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Chapter 1265 Required
In fact, many generals had guessed in their hearts that the Ming Dynasty was going to launch an expedition. The only difference was that because the imperial court had been making preparations, no one of them knew how far the imperial court would go.

I don't even know whether it is the west or the north that is to be conquered.

They only knew that the emperor was constantly urging the Beiyang Clothing Factory to produce winter uniforms, and following the feedback from the soldiers and horses stationed in Wulianghai throughout the winter, the winter clothes were further thickened.

The latest winter armor can no longer be called cotton iron armor. Large pieces of tanned bear fur with fur are even used to keep warm in parts that do not affect activities.

Even Wanli doesn't know, but Qi Jiguang does.

Because Wanli asked the eunuch to sit in the Qinglong Army column and sent him several maps of the world from Ottoman, Safi Persia and other countries. , even if it is only the very edge... This edge is from the perspective of Emperor Wanli. In his eyes, the Celestial Dynasty is in the middle, so no matter how these pictures are drawn, they are all at the very edge.

Even if it is only at the very edge of the world, the position of each country on the map is different.

Qi Jiguang didn't have time to pay attention to these maps, which were marked as "Qintan" in Xi'an, "Khitan" in Luoyang, "Song" in Hangzhou, and Ming Dynasty in Guangdong and Fujian.

He only noticed that there is a place called Moscow on the map, and Wanli drew a circle at this position on each map, and attached a few words from the first chapter of the emperor's ancestor's precepts, and a short letter: I can figure it out, The Prince of the Northwest who was confiscated by the Northern Yuan Dynasty is here, and Qi Shuai will report to me everything he needs for planning.

The first few sentences of the attached Huangming Zu Xun are nothing more than about the countries that will not be conquered. Qi Jiguang feels embarrassed when he looks at these countries that are not conquered... But those who were allowed to be conquered by the Emperor Taizu were not conscripted, and the Emperor Taizu refused to let them All of them are enlisted.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang's "unconquered country" and "contested land" are easy to understand. The so-called "unconquered country" is a big circle drawn overseas. The original words: All barbarians in the four directions are limited to mountains and seas, secluded in a corner; obtaining their land is not enough Supply is not enough to get the people to order.If he doesn't know what to do and comes to disturb me, then it will be bad luck.He is not troubled by China, and it is not auspicious for me to raise troops and attack lightly.

That is to say, there are favorable geographical conditions and natural dangers, and they are all poor like ghosts. If they don’t weigh themselves to find trouble, let them be unknown; anyway, they are not our confidantes, and beating them will always kill people, so there is no need.

There is a second half of this sentence: But Hu Rong and the northwest border are close to each other, and they have fought for many years, and they must choose generals to train troops, so they should be prepared carefully.

In fact, what Emperor Taizu said was very cautious and practical, without the arrogance of the young emperor at this age. What is the core meaning of this entire passage?It is destiny.

If the Taizu emperor had the madness of the little emperor, he probably wanted to add a sentence: If you can hit it, swallow it all.

But this is too insecure, and there is no point in sounding the alarm for future generations.

What is destiny?It is the territorial inheritance of the previous dynasty.

The Eastern Han Dynasty class surpassed the Western Regions, why?Managing the Western Regions is an inherent national policy of the Western Han Dynasty, inherited.

The Tang Dynasty basically ignored the Northwest, and only wanted Hami, because it was a martial art of the Sui Dynasty, and there would be a deadlock in his heart, so he had to inherit it.

The Song Dynasty held Yanyun sixteen prefectures for a lifetime, and Yunnan simply ignored it, because the Song Dynasty did not have to consider the Han Dynasty, but had to inherit the Tang Dynasty.

What should be considered in the Ming Dynasty?The territory of the Yuan Dynasty, the meaning of the emperor's ancestral training, the overseas Yuan bandits have tried to do it again, and it is really not easy to do it, so let's not mess with them, and future generations can get as much as possible from the land developed by the previous dynasty. , is enough.

The problem is that the Yuan Dynasty is too big.

What about the Golden Horde, the Ilkhanate, etc., not to mention that Ming Dynasty has searched all over the world and can't find anyone who understands this concept. Not many people in Mongolia even know where it is.

No, Qi Jiguang kicked Tumen Khan's court, confiscated a lot of materials and sent them to the capital for translation. The emperor gathered all the knowledge from all over the world, and finally figured out where the eldest son Xizheng went, but the concept in his mind was not the same. It's not this, it's not the Golden Horde Khanate, it's the Emperor Da Yuan who canonized a Northwest feudal lord there.

When Qi Jiguang received this letter, his troops were underground on the Mongolian plateau.

It was [-] miles east of the north of Guihua City, a place called Yilin, which belonged to [-] households from the left wing of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and there were no trees.

In order to find some firewood for cooking, his troops marched a full [-] miles beyond the plan. His troops had already camped in the wilderness in spring for many days. There is still a lot of luggage, and the soldiers are very tired. They urgently need a camp that can protect them from the wind for a few days before heading to Guihua City.

The land here has surpassed the land of the Ming and Jin Kingdoms, and it is not safe for them. No one can do anything when there are not enough trees. The soldiers can only spend more effort digging out barracks that are sunk in the ground, and the four corners are supported by stone pillars. The car board and the tent cloth of the side box car are used as a roof-the living effect is very bad.

The moisture from the ground will come back up.

Even after receiving the emperor's letter under such circumstances, Qi Jiguang didn't complain about the impossible task assigned by the emperor.

He only thought of some other things. First of all, the underground barracks he dug this time was used in the wrong place. This thing should be used in war. The concealment effect is excellent, and the entire army seems to disappear. Covered with turf, only a head above the ground, the flag army can observe the enemy's situation in the gap, and it looks like a slightly higher grass slope from the outside... The cavalry who delivered the letter didn't notice it, and ran around the camp before being caught. The flag army who was on guard caught him back.

The person who sent the letter didn't notice it, so the concealment must be excellent.

Another point is that Qi Jiguang should be thinking about the emperor's mentality after he found out that the vassal princes sealed by Beiyuan in the northwest were so far away from them.

He expected...it should be like a bolt from the blue, my Great Ming has been passed down for so many generations, and it is actually the Northern and Southern Dynasties?

So it's normal to say something angry in this letter for a while.

Psychologically, Qi Jiguang did not take the emperor's order to dig through Moscow as real, and had a premonition that when the emperor's shame from the Northern and Southern Dynasties disappeared, he would take it back; It is necessary to maintain the status of the emperor's most loyal and hard-working military minister, and patiently work out this plan.

For example, first send people to the north to find out where the mines, salt fields, and forests are located, and then explore west to find valuable land.

To the north, the land for no reason is worthless, and there are not many living people. If there is no value, it will not last long, and it will be empty talk if it cannot be made for a long time.

If there is no mine, then simply pull it down, it will not be able to do this.

With mines, building railways along the line and bringing in miners and herdsmen to work is valuable and beneficial, and the rest will come naturally.

Not to mention, just because Qi Jiguang himself thought that this report would not be implemented, he had no psychological pressure, and made the plan very seriously and presumptuously... As he was doing it, he actually had the illusion that he believed it.

If there is a mine in this place, maybe it can be confiscated?

(End of this chapter)