The undercurrents near the capital of the capital were surging, and no matter how they did, they would not affect the Yunnan Province far southwest of the Ming Dynasty. The streets and alleys of Kunming City, the capital, were mostly amazed by outsiders. In the lobby of a restaurant, two people were obviously outsiders sitting in a corner drinking and chatting.

A short man ate a bite of food and said with emotion: "When I came here five years ago, I remember that there were many beggars on the street, and I could see hungry people from time to time on the road! Look at it now, basically the beggars have disappeared, and even those coolies that can be seen everywhere can't be seen. This is a big change!"

"Yes, it's true when you say it. It used to be dirty and messy. If it weren't for the large caravan coming, I would definitely not have come to kill him! But now, it seems that my previous impressions have changed!" The short man's companion, a young man, also sighed.

Hearing their conversation, the local diners clearly showed a proud look. A tall man at the table next to him couldn't help but interrupt: "Dongwu often calls him. Although Kunming is far away, many people have escaped. It is normal to see beggars on the street! The year is not good, and it is common for some people to starve to death. However, these are the past, they are old calendars, and they have started to be different since two years ago!"

When he heard this, the dwarf was a little puzzled and asked in confusion: "What? I heard that Meng Mi, Meng Yang, and Mubang were occupied by Dongwu. Those Dongwu have been bullying. Haven't the escaped people been here in the past two years? Could it be..."

"That's not what it means!" The tall man immediately waved his hand and interrupted, "Although there are still people who escaped, don't you know, the old man from Fujian toured Yunnan, collected people escaped, and rescued disaster victims, and overwhelmed the Prince Mu's mansion. All the things you see now are the changes brought about by the old man from the palace!"

Of course they had heard of this kind of major event that Master Fujian was on a tour of Yunnan. Hearing that it was this reason, the young man asked a little puzzledly: "How can Master Ge recruit escaped people and provide disaster relief? Where did the imperial court get the money?"

"I don't know where the money comes from." The tall man shook his head, "Anyway, the old master of the Pavilion is rich. He selects strong army from the victims and escaped people, and the second-class group is used to open up wasteland and farmland. Even the old and weak have work to do. Anyway, since the old master of the Pavilion comes, we have never starved to death."

"Editoring the army?" The short man interrupted and asked, "Isn't the chieftain rebellion in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan suppressed by Governor Zhu? Why are they still practicing the army? Are they preparing to recover Meng Yang, Meng Mi and Mubang?"

Before, after these areas were captured by Dongwu, the Ming Dynasty had no response. There was rumors that the court was busy with border defense in the north and had no money to fight, so he could only watch Dongwu harm those places. He originally wanted to wait for Dongwu's army to fight forward and lengthen their supply lines, and perhaps the imperial army would take action.

Now it seems that this rumor is not true. At least the court is rich and is still training the army. Maybe it is possible that it will counterattack and recover those places that day.

In short, it was not that the Ming Dynasty could not defeat Donggo, but that it was a question of whether there was money. If you had money, you could hurt Donggo so that you would not dare to look north. If you had no money, the place was occupied by Donggo but could not counterattack.

In the original history, the corruption in the late Ming Dynasty, the rampant thieves, and the rampant Jianli were rampant. At this time, the court had additional Liao pay due to shortage of money, so there was still plenty of energy to manage the southwestern border. It was also for this reason that Mengyang, Mengmi and Mubang were eventually occupied by Dongwu, and in later generations, it became Myanmar's territory.

The topics of the people in the restaurant lobby were turned into money without realizing it. They really couldn't figure out that even if the court had slightly relieved its finances in the past year, how could the court allocate so much money in the southwest part of the Ming Dynasty?

They naturally didn't know that this was because of the financial owner. At this time, as the financial owner in Yunnan, King Zhu Youjian of Tang stood on the general stage of the military camp, watching the soldiers on the school ground training.

Although nearly 10,000 soldiers were not as many cavalry as in the north, there were still a lot of money and food consumed for training every day, and all of this money and food were borne by Zhu Youjian alone.

Even though this is the case, Zhu Youjian didn't feel sorry for him at all. Relying on the savings of the Tang Palace over the years, these consumptions were not too much for him. As long as he could train elite troops and conquer the world for him, no matter how much money he paid, it would be worth it.

Seeing the tens of thousands of soldiers practicing with the orders, Zhu Youjian's passion in his bones had long been activated. At this time, he would rather be the king of a small border country than to make him a vassal king like raising a pig! Not to mention, as long as he is careful, even a small border country can develop into a big country!

For nearly two years, he has been by Min Hongxue's side, watching Min Hongxue select soldiers from the escaped people and the disaster victims to train, from nothing to something. Now, Zhu Youjian is confident that he has the vision. If he compares with the army under the rule of Prince Mu's mansion, he will definitely beat them. The word "elite soldiers and strong generals" is the definition of the army in front of him.

Listening to the thunderous roar of the military soldiers, Zhu Youjian couldn't control his thoughts. In fact, this idea had existed two months ago and has been holding it back until now.

He looked at it for about a quarter of an hour, then got off the station and went to find Min Hongxue.

"Your Highness, aren't you watching them train in the military camp?" Min Hongxue asked a little curiously when he saw the King of Tang coming.

This time, Zhu Youjian was brave enough to say straight to the point: "Gei, Gu looked at this army, it is enough to defeat Dongwu's army. Gu looked at it, it's time to send troops to attack Dongwu?"

When Min Hongxue heard this, he pondered for a moment, and then said seriously: "Your Highness, although Dongwu is a barbaric country, his strength cannot be ignored. It is best to prepare it well and decide it in one fell swoop! Your Highness still has fields but not auctioned, so money and food should be enough to consume, right?"

"It's not a problem of money!" Zhu Youjian shook his head immediately when he heard this, and then emphasized again, "I feel that this army is now accompanied by various chieftains, and it's no problem to defeat Dongwu. Since that's the case, why do you have to prepare?"

Speaking of this, he was afraid that Min Hongxue would not agree, so he immediately explained: "We have also understood the early spy on Donggo, the terrain and the deployment of Donggo's army. With a strong army in hand, the terrain and familiarity with the terrain, and the injustice of the attack, the so-called right time, place and people are actually in our control. As long as we fight, our army will win!"

What the King of Tang said is indeed the truth. Thanks to the goal set from the beginning, it was to capture Donggo. Therefore, the detailed works sent in advance were continuously passed on in nearly two years. I don’t know the situation in Donggo, but I have at least mastered the basic situation.

Min Hongxue also had to admit that Zhu Youjian made some sense, but he shook his head and said, "Your Highness, the emperor has issued an order to transfer the latest military and national heavy weapons of the flintlock rifle to first equip Your Highness's army. The flintlock rifle has not arrived yet, and there is no training, so it still takes time."

Speaking of this, he paused and said, "Now the court is implementing the reform of the military system of the garrison, and it also involves the reform of the Censorate. This is the major policy of the state and the top priority. Although Yunnan is far away from the capital, this matter must be prepared immediately. For a moment, the official cannot be withdrawn."

Hearing these words, Zhu Youjian quickly replied: "It's not that Gu felt sorry for the money for buying a flintlock rifle. Really, Gu absolutely has no such intention. If Ge Lao can't get married, Gu can lead the army alone. Of course, Gu does not mean to lead the army in the Ming Dynasty, but to Dongwu's side before leading the army..."

There are taboos in some things, such as the vassal kings leading troops! Although Zhu Youjian was personally allowed by the emperor, he still had some concerns. He had to explain the matter of holding military power again and again.

"By the way, the Master of the Pavilion is here. When the flintlock spears of the court are transported over, they can train flintlock spear soldiers. The troops consumed by Gu on the front line can be supplemented!" Zhu Youjian said this, his talent was filled with thoughts and lotus flowers. "Hasn't the court always lacked food? Gu would have been able to provide food to his mother country as soon as possible, and could shock the surrounding areas, so that those small countries that disobeyed the Ming Dynasty obediently paid tribute to the food. Gu set an example as soon as possible and gave confidence to other vassal kings, so that they could learn from Gu, and make feudal overseas as soon as possible to solve the land annexation problem and the vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty!"

He was almost talking nakedly that Min Hongxue could feel his urgent thoughts by just one glance and listen to a sentence. At this time, Min Hongxue could understand Zhu Youjian's thoughts. I have to say that after getting along with each other for a long time, Zhu Youjian knew what he was worried about and what the court needed.

There was still someone standing next to Min Hongxue, who was a Mubang native, Badending. After hearing this, he interrupted and said, "We have secretly provoked a lot of civil strife on Dongwu. King Long has been busy quelling civil strife. If he was given enough time, he would probably have to quell the local forces. It is better not to be too late to conquer Dongwu!"

"Yes!" Zhu Youjian immediately responded to Badending's words after hearing this. He knew that Badending also hoped to hit him as soon as possible. "Gu has already chosen many capable officials on weekdays. As long as he can kill Dongwu, he can quickly stabilize the place. Gu believes that there should be no problem!"

Min Hongxue listened and pondered silently.

Theoretically speaking, the army currently being trained is actually Zhu Youjian's army. However, there was no such precedent before, and attacking Dongwu must be supported by Min Hongxue. Therefore, Zhu Youjian must obtain Min Hongxue's consent.

Seeing Min Hongxue's appearance, Zhu Youjian and Ba Dengding looked at each other, and they couldn't help but feel a little frightened. After saying so much, they were afraid that Min Hongxue would not agree.

After waiting for a long time, Min Hongxue finally spoke: "In this way, this army can be driven to Yongchang Prefecture first, so we can go to the Tengchong Wei reorganization. Once the official order of the court arrives, we can go out to Yongchang, Mengyang, Mengmi, and Mubang, and then threaten Awa. After the subsequent flintlock spear soldiers and other troops are supplemented, they will seize Awa in one fell swoop. What does your Highness think of this strategy?"

Relatively speaking, after years of war, the people's livelihood of Mengyang, Mengmi and Mubang, Dongwu did not pay much attention to these places. In addition, it was originally from the Ming Dynasty, so it was relatively less difficult for the Ming Dynasty to send troops to recover these places. In addition, Awa was the granary of Dongwu. King Talong moved the capital to Awa in 1635 in his original history, which shows the importance of Awa.

Min Hongxue's plan, whether in the eyes of the Mubang people of Badending or Zhu Youjian who made up for the news of the hole this year, was a steady strategy and there should be no problem. So Zhu Youjian immediately agreed.

So, after Zhu Youjian and Min Hongxue discussed some details, Zhu Youjian and Badending reported to Emperor Chongzhen in the chat group.

After seeing this report, Emperor Chongzhen did not think anything was wrong. For Dongwo, that is, Burma in later generations, his impression was that his king handed over Emperor Yongli to the Qing Dynasty. Moreover, he still remembered that Dongwo slaughtered many Han people at that time.

When Emperor Chongzhen thought of this, from his previous reports, he thought that during the Wanli period, there were tens of thousands of people who were robbed by Dongwu. Later, Dongwu heard news that the imperial army was about to attack the south, fearing that the people were imprisoned by the river, setting fire to death, and abandoning the corpse to block the wild river. These stories made Emperor Chongzhen agree to the request of the King of Tang without thinking too much, and a decree came out of the capital and headed straight to Yunnan.

The reason why Min Hongxue and the capital all demanded an imperial edict is, one because this matter is too big, and the other is that among the chat group members around Min Hongxue, there are only King of Tang Zhu Youjian and Mubang native Ba Dingding. Because of their butt problems, they lack a sense of trust.

In Yunnan, the army began to move defenses, and the food and supplies were not carried out explicitly. They just used merchants to sell food and supplies to Yongchang Prefecture in a low-key manner. Otherwise, those who are interested would definitely think of starting a war. Because of the reform of the military system of the garrison, would it be necessary to dispatch a large army and bring countless money and food?

Before the imperial edict arrived, Min Hongxue also began to prepare for this war, summoned chieftains from all over the country and announced the new court policy. It was estimated that before the imperial edict arrived in Kunming, it would be Dongwu and the chieftains on the border of Yunnan to gather together for the imperial envoy. Only then did the decree be clarified and they asked them to cooperate in attacking Dongwu.

The Battle of Togo was about to begin, and Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but worry about the reform of the military system of the garrison, while also putting some of his thoughts on Togo. As far away in the capital, the only thing he could do was to understand the situation on Togo's side through the chat group system.
Chapter completed!