Daming 1805

William Pitt died, the British cabinet was completely paralyzed, and the British political arena was also in chaos.

Pitt is considered by the British to be one of the greatest prime ministers and the most famous capable man in British politics of this era.

Except for Pete, the rest of the British politicians can't be said to be rotten fish and shrimps, most of them can't be on the stage.

According to normal logic, the prime minister, the chief minister, is gone, and the foreign minister of the same party will directly succeed him.

Historically, after Pete passed away, it was his cousin Grenville, the foreign secretary, who took over as the prime minister and formed the so-called "sage" cabinet, which means a cabinet composed of talented ministers and capable people in British politics.

Then the cabinet lasted for fourteen months and fell down...

Because the popular Grenville himself is actually a "life man".

He is only less than one year younger than his cousin Pete, but his personality and pursuit are quite different. The purpose of politics is to make money.

Peter died during his second term of office. When he was supposed to be prime minister, he refused to be prime minister because he had to give up a part-time job in the court, which would lose thousands of pounds of income every year.

Grenville did not become Prime Minister until someone else in the political circle at the time thought of a way to let him continue to maintain this income.

Although his cabinet fell quickly, he himself was very "happy".

Pete has no descendants, and Grenville's wife is Pete's sister, who has inherited a large fortune from Pete.

Grenville has never been short of money since then, and he lived until the age of 74 after resigning, and died of a stroke.

The people of Grenville in this day are about to become the prime minister after the death of his cousin and uncle, as in the original history. The situation in British politics can be imagined.

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On the other hand, Zhu Jingyuan also paid special attention to the newspaper reports.

Zhu Jingyuan even saw the copy of "The Prince of Dashi is a Coward!" " article.

After Zhu Jingyuan finished reading these tabloid articles, his expression became very ugly.

The main reason is not because the article is scolding myself, or even because the newspaper is promoting militaristic ideas.

It's that there is a problem with the ideological style and direction of their propaganda, and those things are already close to "Heavenly Punishment".

Claiming that the Compromise and Surrender Faction is an obstacle to Ming's unification of the world, and an obstacle to Ming's achievement of unprecedented historical goals.

It is required that the court and even the people must find a way to find a way to clean them up.

It is even hinted that the emperor may have been emptied by the rebellious Prince Dashi, and the people must act.

However, in the current Daming, it is impossible for the prince to evade the emperor.

Although Zhu Jingyuan's power is enormous, it is fundamentally supported by two generations of emperors.

The reason for his support was that the emperor felt that Zhu Jingyuan could make Daming stronger.

It's this very simple and pure logic, not power struggles and conspiracies.

In Zhu Jingyuan's view, uncontrollable militaristic thinking is absolutely impossible, not to mention that it has already involved advocating assassination.

Similar newspapers must be controlled, and the writers of related articles must also be punished.

However, the more important thing is that, as Hardenberg said, the existence of this kind of tabloid shows that this kind of thinking already has the most basic public opinion foundation.

Various commentary articles in newspapers cannot directly represent the direction of public opinion.

However, the style of newspaper articles, combined with its circulation, can roughly see the proportion of the audience for this kind of thinking.

Now only third-rate tabloids write articles like this, and mass newspapers with a wide audience don't write like this at all.

This shows that this foundation is still not solid, nor is it extensive.

However, this matter still needs special attention.

The tendencies shown in these tabloid articles this time made Zhu Jingyuan realize the importance of ideological guidance in the era of change.

Simply shutting down the newspaper and punishing relevant personnel cannot completely curb the spread of relevant ideas.

The ancients said: Blocking is worse than sparse.

Human thoughts are diverse, and different ways of political thinking are also complex and changeable.

Given the current environment and status of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the current structure and culture of the world, it is not surprising that an aggressive militaristic ideology has been bred.

It's just that the direction and train of thought of this thought must be controlled and guided.

They cannot be allowed to flow in uncontrollable directions.

Zhu Jingyuan considered it carefully for a long time, and finally decided to publish some newspapers and broadcasts in the direction of "key government" and "military military" from both the official and non-government directions.

Research world events, discuss military equipment, and engage people with related interests.

Keep abreast of the ideological trends in this circle at any time, and subtly influence the thinking direction of relevant personnel.

Be enthusiastic but not blind, participate in discussions without breaking the law.

The official plan is easy to do, just ask the Ministry of Rites to organize people to create two new newspapers and radio broadcasts.

The non-governmental solution does not seem to be very troublesome.

From the existing non-governmental tabloids with similar styles, choose a few newspaper offices that meet your requirements.

The official contacted and gave support, asking the other party to maintain the style and direction, or make some fine-tuning and guidance.

Official support is sure to set this newspaper apart from its peers.

In order to maintain their status, such newspapers must maintain a tacit relationship with the government.

In essence, it is still driven by interests, which will naturally prevent them from going to extremes and not deviate from the official thinking on a large scale.

Zhu Jingyuan simply wrote a plan and sent it directly to his father, Emperor Zhu Jianyan of Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Jianyan himself didn't pay attention to those tabloids, so he was taken aback by what Zhu Jingyuan said in the report.

As the head of the royal family, Zhu Jianyan couldn't tolerate the continuation of this trend of thought.

Without hesitation, Zhu Jianyan asked people to shut down the tabloid, and arrested the staff and article authors to censor education.

Then, without much hesitation, the Ministry of Rites was asked to prepare according to Zhu Jingyuan's suggestion.

Establish newspapers and periodicals with similar directions, and directly talk to existing newspaper offices.

When the relevant affairs were being dealt with, the news of the death of the British Prime Minister reached Daming Honglu Temple.

Honglu Temple had known for a long time that William Pitt was seriously ill, and the subordinate departments of Honglu Temple helped to contact Daming's doctor.

So I already knew that Pete was probably running out of time, and I didn't feel any surprise about the news of his death now.

Honglu Temple submitted the relevant news to Emperor Daming, and at the same time sent a copy to Zhu Jingyuan.

Zhu Jingyuan didn't pay much attention to Pete's affairs, but felt that Pete's death was "sudden".

Zhu Jingyuan understood the cause and effect, and was really moved in his heart.

The political leaders of this generation in Britain are gone.

During the peace talks, I and Niu Jian tried to kill William Pitt.

The effect of killing at the beginning was actually very good.

It's a pity that when things came to an end, George III's madness broke out, and he didn't come up with a decision to dismiss Pete.

In the British political arena, there is no one who is an opponent of Pete.

In the absence of an absolutely strong decision-making monarch, there is no way for others to knock Pete off his position.

However, after George III went crazy, Britain seemed to have entered a state of headless flies, and the threat to Ming Dynasty also decreased at the same time.

Zhu Jingyuan also put this matter behind his mind.

Unexpectedly, a brief bond between himself and Wu Zhiyuan would indirectly send away Pete, who was already seriously ill.

The question now is, should Daming send someone to attend Pete's farewell ceremony and funeral?
According to the past habits... I didn't have any habits in the past, whether to participate or not depends entirely on the emperor's thoughts.

Ming and Western countries are not countries of the same status, and they don't need to establish detailed rules for themselves at the diplomatic level.

This time, Zhu Jingyuan felt that someone should be sent there.

Because the funeral of a politician is essentially an informal political and diplomatic event.

Now Tessie... seems to need an informal diplomatic event to discuss the current situation.

Daming must at least send someone over to listen and see what these people want to do.

A while ago, I planned by myself to export shipbuilding technology to Western countries. I can also talk about it at the funeral.

But with Daming's status, he couldn't send someone too formal.

Of course, it is impossible for me to go there in person, and it is a bit too important to ask Honglu Siqing to go there.

It was William Pitt who died, not George III.

Zhu Jingyuan finally decided that he could send an aide to participate in his private capacity.

Because nominally speaking, I have a personal friendship with Pete, and I publicly showed my favor for Pete during the "boosting" activities during the peace talks.

So Zhu Jingyuan recruited Niu Jian, one of his earliest and most important core staff.

After listening to Zhu Jingyuan's mission, Niu Jian subconsciously asked:
"His Royal Highness asked the students to attend Pete's funeral? Is this... going by plane?"

Zhu Jingyuan nodded directly:
"It is true that you have to go there by plane, and you will definitely not be able to catch up by boat. If you insist on waiting for you, Pete's people are dead.

"It's said to be a funeral, but it's actually a diplomatic event. Even when you fly to attend, it's already a diplomatic affair."

Niu Jian confirmed Zhu Jingyuan's thoughts:
"The student understands. Then the student can contact or even directly fly representatives from Lucia, Ottoman, Prussia, Austria, Italy, France and other Western countries to London for a meeting and then go to the funeral."

Zhu Jingyuan couldn't help nodding after hearing this:
"It's a good idea, you can do it, and you can start discussing with them on the export of shipbuilding and artillery technology on the way.

"Except for electroslag remelting and hydraulic barrel self-tightening technology, some equipment made by the original traditional technology can be sold.

"It's best to sell the finished product directly, and if you need technology, you have to pay more.

"It is very uneconomical compared to the finished product, and at the same time it is not high compared to the cost of their own research and development.

"All in all, it is to make the Thai and Western people feel that the most cost-effective way is to buy the finished product directly, followed by the introduction of Ming technology, and finally they develop the same technology themselves.

"At the same time, we must pay special attention to targeted negotiations with Western countries, give priority to exporting technologies developed by other Western countries to Western countries, and avoid their internal technology exchanges.

"This speed is not easy to judge. In the next two days, you should prepare carefully and consult with the two servants of the Ordnance Department."

Niu Jian nodded again and again, knowing where the key point of this question, that is, the focus of his mission, was.

It is to find a way to maintain and enhance the dependence of the Thai and Western countries on Ming products and technology.

Let Taixi's external technical exchanges be directly directed to Daming unilaterally, without forming a local internal exchange.

After Zhu Jingyuan taught Niu Jian the opportunity, he wrote a special report and explanation and sent it to Honglu Temple and his father.

Carefully state your intentions and convince them to support this course of action.

Of course, Zhu Jianyan and Shen Fu supported it, and directly asked Honglu Temple and the Ordnance Department to fully cooperate.

Niu Jian started to exchange information with Wang Lai and Li Rui, preparing to attend Pete's funeral.

Zhu Jingyuan continued to visit Nantong Motor Vehicle Industrial Park on Chongming Island.

This industrial park is led by Daming Airlines, which can produce various civil and military cars, trucks, engine mopeds, and various types of large, medium and small construction machinery.

Although motor vehicles and construction machinery may not be as good as airplanes in terms of technology, their output and scale are not comparable to airplanes.

The purpose and scope of use are much wider than that of aircraft, and the market prospect is definitely greater.

The entry threshold of this industry is also a level lower than that of the aircraft industry, and its scale and agglomeration effect are better than those of the aviation industry.

A bicycle with a small gasoline engine is the simplest moped, which is the motorcycle of Zhu Jingyuan's previous life.

Motorcycle is the foreign transliteration of engine, which originally means a car equipped with an engine. This world did not appear in the territory of Ming Dynasty.

The names of similar vehicles include automatic vehicles, engine-assisted bicycles, etc., and the more commonly used ones are "moped vehicles" and "moped vehicles".

It is the meaning of a bicycle in which the engine provides power for people.

Manufacturers who originally produced bicycles can now produce two-wheel and three-wheel mopeds by slightly modifying the production line and purchasing small engines produced by Daming Aviation.

Around Daming Aviation's own industrial park, a large number of private related industries have gathered, including low-end product manufacturers and supporting product manufacturers.

At the same time, due to the role played by the Aviation Industry Association, it was seen by the court and the Ministry of Industry, and Zhu Jingyuan also actively promoted it, so the Motor Vehicle Industry Association was also established.

The relevant industries of Daming Aviation, the Royal Consortium, and major private automobile, engine, and moped manufacturers were brought into the association, and a centralized patent authorization system similar to the Aviation Industry Association was established.

The products of Daming Aviation Automobile Factory are also high-end or even luxury products.

The most expensive car is more expensive than a small general-purpose aircraft, and the price of the most high-end product line has even reached [-] silver bills.

It is equivalent to Zhu Jingyuan's tens of millions of luxury cars in his previous life.

Then there is the high-end main product line with a price of 100 to 600 silver notes, which is equivalent to a luxury car of [-] million to [-] million.

The car designed by Zhu Jingyuan has been iterated three times in the past seven years.

And this kind of iteration is not the kind of iteration that can be released in two years with a slight change of shape in later generations.

Every time it is a comprehensive upgrade and even remodeling from the inside to the outside.

The internal combustion engine and vehicle-related technologies that are being developed are rapidly applied to products.

Although the initial product was an eight-cylinder four-wheel drive, Zhu Jingyuan felt that the driving and riding experience was at the level of Wuling Hongguang.

Now the latest product has made Zhu Jingyuan feel like a luxury car worth millions in future generations.

In this world, it is even more luxurious and high-end to the point where exports are prohibited.

If Zhu Jingyuan's luxury car is sold to Western countries, it is likely that the engine will be dismantled to make an armored combat vehicle.

Not to mention the latest diesel engines, even gasoline engines are better than tank engines from Western countries.

Like the automobile industrial park, the motor vehicle industrial park on Chongming Island also does not include engine manufacturing.

Small and low-end civilian engines are produced in Suzhou, while military and high-end large engines are produced in Yingtianfu.

The production of chariots and military aircraft in the southern region is also placed on the boundary between Suzhou and Yingtianfu.

The level of technology is more high-end, but the economies of scale are not as good as cars and civilian aircraft.

This is the balancing strategy of the Ming court and Zhu Jingyuan.