My Daming New Empire

The Renaissance actually means that the European people unveiled the last layer of the church. The original kings needed to be appointed by the church. Since the Renaissance, the church has lost its mystery, and there are fewer and fewer countries that can influence it.

Although there are still decades or 100 years before that time period, Zhu Zhanji doesn't mind letting countries take power by themselves in advance.

Only in this way, the possibility of Da Ming fishing in troubled waters is even greater.

But Zhu Zhanji is actually not good at conspiracies and tricks.He can formulate strategic directions, but not simple tactics.

How to sow dissension among European countries still requires the operation of old and cunning Confucians like Jin Chun.

Jin Chun was very interested in this matter. He did not expect that the East had already divided the categories of monarchy and theocracy 1000 years ago.

But in Europe, the power of theocracy is still greater than that of kings.Although it is not a good thing for Ming to rejuvenate the thoughts of Europeans earlier, because a strong Europe is not what Ming wants to see.

But now there are external forces, that is, Ming Dynasty, and the Ottoman Empire, the foreign enemy. Neither Daming nor Ottoman will leave Europe with opportunities for development.

Therefore, destroying their theocracy at this time will do more good than harm.

After carefully studying the current relationship between European countries, he also offered Zhu Zhanji a trick...

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Chapter 54 Strategy and Tactics

Zhu Zhanji and the Ming Fleet set off in the first month of the 15th year of Yongle. Although almost two years have passed, it is only October of the 16th year of Yongle.

The 16th year of Yongle, which is 1418 in the Western calendar.

Today’s Europe is still struggling in the quagmire of the Middle Ages. The three masters of the Renaissance have not yet been born, and the era of great voyages in Europe has not yet begun. Let alone great voyages, they don’t even have ships that can sail freely in the Atlantic Ocean. made.

The third phase of Britain's Hundred Years' War against France has just started. Although they gathered [-] ships to attack Le Havre in France, the largest ship here can only hold [-] horses, compared to Ming's ships. , Theirs is a small sampan.

Osman was beaten up by Timur, and even King Bayezid I was snatched away.Now several princes are fighting for power and profit, and they are fighting endlessly.

They dare not face the Timur country in the east, so they can only focus on the Europeans in the west, and the bullying Europe complains endlessly.

Daming came to Europe in such an era. In Europe, there is no opponent who can fight against Daming.

The only thing that can stop Daming is the supply difficulties and diseases caused by the long distance.

Ming Dynasty is not a backward Europe, nor a nomadic people who have no idea of ​​​​founding a country at all. They don't need to use massacres to show their greatness.

Daming is best at convincing people with virtue.

Therefore, when Zhu Zhanji asked the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty to come up with a strategy that could effectively restrict the development of European countries and demonstrate the cultural, economic, and political advantages of the Ming Dynasty.

After integrating the cultural, economic, and military strengths of European countries, the civil servants of Ming Dynasty, represented by Jin Chun and Xie Jin, were determined to help the Ottoman Empire open the door to attack Europe.

This gate is Constantinople.

Putting the Ottoman Empire into Europe is like putting a catfish into a fish pond. Under the pressure of the Ottoman Empire, Ming didn't need to bother, and some countries would voluntarily form an alliance with Ming.

At that time, Daming took the initiative.

However, Ming must not take the initiative to participate in the struggle between Europe and the Ottoman Empire. This is equivalent to choosing a side for Ming.

Therefore, Zheng He's suggestion is to start from the Mamluk dynasty, through cooperation with the Mamluk dynasty, legally occupy Suez, use Suez as a base, and strengthen the strength of the Mamluk dynasty and the Ottoman Empire through trade.

Although this is tantamount to returning to the starting point after a long circle, but this is based on the fact that Daming has already understood the situation in Europe, which is better than when he didn't know anything before.

Zhu Zhanji is very clear that this is Zheng He's selfishness, and he always has a little more affection for the big cannibal.

Whether Marin was bullied by the Portuguese, or the Kingdom of Granada is now crumbling under the siege of Castile, Zheng He is still willing to do so under the condition that he can not harm the interests of Daming and can help them. of.

With their inspiration, Zhu Zhanji thought of the cases of the five rogue countries in later generations instigating wars around the world.

They sell arms, start wars, sell well on both sides, and reap the benefits.

Although today's Daming cannot be said to be the only one, there are only a few countries that can oppose Daming.

In terms of military strength, population resources, Ming Dynasty is superior.

But the factors that affect war are not just military strength and population.

Today's scientific and technological development is still very lagging, and the Ming Dynasty can't even do military suppression of the Northwest. The long distance allows the central kingship to cover very little area.

From Yingtianfu to the northwest, stretching thousands of kilometers, a march would take several months, and a large amount of materials would be transported in between.So even if Daming's strength is far greater than Yili's, it is still difficult to destroy the opponent.

Da Ming can now reach Europe by sailing, but it is very difficult for Da Ming to conquer the northwest.

Therefore, Daming has strength, but lacks the means to turn strength into an advantage.

This kind of strength advantage is also difficult to reflect on the battlefield, and it is even more difficult to display it on the battlefield.

Therefore, more strategies and means are needed.

At the beginning, Zhu Zhanji wanted to provoke conflicts between European countries, and to provoke conflicts between Europe and the Ottoman Empire, which was just a strategic idea.

If you want to enrich the details and bring this strategy into play, you need people like Zheng He and Jin Chun to perfect the tactics.

After much communication among the people, it was decided to conditionally supply ironware to the Mamluk dynasty and Marin.

Marin, the Mamluk dynasty, etc., are all in North Africa. Although they have a long history, they lack natural resources.

In their country, many soldiers still have bronze weapons in their hands instead of iron.Some sickles for harvesting barley and wheat are still bronze.

If it wasn't for this reason, how could they tremble under Osman's feet?

In today's food chain, Daming and Timur are at the top.

The power of the Ming Dynasty surpassed that of the Timurid Kingdom after having muskets and cannons.

However, the Timurid Kingdom was not much weaker than Ming Dynasty. They inherited most of the strength of the Mongolian Yuan, and at the same time inherited their technology.Compared with the previous Ming Dynasty, apart from being slightly weaker at sea, its strength on land can be said to be even worse.

Compared with the Timurid Empire, the Ottoman Empire is inferior in population and technology, but they are located in a place where there are hundreds of battles, the people are tough, and their individual strength is high.

The Ottoman Empire is at the middle end of the food chain, so European countries are still at the low end today.

A united Europe is terrible, but they cannot be united.In the short term, they are not a threat, but Zhu Zhanji, who has historical experience, knows very well that their potential is the greatest.

Whether it is the Timurid Kingdom or the Ottoman Empire, their violence and strength are based on massacres and mobility. They have advantages in technology, but they are not great.

They have artillery, and so does Europe, and they have muskets, and so does Europe.

Because they advocate force, they are inferior to European countries in terms of culture, including national heritage.

In Zhu Zhanji's heart, Timur and Ottoman are not scary, but Europe is scary.