Now Daming has set foot in the Americas, but it is in Alaska in the north of North America, and it is not really set foot in the Americas.

In the view of Zhu Youxiao, a traveler, there are only two places in the world today that can threaten the Ming Dynasty, that is, North America, where the United States rose in later generations, and the Eurasian continent, which allowed Tsarist Russia to rise.

The conditions for the emergence of a superpower are there, and the Americas have the Pacific and Atlantic oceans as natural strategic barriers, and once a country with a certain military strength is established, it will be difficult to be invaded by external forces. Moreover, in that part of the United States, there must be agriculture and agriculture, and if you want to develop industry, you can also develop industry.

However, the United States in later generations is a country of immigrants after all, and it is a model of monopoly by a consortium, and the national cohesion is very low, even if it becomes a world hegemon, it is actually a paper tiger, and as long as China in later generations has one-third of the strength of the United States, as long as it is not a nuclear war, the United States will not be able to defeat China. Because American GIs are too afraid of death, and the United States is fighting a global model in conventional warfare, the army will not be able to defeat China at all.

If Tsarist Russia continues to expand and allows them to obtain the resources of the lower Volga River, Siberia and the Far East, then it is possible to develop into a superpower, of course, the historical Tsarist Russia is actually very frustrated, and the Soviet Union is more of a sudden outbreak, playing and disintegrating, and the economic strength is not strong. As long as the Ming Dynasty succeeded in containing the expansion of Tsarist Russia and made it impossible for Tsarist Russia to obtain so many resources, a superpower like the Soviet Union would not have been possible.

On the whole, even if superpowers such as the Soviet Union and the United States emerge in the future, as long as the Ming Dynasty is not ruled by foreign races. Neither of these two countries is actually too much of a threat to the Ming Dynasty. And once the Ming Dynasty became a superpower. The USSR and the United States will not necessarily appear either.

The really tricky question is: Does the Ming Dynasty want to intervene in the Americas, or do you want to colonize the Americas?

With the current navigation technology and scale of navigation of the Ming Dynasty, it has the conditions for large-scale colonization of the Americas, but Zhu Youxiao has always been difficult to make up his mind.

Because once civilization is exported to the Americas, and the Americas are so far away from the Ming Dynasty, once they lose control of the Americas, then the Americas may rise up a country that threatens the Ming Dynasty. Because once the Chinese civilization took root in the Americas. There are also a large number of Han people immigrants in the past, and once they are rebelled, they will become a wild horse that has escaped the leash, directly threatening the interests of the Ming Dynasty.

"If the Americas are going to get out of control, there must be something wrong with capital. If strict control of capital can be implemented, with state-owned capital as the dominant position, the possibility of losing control is relatively low. Zhu Youxiao thought about it, and suddenly found the key to the problem, which was the capital problem.

Historically, the British colonized North America, and the reason why it broke away from the control of the British. There is still a group of capitalists behind Washington, providing Washington with weapons, supplies and money. The reason why these capitalists want to get the United States out of Britain. It's to create a country that's entirely up to them.

By supporting Washington, these capitalists succeeded, and later became international conglomerates. Washington is also aware of the problem, but he just turns a blind eye. Lincoln was also aware of the problem, but Lincoln wanted to get the international consortium out of the United States, and was assassinated.

In the age of capital, it is difficult for traditional thieves to successfully rebel. In the age of capital, the productive forces developed rapidly, and the dependence of war on material materials was higher, and it was difficult for the traditional rebels to obtain such resources, and behind them there must be the support of ambitious capitalists in order to succeed in rebellion.

If the Ming Dynasty strictly controls private capital in the process of expanding to the Americas, as it does locally, allowing state-owned capital to dominate and restricting financial power, then it will not be so easy for private capital to support a certain anti-thief rebellion.

After figuring out this problem, Zhu Youxiao finally made up his mind -- to march to the Americas!

In the ninth year of the Apocalypse, Colonel Zhu ordered the Royal Navy to organize an expedition fleet to the Hawaiian Islands and the west coast of North America.

The colonization of the Americas began.

Under the prelude to colonization, the issue of local trade barriers in the Ming Dynasty was still raging, and businessmen in the New Deal area soon set off a joint letter campaign.

The scale of this joint petition was unprecedented, and all provinces, prefectures, and counties, as well as small and medium-sized businessmen, rushed to tell each other, and in order to protect the interests they had obtained in the reform, most of the small and medium-sized businessmen chose to sign. The main thing is that the businessmen with heads and faces in each region basically signed off.

So the joint letter floated to the court like snowflakes.

"Your Majesty, all walks of life in the industrial and commercial circles of Beizhili jointly signed a letter calling for the restoration of the import and export tax in the new deal area."

"Your Majesty, Shandong industry and commerce from all walks of life jointly signed a ......"

"Your Majesty, Taiwan's business community has signed a joint letter ......"

"Your Majesty, all walks of life in Nanyang industry and commerce also jointly signed a letter......"

Many people wondered, how could even people from the Nanyang business community get involved?

"Huh! Messaging isn't that fast, is it? An official said strangely to the official next to him, and the official coughed and said, "Ahem, telegram, telegram." ”

The official paused for a moment, and suddenly understood.

Build momentum!

Naturally, the more the merrier.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that the business community in the provinces of the New Deal is boiling, what do you think should be done?" Zhu Youxiao sat on the dragon chair and asked.

"Your Majesty, I think that the collection of import and export taxes in the provinces of the New Deal should be resumed immediately to avoid the impact of those merchants who do not pay taxes." An imperial historian jumped out, and he was about to kill the businessmen in the southern provinces who had shared the benefits, but it was obviously a trust, and many people knew it, but they cooperated with the performance.

"Your Majesty, it's so inappropriate, how can the imperial decree be changed overnight."

"If we don't change, won't the business community in the New Deal area be in turmoil? And now it is indeed harming their business, and further harming the tax revenue of our imperial court......"

"Inappropriate, inappropriate......"

The two sides argued endlessly, and there was a lot of commotion. Zhu Youxiao looked at it with a smile, and when he looked at such a scene at this time, he was in a good mood.

Acting is a full set!

"Since you Aiqing have different opinions, I will resign at this time and discuss it tomorrow." Zhu Youxiao immediately said.

"Your Majesty." The ministers shouted.

Soon, the discussion process of the court was reported on the "Daming Daily", and this topic was continuously hyped by various newspapers.

Advertised this as an unparalleled threat to businessmen in the New Deal area, it wasn't that serious in reality, but after some hype, everyone thought it was serious.

The southern businessmen who have seized the benefits of the New Deal market are very nervous at this time, and if they lose the support of the New Deal market, they may not be able to survive.

After thinking about it, the most fundamental problem that comes to mind is that the southern provinces have not carried out the New Deal reforms, and the market has not only not prospered, but has become more and more depressed.

Today's economic situation in Daming is definitely a pattern of ice and fire.

The market in the New Deal area is booming and still has a lot of momentum. In the provinces of the South, which did not implement the New Deal reforms, the economy became more and more depressed as goods from the North continued to flow into the South.

Those big-capital businessmen in the south have a lot of money, so they can naturally hold on. However, most small and medium-sized businessmen are very difficult to support in such an economic situation.

At this time, businessmen from the north and south are waiting for the final judgment of the imperial court on this joint letter, no matter what decision the imperial court makes, it will affect the interests of the majority of business people, and at this moment Zhu Youxiao is the supreme referee. (To be continued.) )