In mid-spring, the new leaves on deciduous trees such as sycamore and willow in Yingtian City are already a thick green. The number of tourists who go outside the city www.biquge.info is gradually becoming scarce. In two months, the city will be overwhelmed by a scorching heat, and then Zhu Jishi, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, will take the beauties of the harem to board the train to the Chengde summer resort more than a thousand kilometers away.

The first batch of officers and men of the Ming Army and Navy who triumphed from the front line were also welcomed by the elders of the family and country, and held a grand military parade in Yingtian City with great dignity. If you don't see it with your own eyes, it's hard to imagine how swaggering these brave men who have returned triumphantly are, of course, the triumphant return is only a small part of the soldiers who have gone out in the past two years." Most of them did not return, either rooted in the Chosen Country, or stationed in the new land that had just been controlled by the Chinese nation, and some ...... It was sacrificed thousands of miles away! However, their coffins will be transported back to China in the coming period, and the two palaces of Fort Maria and the Purple Mountain Imperial Palace at the northern foot of the Purple Mountain will be converted into a national cemetery. It is used to bury these Chinese heroes who died in battle.

The behemoth of the Great China Empire is also gradually taking shape. The Treaty of Greater China was signed and sealed by the kings and emperors of Greater China as the founding treaty of the confederation state. The election of the Imperial Parliament of Great China will also be carried out in 1878, and the members of the Imperial Diet of Great China will not be directly elected by the voters, but by the parliaments of the countries of Great China.

The capital of the Great China Empire is naturally Yingtianfu, the capital of the Ming Empire, and since the Ming Emperor is also the emperor of Great China, there is naturally no need to build a new palace. It was only on the site of the Royal Army Academy on the west side of the Purple Mountain that the offices of the Imperial Parliament of Great China and its committees were built. The Army Academy will go north of the Yangtze River. Under the emperor of Great China, there was no cabinet and no prime minister, but committees. They are responsible for liaising with the countries of Greater China. and the development of a unified foreign, military, and educational policy. There was also a Finance Committee, which was responsible for collecting some funds from various countries to maintain the functioning of the Parliament and its committees in the Great China Empire. Of course, there is also an annuity belonging to Zhu Guoxiong, the emperor of Great China, which is 88o million yuan per year.

In addition to the beginning of the establishment of the internal order of the Great Chinese Empire, negotiations on a new world order were also initiated between the Great Chinese Empire and the Roman Empire. Zhu Jishi, the retired Emperor Taishang, did not interfere much in the negotiations, and the negotiations were specifically responsible for Li Hongzhang, the right prime minister of the Ming Dynasty. Murat met several times.

However, Zhu Jishi did not want to participate in the negotiations, but Zuo Zongtang, the adviser minister, would go to the Hot Spring Palace every day to disturb the silence and inform the important details of the negotiations one by one.

"Your Majesty, today Lucien. Murat brought up the issue of Sino-Romanian cooperation in the Americas. "As soon as Zuo Zongtang sat down today, he tested Zhu Jishi's tone.

"That's a sign of centrifugation in the Roman Western Empire. The basic plate of the Roman Empire was too small, that is, France and Italy...... In fact, Italy is not very obedient, how can it control the Western Empire on the other side of the Atlantic? Zhu Jishi shook his head, "It is only a matter of time before the Roman Empire splits between the east and the west. ”

Zuo Zongtang frowned, if the Western Roman Empire really became independent, it must be Mathilde as the empress Jujuan as the crown prince, so will Donghua and the Western Roman Empire get together?

"Although the division of Rome between the east and the west is a matter of time, it is not the same whether it is earlier or later for me to be in Greater China." Zhu Jishi smiled, "Now that Mathilde is still here, the Roman Empire will not be divided." She's gone...... I and you may not still be there, so we don't have to worry about it then. ”

"This ......" Zuo Zongtang hesitated. still said, "Rong Laochen said that if the Roman Western Empire is really integrated with Donghua, the hegemony of the world in the future will be in the Americas." ”

"How can it be in the Americas? Don't underestimate Emperor Xuanwu, this son of mine will not succeed if you let him fight an American Empire, but there is no problem for you to let him mess with Juan's situation. Zhu Jishi said a few words with a smile, and said to Nanben Gaozi: "Go and get a copy of "Rulai Zhenjing". ”

"Rulai...... The true scriptures? Emperor Taishang, the old minister has no research on Buddhism. Zuo Zongtang hurriedly waved his hand. As for the Rulai Zhenzong, the older generation of Confucians actually do not approve of it, not because they do not burn incense and worship the Buddha, but because they all oppose the cultivation of a Buddhist sect that is almost a cult.

"It's still a matter of the integration of Buddhism and Confucianism, the emperor personally wrote something, my Confucianism skills are not good, and I don't know if it's right, I just want you to take a look." Zhu Jishi glanced at Zuo Zongtang, "If you come to the true sect, it is the key to stabilizing the Nanyang Islands and developing your power in South Asia, and you must manage it well." ”

He paused, and then said: "It doesn't matter if the Confucian doctrine is good or bad, but the ability to spread it is indeed weaker. In addition to China itself, it has also spread to Korea, Japan, and Annam for more than 2,000 years. Among them, Korea and Annam are still China's homeland, and Japan itself sent envoys to study. In contrast, Christianity, true theology, and Buddhism are much more capable of propagating. That's why I thought of the Buddha's skin and Confucianism, taking the Buddha first and Confucianism as the truth, so that we can truly carry forward Confucianism. ”

In Zhu's view, Confucianism is something halfway between political philosophy and religion. However, it is precisely because of this special form that the development of Confucianism and indigenous Chinese religion has been greatly restricted. Because religion is incapable of tolerating doubt, while philosophy is permissible, of course, with the exception of the philosophy of the Ma Zhe lineage, which is the absolute truth, and there can be no doubt. Because Confucianism is not Ma Zhe, and it has a religious authority that philosophy does not have, its development has been seriously restricted.

But philosophy is philosophy after all, and the difficulty of its dissemination is absolutely religious superstition, countless times higher, illiterate people can be monks, be nuns, but if you want to be a Confucian scholar, you must have a considerable culture, and this threshold alone makes it difficult for Confucianism to get out of the land of China.

"Zuo Qing, if you are really worried about the future of the great empire of the Americas, then it is even more time for me to take a good look at this Buddha-skinned Confucian Bone Rulai True Sect." Zhu Jishi could see the resistance in Zuo Zongtang's heart, sighed, and said: "The Roman Empire is basically the world of Roman Catholicism, if Donghua can become the territory of Confucianism and Buddhism, it will be difficult for the American Empire to appear in the future." ”

Now the Roman Empire is in the pocket of basically the Catholic countries in the white circle, only Greece and New France are not Catholic as the state religion. However, the Roman Catholic Church is still trying to preach wherever it goes, and wants to turn these two countries into Catholic territory. In the Christian world, it is difficult to integrate Catholicism, Orthodoxy and Protestantism, and if Donghua and Beihua in North America become the territory of the Rulai True Sect, even Jujuan will become Caesar of the Western Empire of Rome and will have no power to return to heaven.

"It's not right, it's not right...... The True Sect is honored by the King of the Truth, and it is ...... Don't let it get too big! Zuo Zongtang still shook his head again and again, Juan is a trouble, it is really like the Dharma King, if he is too powerful, it is also difficult to deal with! However, Zuo Zongtang still took over the "Rulai True Scripture" from Nanben Gaozi and studied it carefully.

"It's easy to understand, and it integrates some of the most basic principles of Buddhism and Confucianism." Zuo Zongtang nodded, Zhu Guoxiong's writing is good, and what he writes is clear and clear.

"Lao Chen will take it back and help decorate it again." The purpose of Zuo Zongtang's trip has actually been achieved, and he found some wind from Zhu Jishi, so he can go back to Zhu Guoxiong, so he got up and said goodbye after a few words with Zhu Jishi.

After figuring out Zhu Jishi's hole cards, the negotiations between Li Hongzhang and the Roman envoy soon went deep into the Juan issue, which both sides were most concerned about.

"Your Majesty, Lucien. Murat wants us to exchange the territories of the King of Donghua and the King of Nanhua. Li Hongzhang said in the hall of the body.

"How is this possible? What was Napoleon IV thinking? Zhu Guoxiong shook his head slightly.

"Your Majesty, it seems that the centrifugal trend of the Western Empire of Rome is very serious," Li Hongzhang said to Zhu Guoxiong, "and Napoleon IV also has nothing to do with the king of Donghua." ”

"There is always a way, but you have to think about it slowly." Zhu Guoxiong paused, "Actually, Juan becoming the lord of the Roman Western Empire may not be detrimental to Greater China. As long as the Western Empire and the Eastern China of Rome have their own lives, I am certainly happy to see them happen. ”

"Does the emperor think that the Roman Empire will be divided sooner or later?" Li Hongzhang thought about it and asked.

Zhu Guoxiong sneered: "Then you still need to say? How much does Mexico's business grow in a year? How much does France's business grow in a year? Last year, Mexico's industry surpassed that of Italy, and their own economists in Rome analyzed that within 1o years, Mexico would inevitably surpass France to become the most industrially powerful region in the entire Roman Empire. And Mexico is also very attractive to white immigrants from North America and Europe, attracting more than 10,000 white immigrants last year alone, and not far less this year and next. In 20 years, Mexico will have more population than France, and industry may exceed that of France and Italy combined. Why should Mexico be at the mercy of France then? ”

"Your Majesty, how should we reply to Lucien. Murat? Li Hongzhang asked again.

"Of course, I promise not to support Juan in seeking the position of leader of the Western Roman Empire, and it is okay to sign any secret treaty, and it doesn't cost a penny anyway." Zhu Guoxiong said, "Other...... The possibility of establishing a new international order could also be discussed with the Roman side. A series of issues, such as international barter, the new international order, and the territories and spheres of influence of the three major empires of Greater China, Rome and Germany, could also be discussed in the new "China-Rome" treaty. (To be continued......)