Emperor Zhu was very conflicted about the upcoming war on Sakhalin.
Now the Qing Dynasty is his enemy, and the Qing Dynasty fought the Battle of Sakhalin Island to obtain furs in exchange for Spanish guns and cannons!
The Qing Dynasty obtained more foreign guns and cannons, which of course made it more difficult for the Southern Ming and Northern Expeditions to unify the world.
Of course Zhu Cixiang wanted to go to the Northern Expedition!
He was not willing to be a peaceful king, but the previous two Northern Expeditions were not very successful, which also made Zhu Cixi realize that defeating the Manchus was not that easy.
Of course, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army is now much higher than before Zhu Cixiang came to power. The combat capability of the elite model army should have exceeded that of the Eight Banners soldiers!
However, there is currently no good solution to the problem of poor mobile warfare capabilities encountered in the last Northern Expedition - the poor mobile warfare capabilities are not because the model army moves too slowly, but because the light cavalry is much worse than its opponents. As a result, it was impossible to obtain the location of the main force of the Qing army in motion in time.
Therefore, it is easy to fall into the dilemma of concentrating the troops and failing to fight, and spreading the troops and weak troops are easily defeated.
In addition, the Ming Dynasty's food supply has always been tight. If it is not determined to solve the problem, it will be difficult to support a larger-scale and longer-lasting Northern Expedition.
The Haikou that Yuan Chonghuan brought to Pingliao in the past five years seemed to Zhu Cixiang to be bragging, but to ask the Ming army to complete the great cause of sweeping the Central Plains within a few months seemed to Emperor Zhu to be even more whimsical!
Moreover, the military advisors and soldiers in the Generalissimo's Mansion have no idea how to wipe out the Central Plains within a few months or even a year...
The plan they made for Zhu Cixiang was to train and equip enough troops - the field model army should reach 250,000 to 300,000! In this way, three powerful field armies can be formed to launch attacks from three directions: Liaodong, Shandong, and Henan!
Moreover, the Ming Dynasty also had to prepare rations for at least 3 years for 250,000 to 300,000 field troops, as well as twice the number of civil servants and second-line garrison troops. The war may not necessarily last that long, but preparations must be made!
In addition, Daming must also complete the Huang, Huai, and Yun management projects! In particular, the dams and sluice gates in the Hongze Lake flood storage area must be repaired firmly.
Only in this way can the safety of the Huainan grain-producing area be ensured when the Qing army dug the Yellow River dam in Guide Prefecture and diverted the Yellow River to the Huaihe River. Historically, the battle of Duanping and Luo in the Southern Song Dynasty was because the Mongols dug the Yellow River dam. , diversion of the Yellow River to the Huaihe River caused flooding in the two Huaihe Rivers, making it impossible to transport military supplies and leading to a disastrous defeat.
Although Dorgon did not order the digging of the Yellow River dam during the last Northern Expedition, no one can guarantee whether he will do so next time.
After all, the last decisive stage of the Northern Expedition was in winter, and the Yellow River was frozen into ice...
Therefore, Emperor Zhu planned to use the five years of the truce between the Ming and Qing Dynasties to complete the Huang, Huai, and Yun management projects to ensure the absolute safety of Huainan! At the same time, they cultivated fields in Liaodong and Shandong, and obtained large areas of grain-producing land in Southeast Asia in order to accumulate sufficient grain reserves.
So far, the management of Huang, Huai, and Yun, the cultivation of land in Liaodong, Shandong, and the expansion of land in Southeast Asia are all going very smoothly!
Especially on the land that was originally occupied by the Champa State, millions of acres of previously reclaimed land have been contracted out - it is much easier to reclaim land than to reclaim it! Therefore, the value of the two to three million acres of abandoned land acquired by the Ming Dynasty in Champa is very high... This is good land with three crops a year. If oxen and iron farm tools are used and managed well, these two to three million acres of land can produce eight to nine million shi of rice a year.
If we also include the output of the land under the jurisdiction of the Jin'ou Yingtian Division, after the expiration of the armistice in the five years of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Ming Dynasty will be able to obtain more than 10 million shi of white rice from Nanyang every year!
The Huang, Huai, and Yun control projects will also "produce" (by reducing flood losses) millions of stone rice every year.
These two items alone can greatly alleviate the food shortage in the southeast market, and are enough to allow the Juntunsi to save several million shi of rice to supply the Northern Expedition.
Moreover, the cultivated land in Shandong and Liaodong can also provide a large amount of dried sweet potatoes, potato flour and soybeans for livestock feeding.
With these things, the hundreds of thousands of Northern Expedition troops will not be afraid of going hungry!
The Qing Dynasty should be dead...but the Qing Dynasty seems to be trying hard to survive, and now it has actually come up with a way to "save the country with fur".
"There is no way," Wu Xiang began to express his opinion again, "Your Majesty, the Donglu will win in the battle of Kuwu Island, and Japan will lose... We have fought with Japanese pirates in Korea as early as the Wanli period. Judging from the situation at that time, although the Japanese soldiers were brave, they were not fully equipped. If they met the early Manchu soldiers, they might be able to win with their bravery and muskets. But today's Manchu soldiers are also improving, not only importing muskets from Spain , and also obtained 3-pound cannons from the English, as well as a large number of cavalry, which were brave but not inferior to the Japanese.
These Japanese soldiers had guns but no cannons, and no cavalry. How could they defeat the Manchurian soldiers? Defeat! Defeat! "
That seems to be the case! Doesn't the current Japanese samurai army rely on muskets and long spears? It is similar to the current Ming Army Model Army. It may be better in personal bravery, but the organizational training is definitely worse. I have never heard of the Japanese playing Morris Square.
Moreover, the Ming Army Model Army still had some elite cavalry available, and was equipped with a sufficient number of 3-pound cannons. The Japanese army had neither large-scale cavalry nor 3-pound guns.
What are you going to do with the Qing imperialist colonists who are carrying muskets, pulling cannons, and riding war horses?
Wu Xiang shook his head: "We can't put any effort into this matter, and we don't need to put in any effort. We can just stay neutral."
What? Outsider neutrality? Sounds familiar!
Zhu Cixiang looked at Zheng Zhilong again. Zheng Zhilong was from the "Japanese Knowledge Sect". He should know that Japanese samurai were very powerful, right? Think about what you can do for the Japanese devils, right?
"There is no way," Zheng Zhilong actually agreed with Wu Xiang, "It is profitable for Donglu to go to Kuwu Island for furs, and the Spaniards provide guns, ships and sailors... What are the Japanese doing? Kuwu Island cannot grow rice at all, and it is impossible to use it as a place for feudal officials to know and practice. As for mink skins, although they can be sold for money, the Tokugawa shogunate is not short of money, so there is no need to fight for a few mink skins and Donglu.
Moreover, the Japanese navy is very weak, and their relationship with Spain is very bad. Once the Spanish war is on the side of the Donglu... they only need to send one warship, oh, not one, just send a few experience Rich sailors serve as the bows of the ship, commanding Korean sailors and Manchurian artillery to drive the 10,000-stone big bird ship we produced. With our 6-pound cannon, we can destroy all the Japanese shogunate's naval forces! "
Is this the Qing Dynasty Pacific Fleet fighting Japan's Edo Combined Fleet? There won't be a war in the year of Sino-Japanese War, right?
Zhu Cixi felt like he couldn't laugh or cry.
But Zheng Zhilong is right. Japan has been closed to the country for so many years. The older generation of sailors are too old to go out to sea.
And even during Japan's Warring States Period, Japan's famous pirates were no match for the Spanish Navy!
In addition, the Wanshi Big Bird Ship customized by the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty is indeed a very useful dual-purpose ship for both military and civilian use. It is not suitable for the Western Galenic warships with soft sails, but it is indeed suitable for the Qing Dynasty's Pacific Fleet.
"Since Japan is bound to lose," Zhu Cixiang thought for a moment, "let's stay neutral... wait until Japan is defeated and then see if there is anything we can exploit."
After talking about one more big thing, there are still 16 left!
Emperor Zhu lowered his head and glanced at a stack of memorials placed on the long table, picked up the top one, and opened it. He saw that it was the memorial of Jin'ou Camp Tiansi presented by the Ministry of War. Many Ming people from the Ayutthaya Dynasty who were living in Siam went to Ca Mau City (the original Chaigun) to cry to the Yingtian Commissioner, saying that their properties in Siam had been confiscated and they themselves had been expelled. Ask the Yingtian envoy to make the decision. But the Yingtian Envoy did not have a fleet and could not reach Siam, so he kicked the ball to the Ministry of War.
Zhu Cixiang took a breath and thought: It seems it is time to deploy the squadron at Jinoujiao!
