Shen Shiming's opinion is very clear, that is, he does not agree with continuing to waste his energy in the United States, which is not even outside the border, if you insist, it is not impossible, you pay for it yourself, the court cannot take this money, at most help you with some people.

Moreover, taking advantage of this topic, Shen Shiming quickly and euphemistically proposed that the emperor is not doing his job now, ignoring domestic affairs, and going to fight with people in a foreign place that does not even count as a border stopper, and the little benefits he earns are not worth the loss at all, even if it seems to be expanding the territory for the country.

"Your Majesty." Shen Shiming sighed, "You always say that the United States is our biggest threat, and we must stifle it in advance...... Okay, Wechen is short-sighted, so I won't say anything, but now that your goal has been achieved, and the United States is about to split into two countries, and even signed a contract to draw the boss from someone else's hands, do you think it's time to come back sooner?

As the saying goes, the country can't be without a king for a day, how many days have you been out of the country? Although you can not go to court, this is not a long-term solution, and many people are starting to be suspicious. ”

"Suspicious? Who's suspicious? Li Yongji smiled, "Are they those ministers of the imperial court, or are they officers?" Hmph, what if you know I'm here? Why, you still want to rebel while I'm away? ”

"Rebellion is not possible." Shen Shiming said, "But Your Majesty, if you are not in the country for a long time, you will not show up for a long time, and you will not meet with the ministers, which will cause fear inside and outside, and there are a lot of rumors outside." ”

"Rumors? It's kind of interesting, all say something about me. Tell me about it. ”

"What else could it be." Shen Shiming sighed, "It's nothing more than an emperor who is greedy for beauty and doesn't care about the government." Or maybe I'm tyrannical and blinded the Holy Hearing, or something like that. ”

"Hehe, it's those old literati, right? There's really nothing new. Li Yongji sneered, "Just say it, say bad things about me, I can't do without a piece of meat, let them have a good time." ”

"But Your Majesty. Aren't you angry when someone says that? ”

"Angry, why should I be angry?" Li Yongji said. "There are so many people in the world, I can't satisfy everyone, and if some people are satisfied, I am sure that another part of the people will be dissatisfied. If I'm angry because someone scolds me. Then I can't get by? As long as it's not scolded in front of me. Let him go as he hears. ”

"Your Majesty." Shen Shiming patted his ass slightly, and then said, "But Your Majesty, no matter what, it's not a matter for you to always be outside, although there is that radio, it can spread sound for thousands of miles." But there are some things that can't be solved by radio......"

"Got it, I'm basically done here. When I'm done, I'll be back home soon, don't worry. Li Yongji said impatiently, "Hey, do you want this?" Every time I talk to you, how often do you persuade me to return to China without changing your tricks? I'm annoyed if you're not annoying...... Well, did you say it on purpose, deliberately every time, just so that I could talk to you less on the phone? ”

"No, no, God is pitiful, Weichen has no such intention." Shen Shiming immediately denied it when he heard this.

Just kidding, if the emperor thinks that he is deliberately annoying him, so that the other party will call less, then the matter will not be clear, and there is a suspicion of bullying the king.

"Your Majesty, if Weichen dares to have this intention, he will inevitably suffer from the thunder ...... that day."

"Alright, alright!" Hearing that the other party began to speak at length again, Li Yongji immediately interrupted him, "I know you have good intentions, but this time I just asked you if you can increase the colonization of North America, and I didn't ask you anything else, since you have already stated your position and expressed your opinion, then I will understand." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Shen Shiming paused, and then continued, "Your Majesty, do you really want to continue to insist on going your own way, hanging alone overseas for a long time, risking great danger, and personally leading troops to fight this American civil war?" ”

"Not anymore." Li Yongji said, "Didn't you say that this civil war is almost over, the independence of the Southern Union seems to be irreversible, and the United States has inevitably split into two countries, so this goal has been achieved."

Then, at least for a long time, neither the United States of America in the north nor the Confederate States of America in the south will pose any threat to us, and the rest will only need to be colonized well, and here, at least the western part of North America, will sooner or later become our land. ”

Hearing what Li Yongji said, Shen Shiming sighed deeply: "Your Majesty, it's still the same sentence, taking such a big risk and spending such a big price, just to interfere in the United States, which is thousands of miles away...... Is it really worth it?

You must know that our country is now in ruins, there are still many things that have not been dealt with well, and there are internal and external troubles everywhere.

Not to mention anything else, the autonomous provinces alone have become more and more restless in some places lately, and the Russians in the north, whom you have brought to my attention, have been making frequent moves lately, constantly making trouble on the frontiers, and constantly testing us.

In addition, the newly defeated vassal countries such as Japan and Korea have also been in civil strife recently, which has seriously slowed down our energy, don't you think we should return to China first, deal with these internal affairs first, and then take care of things thousands of miles away?

Yes, you have made great achievements in war, and you have also opened up territories for our empire and won all kinds of reputations, but the problem is that the lands you have laid down are not bordering us, and there is a big Pacific Ocean in between, and it will take half a year to come and go, plus the investment in the colonies is not a small number, and increasing the colonization of those places is completely worth the loss for us.

To tell the truth, many ministers of the imperial court now believe that it is too wasteful to spend so much manpower and material resources on North America every year, and it is better and more cost-effective to spend this money on themselves, whether it is to improve people's livelihood or enhance military equipment.

So Your Majesty, Wechen is also suffering now, many people are quite dissatisfied with your policy of colonizing the Americas, thinking that Wechen is secretly doing it from you, but they can't pick you up, so they think I'm blinding the Holy Listener...... Anyway, you better come back early, something. It's really not up to Wechen to call the shots. ”

After listening to his complaints, Li Yongji said in a deep voice: "For so many years, you have indeed suffered. I know. A lot of things, especially the reforms and new policies that I told you over the phone, were announced through you on the surface, so everyone thought it was your idea...... In short, in the past few years, everyone has scolded you the most, but in fact, you are blocking the gun for me. I know all of this, and although I don't see it in my eyes, I hear it in my ears.

Therefore. I actually remember your merits, and I will not forget you, nor will I think you are incompetent. You can rest assured. ”

"Your Majesty!" Heard Li Yongji say this. Shen Shiming on the other end of the phone immediately choked up, and seemed to be quite moved, and Li Yongji could still hear a pop, which seemed to be the sound of kneeling.

"In fact, it is the duty of a courtier to share your Majesty's worries, and it is rare for Your Majesty to be so aware of the righteousness and so thoughtful...... With His Majesty's words just now, Weichen will die immediately. Also willingly! ”

"Alright, alright. Don't move to sensationalize these sensationalisms, give me goosebumps to know no. Li Yongji scolded with a smile, "The voice just now, you wouldn't be kneeling over there with the phone, right?" If yes, hurry up, if it goes on like this, I really have to consider whether to change people, the person I choose must stand up to the sky, how can I do it without the majesty of the prime minister? ”

"Yes, Wechen, Wechen knows." Shen Shiming said embarrassedly, "It's just a moment of excitement, a moment of excitement." Anyway, when I talk to you on the phone, I'm alone, and I don't have anyone else, so I won't lose face. ”

"You." Li Yongji shook his head, "I also know that you have always disagreed with me so rashly leading troops to interfere in the affairs of the United States...... But, as I've said before, the United States, no, I should say that North America is a great threat to us, and this threat is a threat to the future, but it is still a threat.

If the United States had not been divided, then with their unique advantage, sooner or later they would have expanded wildly westward, and it would not be long before they would have completely mastered the most inhabitable land in North America and turned into a huge empire bordering both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Such a country is quite terrifying, because such a country has a vast land area, abundant resources, and a unique strategic location, and once it develops, it will be a rather terrifying giant and will be the greatest challenge to our future world hegemony.

Therefore, we must nip this terrifying opponent in the bud before he develops, and we must take advantage of the continuous large-scale colonization to control the western part of North America, at least a large area of land border with the other side, so as to curb the development momentum of the other side to the greatest extent.

Think about it, once we can control the western part of North America and turn the Pacific Ocean into our inland sea, coupled with our unrivalled position in Asia, our empire will become a supergiant that no one dares to move in this world!

In time, when our people completely occupy the western part of the North American continent, and when our civilization becomes a strong civilization in North America, then the Chinese Empire, which regards the Pacific Ocean as an inland ocean, will become the real center of the world, and the Chinese will also become a well-deserved first-class person in the whole world!

You may say that the place is too big to control. But that was before, and in today's era, technology is changing with each passing day, and the problem of vast territory is difficult to control, and it is no longer a problem.

It's like right now, you're in Nanjing, China, and I'm in Memphis, in the south, and they're thousands of miles apart, but we're talking through radio talkers, through relay stations along the way, and we can talk very smoothly, except that we can't meet each other, it's no different from talking face-to-face, which makes communication with each other no longer a problem.

And transportation. In the past, it would have taken half a year to cross the Pacific Ocean and rely on sailing wooden ships, but now there are steamships, which only take more than two months, and if you use the new steel steamers with internal combustion engines and propellers that I introduced, it will only take even a month to go back and forth!

We have more advanced means of communication, better means of transportation, and more powerful new weapons, which allow us to defeat any rebellion thousands of miles away with a small number of troops, as long as the opponent's weapons are not as advanced as ours, no matter how many people there are, nothing will be of any use except to increase our merits.

Just like this time, I intervened in the American Civil War, sending a total of more than 30,000 troops, plus the Navy and other service units, no more than 50,000 at most, but I defeated more than 700,000 elite troops of the US Army in a row, but I did not suffer many casualties, which already speaks for itself.

Therefore, don't be afraid that the territory is large and difficult to control, as long as we are technologically advanced and have a strong army, everything is not a problem.

Moreover, as far as I am concerned, I think our existing land is still too small, after all, we Chinese now have more than 400 million people, and because the war has just ended, re-entering peace, it is just in a baby boom period, coupled with our progress in medical care, the birth rate has greatly increased, the death rate has greatly decreased, and it is foreseeable that our future population will show explosive growth for a long time!

The population is increasing, but there is so much land, with our current agricultural technology, it is difficult to say that we can keep up, and if we don't take more land in advance, what will happen to our children and grandchildren? ”

"Wechen is not against expanding the territory." Shen Shiming said, "Weichen just thinks that compared to colonizing North America thousands of miles away, there is actually a lot of good land at our doorstep. Even if the Siberia taken by the north from the Russians is too cold and unsuitable for human habitation, South Asia and Southeast Asia are still quite good, and there is a lot of land waiting for us. ”

"No, since those places are at the doorstep, they are all meat on the lips in the morning and evening, so it doesn't matter if you don't eat it now." Li Yongji said, "The United States, or North America, is different, normally speaking, because of the long distance, if the United States is still the original United States, if we want to intervene here, it will not be ordinarily difficult."

However, the United States is now causing civil strife on its own, which can be said to be a godsend, and if we intervene at this time, we will be able to obtain the greatest benefits at the minimum cost!

Otherwise, if the United States is not divided, and we want to come and intervene, then they will unite and fight us with the strength of the whole country, then even if we can win in the end, the price may not be small, and it may even offend the whole world, so that other powers will be wary of us and put pressure on us.

Now it's different, although we intervened in the American Civil War, but the British and the French also intervened, everyone is an interferer, no one is clean, no one will come out to talk nonsense, even if we fight the United States, both of them have to beg me, isn't this the best ending? ”

"Hey, since Your Majesty still insists, then Weichen won't say anything, so he can only do his best to close the country for His Majesty." Shen Shiming sighed.

"Well, you're doing a great job, I'm relieved." Li Yongji smiled, "Okay, I understand what you mean, I will carefully consider the matter of supporting agents in the alliance country, but no matter whether this matter is successful or not, I will not spend the money of the treasury." ”

"Your Majesty can think so, it is the blessing of the country's society." Shen Shiming said, "By the way, I almost forgot one thing." Recently, a lot of foreign envoys have suddenly come to the imperial court, and they all want to meet Your Majesty in person, most of them want our weapons and equipment, and it seems that they have heard about your achievements in the United States.

Everything else is fine, but the emissaries from the Ottoman Empire are a little different, they want to buy our weapons, they also want to form an alliance with us against Russia...... I don't dare to make decisions on my own, so I hope that Your Majesty will give me a letter. ”

"The Ottoman Empire? An alliance against Russia? ”

"Yes, an alliance against Russia."

"I see." Li Yongji nodded, "In this way, to the Ottoman envoy, you should first receive it, don't refuse, don't approve, just say that it is being discussed, and everything will wait for me to go back and meet him in person." Don't worry, it won't be long before I can return to China in a month at most. ”

"Wechen obeys." (To be continued......)