Daming 1805

Chapter 58 Who can be compared with Daming?
On the morning of the ninth day of the first lunar month in the 34th year of Taiping, Ming Dynasty, Zhu Jingyuan took his father's car to go to work in the yamen again.

Just like yesterday, Zhu Jianyan asked the driver to go to Honglu Temple first, and Zhu Jingyuan also followed curiously into his theoretical work place.

When the officials on the night shift at Honglu Temple saw Zhu Jianyan coming in, they immediately handed over the important telegram documents that they had packed, and reported very solemnly:
"His Royal Highness, I received an invitation for peace talks from Xiyi last night. It's been nine hours. Shall we reply to them?"

"Oh?"

Zhu Jianyan's father and son showed curious expressions at the same time, and looked at the telegram handed over by the other side. Xiyi's invitation to peace talks was placed at the top.

After reading it, Zhu Jianyan shook his head with a dry smile:

"I'm still stubborn. I'm just inviting peace talks, not unilaterally asking for peace. I don't need to reply for now. I'll talk about it when I get back in the morning. You should go to rest first."

Zhu Jianyan flipped through the other telegrams a little, but didn't find anything so important that he needed to go to court, so he went out with the telegram of Xiyi's invitation to negotiate peace.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Jingyuan followed his father into the car and instructed the driver:
"I don't have to go to the Ministry of Works anymore. I don't have to stop at the entrance of the Ministry of Works. I'm going to court with my father today."

Zhu Jianyan was stunned when he heard this voice:
"Why? You don't design battleships, what do you want to do when you go to court?"

Zhu Jingyuan said of course:

"Xiyi has officially proposed peace talks, and I should also officially reveal my identity as a prince and take over the post of acting Honglu Temple Secretary. Peace talks are my official errand..."

Zhu Jianyan was instantly silent.

It seems that what this child said is indeed the truth. He is the theoretical minister of Honglu Temple, and he has actually been dismissed from his post.

With a rather complicated mood, Zhu Jianyan brought his son into the palace and Wenhua Hall together.

The ministers who got off the bus together subconsciously wanted to say hello to Zhu Jianyan, but they saw Zhu Jingyuan beside him.

Then everyone's mood suddenly became less pleasant, and the greeting turned into a ceremonial nod and smile.

The old emperor entered the hall, looked up and saw Zhu Jingyuan, the youngest at the scene, and immediately blew his beard subconsciously:

"Why did you come to court? Is the battleship design ready?"

After Zhu Jingyuan saluted with the princes and ministers, he casually replied to the old emperor:

"Reporting to Grandpa Qi, the design direction of the battleship is basically determined, only the final data and data are left, and it should be almost the same this morning.

"Sun Chen came here today because King Suifu saw the telegram from Xiyi requesting peace talks, and felt that he should begin to perform his official duties."

Hearing the news of Xiyi's request for peace talks, the surrounding ministers breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately after a brief daze, he quickly reacted, what did Zhu Jingyuan mean by performing his duties.

This child's current official position... is actually the acting Minister of Honglu Temple!
The old emperor also went through a similar mental journey, and then nodded lightly and took his seat:
"Let's all sit down, then let's start the discussion today with the negotiation. The second child will talk about it first. How should we respond?"

Zhu Jianyan bowed his hands and said:

"Reporting to the emperor, Xiyi is still inviting peace talks for the time being, speaking from an equal position with Daming, rather than seeking peace with Daming.

"So Erchen believes that we should continue to let them hang out, refuse at least twice, or simply not respond."

Zhu Jianyan's suggestion made some ministers nod lightly, and some ministers frowned slightly.

But no one stood up to oppose it, and no one expressed approval, and they were reluctant to speak on such a sensitive topic.

The old emperor was noncommittal, his eyes swept across the faces of the surrounding ministers, and finally fell on the face of Zhu Jingyuan, who had never been seated:
"Since you're standing, Jingyuan, and it's your duty, let's talk about it."

When the ministers heard that the old emperor named Zhu Jingyuan, they suddenly had a feeling of reappearing yesterday, and had a bad premonition.

Zhu Jingyuan immediately bowed his hands, then stood up straight and said:

"Sun Chen believes that although the Western barbarians must unite to pose a threat to the Ming Dynasty, we cannot let them clearly understand and solidify this kind of thinking.

"We should close it as soon as we see it, and then kill them, dismantle the anti-Daming alliance, break into the enemy's interior, and then defeat them individually."

This is obviously just the beginning, the ministers were a little confused, and the old emperor subconsciously asked directly:
"Tell me carefully, what does it mean to take it as soon as possible, how to kill it, and what does it mean to break into the enemy's interior?"

Zhu Jingyuan went on to explain:

"Just accept it means that you put forward a request that is not particularly high. If the other party agrees, then accept the invitation and officially start the peace talks.

"For example, Xiyi withdraws from the territory occupied by the Ming Dynasty, and withdraws from the territory of the Anxi Three Kingdoms. As a precondition for peace talks, this should be achievable.

"If Daming persecutes and suppresses them excessively, it may objectively push the Taixi countries to maintain unity, and even continue to retain the anti-Ming alliance after the peace talks.

"At the very least, when Daming attacks any Taixi country in the future, they may immediately form a new anti-Ming alliance.

"Plunging and killing means that all the major countries in the anti-Ming alliance will be raised to the same level as Daming, and Daming will treat all Tai and Western countries as equals in name.

"This gives the Taixi countries an exorbitant status, which makes them proud and gradually inflated, and then despise the existence of allies and Ming.

"Then we catalyzed nationalist sentiments in our respective countries, allowing them to be independent and even go to war with each other, so as to prevent them from uniting against Ming again.

"Breaking into the enemy's interior is to let us, Daming, join the alliance formed by the Taixi people, or form a common new alliance together.

"Then Daming took absolute advantage to lead and control the order of this alliance, and manage and mediate conflicts between countries.

"Prevent them from turning their backs on Daming, forming an alliance against Daming again, and avoiding the integration of the Western continent.

"This alliance, including Daming, is also a platform to slaughter the countries of Thailand and the West."

Many ministers nodded secretly, but they were not in favor of Zhu Jingyuan's idea.

Instead, it was confirmed that the bad premonition had come true, and he recalled the feeling of Zhu Jingyuan being involved in the political affairs.

This child will always jump out of the usual logic and play cards according to the routine, and contribute from an unexpected angle.

But after a little analysis, I think his point of view is actually quite reasonable.

Now Zhu Jingyuan's strategy of accepting, flattering, and alienating is a common solution.

You can take the initiative to join the enemy's alliance against you, and find a way to dominate this alliance. This kind of operation is too weird.

But if it can be done, it can indeed solve the threat of Xiyi once and for all.

And it really needs the cooperation of the previous ones who are ready to accept, praise and divide.

Just trying to elevate Xiyi to the status of the Ming Dynasty made almost all the ministers unacceptable.

After a brief silence, Huang Yue, Minister of Rites, who was most suitable to speak, took the initiative to stand up and object:
"This minister thinks it's inappropriate to give all the Western barbarians the same status as the Ming Dynasty, which is really inconsistent with rites, let alone reality.

"How can the kings of countries such as the Netherlands and Sardinia be compared with my Majesty the Emperor Ming?
"They have only one county in Daming, how can they be ranked with my chief minister of Daming?

"In terms of national strength and heritage, even Lucia and the United Kingdom are far from the Ming Dynasty. Please think twice about your majesty..."

Huang Yue's words are not the arrogance of the bureaucrats of the traditional central dynasty, but a natural view formed after seeing the reality of the world.

In fact, on another world line, that is, in modern society, all countries are equal in name only.

From ancient times until World War II, the status and relationship between countries were directly determined by national strength.

Huang Yue's words were unanimously approved by the princes and ministers, and Zhu Jingyuan didn't argue anything, but immediately continued his words and asked:

"That is to say, apart from giving Xiyi the same status, does Uncle Da Zong agree with all the other opinions on the later life?"

　Thank you for the big push, although my ability is limited on my side, I still strongly recommend the new book "1825 My New Daming" by the big Luo Luo, which is still the happy style of big Luo Luo's always wide-open brains. The author thinks of the creative source of writing this book. The plot of my book is at the beginning of the end of the war, and the book of Da Luoluo begins before the war is about to break out.Recommend everyone to try it.

　　


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