"Xingfu" is the reign name of Zhu Hexing. He is the "Emperor of Good Luck", so of course he is a blessed king, and he has inherited a fortune in a prosperous era, so the Xingfu reign couldn't be more appropriate.
As the saying goes, there are only wrong names, not wrong nicknames. "Good Luck Emperor" Zhu Hexing was indeed a lucky man. He had an extremely stable and well-paying job since his birth - the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty. I have been working for more than fifty years. At the beginning, my parents were taking care of me, so I didn’t have to worry about losing my job. Later, he married two capable sisters, Ding Yuying and Ding Yuru. With their help, he not only did the job of the prince in a down-to-earth manner, but also gradually began to take over the duties of the emperor Zhu Cixiang.
In the fifty-third year of Hongxing's reign, the prince finally became the emperor. After a very grand internal Zen ceremony, he became the 18th emperor of the Ming Empire. He was also the most stable and mature emperor. He was already in his fifties when he ascended the throne, and there was an old man in his seventies helping to keep him in check. He was accompanied by two concubines and prime ministers who had been in politics for many years. There was also the emperor's uncle and prime minister Zhu Cibing sitting in the court, as well as a bunch of uncles, Brothers and cousins were guarding in all directions - some of them were kings of vassal states, some were leaders of states, some led the Ming Dynasty's festival towns, and some had tens of thousands or thousands of households. It’s everywhere in the world!
Fortunately, there was Emperor Fuzong (Chongzhen) who could have children, otherwise there wouldn’t be so many nearby weak rice kings to use!
The Celestial Alliance, which was created before Zhu Cixing officially retired, has been running well in the ten years since Zhu Hexing came to the throne.
Through the Tianmeng and Tianbing, the Ming Empire and the dozens of vassals below formed a "collective security" system. When a vassal state located on the edge of the Celestial Civilization conflicts with an enemy country outside the civilization circle, it can call the heavenly soldiers through the Tianmeng - it is not necessary to directly ask for help from the Tianmeng Conference in Yingtian Mansion, but to ask for help from the small alliance leader in charge.
These small alliance leaders can order the Governor's Mansion of the Sky Alliance to send troops. The sources of the heavenly soldiers under the jurisdiction of these Governor's Mansion are regular armies from the Sky Alliance countries. The main force is of course from the Ming Dynasty, but there are also armies from other countries participating.
Usually, the heavenly troops stationed in one area are composed of troops from the vassal country affiliated to the local Xiaomeng League, plus troops provided by the Ming Dynasty and the non-frontline countries directly under the Ming Dynasty: Japan, Korea, Jeju, Annan, Chenla, and Laos. of coalition forces. Although the number of troops is not large, they are all elites with strong combat effectiveness!
In addition, the combined fleet will be deployed in directions that require the use of the navy. However, in peacetime, the combined fleet is not under the jurisdiction of the governor-general under the Celestial Alliance, but is under the jurisdiction of the admiral appointed by the Ming Navy.
As for the military expenses of the Heavenly Soldiers, they will be shared among the member countries of the Heavenly Alliance based on their respective financial incomes. Those who have money should share more, and those who have no money should share less.
Due to the existence of this collective fighting mechanism, the Celestial Alliance won successive foreign wars in the 10 years after Emperor Xingfu came to power!
The first was to send troops to intervene in the Rome-Ottoman War in the first year of Fuxing! Of course, the Chinese coalition forces would not directly go to Europe to fight the Roman Empire. They used the method of attacking from the east and attacking from the west, launching an attack on the Viceroyalty of Peru and the Viceroyalty of La Plata in New Spain!
This war lasted for five years, from the first year of Xingfu to the fifth year of Xingfu. The two sides signed the "Vienna Peace Treaty" under the mediation of Queen Mary Anne of Hungary and Archduke Henry of Austria.
According to this peace treaty, Qingguo's territory extended several hundred miles southward along the Pacific Ocean, all the way to San Salvador. However, King Qing Zhu Cihuan's dream of seizing Yinshan (the large silver mine in Mexico) and taking control of Mojing was not realized, and could only be left to his descendants to realize.
The Xingfu Emperor Zhu Hexing got a colony in distant South America - this was a private land he opened for his sons! Although the territory was not large, it was an important stronghold, located in what would become the Santarena Province of Ecuador.
The second war that occurred in the Xingfu years was the "War of Fairy Islands" that broke out in the sixth year of Xingfu. The so-called "Fairy Islands" were actually the Hawaiian Islands in later generations. The reason why it is called the fairy island is because of a legend that emerged when Japan surrendered. It is said that there are two fairy islands "Yingzhou and Fangzhang" in the ocean 10,000 miles southeast of Japan. Immortals can seek the elixir of immortality.
Since there are fairy islands, immortals, and fairy medicine... the filial sons of the Ming Dynasty have to find them on behalf of their biological fathers!
Therefore, the local tyrant king Zhu Hehao and the stock king Zhu Cihuan sent ships to search in the Pacific very early. About 20 years ago, they found the Hawaiian Islands. There are many indigenous people on the Hawaiian Islands, and the explorers from the United States and Qing Dynasty asked them about the immortals... They asked them over and over again, but they couldn't be sure. So some adventurers simply went to the island to find it themselves. I don’t know how they found it? Even though Emperor Chongzhen died, no immortal was found.
In fact, Zhu Cixi didn't believe this at all - he went to Hawaii in later generations and never saw any immortals! Although there are no immortals in the 21st century, and there is no guarantee that there were no immortals there in the 17th and 18th centuries, the hope of finding them is not very high.
Therefore, during the Hongxing years when Zhu Cihong was in power, the Ming Dynasty did not put much effort into the Hawaiian Islands - although this archipelago is located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, it is located in the windless zone. Whether you are heading east or returning west, you don’t have to go through Hawaii. So the value of this archipelago is not great.
However, in the sixth year of Emperor Xingfu's reign, due to the deaths of the Supreme Empress Zhou, Luo Prince Zhu Cizhao, Qing Prince Zhu Cihuan, and Supreme Empress Wu Sanmei, as well as the deteriorating health of Zhu Cixiang, Zhu Hexing felt that We must search seriously for the immortals and the elixir of life.
So a "Fairy Island War" broke out!
This "Immortal Island War" started in the sixth year of Xingfu and lasted for more than four years. It was not completely ended until the tenth year of Xingfu... The purpose of the war was not achieved. Although the coalition forces occupied all the islands, He suppressed the resistance of the indigenous people, established a "Fairy Kingdom" with a somewhat fantasy name on the "Fairy Islands", and let one of Zhu Hexing's sons become the "Fairy King". But the real immortal was not found, and of course there was no elixir for Zhu Cixiang, who was getting older and dying...
The third war during the Xingfu period broke out between the Celestial Alliance and the Rakshasa Empire. The reason was that the Republic of Siberia launched an aggressive war against the Chahar Khanate and the Tumed Khanate.
This war was originally a conflict between the "Tatars", and neither the Ming Empire nor the Rakshasa Empire took it seriously. However, due to the emergence of a famous general from the Siberian Republic, Borzigit Seren, who defeated the Chahar Khanate and the Tumet Khanate, the Ming Dynasty had to intervene in the war.
And Ming's intervention caused the Rakshasa Kingdom to follow up!
As a result, the war continued to escalate, and the Republic of Xichu, the Kingdom of Jungar, and the Kingdom of Heshuote also successively intervened. In the end, the war turned into a bad battle between the Celestial Alliance and the Rakshasa Empire - because the battlefield was too large and logistical supplies were very difficult for both sides, the scale of the war was always small, and the losses caused were both sides could bear. In the range.
In addition, the cold climate in Siberia restricted the actions of the Ming Army and the Western Chu Army. In this war, there was a situation where the Tianmen Alliance attacked in the summer and contracted in the winter, while the Rakshasa-Siberian Alliance attacked in the winter and contracted in the summer.
This war started in the seventh year of Xingfu and lasted until the tenth year of Xingfu, with no intention of ending... However, the health of Emperor Zhu Cixiang of the Ming Dynasty was getting worse and worse. By the tenth year of Xingfu, At the end of the year, I have reached the end of my life.
It seems that he will not be able to wait for the elixir of life, nor will he be able to see the news of victory in the Siberian War.
The heroic lord of a generation is about to return to heaven!
