For the people, they only need to be happy about national events.
But for Su Yonglin, there are still many things to consider.
There are many issues that still need to be considered in terms of politics, economy, transportation, and military.
But this does not prevent Su Yonglin from announcing plans that have been decided and completed long in advance, such as the establishment of Anxi Province and Beiting Province.
After the plans to establish these two provinces were announced, the Ming Dynasty's provincial system was further expanded.
In addition to the ten provinces of Shandong, Henan, Hebei, Hedong, Central Government, Liaodong, Guanzhong, Datong, Liaoyang, and Heilongjiang in the northern Central Plains, the Ming Dynasty has successively expanded many provinces in recent years.
There was the elimination of the Hexi Province added by Xixia.
There are also Hanzhong Province, Sichuan Province and Chongqing Central Province that were added after the liberation of Shu.
There are also Hunan Province, Hubei Province, Lianghuaizhong Province, Jiangnan Province, Zhejiang Province, Fujian Province, Jiangxi Province, Guangdong Province, and Guangxi Province that were added after the Southern Song Dynasty was completely eliminated.
Coupled with the newly decided additions of Anxi Province and Beiting Province, the Ming Dynasty's first-level administrative system has expanded to twenty-two provinces and three centrally administered provinces.
In addition, there are the Annan Special Administrative Region and the Koryo Kingdom, which are under actual control but have not yet been completely captured.
After the Battle of the Western Regions, the Ming Dynasty's territory reached Beihai in the north, Annan in the south, Sakhalin Island in the east, and Congling in the west. In the ten years since the founding of Hongwu, Su Yonglin had transformed the original territory of the Ming Dynasty from the simple land of the Central Plains and the land of Yanyun. The land expanded to the state during the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
And this was also the limit of land territory that Ming Dynasty could control before the transportation revolution broke out.
As for the sea... sea transportation is different from land transportation. There are too many places that can be reached within three months of sea voyage.
To be honest, as long as Su Yonglin is willing, there is no need to wait for the industrial revolution. Within ten years, the Ming Dynasty will initially become a world-wide empire on which the sun never sets, and Ming Dynasty's territory can exist in any corner of the world.
And he was indeed promoting the change in the nature of the Ming Dynasty's dual landing and sea power, upgrading from a simple land hegemony to a dual land and sea hegemony.
It is worth noting that land hegemony is the foundation of maritime hegemony. Without a strong land hegemony mother country, a vast territory and a sufficient population, maritime hegemony is rootless and can easily be replaced by rising stars.
Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands declined because of this.
Ming Dynasty was not so worried, because Su Yonglin diligently practiced his internal skills and had created an unparalleled foundation for Ming Dynasty's land hegemony.
Nowadays, as Ming's land territory is becoming more and more perfect, promoting Ming's upgrade to maritime hegemony is the inevitable path for Ming's national power to overflow. The advancement of the two major expedition fleets in the South and North Oceans is the forerunner of all this.
Su Yonglin has reason to believe that after the transportation revolution is realized, railway transportation throughout the Ming Dynasty will further enhance the depth of the Ming Dynasty's internal strength.
The profound internal strength of the Ming Dynasty will further promote the existence of the Ming Dynasty in Central Asia and the improvement of the nature of the world.
This is by no means an invisible future; on the contrary, it is a visible future.
On December 30, the 10th year of Hongwu, the last day of the 10th year of Hongwu, Su Yonglin officially announced the copied map of the territory of the Ming Dynasty in the People's Square in front of the Zhongdu Palace. The bright red color representing the revolution was infiltrated by the Ming Dynasty. land.
Before this, except for a very small number of high-level officials, most people in the Ming Dynasty had no intuitive feeling about the Ming Dynasty's territory.
They know that Ming Dynasty is very big, but they don’t know how big Ming Dynasty is.
Facing this map of the entire territory of the Ming Dynasty, everyone had an intuitive feeling - the Ming Dynasty was really huge.
It was the first time in history that the national territory and specific administrative divisions were announced to all citizens. Although some people raised doubts, Su Yonglin rejected such doubts and insisted on announcing to the public the complete map of the Ming Dynasty's territory and provincial divisions.
The people of Ming Dynasty need to know how big their country is, they need to know where they are, where they can go, where they are safe and where they are unsafe.
They should know all this.
Zhongdu was the first to know about it. After that, each province will get a complete map of the Ming Dynasty territory. The location of the provincial government is the place where the complete map of the Ming Dynasty territory is announced. All the people of the Ming Dynasty can know what kind of world they live in. In such a country.
Su Yonglin's goal is to let everyone know what kind of country they are working hard for.
On this basis, everyone had a happy New Year's holiday in the eleventh year of Hongwu. Su Yonglin also indulged himself like never before and gave himself a three-day holiday. He took his family out of the city to enjoy the snow, eat hot pot and barbecue, and spend the time happily. Three days passed.
Three days later, at exactly the right time, two urgent reports from Su Haisheng arrived.
The first is about the ancient city of Kucha. The Western Expeditionary Army felt that they might have discovered the ancient city of Kucha that the Baishou soldiers fought bloody battles to defend, so they asked historical experts from Zhongdu to investigate.
Su Yonglin immediately dispatched national history experts from the Xuanhui Academy to the Western Regions to investigate the matter.
The second is the matter of the Kingdom of Western Karahan offering its loyalty to the Ming Dynasty.
Su Yonglin felt a little depressed when he learned about the various actions of the Kingdom of Western Kara Khan in offering loyalty to the Ming Dynasty.
Because the Ming Dynasty really had no territorial requirements for the Kingdom of Western Karakhan, and the Khwarezm Kingdom, which had an agreement, was really in ruins. The Ming army bought them so much time, and they were unable to regroup an army. " receive” what they deserve.
The waste was so bad that even the Western Kara Khan Kingdom came to the Ming Dynasty to offer their filial piety.
What a sweet annoyance.
Su Yonglin thought about it for two days. On the third day, new news came.
The Khwarezm State stated that it had not been easy to resist the invasion of the Western Liao army, saying that it had successfully resisted the invasion of the Western Liao army, but it had paid a heavy price for it. The country could not produce much in a short period of time. Counterattack with troops.
Therefore, the Khwarezm Kingdom wanted to discuss with the Ming Kingdom to see if the Ming Kingdom had any spare strength. If so, could it support some of their troops and help them clean up the Western Karakhan Kingdom? In this way, we become harmonious and friendly neighbors.
In addition to the credentials of the Khwarezm Kingdom, Su Yonglin also received a report from Su Haisheng, saying that he had raised half of the military expenditures with the Khwarezm Kingdom.
The Khwarezm Kingdom pointed out that their country was in dire straits and it was currently too expensive to rebuild the army and they could not afford the money. Therefore, they hoped that the Ming Dynasty could be lenient. If this was not possible, then they would help them conquer the Kingdom of Western Karakhan.
The Kingdom of Western Karakhan was very wealthy and had a large population. It must be very rich. If they were defeated, then the Khwarezm Kingdom would have the money to pay half of Ming's military expenses.
So, is that a good suggestion?
Su Yonglin's face turned dark at that time.
"The money that the guy who owed the debt should have paid back to me, now let me go find a bully and steal it. After I grab it, I have to give half of it to the guy who owes the debt. The guy who owes the debt got so much for nothing without doing anything. Money, this business is done by a business genius!"
Su Yonglin was very angry.
Relevant personnel from the General Staff Headquarters, the Privy Council, and the Military Affairs Department of the Renaissance Society who also discussed the matter also had dark faces, and they all angrily criticized the shamelessness and unfaithfulness of the Khwarezm State.
Xin Qiji slapped the table and said angrily: "Since the Khwarezm Kingdom does not honor loyalty, I don't think we need to continue to abide by any agreement. Originally, we won this battle, and it was our soldiers who sacrificed their lives to defeat the enemy!
What did they do? The country was about to be destroyed after being beaten by the Liao people, but the Ming army arrived in time to threaten the Liao army, which led the Liao army back and saved the Khwarezm country. Now they have proposed more request? "
Sun Tzu Yi was also looking strangely.
"For those who don't know, I thought it was the Ming army that lost the battle. Their magical soldiers descended from the sky to save the Ming army. Where do you think they got the confidence to ask us for this or that?"
"There are too many people who don't understand where they stand."
Xin Qiji was extremely dissatisfied and said: "In any case, I think we must teach them a lesson and we cannot let them continue to be so shameless."
"So, regarding the Black Khanate, do you think Ming Dynasty should accept it?"
Su Yonglin looked at Xin Qiji and then at Sun Ziyi.
