Chapter 1047, Ming's policy towards Eastern Europe
In the military camp stationed at Xijigang, Huo Ying and Tian Erniu were carefully reading the orders and letters sent from the Ming headquarters thousands of miles away.
Because Nanyun Province is too far away from the Ming Dynasty, information transmission is too slow. It often takes about half a year to transmit information. This is only implemented under the fast and effective post system of the Ming Dynasty. If
Without a fast and efficient way station, it will take longer.
"The imperial court's action on immigration is as fast as ever. This time the imperial court has organized another million immigrants. They are all on their way now. It is estimated that they will almost be able to reach Nanyun Province by winter."
Huo Ying chatted with Tian Erniu with a smile on his face.
The biggest problem in Nanyun Province now is that there are no Han people here at all. If you just rely on the army to garrison, there is no way to control and rule in depth in many places.
Therefore, it is necessary to immigrate. The first batch of one million immigrants has also been drawn from the local provinces and is immigrating to Nanyun Province. Also coming with them are the officials appointed by the imperial court to Nanyun Province.
"Immigration is necessary, but after the immigrants arrive in Nanyun Province, how to ensure their personal and property safety requires you to worry about it, Mr. Hou."
"This place is different from the Golden Continent. The indigenous people in the Golden Continent have basically accepted us now, and they also firmly believe that we, the Ming people, are one family, but their ancestors were expelled to the Golden Continent because they offended the gods.
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"Relying on this method, we Ming people don't have to worry about our safety here in Golden Continent, and the local people are happy to marry us Ming people."
Tian Erniu shared the policies he implemented in Golden Continent with a smile.
It can be said to be very successful.
Relying on religion and belief, they successfully eliminated hostility and established the Ming people's concept of a more noble identity, which played a vital role in the Ming Dynasty's rule in Golden Continent.
"Mr. Tian is very talented. With Mr. Tian's methods, we can completely capture such a huge Golden Continent almost without a single blow. I heard that there are millions of new-born children in the Golden Continent alone."
Naturally, Huo Ying had heard about Huangjinzhou a long time ago and admired Tian Erniu very much.
"Haha~"
"This is not a policy that I came up with. This is a countermeasure that Mr. Liu came up with. I am just responsible for implementing it."
Tian Erniu smiled and shook his head.
"Young Master Liu is worthy of being a son of a noble man. He is far-sighted and far-sighted, far beyond what I can hope to achieve."
When Huo Ying heard this, he couldn't help but sigh.
Then he took out the document sent to him by the imperial court and said: "The imperial court is also considering how to handle the relations between various regions and countries around Nanyun Province."
"It said above that we should be sufficiently vigilant against the Ottoman Empire and the Persian Empire. It is best to allow the two to fight against each other for a long time, and help whoever is weak. We must not form a situation where one family is the only one."
"In terms of policies to the west and north of the Black Sea, the imperial court's intention is to make good use of the Crimean Khanate and other khanates that splintered from the Golden Horde, and always maintain plunder and plunder in Eastern Europe. It is not allowed to
The emergence of powerful countries in Eastern Europe threatens our Ming Dynasty's interests in this region."
"In the area from the northern Caucasus to the east of the Ural Mountains, the imperial court wants us to continuously encroach on this area through various means and eventually eliminate all the khanates in this area, including the Kazakh Khanate."
After hearing Huo Ying's words, Tian Er Newton began to think deeply, thought for a while and said: "There is a very long-term conflict between the Ottoman Empire and the Persian Empire. Even if we do not need to provoke it, it is impossible for them to live in peace with each other.
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"However, there is still a gap between the strength of the Persian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. Even though the Ottoman Empire was greatly damaged by our attack this time and suffered heavy losses, it is still stronger than the Persian Empire, so in a short period of time
Therefore, we still need to provide some help and support to the Persian Empire."
"As for Eastern Europe, if you want to suppress this area for a long time, I'm afraid you have to make good use of the Crimean Khanate. The Crimean Khanate has the habit and tradition of catching slaves."
"If we can support their slave-hunting operations and continue to plunder Eastern Europe for a long time, we can naturally suppress the development of Eastern Europe."
"Haha, I think so too~"
"Now the Crimean Khanate has rebelled against the Ottoman Empire again. They must be eager to find new partners, and we will just replace them."
"The meaning above is almost the same. We are required not only to buy their slaves at high prices, but also to provide them with weapons and equipment, bows, arrows and gunpowder, so that they can plunder Eastern Europe to their heart's content."
Huo Ying immediately smiled and said.
"This must be a strategy that Mr. Liu came up with. If it is sour and rotten, it must be benevolent, righteous and moral."
After hearing this, Tian Erniu thought about it and said with certainty.
"This must be a policy thought up by Mr. Liu, but I don't understand. These countries in Eastern Europe are all very small and have not formed any powerful countries at all. In fact, we don't need to pay too much attention to it.
In Western Europe, these countries are developing very fast now."
Huo Ying nodded, thought for a while and said with some confusion.
"Young Master Liu should be considering the security of our Ming Dynasty's borders. The North Caucasus region and the area east of the Ural Mountains should be included in our Ming Dynasty's territory in the future."
"This place is far away from the Ming Dynasty, so travel is inconvenient, and there are few Han people. If you want to rule here for a long time, you must persist in immigration and at the same time suppress your opponents and reduce competitors as much as possible."
"It's just that in my opinion, these grassland people may be a bigger threat than the Eastern Europeans."
Tian Erniu said after pondering for a while.
"I think so too, but Mr. Liu has always had a long-term vision and can see things that we can't see."
Huo Ying thought for a while and agreed, but also expressed admiration for Liu Jin's vision.
Of course they didn't know that Liu Jin had traveled through time in later generations. Anyone who has lived through history knows that although there doesn't seem to be any powerful country in Eastern Europe now, a polar bear slowly grew up in the back.
The Rus, who were now plundered by the Crimean Tatars, slowly grew into a powerful empire that shocked the world. They not only conquered the Crimean Khanate, but even advanced all the way eastward, almost conquering
All the territory once owned by the Mongol Empire was included in its own territory.
Obviously, Liu Jin would never allow the rise of the Rus, and would not allow such a powerful country to affect the Ming Dynasty's rule here, and supporting the Crimean Khanate to plunder Eastern Europe was naturally a very
Simple and effective method.
You must know that historically, the Crimean Khanate has plundered this region for a long time. During its more than two hundred years of history, it plundered millions of people from Eastern Europe. This is why Eastern Europe has always been less important than Western Europe.
reason.
It was not until later that the rise of the Principality of Muscovy gradually reversed the situation. Of course, a very important reason was because of the rise of firearms, which gradually replaced cold weapons. Otherwise, the Principality of Muscovy might not have been able to rise.
Liu Jin, who is aware of the future development trend, will naturally not be afraid of the Tatars riding war horses and holding scimitars. On the contrary, the Russians have more potential and deserve more vigilance.
"Dang~dang~"
At this time, bursts of bells were heard, and soon the sound of commotion was heard in the West Pole Port.
"what happened?"
Huo Ying and Tian Erniu heard the sound, stopped talking, and looked outside in surprise.
Soon someone came over in a hurry to report: "Report, there are two Crimean Tatar ships heading towards the West Pole Port. The local Caucasians are very frightened and have become a mess."
When Huo Ying heard this, he stood up immediately.
"Send the order, gather immediately and maintain order~"
"Send a small boat and ask the Tartars what they are here for."
"Yes~"
After saying the order, Huo Ying and Tian Erniu hurried out of the military camp and came to the port. They picked up the binoculars and quickly saw the two ships clearly.
"These are two Ottoman ships, but the flags flying are not the Ottoman crescent flag."
Tian Erniu had seen all kinds of ships, and he recognized these two ships at once.
"They probably didn't come here to plunder. It's probably because the Crimean Khanate knew about the existence of our Ming Dynasty, so they sent people here to contact us."
Then Tian Erniu also said with great certainty.
"I think so too~"
"Look at these Caucasian people. They are all so scared. It seems they are really afraid of being robbed by them."
Huo Ying nodded slightly, then pointed at the panicked Caucasians in the port, and immediately couldn't help laughing.
"The Tatars are famous for threshing valleys, and the Caucasians have always been their most important threshing valleys. They are the targets of plunder, so it is normal to be afraid."
Tian Erniu smiled slightly. With the appearance of the Ming army in the port, the order quickly stabilized. The Caucasian people who were originally frightened also became calm after seeing the Ming army, but there were still some people who were quickly picking up the slack.
, took his wife and children with him and prepared to hide in the mountains.
The small boat sent out soon came back and reported to Huo Ying and Tian Erniu.
As the two expected, the two ships were here for business and not for robbery. As the news spread, the originally frightened locals slowly calmed down and then looked at the port curiously.
, looked at the Tatar ship heading towards the port, and looked at the Tatars on the ship with a little fear.
At the same time, they also wanted to see how the Ming people dealt with their relations with the Tatars.