Southern Ming, my destiny is too abstract

Chapter 48 Daming, have you forgotten your Timur?
Hongsavadi has its own currency.

Copper and tin coins were the most widely used, and silver coins were also used for trade, while gold coins were used for rewards and temple offerings.

Fortunately, there were nearly 10,000 Han Chinese who came to Southeast Asia to seek refuge.

The Han Chinese clans in Fujian and Guangdong are still very famous even in modern times.

When the Han people from Southeast Asia fled to their homeland, they had to make tripods and furnaces to worship their ancestors.

Zhu Cixuan gathered a group of professionals and asked King Subiya of Pegu to send a batch of copper and tin coins.

Immediately refine copper.

In three days, a batch of Fu Rui was made.

He summoned all his ministers and prepared to return north to attack the Qing.

Zhu Cixuan asked tiredly:

"Where is Li Weizao now?"

If there is a chance, we must use the energy of an ox and a horse to draw out the destiny of Emperor Taizu!

Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister system and took charge of everything himself.

He reviewed and approved a large number of memorials every day, and personally handled every detail.

Working overtime like a cow or a horse.

In eight days, he received more than 1,600 memorials and handled more than 3,300 state affairs.

On average, I do more than 400 things every day.

He was emperor for nearly twenty years.

He did not die suddenly and lived to be seventy-one years old.

Zhu Cixuan is not so good.

When he was young, he almost died of a serious illness and was baptized by the Catholic Church.

When he grew up, he followed Yongli in fleeing everywhere and never had a peaceful life.

My health has always been in need of care.

It is no wonder that our great-grandfather Jiajing and great-grandfather Wanli wanted to implement an offline monarchy system.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty is not someone that an ordinary person can become.

Those who died from taking pills, did they take the tonic because they were tired?

Deng Shilian's echo corrected Zhu Cixuan's thoughts:
"Your Highness, the Eastern Tartars have mobilized nearly 30,000 troops and stationed them in Sanxuan. The Prince of Jin and the Duke of Guang are stationing their forces in Manmo and Mubang."

"Minister Li is in Mubang. Contact the chieftains of Zhenkang Prefecture and Mengding Prefecture to see if you can borrow troops from them."

Deng Shilian paused for two breaths and said, "The court's intention is to at least prevent them from surrendering to Wu Sangui."

The entire western Yunnan region fell into the hands of Wu Sangui.

At the Eight Passes of Tengyue, the Dashi Army stationed there was also disappointed with Yongli's abandonment of the country and surrendered to the Qing army.

Although southern Yunnan is a long way away, there is no guarantee that the local chieftains will be indecisive and betray the Ming Dynasty.

After all, the Ming Dynasty lost the Central Plains and it had been almost two years since its fall.

Zhu Cixuan nodded slightly: "Deng Kai."

Deng Kai: "I am here."

"Take the ancient artifacts from my tent and take ten thousand gold from the treasury."

"Take my secret letter and set off immediately. Take it to Li Weizhao as fast as you can and let him bribe or threaten you."

"Let Wu Sangui see those ancient artifacts within ten days."

Deng Kai leaned forward and accepted the order: "Yes."

After Deng Kai left, Zhu Cixuan turned to look at Chen Ande:

"Mr. Chen, are Siam and Johor willing to send troops to attack the Dutch?"

"Do Britain and Portugal still want to return to Southeast Asia to obtain spices?"

Chen Ande stroked his short beard:

"Your Highness, the British just finished a big war with the Dutch six or seven years ago, and they returned last year to welcome the King."

"When a new king ascends the throne, everything becomes difficult to manage. Their cabinet and council decide all state affairs, but power is jointly held by merchants and nobles."

"It seems that it is impossible to decide to declare war on the Netherlands immediately in the short term, and the British Governor of Fort St. George in India cannot march into Southeast Asia alone."

"The Portuguese are weak and have long been inferior to Spain, Britain, and the Netherlands. Their governor cannot directly send out troops."

"If I go back to Europe to report the situation to their king, it will take at least a year to go back and forth."

"However, both Britain and Portugal want to return to Southeast Asia. As long as the Ming Dynasty sends troops, they are very willing to send some merchant guards to help the Ming Dynasty retake Malacca."

The British monarchy was restored? Charles II returned to the throne, and Cromwell, the Lord Protector, died?

That's not right. I remember that the Anglo-Dutch War lasted throughout the seventeenth century.

The timing is so clever.

We have two feudal monarchies fighting against each other.

Britain has been jumping between constitutional monarchy and monarchy.

Zhu Cixuan frowned a little: "Siam and Johor are also unwilling to send troops?"

Chen Ande coughed twice and said, "Your Highness, Johor is close to the Strait of Malacca."

"It's not far from Batavia, and they don't dare to provoke the Dutch."

"As for Siam, says the King of Siam."

"If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally leads the troops south to Malacca, Siam will definitely send troops and food to assist the Ming Dynasty."

"When the Johor envoy heard about this, he also expressed his willingness to join Your Highness in defeating the Dutch."

Zhu Cixuan frowned even more.

Do you really want to break through the Indochina Peninsula?

Deng Shilian hesitated and asked:
"Your Highness, the Han Chinese of Nanyang have lived overseas for a long time. Since ancient times, they have never started a war for a few civilians."

"When the imperial edict of the Great Ming reaches the islands of Southeast Asia, knowing the might of our Great Ming army, those barbarians will surely not dare to harm our Han people."

"And the Sultanate of Aceh has no roots or origins in our Ming Dynasty. Why would we start a war for it and invade a Dutch vassal state?"

Zhu Cixuan sighed: "Master Deng, you don't know something."

"The Dutch have occupied our Ming Dynasty's Yizhou Island for decades. Zheng Yanping is preparing to recapture Yizhou as a base for his rebellion against the Qing Dynasty."

"I wanted to distract the Dutch and assist Zheng Yanping."

After Zhu Cixuan finished speaking, he continued:
"Zheng Yanping's recovery of Yizhou was similar to our pacification of Hongsha, and he used it as a foundation for his anti-Qing campaign."

Deng Shilian also began to frown: "Prince of Yanping?"

"In the 13th year of the Yongli reign, the Prince of Yanping led an army of over 100,000 men to the north to attack the Southern Capital. Even after failing, he fled overseas."

"With tens of thousands of soldiers, it would be easy for them to take down a few small Dutch cities. Why is Your Highness trying to tie down the Dutch for them?"

"The Red Barbarians have strong ships and powerful guns, but on land, they are no different from the Ming army of the past."

"No matter how many reinforcements Batavia sends, it's still a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth."

Zhu Cixuan nodded.

The mercenaries from the Shenji Camp could only fire from a distance.

As soon as the Hongsha people's elephant soldiers get close, they will collapse and flee.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhu Cixuan expressed his intention to join forces with Zheng Yanping.

Upon hearing this, Deng Shilian looked at Ma Bao and the others.

Deng Shilian said, "Your Highness, it won't be difficult to break through Fengshang and reach the coast of Annan."

"But that's thousands of miles away from Zheng Yanping on the coast of Fujian Province. Can Annan lend us a passage to eastern Guangdong?"

"If you really have to move the imperial court again, wouldn't your Highness's efforts to pacify Hongsha be in vain?"

"The court only has the Prince of Jin, the Prince of Gongchang, and the Duke of Guang with over 20,000 troops. It is impossible to fight on two fronts, unless Your Highness leads a Han and barbarian army alone."

Zhu Cixuan shook his head.

He wanted to stay in Hongsha and force Wu Sangui to come to fight early.

"Your Highness has made up his mind to return north to reclaim Yunnan Province. He should send some Han Chinese from Southeast Asia to contact the Prince of Yanping and inform him of the safety of the court and the emperor."

After Deng Shilian finished speaking, he hesitated for a long time before speaking:

"Your Highness, the Prince of Yanping is different from the Prince of Jin and the Prince of Gongchang."

"He was given the imperial surname by Emperor Longwu himself, and is a vassal of the Tang Dynasty. He is currently under the supervision of Prince Lu."

Are there also differences among political factions?

Is the country and the world going to be destroyed?
Can we form an alliance of despair?

Zhu Cixuan was about to open his mouth to refute.

Pan Huang hurriedly pushed the door open again.

"Your Highness, an envoy claiming to be from the Timurid Empire has arrived."

Alas, it will be on the shelves tomorrow...

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