The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying,

Weijia Hai Nei Xi returned to his homeland,

Ande warriors guard all sides.

This is Liu Bang's words of emotion after he returned to his hometown after he unified the world, and now, Zhu Cijiong, the Chongzheng Emperor of the Ming Empire, also has the same feelings.

He didn't return to his hometown after dominating the world, the world had long been his, and there was no such thing as unification or unification; His hometown is in the future generations, and he can't go back, and he sighed at the last sentence: Ande warriors guard the Quartet.

Now the territory of the Ming Dynasty can be said to be so big that it is terrifying, north to the Arctic Ice Ocean, south to Batavia, east to the Dongying Islands, west to Wushan, Caspian Sea, all the territories included in it, either the territory directly under the Ming Dynasty or the territory of the Ming vassal state.

According to the calculation of later generations, the territory area of the Ming Dynasty is nearly 40 million square kilometers if you include the vassal states, and even if the vassal states are not included, the territory of the Ming Dynasty is more than 30 million square kilometers, which is unimaginable.

With such a huge territory, which warriors to use to defend the Quartet, this is exactly the problem that Zhu Cijiong is considering now.

The east should be safe for the time being, after the surrender of Dongying, there will be no enemies in the entire east at this stage, as long as a legion is stationed in Liaodong to deter the vassal states;

The south is a bit similar to the east, after the recovery of Luzon from the Ming Dynasty and the occupation of Batavia, there will be no enemies in the entire south at this stage, as long as a legion is stationed in Xingchen Harbor to deter the vassal states;

As for the north, the situation is a bit special, because the territory in the north is almost all fought in the past two years, and the local nomads have just returned to the Ming Dynasty, and they still need to be guarded to suppress it, but the military department already has a migration plan for the guard, so he doesn't have to think too much.

At this stage, the most important thing to defend is the west, the entire west of the Ming Dynasty, from the South Asian subcontinent to the north of the Osan Mountains can be said to be absolutely safe, especially the Osan Mountains to the Kazakh Khanate, directly bordering the European continental powers, must send heavy troops to guard, otherwise, once the European continental powers unite and the Ming Dynasty can not get by, the entire north will be dangerous.

There is also the railway from South Asia to the Ottoman Empire, so how to defend the long and narrow area to save troops, if you put three or four legions there, it will be too rown.

Looking at the latest map of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Cijiong was both proud and headache.

Proud of the efforts of more than ten years, he not only brought the Ming out of the danger of the country, but also expanded the territory to four or five times the original size, and now the Ming Dynasty has surpassed its peak and become the undisputed number one power in the world, both military and economic, is a well-deserved boss.

The headache is such a large territory, there are people to be stationed everywhere, and the problem of administrative division has to be considered, the problem of territorial development has to be considered, and the problem of grain and grass transportation has to be considered.

What if you can't think about it? He simply didn't want to think about it, and directly asked Cao Huachun to send someone to inform the Shangshu of the relevant yamen, and held a meeting the next morning to discuss border defense, administrative division and territorial development.

The reason why he didn't choose to hold a meeting immediately was that he wanted the relevant yamen scholars to think about it first and make preparations, after all, this was a rather complicated issue, and he would not think about it well for a while, and the yamen scholars would naturally not think about it well for a while.

The next morning, as soon as the morning dynasty dispersed, the relevant yamen scholars came to the Qianqing Palace with the holy driver, gathered in Zhu Cijiong's private study, and discussed.

Although there were many incidents this time, in fact, there were not many relevant yamen, and the meeting was attended by Sun Yuanhua, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Yang Sichang, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, Zhang Cai, the secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, and Zhang Pu, the secretary of the Ministry of Communications.

Everyone seemed very excited, because there have been too many happy events in recent times, first of all, the Siberian victory, Tsarist Russia was driven back to the European continent, and then the great powers succumbed to the military might of the Ming Dynasty and signed an unprecedented indemnity contract "Osan Treaty", and the great powers in order to paralyze the Ming Dynasty, this year's reparations were also paid early, so many happy events piled up, everyone was naturally happy.

Zhu Cijiong was also very happy, after he beckoned everyone to sit down, he directly took out the latest map of the Ming Dynasty, spread it on the conference table, and said in high spirits: "Everyone, now that Tsarist Russia has been beaten back to the European continent by us, and the great powers have recognized it, it is time for the Ming Dynasty to stop and rest and digest the fruits of victory." “

When everyone heard this, they all praised it: "The emperor is wise." “

It's time for Daming to stop and rest, it's natural to win big victories, but it's also stressful.

Since the beginning of the second year of Chongzheng, the Ming Dynasty has been fighting almost every year, and has been fighting for more than ten years, not only the front-line soldiers are tired, but also the officials in the rear, especially Sun Yuanhua, who is in charge of logistics, he has almost no time to rest all year round, and he has to be busy transporting grain, grass, baggage, weapons and ammunition on the front line, and he has no rest if he does not fight, because there is basically no inventory of grain, grass and weapons and ammunition, and he must organize and raise, otherwise there will be nothing to fight in the next year's war!

Others are not easy, like Yang Sichang, it seems that the war has nothing to do with him, but the territory of the Ming Dynasty is expanding almost every year, and after the fight, the emperor basically divides the provinces, and then leaves it alone, and the next official deployment and the division of the state capital are his business.

The most exaggerated time, Da Ming wiped out the Mughal Empire in one go, that guy, there are more than ten provinces at once, it really costs people's lives!

There are also Zhang Cai and Zhang Pu, it seems that they can't keep up with the war, but the front-line material transfer needs to occupy the railway, and Zhang Pu is busy every time, and the transfer of materials occupies most of the Ming Dynasty's transportation capacity, and the economic development presided over by Zhang Cai is even more difficult.

In short, as long as there is a war, no one will be easy, and now that the emperor finally plans to stop and rest, everyone is relieved, and anyone who spins under strong pressure for a few years can't stand it.

However, not fighting does not mean that everyone will be fine, Zhu Cijiong then said: "Chuyang, have you thought about the problem of border defense?" “

Sun Yuanhua hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "Back to the emperor, Weichen thought about it yesterday and already has a rough draft." “

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he immediately stuffed the ash rod into his hand, and said with interest: "Then hurry up and tell me, I am having a headache for this matter." “

Sun Yuanhua respectfully took the ash pole, stood up and arched his hand, and then pointed to the map and introduced: "Weichen thinks that there is no threat to the south and east for the time being, it is enough to have the Nanyang Naval Division and the Naval Reserve Corps in the south, and in the east, there are the Praetorian Guards in the capital, plus the Beiyang Naval Division and the Beihai Fleet, it is almost the same, if the emperor is not at ease, it is enough to transfer another legion to deter in Liaodong." ”

These were similar to what Zhu Cijiong thought, he nodded, and continued to ask, "What about the north and west?" “

Hearing this, Sun Yuanhua pointed to the map and continued to introduce: "This northern Weichen thought that it should be divided into two parts, the Siberian Plateau has moved enough garrisons, and the effect is not bad, so don't worry about it for the time being, but the Siberian Plain needs to be considered together with the western defense line." “