The Japanese people have always had a tradition, that is, they bully the weak and fear the strong, and worship the strong!
At this time, there is no doubt about the power of the Ming Dynasty. Without personally dispatching troops, they only used Korean troops as the vanguard to capture two military battlegrounds that were heavily defended by Japanese soldiers. Not to mention, this time
At that time, the Japanese nation had already lost Kyushu Island.
And the large-scale appearance of the Ming army on Honshu Island also means that the 600,000-700,000 troops sent to North Korea have been completely wiped out.
Under this situation, at least the daimyo near Kyoto could no longer withstand the pressure of being killed by the Koreans, and either fled to Edo or surrendered.
The Ming army was not in a hurry to attack Edo. They transferred their troops twenty times and surrounded the Japanese soldiers in the Xiaguan area.
In fact, as an island country, Japan was destined to end up as a mere fish on a knife board from the moment their navy was annihilated!
Japanese soldiers from all walks of life gradually surrendered to the Ming army. In the end, the Japanese soldiers who had not surrendered were compressed in the Xiaguan area by the Ming army. After being bombarded with Hongyi cannons and unscrupulous cannons, they all chose to surrender.
surrender.
By around November of the 21st year of Chongzhen, all the Japanese on Honshu Island, except for Edo and the areas farther north, were occupied by the Ming army.
The Ming Dynasty Expeditionary Force did not rush to attack, but transported the surrendered Japanese soldiers to North Korea to mine and build railways. Moreover, after the Ming Dynasty's Tonglei Navy completed its task of transporting labor, it returned to the Tonglei Naval Base.
He accepted the refit of the warship and prepared to go to Luzon next year, where he would join Zheng Zhibao's Nanyang Navy to attack the Dutch strongholds of Lion City and Batavia in the Strait of Malacca, and completely eliminate the Western influence in Nanyang.
In the blink of an eye, the twenty-one years of Chongzhen are coming to an end.
During this year, the Ming Dynasty defeated the offensive of the western tribal coalition, especially in the Battle of the Grassland, which resulted in the loss of nearly 100,000 tribal troops. Guihua City and Baotou became a real fortress in Jiangnan, and then
There is no threat of military disaster.
After the war, the railway has been extended from Guihua City to Baotou, and is still under construction to the west.
As a test site for mechanized farming, countless grain fields have been cultivated on the Hetao Plain, effectively proving the power of mechanized farming!
If the imperial army marches westward in the future, grain and grass supplies can be collected from the Hetao Plain without having to force the people in the pass to mobilize.
With the battle on the grassland, the Yarkand Khanate and the Junggar tribe in the western part of the Ming Dynasty have been destroyed, and the entire north and south of the Tianshan Mountains have become a vacuum zone without power, waiting for the imperial army to occupy it.
On the Tibetan side of Qinghai, some areas had already been occupied during the imperial army's counterattack, but the advance was suspended due to weather and logistical supply reasons.
However, Gushi Khan was obviously a smart man, and expressed his intention to surrender to the Ming Dynasty first. Sun Chuanting presided over the negotiation for Gushi Khan's surrender. At least in terms of the tone of returning to the land, it was mainly for the leaders of Qinghai and Tibet.
placement.
Due to the heavy snow blocking the mountains and inconvenient transportation, there is no final result yet, but according to Sun Chuanting's estimation, as long as Gushi Khan is not forced to die, the final peaceful settlement of Qinghai-Tibet will not be a big problem!
In other words, the Qinghai-Tibet region will soon be included in the direct jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty!
Also, in the second half of the 21st year of Chongzhen, the navy under Yang Zhan easily captured the puppet capital of the Annan rebels, and regained the most prosperous Annan, with the most concentrated population in the Red River Basin. From this battle, we can draw conclusions
, if the Ming Dynasty regained the coastal areas of Annan, there would be no difficulty. However, if it goes deep into the interior, there may be inconveniences such as dangerous roads and dense mountains and dense forests. In a hurry, it will not be easy to destroy those rebels.
After receiving the memorials from Yang Zhan and Zhang Tongchang, Emperor Chongzhen decided to establish a port city in Annan first to realize the Ming Dynasty's strategy of marching to Southeast Asia through Annan, at the suggestion of Liu Weichao and after discussing with the officials.
Basically, in the expected 22nd year of Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty will completely destroy the remaining forces of the Japanese country, and then entrust the vassal kings to the past; in addition, it will use troops in Nanyang, reaching the strategic intention of the Ming Dynasty's inland sea, and also entrust vassals to Nanyang.
King passed by.
To the west of the Ming Dynasty, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains were included in the territory, which was the Western Region during the recovery of the Han and Tang Dynasties.
Also, on the Yunnan side, the army formed by recruits from Yunnan and Guizhou has been trained to almost the same extent, and a lot of food and supplies have been hoarded. The Ming Dynasty's border army has been threatening Dongwu's Toungoo dynasty for two years, forcing it to station troops in
The northern part should be almost exhausted, so it's time to attack.
The situation in the Ming Dynasty was not generally good, but extremely good, and had never been better!
This made everyone in the Ming Dynasty very happy, including Emperor Chongzhen of course.
However, his happiness is a little different from others.
He was not so happy about the military victory of the Ming Dynasty army. Because in his opinion, these were within his expectations, so the effect of happiness was limited.
In his entire life, in terms of military victory, he only remembered one, and it was an unforgettable one, and that was the victory in the Battle of Jizhou at the end of Chongzhen's fifteenth year!
That was when he contacted Liu Weichao and knew that his country would be ruined and his family would be destroyed in two years, so he was extremely eager to win, a victory against the previously invincible Jianlu.
At this time, at the end of the 21st year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen was most happy that he found a way to do a lot of things without spending much money, which was to establish a state-owned holding company by issuing stocks and make full use of
Folk wealth.
This was something he had never thought of before. It was an unexpected surprise, and the effect was very good!
No, the report he held in his hand was from Song Yingxing from Qiongzhou, saying that because of an order from the telephone company to purchase wires, he had sufficient funds in hand. Not only did he recruit the manpower needed by the rubber factory, but he also had spare capacity.
Let more people plant rubber trees.
According to Song Yingxing, everything is going smoothly in the production of vulcanized rubber mats, and output will increase as more and more rubber trees mature.
However, although rubber has many uses, the most urgent one at present is definitely the demand for wires. National communications need to use wired telephones to bring about earth-shaking changes.
There are two main materials for wires. In addition to rubber, they are copper wires. As it is expected that there will be more and more rubber in the future, reserves of copper wires also need to be prepared in advance.
Song Yingxing's report, in addition to announcing good news, actually reminded Emperor Chongzhen not to forget about the copper wire.
Emperor Chongzhen was very happy about this report, because everything went well with the production of wires, and he would soon be able to see the popularity of wired telephones in the Ming Dynasty.
The convenience of transportation and the availability of communication are very important factors that determine how big the territory of the Ming Dynasty will be. It just so happened that Emperor Chongzhen wanted to be the leader of the ball and was preparing to expand the territory. Therefore, these factors
When we put them all together, it becomes smoother and smoother.
While he was happy, he took Song Yingxing's report and began to consider an issue, which was the issue about copper wires that Song Yingxing reminded.
It is true that the issuance of new coins in the Ming Dynasty reduced the need for printing copper coins and saved a lot of copper. However, there were not many copper mines to mine in the Ming Dynasty. This was confirmed by Emperor Chongzhen from Liu Weichao.
According to Liu Weichao's popular science, Emperor Chongzhen also knew that there would be a huge demand for copper in the future electrical age.
That's the problem!
However, Emperor Chongzhen did not worry too much. Nowadays, the country is strong and the military is at its peak. With this foundation, what Ming Dynasty does not have, it can completely set its sights overseas!
According to the information provided by Liu Weichao, the largest copper mine on earth, at least the copper mines that have been discovered on Liu Weichao's plane, are mainly concentrated in South America.
However, as far as the current situation of the Ming Dynasty is concerned, it is still a bit early or unrealistic to want to occupy South America.
As the saying goes, you have to eat your food one bite at a time. Emperor Chongzhen's plan was to capture the entire Japanese kingdom first, and then establish a supply route for the fleet along the route of the warm Pacific current, so that he could send troops to the American continent on a large scale.
Before that, only a small number of people were sent to the Americas, and they had to occupy the Americas, eliminate the Western barbarians, mine mines, and then transport them back. The difficulty was really too high.
Another point is that at least from the current position, whether it is South America or North America, it is the territory of the Western Yi. If the Ming Dynasty does not suppress it with the power of thunder, the Western Yi will be on guard and send more troops to
It is not wise for the Ming Dynasty to confront America and the Ming Dynasty Pioneer.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen did not want to plot the American continent so soon. His goal was to focus on Nanyang, where the melons were ripe and the fruits could be picked.
Fortunately, according to the information provided by Liu Weichao, in a country called Indonesia on his plane, there is a copper mine with the world's third largest copper reserves, and the copper content is the highest among the top ten copper mines!
After receiving this report from Song Yingxing, Emperor Chongzhen's first thought was to think of this copper-rich mine!
"It's time to take action against Nanyang!" Emperor Chongzhen thought so, and summoned his ministers to discuss matters in the Wenhua Palace.
After the ministers had finished their ceremony, he startled everyone by saying: "In the future, the Ming Dynasty will have a very large demand for copper. Therefore, I decided to mine a copper mine area with a reserve of 41 million tons. Although at present,
The level may not be enough to mine it all, but it will be enough for the Ming Dynasty to use it for hundreds of years!"
The concept of tons has often been used in gewu studies, and at this time, it can be considered popular.
When everyone in the Wenhua Hall heard that there were 41 million tons of copper reserves, they were immediately shocked!