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It is Zhu Houzhao, the son of heaven who expresses such emotion, who has sat on the throne for 45 years and is over 40 years old, but he looks like a 60-year-old man, not at all like a [-]-year-old contemporary His eyebrows and beard are as white as an old man.

Sitting beside him was Li Huan, Duke of Qin, who was the most noble of the Ming Dynasty.Compared with the Son of Heaven, who was a little bit vicissitudes, Li Huan's whole person was just like ten years ago, as if the years had not left any traces on his body.

At this moment, Li Huan, who was wearing a luxurious fur robe, said with a smile, "Your Majesty, it's only a short time since I left the Shanhai Pass, and the thousands of miles outside the pass are all my land of Ming Dynasty."

Accompanying him was Wang Yangming, who was the chief assistant of the cabinet, Wang Yangming looked a little older now, but with Wang Yangming's innate cultivation base, he would stay in the first assistant position for a while. 20 years without any problems.

At this time, the monarchs and ministers looked at the scene of wind and snow outside the car, all with expressions of emotion on their faces.

Wang Yangming looked at Li Huan and said, "During these years, a series of railway lines have been built in our Ming Dynasty. These railway lines are more important than concrete roads. They are like the main arteries of our Ming Dynasty, linking the north and the south."

As he spoke, Wang Yangming looked at the vast land of Liaodong outside the car and sighed softly: "In the past, if the imperial court wanted to use troops outside the customs, it would take several months just to dispatch supplies and troops, but now tens of thousands of troops and even The required materials can be transferred from the inside to the outside of the customs within half a month at most, and such an efficient transfer speed has made my Daming's control over this vast land more stable."

With the popularization of railways, coupled with the further development of steam locomotives, it can be said that the speed of trains in Daming has been greatly improved, and it often takes only one or two days to reach a place of thousands of miles, which is a huge plus. Daming's control over its own territory.

Zhu Hou looked at Li Huan and said: "If I remember correctly, this railway starts from the capital and goes north to Jinzhou. It is thousands of miles away. The imperial court personally presided over the construction, and it connects the inside and outside of Shanhaiguan."

Wang Yangming nodded and said: "What your Majesty said is true. The Beijing-Jinjin Railway was built three years ago under the auspices of the imperial court. It took a total of three years and it was officially opened to traffic not long ago. Specialty products will enter the Central Plains at the fastest speed through this railway, which can greatly promote the development outside the customs.”

Li Huan said with a smile: "In addition to the slightly bitter and cold climate in Liaodong, the land is fertile and rich in mineral resources. If the imperial court can develop them, then the next hundred years of the Ming Dynasty will be able to rely solely on the land of Liaodong." take off."

The faces of the people present could not help but change slightly when they heard the words. Although they knew that Liaodong was rich in products, they regarded it as a place of bitter cold in their hearts, and it was not of much value at all. With the control of the land, coupled with the special products outside the pass, I am afraid that this railway will not be able to be successfully built.

However, now that Li Huan actually told them that the land of Liaodong could help Daming take off for a hundred years, how could this not shock everyone.

After all, Li Huan's reputation is well known over the years, and he has never let them down. If Li Huan dares to say that, it proves that the land of Liaodong is really important.

Zhu Houzhao stared at the people in the cabinet and said: "My dear friends, the cabinet should carefully weigh what Li Qing said, and put the development of Liaodong on the agenda as soon as possible."

A group of people headed by Wang Yangming hurriedly nodded yes.

The train passed by all the way, and it took only a few days to see the various passes along the way. As the emperor, Zhu Houzhao personally entered the Jinzhou City built of cement.

The huge Jinzhou City is an important material distribution center in Liaodong, and it is also managed by the railway network. In a short period of time, it has already shown a bit of prosperity.

Not to mention many commercial houses stationed in Liaodong from within the pass, even the Jurchen tribes who live in hunting in the mountains and forests of Liaodong also gathered in Jinzhou City in large numbers and exchanged a large number of special products from the mountains and forests in Jinzhou City for what they needed. supplies.

Thousands of elite troops were stationed in Jinzhou City. In terms of the current military strength of the Ming Dynasty, although there were only thousands of soldiers and horses stationed in Jinzhou City, the Jurchen tribes in the Sifang mountains and forests were all honest and honest. Incomparably, no one dared to make trouble in Jinzhou.

You must know that not long ago, when Jinzhou appeared prosperous, there were barbaric Jurchen tribes in the mountains and forests spying on Jinzhou City, and gathered more than a thousand people to try to break into Jinzhou City.

The result was that battle. Thousands of Jurchens died in the battle, and suffered heavy casualties. They all fell under the guns and artillery of the Jinzhou garrison.

Daming was able to manufacture even steam engines, which can be called sophisticated creations in this era, so naturally it was able to manufacture flintlock guns.

With a large number of flintlock guns and even more powerful artillery in the army, the millions of troops of the Ming Dynasty are now almost all firearms except for the tens of thousands of elite cavalry that still remain.

Facing the astonishingly powerful firearms, how could the Jurchen barbarians, who were still in the era of horseback riding and archery, be the opponents of Ming Dynasty.

After Daming sent hundreds of troops to completely wipe out several nearby Jurchen tribe gathering places, it completely frightened the surrounding tribes, large and small, and all of them obeyed Daming's arrangements obediently.

When the spring was cold, the emperor returned to the capital by train.

As the prince, Zhu Zaikun is now nearly [-] years old, and has been the prince for more than [-] years. Zhu Houzhao, who has been the emperor these years, has devoted more energy to practice and health, so as the prince of the supervisory country He was pushed to the front desk to act as an agent for a large number of government affairs.

Dressed in solemn and luxurious clothes, the prince Zhu Zaikun hurried into the Qianqing Palace, and he could hear his father talking and laughing with the prince Li Huan from a distance.

Entering the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Zaikun saluted Zhu Houzhao, and then presented a memorial to Li Huan, saying: "Father, the thirteenth brother gave a report, and the great powers of the West united in several places at the same time. The offensive was launched, and conflicts broke out in several battlefields in the Americas, Southeast Asia, and India."

Li Huan, who was sitting there, couldn't help raising his brows when he heard the words.

For decades, Ming Dynasty has been in a stage of rapid development, and the development of Western countries is also not slow, especially stimulated by the rapid development of Ming Dynasty, many things that have been revealed, no matter how secret Ming is, it is impossible to stop some outflow of things.

Just like steam engines, muskets, and cannons, the expansion of Ming Dynasty all over the world today will inevitably lead to conflicts with Western countries that have traveled more than half of the world. During the conflict, muskets and artillery will inevitably fall into the hands of Westerners.

Even the steam engine is average. Although the steam engine is not so easy to be taken away, Daming tried to move the steam engine to the ship as early as ten years ago, and made a large steam engine ship for this purpose.

With the improvement from generation to generation, now Daming has begun to frantically manufacture these steam engine ships that can travel at high speed on the sea.

With the launch of a large number of steamships, the connection between Daming and Southeast Asia, the Americas, Penglai Province and even India became more and more close.

A large number of vassal kings and relatives were entrusted overseas. If one generation or two generations, the connection between the two parties will naturally not be indifferent. However, once time passes, if it is inconvenient to communicate, it is difficult to guarantee that these territories that were conquered by Ming Dynasty will not go out one by one independently. .

But now with the launching of a large number of steamships, even though the distance is vast, all of them have become smooth roads, completely cutting off the possibility of independent independence of these places.

The characteristics of Chinese civilization are destined to be different from Western civilization. No matter how difficult the Chinese civilization originated from the same ancestor, it will only be unified in the end.

It is conceivable that if someone in the overseas provinces wants to become an independent country, then with the centripetal force and homology of Chinese civilization, as the Central Plains dynasty, they will definitely do their best to unify the world and return to unity.

Under the conflict at sea, the steam engine ships equipped by the Ming Dynasty will inevitably flow to the West. Under the frantic pursuit of the Westerners, the West has also entered a stage of rapid development.

Although the gap is not small compared to Da Ming, it should not be underestimated.

Of course, neither the Son of Heaven nor Li Huan had ever worried about anything. With Daming's current size, even if the entire Western world united, it would not be an opponent of Daming, let alone the constant filth among the Western countries. Under the same interests, there may be a short-term alliance, but it is wishful thinking to say that they will unite for a long time to deal with Daming.

Besides, it is impossible for Ming Dynasty to sit back and watch the other party unite, right? It is true that Ming Dynasty will not divide and win over these countries. Not out of date.

At this time, after listening to the prince's report, the Western countries jointly launched an offensive against Daming on several battlefields. Zhu Houzhao just smiled lightly when he heard the words: "The mere barbarians have always been afraid of power and not virtuous. Since they want to fight, I, Ming If you are never afraid of fighting, then fight until they are afraid."

Li Huan, who was sitting on the side, nodded and said: "Since they came to the door by themselves, then they will take advantage of this battle to completely take over the lands of America and India, occupy important transportation fortresses in various places, and completely block these western barbarians to death." The west."

The two monarchs and ministers looked at the large map of the world, which was several feet in size, hanging in the palace, and the names of a large number of countries were densely marked on it.

Every country is dyed with different colors, and the most eye-catching one is a piece of red, which spans several continents. The south directly reaches the Southeast Asia, and the north reaches the Ural Mountains at the junction of Europe and Asia, and even red It spread across the Ural Mountains and occupied a large piece of the European Plain.

However, in this area, there are many colors mixed together. The Ming Dynasty has stationed 10,000+ troops in the Ural Mountains all year round, and there are large and small wars every year.

There is also half of the Americas and Penglai Province that span the entire ocean and are also dyed red.

It can be said that looking around, on the huge map of the world, this red color is so eye-catching, and its extent is tens of millions of square kilometers.

At the end of these red areas, there is a criss-cross conflict zone between Ming and Western countries. Portugal and Spain in the Americas were forced to retreat by Ming, but they did not give up the wealth of the Americas, and they have been competing with Ming.

As a rising star, England was eyeing the Indian states that were occupied by Ming Dynasty, so the two sides had more than one sea and land battle in India.

Located in Central Asia, with the collapse of the Byzantine Empire that spanned Eurasia and the rise of the Ottoman Empire, it naturally clashed with Ming Dynasty, which was in the period of rapid external expansion, and the two sides also continued to conflict in Central Asia.

After crossing the Ural Mountains, what Ming Dynasty faced was the western land powers Russia, France, and other Western countries, large and small, that had already united.

It can be said that looking around, Ming Dynasty seems to have fallen into the quagmire of war in all parts of the world, with countries everywhere competing with it.

The ministers who were summoned were looking at the map of the universe with the names of many countries hanging in the hall. It was the first time for some officials to see such a map. At a glance, it seemed that the Ming Dynasty was everywhere. It's the enemy who can't help but look at each other.

"Your Majesty, my Ming Dynasty is a kingdom of heaven, so it's really not..."

Before the official finished speaking, he heard a slight cough, and Wang Yangming, the chief assistant of the cabinet, couldn't help frowning when he saw the newly promoted Minister of Rites.

The emperor who was sitting there ignored the servant of the Ministry of Rites, but turned his attention to Wang Yangming and said, "Old Wang Ge, now the western countries are provoking my Ming Dynasty everywhere. It can be provocative, since they want to fight, then I will fight with them, I wonder if the cabinet is ready?"

Wang Yangming solemnly said: "Your Majesty, now our Daming's treasury is full, whether it is food, grass or military armor, not to mention the invasion by the coalition forces of several countries, even if it is several times more, my Daming is also fearless."

Zhu Houzhao clapped his hands and praised, "Good."

As he said that, Zhu Hou looked at Li Huan and said, "Li Qing, what about the Five Armies Commander's Mansion?"

Li Huan smiled calmly and said: "Not long ago, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies urgently recruited millions of troops, and all the domestic elites have gone to various battlefields. If necessary, they can recruit another 200 million, 300 million is not a problem. "

Many people couldn't help but twitch the corners of their mouths when they heard that Li Huan opened his mouth to see the expansion of an army of one million. up.

But now no one stood up. Don't look at Li Huan's exaggeration, but everyone present knew very well that what Li Huan said was really not an exaggeration in terms of Daming's terrifying national power.

After decades of development, regardless of private households, just the household registration recorded by the imperial court, there are as many as 320 million households in Ming Dynasty, and more than 500 million households in Dingkou.

With such a large population, if it is really militaristic, it is not a problem to mobilize tens of millions or even tens of millions of troops.

Daming Zhengde 52 years
A war that lasted for several years has come to an end. In this battle, Ming Dynasty fought with a majestic force and advanced weapons on all fronts, and the coalition forces of various countries retreated in a row.

In the huge land of America, Spain and Portugal were completely defeated, and the entire land of America was under the control of Ming Dynasty.

In the land of India, Britain was defeated, and the whole of India was brought into the arms of Ming Dynasty, becoming another shining pearl in the crown of the Ming Empire.

Li Zong, the eldest son of the Duke of Qin who commanded this great battle, was conferred the title of Duke of Chu by the emperor, and married the royal daughter, Princess Tiannan, to live forever in India.

Li Sibing, the second son of the Duke of Qin, overwhelmed the Ottoman Empire, which was in its rising period, and expanded its borders for thousands of miles.

A large number of lieutenant generals and soldiers who have made great achievements on various battlefields have been added to the ranks. In a short period of time, the court has added six princes, eighteen princes, and one hundred and eight princes. As for the rewards distributed Silver is tens of millions of taels.

However, this reward was nothing compared to what Ming had gained from the nearly ten-year-long world war.

According to Western practice, since the war is defeated, it is natural to cede land and pay compensation.

The negotiating envoys sent by the western countries could not do anything except anger and endless grievances in the face of Ming's aggression. They could only honestly sign their names on each treaty.

More than a dozen powerful countries in the West signed treaties for land cession and indemnity. Only through these treaties, Ming obtained a huge amount of 1000 million taels of silver and [-] million taels of gold.

In the 73rd year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houzhao, who was 88 years old, was in front of the Qianqing Palace, and called a hundred officials to pass on the prince Zhu Zaikun, who was in his sixties and had been the prince for almost 60 years. , Announced to the world, ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, changed the year name to Yongjia, and respected Zhu Houzhao as the Supreme Emperor.

In the first year of Emperor Yongjia, he gave amnesty to the world, formed a cabinet headed by Zhang Juzheng, and continued the policy of emphasizing agriculture, promoting commerce and vigorously developing industry in the era of Emperor Zhengde, which made the Ming Dynasty develop rapidly and flourish.

Daming Yongjia 12th Year

Zhu Houzhao, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, a hundred-year-old emperor, set off from Tianjin Wei Port on the treasure ship Zhengde Dadi, carrying Li Huan, the Duke of Qin, Wang Yangming, the former Chief Assistant of the Ming Dynasty, and other honorable and former ministers from the Zhengde era, and embarked on a journey around the world.

On the vast Indian Ocean, the sun is rising in the sky, and the sun is spreading across the ocean, which is magnificent. The emperor Zhu Hou, who is dressed in a brocade suit and has slightly gray hair, looks after Li Huan and Chu Yi, the chief inspector of Huang Shicheng, who are standing beside him. Pointing to the land in the distance, he laughed and said, "Li Qing, Chu Qing, thanks to your help, I was able to achieve today's good fortune. You see, this magnificent mountain and river stretches for thousands of miles, and it is all the territory of my Ming Dynasty. The sun and the moon shine on it, all of it is Han land, I am not ashamed of my ancestors in the past, and I am not ashamed of my Huaxia!"

Standing with his hands behind his back, Chu Yi, who was about [-] years old, stood with Li Huan, as if he had met him for the first time in the past. Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, he couldn't help but smile at each other.

PS: This book is over, with thousands of words, and Li Huan's story has come to an end. The new book is in preparation, so stay tuned. Don't panic to take it off the shelf, pay attention to the new book announcement.