Immigration is difficult, troop mobilization is difficult, and generally speaking, there is no one, so just create people!
I don’t know how many lieutenant generals and bachelors there are. Anyone who stays here and guards the frontier for a long time can find wives for them locally. One is not enough, but two can be used. Anyway, the Mughal territory has gone through continuous wars. , there are already many men and girls.
In terms of Ming Dynasty's aesthetics, it may be a bit ugly. But in this day and age, except for the palace and a few aristocratic families, there were no electric lights, so everything was the same!
Emperor Chongzhen has reason to believe that once this method is implemented, not only will there be many soldiers left in the current army, but also many soldiers in the country will enthusiastically join the expeditionary army!
In this way, as long as the subsequent Chinese civilization education can keep up, in ten or twenty years, this place will be all Chinese, and there will be no need to bother to immigrate.
With this thought in mind, Emperor Chongzhen really took action. Not only does it allow military officers and generals to marry multiple wives, of course, this is also a system of polygamy and multiple concubines, which is no different from that in China. More importantly, the relevant supporting facilities must also keep up. For example, having more daughters-in-law means more land. Captured prisoners of war can be given as servants to help with farm work, and how many years will it take for them to be freed, etc.
Although at this time, Ming's martial arts status had improved a lot. But no matter how much improvement is made, it is impossible to completely reverse the secular concept of being noble and powerful. Therefore, as long as this policy is publicized more domestically, it is definitely feasible.
Emperor Chongzhen also summoned the generals to discuss it, and finally made a decision and announced it to the world.
As soon as this decree was issued, the whole army was shocked.
The Ming army had strict military discipline, especially when it was directly led by the emperor. No one dared to violate military discipline and do things they shouldn't do. Therefore, they are all panicking.
At this time, they heard that they could marry a wife locally. Of course, the Ming army soldiers knew that it cost almost nothing to marry a wife in Mughal. The court would also give you fields and other gifts, and you could marry many more. What a daughter-in-law, the emperor’s grace is so great!
The so-called free marriage to a wife is certainly not robbery.
In this Mughal world, women were originally despised, and even in later generations, women had little status.
Of course, the most important thing is that several generations of emperors of the Mughal Empire were aggressive in military affairs. In addition, they also vigorously built temples and other buildings across the country, further depleting the men in their country. After the civil strife in the Mughal Empire, the Ming army's conquests, etc., the imbalance between men and women became even higher.
If there are no young and strong men in the family and no labor, they will go hungry and be easily bullied. Therefore, as a Mughal woman, of course she also hopes to have a man to rely on.
At this time, the Ming army from the Ming Dynasty was obviously the most noble people in the Mughal land and could be regarded as the ruling class. If a Mughal woman wants to marry, her first choice is definitely a Ming army soldier from the Ming Dynasty. In their opinion, the soldiers of the Ming army were not only powerful, but also respected women more. In every aspect, they were better than Mughal men.
In this way, as long as you can marry a Ming army soldier from the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, what a blessing it is. Who wants to ask for a high betrothal gift? Isn't that pushing the man away?
Of course, as a man who was originally a Mughal, he must have felt a little uncomfortable. However, the world is now dominated by the Ming Dynasty, who dares to oppose it?
Besides, the Ming army did not rob. If a woman really liked their local man, and if the Ming army soldiers dared to rob, they could report it to the Yamen. This is an act explicitly prohibited by the imperial edict.
Just like that, after giving the order, taking advantage of the fact that there was no war, there were wedding teams everywhere. So much so that those who play gongs and drums are too busy. Day in and day out, a rhythm of exhaustion and death.
When Emperor Chongzhen saw this situation, he simply arranged a mass wedding for the army. It is held every three or five times and arranged uniformly, as long as the wrong bride is not sent.
Among them, the first collective wedding had the highest standards because Emperor Chongzhen attended as the groom's elder.
I heard that the emperor was attending his own wedding. The wedding, which was supposed to take some time off, was moved forward. There are even those who have no intention of marrying a wife, so they rush to find a wife.
Good guy, a total of 3,565 couples participated in this wedding.
It couldn't be arranged anywhere else, so it was held on the school grounds of the military camp. The red dress was not enough, so he eventually wore a red military uniform instead.
There were insufficient firecrackers, so military artillery was used instead. The suona horn is not enough, so we simply use a military horn instead...
First worshiping heaven and earth, secondly worshiping the emperor, and husband and wife bowing to each other, it really shouldn’t be too spectacular!
Emperor Chongzhen was also happy about this. Unfortunately, he did not have a camera, so he mobilized a group of painters to draw a batch of paintings from different angles, and then gave each newlywed couple a painting. The most precious thing is that Emperor Chongzhen inscribed blessings on each painting.
As long as these 3,565 paintings are preserved to later generations, they will all be priceless and become the collections of wealthy collectors in later generations!
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On March 18th, the 27th year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen led the rested army to Lahore. After joining Wu Sangui, they began to attack the original Mughal territory in the west.
Rather than attacking, it's better to accept. Because when Abbas II led his troops to escape, he not only massacred Lahore, but also burned down all the following places to block the pursuit of the Ming army.
Previously, because the Ming army had limited food and grass, they did not send troops to receive it. Now it has taken more than half a year to save up the food and grass to move westward and take over these lands.
However, the Ming army did not go further west to attack the Persian Empire. Emperor Chongzhen passed through the Kashmir region with the Ming army soldiers who were going back to their hometown, and sent these soldiers back from the Tianshan Mountains. By the way, he also wanted to return to his country.
Counting the time, from June of the 24th year of Chongzhen to March of the 27th year of Chongzhen, it was at least June when he returned home. A total of three years abroad. This should be the longest period of time that any emperor in history has left him. The capital city!
To the west, Aurangzeb first fled into the Persian Empire, but he did not dare to stay longer. He fled westward and fled into the Ottoman Empire, instigating Ottoman to attack the Safavid Dynasty.
The Ottoman Empire and the Persian Empire were feuding. After learning about the current situation of the Ottoman Empire, Aurangzeb really had to be determined to attack the Persian Empire. However, the Ottoman Empire was corrupt at this time, rebellions continued to occur in various places, and it had its own problems. Therefore, after Abbas II broke his arm to survive and fled back to the country, he did not seek benefits from the Persian Empire.
For now, the two countries are also in a stalemate, and no one can do anything to the other!
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In mid-June of the 27th year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen finally returned to Luntai with more than 8,000 cavalry troops. When Hong Chengchou received the news, he naturally greeted Emperor Chongzhen from a distance.
Hong Chengchou probably guessed the reason why Emperor Chongzhen set out from Luntai with more than 20,000 cavalry, but now only came back with more than 8,000, from his previous decree. He probably stayed with the Mughals to marry and have children. .
He guessed correctly. Among the more than 20,000 cavalry troops before, most of the soldiers from the hussar battalion that Emperor Chongzhen brought out from the capital came back with the emperor. However, most of Wu Sangui's men and the 10,000 cavalry troops transferred from Luntai stayed with the Mughals.
When Emperor Chongzhen came back, he naturally brought family letters to those people. When his men went to distribute these family letters, Emperor Chongzhen also discussed things with Hong Chengchou.
At this time, Hong Chengchou was already sixty-one years old. Targeting in the Tianshan area made him look a little older, but his mental state was still very good.
In the conversation between Emperor Chongzhen and him, it was obvious that Hong Chengchou still refused to accept his old age and wanted to do something to come out. In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen naturally followed him.
"Your Majesty, the news I have received indicates that there may not be peace in Tsarist Russia." Naturally, Hong Chengchou knew that his main purpose here was to occupy some place, so he was usually very concerned about it and summarized and analyzed the news received from various places. , it was time to report to Emperor Chongzhen, "There are many people fleeing to the east now. There are various theories. The minister has sent people to go west again, but there is no news back yet."
Emperor Chongzhen did not care much about the history of Tsarist Russia in later generations, let alone what would happen during this period. In addition, he did not eavesdrop on the seeds in Tsarist Russia. Therefore, he did not have any opinions on what Hong Chengchou said. He just thought about it and said: "This time, the material reserves and troops on the Tianshan Mountains have been destroyed by me. It was used on the Mughal side. On the Tsarist side, I will continue to inquire about the news. When I go back this time, I will also ask the customs to mobilize more troops and supplies. If there is a chance, you can directly send troops to occupy the place I want. I give you permission. Kill first and show later!"
Hearing this, Hong Chengchou was filled with joy and quickly accepted the order.
After paying attention to other issues on the Tianshan Mountains, Emperor Chongzhen led his army back.
The reason why he chose to walk from here was that there was a train passing by, and the journey back was not only fast but also comfortable.
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After Emperor Chongzhen left, the people sent by Hong Chengchou came back one after another. With the information gathered, he had a clearer understanding of the situation in Tsarist Russia.
At this time, the Ukrainian Cossacks who originally belonged to Poland seemed to have defected to Tsarist Russia. For this reason, Poland and Tsarist Russia fought. In addition, in Tsarist Russia, some missionaries still seemed to be in charge and were causing chaos in the country. Many people opposed it and were suppressed.
Regarding this situation, Hong Chengchou couldn't help but feel a little moved. Should he take advantage of this moment to complete the things His Majesty told him before he retired and returned home?
