasty.
In the past few days before the Chinese New Year, Zhu Yijun was not relaxed. He was going to Daxing Nanhaizi to meet the family members of Duntai Yuanhou, to inspect the Yongding Woolen Factory, and to the Xishan Coal Bureau to meet with the kiln workers. It was customary to take the queen to the almshouse to check on the poor coolies spending the winter.
On the 21st day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhu Yijun made a special trip to Da Sima Mansion. Tan Lun's condition was getting worse and worse. Zhu Yijun waited for half an hour, but before Tan Lun woke up, he could only Leave.
Tan Lun was waiting for the triumphant return of the Beijing camp, but the chief medical officer said that it would be difficult for Tan Lun to survive this winter.
In the dead of night, Zhu Yijun opened Zhang Juzheng's "Returning the Land" and read it for a long time. Zhang Juzheng had no idea what impact the thorough land movement would have on the Ming Dynasty, just like the distribution of the second volume of Class Theory that he had not been able to write. Same, so he didn't play.
But Zhang Juzheng felt that it was right and that was the direction, so he had been thinking that breaking the feudal production relations for thousands of years and releasing the productivity of tenants was no longer deviant, but treasonous.
"Your Majesty, it's time to rest." Wang Yaozhuo walked in with a gust of fragrant wind and said with a smile, his eyes and eyebrows were like water, full of affection.
Wang Yaozhuo, the last hope of the Ming Emperor's harem, has never been so difficult to compete with state affairs for favor since ancient times.
“The Nanya slave revolution, they shouted to eradicate the noble and the humble, and level the rich and the poor. I don’t know if they can do it, but I know that the method of returning the land to the master is possible.” Zhu Yijun solemnly collected the memorial. He had already asked the eunuch and eunuch, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, to copy several copies and send them to the court officials.
The New Deal in the tenth year of Wanli was to conduct a census of Dingkou, abolish the humble status, and return land to the land.
Wang Yaozhuo could understand that her husband would always mention this to her. Wang Yaozhuo never got involved in politics, but she knew very well that her husband was the master of the world and cared about the people. , polite and virtuous corporal, a person who believes in rewards and punishments, and is a diligent person.
"Just do it if your Majesty thinks it should be done." Wang Yaozhuo exhaled like blue and whispered: "Husband, I learned some tricks from the old nanny, let me show you to my husband."
< br>"Oh?" Zhu Yijun raised his eyebrows. Since the other party issued a PK application, Zhu Yijun had no reason to avoid the fight.
After Zhu Xuanshu was born on July 7, Wang Yaozhuo has been undergoing postpartum recovery and is obviously recovering well.
The next morning, Zhu Yijun woke up from his sleep on time, looked at the exhausted Wang Yaozhuo, and left quietly. A farewell was better than a wedding. Wang Yaozhuo played a little crazy last night and was very tired. Zhu Yijun I had to attend the last court meeting of the year, so I got up early.
Wang Yaozhuo knew in a daze that her husband was gone, and the big stove beside her suddenly disappeared. Of course she could feel it. She was so tired that she couldn't open her eyes, couldn't break free from the seal of the quilt, and fell into a drowsy sleep again. Go, just hold Zhu Yijun's pillow in your arms.
"Mang Yinglong died, and there was civil strife in Toungoo. I have a division in Yunnan, so we should take more precautions and be on the alert. Mang Yingli has despised me for a long time and will not attack until the war in the Strait of Malacca is over." Ministry of War Shangshu Zeng Shengwu first talked about the military affairs before the New Year.
Only by advancing by sea can we completely eliminate Taungoo's will to resist. This was something Tan Lun had already determined when he was here.
When Mang Yinglong was here, Mang Yingli made many remarks that despised the Ming Dynasty. For example, he often said to his left and right: The Ming Dynasty is in trouble both internally and externally. If I become king one day, I will take it lightly. bullshit.
When Mang Yinglong was alive, he didn’t dare to tease Daming easily, but Mang Yingli really dared.
"The Governor-General's Offices of Nagasaki, Ryukyu, Luzon, and Jiegang sent congratulations on the New Year." Wan Shihe, the Minister of Rites, cheerfully took out four memorials, which were sent by the four Governor-General's Offices. It can also be regarded as an expression of respect.
Wan Shihe looked at the courtiers and explained with a smile: "The main reason is that there is good news from the old port. There is civil strife in the Governor's Palace of Goa. Ying Yanghou Zhang Yuanxun took advantage of the civil strife and marched decisively. Lian Ke The Twelve Villages, the Goa Governor's Palace is currently in the Malacca Strait, leaving only Malacca City, which is isolated and difficult to rescue."
"Okay!" Zeng Shengwu's eyes lit up and he looked at Kanyu Map. The city of Malacca and the surrounding small fortresses are extremely difficult to conquer. Zhang Yuanxun's strategy is to flood the city with floods and attack key points. The easy-to-defeat castles have long been removed, and the remaining ones are the most difficult.
The Ming Dynasty knew the importance of the Strait of Malacca, and the Governor-General of Goa also knew that the Governor-General of Goa and the Governor-General of Diu joined forces to resist the enemy.
The remaining twelve forts in this city are the hardest nut to crack. According to Zhang Yuanxun's plan, it will take at least three to six months to conquer the twelve forts of Malacca and finally capture the city of Malacca.
There was internal strife in the Government House of Goa, which directly accelerated this process.
The reason for the internal strife is that some people want to stay and some people want to leave.
The two-year war created great differences within the Government House of Goa. The Ming Dynasty was extremely determined to seize the Strait of Malacca, while Portugal and Spain were too far away to provide direct military support. Since it is bound to be lost, it is better to leave early.
The Portuguese army and subordinates, whose will to resist was gradually weakening, began to become short of food and fresh water, and their differences were amplified little by little, and finally internal strife broke out. Zhang Yuanxun, who received the news, decisively attacked, and in one fell swoop Twelve forts were wiped out, leaving only Malacca as an isolated city.
This isolated city no longer affects the passage of Ming merchant ships on the sea. In other words, Ming Dynasty has completely controlled the Strait of Malacca.
"It is better to pull out this nail before we can use troops against Taungyu." Zeng Shengwu looked at the map of Kanyu and said with a little pity.
With such a nail driven into the throat, it is easy to use force, and life or death is unpredictable.
He was a young Sima from Jingtang who came from Sichuan Province. When Jiu Si was pacified, he had a very good understanding of the contradictions in the southwest. It was the idea of Zeng Shengwu, a young Sima, to completely eliminate any future troubles. .
Zeng Shengwu is a conservative.
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