In 1655 AD, the sixth year of the Ming Dynasty, the eighth year of Jin Yongzhang, and the first year of the Japanese Ming calendar.

These three era names represent the three most influential regimes in East Asia.

And during the year, all three regimes were thriving.

Since the signing of the treaty of trade with the Ming Dynasty, Japan, which lived alone, was forced by the trade deficit and the great pressure of silver outflow, and various industries began to develop in Japan in order to exchange silver from the Ming Dynasty.

Japan's knife-making and smelting technology was further strengthened, and it was the most sold product to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming army also purchased a lot of Japanese swords.

In addition, handicraft workshops such as folding fan making and lacquerware have proliferated in Japan, and even textile workshops have appeared in the southern feudal domains.

The Edo Shogunate's edict on the closure of the country basically existed in name only.

Under pressure to earn back silver and reduce the deficit, Japanese merchant ships began to reach the Ming Dynasty, Korea, and even the South Seas, and the shogunate could only turn a blind eye to this.

However, unlike the rapid development of the Ming Dynasty, Japan's lack of private funds due to the outflow of silver made the development of these workshops relatively slow, and it was difficult for them to catch up with the Ming Dynasty.

However, the emergence of these workshops and the development of trade also increased the total economic volume of Japan as a whole and the value created every year, and the Edo shogunate also raised its finances to a higher level by collecting customs duties in trade.

Although they did not change the trade deficit, they did stabilize the deficit and did not continue to widen.

In this year, the Ming Dynasty was even more smooth, not only returning to the status of the big brother of East Asia, solving the border troubles in the north and south directions, the merchant ships broke through Malacca, the scope of trade was extended to the Indian region, and the financial revenue of the whole country has also exceeded 40 million.

Before the Ming Dynasty, the tax payment method was more complicated, there was labor service, there was tax in kind, and then slowly changed to silver to pay taxes, and on average, it was about 20 million a year, and the Ming Dynasty has now doubled, close to the Song Dynasty's four.

Today's Ming Dynasty, with its prosperous culture, broad mind, developed commerce, abundant products, and many granaries in Shuzhong Tianfu, Huguang and Nanyang in its hands, can be said to be the overlord of East Asia who wants money and grain.

In the year of Jinguo, the internal affairs and national strength are also thriving.

In terms of food, although the surplus is not much, it saves a little every year and has some reserves.

In addition to the newly established Anxi Protectorate, because the people have just migrated to the past, the grain still needs to be allocated in Guanzhong, and it has become a big food eater, the manors of the gentry of the major clans in Guanzhong, as well as the military tuns in various parts of Guanzhong, can give a large amount of grain to the Jin State every year, and Wu Sangui, who sits on the rich Hanzhong Basin, is a big man.

In general, the problem of food shortage in Jinguo has been greatly alleviated, and as long as there is no big war, there is still no worry about eating and drinking.

If Jin Guo can promote sweet potatoes, corn, potatoes and other things and plant them for a few years, it will be a year or two in a row, and he will not be afraid.

In terms of silver and fiscal revenue, because of the opening of trade routes, the Jin Kingdom also maintained a large surplus in trade, although it was not as good as the Ming Dynasty, but the tax revenue was about 10 million taels.

Of course, this has a lot to do with the destruction of Yarkand by the Jin State and the looting from the upper echelons of Yarkand.

It can be seen that the countries of East Asia, because of the rise of the Ming Dynasty and stimulated by the Ming Dynasty, are undergoing certain changes.

In the blink of an eye, the year 1655 has ended, and the year 1656 has entered.

At the beginning of this year, the Ming Dynasty passed the proposal of the military department and the rebuilding of the northern border army in the New Year's pre-meeting, and proposed to expand the army by 100,000 to 200,000, so that the Ming Dynasty's military strength could be expanded to 700,000.

In addition, because of the disintegration of the traditional small-scale peasant economy in the south, the Ming Dynasty implemented the government military system for a short time, which was also greatly impacted, and the military department also proposed a new law, requiring local men over the age of 15 to be trained by thousands of households in each prefecture for one month to three months.

When the war was tense, the imperial court could send any adult man to join the official army.

This means that everyone has the obligation to serve the country, but the imperial court does not really let everyone join the official army, but only has this right, and if you do not use this right, you will be in the imperial court.

The actions of the Ming Dynasty naturally stimulated the Jin State again, but the Ming Dynasty's expansion this time, although there was a sense of fighting for the Jin State, but the Jin State also saw a point from it, after the Ming Dynasty expanded the army, it took a period of training, and during this time, the Jin State was quite safe.

The Jin State now has money and food, and the army can move, but it is afraid that if the army moves, it will attract the attack of the Ming Dynasty and destroy this security period.

Moreover, after the Jin Kingdom destroyed Yarkand, it did not find the next opponent who could make a move, so although the Jin Kingdom felt urgent, there was no new action.

At this time, on the eastern front of the Jin country, although it was clear that the war was about to break out, the entire eastern front was in a relatively peaceful state, and compared with the eastern front, the west of the Jin country was much more exciting.

From the end of 1654, the war between Russia and the Golden Horde broke out, and now it has been fought intermittently for more than a year.

This is nothing in the history of the Russian and Mongol conquests, they have fought wars for more than ten years, but this time is also a little special.

Because throughout this period of time, the two sides have been fighting constantly, and large-scale battles have been going on, which is rare in history.

On the east bank of the Volga River alone, there were four major battles of more than 10,000 people, during which the cavalry of the Mongols and the Cossacks fought sentry battles and infiltration battles, which were even more innumerable.

For more than a year, the two sides have repeatedly fought over the Volga region, and the two sides have been stubbornly stumbling, which is the most difficult battle for Russia to conquer Mongolia in recent years, and it is difficult to imagine in the past.

The Golden Horde undermined Russia's good deeds of defeating Poland and interrupted Russia's continuity with Siberia, and if Russia wanted to compete with Poland and Sweden, it had to solve the scourge of the Golden Horde.

For the Mongols on the banks of the Volga River, Russia, an evil country, kills wherever they go, and if they spoil Russia's good deeds, the Russians will definitely launch bloody revenge.

They had been oppressed for many years and could only fight their best, but as soon as the war began, the situation turned against the Mongols.

The Golden Horde was defeated in many battles and soon lost the eastern bank of the Volga, but as the Mongols gathered on the western bank, they gradually formed a confrontation with Russia by virtue of their numerical superiority.

The Mongols and the Russians were in a state of anxiety, thanks to the help of the Jin State.

Although the firearms given to the Mongols by the Jin State were not high-end goods, Russia was not rich at this time, and most of the troops were arquebuses and old artillery, which were not much stronger than the Mongols, and there were more Mongols, so the two sides fought against each other on the banks of the Volga River.

By the end of last year, the Russians launched two major offensives, but they failed to make a breakthrough, and the Golden Horde's ally, Yuz Khan, once again led the elite of the country to strengthen the Golden Horde.

In February of this year, the anxious Russians finally made a bloody investment, promised heavy profits, and took advantage of the opportunity of Poland and Sweden to reach a deal with the Cossack leaders of Ukraine and transfer 60,000 registered Cossacks to participate in the war.

After nearly 10,000 casualties, the Russians finally defeated the Mongol coalition on the west bank of the Volga River, and even the Mongol Ayuqi Khan was killed.

The monks were forced to break through and march south into Central Asia, where the Mongols' Golden Horde failed, and the entire Central Asian region became a big town, and the Mongol and Turkic tribes were shrouded in a layer of haze.

In March, outside the city of Dundo, a team of nearly 1,000 people slowly came west, most of them were dressed in Mongol costumes, but the first 100 people were dressed as Jin soldiers......

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