Zhu Ying never thought that the Ming Dynasty's economy should develop the real estate industry.

This is the deep hatred from later generations.

Therefore, the impact on housing prices was a policy that had been reserved since the introduction of housing loans.

This time, the money houses joined forces to speculate in real estate, but it was just a step ahead of the sales restriction order.

As far as the current Ming Dynasty is concerned, Zhu Ying has never worried about losing. After all, the cards in his hand are too good, all of them are royal flushes.

No matter how arrogant you are, if you really get annoyed, don't forget that this is the Ming Dynasty under imperial power.

Zhu Ying could only say, don't let me taste the failure, or I will let you taste the death.

The acquisition of money houses is a slow and meticulous process and it is impossible to integrate them all at once.

Of course, it’s not too late to announce a ban on private enterprises.

We still need to reserve some time and slowly take control of these private banks before making an announcement.

Zhu Ying doesn't need to worry about these specific matters, he just needs to grasp the direction.

I do everything by myself. Do you think I'm a model worker like that old man?

I've come all the way from the Western Regions to where I am today, and I'm both the landlord and the crown prince. After defeating Japan, I fought Annan. I also have to worry about industry, military affairs, and making money. Don't I have it easy for me? Can't I just enjoy myself?

"Are you deliberately going against me? You really won't let me have a good rest."

Zhu Ying was speechless.

It was as if God didn't blame this lazy guy and immediately gave him a job.

In the Huagai Hall, Zhu Yuanzhang and the six ministers had already arrived.

"Grandson, you've come at the right time. Come and see the news coming from the west." Zhu Yuanzhang greeted him.

When the six ministers saw Zhu Ying coming in, they naturally stood up and bowed: "Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"No need to be polite."

Zhu Ying nodded, took the envelope from Zhu Yuanzhang and began to read it.

This was news sent from the U-Tsang Command, delivered via an express route of 800 miles. It was obviously urgent military intelligence.

Zhu Yuanzhang and the six ministers had already read the content, leaving only Zhu Ying.

A key figure is involved here, Timur.

After Timur defeated the Delhi Sultanate, he immediately used the Delhi Sultanate as a springboard to begin harassing the Tubo and U-Tsang regions.

It has to be admitted that Timur's army is definitely one of the best in the world today, especially the large number of cavalry, which makes them almost invincible in field battles.

There were no strong cities or strong walls in the Tubo region, so it was difficult to organize a decent resistance against the harassment of Timur's army.

This is a regular Mongolian army, and their elite cavalry still have the ability to sleep on horseback that the Mongols once did.

Timur deployed more than 200,000 troops in the Tubo region.

Apart from the slave army, the elite cavalry unit of the headquarters has nearly 70,000 troops.

This is almost as bad as Timur's showdown with the Ottoman Empire last year.

Of course, when they were fighting against the Ottoman Empire, it was not a major war between the two countries. The monarch of the Ottoman Empire, Bayezid I, was also a fool. He was too proud and conceited about the name of "Thunder".

As a result, he was captured alive by Timur and is still imprisoned in a cell in Samarkand. Timur obviously has no intention of releasing him during his lifetime.

"Timur is really out of his mind. He has already captured the emperor of the Ottoman Empire. Now the Ottoman region is in chaos. Why did he come to our territory instead of going west to receive the fruits of victory?"

"You are such an ambitious fellow, do you really think that the Ming Dynasty is so easy to mess with?"

Zhu Ying's scolding was agreed by Zhu Yuanzhang and the six ministers.

Timur's actions put the Ming Dynasty in a very passive position.

The Ming Dynasty's military is now rapidly developing cavalry, but this takes time to develop.

The military base on the grassland has been continuously developed. Even if it continues to absorb grassland tribes, it is still very difficult to produce a considerable number of cavalry troops in a short period of time.

The difficulty lies mainly in loyalty, not in the number of people.

The training of a cavalryman first requires training of his personal qualities, and then ideological education. For example, foreign officers with the rank of centurion or above need to be brought from the grassland to the military academy in the capital to study.

While the Ming Dynasty was training cavalry, it also needed to take into account the loyalty of the trained cavalry to the Ming Dynasty.

Otherwise, what will happen if they obey orders but not declarations? The cavalry troops far away in the grassland area may easily defect. If others go to the grassland, the Ming Dynasty will lose both the wife and the army.

Now is not the time to fight against the Northern Yuan Dynasty. We can no longer waste huge amounts of money and food on expanding our military as we did before.

The training method also changed from absorbing foreign personnel to training Han cavalry of the Ming Dynasty.

At least for now, at the officer level, it is basically necessary to ensure a high proportion of Han people are suppressed, so as to avoid major chaos.

There have been some minor frictions at present, but overall the problem is not serious and cannot be avoided.

As for sending cavalry to Tubo, this is very unrealistic.

That's why Zhu Ying complained about Timur's disgustingness.

Tubo sounds like a small place, but in fact its territory is very vast, which is equivalent to one eighth of the country's land area in later generations.

However, Tibet now only belongs to the rule of the Ming Dynasty in name.

In the third year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang began to pacify Tubo and appointed a large number of upper-class people to official positions of different levels such as Tongzhi, Marshal, and Wanhu, and initially established an administrative system in the Tubo area.

In fact, Tibet was no different from a vassal state, as evidenced by the fact that the Ming Dynasty was unable to collect taxes.

The difference between direct territory and nominal territory lies in taxation.

"Your Highness, Timur's march into Tibet this time is probably a demonstration against us." The Minister of War Ru Heng said helplessly.

Zhu Ying asked in doubt: "Demonstration, what does that mean?"

Ru Hong replied: "According to the news from the sea, our Ming ocean-going fleet has already arrived at the coast of Central Asia."

"Because of the monsoon, our Ming treasure ship will have to stay there until the end of the year before it can set sail."

"The natives over there may have coveted our Ming treasure ship. In order to protect the dignity of our Ming, Duke Cao had a conflict with the local natives."

"Duke Cao is leading the elite troops of our Ming Dynasty. The natives are no match for them. We are winning battle after battle and are invincible."

Zhu Ying couldn't help but ask: "What does this have to do with Timur?"

If he remembered correctly, Timur had not yet conquered the coastal North Indian region.

Ru Hong replied somewhat awkwardly: "Duke Cao destroyed an army of 20,000 people over there and captured many slaves. That army was Timur's expeditionary force to northern India."

Zhu Ying was stunned.

This kid Li Jinglong is quite good at fighting.

They actually destroyed Timur's expeditionary force.

But it's normal to say.

The people in North India have always been weak in fighting. Timur hardly encountered any opponents when he attacked North India, which was equivalent to a situation of sweeping all the way.

Obviously, the 20,000 men were not necessarily Timur's direct troops.

Although Li Jinglong brought only 30,000 officers and soldiers with him, in order to promote the majesty of the Ming Dynasty, most of them were veterans of many battles and were equipped with a sufficient number of firearms.

"What's the loss?" Zhu Ying asked.

Ru Ying replied: "Duke Cao promoted our country's prestige and defeated Timur's expeditionary army. The losses were negligible, and the main vanguard was mainly local natives."

I understand.

Li Jinglong felt sorry for his own men and used the local natives as cannon fodder.

"Very good. It seems that Duke Cao has made a great contribution."

Zhu Ying said approvingly.

Now I probably understand the situation.

Because it was an ocean-going fleet, it was difficult for Timur to send troops for revenge.

After all, by the time Timur organized his army to rush over, Li Jinglong had already set sail again.

It is true that Timur was the overlord of the Middle East, but in fact, the areas ruled by Timur were basically on land, and there were not many places near the sea. Therefore, Timur’s naval power was not insufficient, but he had no navy at all.

Both Mongols and Turks have a natural fear of the sea.

This fear comes from the destruction of Kublai Khan's hundreds of thousands of troops in Japan.

So the Mongols had no idea about developing their navy.

The Ming Dynasty's ocean-going fleet had already reached his territory, and Timur naturally did not want to suffer such humiliation.

It just so happened that the Delhi Sultanate had been conquered, so they simply marched directly into Tibet.

"If it wasn't for my eldest grandson reminding me, I would have almost been fooled by Timur."

"In his previous letters to us, he seemed to be a loyal minister, but now he is a traitor."

"This time he dared to send troops to Tubo, we must make him pay the price."

Zhu Yuanzhang said this very unhappily, with his temper clearly evident in his tone.

The eldest grandson had told him many times before that Timur had ulterior motives. From the time when the Ming envoys were detained in Samarkand to now when Timur marched into Tibet, Zhu Yuanzhang had truly seen through his true face.

Even if it will cost a lot this time, Timur must be made aware of the strength of the Ming Dynasty.

After Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, the decision was final and the ministers of the six ministries sat upright.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very unhappy. He was annoyed by those who pretended to obey the emperor but actually disobeyed him. Timur was the first western country to submit to the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang thought it was a great honor for him.

As a result, they captured their own envoys last year and came to Tubo again this year.

This is going to be disastrous.

Do you really think that the Ming Dynasty today is still the same as before?

With the help of our eldest grandson, the Ming Dynasty has been completely transformed.

In the past, when we were fighting Japan, a group of ministers including Hu Weiyong and Liu Bowen came out to persuade the Ming Dynasty, saying that the Ming Dynasty had just been established and many things needed to be done, so it was not appropriate to go to war.

Now the Ming Dynasty has both the people and the money.

There is no need to hold your breath.

Whoever dares to provoke me will be severely counterattacked and let you know what is good for you.

Zhu Ying also understood that since the old man had spoken, he had to fight this time, even if it was just to vent his anger.

The current Ming Dynasty can fully afford the war.

When fighting a war, food and supplies must be sent before the army moves. What we fight for are people and money, and the Ming Dynasty is not short of these now.

The Minister of War, Ru Heng, glanced at the Crown Prince out of the corner of his eye.

As the Minister of War, it is of course his responsibility to deploy troops.

In the past, the Five Military Commission had strongly suppressed the Ministry of War. Although the Five Military Commission has now been hollowed out, the military power has not actually been transferred to the Ministry of War, but has been seized by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

To put it simply, in the current army of the Ming Dynasty, the orders of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince are much more effective than the documents of the Ministry of War.

Tubo is very big.

Timur had more than 200,000 troops, which was a lot, but compared with the territory of Tubo, it was not much.

The most troublesome thing is the 70,000 cavalry.

Hundreds of thousands of slave soldiers are nothing, Tubo can easily deal with them.

"Let's borrow troops from the Northern Yuan. Our own cavalry has just started to improve, and we can't afford to lose them here."

Zhu Ying thought about it and made his own decision.

Previously, the Ming Dynasty had a total of only about 50,000 cavalrymen, but now it has grown a lot and is roughly only about 80,000 to 90,000.

Even so, if they were to fight against the Mongolian cavalry in the plains or grasslands, they would still lose more than they win.

It's impossible that all the Ming cavalry will be destroyed all at once just because of Timur.

Fortunately, we have dealt with the Northern Yuan Dynasty, otherwise it would have been a real hassle.

Minister of Rites Ren Hengtai couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness, how many troops are we borrowing from the Northern Yuan this time?"

Borrowing troops is a diplomatic matter, and it is the responsibility of the Ministry of Rites.

Zhu Ying hesitated and said, "One hundred thousand cavalry, otherwise we won't be able to suppress Timur's army."

He knew very well that the Northern Yuan Dynasty would definitely not send out its elite cavalry, and would probably just gather together the major tribes.

Naturally, Timur's cavalry was probably not the elite cavalry from his own army.

There is no need to worry about the infantry, as Timur's soldiers are slaves, and Tubo can handle them themselves.

You've already been given cavalry, how can you not get some infantry to cooperate? At least waving the flag and cheering is also good.

Minister of Rites Ren Hengtai took a deep breath.

Borrowed 100,000 soldiers, all of them cavalry.

This is a big deal.

Although we now have the Beiyuan Employment Association, it would not be a problem to recruit a few thousand people, but if it exceeds tens of thousands, we must inform Beiyuan first.

The Northern Yuan people are not fools either, so they will naturally restrict you from deploying tens of thousands of people at will.

If there are too many people, in addition to the money from the hiring association, a sum of money for borrowing soldiers will have to be paid to the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

I'm afraid that this time the Northern Yuan Dynasty is going to ask for too much.

Everyone knows that the Ming Dynasty is extremely rich nowadays.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said, "One hundred thousand cavalrymen are just a deterrent. If Timur's cavalry does not fight head-on, there is nothing we can do to them. This is not enough to make Timur feel the pain. We still have to let him know what's good for him."

"I heard that the emperor of the Ottoman Empire was captured by Timur. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. I think we can unite with them and put pressure on Timur together."

"In recent years, our Ming navy has built a lot of ships and recruited a lot of people. It's time to take them out for a walk."

"Let's go through the territory that Duke Cao used to occupy and unite the surrounding indigenous people."

"There is also the Eastern Chagatai Khanate. Now Timur has conquered the Delhi Sultanate. They are more anxious than us. Send envoys over, give them some money and food, and fight Timur together."

It would have been fine if Zhu Yuanzhang hadn't spoken, but once he spoke, he would have attacked Timur from all sides.