Chapter 1608 Ten years of prosperity in Ming Dynasty
"Xingfu" is the reign name of Zhu Hexing. He is the "Good Luck Emperor", so of course he is a blessed king, and he also inherited a prosperous era. The Xingfu reign name is really suitable.
As the saying goes, there are only wrong names, not wrong nicknames. The "Good Luck Emperor" Zhu Hexing is indeed a lucky man. He has an extremely stable and well-paid job since his birth - Emperor Ming
He has been working as a prince for more than fifty years. At the beginning, he was supported by his parents, so he did not have to worry about unemployment. Later, he married the capable sisters Ding Yuying and Ding Yuru. With their help, he not only completed the job of the prince,
He had to be down-to-earth, and gradually began to take over the duties of Emperor Zhu Cixiang.
In the fifty-third year of Hongxing's reign, the prince finally became the emperor. After a very grand internal Zen ceremony, he became the 18th emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He was also the most stable and mature emperor.
He was already in his fifties when he ascended the throne, and there was an old man in his seventies helping to keep him in check, and he was accompanied by two concubines and prime ministers who had been in politics for many years. There was also the emperor's uncle, Prime Minister Zhu Cibing, sitting in the court, and a bunch of uncles.
Brothers and cousins are guarding in all directions - some of them are the kings of vassal states, some are the lords of states, some lead the Ming Dynasty's festival towns, and some have thousands of households. They are everywhere in the world!
Fortunately, we had the fertile Emperor Fuzong (Chongzhen), otherwise there wouldn’t be so many close relatives to use!
The Celestial Alliance, which was created before Zhu Cixi officially retired, has been operating well in the ten years since Zhu Hexing came to the throne.
Through the Tianmeng and Tianbing, the Ming Empire and the dozens of vassal states below have formed a "collective security" system. The vassal states located on the edge of the Celestial Civilization can conflict with enemy countries outside the civilization circle through
When the Tianmeng calls on the heavenly soldiers, there is no need to directly ask for help from the Tianmeng Assembly in Yingtian Mansion, just ask for help from the junior alliance leader in charge.
These small alliance leaders can order the Governor's Mansion of the Sky Alliance to send troops. The sources of the heavenly soldiers under the jurisdiction of these Governor's Mansion are regular armies from the Sky Alliance countries. The main force is of course from the Ming Dynasty, but there are also armies from other countries participating.
Usually, the heavenly troops stationed in one area are composed of soldiers from the vassal states affiliated with the local Xiaomeng League, plus troops provided by the Ming Dynasty and Japan, North Korea, Jeju, Annan, Chenla, and Laos, which are non-frontline countries directly under the Ming Dynasty.
The coalition forces. Although the number of troops is not large, they are all elites with strong combat effectiveness!
In addition, the combined fleet will be deployed in directions that require the use of the navy. However, in peacetime, the combined fleet is not under the jurisdiction of the governor-general of the Celestial Alliance, but is under the jurisdiction of the admiral appointed by the Ming Dynasty Navy.
As for the military expenses of the Heavenly Soldiers, they will be shared among the member countries of the Heavenly Alliance based on their respective financial incomes. Those who have money will share more, and those who have no money will share less.
Due to the existence of this collective fighting mechanism, the Celestial Alliance won successive foreign wars in the 10 years after Emperor Xingfu came to power!
First of all, they sent troops to intervene in the Rome-Ottoman War in the first year of Fuxing! Of course, the Chinese coalition forces would not go directly to Europe to fight the Roman Empire. They used the method of attacking in the east and in the west, attacking the Viceroyalty of Peru in New Spain and Lapu
The Viceroyalty of Lata launches an attack!
The war lasted for five years, from the first year of Xingfu to the fifth year of Xingfu. The two sides signed the Peace of Vienna under the mediation of Queen Mary Anne of Hungary and Archduke Henry of Austria.
According to this peace treaty, Qing's territory extended several hundred miles south along the Pacific Ocean, all the way to San Salvador. However, Qing King Zhu Cihuan wanted to seize Yinshan (a large silver mine in Mexico), and his dream of taking over Mojing was not
If it is not achieved, it can only be left to his descendants to achieve.
The Xingfu Emperor Zhu Hexing got a colony in distant South America - this was a private land he opened for his sons! Although the territory was not large, it was an important stronghold, located in Santa Lena, Ecuador.
on provincial land.
The second war that occurred in the Xingfu years was the "War of Fairy Islands" that broke out in the sixth year of Xingfu. The so-called "Fairy Islands" were actually the Hawaiian Islands in later generations. They were called Fairy Islands because
A legend that emerged when Japan surrendered was that there were two fairy islands called "Yingzhou and Abbot" on the ocean 10,000 miles southeast of Japan. There were immortals on the islands who could seek the elixir of immortality.
Since there are fairy islands, immortals, and fairy medicine... the filial sons of the Ming Dynasty have to find them on behalf of their biological fathers!
Therefore, the local tyrant king Zhu Hehao and the stock king Zhu Cihuan sent ships to search in the Pacific very early. About 20 years ago, they found the Hawaiian Islands. There are many indigenous people on the Hawaiian Islands, as well as explorers from the United States and Qing Dynasty.
They asked them about the immortals... They asked them again and again, but they couldn't be sure. So some adventurers simply went to the island to look for them by themselves. I don't know how they found them? They found that Emperor Chongzhen died.
, and no immortal was found.
In fact, Zhu Cixi didn't believe this at all - he went to Hawaii in later generations and never saw any immortals at all! Although there are no immortals in the 21st century, there is no guarantee that there were no immortals there in the 17th and 18th centuries, but the hope of finding them is not very high.
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Therefore, during the Hongxing period when Zhu Cihong was in power, the Ming Dynasty did not put much effort into the Hawaiian Islands - although this archipelago is located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, it is located in the windless zone. Whether you are going east or returning west, you don't have to pass through Hawaii.
So the value of this archipelago is not great.
However, in the sixth year of Emperor Xingfu's reign, due to the deaths of the Supreme Empress Zhou, Luo Prince Zhu Cizhao, Qing Prince Zhu Cihuan, and Supreme Empress Wu Sanmei, as well as the deterioration of Zhu Cixiang's health, Zhu Hexing felt that
I must search seriously for the immortals and the elixir of life.
So a "Fairy Island War" broke out!
This "Immortal Island War" started in the sixth year of Xingfu and lasted for more than four years. It was not completely ended until the tenth year of Xingfu... The purpose of the war was not achieved. Although the coalition forces occupied all the islands,
Suppressing the resistance of the indigenous people, he also established a "Fairy Kingdom" with a somewhat fantasy name on the "Fairy Islands", and let one of Zhu Hexing's sons become the "Fairy King". But the real immortal was not found, of course.
There is no elixir for Zhu Cixiang who is getting older and dying...
The third war during the Xingfu period broke out between the Celestial Alliance and the Rakshasa Empire. The reason was that the Republic of Siberia launched an aggressive war against the Chahar Khanate and the Tumut Khanate.
This war was originally a conflict between the "Tatars", and neither the Ming Empire nor the Rakshasa Empire took it seriously. However, because the Siberian Republic had a famous general named Borzigit Seren, Chaha was defeated.
The Er Khanate and the Tumut Khanate fell into ruins, and the Ming Dynasty had to intervene in the war.
And Ming's intervention caused the Rakshasa Kingdom to follow up!
As a result, the war continued to escalate, and the Republic of Xichu, the Kingdom of Jungar, and the Kingdom of Heshuote also successively intervened. In the end, the war became a bad battle between the Celestial Alliance and the Rakshasa Empire - because the battlefield was too large, and both sides
Logistics and supplies were very difficult, so the scale of the war was always small, and the losses caused were within the tolerance of both sides.
In addition, the cold climate in Siberia restricted the actions of the Ming and Western Chu armies. In this war, the Tianmen attacked in the summer and shrank in the winter, while the Rakshasa-Siberian coalition attacked in the winter and shrank in the summer.
This war started in the seventh year of Xingfu and lasted until the tenth year of Xingfu, with no intention of ending... However, the health of Emperor Zhu Cixiang of the Ming Dynasty was getting worse and worse. By the tenth year of Xingfu,
At the end of the year, I have reached the end of my life.
It seems that he will not be able to wait for the elixir of life, nor will he be able to see the news of victory in the Siberian War.
Chapter completed!