Chapter 477: Unification
Emperor Yang is now thinking about reunification in many things. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
More than just a prime meridian.
For example, on the issue of the origin of the Indians, he now said that the Indians were the Yin army that disappeared in Dongyi and were the brothers and sisters of the same origin of the Ming people, and he officially sent a note to the governments of various countries, asking them to respect the facts and the feelings of the Ming people. In addition, the Ming Dynasty will investigate the main reasons for the extinction of the Inca Empire when the Spaniards conquered the Inca Empire, how did tens of millions of our distant relatives die in less than a hundred years?
It's puzzling!
In addition, in the description of historical events, for example, for the large-scale racial extermination after the entry of Jiannu, this Western historical document must be recorded clearly, and it must have a clear position, otherwise it will be disregarding the facts and hurting the feelings of the Ming people.
Especially the big Tu kill in Sichuan.
At the beginning, those Western missionaries who were bought by Jiannu confused black and white on this issue and framed them, Zhang Xianzhong has been dead for many years, and the rebel army of Jiannu is still fighting hard in Sichuan, and this actually has the face to say that Zhang Xianzhong killed all the people in Sichuan, so why is the rebel army fighting hard with ghosts? So on this issue, it is necessary to liquidate those two shameless people, although that Zhang Xianzhong is not a good thing, but this kind of historical thing must be true, and if it is not his pot, he cannot be carried. Especially at that time, King Zhongwu of Xining was still in Zhang Xianzhong's army, and he actually said that a righteous gentleman like King Zhongwu of Xining would kill the people, believe it or not, the current Xining announcement slandered you?
There are also some scientific terms and units.
For example, the unit of mechanics uses oxen instead of Newton, and there is an essential difference between the two, and how can a shameless person like Newton enjoy such high-level treatment. For example, horsepower is used in power, which is actually British horsepower, which was originally the definition proposed by Watt in history, but Watt's estimate that he was still a little Lori at this time, so this was also defined by Ming scientists. For example, the unit of electric current is ampere, of course not ampere, Anpei estimates that his grandmother can be born very good now, and the unit of voltage is volts, this is definitely not volts, volts if he can be born now, then he will be considered a late childbearing.
These are all written directly and casually by Yang Feng when he was making up textbooks here, of course, how simple and how to come, and he is the God Emperor, of course, everything is based on him, and what is also spread to the outside is also based on the Ming Dynasty.
In fact, in addition to some terms such as weight and length, the vast majority of the common standards between countries are now the Ming standard, who first proposes these things has the right to speak, and now the Ming Dynasty is already at the lighthouse level whether it is scientific, cultural or institutional, and the standards formulated by the Ming Dynasty are naturally common in the world. Even the Chinese language has begun to appear in the balls of the European high society, and the people must know Chinese because of trade with the East, so now the Chinese language can be heard in any port in Europe, and even the Ming style flag has become the most commonly used thing on the merchant ships of various countries.
This is also strength.
Similarly, the gold and silver double standard of the Ming Dynasty is also being cited by countries around the world, this kind of gold and silver coins are parallel, and the system of the country's legal gold and silver exchange ratio solves the problem of confusion in the currencies of various countries, and the way of printing paper money is also adopted by the vast majority of countries. Originally, the earliest real use of paper money in Europe began in the United Kingdom, they were even earlier than the Ming Dynasty, although Sweden was earlier, but that was only an emergency, the Bank of England was playing real paper money, but now the improvement of the banknote system is played by the Ming Imperial Bank.
Similarly, dragon dollar banknotes are also the most popular at this time.
This kind of red banknote with dragon pattern and the head of Emperor Yang is not only beautifully printed as if it is a work of art, but also a symbol of the user's identity. Even in Europe, even the banks controlled by Daming Capital have appeared, and the way of carrying a box of gold coins to Daming to purchase goods is no longer popular, after all, the sea is far away, maybe one day the ship sinks, and the result is both people and money. But there are these banks that only need to deposit money and then go to Daming to cash only a check, even if the boat sinks on the road, the money will not be lost, and it is precisely because of this that Mingzi banks are gradually beginning to penetrate in Europe and compete fiercely with the Jews.
It is true that it is still too early to invade by force, but this does not mean that other parties cannot start in advance, and first corrode the European castles to a thousand holes, and the rest is nothing more than a final push.
"Your Majesty, it's time to go."
Yang Zhong interrupted His Majesty the Emperor's imagination and said.
"Let's go!"
Yang Feng nodded, then turned around and walked towards his airship.
His Qinglong airship is not purely a product of this era, it was assembled in Kunpeng Company by buying parts from Lin Qian, which is basically the same size as the Hindenburg, or even slightly larger. But unlike the Hindenburg, his airship is filled with helium, and the skeleton of the airship is not made of aluminum alloy, he uses titanium alloy, and the skin is also a multi-layer flexible composite material, which can't be lit even with a fire point, and can even fly to the stratosphere. There are four of the same airships, named after the four elephants, which are his main means of transportation before the maturity of aircraft technology, among which the Dragon is his ride, and the whole is a flying palace, while the other three carry attachés and guards, as well as some necessary supplies.
Immediately after that, His Majesty the Emperor walked into the cockpit of the Qinglong airship in the bow of tens of thousands of people on the entire construction site.
Then the giant airship slowly rose into the sky, and joined the other three giant airships in the sky, and flew westward under the propulsion of a high-powered engine and composite material spiral, and their final destination was Dragon City, thousands of miles away. The four huge airships flew at a speed of three hundred miles per hour at a high altitude, and by the next morning they had already seen the Tianshan Mountains below, of course, they had to continue to move forward, and after checking their bearings, the airships dropped slightly to find the Ili River Valley, and then continued to fly along this river valley. Four hours later, they met the airship under the jurisdiction of the Xijing Left-behind Division in the sky, and flew west under the guard of the latter, passing the black smoke of the steel mill below, and did not reach their destination until noon, and then began to descend in turn.
The first to go down was the Bai Tiger.
After the giant airship landed, a hundred heavily armed guards inside first came out to take over the control of the landing field, followed by the Suzaku on which the attendants were riding, and a large number of attendants, including the accompanying officials, came out and quickly inspected the guards of honor together with the officials of Fengtianfu, Xijing, and Beitingshannan provinces.
Dragon City is the name of the county of Xijing, but the area where Dragon City is located belongs to the jurisdiction of Fengtianfu, Beijing Shuntian, Nanjing Yingtian, Xijing Fengtian, and the remaining Tokyo Chengtian This is reserved for the Americas. This was originally the Broken Leaf Mansion that belonged to Beiting Province, and the Broken Leaf Mansion was upgraded to Fengtian Mansion as one of the four capitals, and after the Longcheng was built, the Fengtian Mansion and the Longcheng County Government were all here, plus the Xijing Left-behind Division, the branches of the cabinet ministries in Xijing, the Xijing Imperial Palace, and a full set of national administrative systems will exercise their powers in this city.
And then add an army of 100,000.
The city will forever be suppressed in Central Asia.
"What is the current situation in the Western Regions?"
After meeting with the subjects who greeted him and giving a speech, Yang Feng went directly to the palace temporarily built for him, and then summoned Lu Yi, who stayed in Xijing, and asked.
"The Kazakh Khanate has been officially divided into two parts, we call it the Big Tent and the Small Horde, the Big Tent is in the area of Yibohai, the Small Tent is in the Ural River valley on the north shore of the Caspian Sea, and from Longcheng to the south to the west is the territory of the Bukhara Khanate, the Bukhara Khanate is in internal strife, and in Shannan Province it is divided into Kokand, and the Bukhara Khanate is the territory of the Khiva Khanate on the east coast of the Caspian Sea, that is, Khorezm, which is the Western Regions. To the north of the Kazakh provinces was the territory of the Russians, and Bukhara and Kokand were bordered to the south by the Persian and Mughal empires, but the governor of Kabul of the Mughal Empire had been established, and the Persians had been defeated by us and the Ottomans, and the tribes of the Hindu Kush, which had originally belonged to Persia, had also come close to the Hindu Kush region.
In general, these forces are between the Tien Shan Mountains and the Caspian Sea.
However, although these have the name of the khanate, they are actually tribal alliances that are mainly nomadic, there is no difference between military and civilian, and all adult men riding on horses and holding bows and arrows in a battle are considered soldiers, and the total number is not easy to say, and all the various departments add up to hundreds of thousands. The weapons are mainly cold weapons, but there are also a large number of smoothbore guns, even including those purchased from our arms dealers, the people are very brave, but it is equivalent to the level of the Mongolian cavalry when they were in Hebei, if they really want to fight, the minister guarantees that the first cavalry army can sweep from the north to the south, all the way to Kabul. ”
Lu Yi said.
In recent years, the First Cavalry Army has beaten those chaotic nationalities in the Western Regions very much, and the Kazakh Department originally had a middle account, but the entire was wiped out by the First Cavalry Army, and those who are still alive are honestly under the jurisdiction of Beiting Province!
But this is not the focus of the Ming Dynasty's expansion, and they are also very anxious to wait, especially the Ming army in all parts is making a fortune, but they can only stay in the Western Regions, although the Western Regions also have many benefits, for example, the jade here has made the First Cavalry Army a lot. The Ming Dynasty now has a strong demand for jade, and those domestic capitalists are not interested in other gemstones because of traditional reasons, but the pursuit of jade is completely fanatical, although the army is not allowed to do business, but it does not mean that the families of those middle and senior officers are not allowed to do business.
For example, Lu Yi's own wife is the number one jade supplier in Daming.
But this is not as good as looting.
"Don't worry, the most important thing for you now is to ensure the construction of Dragon City, not to mention that it is of course no problem for an army to hit Kabul, but what about after the fight? How is it controlled? If you want to control the entire Western Regions, I am afraid that you will have to have at least three armies, and the supply of materials for the three armies is impossible to supply only by roads and carriages, and now the highway must also ensure the transportation of saltpeter, without the supply of saltpeter from Shanshan, we can't even supply explosives. ”
Yang Feng said.
It is indeed unrealistic to attack the Western Regions now, the Ming army is inseparable from logistics, and a national highway cannot meet the combat consumption of the Ming army of more than one army, not to mention that the main task of this national highway is to transport saltpeter, and he will not consider large-scale expansion in the Western Regions before the railway is completed.
"But you can clean up the Kazakhs in the area around Yibohai."
Then he added.
Yibohai is Lake Balkhash, which is the territory of the Kazakhs in the Great Horde, but if Yang Feng wants to build the railway to the banks of the Irtysh River to build Xinjin, he must solve this part of the Kazakhs.
"Your Honor."
Lu Yi said.
"Then you go down first!"
Yang Feng said.
Lu Yi hurriedly left.
Looking at the Xijing who hurriedly ran to study how to attack the Kazakhs, Emperor Yang was more or less depressed, he spent twenty years raising a fierce beast, and now the Ming Dynasty has fallen into a frenzy for plunder, and there is no longer that gentle and kind nation, even the primary school students of the Ming Dynasty know that they are going out to rob money and women when they grow up, and they all know to whip those slaves who look unpleasant.
But as the brain of this beast, he was a little confused.
Of course, he is not confused about whether this is good or bad for the Han people, His Majesty the Emperor is not so civil, what he is confused about now is that once the world is swallowed, then what should he take to continue to feed this beast? From the First Cavalry Army's desire for war, we can see how hungry this beast is, and when plundering and expansion have become inertia, once it loses the target of plundering and expansion, how should it adapt, and where should its fangs and claws stretch out?
Your own people?
Once there is no expansion goal, then internal contradictions and conflicts will inevitably be highlighted.
It's a given.
He doesn't think that there are no internal contradictions in the Ming Dynasty now, in fact, the Ming Dynasty has a lot of internal contradictions, the military is dissatisfied with the cabinet's military spending, the place representing the capitalists is dissatisfied with the cabinet representing the aristocracy, the Inspectorate is dissatisfied with the Jinyiwei, and the Jinyiwei is dissatisfied with the army grabbing too much outside, all in all, as a semi-feudal and semi-capitalist, there is a huge empire of socialism, and the internal contradictions of the Ming Dynasty are also a bunch of them, absolutely no less than any country.
But external expansion solved everything.
External expansion makes all contradictions merely contradictions.
But what if there is no place to expand?
The generals, mainly the aristocracy, have no place to plunder, they will look at the wealth of those capitalists, there is no place to annex, and the local gentry who support the Ming finances will feel that the number of troops is too large and completely wasted, and there is no place to plunder, and the cabinet will find that they have lost an important source of finances, and they will think of making up for it from the locality......
"It's a hassle!"
Emperor Yang rubbed his head and lamented. (To be continued.) )