"General, are you really going to strike hard at Spain? This Spain still seems to be quite strong, but I am afraid that the labor expedition will be protracted."

"General, if we are going to go to war with Spain, do we need to change our focus?"

"This cannot be changed, and the 'Republican New Deal' is very important, and it must not fall short."

"But if the country is in a mess because of the 'limited fields' and 'Juntian' matters, where will the general still have the energy to use troops abroad?"

In the capital of the General's Palace, Li Yat-sen was discussing with a group of his henchmen how to deal a severe blow to the Spanish Empire without adversely affecting the "Republican New Deal" in the Ming Dynasty. However, the "republican New Deal" has always been the most important thing in Li Yat-sen's mind, and in order to implement this "republican New Deal," he is even willing to postpone the process of reunifying China, which shows how much he attaches importance to the "New Deal."

And the focus of this "republican New Deal" is "limited fields" and "uniform fields". These two policies were not only used to protect the Chinese people, but also to curb the inflow of industrial and commercial capital into the "land and rent collection industry". China has always had a tradition of "pursuing profit from the end and keeping it by the original" - this is the original words of Sima Qian in the historical records. The "end" refers to the "end of industry and commerce", and the "root" refers to land and agriculture.

It can be seen that since the Qin and Han dynasties and even earlier, wealthy Chinese people who have made a fortune in industry and commerce have liked to invest their earned money in the "land and rent collection industry" with low risk but fairly stable returns.

Of course, it is natural that rich people like to buy land and collect rent, and they like to keep it to their own devices. This is true not only in China, but also in other countries. The main reason why there is a large amount of capital invested in industry and commerce in Europe, instead of buying land and collecting rent, is that they have followed the path of feudalism for a long time. A large number of estates were held by the feudal aristocracy, and for a long time these estates were fiefs linked to military service. The difficulty of a merchant to sell a noble fief is very high, and if he is not sure that he will be dragged by the king to fight as a knight, this is fatal!

Therefore, the big businessmen on their side can only invest in industry and commerce, and even if they want to buy real estate, they generally buy urban residential or industrial and commercial real estate in the free market.

On the Chinese side, there has long been land privatization, although there are also military estates and aristocratic estates, but that is not the mainstream. The mainstream is still private real estate that can be bought and sold freely, with stable income and good liquidity. Moreover, on the side of the "Republic of the Ming Dynasty", there are many rich people who have purchased the status of national scholars and nationals, and have the right to discuss politics and "kneel". For them, buying land and collecting rent to pass on to their children and grandchildren is really a safe way to keep their roots.

Therefore, Li Yat-sen must hang a "sword of Juntian" on private land." Juntian", even if it can't be carried out nationwide, it must not be stirred up! It must be preached year after year, month after month, and at the same time it must be carried out in various ways on the newly recovered land, so that the rich people of the southeast will always feel the danger, so that they will not hold too much land.

"It is imperative to limit the field! Junda can continue the discussion and at the same time try it out in some places. Li Zhongshan couldn't discuss the reason with his henchmen, so he simply set the tone himself, "As for the new policy, it must not only continue to be implemented, but also be extended!" ”

"General," Dai Zi, who came from Guangdong to serve as the right army division of the General's Mansion, asked with a frown, "what do you mean by extension?" At present, our new policy has involved a wide range of aspects, and there are a lot of military aspects, the military system must be reformed, military orders must be unified, officers and soldiers must be subject to ranks, military production should be strengthened, military academies should be vigorously developed, and they should be promoted from primary and secondary schools to university halls, and what other aspects can be reformed? ”

Dai Zi is now Li Zhongshan's right-hand man who relies on him very much - this guy is very smart!

He is a master of mathematics, physics and chemistry, and his management ability is very strong, and his hands-on ability is still very strong, and what is even more powerful is that he can also be a teacher and lead students. A few years ago, he was in charge of the military industry and military academy in Guangdong, and his performance was particularly outstanding, and he also learned Latin with Luo Wenzao, and then he also taught himself a lot of books on Western natural philosophy.

Li Zhongshan knew his ability, so he transferred him back from Guangdong to become the right army division of the general's mansion - this position was a high-ranking official under the general, second only to the left army division, in charge of military politics, military industry, and military science. Equivalent to the "Minister of the Army"!

"Wen Kai, you misunderstood," Li Yat-sen waved his hand and said with a smile, "By extension, it does not mean to engage in more New Deal projects, but to promote the Republican New Deal to Korea, Japan, and Annam." ”

This matter is not in Dai Zi's hands, so he will not speak. And Li Zhongshan set his sights on Zhou Chang, Zhou Peigong, the left army division in charge of military orders and training, and Yao Qisheng, who took over Jinyiwei.

These two were also very important figures in Li Yat-sen's shogunate, and the two of them, together with Dai Zi, as well as Li Yat-sen's good brother, Li Zhongzheng, the chief soldier of the first model town and the general office of Nanjing Jiangwutang, and Cai Yurong, the minister of Nanyang, formed the core circle of Li Yat-sen.

Zhou Chang knew Li Yat-sen's thoughts best, so he immediately took over the topic and said: "General, now the ruler of Korea is Yang Qilong, the Japanese general Tokugawa Ietsuna, who is in power in Japan, and the king of Li on the side of Annam is overthrown by Lord Zheng. If the general can make Yang Qilong, Tokugawa Ietsuna, and Annam Zheng accept the general position canonized by the Ming Emperor, and then export the national republican system to them, then Korea, Japan, and Annam will be combined into a republican alliance system with the Great Emperor as the suzerain, and the Great Shogun as the leader. ”

This Zhou Chang's proposal is still very much in line with Li Zhongshan's wishes!

Now the West is a big circle, although they eat dogs every day internally, but when dealing with the Ming Dynasty, the Eastern Celestial Empire, they can still basically remain consistent.

On the other hand, in the East, the Ming Dynasty, Korea, Japan, and Annam basically lived a small life behind closed doors, and they were easily broken by the Western colonizers. And Korea, Japan, and Annam, the three secondary civilizations of the Chinese civilization, are all "Lü Bu-style righteous sons", and if the Chinese father-in-law does not control them, they may have to go to the West to find a new father-in-law.

So the method proposed by Zhou Chang is still good. The current Ming Dynasty is still the righteous father of the Chinese civilization circle, and he can give legitimacy to the eunuchs, generals, and Zheng lords who are in power in the family of that righteous son.

For this tyrant, the lack of legitimacy is the biggest weakness! And if their legitimacy comes from their respective theoretical monarchs, then they have the possibility of being deprived of legitimacy by the monarch!

Now their father-in-law has come to provide them with legitimacy, and this legitimacy is called "the republic of the people and the rule of the general"! The Ming Emperor directly canonized them as generals, and granted them the duty of "respecting China and destroying the country" and protecting their country from the invasion of Baiyi ghosts.

That's enough legitimacy, right?

However, Li Zhongshan still didn't nod, because he still had a problem that he didn't know how to solve?

Yao Qisheng saw that after Zhou Chang finished speaking, Li Zhongshan did not nod yes, and after a little thought, he understood his thoughts: "General, do you think Geng Jingzhong is a little difficult to arrange?" ”

Geng Jingzhong. It was an accident!

He's a thief after all! He also rebelled in Nanjing, almost overthrowing the Ming Dynasty, which should be eradicated.

In Li Yat-sen's plan, after he tosses around in Japan, it is time to send troops to clean him up.

But I didn't expect this cargo to come to a transpacific escape and run to Acapulco, which is not easy to pack.

Li Zhongshan nodded.

Yao Qisheng immediately suggested: "General, there is no Geng Jingzhong in the world, Geng Jingzhong has not said that he is Geng Jingzhong, and he is already far away in the New World!" ”

"That's right!" Li Zhongshan's eyes lit up, and he smiled, "Then I will go up for Geng Jingzhong's adoptive brother Geng. Juyi begged for the title of a general of the Ming Dynasty to conquer the east, and ordered him to open the capital of Acre and conquer New Spain! ”

He thought for a while, and then said: "Feng Geng Juyi's matter is easy to do, Feng Dechuan Jiagang and that Zheng Zhu's matter is not easy, do you have any good suggestions?" ”

"General, the subordinate has an idea." It was Cai Yurong who had the idea.

Cai Yurong, the minister of Nanyang, was actually in charge of foreign affairs, and he performed well when he was the co-organizer of Nanyang in Macau, so he was recommended by Wu Xiaosu to Li Zhongshan, and then he officially replaced Li Zhongzhen's minister of Nanyang and came to Nanjing to become a minister of Nanyang under the jurisdiction of the general's palace.

"Ren'an, if you have any good ideas, just say it." Li Zhongshan asked.

"General," Cai Yurong said, "it will definitely not be possible for us to take the liberty of going to Feng Dechuan Jiagang and Annan Zhengzhu, but if we make Yang Qilong the general of Zhendong and order him to open the Korean government and assist King Li, he will definitely gladly accept the order." ”

"That's right," Li Zhongshan said with a smile, "Third Brother Yang is one of ours!" ”

"The general can also secretly instruct Yang Zhendong to send Korean troops to conscript Japan!" Cai Yurong also suggested, "North Korea and Japan are feuds, and if Yang Zhendong wants to lead the Korean army to invade Japan, the North Korean people will definitely be willing to obey." ”

"Yes, yes, but can the Koreans beat the Japanese?"

Cai Yurong smiled: "General, isn't there still us?" If we secretly exert some force, let the Koreans give Japan a disadvantage, let the Tokugawa shogunate know a little powerful, and then ask Mr. Shunshui to lobby Tokugawa Mitsukuni and let him persuade Tokugawa Ietsuna to ask us to mediate, and we will just canonize Tokugawa Ietsuna as the general of the expedition. ”

"Good!" Li Zhongshan slapped his thigh, "First beat it hard, and then accept it as a dog, I'm not afraid that these Japanese will not be convinced!" ”

"The general is wise!"

A few people at the bottom offered "heartfelt appreciation" together.

Li Zhongshan smiled and said to Cai Yurong: "Ren'an, it seems that you are thinking about how to be a minister of Nanyang and how to engage in diplomacy. Not bad! Do you have a way to clean up Annam? ”

In fact, Cai Yurong's ability to engage in diplomacy comes from Li Fuchen - Lao Li gave him 500,000 taels to buy Jiangxi before, and let him go to Guangdong as a co-organizer of the Nanyang Minister, although he himself does not understand diplomacy, but he has 500,000 taels of capital, he can hire the best consultant for himself, and later he was ordered to "joint venture" with the Dutch to develop Bintan Island at the entrance of Malacca. As a result, I came into contact with more foreigners and Cantonese and Fujianese who were doing business in Nanyang. People see him as the Nanyang minister of the Ming Dynasty, and he is bold in giving money, and he is willing to be his staff. And his leadership ability is also very strong, so he has done a good job in the position of minister of Nanyang, and now he has entered the core of Li Zhongshan's circle.

"General," Cai Yurong said, "Annan not only has Lord Zheng, but also Lord Ruan is also quite powerful!" Lord Zheng can also coerce King Li to order Annan, but Lord Ruan has nothing, and he still has a corner of Quang Nan. We can first ask the king of Nan to come forward and ask for the title of general of Guangnan of the Ming Dynasty for Lord Ruan, and grant him the right to open the mansion and make him govern Guangnan.

The Zheng lord in the north of Annam will definitely feel worried and frightened when he knows that the Quang Nam Nguyen clan has been sealed, and when the time comes, he can let the Wing King come forward and join forces with the Zheng lord of Annam. In this way, the wing king supports the Zheng lord, and the southern king supports the general Ruan in the middle of the arbitration, are you afraid that you won't be able to handle Annanguo? ”

This Cai Yurong really has skills, no wonder he became the governor of Huguang under Kangxi at a young age!

Li Zhongshan now had the bottom in his heart, and then glanced at his own brother Li Zhongzheng, "Brother Zhongzheng!" ”

"Second brother, what do you command?" Li Zhongzheng didn't say a word just now, but now that he knows that he has something to do, he looks positive.

"Third brother, you go to North Korea to help Third Brother Yang send troops to Japan!" Li Yat-sen thought for a while, and then said, "There is a big island in the northeast of Japan, called Ezo Island, which is two thousand miles away from the east coast of Korea, sparsely populated, and the defense is lax. As long as the Tokugawa shogunate is unable to recover it, I, Daming, will be able to mediate. ”

Ezo Island is Hokkaido, and sailing boats to the New World can sail from Hokkaido to the west coast of North America by 14,000 miles east, and then 7 or 8 thousand miles south along the coastline to Acapulco.

So it is no exaggeration to say that this island is a springboard from East Asia to North America!

Since the Ming is going to enter North America, then this island must be firmly grasped!

Madrid, Kingdom of Spain, Europe.

The illegitimate son of the former King Philip IV, the prime minister of the Kingdom of Spain, and the only son of normal intelligence, Juan. In October 1677, José was struggling with the endless wars in Europe and the dire situation facing the Kingdom of Spain.

The current war in Europe was the Franco-Dutch War, in which Spain could only play as an ally of the Netherlands (Belgium) in the Spanish Netherlands (Belgium), which was between France and the Netherlands.

Louis XIV's ambition to lead Europe also attracted most of Germany to oppose it, including Austria and Prussia. Therefore, the war situation was very favorable to the anti-French alliance for a time, and after Louis XIV failed to conquer the Netherlands in the initial "fast attack", he began to fall into protracted and attrition, and fell into passivity when he saw it.

But no one expected that in 1677, when the Sul William of the Netherlands made a trick - bed politics, pajama clothes, the future queen of England, and the whole of Europe was about to besiege France, France suddenly fell back on its feet!

From 1677 onwards, the French won successive victories at the Siege of Valenciennes, the Siege of Saint-Omer, the Siege of Cambrai, the Battle of Kassel, and the Battle of Cochersburg, which ended in a draw.

If the war in Europe continues on this trend, Spain will lose the war again!

I really don't know what's wrong with this country? It is clear that it has half the world, but there is no way to defeat the "lonely" France in a war with more and less fighting. It obviously has the largest number of gold and silver mines in the world, but it can't spend enough military money to hire troops, and it is always in the midst of one financial crisis after another, and the whole country has not known how many times it has gone bankrupt! And the most hateful thing is that the Habsburg dynasty in Spain obviously still has able-bodied men - such as him Juan. José, but he is destined to fall into the dilemma of being an heir!

The Habsburg dynasty in Spain obviously had someone who could have sons, but people did not recognize the legitimacy of this man who could have sons, not only could he not inherit the throne after the death of his foolish brother, but he also could not use the Habsburg surname!

What the hell is wrong with the people in this country? Isn't this reversing black and white?

Just in Juan. José was distressed that he could not be king of Spain when a sudden knock on the door dragged him out of his thoughts.

"Who?" Juan. Jose asked.

"It's me, Sanchez." A voice came from outside the door that looked very anxious, "Prime Minister, I just received a report from the Viceroyalty of New Spain that the Chinese have occupied Acapulco!" And they also."

(End of chapter)