The drastic reform in China has reached Zhu Houxi's ears, and it has been half a year later, and at this moment, Zhu Houyu has already gained a firm foothold with Wang Yue on the Red Sea coast, preparing for the next move.

In the face of the rebel's behavior, he is like an inflated pufferfish, shaking his head constantly.

How so, how so?

And Wang Yue is also angry, he has already fought with Zhu Houyu for his daughter's affairs, and when he sees Zhu Zaiji's actions, he wants to fight with Zhu Houyu even more.

"You arranged this?" Wang Yue asked fiercely.

Zhu Houxi rolled his eyes, "Wang Yue, you tell me the truth, did you instigate it?" ”

The two of them looked at each other for a long time, and they both fell into deep thought. Both of them had a feeling of miscalculation, and Zhu Houxi was the first to speak, "Wang Yue, I will give you a secret, I handed over the power to the crown prince in the hope that he will rely on the assistance of Yan Song and others to eliminate your power in the court, at least to suppress your power." I can tolerate your monopoly of power, but I can't tolerate the power of your lineage, which has always dominated the Ming Dynasty! ”

Zhu Houxi's face was calm, and he said helplessly: "But I can't do it, so I just went to sea, do you understand?" ”

Wang Yue cried, he was so moved!

"Your Majesty, I'll be honest, I'm stepping down, just learning from the same thing, and those new forces will oppose the old ministers, and even conflict with the imperial power, I ...... Happy to see it happen! ”

Zhu Houxi thought for a long time, and suddenly snorted: "Okay, you Wang Yue, no wonder you are blocking the marriage between the prince and your daughter!" ”

Wang Yue immediately retorted: "Your Majesty, if you try your best to promote the marriage, all you do is to appease those people. ”

The two looked at each other, and so far, what they both said was from their hearts.

But the question is...... "Are we both being counted by the kids?" Zhu Houxi hesitated.

Wang Yue scratched his head, "It's not calculated, it's just that we didn't go on according to our ideas." ”

These two goods looked at each other, and they were both depressed, how could this be?

Zhu Houxi is scolding his son, stupid boy, how can you join forces with Wang Yue's forces?

Wang Yue was also scolding, how could Wang Qing, a stupid boy, give up our men and horses to the royal family?

At this point, Wang Yue has no tricks, he has the heart to use Xinxue to limit imperial power, at least the next emperor can't be as domineering as Zhu Houxi. The authority of the state was changed from the emperor's arbitrary decision to the joint decision of the cabinet. He didn't plan to do it himself, but pinned his hopes on the next generation.

Similarly, Zhu Houxi also hoped to rely on historical inertia and the bureaucratic system to restore imperial power...... This kind of thing can't be said, or even shown, otherwise their monarchs and ministers will start to tear up, in that case, no matter who wins, it will be a disaster for the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that both of them miscalculated, Zhu Zaiji took the initiative to unite with Wang Yue's forces and pushed the reform forward a big step, from the current point of view, the Wang family lost the opportunity to dominate the new forces, and in the long run, the imperial power embraced the change, and it is difficult to guarantee that the imperial power itself will not be endangered......

"Wang Yue, I seem to have lost."

"Your Majesty, I didn't win either!"

Zhu Houxi's eyes widened, and he blew his beard and said angrily: "Then, who won?" ”

The two of them looked at each other, said in unison, and spit out two words, "Da Ming!" ”

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After getting the domestic news, two middle-aged men with a calculating belly decided to sit back to back, on the beach of the Red Sea, looking up at the deep starry sky.

There is more than 60 years of old wine in the cellar at hand, drinking under the moon, with the stars as a companion, it is still quite romantic, but it is a pity that they are all single.

"Your Majesty, how about I find you an Abyssinian beauty?"

Zhu Houxi's anger came up again, "Wang Yue, if you are greedy, how about I give you those Persian cats?" ”

Wang Yue really had a little thought, but it was only a little bit, and he was quickly thrown aside.

"Forget it, I'd rather spend my mental head on practicing boxing and archery, and maintaining eight-pack abs is more important than anything else." Wang Yue jumped up from the beach with a carp, although he had already passed the age of standing, his hair was still thick, his back was straight, and his muscles were solid, but because of the sea breeze and sun, his face became a lot darker, but it increased the charm of a mature man.

He is very satisfied with his state, after all, he is much stronger than Zhu Houxi, who has a swimming ring bulging on his stomach.

"Your Majesty, I suggest that you better exercise your body more, especially your riding and archery skills, the next big battle is not far away!"

Wang Yue looked to the north, which was the direction of the Nile Delta...... Zhu Houxi also patted his ass and stood up, no matter what, the situation in China can not be worried about for the time being.

And the brawl in Europe has also reached a node, and more importantly, they have accumulated a lot of chips in their hands, and they can gamble!

Suleiman the Magnificent was a ruthless man, the previous two defeats in Vienna were his greatest pain, and the third attack, Suleiman bet everything.

He mobilized 500,000 men from the country in an attempt to overwhelm Vienna with his superiority in troops.

The Habsburgs were not vegetarians, but they gathered more than 200,000 people and rallied more than 100,000 Christians to come to their aid.

Both sides turned Vienna into a mill of flesh and blood, constantly throwing troops, constantly fighting, and attrition.

Frankly speaking, although Suleiman had an advantage in strength, after all, he was in a disadvantageous position on the expedition, and it was difficult to hold out for too long.

But this time he had more allies with deep pockets, and the Ming Dynasty loaned 5 million yuan to the Ottoman Empire and transported 2 million stones of grain from Tianzhu and other places.

At the same time, by cutting off the trade routes between Spain and Portugal, he sent millions of profits to the Ottomans.

It was with this support that Suleiman laid siege to Vienna for a year and a half!

And this year and a half has been a year and a half of earth-shaking.

Hawkins was able to take control of all of France, while the Netherlands uprising severed ties with Spain and allied himself with France.

In addition, peasant uprisings in Central Europe were raging, and a large number of nascent peasant regimes were formed in the south of Germany, and the pattern of the whole of Western Europe was changed.

In fact, in this situation, many people think that the Habsburgs will not survive.

But it turns out that this family is not only relying on the lower body, Charles V constantly transferred wealth and soldiers from Spain, and relied on the Spanish fleet to maintain the Mediterranean route.

Then it gathered troops from Italy, Austria and other places.

Moreover, they allied themselves with Prussia and even asked Poland and Lithuania for help...... Under this operation, Vienna was finally saved.

But the price paid was also staggering, 150,000 soldiers and civilians in the city alone were killed, and around Vienna, there was no one in the red land.

The long war caused a severe plague, especially this winter, which was extremely cold, and people in the city died every day, and as they walked, they fell down and could not stand up again.

Since it could not be transported outside the city, it could only be found in a random place and buried in a pit. But more often than not, corpses are exhumed and turned into rations for the hungry.

These people have become almost like wild beasts, and of course they know that the plague on the dead can be deadly, but what difference is there between dying of starvation and dying of disease?

Everyone can only endure helplessly...... It wasn't until after a heavy snowfall that they suddenly found that the Ottoman army outside the city had disappeared.

They walked in such a hurry, leaving behind large tents, and in the snow, there were countless corpses.

Suleiman gave up, knowing that he would never have a chance to take the famous city again, but he had no choice, because Persia in the east had already moved.

Cooperation between countries is like this, and there is no credibility at all. The Ottoman army of 500,000 is outside, the border is empty, many nationalities take the opportunity to revolt, and the flames are raging, how can the Persians let go of this old enemy!

Suleiman received nothing but heavy debt.

The hero also has failures, which is not surprising at all, or that Suleiman is defeated, which proves that he is not the real powerhouse of this era, and it is time to change the protagonist.

In the past year or so, the Ming Dynasty has amassed an expeditionary force of 18,000 men in Africa, with as many as 100 artillery pieces. In addition, there were more than 10,000 men and horses under Gayer, and 30,000 men and horses recruited from Abyssinia, a total of nearly 60,000 troops, accompanied by more than 100 ships, along the Red Sea, straight to the Nile.

"Your Excellency, I hope that your country will mortgage Egypt to us to pay off your debts, and I believe it will be a good deal." Wang Yue has a bright smile and sincere eyes, which cannot be refused!