parentshiftbook Chapter 795: Is It Difficult To Unify The Holy Roman Empire In Sparsely Populated And Backward North
Chapter 795: Is It Difficult To Unify The Holy Roman Empire In Sparsely Populated And Backward North
"Two heroes in Central Asia are vying for hegemony, and there are many princes in South Asia. No one is safe around the Ming Dynasty.
"But the Ming Dynasty cannot let them unify, otherwise it will threaten the Ming Dynasty!"
Prince Zhu Biao looked at the South Asia region on the world map and frowned.
Originally, just wanting to interfere in the Central Asian region was already very troublesome for the Ming Dynasty, but now there is another South Asian region.
If possible, Zhu Biao really doesn't want to have anything to do with the surrounding Central Asia or South Asia.
After all, at this stage, the Ming Dynasty mainly focuses on recuperating and restoring its vitality. If it can reduce the number of wars, it is best to use less wars.
But Zhu Biao also knew that although from the size of the Ming Dynasty on the world map, it can be roughly inferred that the distance between the Ming Dynasty and Central Asia and South Asia is probably thousands of miles away.
But the distance of thousands of miles is really not a problem for a unified and prosperous empire.
At least a prosperous unified empire, if it really wants to send troops to intervene, can forcefully intervene even in areas thousands of miles away.
Just like the current Ming Dynasty, although he talks about recuperating and recuperating.
But if you really want to intervene in Central Asia or South Asia, you can bite the bullet [Da Ming can still afford two expeditionary armies from Shifang people.
Especially after the construction of concrete roads, the travel speed in various places in Ming Dynasty was at least two or three times faster than before.
Under such circumstances, the distance of thousands of miles in the past was not a big problem for Daming.
It’s just that if Ming Dynasty really wants to launch an expeditionary force to intervene in Central Asia and South Asia, it will be a disaster.
Then the various infrastructure construction currently underway in Ming Dynasty may be temporarily suspended, or the pace may be slowed down.
At the same time, the original rapid development of the Ming Dynasty would have to slow down due to the burden brought by the huge expeditionary force and various complicated matters.
For Ming Dynasty, it is hard to say whether the benefits outweigh the disadvantages or the disadvantages outweigh the benefits.
Qin King Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes also looked at the Central Asia and South Asia on the world map and thought deeply.
After a moment of thinking passed, Yan Changqing pointed to the northern part of the Asian continent with a bamboo branch, and then introduced:
“The area above Central Asia, that is, above the Kipchak Khanate and the Timurid Empire, and after passing the North Sea (Lake Baikal), I temporarily named it North Asia.
"Compared to Central Asia, where two heroes are competing for hegemony, and South Asia, where there are many princes, North Asia is relatively sparsely populated due to the severe cold weather. Even the Mongolian people are not willing to live there."
"The people there basically live in ethnic and tribal structures such as the Tungus, Yakut, Samoyed, Serkup, and Yukargir ethnic groups."
"It did not say that there was a shift from ethnic tribes, large and small, to social organizations such as national dynasties, large and small."
"And the current level of civilization in national society is very low. In terms of farming, it is estimated that it is still in the simple and crude slash-and-burn stage of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. They mainly make a living by hunting and domesticating cattle, horses, and deer."
"As for weapons and equipment, iron weapons should still be a scarce item for them, and it is unlikely to be popularized on a large scale. It is estimated that most people in North Asia still use stone weapons such as stone axes. "
"Generally speaking, social civilization is relatively backward and social organization is relatively loose."
"But even so, North Asia covers an area of about 13 million square kilometers, which is also enough soil to breed a huge and prosperous empire!"
The King of Yan, Zhu Di, heard Yan Changqing mention the North Sea and immediately became interested and asked:
"The North Sea that the gentleman just mentioned is the place where Liang Guogong granted Lang Juxu and drank from Ma Hanhai?!!"
Although in the past few years when the prince was in the county or state, Zhu Di had been busy with internal affairs such as local governance.
But Zhu Di has never forgotten one of his life ideals, "that is, one day, like Hou Huo Qubing, the champion of the Western Han Dynasty, he can be like a wolf and live in Xu, and drink from the sea of horses."
Yan Changqing shook his head and replied:
"No, the North Sea is the vast sea (Lake Baikal)."
"But Yuerhai (Bell Lake) is not the Hanhai or the North Sea. The two are not the same place."
“Strictly speaking, after arriving at the Yuer Sea (Lake Baikal), and then continuing forward for about 700 to 800 to 1,000 miles, the North Sea (Lake Baikal) is located.
"However, even if he did not reach the North Sea (Lake Baikal), based on the achievements made by Liang Guogong, there is still no water in saying "Fenglang Juxu".
In Yan Changqing's previous life, people often mistook Lake Bell and Lake Baikal, or thought that Lake Bell and Lake Baikal referred to the same place.
But this is not actually the case. Lake Bell is a lake shared by China and Mongolia. It is 40 kilometers long, 20 kilometers wide, and covers an area of 608.78 square kilometers. The average depth is about 9 meters. The deepest point in the center of the lake can reach more than 50 meters, and it stores water. The volume is about 5.5 billion cubic meters.
Lake Baikal is located in southern Siberia within the territory of Damaozi. It is 636 kilometers long, with an average width of 48 kilometers, an area of 31,500 square kilometers, an average depth of 744 meters, and the deepest point of 1,637 meters. It is crescent-shaped in total. The water storage capacity is 23.6 trillion cubic meters.
The straight-line distance between the two is about seven or eight hundred kilometers. They belong to three countries and are two completely different "lakes".
On the side, King Zhu Zhu of Zhou couldn’t help but sigh:
"After arriving at Yu'er Sea, we actually had to continue marching forward for seven or eight hundred miles before we could reach the North Sea."
"I don't know how the champion of that year did such outrageous things as sealing the wolf as his Xu and drinking from the horse Hanhai."
“It’s incredible to think that you can still run thousands of miles in such a frozen and snowy place.
Yan Changqing, who was on the podium, looked at Zhou Wang Zhu Zhu and said with a smile:
"The champion can only reach the vast sea with his troops at most, but does not really control the vast sea."
“But after the Northern Expedition to the Turks, Li Jing, the military god of the Tang Dynasty, really brought the vast sea (Lake Baikal) thousands of miles away into the territory of the Tang Dynasty!
"Relevant administrative agencies have been set up in the area east of the North Sea (Lake Baikal)."
"For example, the Xuanban Prefecture (Yuwu Prefecture) of the Guli Cadres is close to the North Sea (Lake Baikal), while the Jilu Prefecture of the Xijie Tribe, Zhu Long Prefecture of the Kuluobo Tribe, and Gaowang Prefecture of the Xue Tribe are in the North East of Sea (Lake Baikal).”
"This is also the first time that the Central Plains regime of China has officially set up relevant administrative governance institutions in the North Sea (Lake Baikal) region."
"But it is a pity that in the first year of Yongchun (682), Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty made policy mistakes, which caused all the Turks to rebel against the Tang Dynasty and captured Mobei, which in turn led to the North Sea (Lake Baikal) being controlled by the Turks."
“However, in the first year of Zhengsheng (695), Wu Zetian sent Wang Xiaojie to conquer the Turks and re-include North Sea (Lake Baikal) in the territory of Wu Zhou Empire.
"However, in the first year of the Holy Calendar (698), the Turks rebelled, Mobei lost control again, and the North Sea (Lake Baikal) was also lost again."
"After that, until the Yuan Dynasty, North Sea (Lake Baikal) was re-incorporated into the territory of the former Yuan Empire and fell under the jurisdiction of the "Lingbei Province". "
"As His Majesty overthrew the former Yuan Dynasty, although the Ming Dynasty took over most of the areas ruled by the former Yuan Dynasty, the North Sea (Lake Baikal) has not yet been owned by the Ming Dynasty.
"So Your Majesty, let alone let the Ming Dynasty surpass the Yuan Dynasty, even if you want to catch up with the Han and Tang Dynasties, there is still a long way to go.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the location of the North Sea marked on the world map, and then at the location of the Ming Dynasty's ruling area, and couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth slightly.
It's not just a short journey to go. If you want to catch up with the Han and Tang Dynasties and bring the North Sea into the Ming Dynasty's ruling area, there are still hundreds of thousands of miles, or even millions of miles to travel. Walk!
Finally, Yan Changqing pointed to the Asian continent on the world map and concluded:
"The current Asian continent can be briefly summarized as the four main regions of Ming Dynasty, Central Asia, South Asia, and North Asia."
“Among them, the territory of the Ming Dynasty is about 10 million square kilometers, the comprehensive area of Central Asia is about 14 million square kilometers, the comprehensive area of South Asia is about 5 million square kilometers, and the comprehensive area of North Asia is about 5 million square kilometers. The comprehensive geographical area is approximately 13 million square kilometers.
"The total area of these four major regions is approximately 42 million square kilometers."
"As for the remaining two to three million square kilometers, they are other bits and pieces of corner areas, so you don't need to pay too much attention to them for the time being."
Immediately, Yan Changqing wrote the words "European Continent" on the left side of the Asian continent on the world map, and then said:
"On the left side of the Asian continent, this part that is closely connected to the Asian continent, I temporarily named it the European continent, and its territory is about 10 million square kilometers.
"Although the territory of the European continent is only about one-quarter to one-fifth of the Asian continent, it also has many vassal states."
"For example, the largest vassal state at present should be the Holy Roman Empire, and its territory should be about one million square kilometers."
"However, according to the information obtained by naval spies, the Holy Roman Empire was in chaos during the Great Interregnum a hundred years ago.
"As a result, the former Holy Roman Empire gradually became a loose alliance composed of hundreds of smaller 'principal kingdoms, imperial free cities, bishop states, knights' and other small imperial princes in the name of a country."
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"To put it simply, this is equivalent to the two provinces in the Ming Dynasty forming a nominal country, but the prefectures, states and even states in these two provinces are relatively independent."
Hearing Yan Changqing's last metaphor, King Qin Zhu Cang couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and said:
"Has no one ever thought about unifying this so-called Holy Roman Empire?!!"
A vassal state whose territory is only the size of two provinces in the Ming Dynasty is actually divided into hundreds of small vassals. Isn't this a county or a small vassal state?!
If such a small prince were placed in China, no one would laugh at him, because others would only regard it as a mental illness.
Yan Changqing nodded and said:
"Of course there is, but from a hundred years ago to now, no one has truly succeeded in unifying the Holy Roman Empire."
"The current emperor of the Holy Roman Empire is mainly elected by the seven electors."
"The so-called seven electors are the seven most powerful small princes within the Holy Roman Empire."
"Generally speaking, if an elector wants to become the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, he needs to defeat most of the electors through his own force, or obtain the recognition of most of the electors through benefits."
"But even so, defeating most of the electors, or through
The Holy Roman Emperor, who was recognized by most of the electors through his interests, was only the Holy Roman Emperor in name only.
"For example, the so-called Holy Roman Emperor is equivalent to the Emperor of Zhou during our Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the seven electors are equivalent to the Warring States Period during our Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period
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A look of disbelief flashed across Qin Wang Zhu Di's face:
"Is it difficult to unify the two provinces?!!"
"It's not like we want them to unify all of Europe!!!"
If it is to unify the whole of Europe, King Zhu Mo of Qin also admitted that it is indeed not easy. After all, the European continent covers an area of 10 million square kilometers, which is basically equivalent to one
It's clear.
But just to unify a vassal state with two provinces, Qin King Zhu Feng really couldn't think of why he couldn't do it. Isn't it just a matter of having the skills?!
He's not bragging, it's just like his Holy Roman Empire was internally split into hundreds of small princes.
Give him 100,000 Ming border troops, and he promises to completely unify the Holy Roman Empire within five years!
If he was given 300,000 Beijing troops, he could guarantee the complete unification of the Holy Roman Empire within one year!
Because for Qin King Zhu Di, who has an army of 100,000 or 300,000, what he has to face is not a truly unified Holy Roman Empire.
It is the hundreds of small princes who occupy an area no larger than a state capital, no larger than a county, or even a township.
For small princes like this, even if King Zhu Lou of Qin did not make any calculations, he would just push them away with his army.
It is estimated that except for the seven so-called electors who may barely block his steps, the other rubbish princes will not even stir up a small splash of water and will be submerged in his big body.
In the army!
And to put it bluntly, how many legions of armies can they pull out with just those small princes?!!
In addition to the seven electors, Qin King Zhu Di estimated that the other small princes could only pull out a legion of three to five thousand or ten thousand people at most.
Because no matter how many there are, their small vassal states, which cover an area of only one floor or one state, simply cannot afford to support them.
Even if hundreds of small princes unite to resist in the end, it will still have no effect on Qin King Zhu Ping.
Because the hundreds of small princes united are like a piece of ceramic that has been put back together after being broken.
Although it looks intact, it is actually full of cracks and cannot stop his water-like army of hundreds of thousands.
He did not believe that these hundreds of small vassal states, which had been divided and independent for nearly a hundred years, could quickly coordinate their armies in a short period of time after uniting.
Orders are unified and orders are prohibited.
And as long as the armies and soldiers of hundreds of vassal states cannot coordinate their orders and prohibit them, then no matter how large the number of armies assembled, it will be easier to lag behind after entering the battlefield.
leg.
In a war, it does not mean whichever side has more soldiers will win.
If this is the case, then there is no need for a large army commander. After everyone has gathered their hands, they can just compare the number of people to determine the outcome.
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