Nan Juyi said: "Where is there any rumor for us to listen to, it's not that the cabinet is discussing with the Ministry of Railways." According to the old man's opinion, I am afraid that this thing will be more likely. ”

Mao Wenlong sighed and said, "I hope so." The area of Penglai Island is too large, and so far it has not been controlled to the end of this continent, and it is estimated that it is a territory about the same size as Xinming Island.

In this case, if there were no railways, relying solely on horses for transportation would probably exhaust people to death. ”

Nanju Yiye said: "It's not just a problem of transportation. Once the population is larger, it is much easier to get ideas.

Just like in Annam, this speed is crucial when it comes to counterinsurgency. ”

Mao Wenlong and Nan Juyi are idle together, anyway, it is already winter, and it is not realistic to sail back to Daming at sea at this time, so they can only wait until the beginning of spring and then go back, so naturally they have a lot of time to idle.

As for the two brothers, Zhu Cixiao and Zhu Cihong, they were secretly frightened along the way.

Since leaving the port base, I have walked all the way south along the mountain range, and I have seen more than 100 large and small Jingguan on the way—although the largest is only more than 1,000 heads, but this thing is Jingguan and not a small mound.

Zhang Kewang, who had just recovered from his injuries, rode on a horse, and walked forward with the two brothers Zhu Cixie, grinning from time to time because of the pain.

Looking at the two brothers Zhu Cixiao and Zhu Cihong, who were alive and well, Zhang Kewang said: "Your Highness, go directly to the south from here, and it is expected that by the beginning of spring, we will be able to reach the station of those English barbarians." ”

Zhu Cihong said: "Those English barbarians don't mention them for the time being, they are already meat on the board anyway, and they can't run away from them."

But what kind of French barbarian has suffered such a big loss here, and they can actually endure it? ”

Zhang Kewang said: "Whether they can endure it or not, let's talk about it later." Now one thing has been confirmed by the charts of these barbarians. ”

Zhu Cihong said curiously: "What's the matter?" ”

Zhang Kewang said: "Through the charts of those barbarians, as well as the charts we got from those Francois barbarians before, we can conclude from the comparison between the two that the earth we are stepping on is indeed spherical.

That is to say, the so-called armillary theory in Zhang Heng's "Illustration of the Armillary Sphere" and Wang Fan's "The Theory of the Armillary Phenomena" in the Three Kingdoms period is correct, and we will start from Kuer Island and go east, and after going around in a big circle, we will return to Sakhalin Island again. ”

Zhu Cihong nodded and said: "This is not unusual, there are still people in the Royal Academy who say that the planet under our feet is revolving around the sun, and it is said that even a lot of evidence has been found, who cares what he says?" ”

Zhang Kewang also nodded: "No one cares about it, it's fun to let Europa go, it is said that a lot of barbarians were burned to death." ”

Pouting, Zhu Cixiao said: "Burn it, can barbarians be called barbarians if they don't play with fire?" What the hell is going on with us? The most important thing now is to find those barbarians of England as soon as possible.

Otherwise, none of us should think about a good life, where did we get so much spare time to worry about the affairs of the barbarians? ”

Zhang Kewang said: "It is estimated that we can reach the English barbarians before the beginning of spring, and then come back before the end of summer." ”

After silently calculating the time in his heart, Zhu Cixiao said, "How many barbarians are there over there?" According to your itinerary, wouldn't it take you a few days to clean up the barbarians? ”

Zhang Kewang said: "It's impossible to clean it all up, after all, those barbarians are not too few, plus the natives here originally, it is estimated that there will be no way to clean it up in three or five years." ”

After thinking about it in his heart, Zhu Cihong said: "Then let's rely here for a few more months, so that we don't have to go back and find a beating." However, the time can't be delayed too long, the sister-in-law is estimated to have a few months to give birth, so she has to go back before the child is born, right? ”

I have to admit that Xingzi is still very methodical - the gentleness unique to traditional Japanese women and the training of the Ming grandmothers, Xingzi can be regarded as grabbing Zhu Cixiao's heart, and he is no longer as disgusted as he was at the beginning.

With a smile on his face, Zhu Cixiao said: "It's okay, there are still six or seven months, this time is enough for us to clean up a batch of barbarians here."

Don't you know, that shabby place on Sakhalin Island can freeze to death in winter, and if there is no earth fire dragon and warm kang, that ghost place is simply not for people to live in. ”

……

After Wang Xingguo pinched the information in his hand and looked at it for a long time, he didn't bother to go to the think tank to help with the deduction, so he hurriedly went to find Emperor Chongzhen.

This time the matter was so big that the entire Mughal plan was almost completely disrupted, and almost all the plans that were originally made were scrapped or had to be started earlier.

Emperor Chongzhen was also extremely painful after seeing the information.

Shashua's teaser was actually killed by Ozelombu? And this guy was the last to go crazy before he died, and directly sent a large number of dead men to assassinate Ozelo Langbu and Daro Siqiao.

Although the final assassination attempt was unsuccessful, it succeeded in provoking the wrath of Ozelo Langbu and Darosicho, who set out to attack Shashua almost simultaneously, and continued to carry out retaliatory massacres of the city.

The behavior of these bastards far exceeded Daming's original expectations.

Whether it is the deduction of the think tank or the military chess deduction in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, it shows that it should be Ozerangbu and Shashua who joined forces to kill Daro Siqiao, not Ozerangbu and Daro Siqiao who killed Shashua together.

This fucking doesn't play cards according to the routine!

Emperor Chongzhen, who was extremely painful, ordered someone to pass Zhang Zhiji and others into the palace, and at the same time ordered someone to send the information to the think tank.

Although the calculation is wrong, it is not a big deal, and it is a big deal to make certain improvements in the future.

For example, make a plan for these three guys to die together, or plan for one guy to die suddenly.

Isn't the existence of think tanks to deduce these myriad possibilities?

Zhang Zhiji was also very painful after reading the information: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, and now that the three-legged momentum has been broken, the entire Mughal is afraid that it will continue to be chaotic, and it will directly reach the defeat of one of the Luo Siqiao or Ozer Langbu." ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "Compared to Ozerangbu, I hope that Daluo Siqiao can win this game.

In addition, Yunnan and Burma are also going to start preparations, and once the winners and losers are divided, I will send troops directly to the Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhang Zhiji said: "In fact, you can also let Amin and Mang Gurtai's army go south and west first, and directly threaten Ozerangbu and Daro Siqiao, forcing the two of them to strike a truce." ”

Seeing Emperor Chongzhen nodding, Zhang Zhiji continued: "Once the two families find out that Amin and Mang Gurtai's army is heading south and west, they will inevitably defend together after the truce, and my Ming Dynasty doesn't even need to fight them, as long as it drags on like this, it will be delayed until they collapse sooner or later." ”

This is? Cold war? Star Wars Ming Edition?

After nodding, Emperor Chongzhen turned his gaze to the others: "What do you Aiqing think?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng bowed and said, "The minister still adheres to his previous opinion. First take the Penglai continent, then concentrate the forces, bulldoze the Mughals in one fell swoop, and then go directly west to take the Ottomans. ”

Li Yan objected: "If it is according to the meaning of Elder Lu Ge, it is safe to be safe, but it will drag on for too long?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng said: "What if it drags on for a longer time? Amin and Mang Gurtai pressed the border, and Daro Sicho and Ozelombu had to take into account the threat from the rear, so they had to increase their troops and put a large amount of national strength on military spending.

Now the Mughal people already have some signs of smoke everywhere, as long as it continues to drag on, there is no fear that the Mughal country will not be in chaos. ”

Emperor Chongzhen suddenly spoke: "By the way, what's going on over there in the Beishan Jurchen Division?" ”

Wang Xingguo, who had just returned, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, Liu Xingzuo's troops have advanced towards the extreme north, and are clearing out the barbarians from the extreme north to the east. ”

Zhang Zhiji also bowed down and said: "If it is according to the return of Liu Xingzuo's department and Xia Ezhe's department, I am afraid that before the winter of next year, from the capital of Daming directly to the north, until the extreme north, it will be cleaned up."

At that time, Liu Xingzuo's troops will once again separate from Xia Ezhe's troops and Battell, and advance directly to the west in the form of a three-way army, killing the barbarians who may exist along the way. ”

After Emperor Chongzhen snorted, he began to think about it in his heart.

Flowers brocade, fire cooking oil, these two words are actually not good words, and the current situation of the Ming Dynasty is actually similar to these two words.

Is the Ming Dynasty internally stable? Steady, steady as an old dog!

But in fact, all the contradictions are forced to be pressed down or transferred, not that there are really no contradictions at all.

Now there are three battlefields in the Ming Dynasty, one on the Penglai Continent, another one north of Beishan, and one on the African side.

Although the three-line operation did not feel difficult, and even had the spare strength to open up the fourth combat battlefield, the impact on the people of the Ming Dynasty was also real.

Just like the construction of railways, the largest proportion of all ongoing projects are for military use, and there are very few lines for civilian use.

And grain.

Although the coldest part of winter has passed, and the temperature is rising little by little, which means that the climate of Xiaoice is slowly ending, in fact, the food problem has always been the biggest headache for Daming.

In the past, there were a few large grain producers in Nanyang who were supporting, especially after killing Annan, it was like making a windfall, but now?

With the implementation of the real side of immigration, the population of the entire Ming Dynasty presents a strange phenomenon of being vast and sparsely populated, even if the people of the Ming Dynasty are having children in Kejin.

The consequence of the vast land and sparse population is that a large amount of land is idle, and after the grain is transported from Jiaozhi and other places, if you want to transport it to the interior of the Ming Dynasty, you have to spend a greater price than before, unless the entire Ming Dynasty is covered with railways.

And then the problem is back to the original problem - the current railways are more military than civilian!

In addition to the population problem, the number and quality of officials also became another bottleneck restricting the development of the Ming Dynasty.

As early as the eighteenth year of Chongzhen, Guozijian had already divided the university separately, and it was no longer a lecture on the way of officials, but the classified subjects of the Royal Academy were taught for students to study before entering the Royal Academy.

Of course, it is not mandatory to enter the Royal Academy, and it is basically up to the students to choose by themselves - however, the idea of learning to become a martial artist, the goods and the emperor's family are still restricting these students.

It is foreseeable that by the time the first batch of students graduate in the twenty-second year of Chongzhen, a large number of students will choose to enter the Royal Academy, and only those who are selected and left will be able to flow into the people.

The problem is that the lack of manpower in the Royal Academy has reached a crazy point now, and it is eager to snatch people from the university of Guozijian now, how can it be possible to let these people flow into the people again?

In addition to the restructured Guozijian, the imperial examination was also officially changed.

Gewuke, Minglu, and Mingsuan were officially canceled.

The Department of Physics was completely integrated into the university, and these students were prepared for the Royal Academy and the future flow of talents into the private sector after the surplus of talents.

The Ming Law and the Ming Arithmetic have embarked on a completely different path from the Ming Economics.

The Ming Jingke was also incorporated into the university, but it was also required to participate in the biennial imperial examination after graduation.

The Jinshi of the middle school will enter the eight departments and eight departments for rotation study after the talent selection ceremony, and those who are qualified will be released as officials, and those who are not qualified will continue to exist as small officials in these departments.

Students of the two subjects of Ming Law and Ming Arithmetic directly have the capital to become a small official after graduating from university, or to find a way out on their own, or obey the assignment, go to the military government to do some secretarial things, or go to the local government to be an official such as a county official, a master bookkeeper, and a canonical history.

Moreover, the students of the two subjects of Ming Law and Ming Arithmetic have a huge advantage over the previous county officials and master books.

Although they are all eighth- and nine-grade sesame petty officials like the previous master bookkeepers and county officials, these people are all graduates of Beijing University, and they belong to the same classmates as those Jinshi of the Ming Classics.

This kind of advantage, the previous master bookkeeper and county officials did not have, and if they want to go further, they have little hope of relying on Jingcha, so they can only look forward to participating in the selection when they immigrate overseas, and then be released for promotion.

And the south, as the place where the literary style of the Ming Dynasty is at its peak, is now preparing to make its voice heard again - even the newspapers have begun to be published!

In short, there are a lot of messy problems, which makes Emperor Chongzhen annoying, and now there is another Mughal problem, and Emperor Chongzhen is even more painful.

The point is in the newspaper, this is a double-edged sword!