Chapter six hundred and sixty-one how to destroy the country [1 more]
The world map of the Ming Dynasty has naturally been constantly updated. After all, the territory of the Ming Dynasty has been expanding externally. Even though the territory of the Central Plains has almost been fixed, the vassal states are following the Ming Dynasty closely.
The army's footsteps expanded externally.
Given the Chinese people's attachment to the land, if the many people who were enfeoffed with the royal family and relatives could obtain land, they would take root and thrive.
No matter what the reason is, few people will take the initiative to give up their own land. Therefore, China has always been a country where farming is the mainstay. The attachment to the land seems to be imprinted in the bones of the people.
Although the Ming Dynasty did not directly incorporate the vast land outside the Ming Dynasty into the Ming Dynasty's territory, it could still control these places through the Ming Dynasty clan's method of dividing the vassal states.
As Zhu Houzhao himself said, no matter what happens in the future, even if one day in the future the vassal states rebel and destroy the world, it will still be rotten in the pot. At least they will not let foreigners control the world, right?
On the map of the world, all the vassal states that were enfeoffed by the Ming Dynasty were marked with the sun and moon flag of the Ming Dynasty, which meant that these places were within the sphere of influence of the Ming Dynasty.
A general had not seen the latest map of the world for at least half a year. When he saw the latest map of the world that was posted, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Hey,
There are so many vassal states, when did our Ming Dynasty conquer so much land and enfeoff so many vassal states?"
These soldiers have been expanding abroad since they left the country, and they have no time or channels to know what happened behind them.
Now looking at the map of the world, I realize that the Ming Dynasty has conquered such a large area of land.
However, Xiang Wu asked Cheng Yu to hang up such a map of the world. The purpose was not to let the generals present know how many vassal states the Ming Dynasty had enfeoffed, but to let everyone understand the current world situation.
Cheng Xiangwu took a few steps forward and reached the world map. In Cheng Xiangwu's hand, a sword slid across the world map and finally landed in a sea area.
Someone saw Cheng saying to the area where Wu's sword fell: "English waters?"
As a high-level military official, Cheng Xiangwu's access to information was naturally not comparable to that of lower-level generals. Therefore, Cheng Xiangwu knew that at this time, the Ming fleet led by Yu Dayou, Qi Jingtong and others were entangled with those maritime powers near the Mediterranean Sea.
After understanding the world over the years, Ming Dynasty internally divided the powerful countries in the world into two parts, one is the maritime power, and the other is the land power.
The most obvious thing about a maritime power is that it has tyrannical power on the sea, but its own strength on land is actually very average.
Land powers rarely involve the sea, which is very obvious in the Western world.
According to this classification, the Ming Dynasty itself should be biased towards a land power, but its maritime strength is actually not bad at all.
Even during the Yongle period, Emperor Chengzu ordered Zheng He to sail to the Western Seas to declare his country's prestige over overseas countries. With the maritime strength of the Ming Dynasty at that time, it was really the strongest maritime power.
It is a pity that the Ming Dynasty implemented the policy of banning the sea and completely abandoned the maritime affairs. Even so, hundreds of years later, under the guidance of Chu Yi, the Ming Dynasty could still catch up easily with its solid foundation. In just a short time
Within a short period of time, it once again became the world's most powerful country.
As the Ming Dynasty invested in its navy, an atmosphere of competition naturally arose within the Ming Dynasty's military.
Competition between the navy and the army is inevitable in any country. Unless it is a completely landlocked country, there is no need to establish a navy at all, and naturally there will be no sea-land competition.
In addition to Cheng Xiangwu, there were several generals present who were from the navy. Led by Lu Dazhu, almost 80% of the generals present were from the army.
Of course, this kind of competition is a healthy competition, so Cheng Xiangwu, as the leader of the navy, can easily take over the command of the army from Lu Dazhu by virtue of the emperor's will.
If this is a vicious competition between the navy and the army, I am afraid that Lu Dazhu, with the support of most of the generals, will be able to sideline Cheng Xiangwu.
Everyone's eyes were focused on that sea area. Being mentioned by Cheng Xiangwu, it was obvious that that sea area was definitely not that simple.
Cheng Xiangwu nodded slightly and said: "Yes, it is in this sea area that a fleet of our Ming Dynasty, led by Uncle Dingxiang and others, is fighting against several maritime powers in the West..."
With a quick glance, on the world map, if a straight line was drawn from their location to the sea of England, there would be at least a dozen countries involved in this straight line, large and small.
Especially the further you go to the west and the deeper you go into the heart of this continent, the more countries there will naturally be.
The Grand Duchy of Moscow is just the beginning. If they really go all the way west as Cheng Xiangwu said, there will be at least a dozen countries waiting for them along the way.
When they thought that more than a dozen countries were waiting for them to conquer, many warlike generals couldn't help showing excitement on their faces, and they were almost gearing up to challenge Cheng Xiangwu.
Cheng Xiangwu's eyes flashed with brilliance. He took a step forward, pressed his palm on the location of the English Sea, and said slowly: "Everyone, I want to lead the army to return to the army with Yu Dayou and other generals. Can you help me?
Any help?"
All the generals looked at each other and heard everyone say solemnly: "We are willing to follow the general to open up territory for our Ming Dynasty!"
"Hahaha, in that case, I, the general, would like to wish us success in joining forces with Yu Dayou and others!"
In the handsome tent, all the generals had goals in mind, the atmosphere became a little more enthusiastic, and many people became a lot calmer.
After all, many people lost their goals for a while because they defeated the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and naturally they became emotionally unstable. If this situation lasted for a long time, it would even directly affect the stability of the military's morale.
As the commander-in-chief of the army, Cheng Xiangwu was obviously aware of this, so he summoned a group of generals and took the initiative to explain the next goal to them, hoping to stabilize the morale of the army in this way.
It must be said that Cheng Xiangwu's methods were truly extraordinary, and the initially impetuous military morale was quickly stabilized.
There was a rush of footsteps, and Cheng Xiangwu was discussing with Lu Dazhu and several senior military officers how to march next.
A figure strode in, it was Cheng Yu, son of Cheng Xiangwu.
There was a bit of joy on Cheng Yu's face, and he could tell that there must be some happy event.
It has been a few days since the last gathering of the army generals. During these few days, the army was stationed in the city to rest and at the same time began a large-scale raid on the city.
Whether it is grain or gold and silver, they are indispensable for the army. Without grain as a supplement, the army of hundreds of thousands will probably collapse in a few days. As for collecting the historical gold and silver wealth, it is naturally
Some of their spoils were distributed among the officers and soldiers, and the rest was naturally transported back to the Ming Dynasty and handed over to the national treasury or the royal treasury.
As the son of Cheng Xiangwu, Cheng Yu naturally got this good job. In a few days, he led thousands of elite soldiers to plunder the city.
Although I dare not say that the sky is high, Cheng Yu was not merciless in his search. There was no time for the dignitaries in the city to escape. In the face of Cheng Yu's methods, no one could endure it for three days and then confess honestly.
Find out where their treasure is.
He raised his head and glanced at Cheng Yu. The eyes of Lu Dazhu and several generals all fell on Cheng Yu.
I heard Lu Dazhu say with a smile: "Nephew Cheng Yuxian is so happy, I guess it is because the proceeds from the house confiscation in the past few days have been calculated."
Facing Lu Dazhu's somewhat joking words, Cheng Yu coughed lightly, cupped his fists and saluted Lu Dazhu with a bit of embarrassment, and said: "What Lu Dazhu said is true. I am here just to make it clear to you all."
I gained nothing from this copying.”
Cheng Xiangwu sat there and did not speak as if to avoid suspicion. Instead, he handed it to Lu Dazhu.
Lu Dazhu and Cheng Xiangwu were sitting there side by side. Of course they looked at Cheng Yu and said, "Cheng Yu, please tell me, how much have we gained in total this time?"
Cheng Yu took a deep breath, took out a book from his sleeves, looked at the contents recorded in the book, and said slowly: "Reporting to you generals, this time we have plundered a total of 3.2 million stones of grain and 3.8 million gold.
Liang, twenty-six million taels of silver, and a total of 150,000 pieces of gold and silverware..."
Although there are many gold and silver items, with Lu Dazhu and Cheng Xiangwu's current status, to be honest, the temptation of gold and silver items is greatly reduced for them. What really concerns them is what Cheng Yu said they had collected.
How much grain is there?
Because of the changeable measurement, even the number of dynasties represented by one stone is not uniform. For example, in the Qin Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, the weight represented by one stone was different.
In the Ming Dynasty, one stone represented more than one hundred kilograms of grain. If a soldier wanted to maintain sufficient physical strength, he would need at least three or four kilograms of grain a day. In other words, one stone of grain would be enough for a soldier for a month at most.
For an army of more than 100,000 people, it would cost at least more than 200,000 dan to feed the horse chews. Cheng Yu said that the amount of grain collected this time was almost more than 3 million dan. If the calculation is a little more generous, this amount of grain is almost enough.
They fought for more than a year to get what they needed.
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