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"Your Majesty," said Wang Dehu, the secretary of the Admiralty who was guarding the sidelines, "as long as the new 15,000-ton ironclad ship is completed, we will be sure to defeat the British Royal Navy." ”

"But the British can also build big ships, their technology is similar to ours, and their shipbuilding capacity is not much different." The crown prince frowned.

Models of the four new warships have been placed in the Hongwu Hall in the Hot Spring Palace, which has been arranged as a combat command center, where Zhu Jishi commanded the war.

This time the British backed down, but the next thing was definitely a shipbuilding race. Zhu Jishi thought to himself, just like what happened before the two world wars in history, at least 10 capital ships of 15,000 tons are needed, and even larger battleships have to be developed. In addition, more fast cruisers and armored cruisers will definitely be built. Although it will put a lot of pressure on the finances, it will certainly be worth the investment.

"The Admiralty has sent the plan," Zhu Jishi instructed Wang Dehu, "I want to study it myself." In addition, let the Admiralty Ordnance Director Fengcheng come to the Hot Spring Palace once, and he will explain it to me. ”

"Obey." Wang Dehu bowed.

Zhu Jishi looked back at the crown prince again, "Xiong'er, there are two main battlefields for us in the future, one is North America; The second is India. The North American battlefield could only be taken care of by Juan, Mathilde spoiled him, and he had a similar smell with a few little Bonapartes. All are ambitious militants. And I want you to be the commander of the Indian battlefield. Because India is a battlefield and a three-point military. Seven points of politics. Moreover, these three points of military are still at sea, and the land is all politics and there is not much military. ”

"Father wants his son to recruit Indian heroes for the Ming Dynasty?"

"India's heroes?" Zhu Jishi smiled faintly, "If there really is such a figure in India, it will not oppress the British until now, more than 300 million tame slaves...... If they can make some trouble, the British world empire will be unstable. ”

"I'm afraid it's not easy, right?" Admiral Minister Wang Dehu frowned slightly, "The princes of the princely states of India don't seem to be too dissatisfied with the British. ”

"There will be dissatisfaction." Zhu Jishi smiled, "In the past 20 years, India has been relatively stable, which is nothing more than the exploitation of the British is more reasonable, and it has not violated the interests of the princes of the princely states too much. That's why we can get along safely. However, in the future, the British want to expand their armaments and war, Mathilde is engaged in trade protection, and the Americans want to repay their debts, so how can the British not go to India to loot hard? And in the past 20 years, there are still many princes and sons of Indian princes studying with us. Emperor, have you been in contact with them? ”

Thanks to the former President of India Robert Brown. As a result of Churchill's deliberate repression, Western-style education in India is now far less developed than in the same period in history, and universities such as the University of Bombay and the University of Calcutta have not been opened. The highest higher education that India can offer is secondary school. Therefore, Indian young people who want to get higher education either go to Europe or China, and the cost of studying in China is relatively low, so it is more popular with Indian students.

But. It is impossible for an Indian student who has graduated from a Chinese university to become a civil servant with the British Indian authorities, and the British are still wary of this. In fact, now the ranks of civil servants in the Indian Empire are very small. There are simply not many positions to offer. Because Robert. Governor Churchill believed that the Indian Empire was the purse coin of the British Empire, and that "British rule in India would certainly not last forever" - from this point of view it is not difficult to see that the fat man's mind was very clear - therefore, there was no need for Britain to invest too much in India, her limited power should be spent in North America, and the American Empire and the Canadian Commonwealth were the foundation of the British Empire. And to squeeze India is to build North America......

As a result, some of these Indian elites simply stayed in China, most of them engaged in business, a small number engaged in scientific research, and a small number of them were engaged in politics, of course, not as Chinese officials, but as the so-called Indian Confederation Congress Party, fantasizing about relying on the support of the Ming Empire to free India from British rule. However, these Indian "politicians" are not real activists, most of them are just playing tricks, and they are good at making speeches and writing articles, but real rebellion is not good. So the Ming Dynasty has supported them for so many years, and they haven't made any big trouble in India. Of course, Daming's support for them is not too strong.

"Father, the son-in-law has no contact with them, but the eldest brother and Brother Heng have some dealings with them." The crown prince said.

The headquarters of the Confederation Congress of India is in Hong Kong, which is home to Indians in China. Zhu Guojie naturally knows some of them. As for Zhu Heng, he is the best at relationships, and his circle of friends is very large, including many rich second generations in India.

"Oh, the boss can't leave Hawaii for the time being, so you can go to Hong Kong with Hen'er." Zhu Jishi said, "Let's explore these people's hole cards first." ”

The Ming Dynasty's Indian policy is divide and rule, and it absolutely does not support India becoming a unified country. Ideally, a confederation of sovereign states would be formed, and then the Ming Emperor would be the head of the Confederacy and would also own Calcutta, the capital of the Confederacy. But at the moment, Emperor Zhu can't take care of it so much, as long as there is an Indian Ah Sanken to make trouble, he will support it.

Just when Zhu Jishi repeated the Ming Indian policy and the Indian threat theory to his son again, footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door, and then he saw Weng Tongyong, the minister of the imperial study, walking in hurriedly, holding a red copy newspaper in his hand.

"Your Majesty, Constantinople and Vienna are in an emergency, and the Russians and Austrians have issued an ultimatum to Greece and Serbia at the same time!"

The Russians and Austrians finally got their hands dirty! Zhu Jishi's father and son glanced at each other. The crown prince asked, "Father, will there be a fight?" ”

"No, it won't." Zhu Jishi was very sure, "That's what Juan said, it can't be wrong." He pondered for a while, and then said to Weng Tong, "Shuping, send a telegram to the French in my name, saying that if France is ready to fight, the Ming Empire will advance and retreat with it!" ”

Weng Tongyi turned to leave, and the crown prince asked in a low voice: "Father, are the French willing to fight?" ”

"Most of them don't," Zhu Jishi said, "but we can't miss any chance, as long as they are willing to fight, we can win." ”

……

Mathilde was at this time in his study at the Palace of Versailles, next to Joseph. Bonaparte and the French Empress Dowager Eugénie. The three of them were trying to persuade Napoleon IV, who was bent on war. "Your Majesty, I just received a telegram from Your Majesty of China." Chief of the Guard, Alexander. Walewski pushed the door.

"Oh, it's a telegram to support our war, right?" Mathilde frowned and guessed the contents of the telegram, "As long as we fight with the British, he will be able to dominate the world." ”

"But this time the enemies are Austria and Russia." It's not enjoyable.

Because the Spaniards did not resist at all, after all, the French were not invaders this time, but helped the legitimate monarch of Spain to restore. Although Isabella II was recognized as a faint monarch, after her downfall, the Spaniards found that no emperor seemed to want to be the ruler of the rotten empire of Spain...... Under pressure from France, not a single European royal family has ever expressed interest in the Spanish throne!

And to implement a republic, the monarchists in Spain are too powerful, and a large group of nobles want a king, otherwise who will they give to be a nobleman? In addition, the powerful religious forces in Spain also supported the monarchy. Because the experience of the European revolution taught the Bishops of Spain that the republicans often kicked the Church away, and at the same time stripped the Church of its land and wealth.

So the Spaniards thought about it and thought it would be a good choice to bring Isabella II back, provided that she was willing to promulgate a French-style constitution. Mathilde, on the other hand, changed the constitutions of France and the Roman Empire, translated them into Spanish, and sent them to Madrid with Isabella II. (To be continued.) )u