Emperor Zhu squinted his eyes and tapped his fingers on the table unconsciously.
Secretary Luo Jinyue did not dare to interrupt the emperor's thinking and stood quietly aside with a pile of documents.
This Luo Jinyue had attended a military academy, gone to university, and been on the battlefield in Liaodong. He was also the eldest son of Duke Lan and the great nephew of Emperor Zhu.
So the future is certainly pretty bright.
I am now a secretary just because I am still young.
Moreover, his career as a secretary for more than a year has smoothed away some of Luo Jinyue's impatience.
This is not the only news coming from Tsarist Russia.
Also included are letters sent by the new Tsar, Petrovich I, through the Ming Dynasty's diplomatic department in Europe.
In the letter, Russia emphasized the "demilitarization" of Russia's eastern territories and repeatedly assured that Russia would no longer expand in the east, and was actively preparing for a battle with Ottoman Turkey around the Caucasus.
This is Tsarist Russia's declaration of surrender.
As long as Tsarist Russia and Ottoman Turkey were at war, they would naturally be at odds with Britain.
Russia will definitely not ally with Britain again. At the same time, the war between Russia and Turkey also means that Tsarist Russia really does not have the power to invest in the East.
Is this Petrovich really scared?
This guy is in trouble.
Can he still be a courageous person?
Since he is not a courageous person.
And he made such a guarantee that was almost groveling.
This Petrovich is really flexible and flexible.
"This is a Russian Goujian."
Emperor Zhu smiled slightly.
"Your Majesty, so what if he is Gou Jian, Ming Dynasty will not be Wu." Luo Jinyue said with a smile.
"So, who is the Kingdom of Wu?" Emperor Zhu asked with a hint of competition.
Luo Jinyue thought for a while and said, "Maybe it's Ottoman Türkiye."
Emperor Zhu shook his head when he heard this and said: "Since Tsarist Goujian behaved humbly towards our Ming Dynasty, he naturally regarded our Ming Dynasty as an enemy country. He just couldn't defeat it temporarily and was dormant. However, he was not angry and How about it? My Ming Dynasty is not afraid of fighting Russia. Since Russia is going to fight the Ottomans, let’s go and fight. We won’t think about using soldiers in the west for the time being. The serious thing is to digest the territory of Eastern Siberia first.”
Emperor Zhu said, pushing aside the information about Russia.
"Your Majesty, here is the news from India. Lebao has brought hundreds of thousands of bannermen (Eight Banners, Han people from the former Western Region Province) into northwest India, and has colluded with the British Governor-General of India. The two sides have begun to plan to cooperate. To deal with the Ming Dynasty's coalition of Indian princes, the moment the news came, about twenty days ago, both sides had already begun to gather forces!"
"It looks like India is going to have a big fight!"
Emperor Zhu said.
It has been more than two years since the coalition of Indian princes entered India. However, before that, they were busy expanding into territory that was easy to fight. Although they fought several times with the British Governor-General of India, they never fought too big. Both sides were somewhat defensive. .
As Lebao entered northwest India with hundreds of thousands of people, the British Indian Governor-General immediately realized that this was an opportunity.
The opportunity to cooperate with the "Qing Dynasty" to deal with the Indian princes of the Ming Dynasty.
The combined strength of both sides was several times that of the Indian princes of the Ming Dynasty!
so.
Both Lebao and the Governor-General of British India were very interested in this.
It can be said that the two parties hit it off!
"Call all the cabinet ministers, including the Generalissimo's Army Department, Navy Minister, Chief of Staff, etc."
If India gets into a big fight.
Daming must also be prepared.
Plans must be made for every situation.
The worst case scenario is that if the Ming Dynasty and the Indian princes' coalition forces are defeated, the Qing Dynasty and the British will carve up India.
"Your Majesty the Governor, the time is ripe for a decisive battle!"
Calcutta, at the Viceroyal Palace of British India.
Arthur Wellesley, who already had the general on his shoulders, said in front of his brother Richard Wellesley.
"Arthur, do you really think the time has come?"
Richard Wellesley frowned.
In the past few years, he has been sitting in India and has heard some bad news.
The Ming Dynasty defeated Russia to the north.
It continues to expand southward and has already reached into Australia.
Faced with such a huge empire.
Even if the entire British power is concentrated, it may not be able to shake the opponent.
What's more, he is the Governor-General of India.
He doesn't know how many years he can serve as the Governor of India.
The Ming Dynasty's expansion in India adopted a cannibalization strategy. They cooperated with local tycoons and established a governance model similar to the Qing Empire's rule in China in the territories they controlled.
The army is stationed in the city and cooperates with the local upper class in India to oppress the lower class in India.
This mode of governance is obviously very crude.
In places like China, the Qing Empire was overwhelmed by people's resistance.
But in India.
The people at the bottom are used to being oppressed, and they even enjoy being oppressed.
I have been oppressed and suffered enough in this life.
You can become a master in your next life.
This kind of thinking is already deeply ingrained in India.
so.
The Indian princes of the Ming Dynasty did not use their own "capital" to fight in these years, but used India's local "indigenous servant army" to expand.
In the opinion of many British diplomats who had been to the Qing Dynasty.
The political organization model of the Indian princes in the Ming Dynasty was completely different from the system implemented by the Ming Empire. On the contrary, it had the charm of the Qing Empire.
And now.
The real Qing Empire...well, it was the remnant of the Qing Empire. Lebao, the Qing's governor of the Western Regions, led an army to occupy northwest India and controlled the Khyber Pass.
The governor of the Western Regions of the Qing Dynasty had a population of more than 300,000 and more than 30,000 soldiers under his command. Maximum mobilization could mobilize an army of 60,000 to 70,000.
It can be said to be a very huge force.
The situation in India is now very unfavorable to Britain.
The Ming Dynasty Indian princes alliance and the Maratha alliance formed an alliance to deal with Britain in the north, and were encroaching on the territory of the Mughal Empire and the British Indian colonies.
In terms of fighting, the British colonial governor-general's power to plunder from India is really not as good as the plundering methods of the Indian princes of the Ming Dynasty when they use their own capital to fight.
The Indian princes of the Ming Dynasty recruited a large number of indigenous Indian troops at a very low cost through the "military salary field" method.
The Governor-General of the British Indian Colony obviously failed to learn this method of governance. Their local armies were all mercenaries, and they hired mountain peoples to fight at high prices.
Therefore, the Indian princes of the Ming Dynasty have organized a local Indian indigenous army with more than 100,000 people.
The total strength of the indigenous soldiers in the British Indian Colony Governor's Mansion was only more than 60,000.
This naturally made the British people more anxious.
Now Lebao led his troops into northwest India, allowing the British to see an opportunity.
"Yes, it's mature! And we can't afford to delay, so it's best to fight quickly! The Qing and Ming are mortal enemies, so we have allies in India who we can trust and whose combat power far exceeds that of the native Indians!"
Arthur Wellesley said.
"But the Qing army could not defeat the Ming army."
"In fact, what we are facing is not the regular army of the Ming Empire, but their vassal army!" Arthur said.
"And we already have 30,000 regular troops on hand!"
Richard felt a little more confident after hearing this.
To cope with Indian form.
London is trying its best to send more troops to India.
Now in India, there are already 30,000 serious lobster soldiers.
Including the Indian indigenous soldiers controlled by the Governor-General, the total strength was 80,000.
These are mobile forces that can be dispatched seriously.
Because the British Governor's Mansion did not divide its troops to defend the place like the Indian princes of the Ming Dynasty.
therefore.
Their forces are more concentrated.
And because the Indian princes of the Ming Dynasty wanted to suppress the local areas - unlike Britain which implemented entrusted rule with local states, the Indian princes of the Ming Dynasty implemented direct rule. No matter how honest the Indian natives were, they still had to prevent them from causing rebellion. After all, the Indian people don't even spare lizards, and it's quite a headache when they go crazy.
Therefore, the Indian princes in the Ming Dynasty could dispatch 40,000 Chinese troops, and then mobilized 50,000 Indian indigenous troops.
In the view of the British Governorate.
Among the indigenous Indians, the mountain peoples in the north can fight, but the peoples in the south are generally the ruled peoples. The indigenous troops recruited in the south can be ignored at all.
Therefore, there are 40,000 Chinese plus 50,000 southern Indians and 30,000 British and 60,000 northern Indians.
Evenly matched!
but
When Le Bao joined the Eight Banners Army of the Qing Dynasty, which could mobilize 60,000 troops.
The balance of power seems to be tilting towards Britain.
Among the Qing troops in Lebao's hands, there were many veterans who had retreated all the way from Zhiliangjiang to the Western Regions.
Not many battles were won.
But his ability to run away has improved.
Moreover, the news coming from the northwest also confirmed to Richard and Arthur that this group of Qing troops was very powerful - they spent half a month marching quickly, bypassing the mountain roads of Afghanistan, and unexpectedly attacked Duran Kandahar, the capital of the dynasty, after annihilating more than 50,000 guards of the Duran Dynasty, captured the king of the Duran Dynasty and the king's brother, and robbed a large number of women and property, and used the king of the Duran Dynasty as a As hostages, the Afghans were forced to pay a large amount of war reparations.
This operation made the British people who had done all kinds of bad things shout that they were awesome.
If they form an alliance with such a group of bad guys, Richard and others will have great confidence in defeating the Ming Indian princes in the south.
"Duke Xian, if we want to revive the Qing Dynasty, we can sum it up as follows: cultivate virtue internally and seek strong support from outside!"
Lahore is a large city located on the north bank of the Indus River Basin and south of the Khyber Pass.
This is a large city with a population of more than 300,000.
It was an important city in Pakistan in later generations.
The land is fertile, the products are abundant, and the water flow is abundant.
It is called the soul of Pakistan.
But now this city belongs to the Qing Dynasty.
Hanging on the top of the city are the Huanglong Banner of the Qing Dynasty and the general flag of Lebao, the Governor of the Western Regions of the Qing Dynasty.
In addition, the city has also been renamed and is no longer called Lahore.
Instead, it was called Qikaicheng.
The flag is set for victory.
The bannermen began to revive the city.
What a good idea!
The one who was speaking was former Shengjing General Lin Ning, now named Bai Ning.
Bai Ning, Shen Song and his party arrived in Qikaicheng by boat two days ago.
After entering the city, they suddenly burst into tears.
this city
It already looks a bit like the Shuntian Prefecture of the Qing Dynasty and the city of Beijing.
Bannermen wearing yellow jackets patrolled back and forth.
The natives were forced to shave their heads and leave them in big braids that made them very friendly.
If you don't look at the appearance of the indigenous people with their high noses and deep eyes, for a moment, you really feel like you have returned to the glorious and prosperous era of the Qing Dynasty.
"How to cultivate virtue internally and how to find strong support from outside?" Le Bao asked in a deep voice.
Bai Ning carefully inspected the Ming Dynasty from north to south.
After traveling thousands of miles, I have gained considerable knowledge.
He immediately said: "The so-called internal cultivation of moral government is to strengthen the Eight Banners system! We need to raise the flag for those of us who look good, and make the natives into coats. In addition, we cannot say that the banner people will not intermarry. We have a small population, so we need more Giving birth to children is quite exciting for Indian women. We need to allocate wives to our people. We should allocate a few more and let them have children. It only takes one or two generations. They look almost like us. The number of bannermen It can be expanded! Bannermen are the foundation of the Qing Dynasty!"
These words touched the hearts of Le Bao and everyone present.
The reason why the Qing Dynasty collapsed.
It’s just that the Bannermen have fallen, it’s that the Bannermen are too closed-minded, and there must be a way for people to enter.
The small number of bannermen was one of the reasons for the defeat of the Qing Dynasty. If there were 10 to 20 million bannermen, maybe half of the country could still be saved.
Why did the Qing Dynasty run away and did not dare to fight to the death?
Because the number of bannermen was too small, after the first battle, every household wore sackcloth and mourning.
What a slap in the face.
Therefore, we should create more small bannermen and hold hands with Indian women more, which is to cultivate virtue internally.
"Then what do you mean by looking for strong reinforcements from abroad? Do you want to form an alliance with the Russians?"
LePaul asked, frowning.
"The Russians can't do it. Tsarist Russia can't defeat the Ming Dynasty, so we have to find strong support."
"who is it?"
"Britain!!"
"British?" LePaul was slightly startled.
"Yes, they are the British. Apart from the Ming Dynasty, they are the most powerful country in the world with a huge territory!" Shen Song said, and then he spread out a map of the world.
I bought this in Guangzhou.
The size of each country's territory is marked in detail.
In the center of the map, the red color symbolizing the Ming Dynasty shocked Le Bao and others.
From the Far North to Australia.
From Japan to the Western Regions.
Such a large area.
All belong to Ming Dynasty!
"The size of this territory cannot be compared with that of previous dynasties."
LePaul said.
"That's right, so to fight against the mob, you must have strong support. Du Xian, you see, this is Britain. Although their territory is a little smaller than the mob, it is not much smaller. And I heard. Most of the technology for making guns and artillery comes from Britain, and the British will soon have the things that they have, and by then, our Qing Dynasty will also be able to obtain weapons from the British that can fight against the mob!"
(End of chapter)
