Qiming 1158

Chapter 1469 What a sweet trouble
For the people, national affairs only need to be happy.

But for Su Yonglin, there are still many things to consider.

Political, economic, transportation, and military, many issues still need to be considered.

However, this did not prevent Su Yonglin from announcing plans that had been decided and completed long in advance, such as the establishment of Anxi Province and Beiting Province.

After the establishment plans of these two provinces were announced, the provincial system of Daming was further expanded.

In addition to the ten provinces of Shandong, Henan, Hebei, Hedong, Central China, Liaodong, Guanzhong, Datong, Liaoyang, and Heilongjiang in the northern Central Plains, many provinces have been successively expanded over the years.

Hexi Province, which was added to the Western Xia Dynasty, was eliminated.

There are also Hanzhong Province, Sichuan Province and Chongqing directly under the Central Government which were added to the liberation of Shu.

There are also Hunan Province, Hubei Province, Huaizhong Province, Jiangnan Province, Zhejiang Province, Fujian Province, Jiangxi Province, Guangdong Province, and Guangxi Province, which were added after the Southern Song Dynasty.

Coupled with the addition of Anxi Province and Beiting Province, which are now decided to be added, the first-level administrative system of Ming Dynasty has expanded to 22 provinces and three centrally administered provinces.

In addition, there are the Annam Special Administrative Region and the Goryeo Kingdom, which are under actual control but have not been completely won.

After the Battle of the Western Regions, Daming's territory reached Beihai in the north, Annan in the south, Sakhalin Island in the east, and Congling in the west. In the ten years since Hongwu's founding, Su Yonglin has changed the original territory of Daming from the pure land of the Central Plains and the land of Yanyun. expanded to the state of the Tang Dynasty.

And this was also the limit of what Daming could control on land before the transportation revolution broke out.

As for the sea... The sea transportation is not the same as the land transportation. There are too many places that can be reached by sailing for three months.

Seriously, as long as Su Yonglin is willing, there is no need to wait for the industrial revolution, within ten years, Daming can initially become a world empire where the sun never sets, and Daming's territory can exist in any corner of the world.

And he is indeed promoting the change in the nature of the dual land and sea powers of the Ming Dynasty, from a pure land hegemony to a land and sea dual hegemony.

It is worth noting that land hegemony is the foundation of maritime hegemony. Without a strong home country of land hegemony, a vast territory and sufficient population, maritime hegemony is rootless duckweed, which can easily be replaced by rising stars.

Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands declined because of this.

Daming was not so worried, because Su Yonglin practiced his internal skills diligently and had created a powerful and unparalleled land hegemony foundation for Daming.

Now that Daming's land territory is becoming more and more perfect, promoting Daming to upgrade its maritime hegemony is the inevitable way for Daming's national power to overflow.

Su Yonglin has reason to believe that after the realization of the transportation revolution, the railway transportation throughout Daming will further enhance the depth of Daming's internal strength.

And the profound internal strength of Daming will further promote the existence of Daming in Central Asia and the improvement of the nature of the world.

All this is by no means an invisible future, on the contrary, it is a visible future.

On December [-] of the [-]th year of Hongwu, the last day of the [-]th year of Hongwu, Su Yonglin officially announced the copied map of Daming territory on the People's Square in front of the Zhongdu Palace. land.

Before that, except for a few high-level officials, most people in Daming had no intuitive feeling about the territory of Daming.

They know that Daming is very big, but they don't know how big Daming is.

In the face of this full map of Daming's territory, everyone has an intuitive feeling - Daming, it's really big.

It is the first time in history that the country's territory and specific administrative divisions have been announced to all citizens. Although some people have raised doubts, Su Yonglin rejected such doubts and insisted on publishing the full map of Daming's territory and provincial divisions to the public.

The people of the Ming Dynasty need to know how big their country is, where they are, where they can go, where they are safe, and where they are not.

These, they should all know.

They were the first to know about it, and after that, each province would get a full map of Daming’s territory. The location of the provincial government was the place where the full map of Daming’s territory was published. All the people of Daming could know what they were living in. in such a country.

Su Yonglin's goal is to let everyone know what kind of country they are fighting for.

On this basis, Hongwu’s 11th New Year’s holiday was very happy for everyone, and Su Yonglin also indulged like never before. He gave himself a three-day vacation, took his family out of the city to enjoy the snow, ate hot pot and barbecue, and spent a happy time for three days.

Three days later, just in time, Su Haisheng's two emergency reports were delivered.

The first is about the ancient city of Qiuci. The army of the Western Expedition felt that they might have discovered the ancient city of Qiuci, which was defended by the white soldiers in the bloody battle, so they asked historical experts to inquire about it.

Su Yonglin immediately dispatched a national history expert from the Xuanhui Academy to the Western Regions to find out about the matter.

The second is that the kingdom of Xikarakhan offered loyalty to the Ming Dynasty.

Su Yonglin felt a little depressed when he learned that the kingdom of Xikarakhan offered loyalty to Daming.

Because Daming really has no territorial demand for the kingdom of Xikarakhan, and the kingdom of Khwarizimo, which has an agreement, is really a waste, the Ming army has bought so much time for them, and they can't gather an army again." receive" what they deserve.

The waste has reached such a level that the kingdom of Xikarakhan has come to Daming to offer filial piety.

What a sweet annoyance.

Su Yonglin thought about it for two days, and on the third day, new news came.

The Khwarazm country stated that it was not easy to resist the Western Liao army, and said that it still successfully resisted the invasion of the Western Liao army, but it also paid a heavy price for this, and the country could not provide too much in a short time. Force counterattack.

Therefore, the Khwarazm country wants to discuss with the Ming country to see if the Ming country has spare capacity, and if so, can they support some of their troops and help them clean up the kingdom of Xikarakhan together, and then everyone In this way, they have become harmonious and friendly neighbors.

In addition to the credentials of the Khwarazm country, Su Yonglin also received a report from Su Haisheng, saying that he had mentioned half of the military spending to the Khwarazm country.

On the other hand, the Khwarazm kingdom pointed out that it is difficult for its own country. At present, the reconstruction of the army is too expensive, and it cannot be financed. Therefore, I hope that the Ming kingdom can be lenient. If it is not possible, then help them conquer the kingdom of Xikarakhan.

The kingdom of Xikarakhan is very rich and has a large population. It must be very rich. If you defeat them, then the Khwarazm kingdom will have the money to pay half of the military expenses to Ming.

How, is it a good suggestion?
Su Yonglin's face darkened at that time.

"The guy in debt was supposed to pay me back, but now let me find a bully and grab it by myself. After grabbing it, I will give half of it to the guy in debt. The guy in debt doesn't have to do anything and it's so much in vain. Money, this business is done, business genius!"

Su Yonglin was very annoyed.

The staff of the General Staff Headquarters, the Privy Council, and the Military Affairs Department of the Revival Society who participated in the matter together were also dark-faced, and they all angrily denounced Khwarizimo's brazenness and lack of faith.

Xin Qiji slammed the table and said angrily: "Since the Khwarizimo country doesn't keep faith, I don't think we need to continue to abide by any promises. Originally, we won this battle, and our soldiers sacrificed their lives to defeat the enemy!

What did they do?The fallen flowers and waters that were beaten by the Liao people were about to perish. It was the Ming army who arrived in time to threaten Lunhu Siyuan’s ears, which led the Liao army back and saved the country of Khwarizimo. Instead, they have now proposed more requirements? "

Sun Ziyi is also yin and yang strange.

"I don't know, I thought it was Daming's army that lost the battle. Their gods descended from heaven to save the Daming army. Where do you think they got the confidence to ask us for this and that?"

"There are too many people who don't know where they stand."

Xin Qiji was extremely dissatisfied and said: "In any case, I think we must teach them a lesson and not let them continue to be so shameless."

"So, about the Black Khanate, do you think Daming should accept it?"

Su Yonglin looked at Xin Qiji and then at Sun Ziyi.

(End of this chapter)