"The emperor did this well," the queen mother listened carefully to the emperor's itinerary and behavior, nodded approvingly at the Tongzhi Emperor and smiled, "This also helps your emperor and shares some state affairs." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Emperor Tongzhi has just come back from the Tongwen Pavilion, he has always been a person who has never jumped out, he doesn't like those dull foreign languages, astronomy, mathematics is interested, just very obsessed with the history and geography of various countries, but he also really listened to several geography lessons, and also took the sheep by the hand, brought back a very detailed world map of this era, "Huang Eniang, this Tongwen Museum's knowledge is really interesting," Emperor Tongzhi asked Chen Shengwen to open the map, pointing at the map, "I originally thought that our place in China is already very large, Looking at the world's public opinion, it is not as good as the British. Emperor Tongzhi pointed to the place in India, and couldn't help but be speechless, "Good guy, such a large place, I heard Mr. Hurd say that the weather in India is hot, and the rice is ripe all year round, can it be called the most brilliant pearl on the head of their queen!" ”

"The British collect taxes in India," the Empress Dowager Cixi nodded, "thinking of occupying a place so safely next to us, and then reaching out to our vassals, hehe, a good calculation!" The Queen Mother also told the emperor about Shi Dakai's affairs in detail, "They can engage in conspiracy and trickery with us, so naturally they can't be too proud." Shi Dakai has three people, and I just let them make trouble. ”

Emperor Tongzhi heard the words of the Queen Mother, and was very interesting, "The emperor's mother is really powerful, this Shi Dakai is a hero, and it is good to give the British a headache, if you can take some rubies back, it will also be excellent." ”

Prince Gong, who was waiting on the side, sounded a little displeased, as the Son of Heaven, why could he only think about such a plaything? Just as she was about to speak, the Empress Dowager Cixi nodded, "This is a good thing, think about the past, this Portugal and Spain," the Empress Dowager's armor crossed the map, flashed a golden light in the air, pointed to the Iberian Peninsula, and said with a smile with the emperor. "In the 15th century, Portugal and Spain, the first two nation-states in Europe, carried out seafaring adventures with the support of national forces: under the command of Prince Enrique, generations of Portuguese navigators opened up a route from the Atlantic Ocean to the south around the Cape of Good Hope to India; Under the patronage of Queen Isabel, Columbus arrived in the Americas on behalf of Spain in 1492. When Magellan completed the first circumnavigation of mankind, the originally divided world was finally connected by the great geographical discovery into a complete world, and the world power was born. Portugal and Spain competed with each other to divide the world, relying on new shipping routes and colonial plunder to build colonial empires that spread across the globe, reaching their heyday in the first half of the 16th century, becoming the first world powers.

The emperor's eyes flashed with an astonishing light, and Prince Gong was also thoughtful, "If Shi Dakai and they can also get back the gold and silver we wanted, why don't we want it?" ”

After the Queen Mother said half-jokingly, the emperor nodded excitedly, "This is the best, if Shi Da is willing to give us money, we can naturally help him, and we can take gems and teach the British a lesson, it is really killing two birds with one stone, killing two birds with one stone!" ”

The emperor has been reading well recently, and he is very fluent in idioms, and the queen mother smiled, "However, the emperor, Spain and Portugal have indeed declined over the years, do you know why?" ”

This is like an exam, the emperor thought for a moment, "Mr. Hurd said that in the last few hundred years, the Netherlands, France, Italy, England and other countries have risen one after another, and Spain and Portugal are invincible, so they have to retreat. ”

"That's true, but I didn't see it in the background." The Queen Mother said, I think I have watched "The Rise of a Great Power" more than several times, "The two countries were originally small countries, thinking about snakes swallowing elephants, and lack of greed, but they were in a dilemma, "full of hunger", they wanted to "eat" everything, but they couldn't "digest" it. This is one point, in addition, the most important thing is to know that the world's gold, silver and jewelry are used for pleasure and consumption, not to produce, but also not to develop industry, you know, this cannon, warships are to be supported by industry, if there is no these, the gold and silver treasures in hand are also an illusion after all, so their warships are getting worse and worse, and their national strength is getting weaker and weaker, so they can only give up the hegemony in the world, and now they are just living on the savings left over from the year, emperor, do you understand? ”

"Erchen understood," Emperor Tongzhi realized, "Only by letting the money go can the money make money, instead of spending all the money, Huang Eniang, isn't this the truth?" (To be continued.) )

PS: I'm sorry, I was in a bad mood some time ago. Start resuming updates today.