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Qian Shuiting leaned down from the wicker chair, pulled down the pants that were stuck to his buttocks, and touched them to see if they were torn. [No pop-up novel website] This pure natural cotton and linen blended material is airy and breathable, but it is not wear-resistant enough. It will become scratched after sitting on the wicker chair for a long time, making it very ugly, and occasionally there will be holes. The danger of “exposed”.
As the Speaker of the Senate and the leader of the "house party", if he wears pants with holes in his buttocks under the "big democracy", he will be "friendly to the people", but under the "small democracy" of the Senate, he will only suffer People just laughed.
Qian Shuiting looked at the pile of documents delivered to the table. Several of them were "senior military and political proposals" that were to be included in the "all votes". One of them was the assassination proposal proposed by Lu Zeyang. Qian Shuiting knew who Zhu Dadian was - judging from the proposal, he was an official of the Ming Dynasty. But as soon as the proposal was announced on BBS, several people immediately came to him and denounced Lu Zeyang for "remembering his ancestors" and being "a wolf-hearted person", saying that the proposal "absolutely cannot be passed", otherwise it will be "nailed into the pillar of shame in history." Up to this point.
Then he saw someone from the Huaxia Society posting on BBS, asking "Heaven to punish" Yuan Lu. Only then did Qian Shuiting feel that this Zhu Dadian was really not an ordinary person - you have to know that even Zheng Zhilong could not be killed by such a powerful enemy. It happened that Yu Eshui came to the executive committee compound to do business, so he stayed and asked him to talk about who Zhu Dadian was.
"Zhu Dadian was a very famous figure for his integrity in the late Ming Dynasty." Yu Eshui briefly introduced how he rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, defended Jinhua, and finally sacrificed his whole family.
"I see." Qian Shuiting nodded. No wonder Liu Zheng and the others were so opposed. It turned out that they had stepped on the sensitive topic of "anti-Qing and restoration of Ming". Of course, it was precisely because of this man's strong integrity that Lu Zeyang wanted to assassinate him.
"My personal opinion: I am against assassinations." Yu Eshui said. "Not for anything else. First, whether we want to extend or end the Denglai Rebellion early, we all have the strength, and there is no need to resort to assassination - a waste of resources; secondly, it is said that Zhu Dadian is very greedy for money - since If you are greedy for money, there is plenty of room for discussion.”
"Greedy?" Qian Shuiting was a little surprised. Since they were greedy for money, why did the whole family commit loyalty to death after the fall of the Ming Dynasty?
"This is indeed a bit contradictory. However, Lao Zhu's greed for money is somewhat famous. But I think sometimes the difference between Hua and Yi is higher than money - after all, the Manchu Qing Dynasty wanted to use Yi Yi to change Xia. There may be other We just don’t know the inside story.”
Qian Shuiting recalled the conversation between him and Yu Eshui and felt that it was indeed a bit incredible. Emotionally speaking. He respects everyone with integrity, but that doesn't mean he likes them. But since Mr. Lu has made a proposal, he has to follow the process - this is his job.
He has prepared specific documents and is ready to distribute them to all the senators.
The senators in Lingao can naturally browse the full text from the Senate BBS. Expatriate veterans will read all the information from the "red file box" sent every week. As for the specific voting, it can be carried out by telegram.
Qian Shuiting felt that this proposal was basically impossible to pass - it was not that Zhu Dadian himself was popular. But based on his long-term observation: Generally speaking, the elders do not approve of assassination, especially in general matters: "Kidnapping and assassination cannot achieve big things." This is the common view of everyone. Furthermore, according to the current operating rules of the Senate, for any project that involves a general vote, unless it is a project with relatively consistent views, such as the expansion of a steel plant, someone has to be involved in canvassing votes. Otherwise, basically It can't be passed.
The last time we carried out the work against Japan, the work against Zheng Zhilong and Zhao Yingong's Hangzhou Silk Reeling Factory proposal, all aspects were operated privately in Lingao through agents. Especially the differences on the specific methods and methods of Zheng Zhilong's work. The "crushing faction" and the "exploiting faction" had a fierce game in private. Until before the vote, Skade was still canvassing votes frequently in the Nanhai Cafe even though he was obviously at a disadvantage.
Qian Shuiting knows: at least until now. No one is yet campaigning for Lu Zeyang’s military and political proposal. Xiao Lu's proposal is to show his sense of presence.
Qian Shuiting completed Lu Yuanlao's proposal. I started working on another proposal - I couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
This document bag contained his proposal - the Manila Silver Robbery Proposal. He proposed this proposal every year since 1630, but it was not approved by the Senate for two consecutive years. Sometimes it is due to lack of strength, and sometimes it is due to too many constraints from all aspects. This year's situation is particularly ideal. Not only can it obtain a huge amount of silver to increase reserves, but it also objectively blocks another trade route of Zheng Zhilong.
Zheng Zhilong's most important thing is trade with Japan, followed by trade with Manila. Spaniards in the Philippines
Bin's colony was extremely dependent on trade with China: not only daily necessities, grains, fruits, etc. needed to be purchased from China, but even bricks and currency had to be imported from China: a large amount of low-quality "sand shells" and "Guangzhou films" Small money - called "lead pieces" by the Spaniards - is the main small currency in the Philippines, so much so that every Chinese merchant ship will transport a large amount of bad money to Manila. Each Chinese merchant ship entering the port causes fluctuations in Manila's currency exchange rate.
The Spanish were not keen on sending their own ships to trade along the Chinese coast. Firstly, they had few ships, and secondly, their ships were often attacked by the Dutch and British along the Chinese coast. So they basically waited for Chinese merchant ships to trade - as long as they had enough American silver to pay.
From 1565 to 1815, the Spanish sent large Galenic ships from the American colonies almost every year to transport large quantities of silver to the Philippine colonies. Various commodities purchased from the East were then shipped back to Mexico. These commodities were then added to the large fleets organized in the Caribbean to transport the wealth of the colonies back to the Spanish mainland. This transport ship was called the Manila Galen.
Due to the extreme scarcity of the Philippine colonies and the demand for Chinese goods in the American colonies, the scale of this trade continued to expand, and American silver continued to flow to China, so much so that the Spanish royal family had to stipulate that the silver shipped from the Americas to Manila could not exceed 500,000 yuan each year. peso. However, in fact, a large amount of silver is smuggled into Manila every year, so the silver figures are much higher than these.
Stealing two shipments of American silver would plunge the entire Spanish colony in the Philippines into a state of severe deflation. After the Zheng family's ship arrived in Manila, it was either sold at a low price or had no choice but to return home. The double blow to trade with Japan and trade with Manila was enough to make the Zheng family lose everything.
He worked privately with the backbone of the Home Party for several months. There was extensive publicity on the issue - in fact the campaign had begun the previous year. As a result, he is now confident that his proposal will be passed.
His proposal was to use two steam-powered warships, with the Feiyun as the flagship, and go to the waterway near Manila to wait for an opportunity to attack the Manila Galen transporting silver. He had enough historical data to provide the general route and arrival of the Galen ship. On a specific date in Manila, interception is very possible.
Qian Shuiting has learned from veterans of the Navy: Currently, the Navy has two Type 901 gunboats launched this year that are in good condition and can be used at any time. Together with the Feiyun, they are enough to perform this task. It will not affect engine operations - the Navy has now entered the summer rest period.
The main problem is that we are likely to encounter typhoons in July, so this is why the Feiyun must go together. There is a weather radar on the Feiyun, which can at least provide some early warning.
Since the operation involves certain risks, in order to enhance his persuasiveness, Qian Shuiting stated in his proposal that he would participate in the operation.
He browsed through the entire document for the last time, and after confirming that there was no doubt, he signed his name neatly on the sponsor column at the beginning of the document.
After putting the documents into the "issued" basket, Qian Shuiting was just about to take a rest when someone suddenly came to report that a senior leader wanted to see him.
"Invite him in." Qian Shuiting adheres to the tenet of "getting in touch more and becoming familiar with each other" and is very enthusiastic towards all visiting elders. So much so that at one time his office became crowded, and all the elders who had some ideas came to visit him one after another to talk about their ideals and ideas, leaving him with almost no time to work. So much so that he had to set aside two hours every afternoon to receive the elders.
The weather has been hot recently, and I have been "avoiding the heat" in the afternoon. The elders usually stay indoors and don't go out. I don't know who is so interested in coming to see him.
But it was Shan Liang who came in. As a "** opposition", Shan Liang had been secretly colluding with the Zhai Party, so the two of them were considered acquaintances. Despite this, Shan Liang rarely came to see Qian Shuiting, the leader of the otaku party. After all, he still wanted to maintain his status as a "**". "Once Upon a Time in America" has too many elements in it, and some elders don't like it. From the perspective of winning the majority of votes, it is not appropriate to combine oneself and the home party into one.
"You are a rare visitor." Qian Shuiting said enthusiastically, "Come, sit down, sit down and drink water."
Shan Liang was wearing a faded blue cloth "Lingao Telecom" overalls, with dark skin and a straw hat, looking like a working man. In recent months, he has been presiding over the construction of Lingao-Chengmai-Qiongshan cable telegraph.
He took off his straw hat and sat down on the wicker chair. He took the cold white drink from Qian Shuiting and said, "You are working too hard here. At least you have to prepare some iced kvass to be worthy of the Ninth Elder." He joked. To be continued. )
