These years of being the queen mother!

"What's the matter?" Li Dingguo and Qi Sichang asked at the same time.

"hey-hey!"

Xu Ye succeeded in committing cheap again, but unfortunately, he did not succeed in pretending to be coercive this time.He laughed strangely in exchange for Li Dingguo and Qi Sichang's unbearable beating.

Xu Ye was beaten to the point of screaming, and as the screams continued, Xu Ye's extremely handsome little white face was not subjected to any attacks, and there was no pain in his body!

"Simply inhumane!"

Xu Ye screamed and blamed Li Dingguo and Qi Sichang, who were both little foxes.

Li Dingguo smiled and said nothing, while Qi Sichang replied with a smile on the corner of his mouth. "I think we are already human enough, at least we didn't turn your pretty face into a pig's head!"

Oh, I didn't move her face because it was not easy to explain to Wei Ling. After all, the girl's favorite was her face.Destroy it, and be careful that Wei Ning, who loves him (face) like his life, will call at the door.

Generally speaking, for a person whose future wife values ​​his looks more than him, most people will feel a little uncomfortable.But Xu Ye is not an ordinary person, this guy's thick skin can be described as a city wall, Xu Ye is complacent about Wei Ning's liking for his face, his unmarried daughter-in-law and the princess of a different surname in Daming really have a good eye!

Qi Sichang also knew that Xu Ye's thick skin was very good, so he complained that he didn't beat him in the face, and he was really merciful.

Xu Ye also knew this, but this did not prevent him from putting on a sad face and accusing the two of their atrocities. "You are simply inhumane. Do you treat your own brothers like this? Thanks to me being obedient in front of the empress dowager, I got this news. It really hurts my heart."

"Come on, don't put on such a resentful woman face. You are not enough to pretend to be a weak scholar and a good baby every day. Only the princess has a simple mind and thinks that you need her protection!"

"Hey, I'm a frail scholar, and my wife who hasn't passed the family is a woman in the family. Why can't I protect me?" Xu Ye said proudly instead of ashamed, complacent and shameless. "Let me tell you, you can't envy these things!"

Who envies you, a shameless bastard!

Whether it was Qi Sichang, or Li Dingguo who joined their group as the future second son-in-law, they couldn't help but twitched their mouths.

Li Dingguo was too lazy to listen to Xu Ye's chatter, and asked directly: "What's the matter, just tell me directly, don't act like a child!"

Xu Ye grinned, opened the fan in a snap, and spoke slowly while shaking the fan. "The Empress Dowager intends to use troops in southern Xinjiang to re-open the Silk Road in the next year!"

It turned out to be the news.

Qi Sichang raised his eyebrows, but he was not surprised at all, because after several minor rebellions occurred in Taichang six years ago, Empress Dowager Yang decided to withdraw the chieftains there, reorganize the garrison, and restore the old military system that had existed since ancient times. silk road.Therefore, Qi Sichang would not be surprised by the use of troops in southern Xinjiang in the next year, but said thoughtfully.

"You suddenly told us about this, could it be that the coach intends to choose from Brother Dingguo and me!"

"Smart, as expected of my brother." Xu Ye shook his head after expressing his admiration for Qi Sichang's sharpness. "But you probably don't have much hope. The Empress Dowager will probably let Brother Ding Guo be the Marshal of the Southern Expedition."

"For a general, the Mercedes-Benz battlefield is the final destination. Since he surrendered to Ming Dynasty, his adoptive father went to Liaodong to fight against the Qing Tartars. If he hadn't been concerned, Dingguo would have gone to Liaodong with his adoptive father. The queen mother intends to use troops in southern Xinjiang. You also intend to entrust me with important tasks, and I will use the good news to repay the trust of the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty."

"Brother, what you think is what I think. If the queen mother really thinks you are handsome, brother, I will definitely ask you to be my deputy and run along the battlefield with you."

After the three of them had a brief conversation, they went back to their respective homes.Not long after, the Empress Dowager brought up the matter of southern Xinjiang at the court meeting, saying that there was another rebellion in southern Xinjiang. Although it subsided quickly, there were still hidden dangers. I was afraid that the rebellion would rise again after a while.

Empress Dowager Yang only mentioned this at the court meeting, but she knows the elegant meaning after hearing the strings, and those who can mix in the six divisions and nine ministers of the central court will never be stupid. After confirming that Empress Dowager Yang really wanted to use troops in southern Xinjiang, the Ministry of War began to get busy. Together with the officials of the Ministry of Households, they calculated how much food and grass would be spent on conquering southern Xinjiang.

After a few days like this, at the beginning of March in the tenth year of Taichang, Empress Dowager Yang issued an order to promote Li Dingguo from the fifth-rank general Wuyi to the second-rank general Hussars and the grand marshal of the Southern Expedition, and Qi Sichang from the second-rank general Zhenguo. , as the deputy general, together with Li Dingguo, the hussar general, led an army of [-] to conquer southern Xinjiang.

Southern Xinjiang is the name of the south of Tianshan Mountain in Xinjiang, where various ethnic groups have been mixed since ancient times.Although it shows that after the founding of the People's Republic of China, both the northern and southern Xinjiang belonged to Daming and became a vassal state, but compared to the northern Xinjiang with vast grassland and forest farms, the southern Xinjiang has a good population because of the Silk Road, but because of the multi-ethnic mix, There were rebellions from time to time.

Empress Dowager Yang originally planned to create a powerful empire, whether it was money or people's livelihood and the army, it was an important part of it. This is the reason for sending troops to conquer southern Xinjiang this time.Empress Dowager Yang excused the rebellion that broke out not long ago and violated the power of the heavens of the last kingdom, and directly asked Li Dingguo, a famous king who had long been famous for a long time in history, to lead a hundred thousand soldiers to take over southern Xinjiang and restore the Silk Road. The silk and porcelain produced by the Ming Dynasty no longer rely solely on the Maritime Silk Road, but can also be sold to the Middle East and Western Europe.

In mid-March of the tenth year of Taichang, a few days after Li Dingguo led an army of [-] to southern Xinjiang, Xia Shi suddenly informed Queen Mother Yang that the price of tulips had suddenly plummeted, causing countless people in Europe to go bankrupt instantly.

Tulips are originally produced in the Mediterranean coast, Central Asia, Turkey and other places. Because of their elegant and refined feeling, after they spread from the Mediterranean coast to Europe, they were sought after by the European upper class.I don't know when, the upper class in Europe actually formed a storm of comparison. Many people think that if a rich family does not have a collection of tulip bulbs, it proves that the family is inferior.The solidified impression made more people plunge into this crazy torrent.In the end, the Dutch cultivated a purple-and-white striped tulip known as the "Eternal Emperor."

Because this kind of tulip called "Eternal Emperor" is caused by virus infection rather than natural mutation, this kind of tulip is regarded as a treasure. Once it comes out, it will make the whole Netherlands crazy, and rich people will buy it. At the expense of farms, houses, and even their daughter's marriage, everyone thought the madness would never end.

However, everyone guessed wrong, no matter how crazy, when the frenzy reaches its peak, there will be a day when the cooldown will end.In 1637 AD, which is the tenth year of Ming Taichang, on February [-]th, the Dutch Tulip Exchange opened as usual, but suddenly, there was a large number of buyers selling, and the market suddenly entered a state of panic, and the price of tulips began to plummet instantly. , People's confidence also plummeted, and the nobles watched their property disappear.

As the price of tulips plummeted, cities fell into chaos. At this time, Europe, especially the Netherlands, was suffering a major blow to the business system. Xia Shi believed that this was a godsend opportunity to implement the economic invasion that Queen Mother Yang said, so Only then did he return to Beijing to meet Empress Dowager Yang and tell her the news face to face.

Speaking of it, Empress Dowager Yang doesn't have much business talent, but because her soul comes from later generations, she strongly agrees with Xia Shi's opinion, and also believes that this is a god-given opportunity for the Ming economy to invade European countries. After all, she learned from the memories in her mind However, it took almost ten years for the economic crisis caused by tulips to gradually disappear.

"Did the Dutch withdraw their troops from Taiwan?"

Empress Dowager Yang's sudden words made Xia Shi a little confused.Empress, the servant is in charge of business affairs and has no knowledge of military affairs. This sudden question really makes the servant at a loss as to how to answer.

Fortunately, when Xia Shi came to tell the news, Zhu Cilin was also there.After thinking about it for a while, I understood what Empress Dowager Yang meant by saying that, and Zhu Cilin immediately replied. "Relying on the advantage of firearms, the Dutch have been at odds with the Ming navy for several months. I originally wanted to order Taiwan to be taken at any cost, but thinking that most of the islanders in Taiwan are people under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, they will take it at any cost." If they go to Taiwan, there will be too many casualties, and it will be a loss of peace, so the navy will besiege and not attack, and the war will be stalemate for several months."

These words sound very nice, but Empress Dowager Yang still heard Zhu Cilin's inner voice from it.If you go south to Taiwan at any cost, not to mention the pensions and silver for the soldiers who died in the war, post-war reconstruction is also a big problem.The difference between harvest and sacrifice is too great, and how could the little emperor Zhu Cilin with Qian Chuanzi's character be willing to take Taiwan at any cost, so the war came to a stalemate.

"So the Dutch did not withdraw their troops from Taiwan!"

"Hey, mother queen is wise!"

This kind of wise old lady would rather not...

Empress Dowager Yang rubbed her temples. She didn't know whether to cry or laugh, so she could only say weakly: "Since the war has been deadlocked for several months, there is nothing wrong with continuing the stalemate. Later, the emperor will personally issue an imperial edict to the admiral of the navy, Tell him to send additional manpower to continue to block merchant ships flying the Dutch flag from entering the Taiwan Strait."

After the Dutch economic crisis caused by tulips spread to the Dutch population in Taiwan, it will definitely cause chaos within them.I believe that soon, under the high-pressure blockade of the Ming Navy, the Dutch will voluntarily withdraw from Taiwan and go to grab territory from the Portuguese who have occupied Japan. The Chinese and the Dutch were at loggerheads in Japan.

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