Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1888, the Ottoman Empire must be given some color

"What do you think about this, my love?"

Emperor Hongzhi quickly finished reading Jin Gui's memorial, and then asked the officials.

"Your Majesty, I thought we had to give the Ottoman Empire some color and let them know how strong and powerful our Ming Empire is, so that they dare not disrespect our Daming Empire."

"Now you actually want to tear up the conditions of the past. This is a provocation to the majesty of our Ming Empire, and the whole world is watching our Ming Empire's reaction."

"Once we ignore the provocations of the Ottoman Empire, then the majesty of the Ming Empire will disappear, which will greatly damage the interests of the Ming Empire."

Cheng Guogong Zhu Fu was the first to stand up. As the representative of the military generals Xungui Group and the Ming military, he is an absolute hawk. He has always advocated being tough with the outside world and will never allow anyone to challenge the Ming Empire. Majesty and interests, it advocates external expansion to obtain more land and living space.

The military is very eager to fight against the outside world, because not only can they make meritorious deeds, but they can also make a fortune. The slaves captured, the money robbed, the war indemnities obtained, the land, etc., all combatants have a share .

Often in a war, the soldiers who participated in the war became rich overnight. Now on the newly expanded land of the Ming Dynasty, a lot of land is rewarded to these soldiers who have made contributions.

In Black Earth Province, a large number of soldiers have received rewards, including land, slaves, cattle, horses and sheep, money, etc., and many people have become rich overnight.

"Hmm~"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly in satisfaction.

"Your Majesty, I think what Duke Cheng said is true!"

"After years of recuperation, the Ottoman Empire has gradually recovered and become stronger. It has successively defeated the coalition forces of the Ottoman Empire and Egypt in the Mesopotamia, and evenly fought with the European coalition forces in the west."

"This makes the Ottoman Empire think that it is powerful. In addition, the current Ottoman Sultan Selim I is a monarch who advocates external expansion and toughness, so he is very tough externally."

"At the same time, they are constantly testing and provoking our Ming Empire, trying to refuse to fulfill the agreement signed in the past, and even trying to provoke our Ming Empire."

"If we, Ming Dynasty, do not respond and allow the Ottoman Empire to provoke wantonly, this will only fuel the arrogance of the Ottoman Empire, and at the same time damage the majesty and interests of our Ming Empire."

"I think that the Ottoman Empire must be beaten severely to make it understand the gap between it and our Ming Empire. Anyone who dares to provoke the majesty and interests of our Ming Empire must be severely punished!"

Liu Jin stood up and made a statement.

As the chief assistant of the cabinet, if Liu Jin doesn't speak up, it will be hard for the officials below to speak up.

"Ah."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded straight after hearing this, and Liu Jin was, as always, a tough hawk.

Don't think that Liu Jin is the chief assistant of the cabinet, and he is classified as a civil servant because he is the number one scholar in the imperial examination. In fact, Liu Jin can be regarded as the representative of the noble group, because Liu Jin himself is the Duke of Liao, a hereditary duke who was defeated by himself. You said he was a civil servant?
Of course, he is also a civil servant, he was born as a number one scholar, he has studied in the Imperial Academy, served as a minister in six departments, and is the chief assistant of the cabinet. He is a proper civil servant.

Liu Jin is both civil and martial arts.

"Your Majesty, I think what Cheng Guogong and Liu Gong said is true, and the Ottoman Empire must fight back hard, otherwise the Ottoman Empire will think that we are as easy to bully as Persia, Egypt, and small European countries."

Wang Shouren also stood up and expressed his opinion. He is similar to Liu Jin, both civil and military.

He is also a master who is tough externally. He agrees with Liu Jin's proposition and knows the benefits of external expansion.

"Your Majesty, the ministers think that what Liu Gong and the prince said is true. Your Majesty fought back hard against the Ottoman Empire and gave a profound lesson. In the battle of Erzincan City, the Ottoman Empire was fought for more than ten years. If you are submissive, you should teach the Ottoman Empire a severe lesson now."

The other ministers saw that the big bosses in the court had expressed their views, and that Emperor Hongzhi was obviously taking a tough attitude towards the outside world, so they naturally expressed their support.

"Well, then it's settled like this."

"The Ministry of Rites sent a strongly worded diplomatic ultimatum to the Ottoman Empire, demanding that the Ottoman Empire pay war reparations and interest for delays within a time limit, and ask it to guarantee the free trade of our Ming merchants in the Ottoman Empire."

"The Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies is preparing to dispatch troops and generals, dispatch troops from the four provinces of Nanyun, Hezhong, Western Regions, and Black Earth to Nanyun Province to coerce the Ottoman Empire, and dispatch three naval fleets of the Black Sea Fleet, the Mediterranean Fleet, and the Red Sea Fleet to support Cooperate and blockade the major sea ports of the Ottoman Empire."

"Contacting Persia and Egypt, telling them the opportunity has come."

Seeing that everyone's opinions were surprisingly unanimous, Emperor Hongzhi was also very satisfied, and after thinking about it, he immediately ordered.

The four provinces of Nanyun Province, Hezhong Province, Western Regions Province and Heitu Province have a total of more than 40 garrisons. They are places where there are many garrisons in the Ming Dynasty, and they are also the most elite army among the millions of troops in the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, the troops of the four provinces were dispatched at once, and at least 30 troops could be dispatched to deal with the Ottoman Empire.

The three fleets of the Black Sea Fleet, the Mediterranean Fleet and the Red Sea Fleet are not the main fleet of Ming Dynasty, but there are hundreds of warships in total in the three fleets, which is more than enough for the pirate navy that swept the Ottoman Empire.

In addition to his own strong military force, Emperor Hongzhi also knew to contact Persia and Egypt, which were the deadly enemies of the Ottoman Empire.

In the Mesopotamia and the Ottoman Empire, the battle was inseparable, and it has always been unable to fight. Now if the Ming Empire uses force against the Ottoman Empire, it will also be an excellent opportunity for these two countries.

With the powerful force of the Ming Empire, most of the troops of the Ottoman Empire will be restrained at that time, and it is even very possible to wipe out the elite army of the Ottoman Empire.

This gives them a great opportunity, a good opportunity to regain the Mesopotamia.

"Yes~"

When the officials heard this, they replied in unison.

After a lapse of three years, the Ming Empire was about to use its troops abroad on a large scale.

The last time I used troops to sweep Eastern Europe, I got the Black Earth Province.

The Ming Empire has always maintained such a tradition. It will use large-scale foreign troops every few years. On the one hand, it is to maintain the majesty and strength of the Ming Empire.

Another aspect is to continuously train and adjust the army of the Ming Empire. Only the army that has really experienced the flames of war is a powerful army.

Otherwise, even if they have excellent equipment, they may be a mob. Like the Saudi army of later generations, their army equipment is absolutely first-class, all of which are beautiful.

However, these princely troops can't even do Yemen's guerrilla armed forces. This shows that army equipment is not the only factor that determines combat effectiveness.

For the Ming army to maintain a strong combat effectiveness, updating its own weapons and equipment is naturally very important, but strict training and a reasonable system are also indispensable. More importantly, it is necessary to go to the battlefield from time to time to see the real gunpowder and war. Only blood can make a strong army.

The Ming Dynasty implemented a compulsory military service system. A soldier needs to serve in the army for five years. The training time for recruits is about two years, and the remaining three years are assigned to serve in various places.

Every year, veterans retire and recruits serve, and they will all be replaced in about five years. Unless you become an officer, you can serve in the army until you retire.

Under such a mechanism, if there has been no war for a few years, it means that most of the soldiers are new recruits who have never been on the battlefield, and their combat effectiveness must have dropped significantly compared to the veterans who have been on the battlefield before.

Therefore, it is still necessary to train soldiers on a regular basis, no matter who is to be dealt with, it is also necessary to send out a large army to practice, and only after really going to the battlefield can they become stronger.

Of course, in this process, many children of ordinary background were also given the opportunity to be promoted and promoted.

There are also a large number of noble children in the Ming army. They have been studying in the military academy from the beginning, and they have become officers as soon as they graduate, with a bright future.

But can they really support the Ming army?

This is a question worth pondering. A certain percentage of officers must be promoted through military merit. Maintaining the combat effectiveness of the Ming army also has a certain catfish effect.

In addition, war is also the only standard for testing arms, weapons and military equipment. Whether a weapon is good or not can be known after using it on the battlefield. Laboratory tests alone cannot explain the problem.

Daming's technology is developing rapidly, and weapons and equipment are also developing extremely fast. A large number of new equipment and new weapons need to be tested in actual combat.

There are also cooperation between the navy and the army, logistical supply support, whether there are too many moths inside and the harm of moths, etc.

These things that are not visible at ordinary times can be discovered through war.

In short, war is the only way to test combat effectiveness, and everything else is a paper tiger.

(End of this chapter)