March of the twenty-eighth year of Chongzhen.
In Beijing, the university campus in the north of the city was once again a scene of mourning.
The Mongolian athletes, the Qixue brothers, and the guards of the Five Prefectures, under various banners, just stood in the school grounds, with neat soldiers and guns.
They are the private armies of the five princes of the Ming Dynasty, including Zhu Cixuan, King of Xin, Zhu Cifeng, King of Yong, Zhu Cican, King of Feng, Zhu Cishuo, King of Ying, and Zhu Cixuan, King of Dun! He was also the main force on the Ming and Mongolian side in the battle for the founding of the Ming and Mongolia states that began in the 28th year of Chongzhen. The so-called Ming Mongolia is the name given by later historians to a feudal dynasty that appeared in the middle of the 17th century AD and ruled over the vast territory of Central and West Asia for hundreds of years.
This dynasty is different from the Great Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty, but is the product of the integration of the two sides. This integration is not only reflected in the blood of the Ming and Mongolian monarchs, but also in many aspects such as the life and production, language and culture, religious beliefs, military organizations and other aspects of the people of various countries ruled by this dynasty.
In short, this is a hodgepodge of grassland farming, East and West, the Zhu Ming Dynasty and the Golden Family, as well as various religious beliefs and related civilizations.
Of course, such a hodgepodge could not become a powerful enemy enough to deter the Ming Dynasty as Chongzhen expected. In fact, the Ming Mongol Dynasty only had a period of prosperity in its early days. At one time, they fought against Rakshasa in the west, conquered Persia in the south, and invaded Tianzhu in the east... But apart from having a verbal war with the Ming Dynasty for a while over the ownership of the Mongolian headquarters (this was a pit dug by Zhu Youjian for his descendants) , there was no conflict with the Ming Dynasty, and the "Hu Ji Marriage" was even maintained.
Like all great empires based in Central Asia, Ming Mongolia's goals were Persia in the southwest and Tianzhu in the southeast—those two territories had more money, fewer things to do, and were close to home. Who wouldn't want to go there? Who wants to go? Even Samarkand, Bukhara, and Fergana don’t want to go back. How can they fight against the Ming Dynasty?
However, the Ming Dynasty later fell into a long-term confrontation with the Rakshasa Kingdom and the British Empire because of the Ming-Mongol Dynasty!
The confrontation with the Rakshasa Kingdom was due to the fact that Zhu Cixuan, the founder of the Mongolian Kingdom in the Ming Dynasty, was unwilling to establish a Khanate on the Kipchak grassland. Instead, he made Samarkand his capital and transferred most of the Mongolian households to the rich areas. The oases and grasslands of Central Asia were used to suppress the resistance of the Mongols of the local Golden Horde. After Central Asia was basically settled, Zhu Cixuan and a group of his brothers were busy invading Persia and India, and handed over the vast Kipchak grassland in the north to the joint rule of the Chahar and Junggar families. And the thoughts of these four Mongol households were not on the grasslands of Kuhaha. For a long time, they continued to dispatch troops and horses to follow their relatives in Ming Mongolia to send troops to Persia and India.
As a result, the territory of the Qinchak grassland was continuously encroached by the powerful Rakshasa Kingdom. In the end, the Rakshasa Kingdom even invaded the Ming Dynasty's vassal state, the Kingdom of Xichu (Tang Dynasty, established by the king of Xichu who ruled Suiye's hometown in the Chu River Basin. ), so at the invitation of Ming Mongolia and the Western Chu Kingdom, the Ming Dynasty sent troops to Central Asia to fight with the Rakshasa Kingdom. However, because both sides were under great logistical pressure, and the Kipchak grassland was a piece of useless land, both sides did not invest much, and the war dragged on for decades, and later became hostile for decades.
However, this level of hostility is nothing but a piece of cake for the giant Ming Dynasty and does not pose much of a threat.
The confrontation between Ming Dynasty and Britain was more difficult!
This confrontation was triggered by the invasion of Tianzhu by the Ming Dynasty... Different from the policy pursued by Zhu Cixiang in his previous life to unite with the Mughal Dynasty in Tianzhu to curb the Western colonization of India, Zhu Youjian pursued a colonial alliance with the Netherlands (Jin Dynasty). The national policy of returning the silver treasure to the Netherlands and the land and population to the Ming Dynasty). In the later period of the first Western Expedition he launched, he launched an invasion of the Mughal Dynasty under Shah Jahan and forced the Mughal Dynasty to open to the Ming Dynasty and the Netherlands. Market - This actually brought Ming into the struggle between Britain and the Netherlands. Because the Mughal Dynasty had always pursued a pro-British and anti-Dutch foreign policy.
Shortly after Zhu Cixuan's Ming and Mongol kings conquered Hezhong, the Mughal dynasty, feeling in danger, signed an alliance with the British to unite with the British to fight against the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty could only fight tit for tat and form an alliance with the Netherlands to fight against the British.
At the same time, as the Ming Mongols invaded and occupied most of Persia, and established two affiliated khanates, the Ming Mongols and the Ottoman Empire became close neighbors. Although the Ottoman Empire was an ally of Ming Mongolia when Ming Mongolia invaded Persia, with the demise of Persia, Ming Mongolia and the Ottoman Empire became enemies!
Following the diplomatic principle that the enemy of my enemy is my friend, the Ottoman Empire immediately joined the alliance between Britain and the Indian Mughal Empire, forming the British-Ottoman-Indian Mughal Tripartite Alliance.
The Ming Dynasty, Ming Mongolia and the Netherlands were tit for tat and allied with the Holy Roman Empire, the mortal enemy of the Ottoman Empire, to form the Ming-Ming Mongolia-HRE-Dutch Alliance. And this alliance lasted until the rise of France under the leadership of Louis XIV before major changes occurred... But no matter how it changed, the Ming Dynasty would no longer lack enemies in the long years to come!
From this perspective, Chongzhen’s layout of Ming and Mongolia can be considered to have achieved its goal!
However, among the political legacies left by Emperor Chongzhen, in addition to "precious" enemies, there was also an expansionary national policy that made surrounding small countries tremble!
There is no country in the world that cannot be conquered!
On the tenth day of March in the twenty-eighth year of Chongzhen Emperor's reign, Zhu Youjian, dressed in military uniform, had already led his sons past the tens of thousands of Ming Mongolian expeditionary troops lined up in a row, and completed the ceremony amidst cheers. After attending the military parade, he now returned to the golden-roofed yellow tent and began to announce the new national policy of "there is no country without conquest" in front of a group of his traitors.
"My sons, today is the day to send off the second, fifth, seventh, eighth, and tenth children to the west... This expedition to the west actually started 2890 years ago. , it is a pity that Prince Yiwen died very early, which made the ancestors feel discouraged and left the Thirteen Sai Kings with no one to control them. Therefore, in the "Huang Ming Ancestor Instructions" in the 28th year of Hongwu, General The 15 countries surrounding the Ming Dynasty were listed as countries without conquest.
Although these 15 unconquered countries have entered the ancestral system, in my opinion, it was the last resort of our ancestors in their twilight years. Otherwise, why did the ancestor promulgate such an ancestral system three years before his old man Bintian? When Prince Yiwen was alive, why didn't he promulgate such an ancestral system? I feel that the old man knew that Emperor Jianwen had no military strategy and did not know how to fight, so he left such ancestral precepts. And this ancestral teaching ends with me.
Because although my literary skills and military skills are not as good as those of my ancestors, my ability to educate my son is worse than those of my ancestors. Our ancestors grew up in hardships, and were afraid that their children would endure the same hardships as him. Later, when he conquered the world, he would inevitably pamper them too much. And I was born in an emperor's family, and I saw an absurd king and a useless master (that is, himself), so I knew that I must strictly educate my children, especially teach them how to use soldiers to fight. Therefore, you guys are more powerful than the sons of other ancestors except the Chengmiao ancestor!
And I teach you how to use soldiers to fight. Naturally, I want you to use what you learn. Otherwise, what is the use of learning? Therefore, the leaders of the countries surrounding the Ming Dynasty will soon be in trouble! "
As he spoke, he took another look at Zhu Cihong who had put on the emperor's robes and looked at Zhu Cihong who was much more pleasing to his eyes (he had seen it for decades and was already used to it), and said with a smile: "Boss, there is nothing I don't want to do here." Kingdom, but these countries are not for you. The Ming Dynasty is already very big! Even one emperor can't control it, so it can't expand any more. If it continues to expand, it will mean that the four emperors will rule together, and that won't work. But you have many brothers. There is no territorial rule yet... Do you understand what I mean?"
