"Your Majesty, the Oirat Ministry is too far away from our Ming Dynasty.
Once our army goes out for rescue, the end of the war will be far away."
Bi Ziyan said seriously, "The road is long, and the logistics pressure will be great; the war will never end. , the logistics pressure will be even greater.
Your Majesty, I think it is inappropriate to waste troops on an expedition."
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said: "You Bi Qing, when you ask for money and food, you do things as if you are asking for your life.
How can you not waste money and food?
After all, the Oirat tribe is a vassal of my Ming Dynasty.
How can you ignore it?"
regardless of" The atmosphere of the proceedings was not serious, which gave the ministers more motivation to speak.
Hearing what Emperor Chongzhen said, Bi Ziyan didn't seem to expect it.
He was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty, I am just reporting based on the facts.
Now that the treasury has just been filled, I am really afraid that this war will drag on.
After a long time, the treasury was depleted again."
"Your Majesty, what Bi Shangshu said makes sense.
The three major campaigns of Wanli in the previous dynasty depleted the treasury of money and food, and only then did Jianlu take the opportunity to rise."
Xue Guoguan, the assistant minister of the cabinet, said.
Emperor Chongzhen did not speak, but Wen Tiren, the chief minister of the cabinet, came out and said: "Your Majesty has already said that Oirat is a vassal of our Ming Dynasty, and our Ming Dynasty, as the suzerain state, must save it."
He supports the emperor because now that the Holy Emperor is on the throne, all nations will come to court.
This is the greatest achievement of all emperors.
To achieve this, the strength of the country is one thing, and the kindness overseas is also one thing.
Over in Nanyang, those who were disrespectful to the Ming Dynasty were threatened by them, and Oirat, which had always been respectful since surrendering to the Ming Dynasty, naturally wanted to save such a vassal country.
Because of this, after he received the order from Emperor Chongzhen in the chat group, he began to take action.
When Wen Tiren said this, he looked at Emperor Chongzhen and continued: "However, Bi Shangshu's worries are also justified.
The old minister believes that he should act according to his ability.
After all, the Oirat tribe has other reinforcements to receive."
"Yes, Your Majesty, this is the intention of the humble minister.
We, the Ming Dynasty, should be slow to send out troops."
Bi Ziyan immediately agreed, "Let Gushi Khan's side fight the Khalkha tribe and the Tsarist Russian army first, and then I, the Ming Dynasty, will send out troops. , should be able to reap the benefits of being a fisherman.” "" Other ministers also spoke, although some were straightforward and some were cryptic, but they all had the same point of view, saying that Oirat was too far away, and there was Gushi Khan's army there, so the Ming Dynasty did not need to be in such a hurry to organize the army.
Head to the rescue.
Chongzhen looked around at them without getting angry.
After they had finished talking, he said calmly: "I have just received a report saying that Gushi Khan is taking advantage of the victory to pursue the enemy.
He cannot withdraw and cannot return for reinforcements."
As soon as these words were spoken, all the courtiers were a little stunned.
These senior officials of the Ming Dynasty naturally knew about the movements around the Ming Dynasty.
They knew exactly what Gushi Khan was going to do at this time.
Now he gave a reason, saying that he was chasing the enemy while he was victorious and could not return reinforcements.
Is this because his own people were in danger?
If he didn't know, he would have thought that Gushi Khan had nothing to do with Oirat.
"Your Majesty, if this happens, wouldn't Oirat be in danger?"
Cao Bianjiao, the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp, came out to report.
Emperor Chongzhen turned his eyes to him, nodded and said: "Today's Oirat Ministry can still hold on if there are reinforcements.
If there are no reinforcements and morale is completely lost, I'm afraid they won't be able to hold on for long."
"Your Majesty," Bi Ziyan thought for a while, then went out and said, "Since even Gushi Khan is like this, we in the Ming Dynasty have no need to overstep the boundaries.
Rescue can be done, but it doesn't need to be large-scale, and it doesn't need to be so urgent, as long as it is done as quickly as possible."
Just go to the suzerain country and fulfill your responsibilities."
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If you just want to fulfill the responsibilities of the suzerain country, then there are many choices you can make.
For example, sending envoys to persuade, such as promising to send troops first, and then waiting for the opportunity to act, etc.
It is far from what it is now.
The emperor is still in Jiangnan, so he needs the capital and Jiubian to make preparations.
"Your Majesty, I have no practical benefits for the Ming Dynasty because of the expedition.
Such things are really not worth it."
I don't know if it was influenced by Emperor Chongzhen.
Xu Guangqi, the Minister of Personnel, also started to worry about it.
"It's just a vassal state.
There's really no need to rush." of."
Seeing that his ministers had become so pragmatic, Emperor Chongzhen felt a little helpless.
But think about it, the ministers you retain and use must have the same attitude as yourself, otherwise you will look down upon him and let him go.
However, these ministers in front of them cannot see the long term due to the limitations of the times.
With this in mind, Emperor Chongzhen didn't say anything and let his ministers continue to speak, while he entered the chat group and took a look from time to time.
Because he knew that the envoy sent out had already met Eqirtu, and the news there was being communicated to him privately from time to time.
Suddenly, he saw the latest news and couldn't help but smile.
In this way, his plan would be perfect.
After exiting the chat group, I saw that the officials were still talking, and most of them had the same meaning as Xu Guangqi.
Emperor Chongzhen smiled, stretched out his hand to signal the ministers to be quiet, and then said: "I have just received the latest news.
Eqirtugang proposed that the Oirat tribes are willing to surrender to our Ming Dynasty and become my subjects."
As soon as this was mentioned, all the courtiers could not help but be stunned.
Just now they were saying that Oirat was just a vassal state, but they said over there that they wanted to become a part of the Ming Dynasty.
If you really want to agree, the Khalkha tribes and the Tsarist Russian army are now invading the Ming Dynasty and massacring the people of the Ming Dynasty.
Then the nature of this is different.
However, Eqiltu can really not be this great Khan and truly become a member of the Ming Dynasty Many courtiers in the hall expressed doubts about this, and Emperor Chongzhen did not explain much.
He pulled several courtiers in the chat group into a temporary group and let them see the faces of Ban Dian, Eqirtu and others. dialogue.
In the Wuying Hall, these ministers were already used to the strange things and were waiting.
The hall became quiet for a moment.
After a while, Wen Tiren, the chief minister of the cabinet, came back to his senses and spoke: "Eqirtu is seriously injured and may not have much time to live.
He should be sad that Gushi Khan saw that our Ming Dynasty is so powerful and the emperor is wise.
Shenwu wants his people to become common people of the Ming Dynasty and be protected by His Majesty."
The eunuch in charge of the ceremony, who had been silent until now, also said with admiration: "Those people from the Oirat tribe, after hearing about your majesty's kindness and the happiness and well-being of the people of our Ming Dynasty, are all very envious and have no doubts about it.
Haha, they are very eager to become the people of the Ming Dynasty and become the people of His Majesty."
Hearing this, all the officials in Wuying Palace couldn't help but feel very proud.
The former Wa Ci volunteered to become a true member of the Ming Dynasty.
This shows that the power of the Ming Dynasty and the emperor's wisdom have spread far abroad.
This is a good thing, and the officials naturally complimented the emperor.
However, as a result, the territory of the Ming Dynasty has been expanded, but subsequently, sending troops has become an internal matter of the Ming Dynasty, and is no longer just a vassal state.
This nature is different.
In Wuying Hall, other people did not speak much, but Shangshu Hubu still wanted to say something for the sake of the money in his pocket.
However, Emperor Chongzhen felt that the opinions of the ministers had been expressed, so he waved his hand, and the two chamberlains took out a large scroll with both hands, hung it on a screen, and then placed it in front of the ministers below.
Everyone was a little curious, so they looked over and found that it seemed to be a map.
Part of this map was familiar to them, but there was still a large part that they were not familiar with.
While they were watching, Emperor Chongzhen had already walked down and came to the screen.
The waiter on one side immediately held up a small long thin stick with both hands and stepped back to the side.
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"My dear friends, this is the map of the north."
Emperor Chongzhen pointed at the map with a thin stick in his hand and began to explain at the same time, "This is Guihua City, this is Baotou, this is the Tianshan Mountains, this is the Daqingshan Mountains, and here is Northland, this is the Arctic Ocean, and this area should be Tsarist Russia."
This map was actually drawn by Emperor Chongzhen based on the impressions of later generations.
Therefore, it probably includes Siberia, the Arctic Ocean, Tsarist Russia, etc.
All the officials in the Wuying Hall looked at the map with curiosity, their eyes following Emperor Chongzhen's thin stick.
In the end, Emperor Chongzhen used the thin stick in his hand to draw a circle on a large area in the northwest.
Then he looked at the ministers and said seriously: "I have been laying out the layout, and the purpose is to incorporate this area into the territory of the Ming Dynasty." .
I am determined to win this place."
The ministers in Wuying Hall rarely heard the emperor speak like this, so when they heard it, they were all particularly surprised.
They all looked carefully, but they couldn't see anything.
Even the knowledgeable Xu Guangqi and others don’t know what’s so good about it and why the emperor is determined to win it.
Emperor Chongzhen naturally knew that they could not know, because this area was the place that Russia would rely on most in later generations.
It was extremely poor, but it could still make a steady stream of free money from here.
This area was the West Siberian oil region that occupied more than 61% of Russia's oil and gas resources in later years.
Emperor Chongzhen held a thin stick and knocked the area hard several times before he said seriously: "Because there are things worth more than gold buried in the ground in this place, and the reserves are very large.
Our descendants will live for several lifetimes."
There are endless oil and gas resources.”
At this point, he had to educate these ministers: "My dear friends, you should have seen the benefits of steam engines."
At this time, steam engines have begun to be promoted in all walks of life, and have been tested once on ships.
The huge application prospects will change many things currently.
If ordinary people are not aware of these understandings, at least in this Wuying Palace These top officials of the Ming Dynasty have already learned something about it from various data.
Therefore, when they heard Emperor Chongzhen speak, they all nodded in agreement.
Emperor Chongzhen glanced at them and continued to say seriously: "But I want to tell you that the thermal energy conversion of steam engines still has many shortcomings.
One of them is that the combustion energy of coal is far less than that of oil and gas.
When technology catches up in the future, , one day in the future, a new type of steam engine will inevitably appear. " "This new type of steam engine no longer burns coal, but oil and gas.
The conversion of thermal energy into kinetic energy will be dozens or even hundreds of times what you have seen now."
Emperor Chongzhen's voice rose a little. , continued, "You can imagine how much changes this kind of steam engine using oil and gas will bring to the world.
With enough power, human beings will no longer be as hot-air balloons when they go to heaven.
It’s simple.
It takes one hour to reach Yingtian Mansion from the capital.”
"Or in other words, the current horse-drawn, ox-drawn and other livestock power supplies will all be replaced with new types of power.
Please think about it yourself, what will the future be like?"
"" If we were to talk about Emperor Chongzhen's words, if he were to speak in the past, these people in the early seventeenth century would probably not be able to understand his words.
But at this time, Emperor Chongzhen had already promoted steam engines, promoted scientific and technological knowledge, and successfully tested hot-air balloons, allowing them to see things swimming in the water, flying in the sky, and so on.
This is equivalent to opening up a foundation of enough imagination space for people of this era.
Therefore, although what he said at this time was still shocking, at least these elites of the Ming Dynasty were able to follow Emperor Chongzhen's thinking and imagine.
After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, the Wuying Palace was very quiet.
All the ministers, regardless of their identity, age, or knowledge, were all stunned, looking at the huge map, and fell into whimsical thoughts. among.
Emperor Chongzhen waited for a long time and felt that it was almost done.
Then he tapped the must-win area on the map with a thin stick and said firmly and forcefully: "Therefore, for the future of our Ming Dynasty and for the sake of future generations, I am bound to get this thing underground.”
At this time, the differences between Chinese and Western thoughts again emerged.
For Chinese culture, no matter how difficult things are for future generations, they will be solved for them.
Rather than saying, live the present, live well, and don’t care what future generations do.
Therefore, Chinese people can have many gods, but without exception, ancestors must be worshiped.
This is the Chinese belief If there were ministers who felt that Ming Dynasty was not worth sending troops before, now after Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, they all had no objections and agreed to send troops.
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Emperor Chongzhen signaled, and the two chamberlains moved the screen aside, and he himself walked up to the throne, sat down again and said to the courtiers below: "Oirat Mongolia is located in the Western Region and is closest to there.
Therefore, , previous At that time, I plan to provide ordnance, arm them, and let them fight westward and be the pioneers for my Ming Dynasty.
If I don't tell you what is under the ground, no one will know about this treasure.
Then choose the opportunity to take it.”
When the ministers heard this, they suddenly realized that this was the reason why the emperor had sold the newly developed military equipment to Oirat from the very beginning.
The emperor’s foresight is truly unparalleled.
Seeing their faces, Emperor Chongzhen naturally knew what they were thinking, but he didn't care and continued: "Unexpectedly, God gave me the best opportunity for the Ming Dynasty.
The Oirat tribes were actually defeated by the Khalkha tribe and Tsarist Russia joined forces to launch a surprise attack, and now they are grateful to our Ming Dynasty and have volunteered to join the Ming Dynasty.
How can we not take advantage of such a good opportunity?"
At this point, he said with a decisive tone in his voice: "I will take this opportunity to annihilate the Khalkha Mongols in one fell swoop, so that there will no longer be any trouble from the Mongolian nomads in the north of the Ming Dynasty.
I will take this opportunity to annihilate the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
Expand to the Western Region, organize and train the Oirat tribes, serve as the vanguard, raise the army of justice and the army of revenge, crusade against Tsarist Russia, and occupy this precious land for future generations."
In the face of such huge interests, the ministers in Wuying Hall suddenly felt a sacred responsibility.
No one cared about it any more, and they all bowed and said: "I will wait for you to receive the decree."
Emperor Chongzhen nodded and continued: "It is my intention that Governor Lu's command in Liaodong be transferred to Governor Hong's command, and the elites from the important towns on the nine sides be mobilized to divide into multiple groups and attack together to destroy the Khalkha Mongols in one battle. various ministries, and then choose the opportunity to destroy Tsarist Russia.”
This is the largest war in the Ming Dynasty since the annihilation of the Jianlu in Liaodong.
Compared with this one, the wars in the south were just minor conflicts in terms of scale.
The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Bi Ziyan, with a serious face, bowed and said: "The humble ministers should do their best to plan for the big army."
This financial steward of the Ming Dynasty seems to have an overall view of the situation.
Emperor Chongzhen thought in his mind, with a smile on his face again: "Actually, Bi Qing doesn't need to be too nervous.
This battle will not consume too much money and food from our Ming Dynasty."
Upon hearing this, Bi Ziyan immediately perked up.
Because he knew that the emperor was very good at this.
The imperial court did not spend much on the wars in the past few years.
Seeing Bi Ziyan staring at him, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said: "The main force of the Khalkha Mongolian tribe is now in the Western Regions, and this is one of them.
And our Ming army is advancing in many directions, and I will also send factory guards to separate them.
If all the armies and even the outposts are not closed at night, the communication will be correct, and the remaining troops of the Mongol tribes in Khalkha will be able to be captured in a battle, and the captured cattle, horses and sheep can also be used for military purposes."
These courtiers in Wuying Hall all understood that the factory guards the emperor mentioned must be those factory guards with the ability of clairvoyance and ears.
With these factory guards in various armies, the biggest problem in the Mobei War will be solved.
We were surrounded by several groups, and we were afraid that those Khalkha Mongols might escape.
As long as it can be decided in one battle without further delay, it really doesn't cost much money and food, not to mention, there are also seizures and replenishments.
"Then the army circled from the north to the back of the enemy in the Western Region, and attacked with other armies, and then defeated the enemy in the Western Region."
Emperor Chongzhen had already had a clue, and continued, "When the war is certain, the subsequent battle further north in the Western Region will be They will lead the reorganized Oirat Division and the Guihua City Division as the mainstay of the Ming Army on the Grassland.
Their ancestors have already demonstrated this kind of warfare.
I believe that with my support, they will make the Western Regions fearful."
When he spoke, he had already decided on the candidate for the coach: Haha, aren't you two secretly lamenting that there is no battle to fight?
When we turn around, one of you will be the coach and the other will be the general to attack Tsarist Russia on my behalf: