"I will tell you about the heavenly soldiers again... Sun Tzu once said that soldiers are important matters of the country, the place of life and death, and the way of survival. For us, the heavenly alliance, the heavenly soldiers

Even the major matters of the alliance, the place of life and death, and the way of survival must be observed!"

After talking about the general principles of the Tianmeng organization, Emperor Zhu turned to the matter of organizing the heavenly soldiers. In fact, in the era when there were no heavenly soldiers, the joint operations between the sects and vassals of the Celestial Dynasty never stopped, almost every month and every year.

The expeditionary force from the Ming Dynasty fought together with the armies of the vassal states.

Moreover, some vassal states with a small population and vast territory would recruit troops from the Ming Dynasty, Japan, Korea, Annan and other countries with large populations after obtaining permission from the Ming Dynasty court.

It is precisely because of the close military ties between the sects and vassals of the dynasty that the civilization circle of the dynasty has been able to expand rapidly in the past forty or fifty years - every small Xia vassal state located on the edge of the civilization circle has a

It is real support for the entire civilization!

However, with the development and growth of a series of frontline vassal states such as the United States, Qing State, Western Chu State, Junggar State, Malacca State, and Palembang State, they have been able to operate without a suzerain or vassal state at the center of the civilization circle.

Continued to grow despite providing military support.

Zhu Cixi knew very well that such a thing was actually very detrimental to the Celestial Civilization Circle! On the one hand, the vassals located in the "outer circle" would become stronger and stronger, gradually break away from the control of the Ming Dynasty, and one day they would even turn their guns to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

Competing for the position of the leader of the various Xia clans.

On the other hand, the military preparations of the Xia countries in the "inner circle" such as the Ming Dynasty, Japan, Korea, Annan, etc. will also become more and more lax due to the long-term peace and tranquility. By then, strong vassals and weak sects will appear.

In this dangerous situation, internal strife in the Chinese circle is inevitable!

And Zhu Cixi's solution is also very simple, which is to copy the method of the American Empire in later generations...that is, to just live a good life, form a military alliance, and when there is nothing to eat, he will take a bunch of younger brothers to look for it all over the world.

Beat the soft persimmon.

There are not many powerful countries around the American Empire. In the Americas, the American Empire is the only one country. Canada in the north has not many people in total. Mexico in the south can hardly defeat several drug lords. As for the island countries in the Caribbean, no one can.

Threaten the US empire in the slightest.

If it weren't for the troubles all over the world, the U.S. empire's armaments would have been reduced to rubbish long ago!

The current security environment of the Ming Dynasty is almost a replica of the American Empire in later generations. You can just lie down and enjoy the peace and tranquility of the prosperous age.

But what about two or three generations later?

So we can’t let the cannons and rifled guns of the Great Tomorrow Soldiers get rusty... We have to let them go into battle to experience, and they have to participate in high-level warfare. If you compete with a bunch of losers all day long, you will also be brought down.

Wasted.

As for high-level opponents, you have to go to Central Asia, the Indian Ocean, and the American continent to find them!

But these places were too far away from the Ming Dynasty. How did the Ming army get there? How did they get supplies? How did they establish themselves there for a long time? These were all very difficult problems to solve!

The Heavenly Alliance and the Heavenly Soldiers are the solution to these problems.

"What I mean," Zhu Cixiang's eyes slowly passed over his eldest son Zhu Hehao and fifth brother Zhu Cihuan, "our Heavenly Alliance must have a heavenly army that is always ready to obey the orders of the Heavenly Alliance Conference and the four major branches...

...We cannot let frontline vassal states such as the United States, Qing State, Xichu State, Junggar State, Malacca State, and Phuket State bear the military affairs and military expenditures against powerful enemies alone. Military affairs and military expenditures must be provided by the countries of the Sky Alliance.

, apportioned according to population and financial income.

Of course, all countries, especially the main and minor alliance leaders of the Sky Alliance, as well as the countries on the frontier, must also maintain their own strong military forces. Life and death cannot all rely on the Sky Alliance and the heavenly soldiers.

The Heavenly Soldiers have two uses. One is to fight together with the military and civilians of the vassal state when a war breaks out between the vassal state and foreign enemies; the second is to implement the Heavenly Punishment Order of the Heavenly Alliance Conference and sanction the vassal state that violates the "Celestial Alliance Charter".

Or suppress the disloyal thieves within the vassal state!"

As soon as these words came out, the kings and important ministers of the Ming Dynasty vassal country who were present all secretly took a breath... God's punishment! It sounds terrible!

"Brother," King Zhu Cihuan of Qing asked guiltily, "how does it count as a violation of the Celestial Alliance Charter? And who is to decide?"

Zhu Cixiang glanced at him and said to himself: If you want to "take control of Mojing and serve the emperor", you are violating the "Charter of the Celestial Alliance"!

It turns out that this Zhu Cihuan was also a vassal king who actively demanded progress... He started out as Prince Jiaqing at the county level. After many years of hard work, he finally lost the word "plus" and became a prince.

Prince Qing. However, he and his wife and children were still not satisfied, and set a big goal of "taking control of Mojing and serving the emperor for the emperor", and wanted to turn "Prince Qing" into "Emperor Qing".

Because of this matter, the three brothers Zhu Hehao, Zhu Hekun, and Zhu Hezhen of the United States often reported to Zhu Cixiang. Zhu Cixiang also secretly ordered Kyushu King Xu Zhengrong and Japanese King Xu Laichang, who were closely connected with the warrior groups in Jiaqing, to send people to investigate.

, and finally confirmed the authenticity of the small report by the three brothers Zhu Hehao, Zhu Hekun, and Zhu Hezhen.

However, Zhu Cixiang had no intention of sanctioning Qingguo, let alone the idea of ​​sending troops to conquer the country. Instead, he put the matter aside... It was not easy to take over Mojing anyway. Zhu Cixiang probably would never hear this in his life.

Good news.

But the rules for punishing disobedient officials by the Tianmeng must be established while Zhu Cixiang is still in office!

"What counts as a violation of the "Chinese Alliance Charter"? We will discuss it slowly after sending it to our father!" Zhu Cixiang said, "There must be a way to convince the public... What we need to set now is the big policy

.Because the Ming Dynasty will only be the brother of Zhu Xia from now on, and will no longer be the father of Zhu Xia. Therefore, the matter of heavenly punishment must be discussed by the five leaders of the Tianmeng Conference together, and cannot be decided by the Ming family!"

Of course the five gangsters must discuss it together!

Zhu Cihuan glanced at his good nephew Zhu Hehao and stopped talking - anyway, the Qing Kingdom is high in the sky and the emperor is far away, and its national and military strength are not weak. It is not a soft persimmon that can be manipulated by others... as long as it is not blatant.

There shouldn't be any natural punishment for flying the emperor's banner.

Emperor Zhu went on to say: "In the past, there was no heavenly alliance, no charter, and no heavenly soldiers... so there were many conflicts between vassal states. From time to time, vassal states or city lords of vassal states would complain to me. I will deal with it.

Some of them have been mixed up, but most of them have been mixed together. But in the future, we will have a charter, a heavenly alliance, and a heavenly soldier. Who will continue to use the big to bully the small, use the strong to bully the weak, start private wars, and kill innocent people indiscriminately...

.Haha, don’t blame God for being ruthless in punishment!”

After Zhu Cixiang's harsh words came down, the monarchs and ministers of the vassal state below, who had their own thoughts, all looked at each other, and they all acted like loyal ministers and filial sons.

Emperor Zhu nodded with satisfaction: He is a good boy if he knows his mistakes and can correct them... Of course, infighting is human nature! Therefore, the "Magna Carta of the Sky Alliance" will not be too strict. As long as the following vassal states

If city-states can find an upright reason, they can attack each other!

However, the Xia's attacks must abide by the rules. They must not hurt the people, interrupt trade, kill captives, drive out the defeated party, and cannot annex without the permission of the Tianmeng Assembly. In principle, of course, the Tianmeng Assembly must

Will not support annexation, so the result of Zhu Xia's attack can only be to replace the monarch of the defeated country (taken over by the heir of the victorious country), rather than merging the defeated country into the victorious country... And vassal states, city-states

The transfer will have to be supervised by Tianmeng in the future and cannot be sold casually.

Thinking of this, Zhu Cixiang looked at the sky. The sun was almost reaching the center of his head. Today's imperial meeting was almost finished. He also talked about the Heavenly Alliance, Heavenly Punishment, and Heavenly Soldiers.
Chapter completed!