Qiming 1158

Chapter 1452 The Great Discovery of Nanyang Exploration

When the Beihai garrison was resting, Han Jinggui and Zhong Xuemin discussed together and planned to establish a long-term patrol cavalry system in the Beihai to ensure Daming's actual possession of the Beihai.

They believe that it is best to send troops to patrol the North Sea every quarter, and they should be vigilant once they find an unknown tribe approaching the North Sea.

In this cold climate, once any tribe is close to the North Sea, it will inevitably go further south, and further south will directly threaten the stability of the frontier of the Ming Dynasty.

But considering the long distance, the long-term patrolling cavalry system is expected to cause a lot of military expenditure, and I don't know if the Privy Council and the General Staff Headquarters will approve it.

In any case, the second Northern Expedition was a good result. Han Jinggui and Zhong Xuemin quickly returned from Beihai with their troops.

They took 20 captives, more than [-] cattle, sheep and horses, and a larger amount of various supplies, and happily returned to Datong all the way.

The news was quickly reported to Zhongdu by Feiqi.

Su Yonglin was very happy when he learned of the victory of the Northern Expedition. He was even more happy after the news that he had captured 20 people and more than 50 cattle, sheep and horses. entries and so on.

At the same time, Han Jinggui also became the third general of the Ming Dynasty after Zhang Yuejing and Su Jue.

Later, Su Yonglin learned about the Beihai cavalry patrol system proposed by Han Jinggui and others.

For this system, the General Staff Headquarters agreed with Xin Qiji's support.

They feel that the North Sea is so far away that if there is no effective patrol system, occupation will become empty words, and they cannot know what happened in the northern grasslands in time, and whether they need to be prepared in advance.

By establishing a long-term and effective patrolling cavalry system, some military threats can be detected in advance, thus occupying the strategic initiative.

The Privy Council objected from the perspective of military material consumption, believing that the North Sea itself is more like a symbol, and it is unimaginable to completely occupy it when it is so far away from the mainland of China, so it can be regarded as an honor.

Damingdang controls enough pastures, whether raising horses or raising cattle and sheep, it is enough.

And no matter the previous dynasties, it has never been so much that Daming has almost dominated the northern grasslands. Daming has created the first time in history.

After several wars, millions of time-bomb enemies on the grassland have been wiped out, and they can no longer pose any threat to Daming. The northern border of Daming can guarantee security for at least 50 years.

Under such circumstances, it may be a waste to establish a long-term patrol mechanism. Daming should seriously consider the matter of strategic contraction in order to reduce the high military expenditure.

The two major departments leading the military issue had an argument on this issue, and the two sides were arguing, and it was Su Yonglin who finally made the decision.

Su Yonglin expressed his support.

"Since Beihai has erected the Daming National Boundary Monument and raised the Daming National Flag, then it is Daming's territory. No matter whether it can be actually used or not, since it is Daming's territory, you can't ignore it and feel that it is unimportant. This is not the correct approach.

Patrols don’t need too many people, whether it’s 500 or 1000 people, one round trip doesn’t require a lot of money and food, but it can maintain the hard-earned results of the soldiers and won’t hurt the hearts of the soldiers. .

More importantly, to maintain a military presence in the North Sea, to be able to detect tribes that have migrated from various places to the vicinity of the North Sea as early as possible, to be able to always maintain the vigilance of the northern border of Daming, and to prevent some tribes from becoming bigger and becoming the confidants of Daming, I think this is necessary. of. "

Su Yonglin expressed his support, so there is nothing to discuss about this matter.

Han Jinggui's proposal has been approved, and the General Staff Headquarters and the Privy Council will work together to formulate a long-term sustainable North Sea patrol mechanism to provide long-term early warning for Daming's strategy of "defending the enemy outside the country's gates".

The huge threat belonging to the Mongol Empire has been strangled in the cradle by Su Yonglin, but without the Mongol Empire, who knows if there will be some unexpected variables in the current pattern of the grassland family's dominance?

It is necessary to be vigilant, and it is also necessary to prepare for the future in advance. Before the revolutionary changes in Daming's military technology and production technology are completed, no one can guarantee that there will be no accidents.

Just like his plan to explore the two major routes of the South and North Seas that he opened in Hongwu's eighth year, this is an action that is preparing for the future and taking the initiative to face the future.

Daming wants to go out, to take the initiative to go out, to discover a wider world.

In the middle of the ninth year of Hongwu, the two oceans exploration plan was ready to be completed, and it was officially launched and sailed away.

This voyage, which is destined to be more meaningful than Zheng He's voyage to the Western Ocean, is led by the World Liaison Department of the Renaissance Society. A large number of Renaissance members, who have dreams of the sea, are full of enthusiasm and have a spirit of exploration, are divided into two groups to explore the unknown world. go.

In this exploration, the exploration of the Northern Ocean Route is very difficult and dangerous, so Su Yonglin has a lot of tolerance for them, allowing them to fail and allowing them to return.

In Su Yonglin's eyes, the difficulty of exploring the Nanyang route is not that big, so Su Yonglin is very much looking forward to getting some results from the Nanyang route as soon as possible.

Facts have proved that the exploration difficulty of the Nanyang route is really not that big.

Because in the middle and late June of the tenth year of Hongwu, Li Qiutang, the general manager of the expedition fleet of the Nanyang route and the deputy director of the Department of Navigation, sent two good news to Su Yonglin.

He made two major discoveries in the Southeast Asia region.

First, he discovered a gold mine in an area northwest of Liuqiu Island.

Second, his Nanyang expedition team discovered a large-scale gold mine on an island called Luzon Island by the locals, and through some exchanges with the local indigenous people, they also discovered the existence of copper mine, and this copper mine The scale of the mine is far beyond their previous imagination.

The professional mining team accompanying the fleet has come to the conclusion that the ore veins are very large. He suggested to Su Yonglin to immediately send more mining teams to carry professional equipment to Liuqiu Island and Luzon Island for further exploration.

If possible, he strongly suggested that Su Yonglin set up mining workshops in these two places as soon as possible, especially the copper mines in Luzon Island, which are of great significance to Daming's current copper shortage.

After Su Yonglin learned of this, he was very happy, and immediately called Lin Jingchun and Shi Zheng, and ordered the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Industry to dispatch professional mining experts and economic experts to go to the local area to make further accurate judgments on the size of the ore vein and the estimated output value.

If there is no problem with the estimates of the Nanyang expedition fleet, Daming will start to set up mining factories on Liuqiu Island and Luzon Island and declare sovereignty.

Yes, declare sovereignty.

In the spirit that no government declares it as a great gift from nature, Su Yonglin learned that there is no government on Liuqiu Island, and that there is no government on Luzon Island, and there are only primitive tribes on the two large islands. Power exists.

They are all small local forces, and there are no troublesome issues such as the core statement of the regime, so the existence of these two large mines is naturally regarded by Su Yonglin as the state of the Ming Dynasty.

Lin Jingchun was overjoyed when he learned that the Nanyang Expedition Fleet had discovered large-scale copper and gold mines. He immediately grabbed Shi Zheng and went to select people. He hurriedly rushed. After three days, he let them take a boat south from Tianjin Port and go straight to Liu. Go to the Big Island.

(End of this chapter)