"Long live my lord, the Chief Assistant of the Cabinet, the Military Advisor of the Generalissimo's Office, the Minister of Household Affairs, the Minister of War, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of the Navy, the Naval Chief of the Generalissimo's Office and other officials request an audience."

When the voice of Sister Cao's announcement came into the imperial study room in the East Nuan Pavilion of the Huangji Palace, Zhu Cixiang was leaning on an armchair, lowering his head and reading the memorial sent by the Zongren Mansion in the morning about the ceremony of the imperial concubine entering the palace.

The imperial concubine is the effervescently beautiful Wu Ake.

Because she had to keep her filial piety for Wu Sangui and finish her college studies, A Ke could not enter the palace as a concubine until the New Year.

Although Wu Ake was just a noble concubine, Zhu Cixiang had made a decree to handle it according to the standards for an imperial concubine to enter the palace.

Moreover, Zhu Cixi also had people renovate the Tangquan Palace that was originally used by Empress Wu Sanmei. Once completed, it would be used as Wu Ake's palace.

Before the renovation project of Tangquan Palace was completed, Wu Ake temporarily lived with Queen Wu Sanmei in the newly completed Kunning Palace.

Moreover, Zhu Cixiang also wanted to learn how to manage things in the palace from Wu Sanmei. This move was to train Wu Ake as an alternate queen.

Of course, such praise for Wu Ake does not mean that Zhu Cihong really wants her to take over Wu Sanmei's class. Wu Sanmei is in good health, is only over forty years old, and has no signs of dying... Zhu Cihong cultivates Wu Ake just to show his respect for the Wu family.

favor.

Because after the three vassals of Heilongjiang, Andong, and Duogan were either purged or relocated, the Hexi town controlled by the Wu family also received an edict to change the Jiedu. Wu Guogui, the envoy of Hexi Jiedu, will move to Peiping.

Although it was just a peaceful transfer of towns and not a reduction of vassalage, it ultimately weakened the power of the Wu family.

In addition, Wu Sanfu, the backbone of the Wu family, is getting worse and worse and is now recovering at home.

At the same time, everyone in the Zheng family was in full swing!

Not only Zheng Sen and Zheng Jiangong are still active, but even Zheng Zhilong is becoming more and more energetic as he gets older and does not look like he is dying at all. Under his management, the Zheng family's business has become more and more prosperous, and he has a bit of "Zheng Superman"

mean!

As for Zheng Chagu, she is even more remarkable. She has never finished being a mother at an advanced age and is now pregnant with her ninth child. Less than half of Emperor Zhu's children were born to her alone.

Moreover, the next world war will not be won by a strong army, but by the navy... In the Ming Navy, there are many disciples and former officials of the old Zheng family!

Therefore, Emperor Zhu had no choice but to praise Wu Ake to prevent the sick tiger of the Wu family from collapsing too quickly and destroying the balance of power between the DPRK and China.

The ministers began to walk into the imperial study one by one. The leader was the new cabinet chief, Grand Duke Luo. Wei Zaode, who was over seventy years old, had retired from office. He was replaced by the new leader of the Southern Party, Grand Duke Luo!

Behind Grand Duke Luo were the military advisor Qin Mingtao, the minister of household affairs Zheng Sen, the minister of war Yan Yingyuan, the minister of foreign affairs Wei Zhongcheng, the minister of the navy Zheng Jiangong, the navy chief Chen Shangchuan and others.

After the ministers saluted, Zhu Cihong nodded at the chairs placed against the walls on both sides of the study room, telling them to sit down separately, and then ordered the serving maids to serve tea.

"Gentlemen," Zhu Cixiang glanced around the crowd with a smile and said with a smile, "I'm calling everyone here today because I want to hear your opinions on the upcoming war between the East and the West. Where should we start? Attack.

Where should the focus be placed? And where should the key defense be carried out? Let’s talk about it!”

"Your Majesty, I believe that the Xinzhou Continent is the most important place in the future, and it is also the most difficult territory to obtain. The sea route to the east coast of Xinzhou Island from Europe is only 10,000 miles, and the sea route to the Ming Dynasty is almost 20,000 miles. And the northern Xinzhou Continent is

The eastern and southern coastlines of the country are very long, and there are several large rivers that lead to the sea for navigation. On the Great Plains, their advantages are very obvious!"

The first person to speak was Wei Zhongcheng. His brows were furrowed, and he obviously did not think that the world war that was about to begin would be easy to fight.

And the territory he values ​​​​is not the long strip of the west coast of the American continent, but the rich North American Great Plains!

He went on to say: "Since ancient times, whoever wins the world of China must fight for the vast land of the Central Plains. It is said that whoever wins the Central Plains wins the world! Because the Central Plains is vast and flat, which is conducive to farming and the use of large armies to mobilize and mobilize. If you occupy the Central Plains, you can feed yourself.

With a large population, they can quickly gather large armies to conquer all directions.

The Great Plains of North New Zealand are wider, richer and flatter than the Central Plains, and are intersected by large rivers. Not only is land transportation convenient, but water transportation is also very convenient.

Dominate. And the land of Xinzhou is vast and fertile, and it is actually the crown of all continents in the world! Those who occupy Xinzhou will dominate the world!"

When Lao Wei was in power in the United States of New Zealand, he did not advocate a large-scale eastward advance, but that does not mean that he did not understand the value of the American Great Plains!

How could he not understand? How could a leader of a farming civilization not understand the principle of "whoever conquers the Central Plains conquers the world"? He does not advocate eastward expansion, just because the population of the United States of New Zealand is too small to support a large-scale eastward expansion. Moreover, in Zhu

Before Hehao came to China, there was no large-scale organized Han armed colonial group that immigrated to New Zealand.

At that time, the residents of the United States of New Zealand were mainly "furrs", "gold diggers", "stock refugees", "aristocratic students", a small number of people were exiled to "green flag households", and there were also some retired soldiers in the United States of New World (

Before the Ming troops stationed in the United States of New Zealand were transferred back to the country, soldiers would be encouraged to retire and resettle on the spot), as well as the Japanese (mainly women) who flowed in through various channels. Although everyone has a gun, they cannot be expected to open up central North America.

The Great Plains!

"Of course the Great Plains of North New Zealand are important," Yan Yingyuan, Minister of the Ministry of War, frowned, "but we can't cross it. Crossing the Pacific Ocean is nearly 20,000 miles, and then we have to cross the mountains and walk three to four thousand miles by land. How long does it take to travel three to four thousand miles by land?

At least two months, right? How will the logistics be provided? They Westerners can transport troops and food through big rivers, but what should we do?"

Yeah? What should we do?

The 20,000-mile sea route across the Pacific Ocean is enough to devastate people, but the three- to four-thousand-mile land route from the west coast to the center of the North American continent is simply unsolvable!

"We can only cultivate farmland!" Zheng Sen, the Minister of Household Affairs, said, "Don't the kings of Xinzhou regard farming as the basis for eastward expansion? In the past two years, step by step, hundreds of farms have been opened and more than 2,000 farms have been moved eastward.

Li! Although these two thousand miles are just a line, it is not easy to expand eastward!"

Zhu Hehao's eastward expansion is indeed not easy. The hundreds of farms are not just about opening up wasteland and building houses. They have to fight the Indians in the mountains!

Not to mention every inch of mountains and rivers and every inch of blood, that means ten or eight lives are lost in each farm. Hundreds of farms, that is more than a thousand lives, and the number of casualties is increasing every day!

On this "grange line", the struggle between the Han military immigrants and the Indians never stopped.

In contrast, the relationship between the French and the Indians of the Great Plains is much harmonious. After all, the French have less than 20,000 immigrants there, so they don’t need to occupy much territory! If you don’t occupy the territory, the Indians certainly don’t care.

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Similarly, on the east coast of North America, the conflict between the United Kingdom of New England and the local Indians is also very prominent. The two sides fight almost every day, and people die every day.

Zheng Jiangong, the Minister of the Navy, also spoke for the wealthy king on the other side of the Pacific. "Your Majesty, the key to fighting for Xinzhou is to fight for the Great Plains and transport more military households there! In the past few years, the United States of Xinzhou can expand 2,000 miles eastward.

, relying on the tens of thousands of military households transported from the Ming Dynasty. However, these people can only maintain an eastward expansion transportation line, and it is still impossible to fight for the Great Plains."
Chapter completed!