The larger the dynasty, the more prone it is to corruption.

Zhu Ying knew this very well, but compared with the increasingly powerful Ming Dynasty, this could only be regarded as a flaw.

But at the same time, if these flaws are ignored, minor illnesses will turn into major ones.

Zhu Ying called Song Zhong.

"I think you must know something about the local Jinyiwei. Maybe you think this won't be a big problem."

"But you have to understand one thing. New soldiers are the future of the Ming Dynasty and the foundation of the entire army. No matter how powerful a general is, if he does not have good soldiers to assist him, it is just talk on paper."

"Don't take my kindness as forgiveness for you."

Zhu Ying said coldly.

After hearing this, Song Zhong knelt down on the ground.

"Your Highness, I did hear something, but I didn't expect it to be so serious. I didn't know they would dare to interfere in the army."

"Your Highness, please give me a chance. I will definitely handle this matter well."

Zhu Ying looked at Song Zhong and said, "What a joke! Do you think this is just the capital?"

"There are problems in all the provinces of the Ming Dynasty, especially the original thirteen provinces. They are all the thieves who steal from the public. Do you want me to disband all the local Jinyiwei?"

"I'll give you six months to sort out all the problems within the Jinyiwei from top to bottom."

"Those who deserve to be killed should be killed, and those who deserve to be punished should be punished. If I investigate again in half a year and find such a phenomenon, then you should think carefully about where you should be buried."

Song Zhong did not expect the Crown Prince to be so resolute this time. With a fierce look on his face, he immediately said, "Your Highness, some people in the Jinyiwei do not obey my orders. Please issue an order and grant me the power to make the decision. If it cannot be completed within half a year, I will come to see you with my head."

Zhu Ying looked at Song Zhong with some surprise.

He knew what this sentence meant.

In today's Jinyiwei organization, there are actually two major forces existing at the same time.

One faction is composed of the old ones, led by Jiang Li, and the other faction is composed of the new ones, led by Song Zhong.

The good relationship between the grandfather and grandson does not mean that the people under them have a good relationship. Not everyone is related by blood. As long as there are interests, there will be competition.

Jiang Li is now the commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, which means he is the top leader.

Song Zhong was the pacification commissioner, equivalent to the second in command.

In the original Jinyiwei, Song Zhong was actually under Jiang Lin, but after being appreciated by Zhu Ying, even though his status and position did not change, the situation was actually completely different.

As Song Zhong continued to promote his subordinates, the current situation in the Jinyiwei Yamen was formed.

"You mean, there's something wrong with Jiang Li here?" Zhu Ying asked indifferently.

Song Zhong replied: "I am not referring to Commander Jiang, but there are many situations that even Commander Jiang does not know. Many people below are acting in the name of Commander Jiang."

"The main members of the local Jinyiwei are all descendants of nobles who made contributions to the founding of the country. They are admitted through family connections. The noble families involved probably include half of the imperial court."

"If I were to take action, I'm afraid there would be many obstacles here. Without your Highness's order, I believe I would not be able to accomplish it."

Zhu Ying looked at Song Zhong.

After a while, he shouted to Guo Zhong, "Guo Zhong, bring me my precious sword."

It is called a precious sword, but in fact it is just the most ordinary long sword.

However, this ordinary long sword became less ordinary because of Zhu Ying.

Because when Zhu Ying was doing business in his early years, he carried this long knife.

Now Zhu Ying naturally had no chance to use the knife himself, so he kept the knife in Kunning Palace.

"I give you the decree and my sword. If you still cannot satisfy me in half a year, you can use this sword to commit suicide."

Zhu Ying looked at the knife in his hand, recalled some things that happened in the past, and after a slight sigh, he threw the knife to Song Zhong.

Song Zhong caught the blade with both hands and said respectfully, "Please rest assured, Your Highness. I will definitely complete what Your Highness has instructed me to do."

Zhu Ying nodded and waved his hand to let him leave.

This is equivalent to a military order, but Zhu Ying can only cut off Song Zhong's retreat first.

As the Minister of War, Ru Hong stood in the first line under the imperial power, but he had no way to handle this matter by himself, and instead had to talk to Zhu Ying about it.

It can be seen how complicated the people involved are.

To put it bluntly, we are afraid that some members of the royal family may be involved.

The Jinyiwei was an intelligence department and had always been directly under the emperor. However, the local Jinyiwei were far away from the capital and the supervision was relatively loose.

In fact, Jiang Li and Song Zhong knew these things, but they couldn't say it.

Ru Hong wanted to say that it was because the mine was buried too big, and once it exploded, his Ministry of War would be the first to bear the brunt.

After Zhu Yuanzhang came to power, he has been committed to combating corruption among civil servants.

Zhu Ying, on the other hand, targeted corruption in the military.

As the saying goes, greed is insatiable and even the elephant is swallowed. For the sake of money, many people don’t care about so many things as long as they can make money.

Just like the Guo Huan case back then, Song Zhong would offend countless people by going there.

…

Siam Peninsula.

Although it is already winter, the weather in Nanyang is more comfortable. It is no longer as hot as before and feels a bit cooler.

Now on the Siam Peninsula, Lan Yu has gathered 300,000 troops, waiting for the monsoon to arrive.

"Duke Liang, I don't know what the situation is in Tianzhu."

Cao Zhen looked at the sea and couldn't help but ask.

Lan Yu didn't care much, "What could it be? I heard from Li Jinglong that Tianzhu is just like that, and the soldiers' fighting power is very weak."

"Besides, we have an army of 300,000 men, and we can fight anywhere in the world."

"The Crown Prince also said that we must conquer Tianzhu and make it the back garden of the Ming Dynasty just like Nanyang."

"It is said that India is rich in resources and extremely prosperous. It is a good place to visit."

After hearing what Lan Yu said, Cao Zhen didn't know what to say.

In fact, Cao Zhen's situation is very normal, because he has never had any contact with the relationship and is completely in the dark, so he is a little worried.

"How have the soldiers from Siam and Cambodia been performing recently?" Lan Yu asked casually.

Cao Zhen replied: "Don't worry, Duke Liang. Most of these soldiers are just ordinary people. They didn't even have enough food to eat before."

"Now following us, the Ming Dynasty, although the training is a little harder, but they can eat full meals every day, which is a great blessing for them."

Lan Yu nodded.

He still valued the soldiers of Siam and Cambodia, because Siam and Cambodia each had 100,000 soldiers out of the 300,000-man army.

Not just the current 200,000 soldiers.

Lan Yu knew very well that the imperial court would not send him any more troops for the time being, but it gave him the power to train troops.

In other words, Lan Yu could recruit soldiers in Siam and Cambodia and then conduct training.

Although Lan Yu had never been to India, from a simple map and some information he had learned, he knew that India was a place where many dynasties existed at the same time and had a vast territory.

It is not a big problem for 300,000 soldiers to attack a country, but if the war continues, it will be a big problem.

Now, most of the military logistics are also handled by Nanyang, and the imperial court is mainly responsible for armaments and firearms.

When invading the Indian region, Siam and Cambodia would serve as Lan Yu's logistics support.

"Wind! Wind! Strong wind!!!"

Suddenly, loud shouts were heard in the military camp, and Lan Yu also felt the strong wind blowing.

This is the monsoon, and it is also a strong wind that can drive the treasure ship.

Only with such strong winds can the treasure ship's sails have enough power to sail.

Everything is ready, the east wind has arrived.

Lan Yu did not hesitate any longer. He immediately reorganized his army, sailed on the treasure ship and headed for India.

…

Tibet.

After three months, Fu Youde led the army and almost conquered the entire Tubo.

The war against Tubo went more smoothly than Fu Youde had imagined.

The present Tubo is no longer the powerful dynasty it was during the Tang Dynasty.

The Tubo Dynasty collapsed and split into many regimes of varying sizes, including the Lhasa royal family, the Ali royal family, the Yaze royal family, and the Yalong Jue'a royal family.

The four major royal families continued to split internally, and separatist regimes of varying sizes emerged.

For example, the Ali royal family was divided into the Ladakh Kingdom, Purang and Guge Kingdom.

The eastern part of Tubo was even more chaotic, where "ethnic groups were scattered, with the largest numbering several thousand families and the smallest numbering a hundred or so, and there was no longer any unity."

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the Zuosiluo regime was established in the Qinghai area, but it was only short-lived.

After a long period of division, the entire Qinghai-Tibet Plateau was divided into three parts, namely U-Tsang, Kham and Amdo.

U-Tsang is divided into three parts: the front Tibet, the back Tibet and the Ali.

The Ming Dynasty's U-Tsang Commandery was not actually located in the U-Tsang region in the current sense, but in the north close to the border of the Western Regions.

In name, the U-Tsang Commander-in-Chief was in charge of the entire U-Tsang region.

The target that Fu Youde led his troops to attack was U-Tsang, Qianzang and Ali.

The front Tibet is Lhasa and Shannan area, while Ali is on the northern Tibetan plateau.

These two places are also the most troublesome places and where altitude sickness is the most severe.

The reason why Fu Youde was able to defeat Tubo within three months was not in the use of troops, but in the use of people.

He took advantage of the relationships between the major regimes to isolate the Tibetan regimes in the former Tibet and Ali regions. After promising some benefits, the Tibetan people living in the plateau areas organized their own troops to help Fu Youde conquer the country.

In fact, Fu Youde should thank Timur for making things go so smoothly.

A few years ago, Timur invaded and conquered the Delhi Sultanate bordering Tubo, then entered the territory of Tubo and burned, killed, and looted, leaving the entire Tubo territory in pieces.

At that time, it was the areas of Qianzang and Ali that surrendered to Timur's forces.

Then the grassland was pacified, Timur retreated to Tibet, and the remaining troops on the grassland were now basically eliminated.

Therefore, too many Tibetan chieftains did not dare to confront the Ming Dynasty.

Tubo is now very poor, and it is difficult for them to wage another war. Even the nobles have to worry about their daily meals.

This is the reason why Fu Youde was able to succeed.

Of course, this is also inseparable from the strength of the Ming army.

However, after pacifying Tubo, Fu Youde's mission was not over. Next, he needed to cooperate with the U-Tsang Commander and the Delhi Sultanate's guards to counterattack the Delhi Sultanate and restore the Tughlaq Dynasty.

…

Samarkand.

Timur's plans for the Ming Dynasty almost all ended in failure.

Timur was very angry as he suffered such a great defeat for the first time, but anger could not solve the problem.

Timur gradually began to realize that the current Ming Dynasty was an existence that he would find difficult to provoke.

Especially in a relationship over long distances, whoever launches a long expedition will suffer losses.

So Timur once again turned his attention to the Ottoman Empire.

The Sultan of the Ottoman Empire has been captured alive by Timur, but this does not mean the end of the Ottoman Empire.

Because Bayezid was captured so suddenly, he did not decide on an heir to the throne, and his four sons began a war for the throne.

In fact, Bayezid had not yet been executed by Timur, but was being held as a prisoner in Samarkand.

There was no way Timur would let him go.

Because of the struggle for the throne, Western Thrace, Macedonia, Sofia, Thessaloniki and the entire northern Greece, which were once conquered by the Ottoman Empire, began to revolt and declared their independence from the Ottoman Empire.

Including Bulgaria and Serbia, which paid tribute to the country.

It can be said that because of Bayezid, the entire Ottoman Empire is now in a state of fragmentation.

Originally in history, Timur was trying to find a way to attack the Ming Dynasty, which gave the Ottoman Empire a chance to catch its breath.

Then Timur died of illness on the way to the eastward expedition, and the once powerful Timurid Empire became what we know today as the Ottoman Empire.

But now Timur did not dare to lead the army to conquer the Ming Dynasty again, so he could only set his sights on the Ottoman Empire again.

This time, Timur assembled an army of 150,000 and started another westward expedition.

Faced with Timur's army, especially when even their king was captured, the Ottoman soldiers had a natural fear of Timur's soldiers.

The Timurid Empire during this period can be said to be at its most powerful. Even Zhu Ying could only advance slowly from the sea and land, and how could these Turks resist?

However, at the beginning of the war, the entire situation had already become one-sided.

After fighting with the Ming Dynasty, Timur paid more attention to the development and use of firearms. The Timur cavalry now are no longer the barbarians who only knew how to shoot arrows.

They had powerful artillery, muskets, and well-trained cavalry and infantry corps.

Cabest, who had suffered repeated defeats in the Ming Dynasty and had almost lost all his confidence, finally regained his lost confidence in the war against the Ottoman Empire.

"It's not that I'm too weak, but that Ming is too strong."

Thinking of some past events in the territory of the Ming Dynasty and comparing it with the current situation, Cabest sighed in his heart.

He never wanted to fight against the Ming Dynasty again. It was a painful and torturous memory.