Daming Military Empire

Chapter 619

The wind is blowing, the clouds are flying,
Wigahaine returned to his hometown,

Ander warriors guarded the Quartet.

These are the words of emotion expressed by Liu Bang after he ruled the world and returned to his hometown. Now, Zhu Cijiong, Emperor Chongzheng of the Ming Empire, also expresses the same emotion.

He didn't return to his hometown after unifying the world. The world has long been his, and there is no such thing as unification or unification; Quartet.

Now the territory of Daming can be said to be terrifyingly large. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north, to Batavia in the south, to the Dongying Islands in the east, and to the Wushan and Caspian Sea in the west. The territory of the Ming Dynasty vassal state.

According to the calculations of later generations, if the vassal states are counted, the territory of the Ming Dynasty is nearly 4000 million square kilometers. Even if the vassal states are not included, the territory of the Ming Dynasty exceeds 3000 million square kilometers, which is simply unimaginably large.

With such a huge territory, which warriors should be used to defend the Quartet? This is exactly what Zhu Cijiong is thinking about now.

For the time being, the east should be considered safe. After the surrender of Dongying, there will be no enemies in the entire east at this stage. It only needs to station a legion in Liaodong to deter the vassal states;

The south is a bit similar to the east. After Ming regained Luzon and occupied Batavia, there will be no enemies in the entire south at this stage. Just station a legion in Xingchen Port to deter the vassal states;

As for the north, the situation is a bit special, because the northern border has been conquered in the past two years. The local nomads have just returned to Daming, and they still need to guard them. However, the Ministry of War already has a migration plan for the guards, so he doesn't need to Think too much.

The west that needs to be defended most at this stage is the west of the entire Ming Dynasty, from the South Asian subcontinent to the Wushan Mountains in the north. It can be said that no place is absolutely safe, especially the line from the Wushan Mountains to the Kazakh Khanate, which directly borders the European powers. It must be guarded by heavy troops, otherwise, once the European powers unite to make it difficult for Ming Dynasty, the whole north will be in danger.

There is also the railway from South Asia to the Ottoman Empire. How to defend such a long and narrow area to save troops? If three or four legions are placed there, it will not be worthwhile.

Looking at the latest map of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Cijiong was both proud and headache.

What is proud is that after more than ten years of hard work, he not only brought Daming out of the danger of subjugation, but also expanded its territory to four or five times its original size. Now Daming has surpassed its peak and has become the undisputed number one in the world. Powerful countries, whether military or economic, are well-deserved bosses.

The headache is that such a large territory has to be garrisoned everywhere, the division of administrative regions, the development of the territory, and the transportation of grain and grass. There are too many things. How can he think about it for a while come here.

Can't figure out what to do?He simply gave up thinking about it, and directly asked Cao Huachun to send someone to inform the ministers of the relevant yamen, and held a meeting the next morning to discuss issues such as border defense, administrative division, and territorial development.

The reason why he didn't choose to hold the meeting right away is that he wanted the relevant yamen ministers to think about it first and make preparations. After all, this is a very complicated issue. good.

In the morning of the next day, as soon as the morning was over, the ministers of the relevant yamen came to Qianqing Palace with Sheng Jia, gathered in Zhu Cijiong's private study, and discussed.

Although there were many things this time, there were actually not many relevant yamen. Those who participated in the meeting were Sun Yuanhua, Secretary of the Ministry of War, Yang Sichang, Minister of the Ministry of Households, Zhang Cai, Minister of Commerce, and Zhang Pu, Minister of Transportation.

Everyone seemed very excited, because there have been too many happy events recently. First, Siberia was victorious, and Tsarist Russia was driven back to the European continent. In order to paralyze Daming, this year's compensation was paid early, so many happy events piled up together, and everyone was naturally very happy.

Zhu Cijiong was also very happy. After calling everyone to sit down, he took out the latest map of Ming Dynasty, spread it on the conference table, and said in high spirits: "Everyone, now Tsarist Russia has been beaten back to the European continent by us, and the great powers have also confessed. It's time for Da Ming to stop and take a rest, to digest the fruits of victory."

When everyone heard the words, they all praised: "The emperor is wise."

It's time for Daming to stop and take a break. It's great to win consecutively, but it's also stressful.

Since the second year of Chongzheng in the Ming Dynasty, there have been wars almost every year for more than ten years. Not only the frontline soldiers are tired, but also the rear officials are tired, especially Sun Yuanhua, who is in charge of logistics. He has almost no time to rest throughout the year. He was transporting food, supplies, weapons and ammunition, and he would not have to rest if there was no war on the front line, because there was basically no stock of food, supplies, weapons and ammunition, and he had to organize and raise them, otherwise there would be nothing to fight next year!
Others are not easy, like Yang Sichang, it seems that the war has nothing to do with him, but the territory of the Ming Dynasty is expanding almost every year, and after the battle, the emperor basically sweeps the provinces, and then lets go. The deployment of officials who came down, and the division of state capitals are all his business.

The most exaggerated time, Daming wiped out the Mughal Empire in one go, that guy, he created more than ten provinces in one go, it was really fatal!

There are also Zhang Cai and Zhang Pu. It seems that they have nothing to do with the war, but the transfer of materials on the front line needs to occupy the railway, and Zhang Pu is busy every time, and the transfer of materials takes up most of Ming's transportation capacity. Zhang Cai The economic development presided over is even more difficult because of this.

In short, as long as there is a war, no one will relax. Now that the emperor finally decided to stop and take a rest, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. No one could bear the pressure of turning around for several years.

But not fighting does not mean that everyone will be fine, Zhu Cijiong immediately said: "Chuyang, have you thought about the issue of border defense?"

Sun Yuanhua hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Go back to the emperor, I have thought about it yesterday, and I already have a rough draft."

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he immediately stuffed the white wax stick into his hand, and said with great interest: "Then tell me quickly, I'm having a headache because of this."

Sun Yuanhua respectfully took the white wax pole, stood up and cupped his hands, then pointed to the map and introduced: "I think that there is no threat to the south and east for the time being, and the Nanyang Navy and the Navy Reserve Corps in the south are enough. , With the imperial guards in the capital, plus the Beiyang Navy and the Beihai Fleet, it is almost enough, if the emperor is still not at ease, it will be enough to send another legion to frighten Liaodong."

These are similar to what Zhu Cijiong thought. He nodded and continued to ask: "What about the north and west?"

Hearing this, Sun Yuanhua pointed to the map and continued to introduce: "The minister in the north thought that it should be divided into two parts. The Siberian plateau has already moved enough guards, and the effect is not bad. For the time being, we don't need to worry about it. The Siberian plain needs to be divided into two parts." Consider it along with the defenses to the west."

(End of this chapter)