Chapter 58: The Mandate of Heaven

"What do you mean by all of them agreeing to give Xiyi the same status as Da Ming?"

Including Huang Yue, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, all the ministers subconsciously glanced at Zhu Jingyuan, and subconsciously wanted to ask rhetorically:

Why is your thinking and linguistic logic so weird?

It is true that everyone did not have a direct opposition to Zhu Jingyuan's other ideas, and they did sound like they were all operable.

As for the peace talks as soon as possible, anyway, the representative who presided over the peace talks is yourself, and others don't want to intervene in the first place.

But Huang Yue still instinctively dissociates himself and avoids things that are not directly related to his duties:

"Your Highness laughed, the Ministry of Etiquette is in charge of cultural and etiquette matters, so the old minister only makes suggestions on etiquette matters, and has other colleagues to suggest other matters."

Zhu Jingyuan didn't get the words, but he was not discouraged at all.

Zhu Jingyuan originally had two plans, the first was to raise all Xiyi to an equal position like the modern era in the previous life, so as to completely kill them.

However, Zhu Jingyuan also knew that this operation would most likely be opposed by most ministers, so he also prepared a second set of ideas in advance.

So Zhu Jingyuan immediately discussed other ideas with Huang Yue, the secretary of the Ministry of Etiquette, on the issue of etiquette:

"Then the great uncle thinks that it is feasible for the Ming Dynasty to give the Roman Empire, that is, the Great Qin and the Ming Dynasty, the same status as the Great Qin during the peace talks and even in the treaty?"

"Da Qin's words ......"

Hearing this suggestion, Huang Yue and the other ministers, and even the emperor who was seated, after being stunned for a moment, quickly realized a good idea.

The current Ming Dynasty is a modern world empire, and the bureaucratic system is also very pragmatic.

The pragmatic result is that it is found that Taixi's current country does not have the qualifications to be compared with the Ming Dynasty, and the culture and hard power and scale are too far behind.

The largest Lucia is a far cry from the United Kingdom, not to mention countries like Italy and the Netherlands.

But at the same time, they also have a certain understanding of the history and culture of Taixi.

The former Great Qin, also known as the Roman Empire, is usually considered to be comparable to the Han Dynasty of the same period, and if it develops to the present, it may be comparable to the Ming Dynasty.

There is also a commendatory record in the Book of Han:

"There is a kind of China, all countries look up to it like Zhou Jing, and it is actually a great unification, the capital is high, the land of gold, the fragrant wood is the beam, and the territory is wide."

The intellectuals of the Ming Dynasty have basically understood it, and they know that the real Great Qin people are also black-haired and black-eyed.

But the Great Qin has long been gone, and the people on the Italian Peninsula may have many descendants of the Great Qin, but the national perception is mainly in Italy.

Now pull Da Qin out and put him in the same position as Da Ming, and then tell the Taixi countries that whoever can inherit the mantle of Da Qin will be able to sit on an equal footing with Da Ming......

This is actually provoking the Taixi countries, which think they are orthodox in Great Qin, to fight each other.

Then we will further push the potential countries that truly have the Great Qin tradition to compete together.

In the end, all the Taixi countries, in order to compete for the same status as the Ming Dynasty, participated in the competition for the Mandate of Heaven of Great Qin.

Of course, with the Ming watching from the side, of course, they will not really compete for results and come out with a modern Roman Empire.

Instead, it is to use this process to divide the Tessie people who are now together, divert the attention and energy of the Tessie people, and prevent them from uniting again to get involved in the affairs of the Ming Dynasty.

Without Zhu Jingyuan's direct explanation, the ministers' minds quickly sorted out these natural operation plans, and they couldn't help but praise His Highness Jingyuan in their hearts for being really damaged.

Yes...... No, it should be really wonderful!

Everyone was in their hearts, and the old emperor didn't wait for Huang Yue, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, to answer, and he directly opened his mouth to set the tone:

"Two thousand years ago, the Han Dynasty and the Great Qin Dynasty were great powers in the world, and although the two countries were thousands of miles apart, they also cherished each other.

"Now that the Ming Dynasty inherited the mandate of heaven of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and expanded the sea frontier of Wanjiang, Taixi has no trace of the successor of the Great Qin.

"The Taixi countries, if there are those who can inherit the Mandate of Heaven of Great Qin and open up the future, they can stand side by side with my Ming Dynasty in the world."

This tone is set very high, not only to seize and inherit the Mandate of Heaven of Great Qin and Rome, but also to be stronger than Great Qin at that time, so as to be qualified to stand under the world with Daming.

The reason is also ready-made, now the Ming Dynasty is more powerful than the Han Dynasty back then, and the simple resurrection of the Great Qin is not enough to establish the world with the Ming Dynasty.

This is an attempt to change the way of thinking of the Taixi countries to enhance their international status, from trying to defeat the Ming Dynasty to defeating all other Taixi countries, and to seize the Mandate of Heaven of the Great Qin at the same level as the Ming Dynasty.

Transform the Ming Dynasty from an enemy of the Taixi Kingdoms into a witness and referee in the battle for the Mandate of Heaven of Great Qin.

As for whether this referee is fair or not, only God knows......

After hearing this, Zhu Jingyuan smiled and arched his hand:

"Imperial grandfather Shengming, but in order to promote the battle for the Mandate of Heaven of Great Qin, we Daming cannot participate in the peace talks by ourselves.

"We must also bring our major vassal states with us, as other ordinary states in the east that are equal to the Taixi states.

This can first reduce the sense of existence of the fact that the Taixi countries are besieging the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time, it can show that the small countries in the East all rely on the noble status of the Ming Dynasty.

"Induce the Taixi countries to envy and yearn for the status of the Ming Dynasty, and compete for the status of the Great Qin Mandate of Heaven similar to the Ming Dynasty.

"Then broadcast the process to the whole Daming, take a lot of photos and publish them in the newspaper, so that the people of the vassal countries can gain a sense of honor to participate in it."

The old emperor and the ministers all nodded secretly when they heard this, which was to take advantage of the desire to show off in front of everyone to subtly promote their own goals.

And this is still a multi-kill operation, so there is nothing to veto, and the old emperor also nodded directly:

"Yes, does my grandson have any other suggestions?"

Zhu Jingyuan shook his head slightly after thinking about it:

"It's not there for the time being, it's just that you can accept it when you see it now, and form an international alliance including Da Ming to cooperate with the Great Qin Mandate of Heaven battle, what do you think?"

The old emperor thought for a while, and smoothed out the plans mentioned by Zhu Jingyuan as a whole, and found nothing particularly inappropriate.

Although it is a bit of a loss to accept it when it is good, in order to reduce the fear of the Taixi countries towards the Ming Dynasty and cooperate with the promotion of the Great Qin Mandate of Heaven, they can only do this:

"It is feasible, Jian Yan, reply to Xiyi after the next dynasty, and ask them to withdraw from the Three Kingdoms of Anxi, as well as all the lands that the Ming Dynasty once occupied, and they can officially cease war and negotiate peace."

"The retainers obeyed."

Zhu Jianyan bowed down to receive the order, and Zhu Jingyuan also bowed down with his father to retire, and went to the side to find a seat and sit down.

The next step is the normal early dynasty, but because formal peace talks are about to begin, future arrangements will have to be adjusted accordingly.

So today's morning pilgrimage is a little longer, and it will be almost ten o'clock by the time it ends.

After the next dynasty, Zhu Jingyuan returned to the Ministry of Industry, sorted out the draft of the battleship system that had been basically completed, and produced tomorrow's propaganda copy and display materials.

At this time, there was no electronic projector, but the writing projector for teaching and preaching was quite mature.

Writing and drawing on glass, which are then reflected on the display board through light and mirror reflections.

This equipment was used in teaching until computers and electronic projectors became widespread.

Zhu Jianyan returned to Honglu Temple, and according to the plan discussed in the early court, he officially responded to the Taixi countries represented by the British, and began the armistice negotiations before the formal peace talks.

Although he is no longer the secretary of Honglu Temple, he still has to continue to do the work of Honglu Temple, who let himself be a father.