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"Your Majesty, the Oirat Ministry is too far away from our Ming Dynasty. Once our army goes out to rescue, the end of the war will be far away." Bi Ziyan said seriously, "The road is long, and the logistics pressure will be great; the war will never end. , the logistics pressure will be even greater. Your Majesty, I think it is not appropriate to waste our troops on an expedition!"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said: "You Bi Qing, when you ask for money and food, it's like asking for your life! How can you do things without spending money and food? After all, the Oirat tribe is my vassal of the Ming Dynasty, how can I Can you ignore it?"

The atmosphere of the proceedings was not serious, which gave the ministers more motivation to speak.

Hearing what Emperor Chongzhen said, Bi Ziyan didn't seem to expect it. He was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty, I am just reporting based on the facts. Now that the national treasury has just been filled, I am really afraid that this war will drag on. After a long time, the treasury was depleted again!"

"Your Majesty, Bi Shangshu's words are right. The three major campaigns of Wanli in the previous dynasty depleted the treasury of money and food, and only then did Jianlu take the opportunity to rise." Xue Guoguan, the assistant minister of the cabinet, said.

Emperor Chongzhen did not speak. Instead, Wen Tiren, the chief minister of the cabinet, came out and said: "Your Majesty has already said that Oirat is a vassal of our Ming Dynasty. As the suzerain of our country, our Ming Dynasty must save..."

He supports the emperor because now that the Holy Emperor is on the throne, since all nations have come to court, this is the greatest achievement of all emperors. To achieve this, the strength of the country is one thing, and the kindness overseas is also one thing. Over in Nanyang, those who were disrespectful to the Ming Dynasty were threatened by them, but Oirat, who had always been respectful since surrendering to the Ming Dynasty, naturally wanted to save such a vassal country. Because of this, after he received Emperor Chongzhen's order in the chat group, he began to take action.

When Wen Tiren said this, he looked at Emperor Chongzhen and continued: "However, Bi Shangshu's worries are also justified. The old minister believes that he should act according to his ability. After all, the Oirat tribe has other reinforcements to receive."

"Yes, Your Majesty, this is the intention of the humble minister. We, the Ming Dynasty, should be slow to send out troops." Bi Ziyan immediately agreed, "Let Gushi Khan's side fight the Khalkha tribe and the Tsarist Russian army first, and then I, the Ming Dynasty, will send out troops. , you should be able to reap the benefits of being a fisherman!"

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Other ministers also spoke, although some were straightforward and some were cryptic, but they all had the same point of view, saying that Oirat was too far away, and there was Gushi Khan's army there, so the Ming Dynasty did not need to be in such a hurry to organize the army. Head to the rescue.

Chongzhen looked around at them without getting angry. After they had finished talking, he said calmly: "I have just received a report saying that Gushi Khan is taking advantage of the victory to pursue the enemy. He cannot withdraw and cannot return for reinforcements."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the courtiers were a little stunned.

These senior officials of the Ming Dynasty naturally knew about the movements around the Ming Dynasty. They knew exactly what Gushi Khan was going to do at this time. Now he gave a reason, saying that he was chasing the enemy while he was victorious and could not come back for reinforcements. This... was his own people in danger? If you didn’t know better, you would have thought that Gushi Khan had nothing to do with Oirat!

"Your Majesty, if this happens, wouldn't Oirat be in danger?" Cao Bianjiao, the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp, came out to report.

Emperor Chongzhen turned his eyes to him, nodded and said: "Today's Oirat Ministry can still hold on if there are reinforcements. If there are no reinforcements and morale is completely lost, I'm afraid they won't be able to hold on for long!"

"Your Majesty!" Bi Ziyan thought for a while and then went out to report, "Since even Gushi Khan is like this, there is no need for us in the Ming Dynasty to overstep the boundaries! Rescue can be done, but it does not need to be large-scale, nor does it need to be so urgent. Just fulfill the responsibilities that the suzerain country should have!"

If you just want to fulfill the responsibilities of the suzerain country, then there are many choices you can make. For example, sending envoys to persuade, such as promising to send troops first, and then waiting for the opportunity to act, etc. It's far from what it is now. The emperor is still in Jiangnan, so he needs both the capital and Jiubian to make preparations.

"Your Majesty, I am working on an expedition, but my Ming Dynasty has no practical benefits. Such things are really not worth it." I don't know whether it was influenced by Emperor Chongzhen. Xu Guangqi, the Minister of Personnel, also started to worry about it. "It's just a vassal state. There's really no need to rush." of."

Seeing that his ministers had become so pragmatic, Emperor Chongzhen felt a little helpless. But think about it, the ministers you retain and use must have the same attitude as yourself, otherwise you will look down upon him and let him go.

However, these ministers in front of them cannot see the long term due to the limitations of the times.

With this in mind, Emperor Chongzhen did not speak and let his ministers continue to speak, while he entered the chat group and took a look from time to time. Because he knew that the envoy sent out had already met Eqirtu, and the news there was being communicated to him privately from time to time.

Suddenly, he saw the latest news and couldn't help but smile. In this way, his plan would be perfect.

After exiting the chat group, I saw that the officials were still talking, and most of them had the same meaning as Xu Guangqi.

Emperor Chongzhen smiled, stretched out his hand to signal the ministers to be quiet, and then said: "I have just received the latest news. Eqirtugang has proposed that the Oirat tribes are willing to surrender to my Ming Dynasty and become my subjects!"

As soon as this was mentioned, all the courtiers could not help but be stunned. Just now they were saying that Oirat was just a vassal state, but they said over there that they wanted to become a part of the Ming Dynasty. If you really want to agree, the Khalkha tribes and the Tsarist Russian army are now invading the Ming Dynasty and massacring the people of the Ming Dynasty. Then the nature of this is different.

However, can Eqiltu really stop being this great Khan and truly become a member of the Ming Dynasty?

Many courtiers in the hall expressed doubts about this, and Emperor Chongzhen did not explain much. He pulled several courtiers in the chat group into a temporary group to let them see the faces of Ban Dian, Eqirtu and others. dialogue.

In the Wuying Hall, these ministers were already used to the strange things and were waiting. The hall became quiet for a moment.

After a while, Wen Tiren, the chief minister of the cabinet, came back to his senses and spoke: "Eqirtu is seriously injured and may not have much time to live. He should be sad. Gushi Khan's side sees that our Ming Dynasty is so powerful. The emperor is wise. Shenwu wants his people to become common people of the Ming Dynasty and to be protected by His Majesty."

The eunuch in charge of the ceremony, who had been silent, now said with admiration: "Those people from the Oirat tribe, after hearing about your majesty's kindness and the happiness and well-being of the people of our Ming Dynasty, are all envious and have no doubts about it. Haha, they are very eager to become the people of the Ming Dynasty and become the people of His Majesty!"

Hearing this, all the officials in Wuying Palace couldn't help but feel very proud. The former Wa Ci volunteered to become a true member of the Ming Dynasty! It can be seen that the power of the Ming Dynasty and the wisdom of the emperor have spread far abroad!

This is a good thing, and the officials naturally complimented the emperor. However, as a result, the territory of the Ming Dynasty has been expanded, but subsequently, sending troops has become an internal matter of the Ming Dynasty, and is no longer just a vassal state. This nature is different.

In the Wuying Hall, other people did not speak much, but Shangshu Hubu still wanted to say something for the sake of the money in his pocket. However, Emperor Chongzhen felt that the opinions of the ministers had almost been expressed, so he waved his hand, and the two chamberlains held out a large scroll with both hands, hung it on a screen, and then placed it in front of the ministers below.

Everyone was a little curious, so they looked over and found that it seemed to be a map.

Part of this map was familiar to them, but there was still a large part that they were not familiar with.

While they were watching, Emperor Chongzhen had already walked down and came to the screen. The waiter on one side immediately held up a small long thin stick with both hands and stepped back to the side.

"My dear friends, this is the map of the north." Emperor Chongzhen pointed at the map with a thin stick in his hand and began to explain at the same time, "This is Guihua City, this is Baotou, this is the Tianshan Mountains, this is the Daqingshan Mountains, and here is Northland, this is the Arctic Ocean, and this area should be Tsarist Russia..."

This map was actually drawn by Emperor Chongzhen based on the impressions of later generations. Therefore, it probably includes Siberia, the Arctic Ocean, Tsarist Russia, etc.

All the officials in the Wuying Hall looked at the map with curiosity, their eyes following Emperor Chongzhen's thin stick.

In the end, Emperor Chongzhen used the thin stick in his hand to draw a circle on a large area in the northwest. Then he looked at the ministers and said seriously: "I have been laying out the layout, and the purpose is to incorporate this area into the territory of the Ming Dynasty." .I am determined to win this place!"

The ministers in the Wuying Hall rarely heard the emperor speak like this, so when they heard it, they were all particularly surprised. They all looked carefully, but they couldn't see anything. Even the knowledgeable Xu Guangqi and others don't know what's so good about it. Why is the emperor so determined to win it?

Emperor Chongzhen naturally knew that they could not know, because this area was the place that Russia would rely on most in later generations. It was extremely poor, but it could still make a steady stream of free money from here. This area was the West Siberian oil region that occupied more than 61% of Russia's oil and gas resources in later years.

Emperor Chongzhen held a thin stick and knocked the area hard several times before he said seriously: "Because there are things worth more than gold buried underground in this place, and the reserves are very large. Our descendants will live for several lifetimes." There are endless oil and gas resources.”

At this point, he had to educate these ministers: "My dear friends, you should have seen the benefits of steam engines, right?"

At this time, steam engines have begun to be promoted in all walks of life, and have been tested once on ships. The huge application prospects will change many things currently. If ordinary people are not aware of these understandings, at least in this Wuying Palace These top officials of the Ming Dynasty have already learned something about it from various data.

Therefore, when they heard Emperor Chongzhen speak, they all nodded in cooperation.

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at them and continued to say seriously: "But I want to tell you that the thermal energy conversion of steam engines still has many shortcomings. One of them is that the combustion energy of coal is far less than that of oil and gas. When technology catches up in the future, , one day in the future, a new type of steam engine will inevitably appear."

"This new type of steam engine no longer burns coal, but oil and gas. The conversion of thermal energy into kinetic energy will be dozens or even hundreds of times what you have seen now." Emperor Chongzhen's voice rose a little. , continued, "You can imagine how much changes this kind of steam engine using oil and gas will bring to the world. With enough power, human beings will no longer be as hot-air balloons when they go to heaven. It's simple. From the capital to Yingtian Mansion, it can be reached in an hour."

"Or in other words, the current horse-drawn, ox-drawn and other livestock power supplies will all be replaced with new types of power. Think about it for yourself, what will the future be like?"

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If we were to talk about Emperor Chongzhen's words, if he were to speak in the past, these people in the early seventeenth century would probably not be able to understand his words. But at this time, Emperor Chongzhen had already promoted steam engines, promoted scientific and technological knowledge, and successfully tested hot-air balloons, allowing them to see things swimming in the water, flying in the sky, and so on. This is equivalent to opening up a foundation of enough imagination space for people of this era.

Therefore, although what he said at this time was still shocking, at least these elites of the Ming Dynasty could already follow Emperor Chongzhen's thinking and imagine.

After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, the Wuying Palace was very quiet. All the ministers, no matter their identity, age, or knowledge, were all stunned, looking at the huge map, and fell into fantastic thoughts. among.

Emperor Chongzhen waited for a long time and felt that it was almost done. Then he tapped the must-win area on the map with a thin stick and said firmly and forcefully: "Therefore, for the future of our Ming Dynasty and for the sake of future generations, I am determined to get this thing underground!"

At this time, the differences between Chinese and Western thoughts again emerged.

For Chinese culture, no matter how difficult things are for future generations, they will be solved for them. Rather than saying, live in the moment, live well yourself, and don’t care what future generations do!

Therefore, Chinese people can have many gods, but without exception, ancestors must be worshiped. This is the Chinese belief!

If there were ministers who felt that Ming Dynasty was not worth sending troops before, now after Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, they all had no objections and agreed to send troops.

Emperor Chongzhen signaled, and the two chamberlains moved the screen aside, and he himself walked up to the throne, sat down again and said to the courtiers below: "Oirat Mongolia is located in the Western Region, and is the closest there. Therefore, , in the past, I planned to provide ordnance, arm them, let them fight westward, and be a pioneer for my Ming Dynasty. If I don’t tell you about the things under the ground, no one will know about this treasure. Wait until From now on, I will choose another opportunity to take it..."

When the ministers heard this, they suddenly realized that this was the reason why the emperor had sold the newly developed military equipment to Oirat from the very beginning. The emperor’s foresight is truly unparalleled!

When Emperor Chongzhen saw their faces, he naturally knew what they were thinking, but he didn't care and continued: "Unexpectedly, God gave me the best opportunity for the Ming Dynasty. The Oirat tribes were actually defeated by the Khalkha tribe and the Ming Dynasty. Tsarist Russia joined forces to launch a raid, and now they are grateful to our Ming Dynasty and voluntarily join the Ming Dynasty. How can we not take advantage of such a good opportunity?"

At this point, he said with a decisive tone in his voice: "I will take this opportunity to annihilate the Khalkha Mongols in one fell swoop, so that there will no longer be any trouble from the Mongolian nomads in the north of the Ming Dynasty. I will take this opportunity to annihilate the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Expand to the Western Region, organize and train the Oirat tribes, serve as the vanguard, raise up the army of justice and the army of revenge, crusade against Tsarist Russia, and occupy that precious land for future generations!"

In the face of such huge interests, the ministers in Wuying Hall suddenly felt a sacred responsibility. No one cared about it any more, and they all bowed and said: "I will accept the decree!"

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and continued: "It is my intention that the headquarters of Governor Lu of Liaodong be transferred to the headquarters of Governor Hong, and the elites from the important towns on the nine sides will be mobilized to divide into multiple groups to attack together to destroy the Khalkha Mongols in one battle. All ministries, and then choose the opportunity to destroy Tsarist Russia!"

This is the largest war in the Ming Dynasty since the annihilation of the Jianlu in Liaodong. Compared with this one, the wars in the south were just minor conflicts in terms of scale.

The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Bi Ziyan, with a serious face, bowed and said: "The humble ministers should do their best to plan for the big army!"

This financial steward of the Ming Dynasty seems to have an overall view of the situation. Emperor Chongzhen thought in his mind, with a smile on his face again: "Actually, Bi Qing doesn't need to be too nervous. This battle will not consume too much money and food from our Ming Dynasty!"

Upon hearing this, Bi Ziyan immediately perked up. Because he knew that the emperor was very good at this. The imperial court did not spend much on the wars in the past few years.

Seeing Bi Ziyan staring at him, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said: "The main force of the Khalkha Mongolian tribe is now in the Western Regions, and this is one of them. And our Ming army is advancing in many directions, and I will also send factory guards to separate them. When all armies and even outposts are not closed at night, with such accurate communication, the remaining troops of the Mongol tribes in Khalkha can be surrounded and defeated in a single battle. The captured cattle, horses and sheep can also be used for military purposes."

These courtiers in Wuying Hall all understood that the factory guards the emperor mentioned must be those factory guards with the ability of clairvoyance and ears. With these factory guards in various armies, the biggest problem in the Mobei War will be solved. After several rounds of encirclement, we were afraid that those Khalkha Mongols would escape!

As long as it can be decided in one battle without procrastination, it really doesn't cost much money and food, not to mention, there are also seizures and replenishments!

"Then the army circled from the north to the back of the enemy in the Western Region, and attacked with other armies, and then defeated the enemy in the Western Region." Emperor Chongzhen had already had a clue, and continued, "When the war is certain, the subsequent battle further north in the Western Region will be They will lead the reorganized Oirat troops and return them to the grassland Ming army in the city. Their ancestors have already demonstrated this kind of warfare. I believe that with my support, they will make the Western Regions fearful!"

As he spoke, he had already decided on the candidate for the head coach: Haha, aren't you two secretly lamenting that there is no battle to fight? When I turn around, one of you will be the commander-in-chief and the other will be the general to attack Tsarist Russia on my behalf!