Yuexiu Palace, go to the study room.

This study room in a palace halfway up Yuexiu Mountain was where Zhu Heji worked in the Yuexiu Palace and summoned ministers and foreign envoys.

On the morning after Zhu Heji received the memorial from Tuhai and Wu Guogui, he held a meeting here to discuss the international situation.

Since we are going to discuss the international situation, of course we must have a globe that allows everyone to intuitively feel what this international society is like!

So Zhu Heji asked Nalan Xingde to find someone to bring an extra-large rotating globe. At the beginning of the meeting, Zhu Heji first led the left and right prime ministers, left and right military advisors, six ministers and others to gather around

Let’s look at the globe together. Zhuge Zhengyang, the military advisor on the right, is holding a stick and explaining the situation on the earth to everyone while turning the globe...The situation seems to be quite serious.

"Today's world is full of powerful countries and great states are rising together! Although our tomorrow's dynasty is large, it cannot be ranked first in the world in terms of land area alone!"

As Zhuge Zhengyang said this, he pointed out the big star on the ball to everyone.

The Ming Dynasty was certainly big, but it was not the largest country.

The Ming Dynasty on the globe roughly includes all the territory of later China except the Yeerqiang and the Snowy Plateau, plus the Khalkha Mongolia, part of the Ili Grassland (part of Kazakhstan), and a large area around Lake Baikal.

A large area of ​​outer Northeast China, as well as the eastern coastal areas of East Siberia, and the Korean Peninsula...these are all lands directly under the Central Government and under vassal vassalage. They cover approximately more than 10 million square kilometers.

In addition, the Ming Dynasty also owned several foreign lands such as Japan, Ryukyu, Luzon, and Myanmar, with a total area of ​​approximately more than one million square kilometers... Among them, the Luzon Islands have not been occupied by the Japanese mercenaries of the Ming Dynasty.

Complete suppression. Although the city of Manila has been captured, the Spaniards and local indigenous people still occupy some forts and islands and continue to resist. However, because the Kingdom of Spain was unable to assist its Philippine colonies, the entire Luzon was completely controlled by the Ming Dynasty, and

It's just a matter of time. So on this globe, the Luzon Islands have been marked with the colors of the Ming Dynasty.

The reason why it is an external vassal is because Zhu Heji does not intend to expand the Ming Dynasty's territory endlessly. In his plan, to capture Xueyu and Yeerqiang, 13 to 4 million square kilometers is enough.

After all, in the foreseeable future, telegraphs and telephones will not appear. If the country becomes too big, it will be difficult to govern.

The more feasible model of returning to the Celestial Dynasty divided all the land controlled by the Ming Dynasty into three levels: direct provinces, inner vassals, and outer vassals, and adopted different governance models.

"The largest country in the world today is the Kingdom of Spain... The red and yellow stripes on the globe are the Kingdom of Spain! It includes mainland Spain, the Spanish Netherlands, the Spanish territory in Italy, and

The so-called Kingdom of New Spain is a land centered on Mexico City and stretching for more than 20,000 miles from north to south!"

After Zhuge Zhengyang finished introducing the Ming Dynasty, he began to point to the map of the Spanish World Empire and introduce the country with the largest territory in the world!

Although Spain has long been in decline, its territory is still vast, with a total of more than 20 million square kilometers of land. Moreover, the land of New Spain also has the largest silver mine in the world today, and is rich in gold and other minerals.

Brown sugar that has become the ultimate military material!

"The second largest country in the world today is the Kingdom of France! It's the big white area on the map... The white painted land in the southeast of Tianzhu is also the territory of France." Zhuge Zhengyang finished talking about Spain,

Then France was brought out!

France is in an era of awesomeness now!

King Louis XIV of France is known as the Sun King. France has the most powerful army on the European continent and the largest population among European countries. France also has a large colony!

On the North American continent, except for the territory in the south that belongs to New Spain, the east coast belongs to England, and the west coast is blank territory. The rest are French colonies - although this colony has a small population, it has a huge area.

At least more than 10 million square kilometers, certainly larger than the Ming Dynasty and Rakshasa Kingdom!

"The third and fourth largest countries in the world today should be the Rakshasa Kingdom and the Great Mongolia...the territories of these two countries should be between the two." Zhuge Zhengyang said, "Although the Rakshasa Tsar

He accepted the title of Golden Horde Khan given by Kangxi Khan, but did not surrender to Great Mongolia, so Great Mongolia and Rakshasa are not the same country. The relationship between the two countries is very close now. Kangxi Khan's new queen Sofia is the Rakshasa Tsar.

Peter's sister. It is reported that Sofia is also very powerful in the Rakshasa Kingdom, and Peter has a very good relationship with Kangxi Khan. So although Rakshasa maintains neutrality on the surface and is not one of the Eight Kingdoms, its actual position must be

Pro-G8 Alliance!”

Zhuge Zhengyang paused, then pointed to the two red islands on the map on the edge of the European continent and said: "This is the Kingdom of England... Although the area of ​​England is not as large as Spain, France, Mongolia and

Rakshasa, only the British Island, the Irish Island, and the east coast of the New World, have also occupied a lot of territory in the southeast of Tianzhu. But when it comes to national power and navy, it is enough to rank among the top three in Christian Europe, even a little stronger than Spain."

Then Zhuge Zhengyang pointed to the purple Portugal next to Spain and said: "This is Portugal... Although the country's territory in Europe is not large, it also has some territory in the southern continent of the New World and southwest Tianzhu."

"This is the Republic of the Netherlands... The country's territory is not large, but it is a prosperous land. Its local industry and commerce is known as the first in Europe, its overseas territories are rich in spices, and it also controls the Strait of Malacca.

In this place of throat, our strength cannot be underestimated.”

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After Zhuge Zhengyang finished speaking, Holland pointed the wooden stick at the northwest of the Rakshasa Kingdom, "This is Sweden...the territory is in Europe.

It's not small, but it's a cold and cold place with a small population. But there are elite soldiers in remote villages! Their army is still very capable of fighting and can be ruthless. This time they did it during the war in Southern Tianzhu.

There were many incidents of burning, killing and looting, and a large area of ​​land was taken away."

After talking about Sweden, he pointed to the yellow area in the middle of the Apennine Peninsula on the map and said: "These are the so-called Papal States... They have a small territory, a small population, and no army. However, all Western countries believe in

What is the religion of Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brothers? This pope is the one who speaks for Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brothers in the human world, so he is very good at inciting and deceiving!”

After Zhuge Zhengyang finished talking about the situation of the countries in the Eight-Nation Alliance, the ministers in the study room of Yuexiu Palace were speechless for a moment... It seemed that the enemies of Ming Dynasty were many and big!

These eight countries, plus Rakshasa, almost cover most of the land on the globe... And what kind of "glorious isolation" does the Ming want? Is that okay?

Everyone turned their attention to Zhu Heji, but Zhu Heji just smiled and said: "The Eight-Nation Alliance is naturally not weak. With the strength of our Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to destroy them one by one... and

I cannot allow any country to dominate the European continent! Just like I cannot allow anyone to dominate Tianzhu!

Because Europe has a large population and prosperous industry and commerce, once a powerful country appears that can dominate, it will definitely join the power of Europe and become China's eternal enemy... As for whether the country is Ottoman or French, it is actually the same.

.So I will not support or allow any country to unify Europe, nor will I support or allow any country to unify Tianzhu. I am very satisfied with the current state of division between Europe and Tianzhu! This is why I do not agree with the Ming Dynasty, the Ottoman Empire, and Hindustan.

Reasons for imperial alliances.
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