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Chapter 1097 The Rise of East Asia
In 1655, at the end of Wuding Five Years.

The news of Wei Jun's capture of Xiamen spread to Chang'an, bringing an end to the turbulent five years of Wuding.

After the Southeast Incident lasted for nearly a year and a half, Wei Jun finally began to reverse the unfavorable situation.

The news also made Gao Yihuan's New Year's review more confident.

After all, if you are still being beaten, what confidence do you have to deter others?
In 1656, the spring of the sixth year of Wuding, all the vassal states and tribal leaders came to Chang'an as usual to pay homage to the Emperor of Wei.

Six years after the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty, the influence of the Wei Empire gradually spread.

Especially more than two years ago, the Wei army defeated Tsarist Russia in Central Asia, which made Wei's influence begin to expand westward. Not only the countries in Eastern Europe knew about it, but even Holy Rome in the middle of the country heard about it.

Gao Yihuan wanted to show off his muscles. He was worried that the neighboring countries, especially those countries that were not the vassal of Wei, would not come. He sent envoys to various countries since last year. Can send someone back to visit.

At the beginning of the year, his goal was achieved. Not only the vassals and tribes who surrendered to the Great Wei sent tribute missions, but also the surrounding countries sent envoys one after another.

This includes Tsarist Russia, Poland, Japan, and even Ottoman and Sasanian sent envoys.

After the last war between the Wei army and Tsarist Russia, the two sides have never signed an armistice treaty. Tsarist Russia is competing with Poland for Ukraine, and Wu Sangui often crosses the Ural River to attack Tsarist Russia. The main purpose of the Tsarist Russian envoys is to sign a border treaty with Wei.

The purpose of the arrival of the Polish envoys was exactly the opposite of that of Tsarist Russia. After they learned that Wei State had defeated Tsarist Russia, they thought of forming an alliance with Wei State and attacking Tsarist Russia from east to west.

Poland was originally the overlord of Eastern Europe, but in recent years, domestic uprisings have continued, and the national strength has been weakened, and it is not as good as before.

Facing Sweden, a powerful northern country, and at the same time facing the challenge of the rising Tsarist Russia, they are really powerless.

The envoys of the Tokugawa shogunate came to Chang'an to jointly encircle and suppress pirates.

After the Wei army wiped out Hauge, Geng Zhongming and others fled to Jeju Island and used it as a base, often harassing the coasts of North Korea and Japan, and even occupied several Japanese islands.

Because of Japan's maritime embargo policy, the navy is relatively weak, and the foreign daimyo in the south, the Satsuma clan, doesn't listen to orders very much. The Tokugawa shogunate has nothing to do with Geng Zhongming, so they hope to cooperate with the Great Wei to eliminate pirates.

As for the Ottoman and Sasanian dynasties, they sent envoys to Wei for trade.

Before the rise of the West, Asia was the center of the world, and China, India, and the Arab world were almost equivalent to the entire world.

After the rise of the West, this situation began to change. They first replaced the Arab world and became second-tier dealers in world trade.

Previously, the most active businessmen in the world were not Chinese or Westerners, but Arabs.

After the Ottoman Empire unified this area, it blocked commercial routes, implemented monopoly, and raised the price of goods, which made the West start to look for new sea routes.

The West rose from this, and after the rise of the West, after controlling the sea routes, it in turn blocked the Ottomans.

At this time, what the Ottoman Empire did not expect, and did not think much about their monopoly, actually forced the Western world to take another path, and would soon rob them of their business.

This time, both Osman and Sassan hope to have more exchanges with Wei.

Gao Yihuan ordered the Ministry of Rites to entertain them well, no matter what their purpose was when they parted, and he also agreed to some requests from the envoys of various countries.

In the spring of the sixth year of Wuding, when the envoys from various countries were about to return, Gao Yihuan asked them to climb up the tower and inspected the army of Wei together. The Wei army wearing new military uniforms made the envoys of all countries exclaim.

On this day, the people of Chang'an City flocked to both sides of Zhuque Avenue. Hundreds of thousands of people and envoys from various countries watched the military parade.

Gao Yihuan stood on the tower and saw the army passing by, clapping his hands from time to time like the three fat men.

The students who walked in the front were the students of the Imperial Military Academy who had been training for many days. Under the leadership of Li Dingguo, they held brand-new flintlock guns and wore mighty black military uniforms. They were full of pride and passion. When they walked to the viewing platform , and then a voice resounding through the sky: "Long live Your Majesty, long live the Great Wei Empire."

Following them were the elite infantry selected by the various A battalions and C battalions, followed by the mighty and majestic shock cavalry, the heroic dragoons, and a large number of artillery.

The frontal phalanx passed in front of the tower one by one, and the soldiers all saluted with their guns, and shouted, "Long live your majesty, long live the Great Wei!"

Wei Guo's military parade shocked all kinds of envoys.

The Tsarist Russian envoy Morowski wrote his memoirs on the eve of Wei Jun’s entry into Moscow many years after returning home, “For the Wei Empire and its army, at that moment, I felt an inexplicable fear, just like hundreds of years, we fear Like Tartar."

After the Polish envoy returned home, he said to the Poles, "I strongly suggest that the king form an alliance with the Great Wei Empire. It is a very stupid thing to be an enemy of such a powerful empire."

After the envoys of the Tokugawa shogunate returned to Japan, Japan responded the fastest. The first batch of envoys sent to Wei set off from Edo that year. However, due to poor shipbuilding technology, the fleet encountered a storm and all sank into the sea.

Not discouraged by this, the Tokugawa shogunate sent Wei envoys to Chang'an the following year and began to study the military and economic culture of the Great Wei.

Gao Yihuan's goal had been achieved, and the vassals of Wei did not dare to have the slightest thought of injustice. Even Sun Kewang, who was quite complacent, became worried and frightened after hearing the envoy's report. As for the surrounding countries, they also did not dare to provoke Wei.

This made the borders of the Wei Dynasty peaceful, the trade smooth, and a great environment for self-cultivation was obtained, but it also brought about another consequence, that is, the countries around the Wei Dynasty successively launched reforms to strengthen themselves, and the entire East Asian region took the lead in initiating modernization. process.

Originally, the world situation would develop towards the west, but the revival of East Asia has changed this process. The East Asian civilization circle has not declined, but gradually began to compete and confront with the West.

At this time, Gao Yihuan didn't understand these influences. Not long after the review was over, he set off to the south, preparing to completely defeat the only opponent in East Asia who was openly challenging him.

At this time, in the southeast sea, the Wei army had been fighting Nanming for two years, the Nanyang navy of the Wei army had been established for four years, and the Beiyang navy had been established for six years. The Wei army's navy gradually gained the strength to fight Nanming water.

At this time, Wei State had a truce on all fronts, and Nanming was the only opponent left. The material resources and manpower of the whole world were thrown to the southeast. In addition, the strength of the Wei army and navy finally saw results, and the situation on the battlefield began to gradually change.

With the Battle of Xiamen as a turning point, the offensive and defensive positions have reversed.

(End of this chapter)