My Daming New Empire

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"Grandsons Yang Lixing, Yang Lide, Yang Wan, and Yang Ting pay their respects to His Majesty the Grandfather."

Zhu Zhanji, who was sitting on the sofa, raised his hand and said with a smile: "We are all a family, so you don't need to be polite, get up quickly. Yongheng, let the children sit closer. I am the second youngest." See you once!"

When Princess Yongheng returned to Ningbo, she made what she did this time to please her father.She came behind Zhu Zhanji, pinched her father's shoulders as she did when she was a child, and said, "My daughter can't be filial in front of my father after a long absence. This time, I want to spend more time with my father when I come back this time."

Zhu Zhanji patted her hand and said: "You follow your husband to guard Europa for my Daming, which is the best filial piety. Enjoy the glory of the princess, but can not forget the responsibility of the princess. You did a good job this time."

Because of his approval of this daughter, Zhu Zhanji has a little more affection for this daughter, loves the house and black, and is much gentler to his grandchildren.

After inquiring about their studies, the servants were asked to reward them with an extra [-]% of the meeting ceremony.

Yongheng's mother concubine Liu Xianfei passed away a few years ago, so there is no need to meet other concubines in the palace.

However, Zhu Zhanji sent a few children to meet the grandson so that they would not know what the future heir would look like, and left Yongheng alone.

Only the father and daughter were left, and Yong Heng was not as comfortable as he was at first.In front of her children, she wants to show the closeness between the emperor and the emperor, so that the children can feel at ease, but now, there is no need to act.

She is just an ordinary one among the 140 nine princes and daughters. She was not particularly outstanding since she was a child, and her relationship with her father was not too close.

And she is very clear that the father has the world in mind, and has never paid much attention to the children's personal relationship.

I want to win the favor of my father, but the love of my son and daughter is not advisable. If I want my father to know that I am doing things with my heart and thinking about Daming in my heart, my father likes it more than offering countless treasures.

Yingtianfu is still hot in September. Zhu Zhanji met Yongheng's mother and son in the Royal Garden this afternoon. The pavilions, terraces and pavilions are lined with trees, and the tributary of the Qinhuai River flows slowly, making it look much cleaner.

Zhu Zhanji asked Yongheng to sit down beside him, and praised: "This time, you did a good job. As an imperial princess, now you are going to Europe, you can't just rely on the princess just because the sky is high and the emperor is far away." The shelf is domineering.

To be honest, I was a little disappointed in the past few years. In the eight years you have been in Europa, you have never taken the initiative to integrate into that world, let alone use your status as a princess to serve Daming.

But this time, you unexpectedly participated in the actions of the Secretary of General Administration, and accomplished more than I expected. I am very pleased. "

Yongheng smiled and said: "As the daughter of the father, Yongheng is naturally better than others. In the past, my daughter was ignorant and only cared about her family, forgetting everyone. After going through these things this time, my daughter also understands. own responsibility."

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "Responsibility, obligation, these are empty arguments. If I can do something well with my heart, I will be satisfied."

To start today's talk, Yongheng waved to the female officer outside the gazebo. After the other party came in, he knelt down and kowtowed three times to Zhu Zhanji before handing Yongheng a file bag in his hand.

Yongheng took the file bag and reported: "This time my daughter used the Yongheng. In addition to some relatives, she also carried 46 wives above the count and their relatives and maids. A total of 450 people came to Daming. Here is the list. The political secretary must have given the father a share, so the daughter won't introduce their identities one by one."

Zhu Zhanji nodded to show that he knew, and said: "Europa is different from my Ming Dynasty. Women in my Ming Dynasty rarely preside over foreign affairs, but in Europa, queens and duchesses are common, and they have a high political status. Can you imagine It is a correct direction to influence the politics of Europa through the diplomatic strategy of Mrs.

Yongheng said with some embarrassment: "My daughter is lucky this time, because the General Secretary borrowed jewelry from her, which aroused her interest, and this trip to Milan came about. It is also because the adults of the General Secretary have contacted each other. Only then did my daughter know that they had done so many things in Europa."

"Different people have different roles in different positions. As the princess of Ming Dynasty, you naturally don't need to hide your identity like a secret agent to investigate some secrets. Because of your high status, many nobles in Europa want to Get closer to me, Daming, and I will take the initiative to get closer to you."

"Yes. During this period of time, my daughter and the top and bottom of the General Secretary often chatted, and I understood what I should do with my identity."

"Then what do you think you should do in today's Europa in your capacity?"

"My daughter wants to be the flag of Ming Dynasty in Europa, to show Europa my civilization of Ming Dynasty, so that those country bumpkins will be attracted to them."

Hearing such an answer, Zhu Zhanji laughed.Although this daughter's attire is retro, she already has some demeanor of a strong woman in later generations.

What people are most afraid of is not being able to recognize their own position. If you, a princess, want to listen to all kinds of news like an ordinary person, it will only disrupt the rhythm of the entire General Secretary.

Just like on the battlefield, the commander only needs to sit in the middle army. If you, a commander, want to go into battle to kill the enemy, you will only mess up.

For Yongheng to say this, it is obvious that he has thought carefully and figured out the link.

Knowing that she would not act recklessly, Zhu Zhanji felt relieved and listened to her analysis of the noble ladies who came to Daming with her this time from her perspective.

As for selling a small amount of cars to Europe, Zhu Zhanji of course directly agreed, and also agreed to let the Ministry of Internal Affairs sell them some fine jewelry in the palace.

In short, for these noble ladies, as long as they have gold and silver, general forbidden goods can be sold to them.

These people come from various countries in Southern Europe. They are all princesses and grand duchesses, and their political influence on Southern Europe will not be small.

After all these things were arranged and Yongheng wanted to say goodbye, Zhu Zhanji asked, "What do you think about this kid Zhang Guangbo?"

Yongheng didn't know what his father wanted, and he didn't dare to answer casually.She pondered for a while before saying: "My daughter thinks that he is still younger and has experienced too few setbacks."

Zhu Zhanji shook his head with a smile and said: "You, you still only see the surface... Okay, you go to see the concubine and the others. I will meet the people from the Secretary of the General Administration first, and stay in the palace to eat with me at night."

Yongheng didn't know what Zhu Zhanji meant, and he was still a little worried about this nephew.Although he didn't cause any trouble, his mentality was not right.And what Zhu Zhanji dislikes the most is this kind of person who has a bad mentality and can't see his position clearly.

Although Zhu Zhanji will not do anything to this grandson, as long as he shows a slight dislike, the whole Zhang family will probably give up on him.

Hou Tai and others were naturally not qualified to enter the harem, and Zhu Zhanji met him and Chen Shu in Jinshen Hall.

"Meet Your Majesty..."

"No need to be too polite. Give me a seat." Zhu Zhanji waved his hand, let the two of them sit next to him, and said directly: "Chen Aiqing, although the action of the Secretary of General Administration has not been effective this time, I I am still satisfied. Compared with the previous actions, you are on the right path this time. However, you have also involved my princess this time, you are quite courageous!"

Chen Shu was fine, but Hou Tai quickly knelt down to plead guilty. "Your Majesty, this is all my minister's idea, and it has nothing to do with Mr. Chen..."

Zhu Zhanji laughed and said: "I don't mean to blame you, use all available resources to achieve the goal, Houtai, you have done a good job. In the future, the Secretary of the General Administration should emancipate the mind and not be too conformist, the Secretary of the General Administration Such an organization, as long as it does not violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty, it should use whatever means it can."

Only then did Hou Tai feel relieved, and looked up at Zhu Zhanji with admiration in his eyes.

Zhu Zhanji said again: "Get up, come, and tell me your complete plan."

The existence of any country has its unique historical origin.Just occupying by force cannot obtain the greatest benefit.

In the original history, a total of three generations of colonial rule have been experienced.

The first generation was Spanish-style plunder. During this period, Spain and other countries did not pay much attention to the economic development of the colonies, and all their actions were only for plundering resources.

This kind of plundering of resources became floating wealth when Spain itself neglected industrial development, and it could not effectively promote the development of the country's economy at all.

They plundered countless gold and silver in history, but the nobles lived a luxurious life.In the end, most of the gold and silver were earned by the Ming Dynasty through trade. Over the past few hundred years, Spain has left nothing except for the nobles who built some luxurious houses and churches.

When the British fleet defeated the Spanish Armada and snatched the title of Empire on which the sun never sets from Spain, they became wiser.

During the second-generation colonial period, Britain also wanted gold and silver, but they paid more attention to the output of other resources in the colony, such as grain and wool.

They began to develop colonies, so that the interests of the colonies were closely tied to themselves, supplying the British development chain.

They are of course more successful than Spain, because the British empire on which the sun never sets strengthens the complete development foundation of an island country.

By the middle of the nineteenth century, the United States had gradually developed, but there were not many colonies left for the United States in the world.

Moreover, the advancement of science and technology has made the cost of occupying colonies more expensive, and war has become an uneconomical behavior.

After the United States occupied Cuba and the Philippines, it discovered that after occupying the colonies by force, it would spend a lot of money to maintain the rule of the army.

At this time, there were no more colonies for them to occupy, so they began to earn benefits from the British in another way, that is, economic control.

Controlling a country or region through the economy does not require the expenditure of the army at all. Only through trade, a country can be obedient and become its vassal.