On the morning of October 1, after less than half a year, the map of the surrounding situation of the Ming Dynasty on the Jinluan Hall was updated for the first time.

The two eunuchs took off the old map and replaced it with a new one.

The new map has been greatly updated, if it is said that the original is only a map of the situation around the Ming Dynasty, then it is now the world map, the world map with a length and width of more than five meters, even in the vast Jinluan Palace, it is also extremely conspicuous.

Not only the surrounding Ming Dynasty, but also the Middle East and European countries have also been marked, and even the American continent across the Pacific Ocean and the Arctic Ocean and Antarctica at the North and South Poles have been marked, which Zhu Ciji planned according to the world topographic map in his memory, with an accuracy of at least eighty percent.

The most conspicuous and the five largest kingdoms on the map, the Tsarist Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the Qing Empire, the Mughal Empire, and the Ming Dynasty!

The territory of the Tsarist Empire spanned three continents, only ranked third than the Tsarist Empire and the Ming Empire, after the Qing Empire captured Persia, the territory was also seventy percent larger than the Ottoman Empire, a quarter of the size of the Ming Dynasty, the Mughal Empire had not unified the Indian Peninsula, and the territory was similar to the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

"Hiss?"

Liu Zongzhou and other civil and military officials directly stared at the place where the Manchu Qing Dynasty was located at a glance, and it should be said that in addition to many more places on this world map, the most conspicuous and obvious change was the Manchu Qing Empire.

Half a year ago, the Manchurians only had a small place, but in just half a year, the territory of the Manchurians has doubled! Nearly a quarter of the Ming Dynasty was larger, larger than Manchuria before the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs.

It's worth it!

You know, it's only been four years since the remnants of the Manchurians followed Dolgon westward, and they have conquered such a large territory from the lost dogs.

In order to increase the understanding of the ministers, Zhu Cizhen deliberately marked the current ruling populations in many countries, including the ruling populations of the four major empires and major European countries such as Britain and France, Spain, Portugal, Poland, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Netherlands.

Among them, the most conspicuous is the Ming Dynasty, with a population of 156 million, ranking first. It was followed by the Mughal Empire, with a population of 90 million, in second place. This was followed by the Ottoman Empire, with a population of 60 million, in third place. In fourth place was the 32 million population of the Tsarist Empire. In fifth place was the Manchu Qing Dynasty, with a population of 21 million. The sixth is France, 19 million. The Seventh Holy Roman Empire was 18 million, Spain 9 million, England 7 million, and the Netherlands 1.7 million

In the hearts of the ministers, the population and territory area are almost a representative of the strength of a country, after all, a large population means that there will be no less army.

The ministers nodded involuntarily, and it seemed that the Ming Dynasty was the most powerful, and the population of a country was more than that of most of the others combined. Other barbarian lands, even if the territory is vast and the population is not large, just like the Tsarist Russian Empire, it seems that the territory is larger than that of the Ming Dynasty, but it is impossible to imagine that there is only 32 million people, so there is nothing to be afraid of! Don't be afraid!

It's the Manchu Qing

The ministers frowned uniformly, although the current territory of the Manchurians was not too big, and the population under its jurisdiction was only 20 million, but in the hearts of the ministers, it was a thorn in the heart! It's uncomfortable to look at.

"Your Majesty, full of remnants of the dead, resurgence, in order to avoid future threats, I implore the emperor to send troops to exterminate them immediately!" Zodiac Zhou was the first to stand up.

"Minister Liu Zongzhou seconded the proposal! I implore the emperor to send troops immediately! ”

"Produce grass and eradicate the roots, the remnants will be destroyed, and the ministers implore the emperor to send troops immediately to completely exterminate the Manchu Qing!"

Zhu Cijiao had been sitting on the dragon chair and watching the reactions of the ministers, and some people would propose that it was within Zhu Cihe's expectation to completely exterminate the Manchu Dynasty, but to Zhu Ci's surprise, it was Huang Daozhou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites who had always been anti-war, who first proposed it.

It seems that the Manchus have plagued the Ming Dynasty for decades, and the ministers have a deep memory, the vast Tsarist Russian Empire and the Mughal Empire with a population of 90 million may not add up to the Manchu people in their eyes.

To say, in fact, Zhu Ci was also a little surprised, in just a few years, Dolgon was able to take the Manchurian people to take down such a place. Of course, even so, Zhu Ciji would not worry about the threat of the Manchurians in the future.

"I don't agree to send troops to conquer the Manchus at this moment!" Zhu Ci stumbled and said: "The Manchu Qing is located outside the Western Regions, to reach that place, you need to pass through the Gobi Desert in the Western Regions, the battle line is too long, and the Ming Dynasty has just merged the Jungars, and they are not completely stable, how to send troops from the Central Plains across thousands of miles to exterminate the Manchus, the supply line is too long, and the gains outweigh the losses!" ”

Zhu Ci didn't tell a lie, it is true that the supply line is too long, of course, if the Ming Dynasty is full of strength, it is not impossible to send troops to destroy the Manchurians, but the price is greater, and the gains outweigh the losses. Moreover, it is still useful for Zhu Ci to keep the Manchus, he needs the Manchus to unify that place in the Middle East, as a descendant, Zhu Ci is very clear about the peerless treasures buried under that land, and he can't let it go, but the various ethnic groups and sects in that place are too complicated, especially in terms of sects, without specific and adequate preparations, Zhu Ciji will not consider annexing that place, and let Dolgon take the Manchus to unify that place first.

Zhu Ciji could foresee that once Dolgon completely conquered that place with the Manchurians, what would Dolgon's temperament do.

He didn't dare say how much he knew Dorgon, but he did know some.

Dolgon's domineering personality and his penchant for absolute control are a shame for Dolgon, who likes absolute control, and he is based in the Middle East, but he was crowned twice under the auspices of the mosque before being recognized as king!

Historically, after the destruction of the Southern Ming Dynasty, in order to eliminate all the hidden rebel forces in the Central Plains, Dolgon issued the infamous shaving order, and many rebellious people fell to the ground. Zhu Ciji firmly believed that Dolgon would not change his character even if he went anywhere, and as the Manchu regime gradually stabilized, Zhu Ciji firmly believed that Dolgon would eventually do something.

At that time, let the Manchurians kill the blood first, and kill all the ethnic groups in the Middle East do not dare to resist. In this process, the mosque will inevitably be dissatisfied, and under the collision between Dolgon and the mosque, there will be some sparks, and a battle between the open and the dark will be inevitable, and whether Dolgon wins or the mosque wins, both sides will lose both.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty repaired the railway through the Western Regions and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, with the continuous development of science and technology of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty at that time will be even stronger than now, I don't know how much, even if the Manchus completely unify the Middle East, once they face the all-out attack of the Ming Dynasty, failure is their only choice.

So Zhu Ci is not in a hurry!

This year, the Ming Dynasty has expanded the Tibetan area and the two lands of Zungar, it takes a certain amount of time to digest, and when the Ming Dynasty slowly eases up, it will continue to expand the strategy of the territory, Southeast Asia, Tsarist Russia are the objects of the Ming Dynasty's expansion.

"Your Majesty, the wildfire can't be burned and the spring breeze blows and grows! The remnants of evil will not be extinguished, and sooner or later the tiger will be in trouble! Huang Daozhou did not give up and persuaded hard.

"Yes, Your Majesty, don't raise a tiger for trouble!" Many civil and military officials also shouted and persuaded them.

Speaking of which, the Manchu people's memory of Huang Daozhou and other ministers is too deep, but isn't it, in the last years of Wanli, the Manchus were able to defeat the Ming army repeatedly with a population of more than 300,000 and 30,000 or 40,000 generals, occupy the northeast, and gradually develop into a major problem for the Ming Dynasty.

Now, in just a few years since the Manchus moved westward, they have developed such a large territory, with a population of more than 20 million, which inevitably reminds the ministers of the development of the Manchus in those years. They couldn't predict what would happen to the Manchus if they were allowed to develop like this, so even if they knew that the cost was very high, Huang Daozhou and other ministers firmly hoped to completely destroy the Manchus as soon as possible.

"That's it! Do you think that following the Ming Dynasty and now it is thriving, day by day, even if the Manchu people develop to the peak again, can they really pose a threat to the Ming Dynasty? Zhu Ci asked rhetorically.

Today's Ming Dynasty is not the Ming Dynasty in the early days of the Northern Expedition, the Battle of the Northern Expedition, the Ming Dynasty can easily defeat the Manchus at their peak, defeat the Manchu Qing Dynasty's two million army to recover the north, and even capture the Mongolian tribes by the way. Today's Ming Dynasty is definitely several times more powerful than the Ming Dynasty in the early days of the Northern Expedition, and it is still on top every day, the Manchurians have just resurrected, and they don't know what year and month they want to develop to the peak again, what will happen to the Ming Dynasty at that time, and they will really be afraid of the threat of the Manchurians?

The ministers were speechless for a moment, unable to refute!

"Recently, the coast of Fujian has been hit by hurricanes and rains, and more than ten counties have suffered floods.

After some discussion, the disaster situation could not be delayed, and the ministers temporarily put aside the issue of exterminating the Manchus.

After the early dynasty, Zhu Ci secretly summoned Li Yan to the imperial study to discuss matters.

The ministers returned home separately, I don't know why, although under the persuasion of Zhu Cijiao, they did not think that the Manchus would really threaten the Ming Dynasty in the future, and gave up the proposal to send troops to exterminate the remnants of the Manchu Dynasty, but they still involuntarily appeared in their minds The map of the territory of the Manchu Qing based on the Middle East, not only did not let go of the thorn in their hearts, but made them feel even more uncomfortable.

There is also a group of empires large and small on the map, the barbarian land, I don't know what it is, the name of the empire is used indiscriminately, the emperor word should be qualified to be used by the son of the great tomorrow, or the military power of the Ming Dynasty has not been publicized there, and the barbarian country does not understand the strength of the Shangbang Dynasty!

Unconsciously, the ministers actually had the idea of whether they should promote the power of the Ming Dynasty to the outside world, at least let those barbarian countries go down to the emperor.

As the Ming Dynasty has become stronger and stronger in recent years, the concept of the Ming Dynasty has become more and more deeply rooted in the hearts of the ministers, and there is a growing momentum of not putting the Ming extraterritorial barbarians in their eyes, and they don't know whether it is good or bad.