Why not?

Facing His Majesty’s question, Chen Zizhuang answered.

"Your Majesty, there are more than 100,000 Ming people in various parts of Guanxi and north and south of the Tianshan Mountains. Not only are there Ming people who have settled down from both sides of the Yili River, but even the Kazakh grasslands, there are also Ming people who have settled down. These places have been massacred by Jiannu and are uninhabited thousands of miles away. As long as the people of Ming Dynasty continue to move, there will be no less than millions of Ming people here in decades. As long as the Ming Dynasty official office and the governor of Guanxi inspect the place from time to time, the rule of this place will be governed by Ming law. By then, what is the difference between the Western Regions and the mainland? There is no need to spend one army or one soldier in the court, and the people can expand the territory for thousands of miles by relying on the people alone. In this way, since it can be eaten, why do you need to move troops?"

"You mean to eat the Western Regions with immigrants?"

Chen Zizhuang said this in Zhu Guoqiang's heart, and he also tended to erode.

"It is precisely because of the erosion that I went out to pacify Guanxi and thought that I would go to various places to appease immigrants every year and appoint officials to pacify the people. Although the Western Regions are not the land of the Ming Dynasty on the surface, they also have the real land of the Ming Dynasty. Over time, why worry about the Western Regions not returning to the Ming Dynasty?"

In fact, Chen Zizhuang has never been idle in his ten-month year as the governor of Guanxi. He has basically been traveling around the Western Regions for ten months. What he calls appointing officials is actually appointing village chiefs, town mayors, and village chiefs. Those village chiefs all hold the seal he gave him. They say that officials are not officials, and that officials are not officials, and they neither receive the court's salary nor have to collect taxes for the court. They just need to implement the Ming law.

"Then how could Jiannu let us immigrate?"

Zhu Guoqiang asked.

"What else can they do if they can't help us? If he bullies our people, I will naturally negotiate with them. Although the officials appointed by me are of no rank, they are also related to the seal given by the Western Governor's Office. The officials are my Ming Dynasty officials! The people are my Ming Dynasty people. What can he do to me? If he doesn't accept it, he will fight. The question is... do they dare?"

They dare not!

While Chen Zizhuang was proud, he looked at His Majesty again. Why didn’t Jiannu and the Tartars dare?

To put it bluntly, it is not that I am afraid of the military power of the Ming Dynasty. Isn’t the military power of the Ming Dynasty created by His Majesty? Immigration is rampant in Guanxi, so what does it rely on? It depends on the strength of the country.

"They dare not. Not only do they dare not bully our immigrants, but they even dare not collect taxes from immigrants. Why don't they pay taxes? It is natural to tax the imperial grain and national taxes, but who should they give them to? They are the people of the Ming Dynasty. Whether they are plowing or grazing, even if they pay taxes, they will be handed over to the Ming government. Why should they hand it over to the Jiannu? to the Tartars? Naturally, there is no reason to pay taxes. Of course, I will not collect it here."

Are immigrants being domineering enough to do so?

Of course they are very domineering, but this is also the fundamental reason why the Western Regions attract immigrants in Shaanxi and other places are vast and sparsely populated. The most important thing is that they do not pay taxes. They can enclose land at will, farm or grazing, and they are still their own.

Listening to Chen Zizhuang's words, Zhu Guoqiang just laughed and nodded. Of course, he knew that Jiannu didn't dare to do anything to immigrate, but it was indeed a bit unexpected to be so domineering.

"Your Majesty, even so, Jiannu lets my Ming Dynasty immigrants enter and never dares to stop him. To put it bluntly, Jiannu all hopes to make friends with the Ming Dynasty, rather than offend the Ming Dynasty. So, in my opinion, since this is the case, why not use their thoughts to erode? It seems that the martial arts are powerful, but it is better to seize people's land without fighting?"

Nodding slightly, Zhu Guoqiang said.

"That's true. If we can avoid fighting for Retu, it will naturally be more beneficial to our Ming Dynasty. Time takes some time, but I have time!"

Looking at Chen Zizhuang, Zhu Guoqiang said.

"I asked you to come here this time just to let you do something!"

After a pause, Zhu Guoqiang said.

"I went to negotiate with Jiannu, one was immigration, one was trading, and the other was building roads. After negotiations on these three, I could tolerate Jiannu!"

What!

Chen Zizhuang opened his eyes wide and looked at His Majesty in confusion. What does Your Majesty mean?

The reason why he was confused was that as we all know, His Majesty's hostility towards Jiannu had never been eliminated.

"Actually, as far as my original intention is concerned, I naturally hope to completely erase Jiannu. After all, it is the Buddha's business that forgives them, and our responsibility is to kill them all, but now the situation has changed, and I must make a choice!"

What kind of changes made His Majesty make such a decision?

"Maybe you don't know yet that the prince won the Ottoman expedition and Constantinople has conquered the prince, and the destruction of the Ottoman is just around the corner!"

"Ah, I congratulate the prince! Congratulations to the Ming Dynasty!"

The good news that came suddenly was shocked, and Chen Zizhuang couldn't speak for a while. This was really a matter of speed. How long did it take to go from going to destroying the country?

This once again put a strong mark on the great military power of the Ming Dynasty.

"Happy events are indeed happy events, but the demise of the Ottoman also brought about a series of chain reactions. In the European continent, especially in Western Europe, we are replacing the Ottoman and becoming a threat in the eyes of some Europeans. For example, France, they actually became ally with the Federal Republic of the Netherlands! France and the Netherlands have formed an alliance!

Why did they form an alliance? It is to fight against the threat from the Ming Dynasty. In the eyes of European knowledgeable people, it seems that they will have to fight with us in the future. This is a confrontation between civilizations. Louis XIV has realized this kind of conflict and confrontation between civilizations! The same is true for many Europeans. They must believe that confrontation with us is related to their civilization and their survival."

Conflict and confrontation of civilizations!

This is inevitable. The invasion of powerful civilizations and the influence of modern civilizations are itself a conflict of civilizations, which is the case hundreds of years later, and even more so now.

"In the past, this kind of conflict and confrontation was not strong, but with the destruction of the Ottomans, Venice, Genoa and other countries became vassal states of the Ming Dynasty. They could not ignore the dangers that were close at hand, so confrontation was inevitable."

Your Majesty's explanation made Chen Zizhuang ponder for a moment, and then tentatively.

"Your Majesty, since this is the case, we should interrupt their thoughts with great force so that they will no longer dare to confront the Celestial Empire!"

Chen Zizhuang's suggestion made Zhu Guoqiang laugh.

"It is not necessary yet, and this kind of conflict and confrontation in civilization is inevitable, but it just happened a little earlier."

In fact, Zhu Guoqiang didn't care about the inevitable conflict of civilizations at all, and he would not rush to choose confrontation or forceful suppression. In fact, in the eyes of this Emperor of the Celestial Empire, this kind of civilized confrontation and conflict will inevitably bring about competition, and competition is not a bad thing for the Celestial Empire.

The enemy, on the surface, seems to be the enemy.

But sometimes only with enemies can the world empire have the motivation to advance!

Ignoring the existence of the enemy, or because there is no enemy, will make the world empire lazy and dull and lose its direction to move forward.

The country of heaven is good,

But if you blindly immerse yourself in the dream of the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Kingdom, you will only have two results in the end, either you will be beaten or civilization will stagnate.

It is precisely because of his deep understanding of the importance of competition that Zhu Guoqiang was happy to see Europe retain their civilization, allow them to develop freely, and then prompt the Ming Dynasty to continue to make progress in competition and confrontation. This is equivalent to saving an opponent for himself. Of course, this opponent cannot pose a substantial threat to the Ming Dynasty.

Not to mention the Ming Dynasty, it was the Ottomans in another world. Until the 19th century, Europeans still needed to gather the entire world of Christ, including Russia, to deal with severe damage to them, let alone the current Ming Dynasty.

Whether it is now or in the future, the Ming Dynasty will definitely be hundreds of times stronger than the "Sick Man of West Asia". How could it be a small country like France and the Netherlands challenge it?

The Heavenly Kingdom is so powerful, how could he care about the howling of the few European coyotes?

Besides, all this is just the beginning. Even if France starts, he wants to stand in the position of a leader. It is probably not too good if he has not been in ten or eight years. A leader who can gain the recognition of the entire Christian civilization... is simply impossible.

Europe is just a bunch of loose sand!

Of course, this does not mean that the Ming Dynasty will take them lightly, and it is even the reason why Zhu Guoqiang decided to leave behind a "pseudo-Meng".

"Although I am not worried about the threat of the Ming Dynasty in such a confrontation, I will never do anything that is light and will not leave any harm to future generations. This is my responsibility. Therefore, I plan to leave behind Dorgon's "pseudo-Meng" and leave them behind, and use them to restrain Europe."

"Use them to restrain Europe?"

Chen Zizhuang was puzzled.

"Can they restrain themselves?"

Zhu Guoqiang said with a smile.

"There is no need to restrain it. It only takes a hundred miles to put pressure on Europe in the next few decades, making Europe realize that compared to the Ming Dynasty, the barbaric Mongols will cause greater harm to their civilization, far more than us. At most, we will just bring them into a civilized society. As for the Mongols, they will destroy everything!"

Isn't this character similar to Ottoman?

It seems that it is really the same, but can they be as good as the Ottomans? Zhu Guoqiang is really not clear about this, but one thing that is certain is that compared to the conflicts in civilization, they are more afraid of the naked invasion.

I just don’t know why the “pseudo-Meng” of that era will be called when decades or a hundred years later, when “pseudo-Meng” enters his historical cycle?

The sick man in Europe?

Thinking of the shame imposed by the Qing Dynasty on the Chinese people in another time and space, Zhu Guoqiang's lips raised slightly, but he was happy to see a European sick man appearing in Europe.

The sick man is the sick man.

To prevent the "pseudo-Mongolian" from turning the Russians into sick husbands, how could the Ming Dynasty turn the Russians into subjects of the empire in the future, and let them willingly accept the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, to a certain extent, perhaps Russians are closer to "pseudo-Mongolian". After all, isn't there always a saying in the West that "skin the skin of a Russian, you will see the bloodline of the Mongols under the skin"?

Since that's the case, let Russia become a pseudo-Mongolian!

It is actually good to have an affinity that "large amount of Mongolia's material resources and the favor of friendly countries"!

I just don’t know how this "pseudo-Meng" would please the Ming Dynasty without any bottom line in order to maintain its own rule?

All this doesn't matter. As long as the Ming Dynasty maintains its own power, why worry about not measuring Mongolian material resources obediently?

"Their attention was attracted by the Mongols for dozens or a hundred years. At that time, we will almost absorb the Ottomans and other places. At that time, there is no need to keep them anymore. Therefore, we must use these years to build the railway to their hinterland, establish railway affiliation, and use the attachments to conquer them in disguise, squeeze their resources and wealth!"

Isn’t this what the imperialist powers did in China in the late Qing Dynasty? Now the Ming Dynasty only needs to be as good as the law. It has extremely mature operating methods in another world, and it is enough to use it directly. Those railways are usually blood-drawing machines for the Ming Dynasty to extract wealth. When the war breaks out, the Ming army and even the garrison along the line can be directly annexed.

"Your Majesty, whether it is immigration or trade privileges, these Jianshu are willing to talk about railways. I am worried, I am worried that they are not willing!"

Chen Zizhuang said.

"The railway can travel thousands of miles a day and transport hundreds of tons of cargo. With the military weapon of the railway, even if the Ming Dynasty went for ten thousand miles, it would be just a day and night. Without the pain of exploring the expedition, how could Jiannu be trapped? Let us build the railway to their doorsteps or even to their hinterland?"

Who would do such a stupid thing?

This is simply seeking death!

"They can see the threat of the railway, but compared to that threat, there is something more tempting for Dorgon,"

Zhu Guoqiang said with a smile.

"For example, will Dorgon refuse a formal treaty?"

What does a formal treaty mean?

It means the recognition of the Ming Dynasty's "Mongolia", even if this Mongolia was pretended by Dorgon, so what?

As long as this Mongolian can make Europeans focus all their attention on them, it is enough. This is why they are kept.

As for the future, it will not be too late to completely solve those people after the Ming Dynasty digests all the heritage of the Ottoman Empire.

Sometimes some things cannot be accomplished by a generation. After all, the world is so big, you have to come step by step.

"Yes, but Your Majesty, even so, will Dorgon believe it? How could he not see that this is the delaying strategy of our Ming Dynasty."

"Whether he believes it or not, tell him that this is my condition and the conditions I have issued, does he want to object?"

Does Dorgon have a choice?

In fact, Zhu Guoqiang didn’t care whether he would object or not, because he had already decided!
Chapter completed!