The reforms that took place in Egypt did not cause any repercussions for the Ming Dynasty at all, and no newspaper would report on the reforms in Egypt, at most at the time of the "Saladin Castle Incident", a few newspapers said that "Egypt's stubborn problems have been solved", and that's it.

As the center of the world, the symbol of the civilized world, the public opinion of the Ming Dynasty simply disdains to pay attention to things outside the Ming Dynasty, if it were not for the fact that the king of Egypt is the prince of the Ming Dynasty, who would care about this distant foreign land?

However, the arrogance of the Celestial Empire does not hinder the ambition of the Celestial Empire for the world.

When the Ottoman Empire fell into a precarious situation, after more than 20 years of hard work, the Ming Dynasty was entering its heyday. In the twenty-first year of Xingqian, the eastern and western divisions of Buryatia and the four divisions of Uriya Sutai from Siberia established an alliance in Guisui City, and swore allegiance to the Ming Empire and accepted the canonization of the Ming Empire. So far, the Mongols in the north to Siberia and Outer Mongolia in the south have been completely naturalized by the Ming Dynasty, and under the banner of the sun and the moon, the northern nomads who have been threatening the Central Plains civilization for thousands of years have also been completely tamed and become slaves of the empire.

The Ming did not deliberately spread religion, but through trade and modern life, put a new shackle on the Mongols, so that the whole of Mongolia willingly became the shepherd slaves of the empire, if they resisted, then, waiting for them will be the thunderous wrath of the Ming - the royal city will be destroyed.

Of course, the Empire's march into Siberia will not stop easily, and the Russians are still entrenched in Irkutsk on the shores of Lake Baikal, but the Buryats have driven the Russians back to the castle of Irkutsk, which can be captured at any time if the Ming want. Then, occupy all of Western Siberia.

"We will be in another place, to end the conflict with the Russians!"

Rather than compete in Siberia, Zhu Mingzhong preferred to launch an expedition in the Western Regions, where the railway had been built, and then get the Russians to withdraw from Siberia. Therefore, after the end of the alliance, Zhu Mingzhong, who had achieved his goal, happily ordered to drive back to Beijing.

Zhu Mingzhong, who came from the 21 st century, knew very well that Outer Mongolia was not only unsuitable for the development of agriculture, but even animal husbandry was restricted by drought and other problems, and that Siberia was too cold, and except for a few areas, the vast majority of areas were not suitable for human life. Compared with the colonization of Siberia, the colonization of the Western Regions is undoubtedly more in line with the future development of the Ming Dynasty.

According to the plan, the route back to Zhongdu was to take Beijing and then take the train south.

This is still after the relocation of the capital, Zhu Mingzhong returned to the ancient capital of the north for the first time, which is no longer the heart of the empire, and even as a city, after leaving the center of the Ming Dynasty, this ancient capital has inevitably fallen into recession, although the convenience of the railway has avoided the complete decline of the city to a certain extent, but Tianjin has become the most important trade center in the north by virtue of its water and land advantages. As for Yanjing, in addition to being the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the city is in decline.

For political purposes, Zhu Mingzhong had to go to Yanjing once.

Due to the opening of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, from Guisui to Yanjing, it only took one day, and Yanjing in March was in spring, because there was no large-scale reclamation of the Zhangbei grassland at this time, so Yanjing in spring naturally did not feel the dust.

In fact, the sky here may be bluer than Nanjing, after all, the population and industry of the north are far inferior to those of the south. The once desolate mountains, after 20 years of breeding, have become dense forests again, and the beautiful scenery of the breeze caressing the mountains and forests makes Zhu Mingzhong look straight away.

"Your Majesty, I'm really in a good mood today."

Looking at His Majesty who was in high spirits, Zheng Ling smiled and poured him a cup of tea.

As the queen, she is undoubtedly a virtuous queen, and she has always maintained the balance of the harem skillfully and has never competed for favor, but anyone knows that in the emperor's heart, among the many concubines in the harem, she has always been the first, at most, only Concubine Zhao can compare with her.

"I've been here before."

Looking out of the car window without looking back, Zhu Mingzhong said with a smile.

"Back then, there weren't so many trees here."

It seems that there is, but too many of them are artificially planted trees, very single, when was that? I think I was in college. Reminiscing about the scenery I once witnessed, two very different scenery slowly overlapped in my mind.

"I've been here before, but the feeling is very different from today."

Zhu Mingzhong couldn't help but sigh.

Looking at His Majesty's appearance of falling into memory, Zheng Ling's mind couldn't help but appear in the appearance of arriving in Beijing at the beginning of the year, although it was a matter of time, but that was her initial impression of Jingshi, she came here as a queen, and what about Your Majesty?

Perhaps, this place has never made a good impression on His Majesty.

"Your Majesty, when you left here, you must have suffered a lot."

Seeing that Zheng Ling's expression had become gloomy, Zhu Mingzhong, who knew that he had misunderstood, said with a smile.

"It's all in the past, and a lot of times, I can't remember it at all."

Zhu Mingzhong smiled faintly.

"I prefer to look at the future rather than the past."

Zhu Mingzhong knew what Zheng Ling was thinking, after all, in the eyes of many people, Yanjing probably didn't have a very good memory of giving him this emperor, at least nominally, his father died in this city.

Immediately, Zhu Mingzhong changed the topic.

"I came to Yanjing this time, firstly, I wanted to see here, and secondly, in the future, the center of gravity of the Ming Dynasty will be the northwest, as for the north, after the naturalization of the six departments, the north is no longer a threat to the Ming Dynasty."

"Yes, now the Mongols have been tamed, this time in Guisui, the concubines saw that the wives and relatives of those princes were all obsessed with Nanjing's clothing and hair accessories, from simple to luxurious, from luxury to simple, as long as the Mongolian princes and magnates indulged in enjoyment, they would not pose a threat to the Ming Dynasty."

For some reason, when it comes to Mongolia, in addition to the rich and noble Mongolian princes, Zheng Ling also thinks of the army of loaded guns and ammunition he saw in Guisui City, and of course thousands of merchants.

"The dependence on trade is just the beginning, those who have just surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, there are still many unstable factors. In order to consolidate the achievements of the Ming Dynasty in the north, it will take hundreds of years to assimilate and educate. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Mingzhong said with a smile:

"Religion is one of the forces that must be borrowed, and in the next two hundred years, the policy towards the Mongol Ming is Huairou, and in the way of Huairou and tame, they will be tamed into the herdsmen of the empire, and we will hold an offensive posture against the northwest."

"Everything in the world must be different."

Nodding slightly, then hesitated again, and then Zheng Lingcai asked:

"But Your Majesty, do you really plan to let the imperial army's army fight all the way to Moscow?"

Hearing Zheng Ling's somewhat abrupt question, Zhu Mingzhong was stunned for a moment, and then smiled.

"Whether or not you can hit Moscow, in the final analysis, it is not up to Lei Ming, it mainly depends on the choice of the Russians themselves, as far as the country is concerned, among the neighbors of the Ming Dynasty, only Russia is a potential power, because its land area is large enough, so the threat is bound to be eliminated in the bud. Moreover, Russia's internal problems also provide opportunities for our strategy, for example, its expansion is heavily dependent on the Cossacks, and the Cossacks are a group of people who can be used, in short, if there is an opportunity, we will definitely plot against Russia. ”

Zhu Mingzhong did not use offensive to describe it, but used "strategy", in a word, that is, military offensive is supplemented, and internal disintegration is the mainstay, which obviously takes time.

"The military affairs, the concubines don't know, if it is to use troops against Russia, won't it be another ten years and eight years?"

Zheng Ling sighed, then looked into the distance and said.

"Since the concubines remember, it seems that the world is constantly fighting, originally thought that when the Manchu Tartars are driven away, the world will be peaceful, but until now they have stopped, the Mantars have not been eliminated, and Russia has emerged again. I really don't know when the world will be peaceful, and the people of the world will be able to truly live a peaceful life. ”

Hearing Zheng Ling's sigh, Zhu Mingzhong smiled helplessly. Then he sighed.

"Ling'er, there will never be a peaceful day in this world, especially for the Ming Dynasty, the current Ming Dynasty is moving towards the world hegemony of the "Ming Dynasty", while the Ming Dynasty obtains the undisputed hegemony, the Ming Dynasty must pay a certain price for maintaining this status, and the so-called price is bound to continue to friction with some countries, and even wars, and in the future, there will inevitably be some countries trying to challenge the Ming Dynasty, challenge the hegemony of the Ming Dynasty, so the Ming Dynasty, You need to defend your position. As the saying goes, "people are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves"! ”

If the insight ahead of the times brought Zhu Mingzhong anything, I am afraid that he knows what the so-called "empire on which the sun never sets" means.

"The rise of an empire must be accompanied by the decline of an empire, and if the Ming wants to stand in the world forever, it must be vigilant enough, and any slackness is tantamount to digging its own grave. Actually......"

Turning his head to look at Zheng Ling, Zhu Mingzhong suddenly said with a smile.

"I hope that in the future, there will be a big country in the world, at least his existence can keep the Ming vigilant, only in the midst of pressure and competition, civilization will develop, but ...... This civilization must be Chinese, not non-Chinese. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Mingzhong looked at Zheng Ling and comforted.

"However, Ling'er, you don't have to think about this, after all, there will always be an end to the war, and in the future, there will definitely be many countries that will take the initiative to choose to learn from China, the clash of civilizations is actually the rise of developed civilizations, and backward civilizations learn from developed civilizations. I believe that one day, they will definitely make a rational choice. ”

When he said the words, Zhu Mingzhong naturally thought of Russia, which is likely to rise to become a great power, what kind of choice will the "emperor" make?

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