This time Zhu Cihong made all nations come to the court not for a false excitement, and certainly not for tribute worth two or three million taels, but to show a Celestial Empire civilization circle around the Ming Empire in front of the world, and at the same time to coordinate the struggle within the Celestial Empire civilization circle.

Because he already knows that the collision between civilizations is about to begin!

At this time, the Celestial Empire civilization circle needs to show its existence in a high-profile manner.

The civilization of the Celestial Empire wants to let the Christian civilization and the Celestial Civilization know where their sphere of influence is and which countries are covered by themselves.

It is also necessary to let the Christian and Celestial Sect know that the Ming Empire is not alone, and the Ming Dynasty is a Celestial Empire that is guarded by a large group of vassal states!

If you want to deal with the Ming Dynasty, you have to be enemies of Japan, Korea, Annam, Siam, Chenla, Laos, Ryukyu, Sulu, Boni, Chahar, Tumut, Dzungaria, and other vassal states at the same time!

The population of these vassal states alone is tens of millions of people, plus the population of the Ming Dynasty itself, there are 200 million.

So who wants to challenge the Celestial Empire, and finally break their fingers at home first, and calculate how many times the population of the Celestial Empire's civilization circle is their country?

It is estimated that after breaking his fingers, there will not be too many countries that dare to offend the Celestial Empire......

In addition to showing the strength of the Celestial Empire's civilization circle, Zhu Cihong also hoped to strengthen the unity and assimilation within the Celestial Empire's civilization circle through this "big gathering".

That's right...... Of course, there should be assimilation within the circle of civilizations!

In Zhu Cihong's view, compared with the civilization circles of Christianity and Celestial Sect, the huge civilization circle of the Celestial Empire is strong in its large scale, and its weakness is that the degree of assimilation is not enough.

Therefore, strengthening assimilation and striving to achieve unity is the ultimate goal that Zhu Cihong wants to pursue.

In order to achieve unity within the civilization circle, it is necessary to strive to promote Confucianism...... Because in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, the only thing that could fight against Christianity and Tianfangjiao was Confucianism (science), which had been strengthened by the "Zi Treatise on Gewu".

Although the local religion of the Ming Dynasty developed into a three-in-one religion, Buddhism was too passive to oppose the Heavenly Sect, which used sword and fire to spread the truth.

Taoism is not very active, and the theory is not perfect, and many places cannot justify themselves, and they will encounter great difficulties when spreading to the outside world. As for perfecting the theory of Taoism, and then injecting the spirit of struggle into a powerful religion that can compete with Christianity and Tianfangjiao...... This is basically taking the shell of Taoism to create a new religion!

Except for one political correctness, there is little point.

In addition, the three teachings of Confucianism and Taoism in the Ming Dynasty are based on Confucianism (science) as the core. However, after the strengthening of the science of science in the "Zi Treatise on Gewu", because of the theoretical weapon of Gewu Zhizhi, the combat effectiveness has risen to more than one level, and it is impossible to defeat Neo-Confucianism with an improved Taoism.

In fact, the theory of Confucianism can be integrated with Western philosophy (especially natural philosophy), and once it is integrated, the "discovery of heavenly principles" can be confirmed to a certain extent through "knowledge of things", and at the same time, the theory of heavenly principles cannot be falsified.

Therefore, the theoretical doctrine of Confucianism has been quite perfect, and it is not at all something that Taoism can overcome...... Knowing and discovering the principles of heaven is "Scientology", and using a "Cult of Cultivating Immortals" to challenge "Scientology" is not nonsense?

And this quite complete and powerful Confucianism will also clash fiercely with Tibetan Buddhism and Theravada Buddhism to some extent - the native Han Buddhism of the Ming Dynasty and the Pure Land Shinshu in Japan who can only recite the phrase "Nam no Amitabha" are nothing. The former has already been trained in Confucianism, and the latter has no religious theories.

Compared with the upper part of Buddhism, which has no force, Tibetan Buddhism, which is supported by the three feudal states of Mongolia and the two feudal towns, will undoubtedly be a big mountain in the cultural circle of the Celestial Empire.

Of course, in the face of powerful Neo-Confucianism, Tibetan Buddhism can only be on the defensive......

As the leader of Neo-Confucianism and the emperor of the Celestial Empire, Zhu Cihong's current task is to push Neo-Confucianism into the territory of Huangjiao Mongolia, and at the same time unite Huangjiao Mongolia.

What a headache!

“...... We, the Dzungar Ministry, intend to establish a Junggar kingdom in the Great Yuz, Middle Yuz, and some of the Lesser Yuz regions, as well as in the steppe areas of the Irchis, Ob, and Yenisei River valleys, as a vassal screen in the west of the Celestial Empire, and I beg His Majesty the Great Emperor for permission! ”

In the Xinuan Pavilion of the Imperial Palace, it was Galdan who officially submitted a request for the founding of the country to the Great Tomorrow Son on behalf of the Junggar Ministry.

He unfolded a huge map in front of Zhu Cihong, and the map depicted an extremely vast kingdom of Zhunger!

It's a kingdom, not a khanate!

"Does the Sangha know the difference between a kingdom and a khanate?" Zhu Cihong asked with a smile.

Clearly, he was not annoyed by Dzungar's request for statehood. Because the establishment of the Kingdom of Dzungar was originally proposed by himself!

The feudal system is not a great unification!

Rather, it was an optimal combination of administrative costs and territorial size, and under the conditions of transportation and communication in the 17th century, it was impossible to establish the rule of the Celestial Empire. Therefore, the establishment of a three-level ruling system of direct provinces, internal subordinates, and external vassals is the only way to control the Celestial Empire.

The land occupied by the Jungar Kingdom was too far away from the center of the Ming Dynasty, there were too many enemies around, and the situation was too complicated to be governed by an internal feudal town, and only a feudal state could be established.

"Your Majesty, Brother Sangha knows the difference between a kingdom and a khanate," replied Kaldan, "and after much deliberation, Brother Zungar is determined to follow His Majesty's will and establish the Kingdom of Dzungar. ”

The biggest difference between the kingdom and the khanate is that the former will be organized in the form of a steppe nomadic state, closer to a tribal union.

The latter will take the Central Plains countries as a model and establish a "regular" state.

"Then ......," Zhu Cihong asked, "if Jungger is a kingdom, then the ruling center of the kingdom will be in ......."

"In Stone Town," said Galdan, "is what the Uzbeks call Tashkent!" ”

Located at the intersection of nomadic and agricultural regions in Central Asia, Tashkent is an ancient city with a long history.

"Already beaten down?" Zhu Cihong asked.

"It should have been knocked down." Galdan said, "When the minister led the envoy to leave the city of Chuhe, the orthodox army of the minister laid siege to the city of Tashkent. The courtier's army had cannons given by His Majesty, enough to break the walls of Tashkent. ”

What the Ming court provided to the Dzungar Khanate was a new type of six-pound cannon, cast in bronze and capable of firing six-pound solid and shotguns. Although it was not enough to break through the bastions, it was enough to deal with the traditional castles of Central Asia.

"How is he going to govern the vast steppe region?" Zhu Cihong asked again.

"Brother Chen wants to divide the internal feudal tribes on the grassland, and at the same time establish a fortress that can garrison a certain number of troops for a long time." Galdan said, "The inner vassals will be 10,000 nomadic households, with a total of 80,000 households in the front, back, left, right, east, south, west, and north, ruled by the minister's brothers and uncles. These eight feudal domains will be composed mainly of herders who are willing to continue to pass through the Dzungar tribe, plus some Kazakh herders.

The garrison fortress was directly under the royal court and was guarded by the royal court's troops. ”

"Then how to manage the people under the royal court?" Zhu Cihong inquired again.

"The courtiers want to set up 30,000 households in the upper, middle, and lower royal courts," said Galdan, "of which 10,000 households are stationed in the Chu River, 10,000 in Stone City, and 10,000 in Kokand...... If Kokand can be captured.

At the same time as setting up 30,000 households in the royal court, the ministers also wanted to set up the three prefectures of Chu River, Shicheng and Kokand to manage the people of the three prefectures. ”

Zhu Cihong nodded again and again, "There must be a master around the monk, right?" ”

Galdan replied, "There are two Yellow Lamas, both of whom are Mongolians, one is called the Mingzhu Lama and the other is the Three Treasures Lama. They all have a set, and they are the humerus of the minister's brother. Other than that...... There were also quite a few people from Manchuria who worked for the Kingdom of Dzungar. ”