Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1298, The Only Threat in the Northwest

In the imperial palace of the capital, in the study room of the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Hongzhi, as usual, called important ministers for a small meeting after he came down from the court.

"Your Majesty, the quality of the horses that the Kazakh Khanate gave us as tribute to Daming has been getting worse and worse in the past two years. They are all old horses, sick horses, and disabled horses, and they often procrastinate and find various excuses to shirk. Tribute horses."

"In addition, according to the statement made by the Chief Envoy of Hezhong and the Chief Envoy of the Western Regions, the original agreement that Kazakhs are not allowed to enter the Dayuzzi Grassland to graze, they have not complied with it in the past few years. Every year, a large number of Kazakh herdsmen enter the Dayuzia Grassland to graze , and even settled here for a long time.”

Holding a memorial in his hand, Zhang Mao reported the situation of the Kazakh Khanate to Emperor Hongzhi.

"It seems that the Kazakh Khanate has regained its strength after years of recuperating, and now it is unwilling to raise horses for us honestly."

Emperor Hongzhi carefully read Zhang Mao's memorial, and said with a smile.

When the Ming Dynasty regained the Western Regions and swept Hexi, the Kazakh Khanate directly sent troops to attack the Western Regions in a vain attempt to occupy the Western Regions. As a result, they were defeated by the Daming cavalry led by Yang Yun, the Duke of Australia, and finally had to sign the alliance under the city.

Every year, [-] horses need to be tributed to the Ming Empire. At the same time, Kazakhs are not allowed to graze on the Dayuzi Grassland where the Ming Dynasty and the Kazakh Khanate were handed over.

This is definitely the most shameful treaty for the Kazakh Khanate, and it is also a heart-wrenching agreement.

Every year, the Ming Dynasty attacks [-] horses and BMWs. This is definitely a huge support for the Kazakh Khanate. Regardless of their vast Central Asian grasslands, they are all nomadic tribes who live on herding.

Horses are nothing more than a normal thing to them, even a very common thing.

But [-] horses per year, this huge number is enough to suppress the entire Kazakh Khanate, not to mention the Dayuzi Grassland has been a famous fertile grassland since ancient times, and now it is not allowed to graze, which is compressed again The grazing area of ​​the Kazakh Khanate.

Just these two treaties made the Kazakh Khanate breathless, and it also made the Kazakh Khanate hold grudges all the time, always silently accumulating strength, preparing to seek revenge against the Ming people one day.

"Your Majesty, in the [-]th year of Hongzhi, when we went to war with the Ottoman Empire, the Kazakh Khanate was about to move, and wanted to take the opportunity to seize the Hezhong and Western Regions of our Daming."

"If it weren't for our Ming Dynasty army sweeping all directions and quickly beating the Ottoman Empire to the ground, it is estimated that they would have sent troops to attack our Da Ming's Hezhong region and Western Regions."

Liu Jian seemed to have remembered something, and stood up quickly and said.

"Well, that's true."

"At that time, Yang Yun also mentioned this matter in his memorial, and dispatched hundreds of thousands of troops to the Hezhong area, among which [-] cavalry were specially used to deal with the Kazakh Khanate."

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately remembered this matter, nodded and said.

"Your Majesty, the Kazakh Khanate is a nomadic tribe in the grasslands, rebellious and ambitious. How can my Ming Dynasty let it keep threatening the border of my Ming Dynasty?"

"I thought that I could take this opportunity to completely solve the Kazakh Khanate, annex the entire Central Asian grassland, and at the same time go west and north, and include the vast area from the Ural Mountains to the east of the Caucasus region into our Ming territory."

Xie Qian stood up, a civil servant full of murderous looks, extremely belligerent.

However, Liu Jin has seen this frequently, and now these civil servants in Ming Dynasty are more belligerent than military generals in the court.

Because it was military generals who were born and died on the battlefield, the benefits they gained after the war would not be much less than those of military generals.

Who doesn't have a plantation in the Western Regions or in the river?Don't have a large ranch?
Who doesn't have a vineyard here in Nanyun Province?

Who doesn't have a plantation in Nanyang?

How many minerals are there in Australia and Gold Island?
For civil servant groups like them, using foreign troops is also a lot of benefits. After winning the war, they can expand their territory and expand their territory. They have new land to build plantations and pastures, and they can also explore resources and develop Minerals or something.

A large number of captives can be sold as slaves, allowing them to make a fortune, and at the same time, there are slaves to work on the plantations and pastures in the family.

At the same time, the larger the territory of Daming, the larger the market for the products produced by their factories, and they can be sold to more places.

For example, after Nanyun Province was annexed by Ming Dynasty, the goods of Ming Dynasty can go all the way westward to Nanyun Province, where they can directly trade with Europeans, instead of taking the sea route as before. , the danger is great.

In short, there are many benefits, and the key is that it is the generals Xungui Group who contribute to the war, and the funds are paid from the internal funds of Emperor Hongzhi.

The only thing these civil officials need to do is to support external expansion, and the rest is waiting to share the benefits. This is an important reason why the Ming Dynasty civil official group is extremely belligerent.

As for the nonsense about preventing the Xungui Group from becoming bigger, about being warlike, about perishing, about using benevolence and morality to overwhelm the world, these are all nonsense, far less important than the interests of one's own family.

Build more plantations in your own family, get more pastures, have more slaves, and sell more goods in the factory. Isn't the white money fragrant?
The military commander Xungui Group is now very powerful. It doesn't matter if it is big or not. Anyway, they are actually similar to themselves. They all open factories, plantations, and ranches.

As for warlike perdition, Ming has fought wars almost every year in recent years. Not only did it not subjugate the country, but the stronger the war, the bigger the country and the richer the economy. The empire and others are still paying the Ming court compensation of silver regularly every year. Why do you fight and die.

"Your Majesty, I also think that the Kazakh Khanate must be resolved."

"The Western Regions, Hezhong, and Nanyun of our Ming Dynasty are all under the threat of the Kazakh Khanate. If it does not get rid of it, there will be no peace in these three places of our Ming Dynasty."

"In addition, the Kazakh Khanate has blocked my way to continue to expand westward in the Ming Dynasty. The vast area east of the Ural Mountains and north of the Caucasus Mountains is completely blocked by the Kazakh Khanate. Only by destroying the Kazakh Khanate can I continue. Go west and occupy these areas, and then you will have the opportunity to occupy the vast and fertile Eastern European Plain in the future."

Li Dongyang also stood up and expressed his opinion. His health is getting worse and worse, and he can't help coughing when he speaks.

Liu Jin reckoned that he would not be able to work for a long time, and his health was not good. He had already begged for adoption several times, and it was routine for Emperor Hongzhi to keep him.

"Your Majesty, the time is ripe to use troops against the Kazakh Khanate."

"My Ming Dynasty has operated the Western Regions and Hezhong for many years. In Hezhong and the Western Regions, the food hoarded is enough to feed tens of millions of people, and the horses I own are enough to arm millions of cavalry."

"All the tribes in the Western Regions and the Hezhong region are dedicated to the Ming, and their hearts are available. As long as His Majesty gives an order, they can immediately have millions of lions."

"The right time, place and people are all on my Ming side, and it's just a matter of flipping the Kazakh Khanate."

Zhang Mao also stood up and expressed his opinion.

Of course, fighting a war is a good thing for him who is in charge of the five armies.

He is also very old, and he is planning to retire. If he can finish this important event before retirement, it will be regarded as a consummation of merit.

In the past few years, Ming Dynasty has used relatively few troops abroad, and the army has a lot of opinions.

Especially the soldiers at the bottom, all clamoring for war.

Because from the moment they joined the army, these soldiers had heard all kinds of legends about how a poor boy, thanks to World War I, not only got promoted, but also got rich, the reward alone was hundreds of taels of silver.

There are also rewards for a large amount of land, and even more rewards for captured slaves and beauties, and getting rich overnight is nothing more than that.

With no battles to fight, they can only train continuously. Just listening to the bloody stories, they can only envy and envy, and at the same time long for the emperor to use troops abroad.

All these were finally fed back to Zhang Mao. He clearly knew the desire of the soldiers at the bottom for war.

"Hmm~"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly after hearing what they said.

Looking at the huge world map hanging on the wall, the Kazakh Khanate is the only thing that can threaten the safety of the Ming Dynasty in the northwest of Hezhong and the Western Regions.

The Persian Empire in the south has a very good relationship with Ming Dynasty, and can also help contain the Ottoman Empire.

"Liu Jin, what do you think?"

Emperor Hongzhi pondered for a while, then looked at Liu Jin.

All the other ministers demanded to go to war one after another, but Liu Jin was still very quiet as if he was thinking about something.

"Your Majesty, it is necessary to use troops against the Kazakh Khanate, and it is not difficult to destroy the Kazakh Khanate. The key is how to govern the vast area of ​​the Kazakh Khanate in the future."

"This vast land east of the Ural Mountains is cold and desolate. It is easy to conquer, but it is extremely difficult to manage and rule."

Liu Jin quickly replied.

In fact, Liu Jin wasn't thinking about destroying the Kazakh Khanate at all. With Daming's current strength, it really wasn't difficult to destroy the Kazakh Khanate.

What Liu Jin is thinking about now is how to rule and manage this vast land in the future, especially the vast land of Siberia.

The area is vast and the resources are extremely rich, but it is too cold, in the temperate and frigid regions, and the winter is long and cold.

It is not difficult to occupy it, but the key is how to manage and develop these areas in the future?
If there is no one to rule and manage, this vast area can only be left alone.

　How did the Russians develop and manage the vast Siberia in the early days?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)