1825 My New Daming

Chapter 164 Big chess game, your son is the heir to the throne! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)

"Daozi, what you said at the political meeting today is good. You should be able to persuade most of the political officials to support sending troops!"

"Yeah, it was your father who raised the necessity of sending troops at the political meeting last time, and it has been more than ten years in a flash."

In the Minister's Office in the Ming Dynasty Admiralty Building, Zhuge Weiyi and Zhuge Weiyong, who had just returned from the political meeting, were talking to Zhuge Weidao about their testimony at the political meeting this morning.

Zhuge Weidao seemed to be a little uncertain when he heard the tone of the two, so he asked along the way: "Brother Ten, Brother 51, will the matter of sending troops disturb the officials?"

Zhuge Weiyi smiled helplessly: "That's not sure. I haven't really fought a war in the Ming Dynasty for more than 100 years!"

Zhuge Weiyong also said: "The last time sending troops to Europe to attack Napoleon was not a real fight, because we didn't take the lead at all, we just sent the navy to send arms to the Raksha country, and followed the British Royal Navy to shoot a few shots. But this time It's up to us to do it ourselves. There is no basis for whether it will work or not."

Zhuge Weiyi stroked his gray beard, frowned and said: "One hundred and eight, you are busy outside these days. I don't know why there is so much quarrel in Beijing to fight against Japan. Fierce? There are different opinions within the several big families. Many people think that it is unnecessary to fight Japan. It is hard to say that it is not profitable. If it is not for the battle of Jueying Island recently, the matter of fighting the war is in the political council. It's even harder to pass!"

Zhuge Weidao was not surprised. Ming Dynasty has been peaceful for more than 100 years. At best, everyone has enjoyed the dividends of peace and is unwilling to change.At worst, peace has lasted for a long time, and people are discouraged.Moreover, there is no significant benefit to Japan's use of troops.The purpose of this war is actually to determine the absolute leadership of Ming Dynasty in the circles of East Asia and Southeast Asia.The circles in East Asia and Southeast Asia are much smaller than those of Europeans, and Ming is bigger than any European empire.

Therefore, before Ming Dynasty truly began to fight for world hegemony, it had to take down Japan and complete the integration of East Asia and Southeast Asia.The American strategist Brzezinski in another timeline also predicted a similar situation, that is, China, Japan, and South Korea teamed up and the old Americans fought. But this combination looks good, but it is not easy to achieve.

Even in this timeline, it's not easy to do. Firstly, Little Japan's martial arts are quite abundant, and the Japanese archipelago is mountainous, so it's not easy to fight.If it becomes a muddy quagmire, the loss will be huge if it lasts for a long time.

The second reason is that the population ratio between the early New Ming Dynasty and Japan was five to two (it is now ten to one), so it was impossible for Ming to annex Japan, nor to arrange a place for Japan in its suzerain-vassal system.

Only before Daming is really ready to compete with Great Britain for the leadership of the world, Japan must be conquered first. Brit?

And giving Japan a little room for development, even if it transfers a little textile and toy industries to the past, it will still cause the loss of related industries in Ming Dynasty.
In addition, once Japan has room for development, fewer girls will be imported from Ming Dynasty and Nanyang. What about those poor men from Ming Dynasty who can’t find a wife?Although Daming is generally richer, there are always poor people.Even if the poor were not considered, the wealthy businessmen and dignitaries of Ming Dynasty liked to raise one or several well-behaved and obedient Japanese concubines to serve them.

Therefore, it is normal for some political officials to object to accepting Japan as a dog. At this moment, the Military Diplomacy Committee of the Political Council is holding a closed-door meeting. Zhuge Weiyi, Zhuge Weiyong, and Zhuge Weidao are not political officials, so they can only serve in the Navy Waiting for news.

While the three were talking and waiting for news, a psychic phone placed on Zhuge Weiyi's desk suddenly rang.The three Zhuges looked at each other, and Zhuge Weiyong immediately picked up the phone receiver: "Hi, I'm Zhuge Weiyong. What? I'm looking for Zhuge Daozi? Xishan Palace? His wife knows, got it!"

Then Zhuge Weiyong put down the phone receiver in his hand, and said to Zhuge Weidao: "Brother [-], the grand lady of the Ni family went to Xishangong to see the queen mother this morning, but it turned out that she had just finished lunch and hadn't left Xishan Palace yet." Just, it's about to give birth!"

Zhuge Weidao immediately became nervous, his eldest twin was about to be born and he was finally able to see his second twin who was born two months ago today!
He stood up abruptly, and cupped his hands at Zhuge Weiyi and Zhuge Weiyong: "Brothers, excuse me."

Zhuge Weiyong said: "Brother [-], hurry to Xishan Palace and take my carriage!"

When Zhuge Weidao was sitting in Zhuge Wei’s old-looking, but fast and stable carriage, he felt Xishan Palace, and found that there were still a few vehicles with the sign of Luocha State Embassy outside the gate of Xishan Palace. Western-style luxury carriage.

Seeing these carriages, Zhuge Weidao was taken aback for a moment, the black eunuch Hei Xuanfeng appeared out of nowhere, rushed towards him like a gust of wind, and then pulled his wrist and walked inside, hustling as he walked. While yelling: "Eighteen Military Division, why did you come here, your wife has given birth to the mother and child are safe!"

Already born?

Are mother and child safe?
Zhuge Weidao hurriedly asked: "What happened? Is it a boy or a girl?"

"It's two boys!" Hei Xuanfeng continued to yell, "Twin eighteen military divisions, congratulations!"

"Ha ha ha ha."

Zhuge is happy for Dao, the elder brother of his twin sons was finally born.

Hei Xuanfeng said again: "It's still twins. The two children look different, the elder brother is like a grand princess, and the younger brother is like you!"

Zhuge Weidao laughed: "Really? Hahaha, there are many twins, and our Zhuge family has several!"

While studying the problem of dizygotic twins, the two of them felt windy under their feet, and in a blink of an eye they ran outside 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 coming, they shouted to the inside of the Moon Gate together: "Empress Dowager, Zhuge Weidao is here!"

Zhuge Weidao had just reached the door when he heard Zheng Yuhuan's voice from inside: "Xuan, let him in quickly!"

"Here we come, here we come" Zhuge Weidao hadn't seen his "Sister Yuhuan" in a few days, and when he heard the call, he didn't wait for the black eunuch below to announce it, so he flew into the courtyard, and then rushed into the courtyard again. A spacious lobby.

After entering the lobby, he found a large group of people standing in the lobby, including black eunuchs, court ladies, male and female medical officers, and a tall, mustache-looking Raksha Vice Admiral in his forties. .

Zhuge Weidao knew this Raksha man. He was the favorite of Tsar Nicholas I. Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov worked from the Army to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and then to the Navy. Came to Daming as the special envoy of Tsar Nicholas I.

Zhuge Weidao glanced at Menshikov, then at the plump Empress Dowager Zheng, and then bowed to the Queen Mother Zheng: "My minister, Zhuge Weidao, respectfully wish the Empress Dowager the peace of mind."

Empress Dowager Zheng was sitting on the throne, holding a little baby wrapped in a blanket in her arms. The little baby had just been put to sleep, and when she heard Zhuge Weidao's voice, she was very dissatisfied with the sound of "oooh!" He touched the little baby a few times, put him to sleep again, and then gave Zhuge Weidao an angry look: "Daozi, keep your voice down. Your son just fell asleep!"

"Oh, oh," Zhuge Weidao, who saw his son for the first time, nodded repeatedly, and asked excitedly, "Queen Mother, is he the older one or the younger one?"

"It's your eldest son!" Then she glanced at Menshikov who was standing aside, "Special envoy, tell me!"

Menshikov first bowed to the Empress Dowager Zheng, and then said to Zhuge Weidao: "Your Excellency, the Tsarist Majesty has agreed to the request of you and Grand Duchess Natalie Pavlovna, and recognizes the relationship between the two of you." The marriage is 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 marriage between you is not a marriage between noble and poor. Therefore, according to the "All Raksha Empire Succession to the Throne" promulgated in 1797 According to the decree, the son born to you and the Grand Duchess has the right to inherit the Rakshasa throne, and the succession order is behind all the male descendants of the Tsar and the female descendants who are closer to the Tsar's blood and their heirs!"

(End of this chapter)