Chapter 1216: The Controversy of the General Trend
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Zhu Guoxiong put down the small coffee cup in his hand and looked at his father with some surprise. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ info, ybdu, Zhu Jishi has now begun to train Zhu Guoxiong as his successor - unlike Luo Xiangmei's idea, Zhu Jishi feels that being an emperor does not need to be cultivated from an early age. What do little children know? No matter how talented and intelligent he is, he is also a little child, how to learn how to govern the country? Moreover, the way of governing the country should also vary from person to person and from time to time, and there is no way to teach it with the same imperial technique. Instead of locking the crown prince in the palace and being educated by bureaucrats like Luo Zenan and Weng Tongyi, it is better to let him receive a new-style school education like other aristocratic teenagers in the Ming Dynasty, so that he can also establish a social circle. When the crown prince grows up, it is enough to carry out some necessary training according to his character and the situation at the time. For example, now, Zhu Guoxiong is 19 years old, and it is time to start really getting in touch with the government. So every rest day, as long as Zhu Jishi has time, he will call the crown prince to his side, drink coffee with him, discuss some national affairs, and teach the prince some principles of being an emperor by the way.
Hearing the prince's question, Emperor Zhu shook his head with a smile and said, "I do have the idea of integrating Myanmar into the Greater China system, but this does not mean that Myanmar will be destroyed. Because Myanmar is still different from Annan, Annan is on our lips, and the entire country's long coastline is all facing the South China Sea, and the South China Sea has been completely controlled by us. Moreover, Siam in the west of Annam is already a subject country of our Ming Dynasty, and in the north is our Jiaozhou Province, which is connected to Nanning and Guangzhou by railway. Such a country is already a turtle in an urn, and at the same time has a fertile land, so it is natural to destroy them and take all their land.
But Burma was sandwiched between us and the British colonies. It's a buffer zone that no one wants to touch. I have repeatedly refused to be attached to King Mindong. He just didn't want to be used as a gunman to deal with Britain. It's a pity that they have little wisdom but no great wisdom. I didn't see through this layer, and I still think about self-improvement with the help of foreign forces all day long. As a result, he was deceived by Qiu Fatzi, thinking that he could use the power of the British to settle northern Myanmar and resist my Ming Dynasty, but the doom of the final death of the country was already doomed. β
Speaking of this, Zhu Jishi sighed: "Guoxiong, you must remember the lesson of this King Mindong. Whether it is for the people or the country, we must put ourselves in the right position. It's about getting it right. We must first recognize the general trend. After recognizing the general trend, we must follow the trend, so as to achieve a career. β
Zhu Guoxiong nodded slightly, as if he had heard some of his father's meaning. He muttered: "Father, is the general trend in the world now the triumph of the Ming Dynasty, Britain and France competing for hegemony? β
Zhu Jishi nodded with satisfaction and looked at his son: "Well said, it's a three-strong competition, not a two-strong competition!" That's why I don't want to take it lightly! If we dare to break with Britain now, the hegemony of the British Empire will certainly not be guaranteed, but it will be difficult for us to have the last laugh. Qiu Fatzi also saw this, so he dared to make small movements. β
"What does Father mean...... Want to dominate the world in the future? β
Zhu Jishi nodded. "Of course it's a monopoly, is it possible to have a clear law? If only the world was divided into two. I'm willing to maintain the current three-point situation. Napoleon III gathered the entire white world to fight against the Ming Dynasty. β
"I see." Zhu Guoxiong had a suddenly realized expression. It turned out that the triwizard competition was just a casual remark by him. He had always thought that France was the hardcore of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty wanted France to share the earth. "Father, then let's just let Mr. Churchill make trouble in the south?" He paused, "Shall we support the Indians against the British?" β
Zhu Jishi hurriedly waved his hand, "It can't be like this, you can't move India if the time is not right." β
"Why?"
"Because India is the crown of the British Empire, if we take it away, the British Empire will fall. When the time comes, Napoleon III will win without a fight, and the entire white civilization will be honored by France, how can the Ming defeat them? β
The crown prince shook his head: "This doesn't work, that doesn't work, this Romance of the Three Kingdoms is really hard to handle." β
Zhu Jishi smiled: "That's the case." World hegemony is not easy to come by, but our chances of winning are still very large. Kunio, do you know why? β
"I have a large population and a lot of resources, as long as I make good use of it, I can make the best use of the land, make the best use of it, and make the best use of people, and I will be able to dominate the world."
This is a clichΓ©, and the crown prince will come as soon as he opens his mouth. Zhu Jishi nodded with a smile and said, "This is a clichΓ©, and it is also the truth." We now occupy a large territory, almost half of the Eurasian continent, two large territories in North America, and a new Japan in South America. That's enough land for decades of ...... Our immediate priority now is not to break with the British, but to consolidate our internal and develop our existing territory. In less than 20 years, our Ming Dynasty's national strength will surpass that of Britain and France, so that we will have the confidence to compete for hegemony. β
"Father, are we going to swallow this breath?" Crown Prince Zhu Guoxiong looked at his father with a suspicious expression. What kind of person is Emperor Zhu, a generation of Tianjiao! How can you be bullied casually? You must know that there is no protest in the diplomatic words of the Ming Empire, because the Ming Empire never protests, and the Ming Empire expresses its dissatisfaction with actions.
Zhu Jishi smiled coldly, "Of course it's impossible!" My Ming Empire is one of the three great powers, how can the British be humiliated casually? He looked at his son, "Kunixiong, I will test you, where will I fight back against the British?" β
This question is a bit difficult to answer. Zhu Guoxiong thought about it in his heart. It's impossible in India, Myanmar...... It seems that there will be no direct attack by force either. As for wooing the toast of northern Myanmar or something, I have been doing it for a long time. The current northern Burma does not pay attention to the court of the Kingdom of Burma at all, and reports everything to the governor of Yunnan Province, Yamen. There are many toasts who have also mixed with the status of Ming vassals. It is estimated that the old man will definitely use them to find trouble with King Mindong, but this is not a counterattack against the British.
It is estimated that it is impossible to attack the Singapore fortress, and if it is to fight, it will be a complete break. So where else can the British suffer something?
Seeing Zhu Guoxiong's puzzled face, Emperor Zhu stopped playing dumb riddles, and smiled: "This field, I will go to the Pacific Ocean to find it." β
"Kingdom of Hawaii?" Zhu Guoxiong's eyes widened.
"Not Hawaii." Zhu Jishi still waved his hand, "It's Guam, Saipan, Harsien (Wake Island), Midway, Truk Island, and Palau." β
"Father...... What are these places? Zhu Guoxiong shook his head and said that he had not heard of the islands.
Zhu Jishi said coldly: "These are all strategic points in the Pacific Ocean!" Guam and Saipan were Spanish territories, and I decided to buy them for money. Now Spain is preparing to send troops to attack Haiti and Dominica, but it will cost a lot of money, and it should be no problem for Napoleon III to come forward and say it. Harsien, Midway, Truk, and Palau are borderlands, and I want to turn them all into dependencies of the Ming Empire. He took a breath, looked at his son and smiled, "Emperor, don't underestimate these desert islands, when we build a naval base and station troops on them, the value of them will be great." When the time comes, the British will exchange the whole of Burma for me, and I will not agree. β
I haven't even heard of the names of these islands, and I don't think they are big islands, can they be worthy of Myanmar? Zhu Guoxiong thought in his heart, the old man must have been slapped in the face by the British, and there was nowhere to get his face back, so he just found a few desert islands in the Pacific Ocean to show his presence, right?
"The father is wise, and the son admires it." Prince Zhu respectfully patted Lao Tzu's ass.
Zhu Jishi waved his hand, "Guoxiong, you don't have to come to this set with me, you can't know the value of these islands now, but when we really fight with the British in the future, you will know how sad these islands will make the British very sad!" Speaking of this, a soft smile appeared on his face, touched his beard and looked at his son and said, "Huang'er, you are also 19 years old, which is not small." If you are in an ordinary person's house, you are already a father. But you need to be careful about your marriage...... Uh, but the matter of taking a concubine is not a big deal. Your Aunt Akiko sent a few more Japanese girls to me, all of them are fourteen or fifteen years old, why don't you choose one and take them back to warm the bed? (To be continued.) )