Ten days later, Eziertu and Sengge and other Mongolian envoys of Weilat bid farewell to the most prosperous city in the world, boarded the return train, and returned to the Western Regions.

What we brought together was the constitution of the entire Western Regions, including Tibet, to surrender to the Ming Dynasty.

In addition to what Zhang Mingwei said before, the court would grant Gushi Khan the Duke of Gushi and Eqiertu the Marquis; Batu Huitaiji, the current leader of the Junggar tribe, was Jungbu Duke and Sengge the Marquis.

Among the Mongolians of the Weila tribe, except for these two tribes, the leaders of the tribe who were weaker were titles such as Hou or Bo.

Of course, all these titles are not hereditary. After all, the Duke of Xingguo is not hereditary, so what qualifications do other people have to do to hereditary!

After Eqiertu, Sengge and others returned, they communicated with Zhang Tongchang, the governor of Gansu in Jiayuguan. Finally, the Ming army gathered on the border entered the Western Regions and Tibet.

Among them, Zhang Tongchang was transferred to the position of governor of the Western Regions, mainly in charge of military affairs. The main leaders of the Wei Lat tribe held local officials respectively, but in fact they were in charge of their original tribes.

Next, we have to do two things in the Western Regions. One is to build a railway to the Western Regions. As for Tibet, we need to wait a little longer.

Another thing is to recruit local people to join the army and continue to expand the border troops to use troops against Tsarist Russia. The conscription in Tibet is used to use troops against the Mughal Empire in India.

Probably the situation is like this. As long as Gushikhan and Baturhuntaiji do not change their minds, the matters in the Western Regions and Tibet will be decided like this.

In the midst of busyness, the twenty-four years of Chongzhen have basically passed like this.

During this year, there was no large-scale war in the Ming Dynasty. It was just that an indigenous island country in Nanyang was dissatisfied with the Ming Dynasty and was destroyed and a vassal king was enfeoffed.

However, although there was no large-scale military use, the number of territory expanded was the most in the past year, and it was also considered a gift from Emperor Chongzhen when he was forty years of forty years.

The surrender of Mongolia in the northern desert allowed the Ming Dynasty to greatly expand the northern territory.

The surrender of western Mongolia, namely Weilat Mongolia, made Xinjiang, Qinghai, Tibet, and even Central Asia to the Volga River basin become the direct jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, it is still in the process of taking over and is not directly under the Ming Dynasty for the time being.

During this year, fewer and fewer historical events that were not affected by Zhang Mingwei's butterfly wings. In other words, the scope of the impact brought about by the Ming Dynasty's changes has become increasingly larger.

Overall, Britain has not been affected yet. Cromwell wiped out the Scottish army this year, and Charles II was forced to flee to France. Subsequently, Cromwell occupied the entire Scotland, and since then, he won the title of "Every Victorious General".

In France, Masalin still resigned and stepped down as he had been in history. Then Queen Anna of Austria released Conde and three others who were imprisoned in Le Havre.

After his release, Condé formed an alliance with Spain to challenge the court and Massalin. This time he had difficulty gaining support from the people. The royal family and former court members of the Furund were forced to jointly oppose Condé, and the chaotic civil war began.

As for the influence of the Ming Dynasty, it was naturally Portugal. Now he has been recognized by Spain, and the heir to the Portuguese throne, although far away in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, had already decided that his future wife would be a Spanish princess. And Portugal became a second-hand dealer, earning some hard money from the Ming Dynasty's military products and various commodities, and handing over to Spain.

Spain has changed more. In addition, the Spanish army that originally fought everywhere has basically retreated to Spain on its entire line, except for supporting the Dakong Desert fighting against the French civil war.

However, although Spain has contracted militarily, it has made great economic moves. Spanish merchants sold exquisite goods from Portugal from the Far East to all over Europe, making a lot of profits.

These actions stimulated the UK. Originally, in October, the British Parliament promulgated the Navigation Ordinance, which stipulates that all imported products from Britain are only allowed to be transported by British ships or ships from the original producers, and exported products are only allowed to be transported by British ships. This regulation was three months in advance and was promulgated in July.

This incident made Spain's King Felipe IV very angry. He first recorded the UK on a small notebook, and waited for the army to install new guns and cannons on a large scale before settled the accounts one by one.

By the way, Tokugawa Iemitsu has not lived this year in history and died! His son, Tokugawa Iemitsu, who was only ten years old, succeeded to the throne, continued to have a headache about the amount of compensation he had to pay the Ming Dynasty every year.

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In February of the 25th year of Chongzhen, news about the alliance between Portugal and Spain finally reached the Ming Dynasty. Portugal made a private compromise with Spain and transferred the important weapons of the Ming Dynasty's military and national forces, which made Portugal very nervous.

In the Wenhua Hall, Zhang Mingwei was listening to the cabinet chief Du Yinxi telling the news coming from Portugal.

"... In addition, Portugal also wants the Portuguese prince Theodosio to return to his country to get married." After saying all the news, Du Yinxi reported to Emperor Chongzhen a little angrily, "Your Majesty, this Portugal has not reported to me, the country of the Ming Dynasty, and decided first. This is to behead him first and then report. I think this is not long!"

"I'm going to discuss it!"

"I'm going to discuss it!"

“…”

For a moment, senior Ming officials who had a discussion in Wenhua Hall agreed to one after another.

According to the past practices of vassal states, we should indeed respond to this method of killing first and then reporting! Otherwise, other vassal states will follow the example, so where is the face of the Ming Dynasty, the sect leader?

Emperor Chongzhen agreed with the suggestions of Du Yinxi and others in his heart, but he always remembered that he should contact experts to confirm the grasp of the world situation.

Therefore, he turned to look at Zhang Mingwei and said, "What do you think sir?"

After hearing this, Zhang Mingwei immediately smiled and said, "Actually, we made Portugal a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. The original intention was actually different from that of ordinary vassal states..."

Hearing this, whether it was Emperor Chongzhen or Du Yinxi, he knew that Duke Xingguo had other high opinions, so he listened attentively.

Zhang Mingwei continued: "Portugal is a chess piece we set up in Europe, and it is for one day in the future when we fight with European countries. Now, Portugal's role is far beyond my expectations!"

"Oh?" Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but feel a little surprised when he heard this and asked quickly: "Sir, come on, come on?"

As for the strength of the countries on Earth today, the Ming Dynasty no longer has any opponents elsewhere. If there is really, there will only be those countries in Europe and western Asia.

After hearing this, Zhang Mingwei explained seriously: "If those European countries, based on the increasingly obvious expansion pressure of our Ming Dynasty, they will inevitably unite to fight against our Ming Dynasty. Because no matter what aspect, our Ming Dynasty is an outsider to Europe."

Speaking of this, he paused and said confidently: "When the Ming Dynasty's troops arrive in the Middle East in a few years, they will definitely feel the pressure of our Ming Dynasty. It is possible to form an alliance with the Ottoman Empire and the Persian Empire to fight against our Ming Dynasty. Therefore, it is possible to make them more trouble and continue to fight in the internal struggle. This is the most beneficial to our Ming Dynasty..."

Hearing this, Du Yinxi and others couldn't help but nodded slightly. Of course, everyone understands this principle. Otherwise, it would be very difficult for the Ming Dynasty to conquer Europe because it was too far away.

"...... In addition to obtaining resources from South America, the most important thing is to let Portugal serve as a pawn for civil strife in Europe." Zhang Mingwei said this and shook his head and sighed, "It's just a pity that Portugal is still too small. Even if we support the Ming Dynasty and are too far away, the situation that Portugal can stir up in Europe is limited. However, Spain is different!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Mingwei laughed again and said, "Previously, Spain was the king in Europe, both the army and the navy, the strongest. However, in recent decades, it has been weakening and has been challenged by other countries. First, the Spanish Invincible Armada was defeated, and then the 30-year religious war also greatly reduced Spain's national strength. However, no matter what, this was once a tiger, and its foundation is still there."

"Now by accident in Portugal, the role of Portugal's chess piece is very likely to be played by Spain." Zhang Mingwei said this and said confidently, "It can be seen from the treaty between Spain and Portugal that the Spanish king has a great ambition to reappear. So for me, the Ming Dynasty, can we watch Spain provoke war in Europe again?"

When he heard this, neither Emperor Chongzhen nor Du Yinxi nor others could help but laugh.

The Ming Dynasty expanded here and continued civil strife in Europe, which was the most ideal.

Zhang Mingwei glanced at them and continued: "In addition, we can understand the difficulties of Portugal. Moreover, Portugal always remembers that we should give us the Ming Dynasty patent fee. In this case, when the Portuguese princes want to go back, we can sell more arms to them to strengthen the strength of Portugal and Spain as soon as possible so that they can make trouble in Europe."

Speaking of this, he looked at Emperor Chongzhen and said with a smile: "The smokeless fire powder can be mass-produced. Our original firearms are just about to be updated. It was a troublesome to deal with so many firearms, but now they are just for sale. Although they are a little cheaper, they are still a profitable transaction, right?"
Chapter completed!