Even if we take a longer view, the demise of the Ming Dynasty is inseparable from Xuande's shrinking of borders!
The reason why the Jiashen National Disaster occurred during the Chongzhen Year is, to put it bluntly, for two reasons.
One is the financial collapse of the imperial court!
The second is the food shortage caused by natural disasters, which in turn led to large-scale reductions in grain production in various provinces of the Ming Dynasty, which in turn led to the problem of displacement.
As for other problems, they are all caused by scabies.
And if Xuande does not shrink its borders, although these two fundamental problems cannot be solved, they can be alleviated to a certain extent.
If the Ming Dynasty did not give up the old port of Xuanweisi and other places in Nanyang, it could completely make profits through maritime trade and fill the national treasury.
Even if you can't be like Zheng, you can earn tens of millions of taels every year.
Even if one zero is removed, the annual income of several million can greatly alleviate the financial pressure on the court.
The Red River Delta in Annan is well-known as a grain-producing area.
In the entire Southeast Asia, there are many places that can produce two or three crops a year. The climate of the Little Ice Age will not affect Nanyang.
If Chongzhen could use the benefit of sea transportation to transport grain from the south to the north and transport grain from the Southeast to the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, the disasters of the Ming Dynasty would certainly be alleviated to a certain extent.
As long as there are no internal troubles in the Ming Dynasty, it will not be easy for the Manchu and Qing Dynasties to enter the customs!
Therefore, from the perspective of national strategic decision-making, we should not care about temporary profits and losses.
There are many things that you have to do even if you are losing money!
For example, if Ming Dynasty wants to explore Siberia in the future, it will definitely lose money in the short term.
But what about the long run?
The importance of the precious minerals buried beneath Siberia’s permafrost is self-evident.
Zhu Hongyu flipped through the battle report and gave instructions.
"Summon the cabinet ministers to prepare for a meeting to discuss the matter of dealing with the plateau..."
Zhu Hongyu needs to discuss with the cabinet the specific measures for the Ming Dynasty to govern the plateau.
From the current point of view, after the victory of Qamdo, even if the Ming Dynasty cannot eat the entire plateau in one go, the area near the Ming Dynasty in Sichuan, Shu, Yunnan and Guizhou will really have to change its surname to Zhu.
When the time comes, we need to think carefully about how to manage the plateau!
Immigration alone is a big project!
Zhu Hongyu didn't have to wait long before all the adults from the Ming Dynasty cabinet gathered together.
After a morning meeting, Zhu Hongyu finalized the plan to manage the plateau.
This includes religious reform, land redistribution, emancipation of serfs, liquidation of nobles, local changes in customs, etc...
Zhu Hongyu didn't have to wait long before all the Ming Dynasty cabinet officials gathered in the Imperial Study Room.
After Zhu Hongyu ordered people to serve tea, he spoke directly.
"I believe everyone has received the battle report from the plateau!"
"From the current point of view, the development of the plateau is the top priority of the imperial court..."
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North Korea, Incheon Port!
Groups of Ming army elite cavalry galloped outside Incheon City.
The ground trampled by the horses' hooves roared endlessly, and big flags fluttered in the sky.
Not far away, the city of Incheon has long been deserted.
Before the Ming army forward arrived, the main force of the Qing army in Incheon City had already boarded the ship and prepared to cross the sea.
With the recovery of Incheon City, Ming Dynasty finally successfully recovered all of North Korea!
The sun and moon flags are flying high over the entire North Korea!
Groups of Ming army elite cavalry galloped all the way to the seaside, looking at the fleet pulling anchor in the distance and exuding a sense of haste.
Zhao Xi held the reins in one hand and the riding crop in the other, his chest rising and falling violently.
This feeling of riding a horse and whipping a whip to drive barbarians outside the territory, as long as you are a man, you cannot refuse!
"Hahahaha, building a slave is nothing more than that!"
Zhao Xi let out a roar and led his men to gallop on the beach, making strange screams and showing off their power wantonly.
Some people even took out their pre-loaded muskets, pointed their muzzles into the sky and fired.
"Wan Sheng!"
"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"
"..."
Listening to the faint gunshots and shouts coming from the beach in the distance, Kangxi's face became gloomy and scary.
Looking at the Ming cavalry showing off their power on the beach, Kangxi clenched his fists so hard that his sharp nails almost penetrated his flesh.
He secretly swore in his heart that one day, sooner or later, he Aixinjueluo Xuanye would get back all the things he had lost!
"Go at full speed and make repairs after arriving at Tsushima Island!"
Kangxi turned around and gave instructions to Xiao Quanzi who was waiting beside him.
After Kangxi's order was issued, the speed of the Qing fleet increased dramatically.
The sea breeze blew the sails of the ships, and the sand ships, wide ships, bird ships, and canal ships... were loaded with soldiers and grain and headed for Tsushima Island.
The main force of the Qing army repaired on Tsushima Island for several days, and then continued towards Hizen Domain.
Two days later, the main force of the Qing army landed at the dock of Hizen Domain.
Except for Hetai, who was in charge of the frontline war, a large number of Qing generals came to the dock to welcome the arrival of the main force of the Qing Dynasty.
Kangxi and others were welcomed off the ship and then led to the residence of the feudal lord of Hizen Domain.
After the banquet was set, the young Kangxi couldn't help but ask as soon as he sat down.
"My lords, how is the Qing Dynasty's war against Japan going?"
Hearing this, Sony, Ye Bilong, Suk Saha, Jieshu and others in the hall also pricked up their ears.
Although they each have their own news channels, the so-called news channels cannot be accurately explained by frontline generals in person.
"Reporting to the Emperor, judging from the current situation, things went smoothly at the beginning, but now the battle situation has reached a stalemate."
"We, the Qing Dynasty, landed at Hizen Domain and after repairing for a period of time, we launched an attack on the surrounding enemies."
"Lord Hetai will personally take command and conquer the Japanese vassals on Kyushu Island!"
"We successively attacked the two vassals in front of Chiku and behind Chiku, with great results."
"However, after that, as other daimyo on Kyushu Island mobilized their troops and arrived at the front line, the war situation became deadlocked."
"The soldiers and horses on the front line of our army have been unable to achieve a major breakthrough!"
"..."
In fact, if it were a frontal battle, although the Qing army was currently short of troops, it would not lose to the Japanese.
However, the current situation is that the Japanese army is trying its best to avoid fighting with the Qing army outside the city.
Instead, they focused on relying on the terrain and fortifications to defend it!
I want to wait for the troops organized by the Tokugawa Shogunate to arrive on Kyushu Island from Honshu Island, and then find the reality of a decisive battle with the Qing army.
Therefore, the Qing army was unable to open up the situation for a while, and the war situation on the Japanese side fell into a stalemate in a short time.
Hearing this, before Kangxi could speak, Sony, who was sitting at the bottom, couldn't help but speak.
"Go down and let the main force of our army that has completed the landing repair immediately!"
"Be prepared to enter the battlefield at any time!"