Chapter 587: The Southwest War! Taisun Party’s Counterattack!
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While everyone was silent, Dai Lun spoke again and pointed his finger at Zhu Gaoxu.
This man, whose real rank was only from the seventh-grade etiquette, actually showed strong courage and resilience at this moment. He faced the powerful Han King Zhu Gaoxu many times, and even refuted him in person!
Because of the new idea provided by Dai Lun, Zhu Zhanji and Yang Pu suddenly became enlightened.
The southwest war that Dai Lun spoke of was actually the war on the Indo-China Peninsula, started by the Ming Dynasty, or in other words, by Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han Dynasty!
At that time, the prince was recovering from illness, and the emperor ordered the king of Han to supervise the country and govern the country.
This ambitious prince of the Han Dynasty directly formulated the new vassal system of "releasing the kings to the outside world".
With the full support of the six ministers and the prince, the new vassal system of "releasing the kings to the outside world" was implemented smoothly at first, and was well received and supported by the people.
After all, the Tianhuang nobles and clan kings of the Lao Zhu family cannot participate in any military and political affairs. They can only focus on plundering the people's wealth in the fiefdom to ensure their own comfortable life. This has caused the people in the feudal prince's fiefdom to be deeply affected. The harm is that I wish these clan kings would die one by one.
Because of the new vassal system of "Release the Kings to Foreign Affairs", all the vassal kings in various prefectures were forcibly relocated overseas. The manors and fields they had previously occupied were all returned to the people by the Han Dynasty with the help of the Ming Dynasty Bank. Therefore, it could be said that for a time It has won the hearts of the people.
Coupled with the continuous success of the five countries in the East China Sea and the seven countries in Nanyang, in just two or three years, the Ming Dynasty controlled the entire East China Sea and Nanyang, and its territory more than doubled. It was an indisputable achievement of opening up new territories!
It was precisely because of the great achievements of this new vassal system that the Han King Zhu Gaoxu became very popular and won the hearts of the people all over the world.
However, at this time, bad news came from the southwest.
Instead of being unstoppable, the Ming Dynasty's army went to conquer the Indochina Peninsula. On the contrary, they were deeply trapped in it. They reached out to the court many times to ask for money and food. On the contrary, they did not achieve any effective results.
In addition to the active surrender of local chieftains and Xuanweisi from neighboring Yunnan and Guizhou places, the Ming Dynasty King's Division encountered unimaginable stubborn resistance from the local indigenous people!
In addition, the climate and environment in the southwest and other places are completely different from those in the Central Plains. The mountains are densely forested, poisonous insects are rampant, and miasma is rampant...
Due to the combination of these various reasons, the various armies led by the acting king Zhu Gui and other six kings suffered heavy casualties. Even if the two famous generals Zhang Fu, the Marquis of Xincheng, and Musheng, the Marquis of Xiping, were in command, the southwest war was still difficult to end, with little effect!
And all of this, in a sense, was all caused by Zhu Gaoxu, the King of Han Dynasty!
After understanding this, Yang Pu immediately changed his tone and used this matter to attack Zhu Gaoxu.
"Your Highness the King of Han, ever since King Shi started the war in the southwest, the imperial court has invested a huge amount of money, food and supplies, but so far there has been no results."
"On the contrary, the imperial court is now in a food dilemma. Every year, a huge amount of money and food are invested in the southwest war, which greatly increases the financial burden of the imperial court, and no results are seen!"
"I would like to ask His Highness the King of Han, when will the Southwest War end? How much more food does the court need to invest in it? Why does the Ming Dynasty have to fight this war?"
Yang Pu's thinking was very clear. After Dai Lun's reminder, he had already thought of a way to counter Zhu Gaoxu!
Before Zhu Gaoxu could speak, Yang Pu knelt down and said loudly.
"Your Majesty, since the founding of the Yongle Dynasty, the imperial court has sent troops to fight in successive years."
"In the past few years, the Northern Expedition to Mongolia and Yuan Dynasty crippled the Tatars and Oaras, and also recovered the Lingbei Province in one fell swoop."
"In the past few years, there have been wars in the south and north, in the East China Sea, Nanyang, and the Southwest... Now the imperial court is stuck in the quagmire of the southwest. Not only can it not end the war as soon as possible, it has to invest a huge amount of money and food, like a bottomless pit!"
"The people of the world are suffering from wars, separation and loss, and are even more trapped in poverty due to food shortages. There is no one to cultivate the land and there is no food to eat. How can there be any peace and prosperity?"
"I sincerely request the emperor to put the country, the country, and the country first, recall the king's army in the southwest, stop fighting, stop the war, start a new life with the people, and rest and recuperate!"
I have to admit that Yang Pu is extremely smart and wise. Now he is directly standing on the moral high ground, questioning the meaning of the southwest war, pointing fingers at Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu, and just pointing his nose and scolding him for his great success!
Seeing this, Taisun's party members followed the output one after another, kneeling down and begging the emperor to recall the Southwest King's Division to end the Southwest War and let the court get out of this quagmire.
This sudden counterattack really caught Zhu Gaoxu off guard.
He did not expect that Taisun's party members would focus on the Southwest War, nor did he expect that these guys had such an idea and were preparing to label themselves as "a great success"!
However, what they said is very reasonable. After all, the facts are before our eyes. Zhang Fu, Mu Sheng and others have been fighting for three or four years in the middle-aged peninsula but they have not been able to capture it. They even suffered heavy damage and had little effect. No wonder they are extremely dissatisfied with this!
Not to mention that they were dissatisfied, Zhu Gaoxu himself felt dissatisfied. These two bastards really didn't live up to expectations!
But this does not mean that Zhu Gaoxu will sit back and wait for death, agreeing with these short-sighted guys to encourage the emperor to suspend the war in the southwest, and miss the opportunity to conquer the Indo-China Peninsula.
Prince Han turned to look at Zhu Gaosui and gave him a look, and the latter immediately understood.
"Fuck your motherfucker!"
"Yang Pu, I think you have been in Dongkun for a long time and have been logging all day long, so you are confused, right?"
As soon as these words came out, the officials burst into laughter. Yang Pu's face instantly turned red and turned the color of pig liver with anger.
When the kings released this new system of sectarian vassalage, they had to have a clear price tag.
In order to repay the debts of the court, all the vassal kings began to find ways to make money to repay the debts after the founding of the country.
The seven Southeast Asian countries have unique geographical advantages, so they only need to build ports and terminals and set up customs fees to earn countless amounts of money to repay debts.
But the five countries in the East China Sea are different. Except for Ningguo, which has gold and silver mines that can be used to repay debts, the other four countries are a barren land. Even if there are gold and silver mines, they don’t know where they are. They can only rely on logging to repay debts. As a result, he became a laughing stock overseas.
Zhu Gaosui didn't care about his face at all, and started to vent his anger at Yang Pu.
"Zhongnan is related to the transportation hub between the imperial court and Nanyang, and it is the only way for the imperial court to control Nanyang. Zhang Fu and Mu Sheng have been fighting for three or four years. What are your intentions at this time when you request a truce and recall the king's division?"
"Then what about the territory that our Ming Dynasty King has conquered in the past few years? What about the heroic soldiers who died in battle? And how should our Nanyang court treat them?"
"Your Majesty, I think this Yang Pu just doesn't know the military affairs and talks nonsense, so I just ordered someone to take him out, so as not to disgust people here!"
"King Zhao, you..." Yang Pu was furious.
If he was forked out today, it would really become a joke.
"That's enough!" Seeing that the heat was almost done, Zhu Gaoxu said directly.
"The war in the southwest is inherently difficult. It is understandable that the imperial court invested a huge amount of money and food, but it is not as fruitless as you Yang Pu said."
"As far as I know, my Ming army has captured Siam and is in the process of conquering Burma. We will conquer the entire Indo-China Peninsula in the near future!"
"The war is about to end. If the king's division is suddenly recalled at this time, I'm afraid it will chill the soldiers of the three armies and trigger a mutiny!"
"Grandson, what do you think?"
Seeing that Zhu Zhanji remained silent, Zhu Gaoxu smiled and threw the question to him.
Zhu Zhanji took a deep look at Zhu Gaoxu, with thousands of thoughts in his mind.
This time, he might really lose!
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