In Chongzhen's view, the international situation in 1646 AD was very chaotic, no! It was simply too chaotic.

Let’s take a look at the international situation, alas! How can you be so chaotic?

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The thirty-year religious war in Europe has not yet ended completely. However, in March 1645, the Swedish army defeated the Holy Roman Emperor in Bohemia, and in August of that year, the French army defeated the Holy Roman Emperor in the Battle of Nalingen. After the two battles, the victory of the Protestant princes of France, Sweden, the Netherlands, Britain and Germany is difficult to shake. The Habburg royal family of the Holy Roman Empire is now just surviving. Although Habsburg would launch a counterattack against the French and Swiss coalition in 1648 in history, in an attempt to reverse the situation, it was destined to end in a disastrous defeat.

The result of Habsburg's loss of the Thirty Years' War was that Germany was divided into a separatist situation. At the most, Germany had 296 princes of all sizes. At this time, Germany was ravaged by the war, its economy was greatly damaged, and its internal parts were split, and the Holy Roman Empire became in name only.

The Thirty Years' War caused Spain to decline rapidly and it lost its status as a first-class power since then. Switzerland and the Netherlands have become the new maritime overlords, and the "maritime coachman" is famous.

After this battle, France became the overlord of Europe. The famous Louis XIV was the king of France at this time. However, he was still a child at this time, less than eight years old. France was regent by his mother Anna, and Cardinal Massalin was actually in charge.

As for Britain, a civil war broke out from 1642. The political struggle between the parliamentary and the royalists finally evolved into a cruel civil war. The Whigs in the British called it the Puritan Revolution and the Marxists called it the bourgeois revolution. In the end, it ended with the royalists' defeat and Charles I was executed.

Germany fell apart, the two factions of Britain were civil war, Spain declined rapidly, France, the Netherlands and Sweden rose, and the situation in Europe was generally the same.

However, Europe is too far from the Ming Dynasty. When it comes to potential threats, in addition to Japan, one is the Mughal Empire and the other is the Ottoman Empire.

The predecessor of the Mughal Empire was the Timur Empire, and Timur was also a Mongolian. However, Timur was transformed into Turkic and believed in Islam. The territory of the Timur Empire once spanned North Asia, South Asia and West Asia. The westernmost conquered Damascus, the northernmost conquered part of the Caucasus territory, and conquered North India in the direction of India. In 1402, Timur led his troops to defeat the Ottoman Empire, and the front of the troops pointed directly at Ankara, the capital of the Ottoman Empire. However, Timur's interest was not to destroy the Ottomans, but the Ottoman Sultan was also a Turkic! Timur settled the west and turned to all his efforts to realize his grand ambitions, which was to conquer the Ming Dynasty in the east. In 1405

Timur collected an army of 1.3 million and personally conquered the Ming Dynasty. Unexpectedly, Timur died in the army before reaching the border of the Ming Dynasty. After that, the Timur Empire declined rapidly and collapsed decades later. However, Babur, the fifth-generation grandson of Timur, rose again in 1526 and established the Mughal Empire. The Mughal Empire started from Afghanistan in the north and to India in the south, including later Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and most of India. 1646 was the heyday of the Mughal Empire, and only a small part of India remained in southern India was conquered by the Mughal Empire, and the Mughal Empire was at this time. Jahan was in power and continued to expand his territory in his hands.

As for the Ottoman Empire, it had expanded into a super empire spanning Europe, Asia and Africa, with a population of more than 30 million. However, the Ottoman Empire was the period of Sultan's feminism. In 1646, the young Muhammad IV ascended the throne, and all government affairs were governed by the Empire. In general, the Ottoman Empire was still too far from the Ming Dynasty, and there was a Mughal Empire in the middle, so the Ming Dynasty needed to consider the threat of the Mughal Empire.

In addition, it cannot be ignored. Russia is already expanding to Northwest Syria at this time and will soon threaten China's north. Although Russia is far less than Ottoman Turkey in terms of military strength, its territorial ambitions cannot be underestimated.

Regarding the current international situation, the Ming Dynasty must concentrate its efforts on preparing for war against Japan. As for Russia, the Mughals and the Ottoman Empire, there is no other way to do it.

According to Chongzhen's will, in the past year, the Federation of Industry and Commerce has sent batches of merchants to various countries, and the intelligence personnel of the Jinyiwei were mixed in this, which changed the pattern of only Europeans coming to the Ming Dynasty. In addition to doing business in the Nanyang area of ​​Japan, this is also the result of the significant increase in the Ming Dynasty's fleet strength.

According to the intelligence collected, the Military Affairs Office has been improving its international strategy. Chongzhen felt that it was time to establish a systematic international strategy. To this end, Chongzhen held a special imperial meeting.

Liu Jiyun introduced the international situation:

"Internationally, we and Japan have had a firefight on Sakhalin Island. The Japanese actually claimed that Sakhalin Island is Japanese territory. After our special forces boarded Sakhalin Island, the Japanese had already taken the lead. The two sides immediately exchanged fire. As our side increased Hyoskhalin Island, the Japanese retreated. In addition, the Japanese occupied Ryukyu and claimed that Ryukyu belonged to Japan. We have filed a solemn protest. Regarding when to send troops to take back Ryukyu, and if the Japanese attacked Sakhalin Island, what countermeasures should we take? In terms of the major plan against Japan, we need to formulate a complete plan."

The Japanese coveted Sakhalin Island, which was already expected by Chongzhen. Unexpectedly, the Japanese had landed on Sakhalin Island before the Ming Dynasty's Marines. The two sides started an encounter. The Ming Dynasty's special forces had only fifty members and 600 new troops, but the Japanese army had only eight hundred. The Japanese army relied on the advantage of landing on the island first, and gained a slight advantage in the exchange of fire. However, the Ming Dynasty immediately added 1,000 troops and drove the Japanese back to Japan. According to intelligence, in order not to affect the North American strategy, the Japanese temporarily gave up Sakhalin Island.

Chongzhen interjected:

"For Japan, let's put it aside first and then talk about other international situations."

Liu Jiyun then introduced the situation of Europe, the Ottoman Empire, Russia, and the Mughal Empire one by one. After Liu Jiyun finished introducing it, Wang Chengen spoke:

"The biggest threat to our Ming Dynasty is Russia first. Although Russia is not good now, it was defeated by the Polish and Lithuanian Commonwealth ten years ago, but this Russia is ambitious and is always preparing for war. I think it is only a matter of time to defeat the Polish and Lithuanian Allied Forces. Russia has a covetous heart for Northwest Syria and the northern part of our Ming Dynasty. It is necessary to guard against it. At this time, Hauge is expanding northward, and it is probably difficult to stop Russia's expansion to the east. Therefore, we must try to let the Polish and Lithuanian Commonwealth hold him to the west, and it is necessary to let Poland establish itself. The strength of the Thuanian Commonwealth has been enhanced. Both sides have different ambitions between Russia and the Ottoman Empire. They might as well make some work to fight earlier. Therefore, there is no need to incite and support national autonomy against the Ottoman Empire for the time being. Of course, the Ottoman Empire cannot threaten Western Europe. Fortunately, Europe is in a war and each of them is not weak. We might as well make a fuss about arms trading so that the Ottoman Empire will no longer expand westward. If the Ottoman mutters to try to expedition in the east, of course we cannot sit idly by. It is necessary to create some civil strife for it appropriately."

Wang Chengen is a eunuch, and he has no scruples. Chongzhen is inconvenient to say that Wang Chengen can say everything he wants:

"To deal with this Mughal Empire, he, a foreigner, had to rule so many people in India, as well as the Bengals, etc., it was entirely up to the conquest and iron fist of the Mughal Empire. Moreover, the emperor Sha. Jahan's ancestor Timur was not a good bird. Timur was so arrogant back then that he even wanted to swallow the Ming Dynasty! You don't have to be polite to this Mughal Empire. We should completely let those nations that were slaughtered and suppressed, such as Indians, Bengals, or people of any ethnic group, as long as they were not Turks, we can secretly support them and let them rise up to resist Sha. I believe that in the future, the Mughal Empire will be over in a few years!"

Chongzhen nodded.

Wang Chengen continued:

"I think we can send more courageous and knowledgeable people to fan the flames. Well, that guy who cheats food and drinks and can cheat money is a talent. Lord Qin, you Jinyiwei, should train more. You can choose more guys who don't blush and your heart is not beating. After training, you can send them to Mughals, Ottomans, Poland, Lithuania, Russia, by the way, and Western European countries. They are all sent to them. On the one hand, they promote our Ming Dynasty, spread our Ming culture, and also promote our Ming products, material civilization and spiritual civilization.

Wang Chengen realized that he had let go of the words, which made Chongzhen want to laugh aside, but he forced himself to hold it in and didn't laugh out loud.

Wang Chengen immediately changed his words:

"In short, we must spread the culture of our Ming Dynasty, promote the Confucianism and Taoism of our Ming Dynasty, and let the whole world respect the great Confucian spirit. Dear lords, those priests who came to our Ming Dynasty to preach are full of lies, and they blow Europe like flowers. But do you know that the kings of France only took a bath seven times in their lifetime, and they bet that the Ming Dynasty merchants would not go to Europe. You must know that in Europe, the porcelain, silk, lacquerware, and tea produced in the Ming Dynasty are all high-end goods, and are symbols of identity and status. In the past or two years, after our merchants went out, they finally saw what Europe looked like! Therefore, we must promote the Confucian spirit of our Ming Dynasty with confidence, so that 'benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness' becomes the universal value of the whole world."

This time, Chongzhen finally couldn't help but smile, hehe! He proposed this principle of "universal values", and it seemed that it was time to promote it.

Wang Chengen was completely let go today, and he continued:

"Those missionaries have blown Europe to the sky, but in fact Europe is far worse than the Ming Dynasty. I think it is better to send some less humble people out. It is not okay to go abroad to make things too honest. My scholars in the Ming Dynasty are too humble. However, the liars in the Ming Dynasty will not be too humble when they go out. Maybe they can really promote my Ming culture. Lord Qin, don't you?"

Qin Zhiyong smiled and said:

"What Director Wang said is right. He is currently training a group of talents with performance talents. When they go abroad, they will surely live up to their mission!"

Qin Zhiyong agreed, thinking that he could not say that recruiting scammers was due to the emperor's will. However, the emperor mentioned it, but Qin Zhiyong learned from it and threw it into the net, attracting a lot of talents in this field.

Wang Chengen simply sang the show to the end:

"The Japanese have seized North America now, and have not even let go of Central and South America. Sooner or later, there will be a fight with the Europeans. The Japanese have advanced from the west to the east, and the Europeans have advanced from the east to the west, and one day they will always fight. We can do it. However, in the northern part of North America, we have to seize some territory."

Wang Chengen was thinking about the enviable area of ​​Canada, so it could not be occupied by the Japanese!

When Shi Kefa heard this, he couldn't help but interrupt and said:

"We have not signed an agreement with Japan, and the Japanese will go to North America to develop. My Ming Dynasty will not seek benefits in the Americas. It seems inappropriate for us not to keep this agreement!"

Du Jun immediately said:

"Mr. Shi, I don't think there is any need to worry. The Japanese blatantly invaded Ryukyu and first violated the agreement. How can we tie our hands and feet on our own!"

Bai Hengdu also attended the meeting this time, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind and said:

"The Japanese violated the agreement, and our Ming Dynasty has already protested and will take measures. However, if our Ming Dynasty breached the contract and occupied the northern part of North America, it would be contrary to the 'benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness' claimed by our Ming Dynasty to the outside world. Otherwise, in this way, referring to Zhang Xianzhong's example, how about letting Li Zicheng go to the northern part of North America to become king!"

Chongzhen's eyes lit up and he said, "Hey! This is a solution!" But then Fang Yizhi poured a basin of cold water. Fang Yizhi shook his head and said:

"Li Zicheng has a million troops and occupies fertile land in Beijing and the north. It is definitely not comparable to Zhang Xianzhong, who was trapped in Chongqing at the time. How could Li Zicheng accept such conditions? Master Bai's plan is a bit unrealistic."

When Chongzhen first heard this, he thought this idea was a bit incredible, and he really dared to think about it! How could Li Zicheng let the emperor of the Forbidden City in Beijing be inappropriate and go to Canada where birds do not shit! If Li Zichengzhen chooses that way, he must be very ill.

Du Jun immediately became energetic:

"I believe that Master Bai's plan may be feasible. It is because Dashun seems to be glorious at this moment, but it has already shown its decline. Li Zicheng and others are addicted to the voice and color, and Dashun is the wind. Li Zicheng is not a hero, and cannot cleanse the wind like Taizu of our dynasty. Although Dashun is a new one, it has already shown its dusk energy. I am afraid that Li Zicheng's heart is already vaguely feeling, and Dashun will sooner or later be destroyed by our Ming Dynasty. However, Li Zicheng is ultimately lacking in courage and just addicted to the voice. He is just a stance of "ruling without doing anything". Since Li Zicheng is like this, even if he is not allowed to accept the conditions of our Ming Dynasty, he is afraid that one day he will have to accept the conditions that our Ming Dynasty promises him. For example, if our Ming army besieges Beijing or if they betray their relatives and despise their relatives, Li Zicheng will have no support at that time, then he can only accept his fate! After all, there is an example of Zhang Xianzhong becoming king in Luzon, and it is actually not bad to be a king across the ocean!"

Wang Chengen smiled and said:

"No matter what, it is a plan! However, if Li Zicheng wants to go there, at least 100,000 subordinates must follow him, otherwise he will feed the Japanese for nothing, which is counterproductive. Who can do anything good to force Li Zicheng to comply! Or half of it, half of it, and then Li Zicheng travels across the ocean. Haha, let's think of good things! Nothing in the world is that simple!"


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