"Daozi, you said a good thing at the council today...... It should be possible to convince most of the councillors to support sending troops! ”

"Yes, it was your father who raised the necessity of sending troops at the parliamentary meeting last time, and more than ten years have passed......

In the Shangshu office in the Daming Navy Department Building, Zhuge Weiyi and Zhuge Weiyong, who had just returned from the political meeting, were talking to Zhuge Weidao about testifying at the political meeting this morning.

Zhuge Weidao's tone seemed to be a little uncertain, so he asked along the way: "Brother Ten, Brother Fifty-one, will the matter of sending troops still make trouble for the councilors?" ”

Zhuge Weiyi smiled helplessly: "That maybe...... I haven't really fought a war in more than a hundred years! ”

Zhuge Weiyong also said: "The last time we sent troops to Europe to crusade against Napoleon, it can't be regarded as a real fight, because it's not us who pick the lead at all, we just send the navy to send arms to the Rakshasa country, and by the way, follow the British Royal Navy to shoot a few cannons." But this time, it's up to us...... No, it's bottomless. ”

Zhuge Weiyi stroked his gray beard, frowned and said: "One hundred and eight, you have been busy outside these days, I don't know how fierce the quarrel is in Beijing City in order to fight Japan or not?" There are different opinions within several major families, and many people feel that it is not necessary to fight Japan, it is difficult to fight, and it is not profitable. If it weren't for the battle of Jedi Shadow Island a few days ago, the matter of fighting would be even more difficult to pass in the council! ”

Zhuge Weidao is not surprised, the Ming Dynasty has been peaceful for more than a hundred years, at best, everyone has enjoyed the dividends of peace and is unwilling to change. At worst, if it is said that it has been peaceful for a long time, people are cowardly. Moreover, there was no significant benefit to the use of Japanese troops. The purpose of this war was actually to determine the absolute leadership of the Ming Dynasty in the circles of East Asia and Southeast Asia. The circles of East Asia and Southeast Asia were much smaller than those of Europeans, and the Ming Dynasty was larger than any European empire.

Therefore, before the Ming Dynasty really started the world hegemony, it was necessary to take Japan and complete the integration of East Asia and Southeast Asia. Zbigniew Brzezinski, the American strategist of another timeline, also predicted a similar scenario, that is, China, Japan and South Korea teamed up to fight with the United States...... But this combination looks very good, but it is not easy to do.

It's not easy to do even on this timeline, firstly, the martial arts of small Japan are still quite abundant, and the Japanese archipelago is mountainous, so it is not easy to fight. In case it becomes a quagmire, it will be protracted, and the loss will be great.

The second is that the population of the early new Ming Dynasty and Japan was five to two (now it is ten to one), so it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to annex Japan, nor can it be possible to arrange a seat for Japan in its own clan system.

Only before the Ming Dynasty is really ready to compete with Britain for the leadership of the world, Japan must be subdued first, but after the defeat, Japan must still be given a certain space for development, otherwise how can the Japanese cannon fodder help fight the British old when they are hungry?

And to give Japan a little space for development, even if it is to transfer a little textile and toy industry to the past, it will still cause the loss of related industries in the Ming Dynasty......

In addition, once Japan has room for development, the number of girls imported into the Ming Dynasty and Nanyang will decrease, what should those poor men of the Ming Dynasty who can't get their wives do? Although the Ming Dynasty was relatively wealthy as a whole, there were always poor people. Even if they don't take into account the poor, the wealthy merchants and magnates of the Ming Dynasty like to keep one or several well-behaved and obedient Japanese concubines to serve them.

Therefore, it is normal for some parliamentarians to oppose the acceptance of Japan as a dog...... At this time, the Military and Diplomatic Committee of the Council is holding a closed-door meeting, and Zhuge Weiyi, Zhuge Weiyi, and Zhuge Weidao are not parliamentarians, so they can only wait for news in the Admiralty.

Just as the three of them were talking and waiting for the news, a psychic phone placed on Zhuge Weiyi's desk suddenly rang with a "jingle bell". The three Zhuge looked at each other, and Zhuge immediately picked up the telephone receiver: "Hey, I'm Zhuge for use...... What? Looking for Zhuge Daozi? Xishan Palace? His wife...... Got it, got it! ”

Then Zhuge Weiyong put down the telephone receiver in his hand and said to Zhuge Weidao: "One hundred and eight brothers, the eldest prince of your family went to Xishan Gong to see the Queen Mother this morning, but just after lunch, she was about to give birth before she left Xishan Palace!" ”

Zhuge Weidao became nervous all of a sudden, and the eldest of his twins was about to be born...... And he's finally able to see his two-month-old twin today!

I saw him get up reluctantly, and arched his hand at Zhuge Weiyi and Zhuge Weiyong: "Two brothers, I am out of company." ”

Zhuge said: "One hundred and eight brothers, you should go to Xishan Palace...... Go in my carriage! ”

......

When Zhuge Weidao sat in Zhuge Weidao's carriage that looked very old, but ran fast and steady, he felt Xishan Palace, and found that there were several Western-style luxury carriages with the Rakshasa embassy brand outside the gate of Xishan Palace.

Seeing these carriages, Zhuge Weidao was stunned for a moment, and the black eunuch black whirlwind came out of nowhere, and rushed to him like a gust of wind, and then took his wrist and walked inside, shouting as he walked: "Eighteen military divisions, why did you come, your mother has given birth...... Peace to mother and child! ”

Already raw?

Mother and child are safe?

Zhuge hurriedly asked, "What did you give birth to?" Is it a boy, or is it a girl? ”

"It's two boys!" Black Whirlwind continued to shout, "Twins...... Eighteenth Army Division, congratulations! ”

"Hahahaha......"

Zhuge is happy for the Tao, his twin son's brother has finally been born.

Black Whirlwind said again: "It's still dizygotic twins...... The two children look different, the elder brother is like the archduchess, and the younger brother is like you! ”

Zhuge weidao laughed: "Really? Hahaha, there are also a lot of dizygotic twins, and there are several of them in our Zhuge family! ”

While studying the problem of dizygotic twins, the two of them had wind under their feet, and in a blink of an eye, they ran to the moon gate in a secluded small courtyard in Xishan Palace. There were two black eunuchs standing outside the Moon Gate, and when they saw the black whirlwind pulling Zhuge Weidao, they shouted to the Moon Gate together: "Queen Mother...... Zhuge is coming! ”

Zhuge Weidao had just arrived at the door, and he heard Zheng Yuhuan's voice coming from inside: "Xuan, quickly announce him in!" ”

"Coming, coming......" Zhuge Weidao hadn't seen his "Sister Yuhuan" for a few days, and when he heard the call, he didn't wait for the black eunuch below to come and announce it, so he flew into the courtyard as if he were flying, and then ran into a bright lobby.

When he entered the lobby, he found that there was a large group of people standing in the lobby, including black eunuchs, palace maids, male and female medical officers, and a forty-year-old, tall and bearded vice admiral of the Rakshasa Navy.

Zhuge Weidao knew this Rakshasa man, he was a favorite of Tsar Nicholas I, Alexander. Sergeyevich. Menshikov ...... This guy went from the army to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and then to the navy, and a month ago he came to Daming as a special envoy of Tsar Nicholas I.

Zhuge Weidao glanced at this Menshikov, and then looked at the Empress Dowager Zheng, who was a lot richer, and then bowed to the Empress Dowager Zheng: "Minister Zhuge respectfully invites the Empress Dowager to Sheng'an." ”

Empress Dowager Zheng sat on the throne, holding a little doll wrapped in a blanket in her arms, the little doll had just been put to sleep, and when she heard Zhuge Weidao's voice, she was very dissatisfied with the "whoosh", Empress Dowager Zheng quickly patted the little doll a few times, coaxed him to sleep again, and then glared at Zhuge Weidao angrily: "Daozi, be quiet...... Your son is asleep! ”

"Oh, oh," Zhuge Weidao, who saw his son for the first time, nodded again and again, and asked excitedly, "Queen Mother, is he big or small?" ”

"It's your eldest son!" Then she looked at Menshikov who was standing on the side, "Envoy, say it!" ”

Menshikov first owed himself to Empress Dowager Zheng, and then said to Zhuge Weidao: "Your Excellency, His Majesty the Tsar has agreed to you and Natalie. Archduchess Pavlovna's request to have your marriage recognized as legal...... And the Zhuge family you belong to is a noble family in the Ming Empire second only to the royal family, which is comparable to the small royal family, so the combination between you is not a marriage between the noble and the low. Therefore, according to the Decree of Succession to the Throne of the All-Rakshasa Empire of 1797, the sons born to you and the Grand Duchess have the right to the throne of the Rakshasa in the order of succession after all the male descendants of the Tsar and the female descendants and their heirs who are closer to the Tsar's blood! ”