afterglow

Chapter 53
The result of the battle of Demaji was sent back to Lingzhi as quickly as possible, and then immediately forwarded to the capital.

It can be said that Dmaggi is a key chess piece - this piece is completed, and the whole game is alive.

The 34th Division and the [-]th Division can retreat safely, and they are currently preparing to cross the Jamuna River to return home. Although the whole battle almost collapsed, it finally ended with Ming's unilateral victory.

Three of the four Assamese regiments (battalions) were severely damaged, one Sikh regiment (battalion) was wiped out, most of the British and Indian Third Infantry Division were wiped out, and the British and Indian Sixth Infantry Division was severely damaged. Division results.

The British-Indian No.16 Infantry Brigade (Regiment) was completely wiped out, the British-Indian Fourth Artillery Regiment (Battalion) was completely wiped out, and the Royal Fifth Tank Regiment (Battalion) was completely wiped out. This is the result of the mixed third brigade.

At noon this day.

The pond report about the battle situation on the front line was quickly sent to the Forbidden City. When it was presented to the imperial court, the emperor, who had just finished handling government affairs, was preparing to go to dinner.

The emperor who finished reading the military briefing was somewhat excited, and the calm style formed over the years could not suppress the joy and emotion in his heart at this moment.

In recent days, he has not thought about food or tea. This war is not only the first battle of Ming Dynasty in decades, but also a formal test of the Western order. There is a feeling of relief, and even the cloud-covered sky seems to have become sunny.

As he got up, he said happily: "Put on a bottle of wine, have a drink or two today."

The female officer next to her wanted to remind her that she was not fit to drink alcohol, but considering that the emperor was in a good mood today, there was no need to disturb his interest, so she held back her words.

The current monarch Zhu Shiyan is the tenth emperor of the later Ming Dynasty, but if counting from the Ming Taizu, it is the No. 20th emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

As for Nan Ming, who was constantly fighting among himself, that was naturally excluded.The ancestors of the later Ming Dynasty did not recognize it. Anyway, before Zhu Youjian hanged himself, he did not clearly indicate who should succeed him.

orthodox?Whoever wins the world is orthodox.

It can be said that Zhu Shiyan and his father are both helmsmen facing "great changes unprecedented in ancient times". They both face the same situation, that is, how to transform?How should this old dilapidated ship of the Ming Dynasty sail in a storm?

His father, Emperor Zhezong's deeds perfectly fit the temple name, and the last person to use the word "Zhe" as the temple name was Song Zhezong Zhaoxu.

Song Zhezong deposed the old party and appointed a new party, restored the Qingmiao Law and the Market Change Law of Song Shenzong, vigorously rectified the military, regained lost ground, and launched two successive battles in Pingxia City to force Xixia to surrender.

However, due to the fierce party struggle in the new party, the old party was ready to move, which eventually caused the reform to be greatly affected, and Song Zhezong himself died young.

Later Ming responded quickly to the strong invasion of Western countries, but lacked a thorough understanding. For hundreds of years, trade has been smooth, but it is limited to private commercial and artistic exchanges. Because of geographical barriers, the Ming army fought with Western troops. Very few times.

However, the quality of the Tsarist Russian army was average, and the troops that could be sent were limited due to limited logistics constraints. Therefore, the Ming army could compete with it in a strategic defensive situation.

Because of this, the rulers and ministers of the later Ming Dynasty always believed that other Western armies were like that. It was not until after large-scale battles that the court gradually realized the seriousness of the problem.

[After the first battle, the monarchs and ministers still thought it was just the lack of military equipment and outdated weapons, so they reorganized the army, purchased Western armaments, and sent envoys abroad to investigate.However, the expected effect is not good, and the backwardness of the organizational system cannot be solved by compradors.So the second war was still bad, and everyone realized that things were much more serious than they thought before. 】

Later, Emperor Suzong of the Ming Dynasty passed away shortly after the end of the defense of the capital, and the crown prince, Ming Zhezong, succeeded to the throne. After having a clear understanding of the current situation, he immediately started reforming the system.

Although there are inevitably party struggles and conflicts of interest, the results are quite obvious. Thirty years later, in the year of Renchen, the Hou Ming successfully won the war with Japan, and the eyeing European countries have long been waiting to carve up the two countries. The lost country of the victors.

The tragic situation of the latter's decline shocked the rulers and officials of the later Ming Dynasty and the people of insight. At the same time, the reform and reform that had been carried out for more than half a year had finally come to an end. Disagreement, when splitting and fighting, the conservatives also took the opportunity to counterattack on a large scale.

A few years later, the reformists were relegated one after another, and the reform and reform came to an end.

Under such circumstances, Zhu Shiyan, who succeeded to the throne in the year of Gengzi, was faced with huge internal contradictions in the later Ming Dynasty, and the tragic situation of his neighbors in the Eastern Ocean after their defeat in the war kept him awake at night.

The existence of landlords severely restricted the development of industry and commerce, and there was also a lack of laws to clarify their rights. Things eventually returned to the system and production relations.Therefore, the voices of people of insight about restarting the reform have also been louder and louder.

In short, after a series of intensified factional struggles in the court, petitions gathered by the people, and the uprising of the new army, Zhu Shiyan can be said to be dancing on multiple eggs. Balanced the parties, and finally took the initiative to compromise to establish constitutionalism.

However, because the power gap between the old and new forces was not large, the emperor's power was not completely stripped away.

[Although the ancestors of the late Ming Dynasty did not suppress Neo-Confucianism and Psychology, they vigorously advocated practical learning, which was directly reflected in the types of questions in the imperial examinations, which laid a good foundation for the breeding and dissemination of enlightenment thoughts. 】

The significance of constitutionalism is far-reaching. It stabilized the almost torn Ming Dynasty, established a series of achievements in reform and reform in the form of express laws, cleared away the obstacles to the development of capitalism, and allowed industry and commerce to develop without hindrance.

At the same time, because Ming was able to independently establish tariffs and a series of protective measures, young private capital was able to grow safely, otherwise it would be dumped by the West and go bankrupt.

However, its disadvantages and limitations cannot be ignored. Due to the special circumstances of the Ming Dynasty's constitutionalism, there were many remnants of feudal autocracy, the monarch had greater power, the power of the parliament was limited, and the people's rights were not much.

The contradictions accumulated in this way have been buried for decades, and sooner or later there will be a moment of explosion. It can be said that the current Ming Dynasty will not last long, and it can even be said that this is a flashback.

Zhu Shiyan could vaguely guess that the future was not bright, but he thought that he had done a great job in avoiding the bad result of Daming being torn apart at the darkest moment.

When he was in power, the court was in turmoil and the people were in turmoil, and the Ming Dynasty was basically hovering on the threshold of decline. In just over thirty years, now on paper it is already a powerful empire that maintains five and three in the world.

As for regaining the glory of the Central Kingdom, it will probably take many years. The "One of the Strategies of Jiazi" that Zhezong repeatedly said before his death has been completed ahead of schedule, so what's next?

The so-called "Jiazi strategy" is a macro concept proposed by Ming Zhezong. He believed that the glory and prosperity of European countries were only temporary, and at most only a hundred years of luck remained, so he proposed "to come in two steps in the time of two Jiazis." Return to the top of the world" national policy concept.

The first Jiazi: Self-improvement, the ability to protect oneself, maintain the improved tributary circle, at least ensure that Ming's status as the co-lord of the East Asian countries will not be violated.

The second Jiazi: Integrate the power of many vassal states, confront the declining western states economically and militarily, and become a central state again.

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[Strange, the order of the chapters was wrong just now. 】

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