The white house in Washington City is actually a bit shabby and frugal for a palace that spans more than four thousand miles from south to north and four to five hundred miles from west to east.
In terms of size alone, this palace is not even comparable to King Jiaqing's Angel Castle. At most, it is similar to King Jiaqing's palace in Kinmen City. The size of the palace also explains to a certain extent the state of the king's power in this country... At least in the eyes of the big figures in the United States Government and the Cabinet Office who were ordered to build this "white house", the power of the King of the United States is Very limited!
In the not too spacious but very bright audience hall, the King of United States, who has limited power, is sitting on a dragon chair, wearing a red Ming-style dragon robe, with a ceremonial sword hanging on his belt. He still looks a bit majestic and solemn. of.
The deliberation representatives selected by the government (not all deliberation officials) and the ministers of the Cabinet Office (the cabinet chiefs of the United States are all called ministers to show the difference from the eight ministers of the Ming Dynasty) sit on the left and right respectively.
The visiting Princess Shimazu Nobuyoshi of the Kaqing Kingdom, the Right Minister of the Kaqing Kingdom Yao Daqiao, the Interior Minister Naohisa Kayama, and the military minister Shimazu Nobuhisa (the Kaqing Kingdom uses the four officials of Taizheng as the group prime ministers, with the executive officer in charge of all ministries) in Zhu He We sat down on the opposite side of the trench - their visit was regarded as a mutual visit between vassal states. There was no superior or subordinate between the two sides, so they were relatively equal. Moreover, Shimazu Noyoshi is Zhu Hehao's aunt, so of course she can sit across from him.
After the two sides exchanged pleasantries, Shimazu Noyoshi spoke on behalf of Zhu Cihuan.
"Your Highness... If our Chinese nation wants to expand its territory in New Island, we must unite as one! Now New Spain is in the south and New France is in the east, and they are all eyeing us! And the local Indians in New Island, There are many people who are instigating trouble. Especially the tribes in the Stone Mountains, many of them have accepted assistance from New France and New Spain and are enemies of our people from the Divine Continent. And we must defeat New France and New Spain and open up more territories. To control the territory, we must first defeat these barbarian tribes in the mountains and completely control the stone mountains. In this way, we can advance and attack, retreat and defend. In the future, whether we advance eastward or southward, we can be invincible. Therefore, King Jiaqing believed that, Going west into the mountains is now the top priority for both Hezhong and Jiaqing! Other things can be postponed..."
When Shimazu Noyoshi said this, everyone except Zhu Hehao was stunned. Shouldn't the merger of the two countries be discussed? Why can’t “all other things be postponed”?
When Zhu Hehao wins the Eastern Campaign, his prestige in the United States will be completely established. Moreover, his grasp of all aspects of the United States will be greatly enhanced as the "marriage test" continues.
What else will happen then? By then, it will be good enough to maintain the basic political system and laws of the United States...
"Your Highness," Shimazu Nobu whispered in Japanese, "you forgot to bring up the merger of the two countries..."
Shimazu Noyoshi also replied in a low voice in Japanese: "We will wait until we finish defeating the barbarians in Oishi Mountain!"
She didn't say it to death because Zhu Hehao wouldn't let her say it to death... Zhu Hehao just wanted to leave some illusions to Wei Zhongcheng and Zheng Xi.
Zhu Hehao smiled and asked Wei Zhongcheng and Zheng Xi: "The prime minister, the chief assistant, the solitary king has the same intention as the Jiaqing King... If our United States and the Jiaqing Kingdom want to stand firm in the United States of Xinzhou Heel, just controlling the land four to five hundred miles from the sea is not enough. We must capture the Stone Mountains! Only by capturing the Stone Mountains can we block the channels for New France and New Spain to attack us. Our land on the sea can Be safe!"
What he said was generally correct, but he was a little impatient at the moment - if New France had a population of 1 million white people, then it would be very important to block the Big Rock Mountains.
But now there are only more than 10,000 white people in New France. At this rate, they will not be able to enter the Big Rock Mountains in another twenty years! Therefore, the United States of New Zealand does not need to rush at all, just take its time.
Moreover, after grabbing so much land at once, no one developed it... If we do not count the "Sichuan military households" who followed Zhu Hehao, on average in the past few years, they would cross the ocean to Xinzhou every year The population of the United States, minus those who have returned home, is 70,000 to 80,000. Adding in the natural increase in population, the number will never reach 100,000.
Just for the vast land that the United States currently owns, which is more than four thousand miles from south to north and four to five hundred miles from west to east, we don’t know when it will be filled!
Of course Wei Zhongcheng and Zheng Xi refused to relent - the United States government was in their hands, and if they refused to give in, Zhu Hehao's available troops would be very limited. And there isn't much military money to spend.
Seeing that his loyal ministers were silent, Zhu Hehao was not angry at all. Instead, he glanced at Shimazu Noyoshi. Shimazu Noyoshi immediately said: "What the king said is absolutely true. I must be with King Jiaqing." We will stand up to help the king... The Qing Kingdom can send 10,000 troops to accompany the king on the expedition!"
What? The Qing Kingdom sent 10,000 troops?
Wei Zhongcheng and Zheng Xi were both dumbfounded. What happened?
They all cast inquiring glances at Yao Ohashi, Shimazu Nobuhisa, and Kaguyama Naohisa. The three ministers of Jiaqing Kingdom were even more dumbfounded... Of course they knew that the princess secretly went to see Zhu Hehao yesterday!
What happened between them? Why did the princess completely fall in love with the king after meeting her once?
Is it because the handsome young man from the United States is in love with the princess?
No, King Jiaqing is not that bad in appearance than King Hezhuang, and he is not much older... The princess is very obsessed with King Jiaqing, and the princess is not that kind of woman who is easygoing, let alone a woman. A wild man betrays the interests of the Gyeongju Samurai Order.
And with so many troops sent out, how to solve the problem of rewards? If there is not enough land and gold and silver, why don't the warriors below start making trouble?
what happened?
Zhu Hehao smiled: "King Gu still has 2,000 old guards, 500 retainers and 10,000 Sichuan military households, and many Sichuan military households are arriving one after another. If troops are sent out this autumn, only the king of Gu and King Jiaqing will With just one man, we can have more than 20,000 soldiers and horses! With so many soldiers and horses, the barbarian tribes in Big Stone Mountain are not worth mentioning!"
"Your Highness!" Wei Zhongcheng knew that he could not stop Zhu Hehao from sending troops, so he had to follow him, "The Uijeongyo government will definitely pass the budget for the eastward advance as soon as possible... Your Majesty does not have to worry about military expenses. "
"The Cabinet Office will also work with the Uijeongbu to formulate a strategy for dispatching troops," Zheng Xiye said, "and will also work with the king to invite the Ming Dynasty's heavenly troops stationed in Kinmen City and Shanhaigang City to assist in the battle. With the help of the heavenly troops, we will not be afraid that we will not win. !”
The United States relies on the militia to protect the country. Everyone has a gun. Farmers are militiamen. The four major cities of Washington, D.C., Boston, Shanhaiguang, and Kinmen also have militias. The total number of registered militiamen is tens of thousands!
But this country has very few standing armies, only one standing fleet and several thousand standing armies. The army is a concentrated seed force. All officers and soldiers are from the Ming Army. They are officers and veterans who have served in the army for many years. When necessary, add in the militia, and the number of the United States Army can reach tens of thousands!
In addition to the standing army and militia of the United States, the Ming Empire also stationed an infantry division on the soil of the United States, as well as the New Island Squadron of the Eastern Fleet.
To use the Ming army and navy stationed in the United States, the cabinet of the United States and the King of the United States must jointly submit an invitation.
With the support of Wei Zhongcheng and Zheng Xi, Zhu Hehao already had enough troops, so he did not need Jiaqing's 10,000-strong army - he had not originally planned to use so many Jiaqing soldiers, but wanted to use Jiaqing's troops. The theme of the kingdom sending troops was just to deceive Wei Zhongcheng and Zheng Xi... If these two were not fooled, then Zhu Hehao had no choice but to use more troops from the Jiaqing Kingdom.
But now that we have the United States and the main force of the Ming Army stationed in Xinzhou, why do we need Jiaqing's soldiers? Let them prepare well for the invasion of Xizhou!
