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Chapter 293 Flying Huang Tengda is just around the corner; intercepting merchant ships

"Gao Congyi, your proposal...is not good." The emperor stared at Gao Qingkui with sharp eyes, biting the word "not good".

It is the main pursuit of civil servants for thousands of years to let the emperor become a king who will rule from the bow. It is still the same today. They are tireless and unwilling to miss any opportunity.

Although the coercion given by the emperor was not light, Gao Qingkui, who did not change his face, still cupped his hands very calmly and said: "Your Majesty, I just mentioned it. The main reason is that the chicken Sichen criticized too much."

"If you lose, you will gain, and vice versa." The emperor glanced at the few people present, and said indifferently: "Although a stroke is dangerous, I can still handle it clearly now."

As a result, the room fell into a weird silence, so quiet that one could hear the beating of a heart?

After a while, Yu Shenhua bowed his hands in a very serious salute, and said earnestly: "Your Majesty's consideration is indeed reasonable, but it's hard for me to agree."

The so-called "reasonableness" refers to the natural position of the emperor and the crown prince - to protect the monarch's power from being weakened as much as possible.

As a foreign minister, he is a republican, and he tends to weaken the imperial power in essence. Naturally, he hopes that the much weaker little prince will succeed to the throne.

Now he doesn't need to shy away from anything, just speak out his attitude. In fact, everyone knows their own attitude.

This is a political compromise. As the center of the imperial court, the cabinet cannot be completely controlled by members of the Constitutional Council, otherwise it will be almost the same as the royal cabinet.

Without raising his head, the emperor raised his cup and took a sip of tea, and said calmly, "Of course you don't agree."

But... so what?

At present, there is no perfect one-size-fits-all solution. Whoever succeeds to the throne will have a negative impact. It can only be the lesser of two evils.

As for Wu Weihuan, who represented the Ming army, he didn't care about it.

Now the nobles and the merchants are only thinking about making money, and it doesn't matter which of these two people will be the emperor.The princess herself is a member of the Chinese Party. If I really want to say, she is more pleasing than the prince.As for the little prince, don't take it seriously.

Wu Weihuan's current physical condition is average, and he is not suitable for going to banquets every now and then, but in the past, the nobles have long been discussing how to divide up the assets in various places in Southeast Asia after eating and drinking.

At present, it seems that it is difficult to suppress these guys who are ready to move, not to mention that the oil fields in Borneo are the best assets that everyone is jealous of, and they are very profitable.

The oil output of the Dutch East Indies is as high as more than 500 million tons, accounting for about 30% of the world's total output; the rubber production of Malaya and Borneo accounts for 85% of the world's total output; the tin output of Malaya and the Dutch East Indies 60% of world production.

In addition, from an economic point of view, the impact of the Great Depression has slowed down Daming's economic growth in the past two years. How to restore the thriving economic situation ten years ago while continuing to carry out large-scale construction projects step by step?
The answer is obvious.

This meeting of the highest power of the empire came to an end. The process was very short and there were not many participants, but the decisions made directly established the future pattern.

Due to the great changes, in the next few days, the imperial court had to deal with an astonishing number of internal matters.

Facing the cruel situation like a thunderbolt from the blue, the former princelings couldn't care less about sorrow and regret, so they could only rush to find new backers.

This small reshuffle will take some time, but the meat-eaters who will fight for power will tacitly keep it secret, and no one wants to let the outside world know all this in advance.

"Outrageous! What does the emperor think?"

Zhou Changfeng naturally knew the inside story of this matter, his first reaction was whether the emperor who escaped from the stroke had lost his mind.

It is not uncommon in history to make some mysterious decisions after a big shock or a serious illness.

But he quickly figured out the emperor's intentions—the co-author really did everything possible to maintain the imperial power, he really didn't realize it!

Well, it is indeed wishful thinking to expect the monarch to take the initiative to transfer power. I wonder if Louis XVI regretted it before being sent to the guillotine.

Although intuitively it feels unreliable, but after calming down and thinking about it, it seems that there is no irreconcilable contradiction.

And the benefits brought to me by this wonderful ending... I can't refuse.

After assessing the situation, Zhou Changfeng, who realized that he was about to make a fortune, couldn't help feeling relieved, "Maybe I can be a major general for two years and a general for five years."

The table in Zhu Lingjing's study room was full of "Memorials", stacks of them, at least dozens of them.

"Your Highness, why are there so many documents?" Zhou Changfeng asked curiously.

"It's all for the crown prince, it's been backlogged up a few days ago." Zhu Lingjing, who was absorbing ink with a pen, replied casually.

Writing a letter to the emperor is called "playing", and writing a letter to the prince is called "qi". This is the rule set during the Yongle period.

Zhou Changfeng struggled with whether to congratulate her, hesitated for a long time before reluctantly said: "Well... Congratulations, Your Highness is about to become the second female emperor in history."

"It's nothing to be proud of. It's enough for outsiders to flatter you. You might as well tell the truth." Zhu Lingjing sighed, and after spinning the pen, she drew a few strokes on the white paper next to her. "This job is not easy, and the burden is heavy." , get old fast and die early."

"..." Zhou Changfeng was speechless because these words were too much for Versailles.

After a while, Zhu Lingjing raised her eyes to look at him, and said casually, "The navy will make a formal decision on the expansion next month, you should prepare."

"it is good."

"You usually have too little interaction with people from the military, political, and business circles. It was okay in the past, but it can no longer be like that in the future. If you don't fit in, you will be excluded. Although the three parties are not allowed to contract, these things are hard to separate after all. .”

Zhu Lingjing said this out of nowhere, Zhou Changfeng nodded in agreement, "Thank you for your reminder, Your Highness."

Perhaps because she felt that he didn't pay much attention to it psychologically, Zhu Lingjing slightly raised her volume, and warned in a very formal tone: "You don't know the truth of Mu Xiu Yu Lin, so don't take it to heart. Since there are people who want to curry favor with you, Naturally, there are also people who hate you, so take advantage of the peacefulness these days to improve the relationship, otherwise it will be too late to regret when one party is in trouble in the future and the other side looks on coldly."

Although he knew her kindness, Zhou Changfeng was extremely unhappy with the last sentence, and his blood pressure soared just thinking about it.

He let out a "huh" and said disdainfully, "Stay on the sidelines? If someone dares to disregard the righteousness of the country, the friendly army will be in trouble like a mountain... If the military law does not sentence him to be shot, I will kill him too."

Zhu Lingjing was laughed at by him, she frowned and said: "Lawless! Now I finally know what it is like to be a person who lacks father's discipline since childhood. If you dare to make such a start, I dare to say that you will be labeled a lot Dismissed from office."

Zhou Changfeng: "..."

Too much ha!Although "Zhou Changfeng" did lose his father since childhood, I still have a father!
After being silent for a while, he said, "Actually, some time ago someone wanted to stuff his nephew into my department, and wanted me to take care of him in the future...but I definitely didn't agree."

"It's nothing more than wanting to get some seniority and military exploits by the way."

"Your Highness, this must not work. It will have too much impact on morale, so let's not talk about it."

"Then take a step back and don't join the army? It's just a matter of adding a name when you repay your merits." Zhu Lingjing looked at him with some disgust, "Did you tell Luo Fu before that he would go with you in the future? ?”

"Yes."

"Alright, if you can't even handle yourself properly, he can still take care of one or two with you."

Regarding Zhu Lingjing's suggestion, Zhou Changfeng really listened to it, but he still intends to stick to his principles when it comes to matters directly related to the troops under his command.

Going to the front line of bloodshed and sacrifice through relationships?It is really unacceptable emotionally.

It can be said that Zhu Lingjing is accommodating Zhou Changfeng in many aspects. It is not that Zhou is so charismatic, but that he has sufficient potential. In the future, he should be able to live up to his expectations and be worthy of accommodating.

You must know that the mediocre people are mostly the ones who cannot be supported, and even if you give him a hundred thousand elites, they may not have a good record.

With Li Jinglong, the great hero of Jingnan, as a lesson, Zhu Lingjing is very aware of this.

Ah!If Zhou Changfeng does nothing after this guy, don't blame me for turning my back on him.

The last day of July.

In Nanjing, it is still an unbearably hot dog day. The scorching sun scorches everything on the earth, and the scorching sun makes people feel like their skin is on fire.

But at the other end of the Eurasian continent, across the Strait, London on the British Isle has a pleasant climate, with a daytime temperature of no more than 20°C.

On Downing Street, there is a Georgian-style building that occupies most of the area. It is ten o'clock in the morning, and the Prime Minister and several ministers are discussing something in it.

The exquisite carpet is thick and heavy, the tables, chairs and sofas are extremely gorgeous, and the interior decoration here is extraordinarily elegant.

The foreign minister said disdainfully: "The Chinese are really cunning, these hypocritical guys."

Someone even cursed angrily: "It's so despicable! We are trying our best to deal with the Germans, but they...Damn it, they will suffer retribution!"

Because of the secret agreement reached with Deutschland, Damingtong used Turkey as an intermediary to export a series of strategic resources such as tungsten concentrate, molybdenum concentrate, nickel concentrate, and natural rubber to Deutschland.

The benefits of the world of martial arts are innumerable, and the empire on which the sun never sets still exerts an important influence all over the world.From the Indus Ocean to the Red Sea, and the essential passageway, the Suez Canal, the British influence is almost everywhere.

Over the last month, MI[-] agents have picked up a clue.

Since then, they have started to investigate the truth, and have been searching for evidence seriously, until today they finally have sufficient evidence to point out all this.

According to the agreement signed by Britain, France, and China, Daming had to terminate all long-term contracts after closing the final order, and should no longer export strategic resources such as tungsten, molybdenum, nickel, and rubber to the Germans.

Good guy, one thing on the surface is another thing behind the other, right?
The British are very dissatisfied with this, and they intend to use this as an excuse to show a tough attitude to the Ming people-failing to keep promises is a villain's behavior!
But the initial test should not be initiated by the British side, because it was the French who paid the most attention to the embargoed resources against Germany at the beginning, and it should be the French side who should take the lead first, and then come forward together.

Moreover, France's influence in Asia is not much anymore, even if they fall out with Daming because of bringing this matter to the fore, the losses will be within controllable range.

When the two sides summed up, there were not many objections, and a consensus was quickly reached-the hateful warmonger!The two of us are doing everything possible to contain the spread of ▇▇▇▇ in Europe, but you continue to deal with it behind your back?
On the second day of August, in the Mediterranean Sea, the weather is fine, latitude 31°18′ north, longitude 32°15′ east.

The Chengan is a freighter with a standard displacement of [-] tons. It has been traveling between Australia and Daming. Its previous missions of more than ten voyages were to transport iron ore.

But now she has been leased to an Annan company, and has come to a new route that has been experienced before, transporting various ores to Turkey.

Not long ago, the Cheng'an crossed the long Suez Canal, stopped at Port Said for half a day, and then continued to embark on the remaining voyage, heading north across the Mediterranean Sea to reach the destination of the trip—— antalya.

Two bearded Raza crew members leaned against the gunwale, smoking and chatting.

"This canal is really long. I only heard about it in the past, but what I saw with my own eyes is really extraordinary."

"It's more than 380 miles, it's really long enough."

"How much manpower and material resources will it take to repair it? I'm afraid it will take ten years?"

Historically, during the French Second Empire, because the American colonies were captured by Britain, France had to turn to the east and continue to develop. In this way, opening the Suez Canal has realistic and urgent significance for France.

They then established the Suez Canal Company, forcing local Egyptians to dig canals across the arid desert at low prices.

One can imagine the hard work of doing extremely heavy labor in the desert, but the colonists didn't care about it.Drinking water was scarce, and many workers died of thirst; food was poor, and countless workers were malnourished; hygiene was poor, and many workers died of illness.

After 11 years, after paying high costs and overcoming countless engineering difficulties, the extraordinary Suez Canal was officially opened to navigation on November 1869, 11, and this day was also designated as the anniversary of the opening of the canal.

During this process, a total of more than 12 Egyptians died of different reasons, with an average of more than [-] people dying per kilometer.

Suddenly, a crew member noticed something strange on the sea. He pointed to the distance and asked, "Huh? What kind of ship is that?"

The other person looked along and saw several warships appearing on the vast sea, with the blue, white and red tricolor flags flying high.

"Fuck! Is it a warship?!"

"The visitor is not friendly, quickly... tell the captain to go!"

In fact, out of prudence considerations, and in order to make it easier to be discovered later, this matter was entrusted to a new ocean shipping company in Annan. Even the freighters were leased. Most of the crew did not know about it, and only the core members knew about it. Insider.

As for Britain and France, they specially chose this time with special meaning. Although the crash of the Ming Crown Prince was strictly kept secret, the actions of the large number of fighter planes and warships that went to search and rescue could not be concealed.

At that time, a Canadian merchant ship traveling from Batavia to Tianjin was only tens of nautical miles away from the sea area where the incident occurred. The crew saw many planes and ships passing by.

This news was later collected by the British. They speculated the worst outcome, but they were eager to find out what happened. After this operation, a lot of information can be judged based on Ming people's reaction.

(End of this chapter)