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The news that the Ming Emperor was going to be in Zen was officially announced on August 1, 1876. Zhu Jishi will abdicate to the crown prince Zhu Guoxiong on August 18, 1876 (Cantonese people, always like 8). From January 1, 1877, the Ming Emperor was Zhu Guoxiong. The name of the year has been set, it is "Xuanwu", which means literally, to declare force in the four seas! It's a very discordant era, but it corresponds to the world war that is currently in full swing.

August 17 is the last day of Zhu Jishi's reign as emperor. Hold the principle of being a monk for a day and hitting the clock for a day. Emperor Zhu went to the Qinzheng Hall of the Hot Spring Palace as usual - according to the plan, after the inner meditation, Zhu Jishi, as the Emperor Taishang, would still live in the Hot Spring Palace. However, the administrative center of the Ming Dynasty will leave the hot spring town and return to Nanjing. Zhu Guoxiong will listen to the government in the Forbidden City of Nanjing. Therefore, during this time, the Forbidden City was under overhaul.

Although it was the last day to become emperor, Zhu Jishi's desk was still full of folds - all of them had been approved by the crown prince, and Emperor Zhu was asked to check it for the end. Such a pattern will continue for a period of time after Zhu Jishi became Emperor Taishang. In everyone's minds, Zhu Jishi, who single-handedly created the super empire of the Chinese nation, is really not much different whether he is the emperor or the emperor.

The recital has been seen in advance by Takako Kusumoto. And sorted out and sorted them one by one - the original minister and secretary of the imperial study. Now most of them have been arranged by Zhu Jishi to various critical positions. Weng Tonggong served as the commander of the newly established Aegis Guard. This is a secret service agency separated from the Jinyi Guard, which is specifically responsible for internal security. And Jin Yiwei is specially responsible for external intelligence spying, and the commander is still a veteran Mao Zhongmin, who is a confidant who has followed Zhu Jishi for many years.

And the new Taishang Imperial Study has not yet been formed, so it will be temporarily represented by Takako Kusumoto and a few servants. Anyway, most of the government affairs have now been taken over by the crown prince and the responsible cabinet, and Zhu Jishi is just the last pass. In addition, the Ming court will also be divided into two separate systems - the Forbidden City Administration, which serves the emperor, and the Hot Spring Palace, which serves Zhu Jishi. Madame Duran, who had been the court steward for a long time, also retired due to old age, and the position of steward was held by the mother of Takako Kusumoto. The 50-year-old took over, and she was also the head of the hot spring palace. The daughter is the chief maid, and the mother is the head of the court, and the mother and daughter are both hot figures now!

"Your Majesty, these are ordinary government affairs, and these are important military affairs." Nanmoto Takako pointed to the folds that were divided into two piles and neatly placed to Zhu Jishi.

"Don't look at the trivia, take it all." Zhu Jishi waved his hand and asked Gao Zi to take away all the folds that reflected ordinary government affairs. The biggest difference between the current Ming Empire and the feudal dynasties of previous dynasties is that there is a constitution, a parliament, and a responsible cabinet. And it's all true! Therefore, ordinary government affairs do not require the emperor to worry too much at all.

The magnificence of the leaders of the majority party in parliament cannot be compared with the great leaders who have been shot at the brim. But they are all figures who can put things in order in internal affairs, and they certainly know far more about the grassroots than the emperor who has lived in the palace for a long time - if there is anything good about bourgeois parliamentary constitutionalism. It is probably that the elected parliamentarians and the responsible cabinet must be very aware of the following situation, and the kind of politicians who rarely go to the constituencies and are not known by the voters will definitely not be able to elect parliamentarians and will not be able to enter the responsible cabinet. However, politicians elected by voters, even bourgeois and middle-class voters with tax limits, tend to be short-sighted in their overall strategy, focusing only on the immediate rather than the long-term. Therefore, the major military affairs still need to be personally checked by Emperor Zhu.

At the top of the pile of reports on military affairs was all the emergency military information gathered in the wartime base camp from early yesterday morning to midnight. The world war did not slow down in the slightest with Zhu Jishi's retreat!

On the first page is the autumn offensive plan submitted by the North American Army, one of the two major strategic clusters of the Ming Dynasty.

Under Jujuan's organization, the North American Army intensified its preparations for war throughout the summer. In addition, a large quantity of weapons, ammunition, food, and military horses were imported from Mexico. More than 2.7 million troops are now ready. In addition to about 600,000 people to maintain the Great Siege of Kansas City, 100,000 to maintain law and order in the Kingdom of Mississippi, 100,000 to garrison the Grand Duchy of Texas to maintain law and order, 100,000 to the North China (Canada) Raiders, and 100,000 to maintain rear stability, there are also 1.7 million people available for the Autumn Offensive. Juan's opponent was the American and British troops, which numbered more than 2 million men.

It's another outnumbered battle! Zhu Jishi shook his head slightly, if this battle is won, Zhu Juan's prestige will be even greater, and only Tang Taizong Li Shimin can compare with it in all dynasties...... Fortunately, there is a North American continent where this ambitious "god of war" can be placed, otherwise a vicious fight between brothers is inevitable!

In addition, Juan reported on a plan to "reinvigorate the United States." It was Juan and Mathilde who worked together to co-opt the trapped Thomas after defeating the main forces of the American Empire. Jackson's division went north to New York, Toronto, and to rebuild the United States of America! Mathilde also intended to mobilize the armies of the Kingdom of France and Mexico to participate in the operation.

Sure enough, "only mom is good in the world"! Mathilde was heartbroken for the sake of his son's country. Zhu Jishi thought to himself: 'If Juan doesn't fight well this time, this female Caesar of the Roman Empire will probably let the Mexican army directly enter the war, right?' ’

The American Empire is finished! Now the question is how many portions can we divide this big cake?

The third part came from the Southern Army, and the former chief of the General Staff, General Jiao Liang, had already gone to Hong Kong to take over the Southern Army. General Jiao, who took office as a new officer, was not in a hurry to launch an offensive against the British, but was patiently preparing - this was also something that could not be helped, because after the previous series of fierce battles, the naval and land armies under the Southern Army needed to rest.

On the army side, due to the defeat of the Indian army and its concentration in Chittagong, both Donghui and Dali were very empty, and their troops had to be quickly dispatched to defend the town. In particular, there are still many Burmese guerrillas active in Dali!

The navy was busy repairing damaged warships and transporting small forces of land to occupy the islands. The naval battle in the South China Sea was certainly a great victory, but the losses of the Ming Navy were not light. At the end of the final pursuit, the reported losses were two battleships sunk, two battleships scrapped (no repair value), three armored cruisers scrapped, one fast light cruiser sunk (which hit a British mine in the Strait of Malacca), six armed merchant ships sunk, eight armored cruisers heavily damaged (including one Minami Naoli class), twelve light cruisers heavily damaged, and a number of battleships, armored cruisers and cruisers hit or lightly damaged.

All the wounded ships were sent back to the shipyards in Guangdong for overhaul, while the uninjured ships had all sorts of tasks to carry out, and they were all busy on all fours - although the British lost the sea control in the South Seas and the Pacific Ocean, they were still trying every means to contain the sea power of the Ming Dynasty, either holding on to the islands, or using steam sailing ships to carry out maritime breakdowns, and the war in the South Seas did not stop for a day throughout the summer.

It was not until early August that the military campaign to occupy the islands in the South Seas came to an end, with only Singapore still under siege. The situation in Singapore is similar to that of Kansas City, 180,000 British and Indian troops are in danger of defending it, and if they want to attack it, it is not impossible to defeat it, but the number of casualties must be not small - the Ming army top brass does not know how the Japanese took Singapore lightly in World War II - so the Ming army, which suffered losses in India, did not choose to attack, but wanted to seize Singapore with a long siege.

The fourth memo was also handed over by the Southern Army, mentioning two sets of operational plans, one of which was the "Australian Operational Plan" put forward by Zhu Guoxiong when he was leading the Southern Army, the main content of which was to transfer the main force of the Navy to the Pacific Fleet, and the main force of the Southern Army to the South China Front, with attacking Australia as the main task of the next stage of operations.

The other is the "Westward Expansion Operational Plan" formulated by Jiao Liang after he assumed the post of commander of the Southern Army, the main content of which is to transfer the main force of the Navy to the Indian Ocean Fleet and the main force of the Southern Army to the Indian Front, but the main strategic target is not India, but the Middle East. First of all, seize the Andaman Islands, Ceylon, and Maldives Islands, so as to open up the sea and land with the Arabian Peninsula, pull the Turkish Empire into the water, support the Turkish army to drive the British troops out of the Arabian Peninsula and Egypt, and cut off the Suez Canal, so as to complete the great encirclement of India.

There are pros and cons to both options, the former is to seek stability, first swallow the fat of Australia, and at the same time annihilate or capture the remnants of the British Eastern Fleet. Of course, this plan is undefeated and safe. The latter put great pressure on the British Empire, and it was likely that Britain would finally submit to the Ming Dynasty, ceding Australia, New Zealand and other places, and at the same time establishing the Ming Dynasty's superiority in the Indian Ocean. But the risk is also greater, and it is very likely to tear up the face with France. At that time, the Navy will inevitably have to fight another battle with the combined British and French fleets in the Indian Ocean!

Moreover, even if the Turkish Empire received the support of the Ming Dynasty, it would be a big question mark whether it could defeat the Anglo-French coalition in the Middle East. In addition, even if the naval battle in the Indian Ocean can be won, the Middle East and North Africa are still too far away from the Ming mainland. To maintain a land army there that is strong enough to stand up to the French would require too much capacity. It is likely to affect the logistics of the North American theater. Zhu Jishi soon made a final decision to support Zhu Guoxiong's "Australian Battle Plan" - after the new monarch ascended the throne, he must use a foolproof victory to establish his prestige, and there is no room for half a mistake.

After studying the two southern battle plans, it was already time for the sun to set, and Zhu Jishi's last day as emperor had ended. From tomorrow onwards, he will be the Emperor Taishang. (To be continued.) )