"Your Majesty, the Oirat Department is too far away from my Ming Dynasty, and once our army goes to the rescue, the day when the war will end is far away." Bi Ziyan said with a serious face, "If the road is far, the logistical pressure will be great; As the war ends, the logistical pressure will be even greater. Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is not appropriate for the laborer to go on an expedition! ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said: "You, Bi Qing, when you mention money and food, it's like the life of Yaoqing!" How can you do things without spending money and food? After all, the Oirat tribe is a subordinate of my Ming Dynasty, how can they ignore it? ”

The atmosphere of the discussion was not serious, which gave the ministers more motivation to speak.

Hearing Emperor Chongzhen say this, Bi Ziyan didn't seem to expect it, paused slightly, and then played: "Your Majesty, Weichen is just playing according to the truth." Now that the treasury has just been filled, Wechen is really afraid that this war will drag on for a long time and drain the treasury! ”

"Your Majesty, Bi Shangshu is reasonable, the three major expeditions of Wanli in the previous dynasty have exhausted the treasury money and grain, so that Jianyu has taken the opportunity to rise." Xue Guoguan, an assistant minister of the cabinet, spoke.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't speak, but Wen Tiren, the head of the cabinet, came out and said: "Your Majesty has already said that Oirat is a subordinate of my Ming Dynasty, and my Ming Dynasty, as the suzerain, must save ......."

He supported the emperor because now that the Holy Son of Heaven is on the throne, it is the greatest achievement of all emperors since the reign of all nations. To achieve this, it is a point that the country is strong, and Enwei overseas is also a point. On the Nanyang side, those who are disrespectful to the Ming Dynasty will be given authority, and Oirat, who has always maintained respect since he surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, is naturally to be saved by such a vassal state. It is also for this reason that after he received the will of Emperor Chongzhen in the chat group, he began to act.

When Wen Tiren said this, he looked at Emperor Chongzhen again, and then said: "However, Bi Shangshu's worries are also reasonable, and the old minister thinks that he should do what he can. After all, the Oirat tribe has another reinforcement to pick up. “

"Yes, Your Majesty, the meaning of Weichen is the same, I should slow down the dispatch of troops." Bi Ziyan immediately echoed, "From Gushi Khan's side, the Khalkha Department and the Tsarist army will first fight, and then I will send troops after the Ming Dynasty, so I should be able to reap the benefits of the fisherman!" ”

“……”

The other courtiers also spoke, although some said it bluntly, and some said it vaguely, but they were all the same opinion, saying that Oirat was too far away, and there was still Gushi Khan's army over there, so the Ming Dynasty did not need to be in such a hurry to organize the army to rescue.

Chongzhen glanced around at them, but he didn't get angry, and when they were almost finished, he said lightly: "I just received a report that Gushi Khan is taking advantage of the victory to pursue the enemy, and he can't withdraw and can't go back. ”

As soon as these words were spoken, all the courtiers were a little stunned.

For the movements around Daming, these high-ranking officials of Daming naturally know. What Gushi Khan is going to do at this time, they know very well. Now he has given a reason, saying that he is pursuing the enemy while he is victorious, and he can't return to help, which is ...... Is this still his own people in danger? If you don't know, you still think that this Gushi Khan has nothing to do with Oirat!

"Your Majesty, isn't Oirat in danger then?" The general manager of the Beijing camp, Cao Bianjiao, came out of the ranks.

Emperor Chongzhen's gaze turned to him, nodded and said, "Today's Oirat Department, if there are reinforcements, it can still hold on." If there are no reinforcements and no morale, I am afraid that it will not last long! ”

"Your Majesty!" Bi Ziyan thought for a while, and then came out and said, "Since even Gushi Khan is like this, there is no need for our Ming Dynasty to overstep the bounds!" Rescue is possible, but it doesn't need to be large-scale, and there is no need to be so urgent, as long as you fulfill the responsibilities of the suzerain! ”

If it is just to fulfill the responsibilities of the suzerain, then there are many choices that can be made. For example, sending envoys to persuade them, such as promising to send troops first, and then waiting for the opportunity to move, and so on. Far from being like this, the emperor is still in Jiangnan, so he has to prepare for both Jingshi and Jiubian.

"Your Majesty, the labor division is on an expedition, and I have no practical benefits, so this kind of thing really can't be done." I don't know if it was under the influence of Emperor Chongzhen, Xu Guangqi, the secretary of the ministry, also began to think about it, "It's just a vassal country, so there's really no need to worry." “

Seeing that his courtiers had become so pragmatic, Emperor Chongzhen felt a little helpless in his heart. But think about it, the courtiers who are left for reuse must have the same attitude as themselves, otherwise they will let him go if they can't look down on them.

However, these courtiers in front of them, because of the limitations of the times, do not have a long-term view.

Thinking so, Emperor Chongzhen didn't speak, so he let his courtiers continue to speak, but he entered the chat group and went to look at it from time to time. Because he knew that the envoy sent out had already met Ozirtu, and the news there was chatting privately with him from time to time.

Suddenly, he couldn't help but smile when he saw the latest news, in this way, his plan was the most perfect.

Exiting the chat group, I saw that the ministers were still talking, and most of them had similar meanings to Xu Guangqi.

Emperor Chongzhen smiled, stretched out his hand, and asked the ministers to be quiet, and then said: "I have just received the latest news, and Ozirtu has just proposed that the Oirat tribes are willing to join my Ming Dynasty and become my people!" ”

As soon as these words were raised, all the courtiers couldn't help but be stunned. Just when he was still saying that Oirat was just a vassal state, he said that he was going to become a member of the Ming Dynasty. If you really want to agree, now the Khalkha tribes and the Tsarist Russian army are tantamount to invading the Ming Dynasty and slaughtering the people of the Ming Dynasty, so the nature of this is different.

However, can Ozirtu really not be this Great Khan and really become a member of the Ming Dynasty?

In this regard, many courtiers in the main hall expressed doubts, and Emperor Chongzhen did not explain much, and pulled several courtiers in the chat group into a temporary group, so that they could see the conversation between Bandian and Oziertu and others.

In the Wuying Palace, these courtiers were already surprised, so they were waiting. The hall was quiet for a while.

After a long while, Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet, came back to his senses and said: "Oziertu is seriously injured, I am afraid that time is running out, he should be sad Gu Shi Khan's side, and seeing that my Ming is so powerful, and the emperor is wise and powerful, he wants his people to become the people of the Ming Dynasty and be protected by His Majesty." ”

The eunuch who had not spoken for a long time also said with admiration on his face: "Those people of the Oirat tribe are very envious when they hear about Your Majesty's kindness and the happiness and well-being of my Ming people, and they have no doubt about this. Hehe, they are very eager to become the people of the Ming Dynasty and the people of His Majesty! ”

Hearing this, the ministers in the Wuying Hall couldn't help but be very proud. The previous tile spurs all volunteered to become a real part of the Ming Dynasty! It can be seen that the strength of the Ming Dynasty and the wisdom of the emperor have been spread abroad!

This is a good thing, and the ministers are naturally complimenting the emperor. However, in this way, there is another piece of the Ming Dynasty's territory, but with it, sending troops has become an internal matter of the Ming Dynasty, and it is no longer just a vassal country, which is different in nature.

In the Wuying Palace, the others didn't speak much, but Hubu Shangshu wanted to say something for the silver in his pocket. However, Emperor Chongzhen felt that the opinions of the ministers had been almost expressed, so he waved his hand, and the two chamberlains took out a large scroll with both hands, hung it on a screen, and then put it in front of the ministers below.

Everyone was a little curious, so they looked over and found that it seemed to be a map.

There is a part of this map that they are familiar with, but there is also a large part that they are not familiar with.

While they were watching, Emperor Chongzhen had already stepped down and came to the screen. The attendant on one side immediately offered a small long stick in both hands and stepped aside.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is a map of the north." Emperor Chongzhen pointed to the map with a thin stick in his hand, and at the same time began to explain, "This is Guihua City, this is Baotou, this is the Tianshan Mountain Range, this is the Daqingshan Mountain Range, this is the Northland, here is the Arctic Ocean, and this piece should be Tsarist Russia......"

This map was actually drawn by Emperor Chongzhen according to the impressions of later generations, so there are probably Siberia, the Arctic Ocean, Tsarist Russia, and so on.

The ministers in the Wuying Hall all looked at the map with a little curiosity, and their eyes moved with Emperor Chongzhen's thin stick.

In the end, Emperor Chongzhen drew a circle in a large area in the northwest with the thin stick in his hand, and then looked at the ministers and said a little seriously: "I have actually been laying out, and the purpose is to include this place in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. This is a place I am determined to get! “

The ministers in the Wuying Hall rarely heard the emperor speak like this, so when they heard it at this time, they were all extremely surprised, and they all looked closely, but they couldn't see anything. Even people like the knowledgeable Xu Guangqi and others don't know what's good there, why is the emperor so determined to win?

Emperor Chongzhen naturally knew that it was impossible for them to know, because this area was the place that Russia relied on the most in later generations, and he was so poor that he could still pick up money from here for nothing. This area is the West Siberian oil region, which accounted for more than 61 percent of Russia's oil and gas resources in later generations.

Emperor Chongzhen held the thin rod and knocked this area a few times before he said solemnly: "Because the underground of this place is buried with something more valuable than gold, and the reserves are very large, and our descendants will not be able to use up the oil and gas resources in several lifetimes. ”

Speaking of which, he had to popularize science to these ministers again: "You Aiqing should have seen the benefits of the steam engine, right?" ”

At this time, the steam engine has begun to be promoted in all walks of life, and the ship has also been tested once, and the huge application prospect will change many things at present, these understandings, if ordinary people can't know it, at least these top officials of the Ming Dynasty in this Wuying Palace, but they have already understood from various data.

Therefore, after they heard Emperor Chongzhen speak, they all nodded in cooperation.

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at them and continued to say solemnly: "But I want to tell you that there are still many defects in the thermal energy conversion of the steam engine, one of which is that the combustion energy of coal is far less than that of oil and gas. When technology catches up, one day in the future, there will inevitably be a new type of steam engine. ”

"This new type of steam engine is no longer burning coal, but oil and gas. The conversion of heat energy into kinetic energy will also be dozens or even hundreds of times that of what Zhu Qing sees now. Emperor Chongzhen's voice raised a little and continued, "Zhu Qing can imagine how much this steam engine fueled by oil and gas will bring to the world when the time comes. With enough power, human beings will no longer be as simple as this hot air balloon. Jingshi arrives at Yingtianfu and can be reached in an hour. ”

"Or in other words, the current horse-pulled, ox-pulled and other livestock power has all been replaced with a new type of power, Zhu Qing think about it, what will the future be like?"

“……”

If it is said that Emperor Chongzhen's words are changed to the previous words, these people in the early seventeenth century are afraid that they will not be able to understand his words. But at this time, Emperor Chongzhen had already popularized the steam engine, popularized scientific and technological knowledge, and successfully experimented with hot air balloons, allowing them to see swimming in the water, flying in the sky, and so on. This is equivalent to opening up a sufficient foundation for the imagination of the people of this era.

Therefore, although the words he said at this time were still very shocking, at least these elites of the Ming Dynasty could already follow Emperor Chongzhen's thinking to imagine.

When Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, the Wuying Hall was very quiet, and all the courtiers, no matter what their status, what age, or what knowledge composition, were all stunned, looking at the huge map, and fell into whimsy.

Emperor Chongzhen waited for a long time, and felt that it was almost over, before he tapped the area on the map with a thin stick, and said firmly and forcefully: "Therefore, for the sake of the future of our Ming Dynasty and for the sake of future generations, I am bound to get this underground thing!" ”

At this time, the difference between Chinese and Western thinking is reflected again.

For Chinese culture, for the sake of future generations, no matter how difficult it is, it will be solved for them. It's not about living in the present, living yourself, and caring about future generations!

Therefore, Chinese people can have many gods, but there are no exceptions, the ancestors must be worshipped, this is the belief of Huaxia!

If there were courtiers who felt that the Ming Dynasty was not worth sending troops before, at this time, when Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, he had no opinion one by one and was in favor of sending troops.

Emperor Chongzhen signaled, and the two chamberlains stepped aside the screen, while he himself also stepped up to the throne, sat down again, and said to the courtiers below: "Oirat Mongolia, located in the Western Regions, is the closest to there. Therefore, in the past, I planned to provide armaments, arm them, and let them fight westward, and be the pioneer of my Ming Dynasty. If I don't talk about what is underground, it is impossible for anyone to know that there is such a treasure. Later, I will take the opportunity to take ......"

When the ministers heard this, they suddenly realized that the emperor had sold the newly developed militaristic heavy weapons to Oirat at the beginning, and it turned out to be for this. The emperor is far-sighted, and no one can match it!

When Emperor Chongzhen saw their faces, he naturally knew what they were thinking, but he didn't care, and continued: "I didn't expect that God gave me the best chance for the Ming Dynasty, and the Oirat tribes were raided by the Khalkha tribes and Tsarist Russia, and now I am grateful to the Ming and voluntarily joined the Ming Dynasty." Such a good opportunity, how can you not take it. ”

Speaking of this, his voice said with a hint of categorical tone: "I want to take this opportunity to annihilate the Khalkha Mongols in one fell swoop, so that there will be no more Mongolian nomads in the north of the Ming Dynasty." I want to take this opportunity to expand the territory of the Ming Dynasty to the Western Regions, organize and train the Oirat tribes, as a forerunner, a righteous army, a revenge army, crusade against Tsarist Russia, and occupy that treasure land for future generations! ”

In the face of such great interests, the ministers in the Wuying Hall suddenly felt a sacred responsibility, and no one cared about it anymore, so they bowed down and played: "The ministers are the commanders!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, and then said: "I mean, with the headquarters of the Governor of Liaodong Lu, the Department of the Governor of Hong, and the elite of the important towns on the nine sides, divided into multiple people, and attacked together, and then chose the opportunity to destroy the Tsarist Russia!" ”

This is the largest war in the Ming Dynasty since the eradication of Liaodong Jianyu. The wars in the south, compared to this, were small fights in terms of their scale.

The head of the household department was strict, his face was serious, and he bowed down and said: "Weichen should do his best to plan for the army!" ”

This financial steward of the Ming Dynasty seems to have a sense of the overall situation. Emperor Chongzhen thought in his heart, and said with a smile on his face: "Actually, Bi Qing doesn't have to be too nervous, this battle won't consume too much money and food for my Ming Dynasty!" ”

As soon as he heard this, Bi Ziyan immediately perked up. Because he knew that the emperor was very good at this. In the past few years of war, the imperial court has indeed not spent much.

Seeing Bi Ziyan staring at him, Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile: "The main force of the Khalkha Mongolian tribes is now in the Western Regions, and this is one of them. And our Ming army is advancing in many ways, and I will also send factory guards to each army, and even each outpost will not be collected at night, so that the communication is correct, and the remaining troops of the Khalkha Mongol tribes will be able to fight in one battle. Captured cattle, horses and sheep can also be used for military purposes. ”

These courtiers in the Wuying Palace all understood that the factory guards that the emperor said must be those factory guards with clairvoyance and tailwind ears. With these factory guards in the various armies, the biggest problem of the Battle of Mobei was solved. Several ways are surrounded, and I am afraid that those Khalkha Mongols will run away!

As long as it can be decided in a battle, there is no need to delay, then it really won't cost too much money and food, not to mention, there are captured supplements!

"Then the army went around from the north to the back of the enemy army in the Western Regions, combined with other armies, and then defeated the enemy in the Western Regions." Emperor Chongzhen had already had a belly case, and continued, "When the war is certain, the subsequent battle in the north of the Western Regions will be dominated by the reorganized Oirath Division, and the Ming Army of the Grassland of the Naturalized City Division. This kind of war, their ancestors have already demonstrated, and I believe that with my support, they will make the Western Regions terrified! ”

When he spoke, he had actually decided on the choice of coach: Hehe, aren't you two secretly sighing that there is no battle to fight? When I turn around, I will let one of you be the commander and the other be the general, and go to attack Tsarist Russia for me!