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Chapter 822 The Circle of Absolute Interest in the Empire (Third Update, Please Subscribe)
When His Majesty was traveling, Yingtian's government affairs were still running normally. Except that the prince supervised the country according to the tradition, the burden of Zuo Zongtang, the prime minister of the empire, hadn't increased much compared to the past. Government affairs.

After dinner, Zuo Zongtang had just entered the study room when the butler brought a name card and took a look. It was Cheng Dingkang who had just stepped down from the governorship of Shanxi.

Seeing the familiar name, Zuo Zongtang ordered:
"Please."

After a while, the host and the guest met in the study, and it was inevitable to exchange a few words first.

Cheng Dingkang was Zuo Zongtang's staff as early as sixteen years ago. They were captured together and came to Daming together. Zuo Zongtang has always admired this person very much, but Zuo Zongtang has a very different way of employing people. characteristics, so that the officials you admire can be tempered for a long time, and you are not in a hurry to quickly become a great talent who dominates the party.

Although Cheng Dingkang has practiced hard in the land committee and other departments for many years, Zuo Zongtang has never reported his achievements, but he has been honing himself at the grassroots level. It was not until four years ago, when the post of governor of Shanxi became vacant, that he made a memorial to praise and affirm Cheng Dingkang. Talent, recommend him to work in Shanxi.

Now that Cheng Dingkang's term of office has expired, after returning to Yingtian, he will of course visit Zuo Zongtang. Since it is a door-to-door visit, gifts are naturally indispensable.

"Master, there are no special products in Shanxi. Yu Daming is a little famous for red wine. When I left office, I went to the local winery to pick a few bottles and brought them for Master Xiang to taste."

"Diquan has a heart."

Zuo Zongtang smiled and ordered people to take it away, then motioned Cheng Dingkang to sit down, and asked casually:

"You just came back from Shanxi, how is the situation in Shanxi now?"

"Master, Shanxi has become more and more peaceful in the past few years. After all, the population of Shanxi has already exceeded the three million mark. I am Chinese accounting for [-]%, Hispanics and mixed races are only [-]%, and the remaining [-]% are indigenous people. The population ratio has increased, and even if there are occasional disturbances by Hispanics, there will be no trouble. In short, the officials believe that the key to Shanxi is immigration first, and assimilation second, and assimilation depends not only on guns, It also depends on the school, as long as the school is well run, within ten years, even if there are hundreds of thousands of Hispanics, they will still be Hispanics speaking Chinese.”

The former Chilean region was the first to be conquered by the Ming Dynasty, and it was also the place where resistance was the most intense.But anyone who works in the local area is definitely a minister. What is Cheng Dingkang's biggest achievement in Shanxi in recent years?
Of course, it is not sending people to places like the Gulag, Auschwitz, Guantanamo, etc. That is what Wang Youling does. Cheng Dingkang is best at running schools—he has opened 524 new schools in Shanxi, ensuring that every All children can go to school, and now Shanxi Mandarin is gradually reducing the last living space of Spanish - the family.

"That's right."

Zuo Zongtang nodded.

"Educating the Quartet is my mission to brighten nature. Your achievements in Shanxi, Diquan, are obvious to all."

After thinking about it, Zuo Zongtang said.

"I originally planned to let you go to the Ministry of Education, but...my suggestion is that you take it easy. I want you to go abroad for inspection. What do you think?"

"Go abroad for inspection? Master Xiang means...go to Europe?"

Cheng Dingkang curiously said that the senior officials of Ming Dynasty basically have the experience of visiting Europe, whether it is long-term or short-term, mainly to cultivate an international perspective.

"It's not Europe, it's Brazil."

"Brazil!"

Cheng Dingkang was a little puzzled.

"Is there any investigation in Brazil, to examine slavery?"

Zuo Zongtang took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and asked first:

"Has Diquan heard of the circle of absolute interests?"

After thinking for a while, Cheng Dingkang nodded and said:
"The lower official has heard something, probably emphasizing that the north to Colombia, Venezuela, that is, the entire South America is where the empire's absolute interests lie, and should be controlled at any cost. This is not only related to whether the empire's resources can be completely self-sufficient, but also It is related to the future living space of the empire."

The so-called "absolute interest circle" was put forward by some scholars of Ming Dynasty three years ago. They analyzed from various aspects and concluded that this area is a place of interest that is related to the life and death of Ming Dynasty.

Zuo Zongtang nodded and said:

"Almost, but above the circle of absolute interests, there is also the theory of a circle of general interests."

Cheng Dingkang nodded and said:
"Your official has also heard that the pan-interest circle covers the entire Pacific region from the Ryukyu and Japan to the west coast of the empire's Pacific Ocean, and the east coast of the empire to Africa. The so-called "pan-interest circle" is actually the grand plan of the empire to dominate the earth! .”

How vast is the land of Ming Dynasty, from the North Pole to the Antarctic, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, from the Americas to Asia, plus the African colonies... Daming is really huge!

Even if it is Daming's current foundation, it is also a global foundation!
"That's right!"

Nodding in satisfaction, Zuo Zongtang smiled and said:
"Very good, then you say, in order to realize the control of these two major interest circles, where is the first area that the empire needs to conquer?"

Cheng Dingkang's brows were slightly frowned at the words of the Prime Minister, and his eyes lit up in connection with what the Prime Minister said before, and he said.

"If Ming wants to dominate the world, it must first conquer South America. If it wants to conquer South America, it must first conquer Brazil... In the South American continent, only Brazil can be called a threat. With its vast land and large population, it can be called my Great Ming. the greatest land-based threat, and the conquest of Brazil is therefore imperative."

"That's right, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Britain has been in cahoots in various parts of South America, trying to use South American countries to contain our Ming Dynasty through joint vertical and horizontal alliances, and infinitely exaggerated the threat of Ming Dynasty, calling on South American countries to establish a Pan-American anti-Ming alliance. Brazil occupied Uruguay, and we eased the relationship with Brazil. However, Brazil, with its national strength, seems to be the leader of the anti-Ming Dynasty. It seems that everything is calm on the surface, but in fact, the war between us and Brazil is inevitable. This is because Ming Dynasty wants to dominate The necessity of the world is also the necessity of national security..."

Listening to Xiangye's words, Cheng Dingkang thought for a while, and then said.

"So, the reason why Xiangye asked the next official to go to Brazil is to find out what's going on in Brazil?"

"It is to understand Brazil. After Brazil is occupied in the future, Brazil can be stable and peaceful, and eventually assimilated into a part of Ming Dynasty, it all depends on the local ruling officials!"

Looking at Cheng Dingkang, Zuo Zongtang said earnestly.

"In the future, my Ming Dynasty is bound to have a race-to-race decisive battle with Britain, the United States and other countries. Whether I can truly conquer Brazil is related to the global hegemony of the empire, so I want you to go and have a look first. After all, we always have to Be prepared in advance!"

(End of this chapter)