As the legitimate son of the Otani family, the religious leader of the Japanese province, Otani Hiroshi was not able to be the leader of the sect, but he was definitely a member of the upper class of the Ming Empire.≮⊥∧v net≮.┯╇.╋╬ In Macau, he is a top social celebrity. He can speak with Cao Wen-ye, the Atlantic Governor and the Governor of Macau. However, Otani Hiroshi would not recommend Napoleon to a senior official of Cao Wen-ye. Napoleon is not qualified now. The highest-level Ming official he can meet is Director Lang of the Education Department of the Atlantic Governor's Office.

The newly appointed 40-year-old education director was the earliest descendant of the Eight Banners of the Ming Dynasty, which means that his ancestors were Tartars. However, it has been in the sinicization for hundreds of years, and there is no Tartar like it all over his body. He wore a modified Confucian uniform and a fair and elegant face. He was a white-faced scholar who was in middle age. The original old Taurus surname had long been replaced by the sinicized "Lang" surname, named Heshen, with his courtesy name Zhizhai.

Although he is the education director of the Atlantic Governor's Office, he is a professional officer. Apart from being an instructor in the Ming Naval Academy and Naval University, he has no experience in connecting with education. His current "education director" is of course a concealment name, which facilitates him to carry out various espionage activities in Europe. His true identity is the general representative of the Military Intelligence Bureau of the Ming Naval Staff Department in Europe.

Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the Education Department of the Atlantic Governor's Office on the west coast of Macau Bay, Lang Heshen was staring at the scene outside in a daze. The Mediterranean sunshine shone in from the floor-to-ceiling window, reflecting his black head. He just turned forty this year, has already obtained the rank of Navy Lieutenant Colonel, and has been sent to the Europa, a place of right and wrong to stir up the storm.

From the first day of accepting this mission, he knew how important this appointment was to his professional military career.≤⊥≠≦⊥?≤.╊ At the same time, he also knew that based on his unremarkable family background and his unsatisfactory results in the Naval Academy and Naval University (the theory of "four tests to determine life" in the Ming Dynasty's naval literacy, the admission and graduation results of the Naval Academy and Naval University are very important to the future of the officers). He can get such an important mission, not only because of his first-class flattery, he won the appreciation of Lieutenant General Ji Yun, the intelligence director of the Naval Staff Department, but also because this errand is easy to mess up!

Nowadays, Europa is an uncontrollable H cartridge. On the one hand, the old-fashioned power, the Qing Dynasty, is on the verge of collapse; on the other hand, the sacred Heavenly Dao Kingdom rises strongly and wants to "take the Qing Dynasty and replace it"; at the same time, the second-rate and third-rate powers such as England, Italy, and Mamruk Sultanate, all of them are aggressive. As the general representative of the Navy Intelligence Bureau, the burden on his shoulders is heavy, and heels can be thought of.

If the errand is screwed up, the situation in Europe is in a direction that is greatly unfavorable to the Ming Dynasty. As the first person in charge, he must retire from active service early! From the junior class of the Navy (the Ming 6 Navy emphasizes training education, and most officers' careers start from the junior class) to today, thirty years of hard work will be put into vain!

Therefore, the naval elites with a bright future were unwilling to take over this mission. They would rather be a senior staff officer of a stable fleet and then take over as the captain of a battleship. Further, they could be promoted to the general level to serve as the admiral of the squadron.

Of course, high risks must be high returns! If Lang and Shen really do it well, then there will be a bright future in the future. The rank of Navy Marshal and the responsibilities of the Secretary of the Navy or the Secretary of the Navy Staff are only a matter of time. After all, naval officers of the Ming Empire rarely have the opportunity to make great achievements. They drive 15,000 tons or 25,000 tons of battleships to teach a lesson to a small broken ship of thousands of tons. Even if they sink, it is not a great contribution.≮≤net v.╬╊.╃┭o┯m is far from comparable to the achievements that Europa can achieve as a senior intelligence official, like a drug barrel.

However, after staying in Macau for several months, Lang Heshen deeply felt how powerless the Ming Empire, which had dominated the world for hundreds of years, was in the face of those emerging powers and the increasingly powerful sacred heavenly kingdom.

Especially after the Holy Heavenly Kingdom controlled the Qing Dynasty’s people’s area, the actual population will be close to 80,000. The financial resources will be greatly enhanced. It will also obtain a key entrance to enter the Mediterranean from the Black Sea. Although the navy of the Holy Heavenly Kingdom is not worth mentioning at the moment, the most advanced warships are just a few wooden shell gunboats. But who can guarantee that the Holy Heavenly Kingdom will not display a powerful Mediterranean fleet in the future? Once the Holy Heavenly Kingdom enters the Mediterranean strongly, the Ming Empire must deploy a powerful fleet in the eastern Mediterranean to cope with the threat of the Holy Heavenly Kingdom’s navy.

But the problem is that the relationship between the Ming Empire and the Mamruk Sultanate, a regional power in the eastern Mediterranean, was not very warm, and was even somewhat hostile. Because the Ming Empire had been firmly controlling the Suez Canal area for hundreds of years, and it was also supporting the Dashi Kingdom, which occupied the middle and lower reaches of the Tigris and Yulates.

This Dashi Kingdom is now on the front line of the conflict between the Tiandaoism and the Tianfang Sect. Most of the people in the country are Han people who believe in Tiandaoism (there are sacred sects and scientific sects). However, the surrounding areas are all under the world of Tianfang Sects... Not only are they surrendered to the Mamuruk Sultanate, but they are even the two Persias in the north (the two Persias are vassals of the Holy Heavenly Dao Kingdom and the Qing Dynasty) now have the absolute advantage of Tianfang Sects. The only territory of the Han Dynasty is Taoli Temple and Isfahan. There are two Persians around!

Moreover, even in Taoli Temple and Isfahan, the numerical advantage of the Han people is gradually losing. Net≤.┿. On the one hand, the continuous sectarian conflicts forced some Han people to leave for the Dashi Kingdom or the Dakang Kingdom to the north; on the other hand, the poor people who believe in the Tianfang Sect moved in in large numbers. It seems that the Tianfang Sect will soon "occupy" Taoli Temple and Isfahan. At that time, only God knows whether the two Persia can survive.

Although this Mamluk Sultanate is also the largest country for hundreds of years, it has not completely lost its vitality as in history. Due to the large number of immigrants migrated from Persia, Asia Minor, the middle and lower reaches of the two rivers of Tigris and Urates, the population of the Mamluk Sultanate has always been large. Now it is more than 60 million!

Moreover, the Mamruk Sultanate also learned a lot of advanced knowledge and technology by sending students to the Ming Empire. Over the past few hundred years, he has continued to fight with Christian countries on the northern coast of the Mediterranean and experienced several dynasties. He has maintained considerable vitality. He also expanded his territory to the south, occupied Sultan and Abinesia, and determined his hegemony in northern East Africa.

However, what makes the politicians of the Ming Empire the most trouble is the gradual decline of the Qing Empire. The most important banner-people area in this country has been controlled by the Holy Heavenly Dao Kingdom for thirty years! Moreover, the so-called new policy of the Qing Empire for more than 20 years. In the eyes of the politicians of the Ming Empire, they have actually reached a dead end.

Regardless of the military factories opened by the Qing Dynasty, the shipyard and the Beiyang Navy were of great value.

Let’s talk about the new army of more than 100,000 bannermen. According to the report of the Intelligence Bureau of the 6th Army of the Ming Dynasty, the new army of the Qing Dynasty in eight towns (equivalent to divisions) is still very good.≠v≈.┮╊.╃╈The organization is completely based on the 6th Army of the Ming Dynasty. The middle and senior officers were trained from the 6th Army of the Ming Dynasty in Macau and Hong Kong. The guns, cannons and ammunitions are enough to buy the active Ming Dynasty guys, or they are imitated with the help of the Ming Dynasty engineers. They all meet the procurement standards of the 6th Army of the Ming Dynasty.

However, no elite staff member of the 6th Army of the Ming Dynasty believed that the 6th Army of the Qing Dynasty could defeat the 6th Army of the Holy Heavenly Dao Kingdom! The reason is very simple. Only the new army of the 6th Army of the Qing Dynasty could fight! Moreover, the 100,000 officers and soldiers of the 6th Army of the eight towns had reached a mobilization limit for the two million bannermen that the Qing Dynasty could control at present.

Although the Holy Heavenly Kingdom is not a so-called citizen country, this country has had a strong military tradition in confronting the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years. Moreover, the Holy Heavenly Kingdom only distinguishes relatives by religion. As long as it is a sacred sect of the Heavenly Kingdom, it is a family that treats each other equally. There are no Han or Europeans in the country.

In fact, after hundreds of years of mixed blood, there were no pure-bred Han or Europeans in the Holy Heavenly Dao, but a new nation was formed. Moreover, due to the existence of the peasant commune system, this is a peasant autonomy system that separates peasants, noble landlords and states (the land of the Holy Heavenly Dao Kingdom belongs to the state, but can be granted "management", but the nobles can only collect rent but cannot buy and sell them). It not only restricts the freedom of the peasants to make them close to serfs (according to the theory of the later revolutionary Ulyanov of the Holy Heavenly Dao Kingdom, they were serfs), but also protects the interests of the peasants to a certain extent, so that the class contradictions in the Holy Heavenly Dao are relatively eased. The state has a strong ability to control farmers and can mobilize a large number of troops during wartime.

To a certain extent, the Holy Heavenly Kingdom is a militarist country! This country can easily mobilize a huge 6 army of hundreds of thousands of people. The ten-fold advantage is simply something that the new army of the Qing bannermen cannot fight against. Moreover, the heavy industry level of the Holy Heavenly Kingdom is far higher than that of the Qing Dynasty...

The Qing Dynasty seemed to have realized this. After the Ming Empire helped them train and equip the Eight Town New Army and the Beiyang Navy. The Empress Dowager Ye Katerina, who mastered the great power of the Qing Dynasty, began to seek reconciliation with the Holy Heavenly Dao Kingdom. The Empress Dowager married from the Holy Heavenly Dao Kingdom to the Qing Dynasty before the Qing Dynasty and the Holy Heavenly Dao Kingdom. Before they got married, they were the purple-clothed Taoist nun, and they were the junior sister of the left envoy of Guangming Chen Jialuo, and they were close to the Holy Heavenly Dao Kingdom in their bones.

Moreover, as an European of more than 80% bloodline (this bloodline could not be married into the Qing royal family, but it could not resist the Qing emperor's request for the sacred Heavenly Kingdom to help him. He could only pinch his nose and marry Chen Jialuo's junior sister, and Ye Katerina's belly was strong and gave birth to the only son of the late emperor), and at the same time, she was a top student in the International Political Department of Kutulunburg Theological Seminary. Queen Mother Ye Katerina knew very well where the death knot was. So she did not dare to seek the revival of the Qing Dynasty, but just wanted to maintain the Qing Dynasty. The way to maintain the Qing Dynasty was nothing more than holding a thicker thigh.

In the eyes of Catherine, the thick leg of the Ming Dynasty has become less and less powerful in recent years. The country is becoming more and more chaotic. Various Datong Party (the Datong Party has experienced many divisions in the past three hundred years and has evolved into various factions) have tried their best to make trouble. They have to vote and make welfare, and the scale is larger every time. There are even radical Datong Party members shouting the slogan to overthrow the Chen Ming Dynasty!

External, first, the two powerful vassals in Mingzhou are becoming increasingly difficult to control, and the population of North America is almost exceeding 200 million! There are Huaxia Unification Party seeking the unification of the two Chinas in China. Secondly, the old six powers such as the Holy Heavenly Dao Kingdom, the Mamuruk Sultanate, the Italy, the Spain and the Kingdom of England, all rising one after another, challenging the hegemony of the Ming Empire in their respective areas.

Moreover, the Ming Empire's only a few 6th army can almost negligible its troops to be invested in Europa. How can it be compared with the Holy Heavenly Dao Kingdom, which has a million troops and is eyeing the Qing Dynasty?

So turning to the holy kingdom of heaven seems to be the best way to maintain the reign of the Qing Dynasty for a long time...even if you have to cede Bulgaria, Constantinople and Asia Minor!

Under such circumstances, the Ming Empire had to take countermeasures to support the emerging Kingdom of England to start war against the Qing Dynasty and the Holy Heavenly Dao Kingdom!

However, it is easy to engage in a war, but it is difficult to end a war that may cause the collapse of the Qing Dynasty. The top leaders of the Ming Empire have realized that once the Kingdom of England invades the Qing Dynasty, the rule of the Qing Empire will collapse. If the new army of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty is destroyed in the war, the collapse may come in a very short time!

The Qing Dynasty was only a matter of time before the fall of the country, and it was irreversible!

So how to deal with the end of the Qing Dynasty after its fall is a difficult problem before the Ming Empire.

Lang Heshen, the representative of the Ming Naval Intelligence Bureau in Europe, now the most important task is to find and support the political forces of Europa that can take over after the collapse of the Qing Dynasty.

Lang Heshen murmured to himself: "...If the Qing Dynasty collapses, it will probably be the regime that can replace it. The Europeans themselves will decide! There cannot be only one regime, otherwise, in a few years, a powerful Europa nation-state will cause us a headache..." In the spring sunshine of the Mediterranean, his expression gradually became firm.
Chapter completed!