This picture is not difficult to draw for any lover of military history and politics in later generations, but it is now the Ming Dynasty in the seventeenth century. The world map has only been promoted for ten years, and someone has comprehended Zhu Cihong's overall strategic intent so profoundly, how can he not make His Majesty the Emperor ecstatic!

It is difficult to find a thousand troops, and there are still dozens of good generals, but it is difficult to find a prophet who can see through the fog of history.

"I heard that this Yang Wei went down from the General Staff, what does You Du think about this person?" Zhu Cihong asked the author of the map by name.

You Shiwei didn't know anything about Yang Wei.

Although they had had meetings together, You Shiwei's position was far from that of Yang Wei, the note-taker. You Dudu, who was about to be rated as a general, and Yang Wei, who was only a second lieutenant at the time, were even more far away, and they would not even have eyes to meet each other. Moreover, Yang Wei's name also has the word "Wei", in order to avoid secrecy, it is even more impossible for colleagues in the General Staff to call Yang Wei's name directly in front of You Shiwei, and only replace it with various nouns.

"When the minister returns, he will pay a detailed visit." Yu Shiwei said.

Zhu Cihong had already expected this answer, and Ren Ran couldn't help but add: "All departments still need to strengthen internal humanistic care, and you are not required to know everyone well, but at least the people in this department must be named." He smiled lightly: "You are all famous generals and important ministers, if you can shout the name of your juniors, it is more inspiring than a salary increase." ”

If only simple material rewards can stimulate the work motivation of subordinates in a certain way, but only by taking into account humanistic care can subordinates have enthusiasm for work and thus generate a sense of belonging. The two are like the two legs of a man, and they should not be wasted. Zhu Cihong himself is not a delicate person, but he has done a very good job in this kind of detail, and all his subordinates feel that talking to him is like a spring breeze. That's where emotional intelligence comes in.

"This Yang Wei is really a bit of a waste in Japan, ask the opinion of the Korean teacher, and see if he can be transferred back to Wubei University to teach for a few years." Zhu Cihong already knew Yang Wei's age, such a young man would definitely have no prestige in the combat army, so let him teach for a few years and cultivate some contacts. When he is older, he will leave the army and finally be transferred back to the General Staff, and he will be a good chief of staff for a maximum of 20 years.

You Shiwei didn't pay attention to this kind of transfer of lieutenant-level officers, since His Majesty the Emperor favored him, he should be transferred back to teach first. Although this decision made Wei Yun very dissatisfied, he even made a gap with the staff officer who secretly sent the map. On the day that Yang Wei received the assignment, the staff officer also received the assignment to Ezo.

In fact, the staff officer was also innocent, he just publicized it a little, and sold it well. It was the group of ten in the shadows who really sent the map that Yang Wei smeared after drinking to the emperor's palace.

Yang Wei was very happy that he could return to his homeland and return to the Wubei University that he had been dreaming about for a long time. His appointment did not specify his position, and it was only on the day of the report that he learned that His Majesty the Emperor had set up a separate department for him, International Strategic Studies.

This emerging department surprised Yang Wei, but after reading some of the papers written by His Majesty the Emperor himself, he felt that it was a very interesting subject.

"Both the government and the opposition say that the emperor is belligerent, but in fact, His Majesty is not blindly starting the war, and there is a great reason for it." It was the dead of night when Yang Wei finished reading the paper. He got up and walked out of the dormitory. Standing in the patio and looking at the full moon in the sky, a long figure pulled out behind him.

"After all, there is still too little news that can be obtained in the study." Yang Wei sighed. The indistinct map of the world in my mind suddenly cracked and turned into dust.

INTERVIEWER Shouldn't I go out for a walk? Well, that seems to be out of my salary......

Yang Wei was a little entangled in his heart.

On the second day of the sixth month of the fifth year of Longjing, a week after Yang Wei returned to Beijing Wubei University to teach, it caused a great sensation. His Department of International Strategy has not yet determined which level of education or the number of students to admit. However, the threshold of the vocational room has been changed by three.

The magnates thought that this department was just sitting in the study and drawing, and it was the work of the hard-working, and there was no need to go down to the flag team to endure hardships.

The parents of Jiangmen think that this is a good place, and if the children and nephews enter there, they will be done if they want to call wherever they want in the future. In this way, are you still worried about the lack of military merits?

Among them, there is also a dispute between land and sea. Because anyone can see that if the focus of the Ming Dynasty's international strategy is on the Western Regions, then the navy can only continue to hold back for 20 years.

Especially now that Luo Yukun's First Mountain Army has occupied the Champa State, the entire coast of Jiaozhi is under the control of the South China Sea Fleet, and the North Sea Fleet has also controlled the Wahai Sea, so the East China Sea and the Taiwan Strait Fleet may only become the Coast Inspection Division.

In view of Yang Wei's forward-looking vision, Zhu Cihong also specially arranged time to meet him and explore his ideological trajectory.

"The world is so big, if we occupy one less piece of land, others will occupy one more piece of land. Some places seem useless now, but they can't be occupied. For example, the disaster of Mongolia was the disregard for the steppe in the Tang Dynasty, and after the defeat of the Turks, they did not settle in Shibian, and finally raised the barbarians. Yang Wei was not too cramped and restrained in front of the emperor, and this calmness surprised him.

"It's hard to get supplies to the far north." Zhu Cihong said softly.

"What His Majesty said is very true. Xiaguan ...... Weichen also knew that the Xianbei Wilderness had been in drought for more than ten years, and the famine was very serious, even if he wanted to start a military camp, it was not easy. Yang Wei said.

Siberia is considered the birthplace of the Xianbei people. Although Zhu Cihong occasionally came up with the name "Siberia", on the world map established and implemented, the official name of this area called "Luo Wilderness" by the Ming people is: Xianbei Wilderness.

After the Xianbei, there was a Mongol khanate in Siberia called the Obier Khanate. This khanate was founded by the descendants of the fifth son of Genghis Khan's eldest son, Jochi, and fell to the 800 Cossack cavalry, which was in the 26th year of Wanli.

The Russians crossed the Ural Mountains with armed forces from the time of Ivan the Terrible and continued to advance eastward until they met the Dongyu in the last years of Chongzhen. These people went south precisely because of the famine in the Siberian wilderness. This proves from another side that the Ming army really cannot be stationed here.

Therefore, Weichen believes that the main pass of the Ural Mountains should be held and the Oros should be forbidden to advance eastward. In this way, our army only needs to keep small checkpoints, which are enough to defend the territory. Yang Wei paused and said, "At least in fifty years, this will be the farthest distance that our army can control." ”

There is a direct correlation between control and the level of science and technology, which is destined to be unflattering.

"What if the Oros launch a large army to invade our territory?" Zhu Cihong asked.

"This is where the advantage of His Majesty in attacking the Turks lies." Yang Wei said: "As long as we pacify the three khanates of Kazakhstan." Garrison in the Western Regions. In the event of an invasion of the Oros to the east, our army can attack the Oros from the southern plains. In the Xianbei Wilderness, it only takes a small number of cavalry to harass and drag the enemy from the east, which is enough to make it crush without a fight. ”

Zhu Cihong nodded, very satisfied with this response. It can be seen that it was thought about and not drunk and scribbled.

"However, Your Majesty, if you can send envoys to agree on the borders, guard each other's borders, and calm down the fighting, it is the best policy." After Yang Wei finished speaking, he regretted a little: Are these words what you should say as a little captain?

"Makes sense." Zhu Cihong shook his body, moved his muscles and bones, and said, "But the envoys need to be backed by force, at least we must have the strength to deter them." If you want to achieve the picture you draw, what should you do? ”

"The direction of the Western Regions. First conquered the Kazakh Three Khanates, then entrenched in the Ural Mountains and blocked the Xianbei Wilderness. If there is spare strength, the timing is right, go south to the green mountains, and completely consolidate into the western frontier of the Ming Dynasty. Yang Wei said: "In the direction of Nanyang, as long as you hold Malacca, then my country will form a two-sided attack on Tianzhu." If it is kept. then they are horns of each other; If it is aggressive, it will attack from both sides. ”

"Japan and Kuwu are the springboard for the West to take the Americas. Must not be occupied. It's just that Japan is different from Korea, and it has a grammar, so it may take time to incorporate it into China. "Yang Wei has been in Japan for so long, and he can be regarded as a person who is well versed in Japan's national conditions. He said: "Now that the tank division has obtained a bridgehead in Ezo, it will be enough to operate Ezo first in ten years." ”

Zhu Cihong did not think about taking the Pacific route to the Americas before, but now he finds that the Pacific route is more mature. Then it would be a good idea to use it and seize the American colonies. So before Japan was just a chicken rib, except for silver mines, but now it is worth a hundred times, and it will become an important supply base and transit port for the eastward expansion of the Ming Dynasty.

"Three lines in parallel. I'm afraid I'm a little tired. Zhu Cihong said.

In fact, the military is also somewhat tired. In particular, after the defeat of Annan, the military wanted to divide up a large amount of the spoils, and even slacked off in the next step of the South Asian operation. Luo Yukun stopped when he walked to Zhancheng, and Cheng Dayong didn't even want to leave Dong'an. Zhu Cihong believed that if he let the military department give a clear order and transfer it would be of great use, this person would still have to obey the military order, but I was afraid that he would be resentful.

Besides, after the big war, it should also be a time to rest and recuperate, and distribute the spoils.

"The east and west lines can be drawn slowly." Yang Wei said: "The southern line should be done to complete the governance. People in the world value gold and silver, and your majesty will be the son of heaven, and the real precious goods are only grain. ”

For the emperor, as long as there is food in his hands, there is no need to panic in his heart. As Wu Zetian said: The people can be fed and clothed, and their brains are torn off!

At present, the large granary of the Northeast has not yet been developed, and the Central Plains in the five major grain-producing areas has just resumed production, and Shuzhong is only self-sufficient. The Taihu Lake basin has been eroded by cash crops, and it has been quite difficult to support the south of the Yangtze River. As for the Guanzhong Plain, it is because of the weather, and it can't even be self-sufficient.

Today's Daming really relies on the harvest of Huguang to enrich the world, and then supplements it with the grain of Hetao and Jiaozhi, which is why the country is now safe, and at the same time, it has the ability to repeatedly raise troops.

Yang Wei's "finishing the governance" does not refer to a cross-toe.

"Wechen heard that Siam is more abundant in rice than Jiaozhi." Yang Wei said.

Zhu Cihong liked to eat Thai fragrant rice in his previous life, of course, he would not know.

Located on the Indochina Peninsula between China and the South Asian subcontinent, there are five main forms of government. Among them, Annan has become history, and now it is the secretary of the Ming Dynasty. Laos, on the other hand, is a princely state attached to Yunnan, and as a qualified wall grass, it is now loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

Burma is also a princely state, but it is only in rebellion, dreaming of its own soil emperor, waiting to be recovered.

There are two more that can really be regarded as countries. To the south of Laos, to the west of Cochin, to Chenla, Cambodia, and further west to the country of Siam.

If the entire Indochina Peninsula is included, then the food problem of the Ming Dynasty in the next 50 years will no longer be a problem.

"And only from Chenla and Siam can we go hand in hand by water, control the Ma Liujia, and make the Taixi people in Nanyang use it for me." Yang Wei said.

"If this strategy can be achieved, the Ming Dynasty will be invincible in two hundred years." Zhu Cihong sighed and said, "This idea is really too much in line with my thoughts. You are not yet weak, nearly ten years younger than me, and you are really the person sent by your ancestors to assist the heir. And I taught for a few years with peace of mind, had some connections in the army, and in the future, I became a senior staff member of one side, and then came back to be my chief of staff. ”

Yang Wei suddenly felt that his scalp was numb, and he secretly said in his heart: Although it sounds very good, it seems that he is a little too tired. By the way, Chief of the General Staff, that is the governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, and the pension should be very high, right?

Zhu Cihong didn't care about Yang Wei's distraction, because he was also distracted. What he is most afraid of is the death of people, and he is especially afraid that his children and grandchildren's thinking will not be able to keep up with his rhythm, and when the time comes, he will throw away some "barren" land because of "no profit" and "consumption". They didn't feel distressed at the time, but future generations can't think about it!

In addition to the bundle of interests, Zhu Cihong can only cultivate more newcomers with similar opinions to himself, so that even after a hundred years, his ideas will be spread.

In the fifth year of Longjing, the imperial court made adjustments to the southwest. Laos was separated from the jurisdiction of Yunnan and subsumed into the Jiaozhi Buzheng Division, and prefectures and counties were established to govern the place in parallel with the Tusi cave owners. The Champa state was completely incorporated into Cochin, and its king enjoyed the gift of state guests, and the incense of the temple was endless, but all its land was included and governed by Han officials.

In terms of military affairs, with the First Mountain Army as the backbone, three armies were expanded to form the Southwest Group Army. Luo Yukun was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and served as the chief military officer. With the Cantonese army as the backbone, two border guards were formed, which were deployed on the Siam and Chenla borders, and there was also a cantonment division, which was subordinate to the General Logistics Department and stationed in Cochin for reclamation.

The Ministry of Rites also sent travelers to Siam and Chenla, inviting the kings of the two countries to Beijing for a state visit to discuss the joint military crusade against Burma and the partition of Burma after the war.

For a time, the newspapers and periodicals in the north and south turned around, guiding the people of the country to set their eyes on the rich land of the Indochina Peninsula. So much so that the news of the arrival of Gushi Khan Tulu Baihu and the Dalai Lama's disciple Geldan in Beijing was only a brief message published in an inconspicuous corner of the "Huangming Bulletin". (To be continued......)

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