Governor General Counselor, this position sounds good, but in fact it does not belong to the official official of the Governor General Office of Xinming, nor does it have the official position of the court.

In fact, Wang Dong's position as a counselor to Jian Wangchuan is somewhat similar to that of a master, but it sounds better.

According to Jian Wangchuan's original official position, he, a dignified river governor, is now the counselor of the Governor of Xinming. If it were someone else, he would not thank Wang Dong, and even feel a humiliation. However, Jian Wangchuan did not think so and agreed readily. In his opinion, it was the time when it was now. Jian Wangchuan has no official position and has long been a civilian. Wang Dong did this out of good intentions. Moreover, although the Governor General of Xinming is not a formal position, this position allows Jian Wangchuan to directly intervene in political affairs in Xinming, which is the most suitable arrangement for him now.

Jian Wangchuan was a practical person. After agreeing to serve as the governor of the Governor's Office, he asked about his specific work.

Wang Dong thought for a while and said, "There is really one thing that is tricky now. I don't know you..."

"Shishou Wang said it as soon as possible. Since I have come, I will follow Wang Shuai's arrangements."

"Okay!" Wang Dong nodded and said, "You came to see me today. I should have received it myself as soon as possible, but something urgent happened so it was delayed..."

Jian Wangchuan didn't say anything, listened quietly to Wang Dong continue to talk, because he knew that if Wang Dong apologized just because he didn't see him personally, it would be unnecessary. Now that Wang Dong mentioned this matter specifically, it might be related to the tricky thing he just said.

As expected, Wang Dong said: "Just received the news, France, the United Kingdom and Spain had some abnormal movements, and at the same time, there seemed to be something strange in the southern countries such as Portugal and the Netherlands."

"Are you saying that the eastern and southern European countries of Xinming have taken action against our Ming Dynasty?" Jian Wangchuan's expression suddenly became solemn and asked directly.

"It's hard to say what's specific." Wang Dong shook his head and explained: "When Pan Mengyuan was the governor, Xinming had a war conflict with France and Spain. You should know the ins and outs of this war."

Jian Wangchuan nodded. As a senior official of the court, he knew this matter. It was precisely because of the outbreak and end of this war that the actual territory and diplomatic changes in Xinming are now. Similarly, because the war broke out in Xinming affected the changes in the situation in the South China Sea, which led to the subsequent change of Luzon's rule.

International changes often affect the whole body. Jian Wangchuan did not know much about this before, but with the Ming Dynasty's external expansion and communication between the East and the West, Jian Wangchuan now has already understood this.

"What? These countries are not convinced by the war that year? Or are they planning to unite to target our Ming Dynasty?" Jian Wangchuan asked back.

Wang Dong smiled and said, "This is not the case. Western countries are not a monolithic one. Moreover, the British made a lot of benefits in the war. In addition, after losing Luzon, the Spaniards were almost scared. It was simply a whimsical idea to attack my Daming with their military strength."

"That's it..." Jian Wangchuan was a little confused.

Wang Dong waved his hand and asked Jian Wangchuan to wait for a while. Then he got up and left the conference room. After waiting for a while, Wang Dong came back with some documents, and then handed the documents to Jian Wangchuan.

"I can't explain it clearly in one sentence. You can take a look at this first. There are still a lot of other information. We will talk about it after reading it."

After reading it for a while, Jian Wangchuan's expression was very serious and nodded, "Okay, I'll take a closer look at these things in the past two days, and we'll talk about it after reading it."

"Okay!" Wang Dong nodded with a smile: "You have been tired after coming here for a long distance. I have arranged the residence. As for the office work in the room next to me on weekdays, it will be convenient for you and me to communicate. By the way, today I have someone set up a banquet to welcome you."

Although Jian Wangchuan was a capable official, he was not a person who was unkind. Otherwise, he would not have been the governor of Daohedao at the beginning. Since Wang Dong made the arrangement, he would not refuse, so he immediately agreed with a smile.

In the evening of that day, Wang Dong held a banquet to greet Jian Wangchuan. Several senior officials from Xinming were present at the same table, and even the Admiral Zhu Yigui came. Among these people, Jian Wangchuan had some of them known each other before, but they had more things to meet for the first time, but from today on, they will be colleagues, and they will have more days to deal with in the future.

On the second day, Jian Wangchuan officially took office as the counselor of the Governor's Office. His office was only a wall away from Wang Dong's office. Although the office was not big, it was complete. Moreover, Wang Dong gave him great rights in the Governor's Office. If you need to call any information and files, you can directly obtain it.

Jian Wangchuan studied the information that Wang Dong gave to Jian Wangchuan for several days, not just that piece of information, but also other materials, and these things are not a decimal.

After reading them, Jian Wangchuan also had an in-depth understanding of Xinming's situation, and at the same time he completely figured out what Wang Dong called a difficult thing.

A few years ago, when Pan Mengyuan was the governor of the New Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty launched a war without any victory or defeat in the New Ming Dynasty, France and the Spanish coalition forces. Although the final result of this war ended in peace talks between the two sides, the Ming Dynasty did not gain any benefits in this war. Instead, it almost suffered a complete defeat because of the outbreak of the war, and at the same time it also led to the sudden end of the Ming Dynasty's expansion in the New Ming Dynasty.

Since this war, the Ming Dynasty's expansion toward the east by Xinming stopped, and divided its respective territory in Xinming with France, Britain and Spain.

Afterwards, the Ming Dynasty was extremely angry because of this incident, especially Zhu Yicheng, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was very dissatisfied with it. However, given the lack of power in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty had no chance of winning against France. As for the British side, although they were allies with the Ming Dynasty on the surface, they actually took this opportunity to form the Ming Dynasty in private.

In this case, the Ming Dynasty had no choice but to accept the facts. In order to revenge on France, although the Ming Dynasty could not directly attack France, it caused trouble for France's younger brother Spain.

Through the exchange of interests, the Ming Dynasty gained support from Portugal and British in the Far East and began to war with Spain's important colony in the Far East, namely Luzon.

Due to the Ming Dynasty's revenge on Spain, the Spanish regime in Luzon collapsed, thus completely abandoning Luzon.
Chapter completed!