Volume 8 Chapter 315 Eternal Prosperity and Prosperity
After the establishment of the Jiaozhi Cheng Announcement Political Envoy Division, the Guangnan Cheng Announcement Political Envoy Division, the Central South Cheng Announcement Political Envoy Division and the Southeast Cheng Xuan Political Envoy Division, this Nanyang was basically included in the management scope of the Ming Dynasty, but there were still some problems that needed to be solved.
For example, the captured and surrendered Donghu Army, the Siamese Army, the Annam Army, and the Champa Army, the Donghu Dynasty's army numbered more than 300,000, and the Siamese Army and the Annam Army also numbered more than 100,000 and 200,000 respectively.
This Nanyang is not as safe as the Ming Dynasty, there are many other countries around, if there is no little force to defend, what if people come to attack?
Is it still necessary to transfer a large army from the Ming Dynasty to guard all parts of the South Seas?
This is obviously unrealistic, there are so many elite divisions left in the Ming Dynasty now, and there is no army stationed near the capital, and it is not ridiculous to transfer a large army to garrison all parts of Nanyang.
Therefore, this South Sea must retain a certain number of troops to prevent the invasion of neighboring countries, and if necessary, it can also take them to expand the territory.
Zhang Bin thought about it for a while, or decided to keep 150,000 standing troops, stationed in Guangnan, Southeast and Central South respectively three Cheng Xuan political envoys, of course, this standing army can not be according to the original establishment of the Dong Hu Army, the Siamese Army, or the Annam Army to reduce and become, this will cause hidden dangers, Zhang Bin adopted a mixed formation, that is, from the Dong Hu Army, the Siamese Army, the Annam Army and the Champa Army selected 150,000 young and strong, mixed into the Guangnan Army, the Southeast Army and the Central South Army respectively stationed in the three Cheng Xuan Political Envoys.
Zhang Bin, the garrison in the Nanyang region, was all handed over to Lu Xiangsheng, the Marquis of Liaoyang, and he also handed over all the matters of selecting young and strong people and mixing them into an army, while the generals of the Guangnan Army, the Southeast Army, and the Central and Southern Army were all promoted to the grassroots officers of the Tianxiong Army.
This Lu Xiangsheng is in full swing to begin to reorganize the armies of the Nanyang countries, but Zhang Bin's eyes are on the Nanyang Chengxuan Political Envoy Division, at this time Nanyang Chengxuan Political Envoy Division only has the two provinces of Xingang and Jiugang, and other regions such as Manjiaci, Boni, Sulu and other regions He has not taken care of it at all, as well as Luzon, which is still in the hands of Spain at this time.
Now, it is naturally very simple for the Ming Dynasty to recover Luzon, as long as Zhang Bin leads the fleet of the Fuguang Naval Division over, Coqueira, who can fight every minute, raises his hand and surrenders, but he can't do this, because Spain is an ally of the Ming Dynasty at this time.
So, what to do, the whole Nanyang is left with such a place that is not under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, it always makes people feel so embarrassed, and in case Spain turns against the Ming Dynasty in the future, this is a huge hidden danger.
Zhang Bin carefully studied the map for a long time, and finally decided to exchange the Coroman Coast with Spain, anyway, the Coroman Coast was picked up for nothing, and the Ming Dynasty was not developed at this time, and Spain did not gain any benefits in Luzon, I believe that they will not reject the Ming Dynasty for such a trivial matter, you know, now they can turn the tables and see Daming's face.
After setting the strategy, Zhang Bin began to lead the fleet of Fujian sailors, with the Qin army and the Fuguang army, and inspected along the Nanyang Islands.
Nanyang was initially decided, the Ming Dynasty Yongxing prosperity has slowly opened the curtain so far, this year, the tax of the Ming Dynasty has skyrocketed to more than 50 million taels, with enough tax support, the pace of the Ming Dynasty to expand the territory can be accelerated, Zhang Bin set his sights on the Western Regions, as the railway continues to extend to the west, the march into the Western Regions will soon be put on the agenda.
In the fifth year of Yongxing in the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Bin, the prince of Taishi Weiguo, personally led the Qin army and the Sichuan army to Shaanxi Xingdu Division and began the westward expedition.
In fact, this Shaanxi Xingdu Division is no longer in the boundary of Shaanxi Chengxuan Political Envoy Division, but in the west of Shaanxi Chengxuan Political Envoy Division, its governing place Ganzhou Wei is more than 2,600 miles away from Xi'an, such a long distance, if there is no railway to transport grain and grass, it is impossible to organize a large army to go west, so Zhang Bin has been waiting, until Dongshengtang repaired the railway to Jiayuguan, he led the army to start the westward expedition.
Strictly speaking, this Jiayu Pass is not the border of the western part of the Ming Dynasty, because there are many guards set up by the Ming Dynasty outside the pass, and these guards are all garrisoned by the King of Fan designated by the Ming Dynasty, and they are also nominally the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
However, since the orthodox dynasty of Yingzong, the power of the Ming Dynasty has been declining, and the Hamiwei, Chijin Mongol Guard, Handongwei and other guards outside the Jiayu Pass have been occupied by the Tubo and Chagatai Khanates, and the kings of these places have gradually gotten rid of the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and the outside of the Jiayu Pass has long been not the boundary of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhang Bin led his army to defeat the kings of the Chagatai Khanate and recover the Hamiwei, Chijin Mongol Guard, Handongwei and other guards, in order to continue to advance westward.
At this time, the Chagatai Khanate had already been wiped out by the Timurid Empire, and only the rest of the sin were entrenched outside the Jiayu Pass, and in front of the powerful Ming Dynasty, they were simply vulnerable, and within three months, Zhang Bin led the army westward for more than 1,000 miles, and recovered all the guards such as Hamiwei, Chijin Mongolian Guard, and Handongwei.
At this time, he had to stop the pace of westward expansion, because there was no railway to transport grain and grass, and the distance of more than 1,000 miles was already quite dangerous, and further west was the boundary of the Mengyuan Wa Thorn Department, the vast Hanhai, which could not be taken in a year or two, he could only leave Haizhou Hou Sun Chuanting to lead the Qin army to garrison here, and then surrendered his eyes to the Nuer Gandu Division in the north of the Ming Dynasty.
Nuer Gandu Division was founded in the Ming Yongle nine years, west from the difficult river, north to the outer Xing'an Mountains, east to the sea, south of the Tumen River, northeast across the sea to Sakhalin Island, east and west and north and south width are more than 5,000 miles, the territory is vast, enough to have five or six provinces of the Ming Dynasty, unfortunately, the Ming Dynasty since the beginning of the Xuande period has gradually relaxed the jurisdiction of the Nuer Gandu Division, to the orthodox years of Yingzong, after the Ming Dynasty was defeated in the Tumu Fort, the Nuer Gandu Division gradually broke away from the control of the Ming Dynasty.
For such a large territory, the emperors after Yingzong did not have much interest, the main recovery is too difficult, and most of its territory is located in the extremely cold region, which is not of much value, everyone thinks that the gains outweigh the losses, so they did not organize troops to recover.
Of course, Zhang Bin knew the value there, and he didn't know how many mineral resources there were, so he ordered Dongshengtang and the Liaodong Army to cooperate and extend the railway all the way to the north.
At this time, there are also Mengyuan Er'er forehead department, Jurchen tribes, and even the forces of the Rakshasa country, the situation is extremely complicated, Zhang Bin naturally did not dare to take it lightly, he directly summoned the Sichuan army, the Liaodong army and the Guanning iron cavalry, a total of 150,000 elites, scattered along the planned railway, protecting the Liaodong Tunwei to repair the railway to the north, at the same time, he also continued to restore the guards along the way, in order to slowly re-incorporate the old land of Nuer Gandu Division into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
With Zhang Bin continues to expand to the four directions, the territory of the Ming Dynasty is getting bigger and bigger, all kinds of resources are simply inexhaustible, all kinds of manufacturing industries in the Ming Dynasty are developing wildly, and the income of the people is also increasing rapidly, and the whole Ming Dynasty has gradually appeared a sign of prosperity.