"Rumors, absolute rumors!"

Yang Feng, or Lord Xiongwu Hou, said with great certainty. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Lao Meng finally ended his investigation in various parts of Daming and was about to leave for China, but before leaving, he still hoped that his mentor could answer the last doubts in his heart......

That is, the problem of woe.

After all, the results of the investigation, in addition to making him full of yearning for the freedom and democracy of the Ming Dynasty, also made him deeply understand the strength of this empire, if this empire really wants to invade Europe, then even if the European countries are tied together, there is absolutely no hope of victory, and the gap in strength between the two sides can be said to be completely desperate.

"I don't know how Mr. Newton came to such a conclusion, what did he see in Daming? Isn't it welcome, respectful and friendly? At least I think that the people of the Ming Dynasty are absolutely impeccable in the etiquette of welcoming him, not to mention that he is just a knight, even the monarch of the Ming vassal country has never been equally welcomed by him. So why is he? Is it just because of the strength of the Ming Dynasty? But it doesn't seem like it's our fault, right? The monarchs of Europe are not capable of giving the people a strong country and a happy life, so it is reasonable that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire must also let his people live in hardship like them? It doesn't make sense at all! ”

Yang Feng said helplessly.

"Maybe he thinks that the speed of expansion of the Ming Dynasty territory is too fast, right?"

Lao Meng said.

Of course, this is a euphemism, and more directly it should be the speed of expansion, twenty years of domination of one-third of the world's land, this speed is indeed very appalling, anyone who thinks of the terrifying expansion speed of the Ming land, it is inevitable that it is a little creepy.

"Yes, the Ming Dynasty has indeed annexed many small countries, and there is nothing to avoid about this, so do you think that the rule of the Ming Dynasty is a good thing or a bad thing for these countries?"

Yang Feng said.

"This?"

Lao Meng is not easy to say.

"I'm afraid you also know very well that the rule of the Ming Dynasty is definitely a good thing for the people of those countries annexed by the Ming Dynasty, they don't have to worry about the inexplicable war between those monarchs, they don't have to worry about the famine taking their lives, they have enough to eat, they have clothes to wear, their children can study and study, and they don't have to worry about not getting medical treatment when they are sick. So did the people of Europe get all this? How many people die of hunger in France every year? How many children in France don't have money to go to school? How many people in France are sick and have to wait to die? ”

Yang Feng said.

Lao Meng's mind is very good, and denying the Ming invasion of other countries can only make him despised, so it is better to admit it simply.

But aggression cannot be denied, but it can be glorified.

After he finished saying this, Lao Meng was indeed a little dazed, he came all the way, passed through a number of Ming subject countries, although these subject countries are far away from the Ming Dynasty, but compared with Europe, it can definitely be said to be good, especially in terms of children receiving education, Europe is simply backward to make people blush, it can be said that the literacy rate of Goryeo far exceeds that of France, even if the literacy rate of the younger generation on the Java islands, which was originally under the rule of the Netherlands, was regarded as a wild man by Europe, the literacy rate of the younger generation is higher than that of France.

Of course, he didn't know that this was mainly because the illiterate previous generation there had been killed.

As for the standard of living......

Even if he doesn't want to admit it, he also understands that those Ming subjects are really better than the French, especially the promotion of improved varieties and pesticides and fertilizers, so that the grain yield of all the subject countries of the Ming Dynasty is very high, although there have been many plagues in recent years, especially the large-scale cholera outbreak in Bangladesh last year, resulting in millions of deaths, but this is not the fault of the Ming Dynasty, on the contrary, the Ming Dynasty also sent a large number of medical teams to treat patients, and such an epidemic, in his opinion, if it happens in France, then I am afraid that there will be more deaths, Even compared with the Ming Dynasty, France's medical system is far behind.

Of course, he didn't know that those cholera germs were poured by Yang Feng.

And what was Bengal like before, as a Frenchman who also had a colony in India, of course he knew very well, if he was a Bengalis, he would definitely be willing to live under the rule of the Ming Empire, so the invasion of the Ming army was good or bad for the Bengali people?

He was at a loss.

"If you are the people of these countries, are you willing to accept the rule of the Ming Dynasty, or are you willing to be under the rule of those monarchs who are tyrannical and treat the people like mustards?"

Yang Feng said.

"I'll show you something."

Then he stood up and took out a thick notebook from his filing cabinet and placed it in front of Montesquieu.

"Your Excellency the Marquis, what is this?"

Lao Meng said suspiciously.

"I'm a member of the House of Lords, and I'm also a member of the Finance Committee of the House of Lords, this is part of the financial expenditure of the Cabinet Treasury last year, this thing shouldn't be shown to you, but I'll make an exception for you, it's not a top secret thing anyway, and some newspapers seem to have done statistics before!"

Yang Feng said.

Well, this is the cabinet's spending report on cholera in Bangladesh last year, although he made Jinyiwei sink a merchant ship full of wine on the Ganges, and then there was a large-scale cholera outbreak in the Ganges River basin, and even Bengal plus all parts of the Mughal Empire traveling there, and later spread to Burma, adding up to more than 4 million deaths, but spending a lot of money in Bengal and Burma to treat those victims, this is indeed what he did. Cholera is the best thing to use in the subtropics, he bought the medium from Lin Qian, and then bought cholera bacilli from Lin Qian in the name of scientific research, and raised it by himself by Jinyiwei on a small island in the South Seas, this is not a difficult thing, cholera in Southeast Asia has frequent outbreaks, and he is just artificially expanded.

After he annexed Southeast Asia, because the war stopped, coupled with the increase in grain production, the population growth rate of these subject countries was relatively high, and it has reached the point where it needs to be controlled.

While famine takes days, plague is easy.

Even the cabinet doesn't know about this matter, only the Jinyiwei Secret Service Division is the commander and a few high-level people know, and even the other Jinyiwei departments are all in charge of the envoy don't know, the Secret Service Department is specifically responsible for doing these from the place where it was established, and the Secret Service Division is even a eunuch, this department is also the most mysterious institution of Jinyiwei, in fact, the Secret Service Division is the commander of the envoy, the Ming Cabinet, the army, and the two houses don't know much, Jinyiwei is the emperor's private army, and has nothing to do with the military and political system, Even the expenses were paid for by His Majesty the Emperor himself.

Of course, Montesquieu would not have known about this nonsense.

He was completely stunned.

According to the records above, the Ming Empire government spent a total of 100 million dragon yuan for the Bengali victims, which is equivalent to hundreds of tons of gold, and treated nearly 10 million people in total, at least 5 million fewer deaths in Bangladesh.

"Your Excellency, Marquis, please accept my respect for this great country."

He stood solemnly and bowed.

Anyway, he was really moved, what is greatness, this is greatness, aggression? If he was Bengali, he would have cheered for this aggression, this is not called aggression, this is called the coming of the savior, compared to His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire, Louis is like a piece of. If it is replaced by Louis, let alone the people, even if the plague breaks out in France, he will not pay a gold coin, it is said that during the war, there were many epidemics in France, and they did not rely on the people themselves to support it, and even had to support Louis for the war, how many of the nearly three million people who lost population in France died in the plague?

"I'm letting you see this, just hoping you understand that there is a kind of expansion that is not called aggression."

Yang Feng said in a deep voice: "It's called liberation." ”

"Your Majesty the Emperor, who is propagated by your church as the embodiment of Satan, but in fact he is the one sent by the gods to save the world, and there is so much suffering in this world, what country is not suffering from hunger and cold? You believe in your Lord, but has your Lord saved you? When the Black Death ravaged Europe, did your Lord send down the gospel for you? No, tens of millions of people died in Europe, and you did not wait for your Savior in the darkest of times, without the mercy of your Lord.

But here we waited.

When we were enslaved by foreign races, when we were ravaged by the Tatars, he came, he led us to restore our freedom, he led us on the road to prosperity, and the sky of the Ming Dynasty was bright from now on.

But that's not enough.

God loves the world, and His love knows no national boundaries, no racial boundaries, no skin color boundaries, and all those in this world who are suffering are the targets of His salvation.

He brings us light.

Then he brought light to the people of Goryeo, and now there is almost no difference between the provinces of Goryeo and the Ming Dynasty, and the children who once struggled with hunger and cold now sit in the spacious and bright classrooms and sing joyfully. Then he let the light shine on Nanyang, Annam, Siam, Java, Burma, all the countries that had sunk in war, poverty and hunger, and had plenty of food and clothing from then on. Then he let the light shine in South Asia, and he made the Bengalis, who were also trampled by foreign rulers, free, and never had hunger again, and even the plague could not be raging. Then he let the light shine on West Asia, he brought canals to the Egyptians, he brought dams to them, schools were being built in Egypt and Yemen, and soon there would be no more weeping.

If you think it's aggression.

So that's how we invade, and if the monarchs of Europe can't give their people freedom, democracy, and happiness, then we're willing to give them them! ”

Yang Feng shouted in a very exaggerated tone.