Chapter 882 The Responsibility of the State

There was no more fight within Europe, and even Louis XIV was seeking negotiations with the Roman Empire of the Holy God, and the signs of solving problems using diplomatic means became increasingly obvious. The Ottoman Turkish Empire, which was temporarily the enemy of Europe, also started peace talks with countries as quickly as possible. This is the current situation in Europe. On the other hand, the Ming cabinet is arguing endlessly over a problem.

What's the problem? The empire expanded too quickly, resulting in unstable foundations, and it was necessary to stabilize and consolidate the rule of various places.

This statement is not aimless. At this time, the Ming Dynasty spread its Wu world. In the north, the whereabouts of the Russians were discovered. In the west, it also struggled to cause civil strife in the inner world. In the south, small countries were carrying out various continuous resistances. Although the scale was not large and there were no waves, more than a dozen countries were undergoing similar national resistance movements. In the east, what the Americas encountered would be the confrontation of the entire European colonists. In Egypt, Africa, the Ottoman Turkish Empire was preparing to fight a war of revenge.

The whole world's fingers were aimed at the Ming Dynasty, and there was no doubt about this. In addition, the Americas and Egypt have invested too much in recent years, and the Ministry of Finance has also been calling it poor, thinking that it should not be necessary and it is unnecessary to make enemies in Africa. So a plan was introduced, and it also tried hard to retreat from these two aspects, that is, withdraw from these two places. Focus on developing America and focus on building the ruling foundation of the southern and southeastern Ming Dynasty.

To put it bluntly, it is conservatives and radicals, and there are also a bunch of fencemen. Because no one makes the decision, they take the opportunity to show their presence. Whether it is conservative or radical, no one plays with the word of mouth like in the past. He says he wants to fight, but in fact he is the one who lets others fight. There is definitely no cabinet in Daming's current cabinet. Naturally, the Ming Dynasty is now strong and there is no possibility of losing anyone. Therefore, the civil officials also want to go out to lead troops around and get some military merits, and maybe they can be awarded titles or something. Although the royal family is just a decoration now, the titles granted by the royal family have the right to speak in the parliament.

The Ming Dynasty is now in this situation. The parliament is responsible for talking, the army is responsible for fighting, the cabinet is responsible for managing the country and doing a good job in logistics. In general, the cabinet prime minister has considerable power, and the right to declare war on the outside is directly controlled by the cabinet.

Objectively speaking, the Ming Dynasty was indeed a little faster, especially after taking Luzon, the Ming Dynasty didn't even take much time to digest it and immediately turned to North America. As the last bridgehead in Europe, this territory was actually exposed after being pulled out by the Ming Dynasty. Louis XIV did not become a public enemy of Europe, which made Chen Xie's plan fail. How to say this thing, it's not stupid. Louis XIV is certainly ambitious. But if you think about it carefully, it's not difficult to see, even if it's the strongest in Europe, what if the Ming Dynasty is the world with France?

Conservatives are mainly civil officials, and behind them are all capitalists. At present, the following places are the following places that the Ming capitalists value most. The first is India. There is nothing short of capitalism in this place. It’s just that people are stupid, it doesn’t matter if they are stupid. It’s so oppressive. The second is Southeast Asia. Don’t say anything about minerals. The key is that rubber can be planted here. After the rubber seeds sent by the Portuguese were successfully planted in Qiongzhou, the demand for rubber in the entire Ming Dynasty increased sharply. This thing is really good. It has too many uses. Especially after someone turned rubber into a wheel, the entire Ming Dynasty carriage production has now been replaced with rubber wheels. When the first person tried to plant rubber in Southeast Asia and was successful, the entire Ming Dynasty fell into a wave of rubber planting. The huge profit margin

Before, nothing could stop capital. The Southeast Asian indigenous people who had been tragically cleaned up in recent years have all improved their treatment because of the lack of labor in the development of rubber plantation industry. The third importance is North America. The land area here is too large, and the entire Ming Dynasty's love for land and enthusiasm for land cannot be stopped. Moreover, once the territory of North America is opened, the railway will be built, from the west coast to the east coast, and then across the Atlantic Ocean to the European market. The last wave is other places, such as Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, in the eyes of Ming capitalists, the importance is naturally much worse, just some desert islands. As for Egypt, haha, many people don't understand what this place is going to do? The sand cannot be sold for money! It is impossible to say that capitalists are really too realistic.

Conquering the world is of course important, but what is more important is to make money. Do you understand? Anyone who hinders capitalists from making money will be beaten up by them. Of course, there are exceptions. At present, there is an authoritarian figure as an exception in the capitalism of the Ming Dynasty. In other words, any capitalist is a good little sheep in front of Chen Xie.

The representatives of the radicals are naturally the military. The navy and the army want to be full of enemies all over the world, so that they have an excuse to ask for money and equipment, and then rob and make a fortune all over the world. But at the moment, there is no opponent around the Ming Dynasty. There is only some resistance organizations that can be considered as the opponent. The only one who can be considered an opponent is still in North Africa. The relationship between the Ottoman Turkish Empire and the Ming Dynasty has always been very stiff, and it will be a short time to fight a war. The problem is that there is nothing to grab in North Africa. Moreover, France has taken the lead in several African countries in the north. With the current relationship between the Ming Dynasty and France, it is impossible to fight at all. Moreover, in Egypt, Chen Xie has always emphasized defense rather than attack. The question is, what is the meaning of guarding a desert?

Ye Hai finally saw his new battleship, a truly behemoth, like a mountain floating on the sea. The iron-clad ship with a standard displacement of 5,000 tons is considered a giant in this era. Although this ship is essentially a wooden armored structure, it is already an invincible battleship in this era. Four 150mm main guns, six 105 sub-cannons, and thirty-six Montini machine guns. The crew has 265 people, and the best speed can be run to 14 knots and the cruise speed is 11 knots. Whether it is running or fighting, as long as it is an enemy, it will definitely be the fate of being sunk.

Well, this is a bug, the overlord at the sea. After Ye Hai took over, his position was officially designated as a colonel. There are many generals in the Navy, but no one can explain why this warship uses a colonel as the captain. The Navy Department claims to the outside world that Ye Hai has rich experience in driving steam warships, and no one can refute this. But it would be great that the Navy would be so fair.

After taking over the warship, Ye Hai's life became busy again and he stayed on the ship every day. In order to get familiar with the most powerful battle fortress of this era as soon as possible. Ye Hai had a premonition that the conflict between the Ming Dynasty and European countries would inevitably lead to an abnormal war between the Ming Dynasty and Europe.

In contrast, Chen Pu had a relatively relaxed holiday. After resting at home for half a month, he received a telegram from the capital asking him to go north. When Chen Pu rushed to the capital, Chen Xie's special train had already returned to the capital.

"The territory of the Ming Dynasty is very large, but no inch of land is unnecessary." At the cabinet meeting, after Chen Xie said this plainly, the direction of the entire meeting immediately changed fundamentally. The General Staff immediately suggested to increase the reinforcements to the Western Regions, of course, the focus is on arms. In the Western Regions, everything else can be solved by itself, and the only thing that needs domestic assistance is arms. In response, Chen Xie nodded and agreed that a batch of inventories would be sent to the Western Regions, except artillery, and other equipment is enough for two infantry divisions.

After habitually grasping the direction of the cabinet meeting, Chen Xie proposed international strategic ideas under the new situation. "The strategy formulated in the past was to stabilize Egypt's growth and North America's development. I don't think there is any need to cause trouble. Considering the changes in the European situation, I suggest that the General Secretary plan to plan a reinforcement plan, and the number of Egypt's garrisons will be added. It is better to add three infantry divisions this year." The previous 50,000 garrisons seemed a lot, but in fact they could only defend the highways and very important cities. After increasing their strength, they were enough to deal with the threats that might come from Europe and the Ottoman Turkish Empire.

"I have a plan here, everyone can take a look." Chen Xie knocked on the table. Everyone opened the documents and read it. They found that this was a plan to build a canal. Where can I build a canal? In Egypt, an artificial river called the Suez Canal. At this time, everyone suddenly discovered that there was a sign that Chen Xie took out such a thing in the parliament. What was he going to do?

You will know if you look at the map carefully. Once the canal is completed, what is the situation? The maritime voyage to Europe will be greatly reduced. Is this a sign that Chen Xie will use force against Europe? While everyone was still thinking, Chen Xie had already continued: "For twenty years, the ownership of the canal belongs to the country."

For twenty years, everyone looked at Chen Xie with their eyes at the same time. By then, you are almost 100 years old. Are you still going to sit in the position of Prime Minister of the Cabinet? We can't live for you. If we count by age, Chen Xie is 75 years old this year, and this age looks less than fifty years old, how can others compare with him? What opportunities do these people in the Cabinet have to see the canal open in twenty years? The probability is very small. It is difficult for you to care about this matter.

"I know what you are thinking. But I want to tell you that this is something for future generations." Chen Xie said this plainly, slowly stood up and said to the cabinet ministers: "Twenty years later, the period of the canal construction will be the time when the Ming Dynasty swept across Europe. In other words, we have a period of twenty years of preparation. Everyone here, including me, may not survive that time, but we must do it now and cannot leave things to future generations."

This is the case with the Ming Dynasty Cabinet. Once Chen Xie decides, it cannot be changed. The Cabinet must come up with a budget as soon as possible. It must be prepared before the end of the year at the latest and start construction next spring. The biggest benefit of this canal is not only to shorten the distance from Europe, but also to facilitate the stability of Egypt's garrison. The canal requires workers, so it must mobilize personnel from the country, and there are also local people, and many people can find a job. As for how many people will die in this process, it is not something that the Ming Dynasty Cabinet should be concerned about.

Since the cabinet meeting was held this time, people feel that Chen Xie is becoming more and more dictatorial. Or Chen Xie is a little too late, especially the development speed of America, which is still slow in Chen Xie's opinion. Other places can be slower, but North America cannot be slow, and the development speed of North America must be accelerated.

Looking at the bitter faces of everyone, Chen Xie was too lazy to talk nonsense to them and continued to be dictatorial: "I know that there are many calls among the people, asking the cabinet to focus on the surrounding Ming Dynasty, and the Americas will develop slowly. I can tell you very responsibly that if we don't seize the time to occupy America, we will become historical sinners in the future. Once a huge America breeds a huge country, it will definitely pose a serious threat to the Ming Dynasty. You don't care about the interests in front of you, but whoever wants to do wants to stop me, please leave this team. The Ming Dynasty cabinet does not need a short-sighted person."

After a series of decisions, the entire cabinet gave up. As a result, the Ming Dynasty's expansion plan was not only slowed down, but it had to speed up. The country did not take the initiative to do things. The focus was on immigrating to North America and increasing North America's military strength. There was no too much discussion on where to immigrate. The most suitable choice at the moment is Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, and Two Lakes.

The population of this place was not greatly affected during the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty. There was another Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan who went to do it. In recent years, the population of the country's peaceful population has grown the fastest. The population of Jiangnan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces has not increased too quickly due to the previous immigration trends.

"In the next ten years, there will be five million mandatory immigration, and this task must be completed. If the people do not do it, the court will do it." Chen Xie made the final decision. The cabinet quickly proposed a new rule in a targeted manner. In the next ten years, any criminals who are not sentenced to death will be thrown on a ship to North America. To put it bluntly, these guys used North America as a place of exile, and Chen Xie did not object to this. It is really difficult to get along with good people in North America, so they have to throw more bad people over and let them go there to harm.
Chapter completed!