At the end of the ninth year of Chongzhen, when the catastrophe was approaching step by step, good news came from the slave thieves next door to the Ming Dynasty and the Japanese pirates, the friendly neighbors with a narrow strip of water.

"Long live my lord, according to the report of Li Xin, the chief military officer of the Korean War, the Japanese pirate kingdom is promoting some kind of reform and founding of the country. It is relaxing the entry of merchants from the east and west to trade at Nagasaki, Hirado and other ports. It also wants to build a large navy and implement the one country, one ship law.

A so-called kingdom is responsible for paying for the construction of a Western-style sailing warship for the Japanese navy and bearing the cost of maintenance. Japan has a total of sixty kingdoms, and a total of sixty foreign-style warships will be built. Among them, the large kingdom builds large ships.

Xiaolingguo is building small boats. It is said that it will complete the construction of all 60 foreign-style warships within five years!

According to the report of Yuan Chonghuan, Governor of Jiliao, the New Deal is also being implemented in the slave-thieves' country. The New Deal of the slave-thieves is divided into two parts: military and political. Among them, the New Deal in government affairs is to implement farming, reward farming, and divide slaves into

There are two classes, the upper class is armored men and flag and drum coaters, and the lower class is farm coaters. Among them, there are many farm coaters, and they are all coaters under the banner. They are subordinate to the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia and are responsible for collecting grain from the camps.

The new military policy is to reform the military system. It is reported that the slave thieves will imitate the Ming Dynasty's heavenly soldiers and organize and train the Eight Banners Firearms Battalion of the Han Army and the Eight Banners Firearms Battalion of the Korean Army. Although they are called firearms, they will actually implement the method of combining blunderbuss with spears.

Formation tactics.

In addition, the slave thieves also obtained a batch of 3-pound artillery from the Japanese pirates to equip the Wuzhen Chaoha Artillery Battalion. Therefore, from now on, the slave thieves' army will be composed of the Xiaoqi Battalion of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia, the Han Army, and the Firearms Battalion of the Eight Banners of Korea.

, plus the military guard camps directly under the jurisdiction of each banner leader, Wuzhen Chaoha Artillery Battalion is the main force."

In the West Nuan Pavilion of Wansheng Hall, Sun Chuanting, the Minister of the Ministry of War and a scholar of Dongge University, was reporting to Zhu Youjian on the situation of the New Deal between Japan and the Qing Dynasty.

Although the New Deal implemented by Japan and the Qing Dynasty was something Zhu Youjian had never encountered in his previous life, it was reasonable.

Because the Ming Dynasty has really risen now, it has reached a point where it can threaten the survival of the Qing Dynasty and the independence and freedom of Japan. The new policies of both countries are focused on military reform, and the military reforms of both countries are actually aimed at strengthening defense.

for purpose.

Neither the Qing Dynasty nor the Qing Dynasty has or dares to have the ambition to devour the Ming Dynasty.

For the Qing Dynasty, once the Ming Dynasty has completed the catastrophe, its survival will come!

Amma, the eighth emperor of the Qing Dynasty, who did not want to subjugate the country, now had to work hard to reform politics. However, the population of the Qing Dynasty was still too small, and there was no industry or commerce, so there was no need to work hard in this area and just go to farming and fighting!

Of course, the masters of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia could not be allowed to cultivate the land, so Daishan and Dorgon came up with a "subordinate farmland system". In fact, it was a serf system under the banner, allowing the serfs to concentrate on farming, and providing the Manchu and Mongolian banners with

Pay heavy rent.

With the heavy rent paid by the serfs under their banners, the cavalry of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia can easily be maintained. The bannermen of Manchuria and Mongolia all have land and can farm and herd, but they cannot maintain their military service with the income from farming and herding.

, there must be heavy rent subsidies paid by serfs.

At the same time, the Qing court also allowed the Han Army and the Eight Banners of Korea to cultivate land to support themselves without paying taxes or rent, and there were no hard-core crops to eat.

However, because the cost of infantry is relatively low, it can be maintained without hardcore crops.

Through these two reforms, including the farm system and the new military system, the Qing Dynasty was able to maintain a huge armed force with a maximum mobilization scale of 240,000 people!

Of course, mobilizing 240,000 people means that the time of life and death for the Qing Dynasty has really arrived!

Japan may not be annexed by the Ming Dynasty (it is poor and tyrannical, who would be happy to be annexed?), but it is certain to be severely suppressed by the Ming Dynasty. Because the East Asian world has always been difficult to tolerate two masters in one world!

In the past, China did not have a large navy, nor did it have the ability to cross the sea to conquer Japan. Kublai Khan went there twice because of his enthusiasm, and was blown away by typhoons. But now the Ming Dynasty under the leadership of Zhu Youjian is

It really began to go to the ocean, and it also hooked up with the Western Red-haired Netherlands, which was the world's top maritime power. Ming could also send its fleet and army to Japan by following some superficial lessons.

Therefore, the Japanese samurai who were not used to being dogs had to follow the plan to build a navy. However, the Tokugawa shogunate's strategy of building a navy was actually defensive in nature, just like their strategy of invading the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and uniting with the Qing Dynasty.

Because even if Japan's "Sixty Kingdom Fleet" is established, it will not be able to rival the Ming Dynasty. The basis of the navy in the 17th century is the number of merchant ships and sailors!

The Netherlands is known as the coachman of the sea. It has 15,000 merchant ships and employs millions of sailors. Although most of them are not Dutch, they are all under the control of Dutch commercial capital. Based on this base, the Netherlands’ maritime

No one can challenge the dominance in a short period of time.

The number of ships of the Ming Dynasty (Chinese merchants) cannot be compared with that of the Netherlands. It only has a few thousand ships at most, and the number of sailors is about hundreds of thousands. However, this number is too great compared to Japan, so the Japanese and Germans know that they are at a disadvantage.

Although the Sichuan shogunate shouted loud slogans, they did not dare to interrupt the trade between China and Japan.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong’s merchant ships can still enter and leave ports such as Nagasaki and Hirado with great arrogance!

Zhu Youjian seemed not to care about the New Deal and the alliance between Japan and the Qing Dynasty. After listening to Sun Chuanting's report, he didn't say anything.

"Long live my lord," said Yuanfu Bi Ziyan, who was already a bit senile, "Japanese pirates and slave thieves have not only formed an alliance, but also implemented the New Deal together. The intentions of these two countries have been clearly exposed, and we must guard against them!"

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General Counselor Chen Qiyu can now also attend the Xinuang Pavilion Small Court Meeting. As soon as Yuan Fu Bi Ziyan finished speaking, he took over the topic and said: "Your Majesty, now our court troops are well-fed and our navy is quite powerful, so why not come here?"

They strike first to gain the upper hand, and send troops to the waterways to seize North Korea, then go south to overwhelm the Japanese, and go north to outflank the slave traitors!"

Zhu Youjian smiled faintly: "Soldiers are fine, but food is not enough. Moreover, slaves and pirates are very resilient enemies. Don't think about wiping them out in one fell swoop. If you don't fight, it's enough. If you want to fight, you have to have a long-term plan."

Now slaves, traitors, and Japanese pirates are all going to implement the New Deal. I think it’s good. If we want to implement the New Deal, we have to stop for a few years. And if Ming Dynasty has a way, its national power will definitely continue to rise. In a few years, Ming Dynasty’s national power will definitely be stronger than it is now.

! Defeating the slave thieves and Japanese pirates will be as easy as a piece of cake!"

"You have a way?" Chen Qiyu didn't seem to understand, "Your Majesty's way means"

"Referring to the "Posthumous Chapters of Confucius"." Zhu Youjian said with a smile, "The "Posthumous Chapters of Confucius" is the greatest way and the foundation!"

"The Posthumous Chapters of Confucius" teaches about the character of objects, and the character of objects is the primary productivity! It is also the first combat power! Compared with the character of objects, all military techniques and tactics are actually just trivial. If there is no major breakthrough in the character of objects, productivity and

Combat effectiveness will remain stagnant for a long time.

Zhu Youjian's eyes swept across the Xinuan Pavilion: "You have read "The Posthumous Chapters of Confucius" familiarly. What do you think?"

"Your Majesty," Hong Chengchou said to Zhu Youjian, "Chen Xiang has read the "Posthumous Chapters of Confucius" carefully and feels that this book is extremely profound. When the saint wrote this posthumous chapter, he should have had a glimpse of the way of heaven."

Zhu Youjian nodded: "Yes! The way of heaven! The way of heaven is in the study of things. If you study things and understand their principles, you can get a glimpse of the way of heaven. In addition to studying the ways of heaven, sometimes it can also benefit the world!"

For example, by using empirical methods to check gunpowder, we can not only get the most powerful gunpowder, but also improve the output and quality of gunpowder as much as possible. Mining with gunpowder can benefit people's livelihood, and using gunpowder to kill captives can protect the family.

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