"I will tell you about the heavenly soldiers again... Sun Tzu once said, soldiers are important matters of the country, the place of life and death, and the way of survival. For us, the heavenly alliance, the heavenly soldiers Even the major matters of the alliance, the place of life and death, and the way of survival must be observed!"
After talking about the general principles of the Tianmeng organization, Emperor Zhu turned to the matter of organizing the heavenly soldiers. In fact, in the era when there were no heavenly soldiers, the joint operations between the sects and vassals of the Celestial Dynasty never stopped. The expeditionary forces from the Ming Dynasty and the armies of the vassal states fought together almost every month.
Moreover, some vassal states with small populations and vast territories would recruit troops from populous countries such as Ming Dynasty, Japan, Korea, and Annan after obtaining permission from the Ming Dynasty court.
It is precisely because of the close military ties between the sects and vassals of the dynasty that the civilization circle of the dynasty has been able to expand rapidly in the past forty or fifty years - every small Xia vassal state located on the edge of the civilization circle has a It is the real support of the entire civilization!
However, as the frontline vassal states such as the United States, Qing State, Western Chu State, Jungar State, Malacca State, and Palembang State have grown step by step, they have been able to compete without a suzerain or vassal state at the center of the civilization circle. continued to grow despite providing military support.
Zhu Cixiang knows very well that such a thing is actually very detrimental to the Chinese civilization circle! On the one hand, the vassal states located in the "outer circle" are getting stronger and stronger, gradually breaking away from the control of the Ming Dynasty, the suzerain state, and one day they will even turn their guns to compete with the Ming Dynasty for the position of the Xia suzerainty.
On the other hand, the armaments of the Xia countries located in the "inner circle" such as the Ming Dynasty, Japan, Korea, and Annan will also become increasingly lax due to the long-term peace and ease. By then, there will be a dangerous situation of strong vassals and weak sects, and internal strife in the Celestial Circle will be inevitable!
And Zhu Cixiang's solution is also very simple, which is to copy the method of the American Empire in later generations...that is, to just live a good life, form a military alliance, and when there is nothing to eat, he will take a bunch of younger brothers to look for it all over the world. Beat the soft persimmon.
There are not many powerful countries around the American Empire. In the Americas, the American Empire is the only one country. Canada in the north has not many people in total. Mexico in the south can hardly defeat several drug lords. As for the island countries in the Caribbean, no one can. Threaten the US empire in the slightest.
If it weren't for the troubles all over the world, the U.S. empire's armaments would have been reduced to rubbish long ago!
The current security environment of the Ming Dynasty is almost a replica of the US Empire in later generations. You can just lie down and enjoy the peaceful and peaceful age.
But what about two or three generations later?
So we can’t let the cannons and rifled guns of the Great Tomorrow Soldiers get rusty... we have to let them go into battle to gain experience, and they have to participate in high-level warfare. If you compete with a bunch of losers all day long, you will also be brought to waste.
As for high-level opponents, you have to go to Central Asia, the Indian Ocean, and the American continent to find them!
But these places are too far away from the Ming Dynasty. How can the Ming army get there? How to get supplies? How do you stay there for a long time? These are all difficult problems to solve!
The Heavenly Alliance and the Heavenly Soldiers are the solution to these problems.
"What I mean," Zhu Cixiang's eyes slowly passed over his eldest son Zhu Hehao and fifth brother Zhu Cihuan, "our Heavenly Alliance must have a heavenly army that is always ready to obey the orders of the Heavenly Alliance Conference and the four major branches... ...We cannot let frontline vassal states such as the United States, Qing State, Xichu State, Jungar State, Malacca State, and Phuket State bear the military affairs and military expenditures against powerful enemies alone. Military affairs and military expenditures must be provided by the countries of the Sky Alliance. , apportioned according to population and financial income.
Of course, all countries, especially the main and minor alliance leaders of the Sky Alliance, as well as the countries on the frontier, must also maintain their own strong troops. Life and death cannot all depend on the Heavenly Alliance and Heavenly Soldiers.
The Heavenly Soldiers have two uses. One is to fight together with the military and civilians of the vassal state when a war breaks out between the vassal state and foreign enemies; the second is to execute the Heavenly Punishment Order of the Celestial Alliance Conference and sanction the vassal state that violates the "Celestial Alliance Charter". Or suppress the disobedient thieves within the vassal state! "
As soon as these words came out, the kings and important ministers of the Ming Dynasty vassal kingdoms present all secretly took a breath... God's punishment! It sounds terrible!
"Brother," Qing King Zhu Cihuan asked with a guilty conscience, "What does it mean to be considered a violation of the Celestial Alliance Charter? And who is to decide?"
Zhu Cixiang glanced at him and said to himself: Wanting to "take control of Mojing and serve as the emperor" is a violation of the "Celestial Alliance Charter"!
It turns out that Zhu Cihuan was also a vassal king who actively demanded progress... He started out as Prince Jiaqing at the county level. After many years of hard work, he finally lost the word "plus" and became a prince. King Qing. However, he, his wife and children were still not satisfied, and set a big goal of "taking control of Mojing and serving as the emperor", and wanted to turn "Prince Qing" into "Emperor Qing".
Because of this matter, the three brothers Zhu Hehao, Zhu Hekun, and Zhu Hechen of the United States often reported to Zhu Cihong. Zhu Cixiang also secretly ordered King Xu Zhengrong of Kyushu and King Xu Laichang of Japan, who had close ties with the warrior groups in Jiaqing, to send people to investigate, and finally confirmed the authenticity of the small report of the three brothers Zhu Hehao, Zhu Hekun, and Zhu Hezhen.
However, Zhu Cixiang had no intention of sanctioning Qingguo, let alone the idea of sending troops to conquer the country. Instead, he put the matter aside... It was not easy to take over Mojing anyway. Zhu Cixiang probably would never hear this in his life. Good news now.
But the rules for the Tianmeng to sanction disloyalty must be established while Zhu Cixiang is still in office!
"What counts as a violation of the "Chinese Alliance Charter"? We will discuss it slowly after sending it to our father!" Zhu Cixiang said, "There must be a way to convince the public... What we need to set now is the big policy . Because the Ming Dynasty will only be the brother of Zhu Xia from now on, and will no longer be the father of Zhu Xia. Therefore, the matter of heavenly punishment must be discussed by the five leaders of the Tianmeng Conference together, and cannot be decided by the Ming family!"
Of course the five gangsters must discuss it together!
Zhu Cihuan glanced at his good nephew Zhu Hehao and stopped talking - anyway, the Qing Kingdom is high in the sky and the emperor is far away, and its national and military strength are not weak. It is not a soft persimmon that can be manipulated by others... as long as it is not blatant There shouldn't be any natural punishment for flying the emperor's banner.
Emperor Zhu continued: "In the past, there was no heavenly alliance, no charter, and no heavenly soldiers... so there were many conflicts between vassal states, and vassal states or city lords of vassal states often complained to each other. I will deal with it. Some of them have been mixed up, but most of them have been mixed together. But in the future, we will have a charter, a heavenly alliance, and a heavenly soldier. Who wants to bully the small, bully the weak, start private wars, and kill innocent people indiscriminately... .Haha, don’t blame God for being ruthless in punishment!”
After Zhu Cixiang's harsh words were thrown away, the monarchs and ministers of the vassal state below, who had their own thoughts, all looked at each other, and they all acted like loyal ministers and filial sons.
Emperor Zhu nodded with satisfaction: He is a good boy if he knows his mistakes and can correct them... Of course, infighting is human nature! Therefore, the "Magna Carta of the Sky Alliance" will not be too restrictive. As long as the vassal city-states below can find an upright reason, they can attack each other!
However, the Xia's attacks must abide by the rules. They must not hurt the people, interrupt trade, kill captives, drive out the defeated party, and cannot annex without the permission of the Tianmeng Assembly. Of course, in principle, the Tianmeng Assembly must Will not support annexation, so the result of Zhuxia's attack can only be to replace the monarch of the defeated country (to be taken over by the heir of the victorious country), rather than to merge the defeated country into the victorious country... And vassal states and city-states The transfer will also be subject to the supervision of Tianmeng in the future, but it cannot be sold casually.
Thinking of this, Zhu Cixiang looked at the sky. The sun was almost reaching the center of his head. Today's imperial meeting was almost finished. He had also talked about the Heavenly Alliance, Heavenly Punishment, and Heavenly Soldiers.
As for the specific treaty, we have to wait until Chongzhen is sent and it will be up to Lucky Man to discuss it slowly with the people below!
