I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

The Ming Dynasty Cabinet urgently held an enlarged cabinet meeting. The Prime Minister, all cabinet members, ministers and ministers of various ministries, as well as the Procuratorate and Courts, including the directors and deputy directors of provincial management committees, generals above the brigade commander of the Royal Army of the Ming Dynasty, and generals above the naval squadron , the commanders of each garrison area and the Grand Protector of Si'an all went to Beijing for a meeting.

Of course, because the Ming Dynasty is so big now, even if there is radio communication, it will still take ten days and a half to reach Beijing from the farthest place. This is after a complete post station has been established. The farthest place must be Anbei University Protector Lu Xiangsheng, although he is the farthest away, the problem is that the first railway built in the Ming Dynasty was directly connected to Hanhai Province.

After two days and three nights of steam train travel, Lu Xiangsheng arrived in the capital first. In the capital, he saw the front page headline of the Ming Empire Times, a signed article by Ming Emperor Cheng Shijie, "The Ming Empire Officially Declares War on the United Kingdom of the Netherlands."

"Just before yesterday, the Ming Empire's cabinet, as well as the Ministry of Commerce, Foreign Affairs, International Trade, and Customs, launched friendly and unreasonable negotiations on the most preferential trade partnership between the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Ming Empire. Although there were some differences in the negotiation process, However, it is developing in a direction that is conducive to the friendship between the people of the Ming Dynasty and the Netherlands. However, just when the Ming Dynasty and the United Kingdom of the Netherlands were about to sign a friendship agreement, just yesterday, the Dutch East India Combined Fleet shamelessly attacked the Ming Empire's Coconut City Fleet. Launch a sneak attack..."

"As the emperor of the Ming Empire, I feel very guilty. I was deceived by the shameful Dutch. They took advantage of my desire to end the war and pursue peace. They took advantage of the Ming Navy's unpreparedness and killed us. I am very sorry to tell you. My subjects, the Ming Dynasty suffered very serious losses. Sixteen battleships, forty-three merchant ships, and countless Ming soldiers and civilians were shamefully attacked. The Ming Dynasty was bleeding, and the Ming Dynasty was invaded by the Dutch..."

Lord Francisco de Mello did not read the full article, but he was very confused: "The Dutch have their brains kicked by a donkey. Are they attacking the Ming Empire at this time?"

"Your Excellency, this is in the interest of the Spanish Empire. Now the Ming Empire will never swallow this breath. They will definitely retaliate against the Dutch!"

Lord Francisco de Mello said worriedly: "A small Netherlands may not be able to satisfy the appetite of the Ming Empire!"

Originally, the Ming Empire's cabinet was not satisfied with Cheng Shijie's desire to intervene in the European battlefield. But the problem was that with the Dutch attack on Yecheng Port, of course, the so-called losses reported in the newspapers must have expanded, and they also expanded dozens of times. , in fact, the Dutch sneak attack only caused serious damage to four Seawolf-class warships that were undergoing overhaul, and they had almost no repair value.

Among them were three giant sharks, and the first-class Whale Shark-class battleship was slightly injured. As for the more than forty merchant ships that were sunk, these were the most accidents in the entire six years of Dingxin. No matter where the accident occurred, all merchant ships were counted. On top of the Dutch, on the contrary, Batavia, which the Dutch had run for decades, was completely in ruins.

Of the nearly 20,000 Dutch soldiers, businessmen and their families located in Batavia, more than 6,000 were killed by the shelling and more than 10,000 were injured, including the gang members, and the rest were all captured by Li Weiluan.

Now officials from all over the Ming Dynasty are almost unanimous, shouting: "Start the war! Start the war!"

As a result, the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty's proposal to use troops in the Netherlands was passed with an absolute majority of votes, and the collision between the Netherlands and the Ming Dynasty was inevitable.

While passing the proposal for the use of troops against the Netherlands, the cabinet also approved the proposal for arms sales to Venice and the Spanish Empire, selling one hundred Seawolf-class warships to Venice, equipped with twenty-four three-inch naval guns. , is not equipped with four-inch naval guns, which means that this is a huge arms sale totaling 2,400 three-inch naval guns.

This made Catherine want to cry. After waiting for many years, she finally waited for the end. Of course, what Catherine didn't know was that this was the foreign trade version of the Langhai-class battleship.

This kind of naval gun is not the high manganese steel naval gun equipped by the Ming Dynasty, but is made of softer bronze. It has four left-hand rotating riflings. In terms of power and range, it is completely different from the Ming Dynasty's own version. , of course, with a total of 160,000 artillery shells.

As for wanting more cannonballs, there is actually no need. A gun barrel made of bronze will be scrapped after an average of eighty cannonballs are fired.

The arms sales to Spain include 160,000 large-caliber 26mm muskets and self-fire muskets, which are more advanced than the matchlock muskets currently equipped by Spain. In addition to 160,000 muskets, they also include Six hundred one-foot-caliber flying thunder cannons.

The improved thunder cannons all adopt a one-foot caliber, which is 315 millimeters, and are fired from the front. They have a range of 500 to 800 meters and can wipe out half a company with one shot.

The power was quite astonishing, which surprised the Spanish Empire. It was a stroke of luck...

Although he decided to declare war on the Netherlands, Cheng Shijie considered that the distance from the Ming Dynasty to the Netherlands was too far, and the Ming Dynasty did not dare to send too many troops. Cheng Shijie rejected the battle plan submitted by the General Staff to send troops to Europe, and prepared to first attack East Asia. Post-Europe.

The first was to attack the Dutch-controlled East Indies. At the suggestion of Cheng Shijie, Zhou Ning formulated another plan. In this plan, the Ming Dynasty would concentrate the Luzon Fleet, the Zhanzhou Fleet, and the Yecheng Fleet to form a new All three marine brigades were drawn to East India, and at the same time, 30,000 soldiers were recruited from Xiaobenchang, and more than 60,000 prisoners of war were drawn from the Tusi Army and Annan Army stationed in Annan.

The Southeast Asian Army of the Ming Dynasty was formed. After the Southeast Asian Army was established, the army and navy of the Ming Empire received orders, and the entire war machine of the Ming Emperor's country began to rumble.

In December of the sixth year of Dingxin, the Battle of Moissan Island ended. After more than four months of fighting, the Ming Empire fully occupied the entire territory of the Dutch East India Company. Of course, this was only East India.

Although he occupied the entire territory, he did not directly control it. 60,000 Annan prisoners of war and more than 30,000 people acted as killing machines in their small days, massacring the natives of East India. Cheng Shijie had no good impression of the Indians and adopted the same strategy as Luzon, leaving The land leaves no one behind.

Not to mention, the little devils were from another time and space and had no humanity at all. They were very cruel. However, thinking about the tragedy in another time and space, Cheng Shijie did not change his policy and relied on execution to leave no one behind.

Eight months later, in December of the sixth year of reform, Cheng Shijie, together with Queen Xiang Hui, Zhu Weiti, and Yang Yuniang, took Cheng Jiayue, Cheng Jiayi, Cheng Jiale, Cheng Jiayao, and Cheng Jiaheng with them on a mountain-climbing train to Trilin Province in Northeast Asia. Fake.

The prince Cheng Jialong was left alone to supervise the country as regent. At this time, the fire ox cart was officially called a train. The fire ox cart specifically refers to a steam-powered four-wheel truck. Although the internal combustion engine did not succeed, the steam engine is now quite mature and more powerful. Getting bigger, like this train now.

Cheng Shijie obtained the information from later generations and completely imitated the upstream steam locomotives of later generations. The entire vehicle weighed 140 tons, had a maximum design speed of 80 kilometers per hour, and a maximum power of 3,000 horsepower. It could tow 20 carriages at a time.

Cheng Shijie naturally could not travel lightly. Instead, he followed the Ming Dynasty Royal Army Guards Brigade. The infantry and artillery of the four regiments took the special train's lead car Beijing and the rear guard Tianjin respectively. As for the Guards Brigade, The two cavalry regiments followed on the left and right wings of the railway.

While hundreds of thousands of Ming troops were still clearing away the natives of East India, Cheng Shijie took his wife and children to travel to the ice and snow of Northeast Asia. Even after Cheng Shijie left Beijing, the war machine of the Ming Dynasty was rumbling in Central Asia. In the vast yellow sands, in the sun-blocking rain forests of Southeast Asia, and among the vast expanse of blue waves in the South China Sea, war flags were flying everywhere, and Ming troops and armed immigrants were everywhere driving away and slaughtering the indigenous people who refused to accept the king's rule.

Looking at the cavalry of the Guards who were galloping proudly, Cheng Shijie said calmly: "I...I seem to have opened Pandora's box and released a terrible monster!"

Xiang Hui said: "I don't know about you yet. Your mouth is almost split to the base of your ears. How about closing this magic box? Anyway, there is still time."

"Close it? That's impossible!"

Cheng Shijie said with a complex expression: "Ai Gong is right, aggression is wrong, and those who say aggression is right are inhumane. However, external expansion is the inevitable path for the rise of every country and nation. The sin is in the present, and the merit is in the future. Now all our positions belong to Ming Dynasty and will belong to Ming Dynasty forever. If they don’t want to make things easier for Ming Dynasty, I will let them die!”

At this time, Cheng Shijie no longer had the calmness and calmness of the past, and became cold, decisive, and decisive in killing.

Europe is a vast area that has been fighting for life and death for more than a thousand years. It is a piece of loose sand. There are countless hatreds and grievances between countries, and there is no overall interest. In another time and space, Europe vs. China The damage was so severe that there are still more than 26,000 precious cultural relics in British museums.

After three nights and two days of driving, Cheng Shijie finally arrived in Trin Province, where the original Daming Nurgandusi was located. Cheng Jialong was traveling for the first time and was so happy that he learned to build a snowman on the ice fields of Trin Province. We had a great time having a snowball fight with Xiang Hui.

Cheng Shijie climbed to Sakhalin Island...

At this time, the Dutch had lost all their overseas colonies in Southeast Asia, including the colony of East Bengal. Of course, they retained their colonies in Africa and the Americas. At this time, the Dutch could not find allies in Europe, but had to Form an alliance with the Ottoman Empire. The Dutch sold shipbuilding technology to the Ottoman Empire. With the population and financial resources of the Ottoman Empire, the Netherlands and the Ottoman Empire organized a joint fleet between the two countries. This joint fleet consisted of a total of more than 650 large ships, almost three The size of the Spanish Imperial Armada.

The day the Dutch-Austrian combined fleet was established, it began to show off its power in the Mediterranean, and even pressed directly towards Madrid, trapping the Spanish Armada in the port and unable to get out. The Dutch issued a threat to the Spanish Empire and must recognize their independent status as the Netherlands, otherwise To destroy the Spanish Armada.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty's Mediterranean fleet stationed in Venice appeared off the coast of Madrid, and more than sixty Ming warships and Venetian warships pounced on the Ottoman fleet.

Seeing how the Ming Navy overestimated its capabilities, the Ottoman Empire's admiral shouted excitedly: "Well done!"

The Spaniards were very happy to see the appearance of the Ming ally, but the problem was that they were very disappointed when they saw that there were only a few dozen Ming warships, less than one-tenth of the Dutch-Austrian combined fleet.

However, in the stunned eyes of the Spaniards, small warships appeared in the Ming fleet. These warships seemed to be as slender as canoes, with flames spraying from their tails. There was only one soldier on them. These warships shouted "Banzai!" "The mercenaries were so crazy in the early days that they rammed the warships of the Dutch-Austrian fleet together with their men and ships.

The earth-shattering explosion tore apart the hulls of the Dutch-Austrian Combined Fleet warships mercilessly, causing the livers and gallbladders of the Dutch-Austrian Combined Fleet warships that were not hit to burst. The hail of shells turned the Dutch-Austrian fleet battle that was not hit by the suicide ship into a fireball.

It was more of a massacre than a naval battle. Two hours later, more than 500 Ottoman warships and more than 100 Dutch warships were all turned into burning garbage. Thirty-one thousand Ottomans and more than 600 Dutch soldiers were killed. The officer was buried in the belly of the fish.

The Spaniards were happy now. For many months after the war, they used the ingredients from the wreckage of the battleships that washed ashore to cook.

After the Ottoman Empire finally established its Mediterranean fleet, the Ottoman Empire fleet, unwilling to fail, directly sent a hundred thousand troops to attack Crete with the help of the Dutch, preparing to kill the Ming Dynasty Army.

It's just a pity that the artillery of the Ming Army is not much weaker than that of the navy. The roaring artillery makes the plate armor that the Ottoman warriors are proud of look no different from paper in front of the artillery. The gorgeous helmet is blown up by the blast. It was thrown high, and at the same time, the remains of the Ottoman soldiers were thrown up...

Such a tragic scene frightened the Dutch and Austrian allied forces. Countless Ottoman warriors, who were known for their bravery, threw away their weapons and ran away, trampling on each other with countless casualties. The Ming army took the opportunity to launch an attack, and the fields of Crete flowed into rivers of blood.

This day was a dark day for the Ottoman Empire. More than 60,000 elite soldiers were killed, and more than 20,000 people became prisoners. This is a terrible number.

There have been few wars between European countries with such heavy casualties. The Dutch and Ottoman Empire forces retreated quickly after receiving a heavy blow.

With the Ottomans and Dutch defeated, everyone now knew they were in big trouble.

The French commander exclaimed: "Four hundred years later, the terrible Mongols have come to Europe again. The terrible disaster has come, and Europe will flow into rivers of blood again!"

It's a pity that the French mistook the identity of the visitor, but it's no wonder that in the eyes of Europeans, all yellow people are Mongolians.

However, his prediction came true.

The navy of the Ming Expeditionary Force arrived in the Mediterranean three months later. This fleet assembled the Ming Empire's Lushun Fleet, Da Yuan Fleet, Luzon Fleet, and Coconut City Fleet, as well as the Pacific Fleet, Atlantic Fleet, and Indian Ocean Fleet. A total of There are more than a thousand main warships and more than two thousand large armed merchant ships.

The Ming Expeditionary Fleet, Spanish allies and the army of the vassal state of Venice took the lead in launching an attack on the Ottoman Empire. In just a few months, the Ottoman Empire lost all its colonies, including Hungary, Vienna, and Nice. During this critical period, within the Ottoman Empire There were also rebellions.

The Ottoman Empire ushered in the period of female sultans. Due to the inability of Ibrahim I to govern the country and the accession of the young Mohammed IV to the throne in 1646, government affairs were handed over to the imperial harem. The most famous women during this period were Sultan Kosem and His daughter-in-law, Duheng Hatijie, was killed by Sultan Kosem in 1651 due to political enemies caused by her regency.

This did not affect the Ming Empire. With the loss of overseas colonies, the Ming Dynasty began to attack the Ottoman Empire from four directions: the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, Central Asia, and Africa. At the same time, the Spanish Empire and the Venetian coalition also attacked the Netherlands. Attack.

Cities in the Netherlands collapsed under the bombardment of terrible cannons. Black-clad soldiers from the East rushed into the city with rifles equipped with short swords. Those who were unwilling to surrender found a home under bullets and bayonets.

In just one and a half months, Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, announced its surrender. The entire Netherlands was divided into two, one part belonged to the Spanish Empire and the other part belonged to the Ming Empire. After conquering the Netherlands, Venice also launched an attack on the Holy Roman Empire. This attack was naturally Supported by the Ming Empire.

At this time, France and Britain began to panic. They organized smartly and brought the big goose into the field. The big goose was already very unhappy that the Ming Empire repelled their expansion and even fought all the way to the Volga River. Naturally, they did not Reasons for objection.

So, the World War began. On one side were the Spanish Empire and the Ming Empire. Of course, Venice and New Netherlands were not considered countries. They were only vassals of the great empire, just like Portugal. At this time, Portugal saw that the momentum was not right. He no longer pursued independence and returned to the Spanish Empire.

The other side was the other European countries. With the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire, the Ming fleet and the Venetian navy poured out of the port and headed straight for France.

In Normandy and Toulonburg, they easily crushed France. The army known as Europe's No. 1 army was simply vulnerable to the Ming army. The powerful Marines landed at Toulonbourg and began to siege the city.

The Spanish fleet took a short rest and then pounced on the British mainland. At this time, Britain still did not have a real navy. It could only organize pirates and armed merchant ships in a hurry, and pieced together more than two hundred warships to resist desperately. Against such an opponent, the Ming Dynasty and the Spanish fleet were equally vulnerable at this critical moment.

Originally assigned to the East India Fleet of Great Britain, he broke through the defense line of the British fleet, went straight to London along the Thames River, and fired more than 4,000 naval gun shells at London...

Ten years later, Cheng Shijie officially resigned from the throne and passed the throne to Prince Cheng Jialong. Cheng Shijie became the Supreme Emperor. After he stepped down as emperor, he took the Huang'an, the first iron-clad steamship of the Ming Empire, and arrived at the base of the Ming Navy smoothly. Europe.

The era belonging to Cheng Shijie has ended, and the era belonging to Cheng Jialong has officially begun. Cheng Jialong's first task as emperor is to abolish the agricultural tax that has been in place for more than two thousand years.

Everyone in the world praised Cheng Jialong as a sage king and a virtuous king.

In fact, at this time, the Ming Dynasty did not need the grain in the hands of Ming farmers at all. The grain production in Xinming suddenly reached 70 million tons. Even if the Ming Dynasty did not produce a single grain, the Ming Dynasty's 200 million people would not be short of food. edible.

After Cheng Jialong announced the exemption of agricultural taxes, the first generation internal combustion engine of the Royal Institute of Technology of Ming Dynasty began to be produced. Of course, the power is still very small, but it can indicate that Ming Dynasty has entered the real industrial era...

Ten years have passed, and this European version of the world war has become increasingly fierce. The flames of war are raging, countless cities have been razed to the ground, countless young men and women are bleeding on the battlefield, countless old, weak, women and children have filled the trenches, old and new hatreds between countries, religious conflicts, ethnic hatreds, territorial disputes...

Thousands of clues broke out at the same time, making the war more and more cruel. In the end, everyone forgot why the war broke out. They only knew to fight and kill their opponents and the war was over! (End of chapter)