After Du Yinxi finished discussing this matter, he picked up another document and continued reading: "The news from the Mughal Empire is that its emperor Shah Jahan ceded territory and invited the Persian Emperor Abbas II to lead the army. They jointly annihilated the troops of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. However, Li and Zhang avoided fighting, and the war remained in a stalemate. The Mughal people's livelihood was greatly damaged, causing dissatisfaction among the people. The prince Aurangzeb seized power and killed the king, becoming the Mughal Empire. The new emperor, and had conflicts with Abbas II, probably because the Persian army was robbing the Mughal Empire."
Speaking of this, Du Yinxi paused and then continued: "According to the news sent by the Portuguese along the coast, there are also bandits in Persia. The flag was raised by Zhang Xianzhong's troops. It is said that they crossed into Persia from the coastal area. Within the territory. Further information is currently unknown.”
After hearing the news, the people in the hall couldn't help but whisper.
"I didn't expect that these two bandits could really cause trouble, and they managed to bring such trouble to the Mughal Empire!"
"It's a barbaric land, with no etiquette, and you can actually commit regicide!"
"You don't know that in the Mughal Empire, regicide like this was common. Not to mention others, even Shah Jahan once raised troops to seize power."
"The Emperor of Persia wants to take advantage. Now it's better. His own country has also been poisoned by bandits. I think Persia is also going to be in danger!"
"Those two thieves are really difficult to deal with. If you're not careful, they can snowball and get bigger and bigger!"
"..."
Wang Chengen, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, was a little sensitive to what they were saying, so he coughed a few times to signal them to be careful.
As a result, the hall quickly became quiet, and no one dared to whisper anymore.
Emperor Chongzhen looked at Sun Chuanting and asked, "Sun Qing, what's going on over there in Dongwu?"
After hearing the question, Sun Chuanting went out again and said: "Heavy troops have been deployed on the border with the Mughals. But for now, the bandits stay away from the border."
In the Mughal Empire, the imperial court had long had the idea that these high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty here knew about it and wanted to use it to divide the vassal kings.
Therefore, Sun Chuanting paused and then said again: "I think we might as well wait a little longer and let them continue to fight. When it is almost time, we can send troops from Dongwu, Hainan and Tibet together. Take down the Mughal Empire!”
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen gave instructions: "The recruitment of local armies will continue, including in Tibet. Gushi Gong has promised to cooperate with the court as much as possible."
Speaking of this, he couldn't help but glance at Zhang Mingwei.
Emperor Chongzhen also did not expect that Gushi Khan regarded Zhang Mingwei as a living Buddha, and actually agreed to things that he originally thought Gushi Khan would not agree to. It seems that concealing Zhang Mingwei’s origin has many benefits!
But then again, if I hadn’t seen Mr. appear in front of me with my own eyes, and watched the historical documentaries of later generations, who would have believed that there is such a thing as time travel in this world!
Thinking about that time, bandits were raging inside the pass, and Hong Chengchou's 120,000 elite imperial troops outside the pass were wiped out. It almost looked like the country was subjugated. Think about it now...
Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but sigh in his heart: God bless the Ming Dynasty!
At this time, the imperial meeting continued.
Zhang Mingwei also expressed his opinion: "If necessary, the imperial army from the Western Region Province can be allowed to kill from the northwest of the Mughals."
Afghanistan in later generations is now part of the Western Region Province.
The founding emperor of the Mughal Empire actually fought his way to India from here, and eventually established the Mughal Empire.
Regarding Persia and the Mughal Empire, the final decision was that the Ming Dynasty would continue to sit on the sidelines, be prepared to send troops at any time, and wait for further changes in the situation.
Du Yinxi put down the news about the Mughals, picked up another memorial, and continued reading: "News from Portugal, rifled guns have spread across Europe. The countries with the most rifled guns are Spain and France. , the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, all passed through Portugal. Other countries have imitated them, but the number is not large."
Having said this, he paused before introducing: "Among them, Spain and France are still at war. Originally, the Netherlands had ceased war with the United Kingdom, but Spain's navy joined forces with the Netherlands' navy, so the war with the United Kingdom started again. At the same time, the Dutch cooperated and sent troops to attack France. In addition, Spain reoccupied Naples and Catalonia. Due to the civil war in the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania, Sweden and Tsarist Russia were eyeing the surrounding areas, so they also asked Portugal to purchase a large amount. New guns..."
Regarding the situation in Europe, many people's heads hurt when they hear it. It's so chaotic.
Listening to these things, it seems like it was during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In various countries, you beat me, and I beat you, and they were all linked up vertically and horizontally. The names were very strange, and it was really hard to remember them.
Emperor Chongzhen also heard this, and finally asked someone to hang up a map of Europe. By combining the map with the news, he finally had a good idea.
"...The Holy Roman Empire is facing the threat of the Ottoman Empire and is in urgent need of a large number of rifled guns." Du Yinxi introduced this and said with a smile, "Portugal has sent a large amount of gold and silver, and also wants to purchase a large number of new guns. Cannons and steam paddle-wheel warships!”
Hearing this, everyone in the hall laughed.
This deal is really a good deal, the profit is very high, and it can also solve the problem of dressing up the Ming army. Especially the Minister of Hube, who laughed so hard that his eyes turned into slits. You know, half of the national treasury's revenue now comes from this arms trade!
Emperor Chongzhen was also very happy and immediately made the decision: "Sell it to them as much as you want!"
Selling to them will not only make money, but also make them have a great time fighting. For Daming, it is simply not too good!
After hearing this, Du Yinxi said again: "There is a proposal from Portugal. They want to unite us to send troops together and occupy the predetermined area of Suez. In this way, the contact between the two parties can be shortened."
The Suez Canal is located and has always been an important trade route from Asia to Europe. In the past, the Arabs transported goods to the Red Sea, then transported them ashore by land, and then Italian merchants loaded them on ships and transported them to Europe through the Mediterranean.
Later, Portugal occupied this side of the Red Sea, but during the reign of Abbas I, he was driven away by Abbas I and the British.
Nowadays, Portugal has forty steam paddle-wheel warships and has the capital to roam the Mediterranean. It wants to reoccupy this trade route.
However, the land route of this trade route is now occupied by the Ottoman Empire, and the Red Sea side is occupied by the Persian Empire. Portugal alone does not have the ability to open up trade routes on its own.
When the Minister of the Ministry of Finance heard this, he was very happy and hurriedly went out to report: "Your Majesty, I think this is okay! In this way, more guns and silk porcelain can be sold to Europe!"
The Suez Canal side was originally the planned territory directly under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Chongzhen smiled after hearing this. When he was about to speak, he saw Sun Chuanting coming out again and saying: "Your Majesty, the closest place to that side is Dongwu Province. How to solve the logistics of sending troops there? Wei Chen thought that it has not been done yet. It’s time!”
Zhang Mingwei listened, nodded and continued: "Now our army has all been converted into firearms troops. In this way, in addition to the supply of food supplies, we also need to consider the supply of ammunition, coal and other supplies. And that area is full of deserts , the material output is not rich, and it is indeed not suitable for sending troops to long distances. You can take it slow for a while."
Having said this, he read the words of the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, walked to the map, pointed to the sharp corner of the Indian continent, and then said to Emperor Chongzhen: "This place used to be occupied by the Portuguese, but the last time the Dutch were occupied When we were expelled back, we snatched it from the Portuguese. We can send out the navy to capture this place and use it as a transit point for the army to move westward."
Having said this, he declared confidently: "As long as we act steadily and ensure that the military's combat power is unexpected, there will be no opponents on this earth!"
Hearing this, everyone including Emperor Chongzhen smiled.
Everyone likes to hear this. And as of now, this is really not bragging.
The vast territory of the Ming Dynasty is the best proof! This is also evidenced by the fact that other countries are rushing to use the guns and guns replaced by the Ming army!
All sources come from the progress of science and technology! This includes people's livelihood technology and military technology!
The power of Ming Dynasty is obvious to all!
"Okay!" Emperor Chongzhen heard this and immediately spoke loudly with a hint of excitement, "Then take this place first and move forward step by step!"
At this point, Chief Assistant Du Yinxi had finished talking about what was to be discussed and returned to his seat.
Prince Zhu Cixi then stood up, glanced at his brother-in-law first, communicated with his eyes, and then reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Father, the reform of humble status has been fully implemented in the areas directly under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty. However, the yamen still need to use Man, I think it’s time to reform the underlying official system of the Ming Dynasty!”
The so-called officials actually refer to two parts, that is, officials and officials. In the Ming Dynasty, most of the officials were not officially employed by the court, and even many professions, such as police officers, were a type of labor service and had to be assigned.
From a certain point of view, just like the servants of a wealthy family, this is just a servant of the government.
These reforms in the lower-level yamen bureaucracy had actually been touched upon before. Now that the time seemed to be about the same, Zhang Mingwei asked Zhu Cixiang to raise the issue. Because Zhu Cixiang has always been in charge of the people's livelihood in the country, the affairs of officials and officials can also be regarded as part of the people's livelihood.
Of course Emperor Chongzhen knew it well. When he heard this, he smiled and asked: "Please tell me carefully!"
"My son obeys the decree!" Zhu Cihong was inspired after hearing this, and took out a memorial from his sleeve, and then began to explain.
