On November 1, 1830, Ge Tianzhang, the cabinet minister of the Ming Empire, officially announced his withdrawal, leaving the center of the Ming Empire in the form of "beggar bones" and handing over his official seal. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info The next day, the emperor of the Ming Empire personally promoted Cheng Zhixin into the cabinet, and promoted Shen Yan, who had just served as the head of the Ming Empire's military department for less than one quarter, to be the secretary of the military department.

Cheng Zhixin refused to be appointed and was demoted to an adviser by His Majesty the Emperor. Another day later, on November 3, Zhu Mu, the emperor of the Ming Empire, announced the reduction of 300,000 troops, which shocked the world.

"There's no need to make a fuss, this is just a new form of fierce expression of the Ming Empire's infighting." The French ambassador Lekov smiled at the British ambassador John and said: "After the new emperor ascends the throne, he will clash with the previous ministers, and this time the emperor is too young, so the process is a little out of control." ”

"What I'm worried about is whether the southern strategy of the Ming Empire will change because of this...... You know that Ceylon has always been a staunch ally of ours, but if the Ming Empire takes the initiative to ease relations with Ceylon, it will be very detrimental to the British Empire. The British ambassador, John, worriedly explained to Lekov: "I hope that their established state policy has not changed because of the whim of the emperor." ”

The same thing happened inside the German embassy in the Ming Empire, and the German ambassador Hannadson smiled and explained to the American ambassador who came to communicate that he knew the version of the Daming Palace Dou: "It's not complicated, sir...... He is expanding his own Praetorian Guard, but he is reducing the national army under the Ministry of War. This is the emperor trying to find a way to regain his power, and our Kaiser has done something similar. ”

"However, in terms of overall combat effectiveness, the Ming Empire is steadily improving the combat effectiveness of its army. This is not something that the United States wants to see -- we want the Ming Empire to contain Ceylon and Britain on the Eastern Front against the United States, but we don't want them to become another threat to our United States. The U.S. ambassador expressed his views with concern.

"Your thoughts are the same as ours in Germany, but with all due respect, compared with the absolute military superiority of the military department, the number of Praetorian Guards owned by the emperor of the Ming Empire is still too small, and he can only rely on improving the combat effectiveness of the army under his control to resist the opposition, which is also a very normal phenomenon...... "Germany also has a restless emperor, so it is no wonder that this kind of thing is no longer strange from top to bottom.

"I hope so!" Through the glass window of the German embassy, the American ambassador set his eyes in the direction of the Forbidden City of the Ming Empire. As his gaze stretched, he eventually passed over countless houses and walls, over tall buildings and wide streets, all the way to the sky above the Colonel's Field in the northwest of the Forbidden City, which was crowded with people at this moment.

"My subjects! The distant history proves the superiority and strength of our Han people! Our iron hooves drove out the Mongols who roamed the steppes, defeated the self-righteous Europa, and the territory of the Ming Empire once spanned the whole world, and now we are still the largest country in the whole world! ”

"While we cook our food in utensils and add spices to it to make it more civilized by the standards of civilization, the rest of the peoples of the world are still rejoicing in finding the fire! We are the greatest and most advanced civilization on earth, and we have more railway lines than even the muddy dirt roads of those backward countries. ”

"We have made a remarkable contribution to the world, and if it were not for the fact that we were once subservient to our feet, these many empires that are now famous would have had to decide the fate of their own countries with cold weapons. We are like a spark spreading advanced civilization to the world! ”

But how did they repay us? These former barbarians betrayed us, expelled us and turned hostile to us. And among ourselves, too, there are traitors and degenerates! It makes us weak and leaves us bullied! But it turns out that the Han nation is unyielding, great and powerful! ”

"In the vast territory of Liaodong, countless of our warriors have proved the strength of this nation with their blood and lives! I want to lead you, lead all the people who hope that the Han nation will be reinvigorated, eliminate the degenerate maggots, backward weaklings, and cowards who are unwilling to improve themselves, and leave the most resilient and powerful Han nation to our children and grandchildren! ”

"So...... Is it the color of the skin that determines whether it is Han or not? No! By no means! What determines the Han nation is a spirit and a faith! As long as a person of any nationality is willing to integrate into the Chinese civilization, then he is advanced and recognized by the Chinese civilization! ”

"We are willing to accept any power that wants to progress, and we are willing to be friends with anyone who is eager to join the Huaxia family...... Personally, I welcome such subjects to join me under my rule! On the contrary, the source of evil that refuses to progress and is hostile to China, I, as the Son of Heaven of China and the emperor of the Ming Empire, will crush him, destroy his soul and erase his faith! ”

"In order to realize this great wish, in order to keep the Chinese civilization alive, I am willing to incarnate as a dragon and fight for this ideal until the last moment! As my soldiers, I hope you are willing to win with me, as my people, I hope you are willing to share victory with me, and as my country, I hope you will always bask in the glory of victory! ”

"I want the fleet of the Ming Empire to cruise on all the oceans as it did back then! I want the tanks of the Ming Empire to crush the bodies of all opponents! I want the soldiers of the Ming Empire to open up territory for the Ming Empire and move forward bravely, invincible in the world! ”

"I, I want to use war to wash away the shame brought to us by the war back then!" When Zhu Mu stood on the podium in the Forbidden City and gave a speech to the newly selected 2,000 people of the newly commissioned Praetorian Guard, he let out an angry roar from the bottom of his heart: "As the long sword in my hand, are you willing to die for me?" ”

"War! War! Dressed in the latest uniforms, and wearing steel helmets that had been stripped of their backward ramming angles and looked more modern, each of these Praetorian Guards soldiers pressed their right hands to their chests, and in their left hands they held the W31 short bolt rifles of the latest equipment, and the leather boots under their feet reflected the sunlight overhead.

Their equipment is the standard equipment used by the army in the latest military regulations of the Ming Empire. It consisted of a rifle and a steel helmet, a soft hat, a military uniform, a pair of gloves, and an overcoat, as well as a lunch box, a sapper shovel, and an armed belt for loading bullets and bayonets.

Carrying a backpack full of camping bedding and raincoats, as well as spare insoles and socks, everyone meticulously sorted out their makeup, and the 2,000 people in front of them looked as tall as they had been copied.

The equipment made them look energetic, and the training made them stronger and more tidy. The soldiers of the Ming Empire who can enter the Praetorian Guard, in addition to their background, even have their own fixed standards for height.

Zhu Mu's speech was an improvisational speech in which he gave up the draft of the speech he had prepared in advance, and it was also the first time that he propagated the theory of the advanced nature of the Chinese nation in public. This speech was called the beginning of militarism in the Ming Empire, and it was from this day that the Ming Empire kicked off the prelude to a comprehensive military war.

Tan Jincheng and Yang Yuheng, as well as all kinds of businessmen, proceeded from their own interests, or from the perspective of the capitalist development of the Ming Empire, and took out 1 trillion funds for the Ming Empire to start the arms procurement plan. The money was raised by more capitalists, and under the banner of starting funds for the new five-year development plan of the Ming Empire, it was a plan to purchase arms and train the army.

As this plan quietly unfolded in mid-November, the Ming Empire planned to obtain a full 5,000 No. 2 or more advanced tanks, 10,000 various automobiles and armored vehicles, as well as 5,000 large-caliber guns, 5 battleships and 10 cruisers, 500 new fighters equipped with advanced engines, and 500 special bombers also equipped with new engines.

Originally, these were quantities that I didn't even dare to think about, but now the Ming Empire has purchased equipment in advance without spending a penny. These weapons are more than twice the number purchased in the original plan of the Ming Empire to strengthen the army, covering all the combat units of the navy, land and air force......

The number of warships purchased by the navy alone is already eight pounds and eight taels the size of Japan's existing fleet -- now Japan has 7 battleships, and the Ming Empire wants to build 5 more in one go! You must know that battleships of this level are stronger from generation to generation, so the newly built 5 battleships of the Ming Empire will really be able to steadily eat the 7 old ships in the hands of the Japanese now.

With such a large-scale military expansion plan, it is impossible to keep it completely secret, and soon the surrounding countries of the Ming Empire began to fidget, after all, it is a stressful thing to compete with the Ming Empire, which has a vast territory and strong financial resources.

Of course, that's another story. Now Zhu Mu is thinking about how to exaggerate the mood of expansion in the army, cultivate qualified military talents, and make all preparations for the war he is about to launch.

"Within the next year, I will expand the number of well-trained Praetorian Guard soldiers to 300,000!" Zhu Mu looked at the eager eyes that met him, and instructed Wu Yan, the commander of the Praetorian Guard who had returned to Beijing: "How to ensure the absolute loyalty of these soldiers to me is your job for the next year!" (To be continued.) )