Chapter 1889, must give some color to the Ottoman Empire
"My dear friends, what do you think of this?"
Emperor Hongzhi quickly read Jin Gui's memorial, then looked at the ministers and asked.
"Your Majesty, I think we must show some color to the Ottoman Empire and let them know how powerful and powerful our Ming Empire is, so that they will not dare to be disrespectful to our Ming Empire."
"Now you want to tear up the conditions of the past. This is a provocation to the majesty of our Ming Empire. The whole world is watching our Ming Empire's reaction."
"Once we ignore the provocation of the Ottoman Empire, the majesty of our Ming Empire will be gone, which will greatly damage the interests of our Ming Empire."
Cheng Guogong Zhu Fu was the first to stand up. As a representative of the military generals group and the Ming Dynasty's military, he was an absolute hawk. He had always advocated tough foreign policy and would never allow anyone to challenge the Ming Empire.
In order to gain majesty and interests, they advocate external expansion to obtain more land and living space.
The military is very eager to fight abroad, because not only can it make achievements, but it can also make a fortune. All the participants in the war have a share in the slaves they capture, the money they grab, the war compensation, the land, etc.
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Often when a war is fought, all the soldiers who participate in the war become rich overnight. Now in the newly expanded land of the Ming Dynasty, a lot of land is rewarded to these soldiers who have made great contributions.
For example, here in Black Earth Province, a large number of soldiers received rewards, including land, slaves, cattle, horses, sheep, money, etc., and many people suddenly became rich overnight.
"Hmm~"
Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly with satisfaction.
"Your Majesty, I think what Duke Cheng Guo said is true!"
"After years of rest and recuperation, the Ottoman Empire has gradually recovered and become stronger. It has successively defeated the Ottoman Empire and the Egyptian coalition forces in the Mesopotamia, and fought evenly with the European coalition forces in the west."
"This makes the Ottoman Empire think that it is powerful internally. In addition, the current Sultan Selim I of the Ottoman Empire is a monarch who advocates external expansion and toughness, so he is now very tough externally."
"At the same time, they are constantly testing and provoking our Ming Empire, trying to refuse to fulfill the agreement signed that year, and even trying to provoke our Ming Empire."
"If our Ming Dynasty does not respond in any way and allows the Ottoman Empire to provoke wantonly, this will only encourage the arrogance of the Ottoman Empire and damage the majesty and interests of our Ming Empire."
"I believe that the Ottoman Empire must be severely beaten to make it understand the gap between it and our Ming Empire. Anyone who dares to challenge the majesty and interests of our Ming Empire must be severely punished!"
Liu Jin stood up and expressed his stance.
As the chief minister of the cabinet, if Liu Jin did not speak, it would be difficult for the officials below to speak.
"Um."
Emperor Hongzhi also nodded after hearing this. Liu Jin was as always a hawk who was tough on foreign affairs.
Don't think that Liu Jin is the chief minister of the cabinet, and he is classified as a civil servant because he is the number one scholar in the imperial examination. In fact, Liu Jin can be regarded as a representative of the noble group, because Liu Jin himself is the Duke of Liao, a hereditary duke whom he won by himself.
You said he is a civil servant?
Of course, he is also a civil servant. He was born as a scholar, studied in the Hanlin Academy, served as a minister in the Sixth Ministry of Education, and was the chief minister of the cabinet. He is a proper civil servant.
Liu Jin is a master of both civil and military skills.
"Your Majesty, I believe that what Duke Cheng Guo and Duke Liu said is true. We must give the Ottoman Empire a strong response. Otherwise, the Ottoman Empire will think that we are as easy to bully as Persia, Egypt, or other small European countries."
Wang Shouren also stood up and expressed his opinion. He was similar to Liu Jin. They were both outstanding men in both civil and military arts. When they mounted, they could control the world. When they dismounted, they could control the world with pens. They were outstanding.
He is also a leader who is tough on foreign affairs. He agrees with Liu Jin's ideas and knows the benefits of foreign expansion.
"Your Majesty, I believe that what Liu Gong and the prince said is true. Your Majesty gave a strong response to the Ottoman Empire and taught a profound lesson. In the battle of Erzinjan City, the Ottoman Empire was defeated for more than ten years.
You must be obedient, and now the Ottoman Empire should be taught a lesson."
When the other ministers saw that the elder of the court had expressed his stance, and that Emperor Hongzhi obviously had a tough attitude towards the outside world, they naturally expressed their support one after another.
"Well, then the matter is settled."
"The Ministry of Rites sent a strongly worded diplomatic ultimatum to the Ottoman Empire, requiring the Ottoman Empire to pay war reparations and delayed interest within a time limit, and asking it to guarantee the free trade of our Ming merchants in the Ottoman Empire."
"The Governor-General of the Five Armies is so prepared to dispatch troops and generals to dispatch the garrisons from the four provinces of Nanyun, Hazhong, Xiyu, and Black Earth to Nanyun Province to suppress the Ottoman Empire, and also dispatch three naval fleets, namely the Black Sea Fleet, the Mediterranean Fleet, and the Red Sea Fleet, to support
Cooperate and blockade the major seaports of the Ottoman Empire."
"Contact Persia and Egypt and tell them the opportunity has come."
Emperor Hongzhi was very satisfied when he saw that everyone's opinions were surprisingly unanimous. After thinking about it, he immediately gave the order.
The total number of troops garrisoned in the four provinces of Nanyun Province, Hazhong Province, Xiyu Province and Black Earth Province exceeds 400,000. It is the place where the Ming Dynasty has many garrison troops, and it is also the most elite army among the millions of Ming Dynasty troops.
At this time, the troops from four provinces were mobilized, and at least 300,000 troops could be mobilized to deal with the Ottoman Empire.
Although the three fleets of the Black Sea Fleet, the Mediterranean Fleet and the Red Sea Fleet are not the main fleet of the Ming Dynasty, the three fleets have a combined number of hundreds of warships, which is more than enough to sweep away the pirate navy of the Ottoman Empire.
In addition to his own powerful military strength, Emperor Hongzhi also knew how to contact Persia and Egypt, which were the mortal enemies of the Ottoman Empire.
The two river basins are at loggerheads with the Ottoman Empire. They have always been unable to defeat the Ottoman Empire. Now if the Ming Empire uses force against the Ottoman Empire, it will be an excellent opportunity for these two countries.
With the powerful force of the Ming Empire, it will definitely be able to contain most of the Ottoman Empire's troops, and it is very likely that it will even be able to wipe out the elite army of the Ottoman Empire.
This gives them a great opportunity to regain the Mesopotamia.
"Yes~"
Upon hearing this, the ministers replied in unison.
After three years, the Ming Empire was once again going to use its troops on a large scale.
The last time we used troops to raid Eastern Europe, we got the Black Soil Province.
The Ming Empire has always maintained such a tradition. It deploys large-scale troops every few years. On the one hand, it is to maintain the majesty and powerful posture of the Ming Empire.
Another aspect is also to continuously train and hone the army of the Ming Empire. Only the army that has truly experienced the flames of war is a strong army.
Otherwise, even if they have sophisticated equipment, they may still be a mob. Like the Saudi army in later generations, their military equipment is absolutely first-class, and they are all beautiful weapons and equipment.
However, these princely troops cannot even defeat Yemen's guerrilla armed forces. This shows that military equipment is not the only factor that determines combat effectiveness.
If the Ming army wants to maintain a strong combat effectiveness, it is naturally very important to update its own weapons and equipment, but strict training and reasonable systems are also indispensable. More importantly, it must go to the battlefield from time to time to see real gunpowder and smoke.
Only blood can become a powerful army.
The Ming Dynasty implemented a compulsory military service system. A soldier needs to serve in the army for five years. The training time for new recruits is about two years. The remaining three years are allocated to serve in various places.
Veterans retire every year and new recruits serve, and they will all be replaced in about five years. Unless you become an officer, you can serve in the army until retirement.
Under such a mechanism, if there has been no war for several years, it means that most of the soldiers are new recruits who have never been on the battlefield, and their combat effectiveness will definitely decline significantly compared to veterans who have been on the battlefield before.
Therefore, you still need to train regularly without any trouble. No matter who you are dealing with, you still need to send out a large army to train. Only after you have truly been on the battlefield can you become stronger.
Of course, in this process, many children from ordinary backgrounds were also given the opportunity to be promoted and promoted.
There are also a large number of noble children in the Ming Dynasty army. They studied in military academies from the beginning, and became officers upon graduation, with a bright future.
But can they really support the Ming Dynasty's army?
This is a question worth pondering. A certain proportion of officers must be promoted based on military merit. Maintaining the combat effectiveness of the Ming army also has a certain catfish effect.
In addition, war is also the only standard for testing arms, weapons, and military equipment. Whether a weapon is good or not can only be determined by using it on the battlefield. Laboratory tests alone cannot explain the problem.
Ming Dynasty's science and technology developed rapidly, and weapons and equipment also developed extremely quickly. A large number of new equipment and weapons needed to be tested in actual combat.
There are also cooperation between the navy and the army, logistical supply support, whether there are too many borers inside and the harm caused by borers, etc.
These things that cannot be seen at ordinary times can be discovered through war.
In short, war is the only way to test combat effectiveness, everything else is a paper tiger.
