Wanli Xinming

Chapter 258 Wilderness
Regarding the issue of the Northern Expedition, there were huge objections in the court, including Zhang Juzheng, who initially disapproved of Zhu Yijun's plan for the Northern Expedition.

This is not surprising.The ministers do not have the perspective of a traveler, and they do not know that Siberia, which is called the Luo Wilderness by the Chinese at this time, is the greatest treasure trove of resources for mankind. No matter which nation has this wilderness, it will have an invincible in the next thousand years of changes. capital.

As a transmigrator, Zhu Yijun of course looked at this land.In his memory of Siberia, the land was especially easy for the colonists to occupy - Tsarist Russia had no regular army and conquered it with only a few thousand Kazakhs.

Thousands of soldiers occupy 300 million square kilometers of land, which should be the greatest benefit that the Space-Time Administration can give to travelers.Therefore, Zhu Yijun tried his best to defy all opinions and decided to take it into his pocket.The reason he gave was: After occupying this wilderness, the constant threat from the north will be basically eliminated. For Da Ming, it is worthwhile to water this wilderness with the blood of hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

This reason is very strong, the Chinese people's fear of coming from the north is deeply rooted - the Great Wall is the best proof.If we can go deep into the wasteland and get to the bottom of it, from now on, there will be no more troubles from the north in China, and this account is still worthwhile.Moreover, the national power at this time has exceeded the courtiers' imagination of the "prosperous world", and everyone feels that it is within the tolerance to accompany the emperor back to madness.And once Zhu Yijun's plan is successful, the nine-sided expenses saved are also very fragrant.

However, the most difficult thing to conquer this wasteland is not the enemy, but the harsh climate and geographical environment.After Zhang Juzheng learned about the basic situation of Luo Wilderness, he talked to Zhu Yijun once. He believed that even if he occupied this wilderness during the Wanli period, future generations would give up because there were not enough benefits here - after all, the frontier is far from the center. The further away, the harder it is for the center to control its centrifugal force.

This is indeed a problem, but Zhu Yijun is confident that he will complete the railway that runs through Luoyuan in his lifetime, thereby fundamentally solving this problem.Although the research on the steam engine has not yet been completed, Zhu Yijun believes that the scientific and technological investment of millions of taels of silver every year will surely yield fruitful results in the near future.

Moreover, Tsarist Russia’s ambition to find an outlet to the sea will not stop. If Zhu Yijun takes the Ural Mountains as the border of his empire, he must keep a standing army there that is enough to defend the border line of thousands of miles. For the current Ming Dynasty and the future Chinese nation , which would be a huge burden.

Nonetheless, the Northern Expedition is imperative.This land must be in the hands of China, and it will become the psychological rear and the actual rear of the Chinese nation in later generations.No matter what happens in the future, China with Luoluoyuan has capital that cannot be conquered.

More importantly, in Zhu Yijun's view, one day Daming will meet Tsarist Russia on the Luo Wilderness.Because the whole of North Asia is a huge land, the border between the two countries will be very long no matter what, that is to say, no matter how many years have passed, this burden needs to be borne by both sides.

That being the case, why not push the border to the west as much as possible. There are not many people on this land, and the cost of occupation is extremely low. ——Even in the 21st century, the development of the Luo wilderness is far from enough. The Russians in Siberia and the Far East lose hundreds of thousands of people every year, which makes the wilderness more and more sparsely populated.

In fact, the Luo wilderness of later generations was actually wasted in the hands of Russia. Because of the sparse population, less than one percent of the entire 300 million square kilometers of land has been developed.And if Luo Wilderness can be fully developed, this land can easily support [-] million people, and the food it produces can feed hundreds of millions of people.

There is also a huge advantage of deciding on the strategy of the Northern Expedition, which is to fully integrate the Mongolian and Han nationalities throughout the strategy.This will be a package plan. Zhu Yijun plans to use 50 years to forge a new Ming Dynasty—the internal affairs have achieved initial results, and the Northern Expedition is only the second step of the Long March.

When Emperor Ming set his sights to the north, Tsar Ivan IV of the Rurik dynasty had already set his sights to the east.In the 35th year of Jiajing, Ivan IV received the great nobleman Stroganov, asked about the border situation, and authorized their family to build fortifications, recruit troops, and wait for an opportunity to invade the Siberian Khanate.

Fast-forwarding to the ninth year of Wanli, 840 mercenaries led by Yermak, the chief criminal of Tsarist Russia and the Cossacks, had invaded the Irtysh River, defeated the Siberian Khanate, and dedicated the land of the Siberian Khanate to Ivan IV.Yermak, who had achieved such feats in battle, was pardoned of his crimes and was rewarded with a large amount of silver coins.

All of the above, Zhu Yijun, who was separated by thousands of miles, did not know when he planned the northern expedition.Although he is a history lover, he did not remember the specific time of Russia's eastward invasion before crossing - he only vaguely felt that at this time, Tsarist Russia had already begun to move eastward, so it was imperative for Daming to move northward. .

After Zhang Juzheng reported the results of the exchange with King Shunyi to Zhu Yijun, Zhu Yijun gave Zhili, Liaodong, Rehe and other governors' yamen under the last decree years ago-in the 11th year of Wanli, the emperor will go out of Beijing to hunt in the north of Saihan The dam assembly of the various tribes of Mongolia shows the emperor's goodwill and secures the northern border of the Ming Dynasty!

The will is out of Beijing, and the world is shaken.This was the first time after Emperor Wuzong left the customs. The Emperor of Ming Dynasty wanted to go outside the Great Wall. Although Jiajing had left the Forbidden City's old nest, he did not go outside the customs during his southern tour.

Zhu Yijun, who has passed the Spring Festival, is 22 years old, six years younger than Wu Zong who left customs at the age of 28.However, the treatment received by the two emperors was completely opposite—Zhu Houzhao was almost sprayed to death by civil officials when he went out to fight. .

Zhu Yijun's tour was different, and there was praise from the court to the people.The courtiers praised him for "hunting the north of the North, and the strength of the sky is unparalleled in ancient times."

In this regard, Zhu Yijun believes that he has been diligently pursuing state governance over the past ten years, and the character he has accumulated has played a huge role.Not to mention that compared with Wu Zong's sloppy, even compared to Taizu and Chengzu, Zhu Yijun's performance in the past ten years is difficult for courtiers to criticize him morally.

Moreover, in the eighth year of Wanli, the emperor had his eldest son, and after the new year, the king of Luo County was already four years old.In the past two years, Zhu Yijun has planted and harvested widely.The concubines and concubines in the harem gave birth to three more sons for him. For this alone, Zhu Yijun is much more reliable than Wuzong's double plug.

Of course, many wives also have side effects.For example, after the decree came out, Zhuang Jingjia was overjoyed when she got the letter, and immediately asked the female official to inform Zhu Yijun to go to the Kunning Palace to sleep at night, and was ready to make a request - accompany him.

Being confined in the Forbidden City for the past five years, Zhuang Jingjia has long been familiar with the plants and trees in the Forbidden City and Xiyuan.After she became the queen, the farthest place she went was Xiannongtan, where she cultivated ceremonially.In the rest of the time, in addition to learning to handle palace affairs with Empress Dowager Li, she also arranges for Zhu Yijun to sleep with concubines every day, which is not to mention sour.

Although the emperor's favor was unabated, and he would accompany her every day, but Zhuang Jingjia still felt depressed.Now that I heard that the emperor is going to the grasslands, why don't you go along with it?

However, before Zhu Yijun returned to the Kunning Palace after get off work, the Queen Mother Li first came to the Yangxin Palace and asked to accompany her.

The news that Empress Dowager Li passed the word of mouth arrived at Kunning Palace, and Empress Zhuang almost burst into tears.Empress Dowager Chen's health is not good and she no longer cares about palace affairs. If Empress Dowager Li leaves, who can throw the inner palace of these ten thousand people?

If the imperial concubine is in charge, Empress Zhuang will not be able to endure the loss of power first, and the Duke of Luo County is young and raised in Kunning Palace at this time. Zhuang Jingjia originally planned to entrust it to Empress Dowager Li.Unexpectedly, Empress Dowager Li had the same thoughts as her, and she started to be strong first, and she wanted to cry without tears.

At the same time, Empress Dowager Li's decree aimed at Zhu Yijun's concubines and concubines.If the queen cannot accompany the car, then theoretically everyone has the opportunity to follow out.Let's not talk about the problem of traveling and relaxing, the emperor can't always take all the harem with him when he goes on a tour. He can take three or five out to go out - this period of time is equivalent to a special favor. Can you change your destiny by being pregnant with a dragon seed? Let's give it a try!
Empress Zhuang was inexperienced in fighting and was pitted by Empress Dowager Li.Zhu Yijun received more than a dozen letters from the harem in one afternoon in the Hall of Mental Cultivation—all of them invited him to taste special delicacies in the evening.The concubines who wrote the letter all said that they had been preparing for this dinner for a day, and their hands were soaked in the water with bald skin.

Zhu Yijun couldn't be serious about these girls who violated the palace ban. Usually, they would definitely not dare to do this--Isn't it urgent?

From this point of view, it is best to sleep in the Hall of Mental Cultivation at night. If you go back to Kunning Palace, you might have to coax your wife for half a night. This kind of multiple-choice question Zhu Yijun was also asked in later generations: Wife and mother fall into the water first. save who?Well, this time the northern tour took Empress Dowager Li to Zhuang Jingjia, which is similar.

Although Empress Dowager Li is not the mother of Zhu Yijun's soul, isn't this still the old society?Women have not yet been liberated, even if ten or eight queens are tied together, Empress Dowager Li will clean up with one hand - there is still surplus.

After a fierce ideological struggle, Zhu Yijun still went to Kunning Palace.After all, you can't take the queen out to play, that must calm her down - Zhu Yijun decided to make her cry tonight.

(End of this chapter)