"It's been played all day long. Are you guys stupid enough to say this when you're not in the official office?" Zhu Youcong felt very uncomfortable. Although the recovery of Yerkang was the result of a public discussion between the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee, but let Xi
It was Zhu Youcong's decision to assemble the front line troops at Suzhou Guard. He never thought that because of that secret strategic deployment, the people of the Ming Dynasty would mistakenly think that the imperial court had not found an excuse to send troops, but was willing to use
To clear the obstacles at the cost of life.
Since the family also needs to produce and graze, the Tartar invaders usually choose to invade in the autumn and winter seasons in order to plunder enough food and grass to survive the cold winter and spend the following spring. Therefore, before winter, the Yarkand people's morale is high.
Even when the situation is at its peak, their preparations are relatively adequate. The purpose of moving hundreds of thousands of soldiers to the front is to create a high-pressure situation and slowly wear away the opponent's courage.
The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were not afraid of death, but Zhu Youcong had no reason to let their sacrifices be in vain, and the purpose of this battle against Yarkand was to completely pacify the Western Regions and eliminate all reactionary forces that dared to resist national integration and prevent the Ming Empire from completing its great cause of unification.
Since it is annihilation rather than a simple defeat, we must do everything possible to cut off the enemy's retreat and make them stay and repent for the mistakes they have made.
However, the Ming Empire is still unable to complete the encirclement of Yarkand. Once the enemy suffers heavy losses on the battlefield, they can choose to seek refuge in Oara to the north, flee to the west to the vicinity of the Khwarezm Sea, or even cross over to the south.
The Kunlun Mountains enter Tianzhu from Wusizang.
Regarding the last possibility, Zhu Youcong is not worried. Even if Karmapa Karmapa failed to keep Ablon, wouldn't there still be Ma Chengzu's troops moving to the area? Don't look at the nail that was buried just a few years ago.
But its achievements are astonishing. In order to resist the invasion of Western bandits, Ma Chengzu has united the Punjabi and Pashtun ethnic groups in the area to form an army of about 200,000 people.
Even though the equipment of this newly formed army is not very good, its combat effectiveness is by no means weaker than that of the Yarkand people. Moreover, their hearts have begun to turn towards the Ming Empire. The imams of Ma Chengzu’s tribe are very good at seizing the opportunity and constantly publicizing their actions.
The benefit for the people of the Ming Dynasty is that in that paradise-like empire, their beliefs will no longer be discriminated against, they will not be inferior to others and suffer torture. As long as they are willing to work hard, they can live a good life. More importantly, in recent years, Zhu You
When Cong provided supplies to Ma Chengzu's tribe, he did not forget to benefit these people. The huge smuggling horse team under Karmapa was serving them.
They eat food shipped from the Ming Dynasty, live in tents sent by the Ming Dynasty army, and hold weapons smuggled from the Ming Dynasty. These aborigines who have never lived a stable life believe that they can only be free by joining the Ming Empire.
Only by breathing can you be able to hold your head high and hold your chest high.
Zhu Youcong is not afraid of the enemy running south. If the Yarkand people really have that idea, they only need to say hello, and the Ming Dynasty will be happy to see them bitten to bits by the Ma Chengzu tribe who also believe in Allah after a long journey.
There is no one left. However, Zhu Youcong cannot let the Yarkand people run north or west, and the only one who can help Zhu Youcong achieve this goal is God.
During the Tang Dynasty, there was a Li Jing who attacked Yinshan Mountain at night in the wind and snow. Sun Chengzong of the Ming Empire was also able to send troops out of Jiayuguan in the snowy season. Su Dingfang with two hundred cavalry was able to defeat Jieli Khan and escape in panic. Yuan Chonghuan and
Huang Degong may be a little worse, but they have many soldiers and weapons elves. Catching Abulun will not be more difficult than catching Jieli Khan.
Therefore, hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the Western Front were not waiting for Zhu Youcong's military orders, but were waiting for the first blizzard in seven years of Chongzhen's reign to cut off the enemy's retreat. Unfortunately, this matter could not be told, even by the generals of the Western Front Corps.
Only a handful of people knew about this arrangement. But now the need to keep it secret has led to misunderstanding among the people, causing them to pay such a heavy price.
"General, what do you mean by this?" Now, who doesn't know that the eight ministers in the imperial court are very busy. They haven't gone home for several days. They really can't hold on and are on the camp bed in the Yamen.
Do you want to lie down for a while? If such a big thing hadn't happened, they wouldn't have had time to come to Huangji Palace. This damn fat man is too heartless. If you say he's in a bad mood, no one here won't feel uncomfortable.
"Tell me, how do you plan to deal with this matter?" The dead are gone and the living are like this. Although no matter what you do, it will not help, the Ming court must give an explanation to the heroes and all the people in the world.
"Create biographies for them, and compile the tragic scenes of Huangsha City into teaching materials, so that the people of the Ming Dynasty will regard them as role models!" What the Ming Empire is currently implementing is also a policy of obscuring the people in a sense, but it was implemented in the past.
They are all different. All the textbooks compiled by Kong Yanzhi inculcate a concept, that is, the supremacy of national interests. Old Man Kong does not mind people saying that he is using the dead. A nation without heroes is sad. The rising Ming Empire
You don't need the existence of God, but you need countless civilian heroes to stand up and provide the power of example.
"It is not enough to just compile it into the official history according to the opinions of the ministers..." It is said that this matter has nothing to do with Sun Qifeng, who manages religious affairs, but who calls him a master of Neo-Confucianism? The so-called drawing by analogy, Sun Qifeng is now very clear about those so-called
How did the gods come up? Since the invisible things can be deeply rooted in people's hearts, then the real heroes who sacrificed their lives for the Ming Empire should certainly enjoy higher treatment. "I would like to ask your Majesty to issue an order to the Hanlin Academy, so that the idle literati can
Based on this fact, I wrote a chapter-style vernacular novel, and then used the power of the imperial court to promote it and spread it throughout the world!"
Although the Hanlin Academy is now a place for pedantic literati to retire, those who could stay there would not have been able to gain fame in normal years. After these people spared no effort in rhetoric, the Ming Dynasty version of The Legend of the Heroes will definitely be better than the Feng Dynasty.
The Romance of the Gods is even more shocking, making people more excited than the popular Yang family generals, and more depressing than the Autumn of the Han Dynasty.
"Leave this matter to..." The writing skills of the pedantic literati are enough, but the leader cannot be chosen from among them, otherwise the writing will be too elegant and it will not be effective. Chongzhen thought about it for a long time
He couldn't think of anyone to entrust this matter to, so he could only say to Kong Yanzhi: "Kong Aiqing, do you have a suitable person?"
"In my opinion..." Kong Yanzhi's men were really full of talents. He made a decision after thinking for a moment. "If you want to exaggerate this matter into an eternal legend, it is not Feng Menglong from Changzhou County, Suzhou Prefecture and Ling Shun from Wucheng, Zhejiang Prefecture."
It's not possible at first, but these two are now at the business school..."
As long as he was not engaged in high-tech research, Chongzhen had nothing to worry about. His eyes fell on Zhou Yanru. He smiled but said: "Zhou Aiqing?"
"Thanks to the emperor's love, I will prepare a book and ask them to come to the capital immediately!" Zhou Yanru has long disliked the two evils, but one of them comes from a scholarly family, and the other comes from Ling, who controls half of Jiangnan's publishing industry.
At home, it’s really not good to punish them just because they tell some weird stories after class. Now that the emperor has sent people away, he doesn’t have time to thank them and will still obstruct them.
"Your Majesty!" Businessmen love money, but Zhou Yanru, who is striving to become a Confucian businessman in the Ming Dynasty, also knows that he also has a social responsibility, and takes the initiative to propose: "These two people are not only outstanding in literary talent but also proficient in music, can they be transferred to me?"
After they completed the creation, they immediately adapted the original text into operas and songs. Then our business school was responsible for funding and inviting famous Tatar artists to perform in various places. "
"Okay! You can take care of this matter!" In troubled times where there are no heroes, heroes need to be created, and in peaceful times where talents emerge in large numbers, heroes need to be promoted even more. Chongzhen did not mind spending a lot of time to transform the original Helian Liangyun, etc.
Make people taller and spread their deeds to every household. This is because doing so will enhance the cohesion of the people and improve the national identity of the people of the Ming Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, I also have my own matters to report." As the newly appointed Minister of the Ministry of War, Gao Doushu, although he was just a handyman, also put forward his own opinions. "Although this righteous man is an ordinary citizen, after all, he fought for the rise of the Ming Empire.
If they die, can their names be engraved into the Martyrs' Shrine in front of the Imperial Ancestral Temple?"
"This is of course!" Chongzhen nodded with satisfaction and added: "The Martyrs' Shrine of our Ming Empire is not only a place to commemorate the fallen soldiers, but also the spirit of the empire. Anyone who has made contributions to the country and the nation is
Qualified to enter. In addition, the orphans they left behind must be compensated according to the highest standards, because although they are not soldiers, they embody the integrity of our Ming Dynasty!"
"Brother Cong, do you have anything else to add?" Although Chongzhen has done what an emperor can do, he also knows that these are of no use to the sacrificed heroes.
"What the imperial brother has done has gone through all dynasties, and I have nothing to add." Zhu Youcong is not flattering. From ancient times to the present, it cannot be said that this is unique. But it can be regarded as one of the few.
, and Chongzhen did it with great fanfare. Looking at history, it is simply unimaginable that ordinary people's tablets can be placed in front of the Ancestral Temple, but Chongzhen nodded and agreed without hesitation.
The Ming court had already done what it could. If Chongzhen had to pretend to be benevolent and write an edict of guilt, he would definitely not refuse. But that was just superfluous. The only way to let the hero rest in peace was to completely recover the Western Regions and complete the task.
their dreams.
"But I still have something to do, and I would like to ask the emperor and all of you to help solve it." This incident sounded the alarm to Zhu Youcong. The people of Ming Dynasty have not lost their blood, and they are willing to sacrifice themselves for the prosperity of this empire.
Everything, even life. Zhu Youcong was very grateful to Helian Liangyun and others for everything they had done for the empire, but he could not accept such a painful price and could not tolerate such a thing happening again.
Therefore, we must find an excuse that can be used repeatedly, an excuse that can be accepted by the people of the Ming Dynasty, and can also be used as an excuse that people cannot get rid of. Then let everyone in the world know that the Ming Empire no longer needs the people to do it every time it sends troops.
Sacrifice because the court has enough reasons to uphold justice.
"This..." Not only Chongzhen, but also the traitors in the Manchu Dynasty were silent. Zhu Youcong's request was too high. He wanted to use the same excuse to launch a war against different enemies. This was simply whimsical. Once and for all, of course
Okay, but it has to be somewhat feasible.
The Ming court's primary purpose of recognizing the Mongolian and Yuan regime was, of course, to publicize Taizu's great achievements. If there were no strong opponents in the world, how could it prove that Zhu Yuanzhang was great? And the Ming court has been promoting over the years that it inherited the mantle of China and not just China.
It was limited to recovering the Han people because the territory of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty was large enough. Recovering the lost territory was indeed a very good excuse.
But this excuse soon became insufficient. Even when they went to conquer the Japanese island, hundreds of officials had to rack their brains to find breakthroughs from various unofficial histories, and finally found Wu Dalang to take the blame.
Looking through all the existing books, even in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, I can't find anything about that kind of mouse with a pocket on its belly, which is about as tall as a human and can jump several feet away. And that place has been occupied by
It is included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Once Sir Roy refuses to use their shabby place where criminals are exiled in exchange for the Ming Dynasty's advanced weapons and equipment, they will have to send troops to occupy it.
Zhu Youcong really wanted to use the excuse of regaining his homeland, but the evidence that could prove Zheng He had been to Oceania had been burned by Liu Daxia, the prodigal son. The box of information that Er Sha's father had worked so hard to save was not in it.
Records in this area, and the New World area gave him even more headaches. Later generations even proved that the Mongols and the Indians in the Americas may have a common ancestor, but the Ming Dynasty's Royal Archaeological Team cannot propose this theory now.
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It's not difficult to pick a bone in the egg. If Zhu Youcong now wants a reason to send troops to Luzon or Oceania, it will take less than half an hour for the traitors in the court to come out and make him completely outrageous, and then take advantage of others.
Immediately launch a war when there is no time to make corrections. But now there are no eggs, and you have to make up excuses out of thin air that no one can refute. This is really not an ordinary difficulty.
"General, we, the Ming Dynasty, don't need an excuse to develop the land without an owner?" Han Xu was too embarrassed to act like a master in the court hall, so he could only address Zhu Youcong by his official title.
"Borderland? What do you mean?"
"You..." He was really pissed off by this stupid apprentice. Han Xu couldn't understand more and more how he could be defeated by this fat man back then. The Ming Empire had the final say whether he had an owner or not.
Just like the Luzon Island we want to seize this time. According to official records, even if there are no Spaniards, there are still several countries on it, and many people come to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty. It is not the same now, it has changed
Has it become a gathering place for monkeys? In the Ming Dynasty, when there were no animal protection regulations, this person certainly did not need an excuse to drive away monkeys.
"No! No! Your excuse doesn't hold water!" Luzon can mess around. Anyway, the Western allies have completely betrayed the Spaniards. Shivella deceived all the other people's fleets, of course not
People will object to the Ming Dynasty swallowing up that place.
The most important thing is that in Zhu Youcong's long-term plan, conflict with Western allies is an inevitable result, but they will definitely not sit back and watch Ming Dynasty extend its hands to their colonies.
Digging holes for the Western allies according to the Tianzhu model? The Ming Dynasty can afford to spend this time. But not only have the heads of the Western allies not been kicked by donkeys, but each of them is smarter than a monkey. How can they still be stupid after being fooled once?
Laji was deceived a second time using the same method? Isn't it just using blurred borders to create conflicts? If someone is in a good mood and has nothing to do, they can create a hundred-mile no-man's land. A copycat of the Great Wall or something?
If you don't take the initiative to provoke Daming, how can you bully others from the moral high ground?
"General, I have the excuse you want, but you may not need it now!" A very familiar voice came from the corner that was least noticed.
In the Huangji Palace, everyone holds a high position, the most junior of whom is Shi Kefa, who is a third-grade minister, but there is one exception. Nan Juyi still holds a ninth-grade official title, if it weren't for the fact that he belongs to Zhenguo
The general's personal adviser would have been forked and thrown into the street long ago.
"Second wife, what bad idea have you come up with again?" Not giving Nan Juyi an official position was not because Chongzhen was stingy, nor because the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were determined to retaliate, nor because he was incapable of harming others. The only reason was that he himself said that as a
The less attention a counselor receives, the safer he is.
"General, there is something very wrong with what you said. When did your subordinates ever come up with bad ideas?" This immediate boss is so unreasonable. He has solved so many troubles for him and can't even say a good word. It seems that he will have to find an opportunity to trick him next time.
He can do it only once. Nan Juyi corrected Zhu Youcong's words first, and then said slowly: "And this method was not thought up by my subordinates. Isn't it written in Fan Thief's suicide note?"
"Fan Thief's suicide note?" When it comes to the book that Zhu Youcong tricked back then, everyone is familiar with it. It is okay to say that it provided a lot of reference for the Ming Empire's internal affairs formulation and avoided countless detours, but
Regarding the records of diplomacy... If we had followed what is written above, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty would have been destroyed long ago.
Nan Juyi shook his head in great disappointment, and then sighed: "My lords, could it be that you have forgotten those two words?"
"Er Madam, are you too cruel?" Everyone was reading the same book. There was a lot of rubbish in Fan Thief's suicide note, but only those two words could arouse the vigilance of everyone in the Ming Dynasty. As a member of the Ministry of Punishment
The person in charge, Qiao Yunsheng, knew better how harmful it would be if the thing had no restrictions and only emphasized its universality. He really didn't expect that the Nanshan people would use this excuse.
"You are not cruel, Mr. Qiao, what you are saying is really not pleasant to hear!" You don't need to know how the Westerners of later generations played this trick, Nan Juyi can also do it more skillfully than them. "My lords, please
Why don't you take some time? Work with your subordinates to come up with unenforceable human rights standards. This will save the general from having to trouble you in the future!" (To be continued...)