golden scales

Because of the embarrassment that there are often lands and no one, European countries are not very obsessed with colonies. As long as the bid is reasonable, there is no piece of land that cannot be sold.Not to mention now, even 200 years later, the Americans still acquired an additional territory three times that of the thirteen states by means of buying and selling, laying the material foundation for world hegemony.

In the present 100 years, it is an era when a large amount of land is pouring into the market.Any country, as long as it sets up a management agency somewhere, erects a monument and puts up a flag, the land belongs to it by name.And this kind of behavior has also been respected by the Ming world. Just like when Ming announced the naturalization of Ping Island and Australia, businessmen from European countries all acquiesced to this fact, and no one would consult the opinions of the local natives.

In another time and space, the Russians sold 150 million square kilometers of land in Alaska to the United States for $100 million.Another [-] years after that, people thought the Russian bear had been brain-frozen for doing this kind of business.What is even more tragic is that the Russian government's banknote transport ship sank at that time, which was equivalent to a net loss of [-] US dollars, and a large peninsula was given away for nothing.

However, the Russians thought it was a good deal at the time.

Alaska is nothing but furs and ice that can fetch a good price.Moreover, there are more than [-] active volcanoes in the area, and earthquakes occur frequently.The most fundamental reason is that the method used to obtain Alaska was too simple - the tsar hired a Dutchman and planted a Russian flag after crossing the Bering Strait, so this place belonged to Russia.

On the other hand, Seward, the American politician who led the purchase of Alaska, was scolded too afraid to go out because the American people thought it was "a bad deal."

It can be seen that historical limitations are too easy to happen to every mortal.

Return to the current situation of Ming Dynasty, recover Luzon Island, and expel the Hongmaoyi.Severely punishing the local natives who are running dogs of the Red Barbarians and developing Luzon into Daming's rubber plantations and sugar cane plantations is in line with morality and interests, and no one will object.But after fighting for three months, Da Ming experienced the war situation of queuing up and shooting for the first time, although he won.But my brother's life was only exchanged for the Gobi wasteland in North America, which is not acceptable to everyone.

"What's more, that's the land of our Ming Dynasty!"

"Why do we need the consent of the Xiyi people for the land we discovered in Ming Dynasty!"

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More and more doubts in the newspapers rushed to the cabinet, but no one paid attention to the Spanish sheep.

Everyone knows that America is different from Asia.

In Asia, Ming can crush the Spaniards with ten times the force.

In the Americas, the power balance among Ming Xi was reversed.Even with great efforts to build ships and emigrate, there are only 3000 Ming people in the American continent.They are mainly gathered in Dongjingfu (San Francisco), [-]% of them are farmers and [-]% are craftsmen. There is only one battalion of [-] real combat troops.

There are 30 Spaniards in the Americas, with four governorships and hundreds of thousands of indigenous people under their jurisdiction.

Even in the era of the Mini bomb, advanced firearms may not be able to fight against several times the number of cold weapons.The British, the Portuguese and even the Italians have a deep understanding of this.Once the scale of the war could not be suppressed, Mingxi launched a larger-scale war on the American continent.Then the Ming army may not have more chances of winning.

Do not fight uncertain battles, this is the rule established by His Majesty the Emperor when he established the army.

"In the past, generals took the blame for officials, but now it's reversed." Sitting in the office, Sun Chuanting sighed.

Sitting opposite Sun Chuanting was Yang Wei, a young colonel professor at the Wubei University.Yang Wei is like a fish in water in the environment of the ivory tower, perfecting his theory at an astonishing speed.Under the guidance of His Majesty the Emperor.The Ming version of geopolitics has basically formed a system, and the first thing Yang Wei has to do is to instill this new way of thinking into several elders.

Even if the elders can't accept it, at least they have to know.

Seeing that Sun Chuanting, the cabinet elder who is most inclined towards military generals, sighed so much, Yang Wei knew that the recent clean-up discussions in the newspaper still caused a lot of trouble for the cabinet.

In fact, the cabinet was indeed wronged, and the American issue was the strategy of the Metropolitan Government to admonish the emperor.The final tone.

"My lord, sir," Yang Wei said politely, "When Daming consolidates the Americas, the merits of expanding the territory will also belong to you elders."

"When I left the customs in armor, how did I ever think of any military merits? I just wanted to die for my ancestors' foundation. Now that I am old, I am not as motivated as you young people." Sun Chuanting said with a wry smile: "You are right. There are some ways, but for us old people, I'm afraid it's useless."

"Why did the old man say that?" Yang Wei really didn't know.

Sun Chuanting just smiled, but didn't understand.

In fact, the key is age.Since the Zhou Dynasty, it has been normal for officials to serve in their 80s. Those like Li Yuzhi who are still in the court in their [-]s have special needs.Now that the country has stabilized and is thriving, Wu Sheng will definitely not postpone his retirement.So it counts that Wu Tong has only been serving as the chief assistant for two years.

Sun Chuanting was only four years younger than Wu Tong's. According to the tradition of ranking seniority in the cabinet, his career as chief assistant was actually only four years.

This is when he is in good health.

"Mr. Zhou Ge will retire next year." After all, Sun Chuanting was softened by this colonel, who was younger than his grandson, and pointed out some key points.

Zhou Yingqi was actually going to retire this year, but before the court promoted new cabinet ministers, people discovered that there were some differences between the selection of local governors and the appointment of the imperial court.

One side believes that it is necessary to learn the lessons of the national change and follow the example of the Song Dynasty, and those who have local experience cannot join the cabinet.The other side feels that the national change is only a stain after all, and since Chengzu established the cabinet, the influx of the Qing government is still the mainstream. Now that the country has returned to normal, this system should be restored together.

As a result, the Meibu Grand Ceremony was shelved.

Cai Maode is also the same age as Zhou Yingqi, but he is in a special situation.Because the emperor said on his [-]th birthday: Mr. Cai is good at keeping in good health, and he is as healthy as a man in his fifth decade.

These words sounded auspicious to most people, but to the emperor and the cabinet ministers, it meant to keep them.Cai Maode himself is conscientious, strict with self-discipline, and his work attitude is most compatible with His Majesty the Emperor, so it is normal for the Emperor to keep him as the chief assistant for two years.

The most untimely people are actually Jiang Dejing and Yuan Jixian.

These two people are of the same age as Sun Chuanting, and when Sun Chuanting retires, it's time for them to retire, and there is no chance for them to rise to the next level.

The court situation in the past few years is bound to change greatly. After Wu Tong went home to take care of his grandson, the burden of stabilizing the court situation fell on Sun Chuanting.In the end, the emperor who is the link between the past and the future has chosen Cai Maode. From the current point of view, it seems that the arrangements are considered appropriate.

Yang Wei was not sensitive to this, but said: "The past few years are really sad. There are also many generals in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion who have to remove their armor."

The transfer of personnel in the military is even more troublesome.

Qin Liangyu has reached an octogenarian age, although his strength is still frighteningly strong and his appetite is good, but after all, he has to let him go back to enjoy the family happiness.Veterans such as You Shiwei are also old, but the rising stars are happy to be the main force and go to the battle in person, and they don't want to go back to Beijing to sit in the office.Moreover, Xiao Mo and Xiao Donglou's generation all have combat missions, so it doesn't mean that they can be transferred back after being transferred.

Now it seems that the military attache is the one who is really weak.

Fortunately, the authority of today is also rare since the founding of the country, even comparable to the generations of Taizu and Chengzu.

In the seventh year of Longjing, Zhu Cihong has basically stabilized the eight-hour working system, and can take two days off every ten days.If you count the half-day retreat tea parties with the cabinet and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, it is basically three days off every seven days.Such a slack attitude in the Taizu Dynasty did not prevent him from exerting great influence on the government in the slightest.

Military newspapers from all over the country are still buzzing.

The first pot of vulcanized rubber has achieved good results. It is entirely possible to study the formula and apply the vulcanized rubber first.As long as the folks see that it is profitable, many people will naturally follow.Of course, the royal family will not let go of this golden rice bowl. Baohedian has set up a rubber investment company to invest in domestic private rubber factories. Although it does not hold an absolute share, it is enough to guarantee dividends.

Under Zhu Cihong's dominance, the Ming royal family really went all the way to become the richest royal family in the world.

"The talent reserve was destroyed during the Wanli period, and the debt has to be repaid even today." Zhu Cihong was very helpless about this, but this kind of public criticism of Grandpa can only be said in a secret room.

The queen knew that many old ministers had asked to be appointed recently. Firstly, it was due to their age, and secondly, being an official under her husband was indeed harder than before.

"Is there any news about Father and Queen coming back?" Zhu Cihong asked.

Nanxing's Taishang Emperor was so happy to miss Shu, he had a great time in Jiangnan, and even thought of going south to Fujian and Zhejiang.You can go to Zhejiang, but it is best to avoid the mountainous place in Fujian.Otherwise, the local government will definitely be in a hurry, and it will be too late to repair the road, and there is no need to do other things.

"Father found out about the rubber tires, and asked Beijing to send a batch there." Duan said.

"It should be so." Zhu Cihong nodded.

For shock absorption and comfort, there are three cutting-edge technologies: spring steel, high-level road surfaces, and rubber tires.

Spring steel seems to be in the distant future, and the high-level road surface is limited by the total industrial volume of Daming, so the mileage is very short.But now that there are rubber tires that can be inflated, it must be a big leap from the era of wooden wheels.

"Father also said that a lot of rest with the people is the attitude that a Holy Master should have." Duan said in a low voice.

Zhu Cihong said: "Isn't that the case?"

"How long are you going to fight here? Every night, thinking about fighting with your concubines makes you have nightmares." Duan said bluntly.

Zhu Cihong knew that people in this era had limited psychological capacity, not to mention the Duan family, even the Supreme Emperor Chongzhen, otherwise he would not have stayed in the south of the Yangtze River and refused to come back. (To be continued..)