The Ming Dynasty did not revolutionize

Chapter 376 No More Need for Proclamation
On the first day of October in the twenty-fourth year of Ming Dynasty, a specially simplified and adjusted surrender ceremony was held in the isolation zone of the Peninsula blockade closest to the Port of Mumbai.

Liu Biao, the governor of the Indian war zone of the Ming Dynasty, accepted the personal surrender of the royal family, nobles, and officials of Shun State on behalf of the Ming court.

Prince Li Qianguang of Shun surrendered to the Ming Dynasty on behalf of the Shun royal family and court.

The two sides were separated by a transparent glass curtain wall, and Li Qianguang knelt down and presented Shun State's seal, map, golden book and other tokens of royal power.

Of course, there is a high probability that these things are fine, and they are basically safe as long as they are disinfected.

But for the sake of safety, Liu Biao did not allow anyone to have direct contact with the specimen for the time being. The specimen was placed in a sealed glass box on site and kept by the Plague Department of the Governor-General's Office of the Ming Dynasty's India War Zone.

After the ceremony, Li Qianguang and other parties from the Shun State were still required to continue living in the quarantine area and were still unable to leave in the short term.

Li Qianguang and others have lived in the quarantine area for a period of time. Especially after understanding the management methods and cleaning requirements of the quarantine area, they have actually gradually settled down.

They have been listening to epidemic prevention and control classes on the radio these days and have already understood the real principles of plague outbreaks and spread.

Then they all knew that although the place they were in was not the safest place in the world, it was already the safest place in India.

Compared with people outside India, they are individuals with potential transmission risks, so they will not be allowed to move freely outside.

Although they cannot leave now, anyone who is at risk cannot come into contact with them.

Even if they are people coming from inland India, as long as they are not in the same group of people who came with them, they will also be considered as people with the risk of cross infection.

Each group of people coming out together must be managed individually.

They are still not infected with the plague, so there is a high probability that they will not be infected again in the future. Even if they are infected with other diseases, the doctors in the Ming Dynasty can treat them.

If they could get sick in a place like this, they would probably die soon after they got out.

Moreover, the area around their quarantine zone has become a construction site, and Ming soldiers and craftsmen are rapidly expanding various living facilities.

On the bright side, they will become more and more comfortable living here, and the tents and various temporary facilities will gradually be replaced by normal building facilities, making them safer and more stable.

To think of the worst, they may not be able to leave in the future, and the Ming Dynasty may simply build a closed town here to imprison them.

When they surrendered, they knew that their final fate would probably be house arrest. They could move freely within a certain range, but most likely would not be able to leave a specific area.

Although this result is not good now, I have already prepared myself mentally and can only accept the reality.

The speculations of Li Qianguang and others were basically correct. Zhu Jianxuan had indeed directly instructed Liu Biao to slowly push the blockade line into the interior of India while continuously building isolation zones and gradually turning them into resettlement areas.

Each isolation area houses dozens to hundreds of people, with relatively even distances between them.

In the process of advancing the blockade line, the nobles, officials, surrendered generals and soldiers of the Shun State were gathered and organized into the form of military farms and garrisons.

Each resident of a hundred-household unit was settled in a small semi-enclosed residential area.

After a period of observation and confirmation that there were no dangerous sources of infection among them, they began to be responsible for cultivating the land around the residential area.

However, even after basic safety is confirmed, it must continue to be managed in the form of military settlements.

It is still prohibited for people from different households to travel freely, and this semi-closed management state will continue for at least the next three years.

By the time Liu Biao's troops completely take over the Indian Peninsula, the entire inland land and remaining population of India will be reorganized in this form to establish a new management system.

The old ruling group in the Indian region had been continuously purged during and after the Shun Kingdom's conquest of the Indian peninsula.

The original Brahmins and Kshatriyas were basically wiped out in this process.

Except for the ruling group of Shun State from Shenzhou and Mongolia, other ethnic groups in India were unified and became civilians of Shun State.

However, the vast majority of ordinary Indians still live in their hometowns, and the network of relationships between ordinary people in the local area has not been completely subverted by the Shun Kingdom court.

This time, the Ming Dynasty's conquest of Shun State will completely subvert the network of relationships among all ordinary people.

Most of the Indians would be killed or injured in the plague, and most of the rest would have already fled their homes and were wandering aimlessly.

Even those who stayed in their hometowns would be driven away by the army when the Ming Dynasty took over, and would go to a new place to start a completely different life.

In this process, India's existing social customs and original traditional culture will be completely destroyed.

The news that Li Qianguang and others surrendered on behalf of Shun State was sent to the capital through a report compiled by Liu Biao, and was made public after being reviewed by the Honglu Temple and the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

It then spread rapidly throughout the world via the public telegraph system.

Newspapers, radio and other information channels in Ming Dynasty and around the world immediately spread the news to ordinary people after receiving it.

The broadcasting system directly inserts temporary news for special introductions, and newspapers also directly compile temporary articles and print special editions.

With the help of the telegraph system, new news can spread around the world in just one or two days.

The middle class and above who pay attention to world affairs and news get the news only one or two days later than the emperor.

After seeing this news, the officials, intellectuals, businessmen, and craftsmen in Shenzhou were inexplicably excited.

Many people go out to parties directly after get off work, and many people have extra meals and drinks at home.

For the people of the Ming Dynasty, Shun State was the last organization with the characteristics of the Shenzhou Dynasty besides the Ming court.

Although Shunguo had basically given up, he was still the last potential contender for the throne and the orthodox Mandate of Heaven, or at least had participated.

The formal surrender of Shun State meant that they had completely given up the fight.

The key is to formally incorporate the broad border areas of Shenzhou, such as the Western Regions and the Snow Region, into his own ruling area.

The Ming Dynasty truly and thoroughly unified the world in the traditional understanding of the Shenzhou people, and finally made up for the last flaw of itself as the Shenzhou Celestial Empire.
For the new generation of Ming people, the new concept of the world in their cognition, that is, the entire world or the entire earth, is now basically unified.

Now in the whole world, there are only a handful of countries that still maintain their so-called independent status.

Sweden, which still rules Finland, and Denmark, which is still in a union with Norway, plus Spain and England.

Britain is nominally an independent country, but Charlotte, the only daughter of the British Crown Prince Regent, has married the son of the Ming Emperor.

When Charlotte ascends the throne, Britain will become a de facto vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, the British ruling group had already compromised with the Ming Dynasty and had actually begun the process of gradually integrating into the Ming system.

Currently, there are only three truly independent countries: Spain, Denmark and Sweden.

Because of the existence of this behemoth Ming Dynasty, and because its influence in the world was growing larger and stronger, especially the wars against Portugal, Spain, and France, the pressure on European countries was too great.

After the end of the European War, the struggles between European countries gradually stagnated, and the few remaining independent countries entered a state of mutual assistance. Therefore, Norway was not taken away by Sweden as in history, and Finland was not taken away by Russia, and it still belongs to Sweden.

Iceland is still a colony of the United Kingdom of Denmark and Norway.

However, the vast majority of people in the Ming Dynasty did not take these so-called independent countries seriously, and took it for granted that they were places that could be conquered by a single order.

With Napoleon and Austria as positive examples and Russia and the Ottoman Empire as negative examples, these countries should know how to choose.

Moreover, these countries were either remote and cold, or most of the land was desolate and barren, and the Ming Dynasty had no interest in these places.

The Ming Dynasty did not need to directly control their land and population. It only needed to require them to submit as vassal states for the sake of its status as the common ruler of the world.

Only someone who is truly stupid would go all out to fight against the Ming army for the sake of nominal independence.

Even the countries led by Spain think so.

They may not even need to spread the word.

Inside the Royal Palace in Madrid, King Ferdinand VII of Spain sat behind his desk and glanced at the news presented by his secretary.

Then he simply closed his eyes and fell into a long silence.

Spain had just fought a war with the Ming Dynasty before the European war. It directly ceded all of its American colonies and then signed an armistice agreement with the Ming Dynasty.

If the current world situation is still one where there are independent countries everywhere in the world, then Spain, which has already ceded America, will not become the target of the Ming Dynasty.

But now the situation is just the opposite.

The Ming Dynasty already had the psychological intention of completely conquering the entire world, so any existing independent country could be its target.

There is no need for any special reason, just the simple desire to conquer is enough.

Even as potential targets, countries like Spain themselves do not think there is anything wrong with this.

A few years ago, when Russia, Shunde and the Ottoman Empire united and prepared to launch an armed struggle against the Ming Dynasty, the three Spanish countries all had a glimmer of fantasy.

If the Ming Dynasty was stuck in a stalemate on the battlefields of these three countries, they would have a chance to continue to maintain their current independent status quo.

But unfortunately, the facts are completely contrary to their fantasies.

After the war officially started, the Ottoman Empire was destroyed on the spot. In the autumn of the following year, the entire Russian territory fell, and Shun State also chose to surrender shortly afterwards.

According to traditional concepts of warfare, this speed was too fast, like being killed by a single blow in a duel.

Although Fernando was not a wise man, he definitely did not think that he was capable of being compared with Russia, not to mention that Spain had already suffered from the iron fist of the Ming Dynasty.

This is a fact that everyone takes for granted and does not require any special discussion or analysis.

At the same time, the Ming Dynasty has begun to implement a trade control system in recent years, and trade with independent countries such as Spain has been basically cut off.

In addition, Spain itself had lost income from its colonies, and the kingdom's financial situation had completely collapsed.

Various local social problems have no room for concealment or buffering and continue to erupt.

Now the whole country of Spain is sitting on a powder keg, and civil unrest or rebellion may break out again at any time.

Fernando came to power with the support of the rioting people, and if he cannot solve or contain the problems, he will most likely step down in the same way.

But Fernando was also unable to solve these problems.

The killing of Godoy, who was recognized as a traitor, only temporarily suppressed the surging public opinion, but the problem itself still existed.

Fernando closed his eyes and remained silent for a long time, then ordered his main ministers to come to the palace for a meeting.

After the ministers entered the palace, the meeting began. There was no heated discussion because what Spain could do now was already on the table.

Just refer to a few other European countries.

Countries such as the Netherlands and Austria became vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, either actively or passively, before the direct war of confrontation, and were in a semi-independent state after joining.

Apart from providing convenience to the Ming army and personnel and not actively violating the laws of the Ming court, there is not much difference from the time of independence.

For example, the Ottoman Sultan surrendered after his capital was raided and captured after the war officially began, and he only had the status of a landless noble.

In countries like Russia and the Shunzhi Empire, which persisted to the end in war, the princes and nobles ended up with nothing.

So a group of people listed the situations of various countries, and Ferdinand VII directly ordered to start contacting the Honglu Temple of the Ming Dynasty and formally apply to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

The Nordic countries on the other side reacted a little faster than the Spaniards.

They were originally closer to the battlefield, especially Russia, a giant country that had once fought a life-and-death battle with them, but was now completely destroyed by the Ming Dynasty in just one year.

The impact of this incident on them was enormous.

At the same time, the current King of Hanover, Zhu Jingjian, the King of Han of the Ming Dynasty, is also a famous madman. In recent years, he has been waging war in Hanover.

In addition, several other vassal kings appointed by the Ming Dynasty in the German region have publicly expressed their interest in several independent countries in Northern Europe.

Once the Ming Dynasty has sorted out the internal situation in Russia, it will be a natural thing for it to send troops to several Nordic countries.

After receiving the news, the Nordic countries took some time to think about it, mainly to coordinate their internal interests, and then made a decision similar to that of the Spanish.

Now they all know that if they actively join forces, they can preserve their status and interests, but if they are defeated on the battlefield, they will have nothing.

Instead of waiting to be beaten, which will 100% guarantee a bad loss, it is better to take the initiative.

At this point in time, the British, who were in a semi-independent state, were also caught in another dilemma.

The British began to consider whether to continue with the existing plan and wait for Princess Charlotte to ascend the throne to become a de facto vassal state.

It is better to be more proactive now and become a formal vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, rather than a de facto one.

If the established plan goes according to plan, Britain might nominally become the last country to join the Ming Dynasty.

According to the current attitude of the Ming Dynasty towards its vassal states, it will obviously distinguish between close and distant relatives.

Wouldn't Britain be at the bottom?

(End of this chapter)