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Chapter 476 Give Daming 20 Years, Make Daming Great Again
The year passed with the sound of firecrackers, and as the wheel of history entered the new year of 1663, Zhu Shuren's road to power finally entered a new era.

The new emperor Zhu Ciyu changed the Yuan Dynasty, amnesty the world, and announced that the land tax for one year would be exempted, so as to show kindness to the people and win over the loyalty of the subjects of the world to the new emperor.

In order to achieve a smooth transition of power and avoid side effects, Zhu Shuren did not plan any further expansion in the first few years of his full power as assistant to the government.It is only to further invest energy in internal management and digest the new territory established in the past few years.

Of course, Daming doesn't plan to expand immediately, which doesn't mean that he doesn't have reasons and excuses for expansion.

In fact, because in the first five months after Zhu Ciyu took the throne last year, many thieves sprang up, pretending to be various clans and messing around, and they were later suppressed.This series of events actually gave Daming some opportunities to mobilize troops abroad.

Because of those rebels who were wiped out in remote areas, although the leaders were captured and killed by the imperial court, among the remnants that were defeated, there were always some secondary remnants, or bandits and barbarian chieftains who were used by the rebels temporarily. , chose to escape from the border of the Ming Dynasty, and go to a place where the direct rule of the Ming Dynasty is still relatively weak to survive.

This kind of choice is also very normal. Since ancient times, if the losers in the struggle for hegemony and rebellion in the Central Plains have not been killed, the final result is generally "either go north or go south."

Specific to the situation facing the Ming Dynasty in the 1660s, because the Rongdi in the Northeast had been cleaned up, there was no way for the remnants of the Ming rebels to hide, so the fugitive bandits in the north could only hide in the northwestern Oirat Mongolian forces like the Junggar tribe. .

The anti-thief forces in the south broke up the remnants, and they might also hide in border chieftains in Vietnam and Myanmar.These are all very normal things.

Regardless of the history of the original time and space, Burma in this era seems to be able to help Li Dingguo hide the Yongli regime, but the motive of the Burmese people is not because of "loyalty to Ming Dynasty", but because they need a force to contain the Central Plains Dynasty to consolidate their power in the border The rule of the land, and fight for more chieftain territories in Yunnan.

Therefore, even if the dynasty in the Central Plains is not Qing, it is still Ming.When rebels appeared in the Ming Dynasty and fled to the southwest after failure, the Burmese could still tentatively hide in a low-key manner, or pretend to be ignorant and settle in those chieftain territories in Yunnan that had not yet been reformed.

As for Vietnam, it has always had an enmity with Daming. Zhu Di went to fight in the early Ming Dynasty, but he couldn't take it in the end.The Vietnamese knew that the Ming Dynasty would not deal with them, and the Ming Dynasty rebels were willing to join them. As long as they were not discovered, the Vietnamese would definitely dare to take them in.

If the news passed and Da Ming didn't react, then they would become more and more courageous, and even have a wave of illusions, thinking that this matter is over.

At the end of last year, because the new monarch had not yet changed the Yuan, and at that time, the Ming army in various places was still focusing on searching and killing the remnants of the rebels in the country, so there was no time to pay attention to the problem of the rebels fleeing abroad.

At the beginning of the new year, some eager generals felt that the internal affairs of the Ming Dynasty had been stabilized, so they began to secretly write to the Nanjing court, stating the latest evidence and intelligence they had collected about the escape of the rebels, and also roughly described the scale of the fleeing rebels. , I hope that the imperial court can order a counterattack, chase across the border, or at least condemn the surrounding countries that took in the Ming rebels and let them hand over the traitors.

In addition, the situation of individual rebels in the northwest region taking refuge in Junggar and other Oirat Mongolia is not urgent, because they dare not come back after they run away. The northwest is sparsely populated and has no contact with the actual control area of ​​Ming Dynasty.

In the southwest, the situation is more complicated, because the border between Yunnan, Burma, and Vietnam is not a no-man's land, but high mountains and dense forests, and the harsh tropical rainforest environment makes it difficult for people from the Central Plains to survive there.

However, those rebels who fled to the Chieftain's territory that had not been completely controlled might still cross the border and return to Daming land to plunder supplies due to lack of supplies when the southwestern Daming frontier army neglected to take precautions.Even if they dare not attack the prefectures and counties stationed by Liuguan, at least they can deal with those good chieftains who have completely surrendered to Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, even if the border troops of the Ming Dynasty in the southwest did not receive orders from the imperial court, they occasionally had to adapt to the situation and defend themselves and counterattack against enemies who violated the territory or invaded the pro-Ming chieftain.

Now Zhu Shuren is mainly Li Dingguo who stays in the southwestern border - Li Dingguo was also dragged to the Northeast during the war to destroy the Qing Dynasty. He participated in many wars and made great achievements. Arrived at the edge of Yunnan town.

In the subsequent liquidation of Fusang, the prosecution of the Fusang people for annexing Ryukyu, and the fact that the Ainu people violated the Ming trade embargo and sold Hokkaido rice seeds to the puppet Qing. Zheng Chenggong, Zhang Mingzhen and Chen Jinnan took it away.Zhu Shuren has always firmly insisted on putting Li Dingguo in Yunnan and not moving him.

Because of this, Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Mingzhen finally became dukes, but Li Dingguo always only maintained the marquis at the end of the Qing Dynasty.

Now three or four years have passed since the battle against Fusang, of course, Li Dingguo also has a desire to make achievements and make progress in his heart, so he is very active when there is a slight disturbance in the southwest.

For small-scale counterattacks, as long as there is conclusive evidence to prove that other countries did strike first, the frontier generals have the power of discretion.

Li Dingguo is still very powerful in the military. He crossed the border and entered Myanmar twice, and pursued along the upper reaches of the Red River Valley in Yunnan and entered Vietnam once downstream.

The kill-to-injury exchange ratio is very good. Basically, thousands of enemies are killed each time, and the damage on the battlefield of one's own side is only one or two hundred.It's a pity that the troops are still not used to fighting in the tropical rainforest, and the non-combat attrition at the end is still at least three to five times the combat attrition.

On average, about 1000 people died in every battle, and more than [-] fell ill due to tropical diseases—the only fortunate thing is that most of the wounded who fell ill with tropical diseases were not fatal. If he can recover, he will be able to recover his combat effectiveness in more than half a year.

Regarding the pursuit requested by Li Dingguo, after the memorial was sent to Nanjing, Zhu Shuren personally reprimanded him, told him not to act rashly, and that he was not allowed to pursue the pursuit out of the country in the future, and secretly promised him that he would not be in a hurry, and the court would naturally deal with it in a few years. Excuse expired".

After Li Dingguo understood the deep meaning of the regent, he finally realized that he was indeed in a hurry. Before the court was fully prepared, the lives of some soldiers were wasted in vain. He also quickly replied that he would not miss the court's overall situation. In the future, he must restrain himself and wait for the order. He is willing to be fined for one year to show his remorse.

After all, one of the excuses that Daming used to deal with Fusang was that Ezo colluded with the puppet Qing Dynasty, but when did Daming cash in on this excuse of declaring war?It was five years after the puppet Qing Dynasty was completely destroyed!Hauge has been dead for five years!

It is because when the Ming Dynasty just destroyed the Qing Dynasty, the national power was consumed too much, and the people hoped for peace too much. It was necessary to follow the public opinion to strengthen internal cohesion and give the people a rest.

After such a long time, Daming went to find out the old account, but the Fusang people didn't say anything, so there is no need to rush this kind of thing!
Now that the new king has just ascended the throne and changed his name to the first year, why is Li Dingguo so anxious?Even if we waited until the late emperor said in the last edict, "Wait until the new emperor reaches the weak crown and formally take charge of the government", it would only have to wait for four years, which is one year less than when we dealt with Fusang.

The relevant excuses are definitely still within the "statute of limitations".

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Although the enemies on the southwestern frontier could not be dealt with for the time being, Li Dingguo's appearance could be regarded as a wake-up call for Zhu Shuren, setting off the alarm clock and making him realize where the next enemy of Ming Dynasty should appear.

Junggar and other Oirat Mongolia do not need to worry for the time being.Historically, the Qing Dynasty’s three expeditions to Galdan were all in the 1690s. It was in Yaksa that they first fought a battle with the Raksha people and signed a treaty to stabilize the Raksha people.

But even if the conflict between Daming and Oirat Mongolia will be advanced now, it is estimated that it will be advanced to 1678, because in history Galdan began to annex Khalkha Mongolia in 1678, and pursued into the Eastern Mongolia area that was actually controlled by the Central Plains Dynasty. The Central Plains dynasty clashed.

Even if there is a butterfly effect in this life, for example, because Galdan took in a few remnants of the Ming rebels who rebelled when Zhu Ciyu ascended the throne in advance, which caused his strength to expand in advance, or he accepted a few more military technologies from Daming in advance, and he died because of fear. Intensify the chain of suspicion.

Well, this timeline may not be too much earlier, at least in history, Galdan came to power only in 1670 because his brother, Gehun Taiji, was killed due to internal strife.In the first two or three years after he took office, he was still busy with the Junggar civil war and clearing out the internal enemies who murdered his brother.So the fastest and the fastest, the conflict between Galdan and Ming is unlikely to erupt before 1673, and the high probability will be after 1675.

The monk Ge Huntaiji who is in power now in the Junggar tribe is far less ambitious than his younger brother, and he is not very strong in dealing with internal opponents.

If Ming can detonate and kill Galdan's threat to the Central Plains dynasty in the bud in advance, then it can reverse the situation by first solving the Junggar tribe, taking the Xinjiang area and northwest Gansu into its pocket, and then turning around to deal with Luo The pressure of Shaguo outside the Northeast——

Historically, the Manchus have been procrastinating and did not dare to provoke Galdan, until the threat of Rakshasa in the Northeast has also grown, and then they can only catch the big and let go of the small, be patient on one side, and sign a treaty to admit The interests of the Raksha people concentrated their strength against Galdan.

Now Zhu Shuren must not allow this tragedy to repeat itself. What he wants is to maim or even destroy Galdan before the Raksha people invade Yaksa, so as to create a time difference to ensure that the Raksha people will not be able to pull other people when they attack in the future. Help them contain Daming's allies.

In this way, relying on his understanding of the general trend of history, Zhu Shuren roughly sorted out a timetable for the external strategy to be deployed in the next ten years:

In the first four years after the new king ascended the throne, he continued to farm and keep a low profile, focusing on maintaining the stable transition of power at the center of the imperial court. This is the most fundamental core interest.
All the diseases of the frontier groundworm must not harm this fundamental interest.As long as there is no new civil strife and civil war in the Central Plains, the most fundamental and hard truth is to allow the people to live and work in peace and contentment to farm and resume production.

Four years later, the local forces in Myanmar and Vietnam that dared to accommodate the rebels who fled across the border from Ming Dynasty could be liquidated first.

But because these things are not big, if the people in power in Myanmar and Vietnam are willing to change their ways, cede land and pay compensation, and give Daming a few strategically important coastal supply ports to facilitate Daming’s Southeast Asian trade routes, then Daming will They can be forgiven, but it is not necessary to destroy the country.

After all, before the modernization of science and technology, tropical rainforest areas were really not suitable for large-scale colonization and reclamation.Although the local fields have plenty of rain, because of the abundant rain, too many nutrients have been washed away, and the fertility of the land is not good. Even if the crops can be grown three times a year, the yield of each season is pitifully low.

Before large-scale use of chemical fertilizers or artificial fertilizers, these areas were not suitable for large-scale Han people's land reclamation development.So as long as you help Daming get the benefits of sea power, and take down the major navigation nodes in the "Great Navigation Era" games such as Jiading (Saigon), Beida Nian, and Malacca, which have port cities in the game, the initial layout of Southeast Asia will be fine. Let’s talk about the rotten land in the inland slowly, and the dense forests in the mountains will be worthless within 200 years.

This year is 1663, and until 1666 is the recuperation period for the new emperor of Ming Dynasty before taking office.So the earliest time to start the war should be 1667.

Considering that something might happen to Galdan as early as 1673, after Ming started to do it in 1667, he had to announce the end of the pursuit of Burma and Vietnam before 1670, and then repair for two or three years to start guarding Galdan.

Once Galdan reveals the slightest bit of ambition, then Daming will be able to dig out the old accounts accumulated today, or do it in 1674, and it should not exceed 1678 at the latest (Galdan also took the initiative to deal with the Qing Dynasty in this year in history. control area), and then the complete eradication of Galdan must not exceed 1680.

Moreover, Zhu Shuren's plan for the Junggar tribe must be completely annexed, and it is impossible to cede land first like Myanmar and Vietnam.After all, Galdan is ambitious and will pose a threat to the Central Plains Dynasty, which belongs to the nature of "Mongolian nomads who have threatened the Central Plains since ancient times".

More importantly, as a time traveler, Zhu Shuren must have a preconceived blueprint in his heart. He feels that the future generations are already part of the territory of China.

If in the direction of Xinjiang, the scope of territory that the Ming Dynasty gets in the future is not as good as that of the Qing Dynasty, then Zhu Shuren will definitely feel that he has failed.

Even if the Ming emperor before Zhu Shuren really couldn't get his hands on the Xinjiang area, since he came, he must take it, and at least hit the Balkhash Lake Basin (in history, it was ceded in the 1860s by the Qing Dynasty, and now belongs to Kazakhstan)
After 1680, when the problems in Junggar and Xinjiang were completely resolved, Zhu Shuren could devote all of Ming's external attention to guarding against the Raksha people's temptations in the Northeast against the Yaksa region throughout the 80s.

After a careful calculation, Zhu Shuren has roughly scheduled his external schedule for the next 20 years. Every time he is famous, every time he will be "whoever offends my strong man will be punished even if he is far away", instead of taking the initiative to resort to military action .

In the first seven years, even the preparations for farming were left to Burma and Vietnam; in the second seven years, the company was prepared to mobilize the military, and left to Junggar; in the third seven years, it was left to Rakshasa.

As for the future, Zhu Shuren can't think clearly for the time being. After all, those who have no history to copy, all the main foreign enemies that threatened the Central Plains in parallel time and space in the 18th century have already been beaten over and over again.

And 20 years later, Zhu Shuren will be 63, and he doesn't know if he can live longer. How can he think so far now.It's better to allocate more energy to educate the next generation, don't mess around, optimize and improve the mechanism of power operation, and the rest will follow the flow.

(End of this chapter)