Because of the embarrassment of having land and no people, the obsession of European countries with colonies is not strong, and as long as the price is reasonable, there is no land that cannot be sold. Not to mention that now, even two hundred years later, the Americans still obtained three times as much additional territory as the thirteen states by means of buying and selling, laying the material foundation for world hegemony.

In the present century, it is an era of land flooding the market. As long as any country sets up a governing body somewhere, erects a monument and a flag, the land rightfully belongs to it. And this kind of behavior has also been respected by the civilized world, just like the Ming Dynasty announced the naturalization of Ping Island and Australia, and the merchants of various European countries acquiesced to this fact, and no one would consult the local natives.

Another example is that in another time and space, the Russians sold 1.5 million square kilometers of Alaska to the United States for $20,000. After that, another hundred years later, people felt that the Russian woolly bear had frozen brains and would do such a business. What is even more tragic is that the Russian government's cash ship sank at that time, which was equivalent to a net loss of 100,000 US dollars, and a large peninsula was given away for nothing.

At the time, however, the Russians thought it was a good deal.

Alaska is nothing but fur and ice cubes that can be sold for a good price. There are also more than 70 active volcanoes in the area, and earthquakes occur frequently. One of the most fundamental reasons was that the means of obtaining Alaska were too simple in the first place - the tsar hired a Dutchman, crossed the Bering Strait and planted a Russian flag, so it belonged to Russia.

On the one hand, Seward, the U.S. politician who led the Alaska purchase, was scolded for not going out because the American people felt it was "a bad deal."

It can be seen that historical limitations are too easy to happen to every mortal.

Return to the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, recover Luzon Island, and expel the Hongmaoyi. Severely punishing the local natives who were the lackeys of the Hongyi and developing Luzon into a rubber plantation and sugar cane plantation of the Ming Dynasty is a matter of morality and interests, and no one will oppose it. However, after three months of fighting, the Ming Dynasty experienced the war form of lining up for the first time, although it was victorious. But the life of the child is only exchanged for the Gobi desert in North America, which is not acceptable to everyone.

"What's more, that is our Ming land!"

"Why do we need the consent of the Xiyi people for the land discovered by the Ming Dynasty!"

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More and more doubts in the newspapers rushed to the cabinet, and no one paid attention to the Spanish sheep.

As we all know, the Americas are different from Asia.

In Asia, the Ming could crush the Spaniards with ten times the force.

In the Americas, the balance of power between the Ming and the West is reversed. Even with the great efforts of shipbuilding and immigration, there are now only 30,000 Ming people on the American continent. Mainly gathered in the area of Dongjing Province (San Francisco), eighty percent of them were peasants, one percent were craftsmen, and the real combat force was only one battalion with 3,000 people.

In the Americas, there were 300,000 Spaniards, four viceroyalties, and hundreds of thousands of indigenous peoples.

Even in the era of Mini bullets, advanced firearms may not be able to fight against several times the number of cold-weapon troops. The British, Portuguese and even Italians know this very well. Once the scale of the war was not curbed, Mingxi launched a larger war on the American continent. Then the Ming army may not have more chances to win.

Not to fight a battle that is uncertain, this is a rule set by His Majesty the Emperor when he established the army.

"In the past, it was the military generals who carried the black pot for the civilian officials, but now it has been reversed." Sun Chuanting sat in the office room and sighed.

Sitting opposite Sun Chuanting was Yang Wei, a young colonel professor at Wubei University. Yang Wei is at home in the ivory tower environment, perfecting his theories at an astonishing pace. Under the guidance of His Majesty the Emperor. The Ming version of geopolitics has basically formed a system, and the first thing Yang Wei has to do is to instill this new way of thinking into several elders.

Even if the elders can't accept it, at least they have to know.

Seeing that Sun Chuanting, the cabinet elder who was most inclined to military generals, sighed like this, Yang Wei knew that the recent Qing Discussion in the newspaper had caused a lot of trouble to the cabinet.

In fact, the cabinet was indeed wronged, and the question of the Americas was the strategy of the Metropolitan Governor's Office to advise the Emperor. The tone that is finally formed.

"Old gentleman," Yang Wei said politely, "When the Ming Dynasty consolidates the Americas, this contribution to expanding the territory is also the work of the elders." ”

"The old man wore armor and went out of the customs back then, where did he think about any military exploits? It's nothing more than wanting to die for the foundation of the ancestors. Now that you are old, you are not as self-motivated as you young people. Sun Chuanting smiled bitterly: "You do have some ways to say these things, but I am afraid it is useless to talk to us old people." ”

"Why did the old gentleman say that?" Yang Wei really didn't know.

Sun Chuanting just smiled, but he didn't point it through.

In fact, the key is age. Since the Zhou Dynasty, it has been the norm for officials to be in their seventies, and those who are still in the court in their eighties like Li Yuzhi have special needs. Now that the country is stable and thriving, Wu Fu will definitely not postpone Zhishi. So counting it, Wu Fu's time as the first assistant is only two years.

Sun Chuanting is only four years younger than Wu Fu, and according to the tradition of seniority in the cabinet, his career as a first assistant is actually only four years.

And that's when he's in good health.

"Elder Zhou Ge will be a priest next year." After all, Sun Chuanting was softened by this colonel who was younger than his grandson, and pointed out the key point.

Zhou Yingzhi is actually going to be appointed this year, but before the court pushes the new cabinet ministers, people find that there are some differences between the election of local governors into the cabinet and the central hall of the court.

One side believes that the lessons of the national change should be learned, follow the example of the Song Dynasty, and those who do not have local experience cannot enter the cabinet. On the other hand, they feel that the national change is only a stain after all, and since the establishment of the cabinet by Chengzu, the Qing Dynasty has still been the mainstream, and since the country has returned to normal, it should also restore the system.

As a result, the Divination Ceremony was also put on hold.

Also at the same age as Zhou Yingqi is Cai Maode, but he is in a special situation. Because the emperor said on his 70th birthday: Mr. Cai is good at health preservation, and his body is as healthy as a man in his fifties.

This is an auspicious word to ordinary people, but for the emperor and his ministers, it means to keep it. Cai Maode himself is conscientious and strict with himself, and his work attitude is most in line with His Majesty the Emperor, so it is normal for the emperor to keep him as the first assistant for two years.

The most untimely people are actually Jiang Dejing and Yuan Jixian.

These two people are the same age as Sun Chuanting, and when Sun Chuanting is done, they should be Zhishi, and there is no chance to go to the next level.

The situation in the past few years is bound to change greatly, and after Wu Fu went home to hug his grandson, the burden of stabilizing the court situation fell on Sun Chuanting. And in the end, the emperor has chosen Cai Maode, and at present, it seems that they are all arranged properly.

Yang Wei was not sensitive to this, but said: "The past few years have been really sentimental. There are also many generals in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion who have to remove their armor. ”

Personnel transfers in the military are even more troublesome.

Qin Liangyu has reached his old age, although his strength is still terrifying, and his appetite is good, but after all, he has to let others go back to enjoy the joy of family. You Shiwei and other veterans are also old, but the rising stars are happy to be in the main force, and they are not willing to go back to Beijing to sit in the post room. Moreover, Xiao Mo and Xiao Donglou's generation have combat missions in their bodies, and it is not that they can be transferred back.

Now it seems that the military attaché's side is really green.

Fortunately, today's authority is also rare since the founding of the country, and it is even comparable to the world of Taizu and Chengzu.

In the seven years of Longjing, Zhu Cihong basically stabilized the eight-hour work system, and was able to take two days off every ten days. If you count the half-day retreat tea party with the cabinet and the Metropolitan Governor's Office, it is basically seven days off and three days off. This is a gesture of neglect in the Taizu Dynasty, which cannot prevent him from exerting great influence on the government.

Military reports from all over the country are still full of good news.

The first pot of vulcanized rubber has achieved good results, and it is completely possible to study the formula while applying the vulcanized rubber first. As long as the people see that it is profitable, many people will naturally follow suit. Of course, this golden rice bowl royal will not let go, Baohedian set up a rubber investment company, specifically to invest in domestic private rubber factories, although not an absolute share, but enough to ensure dividends.

Under the strength of Zhu Cihong, the Ming royal family really went to the richest royal family in the world.

"The talent reserve was destroyed in Wanli, and I still have to repay my debts to this day." Zhu Cihong was very helpless about this, but this kind of public criticism of the grandfather could only be said in the secret room.

The queen knows that many old ministers have asked for Zhishi recently, firstly, because they are old, and secondly, it is indeed harder than ever to be an official under their husband.

"Father, queen mother, do you have any news back?" Zhu Cihong asked.

Emperor Taishang of Nanxing can be said to be very happy, and he had a lot of fun in the south of the Yangtze River, and even moved the idea of going south to Fujian and Zhejiang. Zhejiang can go, but Fujian's mountainous place is better to be exempt. Otherwise, the local government will definitely jump and it will be too late to build roads, and there will be no need to do anything else.

"My father knew about the rubber tires, and asked Beijing to send a batch of them." Duan's Road.

"As it should be." Zhu Cihong nodded.

For shock absorption and comfort, there are three cutting-edge technologies: spring steel, high-quality road surface, and rubber tires.

Spring steel seems to be far away, and the high-level pavement is limited by the total industrial volume of Daming, and the mileage is very short. But now that there are inflatable rubber tires, it's definitely a big leap from the days of wooden wheels.

"The father also said that resting with the people is the posture that the Holy Lord should have." Duan whispered.

Zhu Cihong said: "Isn't that the case with me? ”

"How long is the war going to be on your side? Every night, the thought of fighting a concubine makes me have nightmares. Duan said bluntly.

Zhu Cihong knows that the psychological tolerance of people in this era is limited, not to mention the Duan family, even the Taishang Emperor Chongzhen is not the case, otherwise he would not be in Jiangnan and refused to come back. (To be continued......)