Chapter 614: The Past of the Eagle
The successful recovery of Vladivostok was of great significance to Great Chu, which not only represented the complete cutting off of the claws of the Russians advancing eastward, but also brought a large area of territory in the north into the rule of Great Chu, greatly expanding the territory map of Great Chu.
Especially after the new version of the map of Dachu was preliminarily published, almost everyone was shocked by the increase in northern land, because of its large area, so much so that there is no accurate conclusion on the specific area until now........ Even the northernmost boundary is represented by a dotted line.
And the bottom line that Ning Yu opened to Elizabeth was the whole of Eastern Siberia plus the entire Far East.
Due to the technical limitations of the people of this era, it was not possible to accurately measure the area of the whole of Eastern Siberia plus the entire Far East. For Ning Yu, however, the answer was clearly written in later geography books, in which Eastern Siberia covers an area of more than 4 million square kilometers, while the Far East covers an area of 6 million square kilometers.
Although these lands were only drawn on the map, and Eastern Siberia was not really under the control of the Great Chu except for the Far East, this did not prevent Ning Yu from carrying out a map opening up the territory first.
After all, the large-scale war in the entire north has ended, and the Russians have also entered the civil strife, in the next few years, the Fu Han army does not need to send too many troops at all, only a little bit of steady and steady fighting, and then it can gradually squeeze the Russians out of Eastern Siberia.
Of course, these lands were basically wild land at this time, and did not have much economic value, so it can be said that except for a few indigenous people, the rest of the land was basically a large area of uninhabited land, and the harsh wild environment was basically not suitable for large-scale development, but it still could not hide its political value.
After all, when evaluating the merits of an emperor, Kaibian is always an existence that cannot be erased. For Ning Yu, the most intuitive impact is that his influence and evaluation have risen to a higher level, and an evaluation of the Han and Tang dynasties has been added to the original name of the first emperor of the ages.
At the same time, there was also a significant change in the strategic form of the north, the Fu Han army began to gradually advance to the northwest, further reducing the space for the Russian army's activities, and the more than 3,000 Russian troops who surrendered to Saragula were pulled to Mongolia for re-education, and they would unite under the banner of Empress Elizabeth and wait for a counterattack back to St. Petersburg one day in the future.
When the time came to the end of the sixth year of the reform, Ning Yu had just finished the alliance in the Mulan enclosure, and this time the alliance with the south and north of the desert not only accepted the title of Jiubai Tribute and Tian Khan, but also established the basic principles for the rule of Great Chu in the south and north of the desert.
One of its important ones is to thoroughly implement the countyization to every corner of the grassland, because the Monan Mongols have been implemented for a year before this, the experience has become extremely rich, and they have no resistance to the rule of the Great Chu, so it has also been recognized by Ning Yu.
In order to further win over the upper echelons of the grassland tribes, Ningyu specially issued a decree to arrange for the princes of the grassland tribes to settle in Beijing, and rewarded them with many mansions, so that they could also feel the prosperity of the Han land at this time, and at the same time, it was also convenient for the officials of the grassland provinces to further popularize the new policy and implement the phased grazing suspension system.
In order to promote the prosperity of this northern land, Ning Yu decided to stay in Beijing directly for the New Year, and also arranged ships to let many soldiers who were originally from the north return to their hometowns for the New Year, and even brought a large number of high-ranking officials in Nanjing to the capital together.
The fireworks are brilliant, the firecrackers are continuous, and the originally slightly depressed Jingshi has now recovered a little bit of the once lively The people in the streets and alleys have also begun to paste Spring Festival couplets and eat dumplings, and the big guys are very happy.
"Your Majesty, the old minister is really grateful for Your Majesty's kindness and what Your Majesty said at the beginning, there is no war in the north, and now I really don't hear about the war, which is really a blessing for the people of the world."
Soon after Ning Yu returned to Beijing, the old minister Chen Shiwan quickly got on the fold, in which he trumpeted Ning Yu, believing that Emperor Ning Da could be called a rare Ming monarch for thousands of years, and the people would definitely feel His Majesty's kindness in the future........
Although Ning Yu is really not very interested in this kind of excerpt, he can understand the psychology of Chen Shijuan and these people, to put it bluntly, in the eyes of the northern gentry, they do not have too much rejection of Da Chu itself, and what Chen Shiwan said before was just using a little skill to pray to Ning Yu.
After all, before this, almost everyone in the northern gentry thought that Emperor Ning was a belligerent madman, and they were worried that the war in the north would continue, which was very unfavorable to the recovery of the northern economy, and would also greatly affect the interests of the northern gentry, so they would work hard to promote the cessation of war in the north.
Of course, whether it is an armistice or a war, Ning Yu will only consider the interests of the current situation, not because of the so-called gentry in the north, he disdains to use this means to buy people's hearts.
At the same time, Dong Ce, the governor of the Western Expedition, also returned to Beijing at this time and reported to Ningyu with great interest on the various battle conditions on the northwest front.
"Back to Your Majesty, since our army defeated the Nian Division, we have basically recovered most of the entire Western Regions in November, and then I received a message from Xiao Celing, he claimed that Ge Ce had been defeated, and hoped that the army could seize the time to pursue."
When he said this, Dong Ce also had a slight smile on his face, "This person is also quite interesting, in order to speed up my army, he even did not hesitate to send people to bribe me, and he also planned to give me ten young women and two carts of treasures........"
Ning Yu laughed loudly, pointed Dong Ce with his finger, and said meaningfully: "Xiao Ce Ling Dun Duobu gave you a woman, whether it is sincere or not, at least there is awe on the bright side, when people are not in awe, it is not easy to control." ”
Dong Ce accompanied the smiling face and said softly: "Your Majesty, I can't make this kind of mistake, when I meet Xu Chengliang in the future, won't I still be laughed at by him?" ”
"It doesn't matter if you make mistakes, you can change them in the future, but the people I hate the most are those who are obsessed."
Ning Yu snorted lightly, but he remembered some unpleasant things, and it was not complicated to say, that is, in the years of rapid development of the Fu Han Army, some gang children had been absorbed more or less, coupled with some people from complex sources, which caused the Fu Han Army to gradually become mixed, and the army discipline was also a little relaxed.
Fortunately, the soldiers of the Eagle Battalion had already entered the middle and high-level levels, so it did not affect the combat effectiveness too much, but Ning Yu would not continue to tolerate it, so when he talked to Dong Ce today, he brought out a little unhappiness.
Dong Ce also had a little solemnity on his face, he quickly took out a fold from his sleeve and handed it to Ning Yu, and then said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, this is what the minister saw and heard when he led the troops, and I would like to ask Your Majesty to take a look." ”
Ning Yu took Dong Ce's recital and began to look at it slowly, but the longer he watched, the more his brows frowned, until when he finished reading it, a slight anger appeared on his face.
"Summoning all the Privy Council ministers in Beijing to come here, and sending someone to inform the first assistant to come."
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In today's Fu Han military system, there is a place that will always be talked about, it is located in Yunmeng's Eagle Courtyard, which was originally the place where Ning Yu personally managed the army, and two hundred young eagle boys rose here, step by step out of here, and finally went to the world.
"Two hundred eagle boys, I'm afraid that there are not many people still alive today."
A young man stood at the door of the main courtyard, he didn't go inside for a long time, but he was listening to the young man's shouts coming from inside, but the corners of his mouth brought a little smile.
Beside the young man stood a middle-aged man, who said softly: "Chief, I heard that His Majesty was here back then, eating and living with the young eagle boy, and with his teachings, he was finally able to have a skill....... This is the only way for everyone to become a talent, as long as they are still alive today, a few are also the head of the regiment. ”
The young man was none other than the head of the General Staff of the Privy Council, Ujikei, who was not wearing a military uniform as usual, but wearing a thick coat, which looked extremely heroic, but there was a trace of nostalgia in his eyes.
"Mingyuan, this place was originally very narrow and simple, and every brick and wood in it was built by our people......."
Ujijing walked inside, pointing to the distance and smiling: "It's a pity that I can't see it now, since Your Majesty Dingding, this place has been cleaned up, the original thatched houses are gone, all of them are concrete buildings......."
When he said this, Ujijing didn't know whether to regret or rejoice, and he sighed softly.
Xu Mingyuan stood aside, with a little surprise on his face, and said softly: "The clothes are not as good as the new, the people are not as good as the old, and what the chief said is quite a three-flavored one." ”
Ujijing said softly: "Mingyuan, the Eagle Boy is no longer just a Eagle Boy now, but the responsibility of the Eagle Battalion, we have never forgotten, this is a place that our generation can't jump out, but this is not necessarily a good thing - in the future, you will be in charge of the Eagle Headquarters, maybe you can bring some new changes." ”
"I don't understand what the chief means."
Xu Mingyuan sighed softly, he seemed to understand a little, the position he got was probably not as good as he imagined, but like a fire pit.
Uzhijing smiled slightly, and did not explain immediately, but took Xu Mingyuan in the direction of the training ground, and from time to time there were officers of the Fu Han Army passing by on the way, and when they saw Uzhijing and Xu Mingyuan, although their faces were full of surprise, no one rushed forward to say hello.
"Hey-ha-"
"Kill, kill, kill!"
A burst of crisp children's voices came, and the sound began to get louder and louder, it turned out that Ujijing and Xu Mingyuan had approached the training ground at some point, and the children's voices in the distance were the young eagles training.
Soon, in front of Ujijing and Xu Mingyuan, there was a huge training ground, all of which was paved with cement, and more than a thousand children of different ages, holding long rifles in their hands, were conducting assassination training on the straw men one by one, with a murderous awe-inspiring atmosphere.
Ujijing sighed softly: "In the past, the Eagle Camp was full of homeless orphans and some orphans of martyrs, but now the scope has expanded to many school-age children, especially children from poor families, who will come to sign up, and regard the Eagle Camp as a ......way to climb up."
"I understand."
Xu Mingyuan's voice was also a little lonely, "Although I was qualified to attack my father's old attack when I was young, my family was poor at that time and had no money to take care of it, so I was not able to take up the post until several years later. ”
After finishing speaking, he couldn't help but show a smile on his face, "If I, Da Chu, can give these low-level children a step into the body, then in the future, no matter what, there will be another possibility in their lives." ”
Yu Zhijing smiled slightly, as a person born in the Eagle Battalion, he had never even received Xu Mingyuan's kind of treatment, if it weren't for Ning Yu's choice to save them, I was afraid that he would have starved to death and frozen to death on the streets.
"Because of this, we can't give up the Eagle Battalion, but Mingyuan, you have to understand that the Eagle Camp needs to exist, but it can't exist in this way."
Xu Mingyuan looked at the immature faces in the distance, but the whole person hesitated a little, "Chief, in fact, I don't understand that today's Eagle Camp needs to change, it is so vibrant, so young......"
"Now there are many rumors in the army, claiming that my young eagle family has completely controlled the Fu Han army, which is definitely not a good thing for Your Majesty and for Great Chu, and even sent a letter to the Privy Council asking for more promotion of the sons and daughters of the clan nobles, and the clan nobles are in charge of the army, so as to ensure that the Great Chu will be forever ......."
The expression on Ujijing's face did not change at all, as if he was talking about an insignificant trivial matter at all, "As a minion of Your Majesty, the Eagle Battalion will naturally be loyal to Your Majesty for the rest of your life. Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, so naturally he will not believe these clumsy rumors, but people are terrible, Mingyuan should understand. ”
"That's why I, the Green Battalion General, can take charge of the Eagle Headquarters."
Xu Mingyuan finally had a hint of surprise in his heart, but just a moment later, he was curious: "It's so obvious that you are mixing sand with the Eagle Camp, why does the chief support me?" ”
Ujijing smiled, "That's right. Because you are specifically here for me, the reason why I support you is that I hope you can really mix the sand into it......"
Speaking of this, Ujijing stretched out his hand and pointed at the young eagles, and said in a low voice: "The Eagle Battalion should not just be cowering here, it should go further and become a real behemoth, and because of this, we can't make it an iron bucket, so that no one can tolerate its continued existence, including Your Majesty." ”