Chapter 549: To Fight?
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The seven years that Jiang Xia was at the helm of the Ming Dynasty were undoubtedly the seven years in which the Ming Dynasty developed most smoothly and rapidly. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Ming Dynasty's current domestic situation, whether it is the life of the Ming people, or the popularity of culture, have reached an unprecedented height since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, it can be generously crowned with the word "prosperous".
On the periphery of the Ming Dynasty, to the north is the Tatars, whose khans Arsubat and Jiangxia are good friends, and the two countries have a friendship agreement for generations. To the west, Turpan has been crippled by the Ming Dynasty, and Tumut and the Ming Dynasty have also opened border markets with each other, and the two sides have made friends. So there won't be any fighting for the time being.
In the rest of the south, there are basically no large countries that have become climate-like. In recent years, Annan has been on the rise, but the lord of the country is Jiang Xia's own son Li Nianjun, so there will be no threat to the Ming Dynasty. The border defense is stable, and the Ming Dynasty can basically be crowned with the word "Taiping".
But whoever governs the world, who doesn't want the territory he governs to be a peaceful and prosperous era? If he can be in power for a period of time, and prosperous for a time, then the person in power can basically be regarded as dutiful. Not to mention that it will be famous through the ages, but at least it is qualified to leave a name in history.
But such a situation was placed on Jiang Xia, but he was not satisfied. It was once said that the more people think about the future, the more troubles they will have. If you put this on Jiang Xia, you should change it to the more you know about the future, the more things you want to change.
According to the original trajectory of history, Zhu Zaijiang's throne should be sat by Zhu Houxi, and after Zhu Houxi, it should be Muzong, then Shenzong, Guangzong, Xizong, and finally Sizong Zhu Youzhen, that is, Chongzhen.
Today's Daming is a prosperous scene because of the arrival of Jiangxia. If it is developed according to the original trajectory, then the current Ming Dynasty will gradually decline, until finally the Manchurian people enter the customs and get the world. As for what kind of humiliation China will experience in the end when the Manchus take charge of the world, I believe that anyone with a little historical common sense should know.
It was precisely because he knew all this for sure that Jiang Xia would have worries and the urge to change all this. He even considered whether to record everything he knew after his death, so that future generations would pay attention to those important historical choices and never make wrong choices.
Of course, that's all for later. The easiest way to prevent everything from happening now is to lay a solid foundation now.
There is no threat to these places in Tatar and Yili for the time being, even if something goes wrong, Jiang Xia is confident, and it will definitely not be the Ming Dynasty who is defeated. The only thing that makes Jiang Xia not feel at ease is the current era.
He knew that the current era was a great age of navigation. Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and other European powers rose in this era. If the Ming Dynasty does not take advantage of this era to do something, then the subsequent development will be far behind these European powers.
In the past, the Ming Dynasty implemented a sea ban, and these European powers may not have noticed the Ming Dynasty too quickly. But now, Daming is open to overseas trade, and many items of Daming are exported overseas. Coupled with perfect trade regulations, an advanced economic system. These all made Jiang Xia very clear that Daming had already become a piece of fat in the eyes of many overseas powers.
They may not be able to figure out the current situation of Daming, so they dare not act rashly against Daming. But it won't be long before the booming European powers can't help but take action against the Ming Dynasty. The incident of the Eight-Nation Alliance's entry into Beijing that occurred in later generations may have occurred earlier.
All things are foreseen, and those who are not prepared are wasted. Regarding these things, Jiang Xia must prepare in advance. In the past seven years, the strength of the Ming sailors has long been different. Today's Daming has a total of four major sailors.
The first is the Tianjin Weihai Wei Naval Division helmed by Jiang Xun, the second is the Zhejiang Naval Division led by Ma Yunlong, the third is the Fujian Naval Division led by Yu Dayou, and the fourth is the Guangzhou Naval Division directed by Yun Chaosheng.
The four major sailors together have nearly 600,000 sailors. This is undoubtedly a huge improvement for Daming, who has not attached much importance to the navy in the past.
However, this is already the situation of the water division of Daming three years ago, and in the past three years, the water division of Daming has basically developed to a bottleneck. Because the sea area line of the Ming Dynasty is so long, if the navy recruits too much, there will be nowhere to place. Second, it can only be a waste of military spending.
If you want to let the Daming Naval Division go further, there is no doubt that you will win Dongying, and expanding the sea area control range of Daming is the best choice and the only choice.
Over the years, Jiang Xia didn't think about making a move on Dongying, but in the end he still didn't make the trip. There are many reasons involved, one is the problem of righteousness, and the other is also related to the role positioning of Daming. Daming has been open to customs and trade for many years, and has always stood in a fair, just, and peace-loving role to maintain the trade order of overseas countries in Daming. If you use troops against foreign countries for no reason, this is also a big blow to the reputation of the Ming Dynasty.
But now it's not easy, and finally waited for Dongying to take the initiative to provoke Daming. This also gave Jiang Xia enough reason to use troops against Dongying, which is why he was so excited, and as soon as he received Yu Dayou's letter, he immediately rushed to Fuzhou. It can be said that he wants to use troops against Dongying more than Yu Dayou.
After twelve days, Jiangxia finally arrived in Fuzhou. Jiang Xia did not notify any officials from Fujian or Fuzhou in advance to greet him, but took people directly to the Yamen of the Admiral of Fuzhou in a very low-key manner.
Fujian Navy Admiral Yamen, formerly known as Fuzhou Jinghai Town Fusi Yamen. At that time, Yu Dayou and Liang Jinghai petitioned Jiang Xia on the streets of Fuzhou, so they were appreciated by Jiang Xia, and directly served as the chief and deputy envoy of the Fusi Yamen of Jinghai Town, Fuzhou in the name of Xiucai.
At that time, Jiang Xia promised Yu Dayou that if he could do it, so that Fujian would not have any pirates and pirates within five years, then he would be named the commander of the Fujian Navy Division. As a result, Yu Dayou really lived up to Jiangxia's expectations, and there were indeed no pirates or pirates in Fujian after that.
Later, Jiang Xia also fulfilled his promise and made Yu Dayou the commander of the Fujian Navy. God knows, the current Yu Dayou is not even thirty years old. There are less than thirty second-grade officials, except for Jiangxia in the history of the Ming Dynasty, and Yu Dayou is such a person.
When he arrived at the gate of the Admiral's Yamen, a student from the Martial Arts Hall stepped forward and handed his identity nameplate to the guard at the door, and at the same time told him that the Auxiliary Lord had arrived, and the guard was shocked when he heard it. After glancing at Jiang Xia boldly, he immediately saluted him, and then ran into the yamen to report.
After a while, Yu Dayou, who was becoming more mature and steady, walked out with Liang Jinghai and others. After seeing Jiang Xia, Yu Dayou and the others knelt down and saluted together: "See Lord Fuguo!"
Jiang Xia nodded, waved his hand, and said, "Let's all get up." ”
Yu Dayou and the others stood up, Jiang Xia looked at Yu Dayou and smiled: "Let's go, go in and talk about what plans you have to fight Dongying." ”
When Yu Dayou heard this, he couldn't help but ask excitedly, "Do you want to fight?"
Jiang Xia nodded and said, "Yes, I want to fight." ”
ps: It's going to be a naval battle, and I'm going to check the information hard, and I'll update it today. r1058
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