The news that Hong Chengchou received and analyzed the situation was indeed not wrong.

At this time, the emperor of Tsarist Russia was Alexei Mikhailovich, an emperor who wanted to act. After the famous Khmelnitsky uprising in history, when he was about to be suppressed by Poland, Khmelnitsky thought of Tsarist Russia, wanted to hug the thigh of Tsarist Russia, and asked the tsar to agree to annex eastern Ukraine centered on Zabarozhye into Russian territory.

Alexei, of course, was happy with this, and began negotiations with Poland for this, but the talks fell apart. So, Alexei led his troops and began to attack Poland in May.

And in Tsarist Russia, after the Tsar led the army, the Orthodox Patriarch, Father Nikon, became the de facto ruler. As soon as he came to power, he began to implement church reform. The main direction of the reform was to reform the various canonical systems of the Orthodox Church of the Moscow Holy See in accordance with the Byzantine way and to unify the religious activities of the Church in various places.

The Old Liturgical faction opposed this reform and split from the Moscow Orthodox Church. As a result, Patriarch Nikon began a massive persecution of these people, trying and executing the leaders of the Old Rites. But the followers of the Old Rites did not obey Nikon, and fled from Moscow to escape persecution.

Of course, at this time, there are things that have not yet happened, or are happening. But one thing is certain, that is, Tsar Alexei is leading his troops to fight Poland in full swing.

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In this regard, Hong Chengchou was very moved, and in order to ensure the success of the westward expansion, he once again sent a large number of nights to the west to inquire about the movement. At the same time, preparations for war have also begun.

Although Emperor Chongzhen was already on his way back to Beijing, he grasped the situation as soon as he eavesdropped on the seeds.

As he explained before leaving, as long as there is a chance, he doesn't mind Hong Chengchou acting immediately.

The capture of the Caucasus was just a matter of Emperor Chongzhen, who thought that this was not difficult for Hong Chengchou to do. However, the most difficult thing is whether Hong Chengchou can successfully block the counterattack of Tsarist Russia after capturing the Caucasus, which is the key.

As Emperor Chongzhen, who traveled over in later generations, of course knew that Tsarist Russia was very difficult to fight in history, including Napoleon and Germany, and the most important reason why the attack on Tsarist Russia failed was that it was defeated in the bitter cold.

Therefore, after Emperor Chongzhen knew that Hong Chengchou had plans to fight, he immediately ordered Shaanxi and Sichuan to sew a full set of military uniforms under the severe cold. After all, as far as the current situation is concerned, the most hardy Ming soldiers are the soldiers of the Mongolian nationality.

In addition, although Emperor Chongzhen has been absent from Beijing for almost three years, he has a clear understanding of domestic affairs and the situation in the Americas.

As far as the Americas are concerned, Sun Chuanting drove the remnants of Jianyu to expand the strength of the Ming army and incorporate the local Indians for his own use. However, after about half a year of this situation, Anders of Portugal finally couldn't help it, nagging all day long, and at this time, the Ming army's sphere of influence was already very large, and then the expansion of manpower was not enough, so he had to give up the pursuit of the remnants of Jianyu, and instead reorganize the soldiers and horses, and after training the Indians for a while, the army went south.

The Spaniards in the Gulf of Mexico, in fact, were less than 10,000 people, and the Indians were led by more than 20,000 Ming troops, and with the cooperation of the Portuguese, they quickly defeated the Spaniards in Mexico.

To Sun Chuanting's surprise, in a place ruled by the Spaniards, he actually found the Ming people. It's not too much, but it's a good complement to his scarce local manpower.

However, after the combined forces of the Ming and Portugal drove the Spaniards in Mexico into the sea, they were a little powerless, because the warships of the Ming and Portugal were on the west coast of the Americas. The Gulf of Mexico was full of Spanish warships, and with the help of the maneuver of the warships, they counterattacked several times, and also caused some losses on the side of the coalition forces that were scattered.

Therefore, in the end, Sun Chuanting led his troops to withdraw from the coastline for dozens of kilometers and gave up these places, which is a bit similar to the Ming Dynasty's strategy of blocking the sea area. Subsequently, the forces were concentrated and began to fight south along the land.

However, because the Ming army had already divided its troops to occupy the Mexican side, there were only more than 10,000 troops in the south. On the Spanish side, troops were sent from all over the Americas to reinforce them, and warships were also sent from South America to resist the attack of the coalition forces by land and water. In the end, it was on the Panamanian side that formed a tug-of-war with the Spaniards, and did not complete the plan to conquer South America according to the intended goal.

Before, Sun Chuanting had already sent the ironclad battleship back to Daming, bringing back news and asking for reinforcements. But when it came to sending troops to the Americas, Emperor Chongzhen was not there, and no one could call the shots, so no reinforcements were sent. Emperor Chongzhen rushed back to Beijing from the Mughal side this time, and one of the important things to deal with was to support the Americas.

Because he is the only one who knows the situation in the Americas best, and the news brought back by the ironclad battleship is the news that has been delayed for a long time. Of course, the most important thing is that when it comes to large-scale army mobilization, even the crown prince cannot overstep his authority.

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In the middle of July of the twenty-seventh year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen finally led more than 4,000 hussar battalions back to Beijing. This time, it was the least proportion of soldiers brought back by Emperor Chongzhen when he triumphed. But everyone knew that those people were left on the map that had just been laid down and enjoyed.

There is no doubt that the emperor, who has been away for three years, has returned with the record of building a huge empire, so you can imagine how sensational it will be on the Jingshi side!

Even after the soldiers of the hussar battalion returned to the camp, they were warmly welcomed by the soldiers of the hussar battalion who stayed in Beijing. A soldier was besieged by a number of soldiers, and the returning soldiers were asked to tell them about what had happened in that Mughal land!

How to win the battle, just listen to it once, what they care about the most is, is the woman on the Mughal side beautiful? Who stayed there and how many daughters-in-law did they marry? There are such questions as how many fields are there and so on.

The Mughal Empire is located, although it is 108,000 miles away from the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty still understands it after all, just because it is the legendary West Heaven, the place where Xuanzang went to learn the scriptures, and the legendary Buddha country.

Although some soldiers said that the women on the Mughal side were ugly, they were not as good-looking as the Ming women. However, what I haven't seen before, I always think it's the best. Many single soldiers are itching, and they feel that these soldiers can't stay there because of various reasons, so they belittle the women there.

After the return of the Ming soldiers, the fact that the Mughal side could marry many daughters-in-law at a very low cost firmly occupied the first topic of conversation in the barracks and on the streets. In particular, the first group wedding presided over by Emperor Chongzhen was discussed I don't know how many times.

What Emperor Chongzhen didn't expect was that not only the officers and men in the army became enthusiastic about expanding the territory. Even among ordinary people, there are more and more people who want to sign up for the army, which invisibly improves the status of the Ming soldiers and makes the Ming soldiers more and more popular.

Unlike the soldiers who came back, they could enjoy relaxing things such as vacations, and when Emperor Chongzhen came back, after experiencing the warmest welcome, he was busy with government affairs.

The royal meetings in the Wenhua Hall were held one after another. The six ministries of the cabinet, the eunuchs of the celebrant and the eunuchs, etc., have hardly left the Wenhua Palace, telling them what they have done in the past three years, the implementation of their wills, and so on.

Although Emperor Chongzhen has an eavesdropping system to grasp the situation in the country, there are some details that he still has to listen to his courtiers face to face and ask in time to really grasp them. Therefore, this kind of meeting, Emperor Chongzhen can't skip it.

The most important thing is the income and expenditure of the state treasury in the past three years, which is related to the imperial finances, and there is no room for sloppiness, and it must be controlled by the emperor himself. Let the emperor make decisions on the future fiscal and tax policies of the empire, and provide the necessary basis.

The second thing is that in the past three years, the infrastructure construction of the Ming Dynasty, including the construction of railways and highways, has been reported through maps, so that Emperor Chongzhen can understand the situation and grasp the details of the construction of each place, so that he can make future infrastructure plans to provide reference.

The third thing is naturally related to the reorganization of the Ming army, which is military power, and of course the emperor must understand and give instructions.

The rest is the technological achievements and the situation in the Americas.

After holding a meeting for five days, Emperor Chongzhen was able to get through the situation again. He was still satisfied with what his courtiers had done during the three years he was away from Jingshi.

Subsequently, he first made personnel transfers.

Cao Huachun, the eunuch in charge of the seal of the celebrant supervisor, was too old to be in charge of the affairs of the celebrant eunuch, so he was allowed to return to his hometown and retire for the rest of his life. There was no accident, Wang Chengen took over the post of eunuch in charge of the seal.

The commander of Dongchang was served by Chen Baoting, who was personally trained by Emperor Chongzhen, and the eunuch of the palm seal of the imperial horse supervisor was served by Lan Tianbao, who was personally trained by another Emperor Chongzhen. These are mainly personnel changes in the palace.

As for the outer court, Xue Guoguan, the first assistant of the cabinet, also returned to his hometown, and the first assistant was replaced by Zhang Bin; As for Lu Xiangsheng, he is still in charge of the post of secretary of the military department, responsible for the country's military affairs, including naval affairs. In this position, except for Lu Xiangsheng who led troops to fight, Emperor Chongzhen was not at ease if he was in charge of others.

In addition, in the absence of Emperor Chongzhen, the transfer of officials above the fifth rank is all temporary. Now it is also reviewed by Emperor Chongzhen and given a positive turn.

After finishing this, Emperor Chongzhen sent a decree to summon Zheng Zhilong.