Hurd's diplomatic activities were successful, and the greatest diplomatic achievement was the issuance of bonds in Britain, and the funds from Britain would soon become a steady stream of military funds for the construction of warships, the recruitment of new soldiers, and the expansion of armaments. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Orders for new warships have already been placed, and the navy has begun to conduct various kinds of high-intensity training; the navy is a technical branch, and even if it has a large number of warships in a short period of time, it is difficult to form combat effectiveness in a short period of time. The Navy's plan is to train experienced naval soldiers to become capital ship soldiers as much as possible. That is, to bring the soldiers of the river fleet, to be properly trained, so that they can do the work of large warships.

Other measures were to recruit sailors in large numbers from the Minyong merchant ships and try to train them into soldiers. This plan is also feasible, because this is what Britain does, whenever there is a major naval war with European countries, Britain will urgently recruit seafarers to serve as a navy. The United States in World War II was able to increase its navy several times in just a few years, relying on this method.

In the name of dealing with the situation in North Vietnam, the Army began to conduct various military exercises and demanded that the railway companies step up the construction of a railway to North Vietnam. At this time, the railway line of the Ming Dynasty has been from Guangzhou to Nanning, and the railway from Nanning to the south through the mountains of Yuebei has just begun to be built, and it is a hard work to build the railway in the mountains.

Fortunately, the French completed half of the work, and the railway built by the French has already passed from Hanoi to Lang Son, just waiting to dock with the Daming Railway at Zhennan Pass. Therefore, as long as the railway company completes the section in the Ming Dynasty, the army will have a convenient passage south to Hanoi in the war.

Unfortunately, the French are not fools, they have long seized the favorable terrain and controlled the entire railway from Hanoi to the north, and if the Ming wants to use the railway, they must compete with the French. Advantageously, the French had limited forces, with only two thousand troops in control of the railway line. In the mountains of northern Vietnam, Daming can also get the support of immigrants from the Liangguang region, and has a home advantage.

The most unfavorable thing about the Ming Dynasty is that both the navy's training plan and the army's exercises are carried out in the name of preventing the situation in northern Vietnam. The order for the Navy to build ships was directly contracted by the arsenal through the emperor. All operations were not carried out under the auspices of the Ministry of War. Because the civilian government had still not reached a consensus on whether or not to go to war, it was clear that the bureaucracy was at odds with the emperor's.

Zhu Jinglun knew that this situation could not last long, and that if there was a full-scale war with France, he needed a united government to cooperate, and he was already very dissatisfied with the too weak style of the civilian government.

Even Hurd's borrowing in Europe could not be made in the name of the Ming government, but in the name of the railway company, for which he paid much higher interest.

Zhu Jinglun was disappointed in the naivety of the Chen Zhiting government, could it be that they still can't see the situation clearly under this circumstances, even if they can't see the situation clearly, they still dream of peace, but for the sake of peace, they need to have strong military backing up even more, is it possible that they still expect France to give them peace?

This disappointment made Zhu Jinglun very painful, he has been trying not to engage in a power struggle with the bureaucracy, and he does not want the imperial power to be incompatible with the relative power, but he did not expect it to come to such a point, can Chinese politics never get out of this vicious circle?

He even reflected on whether he was wrong, whether he was too persistent, and whether he influenced the bureaucracy's integration of government power, but he could not agree with the current approach of the civil bureaucracy in any case, and he was 100% convinced that his own judgment was right, and Chen Zhiting's handling of them was inappropriate.

If he is right, then Chen Zhiting is obviously wrong, Chen Zhiting is not the best person to lead the Ming Dynasty to brave the wind and waves in the new era, because this kind of civil official who was born in the old official family and the scholar class always has an old atmosphere in his thoughts, and in this great era, what is needed is a leader with innovative spirit.

"If it goes on like this, I'm afraid the apocalypse is not far away!"

Zhu Jinglun complained to Zhongshu Ling Fang Shan.

Fang Shan has been extremely low-key in recent years, and after the official reached the Zhongshu Order, he became the emperor's secretary team, helping the emperor sort out documents, drafting edicts and other things, and he couldn't give full play to his calculating strengths.

"I'm afraid you don't have much paperwork here for a month, haven't I done enough? I have handed over all the power, even the military power, what else does he want me to do? ”

Zhu Jinglun's words were resentful.

"Maybe I will be the prime minister, and let Chen Zhiting be the emperor, maybe it will be more appropriate."

Fang Shan didn't dare to answer at all, he only promised, there was no longer the casualness of the past between the two, there was more courtesy and more estrangement between the two of them.

After Fang Shan left, Zhu Jinglun, who had just looked like a resentful woman, immediately changed his posture and returned to that calm and calm demeanor again, and everything seemed to be confident.

These words were not for Fang Shan, but for Chen Zhiting's group of civil officials.

Zhu Jinglun also sighed at Fang Shan in his heart, he was obviously a cunning man who calculated people's hearts, but he pretended to be a gentleman all the year round, greeted everyone with a smile, and was polite to the officials in the yamen.

There is only one reason why a man can become like this, that is, he needs to pave the way for some people, Fang Shan's son was admitted to the imperial examination a few years ago, and he needs to accumulate a network behind his son for his son, so he wants to show favor to all forces, because he has no background, he can't afford to offend anyone, and if he is happy for a while, he will ruin his son's future.

A cunning man who is good at calculating people's hearts is a poisonous snake lurking around him, but once this poisonous snake has a bond in his heart, he will also lose the sharpest fangs, because he has a bond in his heart, he has worries, and if he has worries, he will not be ready to attack the throat of his opponent at any time, he will slow down, and he will lose his danger.

A poisonous snake that has lost its fangs and wants to be a harmless pet of a human and an animal, he will seize every opportunity to show favor to everyone, for example, he will give a good opinion to Chen Zhiting, just like he once gave advice to the black dog to protect himself, he will make these people feel that he is good to them.

When civil officials like Chen Zhiting felt that the pressure they brought to the emperor was so great, the inner struggle and pain could be seen, and they felt that they were chaotic ministers and thieves, and they had the power to bully the emperor.

Chen Zhiting's education made him unable to call himself a rebellious minister and a traitor who was disloyal to the monarch under any circumstances.

Losing the king's trust, he had only one choice, and that was to resign.

Zhu Jinglun suppressed Chen Zhiting's resignation letter and said good words to appease, but Chen Zhiting was very resolute, saying that his body was no longer suitable to continue to take on heavy responsibilities.

In fact, the problem is not the body, but the heart, how can he accept the kind of "let Chen Zhiting be the emperor" of the heart.

In the case of fruitless dissuasion, Zhu Jinglun had to accept Chen Zhiting's resignation, and the dispute between the monarchs and prime ministers of the Ming Dynasty ended with the prime minister's voluntary resignation, but he could not hide the fact that this was a coup d'état with an imbalance of power.

As for how the power will be balanced, it will have to wait for the next prime minister to take office.

As for who the next prime minister will be, Zhu Jinglun plans to wait for Hurd to return to China.