Chapter 1025: Dorgon's Worries
Since the Manchus had completely solved the threat in the west by marrying into Austria, they began to concentrate all their efforts on consolidating the newly occupied territories, strengthening their national and military strength, and confronting the Ming Dynasty.
In order to completely consolidate the rule of the original Ottoman Empire, strengthen the centralization of power, reduce the influence of divine power on the Ottoman people, and achieve the real prohibition of orders and prohibition, no one resists, Dolgon implemented the same policy as the original Persians in the captured Ottoman territory, and shaved and obeyed the order!
Although the people within the territory of the Ottoman Empire believed in the same true god as the people within the territory of the Persian Empire, but many of the teachings were different, there was still no obvious difference in clothing and other aspects.
Not only the territory of the former Ottoman Empire, but also the Arab League of the Arabian Peninsula, which was the true source of sectarianism, and Dolgon also imposed an order on the shaving here.
The people here were forced to change their original clothes, and because of the many contradictions caused by the change of clothes, the men did not care for the time being, and after the change of clothes, the women were no longer covered as before, but changed into the clothes of a full woman.
This is absolutely unforgivable in the eyes of men who believe in the true God, and these men are very angry that they are also going to give up the clothes they have worn for a thousand years.
As in Persia, a series of revolts were immediately set off.
However, Dorgon was cruel and did not mind slaughtering for the sake of his ends, and he was not afraid of anyone rising up against him, because for him, the rebel was killed.
Hundreds of thousands of Qing troops poured into the territory of the former Ottoman Empire and the Arabian Peninsula, and for all the Ottomans who dared to disobey the order, the Arabian Peninsula people were unforgiving, and in just over a month, more than a million Ottomans and Arabs were killed, and the blood flowed like a river!
It was also the same as the original Persian compromise, after being killed a large number of rebels, the Ottomans and Arabs also had to compromise, they comforted themselves in their hearts, the Manchus did not directly let them give up the true God, the Manchus still believed in the true God, and the reason why the Manchus gave such an order was also indicated by the true God.
They also told themselves why the Manchus were able to destroy the mighty Ottoman Empire and rule over all the borders of the Arab Empire when the true god first appeared.
No! Rather, it is more powerful than the Arab Empire, where the true God was born in the first world, and the Manchurians are the messengers of the true God, and the instructions given by the Manchus are all made by the true God.
With this hint, the Ottomans and Arabs were much more comfortable, and the revolt began to dissipate, and they honestly submitted to the Manchu rule.
After consolidating the rule and killing those who dared to rebel in disguise, the Manchu rule over the territory became extremely stable, even though the Manchus currently had a population of just over one million, but no one in the entire territory dared to question and resist.
Even, in the Indian Peninsula, because of the fall of the Mughal Empire and the rule of the Manchus, the Manchus have become the highest caste of the Indian caste, so that countless Indian untouchables can be reincarnated into a high caste like the Manchus in the next life, and no one resists the rule of the Manchus.
It must be said that the Indians are indeed the most dominant race in the world, and armed resistance never seems to have been an option for them.
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In addition to consolidating absolute domination over the entire territory.
Dorgon also vigorously developed his military and strengthened the military power of the Manchus.
Nearly 27 years have passed since the Ming Dynasty moved westward in five years. Originally, although the Manchus were defeated from the Central Plains and had to move westward, but the total population did not decline much, when the Ming Dynasty was in the ninth year, the Manchus recovered to the point of more than 800,000, and now after so many years, the population of the Manchus has swelled to a total of nearly 1.4 million, and the Persian Empire nearly doubled when it rebuilt the Qing Dynasty.
Because of the support of more population, the total number of Manchurian cavalry reached an unprecedented number of 170,000, even when the Qing Dynasty was at its most glorious in the Central Plains, the Manchurian cavalry did not reach such a number.
Also because of the increase in the total population, at present, in addition to the 170,000 Manchurian cavalry, the Manchurians also have a rifle team of 50,000 people, which is also composed entirely of Manchus. The Qing rifle team, which was also composed of Manchus, had reduced the recruitment of Manchu women, and the number of Manchu women in the entire rifle team was less than 2,000, most of whom were composed of Manchu men between the ages of 14 and 16 and between 45 and 60.
The Manchu cavalry and rifle corps were undoubtedly the two most important and powerful forces of the Manchu Qing to maintain their rule, along with 1.44 million Indian flags, Persian flags, and newly built Ottoman banners and other infantry, as well as about 120,000 Bukhara servant cavalry.
On the whole, the current military strength of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is roughly 170,000 Manchurian cavalry, 50,000 rifle teams, 120,000 servant cavalry, and 1.44 million infantry, with a total strength of nearly 2 million.
Such a force may be quite powerful and intimidating compared to the various ethnic groups under the rule of the Manchus, and even to the countries of Europe.
However, the Manchu Qing's future strategic goal was to face the Ming Dynasty.
"In the face of the Ming Dynasty, the strength of the Qing Dynasty is still too weak!" Dolgon sighed, he knew very well that in front of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty's military strength was simply not enough to confront the Ming Dynasty, and it was definitely not enough to resist the Ming Dynasty's all-out attack.
Don't defeat the Ming Dynasty, destroy the Ming Dynasty, you can't resist the all-out attack of the Ming Dynasty, so such a military force is not enough, it must be strengthened.
And how to enhance it is a difficult point.
Dorgon frowned, worried for a long time.
Since the Qing Dynasty was forced to move westward, Dolgon clearly knew that the strength of the Ming Dynasty came from the advanced guns of the Ming Dynasty, and if you want to defeat the Ming Dynasty, you must at least have a gun configuration that is almost the same as that of the Ming Dynasty.
Since the development of primer fire and the imitation of Daming's rifles, bullets and shells, the gap between the Qing Dynasty's gun technology and Daming's has been shrinking.
However, after all, only the primer was developed, but the new gunpowder of the Ming Dynasty has no clue, there is no new high gunpowder like the Ming Dynasty, and the black powder continues to be used, and the new imitation rifles and imitation cannons of the Qing Dynasty are far from the Ming Dynasty in range and power, which is not enough to fight against the Ming Dynasty.
Not only is the quality not enough to fight against the Ming, but the quantity is also not enough to fight the Ming.
After all, the Qing Dynasty only has 50,000 rifle teams equipped with rifles and field artillery, but all the armies of the Ming Dynasty are equipped with rifles and field cannons that are more advanced than the Qing Dynasty, according to Dolgon's estimates, the Ming Dynasty has at least 1.5 million such an army, only a lot more, even if it is necessary to defend a much wider territory than the Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty can at least send 500,000 to attack the Qing Dynasty.
With only 50,000 Qing rifles, could the Qing Dynasty resist the attack of 500,000 Ming troops equipped with more advanced rifles and cannons? Apparently whimsical!
This was Dorgon's greatest concern.
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