Emperor Chongzhen saw Wang Guoxing's delicate expression, and his heart suddenly chuckled.

Most of the nobles of the Ming Dynasty are waste, this is an undeniable point, but most of the waste has been slowly cleaned out of the noble class by Emperor Chongzhen, and most of the remaining ones are the kind that can come in handy.

Liu Wenbing is naturally one of them, in addition to the identity of Emperor Chongzhen's cousin, Liu Wenbing's own ability is definitely not to be underestimated.

When it comes to overall command, Liu Wenbing is naturally no match for Zhang Zhiji, and when it comes to personal bravery, Liu Wenbing is no match for a ruthless person like Fang Zhenghua.

However, just like a mudslide where a program ape is the most successful, the author who plays the server the best, and the server player who writes the best code, Liu Wenbing's development direction is very comprehensive.

Zhang Zhiji's writing is not as good as Liu Wenbing's, Fang Zhenghua's ability to command the army is not as high as Liu Wenbing's, and there is no one among the civilian officials who can fight better than Liu Wenbing-except for Lu Xiangsheng.

However, even Lu Xiangsheng, the head of the cabinet whose painting style has obviously deviated to a certain extent, is obviously unable to do Liu Wenbing in terms of ruthless calculations.

Without him, Lu Xiangsheng except that his force value is higher than Liu Wenbing's, and his literary style is better than Liu Wenbing's, and the rest of the aspects are actually infinitely close to Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the previous cabinets.

In general, there are still some righteous men and gentlemen who have not lost their temperament, which is why Emperor Chongzhen chose Wen Tiren and Lu Xiang to be promoted to the two cabinet chiefs.

However, Liu Wenbing didn't care about any gentleman or not, and as for what to do, he was even more lost to places like Yihong Mansion and Yihong Courtyard early.

Now Wang Guoxing's expression is so subtle when he asks about Liu Wenbing, it is not possible that Liu Wenbing has done something in England.

After pondering for a while, Wang Guoxing bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the envoy originally sent by Charles I was shelled without even seeing the face of Xin Lehou.

As for the second wave of envoys sent by Charles I and Cromwell, they all succeeded in meeting Xinlehou, but the treatment of the two families was completely different. ”

After a sigh, Emperor Chongzhen took a sip of the tea on the table and listened to Wang Guoxing continue.

Wang Guoxing said: "Xin Lehou was the first to meet with the envoy sent by Cromwell, and for Cromwell's proposal to hire the Suez Canal fleet, Xin Lehou directly vetoed it, and at the same time put forward several requirements.

The first point is to demand that Cromwell immediately release the imprisoned Ellis Jr. and the two Ming merchants and their entourage, and the second point is to demand that Cromwell compensate all the military expenses of this expedition, and by the way, cede a hundred miles of South Cape Town to the Ming as a military base.

As for Charles I's side, Xinlehou said that Charles I had no statue of the owner, and his majesty had no way to make such a big mess, and the Suez Canal Fleet destroyed Cromwell to help Charles I, so he also put forward the above three requirements for Charles I.

Judging by the current news, Cromwell will not agree to Liu Hou's request, and the final bottom line is to release people and pay compensation, but it is impossible to cede the land.

And the news from Charles I is that Charles I is very likely to agree to all of Liu Hou's demands, that is, to eliminate Cromwell, compensate for military losses, and cede the port to Daming as a military base. ”

With a pop, Emperor Chongzhen directly squirted out the tea he had just drunk in his mouth.

Two hundred years after the original history, there was an old and immortal Lafayette in China in the Far East, who embezzled the military funds of the navy to repair the garden, an emperor who had been waiting for a long time and had not yet been in power, plus a plasterer Zhongtang, supported an old empire of foreigners to build railways for us.

About 300 years later, the foreigners who went to China to build railways in the Far East also had an old and immortal Lafayette, a prince who could not ascend the throne after waiting for a long time, and a pasteur Zhongtang, which also supported an old and decrepit empire that Zhongyi came to build railways for us.

However, the current situation is that two or three hundred years in advance, the ancestors of the British Empire began to play the advanced game of land reparations and the non-domestic slavery of Waining and friendly countries.

After taking the handkerchief handed over by Wang Encheng and wiping his mouth, Emperor Chongzhen hummed and said, "Then what?" ”

Wang Guoxing's face suddenly became more subtle: "Now that Cromwell and Charles I are openly accusing each other, the two sides are on the verge of breaking out, and Liu Hou has already led his troops to retreat thirty miles, giving up all the ports and land.

Liu Hou sent envoys to both Cromwell and Charles I, saying that he would only negotiate with the master of England, and that the present situation was not at all suitable for negotiation.

For this reason, both Cromwell and Charles I borrowed a large amount of loans from France for military expenses, and then purchased a large amount of arms from Liu Hou. ”

Emperor Chongzhen and Zhang Zhiji glanced at each other, and couldn't help but secretly admire Liu Wenbing for playing better than himself, a traverser.

Now that England is in a big war, both of the dead are English barbarians, and it must have nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty, but the fleet led by Liu Wenbing is cruising on the seas of England, forcing Cromwell and Charles I to go to war, and it is proper to suppress people with the general situation.

And no matter what the final battle is, whether Cromwell wins or Charles I wins, the biggest benefit is naturally the Ming, not England.

The reason is very simple, the two sides have to fight, because if they don't fight, they will face the attack of the Ming fleet, and the arms consumption after the start of the battle will be astronomical, and both sides will have to buy arms from Liu Wenbing's hands.

Then there are the prisoners of war on both sides, who will have to sell their captives to Liu Wenbing in order to obtain arms supplies, but these captives are still the barbarians of England.

As soon as Liu Wenbing played like this, Daming could earn money on arms and obtain a large number of laborers from England at the same time, and basically did not have to pay any other costs.

After pondering for a long time, Zhang Zhiji bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, since England is in chaos now, why don't you wait a little longer?" If there is enough time, the ammunition and supplies prepared will be more abundant, and then there will be more chaos on the English side? ”

Emperor Chongzhen sneered and said, "What are you waiting for? If he hadn't planned to go on an expedition to England, he would have come now, would he have been able to go back empty-handed?

According to the original plan of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, continue to assemble the various guards and fleets, and go to England as scheduled, I will personally order London this time! ”

Faced with Emperor Chongzhen's suggestion that he would personally order London, Zhang Zhiji just nodded lightly, which was considered to be a response.

For the Governor's Office and the Cabinet of the Five Armies, things have come to this point, and there is basically no possibility of any further changes - expect Emperor Chongzhen and his old man to suddenly return to the capital with kindness?

Thinking about it with your heels is unlikely, it is better to honestly obey Emperor Chongzhen's wishes, let his old man order London, and it will be a fireworks show to celebrate Chongzhen's 22nd year.

According to Emperor Chongzhen's consistent style, after ordering London this time, he was able to stay in the capital honestly for a few years.

Although this time is likely to be no more than three years, but there are three years, isn't it? It's better than not being able to stay in the capital honestly for a day!

After another silence, Emperor Chongzhen spoke again: "By the way, let's put those two bastards into the army of this kid in Broad & Bright, let the three of them be together, and they will have a good care."

As for the third child, that little bastard let him follow me, after all, he was still too young to go to the battlefield.

Also, when things are over in England, after returning to the capital, your British Mansion will start preparing for the marriage of this child and Xue'er. ”

After finishing speaking, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but sigh a little: "My daughter is older, but she still can't keep it, and staying here and again has become an enemy."

Broad & Bright, I have already said that Xue'er is married into your British Mansion, not your British princess, I can't look down on the previous set, but you can't bear Xue'er, otherwise I won't be able to spare you! ”

Zhang Shize immediately bowed and said: "Minister, thank Your Majesty Longen!" ”

After nodding, Emperor Chongzhen said, "Get up." This daughter of mine is a pampered character since she was a child, let her do more in everything, the husband and wife are a couple for a lifetime, and harmony and beauty are the blessings of the family. ”

Zhang Shize bowed again, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty's words, Weichen dare not or forget!" ”

After waving his hand and ordering Zhang Zhiji and his son to get out, Emperor Chongzhen began to stay alone again.

In the blink of an eye, I have become a grandfather, and I am about to become a grandfather, but why do I feel that there is not much difference from when I first crossed? Should it be the heart of the little red fan or the little red pink, a big Hanist heart seems to have never changed.

Emperor Chongzhen was in a daze, and Liu Wenbing was also in a daze, but unlike Emperor Chongzhen with emotion, Liu Wenbing was completely entangled in the relationship between Little Ellis and the two Ming merchants.

Liu Wenbing originally thought that this war would sacrifice Little Ellis and the two Ming merchants, although this thought was never mentioned to anyone.

After all, this is a war, and the most direct culprit is these three guys and their entourage, if it weren't for these people, this war would not have started at this time.

To be precise, it was a wrong war fought by the wrong people, at the wrong time, in the wrong place, by two wrong players with the intervention of the wrong black whistle off the field.

Especially for Cromwell.

Liu Wenbing carefully read all the information about Cromwell, including the information provided by Jinyiwei and Dongchang, as well as all the relevant information provided by the East India Company.

As for Cromwell, Liu Wenbing believes that this person is definitely not a good man, even if he is a member of parliament but intends to kill Charles I, Cromwell is not a good bird.

This guy first sought peace with the Ming Dynasty at the earliest, and even wanted to use his strength to hire the Suez Canal Fleet to kill Charles I for him.

When he found that the plan could not be achieved, Cromwell immediately declared war on Charles I at the first time, never mentioning the matter of Little Ellis and the two Ming merchants, but instead sent people to negotiate with Liu Wenbing's side to discuss arms trade and other related matters.

If we judge purely from the current situation, in addition to the successful instigation of the opening film of Charles I and Cromwell, Liu Wenbing's original plan to force Cromwell to release Ellis Jr. can be said to be completely frustrated.

Facing such an opponent, Liu Wenbing originally said that it was impossible not to be bad.

After all, Liu Wenbing's original plan was to rescue Ellis Jr. and the two Ming merchants, not to talk to Cromwell about the hellish arms trade.

However, these trade-related matters that were also being discussed were obviously beneficial to the Ming Dynasty and harmless, in addition to a large amount of gold and silver, there was also a large number of laborers.

Except for little Ellis and those two Ming merchants.

But when did it start to deviate?

The most entangled problem for Liu Wenbing now is the two Ming businessmen, as well as Little Ellis, who was naturalized in the line of fire, and these three people are likely to be sacrificed in the end.

However, it is precisely this point that Liu Wenbing cannot accept, otherwise this is simply a perfect military intimidation action!

After glancing at everyone in the cabin, Liu Wenbing spoke: "Let's talk about it now, how to deal with the matter."

Ben Hou said first, that is, little Ellis and those two merchants must be rescued, no matter what, no matter what the cost is, we must rescue them, otherwise we will not be able to explain to Your Majesty.

But this time the arms trade, you all know in your hearts how much profit there will be, and how much benefit there will be, so you have to save people without affecting this trade.

Now that Cromwell had said nothing about Ellis Jr. and the two merchants, the situation had begun to turn in the other direction. ”

Liu Xiaoyao sneered: "Cromwell is an absolute hero, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is ruthless, he wants to use the existence of these three people to make our fleet a rat and dare not attack England in an all-round way."

As for how many of the common people of England will die in this, it is not within Cromwell's concern.

But Cromwell can not care about the death of the common people in England, but we have to care about the life and death of little Ellis and the two Ming merchants, which is the most troublesome.

However, when things come to such a situation, in fact, it is not without a solution, speaking of which, it depends on how determined and bold Hou Ye is? ”

Liu Wenbing sneered: "Determination? Courage? When did Ben Hou lack that thing? Brother, you just said, is there any way to get these three guys out? ”

Liu Xiaoyao sneered: "Since the conventional method doesn't work, and the shelling of their port doesn't work, then let's change to a more direct method!" ”